Therapeutic writing has been part of my "mental health" routine for a long time, as it is for many other writers. I have written about my soul scars, healed an unhealed: about my less-than-perfect relationship with my late father, about my perfectionism and the myriad of unfinished novels and stories that are languishing in files and notebooks in my office, about my sugar cravings and about those days when all I want to do is lie in bed, reading Terry Pratchett's novels because the world outside is ugly.
A necessity: something we cannot stop doing; separated from our notebooks and word processors, we suffer. We're addicted to words because they let us say what our mouths won't say.
An outlet: we write because it's liberating. There's something in the mind-eye-hand coordination that writers find relaxing as if all the tensions and nasty experiences could evaporate once our thoughts are on paper (or on the screen).
A job: but not in the sense of "what a fabulous job I have: I am a writer!"—although this also happens. It's more like "I can't believe I accepted writing 2000 words on the sexual life of the rhinoceros beetle. I hate insects!" Writing, then, feels like a chore, like a punishment. We even forget those days when we're flowing and flying with the words.
As a stressful, anxiety-provoking activity: this happens when we dig deep down into those sensitive areas of our life, those past experiences we have swept under our psychological carpet. Such introspection is usually part of therapeutic writing: you're asked to unearth an uncomfortable episode from your past suddenly realizing that it hurts much more than you expected. It hurts like crazy.
I had such feeling a couple of weeks ago. I was writing about my tendency to procrastinate —something I'm not proud about but which isn't a big worry, either. As words and lines went on, I realized that in fact, I was writing about opportunities lost, about being a failure, and a lazybones, too old now to reach my goals. The next minute, I had this choking feeling in my throat, as if I were about to cry.
Sometimes, taking it all out into the light is not a good idea. What shall we do when writing suddenly feels like picking a scab?
Stop writing: Obvious, isn't it? But you'd be surprised to know how many writers just can't leave a paragraph unfinished. When it hurts, please stop. You can always come back to it later.
Change scenario: Leave the room; leave your studio or wherever you're writing. Go take a walk around the block or get yourself a chilled beer. Just being in a different place will soothe your emotions.
Move your body: What I did was putting on my training gear and hitting the gym. A sweaty Zumba class can clear up your head and help you get rid of your gloominess.
Cry your sadness away: crying can be really liberating and a very good way of letting all that emotional pressure off your soul. A good cry is nothing to be ashamed of.
Write a short story on a different subject: children's stories work best for me (there's something truly optimistic about a talking frog or a stupid, little princess), but choose any subject you like. Sci-fi, maybe?
Remember that writing shouldn't be an act of masochism: if dumping your feelings or memories on paper is making you unhappy, stop doing it. Little is gained by writing bitter words.
Have you ever felt uncomfortable or sad when writing? How do you cope when writing hurts?
Writing is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.
Most aspiring writers also have a full-time job, which means that writing is their full-time passion but their part-time job.
As enthusiastic writers, we'd all love to get up in the morning, do some yoga stretches (or go out for a run), brew a wonderful cup of coffee (or herbal tea) and sit at our desks in our light-bathed studio facing the beach (or a trendy street in New York or Paris), where we would produce page after page of great prose for three or four hours a day. Then we would go for a walk, spend the afternoon gathering tons of wonderful ideas for new novels or articles and read by the fireplace in the evening enjoying a glass of red wine.
The reality, however, is pretty different. We wake up in the wee hours of the morning, grab a mug of instant coffee and open our laptops praying for an idea, any idea to make writing time worthwhile. We spend the next eight hours working in a job we don't like very much only to arrive home too tired to do any revision or rewriting at all. We might be passionate writers, but we're not very happy.
I wonder why do we keep showing up in our day jobs at all.
I believe Dilbert is an undercover writer.
There're many reasons —some would call them excuses—to go to that energy-sapping workplace every day. Losing my financial independence worries me because it means that I'm not able to make a living as a writer. Others are afraid of failing to support their spouses and children or worry about what their family and friends would say if they quitted their day jobs to become full-time writers.
And then, there's my all-time favorite: I keep on commuting to that ****job because I don't believe in myself as a writer. After all those articles and posts and books edited and written, I still feel insecure about my writing skills, I still hesitate for a moment before pressing the "send" button. Then I press it and everything turns out all right but that second of doubt is hell.
Fly from the cage…and have a tree nearby.
Dear newbie, amateur, enthusiastic writer, let me give you a dose of reality: writing is hard work, and it's even harder when you are away from your laptop and your books for ten hours a day.
Create a realistic writing routine: even half an hour a day will do if you show consistently.
Embrace a healthy lifestyle: eat well, sleep more, move around a little and don't push yourself hard.
Accept your day job as a necessary evil: thanks to it you have food in the fridge and a roof over your books (you're a writer —having a roof over your head is not so important).
Rest: take a day off your writing routine, take a sabbatical week, declare Saturday a non-laptop day. Go out and enjoy life.
Plan your day around your writing, not around your job. Writing comes first; then come pressing customers and demanding bosses.
You should be proud of every page written, every hour spent at your desk, every notebook full of ideas…because you're doing it the hard way.
Do you have a zombie job? What are your reasons for not quitting? I'd love to hear from you!
Paraphrasing Oscar Wilde, writers can resist everything except those traits that make them so special and unique. Being a writer usually means knowing what impairs your stories and your writing life —after all, we're very reflective people— and still, having to battle day in day out with such circumstances.
As writers, we have to learn to fight our limitations and to resist whatever gets between us and the stories we mean to tell.
We compare ourselves to other writers –past or present–, or to our colleagues –who obviously write better than we do… and publish much more.
We procrastinate to no end. In fact, we're the original procrastinators. We say we love writing, but we'd rather do the laundry, or take our mother in law out to lunch than finishing that damned story.
We can spend hours talking about a novel that's only in our heads, without ever writing a word because telling everybody how fabulous the story is, saps our creative energy.
And we can even stop writing altogether. Driven by our fears, we decide we'll never be good enough and we start looking for a decent, nine to five job.
Even Julio Cortázar had to battle with some "writing demons". So do we.
We start writing without a plan, so we get lost; we have to start all over again…only to get lost for a second time before deciding that planning isn't for losers after all.
We over research. We might not be writing a word yet, but we're working like crazy gathering data. We are bookworms, sure, but are we writers?
We stop writing to pursue a competing idea. As writers, our eyes and ears are always open, and our mind is always active. So much that we get carried away by any new idea that crosses our path, even if it has nothing to do with the story we're writing. So we end up having scores of notebooks but no book.
We overwrite. A simple, straightforward style looks so, well, simple, that we cram our stories with unnecessary adjectives and adverbs, or we use an obscure language trying to look intellectual.
We create loaded characters, extreme, suffering, agonizing, over-the-top types because what's the point of writing about ordinary people in an ordinary style? As a result, our readers get tired of that unbelievable people, or we cause them a headache!
We edit on the go. Everyone's favorite. I haven't yet met a writer who hasn't edited a paragraph or two before finishing the story, the novel or the article. However, early editing can only spoil a good page by overwriting it or –if it isn't good enough– it'll make us lose momentum, concentration, and inspiration by going over the same lines, again and again trying to polish them.
Yes, we're writers and because we write we can all commit a couple of "writing sins" once in a while. The idea is to try and resist the impulse of doing so. We're human, after all.
Wherever two writers meet, the time –or rather, the lack of it–arises. "I could write much, much more if only I weren't so busy" –says June, the Day Job Juggler. "Oh, sure", says Peter, the Perpetual Procrastinator. "The only thing I really need to finish my novel is more time".
