Or, well, thoughts of those whom we should have read or been aware of by now. But then, with the educational system that most of us grew up in? Maybe not so much. So, to enlarge your education, allow me to share a few priceless "thoughts".
So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours.
Priceless thoughts for the rest of your week.
Some Weekend Party Tips. Verbal, That Is.
Ok, so if you're like me, there is some event, or appointment or gathering that you will attend this weekend. And, as is the case of late, the topic of bailouts, corruption and money will certainly come up. So, if you're looking for something new and pithy to say, I thought I'd provide you with a few options. Certainly one of the below will be a hit with your crowd. Some of these are pretty funny.
6. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
7. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
8. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
9. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
10. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
11. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
12. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
13. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
14. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
15. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
16. Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it.
17. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
18. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
19. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
20. There is no distinctly native American criminal class…save Congress.
Question: What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?
Answer: A Hot Cross bunny.
But some of you, I bet, went right to the food option. Yep. Sticky gooey Hot Cross Buns! It's Easter time folks! Bring on the food!
Believe it or not, Resurrection Season has begun. Mardi Gras is past (the night of feasting and frantic festivity), along with Ash Wednesday (the day to repent for what you did on Tuesday) and Lent is in full swing.
But back to the food. In case you didn't know, Easter, as with any other holiday has foods associated with it. I appreciate that folks like to diet and look good, but lets face it, most holidays and celebrations just center around food. And I for one, love that!
At Easter you have Lamb (symbolic of the Lamb of God, Jesus, who was sacrificed for our sins), and then there are those yummy, historic, hot cross buns!
So, as usuall, I did my research to dig up the scoop on the buns.
Apparently, you can find a presence of them as early as about 40 years after Christ's death! Who knew? When archaeolgists excavated the ancient city of Herculaneum (Southwest Italy) which had been buried under volcanic ask and lava since 79 A.D., they found two small loaves, each with a cross on it, among the ruins.
In England nowadays, hot cross buns are served at breakfast on Good Friday morning. They are small, usually spiced buns whose sugary surface is marked with a cross. The English believe that hanging a hot cross bun in the house on this day offers protection from bad luck in the coming year. According to superstition, crossed buns and loaves baked on Good Friday never went moldy.
For a long time bakers, by law, were only allowed to bake and sell the buns at burials, on Good Friday, or at Christmas. There was actually a decree issued in 1592 (during the reign of Elizabeth I) that shows that exact ruling.
It's hard for those of us in Western cultures to believe, or imagine, that religion and faith used to be so much a part of people's everyday lives. To think that there were laws actually created that dictated the protection of its remembrance may be a bit difficult for us to understand. To the extent of baked good sales no less! But alas, 'tis true.
With that, you might want to build in some Hot Cross Buns into your upcoming Easter festivities. If anything, to relive the tradition, and to spread the good news. That Christ be remembered, no matter how creative the method, is always a good thing.


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By afaqs! news bureau Published: 10 Jan 2022, 1:23 PM IST
Network Advertising bags the integrated mandate for Mankind's AcneStar and Health OK
The integrated mandate includes all Above-the-line and Digital communication for both these brands.
Among India's leading independent advertising agencies, Network Advertising has won the Integrated mandate for the brands, AcneStar and Health OK, of Delhi-based Mankind Pharma. The integrated mandate includes all Above-the-line and Digital communication for both these brands.
Commenting on the win, Vinod Nair, managing director, Network Advertising, said, "AcneStar and Health OK are strategic additions to our integrated offering and it is a responsibility we feel proud to own. It was basis our ability to understand their business challenges and our 360 degree approach to their requirements that has helped attract them to our fold."
Akashneel Dasgupta, chief creative officer, Network Advertising added, "It gives me great pleasure in welcoming Mankind to Network. Both Health OK and AcneStar operate in categories that have immense potential to grow and I am happy we are coming on board at the right time. Hoping to create many more interesting pieces of work."
Speaking on the partnership, Joy Chatterjee, general manager- sales & marketing, Mankind Pharma, said "We have been looking for an agency who has an integrated way of approaching and managing brands. The team at Network is seasoned due to their long-standing exposure to the changing advertising landscape, their creative consumer mind-set, and a good strategic approach. This will help us strengthen our brands – AcneStar and Health OK. We are delighted to have Network on board with us and look forward to an enriching association."
Mankind Pharma is one of India's leading pharmaceutical companies with a wide range of RX and OTC products. Mankind Pharma aspires to aid the community in leading a healthy life by formulating, developing, commercializing, and delivering affordable and accessible medicines that satisfy urgent medical needs. The brand is fully committed to satisfy the aspiring needs and help consumers to get the best quality products, through their range of OTC products as well.
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From left: Doug Williams of A.G. Williams Painting Co., Chris Hatzilouloudes and George Williams.
When George Williams, president of the A.G. Williams Painting Co., learned from a friend that Sarah Caridi, Chris Hatzilouloudes and their children, Hayley and Chris, were forced out of their house in White Plains because of a fire suspected of being caused by arson, he wanted to help.
The fire was on Sept. 11, 2016. In its aftermath, Williams offered his company's painting services free of charge to help the family, which had been devastated financially as well as emotionally.
A.G. Williams has locations in Pelham and Greenwich. It was founded in 1906 by Arthur George Williams.


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FTW: Squeaky Clean Comedy 2013
Meld Magazineon April 4, 2013 /13 comments
WITH the Melbourne Comedy Festival upon us, Hayden Waugh takes a look at what Squeaky Clean Comedy is doing to make us laugh and their work with World Vision.
At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, humour can take many forms.
While some rely on drawing cheap laughs from the use of gratuitous language, Squeaky Clean Comedy is all about getting the filth out of stand-up, leaving behind a shiny new example of wit.
From small beginnings, Squeaky Clean Comedy has been a success over the last few years with sell-out shows in 2011 and 2012.
It is now one of the biggest shows of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival – performed at the 700-seat Melbourne City Conference Centre. With only three shows remaining in 2013, it's sure to be as popular as ever.
This year's gala is headlined by Australian comedians Dave O' Neill (from ABC Radio and guest on Spicks and Specks), Michael Connell, up-and-comer Beau Stegmann (Triple J Raw Comedy) and a host of others.
