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It's legit. In fact, possibly too legit. I took a long time writing it.
Here's the brief synopsis:
1. S Mark Barron, Alabama
2. C Ben Jones, Georgia
3. WR Juron Criner, Arizona
4. DE Tyrone Crawford, Boise State
5. OLB Emmanuel Acho, Texas
6. QB Kellen Moore, Boise State
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By: W. Bradford Wilcox, Deseret NewsFor many progressives, Sweden is the closest thing we have to the Promised Land. Among other things, the Swedish welfare state has done an exceptional job of fostering an egalitarian income distribution and minimizing poverty. The generosity of the Swedish welfare state has led some progressives to claim that the impact of recent family changes - e.g., increases in divorce, single parenthood, and nonmarital childbearing - has been minimal for Swedish children.
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The first Apple Store in Germany opened on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 10am. Thousands of rabid Germans stormed the streets for this momentous event. Our intrepid Panorama master Willy Kaemena happened to be in Munich on this day and documented the moment.
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The acorn is a symbol of strength and power. In the fall, these tiny yet hardy little nuggets drop from the oak trees to land on the ground. Most will be eaten by passing wildlife, but a few will survive to form a new tree in the spring. Because the acorn only appears on a fully mature oak, it is often considered a symbol of the patience needed to attain goals over long periods of time. It represents perseverance and hard work.
In many cultures the oak is sacred, and is often connected to legends of deities who interact with mortals. Throughout history, most of the major civilizations of Europe held the oak as a highly venerated tree, and it was associated with deities in many pantheons. The Celts, Romans, Greeks and Teutonic tribes all had legends connected to the mighty oak tree. Typically, the oak was related to deities that had control over thunder, lightning, and storms.
In Norse legend, Thor found shelter from a violent storm by sitting under a mighty oak tree. Today, people in some Nordic countries believe that acorns on the windowsill will protect a house from being hit by lightning. In parts of Great Britain, young ladies followed a custom of wearing an acorn on a string around their neck. It was believed that this was a talisman against premature aging.
The Druids are believed to have held rituals in oak groves, and certainly mistletoe was to be found on oak trees. According to legend, mistletoe was indicative of the a god stopping by via a lightning strike on the tree. Certainly, oak trees seem to be more susceptible to lightning strikes than other trees, although this could be because it's often the tallest tree around.
Rulers often wore crowns of oak leaves, as a symbol of their connection to the divine. After all, if one were a living god, personification of the god on earth, one had to look the part. Roman generals were presented with oak crowns upon returning victorious from battle, and the oak leaf is still used as a symbol of leadership in the military today.
Around the reign of King Henry VIII, oak became popular for its use in construction of homes for the wealthy. Managed oak forests in Scotland supplied thousands of pieces of timber for use in London and other English cities. The bark was used as well, to create a dye that was used in ink-making.
Today, many modern Pagans and Wiccans continue to honor the oak. It is found in the Celtic Ogham symbols, and contemporary Druids still celebrate its power.
For information on how to find the best acorns to plant an oak tree, read Collecting and Planting Acorns.


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Recipe by Rarik
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1 tablespoon
active dry yeast
2 cups
warm water (100 to 110 degrees F/40 to 45 degrees C)
1/4 cup
white sugar
1 tablespoon
eggs, beaten
1/4 cup
vegetable oil
5 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour, or more if needed
2 tablespoons
poultry seasoning
2 tablespoons
dried savory
1 1/2 tablespoons
ground dried sage
1 tablespoon
dried dill weed
1 teaspoon
ground black pepper
1 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
Great recipe. Added a little more sage. Used my Kitchenaid mixer to knead. Makes great toast topped with a little cream cheese. This will be added to my holiday recipes.
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I used this recipe last year to make my stuffing and it was wonderful! This weekend I am going to use it to make open faced turkey sandwiches with mashed potatoes, gravy and homemade cranberry sauce.
I have used this for the last couple of years now. Going to cook a turkey this weekend so I am making the bread today. Will use one and freeze one for the next time I decide to roast a turkey. I used to send one loaf to my mom and she would use it for her turkey sandwiches :) I usually double the spices as I really like savory stuffing. When
Made our holiday stuffing very special. Thanks for the idea. Season to your own traditions and pallet.
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Savory Stuffing Bread
Serving Size: 1/16 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 16
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 215
Calories from Fat: 42
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"Most people trusted in the future, assuming that their preferred version of it would unfold. Blindly planning for it, envisioning things that weren't the case. This was the working of the will. This was what gave the world purpose and direction. Not what was there but what was not."
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Just read an article at the trib about Brewer's contract situation.
Personally I think that Brewer is going to be a great player in the future and I would like to see the Jazz tie him up to a long term deal before the Oct 31 deadline, although not sure what amount is right.
I personally think that he can be as big a player for the Jazz as what Millsap will be, and wouldn't think it is over the top money for his potential, but perhaps a figure between that and what CJ Miles has been signed for might be possible.
Another option is to not offer an extension and to have the market decide what he is worth as a restricted free agent. This could be risky as well depending on the type of season that he has. I am crossing my fingers that he really has a breakout year where he becomes the player that he has the ability to be.
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Annual Illumination Celebration Hosted by ODU President Broderick Moved Inside Because of Cold Weather
The forecast of frigid temperatures and wind chill has forced organizers to move ODU's "Annual Illumination Celebration" on Tuesday, Dec. 7 inside of Webb Center.
The 10th-annual celebration, hosted by President and Mrs. John R. Broderick, will still feature the grand illumination of a campus wreath, garlands and trees on Kaufman Mall in front of Webb University.
The free event is the official kickoff of the holiday season at ODU, and will feature a gingerbread cookie decorating contest.
The program begins with the gingerbread cookie decorating contest, at 4:15 p.m. in the North Mall of Webb Center. At 5:15, a short program featuring a holiday greeting by President Broderick will be followed by the official "lighting" of ODU's holiday decorations. The program will also feature a performance by the Larchmont Elementary School Chorus.
The event is free, but participants in the ginberbread cookie decorating contest, along with other attendees, are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, and/or a toy for a child to be donated to ForKids, Inc.
The cookie decorating contest will be judged by Kate Broderick, wife of President Broderick, along with representatives from the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia, ForKids Inc. and the Larchmont/Edgewater Civic League.
For more information, see: www.odu.edu/ao/univevents. For attendees, parking is available in Garage E, at the corner of 49th Street and Bluestone Avenue.
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Investigators in New York City on Wednesday said an autopsy on the body of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is inconclusive and that more tests will be needed to determine his cause of death. Police suspect the actor died of a heroin overdose. But heroin isn't just the drug of choice among the Hollywood elite. People from all walks of life are at risk.
The Sioux Falls Treatment Center provides its patients with a daily dose of the pain killer methadone. The methadone blocks the euphoric high of heroin, so getting that rush no longer motivates the addict, making it easier to break the potentially-deadly habit.
Mark Hayes was in the grips of a $300 dollar a week heroin addiction.
"So $1,200 a month, it became pretty expensive. I was fortunate to have a job that supported my habit, which made it easier to hide," Hayes said.
