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Just how bad is the Miami Dolphins defense?
The Miami Dolphins defense has been among the worst in the NFL through the first four games of the season. Before we get into that, a quick practice update:
The following players are sitting out practice today: Daniel Thomas, Koa Misi, Nolan Carroll, Chris Clemons, Tony McDaniel and, of course, Chad Henne. He was on the practice fields, wearing a jersey top, some shorts and a hat. Henne appears to be remaining active in practice – at least in the portion that the media is allowed to watch. The other players who weren't practicing were present.
All right. So about that Dolphins defense.
Early each week here in the media work room at the Dolphins' training facility in Davie, there's a large packet of stats that awaits us. And flipping through this bounty of information, it quickly becomes clear just how bad this defense has been. The Dolphins are eager to turn that around against the Jets (See video above).
The Dolphins rank 26th or worse in the NFL in seven of the 10 major defensive categories that are tracked. And those would be:
Total yards per game. The Dolphins rank 30th. They're allowing 414.5 yards per game.
Yards per play. The Dolphins rank 29th. They're allowing an average of 6.4 yards per play.
Passing yards per game. The Dolphins rank 30th. They're allowing 307 passing yards per game.
Passing yards per attempt. The Dolphins rank 30th. They're allowing 8.0 yards per pass attempt.
Percentage of passes intercepted. The Dolphins rank 29th. They've intercepted 1.4 percent of passing attempts.
Sacks per pass play. The Dolphins rank 29th. They've generated 6 sacks in four games.
First downs per game allowed. The Dolphins rank 26th. They've allowed 21.5 first downs per game.
Not good.
The Dolphins don't particularly highly in any defensive category, though they have been average against the run. They rank 17th against the run overall, and 18th in rushing yards per attempt (4.1).
Some more numbers: The Dolphins' minus-5 turnover differential ranks 13th in the AFC and 28th in the NFL. The team simply hasn't generated turnovers.
One area where the Dolphins defense has excelled, though, is in the red zone.
There, The Dolphins are holding opposing teams to touchdowns just 41.2 percent of the time. That ranks 2nd in the AFC, and it's one of the reasons why the Dolphins have been able to stay in some games (like the one at San Diego, for instance).
So there you have it. A look at some garish defensive numbers for the Dolphins.
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By Shayne Dwyer, SDA Media Relations
TEMPE, Ariz.--The No. 28 Arizona State University (8-2; Pac-12 0-0) women's tennis team improved to eight wins on the season on Saturday afternoon, downing the University of Nevada by a score of 7-0 on their on campus courts at the Whiteman Tennis Center in Tempe, Ariz.
Arizona State only dropped one set the entire day -- the No. 1 doubles match in a 8-4 decision that ended up being inconsequential in the final match score. The Sun Devils were able to capture wins on both courts two and three, earning the overall doubles point.
"I thought two and three doubles played pretty well, Kassidy (Jump) and Desirae (Krawczyk) didn't have one of their better days, but sometimes that happens," ASU head coach Sheila McInerney said. "Sometimes that happens against the better teams and I think that team was pretty good."
The Sun Devils swept the Wolfpack in all six singles matches winning straight sets on every single court except court two which saw Desirae Krawczyk defeat Sheila Morales Hidalgo of Nevada by a final score of 7-5, 7-6 (7). Krawczyk's match was one of the more competitive matches of the afternoon, running the longest out of all six matches.
"I don't think I played my best but I was able to pull it out, I just have to go out there and play better tomorrow," sophomore Desirae Krawczyk said. "I had more confidence coming out in that second set, but toward the end I started not doing my patterns which caused it to go to six-all and an even longer set."
The first singles match to finish on the day was that of Australian sophomore Ebony Panoho. The second year Sun Devil defeated her Nevada opponent in two quick sets 6-0, 6-2.
"(Assistant Coach) Ford (Oliver) was really helpful with me today, he just told me that I needed to play the way that I play which is using my forehand and if I could get some balls up on my opponent," Panoho said.
Clinching wins in between Panoho's and Krawczyk were junior Joanna Smith, freshman Kassidy Jump, junior Leighann Sahagun and sophomore Stephanie Vlad. Smith defeated her opponent 6-0, 6-3, Jump topped Sheila Smiley 6-2, 6-4, Sahagun competed in a tough 6-2, 6-2 match and Vlad protected the No. 1 home court winning by a score of 6-1, 6-4.
Arizona State will continue to wind down the non-conference schedule with a matchup against San Diego tomorrow afternoon at noon in Tempe, Ariz.
"We got a good match in today and we've got another good one against San Diego tomorrow," McInerney said. "Like I told the kids earlier about these matches, it's all about getting better. Use all these matches to continue to get better because we have no breaks, which is nice because we're going to be playing every single week."
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1. Michelle Okhremchuk/Sheila Morales Hidalgo(NEV) def. Desirae Krawczyk/Kassidy Jump (ASU) 8-4
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3. Ebony Panoho/Leighann Sahagun (ASU) def. Sheila Smiley/Juliette Legendre 8-5
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2. Desirae Krawczyk (ASU) def. Sheila Morales Hidalgo (NEV) 7-5, 7-6 (7)
3. Leighann Sahagun (ASU) def. Caroline Konigsfeldt (NEV) 6-2, 6-2
4. Kassidy Jump (ASU) def. Sheila Smiley (NEV) 6-2, 6-4
5. Ebony Panoho (ASU) def. Monika Magusiak (NEV) 6-0, 6-2
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Maybe Jonathon Lillis should get sick more often.
After the 19-year-old aerialist battled illness and sleeplessness during the week leading up to Friday's aerial competition at the Deer Valley Freestyle World Cup, he jumped to his best-ever finish, taking fourth place in the men's competition.
"To be honest, it was the worst week of the season for me," he said. "I had a really bad cold and was skipping training. I couldn't go - I was super sick. Monday night, right before training, I had food poisoning and was throwing up. No sleep."
That affected his normal training routine, causing him to practice less than usual before Friday's event.
"I got four training jumps on the triple before the day of, which is half of what we normally get," he said.
Despite the lack of training, Lillis decided to go for it, throwing down some of the biggest tricks of his career in front of a huge Park City crowd.
"I had nothing to lose, really," he said. "It's the Olympic year and it's the hometown crowd - just show what you have. I find when I go bigger and push harder, the results are better than if I try to play it safe."
Even with several of his competitors crashing during qualifiers and the semifinals, Lillis said he never considered changing his strategy.
"God didn't make me really fit or really tall or muscular," he said. "I can't run very far. But he made me pretty durable. I've crashed almost harder than anyone on a pretty consistent basis, so I don't really tend to worry. The plan didn't change.
