I Wake Up Dreaming 2011
Posted by Michelle Moquin on May 13th, 2011
Good morning!
Well our dear friend Elliot is at it again! His film noir series “I Wake Up Dreaming 2011″ begins this evening @ The Roxie Theater in San Francisco. Here’s the write:
Film programmer Elliot Lavine revels in dark side
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Elliot Lavine has made an art of programming movies. Others put together festivals and tributes. Lavine puts together festivals and tributes that are complete psychological experiences.
Go on any given night to one of Lavine’s film noir shows, and you come away entertained and intellectually stimulated by the ideas and moods his double features incite. Go every night, and you begin to feel as if you’ve taken on an alternate mind-set that you float along inside throughout the day. When you reach that point, you’ve entered … the Lavine Zone … and all you want to do is go back that night to see more movies.
On Friday, Lavine launches his most ambitious creation yet, “I Wake Up Dreaming: The Legendary and the Lost,” two weeks of rare and unsettling film noir at the Roxie Theater. The films range from polished studio entries, like “Phantom Lady” (1944), to truly weird, off-the-beaten-path items, such as “Dance Hall Racket,” a grind-house attraction starring Lenny Bruce, with violence and nudity that’s downright shocking to see in a 1953 movie.
Lavine was born in Detroit in 1948 and grew up in its suburbs.
“Detroit was a terrific and exciting place to grow up in,” Lavine said, “but when it finally dawned on me that there were no movie theaters there that played older films, I packed up and moved to San Francisco.”
That was in 1975. For the next decade and a half, he made short films and supported himself by working at local bookstores. His noir short, “Blind Alley,” played at the San Francisco Film Festival in 1981.
In recent years, Lavine’s annual noir festivals have brought the Roxie Theater back to cultural relevance. It’s a welcome return for Lavine, who programmed the Roxie from 1990 to 2003, turning it into one of the two best repertory houses in the United States, on a par with Bruce Goldstein’s Film Forum in New York.
Lavine, easily one of the most liked people in the Bay Area film community, is known for his wide knowledge and boyish enthusiasm. When he programs a festival, he is there every night, talking to customers and sharing impressions of the movies. He loves what he does.
Film noir has been his specialty from the beginning. He put noir on the map in this part of the country with his first festival, in 1990, and has been at it ever since. (He even single-handedly discovered the original ending of Robert Aldrich’s “Kiss Me Deadly.”) In 2010, Lavine won the San Francisco Film Critics Circle’s Marlon Riggs Award for “courage and vision in the Bay Area film community.”
Q: What is it about noir that speaks so strongly to you – and to audiences?
A: Mainly, it’s the visuals. Certain themes – especially ones involving crime – are best suited to expressive, black-and-white photography. So a little B picture that doesn’t seem to be about anything at all carries challenging messages, visually, which make it highly subversive. They appear to be about nothing, but they’re about quite a bit. They take you to strange places.
Q: What makes this festival different from your others?
A: It showcases a lot of films I’ve wanted to play for years but haven’t been able to. It’s almost miraculous how so many different and important noir films suddenly became available at the same time. Like Robert Montgomery’s “Ride the Pink Horse” – I’ve been after that one for the longest time. Same with Fritz Lang’s “Ministry of Fear,” never on DVD. And I was able to bring in the UCLA Archive’s restored print of “Ruthless,” a neglected masterpiece from director Edgar G. Ulmer. Not to mention “Dementia” and “Phantom Lady” – a double bill I’ve dreamed about for years.
Q: In some of these movies, you get to see a harsh side of the past that movies normally don’t show, like in “Guilty Bystander” from 1950.
A: “Guilty Bystander” is remarkable because the location photography features some of the worst, most burnt-out areas in New York, which gives this poverty row film a raw honesty not generally found in Hollywood films of the ’50s.
Q: You’re a pretty buoyant guy. What’s the attraction to doom and hopelessness?
A: I guess I’m fascinated by what has eluded me, so I’m curious about the lost and the lonely. Sometimes we’re drawn to what disturbs us the most. Anyway, doom and despair have their own therapeutic value when they’re accidentally turned into art by a B-movie director.
I Wake Up Dreaming 2011: Film noir festival. Fri.-May 26. Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St., S.F. (415) 863-1087. www.roxie.com.
Congratulations Elliot! Looking forward to this, as well as seeing you and T.