But the addiction that Hayes took pains to hide from others became too severe for him to ignore.
"If I had not come here, I'd probably, I'd be dead now. Yeah, without a question, just how how my usage was escalating, it was just more and more," Hayes said.
Hayes' daily doses of methadone now keep his addiction in check.
"It's nice to have that peace of mind now. I come in every day. I take my dose and then I go to work," Hayes said.
"They're glad to be able to come here and do this legally and at low cost. It's safe for them and they're getting the counseling that they need to take care of whatever problems they've developed in their life so they can have a long-term successful recovery," Sioux Falls Treatment Center Program Director Mary Gochal said.
Some critics say methadone is not an effective addiction treatment because it merely substitutes one drug for another. But Hayes says methadone works because he no longer has cravings or withdrawal symptoms.
"I don't have the urge. I'm not waking up like where's my pill, or I gotta call somebody to get my fix. I get up in the morning, shower, get dressed like a normal person," Hayes said.
A life without heroin is a new normal for Hayes. He hopes to complete his treatment in six more months.
Hayes says he first got hooked on pain killers after he injured his wrist. When pain killers didn't provide a powerful enough high, he moved onto heroin.


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---- — BRENTWOOD, N.H. — Rockingham County Attorney James Reams announced yesterday a Plaistow man will be charged with burning a 3-year-old boy's wrist and fingers, and striking him in the head, causing a serious brain injury and seizures.
Roland Dow of Plaistow, 27, remained on the loose, as did his live-in girlfriend and the boy's mother, Jessica Linscott, 23.
Reams held a press conference outside the county courthouse to appeal for the public's help in finding the couple. He also announced the charges against Dow have been elevated.
Reams said there's no question the couple will be captured and charged.
"The question is when and where," he said.
Dow faces to 10 to 30 years in state prison on single charges of first- and second-degree assault for allegedly burning the boy and hitting him in the head, Reams said.
Dow also will be charged with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child for failing to seek medical care care for the child. Those counts are misdemeanors, punishable by up to a year in jail for each.
Police complaints released yesterday allege that Dow did not get help for the boy when he began suffering seizures on at least five occasions. Reams said he could not discuss how the abuse was inflicted.
Linscott faces six child endangerment charges for failing to protect her young son, who is now in state custody and recovering from his injuries.
Plaistow police received a call a week ago from Exeter Hospital, saying a little boy was dropped off with serious head injuries, massive bruises and burns. The couple told doctors the injuries were self-inflicted, but doctors concluded that was not the case.
The child was transferred to Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, where Reams said he is in serious, but stable condition and showing improvement.
Reams, accompanied at the press conference by Plaistow police Lt. William Baldwin, said authorities have received numerous calls from people who said they have seen the couple in Southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
"We suggest they are still in the area," Reams said. "We are getting a lot of help from the public already. I suspect we will have them soon."
Calls have come in from communities such as Haverhill, Swampscott and Salem, Mass., Baldwin said. Police also received a call from Arizona with information about the couple, but Baldwin said he couldn't comment further.
"We are here to urge them to turn themselves in," Reams said. "No matter where they may run to, we will be bringing them back."
Officers in the two states have been high alert this week, with police investigating tips that the couple was in Haverhill and Swampscott on Tuesday.
Swampscott police sent an alert to their officers to be on the lookout for the couple, Officer Saverio Caruso said.
"Somebody in our area reported to Plaistow they thought they saw someone in Swampscott that resembled the couple," he said. "We gave that information to the cars on the street to be on the heads up. Nothing has turned up."
Baldwin said the couple must be receiving help avoiding authorities. Family members have not been cooperative with the police, he said. The couple was supposed to surrender Monday, but did not. Neither has a vehicle.
"Somebody is helping them," Baldwin said after the press conference. "We are going to be vigilant and vigorous. We are not stopping."
Linscott's mother is staying with her grandson in the hospital, Baldwin said.
Anyone found to be helping the couple will be charged with hindering apprehension, a felony punishable by prison time, Reams said.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911, the U.S. Marshal's Office at (603) 225-1632 or Plaistow police at (603) 382-6816.


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Homeland Season 3 premiere leaked online at some time over the last 24 hours. This release is a whole month sooner than the originally planned air date for showtimes Emmy winning series starring Claire Danes and Damien Lewis. The irony of the premiere episode of a series about a potential national security breach, in the former of a soldier turned by the enemy, being leaked early to the public has sadly been lost on those who have been covering the story so far.
Apparently over 100 thousand users on BitTorrent had down loaded the episode within hours of it being leaked. It is not clear who leaked the episode, but Variety is claiming that the episode looks a lot like those that were given as screeners during the Television Critics Association event that was held in July. So if you are a fan of the show and don't have to many issues with possibly being sent to jail over a television show then you should see if you can find a version to download. It's not like Showtime is a big name company that would totally sue your ass for stealing. I would advise everyone else to just wait for the season premiere, since it is only a few weeks away at this point.
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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Starting today, homeowners, renters and people with disabilities across Pennsylvania will be issued rebates through the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program.
According to a release, nearly $227 million in 2012 property tax rebates will be allotted to more than 482,000 people.
The release says the rebate program benefits eligible Pennsylvanians ages 65 and older, widows and widowers age 50 and older, and people with disabilities age 18 and older.
The income limit is $35,000 a year for homeowners and $15,000 annually for renters, and half of Social Security income is excluded.
As of June 21, the release says the Revenue Department had received more than 549,000 applications.
The deadline to apply for the rebate program was extended to December 31 and rebates will be distributed throughout the remainder of this year.
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Bill 43 has caused a commotion as Alberta post-secondary students try to reconcile themselves to proposed changes to the role of the Graduate Students' Association, significance of the Students' Union, the removal of professors' and graduate students' right to strike and, above all, changes to how university tuition is determined.
Described by Alberta Learning spokesperson Katrina Bleutchen as "legislation designed to prepare post-secondary systems for the future and the challenges they will face," Bill 43 has undergone many changes since its first reading, when GSA Vice-President External Jennifer Pelley described it as "hastily thrown together" and a "severely flawed document."
Amendments since the first reading included recognition of the students unions' role as the "official" voice of students and the right of professors and graduate students to strike is now referred to as "compulsory binding arbitration." However, the proposed tuition changes remain.
Currently, legislation does not allow universities to collect more than 30 per cent of their net operating expenditures from tuition--this is what is referred to as the tuition cap. If Bill 43 passes, once an institution reaches the 30 per cent limit, they can continue increases using a Consumer Price Index plus 2.5 per cent formula. Although this seems to contradict the notion of a tuition cap, Bleutchen insists that "students won't see any noticeable changes" in the tuition fee policy.
SU president Jayna Gilchrist disagrees.
"There is a significant problem with the removal of the tuition cap, it was originally meant to protect students and now that's changing," said Gilchrist.
Considering the University of Calgary is currently at 26 per cent, Gilchrist acknowledges students might not see changes, but she firmly believes they have a responsibility to provide for future students who will be affected.
"The real point is this," stated Pelley. "Levels of funding to post-secondary institutions in Alberta must be increased, and they should be increased sooner rather than later. If the Government of Alberta is so interested in the goings-on at post-secondary institutions across the province, then frankly, I'd rather see them investing heavily in these institutions."
