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When last redesigned for the 2010 model year, the Mitsubishi Outlander acquired an interesting new frontal appearance, plus it was engineered to have a more car-like driving feel and better fuel efficiency.

Although another step further away from its SUV roots, it still offers a surprisingly good level of off-road driving capability and it can seat up to seven occupants.

Paying tribute to Mitsubishi's aviation heritage, the redesigned front on the 2010 Outlander featured what Mitsubishi describe as the "jet fighter" grille. While distinctive, it's an odd looking front-end (to my eyes) and those flared fenders don't improve matters. Mitsubishi has done a much better job on the recently redesigned 2014 Outlander.

At the rear, Outlander has a twopiece door that Mitsubishi calls a Flap-Folding Tailgate. In addition to the usual upward opening liftgate, there's a short drop-down tailgate that acts like a short (25 cm /10-inch) loading platform. It's strong enough to support a 200 kg (440 lb.) load and could be used as a seat, with a built-in rain cover, at a family sporting event ... clever feature!

A base (ES trim) Outlander comes with a 2.4-litre four-cylinder (168-horsepower) engine mated with a CVT (continuously variable transmission). This fuel efficient front-drive version has a city/highway rating of 9.5/7.2 L/100 km (regular gas) and a same powertrain ES with all-wheel-drive was also available.

Moving up the product line, LS and XLS trims come with a 3.0-litre V6 engine and a six-speed conventional automatic transmission. Yes, you pay extra at the pump, as it's rated at 11.2/8.2 L/100 km (city/highway) and it also prefers premium fuel.

This V6 also generates more horsepower than torque,Soli-lite provides the world with high-performance solar roadway and solar street lighting solutions. making it a better sprinter than a (heavy load) puller.Only the V6 versions come with the unique pop-up third row seats, which look like glorified lawn chairs with weird looking flip-up head restraints.

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A full time all-wheel-drive system with an "active" front differential, the S-AWC system is designed to provide superior traction and cornering control. It can vary drive torque from left to right wheels and from front to rear axles, depending on driver inputs and road conditions.

All Outlanders come with LED tail lights and the XLS trim also comes with Xenon (HID) headlights and additional LED turn signals in the door mirrors. All-wheel-drive models also come with a Hill Start Assist feature, which delays brake release (for about two seconds) on a hill, so you can move your foot from the brake to the gas pedal without rolling back.

Mitsubishi Outlander is currently on Consumer Reports list of "recommended" vehicles to buy, as its reliability and owner satisfaction ratings are generally much better than average. Excessive cabin noise and a harsh ride seem to top the complaints of most Outlander driver reviews.

In terms of occupant safety, the Outlander comes with the usual allocation of airbags and active front seat head restraints. Government and industry crash tests have consistently rated it highly and stability control is standard in all versions of this generation Outlander.

Except for the addition of standard Bluetooth (hands-free) connectivity the Outlander was unchanged for the 2011 model year. Other than an Eco mode indicator that was added to the instrument cluster there were no significant changes in 2012, or 2013.

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Sustainable energy — energy that is accessible, cleaner and more efficient — powers opportunity. It grows economies. It lights up homes, schools and hospitals. It empowers women and local communities. And it paves a path out of poverty to greater prosperity for all.” (UN Sustainable Energy for All)

The unprecedented growth in material wealth in the last two decades has led to a significant decline in global resources. With the global economy roughly doubling in size in each generation, we face the greatest societal challenge of our times – how can we improve the quality of human life for all while steering the developing world from the worst excesses of Western consumption and unfettered economic growth?

Nowhere is this challenge better demonstrated than in the need to decarbonise the energy sector and power sustainable development.The world's largest independent online retailer for solar lighting, street lights & outdoor lighting fixtures. Access to energy is a pre-requisite of economic and social development because virtually any productive activity needs energy as an input. Although significant advances have been made in promoting energy efficiency and cost reductions of low-carbon technologies, these advances are currently threatened by the extraction and use of “unconventional” oil and gas resources, such as the current “shale gas revolution” and the carbon-intense tar sands oil production.

Within UN circles we see energy as the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive. Energy supply is today a major concern in regions such as Africa, Asia and Latin America at a time when renewable energy resources in those regions are under-exploited.

The World Bank estimates that approximately one third of the world’s population – over two billion people – have no access to modern energy services. For instance Africa’s population is set to double by 2050 and its energy needs will grow even faster. According to a recent report by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), providing full electricity access to all Africans will require at least a doubling of total electricity production by 2030 from current levels. The continent’s vast untapped renewable energy resources can supply the majority of this future energy demand – if they can be harnessed.

