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	Word Spy - off the grid
		The Earthship dwellers live "off the grid" of any sort of utility, just like the pueblo Indians.
		The grid in today's phrase is the informal name given to the electricity network's interlocking system of transmission lines and power stations.
		So, not surprisingly, off the grid originally meant only a disconnection from the electricity supply, and has been used in that sense in the power industry for some time.
	www.wordspy.com /words/offthegrid.asp (438 words)

	Off The Grid Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This off the grid web site is devoted to human beings open to a sober examination and response to the big question phenomenon that has occurred since the inception of the Internet.
		The primary purpose of this off the grid web site is to prepare an individual for the possible scenario of a unified self that is able to interface with the collective consciousness of all life.
		Staying off the grid and living in an environmentally friendly world is the ultimate goal.
	www.geocities.com /alienaxioms (1313 words)

	Off The Grid
		Off the electricity grid, Bob Dress and Lynn Meadows of Ukiah, Calif., use photovoltaic cells to power an energy-efficient, sod-covered home.
		But historically, the grid is a relatively new phenomenon, said David Freeman, general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
		Perez estimated that at least 8,000 families are living off the grid in California, and more than 45,000 families nationally, with Humboldt and Mendocino Counties in California as the hotbeds.
	www.mishalov.com /Off_The_Grid.html (1116 words)

	Grid@Asia - Home
		The Grid@Asia project was de signed to foster collaboration in Grid research and technologies between the European Union and Asian countries with a particular focus on China and South Korea.
		Grid related activities are organised by Directorate F – Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures and since January 2007 Directorate D – Network and Communication Technologies.
		Grid Computing holds a leading role in the Chinese’s development process, basically due to the immense amount of potential capabilities that they can infuse to achievements of great magnitude.The momentum of the Chinese research area seems to be channelled mainly in building large-scaleapplications and reliable testbeds over a centralized Grid infrastructure (China National Grid -CNGrid).
	www.gridatasia.net (552 words)

	OFF THE GRID PRODUCTIONS: About Off the Grid
		Seven years later, Nora and Off The Grid are still in Vermont, enjoying the close-knit film and arts community, the beautiful hills, and the progressive ethos of the state of Vermont.
		As you might surmise, we are not literally off the grid, as some in Vermont are, powered by sun or wind.
		For us, being "off the grid" is more a state of mind, a seeking of alternative modes of expression, a willingness and desire to grapple with ideas, images and sounds that push the boundaries of convention and expand the imagination.
	www.offthegridproductions.com /pages/otg.html (522 words)

	WordPress Grid Focus Download
		WordPress Grid Focus was originally a personal project designed and coded for 5thirtyone.com.
		After much debate as to whether the project should be released to the general public, and after a collection of thoughtful emails from readers and fans, I have decided to share the project with the WordPress community.
		Although the Grid Focus does not cost a single cent to download and use on your own personal website, the time spent creating the original project was fueled by Haribo Gummi Bears and Rockstar.
	www.5thirtyone.com /grid-focus (963 words)

	Joshua Selman: Off The Grid
		Off The Grid, a multi-media, action and process based exhibition by Joshua Selman opens September 9th at Lance Fung Gallery.
		Off The Grid includes a sonic event made from mutilated electric guitars and other live, sound emitting devices planted in soil, salt, ice, wood or other naturally occurring substances.
		Set off from the planting, a floor installation of a twenty foot triangular lattice made from cut pine trees is up-ended over soil, minerals and other natural deposits.
	www.artincontext.org /listings/pages/exhib/h/3gh7534h/press.htm (440 words)

	Living off the grid, taking winter in stride (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Living off the electric power grid can conjure up images of life on the frontier, without the simplest of luxuries like lights, a TV or a hot shower.
		Out here in the dead of winter, off a dirt road in a corner of this Somerset County town, Roberts and Maloney are proof that it doesn't have to be that way.
		Bartol said many people view folks who live off the grid as "hippies or granola-heads." But in his case, he said, his family simply wants to make efficient use of earth's finite resources.
	homes.mainetoday.com /homecare/050206offthegrid.shtml (1173 words)

	BatesLine: Off the grid
		We were among tens of thousands of Tulsans to get a generous taste of life disconnected from the grid.
		Some discussion about whether some or all of us should go to my folks' to spend the night -- deciding factor was that we did all right the night before and it would be a hassle to pack things for one night away.
		She said, let's go see the fireworks, and she rolled off the changing table and landed three feet below on the floor.
	www.batesline.com /archives/000145.html (1333 words)

	offthegrid
		Since relocating to the Maine woods eight years ago, the Kellys have lived without a connection to the power grid, relying instead on solar power to run their computer, television, refrigerator, and the rest of the usual array of electrical gadgetry.
		Despite their concern for the environment, Madelon and Raymond Kelly didn't think a house off the electricity grid was a practical idea when they got ready to relocate from Pennsyl-vania to the woods outside of Wash-ington, Maine.
		As the Kellys are happily demonstrating, life off the grid doesn't have to be an exercise in deprivation.
	www.swarthmore.edu /bulletin/archive/98/mar98/offthegrid.html (1359 words)

	live off the grid on 43 Things (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Off the grid - but still in an urban environment — 3 weeks ago
		By off the grid I mean untraceable by “the man” whomever that is at the moment.
		Now that does not mean I want to be off the data grid…so I do need to investigate satellite or something like that I will be able to use.
	www.43things.com /things/view/57670 (748 words)

