COMMENTARY:

President Bush was on message Wednesday in a Rose Garden news conference when he kept up the pressure on his a drill, drill, drill offensive. He said he knows Americans are worried about gasoline prices, and said he wants them "to understand fully that we have got the opportunity to find more crude oil here at home in environmentally friendly ways."

He specifically mentioned opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska, the Outer Continental Shelf and oil-shale exploration. He also took a whack at lawmakers, saying, "The Democratically controlled Congress has refused to budge."

That's spot-on correct. But it has me wondering. Where in the world is Sen. John McCain on this very same issue? It's simple: Mr. McCain should be pummeling Sen. Barack Obama daily on drill, drill, drill. Why? Because oil and gas pump prices are potentially the single-biggest wedge issue in the presidential campaign. Mr. McCain has to pound the point home.

According to a new Rasmussen poll, 48 percent of Americans say lower gas prices are the key to an economic recovery, and 60 percent are in favor of offshore drilling.

Here's another one. Rasmussen asked voters about the now-infamous Harry Reid YouTube video, where the senator says coal and oil are making us sick, and that fossil-fueled global warming is "ruining our country" and "ruining our world." Well, Rasmussen shows 52 percent of voters reject Mr. Reid on coal; 50 percent disagree with him on oil; and 51 reject his idea that we need to stop using fossil fuels.

And all this is Mr. McCain's opportunity. He needs to hammer away on an America First energy policy that will completely deregulate and decontrol this nation's great energy industry. He needs to mothball his errant statements on "obscene oil profits." Instead, he needs to support and unleash all of our energy companies and entrepreneurs, allowing them to develop whatever it takes on oil, gas-to-liquid, clean coal, nuclear, offshore, onshore, oil shale, wind, solar, and biofuel.

America First should be the rallying cry. We have the natural resources to become the Saudi Arabia of coal the Saudi Arabia of oil. Lift the moratoriums. Stop attacking our own businesses. Put technology to work. Put venture capital to work, with rock-bottom capital-gains and corporate tax rates. Stop being mau-maued by the extremist greenies who have prevented energy production for more than three decades. America First. Unleash our free-enterprise energy sector: 2 trillion barrels worth of shale; 90 billion barrels of offshore oil; at least 10 billion barrels up in ANWR and more throughout Alaska, both onshore and off.

Politically, Mr. McCain must also understand how Hillary Clinton clobbered Barack Obama in the big state primaries: Blue-collar workers. They can be the key to victory for Mr. McCain. Guess who works in the energy business? Blue-collar Reagan Democrats. They work on the rigs. They work in the fields. They drive the trucks. And they're paid high wages - substantially above the average hourly wage.

Or Mr. McCain can sell it this way: American workers are worried about jobs going offshore to India, China, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Well, a drill, drill, drill, America First energy plan would create millions of new American jobs.

Of course, there's also a national security aspect to this. Worried about funding terrorist rogue states? Drill, drill, drill. A complete portfolio of oil energy sources in America - that's the answer.

And while he's at it, Mr. McCain should stop blaming "reckless traders." As soon as you say "end the drilling moratoriums," it is precisely those traders who will start oil contracts - long before the first offshore oil barrels are delivered to market. If they see presidential leadership on oil and shale drilling, they will rapidly turn a bull market into a bear market.

Mr. Obama opposes drilling. Opposes nuclear. Opposes coal. He and Harry Reid believe wind, solar and ethanol are the answers. They're not. It's doubtful even at full development and commercialization that these alternative technologies will ever power more than 10 percent of our energy needs. We should go down this road as part of a full energy portfolio. But let's not kid ourselves: These sources alone will never be sufficient.

Mr. McCain has to make this case daily. He must contrast his America First energy plan with Mr. Obama's declinist American vision. He must argue America First for fuel, power, jobs, wages and national security. He must enlist the Reagan Democrats who may be out of work and are surely angry at $4 gas at the pump and $140 a barrel oil in the world market.

Take a page from Ronald Reagan, Mr. McCain. Be optimistic about our future. Be clear, straightforward, and consistent. We can grow this economy and remain number one. This is how to do it.

