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This mod is going to take back what was lost in the "new age" of RTS's. The speed's been boosted, new units have been added, and a whole new faction has comith to kick everyone's ass. Everything's so unbalanced that the game is balanced.
More modifications for Red Alert 3 published on Desura.
Yes comrades, the first faction to be modded into Red Alert 3 is here, and, it's the Conker Faction!
Nice of you to stop by this mod, I hope you've been enjoying yourself, commander.
For years, we have built, for years, we have borrowed, but for millenniums, we will rule.
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The problem with LutecFebruary 12th, 2011
Recently someone wrote me an email asking me what I thought of Lutec and the claims made by this group. For those who don't know, Lutec is an Australian company that several years ago claimed to have created a device capable of generating more power than it consumed, using circuitry connected to a kind of motor-generator. While they never demonstrated the machine running on its own, without external power, they claimed that the input power was considerably less than what was output.
If this were actually true, the machine should be able to power itself and still have power to spare. Even if it needed some kind of external "priming" power, or a power source or some kind of power source to buffer a non-constant power output, this could be easily accomplished with a simple system of capacitors or batteries. Thus, an "energy amplifier" could also be an "energy producer," if such a device existed.
Based on what their website states, they seem to not understand this:
This remarkable patented technology has many possible applications. It can amplify all existing or new electricity stations production. This is done by simply adding the technology to the existing or new power stations distribution sub stations. It can therefore be applied to and amplify any size power station regardless of the type of fuel being used. It will be equally effective with coal, oil, gas, and solar, wind, and diesel, nuclear or hydro power stations.
The LEA technology can be just as effective in other applications. The input power can be supplied to a LEA system from a normal wall plug outlet, or from other types of generator or battery supply. The input causes synergistic internal events in the patented LEA motor/generator/amplifier system to increase the amount of electricity it receives at no further cost. (See the How It Works page)
The LEA technology is proven to Amplify electricity. Please note the LEA is not the same as the Lutec 1000 generator and although the patents that cover the LEA are applicable to both, the electricity amplifier is quite different from the generator.
Having made some big claims and gotten a fair amount of press, the company and system seem to have gone into a kind of stagnation, probably because the system doesn't actually work. Still, there are those who cling to the idea and claim that it's just a matter of putting the Lultec machine into production to end humanity's energy problems forever.
Unfortunately there's a big problem: The inventors of this machine made some mistakes and miscalculations. The demonstrations shown on Youtube and elsewhere are probably genuine films of the output of the Lultec machine powering light bulbs or other devices. The problem is that the machine is actually consuming significantly more power to do so than it is outputting.
This video does a pretty good job of showing their mistake…
Now here's the problem: Determining electrical power in watts by simply multiplying volts times amps works when you're dealing with a simple purely resistive load and where there's no inductive or capacitive reactance involved. For example, if you have a light bulb hooked up to a battery, then multiplying amperage by voltage should give you the total wattage.
Unfortunately this will not work with circuits that involve alternating current motors, which have their own internal reactance. What this means is that the actual measure of the current and voltage using simple meters is not a true reflection power. Part of this comes from the fact that reactive loads on an AC circuit can cause the voltage and amperage to cycle at different phases. If this is not complicated enough, it also is worth noting that AC volt meters are generally designed to provide what is known as RMS voltage, but this value may not be completely accurate depending on the circumstances and how much reactive power is present on the line.
Further complicating the calculations is the fact that their input power is AC which goes through a transformer and then a rectifier. This results in what is known as a Non-linear load. Most AC voltage and current meters are designed to provide accurate readings of sinusoidal current and voltage, but non-linear loads will produce a non-sinusoidal voltage curve. When connected to non-linear loads they will not provide accurate readings.
I have to admit that some of the equations and measurements needed to get a truly accurate reflection of true power consumption and production in an a combined AC and DC system go a bit over my hear. However, I can say with certainty that it is more complex than simply multiplying the readings on a simple volt and amp meter.
The fact that the Lutec inventors made a basic mistake in their calculations of power output might well be forgivable if they had admitted to it when it was pointed out. It would be a little embarrassing to face up to having made such a blunder, but it would still be the best way out of it. Instead, those behind Lutec refuse to let go of their claim, even having been debunked by a number of experts who actually do know how to measure the power of complex ac/dc systems.
On the bright side, they did win the 2001 Australian Skeptics' Bent Spoon Award.
Sorry, but the laws of physics still stand.
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A quick rundown:
BC: Once again they are defending National Champs and the team to beat.
BU: Had a troubling offseason to say the least http://www.boston.co...NQ9O/story.html
Lowell: Came out of nowhere last season to finish 2nd in Hockey East and make the NCAA tournament.
Maine: Abbott and Flynn are gone as are their 110 points. Plus Timmay is still HC.
UMass: The Toot era is over and they settled for their 4th or was it 5th choice for HC by hiring an assistant from UVM.
Merrimack: Faded down the stretch last year and Canatta is gone. Not sure how they replace him.
UNH: No idea how they will do.
Northeastern: Will be fighting for a Hockey East playoff spot for the 20th season in a row.
Providence: Up and coming. Interested to see how they do this season.
UVM: Will they get more than the 7 Hockey East points they "won" last year?
Looking a couple of years down the road I'm not happy with this at all:
Sep 10, 2012 - Hockey East will change its playoff format beginning in the 2013-14 season by expanding to allow all conference teams into the postseason tournament, according to a report from CollegeHockeyNews.com.
Currently, eight of the conference's 10 teams qualify for the postseason tournament. With Notre Dame set to join the conference in the 2013-14 season, the Hockey East Tournament will expand to include all 11 teams in the conference. When Connecticut joins the conference for the 2014-15 season, all 12 teams will play in the tournament.
Hockey East is the only conference that does not currently include all teams in its postseason tournament. The conference will eliminate the final week of the regular season to accommodate the expanded tournament. During the 2014 tournament, the top five teams will receive first-round byes with the remaining six playing to advance to the quarterfinals. The following year, when the conference expands to 12 teams, the top four seeds will receive first-round byes.
It's yet to be determined whether or not the first round games will be single-elimination or a best-of-three series.


