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Well I will soon start the process of stripping and prepping my 73 Nova hatch back. I have been doing some reading and I still have some questions. The first thing is due to some peeling I have noticed that my novas black paint job is over its original orange. Is it best to sand to bare metal or rough up the original paint and use that as a base for the primer? What is the best grit to use in the initial sanding process. What is a good sandable primer to use? What is the best way to remove the trim on my car (front/back windshield, hood lip, badges and around the headlights)? I have also been looking at compressors and recs on which to get would be great. Thats about all the questions I have for now but there will probly be more later, any other tips or suggestion you have would be great to hear.
Cool car. Hopefully I will have a nova someday. Since your car has the original paint plus black over that and it is peeling you would be best to strip it down to metal. It would be a waste of money putting some nice expensive paint over the old paint which has the potential to fail and ruin the new stuff you put on top. Plus you will be able to see what you are truely dealing with when you take it down to metal.Everyone has their own favorite products. I personally put epoxy primer down on metal then use a 2k urethane filler primer over that for block sanding and fill. When choosing a compressor you have to consider any tools you plan to use and match their cfm requirements to the compressor you buy. For painting get the largest you can afford with a large tank to hold air. I have a 7.5 devilbiss with 80 gallon tank. Some air tools and hvlp guns really require a lot of air. You are probably talking a 220 volt dual stage compressor to keep it from recharging all the time. Another purchase for painting should be a water trap located 25' or more of line away from the compressor. For stripping paint I start with 36 grit on a 8" orbital and go over that with 80 grit on a 6" da. Anything I can't get by sanding, I either sandblast or use chemical stripper.
Good luck. Be ready to spend some cash because paint and the tools needed are expensive.
Kenseth17 had some good comments even though he must be a Roush fan
I agree materials are way too expensive to put on top of "unknowns". So unless you know what paint a car has now, dont add material on top of it. You said original paint or mostly original. Make it go away
Couple things I would recommend for someone new. First spray everything like you mean it including primer. Dont throw it on which you can get away with since it sands out anyway. Follow the instructions, use the right size fluid tip, right mix, air pressure, etc. What I am saying is dont be unfamiliar with the paint gun (or the way it is supposed to work) when it comes time to paint.
I know a lot of guys that have built some nice cars and the prep worked looked great. but they did more sanding than needed getting there. They loaded the primer on, let it cure and then sanded (repeat again, again, again). But when it came time to paint they were still using their bad primer habits.
Another thing I would say is guidecoat everything. Its a great learning tool to see what a sanding block does when you sand. You would be surprised the damage you can do with the edge of a block. So even if you dont "need to", guidecoat it from the beginning and learn from watching the results.
As far as whats a good primer?? Well decide on your paint up front. You should use the same brand from starting primer to sealer to paint.
Dont get in a hurry. Huge problems come from trapping solvents and resins. Allow proper flash times between coats. Let the solvents evaporate out of your primer. Make sure it dries out before final sand and seal.
With the compressor. The bigger the better within reason. If you buy just enough compressor it will run nonstop. Not only is it annoying, but a hot compressor makes more condensate. Nothing like spraying water with your air.
I am not a professional (by a long shot) but have had some outstanding results from hands on "failures". This forum is great and there are several really really sharp guys on here. Search/read and ask questions if you cant find the results.
There can't be enough emphasis on stay with the same brand of paint all the way through. I have PPG shops close to me, and thats what I used. EVEN IN THE SAME LINE, there may not be compatable finishes. ESPECIALLY PPG !
My recommendation, is to pick the color you want FIRST!, then backstep to your sealer, build primer, and then epoxy primer. READ EVERY TECH SHEET FOR EACH PRODUCT!! Don't rely on the jobber to hand you the right stuff. I was at a Dupont Hot Hues Seminar this past weekend. Their system looked MUCH easier. Barry K's system (Southern Polyurethanes) looked easier as well! And you can ask him millions of questions (Try to research first, though!). He's a regular contributor.
Take it down to bare metal. You'd be amazed at the hackjobs the poor car has seen through its life. Do it right the first time. Ebay has some deals on 3M "Painters" kits, "Bodymans" kits etc. Its just the abrasives, and stuff you need to get started. They have quite a bit of stuff, like $200.00 worth for $50+/-. Look around. Add your D/A and compressor and your doing it.
Being in or around a big city like you are should give you the opportunity to have several paint jobbers to choose from.
The BEST advice I have is to visit as many of these suppliers you can and find the MOST knowledgeable one to buy from. Mine happens to be a Dupont jobber and after I got to know the paint man I get the big shop discount and the benefit of his advice which has been invaluable. THANKS TIM!!!
A good counter person can be your BEST allie in the paint wars and believe me, it IS a war some days and having someone to answer your most basic questions is worth more than money.
The other thing is while your instore buying, several customers will come thru and most are more than helpful with questions you have. Some are hacks and some are great, You'll have to "weed" thru some to get the right answer occasionally but I've learned almost as much from them as anywhere.Just standing and LISTENING will benefit you.
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Thanks for all the good info guys :0) dont be afraid to keep it coming.
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Vardak's laws will be...
1. That women have to make men sign a legal form saying that they will pay for any children born of a sexual liaison and that compulsory paternity testing must be introduced for all children.
2. That children must spend alternate weeks with each parent, that men will finally have to pay 50% of the 'running costs' of a child they have fathered, and that in the event that one parent moves away, they lose all contact with the child, thereby denying most people in the Armed Forces lifelong contact with their children. This will also reduce the economic mobility of both parents and will allow an abusive partner to have continued control and opportunities to further abuse their partner.
3. Women who are abandoned by their partners when they are pregnant should have no recourse to public funds if they can't afford to raise the child alone, whereas men can go about being forced to remove condoms at will and without consequence, as long as they haven't signed the document mentioned in point 1.
While I can't be certain that I am correct, he has stated that he thinks Mike B is on the right track, and these points have been taken from Mike B's consultation document. However, what would I know? I'm aphasic or stupid.