	Off-the-Grid Urban Living, Part I
		Whether you really want to drop off the face of the earth, or whether you're just sick of paying through the nose for over-hyped crap, it's still possible to live in a major metropolitan area—say, New York or San Francisco—and not have to deal with the Establishment on a day-to-day basis.
		If you really want to live off the grid, your best bet is to find some off-the-books work.
		It is not very feasible to get off the local power grid if you live in a city apartment.
	www.corporatemofo.com /stories/020928offthegrid.htm (3068 words)

	Off the Grid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Widespread recognition of the damage caused by fossil and nuclear fuels has left little doubt that renewables are the energy source for the future.
		Off the Grid gives environmentally-minded people and those living in remote areas the option of generating their own electricity from wind, water or solar power.
		Covering topics such as designing, installing and monitoring a system as well as dealing with basic questions about energy generation, Off the Grid is an indispensable resource guide for anyone wishing to fulfil their own electricity needs in an efficient and ecologically sound manner.
	www.cat.org.uk /catpubs/book.tmpl?cart=328409341817714&sku=og (145 words)

	Off The Grid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Off the Grid is a performing arts collective spear-headed by Tanya Blood Hinkel and Liliana Cattaneo.
		It is the goal of this small collective to help nurture creativity and innovation within the performing arts community by promoting a dialogue between creative artists of different backgrounds and arts languages.
		The group hopes to generate a community of artists, technicians, suppliers, craftspeople, and patrons, to assist and support the creativity, innovation and production of new dance and theatrical, and performing arts.
	www.xdrop.org /offthegrid (87 words)

	Future Hi: Living Off-Grid Mentally, Physically, Spiritually, Linguistically...
		However, I'm strongly on-grid when it comes to education and the career-ist life; I have stuck with schooling through the end of college.
		In fact it has to be set up initally in the mind, and in the actions of a person before they go off the grid in the sense of getting away from the cities and urban dwellings.
		Put another way, living "on" or "off" grid could be how far you conform to social ideals, or how susceptible you are to social conditioning.
	www.futurehi.net /archives/000145.html (949 words)

	Living off the grid
		Like Napster, living off the grid puts distribution into the hands of the many, rather than the the few--but with unquestionable legality.
		It is estimated that 30,000 to 40,000 people are living off the grid in America today.
		About a third of the cost of living off the grid is in batteries, which capture the energy created by the panels and provide power at night or when it snows.
	www.paloaltoonline.com /weekly/morgue/cover/2001_Feb_21.SOLAR3.html (1129 words)

	Printable Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		There are homes that are completely off the grid and there are homes that have solar power systems that are still tied to the grid through a process called Grid-Tie Solar Electricity.
		This system requires the installation of a grid-tied inverter which "allows the system to feed surplus solar power to the grid, or draw electricity when there is not enough sun," according to Energyworks materials.
		Residents who are completely off the grid must buy special appliances to go with their solar power system, but with a grid-tie system, regular appliances can be used.
	www.courierpub.com /articles/2005/09/20/republicanjournal/local_news/3solar.prt (791 words)

	Off The Grid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		For this, we installed a relay-controlled beacon light on the side of the house that works like this: When the generator is running, the generator closes a relay on a dedicated PGandE branch circuit exclusively for the benefit of the beacon.
		The fact is, that the 240V coming out of the generator is better thought of as two 120V "legs", A and B. Some circuits in the house are going to be running off the A leg, and others off the B. 240V appliances will be running off both.
		What we needed was a way for the gas line to automatically shut itself off when the generator isn't running, a common enough scenario that Winco has a kit for it.
	home.earthlink.net /~rock_island/files/genfiles/offthegrid.htm (1421 words)

	Health Insurance Off the Grid
		The title of this book is "Health Insurance Off the Grid." People who consider themselves "off the grid" usually have created their own solutions to problems that the rest of us look to our governments and utilities to solve.
		"Health insurance off the grid" means that I've created a complete healthcare system for a person or a family that removes many of the hassles of HMOs, denied coverage and Western medicine as the only option.
		Insurance companies save a tremendous amount of money on people who live partly "off the grid" with their health insurance, and they reward people who do it too.
	www.healthoffthegrid.com (2066 words)