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They say it's not where you go, what you do, or even the things you have; it's the people you meet along the way which really make you happy in life. Some of the people in this gallery I'd only met just hours or days before the picture was taken; some of the others I have known for years. It doesn't matter what I was doing or where I was at the time: in some of these pictures I was halfway across the world, in some I was just a few miles from my home. The one constant is that I'm never alone, so always remember the words of Christopher McCandless:


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To mark the second anniversary of General Motors Corp.'s filing for bankruptcy and the fact that Chrysler has repaid its outstanding government loans six years ahead of schedule, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner took to Wednesday's Washington Post opinion page to defend the federal government's automaker bailout.
Geithner notes that GM and Chrysler have returned to profitability and Detroit's unemployment rate has fallen by one-third over the past two years as he writes that "the industry is mounting one of the most improbable turnarounds in recent history."
Geithner focuses on that improbability throughout -- painting a picture of a politically uncertain choice the White House bravely made as he defends the intervention.
"President George W. Bush provided more than $17 billion in temporary loans to GM and Chrysler to avert that disaster, but those efforts, while important, were not enough," Geithner writes. "President Obama took office faced with an industry that was burning and had to determine whether additional government support made sense."
Geithner outlines a hypothetical domino effect, whereby the restructuring of GM and Chrysler could have caused suppliers to go under, which in turn could have caused the liquidation of Ford and other automakers, possibly leading to a total loss of "at least 1 million jobs."
"Nothing about the president's call was popular," he writes. "It may have been more politically expedient to let Chrysler fail. But the president knew that if Chrysler collapsed, tens of thousands of jobs would have been shed in the near term — a body blow to an economy already on the ropes."


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Authorities say the chopper went down early Friday morning near Flagstaff while landing to pick up a motorcycle accident victim. All three crew members were hurt, two seriously, but none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening. The cause of the crash is unknown.
It was back on June 8 when a PHI chopper based in Bryan crashed in Walker County. The accident killed all three crew members and the patient they were transporting.
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By Joel email@example.com The Clayton County Convention and Visitors Bureau (CCCVB) recently took proactive steps to improve the image of Clayton County by hiring a full-time marketing and communications manager. After a year-long search, the CCCVB hired Megan Spears, whom, prior to coming to Clayton County, worked as the tourism and special events coordinator for the Eatonton-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. Spears plans to use the new position to promote Clayton County as a hot spot for nature tourism, genealogical research, and amateur sporting events. "I feel like that is an untapped market for us and is something that we can really get into," said Spears. She said Clayton has a number of parks and wildlife preserves which are currently underutilized by the public, such as the Reynolds Nature Preserve, the Newman Wetlands Center, and Clayton County International Park. "Let's face it, we need good news," said Spears. "One of the parts of my job is getting the word out about all the good things happening in Clayton County. It will shape the way that other counties and communities see Clayton County." Spears brought attention to the fact that the county is also a hot spot for history buffs, particularly those interested in genealogical research -- a topic with "huge" national appeal, she said. She hopes to promote the national and state archives in Morrow to historians, travel writers, reunion groups, and anyone interested in exploring their personal history. "We want to get the good news out about the county," said Pat Duncan, president and CEO of the CCCVB. In addition to hiring a full-time marketing manager, he said the CCCVB now has three billboards along Interstate 75 -- two put up within the last 60 days -- which promote Clayton County's attractions. "We want all those people driving up and down [Interstate] 75 to know that Clayton County is here," he said. Duncan added that while the county lacks convention space, it has a wealth of outdoor and indoor sporting complexes. In order to promote the area as a destination for youth and amateur tournaments and sporting events, the CCCVB is in the process of forming a Sports Council with the counties of Henry, Fayette, and Coweta. The council will leverage the area's affordable hotels as a lure for coaches and sport organizers. "They've never had anyone in my position before," said Spears. "The positive aspects ... we're going to push as hard as we can."
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- Clayton celebrates National Tourism Week ( May 13, 2008 )
- Farmers Market Visitors Center set to close ( June 9, 2008 )
- BOC supports increase in hotel/motel tax
Funds to boost tourism, officials say ( March 7, 2008 )
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On my Shaman, I barely saw Netherstorm before 70, and went up there way after I'd hit the highest level to go looking around for cash. And there are lots of fun quests to do up there, too. Shadowmoon Valley was another one that I didn't actually quest in for a while after 70, but now that I've done it, I'd say that it should actually be a priority ASAP-- there are a ton of terrific quests in SMV, not only for lore's sake, but just really well-done content as well.
When you hit 70, what areas did you head towards to continue questing in? And what areas did you "save" until you were as powerful as you could get, and reading to have fun instead of just grinding?


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Named to the Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
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Provided depth for the Bulldogs in the freestyle, backstroke and individual medley events.
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That's Mr. President to You: The Lying Game's Adrian Pasdar to Play Head of State in Summer Mini-Series
He may play the mysterious and somewhat nefarious District Attorney Alec Rybak on The Lying Game, but Adrian Pasdar is about to get a major political upgrade in the upcoming USA network mini-drama, Political Animals.
According to TVLine, he'll be playing Paul Garcetti, recently elected President of the United States. He hires Sigourney Weaver's Elaine Barrish (an ex-First Lady and his electoral rival) as his Secretary of State. IMDB reports that the six-episode arc will start off focusing on Elaine's dubious bond with a Capitol Hill journalist (played by Carla Gugino), who built a career on dragging her name through the mud.
The series will also star Ellen Burnstyn as Elaine's mother, James Wolk (Happy Endings) and Sebastian Stan (Gossip Girl) as Elaine's twin sons, and Brittany Ishibashi (Ghostfacers) as the fiance to James' character.
So what does this mean for Adrian's Lying Game character? Not to worry, Game-rs: Our favorite show isn't slated to begin filming until this summer for a winter return, so presumably Adrian would have wrapped on Political Animals by then.
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Lightroom Archives
Anyone using speech recognition with Lightroom?
Speech recognition seems to have been the coming technology since I don't know when – I seem to recall seeing DragonDictate in the late 90s – but it is one of those technologies that never seems to have arrived as . . .
