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[hyah-lian]

got it out gnight

i meant to go to bed but now i might be looking for scissors

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One Problem at a Time Chapter 8

EVEN DRAGONS HAVE THEIR ENDING

Fairy tales are more than true,

Not because they tell us dragons exist,

But because they tell us dragons can be beaten.

~Neil Gaiman

It was dark when the plane landed on the abandoned highway, surrounded by velvety darkness and the empty desert. The hybrid repellant frequency was radiating around the plane, acting as protection from whatever monsters were lurking out there, but just in case it wasn't effective against dragons Abe, Mitch, Jamie and Clementine all waited in the vehicle bay, heavily armed and tense as the cargo door dropped. Mitch rubbed his clean shaven jaw, feeling almost a little naked without the scruffy, stubbly beard but every time he had seen himself in the mirror the reflection was Duncan and he was ready to rid himself of the last vestiges of Duncan-hood once and for all. He had even enlisted Clementine to do something approximating cutting his hair, though she had warned him beforehand that she was better with a wrench than a pair of scissors. Still, the result was passable and he started to feel a little less like Post-tank Mitch, and more like himself, a feeling bolstered when he found one of his old plaid shirts hanging in the back of Jamie's closet, and he grinned as he slid it on, Jamie's soft scent wafting up from it.

When he had joined them all in the bay, Abe saw him first and bellowed, "Well! Hello Mitch Morgan!" with a chuckle, Jamie glanced up from the weapon rack quizzically and her breath caught in her throat but she recovered quickly, looking him over and breaking into a brilliant smile before turning her attention back to the armory. With the press of a button the gun rack opened to reveal a deep, recessed shelf behind it she reached in and pulled out a long, wide case, and Mitch lunged forward to help her with it as she slid it out of the compartment.

He grunted as he caught the end of the case and helped her lower it to the ground. "Ugh, this is heavy. What is it, a case of bricks?" Jamie was busily unlatching the case and she swung it open in triumph, revealing a rocket launcher and a pair of wicked looking missiles. "A rocket launcher?" he asked incredulously, "Really?”

She shrugged, picking up the massive weapon with practiced ease. "You never know when you'll have to blow another plane out of the sky. Or a fire breathing dragon."

“I don't even want to know where you got that thing," he said as she swung it up to her shoulder, opening the sighting mechanism in one swift movement. "Or how you know how to handle it like that.”

Clem piped up, "Speaking of fire-breathing dragon, how long exactly would the plane hold up under an attack from one?"

That had been concerning Jamie too. "The carbon fiber is rated for high temperatures but only for short periods of time. I don't know how hot dragonfire is but I am going to assume that anything longer than three or four minutes will burn through the sheathing and to the actual skin of the plane, which would be very, very bad. Let's hope we don't have to worry about it.”

Now they waited in the open bay; the night air was cool and Jamie felt prickles on her arms, whether from the chill or fear she wasn't sure. A light flashed in the distance and everyone snapped to attention, watching the light as it bobbed closer; within a few seconds moving shadows were visible, though they stayed silent as they approached the plane. The shadows finally trotted onto the plane and Clem immediately pulled the lever to close the bay door, and as it clanged closed they all let out a collective breath and greeted each other enthusiastically. Abe hugged Dariela tight, then drew Jackson to him in a giant bear hug. Jackson thrust two vials at Mitch and panted, "They were refrigerated until we left the dam, about forty minutes ago. I couldn't risk trying to carry the cooler.”

Mitch patted him on the back, cutting him off, "No, this is great. I'm going to go get them in the lab right away.”

"Sorry l couldn't get the dragon or the snake, it was just too dangerous," Jackson apologized, unconsciously touching his injured wrist. "Those are rhino and goat.”

“These are great, two more pieces to the puzzle," Mitch replied, and he motioned at Jackson's injury. "Get Abe to check that wrist. Tomorrow we are going on a little hunting trip and we’re gonna need you in good working order.”

Jackson wasn't really surprised that the plan was in place to go after the dragon and the snake, but he asked, "Are you sure that's a good idea?”

Mitch shook his head. "No, but I'm sure l'm on the right track here, Jackson, know in my gut that these samples are the key to stopping Abigail, the hybrids, fixing everything. We need them and if we have to battle a dragon to get one, that's what we have to do.”

Jackson stared him steadily in the eye but he knew Mitch was right, fighting monsters was what they had been doing for twelve years and he wanted to stop his sister - the biggest monster of them all - more than anything in the world. Destroying what she probably considered a masterpiece of genetic manipulation would be satisfying, but he would never be happy until the hybrids were exterminated and she was behind bars- or dead. He nodded solemnly at Mitch and said, “We’ll do what we have to do.”

Mitch stayed in the lab while everyone else retired to the bar, but Jamie brought him a drink that he accepted gratefully, taking a long swallow before joining her at the computer where he had been working. "They're upstairs talking about the dragon,” Jamie picked up one of the vials of blood and turned it this way and that, studying it in the dim, metallic light of the lab. "Dariela said it was basically a flying razorback the size of an elephant that breathes a jet of fire a hundred feet long. So, you know, nothing we can’t handle," She smiled and gestured at his array of screens. "Find anything out?" she asked, and he hurriedly swallowed the last of drink before plunking the glass down on the desk and taking the vial from her, placing it back in its tray and taking her hand.

“Not yet, I am still processing the samples. I needed to chill them first to keep them stable before I actually started working, so I’ll be here a while." He glanced sideways at her and asked, "Wanna stay with me? Help save the world again?"

She kissed him, his lips bitter with the taste of the vodka, his arms warm around her, but she pulled away after a few seconds, slightly breathless and flushed. "Rain check. Gotta take care of a few things, but I'll be back to help you because that's me, Jamie Campbell, helper of saving stuff.” She motioned at the computers, “You get back to work, Doctor.”

He did just that, losing himself in the work, the answer to puzzle that would save them all. His brain was in science mode, and the next time he looked at the clock he realized she had been gone for two hours. He wondered vaguely where she was but he was too busy to wonder for long. The next time he looked up, Jamie had poked her head into the lab, and asked him, "Are you hungry?”

He was famished, suddenly, and he nodded, stripping off his gloves and washing his hands quickly before making his way into the kitchen, where Jamie had set out two bacon and cheese sandwiches and two glasses of chocolate milk. He gave her a lingering kiss of gratitude, then plopped down at the bar and dug into the food. Jamie picked at hers, mostly watching Mitch, and after a few seconds he stopped chewing and asked, "Why exactly, are you staring at me?”

Her eyes crinkled as she smiled at him. "I like you without the beard. You don't look so grumpy.”

He rolled his eyes slightly and teased, "Is that why you haven’t been able to keep your eyes of me all night? Don't think I didn’t notice.”

Her laugh was tinged with bitterness. "You got me. That's exactly why." Her eyes wouldn't meet his and she swallowed as she said softly, "It was a shock. It's was like I’d gone back ten years, and we were on a beach, making plans to go to Maine to get Clementine, to be a family," Her face softened at the memory, and the years fell away from her and suddenly he was with her there on the beach, making plans for a future they would never have and it dawned on him what his ten year absence had really cost her. Allison Shaw's voice echoed back to him through the years. I know you think she's special and you’re meant to be together, but as someone who knows you very well, you’re not. You’re going to destroy each other. And so they had. But Jamie had destroyed the old Mitch that Allison knew long before Shaw slithered her way back into his life; he had destroyed Jamie when the last tattered remnants of hope she'd managed to cobble together with him after New Brunswick had been snatched away so violently and abruptly that she'd been shattered, and only through vengeance and anger had Jamie pieced herself back together, leaving jagged and sharp edges to protect herself. For the first time he felt a twinge of pity for Logan, because he knew from experience how sharp those edges could be and how deeply she was willing to cut to suit her needs.

“We can start over," Mitch said, taking her face gently in his hands. "We can just pick up from the beach, pretend like the last ten years never happened." He squinted at her. "Might be a bit easier for me than for you."

"I'm sure it would." She shook her head. "But learned a long time ago that there is no going back, so this is where we move on.”

More words that echoed from the past, more visiting ghosts.

Can we do what people do sometimes and start over?

Sure, let's...move on.

His face fell, though he tried to hide it behind his glasses, and she put her hand on his arm. Sometimes she forgot that it hadn’t been ten years for him, so those words were still fresh in his mind. "Move on to the next step, together.”

***

Daylight found Mitch still working in the lab, though Jamie had eventually gone to bed since she knew from experience that, like her, Mitch was single-minded in his own way and once he had a problem in his teeth he was going to worry it to pieces. She stayed with him long enough to learn that the goat's blood and the rhino blood had the same molecular signature as the other samples, and they also had different anomalies. Mitch had worked the anomalous molecules into a figure but there were only four of them it wasn't anything but a bunch of angled lines. They needed more.

