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The Energy Workshop Limited
based in Huddersfield, UNITED KINGDOM
The Energy Workshop Limited are a leading independent renewable energy consultancy based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. We have been supporting wind farm developers all over the UK, and have a proven track record of consented projects. We pride ourselves on the professional, dedicated service we deliver and our ability to meet the individual requirements of each client, ...
LabTech, Inc.
based in Hopkinton, MASSACHUSETTS (USA)
LabTech, Inc. is a global technology company, supplying laboratorial products and providing solutions for sample preparation and scientific analysis. LabTech serves to all analytical laboratories, covering food safety, environmental quality, disease control, and material analysis, etc. Incorporated with international and domestic branches, the company is organized by ...
AATA International, Inc.
based in Denver, COLORADO (USA)
AATA has evolved into a comprehensive environmental management and permitting firm offering logistics, coordination, and management of complex environmental programs, including international permitting and management of foreign specialists. In 1994, Advanced Aquatic Technology Associates, Inc. formally became AATA International, Inc. AATA serves a wide variety of clients ...
Applied Felts Inc.
based in Martinsville, VIRGINIA (USA)
Applied Felts is the largest independent manufacturer of polymer coated felts liners utilized in Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP) lining. Customized products to fit the needs of contractors worldwide for both inversion and pull-in methods.
Beckart Environmental, Inc.
based in Kenosha, WEST VIRGINIA (USA)
A leading supplier of wastewater treatment systems worldwide, Beckart Environmental provides high performance, cost-efficient, turnkey industrial wastewater solutions for granite and stone manufacturing, fish and food processing, the corrugated market, municipalities, and much more.
GEA Filtration
based in Hudson, WISCONSIN (USA)
GEA Filtration custom designs membrane filtration systems that best utilize the technologies of microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, or reverse osmosis for each customer`s specific application. GEA Filtration is a world leader in the design, engineering, production, installation, support, and testing of large filtration systems for the dairy, food and ...
PE International AG
based in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, GERMANY
PE INTERNATIONAL is the global leader in integrated product and enterprise sustainability performance with proven software solutions, sustainability databases and unparalleled consulting expertise. With over 20 years of experience and 20 offices around the globe, PE INTERNATIONAL is working with 1,500 clients including companies such as Bayer, Interface, Kraft Foods, ...
SETEC Engineering GmbH & Co KG
based in Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA
SETEC Engineering GmbH & Co KG provides comprehensive and efficient services for public and privatised water utilities. SETEC offers a comprehensive service package for potable water supply systems, including: Consulting & training, water network analysis, hydraulic network modelling, mapping, design & supervision, technical and economic assistance.
IDEX Health & Science
based in Oak Harbor, WASHINGTON (USA)
IDEX Health & Science designs, develops, and manufactures liquid subassemblies and precision components for a wide range of applications requiring precise control and measurement. We specialize in component integration that results in innovative and optimized OEM fluidic systems.
Ecosoft Water Systems GmbH
based in Viersen, GERMANY
Ecosoft Water Systems Gmbh is a young company focused on distribution of the filtration media and residential and commercial units for water purification. Our main products are focused on effective softening and iron removal with the unique filtration media Ecomix. Manufacturer of a full range of water treatment materials and equipment. Its major attraction is unique ...


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Kingdom of Sweden dragged into Reg smut-basket
How the Reg should respond
Is that this site is the main Swedish news outlet in the UK. Never before have the British public been so well informed about the rich variety of Konungariket Sverige - and its seismic cows, faecal lagoons and pineapple mashing.
Meanwhile, in Sweden: 'Swedish docs cleared over misplaced colon' (http://www.thelocal.se/20392/20090701/)
Home Office ditches compulsory ID card trial
Bit worried about how readily people will comply
On Saturday I helped at a big event where the public were each given a wristband containing an RFID chip. The organisers wanted to know how people moved around the various venues, how long they spent at each one and so on; so each building had an RFID reader at the entrance to which people could touch their wristbands.
There was no element of compulsion, no prizes to be won by taking part, and you could simply walk past the reader without being scanned. The only thing was a 'it'd be nice if you could...' from the people doing the registrations.
I'd say over 90% of the public happily swiped their wristbands and some actually got upset when the PoS software reading the tags didn't register their presence.
I asked - almost none of them knew why the tags were being used, what the technology behind the tags could be, none of them had asked how long their data would be retained or what data would be recorded and for what purpose. When you told them that this sort of technology could build up a detailed profile of their movements and that it could be read covertly - THEN they started getting worried about the implications.
So as long as the government can keep spinning the 'benefits' of this white elephant there's a good chance most people will sign up for their numbers.
Ashdown's missile dump security panel puts women to flight
@Anonymous Coward
'Is it just me or does the idea of an island nation without a navy seem completely idiotic?'
Works for Iceland.
But then they don't go round the World insisting they're a serious military and economic power.
Japanese airport trials 'personal mobility vehicles'
Mod time...
Who's going to be first to turn it into a Davros wagon for the Home Secretary. I mean if we're going to be ruled by power-mad dangerous lunatics, they should at least look like power-mad dangerous lunatics.
Stop ID cards, says Scottish minister
"the card would produce £6bn net economic benefit to the UK"
That's over 30 years - anyone willing to work out how much money could be accrued in interest if the cost of ID cards was invested?
Buzz Aldrin weighs into NASA
@ Mayhem
'Russia went with Earth orbit rendezvous, and focussed on putting up a space station in local orbit before going anywhere else. Funnily enough, Mir lasted twice as long as Skylab, and russian tech is a fairly fundamental part of the ISS, especially since a progress visit costs a fraction of what a shuttle visit does.'
