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Government backs down to energy companies

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:11:28 GMT

clipped by: montypaul
clipper's remarks: The government deny caving in to energy companies over cash rebates for households struggling to pay fuel bills

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

"We need to legislate to cap these prices rises from these greedy utilities here so that we help the ordinary family in our country - if we don't do that then we would have betrayed our people and betrayed our party."

The government has been accused by opponents of allowing speculation about a one-off payment to run wild over the summer, after a senior official was overheard discussing the plan on a train.

Tags: uk, labour, untilites, energy providers, greed, profiteering, price capping

mathematics (WN)

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:07:14 GMT

clipped by: terrr_resa

Clip Source: www.electronicinfo.ca

Mathematics (regular/co-op) (also available through St. Jerome's) Remove

University of Waterloo

More Details

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OUAC Program Code

Degree

Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath)

Location (city, region)

Waterloo, Western Ontario

Grade Range

Individual selection from the low 80s.

Is co-op available?

Co-op option available with this program

Prerequisites

MHF4U, MCV4U, any 4U English, either ICS4M or one other U course, plus two additional 4U/M courses. Recommended: ICS3M.

Enrolment

90 for regular, 290 for co-op

Residence Cost

$4,349 –$5,785 (includes high-speed internet and all utilities; meals not included)

Notes:

N/A

KDE 4.1.1 Release Announcement

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:34:05 GMT

clipped by: cyberwiz

Clip Source: www.kde.org

KDE Community Stabilizes Desktop with KDE 4.1.1

September 3, 2008. The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 4.1.1, the first bugfix and maintenance update for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop. KDE 4.1.1 is a monthly update to KDE 4.1. It ships with a basic desktop and many other packages; like administration programs, network tools, educational applications, utilities, multimedia software, games, artwork, web development tools and more. KDE's award-winning tools and applications are available in more than 50 languages.

Enhancements

Significant performance, interaction and rendering correctness improvements in KHTML and Konqueror, KDE's webbrowser

User interaction, rendering and stability fixes in Plasma, the KDE4 desktop shell

PDF backend fixes in the document viewer Okular

Fixes in Gwenview, the image viewer's thumbnailing, more robust retrieval and display of images with broken metadata

Stability and interaction fixes in KMail

Benchmarking program

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:42:46 GMT

clipped by: Anneliese1981
clipper's remarks: For testing your systems limitations and ensuring they meet standard. This Freeware product is easy to use and provides accurate information.

Clip Source: www.supershareware.com

Fresh Diagnose is a utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard disk performance, video system information, mainboard information, and more.

License	Freeware (Free)	Date Added	11/08/2003
Price	USD $0.00	Category	Utilities / Optimizers & Diagnostics
Filesize	1.2 MB	Author	Freshdevices.com

System Information: Scanning your system and give a complete report about your computer's hardware and software, for examples: mainboard information, video system information, PCI/AGP buses information, peripheral (keyboard, mouse, printer, etc.) information, network information.

Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP

Disable app crash dialogs

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:41:39 GMT

clipped by: laptopdj2

Clip Source: www.tuaw.com

Terminal Tips: Disable annoying application crash dialogs

Don't you hate it when an application becomes unresponsive and crashes? Are you even more tired of reading annoying application crash dialog boxes? A simple Terminal hack allows you to never see these dialogs again. Just open Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type:

defaults write com.apple.CrashReporter DialogType none

This will disable the "...unexpectedly quit" dialog that normally appears when an application crashes. If you ever want the dialogs to start appearing again, just replace "none" with "prompt".

Like tips like these? Try out TUAW's Mac 101 and Terminal Tips sections.

Tags: tips, mac, terminal

Compressed Air Energy Storage

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:07:23 GMT

clipped by: rj3sp
clipper's remarks: A New Jersey company announced to develop over the next three years an underground compressed-air storage system for wind turbines and other power sources.

