VIVA LA GOOD NEWS!
4th of July ceremonial ride from the first electric plant
in the world at West Orange, New Jersey to Manhattan Ferry to
with a Mounted Police Escort to Ground Zero
where we dedicate the eleven districts of Manhattan as
Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups or N.E.W.S. Groups
Volta & 35th Street ~ avoided being on campus to avoid abusive and slanderous hostility shown toward me at Georgetown University by Officer Douglas on March 21, 2004 when I was working with students to educate campus community and organize 4|11|04 event. A PhD candidate in the German department made about ten copies of the flyer I shared with him and for handing out those ten copies I was banned from Georgetown University for one year. While most students, faculty and staff at Georgetown University express their interest in getting the historic solar array in the news, the campus community has strategically refused to provide any formal commitment which causes me difficulties as administrators can thn claim I am not officially associated with the campus even though I have been working with facilities maintenance to publicize the building since 1994.
The world-reknown distinguished diplomat Madelene Albright has an office in the Intercultural Center. She has never mentioned the solar roof in her speeches on peace negotiations as far as I know. Maybe she doesn't know about it . . . ? I really don't think the faculty, students and staff are that niave about the difficult position they have placed me in. Georgetown University should actually pay me for advertising, PR and management consulting where they are dangerously in violation of numerous insider trading and antitrust laws. Insider manipulation is a far more serious crime than just insider trading, and because it effects billions of dollars of energy industry investments in this case. Martha Stewart acted on information she received from a business executive, she did not create the problem that led her to sell her stocks. The editor at The HOYA News compares the fraudulent stories about painting over the solar roof claiming it makes planes crash to the ghost stories they tell during tours. Maybe it was the reflection of the roof on the Intercultural Center that caused the planes to crash on 9|11|01 . . . ? Martha Stewart might have used the defense of rumor or ghost stories for her defense where they are thus far being successfully used by Georgetown University as a defense against malicious fraud related to output of a solar array misdirecting consumers and billions of dollars of government investors.
The real ghost story related to the GTU ICC BI-PF roof is the one that numerous people have told me about the death of the wife and son of Dr. Lindmayer allegedly in two separate accidents the same night after he refused to sign over the Solarex Corporation to Amoco Oil sometime in 1983/84. I have not had the resources to investigate the details of this 'ghost story' but I would like to know how much of it is true and any related details are welcome. In November 1996, a diplomat and scientist from the Belguim Embassy suggested I contact Dr. Lindmayer due to my enthusiasm for solar electricity and my interest in the GTU ICC building. I didn't know he was the founder of the Solarex Corporation until that time. When I called Dr. Lindmayer, the secretary in the office where he worked apologized to have to tell me that he died the month before in October 1996. I thought it was strange and it seemed as if he was attempting to contact me. As I uncovered various details about the energy industry, this coincidence has had an even stronger influence in my decisions to continue my efforts to bring building-integrated photovoltaics [BI-PV] into the marketplace.
I discovered the 30,000 SF BI-PV roof made up of Solarex panels in 1994 while speaking at Georgetown University at a Women of Vision Conference on Photovoltaics. In 2000, after my numerous suggestions over six years to clean up the fraudulent misrepresentations in GTU tours claiming the solar roof does not work alleging that the solar array surface was painted over because otherwise it would make planes crash if it generated electricity, GTU's The HOYA News finally wrote an article. The truth of the matter is that the solar roof actually generated around $45,000 of electricity a year with no water, no moving parts, no pollution, no noise and minimal degradation to the system. With Pepco's announcement to increase Washington, DC area electric rates 16% Spring of 2004 that translates to a value of $57,000 of electricity a year. In Southern California it would translate to $75,000 a year with six sun hours around 325 days a year. And, if we remember right, it was air conditioning demand at peak hours that perpetuated rolling blackouts in California during the alleged deregulation scandal. The idea that photovoltaics is not affordable or market ready is strongly refuted in a document researched and written by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1978 which was published by the California Energy Commission. In 1996, the CEC published 'The Energy Technology Status Report" just before passing deregulation that claimed photovoltaics was not market ready and affordable nearly twenty years after they published the JPL report saying that PV was market ready and affordable. JPL forecast a price of fifty cents a watt by 1986. Unfortunately, two years before that Amoco Oil took over the PV industry.
At the Francis Scott Key Memorial we sang the National Anthem and I handed out more Press Releases. "Oh, beautiful for Spacious Skies for Amber Waves of Grain . . . " Beauty is the theme of this great American Anthem. Isn't it time we started making Beautiful Electricity, together! I handed out the Press Release to a variety of people in Georgetown on M Street and at Washington Circle. One goal is to have a photograph of me on horseback taken with the General|President Washington statue for the 'Horse Riders in DC' book.
Due to the lack of a clear message from the DC police and the National Park Police and the refusal to put any related consulting in writing coupled with the hostility at Georgetown University; I opted not to ride a horse in DC to avoid getting a ticket. The DC Police had indicated that it is fine to ride a horse on DC streets since my initial inquiry January 2002. More recent comments indicated a variety of opinions on the subject, however. Some indicate only to Vermont Street. Others suggested a mounted police escort though the comment was made on 4|11|04 and thus not timely for this Journey unless we ride back to Washington, DC in July after getting the Intercultural Center into the mainstream news. The goal of this Journey is to get media for "Pretty Polly" the BI-PV solar array on the Georgetown University Intercultural Center, not to get me into trouble.
I have really enjoyed discovering all the horse and rider statutes around Washington, DC and would welcome comments on the history of these statutes. In the next year, I plan to make a photo study of them and compile a related history that will be published in a book along with a map indicating the places where one can and cannot ride a horse in Washington, DC and the related statutes and codes. The problem appears to be that the statutes have not been revised to address the reality of the traffic. I was actually quite surprised when the DC police said a permit was not needed in 2002 and again in 2004. I think there should be a permit process for all related activities that are not on officially designated routes due to the extremely dense traffic in Washington, DC. The DC police indicated I need only use hand signals like cyclists.