Except they didn't. The USSR originally planned an Earth orbit rendezvous with a 50 tonne payload; but when it was clear the US was moving ahead with its Gemini missions, the Soviet's realised they didn't have enough expertise in EOR and switched to a direct ascent on a bigger rocket which became the N1 L3.
Their space station programme was never part of the Soviet lunar programme and really only got going when it became clear the US would be the first country to put a man on the Moon. Salyut 1 wasn't launched until 1971 and then its size was limited by the amount of mass a Proton could put into orbit. It was far less capable than Skylab. As for Mir lasting longer than Skylab that's only because the US Shuttle programme was so late in making its first flight. A decision had been made in the late 1960s that no more Saturn Ibs would be built, so by the time of Skylab 4 there was only one spare launcher in inventory. The plan had been the Shuttle would be the only way to get Americans into space. There were advanced plans to boost the orbit of Skylab and refurbish it for missions, but in 1979 the station smashed into Australia, two years before the first Shuttle launch.
Girls Aloud net obscenity case falls at first hurdle
Our moral guardians
The Daily Star???
Oh FFS, stop the World, I want to get off.
DARPA: Can we have a one-cabinet petaflop supercomputer?
Someone's been drinking Kurzweil's Kool-Aid
The assumption that intelligence is just the result of a larger number of FLOPS is a pretty poor one. Still if they're throwing money around I'll be willing to take a swig of the Singularity cult juice.
Rogue knob could ground space shuttle Atlantis
Sounds like the problems before Challenger's last flight
If anyone is wondering why they're being so cautious; it's because the Orbiter is incredbly fragile.
The day before Challenger made its final launch in January 1986, NASA had a problem with the orbiter's hatch. When the door closed, a couple of tiny pins should drop into place completing an electrical circuit which confirms the hatch is in place. That day, the pins didn't fall into place. Pressure tests and Mark One eyeball said the hatch was sealed and pressurised, but NASA didn't want to launch without absolute confirmation - they didn't want another Soyuz 11.
So a team was called to the Pad to replace the microswitches, they used a special aluminium tool to hold the hatch in place because they couldn't risk touching the orbiter's protective heatshield. After replacing the microswitches, they tried to remove the tool and found one of the bolts had become jammed. They couldn't use force without damaging the ship, so the only option was to cut the tool away. After a long discussion about potential damage to the orbiter, the risk from stray hydrogen boiling off the ET, they get a drill sent to the pad - the battery is flat from being left in the cold. A replacement was sent and the fix is finally made - but by then winds around the Cape exceeded the threshold for a safe return in the event of a launch failure.
The launch was scrubbed until the next day. The media had a field day that the Shuttle was a dog and made jokes about the staff who'd tried to get it to fly. Meanwhile, that night in Florida was the coldest on record.
So, the failure of one bolt probably lead directly to the explosion that destroyed Challenger.
Which explains why NASA are taking no risks with this one.
Qantas cancels $3bn Dreamliner order
@ Andy Barber
'At least it's not a plastic (Aircraft) kit'
If Qantas were to order different planes now, they'd probably go for the A350 which has even more composites than the 787.
Microsoft's Bing in travel trouble
Front page looks different, but...
Do a query for flights and the results pages look very similar - especially the selection of gadgets on the left-hand margin - check out the sliders which let you change flight times - odd that two companies would hit on the same solution when a menu is more common.
Nokia N97
Design by committee
Oh dear, and this could have been so good.
That keyboard is an atrocity after the ones on the Communicator, but the failitude goes much further, past that pitiful memory, to a place where you wonder if anyone actually bothered to play with the device before sending it to the sweatshops for manufacture.
Include a stylus but don't offer a silo in the phone? That's a lost stylus or one that gets left in the box - so why have a stylus at all?
Why are the icons such a random bunch of shapes, some rounded some not, some bevelled, others flat? It looks like a dogs breakfast even before the whole UI starts going tits up.
And why oh why that strange diagonal button on the bottom left of the front face? Its purpose isn't immediately clear and that stupid shape and orientation makes it harder to find and press.
Like it or loathe it, the iPhone really does show the advantages to having a ruthless approach to every aspect of the design. Sony are finally remembering their design heritage, but Nokia - do they want to go back to making rubber boots?
Bing zings, but for how long?
Good for images, bit m'eh otherwise
Is my detailed review.
Dreamliner first flight delayed yet again
Could be worse...
Could be DeHavilland Comet bad.
That was out of service for four years between the disasters of the Comet 1 and the roll-out of the incredibly awesome, but far-too-late Comet 4.
MPs slam 'disgraceful' Type 45 destroyers
@ Mad Mike
'Over £6b is a lot of money to keep a few Scots in employment!!'
I assume you mean Labour MPs?
Why oh why oh why oh why...
...does the BBC... oops sorry wrong rant.
Why don't we just buy some of the scary-as-fuck (that's official Navalese I'll have you know) Visby corvettes from the Swedes? They've got stealth capability and most importantly of all - look awesome*:
* Admittedly my defence procurement policy would be grounded mainly on the 'but does it look cool?' principle, but I still reckon I'd come out ahead of the MoD.
Prof: Global windfarm could power entire human race
...has a serious energy plan actually ever suggested that the World becomes wholly dependent on wind? I'm pretty sure not, so this is just a straw dog argument.
The research shows that there is an immense amount of wind energy out there and that we'd be stupid not to incorporate it into our energy future which should include wind, solar, geothermal, wave, tide, nuclear and yes - fossil fuels.