Because of the missed training, Lillis went with a full-full-full on his last jump, his easier option. But, he slipped on the landing, causing him to finish fourth.
"I had one more big trick, but, due to being sick, I couldn't train it, couldn't get it ready," he said. "So we figured we'd play it safe. It wasn't a perfect jump in the final four, but just to make it there was awesome.
Anton Kushnir of Belarus won the gold medal, with Qi Guangpu of China finishing in second place and Alexei Grishin of Belarus taking home a bronze medal.
Though Lillis narrowly missed claiming his first podium finish, he was still excited by the way he jumped on Friday night.
"It's a big confidence booster," he said. "The beginning of the season was rough."
Now, the former moguls skier, who switched to aerials six years ago, is beginning to feel more and more comfortable with his new sport.
"Always, my lifestyle and everything I do has pushed me towards going all out all the time," he said. "Even in moguls when I was younger, I drifted towards the air section of the course always - getting 15th place in the competition but getting the most points in the air. [Aerials] was just a better fit for me."
He's hoping he gets a chance to show just how much he's improved this season in front of the world at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
"I've got as big of tricks as anyone," he said. "And, on any given day, I'm as good as anyone. I can do it. It's all inside me."
On the women's side, the superfinals were dominated by Chinese aerialists. Cheng Shuang took first place, Zhang Xin claimed silver and Xu Mengtao finished third to round out an all-Chinese podium. Emily Cook was the American with the highest finish, taking seventh place.


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In 10 months on the job, coach Eric Mangini has defended his handling of the quarterbacks, the hiring of offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, the length of his practice sessions, the expensive renovation of team headquarters and the trades of Kellen Winslow and Braylon Edwards.
He couldn't defend the decision to pass the ball Monday night on the final play of a 16-0 loss to the Ravens. Receiver/kick returner Joshua Cribbs was drilled by Ravens lineman Dwan Edwards, carted off the field on a backboard and spent a few hours at the Cleveland Clinic.
"In retrospect, I'd probably do it differently," Mangini said Tuesday on a conference call. "But it was competitive. I thought Josh could make something happen there. But you don't want anybody to get hurt on any play."
Cribbs was released from the Clinic on Tuesday morning and talked to Mangini. Mangini said Cribbs didn't have a concussion, all the tests at the hospital came back negative and his status for Sunday's game against the Lions would be evaluated later in the week.
Cribbs, arguably the best all-around player on the Browns, shares the team lead with two touchdowns and leads the league in punt return average.
"He's moving around fine, a little stiff and tired, but in typical Josh style, focusing on Detroit," Mangini said.
The coach said having quarterback Brady Quinn take a knee wasn't a consideration.
"It's not traditionally done," Mangini said.
What would he have done differently?
"I don't know, hand the ball off," he said. "Not that many choices. You either throw it or hand it off.
"We were trying to move the ball."
When Cribbs caught the ball, he pitched to tight end Robert Royal and continued across the field. Edwards was heading upfield when he crossed paths with Cribbs and lowered his shoulder under Cribbs' chin.
Agent J.R. Rickert said Cribbs isn't mad at Mangini or the Ravens.
"He is in great spirits and ready to put it behind him," he said in an e-mail.
Rickert and Cribbs have been seeking a contract extension since the offseason. They want more guaranteed money to protect against a career-threatening injury.
"I thought it was avoidable," Rickert told The Associated Press regarding Monday night's injury.
Mangini said the play call was a pass to Quinn, but not a desperation hook-and-ladder. The Browns didn't finish a drive past midfield all game.
"It was more of a catch-and-run type play and then Josh sort of improvised at the end there flipping it to Robert," Mangini said.
Edwards said it wasn't a dirty play, or retribution for Quinn's illegal low hit that sent linebacker Terrell Suggs to the sideline with a knee injury.
"I was just hustling to the ball," he said. "He had just pitched it and I reacted."
Browns defensive end Robaire Smith disagreed.
"I don't think he had to hit him, the ball was gone. It was kind of a cheap shot," he said. "But you never know, the guy is out there competing."
Ravens defensive end Trevor Pryce criticized the play call.
"Running a play like that when you're down 16 — what are you trying to prove?" he said. "Bad things happen when you do something like that. When people are running around like crazy, somebody's going to get hurt."
Quinn was penalized 15 yards for diving at Suggs' knees on Chris Carr's interception return. Quinn said he was trying to make a tackle and apologized to Suggs and the Ravens in his postgame news conference. He still faces a fine from the league. Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre was fined $10,000 in the preseason for a crack-back block on Houston's Eugene Wilson.
Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis told The Associated Press that Quinn's hit was a cheap shot.
"That's an illegal blow," he said. "When you're running down and you're looking at the quarterback going at somebody's knees who doesn't even have the ball."
Mangini defended Quinn.
"It looked like Terrell was coming to block him and Brady was trying to make the tackle and he tried to cut through," he said. "I don't think Brady had any intention of hurting someone.
"It's not anything we teach or we believe in or anything I've ever known Brady to believe in. So I take Brady at his word."
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It has unveiled new versions of both Bittorrent and µtorrent, along with a new Android app.
Central to the new protocol versions and apps is the integration of Bittorrent Bundle, the direct-to-fan download bundles that allow music artists to release their music to fans outside the constraints of an online MP3 store or streaming service. Users now have the option to set new bundles to download automatically, giving them access to thousands of new titles as they become available.
The Android app has also been rebuilt with a new user interface and the capability to select downloads within a Bittorrent feed, as well as the ability to choose the download location.
All the apps have been redesigned to allow for more regular updating with quicker builds and releases.
Annabell Satterfield, senior product marketing manager for Bittorrent Core Products said, "We care about our client users' experience, and we're finding ways to get them what they've been asking for. For mobile users, we added simple, at-a-glance progress indicators, one-click access to download details, and file management features.
"For desktop users, we're providing licensed content from partners like Moby and Madonna - from the get-go. These new updates will let us optimize the client experience for our desktop users as quickly as we do for mobile users, and with fewer interruptions."
Bittorrent Bundle, which has already had artists including Moby and Public Enemy releasing content, is using the relaunch of its apps to further distance itself from the seedy world of illegal filesharing as it crosses the threshold of 60 million downloads of over two million legal titles.
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Word for the Weekend: June 27
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Time to open the scriptures to this Sunday's readings to prepare to hear the Word of the Lord!