The day started with a nice breakfast at the International Guest House near 16th and Kennedy Street in Washington, DC. When I was traveling to conferences around the world in 1995-96 I stayed at the IGH. During that time I worked at Dean and DeLuca's on M Street in Georgetown. I would often hike through Rock Creek Park to work in the morning. I got the hike down to under an hour and one-half. Rock Creek Park is a wonderful national monument to nature. The rain and delays in getting the needed resources for the Journey delayed my leaving DC.
At Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church spent most of day trying to figure out how to get supplies into luggage so that I could carry it. The original plan was to ride a horse the entire way and to have a driver with video riding along. I discovered that one could not ride a horse on much of the Appalachian trail and a video car partner has not made a commitment for the project. Thus, I am hiking the first portion of the Journey on foot with the supplies that I can carry with me. Documentation is important and good video footage may actually be included in a film documentary. I got my tax return filed on-line which was an important milestone. The day ended with a wonderful potluck dinner at Mt. Vernon Place UMC and a talk on prophesy and prophets by Associate Minister Reverend Martin. My original plan was to have someone to drive along the route to carry the exhibits and supplies. They would go ahead of me and make arrangements for seminars and accommodation. It would be great if they could videotape segments of the Journey as well. Interested assistants/drivers are welcome!
The Journey from downtown Washington, DC started after a day of phone calls and packing with a Metro Ride to Vienna and George Mason College. I met with reporters at the student newspaper and found that they are in the middle of International Week at GMU. They indicated they would write up a story and share my website.
Today, I am taking the time to catch up on e-mails to the Press, the daily Activities Update and educating George Mason University students, faculty and staff about the poly-crystalline silicon semiconductor roof on the Georgetown University Intercultural Center and the promise of building-integrated photovoltaics [BI-PV]. We encourage them to question GTU about the lack of appropriate PR on the ICC roof during their tours and to welcome collaborate efforts to rectify the situation during the 20th Anniversary Celebration. Transparency is a great concept for peace-evolving technologies as well. Should a public easement for the roof be initiated?
I am sending this e-mail to a variety of people in the press and education. Please respond to this new address JOURNEY2004MEDIA@yahoo.com After, today, I will keep the JOURNEY ACTIVITIES JOURNAL on the Internet and you can access it from: www.oocities.org/JOURNEY2004MEDIA
Anyone along or near the proposed route that would like to arrange a solar seminar and/or opportunity for me to speak; please contact me at this e-mail address at least two days in advance and preferably a week in advance. Media is welcome! That is the goal!
VISIT EARLY EARTH WEEK WEBSITE Saturday morning I had every intention of taking to the road, again, but on my way to breakfast, Conflict and Culture Studies compelled me with their program on African American culture. The first movie was one about the diamond atrocities in Sierra Leone. The film was and excellent expose on the extremely inhumane violence and crime being committed in the name of diamond deployment. It was reminiscent of the Amy Goodman talk I attended in October 1998 at the University of California Irvine. Diamonds may not be a girl's best friend where that girl happens to own a farm in Sierra Leone that has diamond mines on or near it. The extreme violent dismemberment and killing of innocent men, women and children in the name of diamond deployment was shocking. The film entitled 'Cry Freetown' was made from a village survivor of the 1999 atrocities in his home town. It is an insight News Television production in association with Channel 4 and ARTE; producer Elizabeth Ground; director Ron McCullagh.
The film was followed with a much-needed educational film made by National Geographic on the Bakka People that were for many years referred to as Pygmies. The film is an excellent portrayal of the familial and social structure of the unique nomadic Bakka people and their yearly travels through the Amazon forests to hunt and to gather honey. It included medical tips and architectural techniques for making temporary water-proof housing out of large leaves in the forest. As I have not found a tent for the Journey by Horseback for Peace & Photovoltaics at this point, I may have to resort to such a technique. Certainly, my prayers for a tent and sleeping bag donars have increased in the last week. I discovered I that horses are not allowed on the Appalacian Trail and thus will not be going by horseback until I reach highway 17. I am thus also needing a Kelty backpack to carry my things. I have two brand new lovely hunting vests that I would be glad to trade for these resources. The backpack is the most vital need at this time.
When I took a lunch break from the film program, I discovered the Sally Rider Science Fair for primary and secondary school girls. I had missed Sally Rider's talk earlier in the morning. Unfortunately, she left before noon. However, there was an excellent array of exhibits from the various departments and programs at George Mason University. I talked to a variety of scientists, businesses, and organizations promoting careers for women in aviation. I met Charlie Haskell with The Old Dominion flying organization for women. She sounds to be a good contact as I have been wanting to get my aviation license for many years. I took ground school over ten years ago and thus the equipment has probably changed signficantly since then. I met several women pilots. Mary Feik is not only an amazing pilot, but an excellent example to anyone who thinks they are old at the age of 80. I suggested she contact my friend Lt. Colonel Richard T. Headrick in Irvine, California as they would have lots to talk about having both started in aviation in the 1930s. Then I met among others Courtney Dressing, a Planetary Society Student Astronaut who worked on the Mars Exploration Rover. Then there was Clare Schlener a student member of the Civil Air Patrol. They all signed my poster on Premier American Women in Aerospace.
DAY SEVEN 4|17|04 SATURDAY Saturday morning I had every intention of taking to the road, again, but on my way to breakfast, Conflict and Culture Studies compelled me with their program on African American culture. The first movie was one about the diamond atrocities in Sierra Leone. The film was and excellent expose on the extremely inhumane violence and crime being committed in the name of diamond deployment. It was reminiscent of the Amy Goodman talk I attended in October 1998 at the University of California Irvine. Diamonds may not be a girl's best friend where that girl happens to own a farm in Sierra Leone that has diamond mines on or near it. The extreme violent dismemberment and killing of innocent men, women and children in the name of diamond deployment was shocking. The film was made from a village survivor of the 1999 atrocities in his home town.