Time is the enemy to be defeated; the barrier between us and our stories.Time is a woolly ball inside our creative pipes that prevent our best ideas from flowing freely. For most writers, time is nearly everything but sacred.
People have lost their sense of what's sacred. For most of us life is a chain of similar days, none of them particularly memorable. Without rituals, without ceremonies, it's no wonder that time seems to us a swarm of identical moments, all flying by. It's no wonder that life –and creative life in particular– seems so meaningless sometimes.
When we trivialize our writing time and it's not sacred anymore, writing loses its meaning and becomes something we do, instead of being something we love to do, a beacon that bathes our ordinary days in creative light.
A writing ritual, one that suits your personality, will help you throughout your creative life. When ideas are flowing, and you're in the zone, your ritual will fuel you; when your Muse refuses to visit, and writer's block is looming over you, your ritual will reassure you. Only make sure that you feel comfortable with your practice. My writing ritual includes vanilla scented candles, binaural music (which is said to boost creativity) and sitting at my desk at the same time, every day. For you, it might consist on running 5 miles, doing yoga, drinking black coffee or handwriting your first draft on a yellow legal paper. Whatever it works for you, do it!
The famous creativity coach, Dr. Eric Maisel says that people who want to create, make time. If you really want to write that novel, that poem, that story you'll find the time. Maybe you don't have three spare hours every day, but I'm sure you have 30 minutes right before lunchtime, or once your kids are safely in bed. I've been writing all my adult life and I've discovered that one hour a day is my minimum to feel like I'm moving forward with my writing projects while managing my business and my private life at the same time. All I have to do is blocking that hour (from 6.00 to 7.00 a.m.) every day in my calendar. After 7.00 I move on to other tasks, but I still feel I'm a writer.


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Climeon's mission is "business for a better world". The Climeon Heat Power system efficiently converts waste heat into clean electricity, ensuring fuel savings and reduced carbon emissions. The technology has received numerous awards including The World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) 2016 Climate Solver Award.
Christoffer Andersson
christoffer.andersson@climeon.com
Charlotte Becker
Head of Investor relations & PR
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Climeon was founded out of a drive to fight climate change, so to be elected as one of the solutions that can help the world reach the crucial 1.5°C target feels fantastic
Thomas Öström, CEO of Climeon
We are thrilled to be joining forces with such an experienced team and of course very proud to have our technology acknowledged by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Through this collaboration, we will get to work with some of the world's most knowledgeable professionals within the fields of energy, technology and finance, which is exactly what we need to achieve our vision
We have been looking at different organic rankine cycles and the efficiencies of those equipment's have been very low. When we discovered the Climeon Heat Power system, we found that it was a suitable solution for us. With the Climeon Heat Power system we can save money and at the same time clearly decrease our carbon footprint. We have now decided to include the Climeon Heat Power system as we develop new vessels and are evaluating the possibility of rebuilding our existing vessels so that the technology can be used throughout our existing fleet.
Kari Granberg, Manager NB Project & Technical Development at Viking Line.
We are happy to see that one of our first customers have chosen to place a repeat order for a full-scale installation on their newest passenger ferry. For us this is a big step, it gives us confirmation of our technology and proves the commercial viability of our product. We look forward to a continued partnership with Viking Line as they renew their fleet
Thomas Öström, CEO at Climeon
Waste heat recovery is a large market in Japan with many foreign and local players present. With this order, we demonstrate that Climeon is bringing a unique offering to the market with a highly efficient solution at a competitive price level
Ruben Havsed Head of Geothermal Sales at Climeon
Based on our successes last year we are seeing an intense and exciting period ahead of us. One of our major challenges will be to rapidly scale the sales and marketing capabilities. For us, Cristopher, with his leading experience in account based marketing is a perfect match
Climeon Executive Vice President David Ekberg
I have a dream which is to be a part of creating the next huge Swedish global industrial tech company. Climeon is the first case I have seen in a long time that has the potential of exceeding the successes of companies like ABB, Ericsson, Volvo, Scania, SKF etc.
Christopher Engman, incoming head of Sales and Marketing
I was amazed when I heard that Climeon operated at twice the efficiency of traditional heat conversion technologies. That meant Climeon's breakthrough technology was must-have on all Virgin Voyages ship. It's a brilliant way to reduce emissions and at the same time cut costs. As the first line to put this on board cruise ships we are incredibly excited about this partnership and thank Climeon creating a better future for all of us.
Virgin Voyages President and CEO Tom Mcalpin
As WWF recognizes, heat power has the potential to be a major cornerstone in the fight to solve the climate crisis. At Climeon we are immensely proud to be a leader and pioneer in this work.
Climeon CEO Thomas Öström
We firmly believe that the climate challenge can best be solved with solutions that are better for individuals, companies and the planet at the same time. That is what we at Climeon call business for a better world
The Climeon heat power system is an environmental breakthrough, and working with Virgin is of major importance to us. We are excited that Sir Richard Branson and Virgin, with their focus on sustainability, have decided to become a pioneer of this technology. Transforming hot water to electricity will be a major source of energy production going forward
Thomas Öström, Founder and CEO of Climeon
To meet the challenges of climate change, the world needs new clean energy sources. The Climeon system is just that, producing 100% clean energy and a new baseload for electricity.
We have entered a new era of innovation in how we power and cool data centers, one of the fastest-growing users of energy and water in today's digital economy
Jakob Carnemark CEO Aligned Energy
In most cases if you want to use clean electricity, converting solar and wind power are the typical methods; however, the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. By cultivating this largely untapped resource in waste heat and converting it to 100% stable green baseload power, and by being able to use low temperature geothermal sources, we can support the data center industry's rising demand for green energy in ways not previously possible through this new, highly sustainable and reliable approach
For Climeon this is another confirmation how well our technology works in field and the extent of value our solution delivers to customers. With this announcement both our lead customers now have announced their intention to accelerate their deployments.
Carl Åberg, Head of Steel market at Climeon
"At Fincantieri we continuously strive to improve our designs ensuring we maximize the value delivered to our customers. Working with Climeon is a way for us to deliver even cleaner and more energy efficient solutions"
Fabrizio Cafagna, Head of Basic Design at Fincantieri's Merchant Ship Business Unit
"We are pleased that Fincantieri, one of the world's largest shipbuilding groups, has selected Climeon for these cruise ships. This large scale deployment further highlights the strong business case for customers using our groundbreaking technology"
Thomas Öström, CEO Climeon
"For Climeon this order is a major step into the important Cruise Ship business"
Johan Larson, Head of Marine Sales at Climeon
"Energy and environmental savings are important factors for the future of the Cruise Ship business, we therefore see a lot of customer interests in our solutions."
Climeon's revolutionary and award winning Climeon Ocean solution makes electricity production possible and opens up new opportunities for generating clean power in the Netherlands
IF Technology's director Martijn van Aarssen
With more than 25 years of experience working with geothermal projects, IF Technology is our perfect partner
Climeon CEO, Thomas Öström
The Netherlands with its strong governmental backing for clean energy projects, is perfect for expanding our market.
As a first step, Climeon Ocean will be deployed in the design for new ships. In addition, we are evaluating to retrofit existing ships and to further increase the capacity at Viking Grace.
Kari Granberg, Head of Projects, Viking Line
For us it has been a privilege to be able to do the first marine installation on Viking Grace. It strengthens us as company to have such an ambitious and demanding customer as Viking Line.
