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#1 - The Last One (2)
Friends Season 10 - Episode 18
Ross and Phoebe chase Rachel to the airport, but end up at the wrong one. They narrowly make it to the right airport, where Ross declares his love for Rachel, but she gets on the plane anyway. A rejected Ross returns home, where he finds a message on his answering machine, revealing that Rachel got off the plane, just as the real thing shows up behind him. They decide to be together. Meanwhile, Chandler and Monica finish packing for their move to the suburbs, and Joey loses Chick Jr. and Duck Jr. in the foosball table.
#3 - The One In Vegas (2)
Friends Season 5 - Episode 24
Ross draws a mustache on Rachel's face, which won't come off. Chandler prepares to go back to New York but Monica stops him. Joey tries to find his hand twin. Rachel refuses to leave her room and Ross desperately tries to make it up to her. Monica and Chandler are on a big roll. Chandler proposes to Monica; her response will be based on a throw of the dice. She rolls a hard eight and says yes. Rachel and Ross get drunk; he paints his face and they leave the room together. Phoebe gets kicked out of the casino but comes back in to annoy the "hand twin." Monica and Chandler go to the chapel to get married...only to find out that the drunk Ross and Rachel got there first...
#4 - The One With The Embryos
Joey and Chandler guess all the items that Monica and Rachel had in a bag after coming home from the market. This starts a competition between the boys and the girls, a question-answer game created by Ross. The sex that knows the most about the other one wins. Meanwhile, Phoebe goes to the doctor to get the embryos implanted in her uterus. The game ends tied, so Ross prepares the "Lightning Round." Monica and Chandler raise the bet: if the girls win, the boys get rid of the chick and the duck, but if the boys win, they have to switch apartments. At the end, the boys win because the girls don't know Chandler's job. Just when the two couples are changing apartments, Phoebe surprises everyone announcing she is pregnant.
#5 - The One With The Proposal (2)
Monica struggles to decide between Richard and Chandler. Meanwhile, Rachel and Phoebe discuss their backup plans if they are not married before the time they're 40.
#6 - The One With Ross's Wedding (2)
Phoebe calls to warn Emily of Rachel's impending arrival, but can't get through. The parents meet at the rehearsal dinner. Joey is homesick, but one of the bridesmaids fixes that. Rachel forgets her passport, but is soon on her way anyway. Chandler and Joey make toasts as the parents squabble. A drunken Chandler and Monica sleep together. Phoebe talks to Joey and warns him. Monica and Chandler act awkwardly around each other. The bridesmaid distracts Joey and Rachel sneaks through into the church. Ross is surprised but Rachel doesn't tell him of her feelings. Monica and Chandler decide to meet later.
#7 - The One Where The Stripper Cries
Phoebe's bachelorette party features a rather unexpected surprise when the stripper shows up. Joey is on "Pyramid." Chandler and Ross flash back to 1987 to reflect on a pact they made when they were in college.
#8 - The One Where Rachel Finds Out
Joey's new girlfriend wants to go to bed with him but he can't yet. He's participating in a fertility study. During Rachel's birthday party, Chandler accidentally lets it slip that Ross is in love with her. However, Ross is on his way to China to identify a bone for the museum. Monica is excited about becoming friends-in-law with her roommate but gets defensive when Rachel can't decide about whether she wants to be more than friends with Ross. But when she finally makes up her mind, it may be too late. Returning from China, with Rachel waiting at the gate, Ross is with another woman with whom he is obviously involved.
#9 - The One Where Ross Got High
Friends Season 6 - Episode 9
Monica's parents come for Thanksgiving, which is a problem because, not only do they not like Chandler, they don't know where he's living. Rachel makes a dessert--with beef. Phoebe develops a crush on Mr. Geller. Joey and Ross can't wait for dinner to end so they can go to Janine's "Thanksgiving with models".
#10 - The One With The Thanksgiving Flashbacks (a.k.a. The One With All The Thanksgivings)
Although the Thanksgiving meal is great, Chandler is still moody over his parent's divorce during the holiday when he was a boy and Ross is depressed about his second divorce. The group reminisces about their worst Thanksgivings in order to cheer them up, and Monica's worst memory is revealed.
#11 - The One After Vegas
Ross and Rachel experience the world's worst hangover when they realize they've gotten married. Chandler and Monica back away from their own altar plans. Phoebe and Joey head back to New York in the taxi cab.
#12 - The One With Ross's Wedding (1)
Monica freaks out about the trip to London. Joey annoys Chandler by saying "London, baby" over and over. Ross is annoyed that Rachel won't come. In London, Chandler is embarrassed about touring with Joey. Emily worries about the wedding and Ross reassures her. Rachel tries taking care of Phoebe but Phoebe clues her in to her feelings for Ross. Joey buys an ugly hat and Chandler goes back to the hotel. Monica gives Emily advice, so Emily decides to postpone the wedding and she and Ross argue. Phoebe tries to help Rachel get over Ross. Joey shows Chandler highlights of his trip on video camera, including his meeting with the Duchess of York. Ross confronts Monica, who agrees to help him. Ross and Emily make up and decide to go ahead as planned. Rachel decides to go to London and Phoebe tries to talk her out of it.
#13 - The One After Joey And Rachel Kiss
Friends Season 10 - Episode 1
Monica, Chandler and Phoebe discover that they can eavesdrop on Ross & Charlie and Joey & Rachel through the walls of the hotel. Both new couples decide to wait before proceeding with their relationships, until the men can talk to each other. Ross tells Joey on the plane ride back to New York, but Joey can't quite yet. Later, Ross walks in on Joey and Rachel kissing. Meanwhile, Monica combats her poofy hair by getting corn rows put in, and Phoebe discovers that Mike has a girlfriend.
#14 - The One Hundredth
Phoebe is rushed to the hospital for the birth of her brother's triplets. While there, Joey winds up with severe sympathy pains that turn out to be kidney stones. Meanwhile, Rachel tries to set Monica up on a date with a male nurse.
#15 - The One With The Routine
Joey is beginning to like Janine more. She gets an invitation to dance on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" and invites Joey, Monica and Ross to join her. Monica and Ross are a little TOO happy. While Monica is at the taping, Rachel, Phoebe and Chandler search for their Christmas presents. Joey and Janine kiss.
#16 - The One After Ross Says Rachel
In the aftermath of his Freudian slip, Ross tries to rescue his marriage with Emily. Meanwhile, Chandler and Monica try and find a moment alone in order to continue their affair while overseas.
#17 - The One With The Girl Who Hits Joey
Joey starts dating Katie, a little girl who packs a mean punch. When Ross refuses to contribute to the retirement fund of the building's maintenance man, he winds up offending everyone in the building.
#18 - The One With All The Haste
Monica and Rachel are tired of their new apartment. Ross, sporting an earring, wants Emily to stay as she prepares to leave again. Phoebe is wearing "santa" pants. Monica and Rachel try to bribe Joey and Chandler into giving up their apartment for Knicks tickets. They play high card for the apartment and tickets and Joey and Chandler win. Ross asks Emily to move in with him, but changes his mind and asks her to marry him. She says yes. While Joey and Chandler are at the Knicks game, Monica and Rachel switch the apartments. And when Ross and Emily tell the gang, Rachel tries to put on a happy face.
#19 - The One With Phoebe's Dad
It's Christmas time and Monica tries tipping with cookies, rather than cash, with mixed results. Phoebe learns that the guy in the picture frames her grandmother keeps around is not her father and tries to track down her real father. And Chandler and Joey wait too late to shop for presents.
