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"I ordered this dvd on the 27th july and still not recived it I have tried to contact the seller with no reply... AVOID THIS SELLER AT ALL COST"
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Customer will receive this tomorrow Friday 30th Aug. We are really sory they have experienced a problem with delivery & also sorry that they seem to have a problem receiving our emails. We emailed them on 7th Aug to check on delivery. We asked them to please let us know if they had not received it. When we didn't hear from them we believed it had been received. On Tues 27th Aug we received an email telling us they hadn't received it. We immediately shipped replacement via courier which will be delivered tomorrow Fri & opened investigation with Royal Mail. We emailed customer to apologise & let them know what we were doing, we would never ignore an email from a customer. Royal Mail told us they had attempted to deliver original copy but were unable to & took it to a local sorting office & had already started return to sender process. We've emailed customer again today & can only hope they receive the email or see this information. Again our sincerest apologies
Buyer: sgomma | 29/08/13
"delighted with my purchase, many thanks"
Buyer: ditzey | 28/08/13
"Shockingly bad! i have not received my item, i have tried to get in touch many times and have been ingored everytime... will not be using them again. and gutted they have stolen my money."
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We are really sorry that this customer hasn't received their order. We emailed the customer to check on their delivery on the 28th July. When we found out they hadn't received it we immediately shipped a replacement & opened an investigation with Royal Mail who told us delivery had been attempted & item was being returned to us. We emailed the customer to apologise & let them know. We then emailed them again to check they'd received the replacement. When we didn't receive a reply we contacted Royal Mail & found that again they'd been unable to complete the delivery & were returning the package to us. We again emailed the customer & shipped another copy this time by standard shipping. Obviously this customer is having a problem receiving our emails. We have emailed them again today & can only hope they receive it or see this. We would NEVER ignore an email from a customer & are doing everything we can to contact the customer & reassure them & apologise they experienced this problem.
Buyer: scartlane | 28/08/13
"The first book got lost in the post and SpinetinglersBooks sent me a replacement quickly and were very helpful"
Buyer: Garrett52 | 28/08/13
"The first DVD was lost in the post-once I had emailed the UK sales office, I received a response within 24 hours & a replacement was immediately despatched-this was received within a couple of days & they followed it up to make sure it had arrived"
Buyer: mollycat123456 | 28/08/13
"Delivered in good time"
Buyer: InLikeFlinn | 28/08/13
"Good communication thankyou for item "
Buyer: Alibobthefrog | 27/08/13
"Despite having been let down by their shippers Spinetingler immediately sent a replacement order without any quibbles"
Buyer: Wombat42 | 27/08/13
"I have bought from this seller afew times and have had no problems what so ever.This time i ordered 2 items at the same time, 1 arrived within the time given, the other did'nt, contacted the seller and got a replacement within 24 hours.VERY HELPFULL "
Buyer: KINGFISHER50 | 27/08/13
"Dealt with order and e-mails politely and quickly. Plus also refunded a duplicate order for the same order no questions asked."
Buyer: waveyltc | 27/08/13
"well pleased quick delivery top class seller a pleasure to deal with A+++++++++++++++++++"
Buyer: cannine64 | 27/08/13
"Ordered on the 23rd July and now the 27 August and still not received very dissappointed"
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We are very sorry that this has not been delivered. As soon as we received an email from the customer this morning we immediately shipped a replacement via courier. We also contacted Royal Mail re the original shipment and have been told delivery was attempted and unable to be completed and as result it was taken to a sorting office to await collection. We have emailed the customer to apologise, let them know what we are doing to make sure this is sorted out and that we are getting Royal Mail to send the original copy back to us so that they are not inconvenienced by receiving two copies. We are really sorry that this happened but unfortunately Royal Mail being able to complete the delivery is something that we are not able to control. However if something does go wrong with a delivery we will do everything we can to make sure it is sorted out as quickly as possible. Once again our sincerest apologies
Buyer: vkilding | 27/08/13
"I order this item on 06/08/13 but still not received it."
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We are very sorry that this customer hasn't received their order. We have already shipped a replacement via courier which they will receive on Tuesday. We have also opened an investigation with Royal Mail into what happened to the original shipment and of course emailed the customer to apologise and let them know what we're doing to make sure that this is sorted out for them. Once again our sincerest apologies.
Buyer: Steelersul | 25/08/13
"Fast & efficient service"
Buyer: Deadeasy | 23/08/13
"Order hadn't arrived after more than two weeks. I contacted the seller and a new copy was sent and received very quickly. Friendly communications and I ended up feeling completely satisfied."
"Original item went missing in the post. Contacted seller and a replacement was sent out with no quibbles. Great service!"
Buyer: ChUpton | 23/08/13
"Excellent seller communication and customer care. Cheers!"