Seeker, I think vadsrk'd laws would go something like this:
1. Women lie.
2. Women trick men into fathering their children, so don't pay child maintenance to them.
3. Get a paternity test.
Bam! All men's problems solved.
<peers out from behind curtain>
Has he gone, then?
No chance of my questions being answered then? Oh well. Anyone care to speculate about the 3 laws Vardak would implement if he was, by some bizarre twist of fate, catapulted into power?
hey it happens! At any big gig you have loads of women invading our sacred poo-ing and wee-ing spaces. It's an outrage!
there are just not sufficient loos for women..difficult one to work out.
I don't actually blame you running.
seeker - they were no doubt escaping the marauding masses of women in the men's toilets.
Anyway, I'm not actually going to spend yet another evening with vadarks rather twisted view of women - I'll maybe look in over the weekend.
vadark said last night: If he wants to terminate because he's not ready to be Dad, people just say "well, you should have kept your pants on". They won't even consider the circumstances of Phase 1.
I just wanted to address this sentence as this seems to be the only 'answer' to seeker's question we're going to get.
He doesn't get to choose to terminate the pregnancy because the pregnancy is happening to someone else's body. He had the same choice to use a condom in phase 1 as any other person. Any time a person has sex, with or without a condom, there is a risk of pregnancy (albeit a much higher risk for the latter) - and boys are taught this in SRE at school.
The reason he is still expected to pay maintenance for a resulting child of an accidental pregnancy is for that ^ ^ same reason. Whether planned or not, he willingly provided half the dna to create the pregnancy.
This is not due to a 'feminised society' - it is equality for women. Men have an equal part in the conception of a child, therefore they have an equal responsibility to provide for the child. Women, due to biology, already have to bear the physical brunt of childbearing - believe me we do not have it easy.
No man can really be genuinely tricked - as he has the ability to wear a condom or walk away. IME it's the man that often tries not to use a condom - because it can (apparently) impair his enjoyment of sex and he has fewer consequences to deal with in the event of a pregnancy.
I think if we boil this down to the basics, vadark is just pissed off that men are now legally obliged to pay maintenance for children they helped to bring into the world. (Although not all do. )
Nice- but a lot of pubs and a lot of students!
seeker and Canterbury's such a nice place.
I'm currently waiting in my car in Canterbury City centre- and I've already and I've already seen two peeing willies! Bizarre, isn't it? I wonder in what way I forced them to do it?
YY Blistory: men do seem to have extraordinarily weak bladders. But I guess that's our fault too.
It'll be feminism's fault, blistory. Everything is ;)
Well, to be fair, I'm from Glasgow and given the amount of men peeing in the streets, I may have to accept that it's because of the sheer amount of women taking up space in the men's toilets.
Or I could start a thread on why the hell some men think it acceptable to whip it out and urinate in a city centre. If anything I suspect that the men who do it would argue that 'it's gay' to use the lovely facilities provided by our Victorian ancestors or that they are in danger of being assualted if they use them (I suspect this argument may have substance), in which case, it's other men that cause it, not women.
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Absolutely, Blistory.
I'm finding it very baffling that Vardak's main issues seem to be a) women can somehow stop a man using a condom and force him into having unprotected sex b) there are occasionally pictures of men without shirts on in the media and (and this is very bizarre) c) women are always using men's public lavatories and changing rooms. Really????? on which planet?
Applauds Blistory, again!
Youre never going to achieve consensus on this thread, for one reason and one reason alone. You are attacking and blaming women for the injustices that you perceive men to face.
Where on this thread have any women blamed men ? Where have men been vilified the way that you do to women ? We have all accepted that some men get a rough lot in life. We have explained that were not happy with that. We have explained that we believe that feminism, by improving the lives of women, will also improve the life of men. You dont appear to accept that.
Feminism wants to drag women up to achieve equality with men it does not want to drag men down to achieve inequality all round. Feminism does not want nor does it seem women as being superior to men it wants equality and once that is achieved, people will then be judged on their individual merits. We will no doubt still have men who are idiots, vile and evil and we will no doubt still have women who are idiots, vile and evil.
There is no conspiracy against men nor do I believe that there is a conspiracy against women. The patriarchal society in which we currently live tends to favour men over women. It does not mean that men never suffer injustice, simply that most of the injustice is experienced by women.
All over MN, you will see threads infantilising men, mocking them and demonstrating low expectations of mens behaviour. What you will also see if feminists calling it out and arguing against it until they are blue in the face. Maybe if you saw the support that feminists provide to men then you would appreciate the movement and theory a bit more.
And for what its worth, women infantilise men not because men are incapable but because it suited a patriarchal society for this belief to form. In order to keep women in their place, they had to be given a role that they could own this ended up being the home and the raising of children. Women were so excluded from everything else that they now guard this role fiercely and dont accept that its not necessarily in their interests.
Interestingly, when you look at who benefits from this mocking of men, its men. If you tell a man hes useless at the housework, a woman gets to feel that she has control over the home but guess what, the man gets excused from the housework and it becomes beneath him. So who is really playing who for a fool ?
There is no reason on earth why men could not campaign for issues that affect men without attacking feminism. The two causes dont have to be enemies and shouldnt be given the vast areas of common ground. It doesnt help your cause to attack us, it simply detracts from the issues at hand and we end up going round in circles feeling attacked.
Can you really not see it?
It' so funny to be labelled a pervert just for being a man.
Who labelled you a pervert? Show me the quote.
But then I guess you'd never know because you're not sitting on the shitty end of the stick.
You have no idea. Your male privilege is blinkering you to reality - and you don't want to lose that privilege.
Women can do all sorts of things and get away with them like walking into boys toilets without so much as a thought. Imagine if a man did that. But some women just go right ahead and do it. And then get away with it without being called a pervert. WTF. I wouldn't even dream of going into a female toilet. I am far too decent. And women walk intomale changing rooms just like they have the rights to do so etc. etc.
I don't really know what you're talking about, in an every day sense. I have heard of women going into men's toilets in old buildings, where there are a load of men's loos with no queue and 2 women's loos and a massive queue (usually because the buildings were designed in the times of women being chained to the kitchen sink, and said buildings having many more male visitors than female) as a protest for the lack of women's conveniences. But really - this is really a major problem for you and Mike? Why don't YOU campaign for more women's loos then? Is this in Mike's manifesto?