Viking Line deciding to include this technology in the design of all new ships is a major milestone, not just for us but for Heat Power as an alternative clean energy source.
"It's a great honor for us winning such a prestigious award."
"Climeon AB has developed its innovative C3 technology that provides customers with superior operating efficiency and can be applied in a number of sectors including marine, industrial manufacturing, power generation, etc. This technology delivers a high return on investment and Frost & Sullivan fully expects this system to take off within the marine industry. Because of its strong overall performance, Climeon AB is recognized with Frost & Sullivan's 2015 Technology Innovation Award."
Krishna Venkataramani, Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst
"No commercially available technology can convert water at 90 degrees Celsius to electricity with reasonable efficiency but the Climeon system exceeds 50 percent of the theoretical maximum of 18 percent,"
Krishna Srinivasan, Global President and Managing Partner, Frost & Sullivan
"Steadfast commitment to technology innovation is a sure-fire way to stay ahead of competition and drive future business value. Climeon AB has evinced such a commitment with the development of its leading edge C3 technology, thereby raising the bar for innovation in the marine waste heat recovery solutions market."
With their exceptional network with key decision makers, DPI is a clear partner of choice for us in the Americas
Pernilla Wihlborg, Head of Business Development Climeon
Climeon Ocean is the only product that can take this "cold heat" and turn it into electricity with the high quality and relatively short payback times these customers require
Peter Häggblom, DPI Managing Director
It has always been a target of Climeon to change the planet for the better, with this agreement we extend our market reach dramatically
Thomas Öström, Climeon CEO
- We are very proud to be selected to represent Sweden as a National Champion.
- Climeon has always had a vision to recruit talents with a mind-set that everything is possible. It is through this we have developed our Ocean innovation with outstanding performance.
We are proud to announce this new sets of products. With the enhancements in the product line we can now deliver even more value for our customers and contribute even more in global CO2 reductions.
Our objective is to maximize energy production, environmental benefits and Return On Investment for our customers. The power scalability of Climeon Ocean™ is an important part for reaching these objectives since every heat source is different.
Dr. Joachim Karthäuser, CTO Climeon
Climeon Ocean has a unique design to capture low temperature heat and convert it into more than 100 kW of clean electricity, says Climeon CEO Thomas Öström. Heat that historically literarily gone down the pipe or up in the air has now become a valuable asset as well as an opportunity to reduce CO2 footprint.
Thomas Öström
"Our Ocean system has already by far the highest efficiency in the market for low temperature to electricity conversion and with this agreement we are further improving this position and also securing the volume manufacturing required by high customer demand"
"An efficient turbine is critical for maximizing the customer value and Deprag's extensive experience for Turbine design and volume manufacturing is a perfect match for Climeon going forward. We have sucessfully worked together over the last 3 years and we are very glad that we now can take the next step in this cooperation"
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Climeon one of 100 innovations with greatest potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Thu, Jul 11, 2019 10:52 CET
Climeon has been selected as a top 100 innovative solution provider with a large potential to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions by Mission Innovation, a global initiative consisting of 24 countries and the European Commission. The solutions were presented as a part of the 1.5°C Compatible Solutions Framework aiming to help investors identify technologies with the largest potential to tackle climate change.In 2015, more than 190 countries agreed to adopt Agenda 2030, the most ambitious agreement for sustainable development that world leaders have ever made. With these global
Breakthrough Energy Ventures collaborates with Climeon to accelerate deployment of geothermal heat power
Sun, Mar 03, 2019 15:30 CET
Breakthrough Energy Ventures, an investor-led venture fund backed by some of the world's top business executives, has invested in Baseload Capital, the private investment company which Climeon owns part of, to speed up the global deployment of low temperature geothermal heat power.- Working together with Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Baseload Capital we can now take leaps, rather than steps, toward our vision of becoming the number one climate solver, says Thomas Öström, CEO of Climeon. Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led fund created to accelerate the transition to clean
Climeon increases capacity with new test site in Kista
Thu, Oct 04, 2018 08:25 CET
Climeon increases the capacity with a new test center for development and testing of heat power modules in Kista. The new facility increases Climeon's total delivery capacity.The new testing facility is located in connection to the company's new office in Kista, with the possibility of more customer demonstrations, faster development verification, extended test time and a unified organization. - We are building the business to become a globally leading product company within energy technology, says CEO Thomas Öström. Therefore, it is strategic for us to gather the organization in one
Breakthrough order for Climeon in Japan
Wed, Jul 04, 2018 08:30 CET
Climeon has received its first order within geothermal heat power in Japan. The Heat Power modules are purchased by Baseload Capital Sweden on the behalf of a newly started Heat Power operator. The order value amounts to just over 2 MEUR, plus service fees and software licenses.The four Heat Power modules are purchased by Climeon's associated company Baseload Capital Sweden on the behalf of a local Heat Power operator and will be installed in Japan during 2019. The newly started Heat Power operator will be jointly owned by a number of Japanese stakeholders and Baseload Capital Sweden. -
Climeon opens representation office in Japan
Mon, May 14, 2018 08:40 CET
Climeon opens a representation office in Nagano, Japan to explore and evaluate the company's ability to sell primarily geothermal heat power modules in the country. Japan is one of Climeon's priority markets.Climeon employees will be based in the country to work with partners to explore and deepen the understanding of the Japanese market. "Japan has all the prerequisites for becoming a big market for Climeon. By opening a representation office, we get the right conditions to get to know the market while showing local stakeholders that we have a long-term perspective," says CEO Thomas
Communication from Climeon AB (publ) Annual General Meeting April 19 2018
Thu, Apr 19, 2018 19:48 CET
On Thursday April 19, 2018 the shareholders of Climeon AB (publ) held their Annual General Meeting in Stockholm. Below follows a summary of the key decisions taken at the meeting.Annual report The annual report and the audit report were presented and adopted. Discharge The annual general meeting discharged the members of the board and the CEO from liability. Remuneration The annual general meeting decided a total remuneration to the board of directors of SEK 720,000 (last year SEK 325,800), to be distributed to the chairman SEK 240,000 (last year SEK 114,600) and members
Climeon wins the world's first geothermal Heat Power order in Canada
Wed, Apr 04, 2018 08:00 CET
Climeon receives the world's first order for a geothermal power plant in Canada from Borealis GeoPower. The order relates to a demonstration project named Sustainaville, in Valemount, British Columbia. It includes delivery of three 150 kW Climeon modules and is valued at approximately EUR 1 000 000.The municipality of Valemount is situated near the end of a transmission line. The distributed power production from the Climeon Heat Power solution will contribute to Valemount's economic development by providing additional energy to the area. Borealis GeoPower has conducted extensive field work
Climeon invests in Baseload Capital Sweden
Wed, Mar 28, 2018 09:44 CET
Climeon invests SEK 19.9 million in the finance company Baseload Capital Sweden AB, thereby acquiring a 19.9 per cent of the company. Baseload Capital Sweden's business concept is to finance sustainable baseload energy, including heat power of the type that Climeon markets."Climeon's goal is to become a world-leading product company within energy technology. By offering attractive financing solutions to our customers through Baseload Capital Sweden, we shorten the way to that goal," says Climeon's CEO Thomas Öström. Together with the other owners; Blue, Gullspång Invest and LMK, Climeon
Conditions fulfilled in Icelandic geothermal deal
Fri, Feb 23, 2018 08:00 CET
· Order now binding as pre-conditions are met · Baseload Capital provides financing to Varmaorka The key pre-conditions of Climeon's deal with Icelandic Heat power operator Varmaorka (owned by CP Energy) have been met. Delivery of the first seven modules will now begin. At the same time Baseload Capital Sweden AB has agreed to fund the first phase of the deal, enabling Climeon to focus on production and deliveryPer the agreement, first reported in August 2017, Varmaorka will buy 100 modules from Climeon, an order with a total value of more than 30 MEUR. The first phase of the order
New financing company accelerates business opportunities for Climeon