Buyer: Malheb | 22/08/13
"After waiting for 2 weeks, I emailed the seller, recieving a reply saying another copy of the book had been dispatched. This arrived through 2 weeks later. After reading this is a common occurrence in this sellers feedback, I would not use again."
Buyer: rebeccamarie96 | 22/08/13
"I ordered item on 23rd july and it still hasn't arrived please advise when I should expect it x"
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We are very sorry that this hasn't been delivered yet. We have immediately shipped a replacement via courier which they will receive within the next 48 hours. We have also emailed the customer to reassure them that we will make sure that they receive their order and opened an investigation with Royal Mail to find out what happened to the original shipment. Once again we are very sorry that this hasn't been delivered and we will make sure this is sorted out as quickly as we can.
Buyer: geraldinexx | 22/08/13
"Arrived on Monday the 19th packed well and the customer service was excellent, just waiting to try it out :)"
Buyer: poppy888 | 22/08/13
"A pleasure to buy from, great customer service and communication. Would use again"
Buyer: janemorgan04 | 22/08/13
"Been waiting almost a month for delivery now.
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We are very sorry that this has not been delivered yet. We have immediately shipped a replacement via courier which will be delivered on Friday 23rd August. In addition we have also opened an investigation with the postal services and of course emailed the customer to reassure them and to let them know that they will receive it on Friday. When we email to check on delivery please let us know if you have not received your order - otherwise we will not be aware there is a problem. In all likelihood your order will only have been delayed in the postal system but it just allows us to check that this is all it is and that you will receive it exactly as you should. Once again our sincerest apologies.
Buyer: ferris11 | 21/08/13
"Despite initial delivery problems I contacted the company who acted immediately and dispatched another copy of the CD. Their service was excellent and these days it is good to do business with someone who cares about customer service. Thank you!"
Buyer: CaptainT | 21/08/13
"Fast delivery, great play.com seller"
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At 87 years old most people are thinking about slowing down and making the most of their retirement, not learning how to swim.
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At the age of 97, Ethel Metherell is hailed as one of Britain's oldest swimmers, still making a splash every week at her local swimming pool.
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At 93 years-old you may think that Bill Mintram would have thrown out his alarm clock years ago, but you'd be mistaken. This veteran swimmer has been getting up at 5:15am for the past 30 years to make sure he is first in the pool.
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• Watch a photo slideshow of Omaha Fashion Week, Night 1.
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The looks that Omaha boutiques sent down the runway at Kaneko on Tuesday night — the opener of the spring Omaha Fashion Week shows — were all about color.
Bright blue, and green, and coral — especially coral — were all over the runway, as were animal prints, floral designs, statement necklaces, flowing scarves and ombr� shading.
Fifteen Omaha boutiques showcased their spring and summer fashions during the show, giving the audience a glimpse of what's to come, stylewise, when the weather warms up.
But the show wasn't about the clothes so much as who was wearing them.
The looks were modeled by 80 cancer survivors. Their friends and family cheered and applauded as they walked down the runway. Some models cried. Others danced or struck silly, celebratory poses.
"I was having a blast," said Dorian Hill, 41, who did the robot at the end of the runway for the benefit of her friends watching in the audience.
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Hill was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2010. She lost her hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. The cancer treatments made her sick, and she worried she would never look or feel normal again.
Tuesday's show — in which she wore a fitted sheath dress with coral piping and a huge necklace from Bliss Boutique, her hair swept back — was symbolic of how far she had come since those days when she worried she'd never be back to her old self.
"It's a wonderful, wonderful feeling," she said.
OFW founder Nick Hudson said Methodist Hospital approached Omaha Fashion Week's organizers last year about including a special survivors show.
Forty men and women modeled styles from local boutiques. The event was so well-received that they decided to do it again, this time doubling the model count.
Hudson, himself a cancer survivor, also modeled in Tuesday night's show, wearing jeans, a checked blazer and purple-and-orange sneakers from the Post and Nickel.
"This is slightly outside our main mission," Hudson said. "But it's a reminder of how fashion can be such a positive reminder of life."
Jeanette Eilers, 53, a breast cancer survivor who wore a long jersey dress from Mesh Boutique, said the night was also a chance to connect and reconnect with others in the sisterhood of cancer survivors. Eilers participated last year, too. She bonded with other models, and on Tuesday greeted her friends from last year with big hugs.
"You have a connection that surpasses even words," she said.
During Tuesday night's intermission, hair salons, makeup artists and accessories designers teamed up for Omaha Fashion Week's first-ever hair, makeup and accessories show.
Earlier this year, Omaha Fashion Week organizers chose seven accessories designers to participate in the event. Those designers had a month to make a collection of accessories, said Omaha Fashion Week producer Brook Hudson.
