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Die Leeno medical GmbH (früher: Ölmühle Connemann GmbH) in Leer (Ostfriesland) ist ein Hersteller von Transportgeräten. Früher wurden Pflanzenöle hergestellt und verarbeitet. Die Ölmühle zählte zu den Vorreiterunternehmen der industriellen Biodieselherstellung.

Geschichte
Das Unternehmen ging aus dem Unternehmen Seifenfabrik und Kolonialwarengroßhandlung C. L. Marchés & Co. hervor und firmierte ab 1750 als Wilhelm Connemann. In den folgenden Jahrzehnten arbeitete das Unternehmen unter anderem als Mühle für Muschelkalk, Knochenmühle, Sodafabrik, Fabrik für Presshefe und Kornbrennerei. Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde am Hafen auf dem Henry'schen Grundstück an der Osterstraße (heute Mühlenstraße) eine neue Seifenfabrik errichtet und 1887 nahm man in Leer die Ölmühle als  erste Ölsaatenextraktionsanlage Deutschlands in Betrieb. 1936 erhielt das Unternehmen zudem auf dem gegenüberliegenden Hafengelände auf der Nesse eine etwa vier Hektar große Fläche im Erbbaurecht zur Flachsverwertung und Flachsröste. Seit den 1950er Jahren arbeitete auf der Nesse der Holzimport und die Holzverarbeitung Wilhelm Connemann und Theodor Schiewe. Nachdem Connemann 1949/50 eine Spanplatte aus Flachsschäben entwickelt hatte, wurde auf der Nesse zudem ein Spanplattenwerk für die Wilhelm Connemann Flachsverwertung errichtet, das sogenannte "Lino"-Spanplatten nach dem eigenen System herstellte. In den 1970er Jahren wurde die Fabrik in der Stadtmitte abgebrochen und zum Ernst-Reuter-Platz, einer Mehrzweckfläche mit Parkplätzen und Kinderspielplatz, umgebaut.

Im Jahr 1987 ging Wilhelm Connemann in Konkurs. Die Firma war zu diesem Zeitpunkt der zweitgrößte Betrieb in der Stadt. Die Anlagen wurden danach von der Ölmühle Hamburg übernommen. Joosten Connemann, der weiterhin als Geschäftsführer für das Unternehmen arbeitete, entwickelte ab etwa 1990 ein 1993 patentiertes Verfahren, mit dem Biodiesel in einem kontinuierlichen Prozess aus Rapsöl und anderen Pflanzenölen gewonnen werden kann, nach dem im Jahr 2007 die zwölf größten Anlagen weltweit arbeiteten. An der Sägemühlenstraße in Leer entstand 1993 zunächst eine Pilotanlage mit einer Jahreskapazität von 7.000 Tonnen Biodiesel, der 1995 die erste industrielle Biodieselanlage Europas mit einer Kapazität von 80.000 Tonnen folgte. Nach der Schließung der Spanplattenfabrik wurde das Erbbaugelände im September 1998 an die Stadt zurück übertragen. Nach dem Abbruch der Industriebebauung entstand ein neuer Stadtteil mit Wohn- und Gewerbebebauung auf dem Gelände das "Neue Nessequartier".

Der Betrieb der Rapsöl-Extraktionsanlage wurde im Jahre 2004 aufgrund schwieriger Rahmenbedingungen beendet, die Biodieselproduktion aber mit angeliefertem Rapsöl weitergeführt. Im Dezember 2007 firmierte die Ölmühle Connemann zur Leeno medical um, die Transportgeräte für Krankenhäuser, Altenheime und die Industrie herstellt. 2008 wurde das Mutterunternehmen Ölmühle Hamburg von Archer Daniels Midland übernommen. Im Dezember 2015 stellte die Biodiesel-Anlage in Leer den Betrieb komplett ein.

Literatur
 Wilhelm Connemann. 200 Jahre Firmengeschichte. Verlag Rautenberg & Möckel, Leer 1950.

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Unternehmen (Leer (Ostfriesland))
Gegründet 1750
Mühle in Niedersachsen
Mühle in Europa
Produzierendes Unternehmen (Landkreis Leer)
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The poetic and olfactory pyramid of Notturno is a dark'2 work, is a deep cut which protects but envelops you in a sensual scent. The Rhum, top note, is olfactory memomy of sleepless nights; alcoholic initial strong note then embrace the gourmet note. the amber liquid is a companion of night, unique, faithful.
On the heart rests the ink, poetry, writer's olfactory note, of the human soul, and beside him the leather's smell, the material that surrounds the old diary.
On the ground, the base of Notturno, where the poet has walked, I left the woods, Birch and Cedar, my beloved resins, Incense, Amber, Musk.
The smelling's metamorphosis of Notturno, reveals at night its poetic essence.


King Ranch Mac and Cheese Recipe- best dish ever! Pasta, chicken, chicken soup, sour cream, Velveeta, cheddar and Rotel - so addictive! He asked me to make it again, twice, while we were still eating it!
This recipe is from the January 2012 Southern Living magazine. I made a note to try this back in January, and I am kicking myself for waiting so long. This was SO DANG GOOD! I mean really, really, really good. I want to eat this every day! This makes enough for about 6 people. We ate it for dinner and I ate leftovers for lunch. It was just as good reheated. I could eat this every week. I can't stop thinking about it! Make this ASAP; I promise you will love it!
Prepare pasta according to package directions. Drain, set aside.
In a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, combine dried minced onion flakes, Rotel tomatoes, and Velveeta. Stir constantly for 2 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
Stir in chicken, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, chili powder and cumin. Add cooked pasta and stir to combine.
Spoon mixture into a lightly greased 10-in iron skillet or 9x13-inch pan. Top with shredded cheddar cheese.
Rotel? Velveeta? Chicken Soup? Sour Cream? Man, it's got to be good. Thanks for sharing. Pinned.
Oh my, this says DELICIOUS all the way!
This sounds outstanding Steph, email coming with a question.
Wondering if it would freeze well? I'm looking for freezer meals to stock up on before baby...maybe if I froze it before the baking part?
The mac and cheese looks really good, but my question is - where did you get that skillet, I really like the looks of it.
This is the BEST mac and cheese! my family LOVES it! I've made it since I found it in that SL mag!!! HIGHLY recommend it!
Going now to buy stuff to make this. It looks delicious!!
OK, it's in the oven. With a small tweak; I used ground beef. I've been eating plenty of chicken lately and wanted a change. It felt like it would taste fine (a test nibble proved me right). Walmart has a huge number of spices in the Mexican aisle (we have that in CA, not sure about elsewhere). I was able to snag a little bag of cumin for $0.78 for 3/4 oz. which is way better than the grocery store at about 1/2 million $$ for 1 oz. Sour cream is way cheaper and so is CHEESE! So I was able to justify making this for hubby and I... and we love leftovers, so it's awesome. I'm going to make an apple tart dessert I found on Pinterest today. I can't wait to eat!