It's the people at Candlelight Productions, a non-profit arts production company in its tenth year, who are behind the gala. The company's executive director Eugene Wong, says the show has remained popular for a reason.
"It's really accessible. It appeals to all ages, is clean, and covers many different styles of comedy. Plus, it's a huge show," he says.
Since last year, Candlelight Productions has helped raise awareness of sanitation and food security issues in developing countries with the assistance of World Vision. So not only are they addressing clean comedy, they are focusing on cleaning up the world too.
The two-hour gala event will be held on April 6, 13 and 20 from 7.30pm. For more information about Squeaky Clean Comedy, visit squeakycleancomedy.com.au.
Meld Magazine is giving away three double passes to see the show on April 20. For your chance to win, tell us a favourite tool or product you use to clean the house by Sunday April 14. Please provide a real name and email address. Winners will be selected in a random draw and notified via e-mail.
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McCarroll July 29, 2015 at 3:37 pm
Every knowledgeable person like clean comedy because we see this type of comedy while sitting our family. The comedy in which comedian use sexism topics and topics related women's body parts is very cheap. sometimes we feel shame when we sit with our family to see comedy. So comedy should always neat and clean to make people laugh


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The remarkable numbers behind Saudi Arabia's 390-run ODI win
Barnaby Read 19:41 22/04/2017
Saudi Arabia expats playing in the country.
Now, Saudi Arabia and China may not be two countries that you associate with international cricket but the sport does have a burgeoning presence in both nations.
China is even seen as the biggest market outside the US for the ICC to tap into and harness both the mass population and financial bulk of the country in developing the game outside of the major territories.
As for Saudi Arabia, they may be behind the likes of UAE and Oman as regional heavyweights but they are competitive across the Gulf.
And it seems the Middle East outfit is some way ahead of China, despite the latter's grossed potential.
That is a guarantee when you look at Saturday's ICC World Cricket League Asia Region Division One match between the two sides which ended up with the Saudi winning by 390-runs.
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Such a convincing win occurs in Test cricket, of course, where you can amass two mammoth totals and skittle out your opposition twice round, but this was a 50-over affair.
That's right, across each side's 50-overs, Saudi Arabia were 390-runs better off than their opponents at Chang Mai in Thailand.
The Saudi's posted 418 all-out in a nice round completion of their 50-overs which is the same as the seventh highest total in ODI history.
Now, neither side has ODI status so these scores will not end up in the record books, but the numbers just get more and more intriguing.
Mohammad Afzal was the star with the bat for the Saudis, hitting 120 from 100 balls, but it was captain Shoaib Ali who really upped the ante with 91 from 41 balls.
And while China's bowlers were dispatched to all parts, seamer Feng Mu did manage to take a five-for, ending his ten overs with figures of 5-89. Mu went for 16 runs more than the most expensive five-wicket haul in ODI cricket, that of Scotland's Gordan Goudie who took 5-73 against Australia back in August 2009.
The Chinese were even more miserable with the bat, bowled out for just 28 runs with only Zhang Peng (6*), Zhuang Zelin (6) and Lu Cangcang (3) getting off the mark.
Not only that, opening duo Cangcang and Zelin moved to 20-0 before the latter departed, meaning that the ten wickets fell for just eight runs.
Imrul Haq (3-8), Imran Arif (3-2) and Shahbaz Rasheed (3-5) did the damage with the ball, with Rasheed's wickets coming in the form of a hat-trick.
Jiang Shuyao was the only man to not perish as he was absent hurt in the China reply. Their 28 all-out is seven runs worse off than Zimbabwe's record low in full-status ODI cricket.
You are unlikely to see such a remarkable scorecard as this too often and we may have to wait until the two nations face of in ping-pong or badminton for a reverse in scorelines.
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Mayor says Fort McMurray's rural homeless need to be counted | CBC News Loaded
Mayor says Fort McMurray's rural homeless need to be counted
Although long-term trends show homelessness in Fort McMurray is on the decline, the region's recent survey failed to consider rural homelessness and housing issues.
'There has never been a rural homeless count ... This is the council that is taking action'
David Thurton · CBC News · Posted: Jul 26, 2018 9:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: July 27, 2018
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Mayor Don Scott says the municipality needs to conduct a rural homelessness count. (David Thurton/ CBC)
Although the long-term trend suggests homelessness in Fort McMurray is on the decline, the region's recent survey did not include the region's rural communities.
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo released its point-in-time homeless count in July. Funded by the federal Homelessness Partnering Strategy, the count was conducted in Fort McMurray in April 2018.
But Wood Buffalo Mayor Don Scott said the count doesn't give a complete picture.
"There's definitely work that needs to be done," Scott said. "My understanding is that there has never been a rural homeless count in our region ever. This is the council that is taking action on that."
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In March, council voted to conduct a rural count and the municipality dedicated $15,000 toward the program.
'It is incomplete'
The Wood Buffalo Housing Corporation said it and other organizations need an accurate count of rural areas to better understand what the housing needs are.
"I don't think the numbers are complete unless we count the rural communities," said Henry Hunter, the corporation's CEO. "It's the Wood Buffalo region so without the rural community count, it is incomplete."
The Centre for Hope is a Fort McMurray drop-in centre for homeless, which offers a range of services. Its executive director, Amanda Holloway, said the non-profit sector and the municipality need to know if they should decentralize outreach programs.
"For information purposes, absolutely, it would definitely be good information for us," Holloway said. "Considering that now our services are focused on the urban centre."
Scott said the municipality can use the data from a rural homeless count to lobby the government for more dollars.
"I am going to demand the other levels of government take action," Scott said, pointing out housing is a federal and provincial responsibility.
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While the latest numbers focused on Fort McMurray, the data showed the homeless population has decreased from a high of 549 in 2008 down to 200 this year.
Although numbers were lower in 2016 than 2018, the municipality says 2016 was an anomaly with the wildfire evacuation driving residents and the region's homeless out of the city.
