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Ten Hours In, Greedfall's Detailed Role-Playing Can't Make Up For Its Unpleasant Setting
Heather Alexandra
I have not enjoyed playing Greedfall, the latest role-playing game by Spiders. That's not because it is a poor experience in terms of how it plays. Greedfall offers a BioWare-esque adventure with branching quests, companion characters, and exploration. Greedfall frustrates me because it's a game of half-measures. In the nearly 10 hours that I have played it so far, it fails to pull its disparate threads into a cohesive whole.
Greedfall is set in a fictional universe that appears to be modeled after 17th century Europe and America with some Celtic influences as well. There are nobles and sailors, newly founded colonies, and dialogue trees full of characters engaging in courtly intrigue. You play as De Sardet, the newly appointed diplomat of a merchant's guild. Alongside your cousin, a jovial but clueless governor, you sail across the sea to the land of Teer Fradee in the hopes of locating the cure to a plague that is ravaging society in the old continent.
When you arrive on Teer Fradee, you learn about a burgeoning conflict between multiple factions: a confederation founded by a progressive researchers and naturalists, a zealous church, and the local native population. In addition to searching for a cure, your job as a diplomat is to liaise with these factions and resolve disputes. Along the way, you'll have the option for plenty of companion romances, arena battles, boss fights with magical creatures, persuasion checks, and complicated questlines.
In its best moments, Greedfall provides a solid mixture of role-playing elements and combat. Quests offer a variety of solutions based upon the items you have and the skills in which you've invested. High charisma makes it easy to charm your way out of tricky situations, while points in the intuition trait will unlock unique dialog that leads to alternate solutions. With points in the science trait, you can make keen medical deductions or else craft potions that can be used in questlines and on the battlefield.
In an early quest, my master at arms Kurt asked me to doctor the contents of a shipping manifest so that important cargo could be smuggled onto a ship. This meant entering territory belonging to the Nauts, a sailor's guild whose members join at a young age, Jedi-style. Intruding into their territory would draw their ire and cause me to lose precious reputation points with them. To avoid conflict, I had numerous options at my disposal. I could simply sneak through their compound if I wanted to. Alternately, I could locate one of their uniforms to explore without worry. I could use my Science skill (if I'd had it) to brew a sleeping potion to knock them out after a round of drinks. Greedfall delights in offering multiple solutions to quests, be it dialog options or other creative avenues. You are a diplomat first and a fighter second, and there's plenty of ways to avoid combat even in the hairiest situations. It makes questing a genuinely enjoyable process no matter where you drop your skill points.
Combat is less enjoyable but has a certain degree of clumsy panache. Teer Fradee is packed with magical creatures that will attack you, and there are also plenty of ways to end up on a faction's wrong side and end up having to face them. Combat is often avoidable, but in the rare moments that you're forced to take a stand, the fighting works fine, even if your companions repeat the same combat barks over and over and over again.
You can fight with sabers or heavy weapons like larger swords and hammers. You can also use guns or specialize in magic. Fighting usually plays out like other action-RPGs such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. You dodge, you attack, you maybe use a magic spell to trap an enemy in stasis. If the fight's moving too fast for you, you're able to pause the game and select your next action in an impromptu turn-based manner that makes it easier to plan your next move or micromanage teammates. It's a good compromise that smooths over some of the jankiness found Greedfall's slightly stiff combat animations.
If all of this sounds fine, that's because it is. In isolation, judged only on the questing and combat, Greedfall is a remarkably playable bit of pulp. Whether it's helping my companion solve the murder of a friend, outsmarting religious inquisitors, or fighting massive beasts, everything works fine. But it's all done in the service of a setting and a narrative that is, in the early moments, confused.
There's no polite way of saying it. Greedfall is kind of fucked up. Wrapping yourself in the pageantry of the 18th century means recreating the iconography of colonial expansion and native slaughter. It means emulating a time when supposedly great men failed to do what was morally right, opting instead to do what was politically expedient. To merely call this a tension of Greedfall does it a disservice. It's not just a momentary tension. It's the entire game.
The visual language at play in this game harkens back to some vile shit. That isn't to say that no art could use a setting like this, but it needs to be used with an awareness of what this setting actually means. Greedfall doesn't demonstrate that level of care at the moment. It's set dressing. The magical New World is mostly a playground for the player, not a means to examine complex issues. Greedfall wears a costume, perhaps not ignorant to what the costume means, but seemingly unwilling to do anything too powerful with it.
In the time I've played Greedfall, it's clear that while I can alienate factions (sometimes gaining favor with my companions for doings so) there's a great deal of advantage to placating all parties and maintaining the status quo on Teer Fradee. Don't rock the boat. Make sure to bow before the racist cardinal even if you want to stab them in the neck. Dedicate yourself to a milquetoast middle path that keeps a peace but transforms nothing. Greedfall often pays lip service to the hypocrisies of its various factions—by what right does that inquisitor have to call anyone a barbarian, as he gleefully kills any native that fails to convert to his religion?—but in my first 10 hours of playing, I've yet to see these moments of awareness coalesce into anything actionable. (I could butt heads with said racist church official and state my disbelief in his god, but I couldn't intercede as he choked a "sinner" to death.) There's been very little opportunities to push back. You might prevent a tragedy here or there, but so long as the game pushes the player acquiesce to formality and political decency, there's no room for any transformative action. I'm hoping this changes in the later segments of the game.
The fact that Greedfall tosses occasional scorn against colonial powers and dogmatism only makes it more frustrating that this is a game that appears to be about upholding the status quo, not enacting systemic change. These brief moments feel trite, as if Greedfall is uncomfortable with itself. Can I do anything about these injustices? Can I tear down the system that perpetuates them? For the moment, the answer seems to be no. That Greedfall has thus far limited reactions to the world around me and funneled me towards the diplomatic path doesn't feel like a thoughtful merger of systems and themes like what was found in in 2016's Tyranny. It feels like an unintended side effect of an under-explored setting and limited dialog trees. I would love to be proven wrong.
I ask: what is Greedfall saying? What messages does it want to communicate to me? What themes are on display? I have no answers to these questions and if Greedfall does, it's not been kind enough to reveal them yet.
"It was never going to do that anyway," my cynical brain says. But if part of my job is call on games to do better, then I also need to open myself up to the possibility that even fraught games may have the potential to achieve clarity. I could find that after all this lengthy preamble, Greedfall musters the strength to use its setting as more than window dressing. But based on what I've played so far, I'm not getting my hopes up.
Some players may not be bothered by all this. For those players, what will matter is whether the combat is decent. It mostly is. What may also matter is whether the role-play offers options for solving quests. It does, although you can probably just get by with high charisma. That Greedfall is a decent RPG will be enough, for some. For me, it isn't. Not right now.
I see, from time to time, slivers of what Greedfall might be, and I trudge along in what feels like a misguided pipe dream that it will deliver something, anything deeper than what I've seen so far. I don't dislike the raw moment-to-moment experience of Greedfall. It scratches a particular itch that I've been eager to scratch in the absence of Dragon Age. If you're eager for an RPG of that form, Greedfall will oblige and you'll likely have a good time. Regardless of my misgivings, I admit to a horrible curiosity in what might come next. But those misgivings are powerful and can't be ignored.
Greedfall might manage to capture some of what made BioWare's adventures great, but it feels aimless. It has, so far, not managed to speak up and say anything worthwhile, even as it offers meager acknowledgement that something isn't quite right with its world. That lack of conviction, so far, is a black mark that I cannot get over and which leaves a frustration that overshadows everything else. Hopefully that will change as I continue.
Greedfall releases tomorrow on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
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ROAD & DOCK CLOSURES FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 21, 2019
500 Block of S. Rosemary Ave. (Monday, April 22, 2019, 7:00 a.m. - Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 5:00 p.m.): Full right-of-way closure for construction crane.
Windsor Ave. at 36th St. (through mid-April): Full road closure at the intersection for installation of water, sewer and drainage piping along Windsor Ave. from Service Rd. to 37th St. Detour signs are posted to assist motorists.
Lake Ave. between Maddock St. and Hanson St. (until further notice): Intermittent northbound and southbound lane closures, 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, for milling and resurfacing. Flaggers will assist motorists in the work zone.
Spruce Ave. at 27th St. (until further notice): Sections of Spruce Ave. will be closed for curb, sidewalk and driveway replacement. Signs are posted to assist motorists.
Great Give City Place Takeover produced by United Way (Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 2:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.): Road closure on Hibiscus St. between Rosemary Ave. and the Hibiscus Parking Garage.
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Michael Visaroff (en russe : Майкл Висарофф) est un acteur d'origine russe, né le  à Moscou (alors dans l'Empire russe), mort le  à Los Angeles — Quartier d'Hollywood (Californie).

