text: I understand supporting local shapers and I do so whenever I can, but these big companies are in business still for one reason- their shapes work. If I am spending several hundred dollars on a piece of foam and fiberglass I want to be absolutely certain it's going to do what I want it to in the water. Don't forget, everyone from Al to Mayhem to Rusty started in just a garage or shed at one time too. But their stuff endured and flourished because of something that worked for them.


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|Criticism, interpretation, etc
|Walker Percy; Walker Percy; Walker Percy; Walker Percy; Walker Percy; Walker Percy
Kieran Quinlan
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|242 pages ; 24 cm.
|Fates of our fathers --
Science, sickness, and salvation --
Novelist or philosopher? --
Philosopher --
The existentialist --
Homo viator --
The rhetoric of faith --
Philosopher redux --
Second comings --
Lost in the cosmos? --
Final exit.
|Southern literary studies.
|Kieran Quinlan.
In this important study, Kieran Quinlan examines the theological principles and religious views that underlay Walker Percy's writing - primarily his belief in the validity and efficacy of the Roman Catholic faith - and offers some new and controversial conclusions. Quinlan grounds the writer's concerns squarely in the context of the intellectual milieu of the 1940s, citing the influence of Jacques Maritain's The Dream of Descartes and the conversions of prominent contemporaries such as Thomas Merton, Robert Lowell, and Allen Tate. In an illuminating discussion, Quinlan follows the future novelist through the events that would mold his sensibility: his father's suicide in 1929; his rearing by William Alexander Percy, himself a former Catholic, who inculcated the young man with the Stoic philosophy of Marcus Aurelius; and his contraction of tuberculosis and subsequent long convalescence, during which he studied Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus, and Heidegger - thinkers pivotal in his own development as a Catholic novelist. With a mind keenly attuned to philosophical nuances and an impressive grasp of semiotics and theology, Quinlan deftly presents close readings of the novels, from the muted Catholicism of The Moviegoer to the explicit agendas of The Last Gentleman, Love in the Ruins, and The Thanatos Syndrome. He shows how Percy contrasts Catholicism with Stoicism in Lancelot and The Second Coming. He also sheds light on the dense and often abstruse arguments of the philosophical essays, asserting that Percy, despite his early attention to existentialism, was actually a neo-Thomist rationalist who rejected Kierkegaard's irrational "leap of faith." Lost in the Cosmos, Quinlan demonstrates, is an ambitious work requiring that its readers move beyond the realm of a comfortable skepticism. Critical but respectful, Quinlan points out Percy's confusion and frank lack of knowledge on the topic of linguistics. He also questions many aspects of Percy's philosophical and theological views in light of current thinking in those disciplines, stressing in particular Percy's failure to address the very real problems that an evolutionary view of the universe poses for the traditional revealed religions.
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The nightmares of her past have found Ana Kavanagh an ocean away.
Ana Kavanagh's memories of Ireland are mostly of fire and pain. As a girl she survived a blaze that left her an orphan, left her scarred, and left her angry at God. Now in New York, Ana finds a kindred spirit in Eoghan Hamilton, who's struggling with his own anger. His twin sister, Cara, betrayed him by falling in love with his enemy.
Cast aside by everyone, Eoghan hopes to rejoin the Fenians, an organization pushing for change back in Ireland, by securing information against Rourke, the man his sister married. Ana, Cara's friend, may be his best source, and despite the attraction he feels, Eoghan determines to use the girl's sweet nature to his advantage.
Adding to the danger is a specter from Eoghan's own past, one whose thirst for vengeance knows no bounds. Eoghan must choose which road to follow - bitterness or forgiveness - and where to finally place his trust.
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The story flowed easily and kept my attention. The narrator was excellent. I would recommend & I hope the 3rd bk in the series is recorded as audio bk.
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My family is historically Irish, so these stories of legal immigrants is fascinating to me. Good character development. I now enjoy audible books:). I can do many routine things while listening... Thus the mundane is more fun.
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Brooks, Adkins receive All-DSC girls basketball honors
St. Croix Central seniors Ashley Adkins and Nikki Brooks have been viewed as top basketball players in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference for most of their high school careers. That status was again validated when they were named to the 2011 All-DSC team.
Brooks was named to the All-DSC first team, while Adkins was a second team selection.
These seniors led the Panthers to a fourth place finish in the conference, with a 10-6 record.
Brooks has been the cornerstone of the Panthers' program for most of her high school career. This year she led the Panthers in nearly every statistical category, including points (247), rebounds (150), assists (77) and steals (60).
In each of the past two years, Brooks ranked among the top two players in the conference in assists.
"She's been our leader since she was a sophomore," said Panther coach Luke Fritsche. "She's a tremendous student-athlete."
Adkins could be nicknamed "Instant Offense." When she caught fire, no amount of defense could shut her down.
"Statistically, she was the best shooter in our conference," Fritsche said. "She seemed to hit big shots in the fourth quarter when we really needed them."
The Panthers held their team banquet on Tuesday, when team awards were announced. The awards include:
Most Improved: Jordan Risberg
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Ghost authorship is the failure to name, as an author, an individual who has made a substantial contribution to a scientific article. A study of 44 industry-initiated trials from Denmark in the 1990s found evidence of ghost authorship for 33 trials, which increased to 40 if a person qualifying for authorship was just acknowledged rather than being named as an author.
The researchers, led by Peter C. Gøtzsche from the Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark, studied all published industry-initiated randomised trials approved in 1994-1995 by the Scientific-Ethical Committees for Copenhagen and Frederiksberg in Denmark. They compared the full trial protocols (which were written before the trial was begun) approved by these ethical committees with the primary scientific report which resulted from these trials, and which was published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Ghost authorship was defined as present if individuals who wrote the trial protocol, performed the statistical analyses, or wrote the manuscript, were not listed as authors of the publication, or as members of a study group or writing committee, or in an acknowledgment. Of the 44 trials included, 43 were initiated by one of 26 multinational pharmaceutical firms and one by a local company.
In 31 trials, the ghost authors identified were statisticians. Eight publications acknowledged the assistance of statisticians, and four acknowledged the assistance of medical writers. Conversely, although all published reports had clinicians as authors no trial protocol or publication stated explicitly that the study report or the manuscript was to be written or was written by the clinical investigators, and none of the protocols stated that clinical investigators were to be involved with data analysis. It was also unclear whether clinicians had contributed to the protocols.