Clip Source: www.environmentalleader.com

Wind Energy Storage Gets Boost

Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) pumps air underground in places like depleted natural gas wells or salt caverns. The pressured air is then released later to drive a turbine to generate electricity. The system is capable of storing energy for several hours or even days, allowing utilities to deliver electricity during peak hours, when the demand and price for electricity is at its highest.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Air Storage Is Explored for Energy

Clip Source: www.bloomberg.com

Clip Source: news.cnet.com

A New Jersey company said on Tuesday it will invest $20 million over three years to develop an underground compressed-air storage system for wind turbines and other power sources, a sign of growing confidence in the technology.

Clip Source: www.energystorageandpower.com

First Generation CAES

AEC CAES Project - The Only Operating CAES Power Plant

Clip Source: www.energystorageandpower.com

Second Generation CAES with Air Injection

Clip Source: www.energystorageandpower.com

Second Generation CAES with Inlet Chilling

Tags: environment, alternative energy, wind, compressed air, caes

SEO articles

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:57:19 GMT

clipped by: tomford1111
clipper's remarks: SEO articles and help files, SEO services on a whole new level.

Clip Source: www.seonotepad.com

There are a number of tools available to help in sucessfully creating SEO web content. Copyscape is used for duplicate checking, which is not specifically SEO, but can still be important, since duplicate content could have an affect on your page ranking. Other tools, include keyword density checkers, keyword suggestion tools, and other utilities, many of which are available for use free of

Tags: seo, google, yahoo, sem, marketing, search engine, optimization

The key to oil independence is a new electrical grid

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:17:49 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: It seems that with alternative sources of energy, such as wind and solar, the United States has the potential means to substantially reduce our dependence on oil - especially once plug-in cars are on the market.

But until we substantially upgrade our nation's electrical grid with modern technology that will enable the energy created by these sources to be transmitted intelligently around the county, their impact will be limited.

It's going to take a greater commitment from Congress to jump start this. Making it happen will provide a huge boost to our economy, environment and political leverage with the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela and more.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

The dirty secret of clean energy is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not.

The grid today, according to experts, is a system conceived 100 years ago to let utilities prop each other up, reducing blackouts and sharing power in small regions. It resembles a network of streets, avenues and country roads.

“We need an interstate transmission superhighway system,” said Suedeen G. Kelly, a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

“The windiest sites have not been built, because there is no way to move that electricity from there to the load centers,” he said.

Tags: alternative energy, grid, electricity, wind, solar

small scale hydroeletric

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:07:36 GMT

clipped by: rachaelkeriwilliams

Clip Source: www.architecture2030.org

Electrical energy is generated by the rotation of hydro-turbines utilizing natural water currents from either the oceans or rivers. Currently hydropower is the greatest renewable energy source in the US. Although most hydropower is produced by large utilities using dams, there are hydro-turbines available for residential applications using small streams and creeks. Using the oceans tides to generate electricity is another method of hydropower, termed tidal power, that is becoming more widespread. You may qualify for tax credits or rebates when purchasing and installing a hydro-turbine or you can look into purchasing hydroelectric energy from your local utility. Visit the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency to see your area’s programs.

Predictions: What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:06:00 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Some are eerily close?!

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

What Will Life Be Like in the Year 2008? (Nov, 1968)

40 Years in the Future

IT’S 8 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, and you are headed for a business appointment 300 mi. away. You slide into your sleek, two-passenger air-cushion car, press a sequence of buttons and the national traffic computer notes your destination, figures out the current traffic situation and signals your car to slide out of the garage.

The car accelerates to 150 mph in the city’s suburbs, then hits 250 mph in less built-up areas

Traffic is heavy, typically, but there’s no need to worry. The traffic computer, which feeds and receives signals to and from all cars in transit between cities, keeps vehicles at least 50 yds. apart. There hasn’t been an accident since the system was inaugurated.

Computers also handle travel reservations, relay telephone messages, keep track of birthdays and anniversaries, compute taxes and even figure the monthly bills for electricity, water, telephone and other utilities.

Tags: technology, progress, predictions, computers, robots

apartment througs neck

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:13:09 GMT

clipped by: pito41

Clip Source: newyork.craigslist.org

ing will start on August 25th. Please e-mail or call 914-830-1591 to make appointment.
-Small pets allowed.

