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+ - What is the role/expectation of the faculty advisor/mentor for undergraduate/graduate research?
The IRB specifies that a Chapman University faculty member must assume the primary role in completing and submitting a research application/protocol for review to the IRB. While students (undergraduate and graduate) may serve as the investigator on any research project, it is the responsibility of the faculty advisor/mentor to:
- Determine whether projects require IRB review and assist students with the process
- Assure that all elements of the IRB protocol and application are completed thoroughly and accurately
- Assure that all informed consent/assent documents, recruitment documents, instructional documents, etc., related to the study are written clearly (proper grammar, proper reading level for the intended potential participants) and are sufficient in explanation and details to assure that potential subjects are fully informed of all elements of the research that pertain to their participation.
- Serve as the primary contact person for the IRB
Faculty advisors/mentors are also tasked with ensuring students understand the principles of research ethics. As mentioned in the CITI Training modules, faculty members who supervise student research are ultimately responsible for the protection of human subjects and must:
- Complete the required CITI program.
- Be familiar with the ethical and regulatory requirements of human subjects research and discuss research ethics with the students
- Monitor student projects, paying special attention to maintaining confidentiality, privacy, level of risk, voluntary participation and withdrawal, and informed consent
- Assure that any unexpected or adverse events are reported to the IRB
Please keep in mind that incomplete or insufficient applications will only delay your own review.
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This is considered multi-site research. Multi-site research usually refers to two or more investigators at different institutions collaborating under a single protocol approved at each institution by the resident IRB's, or coordinated through a Center grant whereby a central IRB is primary.
Each researcher must obtain his or her own IRB approval to participate on the protocol. One investigator is established as the lead Principal Investigator. The lead PI takes the protocol to their respective institution first, and then any other collaborators take the IRB approval to their own institutions to get IRB approval.
Non-affiliated researchers need to go through their respective institutions or seek outside IRB approval.
+ - How does multi-site research affect training requirements for non-affiliated researchers?
Non-affiliated researchers must complete CITI training or an alternative through their respective institutions. Chapman University provides CITI training for Chapman faculty and affiliates.
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+ - I'm an undergraduate student. How can I submit an application to perform a research project?
Undergraduate students may be listed on research applications as co-investigator student researchers. Undergraduate research requires supervision from a faculty or staff sponsor, usually in the form of a class instructor.
The IRB requires that the faculty or staff sponsor review the IRB application for completeness and provide direct supervision when developing and submitting undergraduate research applications.
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Please contact the Chapman University IRB with any further questions.
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Assent in general, is the agreement or expression of willingness of a minor (or individual who is not able to give legal consent) to participate in a research study. Assent given by a minor must be accompanied by informed consent obtained from the subject's parent(s) or legal guardian(s).
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Make sure, when requesting modifications, that you change the information or instructions provided in the consent form so that the most current version is used for all new subject enrollment. If changes in the consent form affect currently enrolled subjects, re-consenting of these subjects should be done at their next scheduled study visit or as soon as possible to inform the subject of any changes affecting their continued participation.
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Please note that research that is included in the Expedited categories list merely means that the research is eligible for expedited review, but full committee may be required if the IRB committee deems it necessary.
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Joey Wong Walk-Off Single Seals 11th Inning Tourists' Triumph
August 30, 2011 7:49 PM ET
Tourists RHP Josh Slaats pitched very well but did not factor into the decision as the bullpen blew his win. Slaats tossed 7.0 stanzas and surrendered three earned runs on six hits, two walks, and fanned eight, allowing one home run.
Suns RHP Matt Swynenberg, came up shy of a quality start after spinning 5.2 innings and allowing four earned runs on seven hits with no walks and six strikeouts. Swynenberg gave up a pair of a home runs in the contest.
Hagerstown scored first with a trio of runs in the 4th frame when C David Freitas, who was 2-for-5 with two runs in the game, lined a double to left field before RF Kevin Keyes reached on afielder's choice groundball to third base, and then LF Randolph Oduber crushed a three-run home run to the trees behind the left field wall, his fifth dinger of the campaign.
Asheville countered with two runs in the home half of the 4th as 2B Brett Tanos was hit by a pitch and DH Corey Dickerson cranked a two-run home run blast to right center field, his 32nd screamer of the season.
The Tourists tagged the scoreboard for two runs in the 5th inning on a four-bagger by CF Rafael Ortega, a skyscraper over the blue monster in right field, his ninth longball of the season.
Down 4-3 over his duration on the mound, Suns RHP Greg Holt was strong, throwing 2.1 scoreless frames, walking one, and striking out a pair.
Off Asheville RHP Juan Perez (BS 9), who blew his ninth save, the Suns tied the game on an error by the RF Kyle Parker in the 8th inning. Freitas lofted a popup to shallow right field and Parker squeezed his glove too early and the ball ricocheted to the ground, allowing DH Blake Kelso, who doubled, to score.
The game went to extra frames as RHP Wilson Eusebio earned a scoreless 9th inning, striking out Dickerson and Wong.
In the 10th, Freitas launched his 13th homer of the year, a solo bomb to dead center field giving Hagerstown a 5-4 advantage.
The Suns could not celebrate long as Eusebio allowed LF Chandler Laurent to touch them all on a solo shot to left center , his third home in as many games, and 15th of the season.
After the winning pitcher, Bruce Kern (6-6), who allowed the homer to Freitas, held the Suns scoreless in the 11th inning, the Tourists took advantage in the last of the 11th.
The losing pitcher, RHP Sam Brown (2-6), induced a groundout to third base off the bat of Parker, but issued back-to-back walks to Dickerson and C Dustin Garneau. Then, 1B Mark Tracy was hit by a 3-2 pitch to load the bases. Suns Manager Brian Daubach brought summoned to the infield CF Michael Taylor to prepare a wall of three men on the right side of the infield diamond and two on the push side to the lefty batting Wong. After a long at-bat, Wong chopped a game-winning RBI single up the first base line to summon home Dickerson and finish off the Hagerstown sweep.
After an off-day on Wednesday, the Suns will prepare for the final homestand of the 2011 campaign as Hagerstown welcomes the Lakewood BlueClaws (Philadelphia Phillies) to Municipal Stadium beginning with a 7:05pm first pitch on Thursday night. Hagerstown will bring RHP Chris McKenzie (4-6, 6.80) to the mound against Lakewood RHP Garett Claypool (4-7, 3.63) in the series opener. Live radio broadcast coverage will begin with the 6:50pm Break Away 2 Sports Lounge Pre-game Show on the Radio Flagship of Suns Baseball, WJEJ AM 1240.
