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Ziva will be killed off in the season finaleOr she could end up killing Bodnar. That could potentially piss off quite a few people, SecNav included. As Cote De Pablo is in contract negotiations this year, her departure is a possibility. The Bodnar arc would allow for her to be written off in some way. None of the main cast died. However, Ziva, Tony and McGee resigned, their ultimate fates unrevealed until season 11, and Gibbs is off on a sniper mission of some kind. Unfortunately, the OP was right about Cote De Pablo leaving. At least she's been confirmed to do several guest appearances so it looks like she won't be leaving the show in a pine box.
Abby is Death
Gibbs is the incarnation of TyrNorse God of Justice? It explains so much, including his Offscreen Teleportation and what he does with the damn boats.
Each Member of Team Gibbs is out of Norse MythologyGibbs: Odin, natch. The Allfather is the Team Dad, his spear that never misses is a sniper rifle these days, his omniscient gut shows his allseeing foresight, and besides: who else could be THAT much of a badass. Abby: Freya, she's the team's heart and hospitality and spends all her off-hours doing charity work for things like Habitat for Humanity. And no one but the Goddess of Magic could do forensics quite like her, all by herself. DiNozzo: Loki, before he went to the darkside he was Thor's partner in crime: clearly why they're all being human is part of a trick to avoid repeating the same patterns again. He's silver-tongued, tricky, and Vitriolic Best Buds with... Kate: Thor, The Protector of Midguard was assigned to protect the President and, aside from Gibbs, she was probably the toughest character before Ziva appeared. Kate did not die, she just went back to Asgard. Ziva: Deadly dangerous, cold, beautiful, and her radio codename is usually Archangel. Do we even NEED to say Valkyrie? Chooser of the Slain indeed. McGee: Bragi: Inspiration Poetry and Divination, his presence is the reason Everything Is Online. He's even a famous writer. And you know how for ages he had to go get the coffee? Sounds like mead of inspiration to me... Ducky: a tricky one, Vakyrie is already covered for psychopomps and Hel was only goddess of the dishonered dead. But given he is the wise one in the basement, Gibbs confidant, and has to do with the handling of death, let's go with Mimir, guardian of the well of fate.
Jenny Sheppard's plot line is not over.Jenny was killed off, true; but we never found out the story behind her father. Isn't odd that, just as she was looking into him and had evidence that he was still alive, someone from her past magically finds her and kills her? The timing is suspicious. Whatever she was involved in isn't over yet.
Gibbs is secretly the (somewhat) mortal son of Chuck Norris
NCIS has a serious mole problemWe've caught one mole, but there have been several times when various other agencies have taken long hard looks at NCIS for moles, both before and after the resolution of the 'mole plotline.' There's still at least one mole in the organization.
In the last season or two of NCIS, the show will move away from its 'realistic' take, and feature a shadowy organization that was behind much of the earlier plot twists, including Jenny's death and Mossad agents tendencies to go rogue.We'll only find out about it after Eli David is rousted from Mossad and the agency falls under the evil organizations power. Said organization is probably connected to whoever Jenny Sheppard's father works for.
Rivkin's apology just before he died in Aliyah was not for dying, but for betraying Ziva.And he was drinking so much for the last few episodes of that season because he did not like betraying her.
Allison Hart didn't show up because Bell sent her; she got Bell off on her own.She'll turn out to be related to Shannon or one of Gibbs' early cases somehow, and is bent on revenge. But will instead wind up in love with him.
Tony was once a foster brother to Temperance BrennanSeems to be a popular fanfiction idea. Tony has mentioned a sister multiple times, despite being reminded he's an only child. Also, Bones was in the foster system for what seems to be quite a while, it's not impossible that at some point she was in the care of the DiNozzo family. Besides, the DiNozzos are rich, they could probably handle a foster kid or two.
It's the same boat.Whenever Gibbs finishes building it, he takes it apart and starts over. Why does he do this? Because he uses boat building in much the same way as other people would use model trains, or bonsai trees. It acts as a way for him to work off the stresses of the day.
NCIS-LA's missing agent Dom is actually a spy/Manipulative Bastard.The kidnapping is just a cover for him to return to whoever he ''really'' works for (they had to be really realistic just in case his car was bugged), and the next time we see him he'll be gloating over the Evil Plan he's pulled over the whole team.
NCIS is actually an alternate universe for the Stargate Verse.Let's face it, the sheer number of former Stargate actors appearing in the show cannot be an accident.
Kate actually ascended.She's not ascended! She's a reaper.
Abby's going to die in the season finale.Something major is going to happen, anyway.
Abby's right.Gibbs really IS a bit psychic.
Tim is bi-curious.Tony seems so adamant!
Gibbs got the boat out of his basement by using magic.There is no other solution - even Abby remained stumped.
Gibbs's mother was a redhead.Hence his attraction to them. Also, his daughter Kelly was a redhead, so she had to get the redhead gene from both parents. Jackson Gibbs did not have red hair, as seen in the episode "Heartland", so it had to be a grandparent from one side of the family at least.
Gibbs' mother was deaf.He knows sign language for no readily apparent reason. We know his father isn't deaf. There's never been any sign of any other close family members even existing. Seems to make sense. Further to this, in a Much Wilder Mass Guess, Gibbs may have inherited the condition that made his mother deaf, based on his statement, when asked if he was deaf or stupid, that he's "a little of both".
Vance will be killed or somehow removed from the director's position at some point.Now that we've learned his big secret, about the page he took out of his file, his big background event is resolved. When Jenny Sheppard's background event was resolved, she died. Based on precedent, it's not looking good for Leon...
McGee's mother was Gibbs� mysterious redheaded girlfriend during the first two seasonsHe did not know she was dating Gibbs until he saw her at the office and asked Tony and Kate what they knew about her to see if they were aware of his connection to her. He did not reveal he was her son because he got the job on his own and was afraid that his co-workers would tease him about it like they do about everything else. Finally the two of them looked quite a bit alike (the actress who played her, Vivienne Bellisario, is the real life mother of Sean Murray who plays McGee).
Gibbs will retire in the series finale.The final scene will be McGee hazing the new agent, and Tony will come up behind him and give him a Gibbs Slap.
Gibbs will die in the series finale.The final scene will be Gibbs in the afterlife reuniting with his family.
At some near-future we will have CGIS spin-off show.Hardly WMG, methinks.
The eyeball belongs to Agent KeatingHis teammates on the brief "new team", Langer and Lee, both turned out to be important and Keating did nothing. Now it's his turn to be killed by the plot.
The File Tony was handed in the finale of Season 8Was either about Ray or Kort. It's clear that those two are part of some new mystery, and we can pretty much rule out Gibbs or McGee as people who would betray their country.
Season 9 will be the lastSomething will lead to Gibbs deciding to finally retire for good this time, but will have likely solved some massive conspiracy. Of course, a flash forward will show that Tony and the gang still call to him much like he did with Franks.
The series won't end until the rest of the rules are revealed
Gibbs is a wizard.You know it's true.
When we'll find out how Gibbs get his boats out of his basement......we will find out for what G's name stands for.
Gibbs is the goddamn Batman.He got the boats out via the Batcave.
Jeanne and Tony WILL get back together in the series finale
The agent Tony is tasked with investigating at the end of Season 8 is on his own team.
Jenny bought Mossad information on The Frog with putting Ziva on the team.
The UST between Ziva and Tony shall be resolved on the Series Finale
Abby is a Spark.
There is an in-universe show about a fictional NCIS teamAnd it started about the same time as the real show did. That's why, after the first few episodes, hardly anyone ever asks who/what the hell NCIS is when the team flash their badges at civilians. At some point, the navy consultant attached to this show will be murdered, and Team Gibbs will be called in to investigate.
Ducky is Illya Kuryakin
Gibbs gets the boats outBy wishing them to the cornfield.
Ray Cruz was a fall guy for the CIA
Gibbs is a Jumper
Tony and Ziva both took the bed in Paris
Gibbs is the Angel of Death
Shannon and Kelly are not dead.
Gibbs dies protecting Abby from the explosionI can't think of any other way I think he would find more preferable.
The "her" in Tony's Bucket List's part "Tell her" is Ziva......because he wants to tell her that he has been in love with her for years but never had the courage to actually tell her, so he hid behind his "clownish" persona. And then Ziva will tell him that she felt the same.
