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Kristen Bell Interview, Forgetting Sarah MarshallPosted by: Sheila Roberts
MoviesOnline sat down with Kristen Bell (TV's Veronica Mars, Heroes) at the Los Angeles press day for her new film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a hilarious, heartfelt look at relationships for anyone who has ever had their heart ripped out and cut into a billion pieces.
From producers Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) and Shauna Robertson (Knocked Up, Superbad) and first-time director Nicholas Stoller (co-writer of Fun With Dick and Jane, TV's Undeclared) comes the world's first romantic disaster comedy – a raunchy, honest look at one guy's quest to grow up and get over the heartbreak of being dumped…if he can only make himself start Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Leading the cast is Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother, Knocked Up) as Peter Bretter, a struggling musician who has spent nearly six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But Peter's world is rocked when she dumps him and he finds himself alone. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-the-job nervous breakdown, he believes that not having Sarah in his life may ruin it forever.
To clear his head, Peter takes an impulsive trip to Oahu, where he is confronted by his worst nightmare: his ex and her tragically hip new British-rocker boyfriend, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand, St. Trinian's, Penelope), are sharing his luxury hotel. But as he torments himself with the reality of Sarah's new life, he finds relief in a flirtation with Rachel (Mila Kunis, TV's That '70s Show, Family Guy), a beautiful resort employee whose laid-back approach tempts him to rejoin the world of the living. He also finds relief in several hundred fruity cocktails.
Here's what the lovely Kirsten Bell had to tell us:
MoviesOnline: How did you end up reining Russell Brand in?
KRISTEN BELL: There are definitely takes where he's much more Russell than Aldous just because when they were first finding Aldous they were trying to figure out what's the best rock star stereotype to portray – the ultimate destructive fast talking one or someone a little bit more aloof. He and Nick found that and brilliantly so I think. The thing about Russell is when he's on, he has the vocabulary of an alien and he is hysterical. But when he's off and more just one on one, he's – I don't mean to ruin his street cred right now – but he is really kind and he is much softer. We had a lot of sex scenes together and we didn't really know each other that well but he was so comfortable to work with and quite protective actually.
MoviesOnline: Really? I couldn't imagine that.
KRISTEN BELL: Nobody would.
MoviesOnline: He talks about his appendage throughout this interview.
KRISTEN BELL: Of course he does. That's why I'm planning on outing and destroying his street cred because when we would do it, he would always make sure that I was tucked in like a burrito with the sheet when the cameras weren't rolling. I am by no means an exhibitionist. I'm also not super modest. I grew up in the theater. So when I'm on set and it's a job, if I'm wearing something skimpy, that's the job. I've been lucky enough to work with wonderful crew members that create a very safe environment and nobody's there to exploit you. But when you're in pasties throughout the entire movie, you get comfortable with it. I don't know how you do, but you do, and he would literally cover me up.
MoviesOnline: Is that how he has so much success by making all these women feel so comfortable?
KRISTEN BELL: I guess so. I suppose. I suppose people are saying "Oh well, that's just going to get him, you know, more girls." But I think it came out of a very sweet, caring part of Russell that not a lot of people see.
MoviesOnline: But he didn't try picking you up obviously?
KRISTEN BELL: No. Well, a little bit. [laughs]
MoviesOnline: Why didn't that charm rub off on you?
KRISTEN BELL: Oh, I don't know. I adore Russell, but Russell and I are just friends.
MoviesOnline: What was it like holding a naked Jason Segel?
KRISTEN BELL: Whoooo! I wasn't holding…
MoviesOnline: Well you had to comfort him.
KRISTEN BELL: You're right. I did. You know, that was a very big day for Jason. It was one of the last things we shot and we were all really close as a crew and as a cast so we just wanted to make him feel comfortable. I don't know if he told you that but they had T-shirts that had David on it and had the little sayings on the back, like he could up Jason and really fun stuff. And we tried to make him feel as comfortable as possible, but then there was a point where he got comfortable enough that we were so clearly in coverage and he was still naked. And I was sort of like, "Are we..? What's that frame on? We're here, right? And he's still here." And there was some sort of nylon sock involved which I'm gonna tell you just draws more attention to the area than if it didn't have a nylon sock on it. So, you know, I just hope he was comfortable. I think he did a great job and I'm kind of proud of him.
MoviesOnline: Were you comfortable?
KRISTEN BELL: Yeah. I didn't let on that I wasn't. Yeah, you're doing a scene with a naked man. I'm lucky he's taller than me and my eyes stayed to the sky.
MoviesOnline: Have you ever dated a couch potato and tried to get him off the couch?
KRISTEN BELL: I've been the couch potato.
MoviesOnline: They're trying to get you off the couch?
KRISTEN BELL: For sure. I tend to work very hard when I'm working and then in my off time I barely leave the house. I'm definitely one or the other. I will either have three jobs at one time like I do right now or I will just be completely stuck in bed all day, every day, watching reruns of Jeff Corwin and just happy as a clam.
MoviesOnline: Have you had somebody hold your purse while you take a picture?
KRISTEN BELL: I've had a couple different people in my life hold my purse so I would never ask anyone – friend, boyfriend or anyone – to do it too many times. I think it really does strip you of your dignity a little bit. In a pinch, it's nice if somebody is doing it for you as a favor but when asked repeatedly, the amount of times they show him holding Sarah's purse is what really gets it to be like "Oh, it's no longer a favor. This is embarrassing."
MoviesOnline: Have you ever had trouble defending a project the way Sarah Marshall did with the cell phone movie?
KRISTEN BELL: I'm sure you all know. I know what you're getting at here. Here's the irony in this situation. I did a movie that was about electronics coming to kill you. Fact. Did it a couple years ago. Nick and Jason wrote that scene and I said, "Really guys? Really? Like this is hitting home too much." And honestly, sincerely, they went "But what do you mean?" And I said, "The cell phone thing." They were like "You don't think it's funny? I think it's hysterical. A plot line about a killer cell phone." And I was like, "Because I did the movie about the cell phone, dude!" And they were like "You did?"
MoviesOnline: It was memorable obviously.
KRISTEN BELL: I know. Clearly not a lot of people saw it. It was unbelievable to me. We laughed about that for a week. I bugged them about it for a while. They really didn't know I did that movie.
MoviesOnline: I interviewed you for that movie and you defended it to the hilt or are you just a damn good actress?
KRISTEN BELL: You know you never know how everything is going to come out. I thought it was a good movie. Was it the best horror movie ever made? Absolutely not. Was it the worst? No way. It did have a few holes, but whatever. It's what it was. It was wonderful to make. It was an enjoyable movie. But the fact that they wanted to make fun of it made me a little uncomfortable because "A" I was grateful for that break. "B" I really loved the people involved. I love comedy but I don't ever want to go so far with comedy that it hurts anyone's feelings so I couldn't figure out how they would have had that instinct to write it without knowing it and they really didn't.
MoviesOnline: I actually didn't know you were in the cell phone movie.
KRISTEN BELL: Really?
MoviesOnline: Really.
KRISTEN BELL: I was.
MoviesOnline: You were brilliant in that movie.
KRISTEN BELL: Thank you.
MoviesOnline: What and where would be your escape choice after a break up? Would you go to Hawaii, would you go somewhere else, would you just stay home? What would you do?
KRISTEN BELL: I would have a national tour of theme parks. Oh yeah! Mindless entertainment.
MoviesOnline: The entire country?
KRISTEN BELL: Sure.
MoviesOnline: What are your top five?
KRISTEN BELL: Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio. Knott's Berry Farms out here. Disneyworld, Florida. Top five? Those are probably the top three. I do love theme parks. I love roller coasters. I grew up near Cedar Point. We went every summer.