Once in her room she tried to relax but she couldn't, she had pushed him too fast and she knew it. But that was her, wasn't it? Relentless, obstinate Jamie- let her get something on her mind and there was no dislodging it until she was satisfied. It had been the night that they left the plane for the barrier and Abe collapsed from the deflated lung, Clementine thrust Sam into her arms while she grabbed a knitting needle from her bag to save Abe, and while everything else was going on Jamie looked down into that sweet little face and felt that little hand grip her finger, and it was like the rest of the world had ceased to exist until she looked up and Mitch's eyes met hers, and suddenly she wanted it, motherhood. With Mitch.

As the sun came up the crew gathered in the lab to discuss the next move and the plan was pretty simple, to fly over the dam and as soon as the dragon came into range, shoot with the sample collector and then turn on the repellant frequency and hope it didn't have time to fry anyone. It was a sketchy plan, the best they could come up with, but as soon as they told Jackson he shook his head. "That won't work," he said, "the thing is covered in spikes and scales, bullets just bounced right off of it. And the range of that crossbow is only what, a hundred feet at best? We’ll all be fried to a crisp before we get close enough. Bad plan. We have to think of something else.”

Jamie looked thoughtful, then asked Mitch. "Could we use a missile on it?"

"You really just want to blow something up. don’t you?" Mitch grinned at her over his glasses but shook his head. “I’m not sure there would be enough left of it to collect samples from, and what was left would probably be contaminated. So, no. Try again."

Jamie went to the armory and pulled out another case, opening it next to the launcher. Snug in the padded lining were three small missiles, roughly the size of beer bottles, and a fitting that Dariela picked up and inspected. "Nice, a rifled missile adapter." She picked up one of the missiles and looked it over. "And Demon fire missiles. Tipped with titanium drillbits, the rifling makes them spin at high speeds, basically creating a drill that carries the explosive deep inside whatever the target is before it explodes."

Jamie chimed in. "A small charge. The missile counts on being internalized before exploding, rather than a huge explosive charge. It would probably scramble the dragon's insides a bit but it won't blow it to pieces and that should leave some part of it uncontaminated, right?"

"Could be," Mitch picked one up and hefted it in his hands before looking around the group. "Anyone have a better idea?" They all looked around at each other but no one volunteered a solution.

Jamie spoke again. "We also need to be firing from a stationary place, not the plane." She pulled up some satellite pictures of the dam and the surrounding area. "See this bluff here? There's a straight line of sight to the dam from here. Set me down there with the missile launcher, and you guys bring the plane over as bait.”

Mitch shook his head vehemently. "NO. You are not going down there by yourself, I'm going with you. Jackson obviously knows how to work the plane, he can play captain.”

Dariela said, "I should go to. IF-" she emphasized, "anything should happen to Jamie I am the only one who knows how to use the rocket launcher.

Jamie, Mitch and Dariela perched on a high bluff, some distance from the dam itself, watching the plane as it flew overhead. They could see Jackson and Abe standing on the opened ramp at the rear as they passed. The dragon flew up from the foggy depths of the river and blew a jet of fire at the retreating plane, as it hovered just below the lip of the dam. Jamie pulled the trigger on the launcher, firing a missile that caught the dragon in its long sinuous neck. It screamed in pain and thrashed as the missile bored its way through the flesh and out the other side, drilling into the dam behind it with a horrendous screech, quivering for a scant second before it exploded through the concrete. "Oh, shit," Jamie breathed as the dam slowly, slowly, began to crack, water pouring out of the fissure, spilling concrete and debris down on to the dragon who was flying awkwardly as blood streamed from the open hole in its scaly neck. It screamed again and tried to haltingly fly away from the dam but suddenly the levee split wide, the entirety of the reservoir pouring over the crumbling lip of the ruined dam, the giant water snake slithered out, landing on the back of the dragon and instantly wrapping itself around the flying beast and they both plummeted downward, two behemoths locked in tooth and claw battle.

Everyone stared open-mouthed as the two hybrids, carried on a wave of water as the dam finally completely broke, washed downstream, writhing and screeching amongst the debris and boulders from the shattered dam.

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hohohoo. just finished my 4 / 13 drawing . i got fucking possessed by a sudden burst of motivation and it actually turned out NOT shitty... ONEPROBLEM idk whento post it UMMMMM m

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To be honest i think a lot of s/w vmin has changed... You know, I understandjust lost their dynamic. I mean,on the one hand they claim to be soul mates,to be best friends but they behaveactually not like one. I know thatthey have matured a lot and become private,but that still doesn't mean theyshow no feelings for each other at allbe able. I honestly don't think sothey are more so close. I think,we all really undermine the relationship,the Jimin & The with Wooga & Sunhoonshare. I mean it's obvious thatJimin spends a lot of time with Sunghoon, e.g. B.in their house or when traveling together,and they are even often seen whatat least for me it shows them thereally liking each other's company.well if you look at vmin even ifthey claim to be closebut they never talk about it. hanging out together and it's been years sincesomeone seen them together somewhereHas. Same goes for Taehyung, he doesn't have oneproblem with sharing that he with othersmembers or the Wooga squad,but again, he never says anything about Jimin.Her behavior contradicts metheir relationship status for some time.I definitely don't want to imply thatthey hate each other, i just think they doare no longer exclusive friends andpossibly closer tiesreceived by others.I just wish they at least didbe friends with each other and notTo be honest i think a lot of s/w vmin has changed... You know, I understandjust lost their dynamic. I mean,on the one hand they claim to be soul mates,to be best friends but they behaveactually not like one. I know thatthey have matured a lot and become private,but that still doesn't mean theyshow no feelings for each other at allbe able. I honestly don't think sothey are more so close. I think,we all really undermine the relationship,the Jimin & The with Wooga & Sunhoonshare. I mean it's obvious thatJimin spends a lot of time with Sunghoon, e.g. B.in their house or when traveling together,and they are even often seen whatat least for me it shows them thereally liking each other's company.well if you look at vmin even ifthey claim to be closebut they never talk about it. hanging out together and it's been years sincesomeone seen them together somewhereHas. Same goes for Taehyung, he doesn't have oneproblem with sharing that he with othersmembers or the Wooga squad,but again, he never says anything about Jimin.Her behavior contradicts metheir relationship status for some time.I definitely don't want to imply thatthey hate each other, i just think they doare no longer exclusive friends andpossibly closer tiesreceived by others.I just wish they at least didI just wish they at least didbe friends with each other and notDrifting apart.I talk about them inregarding their friendship. What Imeaning is that we are the true onesnot knowing the nature of their relationshipbut at least we know they areFriends are... So consideringwhy can't theyshow each other affection and comfort... it was very strange for me thatI haven't said a single word, umJimin in this Festa video toocomfort... I mean, say everything youwant, but don't you think, as a friendshould he have said something. Also whenRM said jhope is always the number1 for Jimin and everyone comes secondJob. I was really shocked becausei thought it would be tae that he was closerturn was Hobi than anyone else (according to thewords of the members). The thing is,that relationships are dynamic andchange constantly " "... It was very strange to me thatI haven't said a single word, umJimin in this Festa video toocomfort... I mean, say everything youwant, but don't you think, as a friendshould he have said something. Also whenRM said jhope is always the number1 for Jimin and everyone comes secondJob. I was really shocked becausei thought it would be tae that he was closerturn was Hobi than anyone else (according to thewords of the members). The thing is,that relationships are dynamic andkeep changing... and i think imcase of vmin you have othersfound people in her lifewhich they compare to each other nowstand much closer.-'  

[roserosetree]

* Blaming 'narcissists' for one's problems. * Blaming 'vampires' for one's problems. #oneproblems.. https://t.co/iAuR0zwCQP #empath #EmpathEmpowerment

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Sokszor kérdezem magamtól- "Akarok így élni? Megéri ez nekem?" És mindig arra jutok,hogy NEM,aztán mégis másnak folytatom..

#sad #think #oneproblem

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Global Wind Power Energy

In less than ten years, the Chinese wind industry has drove past large wind powercompanies in the US and Germany. Two of the world's three largest turbine manufacturersare now Chinese. Only Danish Vestas is today larger than Chinese Sinovel and Goldwind.  Behind the success is a strong growth in the domestic market. As of January 1, 2013, theindustrial giant has installed more than 70,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power in the east.It is most in the world, and twice as much Europe's largest wind power country, Germany.Cheap labor and ample access to capital are part of the recipe.  The Chinese authorities have alsomade a financial contribution.   " Wind power is seen as a new economic growth area.  It is government'spriority, "said Megan Tang in the Chinese renewal organization Creia.  She has beenfollowing developments for many years and thinks 2006 became a turning point: "The renewalact in 2006 was absolutely crucial," she told Tekniske Ukeblad, and received support fromLiming Qiao in the Global Wind Energy Council. - That law was a milestone.  Then the wind power increased dramatically and was doubledfor each year that went, "said Liming.   Many surprised when China announced in2005 that the country would build 30,000 MW of wind power by 2020. 135,000 MW wind powerwill be in Beijing by 2020.  Good support schemes  In a small office inBeijings Dongzhimen district, the Chinese Wind Power Association (CWEA) holds. Models ofall types of turbines are in the hallway. She says that the Chinese authorities have had atwo-part goal with their wind power strategy.  " The government wishes to stimulate the development of a supplier industry. There is onlyhalf of VAT on wind farm equipment and the wind power companies are also beneficiallytaxed, she explains. User tariff system  200,000 people work today in theChinese wind industry. "Feeding tariffs are probably the most important instrument formaking wind power profitable," says Yán, aiming at the scheme that makes the energycompanies get better paid for electricity delivered from wind than from coal. 