Made this tonight and it was soooo yummy! I doubled the recipe to feed my large crew, but it was super easy and delicious!!
This was a great recipe! Made it last night and the husband loved it. We had it for lunch today as well and it was just as good reheated!
a friend made this for us last night for dinner; my father-in-law just died. It was absolutely delicious! So glad that my vegetarian daughter and her boyfriend can't eat it, because that means there is more for me and the hubby!
This SERIOUSLY looks like the king of all mac & cheeses ever made! Completely drool worthy..
I made this the other night. I used the "mexican velveeta" instead of the regular. It was good, but a little much. So next time i'll juse the regular. Still good though! The hubs loved it!
I fixed this for supper last night, and used 2 cans of chicken (because I had them)- VERY EASY and tasty too! The menfolk requested that it be put into the rotation.
Kady - you can use the same pot you boil the pasta in to make the chicken mixture. Enjoy!
Do you think you could make it without adding any meat to it? Like leave it the same and just leave out the chicken?


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Baruth/Mark (em baixo sorábio: Želm) é um município da Alemanha, situado no distrito de Teltow-Fläming, no estado de Brandemburgo. Tem  de área, e sua população em 2019 foi estimada em 4.217 habitantes.

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Casey Duncan appointed Shelby County District Judge by Gov. Kay Ivey
Published 9:03 am Thursday, June 30, 2022
By Alec Etheredge
Casey Duncan has been appointed by Gov. Kay Ivey to fill the seat of former Shelby County District Judge Daniel A. Crowson Jr., who died earlier this year at the age of 48. (Contributed)
By ALEC ETHEREDGE | Managing Editor
COLUMBIANA – The vacant seat for Shelby County District Judge Place 2 has been filled following an appointment from Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday, June 23.
Ivey appointed Columbiana-based lawyer Casey Duncan to the position, which was left vacant after the passing of Judge Daniel (Danny) A. Crowson Jr.
Duncan said he was excited to fill the position following the appointment, but he knew it was difficult reason to have to step into the role.
"This is obviously a big deal, both personally and professionally, but it has not been lost on me today that the whole reason this judicial seat was vacant is due to the untimely passing of my friend, the Honorable Daniel A. Crowson Jr. (Danny)," Duncan said in a post following the appointment. "So let me first pay the appropriate respect to the entire Crowson family, on what I'm sure has been a day filled with mixed emotions, as we collectively turn this page and begin a new chapter."
Crowson died on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the age of 48. He served in his role as District Court Judge for eight years after being elected in 2014 and then earning re-election in 2020.
Duncan and Crowson worked together in Vincent as the public defender and prosecutor, respectively, while they also worked in Calera together with Crowson a judge and Duncan a prosecutor.
Now, Duncan will get to step in and fill the role of a longtime friend and co-worker.
"For me, all I can say is thank you," Duncan said. "Thank you to all the folks who helped make this day possible, and you know who you are. Thank you to the scores of friends and colleagues who have offered congratulations. And most importantly, thank you Lord for giving me the peace to be prepared when I got that call, not really knowing for sure what it would mean for me and my family but trusting, that if it was His plan, then I just needed to be still and let it happen."
Duncan was one of three finalists nominated for the position by a committee consisting of Shelby County Circuit Judge Bill Bostick, Rux Bentley, Dr. Doug Clark, Margaret Casey and Bill Goodwyn.
Following an interview process with many candidates, the committee narrowed the finalists down to Duncan, Alan Miller and Julie Palmer.
On June 23, Ivey made her decision and appointed Duncan to the seat.
"I can't promise perfection, but I will strive every day to try to earn the high praise that so many longtime friends and colleagues have showered upon me throughout this whole process," Duncan said. "Everyone involved, and I mean everyone, has shown a lot of class and dignity in what at times has been some difficult circumstances. I'm sure I'll have more to say at some point but right now I'm still just kind of taking it all in."
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Definition - What does Linked Data mean?
Linked data is a paradigm for publishing data on the Web and collaborating with users and machines. It promotes that data be simple and structured. It promotes a bottom-up approach for publishing data and helps data to be interconnected and rich in context, resulting in data being a more valued asset.
Based on the RDF model, linked data views data as a collection and in relation to other data. In other words, it promotes large integration of data found on the Web. The focus of the linked data paradigm is to enable the sharing of structured data on the Web as easily as possible. Linked data does not necessarily mean using new tools or technologies for the data found on the Web. In fact, what it does is to enrich the existing data found with the help of structured data. The structured data is achieved through other technologies such as resource description framework and hypertext transport protocol. Resource description framework is considered one of the key components of linked data.
There are significant benefits associated with the linked data concept. It provides a single standardized access mechanism for all involved and also is shareable, extensible and reusable, even on different results and different interfaces. It helps in elimination of extra processing of data for users and eliminates the need for library-specific data formats. Search engines and data browsers can easily find the structured data promoted by linked data. From an organization's perspective, linked data enables the improvement of the internal data curation procedures and also the links between objects. Data is more discoverable and enriched, and there is control over the data as well. Another key benefit is the promotion of interdisciplinary research by means of enrichment of knowledge.


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Unity Week Events to Celebrate Diversity and Inclusion at Holy Cross
Actor and best-selling author Hill Harper to give talk on Nov. 11
October 30th, 2014 by College of the Holy Cross
The Student Government Association, in partnership with the Diversity Leadership Team and various academic departments, offices and student organizations, have planned various discussions, film screenings, workshops and multicultural festivals around topics related to diversity and inclusion. The events, which run from Nov. 9 to 16, are part of the 14th annual Unity Week celebration.
The events celebrate the diverse interests, talents and views of students, faculty and staff. The Unity Week planning committee says, "This is our chance to celebrate who we are: our race, gender, sexual orientation, religion and background. This is our chance to be proud of who we are; our chance to educate ourselves on who we are not."
Unity Week means a lot to Chris Campbell '15, the director of diversity for the SGA and member of the Diversity Leadership Team, because "it allows us to learn from those whose experiences, beliefs and perspectives are different from our own." Tom Cadigan '02, associate director of Alumni Relations and a fellow member of the Diversity Leadership Team, agrees. Diversity and inclusion "are woven into the fabric of our mission statement," he says. "It's a shared responsibility of the entire campus community. Unity Week is a terrific reminder of that responsibility."
Sunday, Nov. 9
4:30 p.m. | Mary Chapel
Inter-Denominational Service dedicated to Unity Week
All members of the campus community are invited to come together in worship as we kickoff Unity Week.
6 p.m. | Hogan 402/03
SGA Dinner Series: ReSSpect Training – Rethinking the Sexuality Spectrum
Sponsored by the SGA and PRIDE
7 p.m. | Mary Chapel
Mass dedicated to Unity Week
All members of the campus community are invited to come together in worship as we kick off Unity Week.