#20 - The One With Phoebe's Wedding
Phoebe asks Joey to give her away at her wedding. Monica's the wedding planner and she's driving Phoebe nuts. Chandler and Ross discover at the rehearsal dinner that neither of them has a part in the wedding. However, Mike needs to replace a groomsman, so he lets Phoebe choose one of them, although she gives the job to Rachel. Joey takes his role as the bride's dad way too seriously. Phoebe fires Monica. The day of the wedding, New York is hit with the worst snowstorm its seen in 20 years. Phoebe rehires Monica, and the wedding ends up taking place in the street outside of Central Perk. When the priest can't make it, Joey steps in for him, and Chandler gives the bride away, while groomsman Ross is stuck taking care of Mike's old dog.
#21 - The One In Vegas (1)
Chandler decides the only way to mend his friendship with Joey is to fly out to Vegas and visit him. Phoebe is determined not to be left out on another adventure, so everyone winds up going. Trouble is in the water, however, when Chandler finds out that Monica had lunch with Richard.
#22 - The One With The Football
Emotions become the feast of the day when the gang plays a game of touch football on Thanksgiving as Joey and Chandler argue over who gets to date a model and Ross and Monica argue over winning in a case of sibling rivalry.
#23 - The One With The Jam
Phoebe dates a man who thinks he's stalking her twin sister. Ross and Rachel give Chandler "boyfriend" lessons. Monica uses her free time after breaking up with Richard to make jam and considers insemination through a sperm bank.
#24 - The One Where Heckles Dies
After Mr. Heckles dies and leaves all his belongings to Monica and Rachel, Chandler discovers eerie similarities between the late eccentric man and his own life. Ross and Phoebe have a dispute over the progression of evolution.
#25 - The One With The Proposal (1)
Chandler plans to propose to Monica at dinner, but his plans go awry when Richard shows up. Phoebe and Joey join Rachel at a charity auction.
#26 - The One With Monica's Thunder
Everybody toasts the engagement. Phoebe wants to be the musician at the wedding. Joey prepares for an audition where he must play a 19-year-old. After Chandler can't get it up for Monica, he worries about the consequences. Ross and Rachel debate a "bonus night". Monica catches them kissing and thinks Rachel is trying to steal her night.
#27 - The One With Chandler's Work Laugh
Monica begins to hang out with Chandler during his work functions, since they don't have to keep their relationship a secret among his coworkers. However, she learns that Chandler has a second, more annoying personality when he's around his boss. Meanwhile, Ross learns that Emily is getting remarried and in his grief hooks up with an old nemesis of the gang: Janice.
#28 - The One Where Chandler Crosses The Line
Chandler must decide between the girl of his dreams and his best friend when he and Kathy share a passionate kiss. Needless to say, Joey is not happy to find out about Kathy and Chandler. And nobody wants to tell Ross how awful his keyboard playing is.
#29 - The One With The Home Study
Phoebe and Mike struggle over their decision to donate their wedding fund to charity. Ross discovers Rachel's irrational fear of swings. The adoption worker in charge of deciding the fate of Monica and Chandler's adoption hopes had a one-night-stand with Joey where he never called her back. Monica and Chandler are approved for adoption.
#30 - The One Where Chandler Can't Cry
Chandler admits that he hasn't cried since he was a child. Phoebe discovers that Ursula is starring in porno movies using her name. Rachel desperately tries to stop Ross and Jill from starting a relationship.
#31 - The One With The Apothecary Table
Rachel orders an apothecary table from Pottery Barn, which is a problem because Phoebe hates the mass-producing company. After Janine and Joey double date with Chandler and Monica, Janine tells Joey that she thinks the other two are boring. Ross buys a new apothecary table too, which causes problems for Rachel. After a confrontation with Monica and Chandler, Joey breaks up with Janine and she moves out.
#32 - Joey and the Student
Joey Season 1 - Episode 2
Gina is having trouble letting Michael live his own life, Joey and Gina try to teach him how to pick up women. Joey is irritated by the notes his super leaves him.
#33 - Joey and the Big Break (2)
Joey bursts back in an audition room asking producers for one more chance (he entered a different audition room than the one he was in before!). He is determined to have a second chance and doesn't let the producers talk so they explain that he is in the wrong room. Not knowing what to do, producers start an audition with Joey. This leads to a funny audition with Joey saying lines for an action movie, when the producers read lines said by kids.(second part to a one-hour season premiere)
#34 - Joey and the Nemesis
Michael is sick and Gina is delighted. Staying at Gina's, Joey meets her secret boyfriend. Meanwhile, an actor named Brian Michael David Scott repeatedly tricks Joey into missing auditions.
#35 - Joey and the Sex Tape
An old girlfriend of Joey's threatens to release an embarrassing tape. To prevent this from happening he must apologize to her on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Bobbie celebrates her 40th birthday.
#36 - Joey and the Stuntman
Joey is preparing to shoot a big fight scene on the set. The director offers to use a stuntman instead but Joey wants to do his own stunts. Eventually, Chuck, Joey's stuntman comes in. Abby, the script reviser, has a chat with Joey because he doesn't follow script at all. Michael visits the set and he and Abby hit it off. Zach works Craft and Services on the set. Meanwhile, Alex is confused about her true feelings for Joey.
#37 - Joey and the Plot Twist
Joey Season 1 - Episode 12
Joey meets Deep Powder's executive producer, Lauren Beck. Joey worries that he may be fired after giving away a plot twist at a press conference. Alex, Gina and Michael decorate the apartment for Joey for Christmas.
#38 - Joey and the Premiere
Unable to decide who to take to the premiere of Deep Powder, Joey struggles to find tickets for Gina, Michael and Alex. Michael meets a girl and Brent Spiner and must choose who to leave with. Gina's date is Lauren's ex-boyfriend. Alex's date is a lesbian. Joey and Lauren kiss.
#39 - Joey and the Moving In
After asking Sara to move in with him, Joey freaks out. Sara freaks out too, and leaves without saying goodbye. Joey is heartbroken. On her first date in a long time, Alex accidentally offers sex to the guy, and Joey gets rid of him. While doing shots in Joey's bedroom and commiserating about the sad state of their love lives, Alex and Joey kiss! Meanwhile, Bobbie sets herself up with Michael at a Star Wars preview. When Gina confronts Bobbie about being attracted to Michael, Bobbie offers her a job.
#40 - Joey and the Wrong Name
Joey is nominated for a Daytime Soap Award for his death scene on Days of Our Lives. (For the record, he was stabbed.) He is also presenting the award for Best Supporting Actress, and a problem arises when his inability to correctly pronounce one of the nominees' names leads to his saying the wrong name entirely. Meanwhile, Gina struggles with the fact that she is dressed unlike herself for the event.
#41 - The One With Mac And C.H.E.E.S.E.
Joey gets an audition for the lead character in a new TV show. When the audition is rescheduled, Chandler takes the message but forgets to tell Joey. Then the group recalls some of Joey's less-than-spectacular acting moments.
#42 - Joey and the Actor's Studio
Joey wants to go out with Alex but she's not sure if she wants to go out with him.
#43 - Joey and the Dad
Joe's dad comes to town for Joey's movie premiere. His sly remarks of disrespect for Joey's line of work are lost on his son. At least until Alex points them out to him. Elsewhere Joey runs into Carmen Electra while admiring his movies billboard. The two hit it off, until Joey finds out that the billboard for her new perfume (right next to his) is getting a lot more attention than his own.
#44 - Joey and the Spanking
Joey faces an unruly child actor on his new movie. When push comes to shove, Joey takes matters into his own hands with interesting results. Meanwhile, Gina helps Alex get over her lagging love life.
#45 - Joey and the Poker
Alex teaches Texas hold 'em to Joe. The problem is that she makes up rules so he wins all the time. Thinking that he can play the game he accepts an invitation to play celebrity poker. Michael and Abby's relationship reaches new heights.