Jessica: You’re welcome. And I agree – men can go elsewhere if the subjects are uncomfortable. However “real” men stick around. And yes Doug is one, and it is a pleasure.
Helena: Nice to hear from you. It’s been awhile – How are you?
Robert: I’d say that’s pretty clear. Thanks for taking the time.
Bob: :) My grandmother was married to man who everyone thought couldn’t hear very well…oh but he could.
Liwanaq: Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed you’re write. I take it you’ll be voting for Obama the second time around.
Anonymous: Did she call and say what you wished? Did her voice give you relief? I don’t know how any girl who would read those words from her man, not dial her man up.
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May 13th, 2011 at 8:28 am
So anon 14 of yersterday – just wondering – did YOU call her? All I read is you were sitting around hoping she would call you. Why does the woman have to make the call? Seems it’s always the women doing all the work!
May 13th, 2011 at 9:50 am
HI Mischa, wow that film noir festival sounds very interesting, it’s things like that that make me wish I lived in that area instead of this one : ) kudos to Elliot.
Greta, my sentiments exactly, if a man is driven to distraction, why not pick up the dang phone and get her on the hot line? Although…I’ll say this: store bought cole slaw (which I do not like at all) will probably msile a distracted smile while I stroll the grocery aisles from now on, thanks for that, anon 14 ; )
Howie, Tao, hmmm, I’ve been catching info from Dolores Cannon and Michio Kaku, those names mean anything to you? They both speak on aliens and parellel universes and well, I thought of…this space…and if you would like to elaborate on either person, I’m hear to listen and learn. Have anything to say about, um, emissaries?
Luv, Zen Lill
May 13th, 2011 at 10:39 am
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Zen Lill, I personally love Michio Kaku — the Grey-Haired Japanese Cosmologist and Futurologist. I try to catch any program or lecture he is involved in.
He is the Carl Sagan of the 21st century. He believes that humans can overcome many problems with the use of science.
He is very charismatic and is in awe of the mysteries of the universe, just as I am.
He is just a really likable guy. He makes complex physics easy for the average person to understand.
As far as being an emissary, I don’t think so. He is just a science geek and Star Trek enthusiast.
That is about all I can tell you ZL.
HOWIE
May 13th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Greta;
If I could have called her I would have.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:22 am
Sorry Zen Lill, I decided to answer Greta right away. Why do people think they have the instant answers to another’s problems?
Some like Greta pop off with the obvious,”call her.” Do women really think men are that ignorant? The obvious assumption if it were a woman writing in would be that either he wasn’t answering his phone or she couldn’t call for other reasons, i.e, he was married, in a situation where he couldn’t be reached, or…….????
But the woman’s answer to a man is to shout the obvious, “call her.” If you were genuinely interested in my plight, Greta, you would have been more sensitive. But for your information, I am feeling much better today because she promised to see me this afternoon.
Hence, I am on my best behavior. So I forgive you for your leap to the obvious. Thank you for your suggestion.
Zen Lill, you don’t usually jump right on the band wagon of another woman’s suggestion. I will assume it was a TGIF thing.
As for the Cole Slaw. Normally I don’t eat from store bought items. And cole slaw would not be my first choice, if I did. Actually it is still in my refrigerator, a memento to my temporary dementia.
All’s well though, my beloved has, or will return to my arms this afternoon. I am a lucky and a very happy guy.
Thanks for thinking of me.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:36 am
Once again we are forced to deal with the insane logic of arabic men. The Pakastani Taliban sent to suicide bombers to Shabqadar to blow themselves up at the main gate of the police facility there. So far 80 people have been killed, and more than a 100 injured.
Arab men are so into themselves that they don’t see the stupidity in killing and maiming innocent people because they believe Osama bin Laden was not protected by the people bin Laden was also killing.
They are cowards because they send the illiterate, religion indoctrinated sexually arrested men to kill themselves in the hopes of getting 75 virgins given to the in the after life and a few dollars for their families.
Image the selfishness of the family that takes that kind of evil blood money. It is bad enough that they sell the life of their own for the money, but to take lives of another’s loved ones for money? Disgusting!
Farah
May 13th, 2011 at 11:38 am
Glad it worked out for Anon 14 – whoever called who. We all deserve a little love.
May 13th, 2011 at 11:59 am
Greta:
I’m going to agree with you. When in doubt assume the man is a moron. The men in Florida are at it again. This time they wrote a law that restricts all sexual contact.