On Tuesday, teams of hairstylists and makeup artists drew names out of a hat, which determined which accessories designers the hair and makeup teams would work with.
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LEXINGTON, Massachusetts, February 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the production of VPRIV® drug substance (velaglucerase alfa for injection) in Shire's manufacturing facility at 400 Shire Way, Lexington, Massachusetts, US. The facility was previously approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for production of VPRIV drug substance.
"FDA approval of Shire's manufacturing facility in Lexington provides greater assurance that Gaucher patients will receive consistent and uninterrupted access to enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of type 1 Gaucher disease," said Rhonda Buyers, CEO and Executive Director, National Gaucher Foundation.
Shire has invested over $200M in manufacturing infrastructure and technology to establish a consistent drug supply chain to patients that use this treatment. The 400 Shire Way facility is the first commercially licensed facility in the world to utilize single-use bioreactor and disposable technology throughout cell culture processing designed to reduce manufacturing risk.
"Shire has always been committed to providing uninterrupted treatment for all VPRIV patients at the dose and frequency prescribed by their physicians. We continue to deliver on this commitment," said Bill Ciambrone, Executive Vice President, Technical Operations, Shire.
Shire now has two FDA and EMA approved facilities in which to manufacture VPRIV drug substance - the Alewife and the Lexington facilities, both in Massachusetts, US.
About the 400 Shire Way Manufacturing Facility
In keeping with Shire's corporate sustainability commitments, the 400 Shire Way manufacturing plant has met the requirements for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification and received formal recognition from the United States Green Building Council in Q1 2012. In addition to increasing capacity and reducing manufacturing risk, utilization of single-use technology at 400 Shire Way requires approximately 80% less water and 50% less energy than a conventional manufacturing plant.
About VPRIV (velaglucerase alfa)
VPRIV is made in a human cell line using Shire's gene activation technology. The enzyme produced has the exact human amino acid sequence as that found in the naturally occurring human enzyme.
VPRIV is used for the long-term treatment of patients with type 1 Gaucher disease.
VPRIV is approved in over 40 countries globally, including the US, the European Union member states, and Israel, and is for patients previously treated for type 1 Gaucher disease or those who are treatment-naive.
VPRIV Important Safety Information
The most serious adverse reactions seen with VPRIV were hypersensitivity reactions. Infusion-related reactions were the most commonly observed adverse reactions in patients treated with VPRIV in clinical studies. The most commonly observed symptoms of infusion-related reactions were: headache, dizziness, low or high blood pressure, nausea, tiredness and weakness, and fever. Generally the infusion-related reactions were mild and, in treatment-naïve patients, onset occurred mostly during the first 6 months of treatment and tended to occur less frequently with time.
All adult side effects of VPRIV are considered relevant to children (ages 4 to 17 years). Side effects more commonly seen in children compared with adult patients included: upper respiratory tract infection, rash, aPTT prolonged, and fever. The safety of VPRIV has not been established in patients younger than 4 years of age.
VPRIV is not available in all countries and prescribing information may differ between countries. Please consult your local prescribing information. Full prescribing information for VPRIV in the U.S. can be found at http://www.VPRIV.com.
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Our strategy is to focus on developing and marketing innovative specialty medicines to meet significant unmet patient needs.
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Up and down the Atlantic coast, schools of pogies hug the shoreline and the beaches, making semiannual migrations north and south with the weather.
Officially known as menhaden shad, schools of these popular baitfish measure in acreage terms rather than numbers. Huge schools can be seen flipping their tails at the surface, moving along with the tidal currents. They are usually fairly close in to the shore, sometimes right behind the breaking surf, but can be found as far as a mile or more offshore.
Pogy Time. Often one good cast of the net will catch more pogy than the average boat needs.
There is security in numbers, and security is what these fish need. They are a favorite food for many saltwater species up and down the coast. Redfish, cobia, king mackerel, tarpon and sharks are some of the major predators that will follow these bait pods.
Staying Alive
Fishing with pogies requires a bit of specialization but no more than the average angler can handle. They are delicate fish and will not survive well without plenty of aeration and cool water in the livewell. The livewell needs to be large and preferably round. Any corners in a livewell of pogy will have the fish nosing into those corners making them get "red nosed" and substantially reducing their shelf life. Most livewells in today's boats have at least rounded corners on their box-shaped wells. Larger boats are built specifically with round livewells to aid in preserving the bait.
Pogy are not usually purchased from bait shops because they do not survive well in captivity. People fishing with pogy catch their own, using cast nets in the pods of baitfish on the beach behind the breakers. Often one good cast of the net will catch more pogy than the average boat needs.
