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Welsh actress Joanna Page regularly broke down in tears during the early stages of her pregnancy as she struggled to deal with extreme morning sickness.
The Love Actually star announced in September (12) that she and her actor husband James Thornton were set to become first-time parents in 2013 - but her first trimester was far from smooth.
Page reveals she spent "all day" being sick for the first four months of her pregnancy, and would often cry over her ill health.
The actress tells Britain's Daily Mail, "It was horrendous. I was sick all day. I was aching all over, as if I had the flu. I used to come down the stairs and go into the garden and cry as I could not take it any more. It was like the worst-ever hangover every day. It was really, really horrible but there was nothing I could do."


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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Just like last year, Doug O'Neill was the first trainer to bring his Kentucky Derby entrant to Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness.
The similarity ends there.
During the third week of May in 2012, O'Neill was the talk of the horse racing world. He was in charge of I'll Have Another, who stormed to victory in the Kentucky Derby and was perceived to be a legitimate Triple Crown contender.
Upon his arrival at Pimlico, O'Neill and the magnificent colt instantly became the focus of attention - and not just because no one else had showed up.
This year, it's different. The first Preakness entrant to arrive was O'Neill's Goldencents, who finished 17th in the Derby. The buzz wasn't there, and O'Neill understands why: Instead of having the horse to beat, he's one of many in the field shooting for Kentucky Derby winner Orb.
"It was a great feeling last year being the hunted, but a hunter's not bad," O'Neill said. "Just being here is a real honor, and I give great thanks to the horse and the owners. This is just an experience you want to be part of."
Goldencents won the Santa Anita Derby, but was not a factor at Churchill Downs. After it became apparent the horse wasn't game for running in the slop, jockey Kevin Krigger coasted to the finish line.
"I just decided, instead of harassing him and causing him to struggle on the sloppy track, to protect him and wrap up on him," Krigger said.
O'Neill originally planned to give Goldencents a workout at Pimlico, but opted against it.
"I think he trains as hard as a lot of horses work," O'Neill said. "He puts in a good effort every day, so the goal was, if he could gallop comfortably every day, that's what we would do. So far, so good."
I'll Have Another won the Preakness and was prepared to run in the Belmont before an injury ended his career. Goldencents doesn't appear to be as talented a horse, but with $1.2 million in earnings and four wins in seven starts, he's still got a shot at making some noise in the Preakness.
"I think we're going to see a much better result Saturday," O'Neill said.
The horse to beat, though, is Orb, who arrived Monday and immediately settled into stall 40, reserved exclusively for the Kentucky Derby winner. Many of the greatest horses in history have been kept in stall 40, including Secretariat (1973), Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed (1978).
"I can't believe how proud I am," trainer Shug McGaughey said.
Orb was shipped by van after an outstanding workout at Belmont Park. With exercise rider Jennifer Patterson aboard, Orb seemed to move effortlessly around the track on a clear, sunny day. He breezed four furlongs in 47.18 seconds and galloped out five furlongs in 59.54.
"The way he worked this morning was nothing short of magnificent," McGaughey said. "I couldn't be any happier where we are, and I'm very excited about Saturday afternoon."
McGaughey figured it was better to have Orb in Baltimore early than late.
"I wanted to just get him down here, get him used to his surroundings," the Hall of Fame trainer said. "I like to school him in the paddock, and I didn't want to do too much at one time. So I thought we'd get him in here today, give him his off day tomorrow and then maybe we'll train a little on Wednesday."
For McGaughey, being the favorite in the Preakness is preferable to coming in as the long shot.
"I want to be the favorite every time I run," he said. "Today, we're standing up here with a little bit of a target on our back. I like that. If it doesn't work on Saturday, that's going to be just the way it is. I've been doing this quite a long time, and I know you win some and you lose some."
McGaughey has never won a Preakness. The last time he tried was in 1989, when Kentucky Derby runner-up Easy Goer lost to Sunday Silence by a nose.
"Obviously, I'm here with the Derby winner so I'm a lot more at ease than when I came in that time," he said.
A win in the 1 3/16-mile Preakness on Saturday would set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes on June 8.