Students concerned about the proposed changes in Bill 43 should contact their MLA.
What was CAUS's slogan again? Deregulation Nation?
Forgive me if I'm completely wrong, but doesn't Bill 43 contain a regulation on tuition? I mean, we may not like the specifics of that regulation, but it is a regulation, is it not? Which really means that nothing has been "deregulated" as many of the directors of CAUS would have us believe.
Strange, very stange. It appears as if my previous worries about CAUS turning into a provincial version of CASA due to drastically increasing fees and required money from the Union is becoming a reality.


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The 2012 CCS Am Project is officially a wrap. It's been an amazing 12 months with some super talented young ams who have been fully introduced to the path from am to pro. We checked in with Am Project riders Nolan Reardon, Gary Bolos and Sammy Montano this week to see what they're experience was like. Here's some of what they had to say about it.
What were your thoughts going in to the Am Project video contest last year? Did you think you had a legitimate shot or was it more of a hail marry with your video submissions?
Bolos: It was more of a curiosity thing. I didn't expect a call back.
Nolan: At first I wasn't going to send my footage in because I didnt think it was good enough. My dad kind of convinced me to send it, so I did.
Sammy: I had no idea what to expect, but it was an epic journey.
Was the Am Project experience all it was cracked up to be? Did the journey meet your expectations?
Bolos: I didn't know what to expect. I just know with all the product, the cash, the Chicago trip, the coverage and the contests that it was more than I could ask for.
Nolan: The Am Project experience has been great and definitely better than my expectations.
What was the best part of being a CCS Am Project rider? Any particular experiences or perks you were hyped on?
Bolos: Traveling to Chicago, meeting everyone, and doing photos with Arto. I got to meet some of the best skaters ever and skate one of the biggest cities. Everyone was friends in five minutes and to top it off we were all shooting photos with Arto at rad spots.
Nolan: The best part of being an Am Project Rider was meeting all the other riders. Everyone was super cool and we all got along really well. Going to Chicago and Woodward was really fun too and we all had good times. Do you feel more confident in your abilities and connectivity as a skateboarder out there in the industry as a result of your Am Project experience? Did you feel it was a legitimate look into the life of a real sponsored am?
Bolos: Yes I feel more confident now that I've done more big contests through you guys such as Tampa and Damnam. I feel like the Chicago trip was definitely a look into real am skateboarding because we had street skating photos and filming to do, we had to wear certain ****, we had demos and contests to throw, trick-tips, and a cover shot to do. The agenda was tight, but it worked out to be one of the funnest trips.
Nolan: I feel like the Am Project has helped out my confidence quite a bit. I think the Am project experience gave us all a good look at what it means and takes to make it in the skateboard industry.
What was it like getting to work with a legend like Arto Saari on the Chicago trip and then landing on the cover of the CCS catalog?
Bolos: It was intimidating to work with Arto because he is the reason why some us skate the way we do. It was a very memorable experience.
Nolan: It was crazy going on a trip with Arto. At first it was intimidating, but once we got to know him and talk with him it was awesome. I would've never thought I'd be on the cover of CCS magazine. It was great to see all of us on it.
Sammy: Working with Arto was epic! Not only did he shoot great pictures, he's asuper chill guy and overall epic person. How has the Am Project helped your career thus far? Have you made any connections or walked away with legitimate sponsors because of it?
Bolos: It's convinced me to move to California and skate some more. I've made a few tight connections with you guys. No legitimate sponsors yet though.
Nolan: The Am project helped me get hooked up with Girl and Lakai and I'm hyped on that. Those have always been some of my favorite companies and I'm glad they help me out.
Sammy: Yeah, it feels good to talk to the main heads at company's and plus feels better toearn free gear for tricks.
Having experienced what it's like to be a full blown am for a year, what's your next move? Has it inspired you to keep going?
Bolos: Yeah, I decided to move to San Diego!
Nolan: My next move is to keep skating, filming, and having fun. We'll see what happens. What advice would you offer contestants for this year's contest in terms of making their videos and turning them in?
Bolos: Put all the big bangers in the first and last 30 seconds of the video.
Nolan: Some advice I would give to this year's contestants would be to just send their footage in. They really have nothing to lose. If I wouldn't of sent my footage in I wouldn't be here today.
Sammy: Just have fun, be yourself and skate your heart out.


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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida's freshwater supply is its top problem as it tries to maintain economic and residential growth, Agriculture Commission Adam Putnam said during a discussion Thursday at a leadership summit.
"If you think about the golden eggs that Florida depends on — tourism, agriculture construction — they're all dependent on water," Putnam said as he moderated a panel discussion at the first Sayfie Review Florida Leaders Summit. "This is a critically important issue and they're all inseparable."
But he noted that Florida has also historically made bad choices, such as trying to build a cross-state barge canal, straightening and then unstraightening the Kissimmee River and other water projects.
"There's been some chapters in our history where we didn't exactly get it right, and we need to get it right," he said.
The discussion came during a two-day summit organized by lawyer, lobbyist, GOP fundraiser and news aggregator Justin Sayfie. The meeting included a bi-partisan mix of leaders from state and local government, business groups, education leaders, nonprofit groups, the media and more.
Florida's demand for water is expected to increase by about 1.4 billion gallons a day to 7.9 billion gallons in the year 2030, said Melissa Meeker, former head of the South Florida Water Management District and current vice president of CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc., a global marine environmental consulting firm.
The state needs to find a sustainable water supply if it wants to continue to grow, attract new industries, meet agricultural needs and still protect the environment, Meeker said. While conservation is important, it won't be enough, she said.
"The easy things have been done already," she said.
She advocated for great water reuse, increased water storage and recovery and desalinization and other alternative water sources, saying tapping traditional sources are either too costly or unavailable.
"It's no longer acceptable for us to use water just once and then dispose of it," Meeker said.
She said that some of the 1.7 billion gallons of water that flows into the ocean and Gulf each day must be captured and stored for use.
"We have 1.7 billion gallons of water going to tide. Just lost forever," she said.
Author and journalist Cynthia Barnett, who specializes in water issues, agreed. But she also said Florida can do a much better job conserving water.
She said Florida should decide to use 2 billion less gallons of water per day by 2025 instead of 2 billion gallons more.
"I think it's that dramatic. I think we're that wasteful," she said. "It's possible to live very differently and live well and I think we will. I think we can still cut our water use in half."
The summit also features discussions on education, energy, tourism, transportation and more. Sayfie said he will make it an annual event.
"This is historic. We've never had a gathering like this in the state's history and we're going to build on it going forward each year," Sayfie said, adding that he hopes people will look at long-term issues facing the state. "Change happens so fast, we want to make sure that Florida is taking advantage of that."
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The Dallas Stars made it three straight wins, defeating the Anaheim Ducks, 3-1, at American Airlines Center Friday night. Trevor Daley, Jamie Benn and Loui Eriksson scored goals for the Stars. Kari Lehtonen stopped 20 of 21 shots for Dallas, which improved to 6-5-1 overall and 3-1-1 at home. Anaheim had a four-game winning streak snapped and fell to 7-2-1 on the season.
