Can you move your Perspective according to what you see? A Meditation Technique

Meditation can teach you many things.  Here is one technique to ask whether you practice.

Meditation is neither shutting things out nor off. It is seeing things clearly, and deliberately positioning yourself differently in relationship to them.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2010-02-06). Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life (p. 30). Hyperion. Kindle Edition.

Got the Message? Water is going to get more expensive as it gets scarce

If you look at the White House Fact Sheet for Climate Change impact and look for “water”  it shows up 20 times.

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Energy and Water are interconnected.  The smart data center people think about the long term water use in their facility as it is going to get scarcer and more expensive

• Energy: “Extreme weather events are affecting energy production and delivery facilities, causing supply disruptions of varying lengths and magnitudes and affecting other infrastructure that depends on energy supply. The frequency and intensity of certain types of extreme weather events are expected to change. Higher summer temperatures will increase electricity use, causing higher summer peak loads, while warmer winters will decrease energy demands for heating. Net electricity use is projected to increase. Changes in water availability, both episodic and long-lasting, will constrain different forms of energy production. In the longer term, sea level rise, extreme storm surge events, and high tides will affect coastal facilities and infrastructure on which many energy systems, markets, and consumers depend. As new investments in energy technologies occur, future energy systems will differ from today’s in uncertain ways. Depending on the character of changes in the energy mix, climate change will introduce new risks as well as new opportunities.” (NCA Highlights: Energy Supply and Use)

• Water: “Climate change affects water demand and the ways water is used within and across regions and economic sectors. The Southwest, Great Plains, and Southeast are particularly vulnerable to changes in water supply and demand. Changes in precipitation and runoff, combined with changes in consumption and withdrawal, have reduced surface and groundwater supplies in many areas. These trends are expected to continue, increasing the likelihood of water shortages for many uses. Increasing flooding risk affects human safety and health, property, infrastructure, economies, and ecology in many basins across the United States… Increasing resilience and enhancing adaptive capacity provide opportunities to strengthen water resources management and plan for climate-change impacts.” (NCA Highlights: Water)

Reality of Nest exposed by Consumer Reports, Nest in Operations has issues

GigaOm’s Stacey Higginbotham posted on Consumer Reports issues with the Nest.

In the “never mind” category, Consumer Reports tosses the Nest thermostat and Nest Protect under a bus because of customer complaints about the heating turning off after updates and a lack of sensors on the Protect.

My Mom has a nest and my sister provides tech support.  I think the Nest has wasted more time than energy it every saved.  What kind of problems does a Nest have check out this tweet by Mark Lucovsky.

 Jan 14

, thx for buying . Any chance you can "unbrick" my 3 nest thermostats? 2 dead in NYC, 1 dead in SF. == don't autobrick T's

Here is what Consumer Reports says.

Never mind

Nest Learning Thermostat, $250
Programming a thermostat can be a pain, so one that programs itself and adapts to your schedule sounds great. And you can ­remotely change the Nest’s setting using its app if your routine changes. But the initial setup wasn’t as intuitive as other digital or smart thermostats we tested. The Nest thermostat is also connected online via Wi-Fi, so it automatically updates its software. But there’s the rub: User reviews have complained of Nests shutting down the heating system ­after updates, with a few ­reports of frozen and burst pipes as a result.

 

Barron's thought Twitter was too expensive in Nov 2013, Feb 2014, and May 2014

Twitter has a second day of decreasing stock price.

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Some are surprised the stock is falling.  Barron’s has been saying for months that TWTR was too expensive.  Twitter is important for so many things, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t its stock shouldn’t have a fair market value.

  • Why Twitter Could Fall Further - Barron's

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    Feb 8, 2014 - Barron's was bullish on Twitter prior to last November's initial public offering, but we warned that investors shouldn't pay more than $30 for the ...

  • Beat-Up Twitter Is Still Too Rich - Barron's

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    4 days ago - Even after a 47% drop from its late-December high of $74, Twitter looks ...Barron's wrote negative follow-ups ("Twitter: Priciest Stock Since the ...

  • The Case for Selling Twitter - Barron's

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    Nov 15, 2013 - The social-media company's big spending in infrastructure and global expansion will undercut its stock, writes S&P Capital IQ.