/www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/11/floridas-bestiality-law_n_860836.html#s277665&title=Josh_Chambers
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Some men are so preoccupied with controlling the bodies of us women that they will support any stupid idea to do it.
Maria
May 13th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
What a pitiable thing it is that our civilization can do no better for us than to make us slaves to indoor life, so that we have to go and take artificial exercise in order to preserve our health. -George Wharton James, journalist, author, and speaker (1858-1923)
May 13th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
A Better Way to Walk
Timothy S. Church, MD, PhD, MPH
You can turn a walk into a whole-body workout with a pair of Nordic fitness poles — long, handheld poles modeled after cross-country ski poles.
Pole walking (or Nordic walking) is a low-impact aerobic activity that strengthens the upper body… improves posture… minimizes back and leg strain… and boosts your calorie burn during a walk by almost 20%.
Picking poles. One-piece poles are safest, especially for seniors and people with balance problems, because they won’t collapse the way adjustable-length telescoping or twist-locking poles might.
Test for size: Grasp the pole handle and place the tip on the ground a few inches in front of you, elbow bent and tucked into your side. If your elbow makes a 90-degree angle, the pole is the proper length.
Or: Multiply your height in centimeters by 0.68 — the resulting number is your pole size. Choose poles with interchangeable tips — metal for trails, grass, sand or snow… rubber for pavement and mall walking.
Poles are sold at sporting-goods stores and online (check 877-754-9255, http://www.skiwalking.com). Cost: $70 to $160.
Correct technique. To get started, swing your arms normally as you walk — left arm moving forward as the right foot takes a step and vice versa.
As the right foot lands, bend your left elbow to 90 degrees and plant the left pole tip across from your right heel… then push the pole against the ground to help propel yourself forward. Keep poles angled rearward — they should never be farther forward than the front foot.
Goal: Walk at a moderate to brisk pace for at least 30 minutes five times a week. Pole-walking is safe for just about everyone — but it’s best to check with your doctor before starting any exercise program.
Women’s Health interviewed Timothy S. Church, MD, PhD, MPH, professor and director of preventive medicine research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
He has coauthored a number of journal articles on pole-walking and the role of exercise in health.
May 13th, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Oh man…anon 14…you’re correct, that answer was an obvious one, and it was a quick leap taken and I usually would not react in haste, and would you accept my humble apology?? AND I’m pleased that you will see your beloved this afternoon and that you normally do not eat that trash : ) wow, who knew sexual/lusty/luv distraction could lead to bad eating choices. I wish you and your beloved a lovely and tantric afternoon.
Farah, I wish you and all the Arab women the best. I wish I could help in some way. Maybe Madaline or Anonz can help, they have power(s) I do not.
Howie, thanks. Maybe you can check out Dolores Cannon’s 4 part interview on youtube, she speaks on aliens and where this earth and our evolution as humans may go. If you have time and if you have the inclination to check it out…I’d love to hear your thoughts on her work, please…?
- ZL
May 13th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
I rec’d a comment at my site today, Elise, if you’re from here, hi and thanks for coming by : ) anyway, the comment: like your blog, blah, blah but fix your about page – hee hee hee – I don’t have one, I guess that’s the problem, ahahaha…I just don’t even know how to describe myself without it putting limitations on just about everything, I’m not an ‘about’ I’m more of an experience, how do you put that into words? Any suggestions?
http://getyourlifebalanced.com/2011/05/relationships-is-my-pathology-paging-your-pathology-or-is-that-psycho-babble-nonsense/ – this one is for my hairstylist bc she’s got lots of ‘I never meet anybody (good)’ pals.
May 13th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Two elderly gentlemen from a retirement center were sitting on a bench under a tree when one turns to the other and says: “Slim, I’m 83 years old and now and I’m just full of aches and pains. I know you’re about my age.
How do you feel?”
Slim says, “I feel just like a newborn baby.”
“really? Like a newborn baby?”
Yep, no hair, no teeth, and I think I just wet my pants.”
May 13th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
I wish the male I love could love me just half as much as I loved him.
