A routine vote on a resolution on renewable energy for Rio Rancho Public Schools turned a little heated last Monday as the discussion turned to global warming.
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Global warming draws heat at board meeting (The Observer)
On October - 31 - 2009
Infrared heat detectors: Cut your home energy costs using this device and a few simple techniques
On October - 31 - 2009
An infrared heat detector can give you a thorough understanding of where your home is losing heat in winter, or gaining it in summer. The more you know about where heat is entering or leaving your home, the more effective you’ll be at controlling energy waste.
With an infrared gun, you just wander around the inside and outside of your house on a hot summer day or a cold winter evening, and point and shoot at windows, outside doors, walls, or wherever else heat may leak through. The detector quickly gives you a complete picture of problems with insulation, sealing, or windows in need of replacement.
Professional home energy auditors often use infrared imaging to show you where you’re gaining or losing heat, but thermal imaging devices are expensive and the audit itself can cost you over $200. An infrared point-and-shoot thermometer doesn’t provide the same pretty graphic printout, but they sell for about $50, so they put this detailed information within reach of the average homeowner.
Most infrared guns come with a beam angle of 1:12, which means that if you point the gun at a wall 12 feet away, then take a reading, you’ll get a reading for a one square foot section of the wall. They also have a laser beam so you can see exactly what spot the reading was done from.
I suggest starting your thermal leak audit from outside. Standing 12 feet back, take repeated measurements with your infrared gun to get an idea of what the reference temperature is. You are looking for the coldest reading in winter, or the warmest in summer when the AC is running.
Don’t take readings on a sunlit wall, because it can skew your results. Rather, wait for overcast weather, for evening, or for the sun to move.
Note each measurement on a sketch of the wall or in note form. Pay particular attention to window temperatures, because windows are big areas of thermal leakage in both hot and cold weather. You may want an inside helper to close shades and curtains after your first reading so you can then note the impact of these window coverings on stopping thermal leaks.
Where readings are much worse than your baseline (hotter in winter, colder in hot weather), take more readings nearby, to locate the extent of the thermal leak. You may have missing or settled insulation, cracks or even holes in the wall, or a gap in a window or door.
Next do an indoor thermal audit of the exterior walls, floor, and ceiling of each room. Choose an interior wall as your reference temperature; exterior wall readings should be cooler than the reference in cold weather, or warmer in hot weather. Again, you are looking for thermal leaks on window panes, around windows and doors, through ceiling light fixtures, in cracks in drywall or plaster, or anywhere that is touching an exterior wall. Take close-up readings of any wall outlets or light switches that are close to the exterior, even if they are on an inside wall.
Take readings of top floor ceilings, as insulation, especially blown in insulation, can get disturbed or matted down in leaky attics. For hot weather readings, do your ceiling readings twice: once in the early morning before the sun has warmed the attic space, and once in the afternoon when the attic is hot, so you can determine how much of that heat leaks into your living space.
You will probably find that windows without their window coverings are your biggest heat leaks, as even the most efficient windows have a much lower thermal barrier capability than walls or ceilings. You can either replace old windows with more efficient ones, add thermal curtains or shades, or apply thermal barrier window film to the window pane itself.
You will also probably find drafts in walls, particularly at light fixtures or where wires or pipes enter the house. You want to seal these as best you can, as drafts can be major contributors to home energy costs. Caulk around the edges of window frames; use wall outlet insulating foam to prevent air from flowing through the outlets. Your bricks may need tuck pointing, or you may have a more severe problem: settled blown-in insulation between wall studs, in which case the only remedy is to gut the room from within and put in new insulation and drywall. If you have no insulation whatsoever you at least have the option to inject foam insulation, which is a cheaper option.
It makes a lot of sense to do your own mini-audit with your infrared heat detector first, and ask for contractor estimates later. If you know where your thermal leaks are, you’ll be able to ask each contractor what approach they recommend for your situation. Calling a contractor over and just telling them the house gets too cold in winter, or too hot in hot weather, means inviting major repairs that might not do any good.
You can use an infrared heat detector for countless other measurements around the house, such as checking hot water pipe temperature before and after adding pipe wrap; measuring the temperature coming out of forced air registers and going into the air return register, if you have central AC, to gauge air conditioner efficiency; measuring frying temperatures on your stove; or finding the ideal location in your basement for a wine cellar.
