http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/2littleliberty/ en-us Sun, 4 May 2008 18:48:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011128/posts MILTON, Ontario (AP) -- The glowing amber dot on a light switch in the entryway of George Tsapoitis' house offers a clue about the future of electricity. A few times this summer, when millions of air conditioners strain the Toronto region's power grid, that pencil-tip-sized amber dot will blink. It will be asking Tsapoitis to turn the switch off -- unless he's already programmed his house to make that move for him. This is the beginning of a new way of thinking about electricity, and the biggest change in how we get power since wires began veining the landscape a... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011128/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 18:48:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011125/posts MILTON, Ontario (AP) -- The glowing amber dot on a light switch in the entryway of George Tsapoitis' house offers a clue about the future of electricity. A few times this summer, when millions of air conditioners strain the Toronto region's power grid, that pencil-tip-sized amber dot will blink. It will be asking Tsapoitis to turn the switch off -- unless he's already programmed his house to make that move for him. This is the beginning of a new way of thinking about electricity, and the biggest change in how we get power since wires began veining the landscape a... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011125/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 18:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1728662/posts Cul-de-sacs are getting cul-de-sacked. Cities across the country — including many in Minnesota — are declaring war on the stubby dead-end streets that are icons of suburban life. Northfield has virtually banned cul-de-sacs, and many new suburban projects limit or eliminate them. "Why would anyone do that?" asked Sherri Fassbender, 41, on Thursday as she watched her children cavort on the quiet expanse of street that is her Woodbury cul-de-sac. "You'd have to be crazy not to want to live on a cul-de-sac." Families love them and officials hate them — for the same reason. Cul-de-sacs limit connections to the... St Paul Pioneer Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1728662/posts#comment Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:16:30 GMT