If Michael Weatherly ever decides he's done with the show, here's how they'll handle his departure...They won't kill him off the way they did with Kate. No no no. Instead, they'll pull a little something like this...his mother is dead. We know that. But how did she die? Well, recently it was suspected that Robert Wagner managed to off his lovely wife Natalie Wood by pushing her overboard while she was drunk so she would drown. (Which has always bothered me, since Wood was known to be terrified of the open water, so why would she be on a yacht anyway, drunk or not?) Well, perhaps in-universe they could pull a reference to this and have it so that by the twentieth season finale or whatever ('cause I can see this show easily running as long as the original Law & Order, or even longer) we can get a story arc where it's found out that Tony Senior did it, in much the same way, and Tony Junior will be forced to arrest his own father. After which point he'll be so shocked by what has happened that he'll just decide to retire from NCIS - and not return the way Gibbs did between seasons three and four.
Gibbs shot La GrenouilleWe know he gave a spare magazine to Shepard, we know she gave it back to him the next morning - but we don't know that it's the same magazine that has the tell-tale defect.
Vance and Sec Nav served together in the NavyAnd Crimson Tide is a prequel movie. After the failed operation in Amsterdam in the early 1990s, Vance returned to the Naval Academy under the assumed name of Derek Westergard to escape the assassins hunting him, and was deployed aboard the USS Alabama alongside the future Sec Nav. During this timeframe he met his wife, who is referred to in the movie. Following the events aboard the Alabama in October 1995, both he and Sec Nav either quit the Navy or were discharged. Vance went back into law enforcement, and in order to escape the disgrace of the incident eventually dropped the "Derek Westergard" identity once the danger of assassination was deemed to have passed, (though as the events of Enemies Foreign/Enemies Domestic proved, this may have been misguided).
The home-soil threat that Morrow mentioned is a private security firm called Ravenwood.As we know, Morrow told Vance that the deaths of Eli David and his Iranian counterpart were distractions to keep people off-base while the real threat to America's future was a home-grown menace. What better menace than a bunch of right-wing whackjobs and corporate jerkwads trying to start their own country? And what better way to stop it than getting Super-Kill Guy Jethro Gibbs to fix the problem?
When the events of Revolution occurred, this show came to an abrupt end.When a worldwide, supposedly permanent blackout occurs, the television becomes useless. Unfortunately, that causes TV shows to become extinct along with the television.
Abby will get her own Spin-Off and it will be an Animated Adaptation.
Lt. Columbo is a real person in the NCIS universe.In that episode that featured the private detective in the raincoat, McGee compares him to Columbo. The series is known for dropping lots of film references but they never state anything to the effect of "he's like a real life Columbo", McGee simply says he's like a private detective version of Columbo. So what? Well if you've watched the Columbo films, you'd know that he'd made the news multiple times over his career- he was already regarded as a top detective when the series began, some of his cases made Los Angeles news, his case aboard the cruise ship made national Mexican newspapers, and the incident from "Columbo Cries Wolf" made major international news. Lt. Columbo is a major celebrity amongst law enforcement, so it's not unlikely that McGee would know who the man is. Perhaps the production staff was hoping for Peter Falk to make a cameo by name dropping Columbo in such a manner? It didn't happen as Falk's health was already in bad shape by then, and he died a few years ago.
Gibbs wasn't trying to kill Fornell at the end of Season 10.He was trying to protect him, and from whom will be revealed in "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot."
Ivan is going to be the Big Bad of season 11, or at least be a major antagonist.He's stated to be one of the most powerful mob bosses in America, and Tony just destroyed his one chance to avenge his son's death. He is not going to let this one slide.
Ziva will return at some point during the next two seasons...With an infant daughter. After it is revealed that she and Tony conceived her before they said goodbye early in Season 11, Tony will resign from NCIS and join Ziva in Israel where they will raise their daughter together.
It will be revealed Ziva left the group and went back to Israel because she is dying of AIDSZiva was held in Somalia for several months during which time it is canon that she was tortured. It is pretty much a rock-solid certainty she was repeatedly raped during that period (it's hinted as much in the show when Ducky says that a lot of thing happened to her that she hasn't revealed). Given the prevalence of HIV in that area, it would be something close to a miracle if she hadn't been infected. She also had no medical treatment during that period, exacerbating the progress of the disease. her behavior, going back to her roots and retracing her life/trying to make amends all fits that hypothesis. She's dropped off the grid because she wants her friends and NCIS family to remember her the way she was. Ducky knows she is HIV-positive and moving rapidly into full-blown AIDS but has kept quiet at her request.
Ziva never really made mistakes with English idioms.Knowing when she joined the team that she was going to scare people, she set out to cultivate some trait that would make her seem less perfect and slightly funny, while not affecting her professional competence. Her English is never faulty when it matters, and most of her malapropisms are too amusing to be real mistakes.
Jenny's father was murdered by the C.I.A.He was on the verge of innocently exposing illegal covert operations, so the Agency ordered him killed. And Trent Kort, in his first C.I.A.-sanctioned kill, did the deed. Thus, Kort killed both Jenny's father and the man Jenny mistakenly blamed for killing her father.


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A little bit of controversy was stirred this week when the media got a hold of the dress code implemented by the Hulk Hogan restaurant in Florida. When the WWE legend found out that some people were offended by it, he called the owner of the place and demanded that they take it down. TMZ revealed that Hogan doesn't actually own the establish. He simply licenses out his name for them to use.
September 26, 2014
Earlier this week, wrestling fans were stunned to find out that Sean OHaire had committed suicide by hanging himself. TMZ has now revealed that he did try to get help over the last six years. It is being reported that OHaire attended rehab six times, and they were all paid for by WWE. Unfortunately, though, his addiction to alcohol became too much to overcome.
September 12, 2014
While it normally takes a while for the cause of death to be revealed, it looks like we do not have to wait in the case of Sean OHaire. TMZ, which has been known to cover things related to WWE and professional wrestling in general, is reporting that the former tag team champion committed suicide by hanging himself. Reports are also stating that it was his father who discovered the body.
September 10, 2014
In a sign of just how popular and mainstream Jake Roberts was during the 1980s, several media outlets provided coverage of the WWE legend being sent to the hospital this week. TMZ does a good job of covering wrestling, so they were on the ball with the Roberts story. Huffington Post and USA Today, which does not feature much about the industry, even covered the story.
August 29, 2014
Hulk Hogan has a knack for drawing attention. That's why he has made millions of dollars in his career. The former world heavyweight champion has pulled TMZ in and brought extra attention to WWE this week by exaggerating his supposed real life feud with Brock Lesnar. Hogan is pretending to have backstage heat with Lesnar because the former UFC champion called him "grandpa".
August 21, 2014
In a landscape changing bit of news, it is now being reported by TMZ that Spike TV officials have informed TNA that they will not be renewing their television for Impact Wrestling, which means that Dixie Carter and company are now scrambling to find a new home. People in the industry know that without a national television deal, it is hard for a company to maintain and grow.
July 28, 2014
TMZ has quite the fascination with WWE nowadays. The tabloid website recently reported that Nikki Bella, who recently received her real estate license, was spotted showing homes to Cameron and her boyfriend. The couple is getting pretty serious and is wanting to move in together. Cameron, who is one of the stars of Total Divas, stated that she wants a five bedroom place.
July 21, 2014
When WWE announced that they were releasing several performers from their main roster earlier this month, it caught a few of them by surprise. JTG, however, was well prepared for his release. He had been expecting it for quite some time now. There was an incident a while back where he received major backstage heat from management for speaking out about payment. Since then, his days with WWE were numbered. JTG recently revealed to TMZ that he had started planning around the release way before it took place.
June 23, 2014
A bit of a buzz was created for Cryme Tyme over the weekend, thanks to an interview on TMZ, where Shad Gaspard and JTG informed the fans that they are now teaming up again on the independent wrestling circuit. Gaspard decided to fan the flames even further when he posted on Twitter that the duo should contact Dixie Carter about perhaps signing a contract with TNA.
June 23, 2014
The decision to invite members of the Dallas Cowboys to Slammiversary 2014 proved to be quite an effective marketing move, as TNA was able to garner some mainstream media coverage from George Selvie being involved in a segment with James Storm and Mr Anderson. Among those that covered the incident were Dallas Morning News, TMZ, Fox Sports, CBS and a variety of local affiliates.