The Hagerstown Suns play at Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown, MD and are a Class "A" affiliate of the Washington Nationals. Season ticket packages, group outings, and corporate sponsorships are available by calling the Suns at 301-791-6266. Visit the Suns on the web at www.hagerstownsuns.com. The Suns are owned by Hagerstown Baseball, LLC.
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It happens but once a year.
For some time now I've been addicted to the bikes that swarm to this town to conquer the 'strada bianchi'. These white roads connect the farms and vineyards that are dotted across the region, much like the pave of northern France connect the villages and fields. The event was born to invigorate the culture of the area by a small group of passionate locals. Their dedication has helped the event blossom into a global phenom that attracts over 5000 participants.
The white roads are merely a canvas for the L'Eroica experience. While there is riding to be done – it's everything that happened along the way that I've relived fondly in my head.
Riders start early.
The HEROES set out the earliest as they tackle 200+ kilometres, on bikes that are from the turn of the century to the 'modern' bikes of the 1987 threshold.
My gruppeto was a combination of collectors I'd known online for years, one I'd been told to hook up with, and some transients who I picked up along the way through conversation. We'd opted for the 140km route and within minutes had our first mechanical.
I'd heard all sorts of rumours about the event, about the 'rules', the bikes, the course.
From first hand experience I can say that no one will care if you or your bike flirts the guidelines. You can hire a bike for the day if you don't have your own classic which Ashley of Peloton Cycling Tours decided to opt for this trip.
A 'hire' bike can be sought from the town square, from a shop that is converted into a cave of 10 speeds. The brakes didn't work particularly well, it shifted ho-hum, and came with no spare tubs – the perfect bike for the ride!
The course is challenging, with some sections which had most of the field walking which just gave another excuse to open up conversation with the person walking next to you – or you may just stumble upon someone you know.
Dustin (originally from Vancouver) of Cicli Berlinetta fame has been coming from Berlin for years and was in the good company of fellow Canadians who are just about the most polite folk on the planet.
Any delusion that this is a race is quashed at the first feed station when you are greeted with meats, cheeses, spreads, soup, pasta, pane, fruit and vino. The feed stations are plonked at points of the route with great vistas of the rolling hills, and as more riders stop to flock for a feed it becomes a 'show n tell' of bikes.
We made an impromptu stop at a village cafe before the first station, because the only thing not available at the event stops is the cycling drug – coffee.
It's also the best excuse to stop and examine some of the bikes up close and personal.
Waiting for a mate.
I also made a point of capturing any other Masi Prestige's that I crossed paths with and noticed their nuances – it's a Prestigious club.
I wasn't the only one who didn't speak the language.
A melody of languages resonates through the crowd at each food stop. Japanese, German, French, Kiwi, Spanish and of course, Italian.
We were constantly splintered by the climbs and the course roads, but would always regroup at the next feed stop.
Bikes I'd only seen on the internet rolled by in worn torn glory. Another misconception I had was that it would be a 'hot rod' show of cycles. Not at all. Bling was definitely not the norm, as the bikes many of us swoon over are in Italy, used as shopping trolleys.
Watching successful changes of cambio corsa derailleurs on the rough roads was like poetry. As the ride grew legs, the scenery become more and more 'scenic'. Castles, villas, as if I was riding in my own 'Life is Beautiful'.
If there were 5000 riding the course you'd never guess it. Riders can start from different villages along the way, and at different times so there was never any fender to fender traffic jams. At times there was no one around giving the impression the roads are all your own.
Traffic is halted from the course until after midday, and what traffic there was gave great consideration and support to all.
It's very easy to get used to this type of living in particular the pace of life in Tuscany. There never appears to be any sense of urgency which initially can be annoying, but it's the thing I miss most about the place.
My votes for coolest on corse. The Peugeot support vehicle ambled along with spares and adding charm to an event already swimming in it.
This bloke was a close second. On the back of the Piaggio he had aqua and assorted goods to top of the levels of riders.
There's a few favourites shots from the day and this has to be one of them. I'd ridden ahead of my group to capture the faces of pain on this very tough climb. I did spot some contraban (GPS) on the route but never asked how steep the gradients were. If you ask me some were 'king steep, made all the more challenging as I was packing 42:23 but I managed to make it all the way without dismounting or snaking across the road, much to the disbelief of our road captain,
The sun had started to lift at this point and it was instantly warm. The crunch of rubber on rock, heavy panting and cursing, it didn't get any better.
My machine was holding up well. No mechanicals or emotional breakdowns, however it was getting a layer of white film which was working its way into everything.
The course isnt all dirt and the bitumen is a well earned respite from chewing dust. Wasn't long before it turned to dust again.
One of the highlights of the trip was sharing the road with this guy. The Godfather of Decals told me I should connect with Giovanni who amongst other things is an actual photographer. If you are on the internet, look him up.
You could get a sense that the ride was drawing to a close, though with no GPS, no cyclocomputers, and riding on a lumpy course with plenty of dirt it's hard to gauge exactly how far you've ridden. A sense of horses bolting for home gave it away.
Returning to the town square which was now bursting at the lugs with bikes, beers and wild jesticulating it was time to crack a cold one or three.
The light was running out on this day and rain was beginning to fall. It was time to return to the car, pack up and return to the Villa where food and more beer awaited us. To this day I still haven't processed all the people, bikes, expressions and moments of magic that make this event worth travelling half way across the globe to participate in. Slightly less if you live in North America or Europe.
If L'Eroica sounds like your cup of tea you are welcome to join me this year with Peloton Cycling Tours. We'll be spending a week in the region, a combination of riding, eating, drinking, visiting frame builders, more eating, relaxing by the pool, and soaking up the remains of the Tuscan sun with a backdrop that postcards wished they looked like.
The L'Eroica tour is September 30 to October 8 2013 and includes:
· 8 nights' accommodation in a 4 star converted castle with buffet breakfasts & dinners
· Superb guided rides with knowledgeable & friendly locals
· Visit to the Tommasini workshop in Grosseto to see how traditional steel frames are made.
· Visit to Crisp Titanium and see a new artisan create beautiful titanium frames.
· Visit to a traditional Chianti winery estates to learn about the wine and of course, drink it.
· Traditional Italian cooking lessons
· Walking Tours of Siena and San Gimignano
· Guaranteed entry into L'Eroica – (L'Eroica bikes can be organised)
· Visit to the L'Eroica fair. An amazing market of cycling paraphernalia
· All evening meals at the hotel or surrounding villages, plus 2 free nights to explore Siena and San Gimignano.
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I would say that these take me back to my childhood in England, but I didn't grow up in England. So perhaps they take me back to Sam's childhood in England. After all, I found the recipe for these delightfully simple shortbreadish cookies on her post here.
