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Compressed Air Energy Storage
I have always been a big fan of wind power. But one of the knocks on wind is that it is intermittent. Since electrical demand probably won't match up very well with wind fluctuations, installed wind capacity does not displace conventional power generation in a 1 to 1 ratio. For example, I have seen it claimed that 2,000 megawatts of installed wind energy still requires 1,800 megawatts of standby power for when the wind isn't blowing. (1)
Clearly a storage system is needed. During times of high wind flow and low demand, the excess energy could be stored in something akin to a giant battery. When the wind isn't blowing, users would pull from the "battery". I have given a lot of thought over the past couple of years as to just what form such a storage system would take. I could envision several different options. One, air could be compressed into a storage system and then discharged through a turbine as needed. Two, water could be pumped uphill, and then be allowed to flow back through a turbine as needed. Three, water could be split to hydrogen and oxygen. I don't like this option as much, because most electrolysis is inefficient and hydrogen storage is problematic.
(Incidentally, a variation of this third option was recently brought to my attention, in which excess wind power is used to make methanol, ethanol, or even ammonium nitrate fertilizer. For an excellent comprehensive overview of this option, combined with an impressive overview of wind energy potential in the Great Lakes area, see David Bradley's report A Great Potential: The Great Lakes as a Regional Renewable Energy Source.)
Imagine my surprise this weekend to learn that while I have been daydreaming about a wind energy storage system, someone is in the process of doing it. Furthermore, others have previously blogged on it. I felt a bit like Rip van Winkle after waking up from his long nap. How could I have missed such an important development? The storage system is called compressed air energy storage (CAES). A January article from MSNBC explains the concept in Store wind power for later use? Cities bet on it:
A group of Iowa cities intends to not only harness the wind, but also capture it, store it underground and use it to help make electricity when demand peaks.
Members of the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities have invested in a proposed power plant that would use wind turbines to drive compressed air into underground aquifers. The air would be released to generate electricity when needed.
The plant will use power from its own wind turbines, supplemented by cheaper electricity bought at off-peak times, to force air into rock formations at least 2,000 feet underground.
Current plans call for pressurized storage of tens of billions of cubic feet of air in rock formations deep underground. (2)
If you think I was surprised by that, imagine my surprise upon reading this from the same article:
Only two other underground compressed air plants are in operation. A plant in Huntorf, Germany, was built more than 23 years ago and a plant in McIntosh, Ala., is 11 years old. Both store compressed air in underground salt caverns.
Iowa's project is unique in that it would use wind power to store the air and combine it with massive underground storage capacity.
The Germany and Alabama plants store hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of air in a thermos-bottle shaped container installed in the salt mines. The Iowa project would use naturally occurring pockets embedded in sand or sandstone formations sealed by shale or other rock.
So, a plant in Alabama has been using compressed air storage successfully for 11 years, and I didn't know about it until this weekend. The only difference is that they aren't using wind to do it. The Iowa plant will be the first to do that, but others will probably follow.
To be sure, such a storage system is not universally applicable. You need some kind of large, airtight, underground cavern. There are a lot of these in the United States, but they need to be located near a source of wind. Although, now that I think about it, I see no reason such a system couldn't also be paired with solar or tidal generation systems, storing their excess energy using the same concept.
The plant is scheduled to come online in 2010. I wish them great success, and look forward to hearing reports after they start up.
1. "Airtricity's rise and rise leaves criticism blowing in the wind", Irish Examiner, April 30, 2005.
2. "Store wind power for later use? Cities bet on it", MSNBC.com, January 4, 2006.
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An auto company in Europe is also working on a short-range, commuter auto that uses compressed air instead of electricity or fossil fuels.The engine is powered by compressed air from a storage tank, and when braking and slowing down, the proces is reversed and air is compressed and forced back into the storage tank. Obviously no pollution except at the point where the electricity is generated that compresses the air. Get that electricity from a wind turbine/compressed air storage sytem and there would be no pollution at all.
Comment by Gary Dikkers | May 15, 2006
Gary,I have heard a bit about the compressed air auto. Here is an MSNBC story from 2004 about it:< HREF="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6138972" REL="nofollow">Car runs on compressed air, but will it sell?<> I don't know whether they have continued to improve the concept, or whether that 2004 article is still status quo.RR
Comment by Robert Rapier | May 15, 2006
The german wiki has an article about the already existing facilities:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DruckluftspeicherkraftwerkAnd here is a nice english link:http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mpj01/ise2grp/energystorage_report/node7.html(had to cut the links in two parts 😉
Comment by Anonymous | May 15, 2006
Your 2-part link above isn't working at the moment, but I reformatted it into 1 link:< HREF="http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mpj01/ise2grp/energystorage_report/node7.html" REL="nofollow"> Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)<>I can see from a Google search that this is the correct URL, so perhaps they are just offline for maintenance of something. Thanks for the links.RR
Comment by Robert Rapier | May 15, 2006
The issue with CAES is that it isn't a pure storage system. When a gas expands it will cool; in this case it goes well below freezing. Needless to say having ice form on your turboexpander blades is a bad idea. In a CAES system the pressure is used to provide air to a natural gas turbine instead of using a compressor. Since a compressor might consume 40 % of the energy in a turbine that fraction can use stored power from the pressurized air in the salt cavern. A typically CAES system has a round-trip efficiency in the 73 % range, which is below vanadium flow batteries, pumped storage and of course lithium-ion batteries (but they aren't utility scale). It's about on par with most flywheel schemes.
