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2.21.2013

Battery Hook Up for Small Solar System CAD detail

Simple Line Drawing-Example of Hooking up a Battery Bank Solar System


Battery Bank CAD drawing-
Battery Bank CAD drawing example



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2.19.2013

Creating Additional Seating and Stage-Shady Jacks Saloon

Build Notes Hardwood Floor Stage-Extra Seating 

Customer Must Haves

  • Create Additional Seating Area (64) for the Ever-Growing Lunch and Dinner Crowds
  • Build a New Stage for the Bands that play every Friday Night / Special Events
  • New Stage and Seating Area must match existing Decor

Build Notes

  • Up-cycled Flooring Materials-from previous projects and from left overs on prior projects in the Bar.

  • Stage Constructed of 2x12 Framing at 16 in OC with 3/4 Plywood Sheeeting
  • Clear Floor Finish


Stage Framing Complete 


Installing the Wood Floor Design




 

Clear Floor Finish
Applying Clear Floor Finish



 

Shady Jack-Owner Shady Jacks Saloon and Grill
Downtown St Louis MO
https://www.shadyjackssaloon.com




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2.18.2013

Local SEO for the St Louis Region


The Proof is in the Stats-[Changes to 3 Simple Key Words that I had mistakenly left out and from Linking my Service Page to the Green Blogs].  As a true DIY person I believe in handling all the projects I can do In-House.  Luckily when it comes to Local SEO techniques I accepted the free offer for Local SEO Assistance from Mr A.Dollinger via his LinkedIn Proposal for Increasing Small Business Web Presence


DocumentLocal SEO for the St Louis Region
  • The three websites that I manage for my General Contracting / Green and Sustainable Building Promotion for the St Louis Region.

The Stats from the websites show a dramatic increase in pageviews.  The Proof is in the Pudding or the Stats in the SEO World- I completed the SEO suggestions made by Andy Dollinger in the First and Second Week of February 2013; and here are the Current / Actual Stats from the websites-after the Mighty Google Search Engine re-visited the websites.  The stats plainly show an increase in daily pageviews.

Pageviews today

263

Pageviews yesterday

486

Pageviews last month

8,943

Pageviews all time history

178,743

  1. Main Website- http://stlouisrenewableenergy.com page view Statts provided by Web Host (Weebly.coom)

Mr A. Dollinger pointed out some additional areas that I had overlooked when adding "Local" Meta Tags when I built my latest website. After I added the "Local Tags" I went ahead and checked my site to see how Google's Search Engine viewed and parsed the site and found that the simple changes Mr Dolllinger suggested will boost my websites SEO standing for the St Louis Region.

I don't usually accept 'Freebies' but was Pleasantly surprised at the outcome of his SEO suggestions! So much so he will be listed on the Site as SEO Guru!

Yes I recommend and will call on Mr Dollinger in the future.

Build Green,

Scotty

http://www.stlouisrenewableenergy.com

January 27, 2013, Scotts Contracting was a consultant or contractor to Andy at ClicksEffect - Local Search Engine Optimization,Design,Content and Mobile services

Andy has also offered additional free assistance in his latest offering:

I thought you might be interested – I set up a group on linkedin for small businesses.

The purpose of it is to help small businesses with their branding and marketing efforts.Check your email for the invitation.

I'd love to see you there. Once joined, feel free to participate in discussions or start new ones.

Oh one more thing – I've prepared a FREE course for small businesses related to Search Engine Optimization.This will help your site get better rankings = MORE CLIENTS . No cost involved.

All you need to do is go to http://www.clickseffect.com  , signup and grab the course.

Andy Dollinger | Marketing&Consultancy for small businesses  

E andy.dollinger@clickseffect.com  Dollinger.Andy

  


