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Circa 2016, Harvard students were protesting the university's investments in fossil fuel companies. At the time, I was curating stories for my then-website on student movements and other events at major research universities in the U.S. Divest Harvard was one of a wave of student organizations and student actions calling for campus disinvestment. What if Capital Area Greens disinvested from natural gas for household electric power generation? What if Capital Area Greens did so before the General Assembly reconvenes in late September? Perhaps you have already. If not, and you use a public utility, the following is an excerpt from "Renewable Energy" about my conversion 16 months ago. In Pennsylvania, you can choose what company supplies your electricity. Unless you choose otherwise, your utility company is your supplier as well. However, you can shop around for a better rate on natural gas (Read/Read/Read the fine print), or switch to renewable energy (solar, wind, blended, etc.). Your utility company doesn't change, so your bill comes from your utility company. That's because the supplier uses the utility company's pipes and other infrastructure to distribute its natural gas or renewable energy. Think of your utility company as a Walmart, Target, or regional superstore. The superstore (utility company) doesn't change because it stocks different brands of hand sanitizer (supplies/suppliers). Nor does it stop selling its store brand of hand sanitizer (natural gas). If you're interested in clean electricity, then visit oca.state.pa.us or papowerswitch.com for suppliers. And share your own conversion story with the Green Party of Dauphin County on Facebook, or at the next meeting. See the FB group for details. Response to "Conversation with Senator Casey about what a Federal 100% Clean Electricity Standard could do for PA" (pennenvironment.org).  "Sun" by gr33n3gg. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. Related: Renewable Energy
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Please join the #CheyneyChallenge, a monthly donation campaign for America's first HBCU. I made my most recent donation of $18.37 today. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania cheyney.edu Est. 1837 The Cheyney Challenge is an initiative of alumnus Mr. Bright. I committed to it in 2015, and began my donations the following year.  Cheyney University | © The Philadelphia Tribune. (Image used by permission.)
I'm really happy for Wally Funk.
And what's her secret to staying motivated after witnessing a lifetime of historic milestones in space? Was she ever disillusioned since her own journey began six decades ago? For 60 years Funk sustained her desire to fly into space. In 1961, she was the youngest volunteer of a cohort training women to become astronauts. That was several years before the first manned mission to space in 1969, when Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon. In the meantime, Funk was a pilot and flight instructor with close to 20,000 flight hours to her credit. She even bought a ticket for Virgin Galactic, which is scheduled to launch the world's first flight in space tourism on July 11. At the invitation of Jeff Bezos, Funk, 82, will make history before the world as a founding passenger of the space-tourism rival Blue Origin. Bravo, Wally! See you July 20.
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"Open Cockpit Day 2018" by Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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It took 35 days, but I got my toilet fixed this morning.
A plumber came by and said my toilet was leaking into the apartment below. As he worked, I thought back to five weeks ago. I submitted an online "maintenance request to stop the water from running in my toilet nonstop. In the meantime," I added, "I have shut the water off halfway." Management called me immediately (within 15 minutes). I also called management to remind them of my request a week later. A one-week wait turned into three, and three weeks into five. At least it did for my request. I called management a few hours after the plumber left. The representative said she found out yesterday about the leak he fixed today. The lack of follow-through to my requests started with my first one -- for management to review surveillance footage of mail theft. Ultimately, I was in the middle of 21 days of no mail received. And ultimately, I received no confirmation; negation; or declination to that request. Or to two more similar ones. My maintenance request was ironic, because I opted for a plumber on my own dime a few days before. He arrived the next day, after 6 p.m., but found no parking downtown to keep him close to the tools. I was hiring him because the submission form on the apartment manager's site generated error messages. The voice mail, on the other hand, said to call back during the workweek. My first year as tenant, the building underwent three management companies -- including the owning company now. Regardless of future management, I notified the owning company two weeks ago that I won't renew a third year.
P.S. The plumber had great customer service. He didn't bang on the door. He waited for me to answer. He apologized for waking me up. (And I had a long night completing two weeks of manual data backup.) He asked if he should knock when returning. And he asked if I wanted him to lock the door when leaving.
Men and women clasping hands (Westend61 Images/AP Images/Westend61)
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Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, tweeted that Natanz expected uranium enriched to 60% in a week.
That was in April. Recall that the International Atomic Energy Agency cited only 4.5% purity at Natanz less than a year ago. (Weapons-grade uranium has 90% purity, by the way.) Tehran maintains that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Gharibabadi's tweet noted uranium enriched to 60% "will improve significantly... the quality and quantity of radiopharmaceutical products." [Emphasis mine.] USP describes itself as a scientific nonprofit that works for the global availability of safe and useful medicine. It notes the use of radiopharmaceuticals (radioactive drugs) in medical treatment, therapy, and diagnoses. On the question of nuclear weapons, nine confirmed nations have them, including Iran's nemeses the United States and Israel. I don't support nuclear weapons for any nation, least of all the nine who have them. Nor do I support the ambition to develop them. In Dark Cities, geopolitical scientist Daniel Deudney describes the human death toll if one were deployed: "One nuclear weapon, an object roughly the size of a... household refrigerator, can obliterate a large city and kill millions of people." Altogether, Russia and the United States have more than 11,000 of these refrigerators. I'm not sure if Iran has nuclear ambitions, but I'm wary until I get more perspective. For instance: What's the average level of enrichment for radiopharmaceuticals? And if 60% purity will enhance "significantly" Iran's radiopharmaceuticals, why then did it sacrifice production to just 4 percent (3.67) under the nuclear deal?
A comment on "Iran Hopes to Get 60% Uranium Next Week, Envoy in Vienna Says" (G. Arancibia).
Toddler peeking outside during aerial attack by Islamic State (© REUTERS | Umit Bektas)
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Related: Satellite Constellations Related: International Law Related: "The Incendiaries" (2019) Related: Global Recession (2020) Note: The following is only an excerpt. A redacted copy of the full email is downloadable at your own risk. My husband and I have been the subject of repeat and persistent mail theft for 13 months. There's no indication that the other tenants have been subjected to such theft. The building has only 10 residential units -- half of them occupied. It's also equipped with video surveillance. The residence is <Redacted> | Harrisburg, PA | XXXXX. Known incidents and categories of mail are as follows: Sometime between April 27, 2020 and April 28, 2020 (Tuesday) Before 9 a.m. on April 28
February 19, 2021 to March 10, 2021 (Daily)
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