A tale of two periods
The Stars played probably their best period of the season, outshooting the Ducks, 16-7, and scoring two power play goals in the first period to take a 2-0 lead in the game. The second period was a much different story. The Stars got into some penalty trouble, the Ducks got some momentum and cut into the lead with goal late in the second to make it a 2-1 game heading into the third.
Stars clamp it down the third period
The Stars didn't give the Ducks much in the third period, allowing Anaheim just one shot on goal. The Stars extended their lead to 3-1 in the game when Loui Eriksson scored from the right circle with 7:14 left.
Benn stays hot
Stars forward Jamie Benn continues to rack up the points. He scored on the power play to give the Stars a 2-0 lead in the first period. Benn now has 6 points (4 goals, 2 assists) over the past three games.
Daley, Goligoski chip in
Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski was back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch in Wednesday's game at Edmonton. Goligoski picked up two assists and three hits in 21:35 of playing time.
Trevor Daley, who hadn't registered a point in the first 11 games of the season, scored the Stars first goal of the night, tallying off a point shot with the Stars on the power play.
First period
The Stars came out with a strong push early, outshooting the Ducks 8-1 over the first seven minutes of the game.
The Stars went on the power play just over eight minutes into the period when Brad Staubitz took a roughing minor in the offensive zone. The Stars took advantage, taking a 1-0 lead when Trevor Daley scored at the 8:48 mark.
Staubitz put the Ducks in a big hole later in the period, spearing Stars defenseman Brenden Dillon and picking up a major and a game misconduct. The Stars, who went on a 5:00 power play, scored 25 seconds into it when Jamie Benn roofed the rebound of a Brenden Morrow shot.
Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas and Ducks forward Corey Perry dropped the gloves in the first period. There were five roughing minors handed out during a scrum late in the first. The extra minor went to the Stars, giving the Ducks their first power play, which carried over into the second.
Second period
The Ducks opened the second with a new goaltender. Viktor Fasth took over for Jonas Hiller, who left the game with a lower body injury.
Just after the Ducks' power play expired, the Stars got a three-on-one rush, but couldn't cash in.
The Ducks went on their second power play of the game 2:44 into the second, but the Ducks couldn't take advantage of that opportunity.
The Ducks looked like they were going to have a great chance with just under 14 minutes left in the period, but Trevor Daley tracked down and poked the puck away from Kyle Palmieri as he tried to break in net.
The Ducks had the Stars pinned down in their own end for about four minutes, but couldn't take advantage.
The Ducks went on their third power play with 6:52 left in the period, but Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen came up big, making nice stops on Saku Koivu and Teemu Selanne.
The Ducks finally broke thorugh when Nick Bonino tipped a Luca Sbisa point shot past Lehtonen at 15:23 of the second.
The Ducks came close to tying the game a short time later, but Lehtonen made a sharp glove save on Daniel Winnik with Anaheim on an odd-man rush.
Third period
The Stars had a chance to extend their lead with a couple of power play chances early in the third period, but couldn't generate much.
The Stars were able to extend the lead with 7:14 remaining when Loui Eriksson roofed a shot from the right circle to make it a 3-1 game.
The Stars held the Ducks to just one shot in the third period.
Up next
The Stars don't play again until Tuesday, when they play at Edmonton to open a three-game road trip that will take them to Calgary and Vancouver as well.
Stars lineup
Lehtonen (starter)
Injured: Whitney
Scratched: Larsen, Garbutt, Wandell


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By now you've noticed the ads plastered all around the site about NCAA Football 2013 coming out, and primarily its feature that allows you to add a Heisman winner from the past to your team.
he EA Sports people have been kind enough to sponsor a couple posts to have you all respond and answer the question: What former Heisman winner would you like to have seen play for the 'Noles?
I wanted someone in a given year that would have put FSU over the top in that year. That means no Herschel Walker on the '96 Seminoles, etc.
I'm not picking anyone who played during the lost decade, because one player would not have made a difference on any of those teams.
So let's go back a bit.
I thought about Carson Palmer in 2002. But that was fringe lost decade and still a team with Jeff Bowden, and I'm not confident that Palmer turns 9-5 into 14-0.
1999 doesn't need anyone.
The '98 team doesn't beat N.C. State or Tenessee with Ron Dayne.
1997, Florida State had an awesome team. Green beats Rolle in the final minute for Florida. Is Charles Woodson that much of an upgrade? No. Plus, that loss is on the coaching staff for kicking the field goal.
I almost went with 1992, because if Miami doesn't have Gino Toretta, they probably don't beat Florida State. Though, again, stop kicking so many field goals. Plus, FSU had Charlie Ward and he ended up, well, I'm not replacing a Heisman winner with a Heisman winner.
1991, though is a two-loss season that could have been an undefeated year. FSU lost back-to-back games to Miami and Florida by the score of 16-17 and 9-14.
In both games, Florida State lacked a dynamic receiver. Amp Lee paced FSU with 69 yards v. Miami and Kez McCorvey had 89 against Florida. They were good, but they weren't future Super Bowl MVP winners.
The Heisman winner in '91? Desmond Howard. He scored 23 touchdowns in 1991, had a million return yards, and made big plays against good teams. Does Florida State beat Miami and Florida if Howard is returning kicks and catching passes from the Heisman runner-up, Casey Weldon? I just made that argument. Still, that's not my pick.
@TomahawkNation '91 losses were due to injuries on the OL not skill personnel. OL & Casey were beat up by the time those 2 games were played— Eric Luallen (@EricLuallen) July 15, 2012
[And after former FSU offensive lineman Eric Luallen chimed in, I am glad I didn't choose '91.]
But the one that stood out to me the most was 1987. Florida State won games by 24, 41, 17, 28, 51, 22, 59!, 28, 31, 14 and 3 (over powerhouse Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl). And lost one, by one, at home, 25-26 to Miami. FSU finished 11-1 and No. 2 in the polls, to Miami.
But put Tim Brown, the 1987 winner, on those Seminoles. Might it have been different? Florida State's leading receivers (Herb Gainer and Ronald Lewis) failed to break 500 yards.
Imagine if teams couldn't gang up against Sammie Smith? Going to put 8 or 9 in the box with Tim Brown flanked out wide? I didn't think so. And having the elite receiver on the field also opens things up for the run game. I'm sure Danny McManus would have loved that.
Tim Brown is the pick because Florida State was so close, and because it would also take away a title of a rival.
Who would you choose? Check out this list, and play by the rules (the Heisman winner, for the year that he won, on the 'Noles.) And in case you need help remembering the seasons, here's this helpful site.
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As news spread earlier today that UFC light heavyweight Tito Ortiz had been arrested for felony domestic assault against girlfriend Jenna Jameson, we knew it was only a matter of time before we'd hear from White.
Talking to TMZ.com, White underscored the seriousness of the charges, saying, "Other than going on a killing spree, being accused of domestic violence is the worst thing you can have going for you."