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2.17.2013

No such thing as climate change denial – just fake experts


No such thing as climate change denial – just fake experts


There are two aspects to scientific consensus. Most importantly, you need a 
consensus of evidence – many different measurements pointing to a single, consistent conclusion. As the evidence piles up, you inevitably end up with near-unanimous agreement among actively researching scientists: aconsensus of scientists.In a sense, there is no such thing as climate change denial. No one denies that climate changes (in fact, the most common climate myth is the argument that past climate change is evidence that current global warming is also natural). Then what is being denied? Quite simply, the scientific consensus that humans are disrupting the climate. A more appropriate term would be “consensus denial”.
number of surveys of the climate science community since the early 1990s have measured the level of scientific consensus that humans were causing global warming. Over time, the percentage of climate scientists agreeing that humans are causing global warming has steadily increased. As the body of evidence grows, the consensus is getting stronger.
Two recent studies adopting different approaches have arrived at strikingly consistent results. A survey of over 3000 Earth scientists found that as the climate expertise increased, so did agreement about human-caused global warming. For climate scientists actively publishing climate research (79 scientists in total), there was 97% agreement.
This result was confirmed in a separate analysis compiling a list of scientists who had made public declarations on climate change, both supporting and rejecting the consensus. Among scientists who had published peer-reviewed climate papers (908 scientists in total), the same result: 97% agreement.
While individual scientists have their personal views on climate change, they must back up their opinions with evidence-based research that withstands the scrutiny of the peer-reviewed process. An analysis of peer-reviewed climate papers published from 1993 to 2003 found that out of 928 papers, none rejected the consensus.
Despite these and many other indicators of consensus (I could go on), there is a gaping chasm between reality and the perceived consensus among the general public. Polls from 1997 to 2007 found that around 60% of Americans believe there is significant disagreement among scientists about whether global warming was happening. A 2012 Pew poll found less than half of Americans thought that scientists agreed humans were causing global warming.
The gap between perception and reality has real-world consequences. People who believe that scientists disagree on global warming show less support for climate policy. Consequently, a key strategy of opponents of climate action for over 20 years has been to cast doubt on the scientific consensus and maintain the consensus gap.
How have they achieved this? Hang around and you’ll witness first hand the attack on consensus in the comment threads of this article. The techniques of consensus denial are easily identifiable. In fact, if one rejects an overwhelming scientific consensus, it’s inevitable that they end up exhibiting some of the following characteristics.
Expect to see reference to dissenting non-experts who appear to be highly qualified while not having published any actual climate research. Fake expert campaigns are launched with disturbing regularity. Recently, a group of NASA retirees issued a press release rejecting the consensus. While possessing no actual climate expertise, they evidently hoped to cash in on the NASA brand.
A prominent Australian fake expert is Ian Plimer, the go-to guy for political leaders and fossil fuel billionaires. He hasn’t published a single peer-reviewed paper on climate change.
There should be many cases of cherry picking but how do you identify a genuine cherry pick? When a conclusion from a small selection of data differs from the conclusion from the full body of evidence, that’s cherry picking. For example, a common cherry pick of late is the myth that global warming stopped over the last 16 years. This focus on short periods of temperature data ignores the long-term warming trend. Importantly, it also ignores the fact that over the last 16 years, our planet has been building up heat at a rate of over three Hiroshima bombs worth of energy every second. To deny global warming is to deny the basic fact that our planet is building up heat at an extraordinary rate.
One way of avoiding consensus is to engage in logical fallacies. The most common fallacy employed to deny the human influence on climate change is the non sequitur, Latin for “it does not follow”. The onslaught of Australian extreme weather in 2013 has led to a surge in the fallacy “extreme weather events have happened before therefore humans are not having an influence on current extreme weather”. This is the logical equivalent to arguing that people have died from natural causes in the past so no one ever gets murdered now.
Finally, with consensus denial comes the inevitable conspiracy theories. If you disagree with an entire scientific community, you have to believe they’re all conspiring to deceive you. A conspiracy theorist displays two identifying characteristics. They believe exaggerated claims about the power of the conspirators. The scientific consensus on climate change is endorsed by tens of thousands of climate scientists in countries all over the world. A conspiracy of that magnitude makes the moon landing hoax tame in comparison.
Conspiracy theorists are also immune to new evidence. When climate scientists were accused of falsifying data, nine independent investigations by universities and governments in two countries found no evidence of wrongdoing. How did conspiracy theorists react? By claiming that each investigation was a whitewash and part of the conspiracy! With each new claim of whitewash, the conspiracy grew larger, encompassing more universities and governments.
A key element to meaningful climate action is closing the consensus gap. This means identifying and rebutting the many rhetorical techniques employed to deny the scientific consensus.
This article was adapted from Understanding Climate Change Denial. First published in The Conversation. Reproduced with permission.



No such thing as climate change denial – just fake experts



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StLouis Election Day is Just Around the Corner!



City of St. Louis Sustainability Plan 



Dear Scott,
 
Thank you so much for your kind offer to help spread Mayor Slay's message on your blog!
 

Here is a link to the City of St. Louis Sustainability Plan




It is lengthy and detailed, but the table of contents is helpful for quickly finding specific areas of interest.  Let me know if there is information you would like me to extract that is especially relevant for your readers. 


 
Thanks again!

Bonnie Boime
Volunteer Coordinator, Slay for Mayor
bonnie@mayorslay.com
volunteersforslay@gmail.com
Office: 314.535.7529(SLAY)
Volunteer Line: 314.643.8657(VOLS)





Hello Slay for Mayor Volunteers!