MoviesOnline: Where is that?
KRISTEN BELL: It's in Sandusky, Ohio. It was about a 2-1/2 hour drive from Detroit where I grew up. They always outdo themselves the next summer bringing in another enormous roller coaster and I was there for the opening of The Magnum which – not today – but I think is the third tallest in the world. And I fully went on opening day.
MoviesOnline: That's what makes you happy and that's what you do.
KRISTEN BELL: Oh yeah, I love it. I don't really scream. I sort of just freeze up. But I do really like that feeling when your stomach goes up into your mouth. [laughs]
MoviesOnline: Fun date you'd make.
KRISTEN BELL: [laughs]
MoviesOnline: Did the writers' strike shorten your Heroes arc? Was there more we would have seen?
KRISTEN BELL: Yes and there's more that you will see. It interrupted my "Heroes" arc.
MoviesOnline: The rumor is that you weren't coming back.
KRISTEN BELL: If I don't come back, it will be because we didn't work it out. I want to go back. As far as I'm concerned, I am going back. I'm not under contract but I've had such a good relationship with them and I've had so much fun doing it and had such a great storyline and I've shot two episodes that won't air until we shoot the entire arc. I did take a movie unfortunately because I'm not under contract with them in New York for 12 weeks. So I'll be about 4 weeks late coming back to when they shoot but as of right now the negotiation that's going on is that they'll be able to file my scenes in and I'll just shoot a condensed version right when I get back and then catch up to everyone else and they don't air until September so they have the ability to do that.
MoviesOnline: Is that When In Rome?
KRISTEN BELL: It's called When In Rome.
MoviesOnline: Are you going to Rome too to shoot? That's why you're doing the movie, right?
KRISTEN BELL: Right. C'mon! I'm not very well traveled and I'm so excited to go. I'm excited to go back to New York for sure and the majority of it is in New York and I went to NYU so that's sort of my old stomping ground.
MoviesOnline: Is it a romantic comedy?
KRISTEN BELL: Uh huh.
MoviesOnline: And you pick coins out of the Trevi Fountain?
KRISTEN BELL: Yes. She accidentally puts 7 coins in her pocket from the fountain and throughout the course of the movie there are 7 suitors that had thrown them into the fountain wishing for passion or love or a connection and start to stalk her in a really freaky way.
MoviesOnline: Have they cast all the suitors yet?
KRISTEN BELL: I can't really say because they're not signed yet but they're in negotiations with some awesome actors and comedians. I'm genuinely excited about it because a lot of the people involved I've actually been excited to work with for a while, like before this movie started. I'm like "I'd really like to work with that comedian."
MoviesOnline: Did you have to learn to surf for this movie and did you save any of that cool beach wardrobe for yourself?
KRISTEN BELL: I didn't have surfing lessons. Mila had Japanese lessons. I had horseback riding lessons and Russell and Jason had surfing lessons. But during my horseback riding lessons, and I rode as a kid, I had 8 sessions or whatever it was to get me comfortable on the horses so we could do it, and that scene has actually been cut from the movie but it'll be on the DVD. In two sessions I was remembering all the stuff that I grew up with so she was like "Well we can just mess around" and there were beautiful trails and we were right on the beach and she let me go swimming with my horse, Baba, into the ocean.
MoviesOnline: Baba?
KRISTEN BELL: Baba. I'm sure you've heard about him. He's the greatest horse in Hawaii. We went into the water because Baba loves to swim and so we'd go up to my waist and he's completely submerged with just his head sticking up and he'll start to paddle around. It is a divine experience.
MoviesOnline: Did you practice horseback riding with Russell because he gave a rather amusing anecdote?
KRISTEN BELL: Listen, I was there when his horse fell.
MoviesOnline: Well he was talking about how he'd never ridden a horse before and that he didn't feel in control.
KRISTEN BELL: [imitating Russell] He said "This is a wild animal!" [resumes normal voice] Yeah, I know. I've heard it. I shouldn't make it any less dramatic than it is. We did have one scare where my horse was in front of his horse and maybe his horse sniffed my horse or did something and my horse kicked his and his horse just sort of went down and he slid forward and he felt really out of control and scary and it's when he started talking more about the fact that "We are really riding. It's not a car and you can't pull the brake. This is an animal that has thought processes and if he's hungry, he's going to stop, no matter how hard you pull." Which is very true and I think a lot of good horse riders can work with that and understand that and be as compassionate as possible. Somebody needs a snack, you know.
MoviesOnline: So did you get to keep the cool wardrobe?
KRISTEN BELL: Unfortunately, I didn't. Believe me, I wish I did. Sarah Marshall has the best wardrobe ever.
MoviesOnline: How do you get ready for the beach?
KRISTEN BELL: Here's an embarrassing thing that I'll admit. I have lived in Los Angeles. It will be 6 years in October. I can maybe count a dozen times I've ever been to the beach. I don't love the beach, at least in Los Angeles. So I don't really know what my beach routine is. Outside of Los Angeles I guess I do. I went to the beach a lot in Hawaii. Basically it's just SPF, a ton of SPF, because I don't want to burn. I don't want to get skin cancer. So other than that and hydrating and bringing some…oh I did go to the beach a couple months ago with my friends. We brought bocce ball and started playing bocce ball.
MoviesOnline: What is that?
KRISTEN BELL: It's like where you try to throw the ball and see if you can get it as close to the stick as possible.
MoviesOnline: You don't live by the beach?
KRISTEN BELL: No. I live in Studio City.
MoviesOnline: How did you like doing the voice in Assassin's?
KRISTEN BELL: I loved doing that. I grew up playing a lot of video games and I'm not as avid of a player now as I used to be but I love video games. I think that the way "Assassin's Creed" turned out is awesome. It's on par with any movie you see that kind of animation for. It was really fun because I like that world and it's a really intense game. It's a gamer's game. I mean that's the game that you lock yourself in the house for 4 hours a day playing. That is an intense game.
MoviesOnline: Are you going to do more?
KRISTEN BELL: I think we're working on a second one. Yeah. And I believe I will be signing on for it.
MoviesOnline: What about your music? Don't you miss singing?
KRISTEN BELL: Very much.
MoviesOnline: So are you thinking of being in a musical movie?
KRISTEN BELL: Yeah. You never really know when things come up and it's definitely a priority to go back. I just sang in a benefit that we did for Alzheimers a couple weeks ago that Jason Alexander directed so keeping it on the forefront of my life is very important, though when opportunities like When In Rome come up, it's something that you gotta to take pause there.
MoviesOnline: What did you sing at the benefit?
KRISTEN BELL: We did all the selections from Bye Bye Birdie so I sang A Lot of Livin' to Do which was really fun.
MoviesOnline: What other movies do you have coming out?
KRISTEN BELL: Fanboys, but it does not have a release date yet. I'm disappointed that it hasn't come out yet. I don't know where it is. I haven't seen it. I can't really make a judgment call. They've had quite a few release dates for it. I'm just trying to stay as supportive as possible because I really don't know any more than you guys do. They're really tight lipped about it and they don't even tell us.
MoviesOnline: What about Serious Moonlight?
KRISTEN BELL: It was so much fun to do. I had been a big fan of Cheryl Hines before I worked with her and she stepped into the role of just cool, confident female director. It was so impressive. It was Adrienne Shelly's last script so there was a lot of weight involved with that.
MoviesOnline: Have you seen Waitress?
KRISTEN BELL: I did and I loved it. And it was almost the same team from "Waitress" and the same producers. There were only 4 characters. It was really cool. It takes place where 3 of them are tied up in the bathroom for half the movie and we shot it in 15 days. It was really interesting.
MoviesOnline: Is it going to a festival?