Orb, owned by the Phipps Stable and Stuart Janney III, takes a five-race winning streak into the Preakness, where he will face what look to be nine challengers. Among them are Derby runners Mylute (fifth), Oxbow (sixth), Will Take Charge (eighth), Itsmyluckyday (15th) and Goldencents. Also set for the race is Departing, winner of the Illinois Derby.


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Our crews completed several tests and surveys of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on N.C. 12 over the Oregon Inlet in Dare County today. These tests will provide crucial information to help evaluate the overall effectiveness of the sand placed in the area where erosion occurred and determine the next steps for repairs.
Results of the information gathered today should be available Thursday. Photos of the various activities conducted at the bridge can be found on NCDOT's Flickr site.
As part of today's testing, crews with NCDOT's Location and Surveys Unit conducted an underwater sonar survey of the area around Bent 166. Dive crews also inspected the area to assess if the sand is compacting as it needs to in order to properly support the bridge.
The department also began testing how much weight the bridge piles can carry. Carolina Bridge Company Inc. will drive two test piles into the inlet floor near the general vicinity of Bent 166. As of 4:30 p.m., they had completed one test drive.
NCDOT's geotechnical staff will use the data gathered today, as well as additional surveys, to fully assess this situation and future repairs. Once a full assessment of the bridge's safety is complete, NCDOT will determine the next steps. According to NCDOT Division 1 Engineer Jerry Jennings, the timeframe for reopening the bridge could be about a week from now or up to 90 days, depending on the findings of the assessment and timeline for repairs.
Approximately 30,000 cubic yards of sand were pumped during the weekend from the main navigation channel of the Oregon Inlet to the location at Bent 166 underneath the Bonner Bridge where scour, or the erosion of sand from bridge pilings, caused NCDOT to close the bridge on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Emergency Repairs
NCDOT awarded a $1.6 million contract to Carolina Bridge Company Inc. of Orangeburg, S.C. last week for emergency repairs on the Bonner Bridge.
Crews will use sandbags and four-foot tall A-Jacks to provide support to the bridge pilings and prevent further scour from occurring. A-Jacks interlocked together will be placed around the perimeter of the support structure at Bent 166. Crews will then place sandbags inside the line of A-Jacks. An additional two layers of A-Jacks and sandbags will then be placed on top of the base layer for a total of 10-12 feet of additional protection. This will allow sand to collect over the sandbags and A-Jacks, providing additional support to the structure.
Contractor crews have begun mobilizing equipment and materials to the bridge site. NCDOT and the contractor are working together to develop a timeframe for the repairs to be complete.
Emergency Ferry Route
NCDOT's Ferry Division activated its emergency route between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe with limited service the night of the bridge closure. The route went into full operation Wednesday, Dec. 4, with steady traffic and short-to-moderate wait times reported at both terminals. Dare County Emergency Managementhas issued a priority loading list for the route. The emergency ferry route will continue seven days a week as long as service is needed. Ferry information is available on the Ferry Division website, by calling 800-293-3779, or via Facebook and Twitter at @NCDOT_Ferry.
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NCDOT will continue to update the public on this situation online and via its N.C. 12 Facebook page and N.C. 12 Twitter account.
Permanent Replacement
While NCDOT is working hard to reopen the Bonner Bridge to traffic as quickly as possible, the emergency repairs are not considered a permanent fix for the aging bridge. After 50 years of weathering many storms, the bridge needs to be replaced. In July 2011, NCDOT awarded a $215.8 million contract for the design and construction of a new bridge. Design work began immediately and construction of the new bridge was set to begin in early 2013; however, lawsuits have put the project on hold.


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Rachel Rudich created aikidance, which combines concepts from the Japanese peaceful martial art, Aikido, as well as Reiki, the Japanese hands on energy healing technique, with influences from the Conscious Dance Movement, Contact Improv, yoga, and modern dance.
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DiFrancoDogz is a new website designed for Cindy DiFranco to provide clients information on her services. She provides canine massages, seminars and has a DVD for sell on the site. The website was designed using WordPress for it's great flexibility. The website uses the PayPal service for DVD sales.