Wed, Jan 10, 2018 08:30 CET
Climeon owners have founded the project financing company Baseload Capital to accelerate global, geothermal Climeon Heat Power projects. Gullspång Invest AB, LMK Forward AB and Blue AB are jointly investing 60 MSEK as initial capital in Baseload Capital and Climeon participates through a minority holding not exceeding 20%.- Geothermal heat power has the potential to become a major global energy source. A key to unlocking the market is project financing, which we believe may contribute to a strong increase in our business within the geothermal sector. We take a minority share in Baseload
Climeon receives its first US geothermal order
Fri, Dec 22, 2017 08:30 CET
Climeon has received an order for a geothermal power plant in California, the world's largest market for geothermal power. This is yet another proof of Climeons competitiveness in the renewable geothermal baseload power market which is a multi-billion-dollar market that has the potential to completely phase out fossil fuels.Unlike other renewable energies, such as wind and solar, geothermal power is in service 24/7, with the ability to provide the same regulating power as coal or oil-fired power plants. Geothermal energy is part of the heat power category and is cheaper than solar and wind
Climeon steps up - first volume order approved for delivery
Mon, Dec 11, 2017 08:48 CET
Climeon achieved a key milstone when successfully passing the Factory Acceptance Test of the first volume order. The first six Climeon Heat Power units, out of totally 18, are being prepared for delivery to Fincantieris shipyard i Romania.Representatives from Fincantieri, Lloyd's Register and the ship owner attended the Factory Acceptance Test to verify performance, safety and quality of the products before shipment to Fincantieris shipyard in Romania. Thomas Öström, CEO at Climeon, comments: "This is a key milestone for us that makes 2017 the year we went from single module production
Press release - Climeon receives award at "Green Shipping Rotterdam Summit"
Tue, Oct 17, 2017 14:32 CET
Press release Oct. 17th 2017 Climeon receives award at "Green Shipping Rotterdam Summit" On the first day of "Green Shipping Rotterdam Summit" Climeon was, by audience election, awarded as "The most exceptional contribution to Green Shipping of the year". Approximately 300 people active in the maritime industry attended and voted. Nominated in the category were, besides Climeon, Espo, Rolls-Royce, Baltic Ports Organization and Terntank. "The most exceptional contribution to Green Shipping of the year" is "awarded to the company that has shown commitment to Green Shipping by
Press release - Climeon announces its listing on Nasdaq First North Premier and publishes prospectus related thereto
Fri, Sep 22, 2017 11:39 CET
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, HONG KONG, JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR WOULD REQUIRE REGISTRATION OR ANY OTHER MEASURES.Press release September 22, 2017Climeon announces its listing on Nasdaq First North Premier and publishes prospectus related thereto Climeon AB (publ) ("Climeon" or the "Company"), announced on September 15, 2017 its intention to list its B-shares on Nasdaq First North Premier (the "
Climeon expands its production capacity
Tue, May 16, 2017 13:27 CET
Climeon and Mastec in collaboration for full-scale production to produce 2500 Climeon Heat Power systems per year.Today, Tuesday, May 16th, 2017, Climeon and Mastec show up the new production line for the Climeon Heat Power System. Until today, Climeon has had capacity for about 400 systems per year, but thanks to increased market demand and more customers, Climeon, in partnership with reputable Mastec, now has a full-scale production to produce 2500 Climeon Heat Power systems per year. "There is an increased demand for renewable energy in the world, especially when it comes to renewable
Swedish forerunner Climeon part of International Clean Tech Hub in San Francisco
Tue, Apr 18, 2017 13:44 CET
Today, on Tuesday April the 18th, the Swedish minister Isabella Lövin inaugurates a Swedish cleantech hub in San Fransisco.Today, on Tuesday April the 18th, the Swedish minister Isabella Lövin inaugurates a Swedish cleantech hub in San Fransisco. The Cleantech hub is initiated by the Swedish Energy agency together with Business Sweden with the ambition to help Swedish innovative cleantech companies on the international market through consulting and networking. Climeon is one of the companies participating in the initiative and sees great opportunities with the Cleantech hub. "-It is
Japanese biomass power plant boosts efficiency with clean energy through Swedish Climeon
Energy plays a crucial role for achieving almost all the Sustainable Development Goals that were set in Paris 2015. From energy's role in defeating poverty through advancements in health, education, water supply and industrialization, to combating climate change. Efficient, clean and sustainable energy solutions are a must for helping to achieve these advancements whilst reversing climate change. Japan's ratification of the sustainability goals set in 2015, alongside the move away from Nuclear energy, has seen a dramatic increase in Biomass power production in the country. The
CAN WE TURN GLOBAL WARMING AROUND? ... AND HOW?
Wed, Feb 08, 2017 09:20 CET
Picture above: The potential scenario of the world with no ice left Like it or not, our world is facing a number of huge, unprecedented threats: 1. Global warming is accelerating, due primarily to a severe imbalance between the increasing volumes of CO2 released into our atmosphere, and the amount that the plants on earth can consume through photosynthesis. When the two biggest countries in the world, China and India, start to consume energy at rates approaching those of Europe and North America, this already-critical situation will be officially out of control. 2.
A CO2 heavy Christmas 2016. How can 2017 be better?
You are probably aware of the fact that the gifts you bought for your loved ones this Christmas was transported at sea around the globe before landing under your now thrown out Christmas tree. Transportation that leads to emissions of CO2. Climate change is already affecting our lives today and this impact will increase with the passing of time. Our children and grandchildren will be disappointed when places that we can visit today no longer exist. That will suffer for our short sightedness which will leave our beautiful planet in a filthy state for future generations to clean up. Places,
Virgin Voyages embraces Swedish Climeon as one step to reverse climate change
Tue, Nov 15, 2016 15:39 CET
When addressing the global climate challenge, one fundamental cornerstone has been missing until now. Heat power, a 100% green electricity source that is not dependent on the sun, wind or weather conditions, and that is more cost efficient than carbon based legacy sources. Watch Sir Richard Branson talking about reversing climate change with Climeon in this short video: https://youtu.be/44JcpqJHebgClimeon CEO Thomas Öström: "As WWF recognizes, heat power has the potential to be a major cornerstone in the fight to solve the climate crisis. At Climeon we are immensely proud to be a leader
VIRGIN CRUISES SETS SAIL UNDER NEW MONIKER "VIRGIN VOYAGES"
Mon, Oct 24, 2016 11:28 CET
Sir Richard Branson's Cruise Line Reveals New Name & Icon, A Signed Ship Building Contract and A World First Clean Energy PartnershipMIAMI – Oct. 18, 2016 – Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson today revealed Virgin Voyages as the inspiring new identity for the company's cruise line. Joined by the company's President and CEO Tom McAlpin, they announced the name, and shared that Virgin Voyages has officially signed a ship building contract for three vessels with Italian master shipbuilder Fincantieri, and that the company will be the first cruise line to adopt the clean energy system,
CLIMEON AND ALIGNED ENERGY ANNOUNCE BREAKTHROUGH IN GREEN ENERGY FOR DATA CENTERS
Fri, Oct 14, 2016 08:00 CET
As a result of a four-year collaboration with Climeon , U.S.-based Aligned Energy has developed a fully-integrated green platform that can power their next-generation, ultra-efficient data centers in the U.S. and globally with 100% clean electricity using low temperature waste heat.More than 50% of the world's energy is exhausted to the environment as low-grade heat, effectively making waste heat a largely available but unused resource. Climeon Ocean™ takes hot water between 70 and 120 degrees Celsius and converts it to 100% clean
Steel producer places expansion order towards fossil free steel industry
Based on the successful deployment of Climeon's solution Climeon Ocean™ in Borlänge, SSAB has decided to expand their installed capacity. Climeon's revolutionary heat power solution is an important component in SSAB's focus to lead the way in deploying environmentally-friendly solutions for the steel industry. An environmentally-friendly electricity production is a crucial step towards Swedish steel industry's goal of a more sustainable steel production. As a part of the goal of a fossil free Swedish steel industry in 2045, SSAB decided to expand Climeon's groundbreaking solution
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Creating a Field of Dreams for the American Royal
By Michael Austin on Oct 28, 2016
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With the World Series in full swing, I'm reminded of a quote from one of my favorite sports movies, Field of Dreams: "If you build it, he will come." I wouldn't be surprised if these same words were in the minds of Kansas economic development officials when they successfully recruited the 117-year old American Royal from Missouri to Kansas earlier this week. But the Royal's move isn't just bad news for Missourians; it's also terrible policy for Kansans.