Comment by Robert McLeod | May 15, 2006
<>Needless to say having ice form on your turboexpander blades is a bad idea.<>I saw a graphic of the process this weekend, and if I recall correctly they were condensing the water before they injected it into the caverns.<>A typically CAES system has a round-trip efficiency in the 73 % range, which is below vanadium flow batteries, pumped storage and of course lithium-ion batteries (but they aren't utility scale).<>One source reported that the Alabama facility is 82% efficient, but I never saw any technical information to back this claim up. In researching this, I saw vanadium flow batteries mentioned several times. I don't know anything about them. I need to look into that.RR
Comment by Robert Rapier | May 15, 2006
There is a much simpler solution which avoids the necessity for costly storage plants… just dump the extra power on to the grid, and let the market deal with it.However, for this to work, electrical devices have to be "intelligent" and capable of responding to electrical prices dynamically. For example, there is no reason why my refridgerator has to run at peak times — as long as it is within a certain tolerance band of the "ideal" temperature, the refridgerator can afford to wait for lower electrical prices by projecting the temperature bleed and optimizing electrical consumption vs. the need to stay close to ideal temperatures.When wind power becomes available, it just dumps onto the grid, thereby causing electricity prices to fall. Intelligent consuming devices then respond to lower power prices by consuming electricity.The solution to random supply is simply "flexible" demand… as far as I know, there are some experimental devices already in the works (eg: washers/dryers, I believe), but this is, of course, many years off…
Comment by Anonymous | May 15, 2006
"..seen it claimed that 2,000 megawatts of installed wind energy still requires 1,800 megawatts of standby power for when the wind isn't blowing."This is the second time I've seen wind described this way (the first by a small German transmission system operator). It seems to me to be a clear sign of prejudice against wind, as it is a very misleading way to describe wind's contribution to system capacity. Wind generators have a rated capacity (e.g., 3 Megawatts) which is designed to be substantially higher than the normal operating range, in order to maximize energy capture. A reasonably well placed wind turbine might have a capacity of 3 MW, and utilization of 33%, or an expected average production of 1 MW. A coal or nuclear plant would be considered to be badly failing it's design goals at 33%, but a wind farm very likely would be considered quite successful.This means that the maximum contribution to peak capacity expected from such a wind farm would be 33% of capacity. You could describe a 2GW wind farm as requiring backup capacity of 1.33 GW, and you would be describing a successful system. It wouldn't sound like it, though. A 2 GW system that required 1.8 GW backup would be providing .2 GW capacity contribution, or 10%. That would be roughly 1/3 of what would be ideally expected. On the other hand, the same Irish TSO source said that a smaller 1 GW system would provide a 20% capacity contribution, which would be pretty good at about 2/3 of the ideal.You have to keep in mind that this is a very small system – we're talking about a 6.5 GW (peak)system, compared to 905 GW in the US. Ireland is very small, and only barely interconnected to the UK (about 6% of capacity). This means that you would expect them to have a relatively hard time coping with 2 GW of wind capacity.
Comment by Nick | May 15, 2006
What about safety? If you have a lot of air at high pressure, and the storage tank fails then all the stored energy gets released instantaneously.I know scuba tanks (at 3000 psi) need to be handled with care and inspected regularly. What pressure does it take to power a car? Now what happens if the storage system is compromised in a serious accident?
Comment by SloStang | May 15, 2006
Compressed hydrogen at high pressure would be much more dangerous. However, tests have confirmed the safety of hydrogen tanks:<>Many real-life tests have demonstrated the safety of pressurized hydrogen storage. Simulated 55 mph crash tests left the car totaled, but the hydrogen tank intact. To prove the safety of its hydrogen vehicles, BMW tested its hydrogen tanks in a series of accident simulations that included collision, fire and tank ruptures. In all cases, the hydrogen cars fared as well as conventional gasoline vehicles. And hydrogen-fueled cars are designed to preclude the possibility of leaked hydrogen collecting within the vehicle.<>From: < HREF="http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid536.php" REL="nofollow"> Is Hydrogen Dangerous?<>RR
Comment by Robert Rapier | May 16, 2006
Robert; I've been toying with another form of stored energy, related to pumped water storage, which is simply lifting dead-weights. This seems at first sillier than water-lifting or compressed air, but spares the losses associated with moving fluids; viscosity, turbulence and cohesion. I don't know if the direct lifting using chain or cable (pneumatic gets back into compressors again) Initially, the picture in my head was to use towers (and the thought was for home-scale, not utility.) but then clearly, the safety and engineering potential of digging shafts looks more likely. A catastrophic collapse would be fairly tame, unless you were working in the bottom of the shaft.I would think multiple shafts with maybe 15-20 tonne loads would tie together for a very managable release, as wind or solar supplies varied. Instead of lifting them with transferred electric, I would think they'd get their own turbines, designed to lift with direct, mechanical connections. Escapements can be built that allow for the generated output (dropping) to be managed independently of the wind as it lifts the weights, as well, making for a more 'on demand' system.
Comment by Anonymous | May 16, 2006
<> …designed to lift with direct, mechanical connections. Escapements can be built that allow for the generated output (dropping) to be managed independently <> Good thinking — and there is even a precedent:I have a kuckoo clock that works exactly the same way, only on a much smaller scale.It would be much like pumping water uphill into a reservoir or holding tank, only instead of liquid with weight, it would be a solid mass. Use a solid mass with a very high density such as depleted uranium, and the towers could be shorter — or the shafts less deep.
Comment by Nigel Gamecock | May 16, 2006
Nigel; Right. If your load is carried under it's own pulley, for instance, then one end of the cable rising from it goes to the lifting mechanism, and the other end to the generator, with spare managed between those units to complete a loop of the load-bearing material, which advances throughout the process. I'm trusting the Kuckoo Clock example wasn't really the buried review of this idea, with a little DU frosting on top. I'm so slow to pick up sarcasm in text.. but I can't see that this idea is really worse than either of the pumped systems mentioned. Like most storage formats, it's heavy on investment, but uses a constant in gravity, depending on nothing but sheer mass (waste materials..) to function repeatedly. and we've gotta do something with that Uranium..