Biographie
Après ses études d'art dramatique et des débuts au théâtre dans sa ville natale, Michael Visaroff émigre en 1922 aux États-Unis. Il y débute au cinéma en 1925, participant à une quinzaine de films muets américains, dont Two Arabian Knights de Lewis Milestone (1927, avec William Boyd et Mary Astor).

Second rôle de caractère (souvent dans des petits rôles non crédités), il poursuit sa carrière à l'écran après le passage au parlant, contribuant encore à une centaine de films (dont quelques westerns). Le dernier est Le Paradis des mauvais garçons de Josef von Sternberg (avec Robert Mitchum et Jane Russell), sorti en 1952, plus d'un an après sa mort (d'une pneumonie).

Parmi ses autres films notables, mentionnons Disraeli d'Alfred E. Green (1929, avec George Arliss et Joan Bennett), Le Fils de Monte-Cristo de Rowland V. Lee (1940, avec Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett et George Sanders) et Yolanda et le Voleur de Vincente Minnelli (1945, avec Fred Astaire et Lucille Bremer).

Michael Visaroff joue également à Broadway (New York) en 1935 et 1936, dans deux pièces.

Filmographie partielle
1926 : Le Roman de Marguerite Gautier (Camille) de Fred Niblo
1926 : Paris d'Edmund Goulding
1926 : The Nickel-Hopper de F. Richard Jones et Hal Yates
1927 : The Sunset Derby d'Albert S. Rogell
1927 : Two Arabian Knights de Lewis Milestone
1927 : Mockery de Benjamin Christensen
1928 : The Adventurer de Victor Tourjanski
1928 : The Night Bird de Fred C. Newmeyer
1928 : Ramona d'Edwin Carewe
1928 : L'Âme d'une nation (We Americans), d'Edward Sloman
1928 : Crépuscule de gloire (The Last Command) de Josef von Sternberg
1928 : Tempête (Tempest) de Sam Taylor
1928 : Les Quatre Diables (Four Devils) de Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
1928 : Plastered in Paris de Benjamin Stoloff
1929 : House of Horror de Benjamin Christensen
1929 : Disraeli d'Alfred E. Green
1929 : Marquis Preferred de Frank Tuttle
1929 : Woman Trap de William A. Wellman
1929 : L'amour dispose () de James Tinling
1929 : Illusion de Lothar Mendes
1930 : Cœurs brûlés (Morocco) de Josef von Sternberg
1931 : Le Tueur de l'Arizona (Arizona Terror) de Phil Rosen
1931 : Dracula de Tod Browning
1931 : Mata Hari de George Fitzmaurice
1932 : La Monstrueuse Parade (Freaks) de Tod Browning
1932 : Downstairs de Monta Bell
1932 : Double Assassinat dans la rue Morgue (Murders in the Rue Morgue) de Robert Florey
1933 : King of the Arena d'Alan James
1933 : Le Chant du Nil (The Barbarian) de Sam Wood
1933 : Strange People de Richard Thorpe
1934 : Poste frontière (Fugitive Road) de Frank R. Strayer
1934 : The Merry Frinks d'Alfred E. Green
1934 : Résurrection (We live again) de Rouben Mamoulian
1934 :  de Charles Brabin
1935 : Roberta de William A. Seiter
1935 : La Marque du vampire (Mark of the Vampire) de Tod Browning
1935 : Cœurs brisés (Break of Hearts) de Philip Moeller
1935 : Paddy O'Day de Lewis Seiler
1935 : Sylvia Scarlett de George Cukor
1936 : Le Joyeux Bandit (The Gay Desperado) de Rouben Mamoulian
1936 : La Charge de la brigade légère (The Charge of the Light Brigade) de Michael Curtiz
1937 : Champagne valse (Champagne Waltz) d'A. Edward Sutherland
1937 : Michel Strogoff (The Soldier and the Lady) de George Nichols Jr.
1937 : Café métropole (Café Metropole) d'Edward H. Griffith
1937 : Ange (Angel) d'Ernst Lubitsch
1938 : La Belle de Mexico (Tropic Holiday) de Theodore Reed
1938 : La Huitième Femme de Barbe-Bleue (Bluebeard's Eighth Wife), d'Ernst Lubitsch
1938 : Suez d'Allan Dwan
1938 : Pour un million (I'll Give a Million) de Walter Lang
1938 : La Famille sans-souci (The Young in Heart) de Richard Wallace
1939 : Paris Honeymoon de Frank Tuttle
1939 : La Baronne de minuit (Midnight) de Mitchell Leisen
1939 : Au service de la loi (Sergeant Madden) de Josef von Sternberg
1939 : Laurel et Hardy conscrits (Flying Deuces) d'A. Edward Sutherland
1939 : Tout se passe la nuit (Everything Happens at Night) d'Irving Cummings
1940 : Four Sons d'Archie Mayo
1940 : Swing Romance (Second Chorus) d'H. C. Potter
1940 : Le Fils de Monte-Cristo (The Son of Monte Cristo) de Rowland V. Lee
1942 : La Femme de l'année (Woman of the Year) de George Stevens
1942 : L'Agent invisible contre la Gestapo (The Invisible Agent) d'Edwin L. Marin
1942 : Quelque part en France (Reunion in France) de Jules Dassin
1943 : Mission à Moscou (Mission in Moscow) de Michael Curtiz
1943 : La Du Barry était une dame (Du Barry was a Lady) de Roy Del Ruth
1943 : Pour qui sonne le glas (For Whom the Bell tolls) de Sam Wood
1943 : Paris After Dark de Léonide Moguy
1943 : Madame Curie de Mervyn LeRoy
1944 : Song of Russia de Gregory Ratoff
1944 : In Our Time de Vincent Sherman
1944 : Le Masque de Dimitrios (The Mask of Dimitrios) de Jean Negulesco