#46 - Joey and the Road Trip
Bobbie gets Joey a job as a celebrity judge for the Miss Southwestern U.S.A. pageant, taking place in Las Vegas. With Gina, Michael and Alex in tow, he heads for Vegas. While there, Alex reveals her Celine Dion obsession, Michael teaches Gina how to count cards, and Joey accidentally sleeps with a pageant contestant.
Joey is on the set of "Deep Powder" but the fate of his character is still unknown. One extra, named Zach, tries to cheer him up in the hope Joey will help him (Zach) get a line to say. Zach will give Joey some tips about how to live as an actor in Hollywood. Jenna, a young actress-wannabe, moves in the building. She wants to meet Joey, the big star, but she first meets Michael who pretends to be Joey in order to land a date with her. Joey has an audition.
#48 - Joey and the Spying
As Eric moves out of their apartment and into one across the courtyard, Alex plants herself up in Joey's room with a pair of binoculars as Eric invites another woman over. After Alex goes to bed, Joey sees Eric kissing the other woman. Meanwhile, Joey's got problems of his own: even though he and Sara are allowed to see other people, he's not because he's too crazy about Sara. Trying to make her jealous, Joey discovers that she likes him as much as he likes her, and they decide not to see other people.
#49 - Joey and the Wedding
Jimmy and Gina get married.
#50 - Joey and the Bachelor Thanksgiving
Gina is planning a family Thanksgiving. Joey and Zach discover some ancient Native American artifacts on Joey's property and mistakenly give them away.
#51 - Pilot
Joey arrives in L.A. after his new agent offers him his choice of parts on two TV shows, and befriends his neighbor, Alex . His nephew, Michael, wants to move in with him at his new apartment, but Joey fears that this will upset his sister, Gina.
#52 - And Baby Makes Three
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. Season 1 - Episode 24
Pete Hutter gets hold of a Chinese baby who happens to be the future Emperor of China. He is killed by ""Chinese death stars"" (but only temporarily) and Dixie Cousins gets hold of the baby. She ends up going to Brisco and Bowler for help. The head of the Black Lotus assassins after the baby, Chan, killed Brisco's mother when trying to get at his father, and also is an old rival of Brisco's contact and family friend Lee Pow (from the premiere episode). Further complicating things, they free Pete, who gets hold of the baby and tries to ransom it back for ""Pete's Piece"" and a da Vinci flying machine. Lee Pow and his allies show up along with the Black Lotus, and Chan defeats Lee Pow. Brisco manages to beat Chan, avenging his mother, and Dixie is invited to travel to China with the baby.


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Senior Seminar in Theory and Research - CRM 6500 - Kelly Welch
Students in CRM 6500 will conduct a research synthesis, reviewing a body of literature on a topic of interest. Selected requirements:
Find the 10 most recent empirical studies on your topic.
The studies must address the same general causal hypothesis (i.e., the same pairing of an independent variable and a particular dependent variable)
All of the studies must contain some empirical evidence testing a hypothesis (that is, they can't be exclusively descriptive, theoretical, lit reviews, etc.)
The set of studies must contain some variation in findings.
You may not review a set of studies that has already been largely covered in an existing review.
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The Triumphant Return of the Son's of Italy Sausage Sandwich
Rich Knoblich
Wee Asked Judi Hendrickson
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: A Tale of Two Capitals
WEEREAD: The Third Rainbow Girl — The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
History In Their Own Words: Memories from the Black Community
The Hempfield Haunting
Note: This is a fictional tale. Rich Knoblich, WV storyteller and a regular winner of the Liar Contest at the annual Vandalia Gathering hosted by the WV Dept. of Arts and Culture, likes to add some drama, mystery and fun to his fables. It's been said that some of the best lies are ones that are weaved with a thread of truth, which is exactly how Knoblich designs his short stories. Can you spot the truth in this tale?
The historical reference to Wheeling as 'Place of the Skull' by local historians implies Wheeling is a setting of uncommon circumstances. To appreciate Wheeling's paranormal attractions, you need to delve into a location's specific history. And where else to research an examination our specters than the Ohio County Public Library, itself a site of haunted folklore?
Photo by Rich Knoblich
Opened in May of 1973, the Ohio County Public Library building on 16th St. has revealed eerie coincidences for patrons because of the land's unique history and current architecture. A timeline examination of the property is worth investigating to see how it fits in with Wheeling's ethos of spirit folklore.
Excavation of OCPL in 1972 Photo – Ohio Co. Public Library
The steamboat construction industry began developing in 1816 along the shores of Wheeling Creek. The National Road would soon reach Wheeling in 1818. These transportation events attracted the attention of railway developers to Wheeling's growing market for goods. The frontier town became an important transportation terminus where pioneers would depart for the western frontier. The river city grew rapidly as people rushed in for jobs in construction and manufacturing. Inevitably, with an expanding population came an increasing number of deaths in the community.
A cemetery was required. It had to be close at hand to accommodate family visits and easily accessible once a church's funeral service concluded. The Zane family, original settlers in the area, possessed the required tracts of land. Noah Zane realized cemetery property was a necessary facet of the city's continued growth. Therefore, on Oct. 5, 1816, Mary and Noah Zane deeded to William Irwin, mayor of Wheeling, a plot of land to be used as a cemetery.
Detail of land map hanging in OCPL. Photo – Rich Knoblich
People hoped the property, just to the south, would be large enough to accommodate hundreds of "residents." Little did the living realize how quickly Wheeling would grow and fill the cemetery lots. The Hempfield Cemetery, a City of the Dead, became nearly full by the late 1840s.
The Hempfield Railroad, connecting Wheeling to Washington, Pa., and beyond, was incorporated in 1850. Walter C. Smith, a veteran Civil Engineer was employed as chief engineer for the construction of the Hempfield Railroad. It was decided the best place for the new Wheeling railroad depot was the location of the Hempfield Cemetery.
Hempfield Rail Yard 1919- photo OCPL
So in 1850 the city of Wheeling formed a committee and decided to remove the hundreds of bodies from the nearly full cemetery and reinter them at either the new Peninsula Cemetery or Mt. Wood Cemetery. A contract was made with Jacob Amick to grade down six feet into the earth to remove all bones and "the dust of hundreds of unknown ones." Most of the remains were reinterred in the southwestern corner of Peninsula Cemetery. (Ohio County Cemeteries: From WAGS LOOKOUT by Mary Lou Henderson.) Gravestones were carefully removed and placed with the new graves. The requirements of Mr. Amick's contract were "faithfully performed."
The Hempfield Railroad grade still exists as the paved rails-to-trails path from Elm Grove along Wheeling Creek past Wheeling Hospital. It's most notable remaining features today are the Hempfield Tunnel (aka Tunnel Green) with a stone arch viaduct at one end of the tunnel crossing Wheeling Creek near Interstate 70. The railroad terminus was at the current location of the Ohio County Public Library.
Depot in Elm Grove — currently a veterinarian office. Photo by Rich Knoblich
By 1853 the B&O Railroad reached Wheeling just south of Wheeling Creek along the Ohio River. In 1861 the unprofitable Hempfield RR was bought out by the B&O, which extended its line across Wheeling Creek and connected to the Hempfield line. In 1908 the B&O opened the passenger terminal that is now W.Va. Northern Community College, locally called Northern.