Monday, Nov. 10
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Hogan 1 Lobby
Faces of the Hill: Photography Project
Join us in helping to build a visual library of our community. Have your portrait taken — individually or in small groups. All community members are invited to answer the question, "How do you define yourself?" which will be incorporated into your portrait.
Sponsored by the Office of College Marketing and Communications, Diversity Leadership Team, and Office of Multicultural Education
12:30 p.m. | Hogan 406
"Campus Conversation" with the Diversity Leadership Team (brown bag lunch)
The campus community is invited to a "meet and greet" with this year's Diversity Leadership Team, chat about diversity and inclusion and ask questions. Drinks and dessert will be provided.
Sponsored by the Diversity Leadership Team
4 p.m. | Rehm Library
Adjudicating Sexual Assault on Campus
This fishbowl-style discussion will focus on the national debate over the pros and cons of whether college campuses, as opposed to law enforcement authorities, are the best venue for adjudicating sexual assault cases.
Sponsored by the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and Women's and Gender Studies
5 p.m. | Hogan 402
Intercultural Relationship Panel Discussion
This discussion will educate the Holy Cross community about the complexities, difficulties and beauty of intercultural relationships.
Sponsored by Caribbean African Student Assemblage and PRIDE
6 p.m. | Seelos Theatre
"The Story of Junius Wilson: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Gender, Class and Deafness"
Talk by Susan Burch, Ph.D., associate professor of American Studies at Middlebury College
Junius Wilson spent decades at a state mental hospital in North Carolina, including time in the criminal ward. He had never been declared insane by a medical professional or found guilty of any criminal charge. He was deaf and black, however, in the Jim Crow South. Learn about his story.
Sponsored by American Sign Language and Deaf Studies
7 p.m. | Healy Hall Kitchen
Cooking con Sabor
Join us for conversation and some tasty Latin dishes.
Sponsored by Latin American Student Organization (LASO) and the SGA
Tuesday, Nov. 11
3:30 p.m. | Levis Browsing Room (Dinand Library)
Outfront SafeZone Ally Training
Want to learn how to be a GLBTQ ally? Been through a training before, but want to brush up? Want to get a sticker to post on your office or room door? Come support your GLBTQ-identified community members!
Sponsored by Outfront: A Holy Cross GLBTQ Faculty and Staff Alliance
7 p.m. | Hogan Ballroom
"The Importance of Unity & Community Understanding When It Comes to Diversity"
Talk by Hill Harper, actor and best-selling author
Come listen to firsthand advice on how our generation can be change makers for the good of society.
Sponsored by the Student Government Association
7 p.m. | Stein 118C
"1912: Breaking the Silence" Film Screening
Learn about the history of Cuba's Partido Independiente de Color. Founded in 1908 by Afro-Cuban veterans of Cuba's war for independence, the PIC was the second black-led party in the Americas.
Sponsored by Latin American and Latino Studies
NOTE: Cuban film director Gloria Rolando will be on campus Thursday, Nov. 20 to talk about her film "1912: Breaking the Silence." Her presentation will be held that afternoon at 4 p.m. in Seelos Theatre.
9 p.m. – 12 a.m. | Crossroads Pub
Pub Night: "Unity at the Pub"
Come celebrate Unity Week at the Pub. Students will have a chance to win $50 gift cards to the Holy Cross Bookstore, InHouse Coffee, and Chipotle.
Sponsored by the SGA, Autism Awareness and the Office of Student Involvement
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Join us in helping to build a visual library of our community. Have your portrait taken — individually or in small groups. All community members are invited to answer the question, "How do you define yourself?," which will be incorporated into your portrait.
12 p.m. | Loyola Ballroom
"Lunch and Learn" Workshop on Gender Inequality
Take a lunch break during the day to connect with fellow campus members and learn about an important topic. Students, faculty and staff are welcome!
Sponsored by the Office of Advancement, the Office of Multicultural Education, and the Diversity Leadership Team
3 p.m. | Seelos Theater
"Black Nativity" Film Screening
All are invited to watch this 2013 American musical drama based on Langston Hughes' play of the same name.
Sponsored by the Seelos Film Series
"Building Solidarity on Campus" Dialogue Discussion
All members of the campus community are invited to participate in this important discussion.
Sponsored by the Black Student Union (BSU) and the Multicultural Peer Educators
Thursday, Nov. 13
3 – 5 p.m. | Campion House
Food Sampling from Various Faith Traditions
Members of the campus community are cordially invited to a sampling of foods from various faith traditions. All are welcome!
Sponsored by the Office of the College Chaplains and the Inter-Faith Council
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Hogan 402/03
An Exercise: "Unconscious Bias in the Workplace"
End your workday with a meaningful exercise on this very important topic. Join us for wine and cheese — first come, first served! Limited to 25 participants.
Sponsored by the Office of Human Resources
Torah Study with Rabbi Norman Cohen '72
All are welcome to this special gathering.
Sponsored by the Office of the College Chaplains
5 – 6 p.m. | Hogan 304-305
The Evolution of Korean Pop (K-Pop)
Sponsored by Advocating Students' Interest in Asia (ASIA)
6:30 p.m. | Hogan 409
Reflection Session: "Where Can We Go From Here? Living a Life of Service & Justice"
College students today feel an immense pressure to choose a major and, ultimately, a career path. Vocational discernment can be particularly challenging for students who feel called to a counter-cultural career path of community engagement. This session will help you to explore questions such as: Is it necessary to choose between work that is meaningful and work that pays well? How can I best use my unique talents and gifts to serve the common good of society?
Sponsored by the Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning
Learn about the history of Cuba's Partido Independiente de Color (PIC). Founded in 1908 by Afro-Cuban veterans of Cuba's war for independence, the PIC was the second black-led party in the Americas.
8 p.m. | Fenwick Theatre
"Cloud Nine" Theater Production
In this wildly inventive postmodern comedy, playwright Caryl Churchill tackles the topics of gender, sexuality and colonialism.
Sponsored by Fenwick Theatre
10 p.m. – 12 a.m. | Easy Street
Cupcakes for a Cause
Celebrate the kickoff of the Holy Cross Dance Marathon fundraising effort.
Sponsored by the Holy Cross Dance Marathon and the Student Government Association
Friday, Nov. 14
"Cesar Chavez" Film Screening
All are invited to watch this 2014 drama/biography film directed by Diego Luna about the life of American labor leader César Chávez, who cofounded the United Farm Workers.
10 p.m. | Hogan Ballroom
Comedian John Early
All are invited to this hilarious show featuring comedian, actor and filmmaker, John Early.
Sponsored by the Campus Activities Board (CAB)
Saturday, Nov. 15
7 p.m. | Loyola Ballroom
All members of the campus community are invited to participate in this Indian celebration that commemorates the New Year. Join us for music, food and dancing!
Sponsored by Developing and Educating South-Asian Ideologies (DESI)
Sunday, Nov. 16
Head-To-Toe Expo
Student models will walk the runway showcasing body art, clothing, and costumes that are representative of the African and Caribbean cultures. The body art will be painted by the Student Art Society. This event will bring cultural awareness to the variety of hair textures and styles that are represented throughout the world. It will also add insight into the symbolism of the body in other countries.
