Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for identifying various combinations of parcels of land with sufficient transmission, resources, market demand, and available land to build a wind farm or solar farm. Different criteria associated with each parcel of land include land characteristics including size, ownership, tree coverage, elevations, terrain, buildable land, transmission characteristics including substation hardware costs, network upgrades, general tie-in costs, market characteristics including historical locational marginal pricing (LMPs), and resource characteristics including net capacity factor (NCF) of wind or solar. In one example, the present invention identifies clusters of land parcels that minimize the number of land owners, maximize buildable land, minimize transmission cost, maximize NCF, and maximize nodal LMPs.

Abstract: A device for exercise and self-protection comprising a combination of hand-weights and a canister of pepper spray. The device includes a hollow handle with two openings, one for the thumb of a user and one for the spray from a canister of pepper spray inserted within the hollow handle. The device further includes threaded ends for accommodating a set of real or fake weights.