Connect with David Thurton, CBC's Fort McMurray correspondent, on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or email him at david.thurton@cbc.ca
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David Thurton is a senior reporter in CBC's Parliamentary Bureau. He covers daily politics in the nation's capital and specializes in environment and energy policy. Born in Canada but raised in Trinidad and Tobago, he's moved around more times than he can count. He's worked for CBC in several provinces and territories, including Alberta and the Northwest Territories.


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Freshman creates helpful school-based app
With 400,000 square feet, three floors, two gymnasiums, and an external tech-wing, it can be hard to get lost in the vastness of Red Lion Senior High. However, freshmen Chance Riddle has created an application to help solve that problem.
The app, called "School Scout", is currently only accessible as a website, but the application will be available sometime before the start of the 2016-2017 school year. It holds maps of all three floors of the senior high, the various bell schedules, and even the monthly lunch menu.
"One of my biggest concerns about coming into the high school was the size," freshmen and app developer Chance Riddle said. "I just thought it would be convenient to have something that you could see right at your fingertips."
After forming and spreading his idea, Chance's junior high seminar teacher Mrs. Shay referred him to Mrs. Samantha Smith, the K-12 district Technology Integration Coach, for guidance in constructing the application.
"He really thought it would be helpful, with being an incoming freshmen, to create something that would help assist freshmen when they come to the high school," Smith said. "So he wanted to know how he could make that happen and make it a reality."
"Of course, he wanted to make an app, which was awesome, but the reality was that I did not know how to do that," Smith said. "So, we started creating a mobile website, which was the easiest way for us to get to his end result and ultimate goal quickly."
Through some research into coding and design, the site was up and running by the start of the 2015-2016 school year after various tests and clearances by Red Lion-affiliated channels.
"He has access to all of the knowledge at his fingertips," Smith said. "Plus, we do have some great resources here at Red Lion that are going to help him with coding and things of that nature."
The next step in finalizing the application will be actually making it available as a downloadable app on the iTunes store.
However, Apple product users can easily create a shortcut button on their home screen to take them directly to the site. The website is currently available at https://sites.google.com/a/rlschools.net/test1/ as of November 24.
Mini-THON celebrates its 10th birthday
Ten years of dancing for the students of Red Lion high school, from 2007 till present: Red Lion has been holding an event to help in ending childhood cancer.
In the beginning of 2007, a young high school student named Savannah Smith went around, room to room, asking for help in starting an event called "Mini-THON", a 12-hour long dance-a-thon, birthed from the yearly THON held at Penn State University.
Savannah approached physical education teacher Miss Ashleigh Reinert. Miss Reinert willingly helped to the best of her ability, as her time was limited as a coach of multiple sports.
One of the events leading to the first mini-THON was to go to Hershey Medical Center to visit the very children they were helping to save. "After I saw the first hand of the first child I knew how important it was," Miss Reinert said. "In that moment, I knew what we were doing meant something."
It has been ten years since the first mini-THON, and Red Lion's attendance and money raised only continue to rise, with over 300 students attending and over $53,000 raised during the 2014-2015 school year.
The 2015-2016 mini-THON fundraising campaign has already started, and the first big fundraisers are already here. On September 11, mini-THON will be holding a chicken barbeque outside the pool area before the football game. November 5 is also a date to save as Red Lion high school will the host the Harlem Wizards basketball team in a staff vs. Wizards game. All proceeds will go toward Red Lion mini-THON.
Red Lion mini-THON has also lost a valued adviser, science teacher Mrs. Misty Wilson, after she took a principal position at Dallastown High School. She has been succeeded by English teacher and mini-THON adviser Mr. Ryan Small, who has been given the title of head adviser.
"We are a team and want to give credit where it's due," Small said. "While I'm labeled as head adviser, all other advisers put in the same amount as work as I do, this includes Ms. White, Mrs. Capiotis and Mrs. Beland."
Putting on mini-THON is very much a team effort, and requires the cooperation and effort of many students and staff, but the most important thing to remember is FTK.
"FTK means hope for those diagnosed."
-Ryan Small
Formal Fashion Fair helps students dress to impress
Every little girl dreams of having the perfect dress for prom. With the help of Student Council, everyone will get the chance to find their fairytale gown.
This is the second year for the Lion Queen dress drive, though it is now called the formal fashion fair, since the merchandise is not restricted to prom dresses.
In addition to dresses, Student Council also collects shoes, bags, and accessories to give away or consign. The dresses are not limited to prom dresses; homecoming and other formal occasion attire are accepted, too. The fair this year will be expanded to include everything for the prom experience, not just dresses.
Last year, the drive was only open to Red Lion students, but this year, anyone can donate, consign, or buy the dresses and accessories.
Some dresses will be given away for free and others will be sold for up to $100.
"The general idea is that people with less money should be able to get great dresses, too," Elizabeth Gable, a member on the committee that organized the event, said.
Mrs. Jane Dennish, the student council adviser, came up with the idea from the nationwide event, The Cinderella Project.
"I thought that it would be neat to provide free prom dresses locally," Dennish said.
According to Mrs. Dennish, Student Council is planning on having a hairstylist, a nail stylist,, and a Mary Kay consultant at the event this year. The goal is to help students figure out how to do the rest of their outfits after they find their dresses.
There will also be raffles for various gift baskets at the event with everything from hair tools to makeup.
The main goal of the event is to bring people together during the chaotic prom season, not for Student Council to make a profit.
"The students make all of the money. It is not like a typical consignment where the business takes a cut of the profit," Dennish said. "We do it as a service."
"We want to entice mothers and daughters to spend the day together. They can make it a mother and daughter day," Dennish said.
Local one-room schoolhouse restoration project begins
By Mike McCarty
Students from Red Lion Area Senior High School's drafting and design level four class have begun a remarkable self-driven project. Seniors Drake Schaefer, Hunter Kinard, Mike McCarty, Sebastian Smith, Joshua Ziolkowski, Ben Clark, and junior McKayla Cooley are those in charge of the effort to restore the Neff's single-room schoolhouse.
Located on 220 Country Club Road, this historic landmark is in dilapidated condition and in need of improvements and repairs. With only a few months and a couple of field trip days lefts within the school year, the pressure is on, but the students of Red Lion are more than up for the challenge.
"Simply it has to be done, and it's a fun challenge," senior Hunter Kinard said.