1944 : Une romance américaine (An American Romance) de King Vidor
1944 : Angoisse (Experiment Perilous) de Jacques Tourneur
1945 : Yolanda et le Voleur (Yolanda and the Thief) de Vincente Minnelli
1945 : La Chanson du souvenir (A Song to remember) de Charles Vidor
1945 : Scandale à la cour (A Royal Scandal) d'Otto Preminger et Ernst Lubitsch
1945 : La Princesse et le Groom (Her Highness and the Bellboy) de Richard Thorpe
1945 : La Femme du pionnier (Dakota) de Joseph Kane
1946 : Du burlesque à l'opéra (Two Sisters from Boston) d'Henry Koster
1946 : Flight to Nowhere de William Rowland
1947 : Poste avancé (Northwest Outpost) d'Allan Dwan
1947 : Intrigue d'Edwin L. Marin
1952 : Le Paradis des mauvais garçons (Macao) de Josef von Sternberg

Théâtre (à Broadway)
1935-1936 : Tapestry in Gray de Martin Flavin, avec Melvyn Douglas, Elissa Landi, Minor Watson
1936 : Star Spangled de Robert Ardrey, avec Garson Kanin, Millard Mitchell, George Tobias, Ivan Triesault

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Naissance dans le gouvernement de Moscou
Naissance à Moscou
Naissance en décembre 1892
Décès en février 1951
Décès à 58 ans
Mort d'une pneumonie
Décès à Hollywood