El Reg commentards offered extra iconography
@ The Original Ash
'Now, how about an RSS feed which includes everything but Odds and Sods? You know... *I.T.* News...!'
No, no, no - a much better idea would be an RSS feed which only contained the Odds & Sods. You know... interesting stuff.
Transformers helmsman demolishes English language
I'd have been more concerned...
...if Michael ('Pearl Harbor') Bay wrote grammatically pure, beautiful prose - and yet still directed cinematic dreck like 'Transformers'.
I actually think he's getting worse - not quite Roland ('Universal Soldier') Emmerich bad, but still buttock-clenchingly dreadful.
Surveillance response 'inadequate', say Lords
Well that's the Lords signing their death warrant
Acting independently like this is the best way of persuading New Labour to bring about a 100% elected Lords.
Imagine the horror - this government was voted in by about a quarter of the eligible electorate with a crushing majority in the Commons. Had the Lords been elected at the same time there would have been nothing to stop or moderate their illiberal legislation.
Punters 'confuse' netbooks with notebooks
Only thing I've had problems with on my Acer Aspire One
Is that it struggles with high definition MKV files; everything else just works nicely. I've even got used to using it as a RAW converter when I'm out and about with a camera. Sure it can run a little slow when crunching a 14 megapixel image, but that's not such a problem.
Okay for my next one I want more RAM so I can keep more tabs open in the browser, a digital video out and a slightly higher res screen.
Apart from that, keep them small, keep them cheap.
NASA takes stick over feet and inches
Hmmm - Mel Gibson does 'Edge of Darkness'
NASA has been quite happily lugging European and Japanese payloads into orbit for many years now and the Shuttle regularly works with the ISS (and previously with Mir). All of which are designed in metric.
So what's the problem?
People just not that into Blu-ray
Got both - still prefer HD-DVD
No region coding and all players came with a network port as standard in case a firmware update was needed.
A good number of the budget (hah!) Blu-Ray players out there are old models with the older profile and no network port to update the software. They're also glacially slow to use. Apart from the PS3, even the latest Blu-Ray players are pains to use. One or two minutes to get as far as the first screen seem to be standard. Then that screen is the unskippable 'You thieving bastard' copyright warning. After that, I think Disney hold the record in requiring a further TWELVE button presses to get to the main menu.
As for the movies - yes some of them look amazing in Blu-Ray - especially animation; but for the average brain-dead kickboxing cyborg timetraveller movie that's about the limit of my intellectual capacity these days, DVD will do nicely thank you very much.
Blade Runner house yours for $15m
'Falling Water had structural issues as well didn't it?'
Yup, some of the reinforcement was left out of the concrete cantilevers and they became deformed. It was also unbelievably noisy until double-glazed. FLW - awesome architect, but never buy a flat roof from him.
Oh and the mighty Reg left out 'The Rocketeer' from the house's list of guest appearances.
Now if only I had a spare $15m lying around.
Bolivian TV falls for Air France crash hoax
@ James 85
'I am constantly amazed that, when information is so pervasively, easily and immediately available, people check facts and other information presented to them so infrequently.'
The media are particularly bad at this because they're all terrified of being 'scooped' by a rival if they were to spend time checking the veracity of a story. Better to get it out there, reap the publicity and if it should be wrong, ah well print a retraction in five weeks later headed 'Correction' in 4 point type on Page 97 underneath the tide times.
So what we do when ID Cards 1.0 finally dies?
One thing I'd like to see in that article
The option not to take part.
But a nicely written piece.
The Moon? We're going nowhere, says NASA official
NASA budget and @Ebeneezer Wanktrollop
It's worth remembering that in the 1960s NASA's share of the Federal Budget peaked at over 5.5% almost all of which was devoted to Apollo, today it gets little over 0.5% to support the Shuttle, the ISS, develop new lunar programmes AND it's unmanned work. In equivalent cash terms, NASA today gets about half of what it was getting during the 1960s.
@ Ebeneezer Wanktrollop (love the name)
'They sent people to the moon 40 odd years ago but can't even replicate the technology they had then using modern manufacturing processes - it's just a bloody rocket! Update the computer systems to current PC spec - not that you need to as it ran fine back then - what's the problem??? It is after all, fuel and plastic and metal plus no R&D because you've already done it once - COPY IT!!!'
If only they had been given that option. Constellation was told to reuse as much Shuttle technology as possible. NASA could easily commission more Saturn Vs - the blueprints are all there; it's that there's no money to set up the production lines once again.
To be fair Constellation is a little more advanced than Apollo as it envisions long-duration lunar visits and repurposing the rockets for most launches rather than the single-purpose Saturn V. In many ways it's the same philosophy the USSR had with their N1 Moon rocket - oh and that didn't work either.
F-22 may live on: Cheap secondhand Eurofighters on offer
Saudi Arabia
Just a moment...
'...agree to let the Saudis build more Eurofighters themselves...'
Does Saudi Arabia have any aircraft plants? Can someone explain this please? (Preferably an explanation that doesn't end up saying we've just given the proud hosts of the next violent Islamic revolution the capability to build fighters).
Oh and another thing. What exactly is the Eurofighter obsolete against? I mean apart from the US, France and a little cottage industry in Sweden does anyone make modern fighter aircraft any more?
NASA unleashes Moon-attack probe
@ Fragula The Furry @ Ginger
@ Fragula The Furry
Don't worry, it's not the first time we've done this, humans are pretty good at hitting the Moon now.
The Soviet Union started it (so blame them) with Luna 2 in 1959 and continued smashing stuff (sometimes deliberately) into the Moon for about the next ten years.