The one overseeing this project is their very own drafting/design level four teacher Mr. John Royer. With immense enthusiasm he encourages the students to not only do this for a grade, but to find out what this project means for those working on it and to find out what you're passionate about in life.
Mr. Royer's passion for the project is closely tied to the reason he wants to be involved. "Why? To restore and honor the impacts that single room schoolhouses had on our community, simple hardworking close knit families who loved to help each other was a part of life," Mr. Royer, said.
Neff's single room schoolhouse was just a stepping stone to many of the students striving to make it to high school, where most of the core subjects were taught, including geography, mathematics, English, and especially religion.
What was once a treasure to the town and its students this historic institution is rotting away sadly.
"I feel it is important to secure the legacy left behind so future visitors may take a trip back in time. My local history students continue to be amazed at what took place in this building. Education has changed and grown exponentially over the past 65 years but it is important to reflect on our beginnings," Mr. Sam Cooley, local history teacher said.
With panels falling from the ceiling, paint chipping, and splintering floorboards, the school house is slowly decaying, though with the help and compassion from the students, this barely recognizable structure will once again stand proud.
"It's a part of our towns history, not everyone has the chance to tackle a project like this so why not?" Drake Schaefer said.
Habitat for Humanity: Project coming to a close
By Bella McCarey
For the last 12 months, the Red Lion community has been surrounding the efforts of Habitat for Humanity to build a home for Ashley Moffitt and her daughter Shaelynn. Superintendent Dr. Scott Deisley and Assistant Principal Mr. Grant Gouker teamed up to bring the dream of participating in Habitat for Humanity to the school district.
The house is in the final stretch, with the ending date rapidly approaching. March 23, 2015 is the date that Mr. Gouker has in mind and would like to continue working to meet the deadline.
"The interior is about 98% finished. There is still a little bit of painting to do, electrical fixtures to install, and window treatments to do, " Mr. Gouker said. "There are also some exterior things to do all of which will have to be completed when the weather gets warm."
As of now, the itinerary or location of the closing ceremony isn't absolute. The one thing that Mr. Gouker is aware of is creating a "special project" to create for the homeowner, which will be a gift highlighting the building process.
The house was made possible mainly based on fundraising efforts by the community itself as well as the school districts, including staff, administration and students, participating in the building process.
The fundraising goal for the project was met, a $90,000 figure necessary for finishing the home.
Red Lion Habitat 'builds' a trend
As Habitat house begins to come together, other schools districts show interest in participating in the cause.
The Red Lion Area School District's home page states its mission is to prepare students to reach their highest potential while also helping them become productive citizens. Through academics, athletics and community projects, students are able to actively improve as people in and out of the classroom.
Habitat for Humanity is one venue for which students are gaining community service hours and partaking in something bigger than themselves. Students are volunteering individually and in groups within the school, such as FFA, the Executive Council of 2015 and Choir.
The hard work students have put in is shown through the house itself, which is in the final home stretch.
"The building itself is complete in structure and walls are currently primed and being painted," Assistant Principal Mr. Grant Gouker said.
The end of March is still the completion date for the project, weather permitting.
"It depends on how bad this winter is this year, if it's anything like it was last year," Mr. Gouker said, "But it's looking positive as of right now."
While the house's foundation is settling, another foundation is in works in other school districts. Spring Grove, Central York and York County School of Technology are all looking to begin their own Habitat projects.
"Spring Grove and other districts [Central and YCST] have asked to be a part of things, sort of following in our footsteps,"
Mr. Gouker said, "It's always nice to be first for once."
As the house begins to feel more like a home, the works of planning a "handover ceremony for the homeowners" is on the table.
"There's not much detail on it yet, but if March stays as our ending date, the idea of the ceremony will be more clear," Mr. Gouker said.
To sign up to volunteer, go to http://tinyurl/rlhabitat to sign up today!
Aevidum calls for mental health awareness
One fifth of teenagers have a mental health disorder, according to the National Center for Children in Poverty.
Aevidum, a new club at Red Lion, is hoping to prevent this statistic from becoming a reality in our community.
The word "aevidum" was made by the student at Cocalico High School when one of their fellow students committed suicide. The word means "I've got your back." A group of students decided to make a positive outcome from the tragedy.
So, they formed Aevidum.
This group of students, including sophomore Mickayla Smith, Juniors Ian Adler and Hayley Athoff, and Senior Katelyn Willey, are determined to bring the program to the high school.
"The club is completely run by students," sa Ms. Rohrbaugh, teacher advisor for Aevidum. The school psychologist, Mrs. Persing, is also advising the club.
In October, Mrs. Rohrbaugh, invited this group of students to attend the Let's Talk PA! press conference in Lancaster.
"You could feel the energy bouncing off everywhere," said Willey.
Over 30 schools attended the conference to start off another year of spreading awareness about mental health issues.
"There were a bunch of people from different schools. Those who were already a part of the club were connecting us as one," said Smith.
The energetic conference inspired the group of students to bring the excitement back to their school.
"When Mrs. Rohrbaugh told us about the conference, it was really vague," said Adler. "But when we got there I thought, 'This is awesome.'"
On Friday, November 12, the kick-off assembly was held in the auditorium.
Willey and her fellow leaders of Aevidum at Red Lion organized the assembly on Friday and will continue to plan most of the club's events.
The presentation started with Smith and Adler wearing banana suits.. The club's purpose and future plans were finally revealed.
Aevidum at Red Lion will focus on increasing acceptance, appreciation, acknowledgement, and care in the high school.
The club already has several ideas to accomplish that goal.
According to Willey, the club has their first activity in the works. They plan on hosting Red Lion's first paint battles. As a fundraiser, white shirts will be sold by the club members. All of the money will go to kick starting the club and extra will go to charities that deal with mental health awareness.
Then, they will organize paint stations and students will paint handprints on each other's shirts to show that they have each other's backs.
"We would have paint everywhere," said Willey.
The club is also planning on creating an Aevidum lounge as a place where students can have a comfortable place to relax and to get help.
These plans are in the works, but the club needs the students' help. More members are needed to organize events and activities. Anyone who is interested should contact Mrs. Rohrbaugh or Mrs. Persing, the school's psychologist and co-advisor for Aevidum.