The recipe is somewhat problematic because it gives measurements in both grams and ounces, but the measurements are not equivalent. For example, 1 ounce of butter is not 25 grams. It's more like 50 grams – a difference of about a tablespoon! This actually caused problems for me since I started to measure out ingredients according to principles I am familiar with and ended up going back and measuring everything in grams. Not a big deal, but it was rather annoying. Fortunately, the garibaldis turned out very well and tasted like crunchy little scones. I added 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla to the milk and rubbed the butter into the dry ingredients with my fingers before adding the milk, rather like making pie crust.
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I've already covered the phenomenon of people who fall in love while trying not to die in a horror movie in a much earlier post. My motivation for doing so, as a horror geek, was a celebration of a pattern that occurs in many horror movies. The mandatory inclusion of a love interest is not necessarily something I enjoy, however.
Think of all the time spent on love stories in horror movies that could be spent kicking some vampire ass, shooting zombies in the head, watching the annoying fat jokester friend of the group die horribly or following the main character through their research at the local courthouse to determine just who is haunting their house. Ok, maybe not the last one.
Besides, any pop psychologist with a WebMD bookmark will tell you that these people are just horny because they think they're about to die. And how many of these couples who fall in love over the course of a few hours will stay together? If they make it to the sequel one of them is likely to die in the first reel. Hell, even Dana Barrett had a kid by someone else before getting back together with Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters 2. If even Bill Murray couldn't hold onto a woman then I don't hold out much hope for whatever CW star is in the latest slasher. These horror love stories? Not stable.
So what is my favorite love story in a horror movie? The one between Juliette Lewis and George Clooney in From Dusk 'Til Dawn. The one where she gets googly eyed after suffering from Stockholm syndrome and the horrible deaths of her entire family and he says, sorry toots, no dice. The love story that didn't happen. It's even more romantic because Clooney sends her on her way without even banging her first. She was so grateful that she survived the night she might have let him put it in her butt! Or at least do it with the lights on, since she was a religious fanatic.
But for whatever reason, maybe because ol' George is a friend of Dorothy in real life according to some blind item scholars, he doesn't even take an "I'm so glad we're not dead" roll in the hay. Aside from being the kindest thing that character may have ever done in his whole life, the decision to split up at the end leaves plenty of running time for the point of From Dusk 'Til Dawn: kicking some vampire ass.


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from Joe Haggerty of CSNNE,
Chara was also out on the ice for all three of Montreal's goals in the final few minutes of the third period and the overtime session, and he clearly had some explaining to do.
Chara's icing attempt at an empty-net goal with Carey Price yanked from the Montreal net turned out be a big play in the game: it forced a face-off in Boston's defensive zone with their fourth line on the ice when it missed wide of the net by a mere four inches.
That sequence of events perfectly set up Brian Gionta's game-tying goal second later after a James Wisniewski point shot bounced off both Tim Thomas' skate and Gionta's skate before skidding by the stunned B's goaltender.
Chara was his usual solid Slovakian presence throughout the game, and the B's Captain went cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs after the game was over.
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For 30 plus years the Lapwing has been an abundant migratory visitor to my beloved Somerset levels, the earlier years saw fields covered with the 'Pee-wit', it's numbers have declined but still seem plentiful.
The moors of the North are blessed with their presence, however they are generally solitary or in pairs, day after day this species among others have shown their annoyance at our presence, with the Lapwings 'Sooty and Sweep' calls being the most common. A look of bemusement as they stand with their question mark quiff, presumably as confused by the seasons as we are.
En route we stop at the 'Once Brewed' visitor centre to find out todays weather, Sunday is a day of rest which has been taken seriously, the displayed forecast covers the previous days and an enquiry to the Rangers Office results in a guess for today's forecast.
The neighbouring pub is called the 'Twice Brewed', so called because workers complained that the ale was too weak, so it was brewed for a second time. The 'Once Brewed' is a teetotal establishment that was built in opposition.
Steel Riggs car park is empty and we are today's first customer, yesterdays Summer Fair visitors have left and the cleaning up has begun. Just as we are about to leave, another vehicle arrives, two Seb Coe lookalikes emerge and go through a series of loosening exercises, too much energy for this time of the day we feel. An enquiry reveals that they are practising for next week ends charity event who's proceeds will be used to help a young lad to walk again. Their days jog is a mere 30 miles back to Newcastle, but next weeks main event is the walls entire 84 mile length. We offer our best wishes and a small donation.
Zebedee, the Roman guard for this fort puts us through our paces and when fit for purpose, sends us on our way, to complete our final two mile stretch along the walls ups and downs.
A dakl listless moor awaits, sad as it is not a welcoming challenge, indeed this remote, featureless region does not do Northumberland proud and this will be our only visit. A trudging stomp through endless bog before we reach a forest, our only sign of wildlife are the frogs which evade our size 9's. Yorkshire seemed to corner the market when flagstones and waymarkers were dished out, conditions underfoot could certainly do with some assistance.
Climbing a service road which feels like heaven, a small companion in the shape of a hedgehog scurries along the verge. Wearing his Sunday best he poses for the days first photo call, Ted 'bristles' with delight at meeting such a friend.
As miles are gained thoughts turn to the evenings food, our original plans had been to cook al fresco and be as self sufficient as possible,indeed many meals have been bought and eaten under canvas as well the occassional 'fish supper', but the seasons reluctant change has increasingly put demands upon the 'pocket', it's not always been the pleasant experience that we had hoped for when 'eating in'.
Warmth and comfort combined with hot food have been sought more frequently than we had originally desired but we still harbour hope for the remaining weeks.
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Israeli police are investigating the torching of the entrance to a mosque in northern Israel and the spraying of anti-Arab slogans on its walls.
A security camera at the Abu Bakr al Sadik Mosque in Um al-Fahmm filmed three unidentified men wearing masks writing "Arabs out" in Hebrew with a spray paint canister on an external wall and setting fire to part of the entrance on Thursday night before fleeing the scene, the news site Ynet reported.
On Friday morning, hundreds of Arab residents arrived at the mosque to inspect the damage, which locals believe was a "price tag" attack, the term Jewish ultranationalists use for reprisal and intimidation attacks against Arabs and Israeli security forces for actions that are seen as targeting Jews in West Bank settlements or elsewhere in Israel.
An unnamed senior police source told Ynet that the suspected perpetrators arrived at the scene driving a Suzuki Baleno Wagon, and that Israel has about 50 automobiles of that model.
"I believe we will find the people responsible, we have to make progress on this and bring good results or it will end up hurting us," the police officer said.
Jamal Zahalka, a Knesset lawmaker for the Arab-Israeli Balad party, told Ynet that had residents caught the perpetrators, "they would not have made it out of here alive."