June 27 finds us at the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The first lesson (1 Kings) and the gospel (Luke) offer similar stories of a call to discipleship and its cost. We first see how Elisha leaves everything (even destroying his livestock and farming equipment to offer a sacrifice) to answer the call of the prophet Elijah. The elements of the Elisha story clearly inform the imagery in Jesus' call to his disciples. The question we need to ask is this: what price are we willing to pay to follow the Lord?
Between these two similar scriptures comes a message from Saint Paul on the freedom that is ours in the Spirit of Christ. And embedded in that message is something very deserving of the attention of all of us in the blogosphere.
Texts of the scriptures and commentary on them are here and if you're shepherding young ones to Mass this weekend, you'll find hints on helping children prepare to hear the Word here. (Adults may find this link helpful, too!)
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Tasting Notes:
Holy cow. What a nose! This wine leapt out of the glass, and wrapped itself around my head, immersing me in a huge cloud of black rasberry, chocolate, cedar, and as the wine opened up more, perfectly ripe blackberry. Its young plum color was clear and echoed in the round body of the wine with lots of plum, cola, and vanilla flavors headed towards a medium finish. This is a VERY fruit forward Pinot, one of the most extreme examples in this style that I have had. Some, especially those who favor the Burgundian style, may find it overdone, but I appreciate fruit laden wines that are well done, and Paul's certainly is.
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Food for thought
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Fear not!
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Before giving birth to my son, I thought I was a pretty busy person. After a week of mothering a newborn, however, I realized that my prebaby life had been luxuriously languid. From that final push on, there pretty much … Continue reading
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SMU Alum Jerry Levias To Be Inducted To Texas High School Football Hall Of Fame
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WACO, Texas - SMU legend Jerry Levias is among eight individuals who will be inducted to the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame as part of its 2014 class, the TSHOF announced today.
Levias holds a special place as a pioneer in the history of college athletics. When he entered SMU in 1965, he became the first African-American to receive an athletic scholarship in the Southwest Conference. His signing with SMU forever changed the racial makeup of college football in the South. Levias made both athletic and academic All-American football teams and led the Mustangs to their first conference title in 18 years.
After earning his B.S. degree from SMU in 1969, Levias played professional football for the Houston Oilers and San Diego Chargers. He has received numerous honors and awards recognizing his achievements during a distinguished football career. They include the SMU Hall of Fame, Texas Sports Hall of Fame, African-American Hall of Fame, National College Football Hall of Fame, and All-American Alumni Award of the Football Writers Association of America. He also is a recipient of the SMU Distinguished Alumni Award. He was a National Football League All-Pro, and the 1969 Runner-up in the NFL Rookie of the Year contest. In 1969, he was the Southwest Conference's Most Valuable Player. He was named to the All Southwest Conference Team three years in a row. He was a 4-time recipient of the NFL's Most Valuable Player of the Week award. He was named the Most Valuable Player in the All-American Bowl and in the Senior Bowl. During his career, he set numerous records, including receptions in a game (15 vs. Ohio State), season (80), career (155), yards in a season (1,131), career (2,275), and career touchdown receptions (22). Jerry was a first team All-SWC selection and held most of the league's receiving records for nearly two decades. He emerged as one of the greatest receivers of his day.
Members of the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame are selected by a statewide committee made up of sportswriters, high school football coaches and members of the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame Board of Trustees.
The class will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on May 3 at 6 p.m. at Baylor University's Ferrell Center. Tickets cost $45 for adults and $15 for students. To order tickets, contact Tiffany Wilkins at firstname.lastname@example.com or (210) 290-8570.


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Desert dwellers seeking to escape the Valley's excessive summer heat with a trip to San Diego, Calif. should be sure to put Cabrillo National Monument on the 'must-see' list. Located on the southern tip of the Point Loma peninsula, Cabrillo marks the landing site of the Europeans to set foot on the western coast of what is now the United States.
Established as a national park site in 1913, four distinct themes are covered by the monument's boundaries: the Visitor Center and the Cabrillo Statue; Old Point Loma Lighthouse; the Coastal Defense Military Installation; and the Tide Pools. While all are physically close together, plan on at least half a day to really enjoy the site.
The Visitor Center
While the park visitor center undergoes earthquake reinforcement this summer, the park bookstore and visitor contact station have been moved into the park auditorium. This is where you'll want to begin your visit. Be sure to pick up a copy of the Cabrillo Journal, a park map, and, if you have children, JUST for KIDS and the Junior Ranger Program guide. Between the bookstore, wild animal displays and the bookstore, space is cramped in the auditorium, but films are shown on a small screen.
Next door is the Age of Exploration exhibit where visitors can get up close and personal with life and travels in the 16th century. This is where you'll find information on Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and the Spanish Exploration of the Americas, conquistadors, the native peoples, and where you'll see what 'modern' instrumentation was available for navigating the high seas circa 1542. A statue depicting Cabrillo is located on one of the patios overlooking San Diego Harbor.
Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Just a short walk uphill from the Visitor Center is the Old Point Loma Lighthouse. Completed in 1855, this simple lighthouse stands 422 feet above sea level. Unfortunately, that elevation had too much to compete against between fog and low lying clouds, so in 1891 Old Point Loma was shuttered and a new light was built closer to the water at the tip of Point Loma.
Today, the park service has refurbished Old Point Loma Lighthouse to its days as a working light and has reconstructed the adjacent assistant lighthouse keepers' quarters. Displays and brochures explain the history of the lighthouse and ranger-led talks are offered as scheduling permits.
The Coastal Defense Military Installation
Cabrillo shares Point Loma peninsula with the US Navy and Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Thanks to that elevation of 422 feet above sea level, the US military early on recognized the area's strategic views of both San Diego Harbor and the Pacific Ocean. In 1852, it was designated a military reserve; in 1899, Fort Rosecrans was dedicated and a series of gun batteries were built. During both World Wars the Point provided vital coastal and harbor defense systems: searchlight bunkers, fire control stations, and gun batteries were built between 1918 and 1943.
What remains of these coastal defenses include base-end stations, fire control stations, searchlight bunkers, and a radio station that now houses the interactive exhibits of They Stood the Watch.
The Tide Pools
On the west side of the park, reached via road from up top, are the Tide Pools. Parking here is limited, but a short walk along a sandy path brings visitors to the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Here, in the rock strewn region that exists between land and sea live myriad varieties of marine plants and animals. When the tide cooperates, visitors of all ages can gently search for living creatures in shallow pools or simply hang out on massive boulders and take in the beauty of the Pacific. A park ranger or volunteer is often on duty with a touch table and hands-on information on what can be seen in the tide pools.