"Everyone is welcome. That's what makes Aevidum different," said Athoff.
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Red Lion Brings To Students "The Slam"
By Phoenix Ashman
Students are planning the first ever poetry slam at Red Lion Area Senior High School. Senior Nikki Einsig had the idea to hold a poetry slam for high school students to be held on Apr. 17 in the high school auditorium.
The event has been named 'The Slam.'
"There is a lot of events and opportunities for people in the art and musical organizations at Red Lion and there needed to be something for people who enjoy writing, like a creative outlet," Einsig said.
To participate in 'The Slam' one must attend the audition that will be held after school on Mar. 26 and 27 in room D113. Anyone wanting to perform must sign up for the audition outside of Mrs. Shultz room, D113. Auditions are mandatory.
'The Slam' will take place in the high school's auditorium on Apr. 10 at 6:00 pm. Arriving early is recommended.
'The Slam' is a school function; therefore there have been rules and guidelines set forth by Mrs. Shultz, The Slam advisor.
The rules and guidelines are as follows, all pieces must be original (spoken or sung), must be school appropriate (language and performance), and should be three minutes or less in length. Performers are expected to be polite and respectful,
For those who have no idea what to expect when it comes to a poetry slam, Einsig shared her take on what a poetry slam is really about. "It's intended to be upbeat and high energy. Audience participation is important. They're basically the judges."
A workshop will also be taking place on Mar. 19, 20 in room D113. The workshop is separate from 'The Slam' but is similar in its purpose. There is a sign up sheet for the workshop outside of D113.


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'Guardians of Music': New Documentary on History of Armenian Music in Detroit
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Airing on Detroit Public Television on March 16 at 9:30 p.m.
DETROIT, Mich.—"Motown" is often associated with the likes of Diana Ross and "The Jackson 5." In reality, Detroit's nickname encompasses a rich tapestry of music and musicians that includes many ethnicities—including Armenians. On March 16, at 9:30 p.m., Detroit Public Television (DPTV) will air the premiere of "Guardians of Music," a new documentary by Kresge Artist Fellow Ara Topouzian, as part of a special Armenian Night event.
On March 16, at 9:30 p.m., Detroit Public Television (DPTV) will air the premiere of "Guardians of Music," a new documentary by Kresge Artist Fellow Ara Topouzian, as part of a special Armenian Night event.
The film features visits to local metro Detroit area locations where Armenian music was once prominent, as well as rare interviews with some of the musicians and nightclub patrons of that era.
Produced and narrated by Topouzian with a $12,000 challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the 1-hour film showcases photographs, film archives, and newspaper clippings that promoted Armenian music in the clubs and dance halls of Detroit, demonstrating the diversity and vibrancy of the multicultural music scene during that time period.
"As this is the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, I wanted to pay homage to the first generations of Detroit-Armenian musicians that helped preserve our folk music and say thank you for passing it on to my generation," said Topouzian. "But, I also wanted to showcase Detroit's rich and diverse music history."
Topouzian is an Armenian-American musician whose proficiency at the kanun (Middle Eastern harp) has made him a nationally recognized artist. He has performed at concerts, music festivals, and many celebrated venues across the United States and the world. In 2012, Topouzian became a Kresge Artist Fellow, and in 2013 he won a Knight Arts Challenge from Knight Foundation.
"Film is an important lens for examining the stories that shape our communities," said Dennis Scholl, vice president of arts for Knight Foundation. "We hope that Detroiters will watch this film to celebrate Armenian culture and learn more about their shared histories."
In addition to Topouzian's film, DPTV's Armenian Night will also feature "The Armenian Genocide," a film by Emmy Award-winner Andrew Goldberg. The program is narrated by Julianna Margulies, Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Laura Linney, Orlando Bloom, and others. It includes interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning author (and current U.S. Ambassador to the UN) Samantha Power, as well as never-before-seen historical footage.
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Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Mendoza, largest university of higher education, was established in 1939 by presidential decree 26971. Balseiro Institute, is located in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, is the most developed institute of Physics research in Argentina. At the university foundation, few existing colleges and some new colleges were incorporated into it. University established regional affiliations in Engineering and Architecture in San Juan, Medicine, Human Sciences, Agronomy and Economics in Mendoza, and Natural Sciences in San Luis. In 1973, the National University of Cuyo concentrated itself in Mendoza and on campus in Río Negro Province: the Balseiro Institute because of National University of San Juan and the National University of San Luis those were established in these regions from the adjunct faculties of the National University of Cuyo. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Mendoza had 12 academic schools in the city of Mendoza and a delegation in the city of San Rafael, in 2005. The University Technological Institute in four other cities of Mendoza province offers technical education. University contains 5 Engineering schools of Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Architecture and various graduate schools of PhD in Engineering, Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Master in Environmental Engineering, Specialization in Environmmental Engineering, Master in Energy, Master in Structural Engineering, Diploma in Administration and Direction of Projects, Diploma in Administration and Control of Buildings, Diploma in Management of Good Quality, Diploma in Management of Innovations and Technologies of Information and Communication. Balseiro Institute provides education of Physics, Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, School of Arts and Plastic Design, School of Economic Sciences, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, School of Social and Political Sciences, School of Law, School of Humanities, School of Dentistry, Elementary and Special-Needs Education, School of Agricultural Sciences, Applied Sciences (San Rafael, Mendoza). The university was established 78 years ago. University contains 4,071 Academic staff and 44,160 students in its organisation. Ing. Agr. Daniel Pizzi is the Rector and Ing. Jorge Barón is the vice rector of the university. The National University of Cuyo manages 4 different programs of Student Mobility such as Program of Academic Mobility of The National University of Cuyo, Young Exchange Program Mexico Argentina (Jima), Academic Mobility Program Colombia Argentina (Maca), Student Scale Program - Universities Association Montevideo Group (Augm). UNCuyos students recently conducted research and discovered methods of cutting and preparing food can affect many nutrients retained in a meal. Thiosulfinates in garlic and onions do not show its effect of platelet aggregation and microparticle shedding until crushing or cutting. In their research they also found that steaming instead boiling is preferable to retain more of their water-soluble vitamins.