Jamil Makhajna, the local imam, told Ynet he believed the perpetrators were "seeking to harm relations between the peoples."
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Rob Hirst - Midnight Oil
09/11/2012 , 3:39 PM by Carol Duncan
Midnight Oil have had a stellar career from their beginning as 'Farm' in 1972, changing their name in 1976.
With 11 studio albums and 2 EPs worth of musical meanderings, 1233's Carol Duncan was wondering just where do you start to choose just 36 songs for Essential Oils? The band's drummer and songwriter, Rob Hirst, joined Carol to answer that question and more.
"We began by thinking we wanted at least one song from each of the albums and EPs, and we wanted it to be chronological so you go on a musical journey with the band from 1978's 'Blue Meanie' as we call it, to 2002's Capricornia. Then we realised we had 170 songs we had whittle down to 36 and everyone lobbied heavily for their own favourites, emails were exchanged, carrier pigeons sent out and shot down and eventually we managed to get this order which I think now, with some objectivity, runs really well and does give you a good idea about what the band was thinking about at the different ages and stages, the different sounds of the studios, and what the producers brought to bear, also the different locations. We recorded everywhere from Tokyo to New Orleans to London to Sussex to Sydney to Melbourne so those places and the studios brought something different to the band."
How was the very Australian lyrical content of Midnight Oil's music received internationally, particularly when working with international producers to whom the angry political intent might have seemed a bit over the top?
"Yeah, the poms never really got us," said Rob. "I remember we played a series of shows at the Zig Zag club in North London before we made the 10 - 1 album in 1982, we basically had to drag people in off the street because we had this empty hall but then the Aussies found us and they alienated all the locals because they drank too much and were way too tanned and healthy-looking, and they were singing along heartily to all the songs they knew and the Poms at that time were probably more interested in The Clash or Elvis Costello or The Jam would sort of come in and then escape before they were pummelled by our audience, so it was a weird kind of stand-off."
"It was only a little bit later that we realised we were actually in the wrong country because shortly after we were really embraced by France, and Germany, Sweden ... so we realised that the food was better over there, the climate was better, there was a willing audience, the NME and Melody Maker wouldn't patronise us every week, so why are we here? So we crossed the ditch and everything was happy after that."
Growing up in the Midnight Oil heartland of Sydney's Northern Beaches I point out to Rob that the Oils were the band my brothers would go to see, the blokes' band.
"Yes, it was very blokey back then, it was a very brave woman who would enter the Royal Antler Hotel! There were some women there but they were very brave and had lots of tattoos. Seriously, the pub period was great for bands like ourselves, in spite of the danger to our female audience, it was a great testing ground for us. Not just the Royal Antler at Narrabeen which became a kind of home base, all of those northern beaches venues - Millers Manly Vale, Avalon RSL, and there was The Flicks in Manly which had a sloping stage and was operated at one stage by a fellow called Larry Danielson who we knew just as Larry and then later on people knew later on as the Woolworths Bomber - gives you an idea of the kind of people who were operating venues back then.We were playing 180 shows a year for the first five or six years, you could do it back then and they were big places, beer barns and enormous clubs."
"We started off in Sydney and moved to the other states and we used to road test the songs at the venues as well so if any of the songs had any weak moments you could easily see people drifting off or start to throw things at us or something, so it was very good for the music as well."
"We became road-tough in the tradition of bands like AC/DC who were just before us, and even the great Cold Chisel who started about 18 months before us, and the Angels. It was a busy time and that's all people did then, they went to see their band. Each band had an incredibly loyal audience who would turn up to all of those pubs and clubs around the place, and the occasional festival and that's all gone now, although the festivals are many more in number."
"Back then, there was only a few festivals, there was the famous Sunbury which we didn't go to but we did go to Tanelorn in 1981 (near Stroud) played with Split Enz and a few people. These days there are so many festivals which partly compensates for the fact that that amazing pub scene is no longer. It's a shame in regard to toughening-up of bands."
"I always thought that bands that survived that pub circuit of the late-70s and until the mid-80s when fire regulations and noise restrictions and dance music and other distractions came in and killed off the scene. I always that that was the golden age of bands, it was quite gladiatorial to play them, you were fed to the lions every night and you either toughened up and really learned how to play or you got out!"
I pointed out to Rob that being a spectator could be tough at times, too. "It must have been," Rob laughs, "I used to joke that I only joined the band to get out of the Midnight Oil audience. It was only partly a joke - I wouldn't have wanted to come and see us!"
I actually did work experience in early high school was at Powderworks Records in Brookvale when Midnight Oil's Bird Noises EP was being pressed.
"Wow, that's fantastic!", said Rob, "Yes, we started out as an independent band on an independent label, which was Powderworks, and ironically our studio now, the studio owned and operated by Jim Moginie, is just around the corner in Brookvale from where we signed our first deal.
"Later on we signed with CBS, which became CBS Sony, which became Sony, which became Sony BMG and now Sony Music so we've been very loyal to the one record company ever since but from the first two albums and EP we were on this independent label, and it was that kind of fierce independence and determination not to repeat the mistakes of bands we admired but had ended their careers in tears way too early, it formed the early ethic of the band."
How do you maintain that independence when you've signed to a corporate monster?
"You get a rottweiler as manager for a start, I don't think Gary Morris would mind me referring to him in that way, he was fiercely loyal to the band and was much admired/loathed by the industry because his job was to interpret what the band wanted to do to a very staid and often arrogant and unwieldy industry that only saw one way of going about a career. We saw different ways which meant not appearing on Countdown, not playing gigs that we felt were unsafe to the audience or we thought we might be ripped off.
"That actually stood us in good stead because we managed to survive those early years and then go on to play theatres and bigger gigs and eventually head overseas. We haven't lost any members of the band, which is great."
Rob Hirst continues making music with a variety of projects and roles, "I've got a band called The Break which features Jim (Moginie), Martin (Rotsey) and myself from the Oils, and Brian Ritchie who played bass with the Violent Femmes and now lives in Tasmania and curates the MONA FOMA festival down there every January. We have a new album coming out next March (2013) and features Jac Howard from Hunters and Collectors playing amazing surf mariachi trumpet, which adds a whole other dimension, and I still play with The Backsliders most weekends. Jim's got a marvellous Irish band called Shameless Seamus, but Midnight Oil was always the main game so who knows, we might do a couple of gigs down the track sometime."
In 2002, Midnight Oil disbanded after singer Peter Garrett announced that he intended to more fully pursue a political career, but the band have done a few select shows since then including the 2009 Canberra show which was a warm-up for the Victorian bushfire relief concert.