Cabrillo National Monument is open daily – except for Christmas – from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The entrance station closes at 4:55 p.m. and all vehicular and foot traffic must exit at closing. Visitors arriving in the afternoon should plan on seeing the tide pools first, as they close to visitors at 4:30 p.m. The two mile long Bayside Trail which links the Visitor Center, Cabrillo Statue, patios and the Old Point Loma Lighthouse closes daily at 4:00 p.m. Cabrillo is a federal fee area. Federal recreational passes are accepted; otherwise an entrance fee of $5 is charged per vehicle.
For more information, contact Cabrillo National Monument, 1800 Cabrillo Memorial Drive, San Diego, CA 92106-3601. Phone (619) 557-5450.


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LOS ANGELES - In the 2011 home opener for the sixth-ranked Bruins, junior Rachael Kidder had a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs and senior Lainey Gera (15) and sophomores Meg Norton (11) and Kelly Reeves (11) all had double-figures in digs in a sweep of Cal State Northridge on Monday at the John Wooden Center. Set scores were 25-22, 25-17, 25-17.
The Bruins improve to 8-1 on the year, while the Matadors fall to 6-5.
Reeves added eight kills, while senior Sara Sage posted seven kills and only one error in 15 swings for a .400 hitting percentage. Senior Lauren Van Orden produced 28 assists and seven digs, as the Bruins hit .169 as a team.
The Bruins trailed for most of the first, but took their lead near the end and held on for an opening-set win. Northridge jumped out to an early 6-2 lead, but a 5-1 UCLA run evened the score at seven. Three Matador errors and two Sage kills accounted for the five points. Northridge responded with seven of the next 10 to go back up by four at 14-10, but UCLA again countered with a 7-3 run to tie things up at 17. Two kills by both Kidder and Reeves, one from freshman Olivia Okoro and two Northridge errors evened the score.
Another kill by Kidder, followed by a solo block from the junior put the Bruins up by a pair at 19-17. The teams sided out the next 10 points, which eventually gave the Bruins set point at 24-22. Kidder connected on her team-best sixth kill of the set to give the home squad a 25-22 win. Kidder added five digs in the opening set, Reeves added four kills and five digs and Gera posted seven digs, as the Bruins out-hit the Matadors .178 to .119.
The Bruins scored three of the first four points of the second set on two Northridge attack errors and a Reeves kill, but a 3-0 Northridge run gave the Matadors a 4-3 edge. However, UCLA got the next two on consecutive kills by Reeves and Sage to take a 5-4 lead, which it would not relinquish for the rest of the set. Up 9-8, the Bruins scored three straight on successive Matador errors to take a 12-8 advantage.
The Matadors closed to within one again at 16-15, but a 5-0 UCLA run broke it open. A combo block by Kidder and Sage, a Northridge attack error and a Kidder kill made it 19-15. Sage and Kidder followed with two kills in a row to up the advantage to 21-15. The Matadors got two of the next three to make it 22-17, but three in a row for the Bruins on a kill by junior Tabi Love, a Sage ace and a bad Northridge set gave them a 25-17 victory. Kidder and Sage each had four kills in the second, while Reeves added three, as the Bruins out-hit the Matadors .268 to .116.
Like the first set, the Bruins trailed for the first half of the third set, but a 10-0 run would propel the home squad to a sweep. The Matadors held early leads of 9-4 and 14-8 before the Bruins went on their run. A Northridge attack error, a Sage kill and a solo block by Kidder cut the deficit to three at 14-11 and UCLA would tie things up following a Gera ace and consecutive kills by Kidder and Reeves.
A Northridge attack error gave UCLA its first lead since 1-0, which was followed by a Kidder kill, another Gera ace and another Matador attack error to put the Bruins up 18-14. After four straight sideouts, UCLA scored five of the last six points of the match to win the third 25-17. A Kidder kill, a Northridge attack error and a kill by freshman Megan Moenoa made it 22-16. Following a Northridge sideout, the Bruins scored the final three points of the match on a Matador attack error and consecutive kills by freshman Priscilla Duke-Ezeji and Moenoa to finish off the sweep. Duke-Ezeji had four kills in the third, while Kidder added three, as the Bruins out-hit the Matadors .083 to -.034.
The Bruins travel to the Pacific Northwest this weekend, facing Washington State on Friday and fourth-ranked Washington on Saturday. Both matches start at 7 p.m. and will feature Gametracker and live video at UCLABruins.com.


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The NHL announced Thursday that KISS will perform at the Jan. 25 Ducks-Kings game at Dodger Stadium. The group will take the stage before the 6:30 p.m. contest and during the first intermission.
"Los Angeles is the premier hub for sports and entertainment in this country and we are honored to be part of an event that fuses both by rocking the first-ever outdoor NHL game in LA," said Gene Simmons in a news release. "Fans can expect a spectacle at Dodger Stadium, similar to the one we will be creating at the Honda Center this season with our new Arena Football team, LA KISS."
"Our goal with the NHL Stadium Series games is to give our fans an unforgettable experience," said NHL Executive VP and Chief Marketing Officer Brian Jennings in the same news release. "Having KISS headline our entertainment lineup is the perfect way to make our celebration of hockey in Southern California even bigger and more memorable."


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If you love sci-fi and/or enjoy mocking at its best, you might want to check out 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' when it returns on April 1. This special event will air on National Geographic's channel. The show originally aired in 1988. It ran for six seasons on Comedy Central until 1997 and was then picked up by the Sci-Fi channel and aired for an additional three seasons until 1999. The series was nominated for two Emmys in the category of "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Variety or Music Program" in 1994 and 1995. It was also listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-Time."
The critically acclaimed series featured a host and his robots that were trapped on a space station and forced to watch bad cheesy movies which they made fun for the viewing audience to watch. The host and his bots practically invented sarcasm in its funniest and purest form and the show became an instant cult classic.
'Mystery Science Theater 3000' was created by Joel Hodgson who played "captive" host from 1988 until 1993 when Michael Nelson came in to fill his shoes. The host and robots, Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo and Gypsy sat before a large screen poked fun at some of the silliest B- minus movies you will ever see. Their running commentary would make you laughed until you cried at times.
On Tuesday, April 1, NatGeo will air 'Total Riff Off," featuring three hours of clips from their shows. Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will return to provide the wisecracks for clips of National Geographic's own programming. This should be fun. And if you want to wet your appetite to see if you'd like to sample the main course on Tuesday, click here.


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In that respect, Hair is a departure from the typical show at Keegan Theatre, which has chiefly made its name staging classic dramas, heavy in plot and thought. Then again, when Mark Rhea started Keegan with a couple colleagues in the late 1990s, the focus was much more on presenting Irish plays and playwrights. And musicals were almost out of the question for staging in the basement of the Mount Olive United Methodist Church in Arlington.