KRISTEN BELL: I don't now what Cheryl is going to do with it. She's editing it right now. My guess is that it would.
MoviesOnline: You did the voice for Gossip Girl. Do you know if there are any plans to reveal who Gossip Girl is?
KRISTEN BELL: I don't think so because I think that like when you watch the show, she's just more of a narrative that doesn't actually exist. So I don't think so.
MoviesOnline: Would you do more TV?
KRISTEN BELL: Would I? Yeah, if I liked it, if it was the right stuff. I don't really separate the mediums in my head so much. I did "Heroes" because I really loved the show. It would depend on what it was. It's the same thing as taking a film role. It depends on what it is.
MoviesOnline: Had there always been that little element in the script that makes Sarah Marshall a sympathetic character towards the end?
KRISTEN BELL: It went back and forth. There were always elements of being sympathetic. I think we have the minimum amount. The more you can get in there, the better, though I completely trust these filmmakers and their editing process and think that it's exactly where it should be right now. But yeah, it was definitely a balance of wanting to make her likeable but also there's so much comedy in the ditsy, bitchy parts of her, but also accurately portraying that she did have her reasons for breaking this up. It wasn't what was fulfilling her any more. It wasn't out of being mean. It was just about it doesn't appeal to someone anymore to be with someone who has completely locked themselves in the apartment and survives solely on Fruit Loops. You know what I mean? She was looking for something different and it was an unfortunate thing to admit, but I think that a lot of the speeches…some of them were improv-ed and some of them were what Jason wrote pretty brilliantly which is what let you in on her thought process and didn't demonize her so much.
MoviesOnline: Were you comfortable with all of that improv because you've done a lot of structured shows? Was it fun to participate or was it daunting for you?
KRISTEN BELL: Both. It was very nerve wracking and it was a lot of fun and you just had to go in there and be game. You had to just try. And you had to come in with specific decisions made about your character and you also had to come in willing to let any of those be bulldozed by other people.
MoviesOnline: What was the biggest improv thing that you did? What was the funniest thing that you came up with? Do you remember?
KRISTEN BELL: The biggest improv? I don't even know if I could remember. We did two weeks of rehearsals where we improv-ed all these different scenes. It's unfortunate that I don't exactly remember what was in the original, original script I read and then all of the rewrites that Jason did on top of it that were stuff that we came up with that sort of all meshes together in my brain. I wish I could separate it more but they were phenomenally collaborative about either giving suggestions about "Hey, try this" or me being able to say "Hey Nick, I really want to try this." It's a really neat way to work. A really neat way to work.
MoviesOnline: It's funny they didn't know about the cell phone movie. I think I remember talking to Jason on the set. He said the mystery show had nothing to do with Veronica Mars either.
KRISTEN BELL: Right. It's weird. Those were the two definitely ironic circumstances. "Veronica Mars" was cancelled two weeks before we shot that scene so it was completely a realistic reaction.
MoviesOnline: How did that make you feel?
KRISTEN BELL: I thought it was going to go. I really did. I thought that the first two years too when it was picked up. I really did. We knew our numbers were stagnant. They weren't bad and they weren't good, but they were holding. I understand that being the head of the network you also have to take into consideration how much space you can sell and commercials. That's really what it's based on. So I totally get it, the business aspect of it, but it was just heartbreaking because those people were my family in San Diego.
MoviesOnline: Do you still keep in contact with a lot of the cast?
KRISTEN BELL: I'm seeing 10 of them tonight for dinner at my house. [laughs] We probably do it once every four or five months. We get together probably three times a year.
MoviesOnline: Are you cooking?
KRISTEN BELL: Yes.
MoviesOnline: Oh my god, for that many people?
KRISTEN BELL: Well people are bringing stuff as well. We do keep in touch a lot which is great because we did get along really, really well and that sort of family aspect hasn't been lost, and Rico and I are still really, really close and I love that.
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" opens in theaters on April 18th.


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Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas names Seok Myung Yoon president and CEO
Posted By Wayne Grayson On May 8, 2013 @ 10:52 am In Construction News | No Comments
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas named Seok Myung Yoon its new President and CEO Wednesday.
Yoon, known by most as Sam, comes to the company's American construction equipment division from its parent company Hyundai Heavy Industries. Yoon will be making the move from HHI's Brazil division to Norcross, Georgia where the American construction equipment division is headquartered.
In a prepared statement, Yoon spoke about his excitement to take on the position, noting that the company's 9A series of excavators and wheel loaders [2]will "help us continue down the path of steady sales volume and market share increases in North and Latin America."
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Yoenis Cespedes drove in two runs and Josh Donaldson snapped an 0-for-33 slump with an RBI single.
Chavez (6-4) carried a shutout into the sixth.
With the second-best record in the majors behind San Francisco, the A's have won three of four and are off to their best start in nearly 25 years.
"It's good to see," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said of his club's power surge. "We haven't been swinging the bat as well as we were earlier, certainly on the power portion of it. But two big three-run homers today gets you off to a good start."
Norris, who matched his career high with three hits, homered in the first and Crisp connected in the second off Nuno (1-3).
Carlos Beltran hit his first home run for the Yankees since coming off the disabled list. But the All-Star veteran also was called out on a strange play in the eighth inning when he lost track of the outs and wandered away from first base.
With one out in the eighth and the A's ahead 10-3, Beltran grounded into a forceout at second. He trotted toward New York's first-base dugout and got halfway there, then turned around and headed back toward the bag — Beltran was tagged in foul ground.
Umpire Dan Iassogna made the call and Yankees manager Joe Girardi came onto the field for a brief discussion. By rule 7.08, Beltran was out for "abandoning" the base.
"I thought there were two outs," Beltran said in the Yankees' quiet clubhouse. "It was too late to go back."
Chavez blanked the Yankees until Derek Jeter doubled in the sixth and scored on Mark Teixeira's two-out single. Oakland's right-hander was stellar otherwise, allowing five hits over six innings with four strikeouts.


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The HydroICE Solar Project
As the price of energy continues to rise and we continue to experience changes in our climate, the problem has never been so obvious: The world is in dire need of a cheap, clean way to acquire energy. Day after day we've all heard that we need to be more responsible with the world which is our home, and day after day our shrinking wallets push us more quickly to action.
But we don't need to waste your time telling you what you already know, so let's skip to the important issue: What is the best way to solve this problem? To cut straight to the point, solar energy is the answer IF a truly affordable method of harnessing the sun's energy can be produced, here's why.
The most consistent, reliable source of energy that our planet has is the sun. And lucky for us, it doesn't turn off if we're late paying the bills. It's always there and it's always free. But that doesn't mean anything if you can't make those warm rays turn the lights on at night, keep your food fresh, or warm your home when it's cold outside.
The world has taken steps in the right direction; the photovoltaic panels that are on the market are nice, but the extreme cost has kept them from becoming widely implemented. Even with the recent government incentives the cost has still been out of reach for the average private consumer or business. Large-scale thermal solar plants do a fine job but they are generally built far away from where we live, making maintenance of these plants a challenge.
There's just something wrong with the fact that it's so difficult to utilize what is otherwise free and abundant. To be frank, we hate that. We wanted to change the way solar energy is approached. And change it we have!
Our project started out small with just 2 "slightly eccentric" inventors: Matt Bellue, an Aerospace CNC Machinist/Programmer with a passion for exploring new inventions and making them real, and Ben Cooper, an engineer and dedicated inventor with extensive background in the sciences. With our experience, passion for inventing, dedication to an affordable clean energy solution, and a healthy dose of outside the box thinking, we knew we could solve this problem. And so we founded our company, Missouri Sustainable Energy.