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The Curious Sleep Apnea and Heart Rhythm Connection
After surgery, a patient with sleep apnea discovered she also had atrial fibrillation, a serious irregular heart rhythm.
Medically Reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH
Up to half of people with atrial fibrillation may also have trouble breathing while they sleep.istock
Dealing with one chronic condition can be difficult; dealing with two or more amps up the challenge for your heart. That's something all too familiar to Rhonda Marie Clare Harvey-Collens, 52, of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She lives with rheumatoid arthritis, sleep apnea, and the abnormal heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation.
Harvey-Collens was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in 2007 while recovering from surgery for a life-threatening infection. The biologic drug she was taking for rheumatoid arthritis suppressed her immune system, and an infection took hold. This happened not once, but twice.
"When doing my vital signs, they realized something was not quite right with my pulse and discovered I had atrial fibrillation," Harvey-Collens says.
Because the infections had nearly killed her, she started seeing a psychiatrist for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). "I was telling her I had a horrible time sleeping, and had anxiety-driven nightmares," she says. She recalls that she was terribly frightened about what was happening to her.
Her psychiatrist ordered a sleep study, which confirmed obstructive sleep apnea: a sleep disorder in which people stop breathing multiple times when they're asleep.
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Harvey-Collens is not alone in having sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation. The incidence of sleep apnea among people with atrial fibrillation varies from 32 to 49 percent, according to a 2012 report in the journal Current Cardiology Reviews. These figures may even be higher because physicians do not routinely screen patients for sleep apnea, says William Abraham, MD, director of the division of cardiovascular medicine at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center.
Do You Have Sleep Apnea? Everything to Know About How to Get Screened and Treated
To help her sleep, Harvey-Collens's doctors first recommended a CPAP machine, which provides a continuous flow of air into nasal passages to keep them open. But she kept setting off its alarms as she slept, so she switched to a BiPAP machine, which delivers two levels of pressure: a high amount when she inhales, and a low amount when she exhales.
"It seems to work well," she says. "I can't sleep without it. I use it every night. I still require sleep medicines to stay asleep, but I'm not waking up at night with my heart racing."
To control her atrial fibrillation, Harvey-Collens relies on rhythm- and rate-control medications. She also does physiotherapy, a combination of movement and exercise. But she still sometimes experiences heart rhythm incidents. In March 2014, during an atrial fibrillation episode, she had to go to the emergency room. "My heartbeat is normally 55 to 60, and it went into the 150s," she recounts.
When she experienced headaches, a neurologist determined that she'd already had two strokes — a dangerous complication of atrial fibrillation. Having sleep apnea is also linked directly to stroke risk, according to the American College of Cardiology.
How Do You Know if You Have Sleep Apnea?
Waking symptoms of sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation are often similar and not very specific, Dr. Abraham says.
Symptoms that suggest you might have sleep apnea are daytime sleepiness, fatigue, excessive urination, moodiness, and cognitive impairment.
Symptoms of atrial fibrillation often come on suddenly and include shortness of breath and lightheadedness. Other symptoms may include a feeling of weakness, a rapid heart rate, palpitations, or chest pain.
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"There are no special symptoms of the two together," says Robert Rosenberg, DO, medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center of Prescott Valley in Flagstaff, Arizona. "If you're diagnosed with afib, your healthcare provider should inquire about snoring or any other signs or symptoms of co-existent sleep apnea," he says. Seeing a sleep specialist is the next step in determining whether you have sleep apnea.
Diagnosing sleep apnea is imperative, Rosenberg says, because your heart treatment is much more likely to succeed when your sleep apnea is treated.
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Treating obstructive sleep apnea reduces the risk for recurrence of an irregular heart rhythm for patients who've had a catheter ablation to stop their atrial fibrillation, found a clinical study published in the July 2013 Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
"The majority of patients I see are referred to me after their afib has been diagnosed," Rosenberg says. In his experience, cardiologists often recommend a sleep apnea evaluation after a patient's heart treatment fails to keep the heart in normal rhythm.
Today, Harvey-Collens takes a positive attitude toward her sleep apnea and afib. "I have a cardiologist and a neurologist that I see regularly," she says. "It keeps life interesting, that's for certain."
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1 Ribbon: The tabs on the ribbon are: File, Home, Insert, Page layout, Formulas, Data, Review and View. Excel selects the ribbon's Home tab when you open a workbook.
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8 Keyboard Shortcuts: Keyboard shortcuts allow you to do things with your keyboard instead of your mouse to increase your speed.
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6 Lookup & Reference: Learn all about Excel's lookup & reference functions such as the VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, INDEX and CHOOSE function.
11 Array Formulas: This chapter helps you understand array formulas in Excel. Single cell array formulas perform multiple calculations in one cell.
1 Create a Macro: With Excel VBA you can automate tasks in Excel by writing so called macros. In this chapter, learn how to create a simple macro.
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12 Array: An array is a group of variables. In Excel VBA, you can refer to a specific variable (element) of an array by using the array name and the index number.
14 Application Object: The mother of all objects is Excel itself. We call it the Application object. The application object gives access to a lot of Excel related options.
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12 Lock Cells: You can lock cells in Excel if you want to protect cells from being edited.
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18 Transpose: Use the 'Paste Special Transpose' option to switch rows to columns or columns to rows in Excel. You can also use the TRANSPOSE function.
19 Correlation: We can use the CORREL function or the Analysis Toolpak add-in in Excel to find the correlation coefficient between two variables.
20 Time Sheet: This example teaches you how to create a simple timesheet calculator in Excel.
21 Offset: The OFFSET function in Excel returns a cell or range of cells that is a specified number of rows and columns from a cell or range of cells.
22 Pie Chart: Pie charts are used to display the contribution of each value (slice) to a total (pie). Pie charts always use one data series.
23 If: The IF function is one of the most used functions in Excel. This page contains many easy to follow IF examples.
24 Data Tables: Instead of creating different scenarios, you can create a data table to quickly try out different values for formulas. You can create a one variable data table or a two variable data table.
25 t-Test: This example teaches you how to perform a t-Test in Excel. The t-Test is used to test the null hypothesis that the means of two populations are equal.