June 16, 2014
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Charles Robinson had suffered a gruesome injury while working with the ring crew at a WWE live event in Saudi Arabia. The longtime referee nearly lost his thumb, but fortunately, the company doctor was able to save it. The story was actually big enough for TMZ to pick up. The mainstream gossip website even posted some graphic images of the thumb.
April 22, 2014
In a very classy move by the company, WWE sent two senior officials to Arizona to help the family of the Ultimate Warrior after his death. The move took place almost immediately after the legendary performer died of a heart attack. The story has been picked up by TMZ, and the company has received quite a bit of praise for doing such a good deed.
April 14, 2014
TMZ has a video of Lilian Garcia doing karaoke at a bar in New Orleans during Wrestlemania 30 weekend. It was the same venue where Pat Patterson was singing earlier in the week. Spotted in the crowd were Al Snow and Chris Masters, two former WWE stars. For those that are not aware, Lilian actually is a singer in a band.
April 6, 2014
There are rumors floating around that WWE is going to be asking Jerry Lawler to stop wrestling matches at independent shows. The company was initially against it anyways because they were worried that an accident would bring heat to the company. Vince McMahon is said to be especially leery now that TMZ has published a story on the situation.
April 2, 2014
The relationship between Jim Ross and Vince McMahon has gotten worse. A lot of fans noticed recently that JBL and Jerry Lawler participated in a segment that bashed Ross. That was done because McMahon was upset with Ross for telling an embarrassing story about him that ended up being covered by TMZ. The jabs may continue in the coming weeks, depending on how McMahon feels.
March 14, 2014
TMZ recently caught up with Hulk Hogan at the airport, and the legendary WWE performer gave a quick interview. He plugged his return to the company and the launch of the WWE Network. When asked about CM Punk, he stated that he was not aware of the details behind the situation, but also stated that he hopes Punk is just on a short vacation.
March 9, 2014
TMZ has picked up some further details on the death of Big Daddy V. It has now been revealed that the former WWE star was cremated, and his wife plans on putting his remains into pendants and necklaces and giving them away to his loved ones. That is actually a custom in some parts of the world when a person passes away.
March 1, 2014
Since WWE has signed their father to a contract again, Nick Hogan and Brooke Hogan will be making an appearance at Wrestlemania 30 as well. Nick was interviewed by TMZ over the weekend, and he stated that he and his sister would definitely be at the show. He joked that his mother, however, was not likely to be there.
February 24, 2014
Initially, WWE was not going to reveal the Hulk Hogan return until hours before Monday Night Raw, but management was forced to issue a press release because TMZ beat them to the punch. There are also those backstage that are questioning Vince McMahon privately about not making the announcement on television last week.
February 23, 2014
Prior to his death, Big Daddy V had started taking steps to improve his health. The former WWE reportedly lost 100 pounds in the span of six months. It was confirmed by his wife to TMZ after his death. Doctors had advised him that his blood pressure was at a high level. Unfortunately, though, he died from a heart attack last weekend.
February 22, 2014
Since WWE wants to make this is a big edition of Monday Night Raw, the company has enlisted the help of Hulk Hogan and friends to help spike the ratings. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash have already been confirmed for an appearance, and there are talks that an nWo reunion could be taking place. Another person from Hogan's past has now been added as well. Paul Orndorff is scheduled to make an appearance tonight.
August 11, 2014
The white and black is headed back to WWE next week when Monday Night Raw comes to us live from Portland. Hulk Hogan will be celebrating his birthday on air, and he has a couple of buddies coming back to join him. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash have reportedly been confirmed for the event, and the belief is that WWE will be doing some sort of nWo reunion to boost television ratings.
August 6, 2014
Reports are surfacing about an incident between Scott Hall and a terminally ill kid with brain cancer at a wrestling convention, and it is making the former WWE and WCW star look like a really bad human being. It is being said that Hall refused to sign a birthday card for the 6 year old boy, who may only have a little bit of time left to live. Several other wrestlers took the time to do the kind deed for the kid.
July 31, 2014
It looks like the longstanding real life backstage heat between Goldberg and Scott Hall has now ended. The disdain between the two sides started when both were working in WCW. Goldberg has publicly stated that Hall was unprofessional and careless in the ring. The two of them were spotted together at a wrestling convention in Arizona recently, and they appeared to be cordial with one another.
July 28, 2014
A lot of rumors have been floating around as of late in regards to the condition that Scott Hall has been in at conventions and independent wrestling shows. Promoters and fans have been accusing the former WWE star of being in really bad shape, which has led to speculations that he might be losing his battle against sobriety. Sean Waltman, however, has been telling people that Hall is under heavy medication because of recurring pain from his hip surgery.
June 26, 2014
For a period of time there, it became a running joke whenever Scott Hall was booked to appear at an independent wrestling event because a lot of people did not expect him to fulfill his obligations. After turning his life around, it looks like Hall might be relapsing a bit. Several promoters across the country have stated that Hall has been showing late to events and looking in rough condition when he does show up.
June 23, 2014
After announcing his retirement from UFC, Chael Sonnen posted a quote on his Twitter account that stated, "Bad times don't last, but bad guys do." The comment caught the attention of Scott Hall, who proceeded to criticize Sonnen for stealing the line that he made while being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. This appears to be a misunderstanding as Sonnen is a big fan of wrestling and has used several quotes over the years.
June 22, 2014
While a lot of independent wrestlers are hoping for just a chance to do a tryout with WWE, Cody Hall is on the other side of the fence. The son of Scott Hall has turned down the company several times, stating that he does not want to join their developmental program until he establishes himself on the indies and internationally. Hall wants to achieve things on his own merit.
June 5, 2014
The Smackdown taping had some familiar faces backstage this week. Ric Flair, Scott Hall and Jake Roberts were all visiting the company yesterday. Hall, who was there with his son Cody Hall, was there to tape some footage for the WWE Network. Flair was rumored to be there to discuss his upcoming role with officials. Roberts stated that he was simply visiting since the show was in Atlanta.
May 28, 2014
A familiar face recently showed up at the Accountability Crib. Chris Jericho stopped by the house that is now famous for hosting Jake Roberts and Scott Hall as the duo cleaned up their lives, thanks in large part to the assistance of Diamond Dallas Page. Jericho was there to do a podcast interview with Roberts and DDP, which will be airing soon.
May 24, 2014
There are a lot of rumors floating around right now about Scott Hall, with many believing that he has fallen off the wagon again after some vague comments from Jake Roberts and Diamond Dallas Page. We do know that Hall was in the hospital this week. While many are speculating that it has something to do with drugs or alcohol, the former Intercontinental Champion is stating that he was only there for a heart checkup.
May 24, 2014
A potentially interesting situation is developing with Scott Hall again. The former Intercontinental Champion is scheduled to show up at the next Smackdown taping to film an interview segment that will be aired on the WWE Network. Hall recently skipped out on an independent event because of a rumored relapse. It will be interesting to see if he makes it for his WWE appearance.
May 24, 2014
After turning his life around, it appears that Scott Hall might be regressing a bit. News broke out recently that the former WWE star canceled out on an event in California. Hall cited medical issues as a reason. However, both Jake Roberts and Diamond Dallas Page have made statements recently that make it seem like there is more to the Hall situation than we currently know right now.
May 17, 2014
A status update on Twitter, where Drew McIntyre joked about how he and his father are joining the Clique. The two of them recently hung out with Sean Waltman, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall backstage, as pictured.
May 1, 2014
During a recent interview, Diamond Dallas Page revealed that Jake Roberts no longer lives with him. Prior to moving out and getting his own place, the WWE legend was living for free with DDP, who was helping Roberts get his life back on track after years of addiction and abuse. Page had done the same thing for Scott Hall, who has been living on his own for the last year now.
April 23, 2014
"Roddy Piper is a deranged old fool. He got bitch slapped to the floor. Hulk Hogan, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall and Eric Bischoff were in the room. Let it go, Rod. Pod cast invite?" - Kevin Nash telling a backstage story about Roddy Piper and mockingly asks for an invitation to do a podcast interview
April 20, 2014
In an effort to show new fans that the company is capable of drawing in the big name performers in the industry, TNA has added alumni profiles to their roster page on their official website. Some notable names on there are Jeff Jarrett, Sting, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Mick Foley, Hulk Hogan, AJ Styles, Brooke Hogan, Ric Flair and Rob Van Dam.
