INTEGRATING SOLAR ENERGY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESILIENCE PLANNING

Resilience and solar energy are separately growing in popularity for urban planners and similar professionals. This project links the two discrete terms together and examines the extent to which solar energy can improve local government resilience efforts. It includes a detailed literature review of both topics, as well as the methodology and findings related to a survey and interviews of local government officials and key stakeholders across the country related to hazard mitigation and energy assurance planning. This research finds that integrating the use of solar energy can improve local government resilience efforts related to mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery activities in the following ways: by being incorporated into hazard mitigation strategies as a means to maintain critical operations, thereby reducing loss of life and property; by being utilized in comprehensive planning efforts to increase capacity and decrease reliance and stress upon the grid, thereby reducing the likelihood of blackout events; by being used in tandem with backup storage systems as an integral part of energy assurance planning, which can help ensure critical functions continue in times of grid outage; by being used to provide power for response activities such as water purification, medicine storage and device charging; and by being used as an integral part of rebuilding communities in a more environmentally-conscious manner. The result of the research is a document entitled Solar Energy & Resilience Planning: a practical guide for local governments, a guidebook for local government officials wishing to have more information about incorporating solar energy into current resilience initiatives; it is included at the end of the report as Appendix C

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Trinity College Reporter, Winter 2013

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Netflix and the Development of the Internet Television Network

When Netflix launched in April 1998, Internet video was in its infancy. Eighteen years later, Netflix has developed into the first truly global Internet TV network. Many books have been written about the five broadcast networks – NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and the CW – and many about the major cable networks – HBO, CNN, MTV, Nickelodeon, just to name a few – and this is the fitting time to undertake a detailed analysis of how Netflix, as the preeminent Internet TV networks, has come to be. This book, then, combines historical, industrial, and textual analysis to investigate, contextualize, and historicize Netflix\u27s development as an Internet TV network. The book is split into four chapters. The first explores the ways in which Netflix\u27s development during its early years a DVD-by-mail company – 1998-2007, a period I am calling Netflix as Rental Company – lay the foundations for the company\u27s future iterations and successes. During this period, Netflix adapted DVD distribution to the Internet, revolutionizing the way viewers receive, watch, and choose content, and built a brand reputation on consumer-centric innovation. This reputation served it well during its second phase, Netflix as Syndicator (2007-12), when the company turned from DVD rentals to online distribution. In chapter two, I explain who Netflix adapted syndication – a business model that has been a staple of US broadcasting for half a century – to Internet distribution. By doing so, Netflix up-ended both the TV industry\u27s traditional content release structures and viewers\u27 habits. By shifting TV distribution to the Internet, Netflix drastically increased the control viewers have over where, when, and on what devices viewers watch TV. In its third phase, Netflix entered the original programming business by subtly adapting traditional program genres, content, and release schedules to Internet video. I split this phase – Netflix as Internet Network (2012-present) – into two chapters. While many of Netflix\u27s concerns parallel those of traditional networks – in terms of production and financing, for example – Internet networks also have a number of unique concerns in areas such as Net Neutrality and distribution windows. Netflix has led the charge on these issues, and chapter three explores Netflix\u27s role as the first Internet network, including the development of its binge-viewing strategy and its push into international distribution. Finally, chapter four takes a deep dive in Netflix\u27s foray into original program production. In its third phase, Netflix has adapted traditional TV structures to Internet distribution. Despite the innovations in short-form and user-generated content that sites like YouTube, Crackle, and Twitch have named, Netflix\u27s traditional approach to programming has set the template for successful Internet networks that has been adopted by the likes of Hulu, Amazon, and Yahoo Screen. Chapter four analyses Netflix\u27s biggest programs - including House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Daredevil and others - to explain how Netflix has adapted traditional TV genres and structures to the freedoms in production, marketing, and content possibilities that the Internet affords. In the same was that NBC set the example for broadcast networks in the 1950s and HBO developed the framework for cable TV in the 1990s, Netflix has set the template for Internet TV in the 2000s. Netflix\u27s mix of technological advancements, consumer-centric practices, personalized content, and global mindset have become the gold standard for the how-and-why of developing a successful Internet TV network. Although other aspiring Internet networks Hulu and Amazon started out with a different ethos than Netflix, Netflix\u27s financial, creative, and cultural success has forced a series of reactionary decisions from both Hulu and Amazon that have brought them closer and closer to the foundations Netflix began laying out in 1998. So while the Netflix model isn\u27t the only possible model for an Internet network, it has become the blueprint for the newly-developing Internet TV ecosystem