It equals between 0.45 and 0.50 Norwegian kroner. " As the system is organized today, companies can make money from selling electricity fromwind power online," says Yán. She says the major power companies from 2013 will also berequired to produce a certain amount of renewable energy, which will generate even morewind power. Girly turbine One of the companies that could benefit from the new arrangements is the turbinemanufacturer Goldwind. Having produced clean test turbines back in the 2000s, Goldwinddelivers wind turbines worldwide. "We set up our first wind turbines in the United Statesin 2010 and have contracts for more," said press jerseymist Li Jie.  In the  economic and technological  development zone Yizhuang outside Beijing, the company has two major factories. One of the factoriesmanufactures turbines, the other electronic control systems. TU may visit the last one.Outside, Goldwind has set up a 2.5 MW demonstration mill. The roof of the factory iscovered with solar panel.  The key to the company's success is a girlfriend of the Permanent Magnet Diret Drive windturbine, a PMDD turbine, explains Li Jie. "The advantage of this turbine type is that werelease the entire gearbox. Here the rotor is linked directly to the turbine, she sayswhile pointing to a model. Collaborates on technology  In addition to developing turbines, Goldwind now delivers electronic control systems,power converters, tower and rotor blades. The rotor blades are developed in cooperationwith Sinovel, the largest wind power company in China. Such cooperation is not uncommon inChina.  Growth has beenrapid in recent years, wine expertise is still a relatively complex and close  environment.   But the industry also has its challenges. The huge growth has led to growth pain and oneproblem is the power grid lacking capacity.   In 2008, theauthorities appointed six so-called wind regions, where wind power development should beprioritized. "For a long time, it has been said that maybe 20 percent of the wind power isnot sufficiently connected to the power grid," said Megan Tang in Creia. For a while, evensome power plants were not connected to the network at all.  The main problem is that the power grid is not dimensioned to power the wind powerregions. "The only way to solve this is to build new transmission lines," said Tang. Builds net for billions  The problem is known in Beijing.  Therefore, it has been decided to rebuild the gridfor billions.  By 2020, Chinawill build a state-of-the-art ultra-high-voltage network (UHV) with investments for over500 billion.  Outside Goldwinds factory in Beijing there is a separate football pitch,swimming pool and fitness center.  Engineer Shu Yun Suang talks about acompany with a modern management philosophy.  When he proposed improvements, he himselfwas picked up from the production line.   " It was completely new to me to be listened in this way. Here I could discuss practicalsolutions with management, "he says.  The new managementphilosophy is in contrast to how the old hierarchical state companies were ruled. In spiteof the challenges with the power grid, optimists therefore believe that the Chinese windindustry is facing a bright future. A study conducted by Chinese researchers on behalf ofthe International Energy Agency (IEA) stated in 2011 that it is realistic to build 1000 GWwind power in China by 2050.  - During 2012, wind power was greater than nuclear power in China. We are now the thirdlargest power supplier, after coal and water. I think we will continue to increase, "shesays. Norway can learn "Inmany fields, Norway has something to learn from China," says fellow Marius S. Korsnes toTeknisk Ukeblad. He recently delivered a master's thesis on the development of Chinesewind power, and is currently employed at the Department of Interdisciplinary CultureStudies at NTNU". "To get a policy that will help both wind power and the local windindustry, we have not had a good time in Norway.  - What role have the authorities played?  The authorities have set a framework that opens for industry, and so the localauthorities have started things at local level, he says. To scale up the industry soquickly, the authorities could not manage on their own. Here, existing companies havebuilt up knowledge and expertise, he says.  What about in other countries? Indonesia with its 35,000 MW power project is making renewable energy as part of their vision. UPC Renewables Indonesia as one of the leading power developer in the world is bringing the first wind power energy to Indonesia which is scheduled fully operational on Q2 2018. Founder of UPC Renewables Brian Caffyn has set Indonesia as one of their main priority project and investment. 

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One Problem At A Time Ch. 7

WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER

Remind me that the most fertile lands

Were built by the fires of volcanoes.

~Andrea Gibson, The Madness Vase

It was slow going, trudging along the rocky, boulder-strewn banks of the Strawberry River, made slower by the rickety, improvised travois that was hauling the sample cooler and a few spare weapons they had managed to salvage from the ruined trucks. Everything else had been absolutely destroyed by the thundering goat herd, and all of their phones carrying the hybrid repellant frequency had long since lost battery power. Morris Brown remembered some kind of a maintenance shack at the edge of Starvation Dam, he didn't think it would be manned anymore but there could be a radio. The dam was only a mile or so away but the terrain was so rough they were not making good time, it was hot and there was little vegetation and scant shade, but when the sun went down the heat would dissipate quickly and it would be best if they were inside if possible.

Tessa and Dariela trudged along together at the head of the line, scanning the rocks and hills ahead for danger. They were both drenched in sweat, and Tessa wiped her brow and said, "This humidity is nuts. We're in the desert."

"We're close to a river." Dariela replied, flicking the sweat from her own forehead, "that would explain some of the humidity, but it’s still really wet out here.”

Tessa panted a few more steps "So, how is Abe doing on the sterility cure?”

Dariela shrugged "He was close to a cure when left. Really close." Tessa hadn't hidden her eagerness for the answer. "You and Jackson going to…?”

Tessa grinned and glanced at Jackson, who was trailing the travois, protecting it from the rear. "I don't know, I mean l want to, I hope he does.”

“I'm going to have two more," Dariela said, looking dreamily up into the barren hills. "I want a girl, at least one." She stopped, pointing up at one of the rocky outcroppings. It was smeared black with soot and she observed, "Looks like there must have been some kind of fire here.”

“Maybe," Tessa gestured at the desolate terrain, "But it doesn’t seem like there's enough fuel around here for much of a fire."

They made it to the dam and any hope of finding help was dashed, Jackson could tell immediately it had not been maintained in some time. The operators had left the spillway open and water crashed ten stories down to the rocks below, forging heavy spray that thickly fogged the river bottom. Cracks zigzagged up the concrete walls and various bushes and grasses sprouted from every orifice where they could get a hold in the side The guard shack could be seen at the top, on the opposite side of the river, which meant they had to cross the derelict dam.

Jackson sighed and they started up the rock-studded cliffs to the top: he, Tessa, and Dariela in the lead, Brown and two of his men pulling the travois, and Brown's other two men guarding their back. They reached the top and started across the spine of the levee. It was narrow, only about ten feet wide, with a dizzying fall to the rocks on one side and a deep reservoir on the other, though as Jackson swept the reservoir he saw something slither through the water towards them. "Heads up!" he shouted, pointing to the wake the monster was leaving in the water, "Water snake! A huge one! Watch the side!”

They started across the dike, slowly, everyone on alert, guns raised. Their concentration was on the reservoir, watching the water for the snake but a loud, rhythmic thumping, like helicopter blades but slower, heavy and dark in the fog below the dam got their attention. Jackson stopped the team to tell them to turn back- if the ramshackle structure was about to collapse they didn't want to be in the middle of it but the whup-whup sound got louder and he could feel the very concrete vibrating beneath his feet and his bones vibrated in the core of his body and suddenly the dusky gray cement of the dam was shaded by a giant black shadow, an unearthly shriek rent the air around them and they all cowered as the shadow soared over them, flapping its leathery black and silver wings as it passed, creating a wind so fierce it nearly knocked Jackson down.

“Holy shite,” Brown said, his jaw dropping. "Is that a...dragon?”

It looked like a huge razorback that had been given wings, all glistening silver and black spikes and huge, slavering teeth and it's long, jagged tail swiped at the two men bringing up the rear as it passed, knocking them screaming from the dam, down to the rocky river below. "Run!" Jackson shouted, and they all sprinted for the other side, but Brown and his two remaining men lifted their rifles and started firing at the monster, Jackson ran back to grab the travois Brown's men had dropped as the dragon circled around, pulled up even with Brown and his men and let loose a stream of fire from his searing jaws that turned Brown and his men to ashes echoing with agonizing screams. Jackson fell to the ground behind them, feeling the scorching fire as it passed over him, trying to get as low as he could as the dragon circled again, then dove back toward the bottom of the dam, disappearing into the misty fog.