An electrical power plant for the railroad was built where the OCPL is located. To recap the development of the land: wilderness area, Zane property, Wheeling's Hempfield Cemetery, the Hempfield RR depot (later bought out by the B&O RR), a small power plant for the B&O passenger station and currently the Ohio County Public Library. (Photo of B&O passenger station with power plant smokestack)
It is the current usage of the property, developed as a modern library facility with ghostly manifestations, that is of interest to paranormal aficionados. With the history of the Hempfield Cemetery, evolving later to become two different railroad yards, a tour of the location reveals unintended architectural reverberations of its intriguing past.
In the basement passageway one can view overhead pipes reminiscent of the complex tubing of early steam locomotives. This visual identifies where ghostly engine sounds are unintentionally recreated by vestiges of past railroad glory.
In the southwest portion of the library's basement hallway below the pipes is a door. The elevator is to the left and another door marked 'Stairs' is to the right of it. The unmarked door opens towards the direction of the neighboring B&O passenger railway station now repurposed into the W.Va. Northern Community College.
From mid-January to April the room is accessible to retired CPA volunteers to assist people with income tax preparation. Step into the room and just to the right listen closely to the overhead vent system as the air rushes through the ductwork. Strangely, the ductwork joints and control flaps duplicate the eerie piston sounds of the B&O 4-6-0 Perkins steam engine idling at a depot siding. It subtly mimics the powerful 10-wheeler locomotive developed to haul freight through the rugged West Virginia mountains.
With patience you may detect a faint phantasmic clanking and groaning of a steam locomotive's heavy metal wheels screeching on steel track as it slows through a side railing easing to a stop. Train enthusiasts try to match the sounds with the arrival and departure times of old railway schedules.
A similar mimicking of whooshing steam engine sounds can occasionally be heard from a circular vent on the main floor of the library. The vent is found in the southeast corner above the shelving labeled 962-973 (Egypt & Sudan to United States). As the air flow kicks on the air rushing out of the vent is similar to the low whistling of a train in the distance.
Both occurrences are reminiscent of the busy comings and goings of the long-departed locomotives that once ran across the property. With over 100 passenger cars a day going through the B&O passenger station and a busy Hempfield depot, it is supposed the latent energy of thousands of travelers and machines combine. These disturbances are not the only unplanned reflections of a past era.
An unconventional, yet intriguing, architectural feature is the beautiful auditorium located below ground level. (A structural style mimicked at both library entries.) The overhead ceiling is composed of symmetrical square cement baffles for acoustics. Its structure is reminiscent of a columbarium, a place for the respectful, and usually public, storage of urns.
OCPL auditorium. Photo by Rich Knoblich Columbarium in Oakland, Wikipedia
Remember, this property was originally developed as a cemetery. As you relax to enjoy a program in the charming auditorium, you can look up to where the bottom of the cemetery grounds had once been, scraped down six feet by Mr. Amick and his crew in preparation of a railroad depot.
Finally, located in the center of each cement square is a globe light reminiscent of the spiritual glow energy of paranormal orbs. The globe lighting for each alcove is evocative of the spirit orbs captured in many photos by paranormal investigators. Suspended in each little recess, the lights gleam with subtle energy. Who is to say if these manifestations reflect the past? Yet, spirit hunters feel that, collectively, the summation of the parts reveals an unworldly encounter with the property's past.
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Rochambeau May 3, 2015
Does anyone know where the name Hempfield comes from? I assume there was a field where hemp was grown, probably near where 17th St is now.
ned greeneltch May 24, 2015
hempfield is probably the eastern terminus of the original road or the offices. just outside greensburg, pa.
Rich Knoblich May 25, 2015
Hempfield is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It's taken from Hempfield Township in Lancaster County, which was formed in 1729 as an English place name which derived their name from the production of hemp.
BTW, hemp fiber was necessary for rope in the Navy. It was used until after WW II when replaced by manmade fibers such as rayon.
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The IIT Guwahati Hospital is located inside the scenic IIT Guwahati campus .It had started functioning from the present building from March, 2006. The present area of hospital is 20,000sq.ft.
Hospital has 24 hrs. Doctor, Nursing, Emergency service for its patients provided by in house and outsourced hospital service provider.
Medicines which are prescribed and not stocked at pharmacy can be purchased from outside, with an option of reimbursement on submission of the payment receipt. Patients can also be referred to the outside specialists doctor to one of the recognized/panel hospital as and when necessary. The hospitalization / indoor treatment taken within India can be claimed through Group Medical Insurance Scheme (GMIS). The insurer name is M/s Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. The TPA hired by insurer is M/s Raksha TPA Pvt. Ltd.
Medical facilities are offered to delegates taking part in conference held by Institute.
Full time hospital diagnostics laboratory for blood testing is available on working days.
N.B.: Every employee and their dependent gets Health Record Book after receiving the family declaration form from Administration Section/ Faculty Affairs Section.
Students also get Health Record Card against their name and their dependent in case of research scholar.
Reimbursement can be made from the IIT Guwahati hospital by submitting medical bills within three months.
Indoor treatment/ hospitalisation (minimum 24 hours) will be under Group Medical Insurance Scheme (GMIS). Person can contact directly to Insurance person for hospitalisation.
Institute hospital takes part in various camps in collaboration with other organization. These includes blood donation camp (from 2006), Pulse polio vaccination camp, Dental Check-up camp, Bone Mineral Density Camp, Eye screening camp etc.
IIT Guwahati outsourced Pharmacy service inside IIT Guwahati Hospital.
Medical Board is constituted with two external members and one internal member. The board scrutinizes some particular diseases and take decision regarding treatment. Some patient requires permission for outside state treatment for a particular disease. Those cases of patients are discussed in Medical Board and after permission from Board the Authority decided on the matter.
The Medical User Group (MUG) committee has been constituted to discuss matters related to medical and IITG Hospital through a meeting. The MUG holds three to four meeting in a year and meetings are convened by the Chief Medical Officer (NFSG) & HOS, Medical section and proceedings is send to the Competent Authority.
A Coffee &Tea Centre has come up inside IIT Guwahati Hospital.


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A new Forbes article concludes that 93 percent of public companies face risk from climate change, but only 12 percent are actually disclosing that risk to the public and their shareholders. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued guidance on climate risk disclosure several years ago. Thus, there is at least a basis for arguing that all affected companies are on notice of the need to disclose climate risk in their public filings such as 10-Ks. Having advised clients on climate risk disclosure in SEC documents, this is an important aspect of financial disclosure that should review and determine the nature of disclosure that may be advisable. As the Paris Agreement has been negotiated, with many countries including China developing greenhouse gas regulations and cap and trade programs, the writing is on the wall that international, national, and in some instances sub-national state and provincial limits on greenhouse gas emissions are a reality that appears to only be growing. Reviewing the supply chain and potential impact of climate change on the business may be an issue that investors may find material, or a court may judge as material.
Companies should also consider developing approaches that reduce their carbon footprint, such as considering new energy efficiency investment, the installation of renewable generation on-site and purchase of renewable electricity from the grid. Supply chain review and de-carbonizing it are steps that should be considered as well. in other words, having a good story to tell in any disclosure may provide an edge on competitors. Key is finding carbon reducing steps that save money for the company. Energy efficiency is the low hanging fruit typically, but renewable energy in some locations can provide cost savings as well.
Posted at 07:05 AM in Carbon Trading, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Disclosure, Environmental Corporate Governance, Environmental Disclosure, Federal Legislation, Global Warming, Green Investment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Energy, US Legislation, Wind Energy | Permalink | Comments (0)
I recently published an article entitled How Disruptive Technology Can Provide Money-Making Emissions Reductions. This article explores the disruptive technologies that are changing the way companies purchase power, or reduce their power consumption or both. With renewable energy, LED lighting, Cloud-based, Internet of Things energy management, and now batteries, the technologies are getting cheaper and the money that can be saved is signifiant.
