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Jonathan Allen

Electric cars may not be so green after all, says British study | The Australian - 0 views

www.theaustralian.com.au/...story-e6frg8y6-1226073103576

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  • An electric car owner would have to drive at least 129,000km before producing a net saving in CO2. Many electric cars will not travel that far in their lifetime because they typically have a range of less than 145km on a single charge and are unsuitable for long trips. Even those driven 160,000km would save only about a tonne of CO2 over their lifetimes.
  • The British study, which is the first analysis of the full lifetime emissions of electric cars covering manufacturing, driving and disposal, undermines the case for tackling climate change by the rapid introduction of electric cars.
  • Britain's roads to increase from a few hundred now to 1.7 million by 2020.
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  • $66 million over the next year giving up to 8,600 buyers of electric cars a grant of $7700 towards the purchase price. Ministers are considering extending the scheme.
  • The study was commissioned by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, which is jointly funded by the British government and the car industry. It found that a mid-size electric car would produce 23.1 tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime, compared with 24 tonnes for a similar petrol car.
  • Emissions from manufacturing electric cars are at least 50 per cent higher because batteries are made from materials such as lithium, copper and refined silicon, which require much energy to be processed.
  • CO2 from producing an electric car rises to 12.6 tonnes, compared with 5.6 tonnes for a petrol car
  • Jonathan Allen on 02 Jul 12
     
    An article outlining the negative environmental impact of electric vehicles. The biggest point of interest is being an Australian new site, but using information from the UK.
  • Jonathan Allen on 02 Jul 12
     
    Australia news using information provided by U.K.'s C.C.C. to refute negative impact of electric vehicles.
Robert Harrison

Northern Arizona Athletics - NauAthletics.com - 0 views

www.nauathletics.com/...news34

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  • Other improvements and renovations include: * For the players: New locker rooms and improved training and weight rooms * For the media, staff and coaches: A new press box with elevator access and new, upgraded administrative offices * For the fans: New entryways, concourse areas, restrooms, enhanced retail space and new, more comfortable seating that allows for an enhanced viewing experience
  • 2010 Football Budget Expenses        Scholarships                1,198,000 Salary and Benefits     532,000 Operational Costs       618,000 Total Expenses          2,348,000
  • Revenues Gate Receipts              138,000 Guarantees                  320,000 Donations                    45,000 State Support              365,000 Institutional Support   1,480,000 Total Revenue           2,348,000
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  • Football self generates approximately $500,000 and our goal is to increase this to 50% of expenses or 1.1 million dollars.
  • Robert Harrison on 17 Jul 12
     
    Article talks about the improvements and renovations it has done to the Skydome at NAU. (J.L. Walkup Skydome). Not making as much as brother and sister universities like ASU or U of A in football, have done well to keep the expenses and earnings level.
Jonathan Allen

Electric Cars Aren't Very Eco-Friendly, Says New Study | Habledash - 0 views

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  • "According to the study
  • Jonathan Allen on 02 Jul 12
     
    A perspective given on the governments push for more environmentally safe vehicles. A great deal of reference to the material outlined in another article (hyper linked)
  • Jonathan Allen on 02 Jul 12
     
    Perspective on U.S. government pushing green energy
Daniel Opie

Learn a Language | Free Online Language Learning - 0 views

www.learnalanguage.com

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  • Daniel Opie on 03 Jul 12
     
    learing a new language to broden your horizens and make yourself bi lingula and achieve your dreams
Billy Gerchick

ebrary: Library Info - 0 views

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  • Billy Gerchick on 05 Jul 12
     
    Need Authoritative Information? Your library offers e-books from trusted publishers in all academic subject areas along with powerful research tools with Academic Complete™! New: Download e-books onto multiple devices. And try ebrary's app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch!
jeremy jakubowski

Acting in time on Energy Policy - 0 views

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  • jeremy jakubowski on 05 Jul 12
     
    I only briefly scanned over this book. It seems this might touch on how the government is focusing on new ways of energy consumption.
Oluronke Salako

Internet Fraud: The Dangers You, as a New, Unsuspecting User, are Exposed to Online - 2 views

Internet frauds may not be apparent to you, if you are new to the Internet. But, make no mistake! It does not seem to be real until you are actually bitten by an on-line scam. Those who do fall pre...