Power Over Flour
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The Power Over Flour website was designed for a gluten free market located in Claremont, California. It is a WordPress site that includes shopping cart capability and social media features.
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TAPIO SCHNEIDER was a redesign of an existing site. The project was a collaboration with Purple Pen Productions and they supplied the design. I took the design and created the HTML and CSS. Purple Pen added the JavaScript functionality. It was an interesting site to work on and I enjoyed the challenges of making the […]
BEST Arts Conference, 2011
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This is the website for the annual BEST Arts Conference for 2011. This very popular annual conference for educators focuses on visual & performing arts in a preschool curriculum. This fun website uses XHTML, CSS and a little Javascript. This will be the 4rd year Agile Web Development has worked on the BEST Arts Conference […]
IFCS Team USA
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IFCS Team USA is a website providing information to the agility community about the team representing the USA at the IFCS competition in 2012. In addition to providing information on qualifying for the current years competition, it also has details on past teams.
Tovarin Border Collies
January 2nd, 2011 in Web Design
The Tovarin Border Collies website showcases Betsy Korbonski's Border Collies as well as dogs she has bred, past dogs she has owned and a bit of her history. The Tovarin website was designed using WordPress and the Dioxide theme.
Agile Paws Dog Sports
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Agile Paws Dog Sports is a website I designed for my new Dog Training business. I was looking to highlight my dogs accomplishments and my experience.
Goleta Valley Dog Club
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I was contacted by the Goleta Valley Dog Club to take over for their webmaster of 10 years who was retiring. They are a very active club located in Goleta, CA that provides agility, obedience and rally classes in addition to weekly agility practices.
Agile Web Development
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Its been 48 hours since the GSD foster showed up, and I'm officially ready to start looking for a better fit.
Romeo is happier with another dog around, he's currently running zoomies up and down the hallway with Bear, who is far too big, too whiney, and too neurotic (although a perfect shephard!!) for my likes.
Life with just Romeo is too easy. My dogs are my escape, and with just one I have too much time to think about work and life in general. So I don't want a perfect dog, but I want to look carefully for that "perfect fit" My needs are listed in order of necessity.
1. Must be couch compatible. Romeo has a bubble when it comes to naptime and Sheila met my need for cuddletime. I miss this most of all.
2. Must be dog friendly. I spend a lot of long hours at work, often 12-18 hour shifts where the dogs are welcomed to join you, and there are usually 2-6 other dogs in the doctors offices. There's plenty of room for "crate and rotate" if the dog is selective, but getting along with the majority of well balanced socialized dogs is a must due to my current work conditions. These conditions were slightly difficult with Sheila who was quite manageable, but we were able to keep everyone safe and comfortable. I'd like a dog who's a little less selective, but a pittie is a pittie and I can work with some selectiveness too.
3. Moderate energy. I want a dog who can go for a 4 mile walk through the woods one day, and spend all day in bed the next. Bouncy happy crazy energy when we get home to help get mommy out to play but calms quickly is perfection.
4. Moderate size. 50 lbs or less preferred, up to 70 do-able.
5. Ideally I'd like the pup to be Romeo's new best friend. He is a better dog with another dog around, his barrier frustration goes down to practically nothing, he barks less, and plays more. Its best if they can be left within earshot together, they will not be left loose in the home together when I'm not home, but will be in a run or in the office unsupervised on a regular basis.
Joe was a perfect fit. It took 6 months to find him, and I'm willing to wait that long for the next perfect dog. I will continue to foster neurotic GSD's to keep Romeo happy until I find that perfect fit. I wish I could steal Joe back, but every military man needs his dog, and Joe is as loved as any dog could ever be. I would LOVE to find a female version of Joe...
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Since I just posted about the new Hakka-based Chinese character input method I would be amiss not to note as well the release early this year of a different Chinese character input method based on Taiwanese romanization.
This one is available in Windows, Mac, and Linux flavors.
See the FAQ and documents below for more information (Mandarin only).