Here's a quick summary of how to email files from Lightroom:
The built-in way is to export files as JPEGs to your hard drive, then attach the to an email. Neat, eh? 1990s retro computing enthusiasts line right up!
To email files . . .
Last year PhaseOne finally acquired – "liberated" may be a better word – Expression Media from Microsoft and gave it back its old name, MediaPro. I say "finally" because they had tried to add the original iView MediaPro cataloguing program . . .
List View – new Lightroom plug-in
Update: released here
It's been bubbling away for a while, and some people saw it late last year, but in the next few days I'll be releasing a new plug-in – List View.
It does exactly what the name suggests and provides . . .
No matter how much the Lightroom ethos is about designing a program for photographers from the ground up, there are still those atavistic folk who want to do things just as they suppose they've always done them. So every so . . .
I'll admit that I hadn't even heard of Blurb's Bookify and when I read their announcement of a Lightroom 3 to Bookify Plug-In I wasn't particularly interested. Just another dumbed-down online service? Instead what I focussed on was the closing . . .
Using Dropbox to make Lightroom catalogues, presets and even preferences available on other computers
One promising approach is to use Mac aliases or Windows symbolic links (a bit like shortcuts). So for example, you would keep the catalogue itself in a Dropbox folder, but use aliases or symbolic links to store the catalogue's previews . . .
Although mainly a PC user, I also have a Mac laptop and do like its AppleScript and Automator scripting/automation features. I've little doubt that if I only used Mac I would quickly find various ways of saving . . .
I've never been one who photographs in colour and occasionally dabbles with black and white. It's very much the other way round, and I often look at pictures I've left in colour and think they're rather monochrome anyway. But I've . . .
Complex file renaming in Lightroom made simple – thanks to the Search and Replace plug-in
Ever spend ages thinking up ways to convince someone a task is far from easy, and that they should just give up on the idea – and then the solution appears just as you were about to hit the Send . . .
Search and Replace – and check spelling?
I'm beginning to add a spell checking feature to my Search and Replace plug-in. If you want to say what would be important for your needs, please add comments to this post and I'll see if I can implement the . . .
Search Replace Transfer 1.30 fixes a bug, which 1.29 kindly introduced, but it also contains a new menu command – "Brute force" search which creates a regular or "dumb" collection and then adds images to it by performing . . .
Lightroom – finding all images shot at a certain time of the year
Recently I've seen a number of Lightroom users asking how they could find all images shot at a certain time of the year.
Now, if you have your head screwed on you would have included seasons in your keywords. For instance, . . .
I was just helping out a newcomer to Lightroom with how to use the pick flags and the P U X shortcuts. As a reminder, I came up with this little panel end mark. Memorable enough?
The file should go in . . .
Google StreetView inside Lightroom
That's exactly what you see here! It's actually a Google maps gallery with images displayed as thumbnails on the map. They're clickable and reveal larger images with captions, and you can also switch to StreetView inside Lightroom's Web or in . . .
See this interesting article by Michael Frye on Setting the White Point in Lightroom: A Comparison:
Since I advocate using the Point Curve in Lightroom to set a white point and black point, I sometimes get asked about the difference . . .
There's an interesting comparison of doing black and white in Capture One 6, Silver Efex 1, and Lightroom 3 by Mike at The Intuitive Lens. It's a two parter with Capture One vs Silver Efex and then both vs Lightroom. . . .
Capture Time to Exif – released
Capture Time to Exif is essentially an in-Lightroom interface for Exiftool, Phil Harvey's highly-respected "platform-independent Perl library plus command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files".
With Capture Time to Exif you . . .
I've been asked – a little mischievously – why in yesterday's 20 minute wow I don't say more about Slideshow, Web and Print. A single word each? That good then?
Well, quite the contrary. I am not trying to pack . . .
20 minute wow (as Orwell might have put it)
Someone, somewhere asked a good question about Lightroom. How would you wow a mixed group of existing users and other photographers when you're allowed just 20 minutes?
20 minutes? At most? Without anyone asking you anything?
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United States Patent Ofiiice 3,173,418 DOUBLE-WALL ENDOTRAQHEAL CUFF Ostap E. Barau, 219 E. 12th St, New Yrk,:N.'Y. Filed Jan. 10, 1961, Ser. No. 82,367 6 Claims. (Cl. 128-651) This invention relates to a double-Wall endotracheal end, the external Wall of which is multiperforated for the administration of continuous or intermittent local endotracheal anesthesia. The very same cuff may-be very advantageously employed for endo-esophageal, endo-stomach, endo-duodenal, or pharyngeal surface anesthesia as well as surface anesthesia in any other cavity in the body.
The problem which anesthetists and surgeons have encountered in the use ofo'f endotracheal anesthesiais that shortly (about three quarters of an hour or sooner) after injection of anesthetic into the'trachea and placing of the endotracheal tube, the anesthetic wears off or is destroyed and the patient is thereafter unable to endure the pres ence of said instrument in the trachea. The patient starts to cough and vomit, making it difficult for the surgeon to perform the operating procedure. Attempts have been made to solve this problem by use of deep anesthesia administered to such level that the patient loses all endotracheal feeling and reflexes. Frequently this unnecessarily intoxicates the whole body system and often endangers the life of the patient, especially in the presence of damage to the cardio-vascular system, liver, kidney, lungs or brain centers.
An object of this invention is to provide an'improved endotracheal cuff providing for continuous or intermittent local endotracheal anesthesia around the endotracheal tube which enables the patient to tolerate the endotracheal tube not only during the light-superficial stage of general anesthesia, but also'in the absence of general anesthesia when the patient is awake. Such device may be life saving in conditions such as tetanus or bilateral pneumonia when a continuous free passage of oxygen to the lungs and suction of exudate from the lungs represents most important factors for a successful recovery.
A preferred form of this invention is shown by Way of illustration in the accompanying drawingsin which:
FIGURE 1 is a side View, partly broken away and in section, of a deflated endotracheal double cuff made in accordance with this invention and shown mounted on an endotracheal tube.