This study is the first that has systematically examined the prevalence of ghost authorship using a cohort of protocols and corresponding publications. The authors conclude that "ghost authorship in industry-initiated randomised trials is very common, and we believe that this practice serves commercial purposes". They go on to urge that in order to reduce the prevalence of ghost authorship existing guidelines, such as those drawn up by the International Committee on Medical Journal Editors, World Association of Medical Editors and European Medical Writers Association are followed. This action could increase the chance that publications accurately, fairly, and comprehensively reflect the data collected from trials
A related perspective by Liz Wager, an independent editorial consultant, who has been involved in drawing up guidelines for medical writers, discusses the implication of these findings further.
Citation: Gøtzsche PC, Hróbjartsson A, Johansen HK, Haahr MT, Altman DG, et al. (2007) Ghost authorship in industry-initiated randomised trials. PLoS Med 4(1): e19.
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Options for U.S. Policy Toward Burma
Asia Society Task Force Report Launch
Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Burma/Myanmar: Options for U.S. Policy
News media can call 212-327-9271 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information about the report, which is available for download at http://AsiaSociety.org/BurmaMyanmarReport
As the Obama administration turns to the thorny issue of engaging Burma's authoritarian regime, a new Asia Society Task Force report offers a detailed strategy that positions the United States to respond effectively and flexibly to the twists and turns that a potential transition in Burma may take over time. The stakes are high. With Burma's generals preparing to convene elections later this year, a comprehensive U.S. approach -- taken in concert with regional partners -- provides the best hope for bringing Burma into the world community.
The Task Force's report entitled Current Realities and Future Possibilities in Burma: Options for U.S. Policy recommends framing U.S. policy toward Burma based on changes taking place in the country with careful consideration of how the instruments at its disposal, including both the engagement and sanctions sides of the equation, can be tapped to encourage political and economic reform. To pursue these goals, the Task Force advises that the U.S. strategy should employ effective channels of communication, focused assistance programs, reform-oriented economic activity, coordination with Burma's neighbors and the international community, and, if and when necessary, the tightening of targeted financial sanctions.
The U.S. Task Force was co-chaired by General Wesley Clark and former Administrator of USAID Henrietta Fore, and directed by Suzanne DiMaggio, Director of Policy Studies at the Asia Society. During his 34-year career in the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense, General Clark was awarded many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As the Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance, holding the equivalent rank as Deputy Secretary of State, Ms. Fore oversaw U.S. relief efforts in Burma in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in May 2007. Ms. DiMaggio is an expert on U.S. foreign policy in Asia and engaging repressive governments, including Burma and Iran. Other members of the Task Force included Nobel Laureate in Economics Amartya Sen, former U.S. Under Secretary of State Thomas Pickering, and Executive Director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth, among others.
The Asia Society is simultaneously releasing a wide-ranging review of Asian policy toward Burma, incorporating national perspectives from leading experts in nine Asian countries. Taken as a whole, the reports present an agenda of policy prescriptions for regional governments and the international community. A common thread running through all the reports is a concern about the lack of a cohesive international strategy to deal with Burma. While all acknowledge that the real impetus for change must come from inside Burma, the reports also call attention to the potential significance of external influence on the country. The reports offering regional perspectives were contributed by experts from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
The report is available for download at: http://AsiaSociety.org/BurmaMyanmarReport
The press release is attached below.
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AUSTIN – A Texas judge says he plans to have a special prosecutor review allegations that Governor Rick Perry abused the powers of his office and broke the law over a veto that cut funding for state public corruption investigators.
Judge Robert Richardson told a newspaper in the state's capitol that he expects to name a special prosecutor as early as next week to look at the complaint filed by a watchdog group, Texans for Public Justice.
Perry's office on Thursday denied wrongdoing.
The complaint stems from the April drunken-driving arrest of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, whose office houses the Public Integrity Unit that is the state's criminal ethics arm. Its high-profile cases include the 2010 prosecution of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, and an ongoing investigation into the state's $3 billion cancer research agency.
Lehmberg pleaded guilty after her arrest and served half of a 45-day jail sentence. But she refused calls from Republicans to resign, including from Perry, who publicly said he would eliminate $3.7 million in annual state funding if she did not step down.
Lehmberg stayed in office, and Perry vetoed the money in June.
In a two-page complaint filed shortly after Perry's veto, the head of Texans for Public Justice accused Perry of possibly violating laws regarding coercion of a public servant, bribery, abuse of official capacity and official oppression.
"Governor Perry violated the Texas Penal Code by communicating offers and threats under which he would exercise his official discretion to veto the appropriation," wrote Craig McDonald, the group's executive director, in the June 26 complaint.
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The Couture Elegance collection provides you with contemporary and stylish dining furniture. This group has many options to choose from: two different-sized tables and chairs and four different colors of chairs to choose from. With Parsons-inspired styling, these items are simple yet chic. This collection also includes a sideboard with space to store extra dining utensils and dishes. Completed in a dark chocolate brown finish, the Couture Elegance collection is warm and inviting.
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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|27 Oct 2009
|Filing date
|28 Feb 2007
|Priority date
|28 Feb 2006
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|Publication number
|Fabrizio Nobili
|Original Assignee
|Fabrizio Nobili
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (65), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (24), Classifications (25), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a sink spray head with supply jet variation and flow rate regulation.
2. Description of the Related Art
As it is known, at present, sink spray heads on sale can be both of the "pulldown" type, i.e. associated with the tap pipe, or of the "pullout" type, i.e., withdrawable from the sink, and are structured in such a way as to execute the supply jet variation.
These spray heads are typically provided with two flanked keys which can be selectively activated so as to obtain an aerated central jet or, possibly, an indiscriminate peripheral jet.
These spray heads are also provided with a further key or button which gives the possibility to regulate the water flow rate until the supply is stopped.
There is a need for these types of spray heads to be provided with three distinct activation elements with both constructive and activation complexity, since if the flow rate regulation is to be executed then action is to be taken onto a key, which is different from the one that has allowed the choice of the supply jet type.
Moreover, when the closure of the water flow is executed by means of the flow rate regulation key, the spray head is inevitably positioned with the water supply in the central position, i.e., with aerated jet.
An aim of the present invention is that of realizing a sink spray head with supply jet variation and flow rate regulation, which gives the possibility to make the use of the spray head particularly simple, moreover conferring the possibility to simplify the use of the spray head.
A particular aim of the invention is that of realizing a spray head wherein the flow rate regulation executed directly by the spray head does not imply a variation of the supply jet type.
Another aim of the present invention is that of realizing a spray head which, thanks to its peculiar realization characteristics, is able to give the widest guarantees of reliability and safety of use.
Another aim of the present invention is that of realizing a spray head which can be easily obtained starting from elements and materials being commonly available on sale and which, moreover, is competitive from a merely economic point of view.