Lawrence Kudlow is host of CNBC's "Kudlow & Company" and is a nationally syndicated columnist.

Der Wind, der Wind, das himmlische Kind. So oder zumidest so ähnlich könnte man die Schnapsidee von Bundesbauminister Wolfgang Tiefensee beschreiben.

Die Welt berichtete:

Vor dem Hintergrund weiter steigender Energiepreise baut die Bundesregierung im großen Stil die Windkraft aus. Riesige Anlagen sollen in der Nord- und Ostsee aufgestellt werden. Hierzu hat Bundesbauminister Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) einen Raumordnungsplan zum Bau von bis zu 30 Offshore-Windparks fertiggestellt.
„Wir setzen auf regenerative Energien und nicht auf Atomkraft“, sagte Tiefensee WELT ONLINE. „Der Raumordnungsplan ist jetzt ein erster Schritt dafür, dass 25.000 Megawatt bis zum Jahr 2030 aus der Windenergie kommen.“ Bundesregierung und Energiewirtschaft seien sich einig, dass die Investition in die Windparks sinnvoll sei.

Aha, denkt sich der geneigte Ökobürger, tolle Sache, saubere Energie, umweltschonend, besser geht es ja nicht mehr. Die 30 Milliarden, die das ganze kostet, sind ja auch kein Problem, 'da die zahlreichen Anträge der Investoren die Wirtschaftlichkeit belegen', so Tiefensee.

Laut dem Raumordnungsplan würden die Windparks fernab der Küste jenseits der Zwölf-Seemeilen-Grenze mit relativ großen Wassertiefen von 30 bis 40 Metern gebaut. Jeder Windpark wird laut den Plänen rund eine Milliarde Euro kosten. Dazu kommen bis zu 100 Kilometer lange Kabel, die von den Windparks zum Festland verlegt werden müssten. Qelle: yahoo

Seit wann Windenergie in der BRD sinnvoll und wirtschaftlich ist, entzieht sich meiner Kenntnis. Warum? Weil sie es nicht ist. Abgesehen davon, dass sich ja durch den CO2-Ausstoss die Temperaturen erhöhen (man höre und staune immer wieder). Apropo CO2, jetzt hab ich den Minister Tiefensee erwischt. Es gibt eine Studie von Dr. Ing. F. W. Peppler, die Herrn Tiefensee als Umweltsünder überführt, weil, ja weil in der Gesamtheit die Nutzung von Kernenergie umweltschonender ist als die Nutzung der Windkraft, (wobei der gute Mann das Entsorgungsproblem der Brennstäbe vergessen hat).

Tabelle: Errichtungs-, Betriebs- und Entsorgungsaufwand verschiedener Energiesysteme, bezogen auf den gemittelten Jahresbedarf von 7170 kWWh eines Bundesbürgers

Anlage Kernkraft Photovoltaik Wasserkraft Windkraft Braunkohle Erdgas 1 *gemittelte energtische Amortisationszeit in Monaten 3 EPR mit WAA 60 / 84 amorph/poly- kristallin 7 / 13 8 / 13 4 2 2 CO2-Abgabe an die Umwelt in kg 127 1405 / 2395 229 / 201 208 / 409 5943 2767 3 Materialbedarf in kg 3,57 52,17 / 38,32 19,23 / 17,24 26,75 / 79,90 15,03 8,63 Eisen Kupfer 0,05 2,27 / 1,72 0,071 / 0,03 0,336 / 1,0 0,05 0,007 Bauxit 0,223 19,7 / 14,62 0,064 / 0,028 0,23 / 0,68 0,13 0,014 Kalkstein 6,74 109,2 / 77,6 49,69 / 43,05 12,79 / 38,22 16,36 45,75 4 **Volllaststunden pro Jahr 7500 880 5100 3000 / 1000 6500 5000

* Energetische Amortisationszeit ist die Zeit, während der die Anlage betrieben werden muss, um den
Gesamtenergiebedarf (Primärenergiebedarf) für dem ganzen Lebensweg einschließlich der Entworgung zu erzeugen.
** Zum Vergleich werden Vollaststunden pro Jahr angegeben.

Die Zahlen sprechen ja für sich, deshalb mein Vorschlag, Herr Tiefensee.