Comment by Robert Fiske | May 18, 2006
<> I'm trusting the Kuckoo Clock example wasn't really the buried review of this idea, with a little DU frosting on top. I'm so slow to pick up sarcasm in text… <>Robert,No sarcasm. I think your idea has potential, and I wish I had thought of it.Not just for storing energy in wind farms, but also for storing energy at individual houses and small businesses.At a house or small business you might have a tower or tripod arrangement that would allow a weight of a few tons to be lifted 50 or 60 feet. You could use electricity at off-hour rates at oh-dark-thirty to lift the weight, and then use the descending weight during the day to power an alternator or generator to run your household or business.Over the long-run it should be more efficient than a battery since there would be no chemical deterioration. My kuckoo clock has been chugging along for the last 35 years and I've never had to change a battery — just pull those weights back to the top each day. This would be a simple and elegant way to store energy for later use.I commend your vision, and really am curious how it would scale up. How tall a tower and how much weight would you need to power a typical house? Best,Nigel Gamecock
Comment by Nigel Gamecock | May 18, 2006
Any word on what the efficiency of a compressed air storage mechanism is? You'd have losses while compressing, and losses again when decompressiong through a turbine. My guess is that this technique would be very inefficient and relatively expensive.Someone suggested lifting weights and storing the energy that way, and someone else suggested lifting water. The water technique is called pumped hydro, and can be relatively efficient. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricityOn a residential basis, lets say that the house has a 20m water tower, to store enough energy to run the house for half a day (about 12kwh), youd need to have a capacity of around 200000 litres, which is about the volume of a small swimming pool.
Comment by Anonymous | August 14, 2006
I am not sure the salt cavern needs to be near the wind (or solar), but rather I think it needs to be roughly on the power lines between the wind farm and the people who use the power.
On a related note – can you take west Texas wind power, and use it to fill the natural gas salt caverns with hydrogen, and then simply pump the hydrogen into the exsiting Natural gas pipeline network? Obviously the losses would be higher, but not using the hydrogen to regenerate electricity reduces these losses somewhat. It is also nice having a gas heater when the electricity is out.
Comment by fringy | January 24, 2007
Please ignore the last question, I read the linked report and found the answers there.
Comment by fringy | January 24, 2007
There may be a diesel/air engined version of the car for a longer than the estimated 200-300km range.
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Comment by wind energy | April 23, 2007
about the Kuckoo Clock example:to store 1kWh of energy you have to lift 360 000 kg for 1 meter. And it's not so good idea.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joulehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilowatt_hour
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Perhaps your weekend need is more sedate? Why not indulge with a deluxe continental breakfast cruise; 10 am sharp, Saturdays and Sundays. Take your binoculars and scoot up to the top deck later to watch for herons and listen as the narrator boasts of Chattanooga's charms.
The cruises curve around Moccasin Bend and drift past the city skyline. No better place in the world to enjoy both our water and our mountains. And no day can possibly go wrong once you've been piped to shore by the joyous circus-sounds of a calliope.
So pick a time, pick a day, and get cruising. Maybe you'd like Monday's gospel music and chicken'n dressing or Tuesday evening's Nashville barbecue. Wednesday is family night -- one child free with every adult fare, and a magician to entertain them. History buffs, check into the narrated Civil War cruises; follow the river's role in the Chattanooga battles. See you there.
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IMPERIAL VALLEY (San Diego RED) - Officers from the Department of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), seized nearly one million dollars in drugs. The first incident occurred Saturday, April 16 at the port of entry for Andrade. A CBP officer detected 11 packets of methamphetamine and four of cocaine inside a van. The total weight of narcotics was 23 pounds with a value of approximately $231,000. The second incident occurred at 7:30 p.m. at the port of entry of at Centre de Calexico. Agents noted a nervous young man, 18, who attempted to cross via the pedestrian access. Officials also had suspicions regarding a lump seen tied at his waist. During an inspection, officers found three packages of methamphetamines. The drugs weighed four pounds with a value of approximately $ 44,000. The third incident occurred at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 17 at the port of entry of Calexico. An agent's canine alerted to the presence of drugs in a car. During an examination of the vehicle, 20 wrapped packages of methamphetamine were found hidden in a roof compartment. The 65 pounds of methamphetamine have a value of $715, 000. CBP officers arrested the driver of the car, 29, a citizen of the United States.
MONTERREY (San Diego RED) - Mexican Federal Police arrested 28 Central Americans in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, the capital of Northern Nuevo Leon State, while traveling on a bus headed to the U.S. border. A source at the Cruz Verde of Monterrey Association said the immigrants were arrested this morning on Libramiento Noreste road, north of the metropolitan area, on board an Ómnibus de México bus. The Federal Police moved themigrants, mostly from Guatemalan to the headquarters of Cruz Verde, where they underwent medical assessment. After testing, the detainees were taken to the headquarters of the Instituto Nacional de Migración, where they will later be transported to the immigration station and deported to their countries of origin. The bus left the central State of Michoacan heading to the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, where the criminal organization Los Zetas operates and is blamed for the abduction and massacre of immigrants. Mexican authorities say Los Zetas are responsible for shedding the most blood in Mexico. At least 72 migrants died last August, mostly Central American migrants, in the municipality of San Fernando when they refused to join their ranks. Another massacre of 145 people was found this month in a series of clandestine graves in San Fernando at U.S. border including one Guatemalan citizen. Los Zetas have emerged in the last decade as a group of elite military defectors waging a bloody struggle for control of drug routes.