But since the Church Street Theater became a home for Keegan in 2009, the company has more than doubled the number of productions it puts on, roughly eight a season. Per the company's mission, roughly two are always Irish. These days the company sometimes even stages two musicals in a season — but always one big one.
"It's just been a byproduct of realizing how much we can do," says Susan Rhea, who met her husband Mark when they were both acting together in a show at another company.
But Keegan, which has launched a $4 million capital campaign to renovate and slightly expand its old brownstone venue, doesn't stage just any musical. "One of the reasons we love our venue so much," she says, "is that I think it reflects our personality as a company, which is strong and tough and kind of scrappy. A little edgier, and not this pristine, perfect place." Generally that translates to staging gritty, lively, rock-oriented types of shows, from Rent to Spring Awakening to Hair.
And it's the passioncontained within Hair that especially hooked Susan, who works part-time as a Web manager for the liberal support nonprofit the Alliance for Justice. "The desire for change and people actually doing something about it even if they weren't wildly effectual, the coming together of human beings saying this isn't right — that just gives me goosebumps. We haven't seen anything like it [since]."
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Republic of Congo: The Fight Against Cholera
In response to the recent Cholera outbreak, the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, WHO, with financing from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund, launched a series of initiatives to treat and prevent the spread of the disease. Communities living along the Congo River now stand a better chance of beating Cholera. UNIA program # 1343
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New BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions is now available. More information.
This statement, Ethics for Counselling and Psychotherapy, unifies and replaces all the earlier codes for counsellors, trainers and supervisors and is also applicable to counselling research, the use of counselling skills and the management of these services within organisations. It is intended to inform the practice of each member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
In this statement the term 'practitioner' is used generically to refer to anyone with responsibility for the provision of counselling- or psychotherapy-related services. 'Practitioner' includes anyone undertaking the role(s) of counsellor, psychotherapist, trainer, educator, supervisor, researcher, provider of counselling skills or manager of any of these services. The term 'client' is used as a generic term to refer to the recipient of any of these services. The client may be an individual, couple, family, group, organisation or other specifiable social unit. Alternative names may be substituted for 'practitioner' and 'client' in the practice setting, according to custom and context.
This statement indicates an important development in approach to ethics within the Association. One of the characteristics of contemporary society is the coexistence of different approaches to ethics. This statement reflects this ethical diversity by considering:
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This selection of ways of expressing ethical commitments does not seek to invalidate other approaches. The presentation of different ways of conceiving ethics alongside each other in this statement is intended to draw attention to the limitations of relying too heavily on any single ethical approach. Ethical principles are well suited to examining the justification for particular decisions and actions. However, reliance on principles alone may detract from the importance of the practitioner's personal qualities and their ethical significance in the counselling or therapeutic relationship. The provision of culturally sensitive and appropriate services is also a fundamental ethical concern. Cultural factors are often more easily understood and responded to in terms of values. Therefore, professional values are becoming an increasingly significant way of expressing ethical commitment.
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Secretary of the Department of Interior Sally Jewell will announce this Friday in New York City a new National Park Service [NPS] theme study to identify places and events associated with the civil rights struggle of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans. Jewell will join Corey Johnson, District 3, New York City Councilman, and Tim Gill, Founder, Gill Foundation at The Stonewall Inn, the site of a riot in 1969 that is widely recognized as a catalyst for the modern civil rights movement in the LGBT community. It is currently the only LGBT-associated site that has been designated a national historic landmark by the NPS as a property having extraordinary significance in American history, DOI said Wednesday
According to DOI spokesman Jessica Kershaw, the theme study is part of a broader initiative under the Obama Administration to ensure that the NPS "reflects and tells a more complete story of the people and events responsible for building this nation." The NPS has ongoing heritage initiatives to commemorate minorities and women who have made significant contributions to the nation's history and culture, including studies related to Latinos, women's history, and Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
The NPS LGBTQ Initiative is the latest effort in NPS's tradition of the documentation and interpretation of civil rights history. Recognizing that identities and communities are historically situated, the LGBTQ Initiative acknowledges lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning citizens in the United States, their contributions to American life and culture and their efforts to create a safe and legitimate social and political place in American society. It explores various ways that this history can be recognized, preserved and interpreted for future generations.
The Gill Foundation is dedicated to advancing equality by supporting nonprofit organizations that serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied individuals, as well as people with HIV/AIDS. Since its inception in 1994, the Gill Foundation has invested more than $259 million in programs and nonprofit organizations throughout the country.


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I'm trying to publish changes to my site, but for some reason the home page won't re-publish. I'm using iWeb to publish. I tried
going in and uploading files individually in the file manager, and I can see that some folders are listed as not being updated since
yesterday, even though this is not the case. When I click on the folder, I can see that individual files in the folder are listed as
being updated, even though the folder itself is not registering it, and I can't upload a whole folder. It only accepts individual files. If anyone can help me with this, it would be very much appreciated! I never had this problem with my old hosting service, so I
don't know if it's something I'm doing wrong on my end or if maybe I just have to wait for bluehost to publish the site or something.


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Aug 13, 2012 8:20 AM
We thought "Ivory Playground" was some sort of illegal poaching tour - which we are not at all in favor of. But as it turns out, this Betsey Johnson Ivory Playground Coin Purse ($38) is named for the array of flowers, feathers, and other tidbits adorning its ivory-colored exterior. We can safely say no elephants were harmed in its making. But we can't be so sure about whichever critter donated the feathers. (Sorry, chicken.)
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Although wild birds in the U.S. may be protected under the Wild Bird Conservation Act (WBCA), Endangered Species Act, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, millions of wild birds are still smuggled illegally and traded on the black market to meet the demand for the pet trade, collectors and bird fighting.
Papua New Guinea's treasures are being destroyed by foreign corporations but Gundu and his cohorts have mounted Environmental Awareness Campaigns in remote provinces and are bringing much needed information to the Papua New Guinea populace.
Coyotes and humans have shared the same environment since long before European settlers arrived in North America.
Popularity of tigers is rivaled by few other species. While relatively few humans have ever seen tigers in their natural habitats, tigers have a visible presence in our culture.
Suing the Circus
Researcher Stephanie Yue of the University of Guelph in Canada shares her team's surprising findings on fish sentience and ponders the ethical implications
There's a terrible secret lurking alongside the smiling faces of clowns and acrobats at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus.
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), the Fund for Animals (FFA), and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) just released an in-depth report revealing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - responsible for enforcement of the federal Animal Welfare Act - routinely looks the other way when Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey beats and otherwise mistreats the elephants in its circus.
