And there were times the wind laid down.

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Yin, who holds a PhD in atmospheric science, got laid off from a wind-power company in Boulder, Colorado in September 2009.

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Jeff Yin, a programmer who got laid off from his wind-power employer in September 2009, started picking words from home for Trada a few months later.

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That hey-what-the-hell casualness extends to Tweedy, whose tendency to start each of his singer-songwriter meditations with the same "Dust in the Wind" chord progression is almost confrontationally laid back.

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Today, there are factories in Iowa where once laid-off workers are back on the job building wind towers, building wind blades.

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You get a special type of wood (known as reaction wood) laid down in response to environmental stimuli, such as tipping or wind, which induces these special woods to be formed.

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Total deployed wind capacity would have certainly been lower, and bankruptcies, shuttered projects, and laid-off employees far higher without the program.

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The laid back surfing mecca is close to the border with Costa Rica and may be the ideal place to wind down your tour.

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