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[Episode #112] – Climate Science Part 11 – Climate Confusion
What do the various emissions scenarios published by the IPCC really mean? Is the worst-case RCP8.5 scenario "bollox," as some have asserted, or it useful? Are we already doomed to experience seven feet of sea level rise and five degrees Celsius of warming globally, or is there still a chance that we can limit warming to two degrees? And if so…how likely is it that we can hit that target? How much can our energy transition efforts, both now and in the foreseeable future, do to mitigate that warming? Should our scenarios err on the side of being too extreme to account for unknown feedback effects and tipping points that may come in the future, or should we try to be as accurate as possible with our modeling, given the available data and scientific tools?
In this 11th part of our miniseries on climate science, we attempt to answer these questions and help our listeners sort out the various perspectives, from the tame to the apocalyptic, that feature in the current debates about our climate future. We hope that it will leave you with a much better understanding of what the climate scenarios really mean, how likely they are, and what the actual trajectory of climate change might be. We're not out of the woods by any means, but our prospects may be better than you think!
[Episode #111] – No Coal in our Christmas Stockings
New energy modeling on the U.S. states of Colorado and Minnesota offers some exciting and even startling insights: It can save everyone money to transition our power generation off of fossil fuels and onto wind, solar, and storage. And moving space and domestic hot water heating onto the power grid by switching to heat pumps, and moving transportation onto the power grid by switching to electric vehicles, will only increase the savings for all consumers—even those who don't own a car will benefit from transitioning our fleets to EVs. In fact, the more we decarbonize, the more money it will save everyone, the more jobs will be created, and the closer we will get to addressing the climate challenge. Tune into this discussion with energy modeler extraordinaire Christopher Clack for all the exciting details in this special Christmas Day episode.
[Episode #110] – Death Toll for Petrol
Electric vehicles have many fairly well-known advantages over conventional, petroleum-fueled vehicles. But what most people are yet to realize is the massive energetic advantage an EV can have when powered by renewables over a conventional vehicle powered by oil. In fact, an EV powered by wind or solar can deliver six to seven times as much mobility as a typical car powered by gasoline. This startling finding implies that in the long run, oil prices would need to drop drastically for conventional cars to remain competitive with EVs running on renewables. In fact, the price of oil would have to fall far below the current breakeven price for producing it. In other words, it could mean the end of growth in oil demand. In this episode, we take a deep dive into all the numbers involved in this fascinating analysis by a veteran sell-side analyst with BNP Paribas. Oil producers and automakers ignore these findings at their peril.
[Episode #109] – Big Oil's Climate Denial Machine
More than forty years ago, Exxon began researching the potential effects of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion on the climate. As far back as 1982, honest scientists doing respectable scientific work had realized that there was already a scientific consensus that a doubling of the carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere would produce average global warming of 3 degrees Celsius, plus or minus 1.5 degrees C. And they knew it would have significant changes in the earth's climate, including rainfall distribution and disturbances in the biosphere, accompanied by major economic consequences.
But then, after climate scientist James Hansen's presentation to Congress in 1988, Exxon did an about-face. It spiked its own research and started working on climate denial. For the next 20 years its efforts were oriented around manufacturing doubt and lobbying to block federal action. Along with other companies in the fossil fuel lobby, Exxon spent considerable effort and money on a deliberate effort to confuse and mislead the public and policymakers about the risks of climate change.
Our guest in this episode is a veteran energy and environment journalist who, as part of an investigative team at Inside Climate News in 2015, pieced together the story of Exxon's history of doing research on climate change, and then discrediting their own research in an effort to frustrate action on climate change and energy transition. If you've ever wondered why the public and certain elected officials continue to deny the reality of climate change, this episode is for you.
[Episode #108] – Will Energy Transition Be Rapid or Gradual?
Champions of energy transition see it happening relatively quickly, emphasizing the advances that are being made in technologies, policy, and projects. While fossil fuel incumbents see a long, gradual process of energy transition, assuring us that demand for their products will remain strong for decades to come. So who's right? Is energy transition going to be rapid, or gradual?
A new paper co-authored by Carbon Tracker, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and the Rocky Mountain Institute contrasts these narratives and scenarios, and identifies some key distinguishing characteristics that can help us understand where they differ, as well as clarifying their underlying assumptions and perspectives, using those insights to inform our outlooks. In this episode, one of the authors from Carbon Tracker explains the analytical framework applied to these contrasting narratives, and shares his insights about the impact of the energy transition on financial markets, domestic politics and geopolitics, and how incumbents will have to navigate the new reality of climate change.
[Episode #107] – Macro-Energy Systems
Energy transition is a complex thing, involving technology, the economy, market structures, regulation, a changing climate, politics, and more. So why don't we teach and study it that way, instead of in siloed disciplines?
In an effort to encourage more informed and collaborative work—across disciplines, and at appropriately large scales—a group of researchers at Stanford University has proposed a new discipline they are calling "macro-energy systems." Its goal is to grapple with the challenges of studying large-scale energy systems, focusing on phenomena that occur over long time spans, large areas, and large scale energy flows.
In this episode, we speak with one of the professors behind the effort, who explains how bringing together a community of researchers from multiple disciplines to develop a lingua franca and some common frameworks can better equip all researchers to tackle the challenges of climate change and energy transition. She also shares her expertise on the state of carbon capture and storage technologies!
[Episode #106] – Transition in South Africa
South Africa is one of the most coal-dependent countries in the world, with abundant (if low-grade) coal resources, a grid that is almost entirely powered by coal, an industrial base that is powered by coal, and a huge fiscal dependence on coal exports. And it's debt-laden state-owned power company is not only in need of repeated bailouts, but is also now ruining the country's credit rating. But South Africa also has excellent wind and solar resources, enabling renewable projects to easily beat coal on price. So one would think that energy transition there is a no-brainer. But the picture is actually much more complex, having more to do with politics than technology or economics.
So we turned to Jesse Burton, an energy policy researcher in the Energy Systems Research group at the University of Cape Town and a senior associate at the London-based think tank E3G to help us understand the current reality, and the future potential, of energy in South Africa. Join us as she leads us on a fascinating tour of a country that has one of the highest proportional carbon footprints today, but could be the poster child of energy transition in the future.
[Episode #105] – Can Competition Decarbonize Electricity?
In this third part of a trilogy of shows about how to decarbonize grid power, former utility regulator Travis Kavulla offers his thoughts on how wholesale electricity markets can use competition to deliver clean electricity. Following our discussion about reforming wholesale markets in Episode #90, and our exploration of how state policies can directly choose clean power in Episode #97, Travis offers some deep thoughts on the respective roles of FERC and state regulators, proposed reforms to PURPA, FERC's showdown with PJM, the politicization of FERC, the recent battle in Ohio over HB6 (bailing out its nukes and coal plants), and other regulatory battles du jour. So much power market wonkery in such a small package!
[Episode #104] – 4-Year Anniversary Show
In this anniversary episode, we welcome back Jonathan Koomey to talk about some of the interesting developments and raucous debates we have seen over the past year. We'll be talking about the flawed concept of "committed emissions" and how we should be calculating future emissions instead; we'll expand that discussion and critique the conflicting stories that we've been hearing about the expectations for coal usage and emissions in India; we'll review some of the efforts to execute so-called "just transitions" in coal country; we'll take a little excursion into a recent raging dialogue on Twitter about RCP8.5 which had its genesis in the PhD thesis of our producer, Justin Ritchie, which we explored in Episode #49; we'll move on from there to discuss the communication challenges around climate change science, and what's wrong with the kind of hysterical journalism being practiced by writers like David Wallace-Wells in his book The Uninhabitable Earth; we'll take a look at Jon's latest research on the energy demands of Bitcoin mining; we'll consider the rapid deployment of utility-scale storage and what that might mean for the future of the grid; we'll review Jon's update of global energy intensity data and ask what it all means; and we'll wrap it up with another look at the energy transition modeling work of Christian Breyer's team at Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland, which we explored in Episode #95.
[Episode #103] – A Return to Regionalism
Is "peak oil" still something to be concerned about, and if so, what does depletion of conventional oil supply suggest about our future? Our guest in this episode certainly thinks peak oil will be a key factor in the decades ahead, and he foresees a future in which humanity must downsize significantly, both in total population and in the energy intensity of our lifestyles. He believes we'll have no choice but to return to a more regionally focused way of life, depending on local resources, and doing a lot less travel and shipping. As one of the co-founders of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, Colin Campbell's view on the importance of oil to the global economy, and his vision of geological limits leading to declining oil production, has never wavered. And as a petroleum geologist with four decades of experience in finding and producing oil, including performing some of the first experiments with fracking, his knowledge of oil geology is unparalleled. His cautionary perspective serves to highlight the urgency of energy transition, because there are more reasons we need it to succeed in addition to eliminating carbon emissions, otherwise, oil scarcity may yet become a key factor in determining what our futures hold.
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Timeless enchantment, the works of J U L I A H E T T A.
I've spent the last few weeks revisiting and pulled into the works of photographer Julia Hetta. Yielding talent beyond technical skill, Julia is a storyteller and one is easily lost in the richness and depth of her work.
In coming across the above quote from art+commerce, I found myself fixated on the idea of 'timeless compositions' and how it relates to creation and originality. Coupled with the fact that on my mind already as of late has been the concept of 'originality' or more so my belief that it's non-existent. To me, to a degree, all creation on some level aspires to be or is inspired by something; time, place, person, event, experience, other works and so on. Too often creatives lose both themselves and their compositions in trying to conquer the idea of originality. Either in not staying true to themselves and vision or by works that fall flat and lack purpose. With all this on my mind, I found myself a bit adrift in Hetta's work below for Rodeo Magazine, it seemed to be the catalyst in the completion of this thought. Perhaps creatively, originality cannot be defined by the conception or presentation of something new? Innovation rather being found in the mood captured, story told, depth and timelessness of one's work. Seems to me that this approach would gift both the creator and audience with a sense of liberty, not tying them down to navigate around influences but rather focus on the quality of work.
Adept in creating such timeless and enthralling compositions, we will no doubt be admiring Hetta's relevance and innovations for years to come.