That might be overstating it a little – certainly there are a number of victims and incarcerated perpetrators of other violent crimes who would disagree with the remark – but in terms of the damage to Ortiz's reputation, White has a point. If Ortiz is convicted of domestic assault against Jameson, who says she'll be pressing charges, the stain on his career and legacy as a pro fighter would likely never be fully erased.
Of course, there are also concerns over Ortiz's continued employment with the UFC. White remarked that the UFC could release the fighter from the organization for the arrest, saying, "We're gonna be fair, but we could cut him."
It doesn't help the PR situation for the UFC that Ortiz can currently be seen as a coach on season 11 of "The Ultimate Fighter." Having a fighter who was just arrested on suspicion of assaulting the mother of his children showing up as a representative of the brand on Spike TV every Wednesday night certainly doesn't help the UFC's image, even if it's been widely rumored that Ortiz's coaching tenure doesn't last throughout the entire season.
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Andy Reid - Offensive Tackle
I'm not sure if you guys are familiar with Rotoworld's search function, but to say the least, it's horrible. Since they don't know anything about indexing, I use Google and search for things on Rotoworld as an alternate. I typed in "rotoworld andy reid" and this was on there. It was Clark's plan all along. Here you guys are bitching about our LT situation and Clark has placed our polished LT in front of our eyes and we didn't even know it. Andy Reid is the future.


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Alright, I know this is going to be the main topic of discussion throughout the season, albeit a very heated one. As many people have clearly stated there seems to be the group that absolutely believes Gordon needs to go and there are just as many people that believe Gordon absolutely needs to stay. I am in the camp of letting Gordon go and I will present my reasons why. I would like to have a reasonable, open discussion about the pros and cons of both options so feel free to reply with informative points from both sides of the coin.
Let's first talk bout the positives of Ben Gordon as a player. He is an unbelievable scorer, I would even say one of the top 10 in the league when he is on. When he catches a streak he is literally unguardable and throughout the season was our best scorer which is something that will be missed if we were to let him go. And I want to be clear how important this skill set is and how important his scoring is to this team, however I feel there are many more negatives to Gordon's game than this one very big positive and here they are:
Let's first talk about the money aspect. Now based on previous discussions I am going to guess that Gordon is going to be looking for somewhere between 8-10 million a year and probably on the lesser side considering the current state of the economy. And from Gordon's previous demands he is going to be looking for a long term contract. So let's say somewhere between 5 year/45 million. If this were the case we would have to move Hinrich to get below the luxury tax so therefore are two highest paid players would be Luol Deng and Ben Gordon. I am sorry but the Deng/Gordon combination as our two highest paid players are not going to get us anywhere in this league. Deng is already grossly overpaid and Gordon I feel would be too. There is no grand future for the Bulls with Gordon/Deng as our two largest contracts
Next let's talk about how Gordon affects our cornerstone of the franchise Derrick Rose. This might be the most important point because every off-season move will be based on how it affects Rose. I am very concerned that if we do sign BG long term it will negatively affect the development of Rose. As seen in the playoffs all our end of the game plays are centered around BG and BG also has the attitude that he is the closer of this team(shown by him basically forcing his way through whatever shot possible). I am not sure if BG will easily defer to Rose as he becomes more of a complete player and a superstar. I think the Gordon could cause a problem with this transition from him to Rose as the closer and I worry even more so that Gordon might prevent this transition from even happening. This is Derrick's team and I don't think BG can handle that or even wants to and that is a problem.
Finally let's talk about BG, the actual player. NOw, there is the common complaint of his defense which I do not think should be understated. First off, we are incredibly undersized in the back court with BG at the 2. We have no defense for bigger guards and with Derrick's poor defense this year and probably for a couple of more years are back court basically can not guard anyone. And if we were to sign BG we would have to let Hinrich go(easily our best perimeter defender) we would have no answer for any competent offensive guard. Our defense every game would be and a disadvantage. Gordon gives us nothing on the defensive end.
Now for his offense. Like I said before he is an unbelievable scorer and that should not be underestimated. However, is ball handling is very subject, all he really wants to is take his man one-on one(stalling the offense), he is not the greatest finisher around the basket(due to his height), but for me my biggest negative about him is his shot selection. Now I know that sometimes he does hit these ridiculous shots, but the 50% of the time and probably more times he doesn't make them he is wasting a possession. I can't count how many times in the playoffs where I have no idea what he is thinking with these shots and crucial points in the game. The one problem with him as being the closer of a team is that first, he doesn't pass, no matter what. if he is double teamed, triple teamed he doesn't care he will force a shot up, many times a horrible shot in a very critical time and second on the very important possessions there is a very good chance we will be getting a bad shot from him which is incredibly frustrating.
I just think that the cons and weaknesses of Gordon's game very much outweigh this one big positive of his game. And I know we will miss a big time scorer, but if BG is our big time scorer he is such a flawed bonafide scorer that he will not lead us anywhere. What I am saying is that we need to be careful in the scorer we get. And with the thinking that we will have a good chance and getting a Chris Bosh, Amare or any of the plethora of 2010 FA, Gordon will not bee needed and any of the just mentioned options are much better efficient scorers and easily more complete players. Let me know what you think.
UPDATE: Here is post I just found from bullsbythehorns.com that talks in detail about a debate between Hinrich/Gordon that I think helps illustrate my point.


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MALVERN'S Newtown Sports Juniors won the inaugural Worcestershire FA County Youth Under 12s Development League Cup final.
Played at Dyson Perrins Academy's new 3G football pitch in Yates Hay Road, Malvern, Juniors scored three second-half goals through Josh Theakston (2) and Elliot Cresswell.
They overcame a determined Kidderminster Lions 3-1 to lift the county cup.
Meanwhile, Newtown Sports Juniors under 14s are actively seeking new players to join this season.
A club spokesman said: "The coach is FA-qualified at level three (UEFA 'B') and provides a safe environment for children to develop their football skills."
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Throwing some dimes: Two ambitious Celtics
Once in a while, someone else's article catches my eye. Sometimes, it's because the article is so spot-on I wish I'd written it myself. Other times, it's because the article enlightens me with something I never knew. Still other times, it's because I disagree with whatever's written. No matter what the reason, I dish it off to another writer to make his/her point. You know, throwing some dimes.
1. Rajon Rondo thinks he can average 20 assists per game
OK, so how many assists per game does Rondo believe he can average this season?
Realistically, how many?
"Twenty," said Rondo, who did hand out 24 Oct. 29 against New York but hasn't exceeded 17 in any other game.
OK, why do you think that?
"Because we're shooting the ball extremely well," he said. "We're playing together and moving the ball."
Told that, to average 20, if he had 15 one game, he'd have to make up for it with 25 in another, Rondo said, "I know. I can count."
Twenty assists per game? Impossible. The record is only 14.5. Luke Harangody will be named President of the United States before an NBA point guard averages twenty assists.
I doubt even Rondo believes what he said. Twenty assists per game is an unfathomable number.
2. Big Baby wants to win the Sixth Man of the Year Award
But it's clear that if all the team expectations are met, Davis' individual hopes are tied to being in the sixth man finalist group at the end of the season.