26 Advanced Filter: This example teaches you how to apply an advanced filter in Excel to only display records that meet complex criteria.
27 Frequency Distribution: Did you know that you can use pivot tables to easily create a frequency distribution in Excel? You can also use the Analysis Toolpak to create a histogram.
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5 Strategies to Future-Proof Your Career and Embrace Digital Change
By Robert Half on June 4, 2019 at 2:00pm
It's easy to buy into the hype that new and disruptive technologies — particularly, artificial intelligence (AI) — are job killers. But technology's power to change the nature of work, and make some jobs obsolete in the process, is nothing new. Neither is the fact that technology can create new markets and career paths — and provide opportunities for workers to be even more productive and innovative.
Of course, to take advantage of the future job trends that these tech advancements will help to create, professionals need to have relevant skills. But how can you know what skills and abilities you'll need to be marketable in the future? What steps can you take now to "future-proof" your career and decrease the likelihood of being replaced by a machine?
Robert Half's new report, Jobs and AI Anxiety, offers some insight. The report delves into how transformative technologies like AI, cloud computing, and virtual reality (VR) are already changing many workplaces and, over time, can help make professionals even more valuable to their employers.
The technology and business experts interviewed for our report shared their thoughts on how workers can potentially future-proof their career — or at least be prepared to pivot in a new direction if needed. Here are some strategies that workers can use to help evolve their skills — and their mindset — so they can be prepared to take advantage of future job trends:
1. Anticipate tech changes in your workplace
One key strategy to future-proof your career is to try to anticipate which technologies your organization is likely to adopt sooner than later.
There are several ways you can do that, from being an astute observer of technology trends in your industry to paying close attention to what leaders at your firm are saying about the company's goals for digital transformation. For example, there's a good chance AI solutions are coming to your organization soon: According to a global research study from consulting firm Protiviti, a Robert Half subsidiary, and research firm ESI ThoughtLab, most companies will be applying advanced AI to almost every function in the next two years.
What's the next step after you identify some possible tech changes coming to your workplace? Dr. Tracey Wilen, a researcher and speaker on the impact of technology on society, work and careers, suggests that professionals learn how to use at least two new technologies that are likely to become relevant to their profession. Adopting this enterprising and entrepreneurial approach helped her to evolve her own career, she says.
"I worked in manufacturing for a long time, and I was very aware of 3D printing and robotics coming onto the scene," says Wilen, who was interviewed for Robert Half's Jobs and AI Anxiety report. "So, I made the point to learn about them — no one told me to do this. I went to industry associations. I took classes, including every technology class my employer could offer. I even sat down with vendors."
If you're worried about whether you can learn new skills, give yourself more credit. Another expert interviewed for the Jobs and AI Anxiety report, futurist and disruptive innovation expert Daniel Burrus, says "Human are infinitely upgradeable. We can learn new things whether we are 18 or 80."
2. Put your career development on the front burner
The Jobs and AI Anxiety report makes the point that, when businesses adopt new technologies and automate processes and tasks, they free their employees to perform other, more value-adding work. This is a great opportunity for professionals to shine, provided they're ready to take more responsibility for directing their careers — and are working now to future-proof them.
However, many people don't take a proactive approach to their career development and planning, and that could easily hurt them in the future, according to Wilen. She says employees often devote less time to professional development once they are actually in the workforce, but their focus should be continuous.
If you feel like you need to jump-start your career development, reach out for help. Talk about your career aspirations with your supervisor, the human resources department, and valued contacts in your professional network, for a start. Participating in professional and industry organizations is another strategy for staying on top of technology and business trends that could impact your job or open doors to appealing new career paths.
3. Elevate your emotional intelligence
If you want to future-proof your career, don't just focus on growing and refining your technical abilities. The experts we interviewed for the Jobs and AI Anxiety report agree that "human skills" such as empathy will top the list of vital skills that workers and business leaders will need in the future. And demonstrating other forms of emotional intelligence, such as compassion and the ability to understand nuance, is one area where human workers have their AI counterparts beat — at least, for now.
Robert Half research featured in the Jobs and AI Anxiety report found that more than half of U.S. managers (51%) expect the introduction of new technologies in the workplace to drive up demand for stellar soft skills. So, no matter what future job trends unfold, you can bet that employers will still value abilities and qualities such as critical thinking, active listening, problem-solving and, of course, adaptability.
Paul McDonald, senior executive director at Robert Half, says, "Soft skills have been the new hard skills for several years now in most professions, from finance to IT. If you're not already making a point to cultivate and master soft skills like communication and collaboration, you're undermining your ability to adapt to change and remain relevant in the future workplace."
4. Nurture your inner leader
According to the Jobs and AI Anxiety report, work in the future will be self-driven to a large degree, and also project-driven and team-oriented. Professionals, to succeed in this environment, will need solid leadership skills to direct themselves, their projects and others.
Also, some workers may find they are tapped for leadership roles in their organization much sooner than they may have expected because workforce demographics are changing so rapidly. "We are going to see more younger leaders in business in the future," says Robert Half chief digital officer Colin Mooney.
5. Be flexible and bold
Embracing flexibility is another key to success for professionals in the future workplace. As more organizations digitize and deploy advanced technologies like machine learning and AI to automate basic tasks, including some types of decision making, companies and workers will also start to look at jobs much differently.
"Work in the future won't be defined — or confined — by your role or job title. It will be based largely on people's increased ability to apply their own unique set of skills, knowledge and talents to their work," Mooney says. (Essentially, Mooney's take is that your work in the future will be centered on what even advanced software alone can't achieve.)
So, one clear message from the Jobs and AI Anxiety report and the experts interviewed for it is that you will need to focus on building a solid mix of hard and soft skills if you want to future-proof your career. You're probably doing that, as these skills are already in demand. Moving forward, you may want to focus on using your critical-thinking abilities to analyze how technology may change your workplace in the near term and spark future job trends. That includes examining how you perform your current work, and whether you could do those processes or tasks differently — and better — by applying new technology.
Robert Atkinson, president, Information Technology and Information Foundation, who was also interviewed for the Jobs and AI Anxiety report, says that inviting technological change, and being willing to take risks, can help workers keep pace with or even stay ahead of digital change. "Professionals need to visualize the next lily pad and how they can jump to it," he says. "They need to ask: 'What qualifications and capabilities do I need?' and 'How and where do I get those skills?'" He notes that a great starting place would be enrolling in some Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), free online courses available to anyone.
