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Beyond Megawatts: Emerging waste streams in clean energy transition
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most significant drivers of energy demand growth in modern history. As hyperscale data centers expand across North America to support AI processing, cloud infrastructure, and high-density computing, utilities and developers are accelerating investments in renewable energy projects at unprecedented speed. Much of the public conversation surrounding this transition has focused on solar photovoltaic (PV) deployment.
The Classic Horror Film Board-Scariest made-for-TV monster you can think of?
We've updated our Privacy Policy and by continuing you're agreeing to the updated terms. Share with: Link: Robert Laughlin Easy. The energy monster in the "Outer Limits" episode "It Crawled out of the Woodwork". That one still scares me when I watch the ep on DVD. The earwigs from the Night Gallery episode The Caterpillar (though they're never seen). "They're like children.
The Classic Horror Film Board-Love at First Bite (1979)
We've updated our Privacy Policy and by continuing you're agreeing to the updated terms. Share with: Link: Robert Laughlin Does anyone else have a soft spot for this horror comedy? I tried to find a pre-existing thread for it, and failed.
The Classic Horror Film Board-The glitches are back
We've updated our Privacy Policy and by continuing you're agreeing to the updated terms. Share with: Link: Robert Laughlin Yuku has been winking in and out of service all morning. Sometimes I get a placard that says they're doing maintenance, and sometimes I get a screen full of whiteness.
The Classic Horror Film Board-Most appalling waste of an all-star cast
We've updated our Privacy Policy and by continuing you're agreeing to the updated terms. Share with: Link: Robert Laughlin The Black Sleep had Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Basil Rathbone and John Carradine, but the film was still a crashing bore. (It also had Tor Johnson, but he probably turned out to be a jinx. When was Tor ever in a film that was any good?) Can the rest of you supply examples of movies that enlisted a whole squad of horror stars, and all for nothing?
The Classic Horror Film Board-The glitches are back
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The Classic Horror Film Board-The glitches are back
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The Classic Horror Film Board-The glitches are back
We've updated our Privacy Policy and by continuing you're agreeing to the updated terms. Share with: Link: Robert Laughlin Yuku has been winking in and out of service all morning. Sometimes I get a placard that says they're doing maintenance, and sometimes I get a screen full of whiteness.
How Energy From Algae Can Lead to Our Next Biofuel
Drawing energy from algae farms is still costly, but can someday soon join a growing family of sustainable green biofuels. By Robert B. Laughlin | January 2014 Our newest sustainable and green biofuel may be right around the corner as we improve ways to draw energy from algae farms. Photo courtesy Jurvetson From author Robert B. Laughlin, "Powering the Future" explores the future of alternative energy and biofuels, and in the process reinvigorates the conversation about the future of energy.
LETTER: Hurrah for some good news
THE LATEST David Dandrea Henderson December 27, 2020 - 9:00 pmDecember 27, 2020 - 9:00 pm Wow. I have just been so worried for so long that the new federal stimulus bill would not include money for Pakistan gender studies and for Jordan, Africa, Egypt and, of course, The Kennedy Center. Robert Webb Las Vegas December 27, 2020 - 9:00 pmDecember 27, 2020 - 9:00 pm Thank you, Gov. Steve Sisolak, for putting the health and welfare of hardened criminals above law-abiding older, vulnerable Nevadans.
Me and My Breakfast Cereal
‘There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now,’ William Thomson, Lord Kelvin asserted at the British Association meeting in 1900. ‘All that remains is more and more precise measurement.’ Not to be outdone, the American scientist Albert Michelson said: ‘The grand underlying principles have been firmly established; further truths of physics are to be looked for in the sixth place of decimals.’ Nature repeatedly reveals the limits of our collective imagination.
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Time and elements take their toll | Ledger Independent – Maysville Online
In Kentucky’s Covered Bridges, A Bower Bridge Company photograph on page 110 illustrates a long covered bridge identified as the bridge over Lee’s Creek on the old alignment of U.S. 68 near May’s Lick. The photograph was taken circa 1900 during a repair. The bridge is heavily adorned with advertisements for a Maysville department store though the name of the store is not evident. Further research has determined that this is not the bridge near May’s Lick and may, perhaps, be of an Ohio bridge.
Covered bridges of Mason County: And then there was one | Ledger Independent – Maysville Online
Officially recognized as Kentucky’s oldest covered bridge, the 60-foot Dover Bridge over Lee’s Creek is an unusual modified queenpost truss credibly believed to date to 1835. It has been stated many times that it was originally a toll bridge, but, in fact, it was not. Dover stands at what was at the head of the Lee’s Creek Turnpike and the toll house stood adjacent the bridge to the southeast. The covered bridge was, itself, a free bridge owned by the county.