They support it by example.
Erm....? What?
vadark's world is a scary place, that's for sure. Good job it has relation to reality at all.
Use. a. condom.
Know. that. no. form. of. contraception. is. 100%.
Know that the man is equally responsible for an unwanted pregnancy as a woman. And that her 'choices' in the event of this are more life-changing.
vadark's whole attitude that everything is some grand feminist conspiracy is mystifying. He must be a deeply unhappy and frustrated individual.
The link was the NSPCC. Home Office statistics were used, and are reliable.
"I haven't seen many feminists support women going into men's changing rooms. Anyone else?"
They support it by example.
I haven't seen many feminists support women going into men's changing rooms. Anyone else?
No, that link (or the wording at least) came from the Home Office.
I'm off to bed....
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The competition was created 22 years ago by the company and was designed to be a special one for drummers only, as the stores had held special competitions in the past for guitar players due in part to the company's name. "What's cool about it is the only qualifications is you need to be 16 years of age, so we get a whole array of ages, talent levels and backgrounds that come and sign up to compete," Seattle Guitar Center Store Manager Bill Heimbach said. "It's a really wide range of different folks that participate."
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Being involved in a competition such as this is important to the young musician, as music is the path he's eyeing to pursue for both pleasure and career. "Essentially, I want to stay in a band, or become a studio musician – anything musical, really. I'd just love to make money playing drums ideally in a perfect world," Pierce said.
The Guitar Center Drum-Off Competition is not new to Pierce, as he entered once before in 2008. As a result of a bit more time, effort and dedication to perfecting his craft, Pierce feels he has a better shot this time around. "I try and practice two hours a day, both band material and solo material," Pierce said. "I typically don't try and do metal things at the Drum-Off, and stick more to groove and tribal-esque stuff, which are the genres more people relate to. But I add my own style to it."
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City Comptroller John Liu compared the Department of Education to a corporation with public schools "treated like business divisions." His predecessor, former Comptroller Bill Thompson, accused the Bloomberg administration of "union busting" when he referred to the recent school bus strike over job protections. Public advocate Bill de Blasio compared the D.O.E.'s reliance on test scores to the worship of "false idols."
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De Blasio, who opposed ending term limits when he was a Brooklyn member of the City Council, took Quinn to task over this at several occasions.
"So I simply say to anybody that doesn't want to talk about the history of the last four years, the last 12 years," he stated. "Don't look at what they're saying now. Look at what they did. Did they challenge - when the mayor and the chancellor were doing the wrong thing - did they stand up?"
On other matters, all of the candidates except for Quinn said they would support a moratorium on placing several schools in one building (known as co-locations). Quinn said she might allow for it in "some cases."
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Former Brooklyn Council member Sal Albanese and Adolfo Carrion, the former Bronx borough president and Housing and Urban Development official now running as an independent, said they would pay more attention to the role of poverty and education and the need for health clinics in schools.
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It did not endorse a candidate in 2009, when Thompson ran against Bloomberg, nor in Bloomberg's first re-election campaign in 2005.
But this year is different. The next mayor will have to negotiate new contracts with the teachers and other municipal unions. When asked by Mulgrew how they would deal with that, Quinn praised unions for coming to the table before to prevent layoffs through negotiations and promised "fair contracts." Liu criticized Bloomberg for relying on outside consultants instead of focusing on city workers.
Each candidate sought to impress the union with his or her bona fides. Liu reminded the audience that his son attends public schools, and that his family immigrated from Taiwan where there is a national holiday to celebrate teachers. De Blasio emphasized his years as a school board member in Brooklyn's District 15. Albanese cited his years as a public school teacher, and so did Carrion. Quinn emphasized her role in working with the city on a middle school initiative.
Those in the audience, who were attending the union's annual spring conference, seemed pleased to have so many candidates who want to break away from Bloomberg's approach. Mavis Yon, who teaches fifth grade at PS 631 in Brooklyn, said, "As a teacher I'm more looking forward to just someone who respects us, who understands us."
But she and others also said they did not want education to become just another campaign mantra. Art teacher Karen Urruttiamore, who works at PS 38 in Manhattan, said she wants to hear more about how they would handle important issues.
"Like the teacher evaluation, and what is an education mayor and how would they restructure the Department of Education and actually what would they do? Instead of telling me what Bloomberg has done, tell me what they're going to do."


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C. Marcelo Aldaz, M.D., Ph.D.
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▪ Breast cancer genetics.
▪ Hormonal carcinogenesis.
▪ Breast cancer mouse models.
▪ Role of WWOX in cancer and other human pathologies.
1. Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is by definition a cancerous precursor lesion to Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the breast. Importantly, there are no reliable biomarkers to facilitate the distinction of DCIS lesions with higher chance of progression versus those lesions that are unlikely to progress. Thus, specific biomarkers for accurate patient stratification are needed to benefit patients from receiving unnecessary aggressive treatments and vice versa to identify those patients that require closer monitoring post standard treatment. Currently the Aldaz laboratory is engaged in comprehensive approaches to characterize the genome, transcriptome and methylome of DCIS lesions with the goal of identifying key driver mutations, epigenetic changes and gene expression alterations that occur at pre-invasive stages of breast cancer progression. These studies will lead to the identification of novel biomarkers with great potential to better stratify DCIS patients while hopefully impacting clinical management of DCIS patients while leading to the development of rationale based targeted therapeutic approaches.
2. Several years ago the Aldaz laboratory discovered a putative tumor suppressor gene (WWOX) affected in breast and many other cancers. This gene spans the second most common chromosomal fragile site, FRA16D and as consequence is frequently affected by genomic abnormalities and chromosomal rearrangements. A mouse conditional KO model has been developed for better understanding the role of WWOX in cancer.
Interestingly, the WWOX locus was also shown to be a target in familial dyslipidemias and metabolic syndrome related conditions. Indeed, we recently demonstrated that WWOX modulates HDL metabolism and lipoprotein gene expression.