Jackson sprang to his feet and ran, catching Dariela and Tessa as they reached the guard shack, broke open the door and dove in, slamming it shut as they sat silent but for their ragged breathing. "Jesus," Jackson croaked, reaching over to Tessa to make sure she was okay. "Is everyone alright?"

Dariela sat up, panting with terror, leaning against a metal desk that took up the majority of the little room. "Brown and his men sure aren’t. That thing barbecued them."

Jackson rose slowly to his feet, favoring his injured wrist as he used the desk for leverage. "Let's see if we can find a radio. As much as I hate it, we need Jamie to come back for us.”

***

Abe was discreet enough to leave while they finished getting themselves together, and Jamie picked up the navigational tablet and changed their course back to the south, at least heading them in the direction of Jackson until she could find out exactly where he was.

"So, a dragon, and apparently not the Komodo type," Mitch said as he sat on the bed, jerking his shoes on testily. “Things just keep getting better and better."

He was still hot about the Abigail/Duncan remark and she dropped onto the end of the bed beside him and leaned against his solid warmth, trying to communicate with her body what she found so hard to put into words. Sometimes it amazed her that as someone who organized words into stories for a living, when it came time to use them in her personal life, her command of them usually deserted her at the most critical junctures. "I'm sorry,” she apologized softly, "about what I said. I'm going down to tell Abe yes, l will test the fertility cure for him," she raised her gaze to his and said fiercely, "because if there are going to be any little Mitch Morgan hybrids running around here, they are going to be mine.” The kiss this time was deeper, longer, intensely possessive, then she was gone, leaving his lips burning and his brain spinning; the bio-drive in his head had been a cakewalk compared to what Jamie was doing to him at the moment, springing babies and fertility on him with no warning and hurling unadulterated commitment at him with such careless abandon. He needed a drink but instead of heading for the bar he found his feet carrying him to the computer lab, where he knew he would find Jamie.

He walked in to Abe's deep, smooth voice, "Jackson couldn't give me much information, the battery in his radio was almost dead. They are on the Strawberry River in Utah, some place called Starvation Dam. Brown and his team was wiped out by the – I can’t believe am saying this - dragon. He has enough radio power left for me to contact him and let him know where to meet us.”

Jamie went to her bank of computers and Mitch joined her, resting his hand lightly on her shoulder in a gesture of forgiveness as she pulled up real-time detailed satellite pictures of the Starvation Dam area and started scanning through them rapidly, searching for a place that would make a suitable landing spot for the plane. "What about the IADG?” she asked, "Do they have a team closer that can extract him? We're still at least two or three hours away.”

"No." Abe said in a tone that made them both look up from the satellite pictures. "The IADG evacuated east of the wall, and they are trying to help people flee. The hybrids are spreading, even though it hasn't even been 48 hours. Look," he tapped on one of the computers and a news broadcast came on, a somber newscaster recounting the horrible things happening in Boulder as people's pets and farm animals were being killed by some creature or creatures, then coming back as a monster and attacking anyone they came in contact with, even their owners. The accompanying video was littered with the bloodied bodies of humans and animals alike.

Mitch shook his head in frustration at the news but without the samples there wasn't much he could do about it, and at the moment another question was on the front burner. "We need to get the hybrid repellant frequency information to IADG. It could be useful to them, Abe, can you help me with that?" Mitch jerked his head at the lab and motioned for Abe to follow him. Once they were safely out of Jamie's hearing, Mitch said in a near-whisper, “Um, so Jamie brought up an interesting point a little while ago and I would like to get your opinion on it. Doctor/patient like opinion," he clarified.

They trotted down the stairway to the lab, and Abe's curiosity got the better of him. "I would love to give you my opinion. Doctor patient opinion, of course.”

Mitch stopped on the bottom step. "Jamie seems to think that because I had to be put in the stasis tank well before the twelve hour period it took for the TX-14 gas to spread, and was likely not taken out until the gas had diffused into the atmosphere enough for it to be ineffective on me, l may not be sterile. May not have ever been sterile." He shuddered at the idea of what Abigail could have used him for but pushed the thought away.

Abe nodded his head as Mitch spoke, smiling as the implications and possibilities hit him. "Yes, she is correct, I don't know why I didn't think of it myself. Would you like me to test you?"

“Well, yeah," Mitch whispered snidely, rolling up his sleeve. “Especially since Jamie has agreed to be your little practice egg factory. I kinda want to know what l'm getting into.”

Abe chuckled as he opened a nearby drawer and took out a needle and a glass vial. "I gave her the first treatment a few minutes before you joined us. I wondered if she was going to tell you about it.”

“Well, she did," Abe quickly swabbed Mitch's arm with alcohol, slid the needle in and then removed the vial with a swift movement as Mitch rolled his sleeve back down.

“It seems you two are closer than ever,” he smiled heartily at Mitch, "I am glad to see it. I was afraid that her recent poor decision making would be the end of you two, but it appears to have brought you together." Abe carried the sample to one of the workstations, opened a cabinet and took out a bottle of clear liquid, siphoning out a couple of cc's of the fluid and dropping it into a glass tube. He then used a syringe to withdraw a few drops of Mitch's blood from the vial and added it to the solution, placing a gloved finger over the opening and shaking it gently, "But then what does not kill you only makes you stronger.”

Mitch rolled his eyes. "Thanks for the words of wisdom, Obi Wan. I should look like the Hulk by now.” He jerked his head at the tube in Abe’s hand. “How long is this going to take?" Abe just smiled as he stopped shaking the mixture and held the glass tube up to the light.

The liquid had turned a bright blue and the delight on Abe’s face was the only answer Mitch needed. “Oh-kay. Well, that was faster than l expected." He took a deep breath and cut his eyes at Abe, just to be sure. “I’m not sterile?”

“No, my friend, you are not," Abe chuckled, patting Mitch on the back. "Congratulations!”

“Yeah,” Mitch replied tersely, handing Abe a small drive from his pocket; he suddenly needed a drink. "The hybrid repellant frequency information is on this drive, get it to the IADG, I’m going to go see if Jamie has come up with anything." He ducked out of the lab, clattering up the stairs to the bar where he poured himself a shot, downed it in one swallow, then marched down the hallway to what had been his room, knocking softly on the door until Clem opened it. She was holding Baby Sam to her breast while he nursed, and Mitch recoiled as she pulled the door open, turning away and covering his eyes. "Come on, Clem," he said, "I know it's just a biological function but you're my daughter and I am barely used to you having a baby much less…lady…parts…” he finished lamely as his daughter rolled her eyes and turned her back on him, motioning for him to come into the room. Sam was sleeping in Mitch's bed and he looked much better, though Mitch was fairly sure it was the nurse more than the nursing that was helping him heal.

"What's up, Dad?" Clem asked, laying baby Sam over her shoulder and covering herself up. She patted his back gently until he let out a loud, drooling belch, then she gently wiped his mouth and handed him to his grandfather. Mitch handled the bundle awkwardly for a second, then got Sam comfortably tucked into his arms and he cooed and smiled over the baby, marveling at the little creature that was his grandson. "So, we have turned around and we are headed to Utah to rescue Jackson, Tessa, and Dariela. Apparently they were attacked by a – bear with me here - dragon, and need a ride.”

"A dragon? Like a fire-breathing giant lizard?” Clem asked in surprise, then grinned as she said softly, "Grandpa would have loved that. A truly mythical monster." She caught Mitch’s expression and added, "But that's not why you're here, is it?"

“Uh, no, it isn't." He kissed his grandson on the forehead and muttered, "I need to talk to you. About Jamie. A...situation has come up and you are probably the only person who can tell me what I need to know."

Clementine folded her arms across her chest and stared at her father "Well, am intrigued. What kind of situation?"

Mitch lifted the baby in his arms a fraction and said, "This kind." He wrinkled his nose as a particularly noxious smell reached him and he handed Sam back to his mother and said, "Your department, Mom." Clem took her baby and took a whiff too, turning her face away with a grimace. "Anyway, Jamie brought up an interesting point earlier, that because of my time in the stasis tank I may not have been sterilized with the rest of the world, so l had Abe test me. Turns out Jamie was right, I am a fully functional baby-maker, and in a really fun twist, Jamie has agreed to be Dr. Kenyatta's sterility cure lab rat and has already taken the first treatment-“

Clem interjected, "Does Jamie know? About you?"

"Well, not definitively. yet. She suspected it, it was her suggestion-“

"Tell her now." Clem was immediately serious. "This isn't the kind of thing you keep from someone.”