Fishing Tactics, Species
Fishing with pogy can be done in a variety of ways. In the spring, following the bait pods will be cobia and large redfish. They feed on these pods and often. Fishing for them involves either anchoring and fishing live pogy both freelined and on the bottom in the area of the bait pods, or site fishing and tossing a live pogy bait to a waiting marauder.
Oversized redfish (larger than 27 inches in length) are common; some very large cobia will be caught as well. The ever-present sharks provide some thrills to anglers fishing with this method, some of them 10 feet in length!
Later in the year toward the summer, king mackerel begin to move in toward the beaches in their spawn. They are often seen just behind the breakers "skyrocketing," a term for their high vertical leaps when feeding in a school of menhaden.
Kings are caught slow trolling pogies — slow means as slow as the boat will go — in water from the breakers to as far as 2 miles offshore. Live pogies are freelined behind the boat and put down at varying depths on downriggers.
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Plastic skirts in varying colors, predominantly pink, chartreuse and white, are placed on the nose of the pogy. These skirts help attract the fish and help protect the pogy's nose and mouth. If the boat is moving too fast, the pogy's mouth will be forced open, causing it to drown, or it can start spinning. Slow troll means just that — keep the boat in motion only enough to keep the live baits from swimming ahead of the boat.
Anglers trolling pogies often use commercially prepared "menhaden milk" or menhaden oil, dripped from a container along the side of the boat. Pogy are very oily fish and their odor is a significant attractor for game fish.
Using odor as a tool, the hot summer months along the southeast Atlantic coast will find anglers anchored along cuts and sandbars within a mile of the beach. That means tarpon time!
A somewhat arduous task, tarpon fishing with pogies is becoming very popular. This method requires a lot of fresh, dead pogies and some very lively pogies. Boats anchor along the deep edge of a sandbar or channel that comes out of any given inlet. Once anchored, two live pogies are freelined on two rods, and two are fished on the bottom behind the boat.
The dead pogies are cut up and tossed overboard into the current in a never-ending chum line of pogy pieces and smelly pogy oil. Tarpon catch the scent of pogies and follow their noses up to the live baits. Some very big tarpon are caught using this method.
Some of the largest sharks to be caught are caught while tarpon fishing with pogies, so be ready.
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Charleston, W.Va.—The West Virginia Board of Dental Examiners agreed to no longer peer into dentists' prescription records based on unrelated complaints, thanks to the diligence of the state dental association.
It's a dispute that's been going on between the state dental board and the West Virginia Dental Association since 2007. It was then that officials on the dental board informed the dental association's executive council that they were accessing dentists' prescription records every time they received a complaint about a dentist, regardless of whether the complaint involved prescription drugs, said Richard Stevens, executive director of the WVDA.
In West Virginia, the state Board of Pharmacy maintains the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program, where pharmacists are required to submit data on every controlled prescription they dispense and include information on the prescriber and the patient. The WVDA maintained that state and federal law stated a licensing agency, such as the dental board, could only access the database if they were investigating or adjudicating a violation of a federal or state controlled substance law.
The dental board saw it differently and would access the database even in cases of insurance or fee complaints against dentists, Mr. Stevens said.
"They did this for almost six years," Mr. Stevens said.
Of the more than 870 licensed dentists in West Virginia, Mr. Stevens said up to 200 had their prescription records accessed by the dental board. These probes led the board to believe some dentists were inappropriately prescribing and dentists were ordered to turn over their patients' records. Around 18 dentists entered consent decrees with the board for inappropriate prescribing, he said.
Mr. Stevens asked Tom Smith, the chief legal counsel for the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee when the law was written, to provide an opinion on what was within the law. Mr. Smith sided with the WVDA's interpretation.
"The law makes it clear that although agents of the practitioner licensing board have access to the database it must be in the course of an investigation, adjudication or prosecution of a violation under any state or federal law that involves a controlled substance," Mr. Smith wrote.
In March, the dental board passed a resolution stating it would only access the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program "in accordance with the law and cease any current access not in conformance and further to review all current cases for compliance."
The dental board also received letters or opinions from the Board of Pharmacy and West Virginia attorney general's office confirming they should not be accessing prescription records without just cause. Two additional attorneys, including the governor's office, also gave the WVDA the same opinions.
Mr. Stevens is proud of the dental association's success and the outcry from dentists as their records were being accessed was unprecedented in his 37 years as executive director.
"I've never had an issue that I've gotten as many responses from individual dentists as this. Dentists were really upset with what the board was doing and the way they were doing it. Some dentists called it a witch hunt," Mr. Stevens said. "The dental association was not trying to shield or make excuses for any wrongdoing by any dentist. But every dentist has the legal right to due process and should be investigated in a matter that is legal with proper authorization."


