Creative Alternative Energy Solutions

Wind Energy I: Giant Kites (1/8)

German company Nature Technology Systems (NTS) develops unconventional wind energy systems. Instead of towers and turbines, they use giant kites flying at an altitude of 500 meters. Compared to conventional wind power generators, the increased height and wind speeds lead to increased energy output, the company says.

The kites automatically fly in circles and are attached to a vehicle on tracks which in turn powers an electricity generator as it is being pulled. NTS’s technology is still in the early stages of development and there is still uncertainty about how exactly the wind power is transformed to produce energy. (Source: Nature Technology Systems)

QUOTABLE QUOTES 5

If you cannot see the bright side of life, there is 

nothing to do but keep polishing the dull side.

Nature does her best to teach us. The more we
overeat, the harder she makes it for us to get
close to the table.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority.
The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

If you want a spouse who is smart, rich and devoted,
you are going to have to get married three times.

2nd Generation

Must say my thankfulness - Alhamdullillah - to Allah SWT for the greatest gift He has given to our family.  My wife and I, now, have a 2nd generation in our family lineage - a grandson.  My son and his wife are blessed with their first son.

I can't help but keep peeping...

Mee Bandung

Hari2 makan mee bandung...ha..ha..haa....

 Mee Bandung

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 Untuk beberapa tahun, Ahmad Dali telah mengadakan hubungan sulit

 dengan orang gajinya, Sutina ...  Suatu hari, Sutina memberitahu Ahmad

 Dali yang dirinya mengandung ...

 Ahmad Dali yang tidak mahu merosakkan perkahwinannya, telah

 mengambil keputusan untuk menghantar Sutina balik ke Bandung untuk

 melahirkan anak mereka di sana ...

17 April 2012 - Slowly but surely, taking shape

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The True Cost of an iPhone

• By Cathryn Wellner
• May 20, 2012
• 6:03 pm

 

We all know that every small device we hold in our hands has a history that starts long before it is manufactured and doesn’t end when we give it up for a newer model. Jen Rhee and her team of designers are not satisfied with those vague generalities. They want details.

All Earth's Water

If You Put All Earth's Water In One Place, It'd Look Like This

Jaymi Heimbuch

Science / Clean Water
May 15, 2012

USGS/Public Domain

MONEY & BANKS

THE HIDDEN TRUTH BEHIND GLOBAL DEBT

1) What is money... how is it created and who creates it?

2) Why is almost everyone up to their eyeballs in debt... individuals, businesses and whole nations? 

3) Why can’t we provide for our daily needs - homes, furnishings cars etc. without borrowing?

4) How much could prices fall and wages increase if businesses did not have to pay huge sums in interest payments which have to be added to the cost of goods and services they supply...?
5) How much could taxes be reduced and spending on public services such as health and education be increased if governments created money themselves instead of borrowing it at interest from private banks…?

How to Reduce the Ego.

October 22nd, 2007 | By Tejvan Pettinger - Reproduced by ARAHitam

The ego is that part in us which feeds off praise, compliments and success. When we live in the ego we are inevitably subject to feelings of superiority / inferiority, pride and worthlessness, success and failure. If we want to avoid these negative emotions we need to transcend the ego. If we can transcend the ego, we will find that people are instinctively more attracted to us, even though we are no longer trying to impress. It may seem a great paradox, yet, limiting the role of our ego can make a radical difference to our lives.

These are some factors which can reduce the power of the Ego.


1. Don’t Try to impress
Don’t speak about your own achievements. Don’t drop names of great people you have met. Avoid forcing your accomplishments and success into the conversation. If you have been successful in accumulating wealth, try to keep quiet about it. All these factors may impress your own ego, but, you can guarantee they will have little impact on other people.


2. Be aware of False Modesty.
Sometimes when we say. “O I’m absolutely hopeless”. Actually what we are wanting is for people to respond. ‘O no your not, your really good.” Humility means that we don’t take excessive pride in our achievements, but, it also means we don’t exaggerate our failings in the hope of gaining sympathy.