Bauen Sie doch einfach ein Unterwasseratomkraftwerk und stellen ein Windrädchen oben drauf. Der grüne Gutmensch ist beruhigt, dem Rest der Bürger ist es egal, weil der Strom ja schliesslich aus der Steckdose kommt und alles ist gut.

Hier nochmal die komplette Studie des Profs.

mfG. politikpest

]]> http://whimsicality.wordpress.com/?p=49 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:06:52 +0000 Ashley http://whimsicality.wordpress.com/?p=49 So this is the first Fourth of July that I pretty much did next to nothing. Granted, it was exceptionally hot all day, and I did get to finally see WALL-E, but other than that, there was nothing making this an exceptional Fourth.

That is, until the evening. I got together with Johnnie, and my best friend Triana, her little sister (who's visiting from OH), and my other friend Josh. We decided to all meet up at the local ballpark (PSC) and watch their firework show. It wasn't much, but with admission at $5.00 a head, we were expecting a little more than what greeted us there.

But, at least there was fun to be had. The wind was howling and there were monsoon clouds creeping up the horizon, making it a very iffy firework show at best. The weather held out though, and sure enough, when 9:15 rolled around, up went the fireworks.

Johnnie and me

Fireworks. Pretty.

]]> http://myinsouciantsoul.wordpress.com/?p=72 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:54:00 +0000 Mayank Agarwal http://myinsouciantsoul.wordpress.com/?p=72 Sound of chimes

assure you that there is someone with you

that wind says move along and I'll company you

Gush of water

assure you that you don't have to look back

that water says so what if obstacles come, move forward and I'll company you

Light of fire

assure you that you still burn with flamboyance

that heat says you have the charisma, move forward and I'll company you

Seeds sowed in earth

assure you that you have to support life

that earth says you have the potential, move forward and I'll company you

Today's forecast calls for high winds and occasional oscillation.

Actually, the weather yesterday was terrible! As they say here in Ireland, it was "lashing rain." Patrick Street is always very crowded during the day, and I had to run a few errands on my lunch break. In order to make any progress through the crowds, I had to hold my umbrella very close to my body. Every now and then a gust of wind would roll through and knock the stem of my umbrella against my glasses. It would catch me by surprise every time and elicit a few choice curse words. I probably looked like one of those crazy people on the streets who mutter and curse to themselves. I probably was one of those people.

I am one of four Americans working at the Cope Foundation. To mark Independence Day, and as an excuse to be social, the Six Pubs of Summer was planned. About 20 people from work met at Captain America's (an American-esque restaurant) for burgers and fries. After dinner, the group proceeded to a variety of pubs (six of them, as you might imagine) throughout the evening.

Pat had planned on joining the group later in the evening, but the weather proved to be too great a deterrent. I managed to hang in there with the group for the first three pubs, but then my 36-year-old body told me I should go home and I wisely decided to listen. Typically, an Irish night on the town will run until 2:30 in the morning. And some revelers will stay out even later than that. I'm just too old for that kind of fun.

It is definitely a different experience to be in another country on such a big American holiday. I wonder if I would have felt more homesick if the weather had been less inclement. I suspect the answer is yes, but since the likelihood of having a beautiful warm summer seems slim to none here in Ireland I may never know.

Fireworks show for Independence Day. The wind was blowing, so the sparkly ones at the tail end of the thing didn't look as pretty as they normally do.

This one looks considerably better :::here::: on my Flickr page.

I don't know why it isn't sharp on this page.

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 5 sec (5)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 134 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: Flash did not fire

The word is caught in my head as the wind blows softly but carries no sound of yours. Distant music from some far off restaurant wafts in the heavy air. You would love it here, this beach, the sand, the water and its foam. There are few sea-gulls here. I suppose that means there are not very many fish in the sea. None like you, anyways.

I wish to fall asleep here, with the waves carying out sand from under me - sinking. I wonder if I'll wake up to find a message in a bottle you've sent me. I wonder if I'll wake up at all.

May the waves carry me to where you are.