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A parabolic trough is a type of solar thermal collector that is straight in one dimension and curved as a parabola in the other two, lined with a polished metal mirror. The energy of sunlight which enters the mirror parallel to its plane of symmetry is focused along the focal line, where objects are positioned that are intended to be heated. For example, food may be placed at the focal line of a trough, which causes the food to be cooked when the trough is aimed so the Sun is in its plane of symmetry. Further information on the use of parabolic troughs for cooking can be found in the article about solar cookers.
For other purposes, there is often a tube, frequently a Dewar tube, which runs the length of the trough at its focal line. The mirror is oriented so that sunlight which it reflects is concentrated on the tube, which contains a fluid which is heated to a high temperature by the energy of the sunlight. The hot fluid can be used for many purposes. Often, it is piped to a heat engine, which uses the heat energy to drive machinery or to generate electricity. This solar energy collector is the most common and best known type of parabolic trough. The paragraphs below therefore concentrate on this type.
The trough is usually aligned on a north-south axis, and rotated to track the sun as it moves across the sky each day. Alternatively, the trough can be aligned on an east-west axis; this reduces the overall efficiency of the collector due to cosine loss but only requires the trough to be aligned with the change in seasons, avoiding the need for tracking motors. This tracking method approaches theoretical efficiencies at the spring and fall equinoxes with less accurate focusing of the light at other times during the year. The daily motion of the sun across the sky also introduces errors, greatest at the sunrise and sunset and smallest at solar noon. Due to these sources of error, seasonally adjusted parabolic troughs are generally designed with a lower concentration acceptance product.
Parabolic trough concentrators have a simple geometry, but their concentration is about 1/3 of the theoretical maximum for the same acceptance angle, that is, for the same overall tolerances of the system to all kinds of errors, including those referenced above. The theoretical maximum is better achieved with more elaborate concentrators based on primary-secondary designs using nonimaging optics[1][2] which may nearly double the concentration of conventional parabolic troughs[3] and are used to improve practical designs such as those with fixed receivers.[4]
Heat transfer fluid (usually thermal oil) runs through the tube to absorb the concentrated sunlight. This increases the temperature of the fluid to some 400°C.[5] The heat transfer fluid is then used to heat steam in a standard turbine generator. The process is economical and, for heating the pipe, thermal efficiency ranges from 60-80%. The overall efficiency from collector to grid, i.e. (Electrical Output Power)/(Total Impinging Solar Power) is about 15%, similar to PV (Photovoltaic Cells) but less than Stirling dish concentrators.[6]
Most mirrors used are parabolic and single-piece. In addition, V-type parabolic troughs exist which are made from 2 mirrors and placed at an angle towards each other.[7]
In 2009, scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and SkyFuel teamed to develop large curved sheets of metal that have the potential to be 30% less expensive than today's best collectors of concentrated solar power by replacing glass-based models with a silver polymer sheet that has the same performance as the heavy glass mirrors, but at a much lower cost and much lower weight. It also is much easier to deploy and install. The glossy film uses several layers of polymers, with an inner layer of pure silver.[8]
As this renewable source of energy is inconsistent by nature, methods for energy storage have been studied, for instance the single-tank (thermocline) storage technology for large-scale solar thermal power plants. The thermocline tank approach uses a mixture of silica sand and quartzite rock to displace a significant portion of the volume in the tank. Then it is filled with the heat transfer fluid, typically a molten nitrate salt.
Enclosed trough[edit]
Enclosed trough systems are used to produce process heat. The design encapsulates the solar thermal system within a greenhouse-like glasshouse. The glasshouse creates a protected environment to withstand the elements that can negatively impact reliability and efficiency of the solar thermal system.[9] Lightweight curved solar-reflecting mirrors are suspended from the ceiling of the glasshouse by wires. A single-axis tracking system positions the mirrors to retrieve the optimal amount of sunlight. The mirrors concentrate the sunlight and focus it on a network of stationary steel pipes, also suspended from the glasshouse structure.[10] Water is carried throughout the length of the pipe, which is boiled to generate steam when intense sun radiation is applied. Sheltering the mirrors from the wind allows them to achieve higher temperature rates and prevents dust from building up on the mirrors.[9]
Usage by commercial plants[edit]
Most commercial plants utilizing parabolic troughs are hybrids; fossil fuels are used during night hours, but the amount of fossil fuel used is limited to a maximum 27% of electricity production, allowing the plant to qualify in the US as a renewable energy source.[citation needed] Because they are hybrids and include cooling stations, condensers, accumulators and other things besides the actual solar collectors, the power generated per square meter of area varies enormously.[citation needed]
The largest operational solar power system at present is the 280 MW Solana Generating Station in Arizona.[citation needed] It has 6 hours worth of molten salt heat storage.