We spent months just researching what other people had already done. What worked and what hadn't. What showed promise and what flopped. We hemmed and we hawed, we even played "Pin-The-Solution-On-The-Solar-Donkey" (hmmm, hopefully we get a a few courtesy laughs for that one) And after all that, we finally came up with something that nobody had ever thought of or tried. Are you ready to hear about how we're going to change the world?
It all starts with a standard gasoline engine. Yes, that's right; we're going to make a gasoline engine generate electricity by running it on solar power. Sound outrageous? Well, it might, but keep reading!
The principle in a gas/diesel engine is fairly simple: Inject fuel into the engine, a spark is fired, an explosion occurs and as a result the piston moves, turning a generator, pushing a car, or driving whatever the engine is connected to.
Now here's where we turn the world upside down. Take that same engine and modify the variables slightly; instead of injecting gas/diesel, inject hot oil (using mirrored parabolic solar collectors, temperatures of 800 degrees farenheit can be reached!) into the cylinder. Instead of a spark, add a few microdroplets of water. When the water contacts the hot oil, the oil's thermal energy is transferred to the water and it instantly flashes to steam.
When water changes from a liquid to a gas, it has the potential to increase it's original volume by 3,000 times. It's this powerful expansion that drives the engine. Just connect a generator to the system and there you have it: An engine that only requires the warmth of the sun to produce electricity.
For just a quick second, let's consider something that is often overlooked: Safety.
Safety is A MAJOR problem associated with steam turbines and engines. Each of these devices require high-pressure steam that must be created outside of the system in a boiler before being injected into the device. Steam can be extremely deadly at these pressures and the slightest problem or leak could result in fatalities. This is an acceptable hazard when utilized at the utility level by trained professionals, but NOT among homes, business, and communities.
Using the HydroICE method, the required steam is generated inside the engine where the work is being done. This eliminates the extreme hazard and makes it safe for use anywhere.
So to summarize: A mirrored parabolic solar collector heats the oil, the hot oil is injected into the engine, and then a small burst of water is injected into the engine. When the water contacts the hot oil, it flashes to steam and expands which causes the engine to turn. The engine drives a generator which creates electricity, here's a diagram of the complete closed-loop system.
We've had a few people ask to see an example of the oil/water reaction in action. Check out the video gallery at the top of this page for an eye-popping example of what we're talking about.
In all of our countless hours of research, we haven't found anybody who has mentioned, let alone come close to trying this idea. Why? Who knows, but we finally did and that's what matters most.
Here's a cost comparison between the average cost to have a PV panel system installed versus a conservative projected installed cost of our new system.
For all of you extra-curious types, we also want to mention that the system will include an oil/steam separator because, as we all know, water and oil don't mix. This technology has been around for a long time and will allow our system to run on a closed-loop, using the oil and water over and over again. That's it. Not so outrageous after all!
For our prototype system we engineered the conversion of a small, 31cc, 2-stroke engine that you would typically find in a weed-eater or other similar equipment. Once we finished the design, Matt machined all of the parts necessary to make the modification. Matt has asked that we don't brag too much about him but he's pretty darn good at what he does and in no time at all we had a finished prototype engine that was ready to be tested. Below you will find a diagram from our patent on this new approach.
The next step is pretty obvious: Let's test this thing! We started searching for a place to conduct the tests and presented the project to Dr. Steve Watkins, professor of Electrical Engineering and associate chair of the department at Missouri University of Science and Technology. We told him the story of our research, explained the concept and design we had come up with, and let him inspect the modified engine. Needless to say, he was extremely enthusiastic about the work we had done and with his help, we presented the task of conducting these tests to a number of students for their senior design projects. The idea is moving forward and becoming a bigger reality each day!
As it looks now, there will be 4 different senior design project teams working together to test the closed-cycle solar system.
- Team 1, from Mechanical Engineering at MS&T, will design and create the infrastructure around the engine. This infrastructure will include pumps, piping, heat exchangers and the like. Once this is in place, we will be able to conduct all of our tests.
- Team 2, from Electrical Engineering at MS&T, will create the control and feedback system to operate and monitor the engine during the testing phase.
- Team 3, from Electrical Engineering at MS&T, will assemble the equipment that will actually measure the electrical output of our new system, telling us the efficiency of our setup and allowing us to calculate exact costs.
- Team 4, from Electrical Engineering at Missouri State University, is designing and creating the modular mirrored solar collectors that will heat the oil to power the engine.
With this level of expertise working on the project, we shall soon know how well this idea can help the world!
This is where we need you, our fellow clean/solar energy enthusiasts, to play your part. We've done the research, we've prototyped the engine, and we've secured the manpower needed to make this a reality. We've reached our current point by funding the project out of our own pockets but unfortunately our pockets aren't quite deep enough to pay for all of the testing that is now necessary. We need your funding support to reach the next step.
Folks, we're almost there! We're asking for $70,000 which will allow us to get a FULL WORKING SOLAR SYSTEM into place and test it thoroughly. Of course, the more money we raise the better! Once we've shown the world a full working system, the work will continue toward making it available to people like you at an affordable cost worldwide. Kits will be developed, plans will be offered, and complete systems will be available to you.
Unfortunately, at this point in the project, we are not able to offer awesome perks like complete solar systems. We need to test everything before we are able to do that. Rather, we are relying mostly on the eagerness of our fellow solar and clean energy enthusiasts to finally see a product like this become available on the market.
That is our biggest goal; making clean, affordable energy available to EVERYBODY! And once those details are all ironed out, we'll be back here on Indiegogo to make it available to you!
We're hoping that by now everything has clicked and you're realizing that this has the potential to be a true changing force in the sustainable energy market and that we're the team to get it done. This is what our world needs, and we need your help to get there. Please support this special project however you can financially and by spreading the word to family and friends.
Every dollar that you back us with and every person you tell our story to helps the world inch that much closer to finally having a clean energy answer. Don't forget, if we don't reach our $70,000 goal, we don't receive any of your pledges. PLEASE help us make sure we get there! Keep in mind, you can donate any amount you wish, you are not confined to the amounts set on the right side for the perks. If you just wish to contribute and not receive any perks, you have that option at the bottom of the contribution page.
We can do this! Help us make AFFORDABLE solar energy available to everybody as soon as possible by backing The HydroICE Solar Project today!
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Challenges that we'll face and FAQ
Because our solar system is mainly constructed from off-the-shelf components, there really aren't too many risks or challenges that we'll be facing. Thermodynamically speaking, the method that we will be using to create work is well founded. With that said, there are two challenges that we'll be dealing with as we continue on:
The first is that we'll need to test a number of different oils to find one that has a reasonable life expectancy as used in our system. This should not be too difficult, but if it does turn out to be an extensive challenge we'll be consulting with a chemist to explore our options.
The second is in regards to insulation of the engine. It will be extremely important to make sure that as much thermal energy is contained within the engine to assure that it runs as efficiently as possible. There are many different ways to accomplish this, we'll just have to find out which works best!
Frequently Asked Questions
1) How does your engine compare to Stirling engines and steam turbines? This is the question we get asked most often so we'll answer it first! While all 3 methods have the ability to generate electricity from solar power, they each go about it in a slightly different way. As a result, each have their advantages and disadvantages.
Efficiency: Both steam turbines and Stirling engines are known to be quite efficient, typically falling around the 40% efficiency range. We won't know exactly where our HydroICE technology will fall until testing is complete, but we'll be able to reach at least 15% efficiency with projections falling closer to 30%.
Manufacturing and cost: Both steam turbines and stirling engines are extremely precise machines and as a result, we see that reflected in the high price that it costs to manufacture and purchase one. This makes them economically feasible only for large industrial scale applications.