The US then deliberately crashed the Ranger probes into the Moon - filming all the way - look for the videos on YouTube - they're awesome:
(You can do the Space 1999 theme tune if you like)
During the Apollo missions, the discarded upper stages of the Lunar Modules for Apollo 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 were all crashed into the Moon to study the internal structure of the Moon. they would have crashed anyway because it's pretty much impossible to maintain an orbit around the Moon because of its lumpy gravity. Crashing them at a known time allowed the geologists to work out just how much energy was involved.
And just to top that, the SIVB third stage of the Saturn V was crashed into the Moon for Apollos 13 - 17 officially in an attempt to locate the boundary of the Moon's core, but I suspect mainly because it was going to make a really big bang.
@ Ginger.
It's 50cm with good lighting. It's been tasked to return images of all the landing sites - not just Apollo, but also Surveyor and the Soviet Luna/Lunokhod sites.
Israeli robo-kamikaze selling like hot exploding cakes
British one looks a bit rubbish to be honest
That looks like it was made on Scrapheap Challenge from an old fizzy drinks bottle and some discarded floorboards. Meanwhile, the Israeli one has a swoopy touch of the Gerry Anderson to it, no wonder it's selling so well. I wonder if it comes with an F.A.B. theme tune?
If we're going to spend all this money on killware can at least some of the funds go towards making it look as good as the stuff that used to feature in 'Eagle' and 'Look and Learn'* like the TSR-2 and the Advanced Passenger Train**?
* Did anyone ever buy 'Look and Learn' or was it only available in your dentist's waiting room?
** Though to be fair, most British weapons *work* as well as the APT, they just don't look as cool.
Viviane Reding sees talking yoghurt pots
At last the iPhone killer
A Strawberry Crunch Corner with integrated sat-nav - I love it.
Reg reader bombarded by 3 sales calls
And the prize for the most hideous new word goes to...
'... upsell...'
Be broadband denies BitTorrent ban
Not the biggest problem Be needs to address
After three or four months of absolutely faultless service from Be, I'm now getting three or four messages a week from them saying my Internet service will be unavailable from midnight through to about six am. Each time I am told it's for necessary improvements and this is the last time it will happen. So far these improvements have only be noticeable by their absence.
Any other Be customers getting these interruptions?
9/11 hero mutt cloned
I assume that's the traditional spelling.
PETA pronounces on Obama fly-swat
David Icke's going to be disappointed
If his theory's correct, Obama should have zapped the bug with a prehensile tongue.
Koenigsegg e-sportster moves closer to reality
'fast saloons for dentists and lawyers.'
You left out architects.
Endeavour launch scrubbed again
@ Annihilator
'Confused - why is there a potential for needing to remove excess hydrogen? Not possible just to fill 'er up and seal the tank?'
The LH2 in the external tank is at -252C. Despite having four tonnes of mind-buggeringly good insulation on the tanks, the fuel is still warming up and about 1/2 kilo of liquid hydrogen boils off every hour. If this was allowed to accumulate in the tank it would overpressurise and things would get nasty for a small part of coastal Florida.
A small amount of hydrogen gas is used to pressurise the tank so that fuel can flow to the engines, but the excess is released through a valve and back along an umbilical line to where it can be safely discharged. The umbilical is mounted in the intertank area of the ET which is the ribbed section about two thirds of the way from the bottom.
There's a similar system in place for the liquid oxygen tank which makes up the nosecone of the ET. There, excess gas is vented from the very tip of the tank through a device called the Beanie Cap. You can see it swing free of the Shuttle about two minutes before launch.
Tories don black cap for ID cards
Contractors way of thinking
Sign contract now - get some immediate cash. If it's scrapped, claim under the cancellation clause. What's to lose?
Ryanair requires web check-in, shuts down website
If I were SouthWest I'd sue
RyanAir's business model is based on the Texan airline SouthWest which flies some truly terrifyingly brightly-coloured planes across most of the US. Cheap and cheerful - with an emphasis on the cheerful. Compared to every other domestic airline in the US, SouthWest is a breath of fresh air - nice, clean planes, great staff and reasonable fares.
RyanAir on the other hand...
Oh and another huge thumbs up for Eire O'Flot ;)
Minority Report
command sales system pushes Euro UAV
The General Atomics Avenger
There's something called the General Atomics Avenger??? I don't know what it does, how much it costs or even what colour it is. I WANT ONE!!!
Johnson shuffle returns ID cards to the table
'doesn't plan to make carrying the cards compulsory'
Uh that's not a change of policy. The existing legislation says that it will not be compulsory to carry the card, but it will be compulsory to register with the database. IIRC Charles Clarke proposed that compulsion might be included in the next Labour manifesto, but that hasn't been mentioned since he was kicked out of the Home Office.
So this sounds like spin to me.
'Alien' lifeform wakened from 120,000 year Arctic slumber
Oh great...
So it's either 'The Thing' or Tom Baker's Doctor bowel-looseningly scary Krynoid.
Israeli army develops one-eyed robot trouser snake
I'm sure something very similar menaced Jon Pertwee's Doctor when I was a kid. You can defeat them with a sonic screwdriver.
NASA working on 'open rotor' green (but loud) jets
You just know...
...one of those is going to play a prominent part in ending the career of a movie supervillain.
Imagine! Government to legislate against badness
Slippery words
Do they mean 'absolute poverty' or 'relative poverty'?
German lad hit by 30,000 mph meteorite
Sometimes I wonder if the Reg is entirely accurate
Small meteorites shed almost all their velocity in the upper atmosphere and hit the ground at only a few hundred kilometres an hour maximum - enough to give a nasty whack, but not enough to excite Michael Bay.