In other recent collaborative studies it has been confirmed that WWOX is found mutated in a new form of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia with epilepsy and mental retardation.
In summary, multiple approaches are being pursued at Dr. Aldaz's lab to understand the role of WWOX not only in cancer but also in other important human pathological conditions.
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The Texans announced two staff changes on Monday, promoting Perry Carter to assistant defensive backs coach and hiring Cedric Smith to oversee strength and conditioning.
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WarrenMoonGOAT says: Feb 8, 2010 8:21 PM
hm no texan fans amongst us? i'm sure they'll be posting all over the boards next january.
Takin It N Diaz says: Feb 8, 2010 9:58 PM
Im A Fan But Cmon Another Person From Denver…. Doesnt It ever Get Old. Im Tired Of Being Denver South
BradyGazelle says: Feb 8, 2010 10:10 PM
8-8 again!
straightup says: Feb 9, 2010 4:18 AM
I like the Texans. It amazes me how much they have accomplished with no D, not much of a running game and roughly one receiver and tight end. They will be a top contender in two years or less.
Cushing Will Kill You says: Feb 9, 2010 7:40 AM
I'm waiting for the announcement that John Elway is the assistant head coach.


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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 1000 properties in over 100 countries, is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, Sheraton®, Westin®, Four Points® by Sheraton, W®, Le Méridien®, Aloft®and ElementSM. Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a subsidiary of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., is one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com or www.starwoodvacationownership.com.
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Accept payment for guests' accounts both at the time of registration and at checkout. Maintain a house bank and make a deposit and accurate report of receipts daily. Cash checks and exchange currency for guests.
Issue key to and control entrance of safety deposit boxes. Post miscellaneous charges as requested.
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• Extensive knowledge of the hotel, its services and facilities.
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There is most definitely a buzz in the air. Hundreds of thousands of people are streaming into Washington D.C. to see Barack Obama sworn in as America's 44th President. If you're lucky enough to be in D.C., you'll need some help to get your bearings and map out your inaugural adventures. Google Maps can help, every step of the way.
There are a few things you should do before you set out. First, be sure to install Google Maps for mobile on your mobile device so you can use My Location to pinpoint your current location while on foot and track your progress on the map, making you have less stress about getting lost. If you're driving toward the epicenter of activities either today or tomorrow check live traffic conditions before you set out by clicking on the "Traffic" button on Google Maps or take a look at Trafficland to map streaming video camera views. Closer to the action, this Google My Map (embedded below) has been created by DC radio station WTOP and can help you with bridge, road and freeway closures:
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Google Maps can also be used to plot walking directions, and if you're going to be using public transit, check out Metro's interactive map or this mapplet. You can use Street View to preview the areas to get a better idea of where you're heading. Street View can be especially useful for finding very specific meeting points for you and your friends, since most areas will be flooded with people -- browse the area to find the exact spot to fnd each other, like "next to the fire hydrant at the southeast corner of 7th and E Street".
The Wall Street Journal has a helpful map for Inaugural events taking place day by day, as well as must-see D.C. attractions to take in. You can find some more helpful (and fun) maps here, and I'll be back tomorrow with another roundup of sites that will help you prepare for the parade and also take in the historic event over the web and of course... on a map!


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VRAP – Veteran Retraining Assistance Program
Congress passed, and President has signed into law, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. Including in this new law is the Veteran Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP). VRAP Offers up to 12 months of training assistance to unemployed Veterans.
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The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) VetSuccess Program is authorized by Congress under Title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 31. It is sometimes referred to as the Chapter 31 program. The VetSuccess program assists Veterans with service-connected disabilities to prepare for, find, and keep suitable jobs. For Veterans with service-connected disabilities so severe that they cannot immediately consider work, VetSuccess offers services to improve their ability to live as independently as possible.
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VEAP is available if you elected to make contributions from your military pay to participate in this education benefit program. Your contributions are matched on a $2 for $1 basis by the Government. You may use these benefits for degree, certificate, correspondence, apprenticeship/on-the-job training programs, and vocational flight training programs. In certain circumstances, remedial, deficiency, and refresher training may also be available. Benefit entitlement is 1 to 36 months depending on the number of monthly contributions. You have 10 years from your release from active duty to use VEAP benefits. If there is entitlement not used after the 10-year period, your portion remaining in the fund will be automatically refunded.
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It will be on the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's concert Saturday.
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VSO Achieves Endowment Goal
Wednesday, 01/19/11
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra has successfully completed a $3.5 million endowment campaign.
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Turning to the world of culture, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra has extended its contract with its artistic director. Veteran conductor Jaime Laredo will lead the V-S-O through the 2011-2012 season.
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We take a look at what all of Vermont's top per capita rankings mean. Also, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra celebrates 75 years, and a town postcard from Bradford.
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The recession lit the fuse that has produced an explosion of outlet center development.
The shrinking recession-era economy forced consumers to shop down, to seek out values, to wait for sales and to relentlessly refuse to pay full price. Even as the economy has begun to improve, consumers retained their commitment to off-price shopping. Lack of demand choked off the new development of malls, open-air centers, power centers and other kinds of full-price shopping centers.
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I disagree. It's not a bad remake, there's just nothing it does better than the original. I don't dislike it, it simply has no reason to exist. I suppose it does deserve some credit for not being crappy, but why they made it in the first place, so soon after the release of the original, is baffling.
Oh yes there is!!! (just watched it the other night) ... the lead actor. I don't think I ever really realized just how friggen terribly and annoying the boy actor in the Swedish one was until I saw Let Me In. I'm a pretty nice guy, but even I wanted to punch him in the face. The kid in LMI, on the other hand, was a much more sympathetic character... and even the bully seemed much more threatening.
Other than that there were more arguable pros and cons. LTROI had much more atmosphere and style but certain things seemed to drag on a bit more than they needed to. Those things were brushed over in LMI but as a result certain scenes lost some of their effect
...of course, LMI didn't have any CGI cats
If you've never seen Street Trash, this one scrapes the bottom of the barrel for the filthiest, amazingly awful/awesome scenes imaginable. It's about a bunch of hobos who get their hands on a tainted batch of rotgut wine that makes them melt when it's drunk.