In the end, it all boils down to the cost-per-watt of electricity generated. Even if you had an engine that was 90% efficient, it would not be a wise investment if the installed system cost you $1,000/Watt. Of course that is an absurd scenario, but it makes the issue very clear. Cost is what has prevented solar from becoming widely implemented and this is where HydroICE triumphs. Because we can take a very cheap engine and operate it for a low cost, we are able to make up for our lower efficiencies and provide a cost-effective way to generate electricity from solar power.
Safety: People often overlook this factor, but safety is A MAJOR problem associated with steam turbines and engines. Each of these devices require high-pressure steam that must be created outside of the system in a boiler before being injected into the device. Steam can be extremely deadly at these pressures and the slightest problem or leak could result in fatalities. This is an acceptable hazard when utilized at the utility level by trained professionals, but NOT among homes, business, and communities. Using the HydroICE method, the required steam is generated inside the engine where the work is being done. This eliminates the extreme hazard and makes it safe for use anywhere.
2) How is this any different from a standard piston steam engine? Modern steam engines face the same safety issue that we mentioned in the previous question: They require externally produced steam and this greatly increases the potential for failure or a problem.
3) Why bother using the oil? Why not just heat the engine and make steam that way? People have actually done that in the past, but problems with contamination and engine durability arise. Steam is the gas form of water, and water accelerates oxidation (rust). With the introduction of oil as the heat carrier, not only is this problem solved, but so is the problem of keeping the engine well oiled and operational!
4) Can you further explain the oil/steam separation process? Believe it or not, the ability to separate steam from oil or water from oil has been around for a very long time. The oil industry has to deal with this problem on a daily basis. Granted, our specific application is different, but the principles remain the same.
Something very important that must be clarified: We will not be separating WATER and oil, we will be separating STEAM and oil. Yes, it does make a difference. Because steam is a gas and oil is a liquid, separating the two is made much easier by the fact that they are in different phases. This makes it an issue of distillation, one that has been solved already.
This is achieved through a baffle system. As the steam/oil mixture passes through the baffles, the oil will have the tendency to adhere to the surface of the baffle and drop to the bottom of the separator column while the steam, being a gas, will merely pass through the baffles and up to the top of the column, leaving the oil behind.
Not only does the oil industry have this problem solved, but the early Stanely Steamer cars also used an oil/steam separator to keep the oil from contaminating the steam supply. That's a technology that has been available to us for over 100 years!
5) If your passion is making this technology available to everybody, why the patent? It's no secret that progressive technologies have been stuck on a shelf and hidden because they have the disruptive power to change the path of the market. We realize that, and we want to avoid having that happen. We didn't patent this to protect our greed and collect every penny possible from our innovation, we patented this to protect the technology. With the patent we have ultimate control in making sure that it DOES reach the marketplace and ultimately your hands.
6) What happens at night when the sun goes down? This is a common question of all solar products and we're no exception. Possibilities include: battery storage, thermal storage (storing excess hot oil to continue running at night, probably not very cost-effective for home applications), or a secondary heating capacity (heat the oil using a natural gas, wood, or other similar burner). We'll continue this exploration as we further develop the system.
7) Can you run a car or motorcycle with this technology? This is a bit further down the road but it's definitely possible!
8) Would you mind explaining what steam turbines and Stirling engines are? For those of you who are unfamiliar with the working principle behind each device, scroll down to the bottom of this page for quick explanation on each one.
a) Standard steam engine This machine works by creating steam in a boiler and then injecting high-pressure steam into the engine cylinder, moving the piston. A special valve is then moved, allowing for the high-pressure steam to push on the back side of the cylinder, returning it to it's original position and exhausting the used steam out into the air. This is why old steam engines needed to fill up with water at the station! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine
b) Stirling engines Created by Robert Stirling, this is a closed-cycle air engine that is currently being used in some industrial solar applications. It operates by heating a gas inside of cylinder and as it expands, the piston is moved. There is no combustion that takes place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_engine
c) Steam turbines 88% of The United States' electricity is generated using modern steam turbines, they can be found in both coal and nuclear power plants. Very simply put, these work with a "waterwheel" principle. Steam is injected into the blades of the turbine which causes it to turn, much like you would see happening with a water wheel down on the stream. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_turbine


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Hello All,
Sometimes dotTrace does not show all time details.
For example the methods tree can be shown this way:
MethodA - 100ms
MethodA1 - 50ms
MethodA2 - 10ms
MethodA3 - 4ms
And thats all.
What was the rest of time spent for?
I mean dotTrace does not show what consume remaining 100-50-10-4=36 ms.
Dear Oleg,
36ms is MethodA own time.
-- Mikhail Pilin Senior Software Engineer JetBrains GmbH http://JetBrains.com "Develop with pleasure!"


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Archive for Thursday, June 28, 2001
Ethel G. Henderson
Services for Ethel G. Henderson, 97, Lawrence, were Tuesday, June 26, at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. Graveside services were Wednesday, June 27, at Turon Cemetery, Turon.
Mrs. Henderson died Friday, June 22, 2001, at the Tonganoxie Nursing Center.
She was born May 5, 1904, in Pratt County, the daughter of Peter and Ida Mae (Ditto) Reese.
She served in the Women's Army Corps in World War II. She was a licensed practical nurse and provided hospital and private home care.
She married Clair Henderson in April 1946. He died in 1968.
Survivors include a daughter, Dortha Garrison, Linwood; seven grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, seven great-great-grandchildren and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
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South Africa's oldest golf club, Royal Cape Golf Club, returns to the Sunshine Tour golfing calendar with the much-anticipated inaugural Lion of Africa Cape Town Open. After more than 10 years without an event, the golf course hosts a professional tournament as the 2012 Sunshine Tour season nears its close. With a purse of R2 million, it will be interesting to who will claim the winner's share of R317 000.
The Sunshine Tour has not hosted a major golfing tournament in Cape Town since the 2002 Vodacom Players Championship – a Sunshine Tour event. Sure, there have been events at Pearl Valley, Arabella, Stellenbosch and Erinvale, but there has been absolutely nothing in Cape Town itself. There's certainly nothing wrong with the quality of courses in the area, so the lack of big golf events is worrying. All that has changed thankfully, as the course will play host to one of South Africa's biggest golfing tournaments this weekend, featuring a formidable field that includes the likes of Hennie Otto, Darren Fichardt, Jake Roos and James Kingston.
Hennie Otto returns
Last year's SA Open champion Otto will be returning to Royal Cape Golf Club, where he last played during the days of The Tour Championship. Otto would love to sweeten his return to the course with a victory. The 36-year-old South African golfer approaches the tournament on the back of a bittersweet experience in the SA Open. Otto failed to defend his SA Open title, but shot a course-record 62 at Serengeti Golf Estate, which matched the lowest SA Open score. However, the man from Pretoria is looking forward to leaving a lasting impression at Royal Cape. "If the wind's not going to blow, it's going to be low," he said.
Needless to say, Otto will be facing stiff competition from the likes of Fichardt and Kingston. Fichardt's top-10 finish in the SA Open means he could be the man to watch at Royal Cape this week. He is yet to register in the Sunshine Tour this year, despite winning the Saint-Omer Open in France on the European Tour in June.
Otto won't be the only golfer who will be taking a trip down memory lane. James Kingston, who last played at Royal Cape in 2001, was nostalgic about his return to the Mother City. "All the old faces are here and it's so nice to play an event in Cape Town again. It's sad that we don't get to play here more often," Kingston said. Kingston has not secured a victory on the Sunshine Tour since 2010, and the Cape Town Open presents him with an opportunity to return to winning ways.