"It's a goal of mine (winning sixth man of the year)," Davis told HOOPSWORLD. "It'd be unbelievable. So hopefully I'll get a chance to hold it (sixth man award trophy) up."
A more achievable task than Rondo's, but Davis still has a long ways to go. Even while piling up charges at a phenomenal rate, Davis will be unlikely to leapfrog competitors who post higher scoring numbers. Just look at Jason Terry — the Mavericks guard is averaging 18.1 points and 5.1 assists per game. It's going to be tough (read: almost as impossible as Rondo averaging 20 assists) for Davis to match that kind of production. He'll have to hope voters consider his defensive contributions.
3. A nice take on Delonte West
On Monday, West told FanHouse's Chris Tomasson that he believes he's a role model. A role model makes good decisions; West is realizing he needs to do the same. Except West is only a role model to other people with his disorder. His decision-making process isn't about a normal brain having good judgment, or teaching your children well. There is something different with his mind. If you're lucky enough to have the same problem (I am), then watching West try to negotiate the high-pressure world of professional athletics, to make precise choices on and off the court, is beyond encouraging.
West wants to be predictable, consistent, if not totally normal (contrast this with Artest). The romanticization of manic depression all too often assumes that being colorful, or wacky, is a given — a good thing, even. In sports, this probably isn't the best way to keep a job unless you're a superstar.
For everyone else, though, West can still hold meaning. Do you have a kid? When he or she asks about Delonte West, explain to him what he's done, why it might have happened, and how it's still possible for him to return to a place and live like a functional basketball citizen. That's not a role model, or an example. It's a lesson about people who are different, and accepting and understanding them and all that. Especially if they're trying like Delonte. Tell your kid that he shouldn't look to Delonte for guidance and values, because Delonte isn't sane. What he can learn from him, though, is something a lot less mundane. He can see what real courage and dignity look like.
Do yourself a favor and click on the link, then read the entire take from Bethlehem Shoals.
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I think, though, that Rondo's also challenging his teammates to get better. It's like he's saying, if you want me to average 20 assists per game you'd have to shoot better than that.
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Tesla turns in his grave: Is it finally time to switch from AC to DC?
- By John Hewitt on December 10, 2012 at 1:06 pm
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Voltage is king
To transmit power, voltage is king. The same power transmitted at a higher voltage requires less current — in fact a whole lot less current — and therefore less of that expensive copper, or aluminum as the case may be in high voltage wires. Less metal will make cables lighter and thinner. Support towers can therefore be shorter since current-laden wire won't lengthen and couple to the ground when unable to sufficiently disperse its heat. To transmit the same power as DC, an AC system will need to operate with a higher peak voltage, since most of the time the level is below that of an equivalent DC system. During the portion of the cycle when the AC is at lower voltages, efficiency is lost because, as above, voltage is king.
There is a limit though, to how high of a voltage your system would still see benefit. Above 100 kilovolts or so, corona loss, due to the high voltage ionizing air molecules begins to occur. These days, high DC voltage levels can be attained more easily with new technology employing small, high-frequency switching converters. A traditional bugbear for early DC transmission efforts included lightning strikes and other insults which would wreak havoc if not quickly isolated. New switches to handle these situations have recently been developed.
Some new projects, such as the Three Gorges Dam in China (pictured right), and undersea transmission lines and longer spans in the western US are now planning to use DC transmission. The question is how far will this new trend go? It would sure be convenient to do away with all those DC wall chargers for phones and computers, so why not run the DC to the doorstep? Instead of three lines for three-phase industrial power, business would only need one power line in addition to ground.
If widespread change does happen, hopefully it will be gradual enough to permit proper precautions to be put in place. Standard wisdom for handling AC electrical power will have to be re-written for DC by experience. Cartoonists, in particular, will be severely affected as they have by tradition used DC exclusively in their work. When Jerry hands Tom a DC live wire, Tom is unable to let go — to ensuing dramatic effect. With the rapid reversal of current in AC, the muscles relax long enough for you to release and pull away. Undoubtedly, there would be some safety issues like this to be ironed out, but it looks like high voltage DC transmission will be here to stay, at least for some applications.
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Awesome article. Why did Three Gorges choose DC? Also, how much LED light circuitry is for reducing the voltage and dumping the heat due to losses in that process? If you had a ready household source of 5V DC, how much would an LED light cost?
http://www.facebook.com/MatthewTuel Matthew Tuel
Probably as little as a standard incandescent does today. I suspect that regardless of what direction the grid goes, new homes and remodels will have the lighting circuits as 12V DC, with one transformer per circuit or leg. 12V would probably be ideal since many existing circuits would have longer runs, and 12V is only 1/10th of line voltage. We will still need 120V for appliances, I don't think anyone wants to use a "0″ or "1″ gauge wire to power a vacuum cleaner.
True. and on a safety note, the roomba uses a pretty big DC charger, and it is 24 volts I think. The charger has a tail that when not plugged in to the roomba, a child could put that in their mouth and if they byte down, they could get a real dangerous shock. Not real safe.
That's a good point. LED lights only work on DC power while incandescent lights don't care what kind of power is used.
So the LED lights have to convert the power, which wastes electricity and causes heat that LEDs hate. They would be even more energy efficient if we had DC power delivery.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yair-Yepez/100000555072149 Yair Yépez
The problem with current or voltage drop has little to do with the question of using AC or DC…it has to do more with the bad design / bad idea of having the power generation source hundreds ( thousands) of miles away from the comsumption end. Electric power should be generated "next door" or "next street"…"next neighbourhood" by the most and not "next town" as it is today. Distance is the worst enemy of electricity.
Even today we are designing renewable generation plants (wind, solar, and others) far away from where the electricity is needed. This is not only not-efficient but also fragile in case of war or an attack. We need to start producing electricity (aC or DC) in our roofs, in or backyards…inside our urban areas not miles away from it, afterall the true advantage of renewables is their low to zero emmisions…that allows us to have 'em nearby instead of toxic coal or gas fumes.
Can't argue with generating power on all scales, big and small, to be maximally responsive, fault tolerant and to empower different collectives with ownership. How about superimposing the AC on top of a DC bias for transmission so that the different needs of AC and DC end users can be solved in one transmission. If you need to power motors, just skim off the AC with the equivalent of a huge AC coupling capacitor?
Almost all consumer devices run off DC power. AC delivery is not on the basis of need, but on the basis of technology and power grid setup of the time – It was the most efficient process at the time.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yair-Yepez/100000555072149 Yair Yépez
Ok, let's imagine the next scenario: We all have DC installed at home, at office, at factories, everywhere. DC is available at everywall outlet.
Then…. what do we do with all the AC designed equipment, gadgets, and other stuff?? it is not a matter of a simple step-down transformer, we will need "DC designed/compatible" stuff. Batteries are not designed for DC recharging…DC recharges any battery faster (something that nobody other than Electric vehicles owners need) but shortens its life and limmits the batteries to be recharged to limited time for cetain period of time (something like once every 24hrs)….DC recharging is a high temperature process, that is waht shortens the betteries life.
DC motors are far less efficient than AC motors and they have the problem of friction. Compare a DC motored blender or vacuum cleaner with a silent, powerful and efficient AC motored one.