The Royal is a Kansas City institution, one whose fall catalog of rodeos, barbeque, and livestock competitions herald the start of winter and the region's holiday season. Thanks to tens of millions in sales tax revenue STAR Bonds, those traditions will soon move away from the Royal's current digs in Kansas City, Missouri, to nearby Kansas City, Kansas. Kansas's $80 million contribution to the project is about double what American Royal was publicly trying to get out of Kansas City, Missouri, officials just two years ago to keep the Royal in the city's West Bottoms.
But did Kansas even have to "build it" with taxpayer money to entice the American Royal to move? The Royal's brand is defined by its history in the Kansas City area—even Kansas City's baseball team is named after the organization—so it's safe to say that American Royal wasn't going to move its operations to Texas or Florida.
But setting aside for now the important question of whether this is an appropriate role of government (it isn't), Wyandotte County has been seeing significant economic growth that would have made it an attractive landing spot for the Royal anyway. More families are moving there today than were coming 10 years ago. In 2004, 1,871 tax filers—bringing more than $57.6 million dollars of income—moved to Wyandotte; fast-forward to 2014, and tax filers were pouring in 25% faster, bringing in around $74 million with them.
Wyandotte County was "building it"—a functioning economy that has, in contrast to its basket-case reputation, attracted investments from Google, Amazon and others in recent years—before Kansas's $80 million incentive was ever put on the table.
But Wyandotte's recent successes don't justify Kansas's decision to subsidize the American Royal move. Indeed, the state's $80 million giveaway has all the hallmarks of bad policy and poor judgement from Kansas's political class. The American Royal was already getting cheaper land and a prime location close to its support bases in Johnson County, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. The tens of millions in taxpayer support is just the KC Strip on top of this gravy train sundae.
Kansas? Sure, it gets a talking point in the battle for the economic soul of the region, but it's a point that is likely to be eclipsed by the next round of billion-dollar business-poaching that's certain to come.
While the Royal's decision could be seen as a slap in the face of its historical roots, Kansas City, Missouri isn't exactly a victim in the matter, either. The city has a terrible track record of poaching Kansas businesses in precisely the same way and is an equally bad actor in the billion-dollar tax-incentive border war that has bedeviled the region, creating no strategic advantages on either side of the border.
To put it delicately, the bull manure is blowing onto taxpayers from both sides of State Line Road. It's time to end this tax incentive rodeo and finally pursue a mature economic development policy—one that doesn't force taxpayers to build the fields of their politicians' dreams.
Michael Austin was a Policy Analyst at the Show-Me Institute specializing in state and local budgets, taxes, and economic growth. Michael graduated with a BBA in business management and economics from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and holds an MA with honors in economics from the University of Kansas.
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Thanks for inviting me to your blog.
Absolutely true, Warren! You've got your priorities set exactly right! Congrats on the story finally making its way.
I'm glad that you were persistent, and kept at it. How wonderful that you will be presenting your work at Killer Nashville. I hope to get to that conference one day, but this year, not happening. I'd also like to get to the New England Clam Bake, but again, not this year. Keep at it, Warren. Your work is great. The short story market is wonderful, but it seems, no one pays attention until there is that first novel. Good luck in Nashville, and write us a blog!
Congratulations, Warren. I'd love to go to Nashville and hear the story, but I'm not going to that conference, at least not this year. Hope you "wow" them.
Persistence has continued to allow me to learn how-to write well enough to get paid. Someday I'll arrive at the paid part of that statement. Over this past year my voice has become consistent and my story lines have changed, who knew I would write mystery :) Again, I contribute this to persistence. Thank you for sharing your experience with "The Wrong Man."
I very much agree with you, Warren. The important thing is for writers to create the very best work possible whether it sells or not.
Your story of persistence....and your successes are great fodder for those struggling behind you. Thanks for a well-written blog.


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Larry Evans was born in the Lawndale area of Chicago's West side; and attended Blessed Sacrament Grade School and Holy Name Cathedral High School on Chicago's near North Side. Upon H. S. graduation in 1971, he later attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL in 1972, and majored in Technical and Architectural Design at VTI…SIU's off-campus technical school site near Carbondale; it was during this period, he began pledging Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity in the fall of 1972, later…successfully becoming a Kappa fraternity Brother in the Spring of 1973. Upon graduation, Larry lived a short time in Houston, Tx…working for the Exxon Corp on an oil rig in the Gulf, before deciding to convert from the Air Force Reserves to full time duty in the U. S. Air Force where he served as a fighter pilot and later as an Admin Officer before retiring his commission as an Lt. Colonel (O-5) and completing 24 yrs of service in both the AF and again, in the Reserves. In the mid-eighties, Larry attended and completed law school at Walter F. George School of Law, (Mercer Univ), and later began his legal career in the Macon, Georgia (11th Fed. Circuit), serving as an ADA in the District Attys office there working primarily, drug (or "throw down") cases, or domestic violence and dispute cases. In 1994, Larry left Macon for Atlanta, Ga to obtain a position in the prestigious law firm of King & Spalding in Atlanta where he interned for two yrs before leaving to work in the agency of D. J. Miller & Assoc's; His next challenge was to accept a position for the California-based firm of Foundation Health HMO in downtown Atlanta, as it's first black Executive Director. After serving a number of years in that capacity, Larry left to come full circle and take a position (where it all began), in the Federal Gov't as a Senior Counsel for Acquisitions (Properties and Real Estate); Larry is also an Adjunct Professor for Mercer Univ. and an Adjunct Staff Prof. for Central Georgia Technical College in Macon. He enthusiastically looks forward to retirement soon, to devote more time to his own enterprises—which include providing services for state-funded programs that provide community-assisted living and housing for black children, US Vets and battered women.