3. Be Careful of Flattery.
We need to be careful about receiving praise, in some ways it can be as difficult as receiving criticism. The problem is that the ego likes receiving praise and so we can easily become addicted to being flattered. Don’t seek out people who are keen to flatter us, as this is only feeding the ego. Also, be wary of flattering other people in the hope that they will return the compliment.


4. Don’t use your Religion / Spirituality to Impress.
It is a mistake to feel that the practice of a religion / spiritual path gives us a moral superiority over other people. If we feel any superiority we are missing the whole point of spirituality. Spirituality is about a feeling of oneness not of proving that one path is better than others. This can be one of the most insidious types of ego. This is because when we wrap up the ego in a sense of moral superiority, we can easily trick ourselves into thinking we are reducing the ego, when actually we are strengthening it.

5. Be Aware of the extended Ego.
Ego, is not just about feeling we are better than others. Our Ego can also be expressed via national / religious feeling. When we feel a pride or superiority in our religion / nation, there is still the same problem of ego but, it is expressed through an extended sense of reality. This sense of superiority / pride is just as damaging as if it was contained to ourselves. However, we can feel that because it is not directly related to ourselves, somehow there is no ego involved.


6. Don’t Speak badly of Others.
Quite often, when we speak ill of others there is a subtle attempt to make ourselves look better. We may not explicitly say it, but, when we point to someone’s shortcomings we imply that we don’t have these, and therefore we are much better than them. The important thing here is the motive. Be very vigilant; what is your inner motive for criticising someone else? If it is to make you feel / look better, be very careful. The irony of course is that when we criticise someone, often we have the same imperfections ourselves, it is just that we find it easier to see them in other people.


7. What is Your Motivation for Doing Something?
If nobody knew that you had done it, would you still do the action with the same intensity? Can you work without expecting reward and praise? If you can do things selflessly with no desire for people to find out, this is a sign you do not give importance to the ego. If you only do things in the hope of praise, then you are working to satisfy the ego. The sad thing is that if you really work selflessly, at some point, your efforts will receive much greater recognition because people will come to also value the selfless motivation behind the action. Try doing some things but not let anybody no about it. In the NT, this is what Jesus meant when he said. “and with you left hand.


8. Don’t rely on Your Physical Appearance to Impress.
If you rely on your physical beauty to impress this is definitely coming from the ego. This is not to see beauty is bad thing, far from it. But, real beauty is heightened by modesty and the absence of ego. Avoid paying excessive interest to your physical looks.
To reduce our ego, we have to give great importance to our thoughts and motivation behind our actions. We have to be very strict with ourselves and work out why we are doing something. To reduce the ego, requires great vigilence, we need to reflect on each action and motivation. However, to reduce the influence of the ego, is of great value, it is the key to achieving a sense of inner peace.


If you have any other tips for reducing the ego, I would be interested in hearing them!

5 Natural Treatments for Sinus Infection

• By Delia Quigley  Sep 30, 2011 2:30 am

True misery is the pain and swelling caused by sinus inflammation. The bones around the nose, the eyes and the cheeks are lined with membranes that produce mucus, which function to warm and moisten inhaled air, plus to filter out any germs. When congested and unable to drain properly the mucus continues to accumulate, stagnate and become infected. There are a number of causes for chronic sinus infections:

• Excessive dairy consumption (cheese, milk, ice cream, yogurt)
• Environmental allergies
• Tobacco and pollution irritation
• Food allergies
• Dental infection
• Fungal infection in the sinus cavity
• Systemic Candida albicans (overgrowth of yeast)
• Colds and flu symptoms

US Intelligence?

George W. Bush, the American President, meets with the Queen of England, Elizabeth II. He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?"

"Well," says the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people."

Bush frowns. "But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?"

The Queen takes a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy. You just ask them to answer an intelligence riddle." The Queen pushes a button on her intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?"

Tony Blair walks into the room. "Yes, my Queen?"

The difference between margarine and butter?

This is interesting…

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys.  When

it started killing the turkeys, the people who had put  all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their  heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.

It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the

yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.

How do you like it?

A Quiz for Intelligent People

I am telling this only to my smart friends.    
 
See if you can figure out what these words have in common.

1 Banana
2 Dresser
3 Grammar
4 Potato
5 Revive
6 Uneven
7 Assess