TIJUANA (San Diego RED, Omar Millán) - The Mayor of Tijuana, Carlos Bustamante, yesterday said he feels concerned about the difficult situation faced by the families of 32 former Policía Municipal who were under federal investigation. The agents were arrested last July among a group of 62 State and municipal officials charged with organized crime and health offenses. They were subsequently imprisoned at Penal Villa Aldama, near PeroteVeracruz. However, the federal prosecutor's Office did not provide sufficient evidence and on April 7, they released the 32 officers who had worked at the Municipal police in Tijuana - some for more than 15 years. Many even lacked fare back to the border. Some wives of officers stated that they had to sell belongings to survive without the policemen's salary. After they were released and reached the city, they began to have press conferences to talk about returning to their jobs and recovering their good names in the public that was damaged by their imprisonment. The Secretary of administration and finance, Rufus Ibarra, on Monday said City Hall agreed to give each family of the former officers a check for 15,000 pesos ($1290), from an account they were each entitled. However, the amount offered was rejected on the recommendation of the officers' legal representative. Ibarra accepted that there are a number of inconsistencies in the treatment the former officers received, so they are reviewing their records to determine if there are any more benefits that they are entitled to, which varies. The City Council will review each case and determine their due wages not received since July, according to the provisions of article 123 of the Constitution. The article provides: "If the judicial authority resolved that the separation, removal, reduction, cessation, or any other form of termination of service, was not justified the State will only be obligated to pay compensation and other benefits which they are entitled, unless in an appropriate case his reinstatement to the service, whatever the outcome of the trial." The Secretary of Seguridad Pública Municipal, Captain Gustavo Huerta, had already declared that it would be difficult to reinstatement all 32 agents to the Policía Municipal because "there is lost confidence", and there is a legal clause that prevents him from doing so when an officer is involved in a complaint. Ibarra added it would be up to the City Council to determine the status of the released officers when they meet next week.


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Brother, sister boxing at USA championships
Fri., April 5, 2013, midnight
Back in Lynn, Mass., the Ellis family took tough love to a new level: The basement. With fists flying.
Rashidi and younger sister Rashida absorbed some life lessons along with those punches from older brother Akeem, and both are trying to follow him on the path to stardom. One stop is the USA Boxing National Championships, which conclude Saturday at Northern Quest.
Akeem, now a pro boxer, is "the one who pushed me into boxing," said Rashidi, a 19-year-old welterweight who is considered to be a contender for the 2016 Olympics.
"Before he pushed me, I didn't want to come to the gym, but then I fell in love with it."
So did Rashida, who yearned to play basketball but never grew past 5-foot-3. Like Rashidi, she played youth football, but prefers the one-on-one of the ring.
With her older brothers in her corner, she began boxing at age 9. Mother Beverly had her doubts, said Rashida, now 17, "but now she loves it and she thinks we deserve to be where we're at right now."
Rashida is on a three-year-long quest for the next Olympics; she almost made the national team for last year's world championships, losing to eventual gold-medalist Tiara Brown for her only defeat in 22 bouts.
"I want to get to the Olympics, and I just have to keep training the way I am now and I will get to the Olympics," said Rashida, a junior in high school who is still balancing boxing and books.
Rashidi helps there, too. "I just wait for her to get out of school and drive her to the gym," he said.
The work in the ring is often against the guys, including Rashidi. "They (including Akeem, Rashidi and father Ronald) used to train me, push me. And when I slacked, they pushed me harder."
Rashidi also has a bright future, regardless of whether he goes to the Olympics. A few months ago, he told the Boston Globe he expects to turn pro after a few more bouts. But on Thursday, he pulled his punch.
"I'm uncertain about the future," he said. "I'm trying to get paid, but now I'll probably wait another year.
"I need to stay focused and do what I'm doing right now – keep winning."
Something else happened Thursday: Rashidi dropped a 3-0 decision to Jamontay Clark of Cincinnati in a quarterfinal match at 152 pounds.
Rashida had the day off, but will compete in a semifinal bout today. Rashidi will be in her corner.
"We support each other like a team," he said, "but it's closer because we're a family."


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This article originally appeared in the September-October 1995 issue of American Scientist.
Advanced forms of life existed on earth at least 3.55 billion years ago. In rocks of that age, fossilized imprints have been found of bacteria that look uncannily like cyanobacteria, the most highly evolved photosynthetic
organisms present in the world today. Carbon deposits enriched in the lighter carbon-12 isotope over the heavier carbon-13 isotope—a sign of biological carbon assimilation—attest to an even older age. On the other hand, it is believed that our young planet, still in the throes of volcanic eruptions and battered by falling comets and asteroids, remained inhospitable to life for about half a billion years after its birth, together with the rest of
the solar system, some 4.55 billion years ago. This leaves a window of perhaps 200-300 million years for the appearance of life on earth.
This duration was once considered too short for the emergence of something as complex as a living cell. Hence suggestions were made that germs of life may have come to earth from outer space with cometary dust or even, as proposed by Francis Crick of DNA double-helix fame, on a spaceship sent out by some distant civilization. No evidence in support of these proposals has yet been obtained. Meanwhile the reason for making them has largely disappeared. It is now generally agreed that if life arose spontaneously by natural processes—a necessary assumption if we wish to remain within the realm of science—it
must have arisen fairly quickly, more in a matter of millennia or centuries, perhaps even less, than in millions of years. Even if life came from elsewhere, we would still have to account for its first development. Thus we might
as well assume that life started on earth.
How this momentous event happened is still highly conjectural, though no longer purely speculative. The clues come from the earth, from outer space, from laboratory experiments, and, especially, from life itself. The history
of life on earth is written in the cells and molecules of existing organisms. Thanks to the advances of cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, scientists are becoming increasingly adept at reading the text.