These new technologies also reduce emissions as they reduce the amount of fossil fuel that needs to be burned to produce electricity. With new business and financing models, the customer may not have to put up any capital, but through a shared savings model, start making money the first or second month.
Thus, emissions go down, and the customer makes money from lower electricity prices or reduced electricity use. The company providing the power, LED lights, and energy management make money.
It is a win all the way around. The new technologies and financial models are bringing clean, cheap energy to corporate America.
Posted at 08:39 PM in Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Finance, Global Warming, Green Investment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Energy, Solar, Utilities, Wind Energy | Permalink | Comments (0)
Brattle Report Concludes Solar Power Would Save on Texas Electricity Rates
The Texas electricity market within the Electric Reliabibilty Council of Texas or ERCOT, which covers 80 percent of Texas, is suffering from a deficit of peak power. Concerns are rising that the state will be short on power during the summer months. The Brattle Group was engaged to prepare a report for ERCOT on how to manage or address the power shortage issue. The Brattle Group also prepared a report entitled, The Impact on Solar PV on Electricity Markets in Texas, which discusses electricity cost savings Texas could produce if it built more solar farms--the price of solar power would be less than peak power plant prices.
The irony is that many believe that solar power is always more expensive than traditional power plants like natural gas plants. But electricity markets are complicated. Base load power is very inexpensive in Texas because of abundant natural gas that has arisen through the technology of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the gas shales--which has unleashed a tremendous resource of cleaner burning fossil fuel.
However, peak power prices can be very expensive. In Texas, ERCOT raised the cap price from $3000 per MW to $4500 per MW, and the cap is going to rise to $9000. The hope is this will encourage more natural gas power plants to be built.
Solar can be one of the answers. With rapidly declining prices for solar PV panels and the short time to build solar farms, 90 or 120 days in some instances, solar is much less than $3000 per MW. A natural gas plant can take a couple of years to permit, finance, and build. We still need these plants, but solar can be a contributing factor to managing peak power--the sun shines most when peak power is needed to cool homes and businesses in the hot summers in Texas.
Solar PV can contribute to energy savings, if applied in the right way, in the right market, and at the right price. The Brattle Report shows how solar could contribute to enhancing the Texas electricity market. Unfortunately, the politics in the Texas legislature is likely to prevent any renewable bills from passing.
While Texas has the largest installed wind power base, it is unfortunate that we could not work to be the leader in solar, so that Texas is the all-of-the-above leader--wind, solar, and oil and gas. It would appear to all be good for the economy and good for the environment. Creative and empirical thinking is at a disadvantage if politics gets in the way--Democrats and Republicans both need to realize that we need at this time fossil fuels and alternative energy. Each has their own necessary role in today's economy and with today's technology.
Posted at 10:09 AM in Clean Energy, Oil and Gas, Renewable Energy, Solar, State Legislation, Utilities, Wind Energy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Consortium Proposes Transmission Development In Texas
Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) has formed a consortium with subsidiaries of American Electric Power (AEP) and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. to jointly develop transmission facilities to enhance wind power development in Texas. Other transmission providers in the consortium are AEP Texas Central Co., AEP Texas North Co., LCRA Transmission Services Corp., Oncor Electric Delivery Co. and Sharyland Utilities LP.
The consortium has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a comprehensive, coordinated proposal for development of transmission for competitive renewable energy zones under the scenario 2 plan recently adopted by the commission. This plan envisions the construction of approximately 2,400 miles of new 345-kV transmission lines and facilities at a projected cost of $4.9 billion.
The proposal filed outlines the transmission facilities that each member of the consortium will develop. Consortium members will assume responsibility for permitting, construction and operation and maintenance of the proposed facilities.
"With this filing, the parties express their willingness to work together to develop a comprehensive transmission solution to bring clean, renewable energy to load centers in Texas," says Calvin Crowder, ETT president.
ETT will build and own the transmission facilities within and around the AEP Texas North distribution service territory, including approximately 710 miles of new transmission facilities. AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North will be responsible for another 145 miles of upgraded transmission lines. LCRA and Oncor propose to develop transmission facilities in and around their service territories, while Sharyland proposes developing transmission facilities in the Texas panhandle that are not currently in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas transmission footprint.
SOURCE Electric Transmission Texas, LLC
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T Boone Pickens Mesa Power Makes Largest Wind Turbine Purchase for World's Largest Wind Farm
In a move that will define US and global wind power possibilities, T Boone Pickens' Mesa Power in a report in the Wall Street Journal placed the largest order of wind turbines from General Electric. Mesa will buy 667 GE 1.5 megawatt wind turbines as part of the first phase of a reported $2 billion wind farm. The wind farm is to be constructed near Pampa, Texas and will be the first 1000 MW step of a planned 4000 MW project. This wind farm will be the largest in the world and will continue the role of Texas, an oil and gas state, as the largest producer of wind energy.
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Google Announces Investment of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Renewable Energy
On November 27th Google announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced from coal. Below is the press release issued by Google.
The newly created initiative, known as RE<C, will focus initially on advanced solar thermal power, wind power technologies, enhanced geothermal systems and other potential breakthrough technologies. RE<C is hiring engineers and energy experts to lead its research and development work, which will begin with a significant effort on solar thermal technology, and will also investigate enhanced geothermal systems and other areas. In 2008, Google expects to spend tens of millions on research and development and related investments in renewable energy. As part of its capital planning process, the company also anticipates investing hundreds of millions of dollars in breakthrough renewable energy projects which generate positive returns.
"We have gained expertise in designing and building large-scale, energy-intensive facilities by building efficient data centers," said Larry Page, Google Co-founder and President of Products. "We want to apply the same creativity and innovation to the challenge of generating renewable electricity at globally significant scale, and produce it cheaper than from coal."
Page added, "There has been tremendous work already on renewable energy. Technologies have been developed that can mature into industries capable of providing electricity cheaper than coal. Solar thermal technology, for example, provides a very plausible path to providing renewable energy cheaper than coal. We are also very interested in further developing other technologies that have potential to be cost-competitive and green. We are aware of several promising technologies, and believe there are many more out there."
Page continued, "With talented technologists, great partners and significant investments, we hope to rapidly push forward. Our goal is to produce one gigawatt of renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal. We are optimistic this can be done in years, not decades." (One gigawatt can power a city the size of San Francisco.)
"If we meet this goal," said Page, "and large-scale renewable deployments are cheaper than coal, the world will have the option to meet a substantial portion of electricity needs from renewable sources and significantly reduce carbon emissions. We expect this would be a good business for us as well."
Coal is the primary power source for many around the world, supplying 40% of the world's electricity. The greenhouse gases it produces are one of our greatest environmental challenges. Making electricity produced from renewable energy cheaper than coal would be a key part of reducing global greenhouse-gas emissions.
"Cheap renewable energy is not only critical for the environment but also vital for economic development in many places where there is limited affordable energy of any kind," added Sergey Brin, Google Co-founder and President of Technology.
Strategic Investments and Grants
"Lots of groups are doing great work trying to produce inexpensive renewable energy. We want to add something that moves these efforts toward even cheaper technologies a bit more quickly. Usual investment criteria may not deliver the super low-cost, clean, renewable energy soon enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change," said Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, "Google.org's hope is that by funding research on promising technologies, investing in promising new companies, and doing a lot of R&D ourselves, we may help spark a green electricity revolution that will deliver breakthrough technologies priced lower than coal."
Working with RE<C, Google.org will make strategic investments and grants that demonstrate a path toward producing energy at an unsubsidized cost below that of coal-fired power plants. Google will work with a variety of organizations in the renewable energy field, including companies, R&D laboratories, and universities. For example, Google.org is working with two companies that have promising scalable energy technologies:
eSolar Inc., a Pasadena, CA-based company specializing in solar thermal power which replaces the fuel in a traditional power plant with heat produced from solar energy. eSolar's technology has great potential to produce utility-scale power cheaper than coal.