He tells me I’m the one for him but he doesn’t allow himself to be the one for me. When I need him he’s not there. When I need to talk about my feelings he’s not interested. When I need to feel his body on mine he’s not around. When i shed tears he rolls his eyes When we were young we owned the world. Now I only have my memories and a less than part time lover. He tells me to be patient that his work is more important now. But he has asked me to be patient since I was coming out of my teenage years. Now I’m heading into menopause. How much patience can one ask of another? I know time changes things. My head says he doesn’t love me anyone but my heart won’t believe it. I wish I could let him go but he owns me. I don’t want another. I just want him. I just want him to want me too, like he use to. When he told me often how much he loved me. When he told me all that mattered was us. When he told me the waiting would be worth it. I miss his love. Mostly I miss him and us.
May 13th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Ah love! Anonymous 14 of yesterday, the words you wrote of your missing your girl were heart warming.
Love, in any form, is one of my favorite things, and a truly great pleasure if you are lucky enough to have a body and emotions.
I sense Greta has a wounded heart. Her writing was a big confrontational, I thought. Maybe love has not been kind to her.
And Poor Anonymous 14 today. I feel sad for you.
I believe you will understand this message. Perhaps you’ll find solace in it. Plus poetry seems popular here. This is from the Ruba’iyat (reference unknown).
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Don’t flounder in the preambles of the past
Wounded with regrets; don’t let autumnal
Nostalgia blind you to the sounds and scents
Of the present’s Spring; you’re a native of
The pellucid moment, make it infinite beyond
The curving snake of passing time and space.
Learn to die in the infinitely elusive moment.
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May 13th, 2011 at 11:59 pm
I am not floundering. I am ecstatic! My love came to see me as she promised. We made as they say “mad Love!” I
I can say that had we not made love, it would have been as fulfilling because her presence is an orgasmic delight.
Sometimes when she is talking to me I get lost in the melody of her words. Or if she is moving when she is attempting to convey her point, I get lost in the symphony of her body’s grace in motion.
Today, she walked in as if it was nothing for her to enter a room, she was simply gorgeous. She doesn’t just enter a room. She possesses it! Every living thing in it becomes aware of her presence. And she did not fail today.
I was lost to everything but her presence when she opened the door and casually strolled in with a smile and a Hi.
She has the kind of gorgeous that defies time, it is what it is and it will always be. The kind of gorgeous that is preserved for mankind to share with the generations, a living Mona LIsa.
Sometimes when I look at her, I image she is a museum piece, a priceless picture that I have stopped in to see, once again. I am almost afraid to touch her, I might defile her beauty. Spoil it for the pleasure of other coveting generations to come.
When I am inside her sometimes I pause in the pursuit of my pleasure after I feel her last spasms of orgasm. I tell myself that I am making love to this exquisite creature. How lucky could anyone be?
Sometimes it takes more than my own assurance that I am indeed having this privilege. I hold her tighter but gently. I look deep into her dreamy eyes. I lean close and smell her flesh. As I feel my hips move to the rhythm of her pounding heart, I kiss her lips, full on. I pull that sweet mouth into mine.
As I taste the liquid fire of her tongue on mine, I arch her back gently and allow the head of my penis to tease the immediate inner walls of her vagina. She grips me firmly and her vagina muscles quicken along the outer rim of the head of my penis.
We pick up the pace as if on cue. A dance we have done on many occasions begins anew. Our bodies oblivious to all but the pleasure they have become spoiled to receiving respond to each other on cue.
I soften my shaft to encourage her pussy to work for the pleasure it is demanding, it responds instantly with the aid or her pelvis thrusting in rhythm to my own body’s dance. We merge into a take no prisoners explosion of ecstasy. It’s been good once again.
She smiles as she scolds me for making her work so hard. I roll her over into the fetal position as I prepare to entertain her ass with the warm heat of the head of my dick. She responds by rolling her head to me and flicking her tongue invitingly as she says “I may not give you ass today.”
I lift her and place her on top of me as she slides her wet pussy over the head of my dick she says “that feels so good.” Or was it me who said that?
Her breast are so perfect that I move from one to the other in excited glee. Her hair falls over her shoulder and I can not imagine a more perfect form.
I freeze because I can not believe that I am making love to this exquisite creature.
She rides me harder oblivious to my inability to cope with the fact that this flawless creation of nature is letting me make love to her. I am aroused by and respond to the demands of her body’s throbbing cadence.
We battle as if it is war to see who will come first. Then as usual, we slow to me the needs of the other. First I feel the tight wet grip of her inner pussy and I shorten but quicken my thrusts.