Whatever model infrared point-and-shoot thermometer you choose, you are sure to get many hours of use out of it, locating the hotspots and cold spots in your walls, floors and ceilings, your garage, your fridge, freezer, your car engine – anywhere you want to know the surface temperature. You can even use it to measure the temperature of your compost heap – without getting your hands dirty!
7 Steps to Prepare Yourself to Use Facebook for Professional Networking
On October - 31 - 2009
A recent study by Comscore, the Internet information provider, indicates that over 20% web users have visited Facebook in December 2008.? Comscore has also noted a gradual demographic shift from college students to professionals aged 35 years or older in the number of Facebook users. Majority of these users are using Facebook for professional and business networking.
Facebook is blooming into a platform to conduct business deals and professional meetings. Hundreds of professional Facebook groups are created every day for online marketing and customer-centric?? public relations campaigns. The line between social and professional networking is slowly blurring.
If you’re planning to use Facebook platform for professional networking, follow the 7 steps outlined below to separate your Facebook social life from the work life in the virtual world.
1. Create a professional profile. This is your second resume. Use resume writing techniques to polish up your existing Facebook profile. List your expertise and accomplishments in the “Write something about yourself” section. Uncheck everything in the “Looking for” section except Networking.?
2. Use business related information in the Personal Information section, including the business book that you have recently read, some quotes from top business leaders in your field, your favorite business related TV show , and business magazines that you frequently read.
3. In the About Me sub-section of the Personal Information section, elaborate on your past achievements and list skills that you used in the past to solve business problems.
4. Remove all beer drinking pictures with your college buddies and fun poking applications from your profile. If you were a speaker in some seminar and you have pictures, upload them to your profile. If you have pictures with business leaders or intellectuals in your professional field use those pictures instead of your spring break surfing pictures unless you are looking for networking with surfing professionals.
5. If you want to keep your Facebook social life, create a second profile for your work life. People who are migrating from college life to professional career will find it beneficial to keep the two profiles separate so that they can poke their college buddies and make business deals at the same time using the Facebook platform.
6. Start reading and publishing contents related to your industry in various online magazines and post links to interesting and informative online contents and tools in Facebook status. If you already have a blog, publish your blog RSS field in Facebook’s My Notes.
7. Select only a few dozen friends and keep in contact with them using Facebook email and chat. Check out the Facebook group they subscribe to and join those groups. Post thought provoking comments in those groups to make yourself more visible. Help others by offering solutions to their problems.
The important thing to keep in mind is that whatever you share in your Facebook account, it is visible to everybody in your network. So be careful about how you professionally project yourself to the world while using Facebook. While there are dedicated professional networking sites like LinkedIn, you can still use Facebook for establishing professional relationship and conducting business deals.
Beginners Affiliate Marketing Handbook Secrets + Resell
On October - 31 - 2009
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Does Any Know Of A Good Place To Sell Cell Phones For Cash On The Internet Besides Ebay?
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Windows 7 Clock Gadget | Widgets – Gadgets
On October - 31 - 2009
Windows 7 is a the better version of Windows XP and Windows Vista together. So for the happy users of Windows7 you can place this clock gadget on your profile,
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Global Warming: Fact or myth? (The Vanguard)
On October - 31 - 2009
WITH THE POLITICAL hype surrounding global warming today, it can be difficult to focus on the truth. Global warming refers to the increasing average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. The gradual warming of the earth is a reality.
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EU summit urges rich world to help poor to cool global warming, but fails to say how much Europe will pay (People’s Daily)
On October - 31 - 2009
European Union leaders agreed Friday that rich nations should pay 100 billion euros (147 billion U.S. dollars) a year from 2020 to help developing nations fight global warming, but they made no commitment on how much of that money would come from EU coffers. That failing, environmentalists say, undermines European claims to be leading the fight to limit climate change. The European leaders …
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MTV ULALUME: New ‘New Moon’ Clip – Bella’s Papercut HD
On October - 31 - 2009
It’s finally here… The birthday party scene! Enjoy 
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MTV Ulalume Casts New Moon Interview
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No copyright infringement intended. New Moon cast, including Rob Pattinson at MTV Ulalume
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Energy Suspension 3-3160r Control Arm Bushings Front
On October - 30 - 2009
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Google Wave Federation: Why it Matters
On October - 30 - 2009
According to The Next Web, the Google Wave team is getting ready to open up its servers for federation. This announcement may come as early as today. The …
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Discuss Affiliate-marketing Strategies
On October - 30 - 2009
We?ll discuss affiliate-marketing strategies more in detail in part II of this writing. Affiliate programs allow you to monetize your traffic without the requirement of owning or marketing a particular product. Of course Affiliate marketing has a lot of potential.