FIGURE 2 is a similar view, the endotracheal tube and cuff being rotated 90 degrees from their FIGURE l position, showing the inner cuff in inflated condition.
FIGURE 3 is a view similar to that of FIGURE 2 but showing the outer cuff only inflated and spraying local anesthetic.
FIGURE 4 is still another similar view showing both cuffs inflated and spraying anesthetic proximally'only.
FIGURE 5 is a view similar to that of FIGURE 4 but showing only partial inflation of the inner-cuff and full inflation of the outer cuff and spraying anesthetic around the entire surface of the outer cuff.
FIGURE 6 shows a modification as an'enlarged sec tional view showing the double endotracheal cuff mounted permanently on the endotracheal therewith.
tube as an integral unit FIGURE 6A is a section on the line 6-6 of FIG- URE 6.
FIGURE 7 is a longitudinal section through an endotracheal tube showing its stepped configuration for receiving the double-wall cuff herein claimed.
3,173,418 Patented Mar. 16., 1965 cuffs, namely, the internal cuff E (FIGURE 1 to FIG- URE 6 and FIGURE '8) is conventional, with the difference that after inflation it is tightly adherentto the external multiperforated cuff D except for one small part of theexternal cuff surface extending a distance L about 1 cm. proximally from the internal cuff (see FIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8). In both cuffs openings 0 and P are formed as extensions of two separate canals S and T (FIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8). Opening 0 is for in jection of anesthetic drugs H into the external cuff as in FIGURES 3, 4, 5 and 6 (into the space betweenthe internal and external cuff) and opening P is for injection of air into the internal cuff E. When the internal cuff E is inflated it contacts and extends the external cuff D mainly in the middle and lower portions and indirectly presses on the wall of trachea G (FIGURES 2 and 4), thereby tightly closing the tracheo-bronchial air passage below the double cuff. That situation makes itvpossible for the anesthetist to produce positive pressure in the lungs or perform artificial breathing forthe patient'by pressing and reducing the pressure on the rebreathing bag.
The external cuff D extends proximally as at L 1 cm. beyond the internal cuff (FIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8). Both cuffs are fixed to the basal rubber cylinder F (FIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). What is most important, the external cuff D is multiperforated as at M. After injection of the anesthetic fluid H into the space between the internal and external cuffs, that fluid (through the multi-perforated external cuff holes MFIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8) is sprayed uniformly around the tube K and external cuff D, anesthetizing the internal wall G .of the trachea and'by gravity flowing into the bronchial tree or upper respiratory airway depending on the position of the patient.
If the anesthetist has some reason to limit the aney thesia to the proximal part of the trachea, the larynx and the pharynx, then after inflation of the internal cuff E by air through its separate opening B, canal T, and intracuff opening P (FIGURES 2 and 4), the injected anesthetic-fluid H enters the externalcuff through its separate opening A, canal S, and intra-cuff opening 0, and is accumulated proximally (FIGURE 4). Since the external cuff extends a distance L of about 1 cm. farther proximally beyond the internal cuff (FIGURE 4), local anesthetic is sprayed around the proximal airway only, and by lowering of the upper part of the body only (Trendelenburg position), the anesthetic fluid flows into the larynx and pharynx, anesthetizing that area.
Another advantageous feature ofthe above presented double walled cuff is that, after injection of anesthetic fluid into the space between two surfaces of the cuffs, some amount of anesthetic remains in the capillary space between two cuffs and'continuously supplies some of the local anesthetic by leaking'through the small holes 'M of the external cuff D (FIGURES 3, 4, 5 and 6).
The modus operandi relating to the double walled endotracheal cuff here described and claimed is as follows:
After local spraying of the anesthetic into the pharynx and general induction'of anesthesia, together with injection of relaxant drugs, asisthe common practice today,
and properly oxygenating the patient, the endotracheal tube K with its double walled cuff is inserted into the trachea; Immediately 2 or 3 cc. of Cyclaine or other local mesthetizing agent are injected intoithe space between the internal and external cuffs through the above mentioned separate opening A. Under the fiuid'pr'essure the external cuff is stretched, the small multiple holes M (FIGURE 3) are opened and the anesthetic is sprayed through them around the tube-and on the endotracheal mucous membrane, flowing down into the tracheobronchial tree or into the pharynx according to the position of the patient. If, in some situation, it is important to anesthetize the upper airway only, above the cuff and proximally, then after inflation of the internal cuff E (FIGURE 4) through separate opening B (FIGURE 1) and clamping the canal T (FIGURE 2) by forceps, a tightly separated space is formed in the tracheo-bronchial tree below the double walled cuff. Because the external cuff is extended about 1 cm. (FIGURES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8) proximally beyond the internal cuff, the anesthetic fluid is sprayed proximally only (FIGURE 4) and flows into the upper airway during and because of the Trendelenburg position of the patient. Usually in about 45 minutes to one hour the anesthetic fluid is absorbed or destroyed and the patient may react to the presence of the tube K in the trachea. To prevent that reflex, another quantity of the anesthetic fluid is injected during deflation of the internal cuff, and the local endotracheal anesthesia is thereby prolonged.
After spraying of anesthetic fluid H and clamping by forceps of external cuff opening A, the internal cuff E may be inflated again if necessary.
Instead of intermittent injection of anesthetic fluid I-I it is possible to maintain a continuous local endo-tracheal anesthesia by continuously dropping local anesthetic into the external cuffs canal S, as it is done in intravenous medication.
In this manner there is the possibility not only of continuously maintaining the local anesthesia, but by continuous absorption of the local anesthetic it may be possible through the blood circulation to support general anesthesia by a local anesthetic, and thereby avoiding the cardio-vascular reflexes, This may be done, for example, by the use of Procaine or Pronestyl during some cardio-vascular operations.
A further advantage of this kind of anesthesia is that local anesthesia of the larynx reduces the danger of laryngo-spasms.
The above mentioned double-Wall endotracheal cuff may be advantageously used with any type of the endotracheal tube by adjusting or confirming the size of the double-Wall cuff to the size of the endotracheal tube (FIGURE 8). These cuffs may be mounted over the tubes, as two separate units (FIGURE 8), or they may be permanently secured to the endotracheal tube K as one unit (see FIGURES 6, 6A and 7).