Heres the link where this is posted!

http://sigresource.com/index.php?showtopic=10771

Foto Wind-ku lewat webcam-nya

Dengan specs sbb:
Prosesor Intel Atom N270 1,6GHz
RAM DDR2 1GB (maksimal 2GB)
Chipset Intel Mobile 945GME, 945 Express
Kartu suara Realtek HD Audio
Harddisk Western Digital 2,5” SATA 80GB
Optical drive Tidak ada
Fasilitas LAN, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth V2.0+EDR, card reader (SD, SDHC, MMC), 3 USB, touchpad, jack mic+earphone, VGA-out, Webcam 1,3 megapixel
Kelengkapan Softcase, adapter + kabel daya
Layar Wide LCD 10,2", 1024x600 pixel, backlight
Sistem Operasi Windows XP Professional SP3
Batere Li-Ion 11,1V 2200mAh, 3-cell
Dimensi 26x18x3,15 cm
Bobot 1,118kg (dengan batere standar)
Garansi 1 tahun

Setelah pake beberapa hari, saya dapat menyimpulkan sebagai berikut:
PLUS:
- Spec tinggi dibanding UMPC lain
- Fitur Underclock (kebalikan Overclock, untuk menghemat tenaga)
- Tidak panas & tidak bising
- Bundled dengan WinXP
- Bisa maen Warcraft III !!!!!!!!!!

MINUS:
- Tombol Ctrl kiri bukan paling ujung, melainkan Fn
- Daya tahan batere lemah
- Tanpa optical drive
- Touchpad kecil
- Cepat kotor

Pokoknya enak banget pakenya. Untung banget dah saya beli yg ini!

The HP 2133 Mini-Note is the prettiest in the bunch. If not for its smaller screen (8.9 inches) and its processor (a Via C7-M processor), i would have easily picked this over the others. The Via C7-M processor used by the HP 2133 Mini-Note, based on almost all reviews I’ve read, is a rather slow processor compared to the Intel Atom processor used by the other mini-notebooks in the pack.

The Asus Eee PC 1000, a model yet to reach the Philippine market, is comparable to the MSI Wind in terms of specs and performance. It has an Intel Atom processor, a 10-inch screen, and a big hard disk space. It slightly looks better than the MSI Wind but its price tag makes the MSI Wind a more practical choice.

The Acer Aspire One, on the other hand, boasts of an attractive finish, a highly dependable Linpus Linux operating system, and a cheaper price tag. However, it only has an 8.9 inch screen and has a limited disk storage capacity.

After comparing the specs and respective price tags of all four models, the MSI Wind easily stands out from the pack. It is a well-designed netbook (available in white, black and pink packages) with a lid that features a low-luster finish resistant to fingerprint smudges (according to those who have actually tried the unit). It has a full-sized keyboard (92%), which will make typing a less daunting task (a big improvement from the smaller keyboard of the Asus Eee PC 701). It already employs the Intel Atom which runs at 1.6Ghz and can be overclocked up to 1.9Ghz at a single touch of a button. It has a huge storage capacity (the cheapest configuration has 80Gb of hard disk which goes up as high as 320Gb for the more expensive models) and runs on a Windows XP operating system. There are reports from websites that Windows Vista and Apple's Leopard OSX runs in the the MSI Wind.

Below are the basic features of the MSI wind:

• 10-inch 1024×600 LCD display
• 1.6-GHz Intel Atom processor
• 80/160/320 Gb hardrive
• 1GB RAM (up to 2GB)
• Intel 965GMS+ICH7M chipset
• 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi
• three USB ports
• 4-in-1 memory card reader
• 1.3-megapixel webcam
• VGA port
• trackpad
• TurboDrive button (for 20% overclock, or 1.9GHz)
• MS Windows XP Home Edition
• 2.6 pounds overall weight

<!--[if gte vml 1]> <![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->The MSI Wind is being offered in the Philippine market for a price tag ranging from PhP 23,999 to PhP31,999 (depending on the unit configuration).

To submit to another’s will.

To deny any sense of pride in ones own self and do what seems contrary to ones own sense of reason. 

To learn how something can be true, rather than accept ones own interpretation of the truth. 

To wear something around ones neck that is contrary to ones own nature. 