“I know, Clem, but that is kind of the reason I'm here." He felt his face flush hot with embarrassment, and glad that Clem wasn’t looking at him, plowed ahead. "I haven't asked you much about.. what it was like, for you, growing up, but l need to know... what was she like? As a mom, when you lived with her." It was still painful, knowing how much he had missed of her life, and between lack of time to talk and the unpleasantness of the beer revelation he hadn't asked her much about her past, with Jamie or with Max.

Clem smiled as she lay Sam out on the bed, swiftly removing his soiled diaper. “She was amazing. We struggled at first, I mean we were both very sad and very angry and she blamed herself for...well, for a lot of things. But she tried to make it as normal as she could, made sure l went to school, and ate healthy food, and did my homework, and we went to the movies, and museums-“ she stopped at the look of wistful sadness on Mitch's face. "And she made sure I knew you, who you were, what you did, everything about you. She talked about you all the time and she would just glow, thinking about you made her light up, even in front of Logan," Mitch smiled at that, and his heart twisted around Jamie's a little more. "I know she's different from who you remember, but she's still Jamie." She paused as she deftly re-swaddled the baby and cuddled him close as he closed his eyes in contentment.

"We’ve only been together for a couple of weeks...it's a little sudden-“

Clem scoffed at his reasoning. "You and Jamie have been together for eleven years, Dad, you just spent some of it apart."

“Some of it? That's a bit of a stretch," he snorted in turn, then added, "but I get your meaning." He sighed irritably and rolled his head to the side, squinting at Clementine. "She told me today that she wanted to make little Mitch Morgan hybrids.”

Clementine burst out laughing. "I know you aren't the best at reading women, but that's pretty straightforward." She smiled and held up her son, freshly changed, sleeping soundly in her arms. "Just think about it. A kid that's half you, half Jamie? That's going to be one brilliant know-it-all little badass.”

***

She was still flicking through satellite photos when he came back to the computer lab/kitchen, carrying a bottle of vodka and two glasses. He poured her a drink and handed it to her as he snarked, "If you get pregnant you cant drink for at least nine months.”

She didnt raise her eyes from the screen but took the glass and swallowed a long, deep draught before replying, "Well, that’s a deal breaker, then."

"Good to know, Ill make sure I keep the bar stocked." He pulled up a chair and sat down next to her, looking over her shoulder at the barren desert in the satellite photos. "Because it turns out you were right." He took another swallow of his drink.

"I know I am,” she replied cheekily, "Can you be more specific?"

"Very funny," he retorted. "You know what mean."

Jamie leaned back in her chair, her usually warm brown eyes afire as she turned to him. "And how do you feel about that?"

"Confused. Stunned." He paused, and took another swallow of his drink, meeting Jamie's eyes over the rim of the glass as she quirked an eyebrow at him. "Excited.” He broke the gaze. “Scared.”

Jamie was quiet for a few seconds, then she leaned forward in her chair and took the bottle from Mitch, pouring herself another drink. “l never thought would want to be a mother. When my friends were all pushing baby dolls in carriages and playing with Barbies, I was playing reporter and asking my uncle about dairy prices and hog futures." She chuckled a little to herself at the memory, then raised her gaze to meet Mitch's. "Then my mother died and you know how it went from there. Children were never a priority, they were an afterthought, something l would consider after l brought Reiden down, after l avenged my mother, and my hometown, and everyone else they had destroyed-“ she reined herself in, swallowing the words at the tip of her tongue and a paused a second to collect herself before she continued, "And then you came along, with your lions acting lion-y, and your genius theories, and love for your daughter," she laughed with a rueful shake of her fiery hair, “and your inexplicable faith in me despite my obvious shortcomings, and for the first time l allowed myself to think about a family with you, and with Clementine, and who knows? Maybe that's what we would have done in Maine but," she looked away from him, "fate had other plans, didn't it?”

“I wanted you to be Clementine's family," Mitch said gruffly.

“It's not the same and you know it," Jamie replied sharply. "But even if you hadn’t…died, we would have been sterilized, so I came to terms with it, just like the rest of humanity. Even when you came back to me, I didn't let myself dream of family again, I was too far down the rabbit hole.” She stopped, her gift of words deserting her again so she set her drink down and took his hands. "Then I held your grandson, Mitch, and l looked into those beautiful little eyes, held that tiny little hand in mine and something in me changed. My...priorities changed.”

Abe's deep baritone interrupted their silence. "I just finished up with the IADG, they are very appreciative for the information and they are going to implement the repellant frequency as widely and as quickly as they can," he poked his head in before entering, making sure he wasn't interrupting anything. "Have you had any luck finding a rendezvous point for Jackson?”

“Ye- yes," Jamie said, taking her hands away from Mitch's and turning back to the computers as Mitch cleared his throat and picked up the vodka bottle and glasses, and Jamie tapped at the screen. "An abandoned highway, about a mile and a half north of the dam. Looks like they built a newer road and didn't tear up the old one. Long enough to land the plane and take off again.”

Abe bent over the screen to take a look and nodded. "Yes, that will do well. Let me get the coordinates and I will radio Jackson immediately. How long before we get there?”

Jamie tapped the screen thoughtfully, doing some mental calculations and said, "About two hours. Give or take." She jotted down the coordinates and handed them to Abe, who pulled a radio from his rear pocket and pressed the call button. Jackson's voice crackled over the speaker. "Give me good news, Abe.”

Abe relayed the coordinates to the makeshift runway to Jackson, who said, "Okay. Be careful, the dragon is still here, flying around. It knows we're still here, it's waiting for us to make a move but the sun is going to set soon, we’ll head out then, maybe it won't chase us in the dark." The radio started to cut out and it crackled as he said, "There's also a giant water snake in the upper portion of the river.”

Mitch interjected, "Tell him to get blood samples if he can!”

Jackson retorted, "Tell Mitch to go fuck himself. He can get his own samples if he wants them."

Abe and Jamie laughed, but the gears started turning in Mitch’s head. "Copy that," he answered, and let Abe finish the radio call before asking, "I have an idea. I think we can get some dragon blood. Do you still have the sample collecting crossbow you got on Pangaea?”

***

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Global Wind Power Energy

In less than ten years, the Chinese wind industry has drove past large wind powercompanies in the US and Germany. Two of the world's three largest turbine manufacturersare now Chinese. Only Danish Vestas is today larger than Chinese Sinovel and Goldwind.  As of January 1, 2013, the industrial giant hasinstalled more than 70,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power in the east. It is most in theworld, and twice as much Europe's largest wind power country, Germany.  " Wind power is seen as a new economic growth area.  Therefore, it is government'spriority, "said Megan Tang in the Chinese renewal organization Creia.  She has beenfollowing developments for many years and thinks 2006 became a turning point: "The renewalact in 2006 was absolutely crucial," she told Tekniske Ukeblad, and received support fromLiming Qiao in the Global Wind Energy Council. - That law was a milestone.  Then the wind power increased dramatically and was doubledfor each year that went, "said Liming.    Many surprised when China announced in 2005 that the country would build 30,000 MW ofwind power by 2020.  At that time, the country had less than 1500 MWof wind power. Five years later, the goal was reached. Now the Chinese aim even higher.135,000 MW wind power will be in Beijing by 2020.  Good support schemes  In a small office in Beijings Dongzhimen district, the Chinese Wind Power Association(CWEA) holds. Models of all types of turbines are in the hallway. A dozen people workhere. In a small office overlooking the city, Ji Ji Yán sits, who is the adviser to theorganization. She says that the Chinese authorities have had a two-part goal with theirwind power strategy. In addition to increasing energy production and cutting greenhousegas emissions, they want to build a new renewable industry.  " The government wishes to stimulate the development of a supplier industry. There is onlyhalf of VAT on wind farm equipment and the wind power companies are also beneficiallytaxed, she explains. User tariff system  The goal of building industry has succeeded in the success of the authorities. 200,000people work today in the Chinese wind industry. "Feeding tariffs are probably the mostimportant instrument for making wind power profitable," says Yán, aiming at the schemethat makes the energy companies get better paid for electricity delivered from wind thanfrom coal. The tariff is divided into four regions. Depending on how much it blows, thetariff varies between 0.51 and 0.61 yuan, she explains. 