Two of the SEGS plants located at Harper Lake in California, USA, at 80 MW generation capacity each.[11] At 354 MW, SEGS is the largest solar power plant in the world.[12]
The 64 MW Nevada Solar One also uses this technology. In the new Spanish plant, Andasol 1 solar power station, the 'Eurotrough'-collector is used. This plant went online in November 2008[13] and has a nominal output of 49.9 MW.
The 5 MW Archimede solar power plant, which opened in 2010, in Sicily was the first to use molten salt for energy storage.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- ^ Julio Chaves, Introduction to Nonimaging Optics, CRC Press, 2008 ISBN 978-1-4200-5429-3
- ^ Roland Winston et al.,, Nonimaging Optics, Academic Press, 2004 ISBN 978-0-12-759751-5
- ^ Diogo Canavarro et al., New second-stage concentrators (XX SMS) for parabolic primaries; Comparison with conventional parabolic trough concentrators, Solar Energy 92 (2013) 98–105
- ^ Diogo Canavarro et al., Infinitesimal etendue and Simultaneous Multiple Surface (SMS) concentrators for fixed receiver troughs, Solar Energy 97 (2013) 493–504
- ^ Absorber tube temperature
- ^ Patel99 Ch.9
- ^ V-type parabolic troughs
- ^ Harry Tournemille. "Award-Winning Solar Reflectors Will Cut Production Costs". www.energyboom.com. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ a b Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd, "Energy & Resources Predictions 2012", 2 November 2011
- ^ Helman, Christopher, "Oil from the sun", "Forbes", April 25, 2011
- ^ "Solar energy generating system (SEGS)".
- ^ Concentrating Solar Power Case Studies
- ^ "The Construction of the Andasol Power Plants". Solar Millennium AG.
- Duffie, John; Williams Beckman (1991). Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes (Second Edition ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-51056-4.
- Patel., Mukund (1999). Wind and solar power systems. Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-1605-7.
External links[edit]
- Kramer Junction Solar Power Plants, satellite image, Google Map.
- ParabolaTool - Tool for calculating the shape of a parabolic trough
- Description of parabolic troughs from Solar Cooking International


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MIDDLEBURY Pauline A. (Jewett) Orvis, 68, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury.
She was born May 28, 1944, in Montpelier, the daughter of Carlisle and Edythe Alexander Jewett.
She graduated from Montpelier High School and Champlain College.
She was a resident of Starksboro for many years, where she was a 4H leader, a health officer and belonged to the Starksboro Womens Circle.
She also owned the Squirrel Nest Restaurant in Bristol for many years.
She recently lived in Middlebury.
Survivors include two sons, Randall Orvis of Bridport, and William Orvis of Middlebury; two grandchildren; a brother, Raymond, of South Burlington; two nieces and a nephew; and two close cousins. She was predeceased by a daughter, Jeanette, and a sister, Nedra Orvis.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Bristol. Interment will be at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Jerusalem School House, Attn. Nancy Orvis, Jim Dwire Road, Starksboro, VT 05443.MORE IN ObituariesSamuel Kelson Full StoryKimball E. Mann Full StoryWilliam Fisher Full Story
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Donate NOW Australia's Food Security
Please donate today to this Food Security Research Study. We are asking all Australians who care about our long term capacity to feed ourselves to donate to this research. Globally countries have recognised the issue of food security long before we started to recognise it, and they have acted accordingly by buying our manufacturing, storage and distribution companies and land. Australia has been targetted because we allow foreign control without counting the strategic cost to our national wealth creating and food security.
The ACCC and FIRB has allowed the supply chain after the farm gate of many of our food commodities to be controlled here by foreign interests, many of which do not reciprocate the open door policy. This means that our farmers have no control over the prices for their goods, and Australia does not get the full benefit of our assets.
This research looks at how we can secure our food supply and harness the skills of our farmers, who are among the most productive in the world and understand our land.
Even as little as $10.00 can make a difference.
The research will be in several stages and as soon as we meet our targets for the first stage we will get started. The percentage of our target will be posted here. Help us get to 100% quickly.
See below the background to the research proposed by Dr Mark McGovern who did the original research in 1999. The review is timely and results will be published on this web site and elsewhere.
Make a Donation today
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Food Security – Help us unlock the truth
Food Security - A Complex Issue and One of National Urgency
The issue of Food Security has not been top of mind in Australia till recently, and even now has not been addressed by our policy makers. Our farming population is ageing because there is little financial incentive for younger people to stay on the land. Generations of knowledge is being lost. Many farms are surviving only because of off- farm employment. These are the custodians of our clean green growing environment, yet they are under threat.