The film was followed with a much-needed educational film made by National Geographic on the Bakka People that were for many years referred to as Pygmies. The film is an excellent portrayal of the familial and social structure of the unique nomadic Bakka people and their yearly travels through the Amazon forests to hunt and to gather honey. It included medical tips and architectural techniques for making temporary water-proof housing out of large leaves in the forest. As I have not found a tent for the Journey by Horseback for Peace & Photovoltaics at this point, I may have to resort to such a technique. Certainly, my prayers for a tent and sleeping bag donars have increased in the last week. I discovered I that horses are not allowed on the Appalacian Trail and thus will not be going by horseback until I reach highway 17. I am thus also needing a Kelty backpack to carry my things. I have two brand new lovely hunting vests that I would be glad to trade for these resources. The backpack is the most vital need at this time.
When I took a lunch break from the film program, I discovered the Sally Rider Science Fair for primary and secondary school girls. I had missed Sally Rider's talk earlier in the morning. Unfortunately, she left before noon. However, there was an excellent array of exhibits from the various departments and programs at George Mason University. I talked to a variety of scientists, business, and organizations promoting careers for women in aviation. The Old Dominion flying organization for women sounds to be a good contact as I have been planning to get my aviation license for many years. I took ground school over ten years ago and thus the equipment has probably changed significantly since then. I met several women pilots. Mary Feik is not only an amazing pilot, but an excellent example to anyone who thinks they are old at the age of 80. I suggested she contact my friend Lt. Colonel Richard T. Headrick in Irvine, California as they would have lots to talk about having both started in aviation in the 1930s. The National Combat Air Museum published his book A Mighty Fortress. Among many young women I met, there was the George Mason University student Courtney Dressing, a Planetary Society Student Astronaut who had worked on the Mars Exploration Rover. Clair Schlener is a student member of the Civil Air Patrol. They all signed my poster on Premier American Women in Aerospace. Then, a representative from the Sally Rider agency took my photograph with the George Mason statue and promised to send it to me. Ann Marie who was there with her daughter also took a photo of me with the George Mason statue and promised to send me a copy. After that I walked into Fairfax and took a tour of the historic structures. It was quite interesting. The City Hall is particularly interesting. After a few hours working on the Internet, it was time to get some sleep so I would be ready to leave Sunday morning. The weather was great all weekend.
DAY EIGHT 4|18|04 SUNDAY = FIRST WEEK ANNIVERSARY I was up early and had a nice breakfast while watching the news in Johnson Center. While I was getting breakfast, I was informed that the bi-annual George Mason University Open House was to begin at noon. There were many activities planned with a great barbeque luncheon for everyone. Well, that was pretty hard to resist. Thus, I postponed my departure one last time. In talking to instructors from numerous programs from management to the arts, it was suggested that I visit the Star Media Lab on the third floor of the Johnson Center to see if I could find anyone who may be interested and willing to video tape my visit at George Mason University. I met Aman, the President of Film Studies Club in the Star Lab and she invited me to a special program called the Lost Film Fest by Scott Beibin out of Philadelphia that was at 6 pm. One of the lab assistance offered to not only tape my interviewing a student, but also volunteered to be the interviewed. This was a double talent treat, and we got a little footage for a film documentary of the Journey by Horseback [and foot] and/or the motion picture. I have already written a treatment that follows much of the material in my book ElectriCity BEYOND THE CURVE OF DEREGULATION? The camera was not high density, but the quality of the video was first class and I am extremely grateful! I think high density is more difficult to edit and thus unless the entire film is shot in high density it would may be best not to tape original footage in HD. I am learning. It was impressive to me that George Mason University offers a variety of editing programs including Avid and Final Cut Pro. There are three student unions and the largest union Johnson Center has a library that is open for browsing until 2 am. There is a main library as well.
After the taping which Pat graciously copied for me, I walked around campus and tried to get a tour of the performing arts centers. The Third Day, a religious group was performing in the Patriot Center. Two students offered me a free ticket to the concert from four passes they had been provided when one of them lost their tickets. As the tickets were $26 it was very difficult to turn down, but I had made a commitment to the Film Studies group and was hoping to make some contacts for filming the Journey by Horseback for Peace & Photovoltaics. Ute Lemper was performing in the Center for the Arts. Unfortunately, it is closed to tours while preparing for a show and it is closed on Monday so I won? be able to tour it this visit. One thing I really like about the GMU campus is the various levels of access to the buildings settled into rolling hills and woods. It appeared that the woods had been preserved, as many of them are tall though quite thin. The campus and Vienna community is nicely integrated with nature by wide sidewalks. The sheriff department is quite unassuming. It wasn't until I walked up to the front of the historic brick building that I noticed the signing indicating it was the sheriff's office. The facility nearby used for youth court was constructed in 1800. That is incredible.
The Film Studies Club program was entitled Lost Film Fest presented by the director of the program Scott Beibin. He provided us substantial entertainment for about four hours. Numerous short films with a comedic tone were shown. The film of Elvis Presley visiting with President Nixon in 1970 was educational as was the films on the bar code farce. I was not aware people were providing free barcodes on the Internet to print out and that people were taking them to Wal-Mart and other department stores and remarking products to reduce the scanned price of selected items. The wildest film he shared was the one of when Scott Beibin and his three punk buddies who appeared on the Jerry Springer show. This was a little much for me as I am continually informed that television time costs money. I think people should have to pay to watch things like Jerry Springer and that there should be a lot more Good News on free TV. Vive La GOOD News! It was an interesting evening and I discovered new equipment to download my movie clips onto a website.