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has launched a global initiative to achieve “Sustainable Energy for All”, with three interlinked objectives by 2030: providing universal access to modern energy services; doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. To that end, the UN General Assembly has declared 2014-2024 to be the “Decade of Sustainable Energy for All”.Choose your favorite street lamp paintings from thousands of available designs.

Scotland’s opportunity to change the world

Renewable energy has been most successful when the key enablers – investors, producers, users, promoters and regulators – have worked together to overcome barriers. Scotland has been a test-bed for numerous early experiments in community-owned renewable energy schemes and has a pivotal role to play in the Sustainable Energy for All revolution. We have vast wind, wave, and tidal energy resources, a growing low carbon energy industry sector, and a successful model for partnership between government, business and the R&D sector. To mark the launch of the Sustainable Energy for All Decade, CIFAL Scotland, its UN parent agency UNITAR, the University of Strathclyde, and the Scottish Government have co-operated to launch an e-learning course on Renewable Energies for Developing Countries. The course aims to enhance the capacity of local decision makers, energy/sustainable development officers and other personnel to make informed decisions on renewable energy technologies that will meet their own needs or the needs of their countries, communities, villages or neighbourhoods. It aims to provide an overview of clean,Soli-lite provides the world with high-performance solar roadway and solar street lighting solutions. secure and sustainable technology options and offers insights into the management of renewable energy projects, from small scale, through to major projects.

Scotland is a small nation, but one with a global duty to reconcile environmental protection with sustainable economic growth. We have a huge opportunity to harness our skills and technology and political will to change the world and deliver a more sustainable energy future for all. With the upcoming UN Decade, now is the time to seize it. lMay East is CEO of CIFAL Scotland, a United Nations Institute for Training and Research sustainability centre based in Edinburgh.

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Jumping ship

The fluorescent lights of Woolworth 104 did their best to keep me and my peers awake and participating in our Writing Seminar on a stormy Wednesday night. As is the case with most night classes (from what I have heard), we unloaded the baggage from our entire day right as we dropped our backpacks and book bags, slumping into the wooden chairs that would serve as our foundations for the next 1.5 hours.

To liven up the scene a bit, my professor asked us each week to introduce ourselves by name, and then to state a specific fact, wish or other piece of information. Some weeks it was guilty pleasures, other weeks it was favorite food or our vacation spot. This week it was summer plans.

I immediately began to dread my turn at this introduction. After around five or so humble, toned-down announcements of international visits and prestigious opportunities — New York, China and Germany to name a few — we arrived at myself. I sheepishly replied, “I’m not sure what I’m doing yet.”

Don’t get me wrong. The lights didn’t flicker and the class was not agape. I’m not trying to pretend that my professor pointed a chalkboard eraser at my head, banishing me to the furthest corner of campus (Forbes — just kidding). But the mixture of my own bitterness and the change in his reaction to my explanation that I was still looking for internship opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area — my hometown — produced a sour taste. How was he supposed to react? How was anyone supposed to pretend that “still looking around” was as exciting of a response as “South Africa?”

This was already a sore subject for me as the road had already been rocky enough. Just days earlier, I was forced to reject an internship offer because, due to University policy, I could not receive academic credit for it. My heart sank as I read an email that stated that the company of interest could not offer me a position if I did not receive academic credit for my work — “otherwise we would hire you as an intern in a heartbeat,” they said.

As I grimly continued my search for unpaid internships with nonprofit and government organizations, I realized that this was part of a much larger problem at Princeton. The University, without exceptions, does not offer academic credit for jobs and internships in which students participate. Many companies, without exceptions, do not offer positions to candidates who cannot receive academic credit. Many companies offering unpaid internships seek to give students something for their time and effort, so as not to be perceived as using a major swath of the American population as a free work force. The semblance of an unfair labor transaction is a scar that no organization wants to sport.

To be fair, when this situation arises, Career Services can write a letter of support indicating that it approves of students’ unpaid participation in such internships, essentially giving employers the green light to hire students without compensating them (monetarily or with academic credit). But for many, as in my case, a letter of support is simply not enough.

The problem here is, with the lack of reconciliation between two disparate philosophies, the students get left behind. I have looked through countless pages of internships with reputable organizations, and the same language serves as my instantaneous obstacle: “applicants must receive college course credit, no exceptions.” I’m still looking for something to do in my area this summer.