“The Desert Tortise is wining#in”

DFN: The desert tortoise is a big problem for Brightsource’s Ivanpah development. It’s also a problem for Solar Millennium’ Blythe site and was one of the issues discouraging Solar Millennium from developing its Ridgecrest site. Desert Tortoise Vs. Solar Energy: Which Side Will Win? by Judy Molland March 19, 2012 1:30PM When I wrote this [...]

“Finance positions (East Bay) #in”

Went to SF FENG meeting last Tuesday, and Bruce Meibos asked me to spread the word on a number of finance opportunities: Controller and Senior Accountant – MUST have real estate experience (owning or renting a home doesn’t count) Financial Analyst with Investment banking background Pricing Analyst with math background Contact Bruce for more info [...]

“Change Daily Emails to Digest #in”

Ron, thanks for your question about how to change your google membership in SING (Saint Isidores Networking Group) from individual emails to digest; short hand instructions are: 1) go onto google 2) find google groups 3) find singtalent group 4) access your member ID 5) edit your membership, click on the radial button for digest [...]

“Steven Richards – Extreme interviewing #in”

“Steven Richards – Extreme interviewing #in” 03/19/2012 After Job Connections main meeting Sorry, trying to get the linking between yahoo, twitter, linkeinin and my blog correct. Q —> A (PAR), needs linkage 1. For example: 2. That’s difficult to say, but…. 3. They’d probablely tell you about… 4. That reminds me of …. 5. I’m [...]

“Robert Kim Wilson Notes 3/17/12 #in”

Attended Job Connections presentation by Robert “Kim” Wilson regarding how the brain works and relating how it works to performing better in a job search. Sounds dry, a bit intellectual, but it was an interesting discussion. You can get Kim’s presentation by sending him an email at kim@tlcbrain.com. Robert Kim Wilson Notes 3/17/12 Brain is [...]

Solar City gets loan from US Bancorp to fund solar installations (military consumers)

DFN: The days are a consumer having to pay for a solar system upfront are coming to an end. Latest trend is for the solar company, to put in a system on their own dime, sign the consumer up to a long term power purchase agreement (PPA) committing the consumer to buy its power from [...]

Extra pressure on SolarHybrid’s acquistion of STA

DFN: Reduced feed-in tariff and today’s announcement by Creditreform of the suspension of SolarHybrid credit rating puts increased pressure on SolarHybrid’s efforts to consummate it’s acquisition of Solar Trust of America (formally Solar Millennium LLC) primarily for STA’s Blythe development properties. Impact of proposed amendments to German Feed-In-Tariff Legislation on solarhybrid AG The Management Board [...]

Palo Alto Utility to pay locals for electricity

DFN: Saw this on Channel 2 news last night and also in the LA Times (see article below). One advantage of installing solar on your house is that you can sell the unused electricity back to the local public utility. Without looking at the specific details, I have to believe that this is in the [...]

Job Connections Speaker – Dan Conrad (2/18/2012)

Job Connections Speaker (2/18/2012) Dan Conrad, Topic “Getting Referrals” Dan Conrad spoke at Job Connections this Saturday. I took notes (below) regarding what Dan was saying that I found particularly relevant / interesting. If you haven’t attended a meeting, you should check us out! Goal: Minimum one network meeting per month Question, is it better [...]

Atypical Job Search Tips

DFN: Some atypical job search tips for the founder of Linkedin. In this case 8 tips, not five, not ten, not 3, 8. 8 Job Search Tips From the Co-Founder of LinkedIn By: Todd Wasserman Early on in The Start-up of You, Reid Hoffman takes on the sacred cow of career advice books, making it [...]

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