An important rule in this exercise is to reconstruct the earliest events in life's history without assuming they proceeded with the benefit of foresight. Every step must be accounted for in terms of antecedent and concomitant events. Each must stand on its own and cannot be viewed as a preparation for things to come. Any hint of teleology must be avoided.
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Our Reference: NDA BN090067
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Attention: Ms. Susan Olinger
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Dear Ms. Olinger:
Please refer to your new drug application (NDA) dated June 9, 2010, received June 14, 2010, submitted under section 505(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for Isoplate Solution in the 500 mL EXCELâ Container.
We also refer to your submission dated June 18, 2010.
We have completed our filing review and have determined that your application is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review. Therefore, in accordance with 21 CFR 314.101(a), this application is considered filed 60 days after the date we received your application. The review classification for this application is Standard. Therefore, the user fee goal date is April 14, 2011.
We are reviewing your application according to the process described in the Guidance for Review Staff and Industry: Good Review Management Principles and Practices for PDUFA Products. Therefore, we have established internal review timelines as described in the guidance, which includes the timeframes for FDA internal milestone meetings (e.g., filing, planning, midcycle, team and wrap-up meetings). Please be aware that the timelines described in the guidance are flexible and subject to change based on workload and other potential review issues (e.g., submission of amendments). We will inform you of any necessary information requests or status updates following the milestone meeting or at other times, as needed, during the process. If major deficiencies are not identified during the review, we plan to communicate proposed labeling and, if necessary, any postmarketing requirement/commitment requests by April 14, 2011.
Our filing review is only a preliminary evaluation of the application and is not indicative of deficiencies that may be identified during our review. Issues may be added, deleted, expanded upon, or modified as we review the application.
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- It is noted that B. Braun Medical, Inc. conducted the chemical, biological and physical functional testing on the Excel® plastic container in accordance with the USP requirements and additional B. Braun tests. The product's proposed indication is for platelet storage in the following ratio: 65% Isoplate Solution and 35% plasma. It is stated in the label that Isoplate Solution will not be used for direct infusion. However, please note that Isoplate Solution will be directly infused into patients as a component of apheresis platelet products. This is of concern because there can be an accumulation of extractables/leachables beyond the acceptable range with multiple use (doses) of product. The levels of each extractable/leachable need to be assessed at the maximum daily dose of the combination product to ensure safety. Please see the comments below:
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Please respond to the above requests for additional information. While we anticipate that any response submitted in a timely manner will be reviewed during this review cycle, such review decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis at the time of receipt of the submission.
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Oh i can tell how rich the colors are because i know your work,beautiful,can't wait till dec. :D :D :-D I love stars.Paintmejudy :roll:
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The pattern is from http://www.fatcatpatterns.com But, I changed it a little to be more what I liked. They have some fantastic designs, of all kinds.Originally Posted by ljdugas31
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You bet. went to the stash got different batiks,can't wait to sew.Originally Posted by paintmejudy
Well. girl, you just go ahead and start sewing LOL and if you finish, you can send it on for November and I can make you another, too. :thumbup:Originally Posted by ljdugas31
I just got a beautiful square from Kwiltcrazy!!!! The pic will not do it justice. It is 2 dimentional!!!!!!!!! and hand Applique to boot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just love it! Thank you so much! Here it is DROOL...................
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I have porcelain crowns, veneers and a couple of composite fillings. When I have my teeth cleaned, is a cavitron safe to use on posterior/anterior porcelain crowns and composite fillings (some filings extend from occlusal surface right into interproximal surface- occlusial, mesial filling)? I just want to make sure no damage is taking place. I know that it can damage veneers so they do not use around those areas. Thank you
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Becoming a doctor is not an easy task, but it is possible. You'll certainly have to put in a lot of work and be dedicated.
Since many people are not familiar about how to become a doctor I am going to outline the four steps to become a doctor. Please keep in mind that this is just an outline of the process.
As you learn more and more about becoming a doctor you'll realize it is years of education and training that can be a downright grind. Let's begin by starting with...
In-order to become a doctor you will need to attend a college or university. This means spending four years taking courses in the sciences (you can major in whatever you want though) which will give you a solid foundation to begin medical school.
At the end of your college years you will take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). The MCAT is designed to test your reasoning ability and determine if you have the knowledge base to be successful in medical school.
Getting into medical is not easy because you also need to have extracurricular activities that show you understand what it means to be a physician, most individuals will volunteer in a hospital or nursing home to get some health care experience.
Others will conduct research because medicine is science, so being comfortable in a laboratory environment is a plus.
Finally, you actually need to apply to medical school if you want to become a doctor. The application process for medical school is anywhere from four to nine months, but can vary depending on a number of situations.
If you do everything required and are accepted into medical school you have completed one of the biggest hurdles and there are now only a few steps to become a doctor left. Once admitted to medical school you'll finally get the answer to how long is medical school while learning about science and medicine through these subjects taught in medical school.
Traditionally, the first two years of medical school curriculum are classroom based and involve learning the basic sciences. The first year of medical school is devoted to learning about normal/healthy body systems, while the second year of medical school covers pathophysiology and everything that can go wrong with the human body.
Once years one and two are completed you will take the USMLE Step I, for our purposes we'll say it is equivalent to the MCAT in regards to the fact it will test your comprehension of the first two years of medical school and your score will be used to evaluate you when applying to residencies.
The last two years of medical school are devoted to your clinical rotations/clerkships. This is where you spend time in the hospital and health clinics learning and observing from physicians on how to become a doctor. You will rotate through a number of medical specialties which include:
The goal is to give you a real feel for the many opportunities and career paths you can choose as a doctor.
During your fourth year of medical school you will go on interviews in the specialty area that you want to practice. You are interviewing with program directors to see if you will be matched to their residency program to continue working towards becoming a doctor.