Light is where DC really comes handy. LED's will work better under DC voltages and they will not need integrated power supplies to work.
But even with this wonderful (no sarcasm intended) scenario the problem still is there. DC and HVDC also have current drop due to high distance transmission. Generating electricity (AC or DC) far is not an "energy lost free" design.
Distance is the worst enemy of electricity. Period.
I'm not going to really respond to this, because you obviously don't understand how many common gadgets/devices work.
For example: "Batteries are not designed for DC recharging"
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yair-Yepez/100000555072149 Yair Yépez
"Furthermore you keep pressing this "Distance is the enemy of electricity." thing.
That "sure" part is all that I wanted to hear. thanks.
About "there is no AC battery" you are right…and DC over the grid will eliminate the use of brick cables you are also right…but why bother?
Thanks for your comments.
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If I'm not mistaken batteries generally charge with DC power. For instance the charger of my laptop draws AC power from the outlet, converts it to DC with its rectifier and gives low voltage DC power to the batteries. I do not think any laptop battery (or any battery) is charged directly with AC power.
Where the wind blows, where the water flows, and where the sun shines.
This isn't a new problem, and it is not exclusive to renewables.
Traditional power plants have been located far away from urban centers due to the huge amounts of pollution they generated in the past – Poison fog and such.
While new plants are much cleaner, and most would be acceptable in cities today (except coal – but not for the reasons you think) It is still expensive and thought of as an eyesore to have a power plant on high value land in a city.
Your proposal is fairly ridiculous under today's infrastructure and technology. We won't have decentralized local power until consumer solar or small scale thorium reactors develop and mature and are adopted in sufficient numbers – decades out.
And you know what? Once that happens, DC will become even more favorable, so we'll still want to convert to it.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yair-Yepez/100000555072149 Yair Yépez
You said: "DC will become even more favorable, so we'll still want to convert to it."
That will happen when batteries, equipment, motors, compressors, electronics, and every other single gadget we now use. All of that, even 12V battery powered iPads, are designed for AC.
I own DC LED lamps, a DC fridge, and a DC blender…only the LED lamps are more efficient under DC, the others only become merely handy because they cna run directly form Batteries and Solar panels, but they are far less efficient than their AC similars.
DC, AC, HVDC….any of them have a problem…distance kills them.
"This will happen when BATTERIES, equipment, MOTORS, compressors, ELECTRONICS, and every other single gadget we now us. all of that, even 12V battery powered iPads are designed for AC.
I can't even begin to tell you how wrong you are.
BATTERIES ARE DC. PERIOD. Anything with a POWER BRICK is converting AC to DC. ALL SILICON BASED ELECTRONICS AND ALL LEDS are DC POWERED. You'll replace brick cords with just…a cheap power cord.
The power flowing from the cord into your iPAD IS ALWAYS DIRECT CURRENT.
More than 50% of the objects in our household have to convert AC to DC power, because that is what they use. If we converted to DC, we could plug them straight into the wall without a converter.
There are a few things that would still need AC. We would get a converter to convert from DC to AC for those objects, primarily brushless motors in three of your appliances – Heat Pump/AC, washer/dryer, and refrigerator compressor.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yair-Yepez/100000555072149 Yair Yépez
You are right…just as much as I am right when I say that the problem is not using either AC or DC to transmit electricity over long distance the problem is only one:
DC, AC, HVDC….any of them have a problem…distance kills them…and you know it is true.
I never disagreed with the distance problem. In my first comment, I said that it was always a problem and that renewables don't particularly change that.
I would also point out that HVDC is considerably more efficient than HVAC, and after a certain distance, overcomes conversion losses (From AC to DC and Back) – This is why they use HVDC lines at all.
And even though you deleted "iPad" from your list of "AC devices", it still doesn't make it look like you have the firmest grasp of all the complexities of AC and DC standards.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Yair-Yepez/100000555072149 Yair Yépez
Actually renewables are the only generation process that has real potential to be electricity generator "next door"…they are low to zero emmisions…that is enough to bring energy generation closer and forget about shifting form AC to DC to fix our grid design…the grid design is what is wring no matter the type of current used.
Thanks for keepthe dialogue alive.
He is right, the idea is sound. Only peoples attitudes are wrong, yours included.
Little bit superficial article John, don't you think? You should mentioned all the reasons why Chinese had used HVDC instead of AC transmission. And one of the most important is actually less expenses at some distances without any intermediate reactive power to reenergise the circuit but at the end of this HVDC cables you need to have very expensive station for converting DC to AC for voltage regulation. So in some cases (long distance underground or underwater cables) HVDC may be better solution but not as main energy source or energy transfer instrumentality but only as accessory way not the main stream. So rest assured that Tesla will not turns at its grave because he wasn't that kind of the man even if all together HVDC would be main solution for all energy transfer. Another reason is because he is not buried, his ashes is leaved to rest in metallic sphere in Nikola Tesla museum in Belgrade, Serbia.
Yea, it was a little superficial perhaps, part II will bear your comments in mind.
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There's no way this will be viable until we can make almost-lossless DC to DC converters (that can handle transmitting gigawatts of power, mind you) as cheap as we can make transformers. In Tesla's day this wasn't possible, but it's still pretty damn tough today. You just can't beat the transformer.
Let's not forget that AC lines are naturally ISOLATED from each other inside the guts of every transformer. This is useful from a reliability and safety standpoint. To do this with DC, we'd need optoisolators that can handle transmitting gigawatts of power… Yeah, that's not gonna happen.
Also, the reversibility of 3phase motors is incredibly useful.
The advantages of DC are attractive, however. Due to the RMS nature of AC voltage, we could increase voltages on DC lines to about 1.41% of what they are today and still avoid corona discharges. (This is a figure the author should have included to make his case. You know, the square root of 2 and all that.)
We would also be able to bury lines underground without worrying about the capacitive coupling as a problem. In fact, capacitive coupling would be advantageous on DC lines.
DC motors would be attractive too, since they can start under full load.
The author missed a LOT of stuff that could have made his case in this article, as well as a lot of stuff to refute his proposal.
http://www.facebook.com/hackwrench Robert Claypool
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root mean squared:i.e. the square root of the average voltage when squared. or in laymens terms the average voltage (ignoring +ve or -ve signs).
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I thought the problem with long distance DC was that both the positive and negative had to be connected to the source?
Don't know exactly. For various reasons, telephone companies here in the Northeast at least, preferred to use 24 volts DC, not positive 24 DC, but a NEGATIVE 24 DC.
In a small closed system, I would expect one could only run DC in one direction up to the point where there were no more electrons or charge carries left to carry them. The earth is pretty big though, and with cosmic ray input is definitely not a closed system.