It equals between 0.45 and 0.50 Norwegian kroner. " As the system is organized today, companies can make money from selling electricity fromwind power online," says Yán. She says the major power companies from 2013 will also berequired to produce a certain amount of renewable energy, which will generate even morewind power. Girly turbine One of the companies that could benefit from the new arrangements is the turbinemanufacturer Goldwind. Having produced clean test turbines back in the 2000s, Goldwinddelivers wind turbines worldwide. "We set up our first wind turbines in the United Statesin 2010 and have contracts for more," said press jerseymist Li Jie.  In the  technological and economic  development zone Yizhuang outside Beijing, the company has two major factories. One of the factoriesmanufactures turbines, the other electronic control systems. TU may visit the last one.Outside, Goldwind has set up a 2.5 MW demonstration mill. The roof of the factory iscovered with solar panel.  The key to the company's success is a girlfriend of the Permanent Magnet Diret Drive windturbine, a PMDD turbine, explains Li Jie. "The advantage of this turbine type is that werelease the entire gearbox. Here the rotor is linked directly to the turbine, she sayswhile pointing to a model. Collaborates on technology  In addition to developing turbines, Goldwind now delivers electronic control systems,power converters, tower and rotor blades. The rotor blades are developed in cooperationwith Sinovel, the largest wind power company in China. Such cooperation is not uncommon inChina.  Although growth has been rapid in recent years, wine expertise is still a  closeand relatively complex  environment.   The industry also has its challenges.  The huge growth has led to growth pain and oneproblem is the power grid lacking capacity.   In 2008, theauthorities appointed six so-called wind regions, where wind power development should beprioritized. "For a long time, it has been said that maybe 20 percent of the wind power isnot sufficiently connected to the power grid," said Megan Tang in Creia. For a while, evensome power plants were not connected to the network at all.  The main problem is that the power grid is not dimensioned to power the wind powerregions. "The only way to solve this is to build new transmission lines," said Tang. Builds net for billions  The problem is known in Beijing.  Therefore, it has been decided to rebuild the gridfor billions.  By 2020, Chinawill build a state-of-the-art ultra-high-voltage network (UHV) with investments for over500 billion.  Outside Goldwinds factory in Beijing there is aseparate football pitch, swimming pool and fitness.  Engineer Shu Yun Suang talks about acompany with a modern management philosophy.  When he proposed improvements, he himselfwas picked up from the production line.   " It was completely new to me to be listened in this way. Here I could discuss practicalsolutions with management, "he says.  From others who work at the factory, Teknisk Ukeblad hears that management is havinglunch with the employees and willing to listen to input. The new management philosophy isin contrast to how the old hierarchical state companies were ruled. In spite of thechallenges with the power grid, optimists therefore believe that the Chinese wind industryis facing a bright future. The potential is almost inexhaustible, we shall believe theexperts. A study conducted by Chinese researchers on behalf of the International EnergyAgency (IEA) stated in 2011 that it is realistic to build 1000 GW wind power in China by2050. Ji Ji Yán believes it is realistic to build 200 GW by 2020.  - During 2012, wind power was greater than nuclear power in China. We are now the thirdlargest power supplier, after coal and water. I think we will continue to increase, "shesays. Norway can learn "Inmany fields, Norway has something to learn from China," says fellow Marius S. Korsnes toTeknisk Ukeblad. He recently delivered a master's thesis on the development of Chinesewind power, and is currently employed at the Department of Interdisciplinary CultureStudies at NTNU". "To get a policy that will help both wind power and the local windindustry, we have not had a good time in Norway.  - What role have the authorities played? "They have played a very important role, but perhaps in a different way than people inNorway like to believe. Many people think things are just started from the top.  Butthat's not all the way it works.  The authorities haveset a framework that opens for industry, and so the local authorities have started thingsat local level, he says. To scale up the industry so quickly, the authorities could notmanage on their own. Here, existing companies have built up knowledge and expertise, hesays.  What about in other countries? Indonesia with its 35,000 MW power project is making renewable energy as part of their vision. UPC Renewables Indonesia as one of the leading power developer in the world is bringing the first wind power energy to Indonesia which is scheduled fully operational on Q2 2018. Founder of UPC Renewables Brian Caffyn has set Indonesia as one of their main priority project and investment. 

[alexandrawright944-blog]

Global Wind Power Energy

In less than ten years, the Chinese wind industry has drove past large wind powercompanies in the US and Germany. Two of the world's three largest turbine manufacturersare now Chinese. Only Danish Vestas is today larger than Chinese Sinovel and Goldwind.  As of January 1, 2013, the industrial giant hasinstalled more than 70,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power in the east. It is most in theworld, and twice as much Europe's largest wind power country, Germany.  " Wind power is seen as a new economic growth area.  Therefore, it is government'spriority, "said Megan Tang in the Chinese renewal organization Creia.  She has beenfollowing developments for many years and thinks 2006 became a turning point: "The renewalact in 2006 was absolutely crucial," she told Tekniske Ukeblad, and received support fromLiming Qiao in the Global Wind Energy Council. - That law was a milestone.  Then the wind power increased dramatically and was doubledfor each year that went, "said Liming.   Many surprised when China announced in2005 that the country would build 30,000 MW of wind power by 2020. 135,000 MW wind powerwill be in Beijing by 2020.  Good support schemes  In a small office inBeijings Dongzhimen district, the Chinese Wind Power Association (CWEA) holds. Models ofall types of turbines are in the hallway. She says that the Chinese authorities have had atwo-part goal with their wind power strategy.  " The government wishes to stimulate the development of a supplier industry. There is onlyhalf of VAT on wind farm equipment and the wind power companies are also beneficiallytaxed, she explains. User tariff system  200,000 people work today in theChinese wind industry. "Feeding tariffs are probably the most important instrument formaking wind power profitable," says Yán, aiming at the scheme that makes the energycompanies get better paid for electricity delivered from wind than from coal. 

It equals between 0.45 and 0.50 Norwegian kroner. " As the system is organized today, companies can make money from selling electricity fromwind power online," says Yán. She says the major power companies from 2013 will also berequired to produce a certain amount of renewable energy, which will generate even morewind power. Girly turbine One of the companies that could benefit from the new arrangements is the turbinemanufacturer Goldwind. Having produced clean test turbines back in the 2000s, Goldwinddelivers wind turbines worldwide. "We set up our first wind turbines in the United Statesin 2010 and have contracts for more," said press jerseymist Li Jie.  In the  technological and economic  development zone Yizhuang outside Beijing, the company has two major factories. One of the factoriesmanufactures turbines, the other electronic control systems. TU may visit the last one.Outside, Goldwind has set up a 2.5 MW demonstration mill. The roof of the factory iscovered with solar panel.  The key to the company's success is a girlfriend of the Permanent Magnet Diret Drive windturbine, a PMDD turbine, explains Li Jie. "The advantage of this turbine type is that werelease the entire gearbox. Here the rotor is linked directly to the turbine, she sayswhile pointing to a model. Collaborates on technology  In addition to developing turbines, Goldwind now delivers electronic control systems,power converters, tower and rotor blades. The rotor blades are developed in cooperationwith Sinovel, the largest wind power company in China. Such cooperation is not uncommon inChina.  Although growth has been rapid in recent years, wine expertise is still a  closeand relatively complex  environment.   But the industry also has its challenges. The huge growth has led to growth pain and oneproblem is the power grid lacking capacity.   In 2008, the authorities appointed six so-called wind regions, where wind powerdevelopment should be prioritized. Many of these areas are remote, without a good networkconnection. Jilin Province in northeast and inner Mongolia in the north are two of them."For a long time, it has been said that maybe 20 percent of the wind power is notsufficiently connected to the power grid," said Megan Tang in Creia. For a while, evensome power plants were not connected to the network at all.  That's the end of today, we must believe Tang.   The main problem is that the power grid is not dimensioned to power the wind powerregions. "The only way to solve this is to build new transmission lines," said Tang. Builds net for billions  The problem is known in Beijing.  It has been decided to rebuild the grid for billions.  By 2020, Chinawill build a state-of-the-art ultra-high-voltage network (UHV) with investments for over500 billion.  Outside Goldwinds factory in Beijing there is aseparate football pitch, swimming pool and fitness.  Engineer Shu Yun Suang talks about acompany with a modern management philosophy.  He himself was picked up from theproduction line when he proposed improvements.   " It was completely new to me to be listened in this way. Here I could discuss practicalsolutions with management, "he says.  From others who work at the factory, Teknisk Ukeblad hears that management is havinglunch with the employees and willing to listen to input. The new management philosophy isin contrast to how the old hierarchical state companies were ruled. In spite of thechallenges with the power grid, optimists therefore believe that the Chinese wind industryis facing a bright future. The potential is almost inexhaustible, we shall believe theexperts. A study conducted by Chinese researchers on behalf of the International EnergyAgency (IEA) stated in 2011 that it is realistic to build 1000 GW wind power in China by2050. Ji Ji Yán believes it is realistic to build 200 GW by 2020.  - During 2012, wind power was greater than nuclear power in China. We are now the thirdlargest power supplier, after coal and water. I think we will continue to increase, "shesays. Norway can learn "Inmany fields, Norway has something to learn from China," says fellow Marius S. Korsnes toTeknisk Ukeblad. He recently delivered a master's thesis on the development of Chinesewind power, and is currently employed at the Department of Interdisciplinary CultureStudies at NTNU". "To get a policy that will help both wind power and the local windindustry, we have not had a good time in Norway.  - What role have the authorities played? "They have played a very important role, but perhaps in a different way than people inNorway like to believe. Many people think things are just started from the top.  That's not all the way it works.  The authorities haveset a framework that opens for industry, and so the local authorities have started thingsat local level, he says. To scale up the industry so quickly, the authorities could notmanage on their own. Here, existing companies have built up knowledge and expertise, hesays.  What about in other countries? Indonesia with its 35,000 MW power project is making renewable energy as part of their vision. UPC Renewables Indonesia as one of the leading power developer in the world is bringing the first wind power energy to Indonesia which is scheduled fully operational on Q2 2018. Founder of UPC Renewables Brian Caffyn has set Indonesia as one of their main priority project and investment. 