Faith is the power to accept the truth, not only by the cognitional faculties, but by every shred of decency, whose remains linger like sparks waiting to rekindled, within the human being. 

It is the power to bend with the wind and not be broken by its strength, not the power which tries to resist this wind.

History has illustrated that faith varies in its authenticity.  Many of our ancestors were raised in an environment where faith was taken for granted.  Faith is no different than anything else in our lives, and we all know that we often loose what we have if we take things for granted.  Charles Taylor identifies one feature of our secularised world as being the choice to believe.  Unlike many of our ancestors, today, we are free to choose what it is we want to believe.  Today, we are living in an age of purification.  I would argue that faith will slowly become more authentic as the current age unfolds.  As Karl Rahner argues, the Christian of the future will be a mystic or they will not be at all.  This is not to say however that there are still some very hard lessons to be learnt.           

SOMEWHERE IN

THE NIGHT

My Lord, where are you…

Are you sitting on the white clouds above? Covering your land with a warm embrace, and watching your children in a goodnight sleep…

Are you in the wind? The wind that blows the plants to let them rest with your tender care…

Are you in the moon? That often smiles, knowing that those animals in your land have a comfort sleep…

What about me. I’ve been waiting here for you, but I didn’t feel your presence to me.

Suddenly, the bright star appeared from up above. The only star which reminds me that his love is marvelous. He is my only star, every day and every night…

When I prayed in my room, I heard a music saying:

I will be here for you

Somewhere in the night, somewhere in the night

I’ll shine a light for you

Somewhere in the night, somewhere in the night

Joyz

Photo: mrkholcomb

and yeah i'll admit i'm completely fucking addicted to sleeping.. but if i really had my own choice.. i would choose to go driving every night. no lying dead remcycle for me, thanks.

"i never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death." -nas.

if nighttime drives were my rest i would rest early every night. i would climb into my heart and literally feel the day melting off of me.
i meant to type "car" but my fingers formed "heart" instead. hah, that's how much i love jane.

my rest would be me and the car and my music, the windows rolled down, filling my car with the sweet coolness of the night. filling my lungs with the air between two stars.

every night would be like a journey into my soul. and every night would be infinitely more beautiful than the most alluring of dreams in sleep. the feeling of boundlessness and freedom would be like a euphoric drug; the hum of the engine and the beats emanating from my speakers would bring me more comfort than any down blanket enveloping my body. 
and there would be swirling stars to guide my roving path, and perhaps a warm hand to hold.
and every breath that escaped my lips would be a dancing cloud of joy and release. 

my heart would stop racing, but beat steadily, and slowly, with sensual rhythm. lashes framing clear eyes like a crown. 
there would only be clarity. there would only be music. and the rushing wind.

If you are happy, you sing a song. If you are happy, you should tell people. If you are happy, you should spread the good news.

Yesterday, I was very happy. I was like a little bird that was being released from the cage. Though there was some kind of 'unhappiness' somewhere, still overall, it was a great day, a very great day.

A man carrying a bag on his bag walked towards me,"Excuse me, what country are you from?" He looked like Singaporean, Singaporean Chinese, the same colour as my skin, and looked about in his forties. I was surprised, and I told him,"Singapore!" He said,"Singaporean took Singapore's picture? So strange.." Then he walked off, I also walked off.

Who is more strange? I am very normal, and I feel proud to be a Singaporean now. I was 'cheated'(don't know what is the right word to use, not really cheated, but...) by Jehovah Witness. I shall elaborate more on that some other time.

I went Clarke Quay for 'FREE' Facial. After that, I went City Hall, I wanted to go there. So many places I wanted to go, I wanted to take my time, stroll and see, but as always, SOMEONE was not interested.

From far, Clara told me,"Cat! Got Cat there!" I was so shocked and so happy....

Running to the cat, I took out my camera, and he began to walk. He purred,"miao, miao", soft voice, though his much larger body than Puma Cat. I called him City Hall Cat. After him, Clara told me another cat coming from behind. It was so funny.... I called the cat, Sang Nila Utama Cat.

The last time I took my photo here, it was under construction... Around this place, the Singaporean Chinese Guy, someone who looked so much like 'Chua', asked for my nationality. He was not the first person to ask me.