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Description Board Meeting Minutes: January 25, 1999, page 1
Transcript Shreve Memorial Library Board of Control Minutes January 25, 1999 The Shreve Memorial Library Board of Control met in the Board room at the Main Library on Monday, January 25, 1999 at 12:00 noon for a regular monthly meeting. Trustees present were T. Haller Jackson, III, Dr. Orella Brazile, Marion Weiss, Sally Montgomery, Alonzo Hodge, II, Mary Bethel, Sharon Brock and Gail Griffin. Library staff present were Jim Pelton, Jennie Paxton, Cindy Ortego and Kathy Tuminello, who recorded the minutes. Haller Jackson introduced the new Board member, Sharon S. Brock, who was appointed by the Mayor in place of Sally Montgomery, whose term had expired in December of 1998. Since there remained a vacancy left by Glenn O'Bryan, the Board president reported that he has requested the Mayor to consider reappointing Sally Montgomery to fill the remaining vacancy left by Glenn O'Bryan. Sharon Brock shared some of her background with the Board. She is employed by General Motors, Inc., which she has been with for 15 years. She listed several organizations and committees that she serves on. Call to Order and Approval of Minutes: Haller Jackson presided and called the meeting to order. Gail Griffin moved and Orella Brazile seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the Board meeting on December 14, 1998 as presented. The motion carried. Amendment of Bylaws: Gail Griffin opposed the wording in the preferred suggestion to amend the Bylaws, which would provide an extension of the terms for Board president/vice-president, but she would support a one-time third term for Haller Jackson to serve as president of the Board. She would support the second option proposed. However, several other Board members supported the preferred suggestion of Orella Brazile (see attached: Memo, re: SML Bylaws - Article VI). Mary Bethel moved and Marion Weiss seconded the motion to accept option number 1 (wording proposed and preferred by Orella Brazile) to amend Article VI, Section 2 of the Board's Bylaws. [Gail Griffin suggested amending the motion to limit the terms to a total of eight (8) years. Mary Bethel withdrew her motion and Marion Weiss withdrew her second of the motion.] Mary Bethel moved and Gail Griffin seconded the motion to accept option number four (4) of the suggested wording to amend Article VI, Section 2 of the Board's Bylaws, which states: Officers may hold office for two (2) years unless he/she sooner resigns, is removed, or otherwise becomes disqualified to serve. A President/Vice-President may be re-elected to serve more than two (2) terms, so long as he/she does not serve in a single capacity for consecutive terms exceeding eight (8) years. The Secretary/Treasurer shall not be limited in term as long as he/she remains the Director. The motion carried. Haller Jackson refrained from voting since the issue involved the office of president that he was currently holding. After amendment of the Bylaws, the full Board went into session for the Nomination Committee meeting.


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AsPr Christian Downie
Fellow, School of Regulation and Global Governance
Emailchristian.downieanu.eduau
Christian Downie is an Associate Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. He holds an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship and was previously a Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New South Wales. Christian has worked as an advisor to several Australian Government agencies, including the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Christian holds a PhD in international relations and political science from the Australian National University, having graduated from the University of Sydney with first class honours in economics. He has spent time teaching or researching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Balsillie School of International Affairs among others, and he has worked in policy think tanks in Canberra and Washington D.C. Christian is the author of more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters including publications in Regulation & Governance, Global Environmental Politics, Energy Policy, Climate Policy, International Affairs, Business & Politics and Third World Quarterly. His latest book is Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector: Lessons for a clean energy transition.
For more information and list of publications visit his personal website: http://christiandownie.com/
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environmental politics Earth & Environmental Sciences 42%
international organization Earth & Environmental Sciences 34%
International Organizations Social Sciences 33%
Disruptive Technologies: Model-based Scenario Analysis of Decarbonisation and National Security Risks in the Indo-Pacific
Hughes, L., Aisbett, E., Downie, C. & Longden, T.
Commonwealth Department of Defence
Regulating the Climate Finance Revolution
Gunningham, N., Bamsey, H., Bowman, M., Downie, C., Ford, C. & Hutter, B.
Australian National University (ANU), Australian Research Council (ARC)
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Who governs global energy The role of informal international organisations
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Harnessing financial markets and institutional investment to increase the penetration of clean energy in the Asia Pacific
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Geopolitical Leverage in the Energy Transition: A framework for analysis and the case of Australian electricity exports
Downie, C., 2022, In: Energy Research & Social Science. 93, p. 1-6
How do informal international organizations govern? The G20 and orchestration
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Competition, cooperation, and adaptation: The organizational ecology of international organizations in global energy governance
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Steering global energy governance: Who governs and what do they do?
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Influential business, political and community leaders have joined forces to boost the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the Pacific region.
Australia's Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, launched the Pacific Friends of The Global Fund in Sydney.
The group aims to raise awareness for the regional work of the fund, a not-for-profit organisation set up in 2002 to provide financing to combat the three diseases.
There are 350,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the Pacific and half a million new cases of tuberculosis in Indonesia alone each year.
The group includes former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark.
Quentin Bryce, who is the new patron of Pacific Friends, says the fund channelled grants worth almost 1 billion US dollars into the region.
Pacific Friends was founded with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and is supported by the Lowy Institute which will provide a base for the group.


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Netflix says 'The Queen's Gambit' is setting viewership data
Courtney Goodman
"The Queen's Gambit" is setting viewership records at Netflix, the streaming service said today.
Like all the viewership data that Netflix has released this year, these new numbers reflect how many people "chose to watch" — in other words, how many people watched at least two minutes of a given show or movie. In the case of "The Queen's Gambit," the number is 62 million households for the first 28 days of release, making it Netflix's most popular scripted limited series ever.
You may have noticed some qualifiers there. "The Queen's Gambit" beat out other limited series, like co-creator Scott Frank's previous show "Godless," but not Netflix's biggest ongoing hits, such as "The Witcher" (76 million households watching season one). It also fell just a bit short of the limited-but-unscripted documentary series "Tiger King," which reached 64 million households during its first four weeks.
The numbers are still pretty impressive for a series with what seems like a decidedly uncommercial premise — following a troubled young woman as she rises through the ranks of competitive chess, eventually challenging the Soviet Union's world champion. But the series has benefited from excellent reviews (100% on Rotten Tomatoes) and the fact that it's very, very good.
Indeed, its impact can be seen outside Netflix's viewing numbers. The 37-year-old Walter Tevis novel on which it's based has become a New York Times bestseller, while sales of chess sets have increased dramatically.
"Three years ago when Scott Frank … first approached us about adapting 'The Queen's Gambit' — Walter Tevis' 1983 book about a young chess prodigy — we felt it was a compelling tale," Netflix's vice president for original series Peter Friedlander wrote in a blog post. "Beth is an underdog who faces addiction, loss and abandonment. Her success — against the odds — speaks to the importance of perseverance, family, and finding, and staying true to yourself."
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Whew! Also, I'm currently working on a 4K review of James Wan's Aquaman in 4K from Warner Bros. so watch for that soon (later today or tomorrow).
We also have word that Hayao Miyazaki's Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro is coming to 4K Ultra HD in Japan on July 24 (see this link on Twitter). The disc will be all-region obviously, but we don't know if it will have English subs. It does, however, leave open the possibility of more Miyazaki animation being released on the format, as well as the possibility that a US distributor might pick up the 4K rights.


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With the Norwegian Reward Family Account, the whole family can collect CashPoints together from flights, hotel stays and from any other Reward partners too. A Family Account can consist of up to seven members and you can invite who you want – despite the name, it does not actually have to be just family members!
Until now, all Norwegian Reward members had to have an email address in order to register. Although most people these days do tend to have an email account(!), that doesn't necessarily apply to the youngest members of the household.
From this week you can now add children without their own email address to a Family Account. You do not need to create an email account for your child just in order for them to become a Reward member.
Setting up a Family Account and adding members is easy – you can do so here.