April 18, 2014
A picture of Scott Hall and Ultimate Warrior backstage at the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony that took place during Wrestlemania 30 weekend.
April 12, 2014
Since they were inducted into the hall of fame during Wrestlemania 30 together, Scott Hall and the Ultimate Warrior will forever be linked. With the sad death of Warrior spreading throughout the world, Hall went on Twitter to post this special message about his fellow WWE legend.
April 9, 2014
Since they're both being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this weekend, Scott Hall and Jake Roberts decided to throw a little party at the House of Blues in New Orleans on Friday night. Big Show, Diamond Dallas Page and Ric Flair were all on hand to celebrate with Hall and Roberts. All five of them even went up on the stage together.
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HM Plant Honda's Cal Crutchlow is currently in Japan ready for his second Suzuka test with Moriwaki ahead of the Eight Hour. The 22-year old from Coventry had a successful test and 300K race at Suzuka back in June, and has returned ahead of preparations for the Eight Hour on July 29. He'll be out on track tomorrow and Wednesday ...
Rob Hull,
30 June 2008 14:18
James Ellison's decision to test a new traction control system on his number two bike during practice and qualifying for the Mallory Park round of British Superbikes cost the former MotoGP rider dear come race day. Ellison has two machines in the Hydrex Honda squad – one with HRC kit electronics that he's used all season and the second with Pectel electronics as ...
Rob Hull,
22 June 2008 23:35
Valentino Rossi was less than enthused by having to settle for second place at Donington Park in his 200th MotoGP start. The seven-time World Champion couldn't match the pace of the reigning World Champ, and was left to partake in yet another Pedrosa versus Rossi epic battle to decide on second spot. And it was the Italian who won through, ...
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22 June 2008 21:25
Factory Kawasaki rider John Hopkins had yet another MotoGP weekend to forget, retiring from his third race out of the last four. Hopkins was one of the unlucky riders who got caught up at the first turn with James Tosleands unexpected high-side, and after battling his way back into contention suffered yet another mechanical failure. "It's difficult to express how ...
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Scott Redding has become the first Brit rider to win a 125 GP since Chas Mortimer in 1973 with an incredible victory making him the youngest rider in history to win a Grand Prix! The 15-year old sent a massive home crowd wild with a stunning victory performance. Redding, who also became the youngest rider in history to qualify on ...
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Leon Haslam has started his home British Superbike round as he means to go on, putting in the fastest time of the opening day at Donington Park this bank-holiday weekend with a 1.32.152. Haslam set the time in the second free practice session which was hit by two red flag incidents, both involving Riders Racing's Martin Jessopp. Martin Jessopp crashed ...
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British Superbike Championship leaders Airwaves Ducati will not be racing at Donington Park for round four of the season due to concerns over extra weight being added to their machines. Team Owner Darrell Healey has withdrawn the team who lead both the riders and teams standings, due to a safety concern with the recently added regulation. It was announced on ...
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HM Plant Honda's Leon Haslam has been stripped of his fourth place position in race two by British Superbike organisers after he was deemed to have ridden carelessly in the course of a meeting. Haslam and Sykes clashed for the second race weekend in a row as the pair battled for the lead of race two at Oulton Park. The ...
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Heidi Montag's mom Darlene is livid with her plastic surgery-obsessed daughter.
When Heidi underwent 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day, The Hills star kept those plans secret from friends, and even her family. For very good reason.
Now, nine weeks after her "dramatic transformation," which actually didn't change her as much as the first batch of surgeries she got, Montag's mom knows.
And Darlene Egelhoff is pissed.
"I still can't believe I'm 23 and mom is reacting this way," Montag confessed to People. "I'm nervous to go home and face her. Especially with cameras rolling."
CYBORG: Heidi is more Barbie than human. [Photo: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com]
A source close to the family says Darlene is even more upset than when she brought home Spencer Pratt, or when she heard Heidi's terrible debut album.
"She is horrified and having a total breakdown," a source says of Heidi Montag's mother. "She lost it. She can't wait to confront Heidi when she goes home."
The Colorado resident will get her wish soon, as "Heidi is planning to head back to her small town of Crested Butte very soon," says a source close to the 'Tag.
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Poor Darlene, how much more can she take from that shallow daughter,, me me me,It's my life .. blah blah
i love darlene!!
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I cant believe she thought keeping all this from her parents was a good idea. She's only 23!!! Personally I think she's after ruining her face. Bet Spencer was all for it! Loser!
I feel sorry for her Mother, she is so lucky to have a wonderful Mother and she could care less, Heidi only cares about Heidi and that loser Spencer...she embarrssed her whole family, and looks like a FREAK!
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Interviews with MBA students on why they chose to do an MBA and insights into their course and school
Why MBA: MIP Politecnico Di Milano – Italy
Monica Hornung Cattan used her MBA degree from MIP Politecnico Di Milano in Italy to make a career switch to sustainability development in Singapore.
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Why MBA: Cass Business School – London
Conor McVeigh used to be a financial trader but turned to Cass Business School's MBA program in London to transition into management consulting.
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Why MBA: Henley Business School – UK
An entrepreneurial spirit encouraged Baini Alfian to pursue an MBA in the UK after a law career. Now, she is hoping to take off in the aviation industry.
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Why MBA: The University of St. Gallen – Switzerland
After working with Goldman Sachs, Infosys and Unilever in IT, Ahneeshkumar Pujari is hoping to use his MBA to transition to the financial sector.
posted on: 10/08/2014
Why MBA: IE Business School – Spain
After finishing an MBA Sokho Trinh launched an online start-up, but now works in a business development role at Genpact, the listed IT services giant.
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MBA Uses Rocket Internet To Launch Consulting Career In Silicon Valley
Tiffany Hopkins used her MBA to land a job at start-up incubator Rocket Internet, but now she consults technology companies in Silicon Valley.
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Why MBA: ESADE Business School
ESADE graduate Kian Peng Ng is using his MBA to transition from the public to private sector after an internship at Deutsche Bank in Germany.
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Why MBA: EMLYON Business School – France
Renewable energy enthusiast Filippo Comelli is heading to a new life and career in Cape Town after finishing his MBA at EMLYON in France.
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Why MBA: Sauder School Of Business
Brad Fossen ran his own consulting firm and after beginning an MBA in Canada he has landed an internship at a private equity firm – but he doesn't fit the corporate mould.
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Why MBA: University of Bath – School of Management
Julie Butterworth used an MBA in the UK to transition from her previous life a professional ballet dancer to a hugely successful entrepreneur.
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Why MBA: Imperial College Business School – London
MBA graduate George Shayeb explains the benefits of studying in London at Imperial College Business School, and how an MBA allowed him to connect with start-ups.
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Why MBA: Cranfield University – School of Management
Max Khismatulin moved from Russia to the UK to study an MBA – and he thinks his Cranfield MBA will allow him to move into a senior position in the construction sector.
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Why MBA: Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance
After studying in Canada, Bobby Huang enrolled on SAIF's renowned finance Master's program, and landed a job at Deloitte in Shanghai.
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Why MBA: MIP Politecnico Di Milano, Italy
Antonio Gallo Toro has risen through the ranks at Mitsubishi Electric to lead the company's Middle Eastern effort - but he needed an MBA to beef-up his mostly engineering-focused background.
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Why MBA: Melbourne Business School, Australia
Nic Lee spent seven years consulting in the ICT industry with Terra Firma, one of Australia's leading firms, but began a part-time MBA in Melbourne to take his career to the next level.
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Why MBA: Henley Business School
Joe Duhan, a former RAF regiment officer, juggled his career and an executive MBA at Henley Business School. But now on the other side, he plans to become a management consultant.