You will find out where you are matched for your residency in the spring of your fourth year of medical school and all the announcements are made on the same day.
Finally, you will graduate from medical school in late spring/early summer and have your Medical Doctor degree.
You're a doctor now, but don't know a lot about how to practice medicine and residency is where you learn the everyday skills of being a doctor. This is a very intense period and one of the hardest steps to become a doctor.
Not because of the academics but because you'll spend at least 80 hours a week working.
Your first year of residency is referred to as an internship. The length of your residency will vary depending on your medical specialty.
Residencies can range anywhere from three years upto six years. The shorter residencies include:
The longer residencies (four to six years) include:
As you can see the longer residencies are where you have to learn how to perform specific procedures which can only come through practice and lots of it. The best way to think about your residency is to think of an apprenticeship or being a very lowly paid intern in the working world.
Once residency is completed you can take the boards and become certified by a national organization of your medical specialty and licensed by the state to practice medicine on your own.
Some doctors do not stop their training after they complete residency, instead they elect for more training and further subspecialization.
For instance, a radiologist can complete a diagnostic radiology residency and then complete a one-year fellowship in interventional radiology.
Many general surgeons will sub-specialize for one to three years to be recognized as: thoracic surgeons, colon & rectal surgeons, etc. Also an ob/gyn can receive a three-year fellowship in pelvic surgery.
As you can see there is a lot of training which goes into becoming a doctor.
Becoming a doctor is not a short or quick process, but I believe the rewards far outweigh the costs. In sum, you will spend anywhere from seven to twelve years after college training to become a doctor.
My philosophy for those who say that the steps to become a doctor require a lot of time is simple:
Time waits for no one and will pass you by regardless of your career choice so you might as well pursue medicine if it's in your heart.


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Mamata posts on Facebook 'UPA saviours exposed'
The war over FDI in retail reached Parliament resulting in a stormy start to the Winter Session.
New Delhi: The war over FDI in retail reached Parliament resulting in a stormy start to the Winter Session on Thursday. But in a setback for the Trinamool Congress, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar rejected its notice for a no-confidence motion as it lacked the support of 50 MPs as required.
After the rejection of the no-confidence motion, Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee's posted on social networking website Facebook saying, "We knew our limitation was the strength, and ultimately, that is why the motion was rejected. But we thought that other members who are so vociferous against the FDI in retail and other sectors, and various other anti-people decisions of the UPA government, will join the no-confidence move against the government. Unfortunately, they did not come forward for the cause of the people, citing various excuses."
"Though the no-confidence motion was rejected on the floor of the House due to numbers, but the 'No Trust' against the UPA government is not rejected by the people of the country. Now, you see the saviours of the government are exposed," Mamata said. Mamata said her party moved the motion because of its commitment to the people of the country, knowing fully well that Trinamool Congress lacked the numbers to get it admitted.
"We thought other members who are so vociferous against FDI in retail and other sectors, and have opposed the anti-people decisions of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, would join the 'No-Trust' move against the government," Banerjee said.
"Unfortunately, they did not come forward for the cause of the people, citing various excuses," the Trinamool supremo said, explaining why the motion did not get admitted in the house. Sudip Bandopadhyay of the Trinamool had earlier Thursday sought leave of the house to move the motion.
Speaker Meira Kumar asked the members to stand if they supported the motion. Other than the 18 Trinamool Congress MPs, only Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs (14 members) stood in support. Dissident Trinamool MP Kabir Suman was not present. A no-confidence motion needs the support of at least 50 members to be admitted and moved in the lower house of parliament.
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After you work up a sweat, hit the showers and start prepping for a night on the town. You'll be taken to Mango's Tropical Café, where you'll enjoy VIP seating in front of the famous Main Bar stage with a direct view of all the shows. After dinner and entertainment, you'll get bottle service as well as a reserved table in the club until closing time.
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day 2: Fuel up at breakfast, then head to Sobe Surf for your included 90-minute stand-up paddleboard lesson. You'll depart from the boat ramp that borders the Maurice Gibb Memorial Park—along the route, keep your eyes peeled for sightings of dolphins and manatees. After the lesson, return to the hotel, where you'll spend the afternoon lounging in your private cabana on the beach. Each luxury cabana accommodates six guests and is equipped with a 32-inch flat-screen TV, butler service, a mini fridge, digital safe, and a phone. This comfortably furnished cabana also includes assorted beverages, fresh fruit, Evian mist, and chilled towels.
In the evening, you'll visit Britto Central, the working studio and art gallery of artist Romero Britto. Afterwards, feel the heat during dinner and salsa dancing at YUCA, the area's original upscale Cuban restaurant.
Overnight at Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Breakfast and dinner provided.
day 3: Enjoy another fresh breakfast, then make your way to the hotel's spa, Lapis. This luxe retreat overlooks the ocean and is designed to promote wellness of body, spirit, and mind. Choose from a Swedish massage, bamboo fusion massage, or aroma stone therapy massage, then choose an additional treatment like eyebrow styling, mineral soak, manicure, or hair rescue treatment. That night, you'll indulge in Miami's authentic Cuban flair and the best live Latin rhythms with dinner and club time at Bongos.
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day 4: Check out of the hotel, and prepare to depart for home—but not before eating your fill during a traditional brunch with a contemporary twist at Vida, an American-inspired brasserie. Enjoy faves like made-to-order omelets, malt waffles, and pancakes with fresh fruit compote. Action stations include Vida's signature meat and fish rotisserie; a penne, chicken and risotto sauté station; mouthwatering sushi and raw bar selections; wood stone oven pizza and flatbreads; a charcuterie and cheese presentation; and a sweet spread of tempting desserts. Treat yourself to a helping of everything—a scrumptious meal is the perfect way to spend your last day in South Beach.