Since its launch in 2007, Norwegian Reward has become a very popular programme, with more than seven million members worldwide.
Norwegian has been pretty good at developing and improving the programme in recent times, leading to a big win at this year's Freddie Awards, where they claimed the gong for Best Airline Loyalty Programme in Europe.
I feel this blog is too biased towards Norwegian and is not impartial enough to provide an informed decision. I totally note the partnership with Norwegian but the plugs are now virtually advertisements.
Thanks for the feedback – it's hugely important to get the balance right with this stuff and we like to be as open as possible about that.
On the one hand, I really do (genuinely) believe Norwegian offers a good product at what is often a great price and that flagging deals / reviewing products / explaining how the loyalty programme works, etc is useful and interesting for many readers – and crucially, that we'd be writing about it regardless of the partnership. I wrote about them regularly before the partnership was something anyone had even began to consider and choose to fly Norwegian myself fairly often (with my own money, no 'unexpected' upgrades to Premium or anything like that – I promise).
On the other hand, it's always good to question whether we would have published posts like this one if it wasn't for the partnership, and I think the answer there is less clear. I think the information is (mildly) useful and it was a bit of a slow news day, but whether we would otherwise have picked up on this rather than something else is a fair question and something I'll be keeping an eye on going forward.


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Classroom: Arctic Refuge
WHERE IT IS:
Caribou, polar bears, waterbirds, arctic foxes, black & brown bears, Dall sheep
ESTABLISHED: December 6, 1960 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
19.3 million acres, including the 8 million acre Mollie Beattie Wilderness area.
Intro Sheet
CALVING:
~199,000 Porcupine Caribou calve on the Coastal Plain May-July.
MIGRATION:
200 species of migratory birds.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the wildest places left in the United States. Located in the northeast corner of Alaska, and with a range of nearly twenty million acres, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the largest wildlife refuge in our country's public lands system. These materials and activities will enable you and your students to visit this majestic place without ever leaving your classroom.
In this section you will find the introductory materials, a short film which explores the Refuge, and five curriculum packets.
Get to Know the Refuge: Video
Curriculum Aids
REFUGE PEOPLE
While many people may think of the Arctic as an inhospitable region, it has been populated for thousands of years. The people who inhabit this region have adapted over thousands of years in order to both survive and thrive in these harsh conditions. Different cultures may be found in the various regions of the Arctic, from Lapps in Finland and Norway to the Chuckchi and Koyaki in Siberia. In North America, our Arctic is populated by both the Inupiaq and Gwich'in.
There are two permanent villages whose livelihoods are tied to the Arctic Refuge and have been for thousands of years: Kaktovik and Arctic Village. Kaktovik is an Inupiaq village of approximately 250 current residents located within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge along the Beaufort Sea, while Arctic Village is a Gwich'in village located just outside the southern border of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, along the Chandalar River.
Download a PDF about the people of the Refuge.
REFUGE WILDLIFE:
Home to an amazing array of animals, the Arctic Refuge provides a unique learning opportunity to study animal adaptations, unique and rare species, as well as migration. These animals must be able to handle quite a range of weather conditions and temperatures during their life on the arctic plain. While summer days are relatively mild, with weeks of continuous sunlight and average temperatures in the 40's, the winter months average a temperature of ‐10 degrees Fahrenheit. And when the sun sets in mid‐November, it does not reappear until late January!
The materials below will help you share the stories and lessons of these animals with your students by exploring some of the Refuge's unique species, discussing the special adaptations some of the Arctic's animal residents have made in order to live in this intense environment, and following migrations which are supported by the Refuge.
Download our Animals of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to learn more (PDF).
WILDLIFE ACTIVITIES
Kites and Migration – Students have the opportunity to build their own kites and then fly them, representing the flocks of migrating birds that travel from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to their home state. This activity can be used for students ranging from grades 1-12, and allows them to learn basics of ecology, geography, physics, and even art. Download our Kite Packet.
Snowy Owl Diorama: Build a popup diorama of a snowy owl about to pounce on its favorite meal: a lemming.
Skull Boxes – Few classrooms have actual skulls available for student study, so staff from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service created life-sized cut-and-fold boxes of the skulls of 10 mammals living in the Refuge. The skull boxes include caribou, grizzly bear, wolf, wolverine, red fox, lynx, weasel (ermine), snowshoe hare, arctic ground squirrel and collared lemming. These make great resources for middle school and high school science teachers, and allow students to compare similarities and differences between species.
Make a polar bear mask.
NATIVE CULTURE ACTIVITIES
Make Your Own Inuksuk – An inuksuk is a stone landmark or cairn built by humans and used by the people of the Arctic region of North America. These structures are found from Alaska to Greenland. Since the region above the Arctic Circle has minimal trees and few natural landmarks, it is believed one of the main purposes of these stone structures was in navigation, as a point of reference and as markers for travel routes, fishing spots, camp sites and hunting grounds. The Inupiat in northern Alaska use inuksuk to assist in the herding of caribou when hunting in vast open areas. Varying in shape and size, the inuksuk have deep roots in the Inuit culture. Download instructions.
Alaska Native Way of Knowing – Over the centuries, village elders have shared their vast body of accumulated knowledge and life wisdom through stories and demonstrations. This lesson begins with two videos that present how local knowledge is acquired, applied and passed on. Following a brief classroom discussion, students will then watch more videos that will help them prepare for their primary assignment: completing a science fair project that demonstrates the application of traditional knowledge to a scientific topic. Through interviews with community members, especially Alaska Native elders, students will develop and refine their project ideas. They will conduct experiments, make observations, create demonstrations and report their findings. The lesson ends with a classroom science fair, during which projects are evaluated on cultural and scientific content. Download more information.


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Q: download the files in resources of xcode project I have a project which includes aprox 100 images and 101 files. which creates the application size 85MB on itunes. users can't download that much huge application.
Is there any way to download the sound files in resources of xcode project instead of adding all the files in project and then upload it to itunes?
Thanks guys.
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Naveed Butt

A: Users can download apps of any size via iTunes. I believe the largest one so far is close to 2GB. The only limitation is that AT&T only allows a 20MB application to be downloaded over 3G or the older EDGE network.

A: You can keep your audio files in a server of your choice. And when needed download the file from the server, if needed , you can save the files in the document directory of your application.
So when loading an audio file,
   - check it its already in the document directory,
   - if not, download and save in the document directory and then load


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Download Ice Caves, a specially mastered Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Mp3 with liner notes by the composer here.
Blizzard has teamed up with one of the largest names in fantasy art to bring the dark and gothic world of Diablo to life. In "Final Stand", Keith Parkinson has meticulously depicted five mortal heroes in a desperate struggle against the Lord of Terror, Diablo. The mortal heroes of Sanctuary will need to pool all of their tremendous powers to defeat the raging demon in his own realm. Will they be victorious - or will this be their 'Final Stand' against the shadow? This image has been carefully reproduced in a limited quantity, with each high-quality print signed and numbered by Parkinson. These prints are printed on 100 lb. cover stock with a paper size of 24" x 34" and are now available through the Blizzard online store.
Download Halls, a specially mastered Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Mp3 with liner notes by the composer here.
A new Diablo II hack targeting the users of hack programs, is currently being circulated under a variety of names. The hack automatically drops all of a character's inventory on the ground. Some versions of the hack then prevent the player from picking any items back up, while other variants kick the player out of the game. Please protect your characters by avoiding programs you are unsure of. If you notice a program in your email, make sure you know what it is prior to downloading. For more information on the dangers of using hacks and third party programs, along with a list of common dangers posed by these programs, please visit our Hacks and Third Party Programs page. Also note: Users of hacks open themselves up to running into the problems listed on the Hacks page, as well as having their accounts and/or CD-Keys banned from Battle.net. Please contact hacks@blizzard.com to report hacks or Web sites distributing hacks.