Serbia, at the heart of former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, is one of the few places left in Europe where brown bears continue to be cruelly abused for profit and human amusement.
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March 4, 2007
The Stanford Synchronized Swimming team remains undefeated in the regular season with a victory in the Western Regional. Stanford competed against the familiar University of Arizona and University of Hawaii. Stanford wins with an overall score of 103 followed by Arizona with 73.5 and Hawaii with 20.
Stanford took an early lead with first and second place medals in the trio event. Sara Lowe, Elizabeth-Anne Markman, and Courtenay Stewart earned gold with a score of 93.5, earning the team 16 points. Sam Bongiovanni-Duclos, Melissa Knight, Poppy Carlig had a solid performance with a score of 90.33, earning 14 points for the team and a silver medal.
Stanford held onto their lead by the impressive performances in the duo event. Sara Lowe and Courtenay Stewart swam to first place with a score of 94.66. Finishing second with a score of 91.66, Elizabeth-Anne Markman and Sam Bongiovanni-Duclos swam a solid routine. Sara Lowe captivated the audience with a powerful solo performance earning gold and scoring 95.0. Gayle Lee scored 87.83 in her solo performance taking the bronze medal.
The team ended the competition with a strong team performance. The team performers consisted of Elizabeth-Anne Markman, Sam Bongiovanni-Duclos, Courtenay Stewart, Melissa Knight, Hilary Homenko, Taylor Durand, Debbie Chen, Poppy Carlig, and alternate Gayle Lee. The judges were positive and impressed with the Cardinals choreography and synchronization, which lead them to a score of 95.33 and the gold.
"After this weekend we are going to spend the next two weeks fine tuning and working on lift height & pattern precision," said Head Coach Heather Olson, "Our NCAAs are during finals week which will be a challenge with some of our athletes taking their finals on the road. This is the same situation we were in last year, so our team is prepared for it and these athletes do a phenomenal job of balancing both so I am confident they will be able to do it all well."
Completing the regular season undefeated the Cardinal are preparing for the much anticipated Collegiate National Championships. The 2007 Collegiate National Championships are held in Norton, Massachusetts, March 21st-25th. The Cardinal are looking to defend their collegiate title and become champions for the third year in a row.


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Cyclist suffers head injuries after chasing bike thief
A cyclist suffered head injuries after he chased the thief who stole his bike in Wexham.
The theft happened at around 10.15am on Thursday when the blue Kona Caldira mountain bike was taken from outside Lloyds Pharmacy in Wexham Road.
The 24-year-old owner of the bike chased after the thief into Broadmark Road.
He was assaulted by the thief and another man. He suffered head injuries but was not taken to hospital.
The offenders are both described as black and around 20-years-old. One was of medium build, wearing a dark Adidas hooded top with grey sleeves, dark jogging bottoms and black gloves, with a small moustache.
The second offender was of slim build and was wearing a hooded jacket.
Anyone with information can call PC Hodgson of Slough police station on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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2006 Trendsetters
Katie Curry's efforts to encourage others to recycle have made her a local hero. Plus, she gets to sit on her own hard-earned benches when she needs to take a break from bicycling around town with family. Photo: Mary Ann Carter/Black Star
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Rich Giani (seated, second from left), water-quality manager at Washington, D.C.'s Water and Sewer Authority, headed a research team that revealed how chloramines affect the leaching of lead into drinking water. Photo: DC WASA
Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association president Kathleen Holst is more concerned about road-related issues than she is about her status as the association's first female leader. Photo: IRTBA
Bruce Logan is using bacteria in wastewater to create electricity. Photo: Shaoan Cheng
Raymond Seed worked without pay to discover why New Orleans's flood control system failed during Hurricane Katrina. Photo: Jenni Spinner
At 35, Kris Riemann is the youngest public works director Gulfport, Miss., has had. Thanks to careful planning, the city was the first to restore services after Hurricane Katrina. Photo: Pat Sullivan
Diane Linderman asked Congress to allocate homeland security funds directly to public works as well as police and fire agencies. Photo: APWA
Joe Haworth (middle) urges public agencies to partner with each other to educate their customers about what they do. "Much of the public wants to help; they just need to be told what to do." Photo: LACSD
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Bruce Logan, Kappe Professor of environmental engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Renewable and clean forms of energy are global necessities. So is adequate waste-water sanitation. Logan is addressing both of these needs.
His work involves using microbial fuel cells to produce electricity or hydrogen from wastewater—while also cleaning the water. This research provides an environmentally friendly method for wastewater treatment based on using bacteria to harvest energy from organic matter.
Logan began microbial fuel cell research in 2002. He'd been exploring methods of hydrogen gas production, but yields were low and too little of the substrate remained unused for hydrogen production by bacteria. So when he heard about the concept of a microbial fuel cell—which could use all the remaining organic matter to produce more hydrogen—he immediately realized "this was a technology that could be transformed from what was then a laboratory curiosity to a real treatment process."
Logan and his team discovered that by using microbial fuel cells to clean water, they also could generate electricity from ordinary domestic wastewater, animal wastewater, and any biodegradable material. This finding may provide a new method that offsets waste-water treatment plant operating costs, making advanced treatment more affordable for both developing and industrialized nations.
"Five percent of the electricity used in this country is for the water infrastructure," says Logan. "We can make this sustainable by recovering energy already in the wastewater." Logan predicts that microbial fuel cells will lead to a complete redesign of wastewater treatment plants, enabling them to also act as energy-producing systems. But first, Logan and his researchers must produce large-scale results.
"Creating this technology could benefit people around the world in obtaining efficient wastewater treatment and protecting human health," says Logan.
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International Design House
The WDC International Design House exhibition has drawn best practices from the International Pavilion concept featured during the Olympic games and the World Fairs. Through a series of housed exhibitions, the event is intended to be an international showcase of design from around the world. Held over a period of seven days, international exhibition hosts are invited to present the best of their country's design within the WDC city, creating an opportunity for designers to share ideas, innovation and expertise, as well as promote global design.
The exhibition takes an in-depth look at design as a starting point for new economic development strategies, as well as an instrument for communicating identity and values. In the past, showcase themes have ranged from the lively panorama of Europe to the rapidly developing countries of the Far East. At the same time, visitors are encouraged to experience design through a series of linked venues in the WDC designated city. These exhibitions offer new perspectives for designers and have a positive influence on city development. Each participant has the opportunity to surround their own 'House' with events and happenings that will excite and inspire visitors and other designers alike.