' Cuff members E, D may be mounted on endotracheal tube K which should have an annular recess R (FIGURE 7) formed around the wall to accommodate the thickness of the cuff walls, thereby presenting a uniform thickness of the tube with the Cuff, which facilitates insertion of the endotracheal tube into the trachea (FIGURES 6, 6A and 7).
Furthermore, it is advisable that all canals of the double-wall cuffs be formed within the wall of the endotracheal tube K (FIGURES 6 and 6A), with an excava tion N between two canals to provide a greater lumen through the endotracheal tube K at that section, then extending separately outside the wall approximately 2-3 cm. This is helpful to the surgeon (while operating in the oral cavity), since all tubes are confined to one place (FIGURE 6).
The separate cuff canals S, T should be long enough to permit each canal to be separately clamped by forceps.
It is to be understood that the above described and illustrated instrument is but a preferred form of the invention and that it may be modified in many ways within the scope and spirit of the invention, as it is defined in the claims of this application.
The invention claimed is:
1. An endotracheal cuff for introduction into the trachea comprising a tubular base member, an imperforate inflatable tubular inner cuff member and a distensible tubular outer cuff member, said cuff members having substantially coextensive end portions at one end thereof secured to said base member, said outer cuff member and inner cuff member having the other ends thereof respectively secured to said base member at longitudinally displaced points, whereby the outer cuff member has a greater longitudinal wall extent between the secured ends thereof than that of said inner cuff member, the wall of said outer cuff member being multiperforated at spaced points, passage means communicating with the space between said cuff members for introducing anesthetic into said space and transmission thereof outwardly through the perforations in the wall of said outer cuff member, and passage means communicating with the space between said inner cuff member and said base member for inflating said inner cuff member to displace wall portions thereof toward the wall of said outer cuff member whereby to vary the spacing between the opposed walls of said inner and outer cuff members and to displace the wall of the outer cuff member selectively to positions in spaced or sealing relation to the trachea.
2.An endotracheal cuff as in claim 1 wherein said base member is an endotracheal tube, the wall of said tube being formed with a pair of passages respectively communicating with the space between said tube and said inner cuff member and the space between said cuff members.
3. An endotracheal cuff as in claim 2 wherein said tube is formed with an annular recess on its outer surface to provide longitudinally spaced annular shoulder portions, the opposite ends of said cuff members abutting the respective shoulder portions of said recess.
4. An endotracheal cuff for introduction into the trachea comprising a tubular base member, a tubular outer cuff member of distensible material secured at its opposite ends to said base member, an imperforate inner tubular cuff member of distensible material between said outer cuff member and said base member and secured at its opposite ends to said base member, the wall of said outer cuff member being formed with spaced perforations, passage means communicating with the space between said inner cuff member and said base member for inflating said inner cuff member to bring wall portions thereof into a regulated extent of contact with opposed wall portions of said outer cuff member whereby the wall of said outer cuff member is brought selectively into positions in spaced or sealing relation to opposed portions of the trachea, and passage means communicating with the space between said cuff members for introducing anesthetic fluid therein for regulated transmission outwardly through the perforations in said outer cuff member into contact with selected portions of the trachea,
5. An endotracheal cuff for introduction into the trachea comprising an endotracheal tube, an inner cuff member having a cylindrical imperforate inflatable wall mounted on said tube with the opposite ends of said inner cuff member secured to spaced portions of said tube, an outer cuff member having a cylindrical multiperforated inflatable wall mounted over the inner cuff member with the opposite ends of said outer cuff member secured to spaced portions of said tube, air conduit means communicating with the space between opposed wall portions of said tube and the inner cuff member, for inflating said inner cuff member to bring the wall thereof toward the opposed wall portions of the outer cuff member whereby the wall portions of the outer cuff member are moved toward sealing relation with the trachea, said wall portions of the inner and outer cuff members providing a space therebetween of an extent regulated by the degree of inflation of the inner cuff member, and anesthetic conduit means communicating with the space between said inner and outer cuff members for introducing anesthetic into said space for regulated transmission through the perforations in the wall of said outer cuff member for contact with selected portions of the trachea.
6. An endotracheal cuff as in claim 5 wherein the walls of said inner and outer cuff members have their secured ends at one end thereof in coextensive relation and the secured end of the wall of the outer cult member at the other end thereof being longitudinally displaced beyond the secured end of the wall of the inner cuff member at the other end thereof whereby in the fully inflated condition of the inner cuff member to bring the outer cuff member in sealing relation with the trachea, opposed Wall portions of said cuff members distally related to the point of entry of said anesthetic conduit means are in contact with each other While opposed Wall portions of 1 said cuff members proximally related to the point of entry of said anesthetic conduit means are in spaced relation to each other to provide a space for receiving anesthetic from said anesthetic conduit means for application to portions of the trachea proximally related to the point of 1 sealing of the outer cult member relative to the trachea.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain July 1,
OTHER REFERENCES Anesthesiology, vol. 21, No. 6, November-December 1960, page 775 required.
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The Lady T-Breds came in second at Lexington Country Club, but Taylor Dodson took medalist honors with a 35. The Lady T-Breds will next play in Edisto's Low Country Invitational.
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In competition on Saturday and Sunday, several area junior golfers had good showing at the 18th Annual Tradition Four-Ball at Pebble Creek Country Club in Taylors. In the girls' 14- to 18-year-old division, South Aiken's Taylor Dodson teamed with Lexington's Sydney Legacy to win in a playoff. In boys' 15- to 18-year-old play, South Aiken's Alex Handy and Ryan Carpenter teamed up to finish second with a two-day total of 135, three strokes off the lead.
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Women's Tennis | Sunday, October 2, 2011
Palmer and Gutierrez Reach Semifinals in Doubles before Falling to Top Seeds
USTA/ITA Pacific Northwest Fall Championships Continue in Salem
SALEM, ORE. -- The second day of the USTA/ITA Pacific Northwest Fall Championships in women's tennis was hosted by Willamette University on Sunday, Oct. 2. Most of the matches were played indoors at the Courthouse Tennis Club with the exception of the consolation doubles matches, which were indoors at the Salem Swim and Tennis Club.