According to the present invention, the aims cited above are realized by a sink spray head with supply jet variation and flow rate regulation, comprising a body defining at least two distinct water supply areas communicating with a distribution chamber controlled by a diverting cut-off driven by two distinct selection keys accessible outside the body, a water flow rate regulation cut-off being also provided, characterized by the fact that the selection keys are operatively connected to the water flow rate regulation cut-off.
Further characteristics and advantages of the spray head according to the present invention will be better apparent from the description of a preferred, but non exclusive, embodiment of a sink spray head with supply jet variation and flow rate regulation, shown by way of indicative and non limiting example with the help of the annexed drawings.
With reference to the cited figures, the sink spray head with supply jet variation and flow rate regulation, according to the invention, and being indicated with reference number 1, comprises a body 2 (
The body 2 defines two distinct water supply areas which are constituted by a central area 6 for the supply of an aerated central jet and by a peripheral area 7 for the supply of an indiscriminate jet.
The areas 6 and 7 are in communication with a distribution chamber 8 wherein a diverting cut-off 10, which will be described in detail hereafter, acts.
As illustrated in
The chamber 8 defines a lower port 13 which controls the communication with the central area 6 and an upper port 14 which controls the communication with a passage hole 15 for the connection to the peripheral area 7.
The diverting cut-off 10 is connected to a small shaft 20 which is operatively associated with a first slide 21 which defines a first and a second weathering 22 and 23 opposite to each other and suitable for interacting with a first and second selection key 24 and 25 which are accessible outside the shell 5 on the external surface of the spray head.
The keys 24 and 25 are equipped with a respective stem 26 and 27, each of which ends with a double weathering end 28 and 29 which has the function of interacting with the opposite weathering sections 22 and 23 of the first slide 21.
More in detail, the first key 24, when activated, acts on the first weathering 22 causing the translation upwards (as viewed in the drawings) of the cut-off 10 which abuts onto the second port 14 placing the chamber 8 in communication with the central jet.
By acting on the second key 25, it weathering end 29 engages with the second weathering 23 causing the translation downwards (as viewed in the drawings) of the cut-off 10, with consequent closure of the first port and opening of the second port with passage of the water through the chamber 8 towards the opening 15, which is in communication with the second area 7 or peripheral area which executes a supply with an indiscriminate jet.
First elastic means are then provided constituted by a first return spring 30 which acts between an abutment spigot 31 defined inside the body 2 and the first slide 21 so as to bring, under non activation conditions, the diverting cut-off 10 back in abutment onto the second port 14, putting the delivery 11 in communication with the central jet.
An important peculiarity of the invention is that the keys 24 and 25, besides executing the selection, are also able to operate the flow rate regulation, by acting on the flow rate regulation cut-off 40 which controls the port 12 and which is associated with a second small shaft 41 connected to a second slide 42 which is equipped with two inclined ramps 43 parallel and spaced from each other which can be engaged by the ends 28 and 29 of the keys 24 and 25 which execute an extra-stroke with respect to the stroke in engagement with the slide.
For completing the assembly, second elastic means are then provided constituted by a second return spring 45 which acts between the second slide 42 and an upper spigot 46 defined by the body 2.
As schematically shown in
By further pressing the first key 24, as shown in
It is to be noted that the stem 26 of the first key 24 is positioned, spigot-wise, on the lower edge 22 a of the slide 21, therefore the slide 21, even when the flow rate is interrupted, by means of the key 24, can change its positioning.
As shown in
By further acting on the second key 25, as shown in
Also in this case it is to be noted that the first slide 21 maintains the position taken, since the stem 27 of the second key 25 is positioned, spigot-wise, with the upper wall 23 a of the first slide, preventing it from modifying its positioning.
With the solution described it thus results that, even interrupting the flow, by acting on the keys 24 or 25 the positioning taken by the diverting cut-off 10 is not modified.
In case the flow is instead interrupted by acting on the tap, the first return spring 30 causes the translation of the diverting cut-off 10 upwards, making reference to the drawings, therefore the successive supply occurs, as typical, always in the central area.
As per what has been above shown, it is clear how the invention attains the proposed aims and in particular underlines the fact that a spray head is realised wherein only two activation keys are present giving the possibility to execute the variation of the supply jet, i.e., the deviation of the jet supply from the central area to the peripheral area, or vice versa, and offering the possibility, with a further stroke, to execute the flow rate regulation, since it is enough that the user further acts on the key which is, at the moment, pressed for obtaining the flow rate regulation until it is totally interrupted.
Another important aspect is that the spray head body is connected to the connection mouth 3 by means of a ball joint which allows a user to vary, at will, the relative positioning between body 2 and mouth, therefore it is possible, by maintaining the same mechanics, to vary, at will, the external conformation of the spray head.
The invention thus conceived can be subjected to several modifications and versions all within the inventive concept.
Moreover, all the details will have the possibility to be substituted by other technically equivalent elements.
In practice, the materials used, as well as the dimensions and the specific shapes, will be of any type according to the needs.
Advantageously, according to the spray head of the present invention, the flow rate regulation executed directly by the spray head does not imply a variation of the supply jet type.
The spray head, thanks to its peculiar realization features, is able to give the widest guarantees of reliability and safety of use,.
Moreover, the spray head can be easily realized starting from elements and materials being commonly available on sale and which, moreover, is competitive from a merely economic point of view.
All of the above U.S. patents, U.S. patent application publications, U.S. patent applications, foreign patents, foreign patent applications and non-patent publications referred to in this specification and/or listed in the Application Data Sheet, are incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety.
From the foregoing it will be appreciated that, although specific embodiments of the invention have been described herein for purposes of illustration, various modifications may be made without deviating from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited except as by the appended claims.
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|Wrightway Mfg Co
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|Aqua Chem Inc
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|19 Jan 1982
|Emile Jette
|Water flow control device for a showerhead
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|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– An analysis released this week shows that offshore wind potential is so high off the U.S. Atlantic coast that investments in offshore wind power in Atlantic waters could generate about 30 percent more electricity than economically recoverable offshore oil and gas combined in the same region.
Oceana's new analysis, "Untapped Wealth: The Potential of Offshore Energy to Deliver Clean, Affordable Energy and Jobs," estimated wind power potential using very conservative methods, to show that offshore wind on the Atlantic coast could provide much greater energy potential than offshore oil and gas combined. This energy could be used to heat homes and businesses, generate power or power electric vehicles.
New Jersey has the third highest offshore wind power capacity among U.S. Atlantic states. The projected 16 gigawatts of offshore wind power from the state's waters could generate at least 92% of the electricity currently generated in the state, eliminating all fossil fuel-based electric generation in the state. In the Mid-Atlantic, offshore wind could provide an amount of electricity equivalent to the electricity generated by all fossil fuels used in that region. Wind from offshore could heat about seven times more homes, produce three times more power, or power four times more cars as the new offshore oil and gas resources combined.