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Why MBA: Aston Business School, UK
Dhiti Nanavati explains why UK-based Aston stood out for her as a business school, and why she wants to go into strategy at a major information security company post-MBA.
posted on: 07/04/2014
Why MBA: China Europe International Business School
CEIBS' Finance Club president and MBA student Daniel Shi explains why he chose Shanghai for his MBA, and why he is banking on a career in finance.
posted on: 06/20/2014
Why MBA: Hult International Business School
Hult International Business School graduate Baltasar Pena banked a finance job in Boston, and credits his globally-focused MBA program for making it happen.
posted on: 06/08/2014
Why MBA: Melbourne Business School
Management consultant Jason Widjaja chose Melbourne Business School because of the location, international cohort and world-class faculty.
posted on: 04/08/2014
Why MBA: Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Ukrainian-born MBA Oksana Chetyrko's cosmopolitan nature has taken her from Eastern Europe to the US and says the Tuck MBA has pushed her to her intellectual limits!
posted on: 08/06/2013
Why MBA: Bradford University School of Management
German mechanical engineer and technology entrepreneur Metin Zerman has joined Bradford to help bring his online lending-library to market
posted on: 02/25/2013
Romanian-born Yvonne Pop worked at Oliver Wyman and in venture capital in the US before heading back to Europe for the IESE MBA
posted on: 12/10/2012
Why MBA: ESSEC Business School
Lebanese telecoms executive Samer Farhat has led strategic projects in Europe, Africa and Asia, but the ESSEC Global MBA adds a new dimension to his profile!
posted on: 10/11/2012
Why MBA: University of Bath School of Management
A career at KPMG took auditor Sarah Tatham from South Africa to New York City, but she headed to the UK for an international experience and a career change!
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text: Pollution Control in Energy Conversion Processes 22nd April 2009 Children's Club Lecture Current World – Characteristic Features Population Explosion Rapid Industrialization Urbanization What is Pollution? Ecological Imbalance 1. What are energy conversion processes? 2. In what way energy conversion processes lead to pollution? 3. What strategies need to be employed to make the individual energy conversion processes more user friendly and environmentally benign? Typical Energy Conversion Processes: From To Thermal Energy Mechanical Energy Electrical Energy Thermal energy Heat exchanger Steam turbine Thermo couple Mechanical energy Refrigerator, Gear box Electrical generators heat pump Chemical energy Furnace Diesel engine Fuel cell Nuclear energy Fission and fusion Nuclear Nuclear reactions steam turbine power plant The 1952 Tragic Episode of London Smog a b c (a) Degradation of a sandstone monument in the garden of The Danish Museum of Art and design, (b) Nelsons Column during the Great Smog of 1952 (c) Impact of the 1952 London Smog Upto 1000 tonnes of smoke particles, 2000 tonnes of CO2, 140 tonnes of hydrochloric acid and 14 tonnes of fluorine compounds. 370 tonnes of sulphur dioxide were converted to 800 tonnes of sulphuric acid Peak values of SO2 and smoke were estimated to be about 14, 000 μg/m2 Some Dangerous Pollutants Lead in Petrol Small Suspended Particulate Matter Photochemical smog Mobile Sources of Pollution Chlorofluro carbons (Ozone depletion) Pollution Control Strategy Vehicles with alternate fuels (carbon free fuels) Improving the efficiency of energy conversion process An eco-friendly car model assembled with plastic vehicle parts and proposed to run on alternate fuel Lead in Petrol Knocking problem: Knocking or detonation is the instantaneous explosive ignition of atleast one pocket of fuel/air mixture outside the flame front. Leaded gasoline was considered as one of the world's greatest environmenta disasters Organolead compounds - On 9th December, 1921, Thomas Midgley Hydrocarbons and MTBE to increase the octane number – Carcinogens Strategy to get away with polluting fuel additives: Addition of 3 g TEL as well as 15% (by volume) ethanol were found to cause similar improvements in the fuel power Use of ethanol is a promising alternative to TEL Small Suspended Particulate Matter Small suspended particulate matter include PM10, PM2.5 and PM1 The origin of PM10 is from natural sources like the sea spray and mineral dust. Size of the particulate matter is an important parameter dictating the transport of the particles into the respiratory system and there by affecting the human health. Particles with size less than 2.5 μm are particularly harmful to people suffering from respiratory and cardio-pulmonary diseases. Such small particles (with diameter less than 2.5 μm) originate from car (diesel) exhaust. strategy to encounter the problem introduce filters in the exhaust Photochemical Smog The characteristic colouration of smog in California in the beige cloud bank behind the Golden Gate (The brown colouration is due to NOx) Mechanism of Photochemical Smog: NO2 + h NO + O. The reaction between CO and O. + O2 + M O3 + M OH. goes on producing NO2 O3 + NO NO2 + O2 which subsequently leads to the OH. + CO CO2 + H. accumulation of O3 HO2. + NO NO2 + OH. NO2 + h NO + O. O. + O2 O3 NO + O3 NO2 + O2 Accumulation of O3 cannot go on forever since the disturbed and undisturbed photolytic cycles are a function of position of sun in the sky, cloud shading and time (either day or night) Elevated ozone levels are generally seen in rural areas outside the cities where only little NO is present to transform O3 to O2 and NO2. The ozone levels are high during night and in the weekend when the traffic is low. At the country side the level of ozone is higher Photo chemical smog in Copenhagen Ozone Depletion O3 + Cl. O2 + ClO ClO + O. Cl. + O2 Ozone layer prevents the harmful UV-B radiation emanating from the Sun 1 % reduction in ozone layer increase the risk of non-melanomas (skin cancer) by 2 %. The first incidence of harmful impact of the depletion of ozone layer was reported in the middle of 1970's It was not realized until, 1982, when the first indication of the degradation of ozone layer was observed, that human activity could influence ozone layer. neither the aeroplanes nor the NOx emissions emanating out of the planes have caused the depletion of ozone layer the main culprit was identified to be "Freon" and related compounds. Mobile Sources of Pollution Automobiles, particularly, cars are the mot important sources of air pollution. Unchecked growth in traffic causes air pollution, increases noise pollution, congestion and accidents. Strategies to check the growing traffic: Prohibit driving every second day based on the liscence number use of toll roads restricted parking places separate streets for pedestrians. Use of quality petrol and diesel with S contents of 50 ppm currently Strict legislation also must be made on the emission standards of NOx, non-methane VOC's and small particles. Another important strategy to combat the emissions from mobile sources is to complete replace fossil fuel based energy sources with alternate clean fuels. Climatic changes through the changes in Ocean circulation Planetary scientists from European Space Agency, launched space satellite as part of the mission "Goce" the intention of knowing the details of causing the climatic change and to unearth the secrets of the planet earth The space ship will monitor the movements of ocean currents and track the changes in the earth gravity and yield data to detect of the flow of molten rocks From the study, the changes in ocean currents, the details of melting of ice-caps and volcanic processes can be understood Energy Conversion Processes – Land Mark Events S. No. Scientist Contribution Year 1 Thomas Newcomen Atmospheric engine using steam (first widely used heat engine) 1700 2 James Watt 1765 1. Separate steam condenser idea 2. First Boulton and Watt condensing steam engine 3 John Barber Gas turbine ideas 1791 4 Benjamin Thompson (Count Observation of conversion of mechanical energy to heat while boring cannon 1798 Rumford) 5 Robert Fulton First commercial steam boat 1807 6 Robert Stirling Stirling engine 1816 7 N. l. Sadi Carnot Principles for an ideal heat engine 1824 (foundations of thermodynamics) 8 Michael Faraday First electric current generator 1831 9 Robert Mayer Equivalence of heat and work 1842 10 James Joule 1847 1. Basic ideas of the first law of thermodynamic 1849 2. Measured the mechanical equivalent of heat 11 Rudolph Clausius Second law of thermodynamics 1850 12 William Thompson Alternate form of the second law of thermodynamics 1851 (Lord Kelvin) 13 Etienne Lenoir Internal combustion engine with out mechanical compression 1860 14 A. Beau de Rochas Four stroke cycle internal combustion engine comcept 1862 15 James C Maxwell Mathematical principles of electro magnetics 1865 16 Niklaus Otto Four – stroke cycle internal combustion engine 1876 17 Charles Parsons Multistage, axial-flow reaction steam turbine 1884 18 Thomas Edison Pearl street steam-engine driven electrical power plant 1884 19 Albert Einstein Mass energy equivalence 1905 20 Otto Hahn Discovery of nuclear fission 1938 1. Thomas Newcomen (1664 – 1729): Energy conversion device: Atmospheric steam engine, 1700 Thomas Newcomen was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England. His native place was known for tin mines. The mining depth of the tin mines was limited by the frequent floods. Thomas Newcomen invented the first practical steam engine for pumping water which was latter known as Newcomen steam engine or atmospheric steam engine. He was regarded as the fore father of industrial revolution 2. James Watt (1736 – 1819): Energy conversion device: First Boulton and Watt condensing steam engine James Watt was a Scottish inventor and a mechanical engineer. His improvements to steam engine in one way have contributed to the industrial revolution. The English Novelist Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963) wrote about James Watt"s invention of steam engine as follows: "To us the moment 8:17 AM means something – something very important, if it happens