And as for the red hot bit - sorry, witness evidence suggests that meteorites are rarely more than warm when they arrive. They've been sitting in the cold of deep space for the last few billion years. The meteorite is protected from the frictional heat by the ablation of the outer layer, so relatively little heat gets to penetrate the rock itself. One scientist who picked up a fresh meteorite compared its temperature to a baked potato - too hot to hold, but not so hot that it would cause a serious burn.
Still, hit by a meteorite eh? That's a good excuse for skipping PE!
Chinese firm hits back at cyberspy claims
I'm satisfied with their explanation
Huawei is clearly a good company.
How do I know?
Simple. You showed a photo of their headquarters. If they were evil and hell-bent on global domination they'd be based in a volcano and keep pet sharks.
Boffins: Bebo interstellar spam aliens don't exist after all
@ Bounty @ Greg Fleming
'So what is it? Too cold or too hot.'
The answer is - it depends.
On a small planet that cools quickly, or where there isn't enough tidal massaging to keep it turning over; CO2 comes out of volcanoes, reacts with the surface rocks to form carbonates and gets locked away forever. No CO2, no greenhouse effect, the surface of the planet begins to cool, eventually taking water vapour out of the atmosphere - increasing the cooling, and you end up with a Mars.
If the planet gets too hot - from being too close to the sun, there's no chance of surface oceans as it boils into the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect and taking with it one of the big carbon sinks for dissolved CO2. Over a certain temperature, the carbonates in the crust also start to release CO2, the greenhouse effect goes crazy bad and you have Venus.
'Not strictly a prerequisite to organic life. Other solvents (e.g. ammonia) work just as well if you've evolved swimming in them.'
True to an extent, although apart from ammonia being a nasty chemical capable of tearing apart proteins; it's also liquid at such low temperatures that chemical reactions run really slowly - so even if we did meet an alien lifeform that smelt like a blocked toilet, it'd be a painfully slow conversation - a bit like IMing over BT Total Broadband (see I got an IT angle) - the good news is that you could probably run away from it.
Periodic table adding new element
@ 'the spectacularly refined chap' @ Anonymous Coward
'Since all those elements are known and they still haven't got around to naming it why is this news all of a sudden? IUPAC have suddenly decided that it is an element when that fact was not in dispute anyway?'
Although the element was actually synthesised in 1996 and repeated in 2000; the results of the decay of the daughter isotope were incompatible with one another. A third experiment in 2004 confirmed the original experiment; since then its been a matter of straightening things out the decay series.
'So it's possible to create a new element in laboratory conditions with a miniscule life expectancy. And it gets an entry in the periodic table? It seems outrageously artificial.'
Depends what you mean by 'artificial'; if you mean this element could never naturally exist at any time in any place in the Universe, then it is clearly natural. If you mean 'never observed on Earth before now' then it is artificial.
Nuclear boffins have models for the nuclei of atoms which suggest that superheavy elements way beyond the current periodic table might be much more stable than other 'manmade' elements with half lives that could be hours, days, years or even geological periods. So it's a long slog looking for the Island of Stability which may or may not exist.
Venezuela spits out Coke Zero
@ Anonymous Coward
'I always wondered how they take "everything" out ... memories of the chem engineers coming from a lab in which they'd decaffeinated coke. They all vowed never to touch the stuff after seeing how its done - wish they'd elaborated, the mind boggles!!'
They probably used dichloromethane (methylene chloride) which is also used as paint stripper, degreaser or dry cleaning fluid. It's been linked to eye damage, hepatitis and a delightfully wide range of cancers. Ironically it became popular because the previous decaffeinating agent - benzene - was considered too poisonous. Most commercial decaffeination now use hot water in something ominously called 'the Swiss Process', a few outfits use supercritical carbon dioxide which is much less exciting than it sounds.
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August was the best month for new housing starts in Manteca in more than two years with construction starting on 37 new homes.
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Keefe, an Ontario native, has become a hugely popular member of the Giants roster during his time in Belfast and will now lead the charge as the side defend their Elite League title next season.
"Keefer is one of those guys that you know plays to win every night," General Manager Todd Kelman said, in confirming the signing.
"He is here because he wants to win titles and he enjoys the huge part he plays in the success of the Giants. He is just a genuinely great person and a great player.
"On the ice, he is our best penalty killer - he hits, scores, fights when he needs to. He is just a real old school pro."
True to form, Keefe fought his way onto the ice for the Giants when they faced Fife Flyers in their Playoffs semi-final in Nottingham at the weekend, despite clearly suffering.
"He could barely walk and we had to keep him off the ice on Sunday after he played on one leg on Saturday to help us win our semi-final," Kelman said.
"He shouldn't have played, but he did - because that is who he is."
Every single team in the league would love to have a player like Adam Keefe. As long as I can have him wearing the 'C' for this team I will.Todd Kelman, Belfast Giants
Every single team in the league would love to have a player like Adam Keefe. As long as I can have him wearing the 'C' for this team I will.
Todd Kelman, Belfast Giants
Keefe racked up 12 goals and 10 assists during the season, as well as 158 penalty minutes.
But Kelman also paid tribute to the work of his captain off the ice - something in keeping with the ethos of the Giants and which saw him chosen by his teammates to win a Community Service award.
"As important as he is on the ice, he doubles in value off the ice," Kelman explained.
"He does a lot of extra things for the community, whether it is visiting schools or youth groups or a number of other initiatives he gets himself involved in.
"He usually comes to me a few times a year when he hears about a charity or, more specifically, a young kid that needs help and he wants to do something for them."