If 16 gigawatts of power are generated off the state's coast, Oceana estimates that approximately 17,000 to 27,000 permanent jobs could be created for New Jersey.
"Oceana's research reveals that harnessing offshore wind power in New Jersey waters could provide tremendous benefits to the state." said Jacqueline Savitz, Oceana senior campaign director and analysis co-author. "If investing in offshore wind farms can bring in more energy for less money, create more jobs and prevent oil spills, why wouldn't we do it? Our research shows that New Jersey can prosper and help protect the oceans with offshore wind," Savitz added.
"This report lays to rest any debate about the benefits of offshore wind," said Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ). It is an industry that can create more jobs than offshore drilling and do it in a way that does not risk devastating our shorelines with an accident. It is time for our country to create incentives that allow us to catch up to the offshore wind achievements in Europe and in China. It is essential to our economy and to our planet," Menendez added.
Oceana's research also reveals that offshore wind developments off the U.S. Atlantic coastline could create between 133,000 and 212,000 jobs annually in the United States, more than three times the jobs estimate from proposed future expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling.
Oceana's report reveals the potential benefits of offshore wind in Atlantic waters:
- Delaware, Massachusetts and North Carolina could generate enough electricity from offshore wind to equal current electricity generation, entirely eliminating the need for fossil fuel- based electric generation.
- New Jersey, Virginia and South Carolina could supply 92 percent, 83 percent and 64 percent of their current electricity generation with offshore wind, respectively. In all these states, wind could provide more energy than the states currently get from fossil fuels.
- The wind-rich Atlantic states could easily supply nearly half the current electricity generation of the U.S. East Coast.
- Atlantic offshore wind energy could be produced for less money than corresponding oil and gas and will create more jobs.
U.S. offshore wind generation capacity on the Atlantic coast is at least 127 gigawatts, an amount roughly equal to European projections for offshore wind-generated energy by 2030 on that continent.
American companies General Electric and Clipper Windpower are already manufacturing offshore wind turbines and turbine components for customers in the United Kingdom and Europe. Americans could benefit greatly from an expansion of the wind power market, including domestic manufacturing of offshore wind components.
Economic & Efficiency Benefits
While wind energy, oil and gas are not currently used for the exact same purposes, comparing their capacity to heat homes, generate electricity and power electric vehicles is helpful in demonstrating the potential future benefits of wind, which can only be realized if we prioritize its development now.
Wind Power Benefits Easily Trump Fossil Fuel Benefits
For example, in the U.S. South Atlantic, offshore wind could heat more homes than offshore oil and natural gas resources combined, for less than half the price.
In the U.S. mid-Atlantic region, offshore wind could generate more electricity than currently generated by fossil fuels, produce three times as much power, heat seven times as many homes or fuel four times more electric cars as the region's estimated offshore oil and gas resources combined.
In the U.S. North Atlantic region, offshore wind could generate as much electricity as currently generated by oil and natural gas or as generated by coal. The electricity generated by offshore wind could heat nearly four times as many homes as the region's estimated offshore oil and gas resources combined.
Additional comparisons are provided in Oceana's report.
Investments in offshore wind energy could help reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, while protecting our health and slowing climate change. However, choosing to invest resources in "all of the above" energy choices will result in competition between offshore wind and fossil fuels for parts, maritime expertise, installation vessels and more. Reaping the full benefits of offshore wind will require prioritizing development of wind farms over oil and gas wells.
As the Obama administration deliberates about whether to open the Atlantic coast to offshore oil and gas drilling, Oceana's analysis shows clearly that an investment in clean energy would yield stronger economic returns than offshore oil and gas development.
Oceana recommends that the U.S. begin to transition away from offshore fossil fuel development now, by taking the following positive steps:
- Eliminate federal subsidies for fossil fuels and re-direct those federal funds to renewable energy development and energy efficiency programs
- Stop all new offshore drilling for oil and gas, to prevent future spills and reduce competition for resources and professional expertise. Such competition will slow the development of offshore wind power.
- Ban new oil and gas development in previously protected areas in the Atlantic Ocean, where renewable energy is more cost effective
- Stop any new oil and gas development in the Arctic Ocean, until and unless independent science demonstrates that it will not impact marine ecosystems and demonstrates that sufficient spill response capabilities exist in those areas
- Prioritize the leasing of installation ships for wind turbine installation
- Increase and make permanent the production and investment tax credit for wind energy, outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009.
- Increase and make permanent the Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program for opening, expanding or modernizing facilities to manufacture offshore wind turbine components, and extend this program to turbine installation vessel manufacturing.
- Increase long-term demand for and supply of renewable energy, through a robust Renewable Electricity Standard and Loan Guarantee programs for renewable energy projects, technology manufacturing and training.
- Accelerate the electrification of the U.S. fleet through incentives to automobile manufacturers and purchasers, while building charging stations and other necessary infrastructure to increase use of electric vehicles.
"Investment in wind power off America's Atlantic coast would create hundreds of thousands of good jobs and help wean us off oil, while reducing energy costs for consumers. Oceana urges policymakers and private investors to make offshore wind development a priority," said Jacqueline Savitz.
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It is 1953. The Anasazi are in extreme danger deep within the Restricted Area of Mesa Verde. The journal of a past Indian agent is found with entries about the Anasazi and a treasure. Now, treasure hunters threaten to discover and destroy their village. Nothing will get in their way. A spirit, befriended by the Anasazi, asks for Jack Trader's help. He joins forces with Ranger Samantha Baker to stop the threat before it's too late. As a last resort, the Anasazi will take matters into their own hands. They are the 'coyote people,' able to transform with deadly consequences.
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ROME (Reuters) - The Italian health ministry said on Wednesday that it had imposed an immediate ban on the sale and use of four anti-influenza vaccines produced by Swiss drugs group Novartis pending tests for possible side effects.
The ministry said it advised citizens not to buy or use the drugs Agrippal, Fluad, subunit Influpozzi and adjunvated Influpozzi until further notice. It said 487,738 vaccine doses were affected.
The move comes after the Italian Pharmaceutical Agency decided that further tests on the products may be necessary following indications of possible side effects.
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Last week Italy's health ministry said Netherlands-based vaccine maker Crucell, a unit of U.S. drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, had suspended a delivery of 2.36 million seasonal flu vaccine doses to Italy after finding problems with two lots of it.
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Managed SSL VPN services are expected to show strong growth over the next five years according to a report by Frost & Sullivan...
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While still a small percentage of the total Managed Security Services Markets (MSSP), managed SSL VPN services will likely reach 10% of the total market by 2007.
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SSL VPN services will grow to steal a significant contribution from the firewall/IPSec VPN sector, ramping up to the third largest contributor of MSSP by 2011," according to the report.