Singles action advanced through the quarterfinals, leaving only the semifinals and the final for Monday, Oct. 3. Doubles teams played through the semifinals, setting up the final match for Monday.
All of Monday's matches will be played at the Courthouse Tennis Club (1379 Madison St. NE in Salem, Ore.). The semifinals in singles will start at 9 a.m., followed by the singles final and then the doubles final.
Willamette's Shannon Palmer (Sr., Salem, OR/Sprague HS), seeded #6, reached the quarterfinals in singles before losing to the #2 seed, Alyssa Roberg from Whitman, 6-2, 6-2. Palmer also combined efforts with teammate Sabrina Gutierrez (So., Newbury Park, CA/Newbury Park HS) to make it to the semifinals in doubles. Palmer and Gutierrez, seeded #4, were defeated by #1-seeded Roberg and Courtney Lawless, 8-4, for a berth into the Regional Championship match.
The consolation brackets in both singles and doubles were completed on Sunday.
Listed below are the players who advanced through Sunday's action, either to reach the final day of the main draw in singles or doubles, or to win a consolation bracket.
Singles Bracket (Seeds in parentheses)
The semifinalists are:
Abby Olbrich (1), Linfield
Erica Bosman (7), Whitworth
(Albrich and Bosman will play in the semifinals)
Morgan Lawless, Whitman
Alyssa Roberg (2), Whitman
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Doubles Bracket
The finalists are:
Courtney Lawless and Alyssa Roberg (1), Whitman
Caroline Brigham and Abby Olbrich (3), Linfield
(Lawless-Roberg will play Brigham-Olbrich in the finals)
Singles Consolation Bracket
The winner is:
Alli Marshall (4), won the consolation singles final be default. She also advanced to the final by default. She won three consolation matches over the weekend before advancing twice by default.
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The winners are:
Hannah Palkowitz and Lizzy Schiller, Whitman, won the consolation doubles final by defeating Griffith and Inn, George Fox, 8-4.


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As the world's engineers and planners come up with new ways to solve the increasing demands of life on Earth in the 21st century, there are many amazing engineering projects taking place globally.
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The Gotthard Base Tunnel is actually two main parallel tunnels measuring a record-breaking 57km each, served by a maze of access tunnels, shafts and passages. In total there will be 153.5 km of tunnel through the Swiss Alps.
The project has been conceived to solve the problem of heavy European road traffic on this major route through the Alps, while simultaneously developing Europe's high-speed rail network. The existing tunnel, much higher up, can only handle three-truck freight trains of up to 2,000 tons. The new tunnel will take 4,000 ton heavy freight trains - carrying entire trucks on board - effortlessly through the heart of the mountains. Passenger trains will be able to travel at speeds of up to 250kmph, resulting in a train journey time between Zurich and Milan of just two hours and 40 minutes - a third less than at present.
But digging a tunnel underneath 3,000m mountains is going to take all the skill of some of the world's leading engineers. Much of the geology that lies beneath the mountains was unknown when the project began. Problems that would slow the project down and give rise to complex engineering challenges have been a feature of building the tunnel.
The planned completion date is 2015 but that may well slip. In fact, in July 2005, a tunnel boring machine (TBM), known as Gobi II, got stuck when it unexpectedly encountered a section of unstable, soft rock. The tunnel promptly collapsed in front of the TBM's cutting head - and there is no such thing as reverse with a tunnel boring machine. Experts on the project found themselves with the unexpected task of trying to calculate the extent of the section of less stable rock, as well as having to rescue the TBM by digging it out of the place where it had got stuck - a process that would take several months.
2) Roller Coaster
The Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park, situated just north of Los Angeles, in the US state of California, is home to the record-breaking ride, which is heralding a new adrenaline-packed experience for thrill-seeking visitors.
Christened "Tatsu", the Japanese for "flying beast", this incredible steel structure swivels riders round 90 degrees into a face-down position, just like a flying dragon. Those brave enough to take the challenge are propelled at speeds of up to 62mph as they dangle from the track.
Unlike the construction of most coasters, which are built on flat ground, Six Flags' new coaster stands on uneven terrain, twisting and turning round hills and trees to add to the thrill. Up to1600 riders per hour pass over four separate areas of the park, traversing a 263ft elevation change, during the 3.5-minute ride.
The track is over 3,600ft in length and 170ft high. The first drop that thrill-seekers experience is an amazing 111ft. There are no less than four inversions, including the world's biggest Pretzel Loop, which is 124ft tall.
The ride, which was custom-designed by Swiss roller coaster experts, Bolliger & Mabillard, cost a staggering $21 million to build. It opened in May 2006.
3) Madrids Big Dig
Madrid is currently suffering a traffic crisis that needs to be solved quickly and efficiently, as the city has expanded rapidly in recent years and dangerous congestion is becoming an almost constant problem. Madrid's inner ring road, the Calle 30, is the worst offender. The busiest road in Spain, running close to the Manzanares River, it is famous for its traffic jams and pollution.
The M30 project aims to solve the problems of gridlock on Madrid's roads by refurbishing the road and running major sections of it beneath the city, creating new parkland and riverside above. A total of 99km of new road and 56km of tunnel will have been constructed by the time the project is completed. With an estimated budget of ¤3.7 billion and completion date (already behind) of mid-2007, this is a major undertaking!
The M30 Madrid Project is so massive that no less than seven Earth Pressure Balanced (EPB) Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) of various specifications have been specially ordered for the 15 separate projects around the city.
One such machine came from German firm Herrenknecht AG. It was too massive to transport whole and had to be reassembled on site. With an immense 15m diameter and weighing 4000-tonnes, it surpassed its expected 300m per month progress and achieved 500m per month (36m per day) - finishing its tunnel ahead of schedule. In August 2006, a similarly-proportioned machine from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Spanish company Duro Felguera beat this record by achieving 40m progress in a single day.
4) Sinking Wings
The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) is on a mission to create and maintain man-made dive sites that will promote both the local economy through dive tourism and the environmental benefits of using artificial dive sites to save damaging important historic or ecologically-sensitive sites.