As much as the fans will welcome Keefe's return, they may be even more pleased to hear that the team have no intention of letting him go in the future.
"My intention, and I think Adam's as well, would be for him to finish his playing career as a Giant," Kelman added.
"This two-year deal is hopefully not the last time we announce signing Adam Keefe."
Keefe joins teammates Kevin Saurette, Colin Shields, Evan Cheverie, Davey Phillips and Darryl Lloyd in being among the first to re-sign for the Belfast Giants.
Really pleased 4 @Adam27Keefe & @BelfastGiants great player, leader, & not a bad guy! Giant day in Belfast! pic.twitter.com/JYetZZsFvk— Cameron Hughes (@cameroncheers) April 11, 2014
Really pleased 4 @Adam27Keefe & @BelfastGiants great player, leader, & not a bad guy! Giant day in Belfast! pic.twitter.com/JYetZZsFvk
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INDIANAPOLIS – Former Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett admitted to breaking state ethics law by using state property to engage in political activity, according to a settlement agreement released Wednesday night.
The State Ethics Commission will consider the agreement this morning. It calls for a $5,000 fine to be paid by Bennett.
But the Inspector General's report on the Bennett investigation also said he could not find any ethics violation related to Bennett allegedly changing a school's A-F ranking for a politically-connected donor.
"First, no one has shared with us a specific rule violation," Thomas said. "Second, the separate, bi-partisan investigation requested by the Indiana Legislature and which interviewed more than 20 witnesses and examined volumous documentation, specifically found no special treatment on this issue."
Bennett released a statement Wednesday night saying the report should bring the A-F matter "to a final, conclusive end. However, I have agreed to pay a fine and accept responsibility for violations of DOE's electronic information policies. Limited personal uses of the agency's computer systems for political activity on my part would have been permitted if I had implemented policies that expressly permitted those uses. I did not and the failure to implement those policies is no one's fault, but my own."
The report specifically found Bennett was a state officer – not employee – and therefore was not prohibited from engaging in political activity. "But he still could not use state materials, funds, property, personnel, facilities, or equipment to engage in political activity unless there was a policy or regulation that expressly permitted him to do so," the report said. No policy was in place.
He admitted breaking the rule in three ways: First, prior to the 2012 election, and with his knowledge, joint meetings between the campaign staff and DOE staff were conducted in Bennett's Statehouse office to coordinate his calendar.
He then kept a consolidated calendar, using his state-owned and maintained email account, to track both his official public appointments and these campaign scheduled events. The use of both the state office and the email account were not expressly permitted.
Second, Bennett received e-mails of a political or campaign nature at his state e-mail address at "email@example.com". He maintains that these e-mails were unsolicited and that he does not recall receiving, reviewing, or responding to many of them.
Nonetheless multiple emails included communications about political subjects. For example, in September 2012 Bennett responded to an e-mail from a political supporter that was sent to his state e-mail account asking Bennett to provide him with questions to ask his opponent, Glenda Ritz, at a public forum.
Finally, following Bennett's defeat in the 2012 election, Bennett asked his staff to compile a list of personal contacts for his use in his new position as Florida's Education Commissioner. In January of 2013, his staff solicited contacts from multiple individuals, including individuals who had worked on Bennett's campaign.
In response to that request, campaign staffers sent three lists, entitled "The 5000," "The Big Hitter List," and the "Red Meat List" that had been used during the political campaign for various political and campaign functions, including fundraising. These lists were placed on a state server, prior to putting them on an electronic data storage device, for him to take when he left office.
These lists remained on the computer system and were later discovered by Ritz's staff. Bennett resigned as Florida's schools chief last August.
Indiana Democratic Party Chairman John Zody released a statement saying Bennett violated the trust of Hoosiers.
"Now, Governor Pence and the Indiana GOP seem content to let him get away with ghost employment and corruption of public data with a slap on the wrist in the form of a small fine," he said. "This amount of money pales in comparison to his violations."
Bennett was stunned in November 2012 when Democrat Ritz defeated him and blocked a second term. A hearing on the allegations had been pushed back to August. Past ethics cases show former employees being fined thousands of dollars and being banned from future employment with the state. And the ethics commission can forward cases on to police and prosecutors for possible criminal charges.


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Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013–Sunday, September 8, 2013Every Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
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Tags: Photography, Vershbow, Contemporary Art
This exhibition of photographs by contemporary artist Gregory Vershbow explores the interactions of art objects within environments and circumstances ordinarily beyond public view. In storage facilities and conservation laboratories, and at monuments under restoration, Vershbow photographs art objects wrapped in plastic, protected by foam, nested in boxes and set in surprising juxtapositions with other objects from different eras.
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Today, medieval books are treated as works of art, untouchable treasures to be locked away in cabinets. Yet many were intended for regular use as vital components of everyday life for monks and nuns.
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Date: 11/22/14
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Young artists are invited to strengthen their observational drawing skills. Recommended for ages 9–13 and their favorite adults.
Jessye Norman: In Conversation with Tom Hall
Date: 12/05/14
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Come hear Jessye Norman, one of America's most accomplished and beloved opera singers, discuss her new book Stand Up Straight and Sing! This Grammy Award-winning international opera star will offer perspectives on her life—from growing up in the South to performing on the world's greatest stages in conversation with Tom Hall, music director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. Tickets $25 (includes one book).
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re: Philly Ray
and it was delicious (although I cooked it myself)
re: Bigley9
They had shad about a month ago at Oyster House.
This is my favourite fish, started when around 10 YO. l only cook it myself as l do not like filets. l want the roe first, then the whole fish which l do not filet but slowly , agonisingly slowly eat around the zillions of bone.