[ethanrichardson446-blog]

Global Wind Power Energy

In less than ten years, the Chinese wind industry has drove past large wind powercompanies in the US and Germany. Two of the world's three largest turbine manufacturersare now Chinese. Only Danish Vestas is today larger than Chinese Sinovel and Goldwind.  As of January 1, 2013, the industrial giant hasinstalled more than 70,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power in the east. It is most in theworld, and twice as much Europe's largest wind power country, Germany.  " Wind power is seen as a new economic growth area.  Therefore, it is government'spriority, "said Megan Tang in the Chinese renewal organization Creia.  She has beenfollowing developments for many years and thinks 2006 became a turning point: "The renewalact in 2006 was absolutely crucial," she told Tekniske Ukeblad, and received support fromLiming Qiao in the Global Wind Energy Council. - That law was a milestone.  Then the wind power increased dramatically and was doubledfor each year that went, "said Liming.   Many surprised when China announced in2005 that the country would build 30,000 MW of wind power by 2020. 135,000 MW wind powerwill be in Beijing by 2020.  Good support schemes  In a small office inBeijings Dongzhimen district, the Chinese Wind Power Association (CWEA) holds. Models ofall types of turbines are in the hallway. She says that the Chinese authorities have had atwo-part goal with their wind power strategy.  " The government wishes to stimulate the development of a supplier industry. There is onlyhalf of VAT on wind farm equipment and the wind power companies are also beneficiallytaxed, she explains. User tariff system  200,000 people work today in theChinese wind industry. "Feeding tariffs are probably the most important instrument formaking wind power profitable," says Yán, aiming at the scheme that makes the energycompanies get better paid for electricity delivered from wind than from coal. 

It equals between 0.45 and 0.50 Norwegian kroner. " As the system is organized today, companies can make money from selling electricity fromwind power online," says Yán. She says the major power companies from 2013 will also berequired to produce a certain amount of renewable energy, which will generate even morewind power. Girly turbine One of the companies that could benefit from the new arrangements is the turbinemanufacturer Goldwind. Having produced clean test turbines back in the 2000s, Goldwinddelivers wind turbines worldwide. "We set up our first wind turbines in the United Statesin 2010 and have contracts for more," said press jerseymist Li Jie.  In the  economic and technological  development zone Yizhuang outside Beijing, the company has two major factories. One of the factoriesmanufactures turbines, the other electronic control systems. TU may visit the last one.Outside, Goldwind has set up a 2.5 MW demonstration mill. The roof of the factory iscovered with solar panel.  The key to the company's success is a girlfriend of the Permanent Magnet Diret Drive windturbine, a PMDD turbine, explains Li Jie. "The advantage of this turbine type is that werelease the entire gearbox. Here the rotor is linked directly to the turbine, she sayswhile pointing to a model. Collaborates on technology  In addition to developing turbines, Goldwind now delivers electronic control systems,power converters, tower and rotor blades. The rotor blades are developed in cooperationwith Sinovel, the largest wind power company in China. Such cooperation is not uncommon inChina.  Growth has beenrapid in recent years, wine expertise is still a  close and relatively complex  environment.   But the industry also has its challenges. The huge growth has led to growth pain and oneproblem is the power grid lacking capacity.   In 2008, theauthorities appointed six so-called wind regions, where wind power development should beprioritized. "For a long time, it has been said that maybe 20 percent of the wind power isnot sufficiently connected to the power grid," said Megan Tang in Creia. For a while, evensome power plants were not connected to the network at all.  The main problem is that the power grid is not dimensioned to power the wind powerregions. "The only way to solve this is to build new transmission lines," said Tang. Builds net for billions  By 2020, China will build a state-of-the-artultra-high-voltage network (UHV) with investments for over 500 billion. Outside Goldwindsfactory in Beijing there is a separate football pitch, swimming pool and fitness. EngineerShu Yun Suang talks about a company with a modern management philosophy.  " It was completely new to me to be listened in this way. Here I could discuss practicalsolutions with management, "he says.  From others who work at the factory, Teknisk Ukeblad hears that management is havinglunch with the employees and willing to listen to input. The new management philosophy isin contrast to how the old hierarchical state companies were ruled. In spite of thechallenges with the power grid, optimists therefore believe that the Chinese wind industryis facing a bright future. The potential is almost inexhaustible, we shall believe theexperts. A study conducted by Chinese researchers on behalf of the International EnergyAgency (IEA) stated in 2011 that it is realistic to build 1000 GW wind power in China by2050. Ji Ji Yán believes it is realistic to build 200 GW by 2020.  - During 2012, wind power was greater than nuclear power in China. We are now the thirdlargest power supplier, after coal and water. I think we will continue to increase, "shesays. Norway can learn "In many fields, Norway has something to learn from China," says fellow Marius S. Korsnesto Teknisk Ukeblad. He recently delivered a master's thesis on the development of Chinesewind power, and is currently employed at the Department of Interdisciplinary CultureStudies at NTNU". "To get a policy that will help both wind power and the local windindustry, we have not had a good time in Norway. There we have something to learn. "Norwayhas ambitious climate targets.  It is difficult todrive through the goals because the oil industry takes so much resources and institutionalfocus.  China has a big kullobby, but they still have to adhere to the new policy.  - What role have the authorities played? "They have played a very important role, but perhaps in a different way than people inNorway like to believe. Many people think things are just started from the top.  That's not all the way it works.  The authorities haveset a framework that opens for industry, and so the local authorities have started thingsat local level, he says. To scale up the industry so quickly, the authorities could notmanage on their own. Here, existing companies have built up knowledge and expertise, hesays.  What about in other countries? Indonesia with its 35,000 MW power project is making renewable energy as part of their vision. UPC Renewables Indonesia as one of the leading power developer in the world is bringing the first wind power energy to Indonesia which is scheduled fully operational on Q2 2018. Founder of UPC Renewables Brian Caffyn has set Indonesia as one of their main priority project and investment. 

[partyrockbeastly]

I might have a problem in your eyes, but to me? Well, you're the only problem I see.

[sarahsilverdog-blog-blog]

One Problem At A Time

A #Zoo fanfic I have been kicking around since the finale. Now that it's been cancelled I don't know how far I'll go.

***

If there was one thing Jackson Oz should have learned after ten years of working and dealing with her it was this: You didn't want to get on Jamie Campbell's fucking list.

She wasn't upset that he didn't trust her, hell, she'd earned that from him at the least. She wasn't really mad about being locked in the plane's cell either, though it still rankled her that she let him catch her off guard enough to succeed at it. And if she were honest with herself, the majority of her anger wasn't coming from his insane decision to knock a giant hole in the Barrier either, though she certainly wasn't happy about the prospect of battling every animal in North America again. No, her fury stemmed from another source altogether.

Jackson fucked with her plane.

HER PLANE.

In the years after losing Mitch on Pangaea, and in the awful time after Max took Clementine away from her, her only connection to Mitch was the plane. On the long nights when she was too exhausted from chasing down Shepherds to close her eyes she would wander his lab, running her hands along the cool, clean lines of the equipment, remembering him in his world, hunched over a microscope, or listening to Soundgarden while he pored over a pile of mystery bones. The nights after Logan left her and she couldn't bear the empty, echoing penthouse for another second, she sat at the bar, drinking as she imagined Mitch beside her, working a crossword puzzle and a bottle of vodka at the same time. The nights when she was so lonely she couldn't bear to exist, the plane was there to remind her, to soothe her...to save her. She'd told Mitch when he'd first come out of the tank that she kept the plane because she thought it should stay in the family, and that was true- the team had been the closest thing she'd had to a family since her mother died and the plane had been the closest thing she'd had to a home in a long, long time. But the truth was she'd kept it to be near him in the only way she could.

The shock of it crashing through the Barrier knocked Jackson and Tessa off their feet; before they could recover Jamie jerked free of Mitch's protective hold on her and strode furiously through the pelting rain of dust and debris from the crumbling wall. The plane's engines were still running but its forward momentum had stopped and she could feel the whine of the turbines agitating her already furiously buzzing brain; when she reached Jackson, just as he rose to his knees she kicked him full in the face, knocking him over on his back where he lay groaning in the dirt. Tessa reached for her rifle that lay just out her grasp but Jamie pointed the pistol she still held at her and snapped, "Don't try me."