Great field
New faces, among the plenty of Sunshine Tour tournament winners, will join the veterans and could challenge for honours at Royal Cape. The field features Keith Horne, Chris Swanepoel, Christiaan Basson, Zimbabwe's Ryan Cairns, Justin Harding, Allan Versfeld, Teboho Sefatsa, Ruan de Smidt and Doug McGuigan, all of whom have tasted success this year. Fresh from last weekend's SA Open, we should see some great scores providing the wind doesn't come up.
The Lion of Africa Cape Town Open promises to be an action-packed weekend for the professional-golf starved crowd in Cape Town. If your weekend is looking on the quiet side, there's no excuse why you shouldn't make a day of it and come watch some of South Africa's finest tee it up.


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(September 9, 2013) A high school student was transported via air ambulance to Parkland Hospital in Dallas after he was injured during football practice.
Frisco firefighters were called to Centennial High School, 6901 Coit Rd., at 4:26 p.m. The first ambulance arrived on the scene at 4:35 p.m. Careflite arrived at the school at 4:57 p.m.
Firefighters say school officials report two players collided on the practice field during a tackling drill, resulting in the injuries.
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Ah, the weekend! That magical time of the week when all you cool cats get out there on your choppers and ride.
But more importantly for our purposes here at WoW Insider, the weekend means it's time to WRUP. That's when we check in with our WoW Insider writers to see what it is that they're doing this weekend. This week's bonus question: When Mists of Pandaria Pet Battles launch, who's going to be your go-to pet?
Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) With any luck, I'll be installing a new PSU and video card this weekend. ULTRA SETTINGS WILL BE MINE. ... Also, I'll be seeing if that copy of Curse of Monkey Island I found works with Windows 7 or not. If it does, my name this weekend will be Guybrush Threepwood, and I will be a mighty pirate! If not, well then, I guess I'll just be Anne and mess around on the beta and stuff and get my super-awesome legendary daggers on Sunday ohmygoshIcan'twait!
Chase Hasbrouck (@alarondruid) Haven't played much of anything since finishing ME3 ... The ending's put me off games for a bit. Will be attending the Sherwood Forest Faire this weekend to see David Arkenstone and jousting, which is awesome.
Dan Desmond (@antigen_) I'm going to try to get my Alliance paladin past 40, though at the rate I've been pumping out the experience, I'll most likely be 50 before I realize. Also, I will probably promote a few characters for the operation in Mass Effect 3 multiplayer this weekend and keep chipping away at some silver matches. Eventually, I'll stop peeing myself when I see four Phantoms in a single wave. Eventually.
Daniel Whitcomb (@DanielWhitcomb) I'll probably be releveling my Engineer, Adept, and Sentinel in Mass Effect multiplayer after promoting them for Operation: Raptor. I'm hoping my victory pack has the Valiant Sniper Rifle this time. The Widow's OK, but it's not as useful in MP when you don't have time slow, at least for me. As far as Pet Battles go, I'm hoping to the use the Ghostly Skull, the Alliance Balloon, and the Darkmoon Faire Balloon as a team. I'll call them Team Airhead!
Elizabeth Wachowski (@leeatwaterlives) I'll be trying to figure out why all my books in Skyrim now read "cannot look up" and then go from there, either progressing onward or a fresh restart. For the bonus, I'll stick with my orange tabby cat. The real version is a pretty scrappy fighter.
Fox Van Allen (@foxvanallen) If I play anything, it'll be Wonderboy in Monster Land or Fantasy Zone 2, both of which I downloaded over the Wii Virtual Console. Otherwise, I'm going to be prepping some fun trivia questions for PAX East -- we want to give you something to do while waiting for the show to start. Bonus: Fox Kit, of course.
Joe Perez (@lodurjz) Honestly, going to try to take a quiet weekend and relax out of video games for once. I have my tournament chess set to take out to the park when it's nice out or coffee house when it's not and play some games with strangers. It's a lot more fun than people think. Also I have a ton of writing to do; I have about a million ideas I need to get down in digital ink, so that will likely be this weekend as well. Bonus: My go-to pet will be my Purple Puffer Fish. I just love that pet. /Purple Puffer Fish casts Splash; it's not very effective
Josh Myers (@PostColloquial) I am playing a console game! (This basically happens annually.) I rented a game called Kingdoms of Amular: Reckoning, thinking it was going to be awful, mindless fun. In reality, it's pretty, interestingly designed, well plotted, and mindlessly fun at
times. Oh, and for the bonus: Spirit of Competition, no doubt. Pet Bombling is a close second. Gotta rep my max-level-on-multiple-characters love for engineering.
Kelly Aarons (@Cadistra) The usual -- some art, some WoW and some Devil Survivor. I'm sorry I don't have anything more interesting going on, not like all those people going to Emerald City Comic Con ... *grumble*
My Poke -- I mean, Warcraft pet for the Pet Battle will be my ever-present companion, the Cenarion Hippogryph hatchling. Now I just need a baseball cap to twist back ...
Lisa Poisso (@LisaPoisso) We've had non-Mists beta testing going on in my household, and I don't have the Mists beta yet, so our gaming excitement is still coalesced around the former. NDA, though, so, yanno ... As for pets, I've been ignoring the pet achievements and only focusing on collecting those pets that utterly delight me for some time now; I don't think I'll change that approach for Pet Battles. If I don't come across a new pet that captures my heart, I'll be there with my trusty Captured Firefly!
Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) More PAX East preparations, Mass Effect 3 is so close to being done, and then some WoW panda beta. Yay! Also, going to set up a stream soon. Wewt. Oh, also, my go-to pet will be Horde Balloon or Mechanopeep.
Matt "Matticus" Low (@matticus) Still too distraught to play Mass Effect 3. Maybe I'll revisit Portal and Portal 2. I've tanked my ranked games ELO in League of Legends down to an abysmal 912. Very depressed at the number of 4-on-5s I've been playing and my inability to truly carry a team to a win. For the bonus, I fully intend to master the dragon type pets. I'll be relying on the Crimson Whelping or Faerie Dragon to outskill and crush my enemies.
Matt Walsh (@Rhidach) Going to be playing some more Mass Effect 3 multiplayer this weekend. Maybe some Civilization 5 as well. Still dragging my feet on replaying the whole Mass Effect series, but if the mood strikes, maybe ME1. As for the bonus: Pet Bombling used Self-Destruct!
Megan O'Neill (@slowpoker) More spring cleaning for me, including organizing my DVDs and books. Then I'm trying archery with friends on Sunday! Bonus: I need a team of Prairie Dog, Rat, and Rabbit, à la Critter Battle for Mulgore.
Michael Gray (@writegray) This weekend, I'm hooking up with the local Offbeat Mama gathering, which should be cool. Otherwise, playing some beta and doing the do! My go-to pet will be whatever's the closest to a black lab, because I am consistent.
Olivia Grace (@oliviadgrace) Anne has inspired me to potentially replay Monkey Island on every platform available! God, I love that game... Also, probably running my mage through a bunch of Battlegrounds and dungeons to get her to 85 and PvPing! I've mentioned the Pet Battle thing isn't really doing much for me, so I haven't considered it. How about Toxic Wasteling, Enchanted Broom, and Sen'jin Fetish? The fetish could glare at them, the wasteling would envelop them like an evil jellyfish, and the broom would ... umm ... clean up?
The weekend is the perfect time to kick back, relax and enjoy some game time. Are you an achievement junkie? Can't get enough raiding? Rolling a new alt? Considering taking the leap into roleplaying? Whatever your favorite way to play World of Warcraft, let us know in the comments what you're playing this weekend!