"We needed a couple of warm-ups before going onstage in front of 81,000 people at the MCG in Melbourne, but it was great, it was quite life-affirming to feel that muscle memory come back as you approach different parts of a song and think, 'what the hell comes next', and then suddenly your hands and fingers and mind suddenly went to the right place. So we did two really energised shows at the Theatre Royal in Canberra which were recorded, thank heavens."
Rob Hirst sounds like a contented man who's been able to make a living out of what he loves.
"I hope I'm contented, but I hope I'm not smug because I haven't forgotten what it really took to get the men to stay together in all those rehearsals and backstage and buses and planes for 25 years. There were six members of Midnight Oil, including Gary Morris our manager, and there were times that everyone was on their way out the door.
"I think the great thing was that there was something in the back of our minds that the sum of us was always going to be greater than us individually and as long as there were some new songs that Jim and I could write and present to the band, new challenges live and some benefit shows to do, which were greater than just a band going out and playing songs, it needed to become part of a musical fraternity helping people out whether the tsunami benefit or the bushfire one, there was always something to look forward to. But we always took a lot of time off from each other just to defuse. We were kind of like a pressure cooker and eventually if you let enough steam out and get back together you can see the big picture again."
The pressure at times in Midnight Oil must have been considerable given it has always been a group of outspoken socially and politically minded individuals who made their statements very publicly, like their performance during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
"There was debate pretty much until five minutes before we went out in the Sorry suits still figuring out if this was the right thing to do. There was only a couple of other people who knew we were going to make that statement. One was David Atkins who was producing the games, and of course a few close confidantes with Midnight Oil, but as soon as we walked out in front of that massive audience and this huge, thunderous cheer went up, we realised that people got it, understood the statement we were making. We were followed by the great Yothu Yindi playing Treaty which must be one of the greatest songs, not just protest songs, but greatest songs ever to hit the Australian airwaves and certainly by an indigenous band it's had the greatest impact so far. We felt we were in great company."
It was a beautifully subversive moment.
"There was, in typical Midnight Oil fashion, a lot of questioning and debate. We actually went out to the desert a few months before the Olympics to talk about it. We went out to Papunya which we'd visited all those years ago on the Black Fella, White Fella tour with the Warumpi Band, and we sat down in a creek bed for about three days and we spoke about the Olympics and the future of the band, lots of things under those amazing stars, to get out of the city and clear our heads."
"We've had amazing experiences collectively, it's been an incredible life. When I finally sat back and listened to the 36 songs on Essential Oils, all these memories plus others came back, good and bad, and I found myself getting quite tired and emotional hearing it all.
"We're not really nostalgic as a band, we don't comb over the past and we're much more interested in new music and new bands coming up in Australia and overseas, we're still musically curious and not wedded to the past but having gone back on the journey again I'm always amazed by just how much there is in it. Much more than just a band, a bunch of egos and some songs."
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UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): In a statement issued by VCU, head basketball coach Shaka Smart said he will remain will remain with the team.
"There are great things to accomplish at VCU and I'm looking forward to building on the successes of our program and university," Smart said in the statement.
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Virginia Commonwealth University's memorable Final Four run last March catapulted head coach Shaka Smart onto the national scene and sent his individual stock soaring.
But while opportunities to move to a more prominent program abounded, Smart chose to stay put in Richmond where he signed an eight-year contract to continue to build the Rams into a perennial tournament contender.
In the wake of Smart's decision to remain at VCU, school athletic director Norwood Teague commended his head basketball coach, saying Smart "exemplifies everything that is right about college athletics, and VCU is ecstatic about the future under his leadership."
Now, after leading the Rams made it back to the Big Dance and pulled off another first-round upset, Smart is sticking with his commitment.
On Wednesday Smart told Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas that he is not interested in becoming the school's new head basketball coach, according to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times.
The offer is believed to have been worth at least $2.5 million per year, according to the report, which is consistent with a report from Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com. Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton and Alabama coach Anthony Grant, who were also rumored to be on the Illini's radar, have both said they are not interested in the job.
Smart follows in the footsteps of other so-called mid-major coaches who have spurned power conference schools to stay with the teams that elevated them to prominence. Gonzaga coach Mark Few and Butler coach Brad Stevens have been targets for numerous coaching searches but decided to stay put.
But while he won't be making headlines by signing on with a new school, Smart will be in the spotlight this weekend when he joins the CBS NCAA tournament coverage team. Smart and Kansas State coach Frank Martin will be in the Atlanta studio for the region semifinals and finals Thursday through Saturday on CBS and TBS.
The 34-year-old Smart has led the Rams to an 84-27 record over three seasons in Richmond including a CBI championship in 2009-10 and last season's Final Four run.
ESPN's Andy Katz recently spoke with Few and Stevens about what led them to turn down lucrative contracts elsewhere.
"If you're winning and advancing to the NCAA tournament and your teams are good enough to go far in the tournament, then what else do you need?" Few said.
In December, Smart explained his decision to turn down North Carolina State, Maryland and others in an interview with the Post's Steve Yanda. His words continue to resonate.
"I didn't want to go anywhere," Smart said. "I just felt like at VCU, we have a great opportunity with the players that we have. We have a young team. We've got a chance to get these guys better going into the next two, three years. I think we can do some really good things. I didn't feel like it was right to leave my players and our program here. It feels like we just got here."
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Just got back from the yards and done the counting, turns out that with all that have died and those that will probably die, I'm looking at about 15% mortality. this is higher from the norm i'm used to. perhaps the perplexing part about it is the fact that most that have died are vacant with not a bee to be found. I'm use to the odd hive starving to death and seeing a large cluster of dead bees but this is strange. Anyway, anyone wanting to post there mortality rates once they've done the final count please post them. It would be intresting to see how the winter has treated all our bees.
I think I did rather well this winter considering some reports I've heard from other beeks in the area, Once again the same senario of disappearing bees. thank you and best wishes for 2010.


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While he was working from home, a friend of mine recently got a phone call, from "Microsoft support", claiming to want to help him fix his PC. Fortunately, he's the suspicious type. And he's right to be. It's a scam – and I've now heard that other people are getting the same calls.
Obviously, we have quite enough to do without randomly phoning people unprompted, and asking if we can remotely access their PC. It's just a straightforward scam, in which they attempt to gain access to your PC and all of your secret stuff.
If it's something you wanted to warn your parents or students about, there's some more information, and there's official Microsoft advice about phishing, on the Microsoft Protect site – and specifically on this page "Avoid scams that use the Microsoft name fraudulently"


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Installing solid bamboo over concrete slab
I'm looking to put down some hardwood in our dining room and would like to do solid bamboo since the mfg says you can glue it over concrete so long as you are at or above grade.