Generally get it at RTM or Ardmore at John Yi, 3-4 dollars a pound.
For me as good as fish can be.
re: Delucacheesemonger
Can't argue with you there delucas. Yum! Could go for some roe right now. I try to cook the roe gently so the delicate flavor does not get bullied by bacon or something else way too harsh.
re: Delucacheesemonger
They had the roe at Ippolitos also.
re: Bigley9
$12.99/lb for the fillets and the roe at the Cherry Hill Wegmans today. I should have bought some, but forgot. My grandmother LOVED the roe.
re: Boognish
As did my mom Boognish. I wonder if the montgomeryville Wegmans has it. I remember when the shad festival in Lambertville was amazing. The fisherman's club offered a shad dinner with advance ticket sales. /swoon
re: Delucacheesemonger
DCM - You need not eat around the zillions of bones. By wrapping tightly in foil with thinly sliced onion or shallot, butter, chopped parsley and generous grinds of salt and pepper, and put in a 275-degree oven for five hours the wee bones miraculously melt and you can eat all.
Mom and dad loved shad and we'd wait until March to have a dinner of slow baked shad accompanied by broiled shad roe wrapped in bacon and new asparagus with mom's fresh Hollandaise. Oh, and her potatoes Au Gratin with Gruyere. That's what spring memories are made of.
re: Chefpaulo
re: Chefpaulo
That sounds lovely CP! Now I'm hungry. I want to run out and make that exact meal, shad and roe. Well except for the bacon part. Too assertive. Still miss eating shad on the picnic tables along the delaware at the fisherman's club when the trees are budded and a whisper away from leafing out.
re: givemecarbs
I'm with your on the Shad Fest, Carbs. It used to be a seasonal pilgrimage. However, last year was such a bust (Jen and I got there too late to get a shad taco as they were out at 2:00 p.m.) and there was NO other shad to be found in town. Lots of funnel cakes, franks, lemonade and burgers but the star had left the house.
As for the bacon wrap, we just did it as an accent rather than an encasement. .We'd split the bacon lengthwise and wrap a half strip around the roe set. It adds a nice embellishment without being a bacon edict.
And DCM, try the slow bake at least once. It really works. The bones just disappear and you are left with moist, succulent shad.
re: Chefpaulo
I agree with you,.... the most shad can be found on the poster for the fest. The shad itself is an after thought. It has turned into the communities rite of spring, but ignoring the fact that it used to celebrate going into the Delaware and catching the fish.
But that area is such a big tourist area, it almost doesnt matter.. they could name it roadkill fest and people would still come..
re: cwdonald
There was a Shadfest in Fishtown for a few years, but that too became simply a spring festival (and they renamed it).
All right, already -- we went to Ippolito's! Expertly filleted. DW baked it at home. Delicious. Didn't get roe, though they had some.
P.S.: Roy-Ann in Sellersville said they had had shad last weekend; future prospects uncertain. Not currently on the menu at R&S Keystone in Telford. Snockey's in S. Phila. had it Friday, from Ippolito's/Samuels I'd guess.
There is still shad to be found. I have been buying it at 2 places in Mt Airy.
Pikes Place Seafood on Washington La. and The Crab Claw on Ogontz ave. Both were at $4.99 Lb for whole fish and a tip to Fillet. Not Boneless fillet but still at half the price of anywhere AND that included the ROE. Yes. $24 for 2 big fillets and Roe.
I found an excellent You Tube video by Capt. Vince Russo on boneing the fillet myself. takes 5 min once you have done a few, I even ordered the knife he uses.
Now for the bad news, even now , in prime season, both places do not carry it all the time as it does not sell fast and it spoils fast.
I am hoping by getting the word out they will sell more and stock more.
Call them, ask for it, order it.
If Mt. Airy is too far for you try calling some of the small fish stores in more "ethnically diverse" City neighborhoods.
I am going Shad fishing with a guide on the Delaware near Trenton this Wed. I love It.
re: JanR
Menu.. I am underwhelmed.. Chad does not do good work outside french standards.
Porridge: Bone Marrow Royal, Celery Milk, Smoked Onion Crouton, Caraway
Fried: Buckwheat, Meyer Lemon, Coffee Bean, Nettle
Barded: Our Bacon, English Peas, Soubise, Oregano
Steel Cut Oat Semi Freddo: Granola, Rum-Raisin, Sour Appl
re: cwdonald
It's a list of ingredients, and like all modern menus, I find it is pretty useless in predicting what the dish will be like. However, my experience with Blackfish/Mica predicts it will likely be brilliant. YMMV
Slightly off topic, but I think I mentioned something about our Oregon truffle dinner at Mica a few weeks ago. Every dish we had seemed to be completely new creation as far as I could tell (and you know I eat at Blackfish & Mica a lot!). It was probably the best meal I've had so far this year (only the Townsend popup would be in the same league), so I'm really hoping that Chip was testing out his new dishes for The Treemont on us. In fact he let us in on his plans that evening, which I think was a week or so before the media got a hold of the story. But he was a little cagey about the menu...however, I have my suspicions we saw a preview of some of the dishes. Photos below (pity I forgot to photograph the bone marrow, which was maybe the best thing):
We've had it at Little Pete's in the Philadelphian. He does a good job with fish - my husband's favorite is the whole branzino, Greek style.
Also saw it on the menu at the Oyster House and at Fuji, in Haddonfield. Fuji features shad roe, too.
My husband bought it for us last week at Whole Foods. Reading Terminal Market probably has it also.