Along the way, they've become experts in the technology and safety procedures needed to create artificial reefs. They began their work in 1991 by sinking the GB Church - a 53m freight ship that started life as a Second World War supply ship. The ARSBC - which is made up entirely of volunteers - then went on to sink a further six large ships of varying types.
For the group's most recent project, they looked to the skies and opted to sink a retired Boeing 737. The ARSBC began work on the jet plane by stripping the interior down and removing any potentially toxic substances. They then opened up the cabin to make it more diver-friendly and began work on the actual sinking of the plane.
A huge crane had to be employed to sink the aircraft in its location just off Chemainus, Vancouver Island. The greatest difficulty in lifting and then sinking the aircraft would come in holding the 20 ton flying machine stable, despite the potential pitfalls of strong and unpredictable winds, waves and currents.
No plane had ever been deliberately sunk like this before so a special cradle for the plane had to be designed from scratch. The cradle has been engineered to hold the plane underwater, so that it gives the impression of 'flying' beneath the waves. The cradle will add another unique element to this special project that will hopefully offer a unique dive site to divers from all over the world.
The site had been christened 'Xihwu Reef' (pronounced 'key'quot') after the Red Sea Urchin that once thrived in the area.
5) Bangkok Bridge
The city of Bangkok is growing at a phenomenal rate and is currently home to an estimated 10 million people and almost 25 million registered vehicles. As a result, the city's roads are in a state of crisis, with log-jammed traffic becoming an almost permanent feature and travelling speed down to a crawl during peak times.
When it is finished, it is hoped that the new Bangkok Mega Bridge will bring a massive improvement to the current traffic situation in the city. The unofficially-named "Mega Bridge" is part of a new road network - the 13km Industrial Ring Road.
The Mega Bridge stretches across a meander in the Chao Phraya river so actually comprises two bridges of 702m and 582m in length, each crossing a north-south stretch of water. In the middle is a suspended intersection. Each bridge is 51m high to allow tall shipping to pass under: construction had to take place while the river's shipping lanes remained open.
The bridge's towers have been built on soft, wet land which has led to some complex engineering challenges. As the structure is a cable-stay bridge, it will not actually be stable until all the pieces of the bridge have finally been joined together.
6) Crossing the Colorado
The massive canyon formed by the Colorado River where it joins Nevada and Arizona already boasts one iconic piece of engineering: the Hoover Dam. The new bridge, just half a kilometre downriver from the dam, will only add to the splendour of the area and give North America its first composite concrete deck arch bridge.
The new crossing is badly needed. Currently, a narrow two-lane highway runs along the top of the dam. The approaches are winding and treacherous. Congestion is terrible, the crossing is on one of the area's major routes, US Highway 93, and handles both through-traffic and Hoover Dam tourists.
Security concerns since 9/11 have led to a lorry ban on the crossing which has increased disruption. The ambitious Hoover Dam Bypass scheme - with the new bridge at its centre - should ease these problems when it opens to traffic in 2008.
The bridge alone will cost $114m. At 580m long and rising almost 275m above the Colorado river, it has brought some difficult construction challenges. Workers have had to contend with temperatures reaching 46 degrees centigrade, as well as strong and unpredictable winds and dangerous terrain with terrifying drops.
In September 2006, strong winds sent two enormous construction cranes crashing into Highway 93 - amazingly, with no loss of life! There are also a number of environmental issues to consider, including managing the endangered desert tortoises that inhabit the region, alongside protecting a herd of mountain sheep who reside close to the construction site.
7) Extreme Elevation
The developers of the Burj Dubai (which means Dubai Tower in Arabic) are so keen to win and hold on to the title of World's Tallest Building that they are keeping the building's exact height a secret until completion. Current estimates put the finished height at around 940m.
The building's foundations have even been dug to an extra deep level to enable the addition of further storeys as construction progresses. The tower will feature a luxury hotel, private residential apartments, commercial space and a viewing platform 124 floors up. The tower will be so high that the air on the building's upper floors will be thinner than the air on the ground.
Construction is moving fast - one floor per week is currently being constructed and the Burj Dubai is slated to open for business at some point in 2008. The desert conditions mean that building techniques have had to be customised. For example, builders mix ice with any concrete they use to make the concrete set to strength in the hot desert temperatures.
The Burj Dubai is concrete on its lower levels with a shining steel structure on top. It's been designed without any horizontal surfaces, to prevent desert sand from settling on the building and weighing it down. It also has a twisting, continually changing shape to counter the effects of the strong desert winds.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service is leading an effort which recognizes that hardwood forests are highly effective at naturally removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequestering it in forest biomass. The Fish and Wildlife Service, in conjunction with private, State, and Federal conservation partners associated with the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture, has achieved restoration of nearly 65,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests involving over 120 projects on State and Federal refuges across the Southeast since 1999. Building on this success, the Fish and Wildlife Service has identified roughly 150,000 acres of inholdings within the established boundaries of National Wildlife Refuges in the Lower Mississippi Valley where they could enter into partnerships with industry to reforest the properties. Several projects are underway, and others are under consideration.


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ARLINGTON – Cowboys coach Jason Garrett held Dwayne Harris up as a perfect example of a player who fought his way through adversity. Sunday's 31-7 pummeling of the St. Louis Rams was a strange game for Harris, who began it with a muffed punt that resulted in a turnover and capped it with a 24-yard […] [Read More]
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RISING DeMarco Murray: Happiness for the third-year back is a schedule that includes the Rams. George Selvie: The fifth-year journeyman defensive end already has a career-high 2.0 sacks. Gavin Escobar: Struggling through the first two games to find his place among the crowded field of Tony Romo targets, the second-round tight end badly needed that […] [Read More]
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I'm frantically cleaning and purging our house. I cleaned the wood floors, the carpets, the kitchen and dusted all the shelves. I put a ton of crap out for "garage sale" or "get rid of" pile. I started packing for moving and I got the oil changed. This is how I deal with the unknown. I clean like a freakish maid.