Makani Power Inc., an Alameda, CA-based company developing high-altitude wind energy extraction technologies aimed at harnessing the most powerful wind resources. High-altitude wind energy has the potential to satisfy a significant portion of current global electricity needs.
Ongoing Commitments
Today's announcement represents just the latest steps in Google's commitment to a clean and green energy future.
Google has been working hard on energy efficiency and making its business environmentally sustainable. Last spring the company announced its intention to be carbon neutral for 2007, and is on track to meet that goal. To this end, the company has taken concrete steps to reduce its carbon footprint and accelerate improvements in green technology, including:
Developing cutting-edge energy efficiency technology to power and cool its data centers in the U.S. and around the world.
Generating electricity for its Mountain View campus from a 1.6 Megawatt corporate solar panel installation, one of the largest in the U.S.
Accelerating development and adoption of plug-in vehicles through the RechargeIT initiative, including a $10 million request for investment proposals.
Joining with other industry leaders in 2007 to form the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a consortium that advocates the design and use of more energy-efficient computers and servers.
Working on policies that encourage renewable energy development and deployment, such as a U.S. Renewable Energy Standard, through Google.org.
Posted at 06:24 PM in Environmental Finance, Green Investment, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wave Energy, Wind Energy | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Shell Wind and TXU Announce Plans to Build World's Largest Wind Farm in Texas
Shell WindEnergy Inc. and Luminant, a subsidiary of TXU Corp., announced today a joint development agreement for a 3,000-megawatt wind project in the Texas Panhandle and to work together on other renewable energy developments in Texas.
Shell and Luminant will also explore the use of compressed air storage, in which excess power could be used to pump air underground for later use in generating electricity. This technology will further improve reliability and grid usage and becomes more economical with large-scale projects, such as proposed for Briscoe County.
Recent testimony by Shell before the Public Utility Commission of Texas demonstrated the Briscoe County project could deliver the lowest-cost wind energy for consumers. This low cost is driven by excellent wind resources and the comparatively lower cost to bring that energy to market from the Texas Panhandle region.
"Shell is constantly looking for solutions to deal with climate change and increasing our energy diversity. Wind is part of the answer. Our approach is a cost-effective solution for consumers," said John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Company.
"Luminant is committed to providing Texans with clean sources of energy, and this agreement with Shell is a real next step in delivering on that commitment" said Mike Childers, CEO of Luminant Development. "Luminant is already the state leader in wind-energy purchases, and co-developing this project would take us a long way toward our goal of doubling our portfolio."
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American Wind Energy Association Puts on Full Court Press to Support Congressional Establishment of National Renewable Energy Standard
The American Wind Energy Association has put on a full court press to support the bill in Congress to establish a renewable energy standard for the entire country. Today, states are left to impose renewable energy requirements. Many of these states allow the trading of renewable energy credits among utilities and parties, like wind energy developers, that produce the renewable energy credits.
The AWEA is even paying for television ads to try to convince 11 House members -- six Republicans and five Democrats -- to support a national renewable electricity standard when lawmakers debate energy legislation next week. The amendment would require utilities to provide 20 percent of their power from renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal energy by 2020.
The add can be seen at http://www.awea.org/newsroom/video/AWEA_TV_ad.html.
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Citibank Pledges $50 Billion Dollar Investment Program in Climate Change
Citibank has made a major decision on investing in climate change in a press release recenlty issued. The press release in its entirety is provided below.
Citi Targets $50 Billion Over 10 Years to Address Global Climate Change
Includes Significant Increases in Investment and Financing of Alternative Energy, Clean Technology, and Other Carbon-Emission Reduction Activities
Builds on Existing $10 Billion Climate Change Activities
New York – Citi today announced that it will direct $50 billion over the next 10 years to address global climate change through investments, financings and related activities to support the commercialization and growth of alternative energy and clean technology among the clients and markets it serves, as well as within its own businesses and operations.
The $50 billion target is a realistic estimate based on market-based activities and transactions with clients as well as energy saving, "green" projects within Citi's own operations. This target includes nearly $10 billion in activities Citi has already undertaken to address climate change to date, and is the latest example of Citi's ongoing efforts in the broader environmental arena, including investments to control its own environmental footprint, advice to clients on risks and opportunities, and policy engagement.
"With a presence in more than 100 countries, Citi holds a unique position within the global community. This informs our commitment to bring forward the best solutions for our clients, while also benefiting the people and the communities where we operate," said Charles Prince, Chairman and CEO of Citi.
"One area where we believe we have this opportunity is on environmental and climate issues, which pose a significant challenge to the world, to the global economy, and to clients and require forceful action," Prince said. "The comprehensive program we are announcing today is not a wish-list, but a realistic, achievable plan that serves a critical global need and responds to an emerging investment opportunity."
Citi has long been active on environmental issues, as evidenced by its initial and ongoing leadership in the development of the Equator Principles, which established best practices for assessing and mitigating social and environmental risks in project finance. Citi has also called for the development of global and U.S. frameworks that will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, drive innovation and opportunity, bring clarity and certainty to the markets and achieve a level playing field.
"As a global leader in financial services, we recognize our responsibility to confront climate change and the importance of identifying and helping implement new solutions for our clients and our businesses. We will continue to partner with environmental experts and clients as we address this issue," Prince said.
"This new initiative is an excellent complement to Citi's call for stronger, market-based climate policy in the United States and abroad," said Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. "Citi understands how profoundly climate change will transform the economy, and they are pioneering opportunities for the capital markets to meet the climate challenge."
Citi's activities in the area of climate change span its entire business and operations. They include:
Corporate-Wide
Citi will increase ten-fold, to $10 billion, its commitment to reduce its corporate environmental footprint through its own real estate portfolio, procurement and energy use, as part of its pledge to reduce GHG emissions by 10% by 2011. This ambitious undertaking across Citi's more than 14,500 global facilities is driven by the creation of a Global Energy Council; purchase of 52,283 MWh of green power for operations; and its goal of achieving environmental certification (e.g. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED in the U.S.) for the construction of all new office buildings and operations centers and evaluation of existing larger facilities.
In 2007, two major U.S. office facilities in Dallas and New York City are in the process of achieving LEED status, with a new office tower in Long Island City, NY, housing 1,500 employees, achieving LEED Silver rating, and a data center in Europe that is being designed to achieve LEED Gold status. Citi expects to open LEED-certified retail branches in 2008, and has already begun installation of 100% recycled materials.
Citi Markets & Banking
Citi's Markets & Banking group plans to invest in and finance over $31 billion in clean energy and alternative technology over the next ten years through the expansion of existing activities and the launch of new client services. With committed investments and financings approaching $7.5 billion to date, the Markets & Banking group sees tremendous opportunities to support companies working in alternative energies such as solar, wind, hydro and geothermal; helping to commercialize energy efficiency ideas; and facilitating investments in aging infrastructure using clean and efficient technologies.
Citi has a growing portfolio of equity investments in renewable energy projects, including wind farms in Minnesota and New Mexico. Citi recently advised and financed the $2.15 billion acquisition of a major US wind portfolio by EDP - Energias de Portugal that plans to bring over 9,000 MW of new wind development projects to market. Citi also underwrote US Green Bonds for a green/carbon neutral real-estate development in Syracuse, NY, and will continue developing innovative financial products to support clients as they implement climate change initiatives.
Since 2006, Citi has also provided advisory services in targeted GHG-intensive sectors to help clients analyze and understand carbon exposure and reduction strategies, building on Citi's industry leading environmental and social risk management (ESRM) capabilities.