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GEELONG coach Chris Scott admits forward Steven Motlop should not have played in the International Rules Series, with knee surgery set to delay the start of his 2014 season.
The 22-year-old had surgery in London late last week after a tailored training program failed to fix a knee tendon complaint that he carried last year.
Motlop was part of an all-indigenous team to travel to Ireland as part of the International Rules series in October.
Scott said in hindsight, he wished the excitement machine had been kept at home.
"Yep, I don't think we should shy away from that," Scott said.
"It was just a collaborative decision-making process (that) took place and on the balance of the pros and cons it was decided that he could go.
"We've got enough respect for that competition that we didn't think we should hold him out. In hindsight, I think given what we know now, he probably shouldn't have gone.
"He's had some issues with his knee for a long time but this is an issue that deteriorated at the start of the pre-season a little bit, but the main reason (to send him to London to see a knee specialist) was we had some new staff come in and the decision was made to think long-term.
"I guess in a way it would have been better if we'd started that process earlier, we're not pretending that we've done things perfectly there, but the important thing to focus on is that we are doing it."
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Scott said he'd be "staggered if (Motlop) starts the season" but was hopeful he could play some footy in the first month of the season.
"I think the reality with Steve is he could be training now and playing in the first part of the season, albeit with a bit of pain, and that's just an unacceptable risk for us, for a 22-year-old who hopefully has 10 good years ahead of him at the Cats,'' he said.
"If you look at it within that big picture, that 10-year time frame, if he starts three, four, five weeks later then I think that's a drop in the ocean.
"He's naturally a really good athlete and he's had an enormous workload over the last couple of years so we're pretty comfortable that his base fitness is good, but he has been off his legs for a little while now and the surgery means he'll be off his legs for another few weeks.
"It doesn't matter what sort of athlete you are, this pre-season period is really important so we just need to make sure that we don't fall into the trap of getting into the regular season and thinking he's just got to perform the same way as the other guys - he needs extended exposure to our training before we get him into the standard routine of games week-in, week-out."
The news is much better for captain Joel Selwood, who is expected to play some role during the NAB Challenge series after minor foot surgery.
"He did a power of work in the pre-Christmas period and even post-Christmas and he's just had a minor procedure that he could have played through without many problems, but we just don't have any interest in our best players pushing through pain the whole season when we could give a couple of weeks now to get them right completely,'' Scott said.
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On one hand, most dogs absolutely adore peanut butter and it can make a great training aid when given from a spoon. If you do give peanut butter, it's best to use a salt and sugar free variety because salt and sugar can cause issues in dogs. Obviously, it's also very high in fats so the intake should be limited. Feed it as an "every so often" treat, NOT as a daily meal ingredient.
On the other hand, actual peanuts aren't that healthy for dogs.
There are some types of nuts that are toxic to dogs, such as macadamia nuts and walnuts. Those should never be fed. Then there are types of nuts like peanuts and cashews, that aren't necessarily toxic but that have been linked to health problems, specifically bladder stones.
So when it comes to peanuts, it's peanut BUTTER yes, peanuts raw (or salted), no.
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As someone new to Alfresco I have been looking forward to meeting all the people that make our company so great. Over the next few months, I'll be taking some time to go Inside Alfresco and highlight the people that make us such a fun and diverse place to work.
One of those great people is somewhat of a social icon when it comes to content management, my colleague, Laurence Hart (@piewords). He has been writing his "Word of Pie" blog for over six years and in his previous role as the CIO at AIIM, he transformed the IT department from a legacy, technology-focused organization into one that more effectively serves enterprises today. This combination of first hand experience and a natural passion for the content management market made Laurence a natural to lead Alfresco's evangelism efforts around the world.
I spoke with Laurence to figure out what it really takes to predict the content management path and what customers should be thinking about now. Below is our conversation.
Ray: As CIO at AIIM, you had a birds-eye view of the competitive landscape as well as the opportunity to put into use the technologies AIIM covered in its research. What made you choose Alfresco?
Laurence: I wanted to move to the vendor side of the industry, but I didn't want to work for just any company. I was looking for one that understood why the content management industry hadn't been making progress and wanted to change things. That meant I had to find a company that had the right direction, people and technology where I could make a difference. That list turned out to be a very short one. I have known John Newton for years and have always respected him, even though we disagreed at times. When I got a chance to meet and talk to the other leaders at Alfresco, I knew that I had found the right fit.
Ray: Having been a blogger for six years covering content management, how has the industry changed over the years? What is better today than a decade ago? What are the remaining challenges?
Laurence: The leadership of the industry has changed. A decade ago, the industry was led by the big players that had helped define the industry: Documentum, FileNet and OpenText. The industry is missing the necessary leadership to move us all forward. The technology does more than ever, but we are still trying to get our success rate higher than 50%. That is our challenge. We can solve the problems in the content space, but we have to increase adoption for those solutions to matter.
Ray: What do you predict the biggest disruption will be in the content management sector in the next five years?
Laurence: The next five years? The biggest disruption is already here. It is the cloud and all that it brings with it. We are only just beginning to understand how it is going to impact the industry. Say goodbye to Shelfware or the need for PAINFUL upgrade projects. Continuous innovation and scaling to fit on-demand is going to be the new way of working. Most importantly, the new wave of cloud vendors has shown the industry that we have overlooked one of the most critical features, ease-of-use. Content management has not been simple. To be successful, we as an industry, have to take that lesson and make it the default. Content management must be easy to be successful. The cloud actually makes becoming easy, simpler.
Ray: What do all customers need to be thinking about today?
Laurence: #1. Customers need to be thinking about their work. They don't need to be thinking about content management. Content management is a critical business tool, but it needs to blend into everyday and not be a task unto itself. If they find they are spending time thinking about it, then we aren't doing our jobs and they should spend some time understanding how they can reach a point where they stop thinking about it.