According to separate research by Infonetics Research, SSL-based remote access VPN managed services is on the rise. In fact, the number of service providers offering SSL VPN services doubled between 2003 and 2004.
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UltiScore, a MUFA-centric Ultimate Frisbee scoreboard app.
Ultimate Frisbee scoreboard. High contrast text for good visibility in daylight. Quick access to viewing and emailing the game history. Location detection and automatic sunset calculation. Universal app.
Designed specifically for MUFA, the Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association, but can be used for any game/league.
– Alerts (on screen and audible) for soft cap / hard cap / game over.
– Automatically detects current location and adds to game log.
– Click on team to customize name.
– Select default MUFA cap/game times, choose soft cap based on local sunset time, or custom game/cap time.
– Hit play to start cap alerting.
– Once a point is scored, team score highlights in green and then fades to white over two minutes, for instant visual feedback of last score.
– Click on log button to bring up the complete game history, and optionally email it.
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Neal Kedzie's new job: president of Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association
MADISON—Former Republican state Sen. Neal Kedzie will be the new president of Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association, according to a news release.
Effective July 1, Kedzie will be replacing Tom Howells, who is retiring after 35 years.
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association is a non-profit trade association with 1,050 members, according to the release. The association works with the American Trucking Associations in Washington, D.C., regarding federal issues, according to its website.
Kedzie, who represented the 11th Senate District, announced in April he was seeking re-election.
In May, he said he was retiring to spend more time with his family and pursue opportunities outside of state government, according to a previous release.
He announced June 16 he was resigning his Senate seat that day to pursue a "new opportunity." To pursue the opportunity, he had to resign, according to an earlier news release.
Kedzie, 58, was first elected to the Senate in 2002, then re-elected in 2006 and 2010. Before the Senate, he served four years in the Assembly as the 43rd District representative.
Prior to state politics, Kedzie was a government relations representative for the Wisconsin Electric Power Company and commercial and industrial coordinator in the marketing division for Wisconsin Southern Gas, according to Tuesday's release.


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RICHMOND is considering elevating former GWS midfielder Anthony Miles next week as the Tigers run out of chances to turn around their season.
Miles is in contention for elevation for Richmond's contest against Melbourne after the bye after another prolific VFL game.
He won 37 touches against Geelong's VFL side on Sunday at Punt Road, with 24 contested touches and a dozen clearances.
And while the Tigers overlooked him to elevate Matt Thomas and Orren Stephenson in the pre-season, Jake King's toe injury has put the small forward on the long-term injury list.
It frees the path to elevate Miles, who has clearly been the club's best VFL player of the year.
Miles impressed not only with his clearance ability in the NAB Cup but also with his tidy disposal, with VFL coach Tim Clarke resigned to losing him to the seniors soon.
He played ten games for GWS after being recruited as a zone selection but was delisted at the end of 2013.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick told On The Couch on Monday he believed the season was still alive despite the club's 2-5 record.
But ruckman Ivan Maric is still as many as three weeks away after ankle surgery.
"If there was a game at VFL level he would play (this weekend) so he's probably about 2-3 weeks away. He's an important player. Guys play well around him. You could see with the addition of (Alex) Rance and (Brett) Deledio how we played. We will have a bit of a mini-review and the players are off Thursday and Friday. We look forward to recharging the batteries but the season is still alive."
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An elderly Newark man missing since Jan. 10 has been found 3,000 miles from home.
Jude Hunter, 81, was discovered in New York City about a week after he did not return to his residential care home from a doctor's appointment in East Oakland, Cmdr. Robert Douglas said.
Hunter, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, was reported missing after he missed his pre-scheduled ride home from the appointment with a local transportation service, police said.
Newark police received a phone call Tuesday from employees at a Manhattan hospital, saying that Hunter had been found safe and sound and reported no injuries, Douglas said.
New York City police then verified Hunter's identity, authorities said.
The man is expected to return soon to the care home in Newark, police said.
Police are investigating why Hunter traveled to the East Coast, Douglas said.
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.


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TAMPA - TAMPA Knowing his team was facing a short week for its Big East Conference opener this week at Pittsburgh, University of South Florida coach Skip Holtz did his best last week to make up for some lost time. Holtz and his staff spent an hour each night after normal game-week preparations for UTEP to lay the groundwork for Thursday's nationally-televised meeting with the Panthers. And on Friday, when his staff is normally out recruiting, Holtz kept the group home and spent the day formulating the Bulls' game-plan. But plenty of challenges with tweaking the game-week schedule still exist for the Bulls, who rose to No. 16 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 14 in the USA Today coaches poll following a 52-24 win over UTEP at Raymond James Stadium. The team's on-field preparations were wiped out Sunday because of inclement weather, though the Bulls were able to get quality time in the film room. With today typically being an off day and dedicated to academics, many players have classes scheduled deep into the evening, putting the Bulls in the unenviable position of staging a 9:30 p.m. practice."There's a big emphasis for the players to get over here, to spend a little bit extra time watching film and doing what you need to do because what you're normally putting into a seven-day routine we've got to wedge into not only five days, but with a travel day almost four," Holtz said. "It's going to make it difficult." Of course, Pittsburgh is in the same situation with having to prepare on a short week, though without the burden of traveling, but the Panthers don't have one thing the Bulls do – positive momentum. While USF (4-0) got through the season's first month unscathed, Pittsburgh has lost its past two games following a 2-0 start under new coach Todd Graham. Two weeks ago the Panthers had a 17-point lead at Iowa with 12 minutes to play but ended up losing, 31-27. On Saturday, Pittsburgh again had a fourth-quarter lead but couldn't hold on in an eventual 15-12 home loss to Notre Dame, a team the Bulls defeated 23-20 in the season's opening week. Still, the Bulls know they're going to be in for a dogfight. "I think they're getting better and better. Very similar to probably where we were a year ago," Holtz said of the Panthers, who edged USF, 17-10, last season in Tampa. "The first couple games they found a way to win but probably not clicking on all cylinders, but they're getting better and better. … We're going to have our hands full." Mitchell update There was positive news regarding the injury Saturday night to sophomore receiver/punt returner Terrence Mitchell, who was taken off the field on a stretcher after making a tackle early in the fourth quarter when UTEP executed a fake punt. Mitchell was released from the hospital late Saturday night, and tests revealed that he sustained a concussion but no other damage. "We have no idea of the outcome and how long that will last. We just have to see how he responds," Holtz said. "He has a pretty good headache today, but he came back over to the office this morning and it was nice to see his smiling face in there talking. We'll proceed with extreme caution with that, just with the severity of it." Injury update Holtz expects all three players who missed the UTEP game with an injury – CB Quenton Washington (knee), S Tyson Butler (hamstring) and OL Tony Kibler (knee) – to be available Thursday. The only other injury concern outside of Mitchell is CB Ernie Tabuteau (back).