Fair size Studio apartment for single person.
-All utilities included.
-Must be working.
-No programs
-Must have proof work.(Last2 pay stub)
-Letter Head of employment with contact Number.
-Letter from previous Landlord with contact Number.
-Must have 1 month deposited and 1 Broker's fee. (2 months only)
-All showing will start on August 25th. Please e-mail or call 914-830-1591 to make appointment.
-Small pets allowed.

Energy Alternatives Made In Damp Germany

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:21:45 GMT

clipped by: klippety
clipper's remarks: One can only imagine what if America actually would do something like that. With all the heat and hot air we have in Washington, we could supply the entire East Coast

Clip Source: features.csmonitor.com

Germany’s key to green energy

Despite its damp climate, the country has become the global leader in wind and solar power through a pioneering law. Now, Congress is weighing a similar bill.

Freiburg, Germany

While other nations hunt for ways to wean themselves from fossil fuels, Germany is in the throes of a green revolution that has made it the global leader in solar- and wind-power generation.

The reason? A pioneering law that requires utilities to buy electricity from renewable sources at premium rates. This means anyone with a rooftop solar generator or a small water turbine can sell the energy they produce at a healthy profit.

The goal behind feed-in tariffs is to foster a growing network of small and medium-size energy producers. In Germany, at least a dozen communities now produce much or all of their own energy

Supporters of the policy argue that such a grass-roots movement is the only way renewable energy will ever be deployed on a large scale

Free Defrag

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:32:38 GMT

clipped by: 4ab3e070
clipper's remarks: Quick defrag tools for your computer

Clip Source: www.updatexp.com

Free Defrag

Article Published by Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP

What Is a Free Disk Defrag?

In the context of administering computer systems, defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems.

The FREE Windows XP DisK Defrag Tool

Defragmentation attempts to alleviate these problems.

FREE Defrag Tools:

# Free Disk Defrag Software:

JkDefrag v3.34

Auslogics Disk Defrag

So What Are The Alternatives?

Keep it nice and simple...

Consider purchasing a third-party defragmenter!

They're inexpensive, immeasurably better than the freebie version supplied with Windows XP and can work in the background without slowing down system performance.

Infact software like TuneUp Utilities 2008 can really improve YOUR PC performance by:

# Intelligently defragment your hard drive on demand

# Optionally, and automatically, defragment your hard drive in the background

# Shorten the start-up time of Windows XP

# Defragment and repair the Windows XP registry

Kind Regards

Marc Liron

Microsoft MVP

Tags: free defrag

WEP/WPA Cracking with WZCook

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:45:13 GMT

clipped by: telecommatt
clipper's remarks: Disclaimers aside, I bookmark utilities like this one for a number of reasons, one being my inability recall where it was that I wrote down my WEP key. (I've long since given up on actually remember the passphrase itself!)

A more recent application occurred during a hotel stay during which the hotel locked down it's internet access using a passphrase due to a "malicious user", and I needed access before the phrase was distributed to the front desk IT person.

As you can see, there are a fair number of legitimate uses out there, and this little app takes up very little hard drive real estate. I actually have a USB drive with "travel"-related software utilities such as this, which has saved my quite a few times.

Clip Source: thefreewarejunkie.com

Disclaimer: I don't advocate the use of these tools to do anything illegal, but it IS important that you know they are out there. Use it at your own risk!

Tags: wep, wpa, cracking, hacking

Memory Diagnostic software

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:34:38 GMT

clipped by: wschalk
clipper's remarks: potential free utility for testing memory on our main PC to perhaps find BSD problem

Clip Source: technet.microsoft.com

Windows Memory Diagnostic

One of the PCs you support is acting up—freezing, crashing, blue screening. Is some piece of hardware failing? Is some newly installed application causing trouble? Or could it be faulty memory? One way to find out for sure is with the free Microsoft® Windows® Memory Diagnostic utility. This tool will run a variety of tests on your PC's RAM to determine whether flaws exist in any of the modules.

Windows Memory Diagnostic supports x86-based platforms, including Intel Pentium and Celeron processors and AMD K6, Athlon, and Duron CPUs. However, the tool can address only up to 4GB of RAM and will not scan beyond that range.

Tags: freeware, memory, utilities