Will disrupting your own job with technology help to future-proof your career? Quite possibly. You'll be stepping up to learn valuable skills and experience that can help you anticipate and benefit from future job trends. At the very least, it could help you to avoid being disrupted by digital change unexpectedly.


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Third Generation Solar: Ubiquitous Power Generation
We have been blogging about decentral- ized solar power generation with ownership distributed over the whole population - Power to the People. Exxon Mobil and British Petroleum are trying to convince you via TV ads that solar power generation is best left in their hands and not spread ubiquitously to every Tom, Dick and Harry. They want to corporatize and commodify it so that they can charge everybody whatever they want and make enormous profits the way they've done with oil. Wall Street wants to get the speculators involved thereby driving up the price. The fact of the matter is that third generation solar panels are so cheap to produce that solar power can be generated everywhere and anywhere with the power being consumed immediately or put out on the grid with a credit given to each citizen.
They already do this in Germany where the government subsidizes each citizen (not just large corporations) to install solar panels on their rooftops or fields. It can be generated in either urban or rural settings in a totally decentralized manner. Each citizen can generate his or her own power and profit from putting the excess back on the grid. So everyone can be a producer not just a consumer. In the 2008 issue of PC Magazine Jim Louderback writes:
A real breakthrough has appeared with solar's third-gen technology: thin-film solar panels. What's so special about this technology? Instead of growing and slicing silicon ingots, or vacuum-based glass etching, specialized printers spew nano particles onto rolls of thin, flexible material through a futuristic mashup of ink jet printing technology, aluminum foil, and space-age chemical compounds.
Third-gen solar factories create panels for a fraction of the cost of earlier generations. The first thin-film ink jet–based panels started rolling off Nanosolar's assembly line here in Silicon Valley last December.
A handful of start-ups are racing to dominate this exciting market, but Nanosolar has taken an early lead. The company claims incredible pricing for its panels: as little as $1 per watt, compared with around $4.50 for traditional solar cells. That's roughly equivalent to using fossil fuels—the holy grail for solar power. Even though the efficiency of these new thin solar panels is lower than that of previous generations, their incredibly cheap price, coupled with their flexible nature, will usher in much wider use of solar power. Nanosolar's entire 2008 production run has already been snapped up.
So energy production promises to be, if not free, pretty damn close to it. Tents can incorporate the thin flexible films so that campers can enjoy all the benefits of home life: light, power for their laptops and TVs, and power for cooking. This would be great for the homeless and dispossessed all over the world! Airplanes would be able to generate their own power since flexible solar panels could be built in to the fuselage and wings. They would be able to fly forever without jet fuel. It's already being incorporated on the roofs of the Toyota Prius.
But the truly exciting promise of decentral- ized, decorporat- ized, decommod- ified energy and power generation is that individual citizens would not be at the behest of large corporations who would not be able to bottle and sell them power at whatever price they and the speculators wanted to set. This would be a democratized industry, and would represent a situation that enabled the citizens of whatever country to be a yeomanry. Think of the initial years of the US where almost everyone was a small farmer. They provided most of their own needs locally on the farm and put the excess whether it be milk or produce back out on the grid. Ubiquitous power generation via solar would allow a return to the same situation, and would allow a truly uncorporatized democracy to flourish much as it did in the good old days. It would be Thomas Jefferson's dream of a nation of small farmers come true only the farming would be for energy.
From "Germany Embraces the Sun" in Wired:
FREIBURG, Germany -- Germany is not necessarily known as the sunniest spot in Europe. But nowhere else do so many people climb on their roofs to install solar panels.
Since the introduction of the Renewable Energies Laws (EEG) in April last year, Germany has been experiencing a remarkable boom in solar energy.
"When my cab driver gives me a lecture about solar technologies, I know I am back home," raved Rian van Staden, executive director of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) about Freiburg, the sunniest city in Germany and host to the InterSolar conference July 6-8.
The little university town in southwest Germany, about 40 miles away from the French and Swiss borders, is Germany's "Solar Valley."
A gigantic solar panel at the train station greets visitors to Freiburg. The city also boasts the new Zero Emissions Hotel Victoria, which is the first European hotel to run completely on alternative energy sources. Even Freiburg's premier league soccer stadium is solar powered.
More than 450 environmentally oriented companies and institutions take advantage of the favorable weather, research, networking opportunities and progressive political climate in Freiburg, which makes even Berkeley -- its soul mate in the San Francisco Bay Area -- look comparatively conservative.
The German solar industry has exploded in the last two years. DFS (Deutscher Fachverband Solarenergie), the German Association for Solar Energies, recently reported a 50 percent rise in solar panel orders during 2000.
German solar companies sold 75,000 solar systems in 2000 in addition to 360,000 solar systems installed previously, and photovoltaic installations increased fourfold from 1999.
Solar power means big business in Germany: Solar companies generated revenues of $435 million in 2000. According to DFS, Germany -- with its 54 percent market share -- is by far the European leader in produced solar collectors.
It was not fear of power outages, high gas prices or tripled power bills, but economic incentives that jump-started the solar revolution in Germany.
Last year in April, the Social-Democratic/Green German government introduced the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) to boost the planned switch to renewable energy sources. Producers of renewable energy get 43 cents for each kWh (kilowatt per hour) of solar power generated and 7 cents per kWh of wind energy generated.
Another program, initiated by the German government is also gaining momentum: the "100,000 roofs" initiative. Consumers get low-interest credits to finance solar panels for their roofs. By 2003, Germany intends to have given subsidies to more than 100,000 private homes with photovoltaic systems.
So the US has a decision to make. Will it follow the German model in which each citizen is encouraged and empowered to profit from solar power generation to meet his or her own needs and to put the excess back out on the grid or will it go the way of centralized, corporatized solar energy production ala Exxon Mobil and British Petroleum? Thousands of corporate lobbyists are gearing up to descend on Washington to insure that the latter alternative will be realized. Will we have economic democracy or corporate domination of the economy?
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