He should also increase the potential to earn by utilizing the right tools necessary for a thriving affiliate marketing business. Which of the following tools have you used in affiliate marketing? Just this one small suggestion for your affiliate program will drastically motivate your affiliates to continue marketing your product or service. If you are into affiliate marketing and want to make it big.
People simply love the idea of affiliate marketing. Three Points to know if the Affiliate Marketing Program is the Best Easy to Duplicate – The best affiliate-marketing program will make it easy for you to implement quickly. Affiliate marketing typically works best if you have your own website but it can be done by placing ads and referring people through PPC programs. But remember, without action, you cannot blame this affiliate marketing article or any article for that matter.
This is a very valuable affiliate article marketing tip to a formula for you to quickly increase your affiliate profits with these secret tips, tricks, tools and resources for generating explosive traffic from writing and submitting articles with “long tail keywords”. Affiliate marketing can be successfully applied to almost any product on the net. It is this freedom of exchange, coupled with the potential earnings of both sides that have propelled the affiliate-marketing program into one of the most important advertising outlets. Baby Step Three?You might offer free downloads of your e-book, white paper or case studies, filled with how top?s, for more details visit to www.affiliate-manager-pro.com results and reference material from you and other trusted sources in your affiliate marketing program.
“Day Job Killer has all the earmarks of a well-created product that lays out simple instructions on following a blueprint for affiliate-marketing success. An extended amount of time is highly recommended in order to search the details of an appropriate affiliate internet marketing programs for your particular needs; implement the links; and monitor their activity. This is not what affiliate marketing is all about, for more details visit to www.affiliate-windfall-secrets.com and it is important that you understand the implications of your putting links or banners of any business on your website. The banner is an affiliate marketing resource that cannot fail.
Members can also buy for their own account and can derive affiliate income marketing to new members. The more effort you put into a program the more you can make, and as an affiliate marketing associate you have the chance to generate a significant recurring income. “Affiliate Marketing” Web design Software Now I am not talking about a stupid web building software. Make sure you post the link to your affiliate in this signature and you?ll be marketing away in mines.
Affiliate marketing is when you refer customers to a company for a specific product. I have been in the affiliate marketing business for quite some time and I truly felt that I knew everything that I needed to know. While none of them are completely free,? methods for affiliate network marketing have been known to work and are worth your time, energy, and money if you want to experience your online business success. It will not be necessary to sign up in every affiliate-marketing program you encounter.
The truth is very few of thousands of affiliates are successful in making good amount of money from affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing is quite complex, and it would be impossible on the limited space here to explain all you need to know to succeed in affiliate marketing. There are obviously many compelling reasons for the popularity of affiliate marketing.
Google Wave to be opened for federation today! Yes, for you to host.
On October - 30 - 2009
Google Wave has been designed from the ground up to allow federated distribution models, meaning you can build and host your own Wave servers, e.g. for your corporate users, and make them talk to other Wave servers. …
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How Do You Get Followers On Twitter?
On October - 30 - 2009
I have only had my twitter account for a while, but I do want a follower or two. How do you get a follower? Give me safe tips, places of twitter to go to, or something. BTW nobody I know wants to use or does use twitter. 
Methane’s role in global warming underestimated (USA Today)
On October - 30 - 2009
Greenhouse gas calculations blame carbon dioxide too much for global warming, and methane too little, suggest researchers Thursday. In the journal Science, a team led by Drew Shindell of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York find that chemical interactions between greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide and industrial aerosols cause more global warming than estimated by the …
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[HD] Jay Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind (Live At World Series 2009 Game 2 Yankee Stadium)
On October - 30 - 2009
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