However, it seems like I'm not 100% convinced that this is okay. I'm not going to have the capacity to perform a calcium chloride test but I can easily do the polyethylene film test. If the floor passes this test should I then be able to feel pretty comfortable glueing down solid bamboo? The only thing the mfg says on their website is "Flooring must not be installed if vapor pressure exceeds 3 lbs. per 1000 square feet in 24 hours using calcium chloride test method".
If the flooring passes the test, is it a bad idea to throw down a coat of moisture sealer for a little extra insurance? Also, does it matter if the polyethylene test is done during the fall versus summer time or spring?
I'd rather have solid bamboo than something engineered but if it's not meant to be then I can live with it.
No big difference between a solid or engineered is there?
I would float over a moisture barrier and call it good.
Which manufacturer is recommending this possible disaster?
Bamboo is a grass that expands and contracts like nobody's business. Glue down?
Heck no-
My basement floor has been sealed with Drylok. It is on a hillside, so it is not completely below grade. Do I still need to put down a plastic vapor barrier?
Anytime you are on concrete you will need to.
6 mil poly is fine.
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1. Go to sites that perform some security testing on the browswer. I found one out of Belgim http://bcheck.scanit.be/bcheck/ . They perform some high level testing over the net which is cool, but I would like something even more intense. Any suggestions?
2. In a sandbox environment, go to sites with known malware and see how hard it is to get some applets or activex bits installed. Anyone know if there is an up-to-date list of sites with known Malware?
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A Florida prosecutor has told jurors that the former neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in a gated community in Sanford early last year not in self-defence but "because he wanted to".
The trial of Zimmerman had barely begun yesterday when the prosecutor, John Guy, shared some of the language he said the defendant used in a first call to emergency services after spotting Trayvon on the night of the killing. Phrases captured on tape, he said, included, "f***ing punks, these assholes always get away".
Quickly evident in the Sanford Criminal Courthouse was the distance between the two versions of what transpired on the night of February 26 last year, which has already divided public opinion across America.
Zimmerman, 29, who has Hispanic heritage, has pleaded innocent to the charges of second degree murder. His lawyers contend he fired his gun only after being assaulted.
"There are no monsters here," Don West, a defence lawyer, said in his opening statement, denying the contention that his client had chased and then confronted Trayvon, who was black, in part because of his race.
"George Zimmerman is not guilty of murder. He shot Trayvon Martin in self-defence after being viciously attacked." He added: "He shot Trayvon Martin because he had to, in self-defence."
But the prosecution promised that it would prove that Zimmerman was never attacked by the teenager. From the start, Guy said, the defendant had spun "a tangled web of lies" about the shooting to protect himself.
"George Zimmerman did not shoot Trayvon Martin because he had to. He shot him for the worst of all reasons - because he wanted to."
Just before the trial's opening Judge Debra Nelson barred the prosecution from introducing testimony from voice experts who were to argue that screaming heard on another emergency call tape was that of Trayvon. But Guy said jurors would hear the call and be able to make up their own minds.
"In the background, you will hear the gunshot that killed Trayvon Martin and you will hear screaming in the background. Listen carefully, please, to that call and listen carefully when the screaming stops. It's right when the gunshot goes off.
"Trayvon Martin was silenced immediately when the bullet the defendant fired was shot through his heart," Guy said.
The trial will be closely watched in part because of the national debate that was stirred by the killing and the decision by Sanford police initially to release Zimmerman on the basis of Florida's controversial self-defence laws known as "stand your ground".
After outrage spread, especially in America's black community, a special prosecutor was appointed to look into the case and Zimmerman finally turned himself in. The Sanford police chief was subsequently fired.
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• Prosecution: John Guy
"When he saw Trayvon Martin, he didn't see a young man walking home. He saw someone that looked 'real suspicious' - somebody that looked like they were 'up to no good' ...
"(Zimmerman) believed it was his right to rid his neighbourhood of anyone he believed did not belong."
• Defence: Don West
"A young man lost his life, and another is fighting for his. There are no monsters here ...
"He had just taken tremendous blows to his face, tremendous blows to his head. Trayvon Martin armed himself with a concrete sidewalk and used it to smash George Zimmerman's head."
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Greeting to all and welcome new friends to the EastWing.
There seems to always be something magical about the first as well as the last snow every start and end of winter. The first snow brings a special excitement that the world has turned white and beautiful. The magic part of the last snow is you're never quite sure if you are looking at the last or maybe next to the last, or maybe second from last. While always hoping you're looking at the last.
And so it was as I looked upon the EastWing gardens that early morning of April 15th, was I looking at the last snow of winter. Here goes hoping.
Back in January I was asked to retell the story of the "Peeps of Springtime". Last week I was asked did I forget the promise to do so. I did not forget. And so below is a reprint from 2009 when I said:
Received a gift Friday last, a dandelion, that pretty little springtime friend of mine. She always comes back to grow and play in the green, green grass of the gardens. Maybe we'll just make the dandelion the official flower of the EastWing. "So shall it be written, so let it be done". That's an old Pharaoh saying that kinda fell out of vogue after Yul Brynner died.
I'm so enjoying the sounds of springtime nights. So much so that the other night I decided to go out and visit with those little sounds in the darkness. They're frogs, ya know, those sounds that come to your ears in the nighttime. Those sounds come from little frogs called Spring Peepers.
Little fellers, those Spring Peepers, smaller than your thumb. But happy little boys indeed, happy to be alive in the springtime. All the sounds from all those little boy frogs remind me of sleigh bells ringing. In fact, these little guys are also called the Bells of Springtime. They're certainly music to my new ears, those Bells of Springtime. This year, with my new electronic hearing aids, it's pretty music to my ears.
When the crushing cold of winter starts to yield to warmer times, as it does every year, even when we think it'll never end, it does, and on a cold night, the wind is still, and the frost is heavy. The moon, a bright yellow ball hanging in a cloudless sky. While the air is so crisp ya could break with a hammer a movement starts under the dead leaves of autumn past. Life resurrecting.
First one eye, then the other, one leg moves, then the another. In a matter of minutes everything is working just the way he left 'em when he dug deep under the leaves to freeze to death for the winter. The little frog is coming back from a place between death and darkness, the twilight zone of frogs. A little Bell of Springtime is tuning up to ring.
I almost forgot to tell ya an interesting thing 'bout not only the Peeps but all frogs. It's the way they survive the winter. Now frogs have the ability to make their own special kinda anti-freeze. I'm already starting to see some of my emails next week, laughing 'bout the frog anti-freeze joke. Before ya start laughing, ya better check it out, 'cause I'm telling ya I know a lot 'bout frogs.