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finish Myozyme® and Lumizyme® (alglucosidase alfa) produced at the 4000
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Yesterday, the Thai police arrested seven Cambodian workers who use to work in the Thai side of the border. The police retained 20 persons and arrested 7. The event is seem by Cambodia as a kind of intimidation for the arrest of 7 Thai politicians, among them a Congressman, who entered unlawful into the Cambodian territory, in an area claimed by some Thai nationalist factions as Thai. The seven Thai politicians could face penalties until one year in jail and two of them were formally accused of espionage on a Cambodian military compound and threats to the national security, an offense that could be punished with ten year of jail. Seven per seven… however, the 7 Cambodians were simple workers and they were not claiming the Thai market as Cambodian territory…
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Richard Presley enjoying downtime inside the Jules Undersea Lodge, Thursday, where he set the world record for living in an underwater habitat in 1992 at 69 days and 19 minutes.
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On July 14, 1992, aquanaut Richard Presley surfaced from a lagoon in Key Largo, ecstatic to see "the colors, the sun and all these palm trees" after 69 days and 19 minutes of living in the sea.
It was a world record.
There was hope the effort would spark renewed interest in underwater habitats, which exploded onto the world scene in the 1960s and '70s with more than 60 located in 17 countries but died off in the 1980s for lack of funding. ...


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Four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban will perform in Springfield on Oct. 20 at JQH Arena.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. April 19 at Chevy Pickup Ticket Windows at JQH Arena, charge by phone at 836-7678 or 1-888-476-7849, or online at www.missouristatetix.com.
Tickets range from $29.50 to $65 (plus additional fees).
Urban will launch his "Light The Fuse Tour 2013" with Little Big Town and special guest Dustin Lynch. The concerts will feature new music from Urban, expected out this spring, as well as an all-new production.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today issued a safety recommendation that addresses a design issue with the Minneapolis I-35W bridge, which collapsed into the Mississippi River in August.
The accident killed 13 people and injured 145. Among the vehicles on the bridge was a school bus carrying more than 60 passengers, but all were safely evacuated.
"Although the board's investigation is still ongoing and no determination of probable cause has been reached, interim findings in the investigation have revealed a safety issue that warrants attention," said NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker. "During the wreckage recovery, investigators discovered that gusset plates at eight different joint locations in the main center span were fractured."
The NTSB and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reviewed the design of the bridge, with an emphasis on the design of the gusset plates. The review discovered that the original design process of the I-35W bridge led to a critical error in sizing some of the gusset plates in the main truss.
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When I was in high school in the last century, there was only one foreign language offered, so I took two years of Latin. The propaganda at the time was that it was beneficial to take Latin, especially if you were going into the legal or medical field or if you were going to become a priest. I had discovered girls by that time and so I knew I was not going to become a priest but perhaps, just maybe, I might go into the legal or medical field.
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This Adults-Only Summer Camp Will Cure Your iPhone Addiction
Enter Camp Grounded, for those of us who just can't seem to put down the laptop (guilty!). An anxiety-ridden New York Times writer recently signed up for a weekend-long session at the detox program, which promises to separate you from all things technology and work for three blissful days. Cell phones are confiscated when you enter the serene California digs, and all talk of your outside life is prohibited — instead, "campers" participate in old-school fun like sing-alongs, talent shows, and color wars. It may sound a little corny, but consider it a break for your mind, set to the scene of a Wes Anderson movie, with a meat- and gluten-free menu to boot.
So, did three days at Camp Grounded turn said stressed-out writer into a modern day Deepak Chopra? Not exactly, but he did come away with a renewed appreciation for the finer things in life, and the knowledge that being the last one to learn about Kimye's new baby isn't always a bad thing. (The New York Times)
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When it comes to cake design, there's no shortage of gizmos, gadgets, tools, and techniques. Here are five I'd like to try. If you've already had the pleasure, please let me and my readers know what you think by leaving a comment.
1. Fondant strip applicator by Ateco. Vertical fondant stripes are hard. Horizontal fondant stripes are even harder. This applicator claims to make the job much easier, but even watching this tutorial didn't convince me. I generally like Ateco products, so I think I'll have to try this one myself.
2. The Cricut Cake Cutter. Let's face it: the Cricut can do a lot of things I can do but a whole lot better. From what I understand, it has its limitations, but as far as I'm concerned the design possibilities are endless. The Cricut debate may rage on, but when I see a cake as beautiful as this one by Elizabeth Hodes, it sure takes a lot of steam out of the argument.
3. Agbay cake leveler. I generally torte my cakes with a serrated edge knife, but this apparatus looks so daunting I figure it must do a good job.
4. Rubber stamps. My friend Andrea of Superfine Bakery is known for this cake. The beautiful dandelion embellishment was done with a rubber stamp. Like many tools originally used for other purposes (think stencils), there's no limit to what you can create with rubber stamps. It's a technique I've yet to use, but because they're so accessible and inexpensive, this one is a must-try. I really like the ginko leaf stamp below by Nature Watch.
5. Scalpels. I use X-acto knives a lot for hand cutting, and used them a lot more during my applique phase, but Elisa Strauss, owner of Confetti Cakes and author of The Confetti Cakes Cookbook, uses scalpels. According to Elisa, whose father is a surgeon, "[s]calpels have the finest, sharpest blades you can find…They are disposable, so after a few uses you can throw them away." I know once I use one, I'll never go back to X-actos again. You can buy them here.
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I know you wrote this last year, but I just found it. I have the agbay leveler. My favorite tool ever!!!! Couldn't live with out it. Works like a dream. So easy so fast.
Oh and I forgot to mention…. Now I know what to do with all my unused stamps. New inspiration, thanks!
Alright, see I'm obsessed with this blog. You know I looked at the circuit cutter and thought what a waste of money…..or should I say "My husband would kill me if I bought another gadget!" but after you posted that picture of that wedding cake by Elizabeth Hodes….well…. maybe not so much of a waste. I might end up divorced tho.
Who would have ever thought "SCALPELS?" I'll be buying those, that will be a staple. Would you buy all of these or focus on a few? Which if a few?
hi erica, i have the agbay leveler and it is to die for. hands down, it is one of my favorite cake tools.
I used to be very anti-Cricut, but after seeing how perfectly it treats logos and creates letters in any font I choose, I'm starting to sway. On another note, I've heard great things about scalpels — now I'm ordering a set. And of course, you know I'm nuts about rubber stamps — that ginko leaf is gorgeous! Can't wait to see it on one of your cakes!
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Humanitarian Nelson Mandela. Actor Peter O'Toole. Novelist Tom Clancy. Interviewer David Frost. Actress Julie Harris. Sen. Harry Byrd Jr.
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While there has been much made of the ARC project (and it's halt and continued evolution), there's another project which is saving lives right now in tsunami affected areas - and it's called Sahana. This is Sahana's hour to shine, and shine it should.
The developers of Sahana are so busy that the best description that can be had is - it's software being used in a disaster situation by NGOs, and it is continuously being evolved on demand in an Open Source fashion. The most information I have been able to gleen so far is that Sanjiva Weerawarana, in Sri Lanka, is one of the main people involved. At present, the project page on SourceForge.net simply states:
Crisis, for example natural disasters, management software; including refugee camp management, supply/demand match making, lost persons, etc.
There's no doubt that the requirements are coming in and the software is being reactively written. There's also no doubt that this same software may be useful over a wider area, and that perhaps people with Java and PHP skills may be of use. The pressure is on for these developers; they have done what so many others failed to do before the crisis. They have created something that works, and are continuously improving it as they get updates from the people using it - and the people it is affecting.
The trials and tribulations (some excerpts here) within Sanjiva's weblog are a testament to grace under pressure - getting things done when many people are busy talking - and the support received from IBM, Microsoft and Cisco. For some odd reason, though, IBM wasn't able to obtain 15 Windows XP licenses for the notebooks they donated toward the development effort.