Not really scary, but more really gruesome, with some good lowbrow gross-out humor.
Is a flour sack featured in Singin' in the Rain, or does that qualify as horror for you ?
Halloween thread, back from the dead. Lots of great stuff out this year. I have the Universal Monsters set (UK for cheapness), and I have managed to remain unspoiled on Promethius. For movie night with friends I am pulling out Creepshow.
Halloween 1 and 2
The House of The Devil
The Innkeepers
Friday the 13th 1, 2 and 3
Halloween (1978) (still scary as hell even after dozens of viewings).
Beetlejuice (love it)
It's the Great Pumkin Charlie Brown (love it)
The Excorcist
The Haunting
Stir of Echoes
Scream 1-4
Halloween 1978
American Werewolf in London
The Collector (lossy sound though)
Monster House
Wrong Turn 4
Cabin in the Woods
Army of Darkness
Return of the Living Dead
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
I am not watchin all of these. But I did a quick survey of "creepy classics" on Blu-ray, and was surprised what I found (and also a bit disappointed by a few things I didn't find). I believe all of these "classics" are available on Blu-ray now...
Some good stuff here, but also some noteworthy omissions, including George Pal's original War of the Worlds, The Thing From ANother World, Mario Bava'a Planet of the Vampires, First Spaceship on Venus (aka Silent Star), and Lifeforce.
- Alien - Nice BD xfer.
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind - BD needs work.
- Event Horizon
- Forbidden Planet - Nice BD xfer.
- Independence Day
- Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1956)
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars
- Signs
- Species
- Stargate - There are two different Region-A Blu-ray transfers available. The 15th Anniversay edition (blue cover) is the darker/contrastier (and arguably better) of the two. If you prefer brighter transfers, then the older Extended Cut (gold cover) may also be worth a look.
- Total Recall - Bright, but nice BD xfer on the new Mind-Bending edition.
- War of the Worlds (2005 Cruise version)
A few noteworthy ones missing here are Salem's Lot (1979), and Dracula (1979) with Frank Langella.
- Black Sunday (1960, Barbara Steele)
- Bram Stoker's Dracula - Detail could be better on this BD.
- Fright Night (1985, Twilight Time Limited Edition, region free) - Limited to 3000 discs, currently selling for ~$250 on Amazon.
- From Dusk Till Dawn - Nice BD xfer.
- Interview with a Vampire
- The Lost Boys
- Near Dark
- Nosferatu (1922 silent, Region B)
- Vamp
Escape from NY/LA
- The Fog (1980, multi-region import)
- Ghosts of Mars
- Halloween
- Starman
- They Live!
- The Thing (1982)
See the Harryhausen section below for more big beasties.
- The Deep
- Godzilla/Gojira - There are two versions of this for Region-A: Godzilla (Criterion), and Gojira (Classic Media). Haven't seen either one yet, so not sure which is best.
- King Kong (1933)
- Jaws
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959, Twilight Time Limited Edition, region A/B) - Limited to 3000 discs.
- Jurassic Park
A few good things here, but also some noteworthy omissions including the original Ghost Breakers with Bob Hope, Arsenic & Old Lace, Bell, Book & Candle, Ghost & Mrs. Muir, High Spirits, I Married a Witch, Lewis's Nutty Professor, and the other Abbott & Costello films.
- Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
- Beetlejuice
- Blithe Spirit - In Criterion's "David Lean Directs Noel Coward" collection.
- The Frighteners
- Ghostbusters - Nice BD xfer.
- High Anxiety
- Little Shop of Horrors - Both versions appear to be available on BD.
- Young Frankenstein - Nice (grainy) BD xfer.
The Keep is still unavailable on DVD or BD.
- Devil's Advocate
- Jeepers Creepers
- Legend - Theatrical cut has bad EE and unnatural looking color. Director's cut is more contrasty, but passable, with more natural looking color.
- The Ninth Gate - BD xfer needs work.
Several Argento and Bava titles are available on BD (too many for me to keep track of really), as well as other "EuroShock" and Amicus-like productions featuring Petey Cushing and Chris Lee, including the following ones. A couple others I'd like to see on BD are It! (aka Curse of the Golem) with Roddy MacDowall, and Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.
- The Blood Beast Terror
- Horror Express
- The Skull
- Dead Calm
- Dressed to Kill
- The Most Dangerous Game
- Scream
- Secret Beyond the Door
- The Shining
A noteworthy omission here is Robert Wise's original 1963 The Haunting.
- Amityville Horror
- The Entity
- Nightmare on Elm Street
- Phantom of the Opera (1925, Silent, Lon Chaney Sr.)
- Poltergeist
- Sleepy Hollow
Most of the more well-known Hammer titles (Horror of Dracula, The Mummy, etc.) are still unavailable on BD. But there are a few lesser known classics available for Region A or B. I haven't had the opportunity to look at any of these yet, but more opinions and info can be found here.
- The Man Who Could Cheat Death
- Plague of the Zombies (Region B)
- Quatermass & the Pit (Region B) - Aka Five Million Miles to Earth (and one of my favorite "vintage" SF/Horror classics). This is actually the third in a series of "Quatermass" films produced by Hammer, based on similarly-titled British TV serials, which are available on Region 2/Pal DVD.
- Twins of Evil
- Vampire Circus
- Clash of the Titans (1981)
- Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers
- It Came from Beneath the Sea
- Jason & the Argonauts - Nice BD xfer.
- Mysterious Island (1961, Twilight Time Limited Edition, region free) - Limited to 3000 discs.
- 7th Voyage of Sinbad
- 20 Million Miles to Earth
Looks like neither version of Cat People is available on BD yet. Nor is I Was a Teenage Werewolf, or the original The Howling.
- American Werewolf in London - Some noticeable EE in this xfer which enhances the graininess in the image, and produces some visible ringing on high contrast edges. Color and contrast are ok. Definitely some room for improvement on this title though.
- Beauty & the Beast (1946, aka La Belle et la Bete) - The Cocteau classic, probably in French with subs I'm guessin.