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INDIANOLA, Sanpete County — Police have identified a construction worker who was killed Thursday when he was run over by the truck he was driving.Comment on this story
Ruben Maldonaldo, 40, of Ephraim, died following the accident that occurred around 9:15 a.m. Thursday when he and a colleague were hauling a piece of equipment to a construction site, according to the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office. Maldonaldo, who was driving, attempted to take the truck up a hill, but the vehicle didn't make it and started to roll backward.
"The driver jumped out of the truck, and it appears he was run over by the truck," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Maldonaldo was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger stayed in the truck until it came to a stop and was not injured.
Sheriff's officials said the incident remains under investigation.
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By Merrill Reese: Its terrific when the Eagles can get off to a 2-0 start and you know they're capable of playing even better.
If you told me they could turn over the football five times in one game and four in the other and overcome their mistakes both times I would have said no way, but you can only bounce back so often.
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Two teams from Kyrene de los Cerritos finished in the top five at a state tournament designed to encourage scientific problem solving.
Odyssey of the Mind, held at Canyon del Oro High School in Tucson on Saturday, involved teams from across Arizona competing in five different scenarios. One team from Cerritos placed third in the Le Tour Guide scenario and the other placed fifth in Extreme Mousemobiles.
The Mousemobiles team was made up of fourth and fifth grade students who designed a vehicle that was powered by only a mousetrap. The vehicle was sent through a series of obstacles and the students were judged on results and style of their performance.
"It helps to have a creative performance to go along with all the things they needed to do for their vehicles," team coach and Cerritos teacher Michelle Lamp said.
The Le Tour Guide team of fifth graders were required to bring an animate object to life to aid their performance, which involved taking the audience on a "tour" of several locations. The Cerritos students used a "Wizard of Oz" theme and brought a ruby slipper to life as they went through locations from the movie.
"It's a very creative way to get the students to work together and think on their feet," Lamp said.
The maximum the Mousemobiles team could spend was $145 and the Le Tour Guide had to spend under $125.
The teams just missed qualifying for the world tournament that takes place in May at the University of Maryland. The top two teams from each division advanced.
"Our kids did well," Lamp said. "We had a few technical difficulties, but they worked really hard on everything."
Cerritos was the only Kyrene school that competed in the tournament, but Lamp hopes the program will grow within the district for next year. In addition to elementary school teams, middle school, high school and college students competed in the state tournament.


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2012 Fourth of July event a success
New Richmond's annual Fourth of July celebration was bigger and better in 2012.
Along with the traditional fireworks display, the Kiwanis Club of New Richmond hosted kids' games with prizes. Local veterans organizations presented the colors prior to the big show, The Centre offered bounce houses for the young ones and concessions were provided as well.
A good crowd was on hand for the steamy event in Hatfield Park. The fireworks were reportedly top notch.


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BBC Radio to raise awareness of MMS via one-day campaign
BBC Radio 1 is teaming up with the Mobile Data Association to give listeners in Britain a free picture messaging day.
Consumers will be able to send the radio station free picture messages from their mobile phones on Friday, Dec. 11 as part of the broadcaster?s planed Access All Areas week. Listeners who send their pictures to the BBC short code 81199 may see their photos on the BBC Radio 1 Web site.
?BBC Radio 1 knows that mobile phones are loved by young people in Britainand that they use their phones to connect with the station on a daily basis,? said Ben Chapman, interactive editor at BBC Radio 1, London. ?An average of around 450,000 text messages arrive into the station a month.
?Now that camera phones are prolific and in young people's pockets, Radio 1, the MDA and the carriers collaborated to remove the critical cost barrier and explain how simple it is to send a picture to others,? he said. ?The MDA have also prepared http://getsettings.org to help people change the settings on their phones so they can take part.
?This fits with the BBC's [strategy] to build a digital Britain.?
BBC Radio is a British national radio station operated by the BBC that plays the current popular music and chart hits throughout the day.
The MDA claims to reflect the common voice of the mobile data industry and is a mobile trade association in Britain that promotes the use and benefits of mobile data.
Raising awareness for picture messaging
To participate in the free picture messaging day, consumers need a wireless data plan with 3, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Tesco Mobile, Vodafone or Virgin Media.
Only picture messages sent to the Radio 1 short code 81199 between midnight Thursday Dec. 10 and midnight Friday Dec. 11 will be free.
Radio 1?s target demographic is consumers ages 15-29.
Mr. Chapman said that the message around digital literacy is broad and that BBC Radio 1 hopes to reach a wide range of consumers so they get the best out of their phones and interact with the radio station.
The free picture messaging event will be talked about on-air and linked to from the BBC Radio 1 homepage and Radio 1 mobile pages.
Mr. Chapman said that the key issue for the BBC is to manage the picture messages and ensure they are appropriate and then do something creative with them.
According to the BBC, the main goal for the promotion is to raise awareness of multimedia messaging ? MMS ? as a valid and interactive communication medium.
?With the picture messages gathered, BBC Radio 1 hopes to produce compelling interactive online promotional content which involves their listeners,? Mr. Chapman said.


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I think Ace is very nice looking but I don't get what everyone loved about his performance the other night. His voice is OK but too high and whiny sounding for my taste. And he looked like he was trying too hard to be sexy. And I too thought the song choice was kind of creepy, singing "I'll be your daddy" in a sexual way?
Still, I'd rate him in about he middle of the pack... I'd probably give that last performance a 6.


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Finally my new refrig is here. With my arthritis and fibro I could not bend down to see what was in refrig or to clean it. and hubby not much help on this project. So continually had a dirty fridge (YUCK) and threw a lot of food away as if you can't see it you forget you have it.
Today my french door fridge came. Heaven on earth. Can see everything in it, shelves pull out, and not bending. Doing happy dance here.


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Arsenal have the chance of extending their lead in third place of the Premier League with a triumph over Aston Villa on Saturday.
The Gunners leapfrogged local rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the table after defeating Everton 1-0 at Goodison Park in mid-week, while Aston Villa will attempt to clinch their second victory in seven games.
Arsene Wenger could start Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott at the Emirates, with Robin van Persie leading the line and Aaron Ramsey slotting in midfield.
Villa boss Alex McLeish will have to continue without Richard Dunne and Ciaran Clarke until April but Charles N'Zogbia should keep his place on the wing for the trip to North London.