Citi Alternative Investments
Various businesses at Citi Alternative Investments (CAI) have been active in making environmentally friendly investments. For example, as part of the Sustainable Development Investment Program, CVC International has invested $150 million to date, including such notable transactions as Suzlon Wind Energy, a wind turbine manufacturer based in India, and Sindicatum Carbon Capital, a developer of projects that reduce GHG emissions globally. Citi Property Investors (CPI) invests in sustainable building projects. Its first such investment was in the Loreto Bay Company, a 5,000-home community in Baja California, Mexico that is one of the largest sustainable resort communities in North America.
Underscoring Citi's continued commitment to the environment, in April 2007, CAI created a standalone investment center called Sustainable Development Investments (SDI). SDI builds on Citi's Sustainable Development Investment Program with an expected ten-fold increase in its capital commitment to over $2 billion of private equity over the next ten years in renewable and alternative energy, clean technologies, energy efficiency, carbon credit markets, waste and water management and sustainable forestry. Similarly, CPI intends to commit $500 million to investments in sustainable building projects over the next 10 years.
Global Consumer Group
Citi's consumer franchise is offering climate friendly mortgage, card and commercial finance products to its clients. In the summer of 2006, CitiMortgage and Sharp Electronics Corporation, the world's leading producer of solar cells and U.S. subsidiary of Sharp Corporation (Osaka, Japan), signed a joint marketing agreement that enables Sharp's Solar Energy Solutions Group offer home equity loans and lines of credit through CitiMortgage as an additional financing option for homeowners to purchase and install solar electric systems. The home equity program offers customers an affordable alternative to make this energy-efficient upgrade to their homes.
Citi's commercial finance and leasing division, CitiCapital, is more than doubling its commitment to facilitating the reduction of carbon-gas emissions and promoting sustainability by 2010. Its CitiCapital Energy Finance Unit has an existing portfolio of over $1 billion from underwriting energy efficiency upgrades for universities, local school districts and various municipalities in the United States, allowing clients to amortize the cost savings of improvement over a 15- to 20-year period generally without capital outlays.
In the workplace, Citi recently demonstrated its commitment to healthy work settings and environmental responsibility with its new Citi Cards facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, which was designed with numerous environmentally sustainable features.
In addition, Citi Community Development is building on its existing investing activities to include green-related investments, such as renewable energy tax credit investments and green private equity investments. And members of Citi's popular "Thank you" points rewards program can redeem points for a range of environmentally responsible rewards.
Global Wealth Management
Citi Investment Research issued over 70 climate-related notes in 2006. A major thematic investment research report by Edward Kerschner, Chief Investment Officer of Citi Investment Research, highlights the investment opportunities and implications of a changing climate. Based on this report, Citi is holding a two-day conference on June 5-6, 2007, that will bring senior executives from the corporate, political, regulatory and advisory arenas together with influential global investors to discuss the issue.
Citi Smith Barney and Citi Private Bank also advise clients on opportunities in the socially responsible investment arena, including climate-friendly opportunities.
Citi Private Bank and the Financial Times have created an Environmental Award for businesses from around the world that have significantly improved their environmental performance. The focus in 2007 is on GHG reductions, and the inaugural awards event will be held in London on September 19, 2007.
Additional Activities
Citibank, Citi Smith Barney, and Citi Cards now offer paperless statements to customers. For each client who elects to take advantage of this opportunity, a tree is planted.
Citi actively engages on the issue of climate change with stakeholders, including clients, employees and non-governmental organizations and socially responsible investors.
In 2006, the Citi Foundation provided $2 million in grants for sustainable enterprise, including climate-related programs in alternative energy and sustainable forestry and agriculture, and expects to continue to develop and grow this portfolio. The Citi Foundation currently supports projects such as the Ecologic Development Fund, which works in Honduras and Panama to produce community-based carbon offsets via the reforestation of a reserve.
Citi endorses industry-wide efforts to advance climate solutions, and is actively involved with other corporations on climate change in such groups as Columbia University's Global Roundtable on Climate Change (GROCC), the Pew Center on Global Climate Change's Business Environmental Leadership Council, the 3C initiative led by Vattenfall, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program (REEEP).
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Starting pay well below minimum wages is turning people off apprenticeships, union warns
Connect calls for Government to address loophole that leaves some first year apprentices earning less than €7 per hour
Apprentice Plumbers competing in an a national skills competition in Bolton Street Bolton Street where Irelands top apprentice plumbers. File photograph: Alan Betson / THE IRISH TIMES
Emmet Malone
Thu Dec 1 2022 - 17:33
Starting pay scales that fall well short of the country's minimum rates are deterring young workers from taking up apprenticeships and leaving the building and related sectors facing the prospect of even greater staff shortages than are currently being experienced, according to the country's largest engineering sector union.
The Connect union has called on the Government to abolish a clause that exists in current legislation exempting apprentices from minimum wage legislation, something it says will leave more than 8,000 apprentices earning as little as €6.84 over the coming year.
The €6.84 rate applies to first year apprentice craft workers in the construction sector with those starting out to become electricians initially earning €8.45 per hour, well short of the €10.50 minimum wage in effect across the economy generally.
"A lot of the people affected by this are over 21, you have 25 year-old with kids looking to start out to get qualified," says Connect's Brian Nolan.
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"Before, you have had what might have been regarded as kids starting out but now a lot of apprentices go to college first or do some other work before thinking that they would rather go back and be an apprentice.
"The rates improve in year two, or they are supposed to; there is a backlog in terms of getting through the system because of Covid and some employers don't move the apprentices on when they are supposed to because they are still waiting to start the next stage of the apprenticeship, but it is a big barrier to anyone looking to enter one of these areas.
"Being realistic, we can't expect individual companies to increase the rates because they are all concerned about getting undercut but their rivals. It needs a change to the legislation," he says.
This would involvement an amendment to the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, the union says, which is what it is calling for.
In total, there are about 22,500 apprentices in the country working for some 8,000 employers and the Government, facing the prospect of an ongoing skills shortage in particular sectors, has run a variety of schemes to provide recruitment.
In many cases pay rates applicable to apprentices are based on percentages of qualified workers' earnings.
The Department of Enterprise was asked for a response.
Emmet Malone is Industry and Employment Correspondent at The Irish Times
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The best-case scenario for settling once and for all the Republican presidential nominating calendar kerfuffle would be for Nevada to move its caucus back three days to Jan. 17, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and state GOP Chairman Matt Strawn said Tuesday.
Their comments came a day after the state party voted to set Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses for Tuesday, Jan. 3.
Moving Nevada's caucuses would allow New Hampshire to hold its first-in-the-nation primary on Jan. 10 while still providing ample campaign time before and after all the lead-off nominating events.
The nominating calendar has been in flux for weeks now, since Florida bullied its primary to Jan. 28, ahead of the original dates set by Iowa and New Hampshire. That prompted Nevada to moves its caucuses to Jan. 14, which in turn threatened to push the Iowa and New Hampshire contests into December.
With the Iowa GOP's vote last night, only New Hampshire has not, as yet, set a date.


Gary Kaufman had a blank IMSAI MPU-A scanned and did a prototype run of boards. This is the same scanning technique that we've used on the OSI reproduction boards and my SSM IO-2 reproduction. I tweaked the Gerber files for him and added info regarding the design's status as a reproduction. Gary will be selling production-run blank boards soonish at around $30-40 per board depending on final costs. The boards will be run with hard gold edge plating (the prototype above is HASL, of course). I'll be building up a few parts kits for these boards.
Board are in production, and I'll offer them up in a few weeks.