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anonymous

Can This Black Box See Into the Future? - Science News - redOrbit - 1 views

www.redorbit.com/..._black_box_see_into_the_future

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  • anonymous on 25 Jul 12
     
    Red Orbit article. Can a black box see into the future?
Billy Gerchick

Pew Research Center - 4 views

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  • Billy Gerchick on 05 Jul 12
     
    "Numbers, Facts, and Trends Shaping [our] World." PEW is the most reliable, objective source for macro research I know of; use and feel welcome to cite this source for factual information.
jeremy jakubowski

The New Atlantis - 1 views

www.thenewatlantis.com

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  • jeremy jakubowski on 07 Jul 12
     
    Excellent content regarding technology and society
Jonathan Allen

Green Cars - Environmentally Friendly Cars- Eco Cars - 0 views

www.environment-green.com/Green_Cars.html

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  • A board certified cardiologist has provided assurances that a person with a pacemaker can safely drive a hybrid.  
  • You should avoid coming within inches of the engine to avoid harmful complications
  •  Another concern of the hybrid car is the stealth nature and danger it may pose to the seeing impaired.
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  • One concern that has not been fully resolved is the electromagnetic field created and the possibility of certain cancers due to them.
  • Studies suggest that the risk is real; just as real as the other EMF given off from other electrical devices we use every day including computers and cell phones.
  • Electric cars are not new; they have been around since the 1800’s and were among the first vehicles ever built.
  •  One such fear is the harm to people with pacemakers.
  • Jonathan Allen on 02 Jul 12
     
    Interesting listing of possible health concerns from electric vehicles. As well good information on alternative fueled vehicles and hybrids.
  • Jonathan Allen on 02 Jul 12
     
    A good listing of possible health concerns that (could) result from electric vehicles. And information on alternative fuel vehicles and hybrids.
Daniel Opie

Stem Cells Poised To Grow Organs For Transplant - 1 views

www.medicalnewstoday.com/...134025.php

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  • Grekos showed the successful engraftment of stem cells into damaged organs and subsequent regeneration of tissue.
  • Dr. Grekos also highlighted several case studies to illustrate his team's success with Adult Stem Cells. According to their findings, cardiac disease patients experience an average increase of 21% in ejection rates as well as measurable improvements in congestive heart failure class status, some in as little as one month post-treatment
  • Regenocyte Therapeutic is currently using Adult Stem Cells Therapy to treat Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Peripheral Artery Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Kidney Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Pulmonary diseases (COPD, Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Pulmonary Hypertension) and Early Senile Dementia. Patients can call 866-216-5710 or visit http://www.regenocyte.com for information or consultation.
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      Daniel Opie on 09 Jul 12
       
      I may want to contact this number for my research. 
  • Therapeutic, addressed physicians from around the world with a presentation on patients treated with pre-engineered Adult Stem Cells. In the presentation,
  • "This is the logical next step in harnessing the regenerative power of stem cells. This will be the next phase in turning science into medicine
  • PET scans confirm that Adult Stem Cells have the ability to engraft themselves into areas damaged by myocardial infarction (heart attacks) and turn into viable new heart muscle.
  • "Three months after treatment, cardiac nuclear scans of the areas treated reveal reversal of damage. We have been able to take patients off the transplant list, and we have been doing it consistently."
  • physicians at the Dominican Republic division of Regenocyte announced clinical results of a 46-year-old patient with pulmonary hypertension who was treated with Adult Stem Cells. His pulmonary artery mean pressure went from 41mmHg (severe pulmonary hypertension) to 24 mmHg (normal) in six months.
  • The patient's saturations are now consistently high and he no longer needs to be supplemented with oxygen continuously or considered for a lung transplant. Another patient was successfully treated for cardiac sequelae of Fabry's Disease, and is also no longer considered for heart transplant.
  • Daniel Opie on 09 Jul 12
     
    A clinical essay on the use of stem cells on regrowing certain organs and its cit-effects. Is it more dangerous to use stem cells research? Does the benefits out weigh the risks of the procedures? 
Daniel Opie

Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell breakthrough - Telegraph - 0 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...in-stem-cell-breakthrough.html

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  • The researchers injected stem cells from rats into the embryos of mice that had been genetically altered so they could not produce their own organs, creating mice that had rat organs.
    • Daniel Opie
      Daniel Opie on 11 Jul 12
       
      If they are able to do this with animals what about humans? Is this ethical and effective.
  • The scientists claim the rat stem cells grew in the niche left by the absent mouse pancreas and so almost any organ could be produced in this way.
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  • If replicated using human stem cells, the technique could produce a way of treating diabetic patients by providing a way of replacing their pancreas
  • In reality researchers are not allowed to create human embryos that lack the ability to grow organs and so they hope to do the same using pigs.
  • They have, however, already managed to produce pigs that were able to generate human blood by injecting blood stem cells from humans into pig foetuses. He said: "For ethical reasons we cannot make an organ deficient human embryo and use it for blastocyst complementation. "So to make use of this system to generate human organs, we must use this technique using blastocysts of livestock animals such as pigs instead
  • Blastocyst complementation across species had never been tested before, but we have now shown that it can work."
  • Daniel Opie on 11 Jul 12
     