Current form:
Arsenal: LWWWWW
Aston Villa: DLLDDW
Possible lineups:
Arsenal: Szczesny; Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs; Walcott, Ramsey, Arteta, Song, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Van Persie
Aston Villa: Given; Hutton, Warnock, Collins, Cuellar; N'Zogbia, Ireland, Petrov, Albrighton; Herd, Agbonlahor
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LOS ANGELES, June 8 (UPI) -- Actor Henry Ian Cusick isn't returning to the Washington-set political drama "Scandal" for a second season, The Hollywood Reporter said.
The former "Lost" star and "Scandal" show-runner Shonda Rhimes parted amicably, but no specific reason was given for the split, the entertainment industry newspaper said.
Joshua Malina, a former "West Wing" cast member who played the recurring role of U.S. Attorney David Rosen on "Scandal" last season, will join the ensemble full-time in Season 2, The Hollywood Reporter said.


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The master of arts program in composition at Mills has trained generations of composers from all over the world in the American experimentalist tradition. Composition students at Mills learn in a free-thinking environment that encourages creative work in a wide variety of styles. In addition to taking courses in orchestration, tonal and post-tonal analysis, and contemporary music criticism, they are encouraged to cross disciplinary boundaries and to pursue studies in special areas of interest that may include improvisation, indeterminacy, and environmental sound composition, as well as composing for dance and film.
Our core composition faculty, Fred Frith and Roscoe Mitchell, have won international renown as composers and performers across the musical spectrum, from conventionally notated work to a wide range of experimental practices. We regularly invite distinguished guest composers to teach at Mills—most recently Hilda Paredes and Zeena Parkins—and composition students may study electronic and computer music with faculty from the Center for Contemporary Music, the historic electronic music studio that has been a pioneering presence in American music for more than 40 years. Also teaching in the Composition Program are scholars David Bernstein, a specialist in the music of John Cage and the tonal theories of Arnold Schoenberg, and Nalini Ghuman, whose interests include post-colonial perspectives on musical Orientalism, nationalism, and cross-cultural musical exchange.
To enhance our students' learning experience, Mills sponsors at least one visiting composer each year. Lou Harrison was the first Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-in-Residence in 1998–99, followed in consecutive years by Gordon Mumma, José Maceda, Bun-Ching Lam, Cecil Taylor, Meredith Monk, Terry Riley, James Tenney, Maggie Nicols, Helmut Lachenmann, Muhal Richard Abrams, Julia Wolfe, Christian Wolff, Alvin Lucier, Laurie Anderson, and George Lewis. In addition, current resident artists of the Eclipse Quartet, a vibrant string quartet specializing in contemporary music, visit each semester to perform as well as work with student composers and musicians.


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Anamika Bhatnagar has been promoted to publishing director, Scholastic Press. She was previously executive editor. Megan Bender has joined the company as editorial assistant, and Elizabeth Tiffany has joined the production department as assistant production editor, digital.
Patrick Thomas has been named managing director at Milkweed Editions in Minneapolis. Previously an editor & program manager there, Thomas joined Milkweed in 2003 as an intern.


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This week we talk about the IPO heard 'round the world, that of Dutch antivirus outfit AVG.
Wait, that's the IPO y'all were talking about, right?
Of course, we get into some of the nitty gritty gossip around the Facebook IPO, from what the MySpace CEO had to say about it to how Mr. Mark Zuckerberg used some clever contractual maneuvers to maintain control of the company and its board.
And what would VB Weekly be without a little fun and games? We chat about our Dean Takahashi's recent exclusive interview with game creator Lord British, a.k.a. Richard Garriott, who says he'll be writing his next video from space. No kidding.


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06/27/2012 11:25 AM - Mike Peck
For the second straight summer, the head coaches of most teams in Rockford's division and conference are getting turned over. Through June 27, seven of the 15 teams in the Western Conference, including three of the five in the Midwest Division, will have new faces behind the bench.
Here is list of the movers and shakers so far in the Western Conference:
Out: Craig MacTavish (Departed organization)
In: Scott Arniel
Grand Rapids
Out: Curt Fraser (Promoted to Dallas-Assistant Coach)
In: Jeff Blashill
Out: Clement Jodin (Promoted to Montreal-Assistant Coach)
In: Sylvain Lefebvre
Lake Erie
Out: David Quinn (Promoted to Colorado-Assistant Coach)
In: TBA
Out: Ian Herbers (Departed organization)
In: Dean Evason
Out: Jared Bednar (Fired)
In: Dave Allison
Out: Jeff Pyle (Fired)
In: Willie Desjardins
A few of the names might sound familiar. Arniel coached the Manitoba Moose from2006-09 before he was hired as the head coach in Columbus with the Blue Jackets. Allison was the head coach of the Iowa Stars from 2005-08.
A quick take on the draft-
I won't offer a grade, but for the first time since Rockford's been affiliated with Chicago, the Blackhawks took a European player with their first selection. It's the first time since 2002 that Chicago took a player not from North America with their first pick when they grabbed Anton Babchuk (Russia) with the 21st overall selection.
As for the two goalies selected late in the draft (Brandon Whitney and Matt Tomkins), these two players are probably two-to-three seasons away from even sniffing Rockford and if they are NHL bound, five-to-six years away from that. With Kent Simpson and Mac Carruth close to entering the Blackhawks system and the emergence of Carter Hutton, the Blackhawks are really trying to keep the goalie cupboard stocked.
They also drafted Swedish goalie Johan Mattson with their final selection in the 2011 draft giving them five goaltending draft picks over the past three years.
Going back to 2003 (and not counting the 2010 or 2011 drafts), 55.7% of the Blackhawks' selections played in the organization (39 of the 70 picks). Of those 39 picks, four played on AHL contracts.
So of the eight picks taken by Chicago last weekend, percentages say that four, maybe five of the players chosen, will end up in the organization.
Taking it one step further, 20 of the 70 picks (20.8%) have played in the NHL so far with Chicago. This number, however, doesn't include prospects like Kyle Beach, Shawn Lalonde, Joe Lavin, Byron Froese and Peter LeBlanc who could all see time in Chicago at some point.
Using that percentage, two players from the 2012 NHL Blackhawks draft class will see NHL time in Chicago.
Of course this is all based on percentages. The 2009 draft has already had three of the eight players selected play in the NHL and the 2004 class featured seven of 17 players who suited up for the Hawks at some point. On the flip side, the 2006 draft produced Jonathan Toews for Chicago, but he is the only skater of the nine picked to play with the Blackhawks.
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Netanyahu can only bring back disillusioned liberal Jews such as Jonathan Chait, Roger Cohen, and Ezra Klein by enhancing Abbas' status in the ceasefire talks, backing a settlement freeze and showing he hasn't abandoned the two state solution.
