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greener energy for a brighter future

Roatan Electric Company (known popularly by its acronym RECO) is making a gigantic investment in Roatan's energy future. The company is currently constructing a new plant that will use much cleaner-burning natural gas to replace existing infrastructure that utilizes the dirtier fossil fuel diesel. While still far from the ideal of being 100% green, RECO's commendable, forward-looking move to cleaner natural gas is a huge leap in the right direction. This past week the massive tanks that will store the natural gas were delivered to the construction site (the security guards I chatted with said they were manufactured in Texas). The new tank farm being installed next to RECO's existing plant is quite impressive to observe. We islanders hope the move to natural gas-generated electricity will also result in lower utility rates, which currently are some of the highest in the entire Caribbean basin. I took these photos of the interesting project with my phone's camera this afternoon.

Roatan, Bay Islands of Honduras.

project z: a spa nestled in nature

In addition to Project X, another project currently in the works for 2017 is Project Z. The idea with Project Z is "a flowing spa experience nestled right into nature." It will consist of a series of interconnected levels. Each level will be dedicated to a unique spa treatment, including -- possibly! -- a steam bath inside a small cave! Guests will be able to do the entire series of treatments or pick-and-choose specific ones to enjoy.

Paya Bay Resort, Roatan, Bay Islands of Honduras.

wonkette on melania's plagiarism

"Asked about the alleged plagiarism, Melania said that such accusations are especially hurtful to her children, Sasha and Malia." - HobbesEvilTwin (commenter)

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photo of the day

Guests enjoy the Zen Rock chillout station. The energy and vibrations of the crashing waves travel right through your entire body. Paya Bay Resort, Roatan, Bay Islands of Honduras.

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little angels

Cashew season continues. Britney and Emily dropped by, once again, to sell roasted cashews.

that burning desire

When you find that burning desire to be or do something, you've found a powerful force that can cut through seemingly impossible circumstances and limitations.

- lessons from The Secret

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bliss beach

Bliss Beach is simply beyond words. These captures speak for themselves.

Paya Bay Resort, Roatan, Bay Islands of Honduras

we can choose to start anew anytime

We can choose to start over in this very moment, there is no need to wait for a new year or a new month or a new week.

There are times in our lives that lend themselves to starting something new. The beginning of a new year, finishing school, leaving a job, or changing homes—these all are times that turn our minds to fresh starts. Their advantage is that they bring with them the energy of that event, creating a tide of change around them that we can ride to our next shoreline. But we can choose to start anew anytime. In any moment we can decide that a bad day or a relationship that’s gotten off on the wrong foot can be started again. It is a mental shift that allows us to clean the slate and approach anything with fresh eyes, and we can make that choice at any time.

- The Daily Om 

wonkette's tribute to elie wiesel

Not being a nuclear specialist in any way, I’m scared. I’m scared, because I know that what is imaginable, can happen. I know that the impossible is possible. I’ve seen the film, and while I was watching it, I had a strange feeling that I had seen it before — once upon a time, it happened to my people. And now it happens to all people. And suddenly I said to myself maybe the whole world, strangely, has turned Jewish. Everybody lives now facing the unknown. We are all, in a way, helpless. We are talking about nuclear arms, about the Bomb with a capital B, a kind of divinity in itself. Unless those who know, militarily, what it means — we readers, writers, people — we don’t know what it means. And I hear about thousand bombs, [sic] megatons — I don’t have that kind of imagination. To me it’s an abstraction. But to me, all this means is that the human species may come to an end, that millions of children will die. 

- Elie Wiesel, discussing the 1983 TV movie The Day After

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