to be the starting time of our daily train. To our anscestors, such an odd eccentric instant was with out significance – did not even exist. In inventing the locomotive, Watt and Stephenson were part inventors of time." At an young age of 18, Watt has lost his mother and his father"s health deteriorated and life became troublesome and challenging to young Watt. After great struggle, Watt as granted with an opportunity to set up a work shop in 1758, at the University of Glasgow, by three professors. One among them, Prof. Joseph Black became friend to James Watt. At the university, in the work shop, James Watt has read all that he could read about steam engines. He has learned that the Universtiy owned a model of Newcomen engine which was then under repair. Initial experimentations with the Newcomen engine showed that about 80 % of the heat energy from the steam was lost in heating the cylinder containing the piston where in there is a provision for the condensation of steam by injection of a stream of cold water. He proposed an excellent idea of condensing the steam in a separate chamber apart from the piston and cylinder As a result of the temperature of the cylinder could be maintained at the same temperature as that of the injected steam. But the transfer of steam from the cylinder to the condenser remained a question which was later solved by generating vacuum in the condenser which has facilitated the sucking of steam from the cylinder into the condenser. Thus, condensing steam engine formed the key innovation of the industrial revolution which has changed the world of work 3. John Barber (1734 – 1801): Energy conversion device: First Gas Turbine John Barber was a well known English inventor. He is coal master by profession. Gas turbine was the most remarkable among his many inventions. The principle of Barber"s turbine was based on generating gas by heating wood, coal, oil or other substances in a retort. The gases are then conveyed into a receiver and cooled. The gases as well as air are separately compressed in different cylinders and pumped into an "exploder" also called as combus tion chamber. Water was injected into the explosive mixture. The mouth of the combustion chamber is cooled. In addition, Eventhough nothing practical has come out of his patent pertaining to "Gas Turbine" for sure the principles proposed for the first time formed the basis for the working model of modern turbine. He was the first to design the gas turbine. The thermodynamic cycle which was exploited by him is being currently used in the modern gas turbine. The design consisted of a compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine which are the integral and vital components of to gas turbine. The purpose of gas turbine is to generate motive power and using the same for obtaining motion and facilitating metallurgical operations. The invention of gas turbine was analogous to propelling a horseless carriage. The machine contained a simple chain driven reciprocating gas compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine. In spite of the fact that the concepts and ideas of Barber pertaining to the gas turbine were sound, with the available techn ology of th day no sufficient power could be generated for compressing the air and the gas and to produce useful work. His intellectual ideas have lead to the origin of the modern gas turbine. 4. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753 – 1814) Outstanding Observation: Conversion of mechanical energy to heat In the words of Benjamin Thomson about his invention of the generation of heat from friction, "It would be difficult to describe the surprise and astonishment expressed in the countenances of the bystanders, on seeing so large a quantity of cold water heated and actually made to boil with out any fire." Benjamin Thompson was born on 26th March, 1753 at Woburn Massachusetts. He was a renowned Anglo-American inventor and well known Physicist of all times. His contributions to science have brought revolution in the field of thermodynamics in the early part of 19th century. The most important work of Benjamin was pertaining to the nature of heat. He got wide acclaim for his observation of the generation of heat by friction during the boring of cannon at the arsenal in Munich. Experiments were carried out by immersing the cannon barrel in water using a blunt boring tool. It was shown that the water could be boiled with in roughly two and a half hours. In addition the supply of frictional heat was found to be inexhaustible. No further attempt was made to measure the mechanical equivalent of heat [15]. In addition to his pioneering work on "heat", Benjamin has also concentrated on the concept of light and succeeded in the invention of "photometer". The standard unit for the luminous intensity, "candle", which was subsequently termed as "candela" was introduced. The standard "candela" was deduced from the use of oil of sperm whale. Benjamin Thomson has termed heat as a form of motion. Benjamin Thompson is credited with the invention of the thermal ware beneficial for cold climatic conditions Thomson has investigated the insulating properties of fur, wool and feathers and proposed that the insulating properties of the afore mentioned natural materials are because of their ability to inhibit the convection of air. 5. Robert Fulton Energy conversion device: First commercial steam boat Robert Fulton was an American Engineering, inventor and a well known artist. He was born on 14th November, 1765 at Pennsylvania. Most important of his scientific achievements is the invention of steam boat, Clermont The Clermont was able to travel a trip of 300 miles in 62 hours between the New York city and Albany, New York when tested on Hudson river on 14th August, 1807. The boat was 20.1 m long, 2.4 m. Initial efforts on the practical utility of the steam boats were futile with the sinking of the steam boat first run on the Seine in Paris in 1803. Robert Fulton became so renowned that he was even commissioned by Nepoleon Bonaporte in 1800 to design a submarine, Nautilus, the first practical submarine in history. Incidentially, In the very year of the birth of Robert Fulton, 1765, James Watt"s new invention of steam engine with a separa te condenser came into existence as a result of which the efficiency of the steam engine is quadrupled. 6. Robert Stirling (1790 – 1878) Energy conversion device: Stirling Engine Robert Stirling, born on 25th October 1790, was a Scottish clergy man. He is the inventor of stirling engine. The first practical version of the stirling engine was built in 1818 to pump water from a quarry. The work of Sadi Carnot (1796 – 1832) facilitated the understanding of the stirling cycle. The uniqueness of stirling engines lie in their high efficiency. The theoretical efficiency of stirling engines is close to the Carnot cycle efficiency (theoretical maximum efficiency). In fact, Robert Stirling, has called his invention by name, "economizer" (regenator) based on its function. The term "stirling engine" was coined by Rolf Meijer. The operation of stirling engine is based on the expansion and compression of the working gas, contained in the working chamber, when heated and cooled respectively. The stirling engine containing a fixed amount of gas which is made to move back and forth between cold end (at room temperature) and hot end (heated by kerosene or any other combustible material). The gas is made to move between the two ends by the displacer piston. The internal volume is changed by the "power piston" when the gas expands and contracts. Currently stirling engines (improved versions) are being investigated at NASA to be employed for powering space vehicles by employing solar energy as heat source [23, 24]. What is a stirling engine? Stirling engine is known for its silent operation, longevity of performance, improved milage and reduced pollution. Stirling engine is a promising automobile engine. Further advancements in the performance of stirling engine for automobile applications are anticipated by Jet propulsion lab (California Institute of Technology), Energy research and development administration (ERDA, US), Ford motor company (American multinational company and the world's fourth largest automaker). Sweden is on the way to develop stirling engines suitable for delivary vans and other heavy duty vehicles. Stirling engine is an external combustion engine similar to the old workhorse of the industrial revolution, the steam engine. The heat required for its operation is obtained from outside the working cylinder rather than from inside. Stirling engine is unique in a way that any source of heat like concentrated solar energy, nuclear energy, kerosene, coal, steam, saw dust or any combustible material can be used as heat source. More amount of power can be generated with a given amuont of fuel in the case of stirling engine. Practically no emissions of CO or unburnt hydrocarbons or NOx are produced under stirling conditions. In the internal combustion engine (ICE), combustion of fuel and oxidizer (air) occurs in the combustion chamber. The gases produced during combustion which are at high temperature and pressure apply force on the movable components (piston or turbine blade) and move the components over a distance and generate useful mechanical energy. Some examples of ICE's include four-stroke piston engine, two stroke piston engine, Wankel rotary engine, gas turbine, jet engine and rocket engine 7. N. L. Sadi Carnot (1796 – 1832) Scientific Contribtions: Concepts of Carnot's efficiency, Second law of thermodynamics Sadi Carton is regarded as the Father of thermodynamics owing to his rich contributions like the concepts of Carbot efficiency, Carnot theorem, Carnot heat engine and several others. Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carbot was born in Paris on 1st June, 1796. He was a well known French Physicist and military engineer. In the year, 1824, he has compiled a 65 page book on "Reflections on the motive power of fire". The book is regarded as the founding and fundamental work in the science of thermodynamics. He has put forward the first successful theoretical account of heat engines which was subsequently came to be known as "Carnot cylce". He has laid foundations for the second law of thermodynamics. He has outlines the second law of thermodynamics as "the motive power is due to the fall of caloric heat from a hot body to a cold body". The second law of thermodynamics was put into mathematical form by Clausius who has also introduced the concept of "entropy". After his graduation, Sadi Carnot became an officer in French army. After the final defeat of Nepolean in 1815, Carnot took permanent leave from the French army and has spent his time committing himself to scientific research. Unfortunately, Carnot passed away at an early age of only 36 years in 1832 due to cholera epidemic. Most of his belongings and writings were buried together with him after his death for fear of cholera. Only very few of his scientific contributions survived in addition to his book "Reflections on the motive power of fire" Michael Faraday (1791 – 1867) Energy conversion device: First electric current generator Michael Faraday was born on 22nd September 1791 in England. He is a gifted natural philosopher, well known British Chemist and Physicist. He made rich contribution to the fields of electromagnetism and electricity. In 1831 Faraday discovered Electromagnetic induction which formed the basis for electric transformer and generator. His name "Farad" was given to the unit of electrical capacitance. He was one of the most influencial scientists in the history of mankind. He is regarded as the best experimentalist in the history of science. Michael Faraday was one among the four children belonging to a family which is not financially well off. At the young age of 14 he was forced to join as an apprentice with a local book binder There he got an opportunity to get himself acquainted with the writings of many great scientists through reading of several books which was his favourite passion. He was inspired by the book "Conversations in Chemistry", by Jane Marcet and developed deep passion for Science at an young age. At a very young age of 20, in 1812, he was privileged to attend the lectures by Humpry Davy at the Royal Institution and Royal society. Faraday subsequently has written to Davy seeking a job with Davy but his request was turned down initially. Faraday did not lose his determination to join and work with Davy. Now Faraday sent Davy a book with three hundred page containing the notes prepared based on the lectures delivered by Davy and pleaded for job with Davy. This time Davy"s reply was immediate, kind and favourable. During this time, unfortunately, Davy has lost his eye sight in an accident with nitrogen trichloide. Davy employed Faraday as his secretary and chemical assistant. In fact Davy has commented that "the most valuable among his inventions is the discovery of Faraday". Michael Faraday is an outstanding scientific lecturer of his time. He was the founder of the Royal Insititution"s Friday evening discourses. In the same year, 1826, he initiated a lecture series for children by name "Christmas Lectures". For nineteen consistent years between 1826 and 1860, Faraday was successful in delivering the Christmas lecture series. 9. Julius Robert von Mayer (1814 – 1878) Scientific contribution: Numerical value for the Equivalence of work and heat Julius Robert von Mayer is a German Physicist of high intellectual caliber. He was born at Heibronn, Wurttembert (currently known as Germany) on the 25th of November 1814. He was the propounder of the "first law of thermodynamics". Julius Robert von Mayer calculated the numerical values of the mechanical (dynamical) equivalent of heat in the year 1842. Even though work and heat are different forms of energy, they are interconvertable and can be transformed from one form to the other. His calculations of the numerical value for the mechanical equivalent of heat were based on the work done by a horse in stirring paper pulp in a Cauldron. According to Julius Robert"s calculations the value of mechanical equivalent of heat is 425 kgf.m/kcal which is in close agreement with the modern day values of 426.6 kgf.m/kcal (for the terhmochemical calorie) and 426.9 kgf.m/kcal (for the international steam table calorie). Even though Julius Robert Mayer has adopted indirect means for the measurement, the value obtained was free from error and exactly matched with the value experimentally determined by James Prescott Joule after years of hackbreaking and painstaking direct experimental studies. Even though Mayer has published the afore mentioned result five years earlier than James Joule, the credit of discovering the relationship between mechanical work and heat and the numerical value of the mechanical equivalent of heat was attributed to James Joule. It is an unfortunate development that the credit for the discovery of the numerical value of mechanical equivalent of heat was given to James Joul rather than Julius Robert Mayer. Mayer was the propounder of the first law of thermodynamics. He was considered as one of the founding fathers of thermodynamics. He is the first to enunciate the law of conservation of energy which states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed and this law was subsequently became well known as the first law of thermodynamics. Mayer was the first scientist to propose that the vital chemical processes (now known as oxidation) are the primary source of energy for all the living creatures. Mayer was the first to identify that the process of conversion of light into chemical energy by plants. Mayer went through several tribulations of life including forgoing the credit of his painstaking calculations of the mechanical equivalent of heat to James Joul. In addition, he has lost two of his children in rapid succession in 1848 which has added to his grief. From the shocking situations he has gone through in life, Mayer has attempted suicide and became mentally sick and was even confined to mental hospital for some time. Even though he was released from the mental institution after a while, he was a broke man by then and only re-entered in to public life timidly from then. Julius Robert von Mayer passed away on 20th March 1878 after battling with tuberculosis 10. James Prescot Joule (1818 – 1889) Scientific Contributions: (i) Basic ideas of the first law of thermodynamic (ii) Measured the mechanical equivalent of heat James Prescot Joule was born on 24th December 1818 in Salford, England. He was a brewer (one who's occupation is to prepare malt and liquor) by profession. He is a renowned English Physicist. He was an accurate, resourceful and gifted experimentalist. Joule was the pupil of the famous English scientist John Dalton. John Dalton taught Chemistry, Physics and mathematics between 1934 and 1937. Joule has proposed a relationship between heat and mechanical work. The relationship of mechanical equivalent of heat has subsequently led to the concepts of law of conservation of energy and to the first law of thermodynamics. Joule was only met with many stumbling blocks, discouragements, unenthusiastic response and silence from the established scientific communities (like the British Association for the advancement of science, Cork) of his time He remained undaunted and sought mechanical demonstration of the conversion of work into heat. Joule has proposed the possibility of inter conversion of work (energy) and heat. The mechanical power derived by turning a magneto-electric machine by the passage of electric current through its coils is converted into heat. In an analogous manner, the heat generated in the battery working on a variety of chemical reactions is converted into the motive power of the electro-magnetic engine. In 1843, Joule calculated the amount of mechanical work needed to produce an equivalent amount of heat which was subsequently called as "the mechanical equivalent of heat". In one of his best known experiments in 1845, Joule estimated the mechanical equivalent of heat to be 4.41 J/cal) The experiment comprises of measuring the raise in the temperature of water placed in an insulated barrel from the work done by the falling weight in spinning the paddle - wheel placed in the insulated barrel containing water. The value of mechanical equivalent of heat was subsequently refined in 1850 and was reported as 4.159 J/cal. The afore mentioned value was close to the estimates of 20th century 4.15 J/cal. Joule was the first to estimate the velocity of gas molecules (1848, Kinetic theory of gases). Apart from work and heat, Joule's studies were also extended to the concepts of temperature, current and resistance. His work with William Thomson (came to be known as Lord Kelvin) bore fruit in devising the absolute scale of temperature. The observation of the decrease in temperature as the gases expand with out the performance of any external work formed the basis for the development of refrigeration industry. The process of cooling of gases when they expand was subsequently known as "Joule – Thomson Effect". His studies on current and resistance lead to the proposal of Joule's law (1840). According to Joule's law, the amount of heat produced (P) per second in a current carrying wire is proportional to the square of the current multiplied by the resistance (R) of the wire. P I2R Joules efforts and contributions to energy conversion processes, related to heat and mechanical motion, were recognized. The SI unit of energy was named after him as "Joule" in his honour 1.11. Rudolph Julius Emanuel Clausius (1822 – 1888) Scientific Contributions: Second law of thermodynamics, Concept of Entropy Clausius was born at Koslin, Prussia, Germany on 2nd January, 1822. Clausius was a nenowned German Physicist, mathematician, founding thermodynamicist and the originator of the concept of entropy. His doctoral studies were related to the optical effects in the earth"s atmosphere. Clausius has proposed that the blue colour of the sky during day time and the red shades in the sky during sunset are because of the reflection and refraction of light. Lord Reyliegh has subsequently shown that the different shades and colours of sky during the sun raise and the sun set are because of scattering of light rather than reflection or refraction as suggested by Clausius. In spite of