As the war in Gaza has progressed, the American media has been increasingly critical of Israel. And I am not referring to biased TV coverage, with its...
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Kids swap clothes for cash
9:20pm Friday 11th July 2014
9:20pm Friday 11th July 2014
PARK Junior Primary School in Stonehouse collected bags of textiles worth more than over £200 for the Rags 2 Riches 4 Schools charity.
The weigh-in managed to earned the school £221.95 with the total weight of bags at 341.45 kilos.
Parents and pupils were encouraged to clear their homes of all unwanted goods including shoes, clothes and tops, jeans, coats and bedding to donate to the charity at 65p per bag.
The children were visited by On Friday morning the mascot of Rags 2 Riches visited the school to weigh and collect the bags.
Textiles were weighed in and in return per kilo of goods the school receive 65p to put towards PTA funds.
While being a 100 per cent efficient recycling process it is an easy and quick way for the school to earn some much needed cash.
As well as keeping children involved by encouraging them to donate what they can.
Money raised The money raised from the recycling will be spent on new outdoor play equipment for the pupils to enjoy, and remaining cash will go back into parent-teacher association funds.
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The No. 1 ranked UC San Diego baseball team gave up a tying run in the ninth then rallied to win the NCAA West Regional semifinal 4-3 over No. 24 Cal State Dominguez Hills Friday night in Compton.
With the bases loaded and one out and the score tied 3-3, Brandon Gregorich was hit by a pitch and the Tritons moved just one win away from a possible return trip to Cary, N.C. for the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship.
The Tritons will aim for that berth today when it takes the field at 4 p.m. against either Hawaii Pacific or Cal State Dominguez Hills.
Brittany Knudsen and Ashley Rose homered, and sophomore Justeen Maeva had three of SDSU's 13 hits as San Diego State (32-14, 10-4) beat host New Mexico 6-1.
Track and field
Pole vaulters Stephanie James, Katie Morgan and Kelsy Hintz combined to score 16 of the team's 25 points to pace SDSU at the 2010 Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M.
The 25 points placed the Aztecs in sixth after seven events.


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If you are doing interop debugging (managed+native debugging), I strongly recommend that you have symbols for mscorwks.dll. Interop debugging requires the debugger to walk the stack through stubs from mscorwks.dll, and without symbols, the debugger is going to get this wrong.
To download symbols for mscorwks.pdb:
For Visual Studio 2003:
See this KB article.
For Visual Studio 2005:
- Create a new directory to cache symbols
- Go to Tools->Options->Debugging->Symbols
- Add http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols to the search path
- Set the cache directory
One last note: symbols are big and can be slow to download. So you might want to download the symbols once, and then only load symbols from your symbol cache. To do this in Visual Studio 2005, simply uncheck http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols from Tools->Options->Debugging->Symbols. For Visual Studio 2003, you need to remove the '*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols' from the end of your symbol path.


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Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 | 7:12 a.m.
By Launce Rake
Las Vegas Sun
Southern Nevada has been on the frontier of a lot of things for a long time: gambling, prostitution, cheap thrills. Even nuclear testing and weapons development.
And now a California company sees us on the frontier of space.
LaunchPoint Technologies of Goleta says it is developing technology to send packages into orbit from a large, open and secure area.
Think the Nevada Test Site, an hour's drive northwest of Las Vegas.
LaunchPoint Vice President Jim Fiske said the company's system involves some patented modifications of an older technology - magnetic levitation - that essentially would accelerate a package along a circular track and then whip it into space at more than 20,000 mph.
The technology could launch small satellites, including weapons, or could be used to send material into space to support manned missions.
The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research has put about $600,000 into the project, and the company is refining its analysis of the cost of actually building a launch system.
Although more precise figures won't be known for a few more months, "our numbers are looking pretty good, even better than we expected," Fiske said.
Vicki Stein, a spokeswoman for the Air Force research office, said the Goleta project is worth investigating.
"We're interested in being able to pursue ways to send microsatellites into space," she said. "We're looking into all those possibilities on a fundamental research level."
The system is based on creating acceleration - enough to make a 175-pound man weigh about a million pounds.
While such gravity is lethal, Fiske said LaunchPoint is preparing a proposal for NASA's Institute of Advanced Concepts next month that might make it possible to take far more perishable packages into orbit.
"I can't talk about that yet," he said.
Fiske stressed that the company is a long way from building a magnetic-levitation launch system at the Test Site or anywhere else. The Nevada site has been mentioned only because it meets some of the basic requirements for the technology.
"What we need for the launch ring is a big, flat, open area that is a long ways from people," Fiske said. Dry lake beds such as the kind found at the Test Site or elsewhere in the Mojave Desert fit the bill, but so does Edwards Air Force Base. The Test Site also comes with the requisite security.
He said the hypersonic speed of the projectile to be fired from the launch ring would create a sonic boom, but the effect of the boom would probably be limited.
"Our projectiles will leave the atmosphere so fast that even the sonic boom probably won't travel far," Fiske said. "In Las Vegas, they probably won't hear our launches at all."
He said the goal of the company now is to get the Defense Department, NASA or even another commercial investor to support the effort.
"Ultimately, assuming that we are successful, this is going to change our relationship to space," Fiske said.
The cost of taking something into orbit is now about $5,000 a pound. He said the goal would be to lower the cost to $100 a pound. That would make launching satellites or supporting manned space missions a lot cheaper.
This isn't the first time the Test Site, which has been home to above- and below-ground nuclear test explosions and where federal officials hope to store 77,000 tons of radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, has been discussed as a site for orbital launches.
In 1999 a company called Kistler Aerospace went as far as gaining a permit from Test Site managers at the Energy Department for launching the company's two-stage rocket. But the company never launched a rocket from the Test Site and according to its most recent statements has moved operations to Australia.
Still, there is a history there. Bob Loux, executive director of Nevada's Agency for Nuclear Projects, a state agency battling the Yucca Mountain waste dump, noted that the state supported the Kistler Aerospace effort.
"The state has always been supportive of non-nuclear related activities at the Test Site," Loux said.
Peggy Maze Johnson, executive director of the group Citizen Alert, which has battled the federal government's weapons and waste-related projects at the Test Site, said an orbital launch system would be a good project for the site.
"Anything except bombs," said Johnson, who is protesting federal plans to detonate a huge, non-nuclear explosive on the Test Site. "And not nuclear waste. We have to look at different alternative uses at the Test Site."
Darwin Morgan, a spokesman for the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Energy Department agency that runs the Test Site, said the proposal is one that the government would consider.
But first, the federal government would have to ensure that such a project would not interfere with any of the ongoing national security projects at the Test Site, Morgan said. Typically, projects slated for the Test Site also have a sponsor from another government agency, he added.