    This is discussing about using other animals to grow organs inside of those other animals.
Billy Gerchick

After 20 years of trying, the Green Party hasn't been able to establish a foothold in t... - 1 views

www.latimes.com/...party-20120606,0,7045785.story

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  • THC-dulled synapses
    • Billy Gerchick
      Billy Gerchick on 11 Jul 12
       
      What does this language accomplish?
  • With the Persian Gulf War long over, a Democrat in the Oval Office who's committed to withdrawing from Afghanistan and California taking the lead on fighting carbon pollution and switching to renewable energy, the Greens just don't have any hot-button issues they can use to attract or motivate voters.
    • Billy Gerchick
      Billy Gerchick on 11 Jul 12
       
      What's the primary appeal? Logos, pathos, or ethos?
  • That might change under a Mitt Romney administration -- and in the unlikely event the Greens could siphon off Democratic votes in large numbers in November, they could inadvertently bring such a disaster about.
    • Billy Gerchick
      Billy Gerchick on 11 Jul 12
       
      Read this next sentence and describe what the author's use of the word "disaster" does to his ethos.
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  • It's not easy being Green. And it's also not especially smart.
    • Billy Gerchick
      Billy Gerchick on 11 Jul 12
       
      Pay attention to the conventions: Why capitalize "Green"? Also, what do you think about the conclusion?
  • California's Green Party should buckle its Birkenstocks and move on
    • Billy Gerchick
      Billy Gerchick on 11 Jul 12
       
      Evaluate the title. Do you think it's effective? Also, as you read the article, consider the primary and secondary audiences and think about how this impacts them.
  • California's Green Party was born in 1991, during a flurry of liberal outrage against Bush's war -- the first Bush, that is, and his shortlived liberation action for Kuwait. California activists, with memories of Vietnam still floating among their 1THC-dulled synapses , saw the Persian Gulf War as a conflict led by a hated Republican president who was sacrificing American blood for oil -- and a Green movement that had been sputtering before war was declared suddenly took root. More antiwar and pro-environment than the Democratic Party at the time, it was, for a while, a fashionable protest party for the crunchy-granola set .
    • Billy Gerchick
      Billy Gerchick on 11 Jul 12
       
      This functions as a lead, but it also "frames" the issue, essential background information on the subject.
  • But the sprout never really blossomed.
    • Billy Gerchick
      Billy Gerchick on 11 Jul 12
       
      Note how this transitions to the next idea and implies author tone towards the subject.
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  • the Democratic Party at the time, it was, for a while, a fashionable protest party for the crunchy-granola set
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  • its handful of remaining voters in California might want to seriously think about voting Democrat if they want to have any impact on future elections
    • Billy Gerchick
      Billy Gerchick on 11 Jul 12
       
      This is the argument's claim.
Robert Harrison

In ranking, U.S. students trail global leaders - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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  • students are continuing to trail behind their peers in a pack of higher performing nations
  • Scores from the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment
  • the U.S. performing about average in reading and science, and below average in math
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  • Out of 34 countries, the U.S. ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math
  • Robert Harrison on 25 Jul 12
     
    This article shows where U.S. stands with math, science, and reading. America continues to drop behind other countries.
Robert Harrison

Is year-round football putting boys behind girls in line for college? - ESPN - 0 views

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  • Fact 1: Enthusiasm for football has never been higher -- not just for the NFL, but with young boys and teens. Participation in prep football has increased 21 percent in the past 20 years, by nearly 200,000 boys per year, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations. Many states have begun to allow what is essentially year-round football practice. Youth-league tackle football is expanding. American boys are devoting more time and effort to football than ever before.
  • Fact 2: In higher education, student populations are increasingly female. Twenty years ago, there were more men in college than women. Now there are more women, and the ratio of college women to men is rising.
  • Robert Harrison on 17 Jul 12
     
    Boys are spending their time playing football while girls are taking the slots that are available otherwise occupied by males. This is on a rise and the country has noticed and made more year-round youth football tackle football. Football correlates with grades. 
Robert Harrison

Comparing the Acceptance Rates of Athletes to the General Public - The Husky Haul - A W... - 0 views

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  • Average SAT Scores Overall Male SAT Male Athlete SAT Men’s Bball  Football  *Ranking Arizona 1145 990 1016 924 #30 Arizona State 1111 988 906 937 #46
  • GPA and other data Overall Special Admit % Special Admit % athletes M Bball GPA Football GPA GPA overall % admitted Arizona 4.6% 14.3% 2.56 2.70 3.40 80.5% Arizona State N/A N/A 2.65 3.25 3.39
  • Robert Harrison on 17 Jul 12
     
    This article is another site that compares the Pac-10 GPA and SAT scores. Showing ASU and U of A at the bottom of the list of schools of the football players.
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