#2. Organizations should stop focusing on their check box needs. They need to tell vendors, "Show me how my problems can be solved using your content management system. Show me why my users will abandon their current process and use your system." Organizations need to start with people's everyday work life, see how content fits into it and streamline the content interactions.
Ray: What makes you so passionate about content management?
Laurence: To be honest, I think I am just stubborn. I've been trying to solve people's content challenges for a couple decades now and the problem still exists. I just want to see it solved and I will likely keep working at it until it is resolved. I know that it is going to take the whole industry working together to reach a resolution, which is why I try and reach out to others for help making progress.
Ray: If you could change one thing today about the industry what would it be?
Laurence: I would erase most of the last decade where we spent trying to create bigger and better platforms. Instead, I would take all that research and development and pour it into making our system easier for people to use, not just administrators. Life would be so much easier today if we had done that from the beginning.
Ray: Where can people find you this fall taking about making smart content easy?
Laurence: I am attending the ARMA 2013 conference in Las Vegas to spend some time with the compliance side of the house. After that I will be spending two weeks immersed in Alfresco while I attend our Summits in Barcelona and Boston. Afterwards, people can likely find me trying to find a good spot to take a recuperative nap.
Ray: What are you most looking forward to with Alfresco's future in content management?
Laurence: If I only had to pick one thing, it would be the cloud. While the cloud is often over-hyped, I think it offers us a chance to make the day-to-day aspects of managing content simpler, which in turn, will allow us to spend more time on making that content work smarter for the business.
Ray: When you're not traveling and talking about the new era of content management, what do you like to do?
Laurence: I love to watch Auburn football and get outdoors and do some hiking. It is fall right now and that is my favorite time to get out to hit the trails.
Ray: What are three devices or apps you couldn't live without?
Laurence: My Android phone, my iPod and that is it. I could live without my laptop and my tablets, though work would become harder. My phone keeps me in touch and my iPod plays the music that keeps me mostly sane.
…still have more questions for Laurence? Feel free to continue the Q+A by leaving a comment below!


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impression in selecting these stories. In the first place I determined that the pieces of brief
fiction which I included must first of all be not merely good stories, but good short
stories. I put myself in the position of one who was about to select the best short stories in
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In view of the necessary limitations as to the volume's size, I could not hope to represent
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examples of the best that has been done in the short story in a humorous vein in
American literature. Probably all types of the short story of humor are included here, at
any rate. Not only copyright restrictions but in a measure my own opinion have combined
to exclude anything by Joel Chandler Harris--Uncle Remus--from the collection. Harris is
primarily--in his best work--a humorist, and only secondarily a short story writer. As a
humorist he is of the first rank; as a writer of short stories his place is hardly so high. His
humor is not mere funniness and diversion; he is a humorist in the fundamental and large
sense, as are Cervantes, Rabelais, and Mark Twain.
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in order to give a wide representation of life. Therefore "professional literary humorists,"
as they may be called, have not been much considered in making up this collection. In the
history of American humor there are three names which stand out more prominently than
all others before Mark Twain, who, however, also belongs to a wider classification: "Josh
Billings" (Henry Wheeler Shaw, 1815-1885), "Petroleum V. Nasby" (David Ross Locke,
1833-1888), and "Artemus Ward" (Charles Farrar Browne, 1834-1867). In the history of
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American short story they do not rank so high. I have found nothing of theirs that was
first-class both as humor and as short story. Perhaps just below these three should be
mentioned George Horatio Derby (1823-1861), author of Phoenixiana (1855) and the
Squibob Papers (1859), who wrote under the name "John Phoenix." As has been justly
said, "Derby, Shaw, Locke and Browne carried to an extreme numerous tricks already
invented by earlier American humorists, particularly the tricks of gigantic exaggeration
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Beyonce & Jay-Z Lovingly Sing Coldplay's 'Yellow' To Each Other4 years ago 10
So cute! 'Jay-Jay I Love you so,' Beyonce sang in her documentary on Feb. 16. The loving couple serenade each other soon after finding out she's… Read Article ▶
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Beyonce Tells Oprah Why She Fired Her Dad: 'We Would Fight' — Watch4 years ago 1
Beyonce is expanding the release of her documentary, 'Life Is But A Dream,' on Feb. 16 with an hour-long interview with Oprah Winfrey. She'll talk… Read Article ▶
Beyonce's Sultry Pink Lips & Sexy Hair At Premiere — Get Her Look4 years ago 3
At the premiere for her upcoming HBO documentary 'Life Is But A Dream,' Beyonce was beautiful -- here's how you can get her sexy and sultry… Read Article ▶
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Beyonce 'Life Is But A Dream' Premiere Dress — Stuns In Sexy Gown4 years ago 4
The songstress dazzled in an embellished gown that put her cleavage on full display -- and you can get a 360 degree look of her red carpet look right… Read Article ▶
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Beyonce Reveals Her Miscarriage Was 'The Saddest Thing' Of Her Life4 years ago 8
The 'Single Ladies' singer opens up about the tragic miscarriage she suffered before getting pregnant with baby Blue Ivy, and reveals it was the most… Read Article ▶
Beyonce Shows First Sonogram Pic In New Extended Documentary Trailer4 years ago 6
Beyonce reveals a never-before seen photo of baby Blue Ivy's sonogram, and a better peak at her growing baby bump in a new trailer for her HBO… Read Article ▶
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Beyonce Reveals Naked Baby Bump She Filmed For Documentary4 years ago 17
A new HBO documentary starring and directed by Beyonce shows the early stages of her pregnant belly with baby Blue Ivy -- and her fears of exposing… Read Article ▶
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