- Dog Soldiers
- Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) - In The Complete Sherlock Holmes collection starring Basil Rathbone.
- Island of Lost Souls
- Sleepwalkers
- Wolf
In addition to the titles below, a collection of 15 Hitch films is being released on October 30th.
- Dial M for Murder (3D)
- North by Northwest
- Notorius
- Psycho
- Rebecca
- Spellbound
- Strangers on a Train
- The 39 Steps
- To Catch a Thief
*cricket*... Regettably it appears none of the films in the Midnite Movie series are available on BD yet. This includes Corman's "Poe" pictures and the AIP/Amicus Burroughs films and horror anthologies, among many others. Sony/MGM and Fox homevid need to get busy on this!
- Dante's Peak
- Twister - Pretty good BD xfer. Detail is a tad soft.
- Magic
- Puppet Master
- Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- Futureworld (1976, multi-region import) - Sequel to Westworld, which doesn't seem to be out on BD yet.
- Logan's Run - Nice BD xfer.
- Metropolis (1927, silent)
- The Terminator
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Altered States
- Coma
- Flatliners
- Hollow Man
- Mary Shelly's Frankenstein
- Project X (1968, William Castle)
- Re-Animator
Some pretty good stuff in this category. Another I'd like to see added is Disney's The Black Cauldron.
- The Corpse Bride
- Fire and Ice (1983, Bakshi)
- Heavy Metal - Nice BD xfer.
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! - Nice video on the BD, but sound is showing it's age.
- Lord of the Rings - Pretty good BD xfer.
- Mad Monster Party?
- Monster House
- Nightmare Before Xmas
- Secret of NIMH
- Shrek
- Sleeping Beauty - Nice BD xfer
- Wizards - Nice BD xfer.
- Universal Classic Monster Collection - includes all the classic Uni monsters.
- Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- The Omega Man
*cricket*... Regettably it appears none of the films in the Midnite Movie series are available on BD yet. This includes Corman's "Poe" pictures and the AI/Amicus Burroughs films and horror anthologies, among many others. Sony/MGM and Fox homevid need to get busy on this!
Hear hear! I will be a happy man the day that Masque of the Red Death gets a blu ray release.
We will experieince the horror of growing older with Maggie Smith and Judi Densch.
Hoping my Universal Classic Monsters blu rays get here soon.
Tonight I watched The Cabin in the Woods, and I'd recommend it for Halloween viewing. If I have time, I'll check out the Spanish version of Dracula on the Universal set tomorrow night.
House on Haunted Hill (with Vincent Price, even though it is DVD, not BD)
Nosferatu (the version that has Klaus Kinski as Nosferatu)
Halloween (the original)
Nightmare before Christmas (watch it midway between Halloween and Xmas)
The Thing (Kurt Russell)
Monsters, Inc.
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Halloween - 2.25
The Shining - 2.75
Alien - 2.25
The Exorcist (director's cut) - 3.5
A Nightmare On Elm Street - 2.0
The Thing - 2.25
An American Werewolf In London - unlisted
Black Christmas - unlisted, though I will try to rectify its absence since I own the BD, once I get the time
Fright Night - unlisted
Pet Sematary - currently unranked, though Deltasun has a pending score of 3.25
Re-Animator - unlisted
The Mist - 3.25
Hostel - 3.0
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) - unlisted, though the sequel is ranked 1.25
The Descent - 2.0
Triangle - 1.25
Cabin In The Woods - too new to be ranked yet.
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By DAN KARELL
On May 10, 2013, Harrison Shipp was just an average student-athlete at the University of Notre Dame preparing for his upcoming season.
One year and 90 minutes later, Shipp had appropriately announced his arrival in MLS with a hat-trick performance in his club's first win of the season.
Shipp, signed by the Chicago Fire this past January as a Homegrown Player, has quickly proven to be one of the surprises of the 2014 MLS season and early signs show that he might be a potential star in the making. Using quick movements with and without the ball as well as a poise not often seen in young players, Shipp has earned a place in the Fire starting lineup based on his early season performances, and is an easy choice in this year's Rookie of the Year sweepstakes.
While most MLS rookies ride the pine for the majority of their first season, Fire head coach Frank Yallop has given Shipp a chance to shine and the 22-year-old former Fighting Irish forward has taken advantage of that.
"I remember saying (to myself) before the season started that I expected to contribute this year," Shipp told SBI in a phone interview. "Even though I am a young player and the Fire have a lot of guys that are established in this league, I really felt like I was ready to come in and play. I think coming off the last couple of years, having success in college, kind of let me know that I was ready to move on to this level."
Shipp is coming off a final collegiate season that most soccer players in America could only dream of. After a disappointing defeat in the third round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament to the eventual champion Indiana Hoosiers, Shipp and Notre Dame came back last fall and lost just once all season en route to upsetting Maryland in the title game, 2-1.
Shipp had an assist in the final and was named the co-Most Outstanding Player in the College Cup, capping off an impressive 12-goal, 10-assist season.
The rookie believes that playing in big games like he did in the NCAA Tournament as well as in the semi-annual spring friendlies against the Mexico Under-20 National Team gave him an edge when he joined the professional ranks.
"I think a lot of guys come out from college and aren't really used to the magnitude of playing in front of a lot of people or playing in games that actually mean a lot," Shipp said. "For me, although those games maybe didn't have the attendance or the amount of fans that MLS games have, I still think the intensity and the pressure that was associated with those games, the quality that was on the field, makes you more accustomed to playing.
"You learn to handle the ball pressure on you, and the whole moment and the occasion. You learn how to stay calm when you have the ball in big moments and I think that translates well now so that when I get the ball in games here and there's lots of pressure on (me), I'm not freaking out, I'm staying calm, looking for the next open guy, and to complete the pass."
Shipp may have also had a leg-up on some other rookies in preseason training due to the experiences of former Fighting Irish and current Colorado Rapids midfielder Dillon Powers, who Shipp revealed he talks with all the time. The two recently met up in Chicago and Shipp cites Powers, the 2013 MLS Rookie of the Year, as a major influence on his transition into the professional game.