Táiw?n M?nnány? Hànzì sh?rùf? 2.0 b?n xiàzài (?????????? 2.0???) [Readers may wish to note the use of Minnan, which is generally preferred among unificationists and some advocates of Hakka and the languages of Taiwan's tribes.]
- windows and Linux Installation Manual (1.55 MB)
- Windows version (668 KB)
- Linux version (380 KB)
- Mac version (6.45 MB)
- Mac Installation Manual
source: Jiàoyùbù Táiw?n M?nnány? Hànzì sh?rùf? (?????????????); Ministry of Education, Taiwan; June 16, 2010(?) / February 14, 2011(?) [Perhaps the Windows and Linux versions came first, with the Mac version following in 2011.]


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Hartsville, S.C. - It looks as if the Coker men's soccer season will end with their Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship on Sunday afternoon. The Cobras were not one of the six teams selected for the NCAA Southeast Regional Tournament that starts on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Coker ends their season with the best record in school history, 12-5-3 overall and 4-5-1 in the conference, including the program's first ever conference tournament championship. The Cobras also received their first national ranking in school history and their highest regional ranking in school history during the season.
In addition to the accomplishments Coker received as a team, several Cobras received individual honors including Marc Mergena (Port-au-Prince, Haiti), Eric Stiefield (Eustis, Fla.), Daniel Shrizad (Orlando, Fla.) and James Sweeney (Huntingtown, Md.) being named All-Conference and Mergena, Ben Beetch (Palmer, Alaska), Tyler Senecal (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), Noah Lascell (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) and AJ Sweeney (Huntingtown, Md.) being named to the All-Tournament team, with AJ Sweeney being named tournament MVP.
Coach Paul Leese and the Cobras will now take a break until the spring when they prepare to defend their Conference Carolinas Title with their off-season workouts.


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Iowa's 'Field of Dreams' sale completed
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The purchase of the "Field of Dreams" movie site in eastern Iowa has been completed.
The investors group Go the Distance Baseball LLC says it closed last week on the deal reached with owners Don and Becky Lansing.
The final price was $3.4 million plus interest. It was listed for $5.4 million more than two years ago when it went on the market.
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Until recently, breakthroughs in renewable electric energy technology debuted in relative obscurity. With high up-front costs and rates of return spanning decades, these technologies were deemed "alternative" or non-traditional, to be used only in cases of extreme environmental concern or high-end model projects. However, increased awareness about global warming, unprecedented prices per barrel for oil, generous utility rebates, the burgeoning popularity of Washington, D.C.-based United States Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system, and mandated green practices through legislation at the federal level have converged to place renewable energy technology at the forefront of electrical construction in the residential, as well as — more remarkably — the commercial and industrial markets.
Signed into law December 19, the Energy Independence and Security Act sets increasing renewable electric energy provisions, essentially quintupling the use of renewable fuels by 2022. In Title IV, the law requires improved federal and commercial building energy efficiency, with green building standards for new federal buildings, as well as a zero net energy initiative to develop technologies, practices, and policies — with the goal of having all commercial buildings using no net energy by 2050. Furthermore, Title VI focuses on research and development (R&D) for alternative energy sources, such as installing and maintaining solar energy equipment and R&D to improve technologies to store solar power, as well as R&D for technologies to locate and develop other alternate energy sources.
Green design and construction has become an increasingly lucrative investment and a powerful selling tool. Growing worldwide and domestic use of renewable electric energy is expected to rival more traditional fossil fuel energy sources within the next decade. This demand has, for lack of a better word, fueled research and development efforts for more efficient, less expensive renewable energy production and storage, particularly in the solar- and wind-energy markets.
Silicon valley
The global market for conventional solar photovoltaics (PV) is predicted to grow from $12.9 billion in 2007 to $32.3 billion by 2012, according to a technical market research report by BCC Research, Wellesley, Mass. The report, "Photovoltaics: Global Markets & Technologies," estimates that multicrystalline silicon technology, which accounted for 89% of the market in 2007, will grow at an astounding rate of 285% through 2013. Through improvements in technology and materials along with its proven reliability, it is expected to remain the sustainable energy industry leader with 79% of the market.