One time when I was starting to grow up ,'cause I was already seven years old, my Uncle Hagins took me frog hunting when I was at Southfork in the summertime. Now we didn't go hunting for Peep or regular frogs, oh no, we went hunting for the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork.
Now ya gotta hunt these Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork in the creek bed where it's dark and almost scary. To the place where the air smells like snakes and the sun never shines 'cause the hills are too close together. The only thing there is the water, the smell of snakes, and maybe even the real snakes there too, and the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork, and some times, just sometimes, empty pop bottles.
We went right there, my Uncle Hagins and me. We went to get the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork. And it didn't take long to find 'em. We found their trail a long ways before we got to the place where the air smelled like snakes, 'cause that's where Uncle Hagins said the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork lived.
When Uncle Hagins showed me the Giant Bullfrog Tracks, at first I thought that it was a person's footprint in the mud, but Uncle Hagins showed me the difference, 'cause he knew 'bout Giant Bullfrog Tracks and stuff like that. Uncle Hagins said if we just kept following those tracks it'd lead us right to the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork.
To tell ya the truth, I was almost scared, but I knew that my Uncle Hagins wouldn't let anything bad happen to me, 'cause I was his favorite nephew, and Lord knows he had a lot of nephews, so I just walked a little bit closer to him and didn't tell him 'bout me being almost scared and all. 'Cause when you're nine years old and out hunting Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork where it's dark, that's almost like being a man, so ya can't say you're afraid of anything. But I was, almost.
Then Uncle Hagins said "BobbyRay, you smell snakes?" That really, almost, made me scared. I said "yah" Uncle Hagins said "me too" I could hear my heart beat in my ears, but I wasn't scared.
Uncle Hagins had in his hand a gig. Now a gig is a long stick with a prong on one end and it's used to catch fish or frogs, and today we were gigging the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork. Well when I thought my chest was gona break from my heart beating so fast in my ears, but Uncle Hagins throws his gig into the water, runs over and pulls up this Giant Bullfrog of Southfork, stuck right there on the prongs of the gig. Uncle Hagins takes the Giant Bullfrog of Southfork off the hooks and no sooner than that, he throws again and in less than a minute we have two Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork. Uncle Hagins gigged two more Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork in just a few more minutes.
Then he said it's my turn to gig a Giant Bullfrog of Southfork. Well, the pole of the gig was a lot taller than me, but I was bound and determined that I was gona gig a Giant Bullfrog of Southfork, or die from a snake bite trying right here in the waters of Southfork.
Two times I tried to throw the spear, but it didn't go far enough. So Uncle Hagins said that maybe if we both held on at the same time maybe that would work. Now don't ya know, the very first time me and Uncle Hagins threw that spear together it struck a Giant Bullfrog of Southfork. We had to throw five or six more times before we got another hit, but finally another trophy.
With 6 Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork in hand, Uncle Hagins said that he thought that was 'bout all we could carry home. We started out for home with Uncle Hagins carrying his four Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork and me carrying my two Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork. That didn't last long, after 'bout a hundred yards or so, I had to stop and rest, 'cause these Giant Bullfrogs were 'bout to weight me down to the point where I couldn't go no more. We rested a little while an started for home again, but same thing, 'bout a hundred yards or so, I'm wanting to stop and rest from the heavy weight of these Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork.
Uncle Hagins said, the way he figured it, at the rate we were going, we'd get home 'bout Christmas Time, if we were lucky, so he had to do something different. Uncle Hagins cut down two Willow Trees, one bigger than the other. On the bigger one, he cut a notch on each end. He took the smaller tree and took all the bark of it, and threw the skinned tree away. Uncle Hagins took the bark strips and tied up three Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork into two bundles, he then hooked these bundles over the ends of the pole with notches. He raised one end of the pole with the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork and told me to help lift the other as he raised it to his shoulders. And I did, as Uncle Hagins picked up all the six Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork on his shoulders. We didn't have to stop any more on the way home.
Talk 'bout being surprised. Well they sure were surprised to see so many Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork. Uncle Hagins told ever body how good I was at gigging Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork, and how he was just lucky to get two and how I gigged four, I didn't tell anybody the difference. I just thought maybe Uncle Hagins forgot who got who.
One of the down sides of hunting the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork, is when ya catch 'em, ya gotta clean 'em. I'm not gona talk much 'bout that, 'cause that's not as much fun as the gigging part. When ya do the cleaning, it's kinda like cleaning fish, but ya don't hear your heart beat in your ears though.
Now the thing that people eat from Bullfrogs are Bullfrog legs. Now regular Bullfrogs have little Bullfrog legs smaller than chicken legs. Not the Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork, these Bullfrog legs were the size as big hams, each one weighing maybe 10 pounds apiece. Since the Bullfrog legs were so big, Lou said we should smoke 'em in the Smoke House like Uncle Hagins did the hams when it was time to kill the pigs. Everybody thought that was a good idea. That night we put the cleaned Giant Bullfrog Legs of Southfork in the coldspring and went to bed. I could hardly sleep, thinking 'bout me gigging those four Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork just like Uncle Hagins said.
The first thing in the morning me and Uncle Hagins wrapped the Giant Bullfrog Legs and hung 'em up on hooks from the top of the ceiling in the Smoke House. Then Uncle Hagins build the fires under the Smoke House, he knew how to do all that stuff, my Uncle Hagins knew how to do a lot of really neat stuff. He was my favorite uncle, and like Uncle Hagins having a lot of nephews, well I had a lot of uncles too.
I don't remember how long they had to stay in the Smoke House, but we left Southfork and went home, and I started into the first grade at Weeksbury. We didn't go back to Southfork till Thanksgiving. When my Aunt Gladys and my Mama cooked our Thanksgiving Dinner, we didn't have turkey, and we didn't have goose, we had two Smoked Giant Bullfrog Legs. There were 'bout 15 or 18 people there for dinner, and most everybody took leftover Smoked Giant Bullfrog Leg home for supper. Big frogs, those Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork.
But getting back to this frog anti-freeze thing, during the winter, a frog's body temperature falls and its metabolism drops. Its heart can even stop beating and start again in the future. Too bad we the people can't do that little trick. And we think we know magic. 'Course we can do a lot of other things that frogs can't do.
Many frogs dig into mud or deep holes to escape the killing frost, but some do practice controlled freezing. They produce excess sugars or starches to prevent damage to sensitive tissues while the remaining water in their bodies turns to ice. The North American wood frog, including the Peeps, live as far north as Alaska. They can survive with 65% of the water in their body frozen solid. I guess ya could take those little fellers, put 'em on sticks and have Peepsicles.
Now those Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork, to this very day, don't ever worry 'bout freezing in the wintertime, no, they just build themselves a campfire, sit around and tell stories 'bout how a little boy used to wade in the waters of Southfork, with his most favorite uncle, looking for 'em in those warm nights of the summertime.