The plane's navigational tablet lay in the dust a few feet away and Jamie stepped over Jackson's legs to pick it up. He struggled to a sitting position, holding his hand over an already swelling, bloody eye. "What the hell, Jamie?"

She knew it was irrational, she knew it was grief speaking - grief for Logan, grief for the world once Abigail's monsters roamed free - but she swung on Jackson, pointing the pistol at his face as Abe and Dariela sprang forward with a shout. She felt Mitch at her elbow too, but she kept her gaze on Jackson and Tessa, who had crawled to his side and was halfway shielding Jackson from Jamie's gun. Her eyes were hard and her voice was cold when she spoke. "I spent years hunting down the people who tried to destroy the world. Your father's friends, and your sister's friends, who sterilized mankind and who are so close to ending humanity. I did unspeakable things to stop them, terrible things you can't even imagine."

She heard Mitch mutter to Clem behind her, "Tandoori restaurant, sewer. Ask her about it sometime."

"It seems that every time something horrible happens in the world, there's an Oz behind it." She could feel the fury welling inside her, and her hand shook slightly as she waved her gun at the gaping hole in the barrier, still hazed with dust. "You just doomed us all on the promise of a madwoman. Maybe we've been worrying about the wrong member of the Oz family, going after your sister. Maybe you're the Oz we need to stop."

Abe tried to placate her, reaching a hand out between her and Jackson. "Jamie, please, think for a moment. We are all under a lot of pressure, Jackson only did what he thought was right."

She glanced at Abe and said coldly, "I did what I thought was right and he locked me in a cage for it."

Sirens started whooping across the compound as a metallic voice erupted suddenly from the loudspeaker. "ALERT! ALERT! THE BARRIER HAS BEEN BREACHED. REPORT TO EVACUATION ZONES."

Mitch touched Jamie's arm lightly but she felt the urgency behind it- and the worry. "Can we revisit this later? I think we need to get inside now."

Abe nodded in agreement. "Mitch is right. The beacon was disabled so the hybrids are not attacking yet but they will before long. It's not safe out here."

He reached down to help Jackson up, looking up at Jamie questioningly. She sighed and lowered the gun but said darkly, "We're not done here."

"No," Jackson glowered back at her, touching his tender head, "I'd say we're not. But right now I have a phone call to make. Let Abigail know she got what she wanted."

"Lets get to the infirmary," Dariela added. "They reinforced it during the hybrid attack, and we can check on Sam while we're there."

Everyone started to move towards the interior of the compound but Jamie held back, sticking her pistol in her waistband and turning her attention to the navigational tablet. The plane was still running, the engines whining at an uncomfortably high pitch, though it was largely unnoticed among the chaos of evacuations and the blaring warning sirens. Mitch realized she wasn't with them and stopped Clem, muttering something in her ear. She glanced at Jamie, nodded at her father, and turning back to the others trotted to catch up as they went through the armored doors into the interior. He watched his daughter walk into the safer area inside the building, nodded to himself, then turned back to Jamie.

She was working the tablet furiously, her fingers skittering over it so fast they were a blur. She glanced up at Mitch, frowning with concentration and said, "I have to get these engines turned off. They draw air in, superheat it and expel it for thrust and right now they are sucking in dust and little bits of concrete from the crash and eventually they are going to clog up, which means no air flow, which means overheating which means-"

"Boom," Mitch finished for her, pushing his glasses up on his nose as he peered over her shoulder at the display. "Everybody in the compound burns alive. Including us. So why isn't it working?"

"I don't know," she replied, her voice tight. The engines had grown noticeably louder, making the air vibrate around them. "Maybe something was broken when Jackson dropped it. I've tried just about everything, but maybe this..." she hesitated, tapped the tablet once, then half-smiled at him and asked, "There's still some of the good stuff on the plane, wanna go get a drink?"

Before he could answer the rear of the plane started to shudder and the vehicle bay hatch started to slowly drop, screeching as it scraped against the concrete remains of the wall. It was at least fifty yards from where they stood, and well outside of what had been the perimeter. She'd have to make it to the pile of rubble, then climb over it to get into the bay, and then make it to the handle on the wall to close the ramp. Mitch shook his head, "No, Jamie, it's too far. There could still be hybrids out there-"

She pulled the pistol from her waistband and slapped it into Mitch's hand, kissing him quickly as she said, "And that's why I need you to cover me. I have to turn them off, Mitch, this is the only way." Before he could reply, or even kiss her back, she was gone, sprinting toward the open bay door as the plane's engines started to shriek in earnest. She made it to the debris pile without incident, but as she started to navigate her way over the uneven rubble a shadowy, wolf-like figure loomed out of the dust above her. Mitch shouted to her as he raised her pistol and fired a shot, catching the razorback in the eye, killing it instantly; Jamie looked up just in time to see the hybrid tumble past her, landing dead on the ground. "Nice shootin', Tex!" she called to him, "But where there's one, there's more, so if you're coming you'd better run!"

She didn't wait to see if he was following, the bay was only a few feet away and the plane was beginning to shriek and shake with the strain of the engines. Three steps and she was in, her feet made contact with the steel floor and she was running up the ramp to the handle that would draw it back up.

"Close the hatch, Jamie!" she suddenly heard Mitch shout in panic and then several gunshots; jerking the handle until the ramp started to rise, she ran to the edge just as Mitch launched himself through, tossing the pistol to Jamie. "SHOOT IT!" he screamed and Jamie expertly manuevered the pistol up just as a massive, monstrous head, long and narrow and lined with sharp, gnashing teeth appeared, then a three-toed claw hooked itself over the edge of the rising ramp, straining to pull itself up and over after them. Jamie fired twice and the beast shrieked and lost its grip, falling away as the bay sealed itself.

"What the hell was that?" Jamie gasped.

Wide eyed and panting, Mitch said, "Some kind of...dinosaur?"

She frowned at him, shook her head and rose shakily to her feet. "I'm not even going to try to process that," she said, looking uneasily at the hatch. "Engines first, then dinosaur hybrids."

Mitch scrambled to his feet behind her. "I'm good with that," he said, and they sprinted up the staircase to the cockpit. While she had turned it into a breakfast nook, because honestly, you couldn't beat the view, Jamie also had the sense to leave the controls intact because, as Jackson had so amply proven today, it was also easy to commandeer or break. She ran to the control panel and in one practiced movement flipped four switches to the off position, sighing with relief as the whine of the engines immediately slowed and started winding down.

Mitch sagged into one of the breakfast nook chairs, rubbing his eyes wearily under his glasses; Jamie leaned lightly against the control panel, watching him as the plane grew quieter. Since he had come back from the dead it was like she couldn't get enough of him, even if it was just watching him tiredly rub his eyes, or pour a drink, or to touch his shoulder in passing. She tried to hide it, the hunger for him, especially around the others, but she was pretty sure she was failing miserably. Even Max had seen it when he rejoined them in Peru.

Max, She smiled softly thinking about Mitch's father, who had died holding his newborn great-grandson after saving them all from toxic spores in South Korea. He had caused her so much pain when he took Clementine away that she was sure she could never forgive him but like every other woman in his life, apparently, she did. He was a charming devil.

Mitch opened his eyes and caught her small smile, which he returned. "What are you thinking about?" he asked. "Hybrid dinosaurs? Shepherd hunting? Missing cats in Brentwood?"

She laughed at that and shook her head. "Max."

She expected Mitch to frown, which was his usual reaction to any mention of Max, but instead he smiled too, though it was tinged with sadness. "I never thought I'd say it, but I miss the old bastard. I don't forgive him, but I miss him."

Jamie smiled at that and sat across from Mitch in the other nook chair. They were so close their knees touched but neither made a move toward the other. "He loved you. I was supposed to tell you that about eleven years ago but..." she swallowed suddenly, remembering why she hadn't passed that message on, "but it slipped my mind."

"Oh really," Mitch snorted, "I can just imagine that conversation. How many times did he hit on you before he mentioned that?" Bitterness had seeped into his tone and Jamie reached out and took Mitch's hand.

"I stopped him in the hall after you and he hashed it out about Allison," she said, looking down at the hand she held, caressing his fingers but avoiding his gaze. "I told him I was glad I had met him because it helped me to understand you." Mitch squeezed her hand and she looked up at him, her face flushing bright red, "He said, 'I think you love my son' and I told him he was crazy. He said, 'Well, I love my son,' and asked me to tell you."

Mitch was quiet for a few seconds, then asked, "Was he?"

"Was he what?" Jamie asked in confusion.

Mitch cupped the side of her face with his free hand and drew her eyes up to his. "Was he crazy?"

Before Jamie could form a reply Mitch's phone rang, startling them both out of the moment. Mitch let his fingers caress her cheek as he withdrew them and she held on to his hand for an extra beat before he cleared his throat, put the phone up to his ear and answered, "Yeah?"

Clem's voice sounded small and scared. "Dad, where are you?"

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