Going to DC doesn't get rid of problems enumerated for AC, particularly in the arena of power transmission. If I look out my back window, I see a 500KV 3-phase AC transmission line originating about 200 miles away at Bonneville Dam. The high voltage is because power transmitted is equal to the voltage times the current passed through the line, but the current-carrying capacity of a line is determined by the conductor cross-section. That's why, for example, the battery cables in your auto are nearly the size of the cables feeding your AC panel. So pushing higher voltages through transmission lines means that a given size wire can carry more power. From that 500KV line, power goes to a nearby distribution substation where it's reduced to 6600V AC. That 6600V goes via buried cable to a disconnect box at my driveway, where it proceeds to a transformer in my front yard and is reduced to 240AC, center-tapped (120V-0-120V). Doing the necessary conversions using DC would entail a fairly high equipment cost at each voltage change. A transformer can easily put in 50 years of unattended service–I've not seen anything about the reliability of DC-DC converters working at similar voltages.
My heat pump, refrigerator and well pump all employ high-efficiency AC motors, as well as a shop full of stationary power tools, such as a lathe and vertical mill. It would be very expensive to replace them with DC equivalents–and they would likely be nowhere as efficient.
I think it would be fair to say that most DC-DC conversion entails some AC in the middle. For most switch-mode power supplies, that's certainly true.
I don't have anything against AC or DC per se, but I still see LED auto tail-lights that flicker like crazy as well as those damned LED Christmas lights that look like they're inhabited by a bunch of nervous ants. (Yes, I'm very sensitive to flicker) So DC does have its place also. Each type of power for its best application.
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We need HVDC lines so we can pump the power generated across our nation to where it is most needed. Sometimes the wind and sun will be shining everywhere and all will be good. However the backbone of renewable energy in the future will be based on an infrastructure of HVDC lines and the laws of large numbers. We'll have to overproduce so in those rare situations there are storms everywhere but in sunny California it will be enough to power the rest of the nation via the HVDC lines. And on those days it's windy and sunny everywhere we'll take the excess energy and produce hydrogen for the fuel cells used for transportation and such.
Tesla was moving toward high voltage pulsed DC anyways. In fact, there is a way of utilizing only ONE wire to transmit power and it does not provide the risk of electrocution.
Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcvSXQHvFLg
They're taking credit for what Tesla was already doing. Of course the technology today is more advanced with better materials to work with. So I wouldn't say that Tesla is turning in his grave.
Cheryl Auger
I thought this article was very interesting. The history of US power
supply could have gone either way – AC or DC, recollecting the San Francisco DC
line that still exists, and others that are gone. But, as the T&D industry transitions
over the next decade, there needs to more thought into the usefulness of the
grid and the resources. We don't have the ability to continue to squander our
resources, even with fracking. So while I hate to toss anything aside to the
landfill, I am disinterested in investing money into an antiquated T&D
system that is not useful or good for our future. And I believe that is where
we today.
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ac is used because its more efficient when traveling long distances
why do DC circuits carry more current than AC circuits?
At 50 or 60 cycles, Ohm's Law still applies where phase relationships are small.
For a given amount of power consumption, as voltage goes down, current must increase, and vice versa.
Given the complexity and cost of the equipment required to convert between AC and DC, it will remain an industrial level process until after we are all worm food.
The only place where DC works better than AC is where the current starts out DC and is used as DC, and all photovoltaic and wind power at the consumer level falls into that category. The only exception is in very large motors, and they can be powered by the appropriately sized inverter.
I'd say that the vast majority of the posters here would benefit from a basic understanding of newbie AC/DC education, which most libraries have a good supply of books regarding.
I do not remember the exact specifications or lamp type, but back in the 70′s or maybe early 80′s, in theWestinghouse Corporate Boardroom at their Headquarters in Pittsburgh,a DC Chandelier was installed. The cost was astounding, but the engineering phenomenal. The lamps were drilled directly into the conductor, which was the frame of the chandelier.
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Old Dominion's University theatre program won five awards at the annual Port Folio Weekly Awards for Theatrical Achievement ceremony Aug. 4.
The program's first musical, "Jesus Christ Superstar" was recognized as best musical. Its director, Christopher Hanna, was honored as best director of a musical, and Bruce Hanson's role as Pontias Pilate was singled out as best supporting actor in a musical.
The show's musical director, Kevin Long, received a special award for achievement in musical direction, both at Old Dominion and in the local community theatre. At ODU this year he also directed and musical directed "The Fantasticks" for the music department.
Playwright Chelley Merrill, who is working on her MFA in the creative writing program, was presented a critic's choice award for her one-act play, "Italy," which was produced at Old Dominion this spring.
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Okay I've been on the DN for about 3 months now, but I've checked this site plenty of times before. However, I've been too lazy to do any posts, so this is my first ever.
This Vikings vs Lions game means a lot more then ever, this game means to keeping the neophytes down. (Btw, neophyte basically means noob, but I learned this in class so I felt like putting it in here.) It's always been two games that Vikings fans knew that we would win, we've haven't lost to Detroit in the Metrodome since before I was born (yes, I'm that young). This game means that the bad teams are getting better, so every game now is not a free win. (although next week against the Chiefs might be. So far, in my life, things have been making things easier for beginners, the new Halo Reach update is making it easier for noobs, and drafting for the Lions is making them a better team. So, this game means pride and saving their playoff hopes for our Vikes.
We all know that the Vikings will get AD involved right from the get go, but I think the passing game needs to get jump started. I'm thinking a bomb to a streaking Berrian. Yes, you all think that Berrian is terrible, but we still do know that he doesn't have that much trouble with passes over his head and not in traffic. If this works the passing game will get started and will definately help our offense. I also think this will help Berrian with his confidence because his worst enemy is himself. This could help the Vikings to an early lead to a deep one to BB. After this, in the first half, still occasionally go deep to Berrian to see how this works. Now, pound the ball with doses of AD and Gerhart and the DL of the Lions is not the best at the run so the Vikings could wear them out. This could help the Vikings get about 17 points and keep them off balance if BB can catch those bombs. However, I haven't metioned our TE's and Harvin yet. Along with bombs and running the ball, have McNabb throw short passes to the TE's and of course just throw to Harvin and give him the ball. This could give the Vikings 24 points at the half.
2nd Half
This is the moment of truth here. In the 2nd half in the 2 previous games we haven't run the ball in enough in the second half. If we can keep pounding the ball to Gerhart and AD we can stay on the field longer and get something out of the drives we have. To get this though, we need Berrian to catch short slants, the Lions might be watching deep now and their LB's might be watching the run so these short slants are going to help. And of course in the Vikings can just get 10 points in the 2nd half we can win.
Keep safeties, Winfield and Griffen deep. The Vikes have done a great job lately of holding down big play WR's. And boy is Calvin Johnson one of them, if the Vikings can hold him down from making huge plays, it will make it easier for the rest of the game. The runs up the middle have been a problem for us and Kevin Williams will for surely help holing it down. Every team who plays Minnesota thinks that they will rip the D up with passes, but if the Vikings hold them down, at halftime they say "hey, the middle of the field is wide open". In the 2nd half the D will need to hold back Erin Henderson and Chad Greenway to hold down Brandon Pettigrew, Tony Scheffler, and Jahvid Best from ripping the defense with short passes. I say keep on blitzing in crazy ways in the 1st and 2nd half, but hold back in the 2nd.
I expect the Vikings to get to an early lead at the end of the 1st half and if they do these things said up here, we can win this game and keep the weak down where they were.
SKOL VIKES! And thanks for reading my first ever post at the DN.


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