Covered bridges of Mason County: Here a bridge, there a bridge | Ledger Independent – Maysville Online
Aside from the early mill dam at the old buffalo crossing, the earliest mention of a permanent structured crossing in Mason County is in the journal of Fortescue Cuming published in 1810. Cuming chronicled his “Tour of the Western Country;” his journey from Ohio, through Mississippi and to west Florida between 1807 and 1809. In writing of his time passing though Kentucky, he encountered a wood bridge “some 230’ in length” across North Fork downstream of the present crossing of US 68.
'Men at Work: Julie, an initiative circulator' by Robert Laughlin
I decided right away that I wasn’t going to be obnoxious. We’ve all seen those guys stationed at megamarts, standing behind trestle tables, cupping their hands and hawking their petitions to passersby. Last year I went shopping at Target, and one of them was right there shouting out his lungs. I was so happy that a guy entering the store happened to have a bullhorn.
Covered bridges of Mason County: How it all began | Ledger Independent – Maysville Online
“Covered bridges were first built in the 1790s but did not become popular until after 1814.” This passage has been repeated in relief on the historical markers adorning most of Kentucky’s covered bridges since 1968. The statement was made casually and without valediction in response to a question asked in a meeting to determine the verbiage of the first such marker to be erected at a Kentucky covered bridge.
Omeros Corporation: Setting The Record Straight
I find the relationship between the fundamental progress a company makes as it pursues its various initiatives and manifestation of that progress in the stock price to be quite a fascinating subject. (OMER) has seen an incredibly wild stock price over the years; it's no secret that short-sellers have meaningfully impacted the extent of that volatility.
How Pharma And Life Sciences M&A Activity Shows Omeros Corporation Is Extremely Undervalued
In "The Next Billion Dollar Blockbuster: Why Value Investors Should Look At Omeros (Part 2)", (NASDAQ: OMER) we explored the valuation of Omidria as a standalone business based on a variety of forward-earnings multiple scenarios. To derive the earnings need to formulate the schedule of valuations, we adjusted Omeros' Q3 revenue assumptions and cost structure to build a pro forma showing Omidria's after-tax economics.
Sorry, Tesla And Bitcoin: The Societal Merits Of An Asset Never Exempts It From Traditional Valuation Metrics In The Long-Term
Think about what America was just three centuries ago and juxtapose that with what we have now -- it boggles the mind. America has unleashed the potential in many, which has increased the quality of virtually everyone's life. The inventive power is simply awesome.
The Largest (Legal) Money-Transfer Scheme In History
I recently was contacted by a friend who expressed his dissatisfaction with his investment advisor's performance. He wanted my recommendation as to where he should move his assets next. My friend, who shall remain nameless, has about $2 million with a large wealth management firm, which shall also remain nameless. My friend's assets were being managed by a Financial Advisor, who charged him a percentage of his total assets under management as his advisory fee.
The Next Billion Dollar Blockbuster: Why Value Investors Should Look At Omeros (Part 2)
The focus of this part of the article series will be to describe the valuation we have generated for Omidria as a separate business using a forward-earnings multiple model. In our soon-to-come Marketplace subscription service, we will reveal and distribute our interactive, modifiable 10-year forward-earnings valuation and DCF models exclusively to the subscriber. This article uses our two-year forward earnings model only.
Herbalife: The Upcoming Catalyst Expected To Bring The Company Down
Herbalife (NYSE:HL) has implemented a variety of financial engineering tactics over the years to prop up or manage the decline of their stock price. The most recent, and especially powerful tactic, has been their share buyback campaigns. In February of 2017, Herbalife levered up to launch $1.5 billion share buyback program.
The Next Billion Dollar Blockbuster: Why Value Investors Should Look At Omeros Corporation (Part 1)
As an indoctrinated Graham and Dodd value investor, I was quite reluctant to step into the small-cap biopharmaceutical space, for obvious reasons. Among many factors, the ultra-high earnings (if any) and book multiples didn't exactly jive with the 'margin of safety' concept Graham so eloquently penned in The Intelligent Investor. Then, there was the complexity of the development of the molecules, the nuances of the FDA approval process, etc.
10 Things to Require from Your Access Control Provider
Access control providers continue to develop innovative new technologies that deliver greater value and control for end users, but technology is only one part of the access control story. Equally important is what happens before, during and after the sale, so that you get the most out of your access control system. What are the 10 things that you should demand and receive from your access control provider?
Herbalife: The Fundamental Future
The price of a stock in the short-term can be manipulated to temporality appease a subset of investors. This can be accomplished by the implementation of one or more tactics; the most successful manipulators are those who can strategically implement these tactics to produce on-demand, orchestrated capital flows into, and sometimes even out of, the targeted securities. The capital many come from within the company and/or third-parties.