this descrepency, Clausius work is commandable owing to the advanced mathematical approach Clausius has used compared to his predecessors. One of the six brothers of Calusius, Rudolf Clausius wrote about Clausius as follows: "All those intimate with Clausius esteemed his reliability and truthfulness. Greatest trust and confidence were placed in hi m. His judgement was highly valued. His burning patriotism did not permit him to stay idle at home during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. He formed the ambulance Corps team with the students of Bonn and extended services to the wounded soldiers. At the great battles of Vionville and Gravelotte he helped to carry the wounded from the battle and lessened their suffering. He continued to work upto his final illness and even on his last sick-bed he held an examination. C alusius breathed his last on 24th August, 1888 12. William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) Scientific Contribution: Alternate form of the second law of thermodynamics Thomson was born on 26th June 1824 in Belfast, Ireland. He was a well known distinguished British scientist, mathematical physicist and an engineer. is life is a wonderful record of strenuous and successful scientific work. Thomson's most remarkable contribution to science is the development of Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement. In recognition to his achievement he was honoured with the title, "Baron Kelvin". So Thomson was often called by name Lord Kelvin. Infact the title "Kelvin" refers to the river Kelvin which flows across the university of Glasgow, Scotland where he was a professor of Natural Philosophy from 1846 onwards. Lord Kelvin met Joul in 1847 and their scientific association remained fertile leading to many interesting scientific inventions Joule-Thomson effect: when a compressed gas is allowed to pass through a narrow orifice, the gas undergoes a slight degree of cooling. Based on this principle only Dewar could subsequently liquefy hydrogen. I Lord Kelvin has enunciated the principle of the dissipation of energy. According to the principle, out of the energy (in the form of heat) taken in by the heat – engine only a portion is converted into mechanical work and the rest of the energy is dissipated or degraded or wasted and thus there is a universal tendency of the dissipation of mechanical energy. Ocean telegraphy or submarine cable telegraphy He proved that the speed at which signals pass through a long submarine cable decreases in proportion to the square of its length. He described the advantageous conditions for signal transmission and designed instruments that enabled the required conditions realizable. Lord Kelvin suggested that feeble currents as well as sensitive receiving instruments need to be employed for making signal transmission in submarine possible and to achieve this end he has invented mirror galvanometer. The mirror galvanometer comprises of a magnet suspended by a fine fibre. The magnet carries a tiny mirror which is meant for reflecting the light and magnifying the moments of the magnet. In most cases the mirror and the magnet are of the weight of only a grain. Extreme sensitivity in signal transmission is achieved by the use of mirror galvanometer. With enthusiasm and untiring energy Lord Kelvin has devoted himself to the advancement of science and knowledge. Lord Kelvin breathed his last on 17th December, 1907 Energy Conversion in Fossil Fuels: Metamorphosis of vegetal matter into coal Various Energy Sources Energy Sources Chemical and Physical (photo) energy Thermo mechanical energy Atomic Energy Oxidation of reduced substance (hydrocarbon) Generation of heat or Wind, water, ocean and Energy from the splitting of electricity by absorbing geological sources heavy nuclei (U235) sunlight Fusion of light nuclei (1H or 2H) Energy involved is of the Energy involved is of the order of order of meV few eV Energy involved is of the (water falling from several (equivalent to that of a chemical order of 10 6 eV 10's of meters height) bond) (MeV) per nuclear reaction World energy consumption – Major energy sources S. No. Energy Source Energy Consumption (in quads) 1 Petroleum 149.7 2 Natural gas 87.3 3 Coal 84.9 4 Nuclear 25.2 5 Hydro, geothermal, solar, wind and other renewables 377.0* *Total world energy production – 377.1 quads 1 quad = 1015 British thermal units = 2.9 x 1011 kwh Energy flow diagram for the United States for 1999 (in quads; 1 quad = 1015 British thermal units) World reserves of fossil fuels S. No. Energy source Reserve Consumption 1 Coal 9.1 x 1011 tonnes 4.5 x 109 tonnes 2 Oil 1.6 x 1014 l 1.2 x 1010 l/day 3 Natural gas 1.4 x 1014 m3 2.4 x 1012 m3/year (gross production) Combustion of Fuels as Source of Energy Pictorial representation of Bomb Calorimeter Major sources of CO2 World wide CO 2 production from man-made sources Source Gt CO2 Coal 9.0 Oil 9.4 Natural gas 3.6 Cement Manufacturing 0.6 Deforestation and land exploitation 7.4 Total 30.0 i. Generation of electricity and heat for industry resulting in flue gas emissions from ii. stationary combustion process ii. Exhaust gases from automobiles iii. CO2 emissions from natural gas and coal seam gas iv. Metallurgical process involving smelting of Al and production of iron and steel Principal CO2 capture technologies include [50]: a. Absorption b. Adsorption c. Membrane Separation d. Cryogenic separation RECYCLING OF CO2 – PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS FROM CO2 Concepts for (a) closed and (b) open loop thermochemical heat-pipes Conclusion: Owing to the high energy density and availability fossil fuels are expected to be the major energy source to be exploited for a variety of energy conversion processes in the next few decades of the 21st century. Correspondingly the CO2 emissions into the atmosphere continue to raise worsening the situation. Strategies evolved to check the CO2 emissions from man-made sources need to be strictly implemented with out bias. Irrespective of the energy source, almost all energy conversion processes, involving either renewable energy sources like solar, wind and tidal energy, nuclear fuels like U235, Th232, biofuels like biodiesel and electrochemical energy conversion devices like fuel cells, energy storage devices like batteries, result in pollution in varying magnitudes in one way or other.


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Kosovo, Clinton and binladensa (continued)
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Mike Pringle
Calvillo might have thrived at Pringle's expenseWhen Tracy Ham was the Alouettes' quarterback, they were a ball-control offence. Mike Pringle ran left, he ran right, he ran over and through people - and he got stronger as the game continued.
Alouettes' notebookOn a day that belongs to Anthony Calvillo, there's not enough praise and kudos former coaches and players could lavish on the legendary Alouettes' quarterback, professional football's passing leader.
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New Jersey Turnpike
With Eye On Storm, Holiday Travelers Hit The Road Early
Nearly half a million people from the Philadelphia area will travel 50-miles or more for Thanksgiving, with most of them saying they planned to leave tomorrow, according to AAA Mid Atlantic. But, a nasty weather forecast is changing some of those plans.
Report: New Jersey Turnpike Has Highest Revenues Of Any Toll Road In North America
According to Toll Roads News, the New Jersey Turnpike is the clear leader when it comes to revenues for toll roads in North America.
Tour Bus Catches Fire On New Jersey Turnpike
Flames engulfed a tour bus on the New Jersey Turnpike bringing traffic to a halt Tuesday morning.
Overturned Tractor Trailer Slowing Traffic On I-295 In Salem County
The incident happened at about 2:38 p.m on I-295 southbound in Pennsville.
15 Motorcyclists Arrested Following Turnpike Chase
State Police say an attempted traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike turned into a lengthy pursuit that ended with 15 motorcyclists facing various charges.
Toll Worker Hospitalized After Being Hit By Truck On NJ Turnpike
Police say a toll worker was hit by a pickup truck on the New Jersey Turnpike Thursday.
2012 Traffic Down, Revenues Up For Major Toll Roads In New Jersey
Traffic was down in 2012 on New Jersey's two major toll roads, but revenues were up.
Police ID Woman Killed In Crash On New Jersey Turnpike
State police say the wife of a trucker died after her husband lost control of his vehicle and crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike in south Jersey.
Dense Fog Blamed For Fatal Crash On NJ Turnpike In Mt. Holly
A truck driver was injured and a passenger in his rig died in a fiery crash in the southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike near exit 5 Wednesday morning.
Few Problems In New Jersey As Holiday Travelers Head Home
Few problems are being reported on New Jersey's major roadways as thousands of travelers head home after the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Fatal Accident Closes Section Of New Jersey Turnpike
All lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike are now open again following a fiery accident that killed one person in Mercer County.
E-ZPass Trick Gives Truckers Free Ride Through Tolls, Sticking Others With The Bill
Have you ever noticed a big truck riding your bumper as you go through an E-ZPass toll? If so, you better check your statement right away. The truck could be trying to get a free ride on your dime.
Pay Atlantic City Expressway Tolls Or Lose Car Registration, NJ Drivers Warned
The Atlantic City Expressway is ready to join the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway in a unique way to target toll cheaters: go after their vehicle registrations.
2 Tractor-Trailers, 3 Cars Involved In Crash On New Jersey Turnpike
At least one person was seriously injured in a crash involving two tractor-trailers and three passenger cars on the New Jersey Turnpike Monday afternoon.
Horse Trailer Involved In Multi-Vehicle Crash On The New Jersey Turnpike
A horse trailer was one of three vehicles involved in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike Monday morning.