"Having him go through this whole experience last year really helped me because I was able to talk to him while college was still going on so I kind of knew what to expect," Shipp said of navigating through the professional life style, choosing an agent and understanding the daily demands of being a pro soccer player.
The Lake Forest, Ill. native has also found a comfort level in Chicago thanks to some of his teammates. He currently lives with Fire left back Greg Cochrane, and veteran midfielder Jeff Larentowicz has taken Shipp under his wing while coming away impressed with the youngster's contributions and confidence.
"It's a matter of self-belief," Larentowicz said. "For some guys, it takes a while to understand the level when they come in and they want to slowly get into the (playing) pool. I think Harry's just knows what he's capable of. He has self-belief, and that's what it takes.
"If he continues to keep doing what he's doing he'll be fine (in the future)," Larentowicz added.
With any success in U.S. Soccer circles comes a discussion of a player's national team credentials, something that's certainly on Shipp's mind. But Shipp pointed out a flaw in the system, describing how he had "never gotten a sniff" with any U.S. youth national teams despite his solid performances in college and he believes that part of why that is is due to his physical stature of 5-foot-9.
Still, Shipp has used the perceived lack of notice from U.S. Soccer as motivation to improve throughout his career.
"I always felt like I had the talent but was always overlooked because of lack of athleticism or lack of size or lack of speed," Shipp said. "Going forward, this year especially, being able to prove myself that although I'm not the fastest, biggest and strongest person, I'm still able to be effective against guys who do have those athletic capabilities.
"Right now, I'm obviously not ready to be with the (U.S. Men's) National Team, but if I keep developing and broadening my skill level each year it's something I'd love to do and hopefully it's a realistic possibility."
While it's much too early to determine whether Shipp could feature for the U.S. in future cycles, there's plenty of reason for hope in Chicago. To go with the hat-trick scored at New York, Shipp has already racked up four assists this season, developing great partnerships with forwards Mike Magee and Quincy Amarikwa.
And as Shipp continues to improve with each performance, the Fire's fortunes have begun to change, with the club winning two of their last three games. Chicago head coach Frank Yallop – who worked hard with MLS to make sure that the Fire could sign Shipp as a Homegrown player and not lose him to the SuperDraft – likes the player Shipp is now and the one he could become in the not too distant future.
"Harry's got a really good knack for the game," Yallop said. "He finds the ball, his first touch is good, he's got good vision. All those little things that you look for in a young player he has.
"Harry's a likable kid," Yallop added later. "He's really great to coach because whatever you say he listens and wants to do it. He doesn't fight and argue. For our team, he's been a joy to have in the locker room and on the field."
This dude has the swagger of a young Clint Dempsey, though they're different types of players.
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Mullins giving him a challenge here. Anyone else in the mix? If Sherrod continues playing and scores a bunch of goals, he could jump into the conversation. Any rookie defenders playing a lot?
ROY race should be a good one between Shipp and Mullins. What's impressive is not only that they are starting, but both are already huge keys to their team's offensive performance. Mullins should get to 8 goals just allowing for tap-ins in the NE offense, and Shipp can hit a beautiful pass – I don't see a clear favorite – its going to be fun to watch.
Quit whining about soccer in the US
Crazy how many soccer people discount the development of players had by playing in games that actually matter. Pressure situations. College provides that for many and they have succeeded very quickly in MLS because of playing college soccer.
Plus for me it is good to see him talk about it at a time when our national team coach seems to overvalue playing in meaningless games ( for teams that will never win, ever ) for Euro teams.


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Hey guys!
I'm a newbie member from Hungary. I don't have a bike since several years now, but the time has come for me as well to be able to buy one ) I was reading a lot of SMJunkie articles before joining and its a pretty nice community. Although im a newbie to the sport as well, so be ready for some easy questions from me. Actually here is my first one :
I'm looking forward to join for "real" as soon as possible. I'm planning to buy a Husqvarna SM 510. I have two options, nearly the same price but i just cant decide.
Option 1: 2006 SM510R 15000km, 410Hours. Electric start only. It had a rebuild at 360Hrs, it has a new clutch, new battery, and freshly serviced suspensions. I took it for a ride. Its insane... Downpoint: doesnt have reciepts, nor any kind of clue of the modifications, services done (oil changes, etc)
Price: 2500USD
Probably most of you never ever heard the language "hungarian", but maybe you can check out the pics:
Option 2: 2010 SM510 3000km, Hrs still unknown, Untouched engine, electric and kick start, registered services (oil changes written down, so...), minor changes (new chain so) but mostly stock. Still couldn't see it personally.
Price: 3000USD
Which one would you recommend? I know most of you would say take the one with less km-es, but the other one just had a rebuild not a long time ago. The problem is i have some experience (10.000km) but not on an mx bike and in all in all im a newbie the motorsport from any point of view. So i lack some knowledge, and thats why im asking you, more experienced ones I cant really decide, which one will be "cheaper" for me on a longer period. Also, fuel injection is a not a so called "must" for me.
If you have some clue about my problem, dont hesitate to share your ideas about it


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TACLOBAN, Philippines – The Philippine government on Friday defended its efforts to deliver assistance to victims of Typhoon Haiyan, many of whom have received little or no assistance since the monster storm struck one week ago.
"In a situation like this, nothing is fast enough," Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said in Tacloban, most of which was destroyed by the storm one week ago. "The need is massive, the need is immediate, and you can't reach everyone."
Government officials have given different actual and estimated death tolls for the storm. Given the scale of the disaster, and infrastructure and communications problems, this is not unusual.
The United Nations said Friday that the death toll was at least 4,460, citing regional officials. The spokesman for the Civil Defense Agency, Maj. Reynaldo Balido, said the figure had risen to 2,360. On the ground in Tacloban, authorities handed out a situation report stating that 3,422 people had been killed on Samar and Leyte islands, the two most affected areas.
Some officials estimate that the final toll, when the missing are declared dead and remote regions reached, will be more than 10,000. At least 600,000 people have been displaced.