LB and I are going to Seattle tomorrow. I know my sister isn't getting married, but I'm in the
psychotic mood to give it a shot. With Paige staying with us, I figure what the hell, ya know? Sure, I may live to not go for that trip with her alone again any time soon, or I might decide that she kicks sweet ass (she does) and that we can be adventurous together.
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Yay! Can't wait to see you! Good luck with all the driving tomorrow. You just say the word and I'll bring a butt-load of alcohol to the hotel if you need it!
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The hurricane stirred up a major nesting urge around here. I cleaned the bathrooms, the hardwood floors, caught up on all the laundary, cleaned out and scrubbed the fridge, cleaned the lint off the couches ...EVERYTHING!! (I haven't nested so much since I was about to give birth.) Strange coincidence?
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This was really good. I served it over whole grain couscous topped with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
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Wow! Watch out for so much red pepper flakes - really hot! You have to like hot & spicy a lot to use so much. Start with a little bit and add to your taste. Other than than great recipe!!
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Raspberry Pi got its start in 2006, when a bunch of people in the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory in the United Kingdom were looking at the declining computer skills they were seeing in A Level students coming into their program. What they were seeing was not good, and it was a trend they could see being repeated in other nations besides the UK.
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Hi toomuch,
I'm glad you raised the issue of the purchase and sale agreement the port signed with Farwest. It's a very important component to the overall issue.
Indeed, I reported the major highlights of the agreement in the same Aug. 11 story that reported the Board of Commissioners' decision to sell the land to Farwest.
To recap: Under the purchase and sale agreement, Farwest must maintain a minimum of 100 employees at the site. These may include independent contractors and temporary laborers, although Farwest's CEO said during the August hearing that it was his preference to employ full-time positions at the site.
As I reported previously, the purchase and sale agreement also places other conditions on the deal. The port will have the right to buy back the 20 acres from Farwest if:
* Construction of the company's planned complex doesn't begin within 12 months.
* The minimum employment level isn't maintained by the company.
* The company puts the property up for sale.
* The company doesn't keep the property in industrial use.
* Operations on the property stop.
As to the issue of how much the jobs generated by Farwest will pay, port officials have said the jobs will pay annual average wages of roughly $40,000 with benefits.
It should also be noted - and we've reported this previously - that Farwest plans to relocate 100 existing jobs to its new site and to eventually add another 128 workers. So, in the short-term, there would be 128 new jobs. The company also has said the port site is part of its larger plans to grow and add more jobs in the years ahead.
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Just to clarify, and in response to Hawkeye's questions:
The Port of Vancouver sold the land to Farwest for $5 million, with the port's three elected commissioners voting unanimously in favor of it. In doing so, the port did make an exception to its longtime policy of leasing, instead of selling, land to companies.
The port's decision to sell, rather than lease, was based in part on the fact that the parcel Farwest purchased wasn't going to be crucial as a tie-in to other port operations. Moreover, Farwest didn't want to lease, it wanted to own the land, and the port was willing to take the chance that the deal would create jobs in the long run.
As to the company's move to obtain a building permit, as the Columbian reported previously, Farwest officials did meet with Vancouver city officials to discuss the regulatory standards the company would have to meet in order to obtain a building permit. That meeting occurred in July, roughly a month before the port's Board of Commissioners took the vote in August to approve the land deal.
As to why Farwest's move to obtain a building permit is a public process: the state's Environmental Policy Act requires governments to consider the environmental impacts of their actions, including issuing building permits. As part of that consideration, the public may comment on the potential environmental impacts.
I hope this helps. Thanks, aaron.
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Erica Hartley Johnson and Randy Elbert Lambert have announced their engagement.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of James Hartley and Kathy R. Collins of Georgetown, S.C.
She is a graduate of Georgetown High School in Georgetown.
She is employed with Georgetown County School District as a teacher at Georgetown High School.
The groom-to-be is the son of Elbert and Irene Lambert of Georgetown.
He is a graduate of Andrews High School in Andrews, S.C. He is self employed.
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The Davidson women's tennis team opened Southern Conference play with a 7-0 win over Chattanooga Saturday at the Knobloch Tennis Center as it swept all six singles matches and two of the three doubles matches.
Davidson won its sixth match in the past seven to improve to 7-2 on the season and start SoCon play at 1-0.
The Wildcats opened with a doubles point win, claiming the first and third matches. Chattanooga senior Lindsey Ballard and freshman Grace Robinette edged Michelle Fanney and Wang, 8-7 at the No. 2 position.
Davidson swept all six singles matches to earn the 7-0 win.
Meredith Skeeters led the way by winning her fifth straight match with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5 over Annie Green.
Kelsey Linville and Virginia Berry earned straight set victories at No. 1 and 2 over seniors Lindsey Ballard and Bonnie Adams respectively.
Also posting singles wins for the Wildcats were Michelle Fanney at No. 3, Kim Whelan at No. 4 and Lora Dushanova at No. 6.
The Lady Mocs return to action March 1 at home against Elon at 1 p.m. at the Champion's Club.
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Doubles (for one team point)
1. Linville/Berry (DAV) def. Adams/Knizat (UTC), 8-3
2. Ballard/Robinette (UTC) def. Fanney/Wang (DAV), 8-7
3. Whelan/Dushanova (DAV) def. Green/Sanjines (UTC), 8-0
1. Kelsey Linville (DAV) def. Lindsey Ballard (UTC), 6-1, 6-3
2. Virginia Berry (DAV) def. Bonnie Adams (UTC), 6-0, 6-0
3. Michelle Fanney (DAV) def. Beata Knizat (UTC), 6-1, 6-1
4. Kim Whelan (DAV) def. Grace Robinette (UTC), 6-3, 6-1
5. Meredith Skeeters (DAV) def. Annie Green (UTC), 6-2, 6-2
6. Lora Dushanova (DAV) def. Arianna Sanjines (UTC), 6-2, 6-2
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The third of four heavily modified Boeing 747-400s was certified June 6, 2008 by the Federal Aviation Administration for use on the 787 Program. The Large Cargo Freighter, or Dreamlifter, transports major 787 structural components from global supplier partners to Charleston, S.C. and Everett, WA for integration and final assembly respectively.
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