February 1996

Flat Tax and Tax Reform ...................................... 3 Republican Commission proposes scrapping current tax system and starting over. Top Performers in Real Estate ………………….. 5 Sales experts recognized by their industry Entrepreneurs of the Year..................................... 5 African American Couple Chosen by Chamber of Commerce. VICA Regional Competition Set.......................... 11 Vocational students pit skills against each other. American Leadership Needed .............................. 22 Volunteers needed to ensure survival of Estonia\u27s freedom. SIOR Releases 1995 Sales ..................................... 37 Real estate industry forecasts rebound in 1996. ALSO At Deadline ............................................................ 3 Bankruptcies........................................................ 57 Chamber of Commerce ........................................ 58 Classifieds ............................................................ 59 Close-Up: Don Butler ........................................... 7 Commentary ........................................................ 6 Corner on the Market... ........................................ 34 Corporate Profile: Creative Catering & Special Events.................... 10 Desert Business Journal ....................................... 51 Editorial .................................................................6 Executive Time Out .............................................47 IEBJ Profile: William John McNulty .................. 17 LISTS OF THE MONTH: Commercial/Industrial Contractors .......................................................... 12 Residential Builders ............................................. 41 Architectural Engineering, Planning Firms.................................................................... 38 Mortgage Lenders ................................................ 26 Charities ................................................................ 42 Universities/Colleges...........................................36 Managing ............................................................. 35 Month in Review ................................................. 62 New Business Listings..........................................54-56 People, Places and Events.................................. .52 Real Estate Focus ................................................. 53 Restaurant and Entertainment Guide.............…….44-4

March 2004

News and Features Greek Orthodox Folk Dance and Choral Festival 1 China\u27s Two Faces (Part 2) 1 Tribal Myths and Facts 1 Small Business Owners Optimistic 3 Meetings Resume at City Hall 12 Top Performing Local Printing Company18 California-Nevada Maglev Project 21 Columns Environmental Focus 6 Close-Up 7 Corporate Profile 8 Law 9 Opinion/Commentary 10 Local News 11-12 Computers/Tfechnology13 Getting Organized .................................................. 1 5 Comer on the Market 16 Education 17-18 Managing 19 City Economics/Demographics .20 Inland Empire Innovators 22 Investments and Finance 23, 27-29 Financial Institutions 24-25 Health 30-31 Desert Business Journal 35 Employer\u27s Page 36 Manager\u27s Bookshelf 43 Executive Time Out 49 Statler\u27s Best Bets .51 Calendar 5

May 2001

DEPARTMENTS AND COLUMNS AT DEADLINE COMMENTARY EDITORIAL GETTING ORGANIZED CORPORATE PROFILE CORNER ON THE MARKET CLOSE UP COMPUTERS/SOFTWARE EMPLOYERS GROUP MANAGING LAW LIST: EMPLOYMENT SERVICE AGENCIES EXECUTIVE TIME OUT LIST: LAW FIRMS DUFF & PHELPS, LLC STOCK SHEET LIST: DENTAL PLANS DESERT BUSINESS JOURNAL STATLER\u27S BEST BETS MANAGER\u27S BOOKSHELF WINE REVIEW RESTAURANT REVIEW RESOURCE DIRECTORY CALENDAR NEWS AND FEATURES An Important Job for Working Women: Make Sure the Future Is Taken Care Of .............................................................. 14 Top Skills Sought by Executives Featured in Survey ............ 15 The Forecast Group, L.P. Names Glenn l. Rowan as Vice President and Corporate Controller ................................ 16 LAWA Executive Director Speaks to the Employers Group Board ............................................................................. 17 Ontario International Airport Wins Award for Concessions Program ......................................................................... 19 Legislative Proposal to Increase RN Graduates Wins Approval of Key State Senate Committee ...................................... 19 Sun line Staff Present at Global Conferences ....................... 21 SBA Names Robbie Motter Women in Business Advocate of the Year ........................................................................ 25 The Time Is Now for Insurance Companies to Bridge the Technology Gap! .............................................................. 29 Five Steps to Fi nancial Independence for Women ............... 35 Rancho Cucamonga\u27s Rich History Provides a Firm Foundation for a Prosperous Present and Future ............................... 42 Agua Caliente Celebrates the Opening of Maraskino and Prime I 0 Steakhouse ................................................................ 4