I SPENT ALL DAY ON COMPUTER WRITING E-MAILS AND SEARCHING FOR HORSE FACILITIES IN THE GREAT FALLS AREA IN ADDITION TO PLANNING ROUTE.
On Tuesday, I traveled to Great Falls from George Mason University. The Journey is described in a letter to an NBC News Desk contact. The following is that letter nearly in its entirety:
Today, I am making arrangements for Earth Day activities on April 22, 2004 at Madeira School. Early Earth Week . . . before it's too late! is a new yearly event March 1st to 7th that I established to facilitate activities that will directly assist consumers in organizing consumer monitoring and intervention in energy agency proceedings via Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups or N.E.W.S. Groups. Coal consumption has doubled during the thirty years of Earth Day primarily because consumers don't know what to do with all the information they learn on Earth Day to facilitate needed change in the energy industry. Despite tremendous efforts, the transformation is going backward in many regards. I believe it is a need to use more effective intervention strategies via consumers and N.E.W.S. Groups.
I had a great weekend at George Mason University. A student named Pat taped a spontaneous interview and discussion with himself as talent to document my JOURNEY visit to GMU. The Media Lab also copied the Channel 6 News report aired in December 2004 in Lawrence, Kansas. I was at my alma mater completing my book 'ElectriCity BEYOND THE CURVE OF DEREGULATION featuring Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups and the Ethos of Commerce'. I enjoyed a visit to the Sally Rider Science fair on Saturday and attended the GMU Open House on Sunday. My visit at GMU was quite educational found lots of interest in photovoltaics. The most trying activity was the Institute for Conflict Resolution that showed a movie about the brutal human assault on villages in Sierra Leone in the name of diamond deployment. Diamonds are not necessarily a girl's best friend if you are a village native with diamond mines on your land. In fact it may be life-threatening. Diamonds are a close relative to oil deployment and the violent methods are similar to those reported in oil rich regions of the Delta in Africa, Indonesia and Russia. I hope the live coverage of the Iraq war will stimulate more news coverage of the extreme mutilation of men, women and children in the name of diamond deployment. Hopefully, it will encourage people to opt to create more positive news events in patterns of modern commerce! One of those is the wonderful Madeira School I visited on Monday.
Today, I am in the village of Great Falls, Virginia. Yesterday, I visited the Madeira School www.Madeira.org nearby and I am planning to attend their community Earth Day events tomorrow along with other activities in the area. An executive at the National Parks Service insisted in our conversation two weeks ago that there was no place to ride a horse along Old Dominion Road and Georgetown Pike. After yesterday I fully agree. A postwoman I met in McLean showed a strong interest in my work and after she got off work graciously provided me a ride to the Madeira School. I had called Madeira last week hoping to find a job or project to do in exchange for a night at the School. There was no commitment made, but they invited me to visit the school and discuss the possibility. When one without a car or horse travel in a place where there is no public transportation and cannot afford taxis; one is never sure how long it will take to get somewhere. Thus, it was that I arrived at the Madeira School partially announced at around 4 pm. The person I talked with hadn't heard about my proposed visit. They indicated they didn't think that they would have work at the time and to exchange for a few nights in the stable bunks. The lady in charge suggested I come back Tuesday morning to speak with the School's President Mr. Taylor. Thus, I attempted to go on to Great Falls. However, there is not even a place for people to walk along Georgetown Pike. I had to walk quite a ways with too much luggage to carry to find a place where someone could pull off the road to provide me a ride. There is no horse crossing signs and people zoom down that road.
Finally, a nice couple out to celebrate an early anniversary evening stopped and asked if they could provide a ride as they were concerned about my walking along the steep ditch on the road that has no shoulders. I was quite grateful at their gesture and they were very helpful although I delayed their celebration dinner at least an hour.
My initial goal was to be riding horse and to have a PR partner to drive most of my things including exhibits to the next town where they would arrange for accommodation for the horse and myself as well as carry the bulk of my luggage. It really irritates me that foreign terrorists and politicians can raise millions of dollars to waste on tragic violence and meaningless TV ads and I can't find joint venture funds or make a few thousand dollars with all of my skills, education and hardworking values [as a fourth generation citizen of this nation] to facilitate this Journey by Horseback for Peace & Photovoltaics as is summarized in the three-page Press Release I shared with you.
www.oocities.org/EarlyEarthWeek/JOURNEYHORSEPEACEBIPV2004.doc
Further, it seems there would be some assistance and/or investor that would welcome the opportunity to partner in the printing and distribution of my book 'ElectiCity' for around $25,000. How often do you find an author that has invested 12 plus years of their life researching intensely political topic of the volatile energy industry with no financial backing in one of the most oppressive arenas of modern commerce being involved in the eye of the storm via historic energy agency proceedings with the California Public Utilities Commission and Cal Energy Commission on self-generation technology just as deregulation began in 1998 and throughout Energy Crisis 2000, 9|11 and the fall of the Enron Corporation that dominated the proceedings for distributed generation or DG. I have provided the pre-press needed to publish this book on the energy industry and have started on the Journey by Horseback for Peace & Photovoltaics to market the book and form Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups while bringing a unique commercial solar building-integrated photovoltaic [BI-PV] project into the news for its 20th Anniversary. The Journey is primarily to inform consumers about the opportunity to transform energy commerce via agency Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups or N.E.W.S. Groups. intervention. Georgetown University should be doing on their own PR where tax payers provided $6 million for the BI-PV roof demonstration that has provided $45,000 to $50,000 of electricity for them a year. I hope my efforts bring a related exhibit about the BI-PV project at GTU ICC with a monitor to report the system output. The output should be printable for a quarter to allow people to take with them to remind them of this daily miracle at GTU ICC.