In the meantime we are allowing the sale of some of our best land to foreign countries or companies. This is not allowed in many other countries, and represents a threat to our food security, our capacity to feed ourselves and soverign risk.
Only recently has the media raised the issue and nothing is being done in the meantime while countries and companies can buy our wealth creating assets under $231m with no reference to our government. The USA can spend up to $954m.
These are our wealth creating assets and our capacity to feed ourselves and keep our communities and our farming skills vital.
We need to know the real situation and find solutions.
Many of our food and agriculture policies have been based on false assumptions, and in the meantime we have allowed the sale of strategic food industry sectors to be dominated by foreign interests and more recently countries to buy our land.
We have not reviewed the impact of these policies for over a decade despite a rapidly changing political and economic environment. It is urgent that we undertake research which takes an overview of all food industry sectors.
Planned in association with a number of concerned groups including www.agbiz.org.au and www.newsweekly.com.au, wheat growers, rice growers, orchardists, vegetable growers etc
Background to Research Proposal on Australian Food Security
Building Australian Food Security -An Issue of Concern to All Australians
We invite every concerned Australian to support this research. Even if in a small way you can be part of the process.
The results for each stage will be published on this site. Corporate Members, Friends and registrants on this site will be notified. To find out how to register call us today on 1300 882 361 or follow the links on this site.
Proposal for the Research Study
The ability to feed the population effectively and safely is a core achievement of a successful nation. Food security is increasingly seen as a national priority in Australia as concerns rise about the availability of safe, affordable and responsibly produced products. Australia's situation is deteriorating – on-farm and along the supply chain – for reasons that appear poorly understood. Better understanding of key situations, critical influences and potential apt responses is the goal of this research.
Australian agriculture and associated industries are in a serious crisis as a result of falling returns. Food security is being compromised. While many attribute this to drought, the high value of the Australian dollar, fractious farmers, a lack of effective policy reach or some other superficial factors, the real roots of problems lie much deeper. Occasional "good times" will not rectify such deep-seated problems.
Persistent problems and their roots have been hidden by major misunderstandings about Australian food, fibre and related (FFR) sectors and the markets they service. This research seeks to redress the balance through detailed industry and market analysis so as to provide a more properly informed basis for effective national industry policies. Most broadly, it seeks to assist in the establishment of viable national food security for Australians.
There is a mistaken view that even if the nation lost one-third of its farmers, Australia would still produce enough food to feed its people without becoming reliant on imports. This widely-held view rests on a false belief: that Australia exports the bulk of its agricultural product so the nation's domestic food supplies are secure. The balances are much tighter than is currently recognised.
The lead researcher is Dr Mark McGovern , a QUT economist with a special focus on Australia's agricultural and farm dependent industries. His detailed analysis offers a very different picture of Australian agriculture and this project would update and extend earlier work so as to develop a report with direct policy impact and high industry relevance.
Three of the issues seriously threatening Australia's food security are:
Declining farm profits, and rising debts. Initial analysis of long-term trends from ABARE figures shows farm incomes trending towards zero in a decade or so (see attachment A). Ongoing declines in Australian farm profits along with predatory importing and targeted foreign direct investments threaten to undercut key rural industries and Australia's food security. Servicing existing debt properly is very difficult in such an environment, while all undertakings will face increasing financial imposts if local and international risks rise further.
Markets serviced. Australia has been exporting around 25% of its agricultural product by value . Contrary to popular belief, Australia does not export 60-80% of its food and fibre production by value but only around 25% when properly analysed across various stages of production.
Rising global food insecurities. The deteriorating international environment has highlighted the food and energy imperatives for many nations, and Australia's external position is poor. Strategies currently being adopted offshore could materially affect the well-being and food security of Australians, even in the absence of further crises.
Each threatens Australia's food security. All need to be much better understood and discussed.
Policy needs to be current. It needs to be focussed on current challenges and needs, not those presumed a generation ago. Recognising that the era of "easy globalisation" is over, many nations have changed policy settings. Australian industries need to be well positioned for "the new normal".
Deficit sectors and nations are particularly at risk in the post-GFC world. Australia and its agriculture are both in deficit.
Australian industries need relevant assessments to position themselves to advantage and reduce risks. Much needs to be done if Australian food security is to be sensibly and sustainably assured.
Through analyses of relatively under-utilised data from the ABS and other sources, Dr McGovern proposes to examine: the threats to Australia's food security; the situations of agriculture and related sectors; attendant issues and opportunities; and associated policy needs and settings.
Anticipated research outputs include:
The trends in farm profits by rural sector and overall for agriculture.
Implications of farm profit trends for future production and food security.
Analysis of the potential effects of changes in farm profitability on interdependent rural and processing industries.