Authorities are struggling to meet their immediate needs. This often occurs in the aftermath of major disasters, especially in already poor countries where local and national governments lack capacity. It often leads to criticism in some quarters.
The pace of the aid effort has picked up over the last 24 hours, according to reporters who have been in the region for several days. Foreign governments are dispatching food, water, medical supplies and trained staffers to the region.
A U.S. aircraft carrier is moored off the coast, preparing for a major relief mission. The fleet of helicopters on board is expected to drop food and water to the worst-affected areas.
A week after the typhoon, one of the strongest ever to tear through the Philippines, bodies still lie where they fell or were washed up.
The stench of bloated and discolored human flesh decomposing under the tropical sun hangs everywhere in Tacloban, where wretched survivors and rescue workers cover their mouths to keep the cloying smell from their throats.
Hundreds of bodies have been collected, put into body bags and trucked off to wrecked municipal buildings to await burial in mass graves, a process that city authorities began Thursday.
Officials and aid volunteers say the bodies that have been recovered are just the beginning, a small fraction of those that could be seen when the storm surge subsided. Many more, they say, lie under the mountains of debris.
"Leaving them (the bodies) just decaying on the roadside, uncollected, is next to unforgivable," Catholic priest Amadeo Alvero said.
Officials initially said that picking up the bodies had to take second place to the effort to help those still living, many in utter destitution, their homes swept away and with precious little food or clean drinking water.
Echoing a fear expressed by many, Alvero said the dead could be the source of contagious disease.
"The government needs to act fast because this could also become a health issue," he said.
Health Secretary Enrique Ona insisted the bodies do not pose a serious risk. Experts point out that a corpse can only carry a disease such as cholera if the disease was present before the person died. "We have to assure our countrymen that . . . there will not be an epidemic," he said. "The one thing we want is to identify them so we can give some peace to their relatives."
Identification is not always easy, for instance when whole families have died, leaving no-one around to ask.
The government says damage caused the typhoon may reduce economic growth this year to less than 7 percent.
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the government forecasts growth of between 6.5 percent and 7 percent, down from its previous estimate of 7.3 percent.


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DuPont, Dow Corning, BASF, Wacker Chemie, Solutia (and other chemical companies) have been announcing left and right about recent developments and projects within the solar market — especially solar encapsulants.
According to DuPont, encapsulants are among the most important materials to solar module manufacturers for high-volume module sealing and integration.
DuPont has collaborated with Oerlikon Solar in the development of a new ultra-thin white reflective solar photovoltaic encapsulant sheet. The DuPont™ PV5223 white reflective polyvinyl butyral (PVB) encapsulant is said to enable easier manufacturing of next-generation thin film photovoltaic modules that not only capture sunlight coming in, but also reflect more sunlight back through the module, delivering more power.
In its recent earnings announcement, DuPont expects its 2010 photovoltaic sales to grow over 50% from increased market demand for new installations in Europe, North America and parts of Asia. DuPont sales to the photovoltaic market exceeded $550 million in 2009. The company's 2011 PV sales are expected to exceed $1 billion, while DuPont also targets its 2014 sales to exceed $2 billion.
Silicones manufacturer Dow Corning, meanwhile, is jointly promoting with Reis Robotics its new Dow Corning® PV-6100 Encapsulant Series. Reis Robotics supplies equipment used in a more efficient and cost-economic PV manufacturing process. The encapsulant is said to provide protection to solar cells in a panel and can replace commonly used ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) resin.
Solutia, with its collaboration with Oerlikon Solar (sounds familiar? See DuPont info to refresh your mind), recently launched its solar encapsulant Saflex(R) Radiant White PA27 that reportedly helps increase the efficiency of the solar module while reducing material usage.
In March, Solutia also bought Etimex Solar GmbH, a subsidiary of Etimex Holding GmbH, which is controlled by funds affiliated with Alpha Gruppe. Etimex supplies EVA encapsulants to the PV market.
But wait! There's more!
Wacker Chemie started in April 21, its additional 10,000 tonnes/year polycrystalline-silicon production at its Burghausen facility in Germany (which the green blogger had the privilege to tour). WACKER said it is 6 months ahead of its original, very ambitious schedule. The expanded output will reportedly enables the company to meet rising global demand for hyperpure polycrystalline silicon for both the solar sector and the semiconductor market.
BASF, meanwhile, introduced its new environment-friendly cleaning solution SELURIS® Clean range of process chemicals for the manufacture of solar cells. It is said to enable efficient hydrophilicity, i.e. the targeted modification of surface activity, as well as subsequent cleaning and passivation of the solar cell wafers.
And before I close this interesting solar developments, the US solar trade group Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) reported in April that the US solar manufacturing industry showed a 7% increase in PV module production in 2009 compared to the 2008 level. PV installations (grid-tied) grew by 38%, and cumulative concentrating solar power plants last year reached 432 megawatts with a development pipeline totaling more than 10,000 megawatts.
Still, not everything is sunny and bright in the solar land. Environment group Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) released in March its annual Solar Company Scorecard, emphasizing the need for sustainable solar manufacture and a sustainable solar product encompassing its lifecycle – from raw materials to disposal.
Of the companies who responded to SVTC's survey, 36% said they conduct lifecycle analyses or risk assessments on new chemicals, including nanomaterials that they use in their products.
[Photo of DuPont's solar encapsulant sheet]


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In the classroom, fiero — excitement that gamers experience when they overcome challenges — makes students see that they're empowered players in their own education. They're released into the exciting adventure that learning can be. Without the intrinsic motivating power of fiero, however, gamification becomes nothing more than semantic spin: a language game in which a letter-based grade system is replaced by a points-based reward system. In these cases, gamification does little to address the shortcomings of a system that relies on high-stakes testing.
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Free Minnie Mouse Christmas Candy Box
You Can Make a Christmas Candy Box with this FREE Printable of Minnie Mouse
I spotted this on www.spoonful.com
And it looks easy enough for even me to try!
Just print out Minnie Mouse and follow the instructions of cutting and folding, etc. Wah-lah! It's going to make someone a pretty awesome gift!
Get the FREE print-out and instructions ON THIS LINK
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