Yesterday, the lack of news coverage about the Journey became a bit critical as I precariously attempted to depart from the Madeira School where the nice postwoman had taken me. Fortunately, the nice couple out for their anniversary evening brought me into Great Falls and finally took me to the Stone Ridge Show Barn and then to the related Stone Ridge Farm. The Stone Ridge people were a bit suspicious of such a spontaneous proposal as were the Madeira School people. They weren't sure they wanted to exchange a day's work for one or two nights accommodation even though there was plenty of work to be done. Thus, a very nice lady and her daughter Blair showed me the location of the Saddlery and then took me to a remote park to camp. Presently, I don't have a tent or sleeping bag and don't have an appropriate backpack to carry my things. I need to get one before I reach the Appalachian Trail. I have two brand new hunting vests I would be willing to trade for such gear and or will work for it. Most companies will not donate anything unless one has 501(c)3 status. I don't and I don't have the time or the $3,000 it takes to form one and really have no interest in forming one for N.E.W.S. Groups. We might eventually form a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation for Early Earth Week, but will likely only form a foundation trust for the National N.E.W.S. Groups. We are seeking a board of directors to assist with this endeavor, but most of the Neighborhood Crime Watch Groups have not formally incorporated and I think that makes them far more efficient and successful.
Blair and her mother took me to the Fire Station to inquire about places to camp, etc. The very nice, but concerned Captain on duty indicated they had actually been called out to the road near Madeira School by a concerned citizen who had seen me attempting to walk along the roadside from the Madeira School with too much luggage. While the Captain at first insisted I had not planned the Journey appropriately, he finally agreed that perhaps there should be more support for the important work I am doing to bring solar energy into the marketplace. I started planning this Journey in October 2001 and had been attempting to find some way to get the GTU ICC in the news since I discovered it in 1994. People need to see this appropriately integrated BI-PV project so that they are not ripped off by companies like British Petroleum-Amoco-Enron [dba BP Solar]. The cover of their training manual shows the home system installed on the President's roof and it is just jacked up on poles with no enclosure or architectural integration. It is ugly to install solar systems that way and they know it. That is why they do it that way. The Captain at the Great Falls Fire Station encouraged me to do whatever I could to better inform people as best I could to reduce the risks all the way around and to provide better opportunities for appropriate involvement in the Journey and appropriate installation of solar systems on homes and business buildings. My training is architecture and appropriate solar system installation forms the foundation of my business ethic.
The media could be of tremendous assistance by informing people about the Journey by Horseback for Peace & Photovoltaics no matter what they think of it just to let people know what I am doing and where they can find out more about this endeavor. Let them decide for themselves whether they want to get involved, but please inform them!
We held a dinner and dance in December 2003 in Lawrence, Kansas and got a news story on the Channel 6 news. For Valentine Day we started a $10 donation program or a $1 a mile along one's favorite segment of the trail. Every donation counts! I would much rather have a little from a number of people, but people need to have some understanding of what I am doing and why. If the book was printed, sales from the book would provide some income and also put the information in the hands of consumers where I speak and around the nation. Proceeds beyond the Journey and book printing will be used to form the foundation for the National Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups or N.E.W.S. organization. My intent does not include scandal, revenge, violence or crime; however I honestly believe that with the 16% increase in electric rates proposed by PEPCO for Spring 2004 that most news patrons will find some excitement in the JOURNEY BY HORSEBACK FOR PEACE & PHOTOVOLTAICS without needing a disaster to justify putting it in the news. My book does not just point fingers and complain or criticize, but I propose a consumer-based intervention solution modeled on the highly successful Neighborhood Crime Watch Groups via Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups or N.E.W.S. Groups. I honestly believe that just the presence of organized consumers monitoring energy agency proceedings will dramatically reduce crime in energy agency decisions which has blatant insider market manipulation and trading a daily activity. The fraud at Georgetown University is insider market manipulation and trading. It is not just a ghost story although the untimely death of the wife and son of Dr. Lindmayer one of the founders of the Solarex Corporation may turn up an interesting ghost story for GTU.
The Presidents of this nation, no matter who they are will not likely to redirect the energy industry into appropriate technologies. How could they? The Journey and ElectriCity is a non-partisan, consumer-based solution that shows consumers in Volume I of ElectriCity what the problem is and where to focus their efforts for official and consequential transformation. Volume II of ElectriCity actually provides them a step-by-step method for official direct consumer intervention in energy agency proceedings that will begin to redirect energy commerce toward autonomous renewable sustainable technologies. This is the venue where legislation is transformed via public hearings to programs and appropriations. Without consumer participation, this is where the wolf of fossil fuel and utility tyranny steals renewable energy funding and shifts it to fossil fuel interests in lieu of consumer needs and interests.
Gas turbine proponents are demanding Net Metering in California where gas already dominates 45% of the energy consumed. If they can't do business without incentives with 46% of the market, then they are not an affordable source of electricity. PV provides less than 0.1% of the electricity consumed and oil cartels and utilities cry that they want to be paid stranded costs for any lost revenues they experience due to any successful deployment of BI-PV that I accomplish. Then they insist that incentives to renewable energy is free-loading. This outrageous antitrust abuse is quoted directly from documents filed and live testimony given in my presence by utility and oil cartel attorneys. Thus, it is difficult to imagine what goes on behind the scenes.
N.E.W.S. Groups transforms energy agency proceedings from a chicken coop easy to fleece to a responsible democratic venue dominated by mass direct consumer intervention facilitating needed industry transformation. The Internet is the key that has made this possible as the participants can monitor the proceedings at home and serve document via the e-mail. This is a new and vital window of opportunity for consumers. Remember that every attorney that represents oil cartels and utilities is also a consumer. At lunch they would share their dreams of having a solar system on their home and ask for my advise on designing one, and in the hearings that followed they would do their job which often included attempts to strike my testimony before the proceedings. This is not so easy when there are one hundred consumers filing the same comments.
