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Show CampusNews Page 2 Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 From Page 1 Using wind power will eventually provide more jobs for today's students there's really some, some new things coming up here. You're not going into something where there maybe already be a lot of people." There are different roles to be played in the industry, Bonde said. "When I look into my line of business — the IT area — (there are) the strategists, the people that are making the architecture, the people that are developing it and of course eventually the people that are going to run it." In terms of employees' mindsets, Bonde said he's looking for people who take responsibility and have the ability to create. "It's a world where the agenda changes because it is so young," he said. "So when I'm talking to Danish students, also in the universities and so on, my advice for them is, maybe it's not all this about having the technology at the best levels. That's of course also important, but it's the behavior — it's the mindset. We can work on all the skills and the technology." Edwin Stafford, co-director of the Center for the Market Diffusion of Renewable Energy and Clean Technology, coordinated Bonde's visit to USU. He said students with backgrounds in agriculture and engineering will also have opportunities related to the wind energy industry. Agriculture and Wind Energy industry are people living in rural areas, Stafford said. "What's happening now, is that the agricultural industry faces interesting problems because of imports of food from other countries. Sometimes they're cheaper than what we can grow right here in the states. Agriculture is always kind of subject to droughts, to storms that might destroy crops, etc. This is kind of a hazard for the industry just in general." "What's nice about energy," he said, "is that the agricultural industry itself can now diversify into energy on a number of fronts." Stafford said in Germany farmers are already gleaning the benefits of energy harvesting. "There is a lot of farmland that farmers are using to kind of basically put up solar panels, and so that way these farmers in Germany are both growing pigs and, you know, generating electricity for utility," he said. Farmers and ranchers in the U.S. can follow the same model, he said. "You can put wind turbines on farms," he said. "You can continue to graze cattle under wind turbines. You can continue to grow corn and wheat and different types of crops under wind turbines. You can literally get energy income, and you can have income from your harvest of your crops." Among those who stand to benefit most from growth in the renewable energy Your Best Choice for Wedding Invitations & paper goods ...4\4.4,4:511411kW . 41 T; Order your Thanksgiving Pie NOW! r Buy 1 Entree' ; land 2 drinks, get' I second entree I I Expires 11/20/11 Not valid with other offers BY STEVE KENT web editor Religious and non-religious people alike can benefit from Buddhism, according to a presenter Saturday at the Museum of Anthropology's new exhibit honoring Buddhism in the Cache Valley. In his experience as a teacher at the Cache Valley Buddhist Sangha, associate English Professor Michael Sowder said he has worked with people of all religious backgrounds who practice meditation and study Buddhist teachings. People with such a wide range of religious inclination can practice Buddhism because its teachings neither endorse nor reject any particular beliefs, Sowder said. "You can have a religious belief and practice Buddhism at the same time," he said. "Buddhism will not contradict your beliefs, but it doesn't affirm something about God, either." Dan Judd and Shawn Bliss attended Saturday's presentation. Both men said they attend a local Sangha, or Buddhist group. Judd said he's a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, while Bliss said he's not religious. Even though they don't hold the same religious beliefs, Bliss said the two still share some of the same spiritual pursuits. "The thing that fuels both of our paths in the Sangha, is that we're interested in the question of suffering and how to end suffering in our lives and then, hopefully, in the world," Bliss said. Attending the Sangha at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Logan has helped him connect with his more religious neighbors, Bliss said. "I was really struggling, not being an LDS person in Cache Valley," Bliss ft:: said. "Getting to know people like Dan and some other members of our Sangha has opened up my heart to the LDS culture and the LDS people in a way that I didn't think was ever going to be possible." Judd said he has been practicing meditation on his own since the early 1970s. After a medical condition made meditation more difficult, he said he began to study Buddhism. Instead of contradicting his LDS beliefs, Judd said Buddhism helps him spend time in contemplation, as leaders of his church have advised. pp.—A 1633 Is1I. Mains." 