Many thanks to each of you and welcome to our new volunteers! It is hard to believe, but we are just over 2 weeks away from the March 5th Primary!!!  This election is critical to the future of our city, and it is up to us keep St. Louis moving forward by helping to re-elect Mayor Slay!

Click here to watch the St. Louis Public Radio Mayoral Candidate forum that was recorded February 11th, and share it with your friends and family! This clearly demonstrates the choices we have have on election day.  We MUST do what we can now to maintain integrity, competence, and solution based action in the Mayor's Office for the next four years.

Time is running out, so sign up NOW!


  • Help us distribute yard signs! We are getting hundreds of requests for yard signs every week! We need all hands on deck to get them out there. Email me if you can come by the office and pick up a stack along with a map and a list and distribute some this weekend.
  • Join our Volunteer Canvass Crew!! We will have volunteers going door to door informing voters about this critical election, and showing our support for Mayor Slay.  Join us:
~Saturday February 16th 10am-12noon
~Sunday February 17th 12noon-2pm
~Saturday February 23rd 10am-12noon
~Sunday February 24th 12noon-2pm
  • Help with a mailing! We are working on mailings every Friday afternoon from 2-4pm.   We need all the help folding, stuffing and stamping we can get! Email me if you'd like to help or if a different time will work better for you.
  • Sign up for our Friends and Family Program now! This is one of the most effective tools we have to increase voter turn out. If we all keep in touch with between 5 and 15 people we know, inform them about this important election, and make sure they vote, it could determine the future of our City.
We still have some bumper stickers left! Come and get your's while they last!!

Plan to help us Get Out The Vote!
  • Saturday March 2nd-Tuesday March 5th help us go door to door and make phone calls to get voters to the polls.
  • Monday March 4th help put yard signs at polling places.
  • Tuesday March 5th ELECTION DAY!! Plan to help us staff the polls. The busiest times are 7-9am, 11am-1pm, and 5-7pm, but anytime on election day will be helpful.
As always, feel free to contact me any time with questions or suggestions, and thank you again for all that you do!

Bonnie Boime
Volunteer Coordinator, Slay for Mayor
bonnie@mayorslay.com
volunteersforslay@gmail.com
Office: 314.535.7529(SLAY)
Volunteer Line: 314.643.8657(VOLS)


2.15.2013

StLouis Made In America Solar Systems Now Available

Scotts Contracting Authorized SolarWorld Distributor
Authorized Installation and Sales
Scotts Contracting, St Louis Renewable Energy 


Made in the USA

What does it really mean to be made in America?

For SolarWorld, being made in America means more than simply assembling foreign components in the USA, which does little to benefit the economy. By carrying out the entire value chain in the USA , we are creating American manufacturing jobs not only at our factories but at our suppliers’ factories as well.

American components and materials

  • Raw silicon
  • Tempered glass
  • Aluminum module frames
  • Back sheets and embedding
  • Other direct and indirect materials

American manufacturing

Why made in America is important to our customers

  • Highest quality products
  • Reliable delivery schedules
  • Local warranty and product support
  • Real energy independence vs importing
  • Meets and exceeds Buy America requirements
  • Avoids environmental costs of overseas shipping
  • Money spent stimulates the US economy and creates US jobs
  • Processes meet stringent US labor and environmental policies
SolarWorld is investing over $500 million to expand US-based manufacturing, which generates hundreds of millions of dollars each year for American workers, goods and services.





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2.01.2013

Koch-Funded Misinformation Campaign Aims to Derail Renewable Energy Growth


Union of Concerned Scientists

Before the year is out, you will likely be subjected to a misinformation campaign about renewable energybrought to you by the Koch brothers and other large players in the fossil-fuel industry.
The campaign is being spearheaded by a stealthy, Koch-funded lobby group called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that drafts and attempts to implement state legislation that serves the interests of its corporate backers. Teaming up with ALEC is the industry-backed Heartland Institute, the folks now probably best known for posting a billboard in Chicago last spring that compared people who accept the reality of global warming with “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski. These two groups have already begun to foist legislation called the “Electricity Freedom Act” on state legislatures across the nation.
The notion of “electricity freedom” sounds appealing enough. But don’t be fooled. The proposed legislation is a direct attack on states’ efforts to move toward clean, renewable sources of electricity. And it is being sold to legislators and the public with the help of bogus findings from studies funded by—you guessed it—the Koch brothers.



Koch-Funded Misinformation Campaign Aims to Derail Renewable Energy Growth


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