We are currently working on a significant Diablo II patch, the full details of which will be released when the patch is ready. At this time, we can release a few specific details about a new feature in the 1.10 patch. We are introducing a new type of character, called a ladder character. There will now be two types of characters: normal and ladder. All characters created before 1.10 will be considered normal characters. Characters created before 1.10 will not have the option of being ladder characters. You must create a new character after patch 1.10 is released, and mark it as a ladder character to create a ladder character.
Characters created before patch 1.10 will not be able to join games with these new ladder characters, although they will be able to play with other normal characters that predate the 1.10 patch or characters created after 1.10 that are not created as ladder characters. This means that for the duration of the ladder season - which is yet to be determined - these ladder characters will exist in a new separate economy from the other Battle.net Diablo II characters.
No legitimate characters or items will be deleted with this patch, although we continue deleting hacked or duped items, as well as characters that are part of accounts used to attack the Battle.net servers.
We are currently working on a significant patch and update for Diablo II. Details will be forthcoming in the near future. The patch will be posted as soon as it is complete, along with a list of the modifications it contains. We sincerely appreciate the patience and continued enthusiasm of the Diablo II community during this time.
Over 20,000 Battle.net accounts have been banned. All of these accounts were associated with 8,500 accounts using the "Chest Hack" that appeared in the user community over the past week. In addition to this hack's effects on the player economy, its use directly affected the stability of Diablo II realms, causing a number of dramatic performance issues. This is in keeping with our commitment to provide the highest possible level of quality for our legitimate users.
The chest hack has been stopped on Diablo II realms. Accounts that used that hack have been noted and are now banned from Battle.net. Over 7,000 accounts are no longer accessible.
We regret having to ban those accounts. However, certain unscrupulous players were impairing the game play of Diablo II, and that will not be tolerated.
Darrick Lang is coming home. Years ago he left the town of Bramwell to walk the wide world as a soldier of fortune and champion of the realm. But Bramwell is not as he left it. Something dark and terrifying has ensnared the townsfolk, something very old and very patient, tangling innocents in a web of malice and profaning the very earth itself. Now that same power calls to Darrick...and his only hope may be to walk the same perilous path of damnation. [Available Now] You can also read about our e-books here.


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LETTERS - THE WORLD WILL NOT RUN OUT OF URANIUM IN 10/15 YEARS - 1 OUT OF 2
Another Scotsman letter today rather spoiled by the fact that it is published right after a letter from one of the guys I accuse of not answering Niall Walker's question.The edited the "Would the Scotsman" intro into "It would be silly" but still left the question mark
Would the Scotsman publish a letter that suggested that Scottish tourism exploit the fact that Arthur's Seat, at 30,000 feet, is the world's highest mountain? Letters from Messrs Sadler & Dunion (23rd & 28th Jan) that nuclear reactors produce up to 40% as much CO2 as gas are proportionately even sillier. They have, unsurprisingly, failed to produce any evidence for this despite Cllr Walker's remarkably restrained request that they do so. The fact that no anti-nuclear groups have written to dissociate themselves from what they must know to be an untrue claim speaks volumes for the entire movement's credibility.
I have sent a reply to the reply pointing out exactly why the Professor quoted to support the 40% claim (A) didn't quite say that & (B) was wrong anyway.
This went unpublished by the Herald in response to a similar letter in the Herald claiming that the uranium will run out, this time in 15 years> I am glad to say that they published a response from Sir Donald Miller who, I found later, is the former boss of Scottish Power.His reply better than mine - more figures & less flamboyance - still I would have liked them to do both.
I believe that one should be willing to defend one's views robustly, indeed I have on occasion been accused of it myself, so I have some cheerful appreciation of David McEwan ('Nuclear power is the greatest idiocy" ever - letter Monday). On the other hand he does seem to have achieved a uniquely high ratio of things that just ain't so. Surprising in a letter so long.
He starts by conjuring up the vision of spaceships going to the Moon to find uranium ore. Attractive, & relatively feasible as a return to the Moon may be it is hardly the only, let alone best place to look for uranium.
He then correctly says that all a reactor does is to bile a lot of water, which I suppose is true in the same way that all George Bush does is to throw a lot of sticks at people.
However the main error, on which he dwells at considerable length is that we are going to run out of uranium real soon - he says 15 years. This is nonsense, rubbish & claptrap, not necessarily in that order. Uranium is not going to run out in 15 years or fifty, or five hundred, or 5,000 or even 5 million. Uranium is, even on the Earth's surface, relatively common. The point is that you don't need uranium in large quantities. There is enough uranium dust in a spadeful of coal to produce more power than would be produced by that spadeful of coal. It is much more common in rock, particularly granite, which is why you are exposed to considerably more radioactivity in Aberdeen Cathedral than in Hunterston. It is vastly more common in ore - that is why it is called "ore". As a purely theoretical exercise Professor Bernard Cohen of Pittsburgh has calculated that by extracting the radioactive impurities in ordinary seawater we could keep our current nuclear industry going for 4.5 billion years. This is not the upper limit since, being a relatively heavy material it tends to be more abundant in ore underground. It is what keeps the Earth's core molten. The Sun is expected to explode in a mere 5 billion years. This is a more urgent problem than running out of nuclear power.
Except that we are currently on track to run out of it if 2023 when our last reactor shuts down.
Boiling the seas is not the most practical way to go, unless, of course, the alternative is windfarms or other "alternatives". Alternatives are called "alternative" for good economic reasons. There is no difficulty in mining. We could even afford to mine more expensive ores since the actual cost of our fuel works out at about 2 hundredths of a penny per kilowatt hour. Currently uranium prices are at an all time low which does not imply shortage.
Just as his fears of our imminently running out of uranium, which is rather like running out of rock, are unfounded the idea that we will have "hundreds of thousands of tons of waste" lasting over "thousands" of years is inaccurate. Reactor waste, the only sort that didn't come out of the soil in the first place comes in very small quantities, about a cubic metre per reactor year, but precisely because it is highly radioactive it has a short half life & will be down to safe levels in about 50 years. Our descendants 4 billion years from now need not worry.
We, five years from now, should. He is wrong to say that this is a problem only for England about whose difficulties we Scots may happily chortle. The opposite is true. So long as France is willing to make nuclear electricity at 1.5p a unit & sell to the south of England for 4 they are comfortable, & I suspect the French will not become unwilling to do so. We on the other hand are to far away & with the closure of Hunterson & Torness & some coal stations, are shortly going to lose 2/3rds of our electricity. It is grossly irresponsible of politicians to ignore this, presumably in the expectation that their careers will already be over then. 2,500 pensioners a year currently die in Scotland annually from fuel poverty but that will be dwarfed by what is coming if we choose not to replace & expand our current reactors.
Amusing though Mr McEwan's letter is the way in which such scare stories are preventing us, by which I mean the human race as well as Scots, achieving our potential is the great tragedy of our civilisation. There is no reason why we should not all be much wealthier, more comfortable, healthier & less worried than we are now. Yes, & have the Moon & Mars & points beyond as well. We only have to stop nursing our problems to keep them warm. Look at them honestly, admit that most of them are smoke & mirrors & solve the others. We are descended from people who did more with less. We should live up to our potential.