Sponsored by Caribbean African Student Assemblage (CASA)
Diversity at Holy Cross
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Biddeston, Queensland facts for kids
Biddeston
Toowoomba Region, Queensland
Fields along Oakey Biddleston Road, 2014
27°34′13″S 151°42′56″E / 27.5702°S 151.7155°E / -27.5702; 151.7155 (Biddeston (town centre))
284 (2016 census)
3.848/km2 (9.97/sq mi)
73.8 km2 (28.5 sq mi)
AEST (UTC+10:00)
13.9 km (9 mi) S of Oakey
23.6 km (15 mi) W of Toowoomba
155 km (96 mi) W of Brisbane
LGA(s)
Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
Localities around Biddeston:
Aubigny Oakey Kingsthorpe
Linthorpe Biddeston Wellcamp
Linthorpe Southbrook Athol
Biddeston is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Biddeston had a population of 284 people.
Biddeston State School opened in a tent, Queensland, 1919
The one-room school at Biddeston, circa 1921
A postal receiving office opened on 1 February 1882 and was upgraded to a post office on 1 July 1927. During that time it was run by the Anderson family of Biddeston Farm, which is probably the origin of the district name. The post office closed on 5 January 1965.
The town reserve was established on 26 August 1890.
In 1880, a 10-acre block of land on the Oakey-Southbrook Road was aside for a school. However, it was not until 14 October 1919 that the Biddeston State School finally opened, but with only a tent for a schoolroom for the 14 children enrolled under teacher Margaret Cecilla Cloherty Anderson. It was not until 10 October 1921 that the Education Department built a one-room timber building to replace the tent. Despite growing enrolment numbers, the Education Department would not enlarge the building apart from the addition of a verandah in 1927. It was not until 1954 that a second school room was built.
The Biddeston Tractor Pull is an annual event in which restored and modified tractors compete to pull heavy loads.
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:
Aberdeen (27°32′24″S 151°44′48″E / 27.5400°S 151.7467°E / -27.5400; 151.7467 (Aberdeen (homestead)))
Aughamore (27°34′06″S 151°43′43″E / 27.5684°S 151.7285°E / -27.5684; 151.7285 (Aughamore (homestead)))
Bronte Park (27°34′14″S 151°44′40″E / 27.5705°S 151.7445°E / -27.5705; 151.7445 (Bronte Park (homestead)))
Burton (27°32′25″S 151°44′56″E / 27.5404°S 151.7489°E / -27.5404; 151.7489 (Burton (homestead)))
Chelandry (27°34′21″S 151°43′50″E / 27.5726°S 151.7306°E / -27.5726; 151.7306 (Chelandry (homestead)))
Croxley (27°31′46″S 151°44′31″E / 27.5294°S 151.7419°E / -27.5294; 151.7419 (Croxley (homestead)))
Egmont Park (27°36′09″S 151°43′49″E / 27.6024°S 151.7302°E / -27.6024; 151.7302 (Egmont Park (homestead)))
Enterprise (27°30′45″S 151°44′55″E / 27.5125°S 151.7486°E / -27.5125; 151.7486 (Enterprise (homestead)))
Glen Bride (27°32′21″S 151°44′20″E / 27.5391°S 151.7388°E / -27.5391; 151.7388 (Glen Bride (homestead)))
Glen View (27°35′02″S 151°44′00″E / 27.5838°S 151.7333°E / -27.5838; 151.7333 (Glen View (homestead)))
Goldrush Lodge (27°35′03″S 151°43′35″E / 27.5843°S 151.7264°E / -27.5843; 151.7264 (Goldrush Lodge (homestead)))
Hillview (27°34′52″S 151°45′07″E / 27.5810°S 151.7519°E / -27.5810; 151.7519 (Hillview (homestead)))
Kerrabee Park (27°32′40″S 151°45′19″E / 27.5445°S 151.7552°E / -27.5445; 151.7552 (Kerrabee Park (homestead)))
Lange (27°33′17″S 151°43′53″E / 27.5546°S 151.7315°E / -27.5546; 151.7315 (Lange (homestead)))
Martrise (27°32′06″S 151°42′06″E / 27.5349°S 151.7018°E / -27.5349; 151.7018 (Martrise (homestead)))
Mayfield (27°32′41″S 151°45′33″E / 27.5448°S 151.7591°E / -27.5448; 151.7591 (Mayfield (homestead)))
Parklands (27°33′57″S 151°44′31″E / 27.5659°S 151.7419°E / -27.5659; 151.7419 (Parklands (homestead)))
Rayhill (27°35′11″S 151°42′41″E / 27.5865°S 151.7114°E / -27.5865; 151.7114 (Rayhill (homestead)))
Roxanna (27°33′05″S 151°45′04″E / 27.5513°S 151.7511°E / -27.5513; 151.7511 (Roxanna (homestead)))
Silver Springs (27°35′24″S 151°43′45″E / 27.5899°S 151.7291°E / -27.5899; 151.7291 (Silver Springs (homestead)))
The Towers (27°30′52″S 151°43′20″E / 27.5145°S 151.7221°E / -27.5145; 151.7221 (The Towers (homestead)))
Wallaby Hill (27°36′04″S 151°43′56″E / 27.6012°S 151.7323°E / -27.6012; 151.7323 (Wallaby Hill (homestead)))
Windemere (27°33′02″S 151°45′00″E / 27.5506°S 151.7501°E / -27.5506; 151.7501 (Windemere (homestead)))
Ziebel (27°31′13″S 151°43′58″E / 27.5203°S 151.7328°E / -27.5203; 151.7328 (Ziebel (homestead)))
Biddeston State School, 2014
Biddeston State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 2425 Cecil Plains Road (27°33′15″S 151°41′50″E / 27.5541°S 151.6973°E / -27.5541; 151.6973 (Biddeston State School)). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 61 students with 5 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 70 students with 6 teachers (4 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).
There is no secondary schools in Biddeston. The nearest government secondary school is Oakey State High School in neighbouring Oakey to the north.
Biddeston, Queensland Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


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Radical New Approach to Treat Alzheimer's
In a small lab in Jackson Hole, Wyo., 65-year-old Paul Cox believes he's closing in on a treatment that might prevent Alzheimer's disease. And ALS. And a host of other neurodegenerative diseases, for that matter. Cox, we should point out, isn't a neurologist. He isn't a physician of any kind. He doesn't work at a big drug company or an academic medical center or a government laboratory. His ideas come from so far outside the mainstream of neurological research that you might think he's crazy or deluded or worse. But then, some very credible people think he might be on to something big—which might make the improbable, quixotic story you are about to read one of the most important as well.