Non-profit organizations|corporations allegedly representing consumers are being paid $100 to $350 an hour to keep their mouths shut and thus the changes they actually achieve are minimal compared to what is needed. N.E.W.S. Groups is well worth the try. While many consumers will not have the time, there are over 20 million ratepayers in California alone. Constructively directing consumer time and resources through organized coalition will dramatically increase their chances of success. Just a small portion of twenty million consumers could establish consumer consensus in energy agency proceedings providing them strong legal status like the document that led to the settlement in the Erin Brockovich Story. N.E.W.S. Groups is well worth a try. In addition to evolving needed change in energy agency proceedings, it will naturally educate consumers about how the energy industry works and protect them as consumers no matter how their electricity is generated and delivered. The Erin Brockovich story clearly illustrated the need for increased consumer awareness about how the energy industry is structured and related dysfunctions in the industry.
The media could really be of substantial assistance in doing a story about the JOURNEY BY HORSEBACK FOR PEACE & PHOTOVOLTAICS [from Georgetown U ICC BI-PV roof 4|11|04 to Ground Zero on the 4th of July] because then people along the trail would know a little more about who I am, and be relieved of some of their concerns about this seemingly spontaneous endeavor that has been in the planning since January 2002. They would see the excellent example of the GTU ICC BI-PV roof and may be encouraged to consider that the 30,000 SF BI-PV roof at GTU has been generating a Megawatt hour a day since 1984. 90% of the people in the building don't know it is generating electricity. There was a substantial amount of misinformation provided by GTU in their tours fraudulently informing people the roof didn't generate electricity because they had painted it over to keep planes from crashing when they flew over while it was generating electricity. This is extreme and criminal fraud on the part of the University and is far more serious a crime than the alleged Martha Stewart behavior. Where she allegedly sold stock on a tip from a friend, GTU is intentionally lying to people destroying confidence in solar BI-PV products and potential and thereby misdirecting billions of dollars of energy commerce deployment. This equates with the molestation of children by priests. It is abominable where people are suffering with ill health, irrational price hikes, terrorism and war in the name of energy technology fossil fuel deployment.
The editor at the HOYA News compared it with the ghost stories they tell on the Georgetown University tours. Perhaps, Martha Stewart could use the excuse of rumor as her defense on appeal. The GTU fraud about the output and safety of the solar roof installed on the Intercultural Center in 1984 is a very serious far-reaching problem. Perhaps, the distinguished diplomat Madeleine Albright who has an office in the GTU ICC could comment on the effect such propaganda in the world related to energy commerce, war and terrorism in the world.
The press is welcome to share the website for the SOLAR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE www.oocities.org/Eureka/1905 that has my interactive autobiography, vitae and resume from primary school to the present along with numerous of my papers that have been published around the world. The Journal for the Journey by Horseback for Peace & PV is on www.oocities.org/JOURNEY2004MEDIA. You might want to mention The Long Riders Guild whose director is presently initiating a Journey by Horseback around the world. It is the first such Journey that I know of in world history. www.thelongridersguild.com
The two primary reasons for the JOURNEY BY HORSEBACK FOR PEACE & PHOTOVOLTAICS is to get the Georgetown University Intercultural Center BI-PV roof in the news and to form 101 charter Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups. The media need not advocate, approve, discourage or encourage anyone's participation, they could simply inform consumers about the Journey and allow consumers to further investigate and discuss the effort themselves. The media could poll the public about photovoltaics now and after the Journey, discuss the solar systems installed for security reasons at the White House in 2002. Their reporting on the Journey could encourage talk shows and other venues to follow the Journey for consumers and related adventures along the trail up to the planned ceremonial ride from the first electric plant in West Orange, New Jersey in to Ground Zero.
On the 4th of July I plan to ride from Edison's Historic site to the Ellis Island Ferry that has agreed to provide me and a horse [as long as it is not a stallion] a boat ride to Manhattan, New York where the mounted police have offered a police escort to Ground Zero for a ceremony where we will sing the national anthem, [isn't it time we started making 'beautiful electricity' together . . . ] read excerpts from ElectriCity including the unusual and prophetic poem 'Solar Energy Soliloquy -Amid' that I wrote April 2001 in an attempt to synthesize the extreme challenges and volatile undercurrent in the energy agency proceedings dominated by questionable behavior of associates with Enron, utilities and energy agency staff. To find a link to download this poem go to this webpage: www.oocities.org/Eureka/1905/EMSPAPERS.html. During the 4th of July ceremony we will dedicate the eleven districts of Manhattan as Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups or N.E.W.S. Groups.
We are planning to perpetuate interest in this event along the trail and hope to have many other participates by the middle of June including environmental speakers, musicians and celebrities of sports and the arts by the 4th of July. The event will be during the Summer Olympics in Greece. I attended the 100 year centennial of the Modern Olympics in 1996 that was held in the historic stadium in Athens. It was an incredible experience for me. One major concern of the Olympic community is the effects of pollution on the athletes that compete at the Olympics. With the technologies we have there is absolutely no reason to continue to bombard human existence with pollution. Unite to be done with it! It is my theory that there is no one that is perpetuating the fossil fuel domination except the tremendous vacuum of commerce itself. Who could stop this? No nation or group could do it, alone! Organized consumers are, I believe the only possible force that could.