Then I feel those ever changing muscle spasms along her inner walls and I lengthen and slow my thrusts as I change from thrust to a rhythmic cadence so that the gyrating motions of our hips allow us to feel every inch of pleasure our bodies have to give.
She becomes even wetter as her body begins to take control of her mind and signals my body that this will be a Tango today.
She relaxes in a way that leaves her body so accessible, as if to say, “I am yours, enter me as you wish.” The tissues and muscles of her inner walls awaken like little hands grasping and stroking my shaft as I find my rhythm inside those talented fingers.
I feel them become warmer and I know she is near exploding. I feel her fight the rise of her own pleasure.
She wants to prolong her peak, hold it a few minutes longer so she reverses the rhythm of her hips, but I hold her designer jean cheeks in my hands and slip my middle finger gently into her ass.
She moans her special coo of pleasure and allows my dick to reach that pulse within her sugar walls that sends her over the edge.
We ride it together. I look at the wetness about her hair line and the glisten it brings to her face.
I had for a moment forgotten that God had created no finer beauty. At that moment, I swear silently to God that if he/she grants me the time, I will worship my sweet love for an eternity.
May 14th, 2011 at 7:14 am
Gas Be Gone!
Douglas A. Drossman, MD
The average person produces one to four pints of gas daily and expels it about 14 times a day. Sometimes gas gets trapped in the body, causing uncomfortable bloating. What you should know…
Flatulence occurs when bacteria ferment undigested carbohydrates in the colon. The telltale noise is caused by vibration of the anal opening… odor depends on the foods eaten and types of bacteria present.
Flatulence producers include asparagus, beans, bran, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, corn, onions, pasta, peas, potatoes, prunes and wheat.
Dairy foods cause gas in people who lack the enzyme lactase needed to digest the milk sugar lactose. Called lactose intolerance, this gets more common with age.
Over-the-counter remedies: Charcoal tablets or simethicone (Gas-X) may help by breaking up big gas bubbles.
Beano contains an enzyme that breaks down cellulose, a carbohydrate in legumes and cruciferous vegetables — take it just before eating.
To help prevent gas, take a daily supplement that contains the probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis, such as the brand Align.
For lactose intolerance, avoid dairy foods or try Lactaid supplements, which contain lactase.
Belching happens after you swallow air. Avoid: Fizzy drinks, gum, eating too fast, gulping, using a straw, smoking.
Another culprit: Anxiety makes people breathe rapidly and swallow more often. Calming: Inhale for five seconds… hold five seconds… exhale for five seconds… hold five seconds… repeat.
See your doctor: If you are troubled by excess flatulence or belching, your doctor can check for underlying gastrointestinal problems.
Women’s Health interviewed Douglas A. Drossman, MD, professor in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, and codirector of the Center for Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine.
He has published two books and more than 400 articles on gastrointestinal disorders.
May 14th, 2011 at 7:17 am
Michelle,
I am writing this hurriedly. I have to get ready for the Bay action today in the City. Just wanted to thank you for telling us about the Film Noir event at the Roxie. It was fun!
I saw you but I didn’t have the nerve to come up.
Patricia
May 14th, 2011 at 7:32 am
Hafa adai Anonz:
Looks like you were right again. The crooked US senators are attempting to change the deal that would bring the marines to Guam so they can allow their handlers to get a piece of the action.
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US Senators call for changes to planned marine transferral to Guam
Posted at 20:51 on 13 May, 2011 UTC
A group of US senators have called for alterations to plans to move thousands of Marines from Okinawa in Japan to Guam.
The Stars and Stripes website reports that the senators include John McCain and Carl Levin, the highest ranking members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services.
They have called for the US to scrap major aspects of a 2006 US-Japan realignment agreement to relocate troops on Okinawa.
The agreement was contingent on the transferral of almost 9000 troops to Guam.
However it’s been described by the senators as “unrealistic, unworkable, and unaffordable”.
They estimate that transferral would mean a total of 23,000 Americans moving to Guam around 2014 which would require considerable off-base federal spending to improve infrastructure.
Instead, the senators proposed rotating deployed units from other bases, citing Hawaii and California as potential locations.
Guam’s congressional delegate, Madeleine Bordallo, has responded by saying the senators’ proposal would reduce the amount of revenue that would come from permanently stationed Marines on Guam.
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Why is everything so crooked in the all white senate?