Our unusual tale begins with ethnobotany: the study of the way indigenous people use plants in their customs and diet. You see, Cox is an ethnobotanist, and a darn good one by all accounts. "You'd enjoy walking through a jungle with me," he once told me. He's a cheerful gray slouch of a man, quick-witted and sincere, given to club ties and blockish suits when he's not rocking a fleece. But neurology? When it comes to the study of neurons—the critical cells of the central nervous system that degenerate and die in diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS—Cox describes himself as something of a piker. "One colleague says I know about as much neurology as a neurologist's spouse," he added with a grin.
Nonetheless, neurons are precisely what you'll find Cox and a covey of researchers studying at his nonprofit Brain Chemistry Labs. If you happen to be visiting Jackson this winter, you'll recognize the lab by the cartoonish wood carving of a bespectacled bear (holding a beaker, naturally) just above the front portico. You might even spot a wealthy local patron wearing one of the lab's "Serine Dipity" sweatshirts. That's a wordplay on L‑serine, an amino acid that serves critical functions in the central nervous system, among other things. That's the second strange part of this story: How extraordinarily unlikely and yet wonderful would it be if Cox and his colleagues were right—and the best prevention for some of these terrifying diseases turns out to be a naturally occurring protein building block rather than a high-priced drug?
You can buy a kilo of powdered L-serine for $53 on Amazon. A Serine Dipity sweatshirt, on the other hand, will cost you a $150,000 donation to Cox's lab. Which leads us to the third twist in this marvelously odd tale. The sweatshirt buyers (and Cox's wealthy backers) seem to believe just as fervently in the man's innovative research model as they do in his purported cure. Indeed, it's fair to say that whether or not Cox's theory pans out, the style of medical investigation he's pioneering is gaining fans—even in some traditional and elite academic quarters. So if Cox and his colleagues do push the science forward on Alzheimer's, ALS, or any other neurological disease even a little, it may have an added benefit of offering the culture of medical research a fresh model to emulate.
And that—in a nutshell—is what the Paul Cox story is all about.
Reprinted from an article in Fortune by Rick Tetzeli (Jan 18, 2019)
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GeoffBeacon
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We need very different lifestyles to combat climate change.
However, if some become low carbon and their neighbours do not, life is harder so I am interested in town and country planning which makes low carbon living easy and pleasant.
One example living in car free neighbourhoods. Some proposals to bring this about are in A market in prototype neighbourhoods
Any other ideas?
Il faut cultiver notre cité-jardin
The Sustainable Plotlands Association
Young ice
Re: Town & country planning for climate mitigation
There won't be any stable situation as long as we do not set an ecological foot print per person and on a given perimeter (5km radius?). The ecological foot print of the people around should not exceed the available space of the town. (Wild parts untouched should be there also (20%?))
Organizing the competition between users of fossil fuels and others who try not to is very difficult or impossible (the politic should be either to ban direct fossil fuel and tax whose indirectly used (like china import) or fix a minimum limit per persons directly and indirectly (Solar and wind systems).
johnm33
If the political situation would allow it we could establish a series of small cities on some of the more arid coastlines of the world. The atlantic coast of africa from southern Morroco to the senegal river would be an ideal candidate, as would large stretches of the southern Australian coast. The arid coast of Spain somewhere southwest of Murcia would be an ideal place to develop the concept.
High density housing redolent of the architecture of old Spanish/Morrocan cities, but water cooled, with either evaporative cooling or having seawater pumped through some part of the fabric. Amenities such as theatres cinemas etc. concentrated in the centers around squares like many mediteranean cities. Nowhere too far to walk from home. Narrow roads glazed over, rooftops covered with solar pv panels/ community gardens. Connected to the outside world by bus or rail, no need for personal transport.
Given purpose by producing food http://www.seawatergreenhouse.com/aboutus.html / https://gardenaquaponics.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/large-polytunnel-aquaponics-system/ providing holidays, education, or even taking care of the growing army of ancient europeans.
WOULD PLANTING TREES ON THE EDGE ARID COASTS ENCOURAGE MOISTURE TO MOVE INLAND?
Unfortunately, I think your suggestions sound a bit odd to normal people (Do you know any?) but thank you because these are just the sort of ideas that should be tried.
But to risk destroying credibility on this thread I go one step further and report a presentation I attended at a UK Parliamentary group a few years ago. It was suggesting this:
The massive waste water problem that currently pollutes our bathing waters costing £billions to process throughout the world can be used to irrigate and reforest desert coastlines to induce rainfall. Our aim is to use the return ballast capacity of super crude carriers which currently transport sea water half way around the world at great financial and environmental cost. This ballast is discharged into the sea, often introducing invasive marine species which affects the stability of indigenous species of flora and fauna. The E.U. is legislating against this practice and tanker operators will be forced to seek an alternative. Operation OASIS offers an exciting opportunity for ballast water. Transporting treated waste water to irrigate and reforest arid coastlines to induce rainfall has to be the way forward. One tanker loaded with 300000 cubic meters of treated waste water would support 57 hectares of forest for a whole year. Reclaiming deserts to enable people to feed themselves...
Operation OASIS = Overseas Arid Soil Irrigation Solution
The one effect the presenters mentioned that really interested me was
Currently Thermal currents rise from dry sands along the coast of the Sahara and other arid deserts creating an effective thermal barrier that prevents the moisture that rises from the ocean during the day, from crossing onto the land to provide vegetation with sufficient water.
Operation OASIS Will prime the naturally occuring coastal atmospheric moisture with additional transpiration and evaporation from the coast, affording the cloud cover to cross onto the land more frequently by moving the thermal barrier inland.
Operation OASIS
Should they be contestants in a new TV show, "Just because I'm looney, it doesn't mean I'm wrong"?
Starting with the easy question, would planting trees on the edge arid coasts encourage moisture to move inland?
A post on RealClimate pointed me to . I watched it last night - it took over an hour.
He points out that the rich are creating most of the carbon emissions and dumping the problems on the poor. He said we (the cognoscenti? Or was it academics?) know this but don't care much. We pretend there are easy technological fixes but these probably don't work (e.g. BECCS).
An Oxfam briefing, Extreme carbon inequality put some numbers on this at COP21: The richest 10% of the world create 50% of carbon emissions. The poorest 10%create 60 times less than the rich.
Kevin Anderson said that if we are to cut our emissions to address the climate issue, the rich should be cutting them at 10% a year. For me, this means "green growth" is a fantasy – at least on world wide basis. We don't need electric cars: we need "no-cars" because we haven't got time to get the clean electricity to make and run them. But this will mean living life differently and making life more local and planning our neighbourhoods to suit.
But in the UK we have had the fantasy of eco-towns – aimed at sustainability but ending up with residents even more polluting than average and their carbon emissions many times their share of the carbon budget necessary to keep below 2°C. See "Three failed eco-towns".
I know this topic has not caught the imagination here but I hope for some feedback (positive or otherwise) as to whether T&P planning can do much for this enormous issue.
wili
Geoff, thanks for bringing up these important issues here and at RC. I think you are right, of course.