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For more information about this meeting, contact Victor Nistor.
|A multi-mechanism constitutive model for cerebral arterial wall: application to cerebral aneurysm
|CCMA Luncheon Seminar
|Mariarita de Luca, SISSA -International School for Advanced Studies
|A cerebral aneurysm is a localized bulge of the arterial wall, resulting from an initial dilatation. Usually it appears on the side or at a bifurcation of a cerebral artery. Unfortunately it is asymptomatic until rupture, and this sudden phenomenon causes a severe cerebral hemorrhage. Advanced imaging techniques are nowadays able to provide very helpful tools to support medical doctors in the treatment of cerebral aneurysms. With that future perspective, this preliminary work aims to develop a numerical tool for a non-linear multi-mechanism model, that is suitable to represent the mechanical behavior of the healthy cerebral arterial wall and early stage cerebral aneurysm formation. The core of the multi-mechanism model is to consider the arterial wall made up two mechanisms, related to its two main passive constituents: elastin and collagen. Histological studies show that the early stage aneurysm formation is associated with the disruption of elastin, that is found fragmented in the arterial wall. From experimental observations, the elastin actively contributes to load bearing even at low deformation level, while the collagen network is in a crimped state in its stress free con?guration. For larger deformations, the collagen network stretches out and starts to contribute to the mechanical behavior of the arterial wall. The strain energy of the model is additively composed by two terms, one related to the ?rst mechanism and the other related to the second one. The collagen recruitment and the elastin rupture happen when some threshold deformations are reached. The numerical model has been validated on test cases for which an analytical solution is available, showing the expected behavior. In the case of a cylindrical geometry representing a segment of a cerebral artery, we show that the computational multi-mechanism model is able to capture the non-linear and inelastic behavior of the arterial wall, and the early stage aneurysm formation.
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When it comes to historic hip hop groups, the impact that Black Star had on their time period is difficult to top. Even though they only released one album over the course of a few years together, Black Star's rise came at a crucial time. In the late 1990's, the hip hop world was at a crossroads after the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls made for an uncertain future, and the combination of Mos Def and Talib Kweli not only addressed the confusing times, but ushered in a new era of hip hop.
In 1998, both Mos Def and Talib were planning to release solo albums around the same time, but they postponed their individual projects and decided instead to collaborate on what turned out to be a classic full-length. The duo later did a song for the compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington in 2001 and a new song for the film Dave Chappelle's Block Party in 2006, but what fans really wanted was a new long player, and tour dates.
Since then, there have been more rumors than actual collaboration between the two, but the rumors are becoming a reality now in 2011, at least when it comes to touring, as the duo have announced a string of dates that includes a stop here in Cincinnati at Bogarts on September 17th. It should be an amazing show, and it looks like it's gonna cost you as well. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday morning and are set at $42.50 before fees. But don't wait to get em at the door, because it's $55 bucks day of show. Are you going?
UPDATE: Pitchfork is reporting that Mos Def and Talib will perform their 1998 album in its entirety during this tour.
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When electricity rather than heat is required, PV is a robust, flexible, scaleable technology which can provide energy for both houses and other buildings. The typical sized household PV system for example will provide at least 2,000 units of electricity per annum and save at least 1.14 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. PV has a proven working life of 45 years plus and modules typically come with a 25 year manufacturers warranty. Electricity generation in the UK today is still largely sourced from fossil fuels, which causes the release of harmful gasses into the atmosphere – including CO2. The use of solar electricity generation through Photovoltaic (PV) systems will help to reduce the emission of these gases thereby helping government to meet their binding 2020 emission reduction targets.
Energy from the sun can be used to generate electricity through a PV system. Solar PV systems convert the sun's rays directly into electricity through the use of solar cells. The technology can be used for domestic as well as larger industrial or commercial applications and has various applications to suit specific needs.
A large number of homes in the UK have recently been installing PV systems, and the number is increasing exponentially since the introduction of the Feed in Tariff (FiT) – the financial incentive scheme introduced by Government on 1st April 2010. The aim of the FiT is to increase the uptake of on-site electricity generating technologies including PV.
Types of PV System
PV systems can be grouped into grid connected and stand-alone/off grid systems.
The grid connected system allows the building in question to use a certain amount of the generated electricity, with the rest feeding directly onto the National Grid. An advantage of the grid connected system is that it allows you to get the balance of your electricity needs from the grid and it also allows you to export excess generated electricity back to the grid. Through the recently introduced Feed in Tariff for every unit (kWh) of electricity generated you will receive between 29.3p/Kwh and 41.3p/Kwh (generation tariff), as well as 3p/kWh for every unit exported back to the grid (export tariff). The grid connected system would have a grid connect inverter as well as a meter. The inverter would transform the DC power from the PV modules into AC power at a voltage and frequency that can be accepted by the grid while the meter would monitor the energy produced and used on site; as well as total energy exported to the grid.
Stand alone systems used for domestic and industrial applications in which a household or company is able to produce its own electricity and its yield can be matched to its demand. The electricity generated can be stored in batteries for use at a later time. This type of system is also very useful for remote locations where it is inconvenient or expensive to connect to the grid, an example of this is in navigation buoys. They are also used for other applications such as garden lights, parking meters, etc
Domestic PV systems are usually roof mounted in an array of panels and are placed at angles best suited to receive the energy coming from the sun. The orientation of these arrays would ideally be southerly, though PV systems will perform at almost any orientation (though output may be lower and the system should be sized accordingly). They can also be pole or ground mounted. An important consideration is that the panels are mounted in areas where there are no tall buildings or trees so as to minimise shading which will adversely affect the performance of the system.
PV System Components
The typical PV system is made up of the following parts:
PV panel:
This is made of cells that help to convert energy from the sun directly into electricity. The cells are made of silicon and are connected to form modules which may be either in series, parallel or both. The modules should be durable and be able to withstand temperature variations and humidity. There are three main types of solar cells as below:
- Mono-crystalline: These are cells made from pure mono-crystalline silicon with a single thin crystalline structure. They are very efficient; however the cost of production is high as it is energy and labour intensive. This would be useful for small installations or areas with very limited mounting space.
- Poly-crystalline: These are made from small grains of mono-crystalline silicon. They are cheaper and easier to manufacture but are also found to be less efficient than their mono-crystalline counterpart.
- Amorphous Silicon: These are cells made from thin films of silicon in a form known as amorphous silicon. Here the silicon structures are in less order than the crystal lattice structure of the mono crystalline and the poly crystalline. Its production method though complex, is not as energy intensive as crystalline cells; however its efficiency is low. This technology is most often used in smaller applications such as calculators, or garden lights. It is also often found in multi-layer technology which increases cost, performance and efficiency typically to crystalline levels.