752-5656 Order pies now, pick up the night before Thanksgiving! -4 FREE• "The biggest challenge we have with wind industry is that most of the wind is in the Midwest. But the problem is most of our populated areas are on the East Coast," Stafford said. "The legacy of transmission that has been built is where all the nuclear power plants and the coal mines — the natural gas areas — are," he said. "So, what we've done as a nation is we've developed this infrastructure that favors coal, natural gas and nuclear power. And now what we need to do is to kind of shift that infrastructure to where renewable energy resources are, and that's where wind, solar, geothermal resources (are)." A critical part of solving this problem, he said, is developing a utility grid that can store energy and transmit it more easily than the current grid. During his presentation, Bonde said, "If Edison was alive today and went into one of the transmission functions, he would be able to work with it, because the last 100 years there hasn't actually been that much of a development in electricity technology as such." Stafford said the current grid is about 60 years old, in terms of technology. "It's designed basically just to deliver power," he said. "It's not designed like the Internet, where you have communication going back and forth for efficiency." Bonde said there is a need to develop what's called a "smart grid," or a grid that can respond to fluctuations in energy input and intelligently determine output. "In Germany, there is 35 gigawatts of energy being produced by private people," he said. "Just imagine being a utility company when the sun is shining. Suddenly from one moment to another, you get a boost of energy to this grid, and this is a very fragile grid." Despite the sensitivity of the grid and the unpredictability of solar energy boosts, consumers still expect the lights to come on when someone hits the light switch, he said. "This is also big business," Bonde said. "In Germany, every kilowatt is traded nine times before it's actually consumed. So there's a huge marketplace that is trading energy back and forth, depending on what is the expected demand the coming 24 hours, the coming five days, the corning three months. So this is big business." "Even for people who don't believe in lean energy, the nice thing is that it's pricestable," Stafford said. "Wind power will be the same price 20 years from now. We don't know where biofuel prices will be in 20 years, but wind power prices are locked for 20 years." - robmjepson@gmail.com Buddhist lifestyle becoming more popular Let us help plan your big day 0 The Smart Grid Second entree enatireerevof equal or _! *,i1g1 Take another look. Back to school Amummisslimo Stylish? Stylis Eyes no longer balanced with the earth's horizon indicate neurological problems. I Uneven shoulders indicate subluxation in the cervical area. Pinched ailt showing subluxati n i the thoracic area. Une Cur hips denote incorrect re in !mbar area. While the Cache Valley Sangha draws from many different schools of Buddhist thought, it also has unique aspects that set it apart from its Eastern origins, Sowder said. "I think as Buddhism has become established in the U.S., it's much more democratic," Sowder said. "In traditional Buddhist cultures you have a very hierarchical structure. You have somebody like the Dalai Llama, and then there are all the monks under him." In the Cache Valley Sangha, Sowder said he is one of 10 teachers who share different approaches to Buddhism on a rotating, weekly schedule. In addition to the weekly presentation by a teacher, a portion of each meeting is reserved for members to talk about their own spiritual experiences and progress, he said. The Sangha relies on the collective wisdom of its members, he said, and therefore the group exchange of expriences can often be more profound than the prepared lessons. Sowder opened and closed the presentation at the museum Saturday with a short meditation practice, in which he asked audience members to close their eyes and focus on their breathing. "Just let yourself be present — right here, right now," Sowder said. "Just try to let all the other worries and cares and concerns of the rest of your life rest aside, and just try to relax." Sowder gave a brief history of Buddha and his teachings on how to gain enlightenment. All people can attain enlightenment — the end of suffering — through a combination of ethics, wisdom and meditation, Sowder said. While many Buddhist teachings involve suffering, the philosophy focuses on the way to overcome suffering, Sowder said. Meditation meetings such as the ones held by the Cache Valley Sangha and the USU Meditation Club can provide relief from many different causes of suffering, he added. "It helps you face and process and work through emotions," Sowder said. "It helps you heal from past suffering, wounds that you might have experienced in childhood or in other places. It helps people with addictions. It helps people with depression. It helps people with anxiety." Nicole Fulghum, a junior studying elementary education, said after attending the presentation she would like to attend the Meditation Club meetings on campus. Though she has had some exposure to Buddhism through family members, she hasn't studied its teachings or tested its practices herself, she said, and the services she learned about through the presentation may help her learn more. - steve.kent@aggiemail.usu.edu MICHAEL SOWDER SPOKE ABOUT Buddhist beliefs and lifestyles and led the audience in a mediation session at the Anthropology Museum Saturday. He said people of all religious backgrounds can benefit from these techniques. DELAYNE LOCKE photo BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL! Now, that's Stylish! Make an appointment today for a New Patient Health Assessment including comprehensive neurological, orthopedic, physical, chiropractic evaluations, and x-rays if indicated (a $200 value) and pay only... STLE CIAROP 0. 0411.0 • (. C 435 753-474 *New patients only. 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