(Bellingham, WA) Monument Snowboards is pleased to introduce you to another series of boards from our new lineup for the 2009-2010 season featuring the artists known as SSUR.  2009-2010 will be another collection of amazing riding freestyle boards featuring artwork from some of the most critically acclaimed artists from around the world.ABOUT THE ARTIST: Ruslan Karablin, better known in the art & design world as ‘SSUR’, emerged from the NYC downtown art scene 15 years ago. Ruslan was born in Rus

Battered by the worst economic downturn in decades, governors across the country are using their annual speeches to state lawmakers to inject a little Obama-style optimism into the dour debate over budget cuts, and even to suggest that bad times require big ambition. In Oregon, Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski, a Democrat, is proposing $2 billion in new taxes and fees to pay for children’s health care, transportation and investments in renewable energy. In Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican, pr

With the rapid advancement of solar power we are now seeing new products enter the market containing “integrated solar panels”.For example, solar shingles. Essentially, these are ordinary roof shingles which are made out of photovoltaic materials. They perform the same function as ordinary roof shingles, with the added capability of producing electricity.The advantage of these thin “solar panels” is that they can now be integrated right into one’s building materials – so instead of having sola

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In both versions of the Senate and House bill require if states want money for energy inprovements (ie Blackmail because the constitution forbids rules that have nothing to do with interstate commerse) They. the states, will DECOUPLE sales and what they charge you for electricity. In other words they charge with what formula they want regardless of how much electricity you use because they use their own formula to decouple from usage. They may sweeten the pot to sell this idea by takeing th

Two interesting articles that I think are worth posting here. This first one reminds me of attaching a carrot to a string hanging from the end of a pole which is held in front of a horse pulling a wagon. The horse will follow the carrot and drag the wagon and its payload.I say this because he claims his special blade system will increase any airflow passed over it to produce 4 times more airflow out than in.Dragonfly Wind Turbine Energy Multiplier 1:4 Gain claimed – “With Ridings’ Dragonfly syst

How to Save Money on Your Next Gas Fill-Up By Marsha RozalskiGas prices have fallen in the past few months but what happens when they start to go back up? I think the gas will go back up and I have heard rumors as such. It’s always better to know how to save on gas then to not. In our world today the price of gas is making us rethink how we spend our money. It’s so hard to make our paychecks stretch with the rise in gasoline prices. So, learn how you can save money on gas by improving your gas m

Over the last few days I have read several articles recommending that you turn your water heater off until a half hour before you want to shower as a means of cutting your electric bill. If you follow their advice your electric bill will actually go up instead of down because it takes more energy to bring a tank of cold water up to temperature then it takes to maintain the temperature after the initial heating. For a family of four the cost of operating a high-efficiency electric hot water heat

pBy a vote of 244-188, the House of Representatives has just passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. The plan will now move to consideration by the Senate. /ppFollowing the vote, President Obama released the following statement: /pblockquotepLast year, America lost 2.6 million jobs. On Monday alone, we learned that some of our biggest employers plan to cut another 55,000. This is a wakeup call to Washington that the American people need us to act and act immediately. br /br /That is why

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday (Jan. 28) met with business leaders to discuss the economic stimulus bill. One member of the group, Mike Splinter, president and CEO of Applied Materials Inc., urged Obama to move full speed ahead on a push towards a ”green economy.” This includes incentives for solar energy adoption as a way to create new jobs as the new administration seeks to jumpstart the slumping U.S. economy. The $825 billion stimulus bill is expected to move ahead in the House,