PV systems generate electricity in direct current (DC), however most appliances found in the home operate on alternating current (AC). Transformation of the DC to AC is done by the inverter, and they come in various sizes depending on the user's energy needs. Battery powered devices also work on DC whilst the mains is supplied through 230 volts AC. The inverter also has several important safety features which protect electricians and householders from electrical dangers.
Storage batteries:
These are used to store excess energy produced by the system which can be used at night when the system can't produce energy. Alternatively, excess energy stored here can be exported to the grid. If the grid is available, it is always preferable to use grid-connected PV circuits.
How They Work
Sunlight is made of a stream of photons which are absorbed by the cells of the PV panels. These photons interact with electrons found in the cells to 'upgrade' the electrons to a higher energy level which can be exploited as an electric current. These currents are conducted by wires to the electrical system of the building to be used for a range of appliances; directly to the grid or to batteries for storage purposes.
Feed in Tariff (FiT)
The use of PV systems is not only cost effective by saving you energy bills, but it is also a form of investment especially with the introduction of the feed in tariff. The FiT scheme is available for people who have an electrical micro generation technology installed in their homes and this could be in form of on-site wind turbines, anaerobic digestion, hydro electricity and combined heat and power (mCHP) and of course PV.
How does the FiT work?
To qualify for the FiT, the PV system must be installed by an MCS certified installer and supplier anytime from 15th July 2009.
Benefits of the FiT
There are three ways in which the owner of the technology can benefit from the scheme. These are:
- Generation Tariff: in which your energy supplier gives money for every unit of electricity produced. The tariff varies depending on the capacity of the installed technology; for PV it ranges from 29.3p/Kwh to 41.3p/Kwh
- Export Tariff: in this case, there is a payment of 3p/Kwh for all excess generated electricity exported to the grid. This payment is currently "deemed" which means an estimated amount of energy is exported and so receives an export payment.
- Energy bill savings: by using the power from the installed technology, there is less dependence on the conventional electrical power from the grid thereby allowing savings on energy bills.
Please visit the DECC website for further information on Feed-in Tariffs.
Cost and Maintenance
The cost of a PV system would largely depend on the installed capacity, however on average one would anticipate paying between £4000 & £8000/kWp installed cost. Please note that this is only an estimate as there are many building factors that affect the cost of the quote. We always recommend that if someone is unsure about the first quote they receive that they should then obtain another quote from another member of the Association.
PV has a proven working life of 45 years plus and modules typically come with a 25 year manufacturers warranty. These systems require little maintenance as rain water should keep the panel surface sufficiently clean. Occasional additional cleaning may be required from time to time, particularly if the panels are located near a large tree (sap & birds!)
To see this article on the Solar Trade Website, Click here
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Sometimes in relationships things get rough and lack of experience in relationship conflict resolution can cause one or both partners to cheat. If you love your partner and you both want to move forward together, how do you overcome infidelity?
Overcoming infidelity is not easy, but if you are not ready to call it quits as a couple, it is possible to overcome infidelity.
To overcome infidelity, you will need a good support system - family, friends, or a couple therapist. The support system can help you become a stronger couple after an affair has happened.
To let the healing begin, you and your romantic partner must answer these questions:
- Why did the affair happen?
- How can you both leave the affair in the past?
- Why are you not ready to call it quits?
Some people have an affair because of poor judgment. Not everyone that cheats is dissatisfied with their relationship. Impulse can make people lack the willpower to do right by their partners.
In many cases of cheating, emotional disconnect is a major problem. If you are not making your partner feel wanted and attractive, your partner will cheat. It's devastating.
Anyone that has been cheated on by someone he/she loves can tell you it is a real hit to identity and trust as an individual and as a couple. A person cannot tell what is false or true about their partner after infidelity has happened.
Knowing a partner has cheated can take away from your focus, irritate you and make you feel overwhelmingly depressed. This all can happen from being aware about the betrayal.
There is no way a couple can fix the relationship if all parties do not have both feet into repairing the relationship. It takes the "We" rather than the "I" to truly reinvest in a loving relationship after infidelity.
The journey to become a strong couple once again won't be easy. Self-accountability for both partners is crucial to recovery/healing of the relationship.
The goal is to find ways to make each other feel connected no matter what happens in the relationship. To save the relationship, both of you need to truly want the relationship. There is no such thing as a relationship that cannot be saved if both parties want to save the relationship.
You can learn more on saving your relationship after infidelity by reading Overcoming Infidelity. If you want assistance from couples that have overcome infidelity, follow Fromgirltogirl.com on Facebook.


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It is not known how many people died in this week's terrible mudslide in Washington State. What is known is that any tragedy which affects people will also affect their animals. Efforts are now being made to help those animals who have been recovered.
Here is an incredible video showing the rescue of Buddy, a chocolate Lab, who in the words of his young owner, survived "my whole house falling on him." Buddy's recovery brought comfort to a family who lost their Aunt and their home and their neighborhood and friends. The family lived because they were away attending a baseball game at the time of the landslide.
Per the Everett Animal Shelter FaceBook page, they are "working with Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management and Red Cross as the primary animal welfare organization for people with lost or found animals from the Oso disaster." They are taking in small animals, reports of lost animals and donations. The shelter is suspending the usual stray hold time for animals from the mudslide affected area. Their address is 333 Smith Island Rd in Everett, across from Langus Riverfront Park.
Chuckanut Valley Veterinary Clinic has donated veterinary staff time to help injured animals and do surgeries. Their FaceBook page has an account of the animal rescue efforts. Their veterinary "arrived [Saturday] to find 'Bonnie' the Australian Shepherd bandaged and splinted by a caring EMT, who found her trapped on her owners lap in one of the homes destroyed. Bonnie has lost one of her owners, and the other is in critical condition. She has a fractured front leg and needs a surgical plate to repair the damage. She cuddled right onto the warm laps offered in the vet truck on the ride back to the clinic and is nothing but sweet. We also have a sweet gentleman German Shorthaired Pointer who arrived today. . . and he has wounds and likely fractures in his back leg." Staff time was donated for the surgeries, but the clinic is asking for donations to cover other expenses toward the surgeries and animal care. Please stop by to donate at 896 N. Burlington Blvd. Burlington, WA 98233 or call (360)757-3722"
Livestock has had to be evacuated because of the danger of flooding. Washington State Animal Response Team (WASART) is on standby in case they are called in to assist. Washington State is very lucky to have one of the few functioning SARTs. WASART is a model for the rest of the nation.
There is a FaceBook page, Lost Pets of Snohomish Mudslide, to bring together resources.
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