How to Evaluate Your Access Control Provider’s Customer Service
Sometimes choosing a vendor or service provider is as simple as asking a colleague who they use in their organization. Other times you need to go through a formal bidding process using requests for proposals, or RFPs. But the critical nature of access control and other security products and systems makes it extremely important to select a vendor who delivers strong customer service and satisfaction, helping you create a secure enterprise and better mitigate security risks.
Herbalife: The Feasibility Of Privatization
According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, the average leverage levels of private-equity-backed loan deals are nearing pre-crisis levels, according to research at S&P Global Market Intelligence. This leverage ratio is defined as a company’s Total (Net) Debt-to-EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization). Alarmingly, the share of leveraged loans without traditional covenants is also skyrocketing, globally. These loans are called covenant-lite of “cov-lite” loans.
The Thoughtful Investor's Framework: Risk, Intrinsic Values, And Market Participants
Risk, when investing in financial assets, should always be thought about in the context of the current and expected future earning power of the asset being considered, and the price one can buy the asset for in order to expose themselves to the cash the assets are expected to provide in the future.
Herbalife: Credit Facility Covenant Violation Is A Real Threat
Effective capital allocators repurchase outstanding shares of their company when they believe there is a favorable divergence between the company's intrinsic value and market value. This divergence allows the repurchaser to buy back their currency at a "discount", which ultimately is accretive to the shareholders, assuming that the capital could not have been used elsewhere to generate a higher internal rate of return.
Quality, Flexibility and Service Create Trust and Value for ‘Made in America’ Products Overseas -- Security Today
There is still a great deal of value in “Made in America.” While some companies manufacture products in China and other countries where low-cost labor is readily available, there is still a great deal of value in “Made in America.” Naturally, this sentiment is true here in the U.S., but you may be surprised to learn that the perceived value of American products overseas is equally high.
Understanding and Addressing Reliability Challenges with Cloud-Based Security Systems
Without question, the cloud has transformed the security industry landscape in recent years. And with good reason, as storing security data off-site in centralized data centers delivers a number of advantages, including physical protection, data backup and redundancy, cybersecurity and other factors that go far beyond what on-premise solutions are able to provide.
Making Your Demands
The two things you should expect from your security provider In today’s highly competitive environment, it is extremely important that providers have both the experience to deliver the right solution and the ability to deliver strong customer service. In the security industry, one solution in high demand is the use of mobile apps for critical functions such as credentialing, remote operations and alerts.
Access Control at Stadiums and Large Venues
This article originally ran in our sister publication Security Sales & Integration. Whether it’s a college football stadium in Los Angeles, the new arena on the Las Vegas Strip or a convention hall in Philadelphia, credentialing of the venue’s part- and full-time employees is an important security practice. While the large numbers of individuals this involves can be overwhelming, the process ensures the highest level of safety and security for people, assets and venues in general.
The Plain Facts about Airport Access Control Systems
At the 2016 AAAE (American Association of Airport Executives) Airport Credentialing and Access Control Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, discussions centered around the rapidly evolving aviation security landscape, specifically with regard to renewed federal priorities on employee vetting and employee access control at airports.
Why Access Control is the Key to Securing Large Venues
Whether it’s the new arena on the Las Vegas Strip, a convention hall in Philadelphia or a college football stadium in Los Angeles, credentialing of the venue’s part- and full-time employees is an important security practice. While the large numbers of individuals this involves can be overwhelming, the process ensures the highest level of safety and security for people, assets and venues in general. To meet this requirement, organizations rely on today’s advanced access control systems.
7 Benefits of Working with Small Access Control Providers
From large school districts to smaller, single-campus institutions, executives have an obligation to protect their employees, premises and assets, making security a chief concern for everyone. As a primary element of security, access control has the ability to deliver on these needs, and with a wide variety of providers to choose from, solutions are available at price points that are attractive to every type of institution.
7 Ways Working with Small Security Providers is Better Than Working with the Big Guys
From large global companies to smaller family-owned shops, businesses have a need to protect their employees, premises and assets, making security a chief concern for everyone. As a primary element of security, access control has the ability to deliver on these needs, and with a wide variety of providers to choose from, solutions are available at price points that are attractive to all organizations.
What the Earth Knows - The American Scholar
Any serious conversation about the planet’s climate and our energy future must begin, paradoxically, with a backward look at geologic time. The reason for this is that the way forward is fogged by misunderstandings about the earth. Experts are little help in the constant struggle in this conversation to separate myth from reality, because they have the same difficulty, and routinely demonstrate it by talking past each other.
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