Peter
May 14th, 2011 at 7:46 am
Taking Responsibility for our Energy Future
May 13, 2011
Taking Responsibility for our Energy Future.
As Americans continue to face a challenging economy and record-high gas prices – and the top five oil companies rake in huge profits every quarter – House Republicans are working to increase offshore drilling and continue the most egregious subsidies to the oil industry.
This week, House Republicans passed 3 bills to expand offshore drilling nationwide—including off of our California coastline.
If we end the tax breaks to the big five oil companies, we could save $32 billion over 10 years. Last week, we gave our colleagues across the aisle a chance to vote to end these subsidies, but they said no.
Eight times this year, we have given them a chance, and eight times they have voted against holding the oil industry accountable and providing relief to consumers.
On Wednesday, House Democrats introduced two new measures to responsibly and safely expand the production of American energy, and invest in our clean energy future.
The Increasing American Energy Production Now Act:
Enacts the recommendations of the bipartisan BP Oil Spill Commission
Sets benchmarks for oil and gas development on federal property
Imposes fees on oil and gas companies who sit on drilling leases without producing any energy
The Building Our Clean Energy Future Now Act:
Ends taxpayer-funded subsidies for the major oil companies
Uses some of those funds to increase the use of American-made clean energy and reduce our
dependence on foreign oil
America must take responsibility for our own energy future, and we must invest in clean, safe, renewable, and reliable alternatives to power our homes and businesses, and create jobs.
This plan strengthens the production of American-made energy and offers a path toward energy independence and economic growth.
Congresswoman Pelosi joins Mayor Lee and community leaders at the opening of St. Peter’s Place in San Francisco, which built 19 new, affordable apartments for adults with disabilities
Working for a Fair Path to Citizenship
Last year, the Democratic House passed the DREAM Act with a bipartisan vote; it faced obstruction in the Senate, but would have given hundreds of thousands of young people brought to our country without a choice the chance to earn legal status.
With this week’s reintroduction of the DREAM Act in the House and Senate, we have another chance to take the first step towards enactment of comprehensive immigration reform.
The DREAM Act strengthens our economy and our military, and honors our American values.
For the hundreds of thousands of young people who contribute to our country, and who are counting on us to bring them out of the shadows, we cannot allow another year to go by without the DREAM Act becoming law.
Please feel free to forward this information to your family and friends. To learn more about these efforts, to express your views, or to sign up for email updates, please visit my Web site. I am also on Twitter http://twitter.com/NancyPelosi.
Sincerely,
Member of Congress
May 14th, 2011 at 8:22 am
Broken Hearted
There is probably more to it than your realize. Not everything can be explained via the human experience.
May 14th, 2011 at 8:29 am
Hafa Adai Michelle.
I want to include this link so that those on the mainland and Hawaii who share very sunny climates will write their congressmen and suggest this option for their street lights.
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Guam – The University of Guam Center for Island Sustainability recently installed stand alone solar powered light-emitting diode (LED) street lights as a part of a $1.5 million dollar grant from the State Energy Program and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
A total of 30 units – 21 units in Dean’s Circle and nine behind the School of Nursing were installed to reduce the carbon foot print of the campus, save on energy, and promote renewable power to island residents.
“In terms of energy output, each fixture emits 30 watts and has an illumination output of 3,840 lumens.
During the day, solar panels charge each battery unit, and as the sun sets, a controller senses a drop of voltage from the solar panel and turns each lamp on. Conversely, when the sun rises the controller senses another change in voltage and shuts the lamp off to start charging each battery,” said Antonio Endaya , Center for Island Sustainability Energy Technician.
With a payback period of three years in energy savings, this is the first step in alternative energy investments for the UOG Center for Island Sustainability as future plans are underway for similar projects.
CIS is pursuing a series of other solar projects including the installation of forty fixtures of walk-way lights on campus and solar power systems in the School of Education (SOE), Telecommunication and Distance Education Operation (TADEO) office, and Center for Island Sustainability (CIS) office. Solar arrays at SOE will provide 12Kw of energy while the TADEO and CIS buildings will each have 6Kw units for power.
The CIS office will also have a 4 Kw unit to power their electric car and a small wind Turbine to use as a demonstration model. TADEO will also be putting in a 10 Kw wind turbine to supplement their energy needs.
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Every step to save the planet’s energy and to take back the power over us exercised by the greedy Energy Industry is a step towards independence and recovery.
Anna