For now, I just want to point out that what Anderson emphasizes is using what we already have more efficiently, and spreading the tech we already have.
JimD has been hammering the futility of Green or Brown BAU around here for a while.
I certainly don't think we have time to build whole new eco-communities. We need to make the communities we have much more efficient, mostly be multiple use: More people per house, more people per car, and of course more people on mass transit or biking/walking.
And of course, a huge slash in flying--a major reason that people in places like Findhorn fail to have anything close to a sustainable footprint is because of their flying habits, iirc.
"A force de chercher de bonnes raisons, on en trouve; on les dit; et après on y tient, non pas tant parce qu'elles sont bonnes que pour ne pas se démentir." Choderlos de Laclos "You struggle to come up with some valid reasons, then cling to them, not because they're good, but just to not back down."
bosbas
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Wili, how bad is flying actually? Sometimes I get the impression that transport (air, boat) is only a small portion of the overall emissions, but I am not sure. I think that these 2 were excluded from the December Paris agreement IIRC.
Yes. That's true.
However, I think new eco-communities could show the way and ease the way for existing settlements to change. I have been interested in local financial & legal mechanisms that would encourage the things you mention and also enriching local facilities like local shops (and even food production) to shorten distribution paths and reduce travelling.
Working examples are needed to change opinions. That's what I've tried to put forward in "A market in prototype neighbourhoods"
Bobas
This is a bit off-the-cuff but the lifestyles of the wealthy entail lots of air travel. The poor of the world keep the average carbon emissions much smaller but aspire to wealthier life-styles.
That is one reason for showing a pleasant low crbon life-style.
There was a movie last year about the problematic. They do not really take into account the situation we are in, as such they are a little be downward... but it is a step to move the society.
http://www.demain-lefilm.com/en
Personally, I think that the ecological foot print should serve to allocate the space for cities, it has to be defined and implemented as fast as possible.
Sigmetnow
Multi-year ice
Remember "McMansions"? Here's a step in the other direction: smaller and cheaper.
"Rural Studio's $20K House has such innovative design that it's changing the entire housing system—from mortgages to zoning laws."
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3056129/this-house-costs-just-20000-but-its-nicer-than-yours/1
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
Archimid
Google Robot factory raises sterile mosquitos, automated device will release a million per week
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/07/google-robot-factory-raises-sterile-mosquitos-automated-device-will-release-a-million-per-week.html
Verily, the life sciences arm of Google's parent company Alphabet, will release about 20 million lab-made, bacteria-infected sterile mosquitoes upon Fresno, California.
Verily's male mosquitoes were infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, which is harmless to humans, but when they mate with and infect their female counterparts, it makes their eggs unable to produce offspring.
Bonus, male mosquitoes don't bite, so Fresno residents won't have to worry about itching more than they usually would.
Note: I revived this thread to share this link. Couldn't find a better fit for it, but it certainly fits in this thread. I noticed most of the solutions threads are energy related. That's understandable since energy is the main cause of the climate change problem and an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Regrettably prevention is already too late for some.
I am an energy reservoir seemingly intent on lowering entropy for self preservation.
Bob Wallace
We need a grid powered by renewable, low carbon sources (mainly wind, solar, and hydro).
We need electricity powered transportation - EVs, battery buses, electrified rail. Charged from a clean grid.
We need better insulated houses/buildings heated and cooled by efficient heat pumps. Powered by a clean grid.
None of this requires we change our lifestyles in any appreciable, certainly negative way. In fact, our lives should greatly improve. We'll have cleaner air and water. Our roads will be quieter. We'll spend less for electricity and on transportation.
First-year ice
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Quote from: wili on March 03, 2016, 06:57:59 PM
Quote from: Bob Wallace on July 17, 2017, 10:53:23 PM
JimD and Bob provide two very different viewpoints, and I happen to agree with both (schizophrenic I know). I believe Green BAU, Bob's way, comes too late to save the world. It will be implemented globally too slowly, especially considering that population growth occurs only in the undeveloped countries, and that all aspire to live like the rich/America. However, I still believe green BAU is the only practical way to go. No one is going to implement a WWII-style global effort of decarbonising everything while sharply cutting away at unsustainable practices that cannot be decarbonised (flying). Given that, some progress is better than no progress, and green BAU is better than black BAU, even though it might lead to a similar collapse down the line.
Veering slightly into the thread's topic, I believe local planning should assume that the long-term civilization, if there is one, will be less complex, with partial collapse. So, a town should hopefully strive towards being more self-sustainable, getting its electricity/energy (rooftop solar, wind etc.) and its food (greenhouses, vertical farming) locally. Try to avoid relying on long-range interconnections and supply lines for basic necessities. Avoid floodplains and low-lying coastal areas, assume that maintenance and weather protection currently done by the government might be lacking. Avoid nuclear plants, as under collapse scenarios they become more of a danger than a benefit. And avoid high population density.
I believe Green BAU, Bob's way, comes too late to save the world.
It's not about "saving" the world. It's about minimizing the hurt we're going to experience.
Many of us started, back in the 1960s, trying to get people to change their lifestyles in order to live lighter on the planet. Success was, at best, very limited. I have little hope that the world's population will become extremely worried about climate change early enough to drastically change their lifestyles.
I operate under the assumption that if we stop CO2 emission growth soon and bring CO2 emissions down to about zero by 2050 (and figure out how to re-sequester carbon) we will be able to deal with the pain. We'll lose some coastal cities and islands. We'll have to move food production closer to the poles (or indoors/underground). We'll have to do a lot of adaption and millions of us will die along the way due to extreme heat and famine.
What I see is an increase in RE installation over the next several years. I would not be at all surprised if the planet was converting 4% to 5% of FF use to renewables per year ten years from now (2027). That should put us FF free for grids ten years later (2037). I expect transportation to morph to mostly electric in the same period, or sooner. I think that there is a very good chance that the planet will be close to zero carbon for electricity and transportation by 2040. (I don't know about ag and cement.)
I'm not worried about developing countries. Why (aside from crooked officials being bribed) would a country with limited capital and a big need for electricity pay far more for a coal plant and wait most of a decade to get it running when they can install wind and solar for far less money and start having more electricity on their grids "later today".
Collapse? Don't see that outside of some countries which will probably fail. North Africa and the Middle East may see some bad times.
I expect the world will continue to be more connected, not start isolating parts. The RE grid works best if the harvest area is larger. Wide spread grids can share deep storage and backup.
Will we grow food closer to cities or where it grows best (cheapest)? With low cost, zero carbon transportation we may access our food far from where we live. Will it be cheaper to grow some of our produce indoors/vertically with robots? That's an unanswerable at the moment. Same with factory grown meat. Cheaper to grow further away and ship? Or ship the raw materials and grow locally?
Over the next 20-30 years we're likely to see lots of changes in the way we collect and use energy. As climate change ramps up the hurt that has already started we should see lots more push to get carbon fuels out of our lives. A WWII effort? I wouldn't be surprised if ten, fifteen years from now we were cranking out a Liberty Ship equivalent of turbines and panels each day. We've got climate change and air quality pushing. Cheaper electricity pulling. That's a bunch of drivers coming together.