So corporations - even Microsoft - are working toward an Open Source solution for the real problems being faced by survivors of the latest tsunami. And because it's Open Source, it can be used in a much wider area.
While some systems are being worked on for communication in future disasters, it's important that such heroic efforts as these do not remain unnoticed. Sometimes the best help we can give isn't money, clothing or water.
Even now, good things are coming from this last disaster - and because this particular project is Open Source, it's here to stay - available to anyone - and there's absolutely no excuse for it to not be used, supported and evolved.
Solutions that can come into being by concerned people around the world seems to be the ongoing theme of this last disaster. There's a lesson in this theme; the question is if whether the students are paying attention.
If you wish to help, by all means take a look at the Sahana Project and see how you can help - but please don't hinder the developers either. What they are doing can mean the difference between life and death.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - An attempted robbery turned violent, after gunmen shattered a car window.
It happened just after 11:00 p.m. Tuesday. Lexington police say three men and a woman, in the 19's or 20's, were sitting in a car on Hartland Parkway, near Rothbury Road.
Before they got out of the car, the victims told police another car pulled up in front of them, blocking them in. That's when police say three masked men, two armed with guns, approached the victim's car and demanded cash. One of the gunmen used the weapon to shatter the victim's driver's side window.
Police say the gunman later took off, with out stealing anything. No one was hurt.
Lexington police say the victims later admitted to police they were there to collect money from a drug deal.
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Ok, back in reality, even a single Xeon is too expensive for Apple to hit a sub $2K price point. They would need to build an i7 version with a whole new logic board. Apple already did that and it's called a "Mac Mini". Apple's product managers dream nightmares of an invincible xMac cannibalizing their overpriced iMac sales.
BTW I must say this tube thingie is a work of art and it's hard to believe even some fanbois are trashing its design. Just wait until you see it person - the polished dark metal strikes the perfect mix of elegance and badassery. The lines and stance suggest some dark power resides within, a power so confident it need not assert brand by putting any sort of logo in view. If this is Ive unchained from Steve Jobs's artistic micromanagement, Apple's products are about to rock at a whole new visual level.
You really are clueless with this repeated i7 nonsense. Did you note that the $800 mini uses a cpu that costs more than the one in the base mac pro option? Arguably the discrete gpu is an additional cost, but they're closer than you might think. An "i7" version would have one cpu option. It's the same one used in the top spec imac. I'm not sure whether it would improve volume discount, as I don't think that is exactly the most popular imac option. Below that you move into i5s. If you mean Sandy Bridge E i7s, they cost the same amount and kill any savings derived from the reuse of whatever parts. Where are you deriving your cost savings or your evidence that the price of these machines is tightly coupled with construction costs as opposed to broader pricing strategy? As for designs, aesthetics mean very little to me.


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Recent thefts in Letcher County have left one company searching for $20,000 worth of equipment.
The Bluegrass Materials-Cumberland Rock Quarry has been robbed twice in the past month. The company is now offering a reward and is asking for your help in catching this thief.
Police says the suspect took hand tools and other equipment from the quarry in the two thefts that total almost $20,000.
"It's not only affected the owners of this property, but the workers also because if you don't make a profit, you can't buy new tools and get raises," said the quarry manager Mark Roark.
Roark says after breaking in, the suspect disarmed the alarm system, but security footage caught the man in the act.
"Apparently one individual. We don't know if he has any accomplices waiting on the outside or helping him distribute the material," said Tony Watts with Kentucky State Police.
Two thefts in a two week span has caused this quarry to beef up it's security. Plus, the company is offering a $1,500 reward for information about this man that leads to his arrest and conviction.
"It's really frustrating because you don't know who done it or why they done it. And they are not going to get the value out of it that we put in it," said Roark.
He hopes the reward will cause someone to step forward with information.
If you have any information about the man in the security footage, you should call Kentucky State Police.


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Wondering how to watch live sport streaming on Apple TV? The answer is easy: XBMC, AirPlay, Mac/PC screen mirroring and, of course, native Apple TV sport apps. Finding football, baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, UFC, WWF, or anything else on your Apple TV can feel like and impossible task to anyone one who sits down and sees the limited options in Apple iOS interface, with its limited content partnerships. Though it looks bleak there is a very bright cloud to this quandary and that is the never-ending combination of features we can through at this magical little box.
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ITV has launched a new update of its ITV Player app for the iPhone and iPad, which will let users not only watch its stations live for the first time (ITV1 and ITV2 channels), it also has been updated to AirPlay directly to your Apple TV 2 or Apple TV 3.


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Lourdes Academy opened the season in fine fashion, kncoking off Montello 70-55 in a Trailways North boys basketball game on Tuesday night at The Castle.
Kyle Hellman knocked down three 3-pointers in the second quarter when the Knights outscored the Hilltoppers 19-8 to take a 35-20 halftime lead. Dylan Sommerfeld had 14 of his team-high 20 points in the first half as well.
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The Shakespeare Stealer
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A new commission written by Gary L. Blackwood, based on his book of the same title. This tale follows Widge, a young orphan boy, as he hightails his way into the very heart of the Globe Theater and Shakespeare's company of players. As full of twists as a London alleyway, this entertaining story is rich in period details, colorful characters, villainy, drama and chuckles. Swordplay and wordplay share the stage with pure fun, all of which will keep audiences rapt to the final scene.
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Ontario County - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC), as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Syracuse Sand and Gravel, LLC. Gifford Road Mine will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves a proposal by the applicant to expand the existing Gifford Road mine an additional 9.2 acres. Mining will occur in a single lift to an elevation of approximately 540 feet. Excavation will generally proceed from west to east; all material will be mined above the water table. This parcel has been mined previously. Minng will also reaffect a 2.5 acre area adjacent to the office and shop area that is within the current life of mine, but has been previously reclaimed. The mine will continue to operate as a traditional surface excavation of sand and gravel using mechanical equipment, standard for this type of mining operation. No other significant changes are proposed to operational activities, reclamation plans, production volumes, vehicle trips, etc., other than the lateral expansion of the extent of the Life-of-Mine. Final reclamation will restore the site to an open space grassland area, uniformly graded and revegetated, including the replacement of stockpiled topsoil, and reseeding with an approved USDA SCS seed mixture. The reviewed Life-Of-Mine (LOM) area is 9.2 acres. The project is located on Syracuse Sand and Gravel, LLC property located north of Gifford Road and bounded by Lake/DeRuyter Road on the west in the Town of Phelps, New York.
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Schuyler County - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC), as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Schuyler RA #2, C-54, Site Preparation will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves an herbicide reduction of non-commercial tree species and shrubs including honeysuckle and undesirable low valued beech tree species to allow the natural regeneration of desired tree species such as sugar maple and black cherry. The action is to take place on 3 acres, presently occupied by stands of sugar maple, white ash and beech. The project is located on the Schuyler Reforestation Area #2, Stand C-54, approximately three miles north of Monterey in the Town of Orange, New York.
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(Wall Street Journal) Two days after the election, a friend told me that because he has an Asian surname, he was inundated for months with emails from liberal Asian groups urging him to vote for Barack Obama. I asked what reason the emails gave for Asians to support Mr. Obama. Their main message: Barack Obama is "better for minorities."
It is always useful for Republicans to revisit their "message model" to single white women and the various Americans designated as minorities. Should the GOP kowtow to the Buffett Tax and conform to Roe v. Wade? But before the party reinvents the wheel, it should have a clearer understanding of the implications of the methods Barack Obama used to deliver his own message.
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