Setting on the back of my chair, Sophia read the story as I typed, laughed so hard she damn near fell off the back of the chair, twice. Said she never knew frogs got that big. Told her they don't in Indiana. It's a Kentucky Southfork thing.
Stay safe in Afghanistan.
From the EastWing, Magic Snows First & Last, Retelling The Bells of Springtime, Me & Uncle Hagins And The Giant Bullfrogs of Southfork
I wish you well,


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Native American Interview: Nicholas Goodman, TDX Power Corporation
Native American Interview: Nicholas Goodman, TDX Power Corporation
Date: 3/31/2007
Location: AK
Tell us how TDX became interested in wind energy.
A. TDX's chairman, Ron Philemonoff, became interested in wind power during one of his annual trips to visit family in California. With all due respect to our brethren in California, the St. Paul Island wind resource has no equal in California, and he knew the technology had real potential on St. Paul Island. After extended exposure to Palm Springs wind farms, Ron and the TDX Board of Directors decided to invest in a turbine for the corporation's industrial complex on St. Paul Island.
Q. What are the lessons learned from St. Paul Phase 1?
A. Alaskan logistics are always difficult, the first 2 years are really difficult, and never let the Vestas mechanic check his tools as baggage! TDX experienced two major mechanical breakdowns in the first two years, when the gearbox failed due to inadequate design for cold temperatures. On one of these occasions, Vestas sent a mechanic from Portland. When he got off the plane, he soon learned that his tools, which he checked as baggage, had been bumped and would not show up for several days on the bypass mail freight plane because of our location.
Tell us about St. Paul Phase 2.
A. After several years of smooth operations and demonstrated savings, TDX decided to invest in an expansion to the wind plant to support economic development on the island through low-cost energy and to generate enough power for residential consumption.
Q. What is TDX' vision for St. Paul wind in the long term?
A. TDX hopes to further expand the wind farm to ensure all energy consumption on the island is supplied with wind power when the resources are available.
Q. TDX has been pursuing some other wind-diesel projects. Can you tell us about them?
A.TDX Power is building a 1-MW wind farm in Sand Point, Alaska, with 50% project funding support from the Alaska Energy Agency. This will make Sand Point the largest high-penetration project in Alaska, and we believe it will reduce diesel consumption by 140,000 gallons per year. TDX Power also recently won a competitive solicitation with the U.S. Air Force to develop a high-penetration project at Tin City, a long-range radar site in northwest Alaska. The project will experience unprecedented rime ice, and TDX Power will deploy a new heating package on a remanufactured Vestas V27 wind turbine. Lastly, TDX Power will develop a small wind project in Nikolski, a small community at the end of the Aleutian Peninsula.
Q. What makes a good wind-diesel opportunity?
A. A good wind resource, high fuel prices, and a community that wants to support such a wind project.
Q. What are the remaining challenges for wind-diesel to be a mainstream solution for Alaska villages?
A. Wind turbine pricing and availability are the major hurdles in Alaska. Knowledgeable developers and vendors, and a lack of many integration and controls options are also significant challenges.
Q. What role can the state and federal governments play in addressing these challenges?
A. Continued financial support to address the high cost of equipment and remote site costs will be critical.
Name one thing that TDX would like to change to have the greatest impact on wind-diesel applications in Alaska villages.
A. Product availability! Choices and better pricing for wind turbines would dramatically improve the economics of projects in Alaska.
Q. Any final comments for our readers?
A. Wind-diesel projects in remote locations are difficult, but the technology is now proven. With current fuel prices, it is an attractive option for generating power.
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You are herecontent / One State Pushing Back Against NDAA (Or at least the imprisonment bit if not the massive war spending)
One State Pushing Back Against NDAA (Or at least the imprisonment bit if not the massive war spending)
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Rep. Daniel P. Gordon Jr. today told WND he has drafted a resolution, which is being circulated among the lawmakers even now, to express opposition to the sections of the NDAA "that suspend habeas corpus and civil liberties."
"Sections 1021 and 1022 of the act, signed into law on New Years Eve of 2011, provide for the indefinite detention of American citizens by the military on American soil, without charge, and without right to legal counsel and right to trial," he explained.
"Given the fact that the constitutions of Rhode Island and that of the United States are replete with guarantees of individual liberties, right to habeas corpus, and right to freedom of speech, the offending sections of that law are repugnant to the sensibilities of anyone that has a basic understanding of the foundation of this country," he said.
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This World Cup has shown us there is still an array of talent out there that is yet to be discovered from other countries. With that said, the Premier League will be sure to snap up any stars who have consistently performed against the worlds best players.
Here are 4 players who have impressed and may spark attention from the Premier League's finest clubs:
1. Guillermo Ochoa – Incredibly, the Mexican goalkeeper is a free-agent. Ochoa has been a sensation for the Mexican side and produced a number of miraculous saves throughout the tournament and most notably against Brazil. Ochoa has been a safe pair of hands between the sticks for Mexico and has certainly drawn the plaudits regarding his high level performances. The 28-year-old was playing his football in France at Ajaccio before his contract ran out; it seems he has given himself a chance to step up to the big time as Premier League side Liverpool seem interested in retaining the Mexico number ones services.
2. Ahmed Musa – Nigerian winger Ahmed Musa stunned Argentina by scoring a brace in their thrilling 3-2 clash where the South-American's just came out on top. Musa posed a constant threat down the wing giving Manchester City full-back Pablo Zabaleta a torrid time. Musa who is playing his football in Russia with CSKA Moscow will be looking to see if there is any interest in his name for the coming season. Blessed with pace and an eye for goal, Musa could prove a real asset in the Premier League.
3. William Carvalho – Touted as a big future player for Portugal, the young midfielder has had more of a cameo World Cup thus far, coming on as substitiute at half-time against the USA. However, in just 45 minutes, Carvalho illustrated exactly why he has been labelled as a future star after his immaculate ball retention and simplicity. Manchester United have been contstantly linked with the young Sporting midfielder to help them keep the ball in good areas. The tall strong 22-year-old has shown enough for club and country to make it known he is ready to play against the best in the world. Carvalho could be a real coup should United or another Premier League club come in for him.
4. Granit Xhaka – Xhaka's performances may be overshadowed by that of Xherdan Shaqiri, but the Swiss defensive midfielder has been at the heart of the midfield allowing his team mates to play the ball around him. The Monchengladbach anchor man has been impressive at the World Cup and Premier League manager will take not as many like to adopt a holding midfielder. With the ability to be a versatile midfielder who can score goals too, don't be surprised if Xhaka does make the move to England this summer.
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