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In just a short time the class has done some tremendous things. We have filmed live sporting events, academic assemblies, the Red Flannel Queen's Pageant, and our announcements are going right along. Don't get us wrong though - we are trying to improve even more.
(at left) 2014 Seniors Kyle Maka and Kody Hall calling the Division 1 State Championship Football game at Ford Field. What a great experience.


In 12 seasons as offensive coordinator with 2 teams, Bevell's teams have ranked in the NFL's top five in rushing yards six times.
Well, not by name. He didn't say Darrell Bevell was going to be the next Lions offensive coordinator. But when I talked to the Fox analyst and former Lions star back in November he sort of had a premonition this would happen.
Spielman and I were talking about the Lions and what Matt Patricia ultimately wanted in his team. He said balance, which is something Bob Quinn echoed at his end-of-season news conference earlier this month.
But he said something else that really rings true now that Bevell is on board as Jim Bob Cooter's replacement.
The Lions have spent the last three years trying to build through the trenches, especially on the offensive side of the ball. They used first-round picks on linemen Taylor Decker and Frank Ragnow. They spent big in free agency on T.J. Lang and Rick Wagner. And last April, they took a running back, Kerryon Johnson, in Round 2 of the draft.
And now that they've hired Bevell, the Seahawks' offensive coordinator during Seattle's back-to-back Super Bowl runs earlier this decade, to call plays, the Lions' vision — Patricia's vision — is becoming even more clear.
Bevell isn't known for his creative genius, like Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay. But he is known for getting the most out of his quarterbacks — he coached Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay, Brett Favre in both Green Bay and Minnesota, and was part of the Seahawks contingent that drafted and developed Russell Wilson — and for fielding dominant rushing attacks.
In five seasons as Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator from 2006-10, Bevell's offenses ranked annually in the top half of the NFL in rushing and Favre had one of the best seasons of his career in 2009.
The Vikings led the NFL in rushing in 2007, the year they drafted Adrian Peterson, and never averaged less than 113 yards on the ground during Bevell's time with the team.
Bevell joined the Seahawks as offensive coordinator in 2010, and after fielding the NFL's 21st-ranked rushing attack in his first season calling plays, Seattle had a top-four rushing offense the next four seasons and played in two Super Bowls.
The Seahawks, of course, leaned on Marshawn Lynch for much of Bevell's time with the team. Lynch, like Peterson one of the most dominant running backs of this generation, had four seasons with more than 1,200 yards rushing and double-digit touchdowns in his six seasons in Seattle.
The Lions don't have a Peterson or Lynch in their backfield, but they do have a promising young back in Johnson.
As a rookie, Johnson led the Lions with 641 yards rushing this season and finished second in the NFL among qualified players with a 5.4-yard per carry average. He missed the final six games with a knee injury, but said after the season that he's close to 100 percent health and should play a featured role in Bevell's offense going forward.
Lynch averaged 20 carries a game at his peak in Seattle, and the Seahawks had more running plays than pass attempts in four of Bevell's seven seasons as coordinator.
Johnson, at 203 pounds, might not be cut out for quite that big a workload, so the Lions will need to find a complementary running back this offseason.
While the Lions' offense under Bevell surely will be more run-oriented — they ran the ball on just 39.6 percent of their offensive plays this season under Cooter — Bevell's history with quarterbacks was part of his allure, too.
Bevell played the position in college at Wisconsin, where he won a Rose Bowl, worked closely with Rodgers and Wilson early in their careers, and called plays in Seattle for the three most prolific passing seasons of Wilson's career.
Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is coming off one of his worst seasons as a pro — he threw for fewer than 4,000 yards for the first time since his injury-shortened season of 2010 — but the organization is counting on a rebound from him in 2019.
Former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels, who played one season for Bevell in Minnesota and was at Iowa State when Bevell was a graduate assistant there in 1997, said he's seen Bevell's offense evolve over the years.
In Minnesota, the Vikings ran a "fairly basic" scheme under Bevell that Rosenfels said was due more to the constraints put on it by then-head coach Brad Childress then to a lack of ingenuity from Bevell, and in Seattle the offense was tailored more towards Wilson's athletic ability with zone-reads added to the mix.
During their time together in Minnesota, Rosenfels said he was impressed by Bevell's play calling and demeanor as well as the way he managed big personalities like Favre, Peterson, Percy Harvin and Steve Hutchinson.
"We were big on running the football. That was really big for us," Rosenfels said. "I always go back to a coach's roots and I think Darrell Bevell, I go University of Wisconsin, Barry Alvarez, run the football, big offensive line, big back. Don't ask the quarterback to throw the ball 50 times a game. And I think there's this evolution of going back to that for a lot of football teams in the NFL right now of more that traditional style, trying to run the football more and bringing that fullback in a little bit."


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Calocedrus (les cèdres à encens) est un genre comprenant trois espèces de conifères, appartenant à la famille des Cupressacées. Originaires de l'ouest des États-Unis, indigènes également en Chine et en Birmanie, ces arbres sont naturalisés en Europe depuis le  et souvent plantés dans les parcs, où ils se détachent par leur haute stature et leur port conique. Malgré leur nom populaire, ils sont beaucoup plus proches des thuyas que des cèdres, en raison notamment de leurs feuilles.

Espèces
 Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin. Synonymes : Heyderia decurrens (Torr.) K. Koch - Libocedrus decurrens Torr. Autres noms populaires : calocèdre, cèdre blanc de Californie.
 Calocedrus formosana (Florin) Florin. Synonymes : Libocedrus formosana Florin. Autres noms populaires : calocèdre de Taiwan.
 Calocedrus macrolepis Kurz. Synonymes : Libocedrus macrolepis (Kurz) Benth. & Hook. Autres noms populaires : calocèdre de Chine.

Description
Arbres étroitement coniques, à ramure dense, avec de nombreuses branches sinueuses au rameaux aplatis en éventail. Le feuillage est persistant, composé d'écailles assez longues, décurrentes à la base, de couleur vert sombre brillant, dégageant une assez forte odeur de résine au froissement. Ces arbres sont monoïques, avec des fleurs mâles d'environ , globulaires et dorées, et des fleurs femelles devenant des petits cônes pointus, étroits et ovoïdes. D'abord d'un vert intense, ces cônes deviennent bruns à maturité (environ un an), libérant des petites graines ailées.

Les rameaux sont semblables à ceux des thuyas et chamaecyparis, mais s'en distinguent par des écailles plus allongées, deux à trois fois plus longues que larges.

Utilisation
Leur bois léger est utilisé pour la confection de crayons ou de lambris. Tendre et de structure homogène, il est utilisé en sculpture. Comme leur nom l'indique, l'écorce peut être brûlée comme encens.