I also have Altair 8080 CPU boards being fabricated.
Several folks including Glitch have been a huge help in making this possible.
There will be parts kits available for both, as well. Just got in an order of correct Thermalloy heat sinks!
Did you do a prototype run of the Altair CPU too? If so has Glitch and/or others tested a prototype of the Altair CPU?
When orders are taken I'll commit to three (3) each of the Imsai and Altair CPU boards and parts kits for all.
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I did a prototype run of the Altair CPU as well. Here's a picture of a board built up by Martin Eberhard.
What are the prices for bare boards?
Just waiting to figure my final costs, but will be in the $30 - $40 each range for bare boards. About 1/2 the cost will be going to cover the purchase/borrowing of the bare boards, scanning and prototype production/shipping.
I should be ready to offer boards in about 2 weeks.
Super excited to have reproduction boards actually *available* to us hobbyists at a fair price. I believe Gary is running them full-spec with hard gold plating and all, so they should also be very *durable* reproductions. Drives me nuts to see more expensive boards with HASL or ENIG on an edge connector!
I thought that was on purpose because they are so close It is an excellent reproduction.


What do you need to know about the encryption killing legislation?
Apple calls for comprehensive US privacy laws.
A 20 year old German man orchestrated a serious and sophisticated data breach which affected more than 1000 people.
The attack was focused on German and European politicians at all levels including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Frank Walter Steinmeier and hundreds of public figures and celebrities.
The 20 year old hacker took to Twitter to drip feed the information depicted as an advent calendar by releasing new data each day in December. Information exposed included contact details, credit card and financial information, chat records, photographs and other personal information.
Reuters' reported that the hacker is a student who lives at home with his parents, has no formal computer education and was motivated by irritation over statements made by politicians and public figures.
The widespread nature of this attack has resulted in a number of government officials calling for tighter laws.
It is clear that no-one is safe from a data breach – even those elected representatives who enact the laws designed to protect against them.
As a company if you don't comply you could be hit with a fine of up to almost $10 million dollars.
You do have a defence though – if the requests will undermine your encryption systems, making them inherently less secure you do not have comply.
If you would like to know more about how the new legislation will affect you feel free to contact us for any assistance or information.
According to a report published by BitSight on 4 December 2018, "Are the New European Cybersecurity Regulations Working?", Europe is one of the only exceptions to a global decline in security performance. There are regular occurrences of cybersecurity compromises around the world, with some sectors such as Technology consistently performing weaker than others. Companies in the Finance sector continue to be the world's strongest cybersecurity performers, due to their high regulative overlay. While "continental cybersecurity performance continues to decline", in Europe, cybersecurity performance is improving to an extent unlike any other continent in the world.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially went into effect in the European Union in May 2018. The GDPR is a landmark European Union law, that sets significant punitive fines at up to 4% of global revenue if organisations do not implement a broad set of cybersecurity requirements in certain circumstances. In the months following the implementation of the GDPR, European security performance has consistently improved and now significantly surpasses all other continents. In this same time frame, Oceania's cybersecurity performance has spiralled downwards.
BitSight states "the chorus for GDPR-style regulation is growing internationally". The statistics certainly support this. However others argue that countries like the US demonstrate significant competitive advantage in developing highly valuable big data and social media intellectual property because of the lower regulatory environment encouraging innovators. The value to economies of these industry segments is significant.
It's uncomfortable to think one of the world's biggest business leaders has this week stood up and told us all "our own information from the everyday to the deeply personal is being weaponized against us with military efficiency" what's more uncomfortable, these powerful words are only a small snippet of a seriously forceful and passionate speech Tim Cook delivered in Brussels on Wednesday.


Fast Company is hiring a full-time senior producer to oversee one of the fastest-growing parts of the organization: digital video production.
The senior video producer oversees production of spot news as well as ongoing franchises such as Innovation Agents, Creative Conversations, and Work Smart. On a normal day this person is researching and sourcing original stories, developing new series concepts, lining up crews and going into the field, overseeing post-production, and distributing final cuts across multiple channels and platforms.
The job is part quality control and part creative director. Storytelling does not happen in a vacuum, it requires ongoing collaboration with reporters, editors, designers, animators, and other video producers. Experience managing a stable of freelancers, working with production houses, negotiating competitive rates, and making sure that freelancers deliver high quality product is essential. People who have succeeded at this job in the past have around eight years of production experience, and have worked for major broadcast or digital publications. But the most important asset is a passion for crafting compelling narratives that evoke emotion, possess news value, and have high production quality.
Fast Company's investment in video has increased in the past year, and now includes two full-frame DSLR cameras, a pro lighting package, high-end audio capture equipment, and a dedicated XSAN server. Only apply if you are confident in your ability to use these tools, and fluent with video editing software (Final Cut 7, Final Cut 10, or Adobe Premiere).


Pantomime Fever hits Albert Road for Cinderella press launch! Starring Jake Quickenden, Simon Grant, Marcus Patrick, Jack Edwards, Natasha Barnes, Tom Owen, Harry Howle, Paul Lawrence-Thomas & Kaya Rose.
The summer is not quite over but the Kings Theatre 2018 panto team were working hard today on showcasing their Christmas pantomime cast in Cinderella.
The fabulous cast of Cinderella were all smiles ahead of their winter performance. Winner of Dancing on Ice. Jake Quickenden is heading up the choice cast this year.
Natasha Barnes, who shot to stardom in Funny Girl in the West End is heading to the Kings Theatre stage for the very first time, along with Kaya Rose playing Cinderella, Tom Owen playing the Baron and Paul Lawrence-Thomas & Harry Howle as the Ugly Sisters.
Enter the entrancing happy-ever-after-land of a fairy tale princess as Cinderella returns to the Kings Theatre this Christmas with two ugly sisters, one handsome prince, and her Fairy Godmother.


The Cobham Training Ground is the training ground of Chelsea Football Club located in the village of Stoke d'Abernon near to the village of Cobham, Surrey. The Chelsea first team have trained at Stoke D'Abernon since 2005, but it was not officially opened until 2007.
Costing a reported £20m, the training ground is on a 140 acre site and, like a campus, it houses all of the club's football activities, from the first team to the academy, reserve and women's teams. It features "the latest in training, rehabilitation, medical, pitch and media technology" and its facilities include 30 football pitches (three with undersoil heating and six to Premier League standard), an indoor artificial pitch, a media centre, a medical centre, gyms, cold immersion pools, a sauna, a steam room and a 56 ft HydroWorx hydrotherapy pool.


Earlier cars had a wide petrol engine choice from a slowish 1.
A bowler who can be relied on to bowl a slowish long-hop outside off stump will be carefully chosen," he advised.
It was a good ride from Glyn from a moderate draw and off a slowish pace.
She won on slowish at Bath under a penalty and she has a good attitude.
The left-handed opener hit 67 off 48 balls after Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed's 42 off 31 in Yorkshire's 180 for five on a slowish pitch.
On a slowish pitch with pink balls which, the participants report, have gone very soft after about 30 overs, any target around 250 would be a tough ask for a Warwickshire side which has suffered more than its share of batting collapses this season.
Having garnered only two runs from five overs at the outset of their partnership, the pair added 47 from the next five with both batsmen hitting Taylor for six and Sean Ervine conceding 20 runs in his two overs of anodyne slowish bowling.
Pant and Sarfaraz, played contrasting innings on a slowish track.
Everton defender Phil Jagielka, an England team-mate of Kane, said: "He'll deal with the slowish start he's had and it will make him a better player.
a "Batting has been tricky at times but less so at others on a slowish pitch.
We had a slowish start but we are away from home and you want to see how the game goes for the first 20 minutes.