It might be too far for you but the Hollywood Grill in Wilmington DE has it on special regularly this time of year. Big ad on their signboard that says "We have Fresh Shad".
The Hollywood Grill location used to be a Howard Johnsons and still has decent fried clam strips (might have gotten their recipe). Its a Diner with decent desserts, good salads, good sandwiches etc and a few specialties left over from the HoJo Days. Soups are decent as well but don't expect anything too fancy.
Its a ways out, but it is just off I-95 at the Concord Pike 202 exit. Here's the website so you can get the address, it also has the phone number so you could confirm they had shad before going - http://hollywoodgrilldelaware.com/


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You can work out the number someone else is thinking of as follows. Ask a friend to think of any natural number less than 100. Then ask them to tell you the remainders when this number is divided by. . . .
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The history of the Camden district is as old as Australia itself and our unique heritage unfolds in the exhibited stories and displays as you wander through the large collection of Aboriginal and 20th century material which has been donated by the people of the town and district.
A visit is essential for anyone interested in researching Camden local history, because the Museum is full of information which can be found in displays, filing cabinets and book shelves.
Historical Society members and volunteers are on hand to assist and we encourage people to look for themselves because you know what you are looking for. If you can't make a personal visit to the Museum you may make enquiries to Camden Historical Society. Group bookings are encouraged and the Museum can be opened at other times to suit.


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About SpeedMaxPc
SpeedMaxPc is a downloadable software system that claims to give users "High Tech PC Optimization" by scanning their computer, identifying the "bugs," cleaning their system, and then protecting them from future problems.
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In addition, SpeedMaxPc will scan your computer for spyware and malware and show you the specific issues that can be treated with their software.
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Please be aware of this so called cleaner. Wish I had never heard of it.
Downloaded it and phoned as requested and the lady I spoke with took over remotely and when through the machine and informed me of everything that was wrong with it. Told me it had to be a certified engineer that had to put it right, but if I paid them 370 dollars, they would do it for me. I did state that I thought that was expensive and I was not going to pay that amount and she immediately rang off.
I ran the software and when completed told me to restart the machine, which I did, only to find that I had more problems that I had before.
All my History had vanished, as had all the Favorites icon and a couple of empty folders, plus all my photograph (300+) and Document folders had also gone. All of this relating to research I have completed recently on my family tree, all gone and no trace anywhere.
I know enough about computers to know how not to delete items and folders, so it was either the lady or the software itself.
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They charged me £30-92 then gave me a number to phone and activate my licence number, the phone number they gave me dosn't exist! this is the number they told me to ring ( 0800 ) 014-839 if anyone can get through to this number would you please let me know, thank you~
Thanks guys this advert just popet up on my other computer? So I have used my other computer to check this (SpeedMax ) out? Thanks again team! Thank you and I will NOT be installing! Thankful Kiwi
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First Recovery Act Electric Vehicle Delivered Today
For months now, a team at an Indiana plant has been hard at work preparing to manufacture electric delivery trucks that are entirely powered by plug-in power. They've been installing equipment, retrofitting an old manufacturing facility, assembling parts, testing the new technology – and today they became the very first Recovery Act recipient to deliver an electric vehicle with the advanced battery and electric drive grants the President announced last year as they unveiled their new truck today and handed the keys off to the customer.
Perhaps the President was on to something last year when he chose Navistar's Wakarusa plant as the location to announce these awards – because that Indiana team marking this important milestone today is none other than the fine folks at Navistar. You may remember some of them from this video of the President's visit there last year. Their community was hard-hit when a local employer, RV manufacturer Monaco Coach, went bankrupt during the economic downturn. Like communities across the country, they're still making their way to back to economic recovery – but they're starting to see a brighter future thanks to the Recovery Act. The electric truck being unveiled today? It was manufactured at one of Monaco's old facilities - which is today Navistar's new electric vehicle facility. And it was made with the help of some former Monaco employees – who, thanks to the Recovery Act, are now on the job at Navistar.
The folks at Navistar took a few minutes in the middle of their busy launch day to take a phone call from a special guest.
Vice President Biden congratulated the team not only reaching this important milestone, but on playing a leading role in putting Recovery Act dollars to work manufacturing smarter, cost-efficient vehicles and helping build an industry that will create good middle-class jobs for years to come. This is just the beginning for Navistar's electric vehicle program – they plan to eventually develop and deploy 400 of these trucks and put sixty people to work in the process thanks to the Recovery Act investment.
And this wasn't just an accomplishment for Navistar, but for the entire advanced battery and electric vehicle industry. In fact, the battery that is powering the new electric delivery truck unveiled today was built in Michigan by Michigan workers at A123 Systems – also thanks to a Recovery Act award announced last year.
It's easy to get a look at this electric delivery truck and the other advanced technology the Recovery Act awardees are producing and think this is just about the future. But Navistar and companies like it are bringing the future to market today. In fact, this truck isn't a model or test vehicle – it's going to be immediately put on the road by the customer making deliveries in a smarter, more cost-efficient way. A plug-in powered vehicle that can carry in excess of 2 tons a distance of up to 100 miles per charge – that's not the future, that's today.
And because of the advances the more than 40 recipients of the Recovery Act's $2.4 billion investment in electric vehicles are making today, we're going to go from two advanced vehicle battery factories last year to 30 by 2012. We'll go from two percent of the world's advanced vehicle battery market share to 20 percent by 2012. And we're not just making the parts here at home, we're also helping plant the power stations to fuel electric cars all over the country. So while Navistar's customer will hit the road with a brand new electric vehicle soon – it may not be long before you do too.
Liz Oxhorn is Recovery Act Communications Director
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