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Notes et références

Genre de Gymnospermes (nom scientifique)
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UK lockdown: The perfect time for us all to read and write more
Aaliyah Harris
Let's be honest, 2020 has been a horrific year of unexpected and unimaginable blows. It can feel like we're living in never ending dystopian times, but for some people experiencing the magic of becoming totally engrossed in a weird and spine-chilling story can be comforting to cope with reality. Reading words woven together on a page about fantasy lands and overcoming hardship can provide a sense of reassurance and help to process everything that's going on in the world.
For people in the UK there is no better time than now as we enter another national lockdown. Whether you're looking for an escape, patiently anticipating the merriment of Christmas, or just waiting for 2021 to hurry up and make an appearance – reading an interesting book is the perfect distraction.
As technology dominates our lives, mobile phones and TV screens are the easy go-to entertainment. So not just for today but from today, why not start reading a new novel? The Canary invites you all to take a breather from hi-tech gadgets to immerse yourself in a real page turner.
Spooky senses and autumn's burnt orange leaves were last month's vibe as Halloween commenced. So, for today's reading we've selected some real nail-biting content. Be warned! This is for the adrenaline lovers and explorers. Some of these reads do not have the typical ghosts and ghouls, but each will guide you on a thrilling journey of suspense, shock, and wonder.
1. The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
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First up is a dark fantasy novel that can be enjoyed by both children and adults. The Thief of Always, written by Clive Barker in 1992, is accompanied with his own creepy and memorable illustrations. This story is hauntingly realistic and follows 10-year-old Harvey, who is finding his winter to be miserable and boring. Harvey is lured into an enchanting house by a creature named Rictus that promises adventure, fun, and dreams that will become reality. The mysterious and wish-granting Mr Hood is another character to watch out for. Clive Barker was born in Liverpool, England and most recently joined HBO's Hellraiser series as executive producer.
"Evil, however powerful it seemed, could be undone by its own appetite" – Clive Barker – The Thief of Always
2. Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews
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A sick and twisted tale with countless moments that will get your heart beating. Flowers in the Attic is a young adult and horror fiction tale written by V. C. Andrews which was published in 1979. Imagine a breath-taking house, a sweet, angelic mother, and innocent children at the forefront of unfathomable secrets buried behind the smiles of a picture-perfect family.
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Happiness, love, and fortune plays a key part in this gripping novel as the mother of her children is faced with sacrificing her own flesh and blood for her desires. An attic becomes more than just a storage room and the house less than a home. A wicked grandmother also features whose close relationship with the devil and religion adds an eerie undertone. In this agonizing and brutal story, you'll be captivated by the children: Cathy, Chris, and the twins' journey as they fight to stay alive. V. C. Andrews, aka Cleo Virginia Andrews, was an American novelist from Virginia, US and passed away in 1986.
"There is no hate such as that born out of love betrayed – and my brain screamed out for revenge" – V.C. Andrews – Flowers in the Attic
3. A Long Way Home by Larry Buttrose and Saroo Brierley
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A Long Way Home, written by Larry Buttrose and Saroo Brierley, is a heart-warming story that will force you to be grateful for the loved ones in your life. At the age of 5, a boy was lost on a train in India. He couldn't read or write and was too young to even remember his last name let alone the way back home to his small village. He had no choice but to sleep on Calcutta's dangerous and busy streets, hunting for food and relying on his own instincts – that had barely developed yet – in order to survive.
This is the story of Saroo Brierley. A miracle of advanced technology led Brierley to rediscover his routes and origins later on in life after being adopted by an Australian couple. You'll be emotionally invested to see Brierley uncover his roots and family. It's an inspiring and uplifting biography that showcases moments of sorrow, empathy, determination, and joy. This book was published in 2013 and a second version was published in 2017 named Lion following the film production of the story.
"Not having enough to eat paralyzes you and keeps you living hour by hour instead of thinking about what you would like to accomplish in a day, week, month, or year. Hunger and poverty steal your childhood and take away your innocence and sense of security" – Saroo Brierly – A Long Way Home
4. Sour: My Story: A troubled girl from a broken home. The Brixton gang she nearly died for by Tracey Miller, Lucy Bannerman
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"They call me Sour. The opposite of sweet. Shanking, stabbing, steaming, robbing, I did it all, rolling with the Man Dem. I did it because I was bad. I did it because I had heart. And the reason I reckon I got away with it for so long? Because I was a girl" – reads the beginning of this true story.
Based on the life of a former Brixton gang member and drug-dealer, this story tells all on abuse, violence, and the notorious criminal activity that took place in the 90s. Sour, whose real name is Chyna, is now older and wiser. She shares her deepest and most personal insights of how she led a troubled family life, suffered from homelessness and self-neglect.
As a young girl at the top of the chain marking ownership and preserving postcodes Chyna feels indestructible. But that's all about to change. Raw emotion, honesty and a painstaking realisation of having to adapt to unexpected motherhood throws her plans into chaos. Will Chyna turn her life around or will she crumble? This narrative styled biography was published in 2014 and gives an inside look into Britain's street drug market.
5. The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardener
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You may have seen the remarkable film starring Will Smith and his son Jaden, but the real-life written story is much more extraordinary. It's a rags-to-riches tale that features a rarity – a Black man at the centre. If this novel doesn't make your eyes well up, then I'm not sure what will.
Chris Gardner shares his incredible story of experiencing homelessness as a father while caring for his toddler son in San Francisco. Through his strength to never give up hope and his motivation to break his family's cycle of men abandoning children, Gardner turns his entire life around. His dreams of entering medicine fall through and so he starts out as an intern working his way up as a successful stockbroker before eventually reaching the top of the ladder becoming a powerful businessman on Wall Street. But this most definitely wasn't without struggle.
After being hit with several difficult situations, Gardner fell into the invisible poverty cycle. From sleeping rough in public restrooms to queuing up for shelters, Gardner's willpower and courage to succeed gives us all hope despite all the horrendous conditions he faces. As he battles daily struggles with finding work, a home, and caring for his son, this novel will bring you to tears of despair and happiness which is what makes this biography a must-read. Originally published in 2006, It's triumphant, truthful, and a story that well suits the ideas of the American Dream.
"The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn't good enough, would be stilled" – Chris Gardner – The Pursuit of Happyness
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Senior es un término utilizado en los Estados Unidos para describir a un estudiante en el cuarto año de estudio (generalmente se refiere a estudios de instituto o universidad).

Instituto
En los Estados Unidos, el 12.º grado es normalmente el cuarto y último año del periodo estudiantil y se refiere al año senior. En Inglaterra y Gales, los estudiantes a partir del décimo año en la escuela secundaria son considerados como senior. En Escocia, es a partir del quinto año.