	The scoop on Bush's Texas getaway \| By Umbra Fisk \| Grist Magazine \| Ask Umbra \| 15 Oct 2003
		I heard a rumor that President Bush's Texas ranch is off the grid.
		I find it very hard to believe (unless "off the grid" means he has his own oil well and refinery set up) and I can't find any documentation about it.
		More generally, "off the grid" refers to a home that doesn't rely on regional services for other basic life necessities either: water supply, waste disposal, etc. It's good to differentiate this ultra-cool, eco-friendly type of "off the grid" from the involuntary, poverty-induced type of "off the grid."
	www.grist.org /advice/ask/2003/10/15/umbra-ranch (643 words)

	Welcome To Home Energy Magazine Online
		To reduce water consumption (as well as the electricity used to power the pump) significant water-conservation devices, such as a low-flush toilet (1.4 gal per flush), and low-flow showerhead (3 gal per min), were installed.
		Hammond says that if his house were connected to a utility grid, his electricity bill would be an enviable $7 a month (based on a rate of 10cents per kWh and on full-time occupancy).
		An intermittent ignition, a device which turns the ignitor off once the burner is lit, would cost oven manufacturers about an additional $20, which translates into about a $50 increase in the oven's retail price.
	homeenergy.org /archive/hem.dis.anl.gov/eehem/93/930509.html (3098 words)

	30 Days: Off the Grid - TV.com
		Two 30-year-old professionals who are friends and typical Americans—i.e., ravenous consumers of fossil fuels such as gas and electricity—go ‘back to the future’ and learn to live without the natural resources that will be depleted from our earth in the not-too-distant future.
		As they set up house in a former 3,000 bushel grain bin, they will sustain themselves on a clean power such as solar and wind, recycle all their waste (both food and human), live in a car-free culture, grow and eat only organic foods and conserve their water use with solar showers and rain-catch systems.
		We don't have allusions for Off the Grid.
	www.tv.com /30-days/off-the-grid/episode/439255/summary.html (311 words)

	emily falvey and milena placentile: off grid curator blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The grid is both an ambivalent and ubiquitous structure.
		To be "off grid" thus connotes an indeterminate and experimental state, a critical position at the threshold of the organized and disorganized, the virtuous and the criminal.
		Living "off grid" involves more than just installing expensive solar panels - it is a complex micro-politics that affects even the most mundane and minute elements of out daily lives.
	www.ottawaartgallery.ca /exhibits/2005/off_grid/falvey_placentile (9582 words)

	Posts tagged Offthegrid at Joystiq
		Despite his busy schedule, Ernest was able to answer a few questions for Off the Grid, and allow us to pick his brain on a variety of topics.
		In the spirit of the book - and of Off the Grid's focus on the disparities between digital and non-digital formats - I'm going to concentrate less on the content of McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory, and more on the differences between its web-based and treeware versions.
		Off the Grid: I was a student scholar
	www.joystiq.com /tag/offthegrid (4151 words)

	GateWorld - Stargate SG-1 Season Nine: "Off the Grid"
		Jackson suggests the Ori could be involved, though this not their usual approach.
		"'Off the Grid' sees the machinations of the 'new set of players' we introduced in 'Ties That Bind.'"
		"Recently in shooting 'Stronghold' or 'Off the Grid' (I can't remember which) I am doing a scene with Maury Chaiken and I kept shooting him with the staff before he has time to say his last line.
	www.gateworld.net /sg1/s9/916.shtml (1180 words)

	Off-the-Grid homes news archive
		A few cut the cord and live off the grid
		Taking pressure off the grid by installing green power in their homes
		USU student living 'off the grid' misses toasted bagels, but not utility bills
	www.kansasenergy.org /offthegrid.htm (587 words)

	Independent Weekly: Special Issues: Casa: Home & Garden: Off the grid
		Crossen speaks of their tent-like living with the kind of nonchalance that could only come from someone who grew up living off the grid.
		But while living off the grid may be second-nature to them, living under the radar isn't quite as easy.
		Days before they were set to move the trailer that holds their new home out of the alley and onto the neighbor's lot, they got a call from the Durham County Planning department.
	www.indyweek.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A34436 (962 words)

	Living Off The Grid
		One of the challenges of living off the grid is to be prepared, self-reliant, and not dependant on fire personnel arriving in time.
		I wanted moving off the grid to be pleasant, enjoyable and successful.
		Living Off The Grid is proudly powered by WordPress
	gridfree.us /blog (2153 words)

	Off the grid (Lessig Blog)
		Since my kid was born, we've tried to have a month alone off the grid.
		So does "off the grid" mean "no telecommunications," or does it go so far as to include "no electricity," or even "no newspapers"?
		Years ago, when I had to work some mandatory overtime (an evil like no other) my son, who was 7 at the time, gave it to me straight: "Mom, you can work and work, but you can never buy back your life." Rather sage advice from one so young.
	www.lessig.org /blog/archives/003459.shtml (483 words)

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