I am hoping to have a horse arranged by the time I get up the Appalachian trail from Bluemont in Virginia to the 17 highway in Maryland. Today, I will make contact with the Turner Farm here in Great Falls, VA. It is a great project that could also likely benefit from news coverage. It is a great public recreation center for horse lovers and their horses that is scheduled to be completed for the community Spring 2004. There are lots of horse people in Great Falls and the surrounding area. www.FAIRFAX4HORSES.org
I hope this provides you with an update. Sorry, it took me so long to get back to you. I think I'll just copy this letter to the Journey Journal as I need to get going. I really need an office or at least a lap top computer, cell phone, camera, video recorder, PR person with car, tent, sleeping bag, backpack and of course a horse to meet me at highway 17 in Maryland. There are numerous notices in the magazines I found at the Saddlery this morning and thus I am hoping to negotiate a horse in the next few days. Tomorrow, I plan to attend the Earth Day events at the Madeira School which are open to the community beginning at around 9:00 am according to their website. I am definitely going to find a place to store my luggage whether I walk or have a ride to and from the event.
Please don't wait for a disastrous event to put this important Journey by Horseback in the news. Viva La GOOD News!!!
The Earth Day Seminar at the Madeira School was very informative. Madiera School is a young woman's high school with specialized training in horse riding and care located along the beautiful Potomac River in Northern Virginia. If you visit be sure and ask to visit the view behind the Chapel. It is a beautiful view of the Potomac from high overhead. I wrote an e-mail to President Taylor and left him a voice -mail indicating that I would be attending the Earth Day Seminar at Madeira and would like to meet with him while at the School. Their website indicated 'community invited!' and everyone that I asked about it indicated that this meant they were likely having an open house event. They indicated that where it was only for the school they would specify that it was closed to the public or only available to the campus community. Not having ever been to Great Falls, I assumed it was ok to attend and the security guard allowed me entry to go to the event held in the Chapel.
The director of security provided a ride to the Great Falls Library where I researched the Washington & Old Dominion Trail and the Appalachian Trail. I met a few locals and chatted about where to get a backpack. I wrote to President Taylor and asked for a written apology for the outburst by Dean of Students Taylor indicating I had done everything that I could have done to assure the visit was appropriate. I asked if he could RSVP a meeting by 3:30 pm so I could make arrangements for my travel plans. About 3:15 pm a local policeman arrived insisting that the Madeira School had sent him with a message indicating the President was not available to meet.
Fortunately, Kevin, a local Great Falls resident had befriended me while I was at the library. Thus, he witnessed the police insult. The officer had a paper, but when he saw the librarians and Kevin were looking out after me, he backed off and just told me he had a message from the Madeira School. When I showed him the notice on the Internet regarding the Earth Day stating 'community invited!' he was even less excited about delivering the message. That is certainly a misuse of taxpayer services using the police as personal messengers where the Internet would have politely made as significant an impact with a letter explaining their position rather than a public insult. I had written to President Taylor the day before indicating I was planning to come to the Earth Day event and left a voicemail. I am concerned that the education of young woman are in the hands of these kinds of administrators.
In an attempt to have closure with the Madeira School and to leave them on a lighter note, this song came to mind, ：Oh, Madeira, Oh, Madeira, Oh, Madeira Clementine don・t be lost and smoked forever read my website Clementine；.
My prayer is that the large number of young women that attend the Madeira School dominated by these male administrators are not kept in the dark regarding solar electricity or building-integrated photovoltaics. Surely, President Taylor, Dean of Students Wildman and Mr. Holzman the director of
security would agree that with all the pornographic trash, violence, war and crime on television and in the news, everyday, that these young women leaders can surely handle the truth about Pretty Polly at Georgetown University. It is better that they are told in the United States by fellow countrywoman than to be taunted with this truth while visiting a foreign nation. The test is what will they do with this truth. One young lady indicated to me her plans to attend Claremont College within the Inland Empire in Southern California.
That is a wonderful school except on ．bad smog・ days when the air there is so thick with fossil fuel exhausts it looks like you are in the middle of a forest fire. Pollution does not discriminate. It kills people of all races, ages, life styles and socio-economic levels. Over fifty percent of the youngsters in Children・s Hospital of Los Angeles are diagnosed with cancer and many are not expected to live to be adults. There is absolutely no reason for this abuse of human and animal life when technologies like building-integrated
photovoltaics exist which could substantially reduce pollution within American cities as well as our dependency on fossil fuel tyranny. Martha Stewart as a responsible female role model is being crucified in the media while
Georgetown University continues its ongoing energy market manipulations and insider trading without any media scrutiny. Hopefully, this effort will help to change that. Click for ADDED NOTES!
To schedule a meeting or seminar with me while I am on the Journey by Horseback for Peace &
Photovoltaics to find out more information, get on the committee for writing the N.E.W.S. Groups
workbook that is scheduled to be on the market by November 2004, and to form a Charter N.E.W.S. Group
between now and July 4th, 2004; please write to
NeighborhoodEnergyWatchSolutionGroups2004@yahoo.com
If anyone from Sterling to Leesburg, Virginia has a backyard where I can camp or an RV I could use for a
few days while I am in the process of getting a backpack for the Appalachian Trail from Belmont to Old 40
Highway; please let me know. The loan of a backpack would also be great. My Kelty pack is in Southern
California locked in storage as I thought I would be riding a horse the entire way. Other possibilities of
help with places to stay would be sponsorship for camping at Fairfax Lake is at $20 a night Thanks to
Victoria from Leesburg and her family who donated a brand new tent for me and Kevin who donated a nice
sleeping bag, I am now equipped for camping. Susan their friend introduced me and provided a great
dinner on Friday. I tried camping in Algonkian Park as directed by the Sterling police, but Jill the director
of the park indicated that camping is not allowed there. They have lovely cabins right on the Potomac
River, but they are $125 a night, which is way out of my budget. If you want to take a vacation bring the
family and rent a cabin. I・ll sleep on the couch. It is a lovely park with numerous interesting birds and
plenty of fishing opportunities. So, bring your video camera also to take some footage of the birds, deer,
fishing and scenery for my film documentary of the Journey by Horseback for Peace & Photovoltaics.