A detailed analysis of the value of the domestic and export markets of Australia's rural industries, measured at the farm gate and at first stage production.
Evaluation of the trends in competing food and fibre imports, by rural sector.
Trends in the overall balance between food and fibre exports and competing imports.
Comparison of current findings with earlier studies.
Critical discussions of the direction of agricultural policy.
A mix of empirical and conceptual analysis will be applied to advance industry, government and community understanding of positions and prospects. As with any applied research, the broader goal is to improve not just dialogue between the rural sector, industry and policy makers, but also actual performance of the involved parties.
A theme of "Australian food security through viable enterprises acting more sustainably" captures a central image of the research. The enterprise and its associations within industries, regions, markets and supply chains are seen as pivotal to success.
The context is an inclusive one of Australians "winning together" while recognising stakeholder needs, responsibilities, situations and aspirations. This stands in marked contrast to that of uncritical competition where only minimal costs and returns are considered while considerations of risks are avoided.
Industry analysis will be used to demonstrate how stakeholders are currently "working together" along with the various situations faced. Identification and discernment of significant influences is needed if prospects are to be realistically appraised and questions such as "how might things be improved?" sensibly answered.
An analytical report is the main formal output envisaged. Obviously specific developments and points of focus need discussion as do extent, timing and budget but major reporting sections could include:
1. Value added:
• Incomes, and employment
– farm profits
– prices and terms of trade
– impacts of competing imports
– factory and network
• Debt
• Capital formation
2. Industry profiles:
• Inter-industry structure
• National impacts
• Regional clustering
• Disposition of FFR outputs
3. Australian Food, Fibre and Related needs:
• food security (including availability, affordability, quality) and industry sectors.
• SEEC sustainability (Societal, Economic, Environmental and Cultural)
• positioning sectors effectively
4. Markets and current position:
• Export and domestic market shares for Australian food and fibre products
• Extent and roles of competing and complementary imports
• Balance of payments, including deterioration in the situation of Australia
5. Enhancing contributions and positioning of rural industries:
• National and international challenges
• Viable industries, in the broad sense
• Sustaining returns on SEEC capitals, regionally and nationally
• Needs well met, and beyond
The scope, detail and timing of the research agreed would determine the required budget. An indicative plan and budget follow.
Reflecting these five points, a research plan in three parts is proposed:
A. Inter-industry analysis. Production and distribution processes along the whole supply chain are examined for food, fibre and related industries as they service both domestic and overseas markets. Inter-industry analysis enables the many interactions between various industries to be discerned. Aggregate flows will be analysed using published data for Australia as a whole, enabling key supply patterns to be quantified. The methods used are also applicable regionally, systemically and for various industry clusters so a basis for complementary or subsequent extensions by interested parties will be outlined to help build greater interconnectedness and coherence in industry and policy dialogues. (Points 1-2).
B. Food security and its foundations. Issues of food security, industry viability and institutional capacity in varied market and policy contexts are considered. Valued added analysis identifies current situations of key entities while stakeholder analysis is used to help establish the various relevant policy frames in use. Farm income and consumer price analyses demarcate some key conditions at two ends of the supply chain. The central question addressed is "What are we trying to achieve, and how are we going, in food security?" (Points 3-4)
C. Building industry viability and food security in Australia. Policy issues for the various stakeholders are explicitly examined. Ways by which both common and individual gains can be established are reviewed in relevant market, institutional and policy contexts. Specific recommendations will be developed from the research findings. (Point 5)
Detailed research reporting will be in interim reports at the completion of each stage with a final concise report then completed. Extensions could be developed if additional investigations are required in some areas but these lie beyond this proposal.
Appropriate industry and stakeholder dialogues will be particularly important in development of the proposal and in dissemination of research findings.
The research project itself will be organised as contract research with the Queensland University of Technology with Dr McGovern as the designated principal researcher. Extensive analysis of available data sources will be needed but only limited field work is envisaged.
Subsequent academic publications are anticipated as the research findings will be of considerable public interest and importance. Further dissemination of the research findings will be the responsibility of the research funders. Intellectual property arrangements will in accord with usual University practices for this type of research.
Finally, this document has been prepared following initial discussions about the need for research in this nationally important area, one of growing industry and public concern. Refinements will follow from further discussions and there is considerable scope to tailor and focus the research to meet a number of objectives in a timely and effective manner.
Mark McGovern
B.Sc., Dip.Ed., B.Econ, M.Reg.Sc., PhD
Over the past 18 months AUSBUY has been working with a number of groups in the Agriculture and Food Supply Sector addressing the issue of Food Security in a way that has not been done since 1999. Since then many decisions have been made which have impacted our food producers and processors. These have led to loss of wealth, innovation and control over our food assets.
We welcome your support and urge you to spread the word.
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