Educación superior
En los Estados Unidos, el último año de la educación de un estudiante hacia una licenciatura, por lo general el cuarto año, se conoce como el año sénior.

Véase también
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior

Referencias

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Educación en Estados Unidos


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Former President Barack Obama thought he knew the outcome of the 2016 election.
After all, he targeted Donald Trump for destruction, and all he needed to do was wait it out.
Obama worked with Hillary Clinton's team to lend legitimacy to a fake dossier. Additionally, Obama weaponized every agency in the Department of Justice to participate in his scheme.
Believe it or not, the Russian Collusion ruse was just a backup plan. Because Obama figured the media industrial complex would ruin Donald Trump. But Obama couldn't count on Trump marginalizing Obama's media team. Then Trump became the media, as he remains to this day.
There is little doubt that Obama believed Trump would never be president.
We've learned that from what Mueller uncovered. His investigation outed the FBI, the NSA, the FISA court, and other agencies Obama tasked with stopping Trump; at all costs.
Interestingly, Obama hatched a plan to NOT allow Trump to blame the Russians, should he lose.
This certainly explains why we continue with the Mueller farce.
As they say, "The best made plans of mice and men". Obama hatched his plan, and God showed him who's boss.


Mark Sterbank stood straight and tall, exuding, through his gait and the music he played, a reverence for the unseen but not unknown.
His tenor saxophone spewed notes and phrases that acknowledged his faith in the creator's love.
He was the lead solo instrumentalist in pianist Tommy Gill's quartet that performed all four movements of jazz tenor great John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" last year at the College of Charleston.
The annual series is put on by the church's Worship Ministry, led by Todd Jenkins, associate pastor of worship. The event is the church's second Thanksgiving concert.
There is no admission cost for the concert. It is designed to benefit the Lowcountry Food Bank. Audience members are asked to bring canned goods, especially meat, fruit and vegetables, to contribute to the food bank.
The ensemble includes trumpeter Charlton Singleton, bassist Herman Burney Jr., percussionist Quentin Baxter, Gill, Sterbank and trombonist Fred Wesley, former leader of James Brown's R&B band.
The group has performed to critical and popular acclaim the last two years in the Sunday Concert Series held by Charleston Southern University where Sterbank teaches.
He thoroughly enjoyed playing Coltrane's homage, but he sees what his group is doing as a little different.
"My perspective is different from Trane's. The way I view my gift, I feel that I've been given a gift to play music, and I want to play to the best of my ability, to give a gift to the giver of gifts. Jesus Christ has given me the opportunity to have this relationship with him. From reading Trane on the album (notes), I don't know if his perspective is the same.
Wesley, a Mobile, Ala., native now living in Manning, said he loves playing in the group.
Sterbank sees no contradiction between jazz and sacred music.
The church's series began in 2005 and has featured artists such as Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass, the Blackwood Brothers and the children's choirs from St. Philip's Church in downtown Charleston.
It has raised money for several local organizations, including The Low Country Crisis Pregnancy Center, Water Missions International and the Down Syndrome Association of the Low Country.
East Cooper, a Southern Baptist church, is 32 years old. It's large and has a membership from around the Lowcountry.
"On a typical Sunday, we'll have 1,800 people with about 400 children in the nursery," said Jenkins, who came to the church two years ago from Brevard College.
Music is very important at East Cooper, Jenkins said.
The church has an orchestra that plays classical and sacred music, an adult choir, a sanctuary orchestra that accompanies the choir and the congregation, a praise band and a youth praise band.
There's also series of children's choirs, six of them divided by age from pre-K to elementary school, as well as a special-needs choir for children who need special attention.
"It's a church with a lot of resources. We do a lot of things and we try to do them well," Jenkins said.
For more information on the concert or other church events, call 856-3222, ext. 249, or visit www.ecbconline.com.
Sterbank's band will perform Hymns & Spirituals III at 3 p.m. Jan. 14 in Lightsey Chapel Auditorium on the campus of Charleston Southern University. It will feature new arrangements.