" (I don't know about ag and cement.)" cements possible
http://utah.academia.edu/MarieJackson
https://www.geopolymer.org/archaeology/roman-cement/high-performance-roman-cement-and-concrete-high-durable-buildings/
The geopolymer site is a little treasure trove.
Quote from: johnm33 on July 18, 2017, 11:12:34 AM
What I meant (but didn't make clear) is what sort of progress may or may not be happening in those areas. There are additional concrete solutions, including adding basalt or olivine to the mix which apparently causes the concrete to absorb CO2 as it cures.
What I don't know is whether the concrete industry is beginning to utilize any low CO2 or CO2 absorbing mixes.
a team of MIT researchers, led by senior researcher Roland Pellenq, decided to take a closer look at the cement mix, going down to molecular level. They questioned the standard calcium to silica ratio of 1.7, which is commonly accepted as the one resulting in the most stable and strong cement.
After conducting a series of experiments, however, the team established that the optimal calcium-to-silica clay ratio should in fact be 1.5. Not only that the final product has incredible mechanical resistance , which is double the one achieved with a ratio of 1,7, and it is much less prone to fracturing, but also the team estimated a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacturing process of up to 60%.
https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-researchers-cook-eco-friendly-cement-20140929/#.WW4lyYjyvIV
Stuff is happening at the idea level. I've seen nothing on the actual implementation.
I started a new topic on cement. Perhaps we can gather potential solutions and maybe someone can discover if any are being implemented.
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The suburban "walkable community" of the (near) future may not come about the way you think. As bricks and mortar stores close by the thousands, shopping malls are being redeveloped by adding non-retail uses such as apartments, offices, hotels, gyms and movie theaters.
Plans to Rethink America's Malls Can't Keep Up With Retail's Collapse
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-03/retail-shakeout-forces-mall-owners-to-rework-development-plans
Priced out of the city housing market, millenials are demanding more dense, more affordable housing.
Rise of the yimbys: the angry millennials with a radical housing solution
They see themselves as progressive housing activists. Critics call them stooges for luxury developers. Meet the new band of millennials who are priced out of cities and shouting: 'Yes in my back yard'
Yimby groups want to reduce the need for cars by building dense, infill housing close to transportation. They want to do away with suburban sprawl. Most of all, they want somewhere to live.
Generational divide
The net wealth of millennials in the US today is only about half of what of their parents' generation, the boomers, had when they were the same age in 1989, according to Young Invincibles, a research and advocacy group. The typical millennial has accumulated about $29,000 in assets compared to $61,000 amassed by those in the boomer generation by 1989.
"They earn less, carry more college debt and face greater challenges to home ownership," says Tom Allison, Young Invincibles' deputy director of policy and research. But he says they seem more willing than other generations to stand up and change the world. "This generation is resilient. They are changing things in the face of adversity. That is the silver lining," Allison adds.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/02/rise-of-the-yimbys-angry-millennials-radical-housing-solution
numerobis
Grease ice
Montreal just elected a new mayor.
The outgoing mayor said all the right things with respect to carbon and cycling. But his true priorities were elsewhere: repairing the huge infrastructure backlog plus some nice bread & circus.
The new mayor and her party has specific plans to expand the metro, improve cycling and walking infrastructure, and so on. Their ideology looks to Copenhagen and Amsterdam as models. They've been in power in various boroughs (the one where I lived as of 8 years ago, plus a few neighbouring ones they won last election) where they've actually implemented some of these plans, and in this election they've won more boroughs. It'll be interesting to see what they achieve in the next 4 years.
http://en.projetmontreal.org/2017_platform
TerryM
Quote from: numerobis on November 06, 2017, 03:01:39 PM
With Montreal won, any chance that the revolution could expand toward the west?
We need something like Projet here in Cambridge, and if Toronto should catch fire !!!
As of the last election cycle I'm ABC all the way (Anybody But Conservatives), with a new city counselor who I've been donating to since moving to Canada. If something like Projet were to come to town, there are many other seats that seriously need new blood, and new ideas.
California Bill Would Allow Unrestricted Housing by Transit, Solve State Housing Crisis
San Francisco's state senator, Scott Wiener, has introduced a bill that would all but abolish the city's famously strict land use controls—and virtually every other residential zoning restriction in California's urban neighborhoods. It's just about the most radical attack on California's affordability crisis you could imagine.
Wiener's bill, SB-827, flies in the face of every assumption Americans have held about neighborhood politics and design for a century. It also makes intuitive sense. The bill would ensure that all new housing construction within a half-mile of a train station or a quarter-mile of a frequent bus route would not be subject to local regulations concerning size, height, number of apartments, restrictive design standards, or the provision of parking spaces. Because San Francisco is a relatively transit-rich area, this would up-zone virtually the entire city. But it would also apply to corridors in Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, and low-rise, transit-oriented suburbs across the state. It would produce larger residential buildings around transit hubs, but just as importantly it would enable developers to build those buildings faster. ...
http://slate.com/business/2018/01/california-bill-sb827-residential-zoning-transit-awesome.html
Turning cities into sponges: how Chinese ancient wisdom is taking on climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/21/turning-cities-into-sponges-how-chinese-ancient-wisdom-is-taking-on-climate-change
How does a city cope with extreme weather? These days, urban planning that doesn't factor in some sort of catastrophic weather event is like trying to build something in a fictional utopia. For Kongjian Yu, one of the world's leading landscape architects, the answer to coping with extreme weather events actually lies in the past.
Yu's designs aim to build resilience in cities faced with rising sea levels, droughts, floods and so-called "once in a lifetime" storms. At 53, he is best known for his "sponge cities", which use soft material and terraces to capture water which can then be extracted for use, rather than the usual concrete and steel materials which do not absorb water.
Quote from: Archimid on March 21, 2018, 06:14:32 PM
Are any of these concepts applicable in Puerto Rico? Is anyone in power showing any interest in rebuilding on any basis other than the obviously flawed infrastructure that possibly exacerbated the problems that Maria exposed?
Puerto Rico will experience another hurricane. Will the island's government have learned enough from Maria to better survive the next? I've seen that you personally have made adjustments, but is the island as a whole following your lead, or simply bumbling through, hoping the next big storm simply passes them by?
I haven't seen anything resembling preparations for the next hurricane from the state. The other day a legislator proposed a project to evaluate the state and vulnerability of the coasts but it got immediately silenced by meaningless politics. I have to assume they have people working on this, but I also have to assume that they are the same bureaucrats as always.
However, I have seen many local governments set up citizens brigades to help rebuild the grid and homes. There are also brigades for cleaning and rescue made out of volunteers that didn't exist before. World Central Kitchen worked with 19,000 volunteers to cook and deliver 3 million food plates in the island. They set a brilliant example that's most getting enough credit. Next time around there will be a lot more experience, with better equipment and better organization of the citizenship.