So much changes, and everything was so beautiful. I went back to Raffles. There was so much things I need to learn about Singapore. I failed my History, History of Singapore, scored the lowest in the class, never interested in History, but now I am 'digging' history.

I cannot wait to tell you how great my day was. The pigeons, the eagle and the cats were with me, even though I had come to City Hall! They were not Woodlands birds and Woodlands cats, but City Hall Cats and birds. They looked different from Woodlands cats and birds -- the pigeons darker, the cats bigger size.

Walking from Clarke Quay to City Hall, this is the first building which I saw, and which inspired me, and also the City Hall Cat waiting for me there. It was a perfect weather, no rain, but windy, especially at the point where I reached City Hall. The wind was perfect. The wind blew and the flag was being blown, the sight of it, I don't know how to describe, it was so nice, so 'glorious'-- the flag waving in the air(飘扬), it was the pride of being a Singaporean, my home, my Singapore, the flag is something we should feel proud of....

Für die Daheimbleibenden noch zwei Tipps:

Heute abend spielt Alin Coen in Katy's Garage.

Noch bis 13.07. läuft hinter der Scheune der Schaubudensommer!

• Enercon GmbH
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• GE
• Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Minor

• Aerodyn Eng GmbH
• Nordex Energy GmbH
• Hansen Transmissions Int.
• Ocean Wind Energy Systems
• ABB AB
• NEG MICON AS (Merged with Vestas in 2003)
• Jeumont Ind.
• Intec Power Systems Ltd.
• SWAY AS

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A key challenge for wind energy is that electricity production depends on when winds blow rather than when consumers need power. Wind's variability can create added expenses and complexity in balancing supply and demand on the grid. Recent studies imply that these integration costs do not become significant (5-10% of wholesale prices) until wind turbines account for 15-30% of the capacity in a given control area. Another concern is that new transmission infrastructure will be required to send the wind-generated power to demand centers. Building new lines can be expensive and time-consuming, and there are debates over how construction costs should be allocated among end-users and which pricing methodologies are best.

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Heat

O wind, rend open the heat,                     

cut apart the heat,

rend it to tatters.

Fruit cannot drop

through this thick air--                                 5

fruit cannot fall into heat

that presses up and blunts

the points of pears

and rounds the grapes.

Cut the heat--                                               10

plough through it,

turning it on either side

of your path.

Notes:

http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/doolittl.html

http://www.cichone.com/jlc/hd/hdlife.html

Eh si perchè in questo caso, come già detto nel titolo, Generazione Internet lascia scegliere ai vincitori il loro premio tra una lista di chicche tecnologiche!

E inoltre i primi 100 registrati avranno una doppia possibilità di vincere!

Io personalmente scelgo come primo premio un iPod Classic 80 GB 6° generazione , mentre per secondo premio una Ricarica Wind da 25 euro. Anche il terzo premio non è mica male! (una recensione del mio blog)

Beh che dire,affretatevi a partecipare!!!

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It was Bilbo Baggins who said what a wonderful and dangerous thing it is to walk out of your own front door. " You step out on the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." So that has been my experience and that of many who have walked with me as we have journeyed across Europe, quite literally walking from one continent into another through the global gateway city of Istanbul. The sights and sounds of each and every city and nation we have passed through feed the memories for months afterwards, bringing life to the soul when the drearyness of the routines of life crowd in.

I can imagine the image you get is of a bunch of super fit walking fanatics! Far from it! Its the love of the journey and the wonder of life on the road that draws us; the companionship of meandering down the coastal roads of southern France, alongside mates I've known for years or those who have just joined us for the first time-that's what excites.  Yet without exception each of us have found an incredible synergy emerging between the life experiences that we are walking through at that particular time and the circumstances or events unfolding in the cities and nations we pass through. How can this be? Does this ring any bells for anyone else out there or has my imagination been flavoured too much by the spice bars of Damascus?

Thats why journeying is so powerful a tool in beginning to get in touch with the story lines in each of our lives. That's also why I am now beginning this online journey; to see what else can emerge when we simply step out of the door one day, or jump into cyber space, to see where the wind might take us.