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£768.46pm – The Profit made by every Chatham Property Owner over the last 20 yea
By The Dockside Property Services Team on 21st Jan 2019, 1 year ago
As we go headlong into 2018, I believe UK interest rates will stay low, even with the additional 0.25% increase that is expected in May or June. That rise will add just over £20 to the typical £160,000 tracker mortgage, although with 57.1% of all borrowers on fixed rates, it will probably go undetected by most buy-to-let landlords and homeowners. I forecast that we won't see any more interest rate rises due to the fragile nature of the British economy and the Brexit challenge. Even though mortgages will remain inexpensive, with retail price inflation outstripping salary rises, it will still very much feel like a heavy weight to some Chatham households.
Now it's certain the Chatham housing market in 2017 was a little more subdued than 2016 and that will continue into 2018. Property ownership is a medium to long-term investment so looking at that long-term time frame; the average Chatham homeowner who bought their property 20 years ago has seen its value rise by more than 392%.
This is important, as house prices are a national obsession and tied into the health of the UK economy as a whole. The majority of that historic gain in Chatham property values has come from property market growth, although some of that will have been added by homeowners modernising, extending or developing their Chatham home.
Taking a look at the different property types in Chatham and the profit made by each type, it makes interesting reading..
However, I want to put aside all that historic growth and profit and looking forward to what will happen in the future. I want to look at the factors that could affect future Chatham (and the Country's) house price growth/profit; one important factor has to be the building of new homes both locally and in the country as a whole. This has picked up in 2017 with 217,350 homes coming on to the UK housing ladder in the last year (a 15% increase on the previous year's figures of 189,690. However, Philip Hammond has set a target of 300,000 a year, so still plenty to go!
Another factor that will affect property prices is my prediction that the balance of power between Chatham buy-to-let landlords and Chatham first-time buyers should tip more towards the local first-time buyers in 2018.
The Council of Mortgage Lenders expects the number of buy to let mortgages to drop by 34% from levels seen in 2015. This is because of taxes being increased recently on buy-to-let and harder lending criteria for buy to let mortgages, which means I foresee a gradual move in the balance of power in favour of first-time buyers rather than buy-to-let landlords. First time buyers will also be helped by The Chancellor eradicating Stamp Duty for all properties up to £300,000 bought by first-time buyers in the recent budget.
This means Chatham buy-to-let landlords will have to work smarter in the future to continue to make decent returns (profits) from their Chatham buy-to-let investment. Even with the tempering of house price inflation in Chatham in 2017, most Chatham buy to let landlords (and homeowners) are still sitting on a copious amount of growth from previous years.
The question is, how do you, as a Chatham buy to let landlord ensure that continues?
Since the 1990's, making money from investing in buy-to-let property was as easy as falling off a log. Looking forward though, with all the changes in the tax regime and balance of power, making those similar levels of return in the future won't be as easy. Over the last ten years, I have seen the role of the forward thinking letting agents evolve from a 'rent collector' and basic property management to a more holistic role, or as I call it, 'landlord portfolio strategic leadership'. Thankfully, along with myself, there are a handful of letting agents in Chatham whom I would consider exemplary at this landlord portfolio strategy where they can give you a balanced structured overview of your short, medium and long-term goals, in relation to your required return on investment, yield and capital growth requirements. If you would like such advice, speak with your current agent – or whether you are a landlord of ours or not – without any cost or commitment, feel free to drop me a line.
One place for more information is my Medway Property Market blog. If you are a landlord or thinking of becoming one for the first time, and you want to read more articles like this about the Medway property market together with regular postings on what I consider the best buy to let deals in Medway, then it is well worth reading. You can also email me at spencer@docksidekent.com
If you are in the area feel free to pop into the office which is based at Station Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 4WQ
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Solar Design Lessons from the 2017 Solar Decathlon Winners
This article was originally published on the blog of Aurora Solar, a solar design and sales software company.
By Andrew Gong
Two weeks ago, during the Solar Decathlon 2017 competition, we explored the solar powered house designs from participating university teams. The designs showcased many creative and resourceful design strategies—and presented a fun challenge for modeling in Aurora.
With the competition now complete, today's post takes a closer look at the top three teams to identify some of the solar design lessons from their success.
Tags: Appliances, Architecture, Awards, Communications, Competition, Contests, Energy, Engineering, Health and Comfort, Home Life, Innovation, Market Potential, Maryland, Swiss Team, UC Berkeley / U of Denver, Water
The Swiss Team Wins U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
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DENVER, CO – Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Daniel Simmons today announced the winning team of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2017 in Denver, Colorado. The Swiss Team took first place overall by designing, building, and operating the house that best blended smart energy production with innovation, market potential, and energy and water efficiency. The University of Maryland took second place followed by the University of California, Berkeley and University of Denver team in third place.
Tags: Awards, Competition, Contests, Engineering, Las Vegas, Market Potential, Maryland, Netherlands, Northwestern, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2017, Swiss Team, Team Daytona Beach, UC Berkeley / U of Denver
Vegas Innovates and Northwestern Communicates
By Ruby Theresa Nahan
The whole University of Nevada, Las Vegas team choked up when their 1st place finish for the Innovation Contest was announced. Adam Betemedhin, who accepted the award, indicated "we're really happy to be here." Insert happy tears emoji!
Tags: Communications, Competition, Contests, Innovation, Las Vegas, Maryland, Missouri S&T, Netherlands, Northwestern, Swiss Team, UC Davis
Las Vegas Claims First in the Innovation Contest and Northwestern Wins the Communications Contest at U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
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Is That the Sun I See!?! Yes!
By Ruby Nahan
One week from today, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017 officially opens to the public and the teams start earning points! In addition to forecasted sunnier weather, we're looking forward to seeing all the smiling sunny faces of the people who come to our Opening Ceremony next Thursday, October 5, starting at 9:30 a.m. Be sure to check out our Visit information so you can join us at the 61st and Peña Station on the University of Colorado A line commuter rail, just one stop from Denver International Airport.
Tags: Las Vegas, Maryland, Missouri S&T, Netherlands, Northwestern, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2017, Swiss Team, Team Alabama, Team Daytona Beach, UC Berkeley / U of Denver, UC Davis, Wash U - St. Louis
They Build Through Rain, Sleet, Snow or Hail … (But, Hopefully Only Rain)
Despite the overcast skies, rain, and mud, there's nothing but sunny dispositions at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017!
Teams arrived on site for an all-teams meeting and began assembly of their houses three days ago, on Saturday, September 23 (see our video for highlights). Pretty soon thereafter, it started to rain. Seems we hit an off week in Denver's rumored 300 days of sun per year. But in the words of our brilliant building code official, Tom Meyers, "Weather. It's the hidden 11th contest of the Solar Decathlon!"
Tags: Las Vegas, Missouri S&T, Netherlands, Northwestern, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2017, Swiss Team, Team Alabama, Team Daytona Beach, UC Berkeley / U of Denver, UC Davis, University of Maryland, Wash U - St. Louis
12 Solar-Powered Houses You'll See at Solar Decathlon 2017
By Mike Mueller
Editor's Note: This entry has been cross-posted from EERE's Energy blog.
One month from now, a solar-powered village will suddenly appear in Denver, Colorado, showcasing the latest innovation in building science and design. From modular construction to water conservation and re-use strategies, this year's crop of Solar Decathlon houses has it all when it comes to technology, design and creativity.
Tags: Las Vegas, Maryland, Missouri S&T, Netherlands, Northwestern, Swiss Team, Team Alabama, Team Daytona Beach, UC Berkeley / U of Denver, UC Davis, Wash U - St. Louis, Washington State
Solar Decathlon 2011 Winner Opens as Educational Research Center
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The University of Maryland's WaterShed, which took first place in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, recently opened to the public as the Pepco WaterShed Sustainability Center—a living classroom and laboratory for sustainable energy practices.
Tags: Maryland, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011
University of Maryland Wins Solar Decathlon 2011!
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Tags: Competition, Contests, Market Appeal, Maryland, Middlebury College, New Zealand, Purdue, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011
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Tags: Appalachian State, Communications, Competition, Contests, Maryland, Middlebury College, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Teams
University of Maryland Wins Prestigious Architecture Contest
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Tags: Appalachian State, Architecture, Competition, Contests, Maryland, New Zealand, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Teams
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By Richard King
Under mostly cloudy skies and occasional light rain, U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon teams continue assembling their houses around the clock to finish the assembly phase of the competition, which for most (and hopefully all) teams will end Tuesday. (more…)
Tags: Maryland, SCI-Arc/Caltech, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Team Massachusetts, Team New Jersey, Teams
Video Blog: Day One Assembly
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Director Richard King talks to student team members about their assembly progress. (more…)
Tags: Maryland, New Zealand, SCI-Arc/Caltech, Solar Decathlon, Solar Decathlon 2011, Team Belgium, Teams
University of Maryland Solar Decathlon Team Celebrates With a Shed-Raising
By Erin Pierce
Editor's Note: This entry has been cross-posted from DOE's Energy Blog.
In honor of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon—which challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive—we are profiling each of the 20 teams participating in the competition. (more…)
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