That reminds me of a story. The day the cleaning brigades were on my street I talked to one of the crew members.
He lived in a very rural zone of my municipality. Think of small 1 lane roads with years of tropical growth surrounding them. He tells me that for miles 100% of the road was covered in trees. He tells me that they were incomunicated for a week, the time it took them to dig a path out to the main road using only machetes. Once they finally hit the main, their group went to the town hall but it was deserted as the whole area flooded.
They decided to head back to their neighborhoods and keep clearing roads. Somehow the volunteer work they were doing became a business contracted by FEMA to clean all the roads.
That group is now ready to hit the ground running the next time a hurricane hits. I have to assume that story repeats throughout the island. It saddens me that the government do not take advantage of this.
Thanks Archimid. Canada has in the past sent volunteers out to assist in hurricane cleanup & rebuilding. No idea if any signed up for Maria.
Self sufficiency seems the order of the day.
Best always
A back-to-nature rural community created 15 years ago by a couple who dreamed of living off-grid is thriving.
Serenbe, in the idyllic pastoral setting of Chattahoochee Hill country, south of Atlanta, is the brainchild of Steve and Marie Nygren, who decided that escaping the rat-race for a simpler life needn't be the stuff of fancy.
Residents living in the revolutionary green utopia, which was designed by architect Dr Phil Tabb, now recycle their water, live off fruit and vegetables grown on a 25-acre organic farm and walk as much as possible via a network of inter-connecting trails.
Some 600 people are currently living happily in the experimental community, with the four hamlets boasting a school, shops and cafes - all with well-being and green living at their core.
The community was designed by Steve and Marie Nygren and is hidden amid 1,000 acres of natural forest landscape just south of Atlanta in the United States.
Homes - which are heated and cooled with ground-sourced heat pumps - were built into the landscape to minimize the impact on the land.
Manicured lawns are not allowed and fresh food is a natural asset with a 25-acre organic farm.
There is also a seasonal Saturday farmers market and edible landscaping along paths and sidewalk.
The water system is eco friendly and vegetated wetland treats all the wastewater.
There are currently three restaurants, eight retailers, a gym, a day spa and a school on site. They are all connected by walking trails.
Serenbe features some homes that were borne out of the 20k Home Project, a venture by students at Auburn University's Rural Studio in Alabama, to create well-designed homes at affordable prices.
The initial aim for the project was to make a market-rate model home that could be built by contract for $20,000.
This would include $12,000 for materials and $8,000 for labor - making it less than the average price of a new car but does not include the price of the land.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5624537/Unique-Eco-community-homes-cost-just-20-000-inhabitants-live-land.html#ixzz5CzpwC300
Some nice pictures of the community and homes on the linked page.
vox_mundi
Software Helps Planners Design Walkable Cities
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-11-software-planners-walkable-cities.html
https://www.urbano.io/
Walkable cities reduce traffic congestion, which causes around 3.3 million deaths and $121 billion in economic losses every year. But when architects are developing pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods, they often rely on trial and error, intuition or specialized simulations that are hard to use and to incorporate into their designs.
Urbano, a free software package launched Oct. 26 by Cornell researchers, employs data, metrics and an easy-to-use interface to help planners and architects add and assess walkability features in their designs as effectively as possible.
The tool is the product of a collaboration between the College of Architecture, Art and Planning's Environmental Systems Lab, which Dogan directs, and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering.
The researchers sought to create a tool that works well with the design process, which can be fast, messy and circuitous. Simulations that are difficult to perform or take too long to produce aren't practical, Dogan said.
"We worked on new algorithms that are fast," he said. "We worked on user interfaces that are intuitive. And we made sure the software can be integrated smoothly into the design process, so from the very first ideas and sketches you can get some feedback and nudge the design in the right direction."
Urbano relies on three metrics to assess walkability: Streetscore, which calculates how streets are used for certain routes; Walkscore, a customizable measurement that rates whether popular amenities are within walking distance of homes and workplaces; and AmenityScore, which considers demographics to estimate the usefulness of various services.
Walkscore (Brewster et al. 2009) is a walkability rating on a scale of 0-100 based on the proximity to different amenities. Urbano allows customized weighting to compute a personalized Walkscore or to adapt the amenity demand to local and demographic preferences indicated by ADP.
Urbano- A New Tool to Promote Mobility-Aware Urban Design, Active Transportation Modeling and Access Analysis for Amenities and Public Transport. Conference: SimAUD 2018, At Delft, Netherlands
Energy Modeling Every Building in America
https://techxplore.com/news/2019-11-america-chattanooga.html
The US Department of Energy's (DOE)'s Building Technologies Office (BTO), one of eight technology offices within DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, aims to reduce the energy consumption per square foot of American buildings by 30 percent from 2010 to 2030—a massive challenge considering that America is home to 124 million building structures.
Building energy modeling—computer simulation of building energy use given a description of the building, its systems, use patterns, and prevailing weather conditions—is an analytical tool that can be used to identify cost-effective energy efficiency opportunities in existing and new buildings. Today, collecting and organizing the data required to put together an energy model are largely manual processes. As a result, modeling is used in only a fraction of new construction and retrofit projects.
The ORNL approach relies on automated extraction of high-level building parameters such as floor area and orientation from publicly available data sources like satellite images and automated calibration—the use of multiple simulations to find the combination of unknown building parameters that most closely matches measured energy use. To demonstrate their approach, the team recently used the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's (OLCF's) Cray XK7 Titan supercomputer to model every building serviced by the Electric Power Board (EPB) of Chattanooga—all 178,368 of them—and discovered through more than 2 million simulations that EPB could potentially save $11-$35 million per year by adjusting electricity usage during peak critical times.
"This kind of modeling is really the next level of intelligence in energy-saving policies and technologies"
In the EPB project, funded by both BTO and OE, the models can be used to suggest retrofits or other solutions to save energy, thereby helping lower electricity demand during peak critical hours and better balance power grid operations. The simulations could also indicate where EPB might consider adding distributed energy resources known as microgrids—locally sited power generation such as solar, along with energy storage—to further improve grid resilience.
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Alvotech (ALVO)
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About ALVO
Alvotech, through its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide. It offers biosimilar products in the therapeutic areas of autoimmune, eye, and bone disorders, as well as cancer. The company's lead program is AVT02, a high concentration formulation biosimilar to Humira to treat various inflammatory conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, plaque psoriasis, and other indications; AVT04, a biosimilar to Stelara to treat various inflammatory cond... [Read more]
Industry Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Sector Healthcare
Employees 784
Ticker Symbol ALVO
In 2021, Alvotech's revenue was $36.77 million, a decrease of -44.80% compared to the previous year's $66.62 million. Losses were -$101.50 million, -40.31% less than in 2020.
According to 11 analysts, the average rating for ALVO stock is "Buy." The 12-month stock price forecast is $13.06, which is an increase of 8.83% from the latest price.
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