There are hiking paths and some of the cabins even have saunas. There is no alcohol allowed so plan to
have a low-key healthy outing. Interested in sponsoring or have some ideas on where I could stay, please
write to JOURNEY2004MEDIA@yahoo.com
I am seeking work or fundraising events to secure the $250 for the gear needed for the Appalachian Trail
segment. Whatever you may need from cleaning to solar seminars to lectures to writing to bookkeeping to
designing a solar system to childcare to homemaking to horse and stable care, to painting or landscaping,
etc that is something I could do. Organizing is one of my strengths. Photography and videotaping are
professional skills I have developed. I have a Master・s degree in architecture with extensive AutoCADD
experience. I welcome anyone including celebrities like Willard Scott to join me for a segment of the
Journey by Horseback from Sterling to Purceville along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail. Then it
is on to Belmont where I will hike the Appalachian Trail to Old Highway 40. My credit has been
substantially challenged since 1998 due to the refusal by the California Public Utilities Commission to pay
for my intervention as they indicated they would. A tax adjustment dated September 10, 201 arrived the
morning of 9|11 from the IRS charging me taxes on the unpaid $42,000. My credit has further suffered
from the refusal of the Orange County Transit Authority to pay for injuries incurred due to negligence of a
driver turning a corner going 45 mph. As a self-insured company, they are interestingly regulated by the
CPUC. My credit is in good shape other than this fraud. Take this opportunity to assist us in getting
media coverage and to encourage people to form their own Neighborhood Energy Watch Solution Groups.
Watch for daily updates of the JOURNEY JOURNAL! Contributions including stories, solar projects to
share, comments, poetry, photos, etc are welcome. However, I am writing this at libraries as I have the
time and resources to do so. I enjoyed a lovely Creation・s Sunday service at the Lutheran Church in
Sterling near the Loudoun County Library across from the Giant Grocery Store on Cascade near 7 highway.
I will catch up on the last week, but wanted to share wtih you the great story about meeting the man with the Holy Grail. It was about 7 am when Gary came into McDonalds where I was having a cup of peppermint tea thanks ot the glass of hot water they had provided. I don't recall what initiated our conversation, but it was an extremely interesting conversation about life, living and the pursuit of happiness. When he offered a job for the day selling the Holy Grail of sorbet and goat's milk cheese going to church to be viewed by a lot of stuffy inhospitable people that I was a pathetic indigent begging for food got backseat priority. We sold over $250 of sorbet and goat's milk cheese that day. I made about $30 and we ate lots of yummy fresh vegetables from the vendors at the Farmer's Market.
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My friend Kevin took drove me to Leesburg to take care of loose ends that I will tell you more about later. He then took me to Fairfax Lake where I camped next to a pipefitter and welder. I had not been to Fairfax Lake since 1996 when I camped for nearly two months off and on while traveling to conferences around the world and working in Washington, DC. I would take the bus and train to work and be there within 45 minutes. It was great fun. The lady that camped next to me most of the summer was studying to do medical billing. Her family lived in West Virginia. At that time, I only paid $12 a night plus $5 for a metro pass each day. I didn't use the electricity. The price has gone up to $20 a night and the swimming pool they were building in 1996 is now completed. Lauren the assistant at Fairfax Lake indicated that they were seeking employees for the grocery store and for the front desk. The next morning I attempted to speak with Jackie the manager. She became extremely strange when I attempted to share with her what I am doing and the reason for the Journey by Horseback for Peace & Photovoltaics. The park is run by Loudoun County. When I opened my portfolio to share the photo of the GTU ICC she actually put here arm over her face and refused to look at it. It was very strange. Fortunately, Kevin had arrived and I packed my tent and left because I did not want to pay $20 a night and did not know what to think of Jackie's behavior.
I finally decided to go on to Bear's Den on the Appalachian Trail. Kevin drove me there and we actually went way past the turn nearly to Berrytown and had to back track. By the time we got there it was pouring down rain. Rob met us and offered to allow me to camp on the grounds in exchange for work for a few days.
Today, I planted twenty mighty oak trees with Dave Appel, the historic person who saved Bear's Den some years ago. It is an interesting story that I will tell more about later. We had a great day and I got lots of exercise.
Dave cooked some great meals and I did the clean up.
We went on a fallen tree clearing hike this morning and I met Mary Sue, George and Bob. Mary Sue had some interesting stories about her work with the Chesapeake Bay and when she and George managed the Blackburn stop on the Appalachian Trail. I will hike there on Monday and then on to Harper's Ferry. Mary Sue indicated she had seen a news article about me in the Leesburg Today. Yolanda had come and interviewed me last week, but I had not seen the article. Thus, I am excited to read it. The more news coverage the better!
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The campus is much larger than I expected and the view at the chapel is the site of many a wedding I was told. The Nature Conservancy provided an excellent program on conservation of the area along the Potomac with an overview of the rare plants and animals in the area. As I left the auditorium with everyone else including around 200 young women, the Dean of Students and the director of security were waiting for me in the lobby. Mr. Wildman, the Dean of Students began an extremely hostile interrogation without even introducing himself demanding to know why I was at the assembly. He made if very difficult to answer the question and kept interrupting me. After I produced the printout of the event on the website, he finally calmed down and said that this meant the Madeira community not the community at large. I apologized, but indicated I understood it was open to the public. I suggested they answer their e-mail and phone messages and include campus community in notices on the Internet. He would not allow the Dean of Arts to take a photo of me against the view behind the Chapel, but had the security officer whisk me down into Great Falls. They wouldn't even allow me to meet with President Taylor. Highly suspicious! One of the students indicated that she was planning to attend an Inland Empire school in Southern California. I didn't have the heart to tell her how bad the pollution is there. It often looks like that one is in the middle of a fire when there is a bad smog day.
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