"The market right now for solar worldwide is growing in the 15% to 20% range annually," says George Douglas, spokesperson for Golden, Colo.-based National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL), the principal research laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. According to Douglas, the lab has a two-pronged goal for solar energy: to reduce the costs of solar energy, not just through commercial technologies but also through experimental technologies, so that the costs are on par with conventional ways of making electricity, and also to enable the manufacturing of super high-efficiency solar cells. Costs per watt can be lowered in two ways: by using super high-efficient cells or very low-efficient but cheap cells. The choice between the two depends on application. More efficient yet more expensive cells can be used for a smaller footprint that will have a high rate of return on investment. In instances where footprint isn't a consideration, less efficient cells, which are also less expensive, can be used to cover a large area, such as a flat roof.
Traditionally, silicon PV technology has consisted of modules and panels installed as a rooftop or standalone system. Recent innovations include flat-plate PV modules and panels fabricated in sheets resembling three-tab composite shingles, which are mounted on buildings or ground-supported frames. Other improvements to conventional solar panels include adding built-in wiring, grounding, and racking designed to provide maximum rooftop performance while minimizing installation costs for installers.
"The main thing you're going to see is modules getting larger," says Tom Lane, CEO, Energy Conservation Services (ECS) Solar Energy Systems, Inc., Gainesville, Fla. Lane has been installing solar electric systems for residential and commercial applications since 1983, so he's experienced many changes with the solar cells not to mention the hardware used to install them. "We used to handle 50W and 80W modules, and then it was 160W to 200W modules. Now we're handling 200W to 300W modules."
Other changes Lane has experienced are better inverters and mounting hardware, which cuts down his installation times. "Faster frames, faster racks, faster clipping, especially on flat roofs," he lists. "Some flat roof systems go in without any penetrations."
Other technologies entirely rethink traditional panels. Since mid-2007, Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Octillon Corp., an alternative energy technology incubator, has been researching silicon nanoparticles that could potentially convert glass windows into solar panels. The silicon nanoparticles are created through an electrochemical and ultrasound process that produces identically sized (1 to 4 nanometers in diameter) luminescent nanoparticles of silicon that provide varying wavelengths of photoluminescence with high quantum down-conversion efficiency of short wavelengths (50% to 60%). After thin films of silicon are deposited onto silicon subtrates by an electro spray system (capable of reliably depositing the nanoparticles onto glass surfaces), ultraviolet (UV) light is absorbed and converted into electrical current. With appropriate connections, the films act as nanosilicon PV solar cells that convert solar radiation to electrical energy.
"Contingent on the success of our ongoing research, we are optimistic that transparent cells based entirely on our nanomaterials will one day offer a cost-effective PV enhancement to conventional windows," says Nicholas S. Cucinelli, president and CEO, Octillon.
One of the biggest drawbacks to traditional silicon solar technology is cost. In part, the expense comes from the price of silicon, which is an expensive commodity, particularly during times of short supply. In addition, silicon must be deposited on glass, so it's heavy yet fragile and expensive to ship as well as install because it has to be mounted. In addition, as much as 70% of the silicon is lost during the manufacturing process, so even the least expensive solar panels currently cost around $3 per watt of energy to produce. To compete with fossil fuels, such as coal, solar must reduce its cost to around $1 per watt.
"It could be 10 cents a kilowatt hour by 2020, which isn't as far away as it seems," Douglas says. "It's less than 15 years to bring that cost down to where it's in reach of any electrical generation technology."
However, it may take more time for residential applications to become more affordable. "Prices are dropping a little bit, but it's more affordable and more organized for large systems, for either power plants or for businesses," Lane says. "The systems for homes aren't necessarily getting that much cheaper, but they are getting more efficient."
According to Lane, it wasn't a technological innovation that brought solar costs for residential down. Allowing homes to connect to the electrical power infrastructure has made residential less expensive.
"That made systems a lot cheaper, when we were able to feed power straight back into the grid," Lane says. "For one thing, it eliminated batteries, and the same system could produce more power. Now that you can grid connect, there's been an explosion of these systems."
Thin is in
Many industry analysts believe that the future of solar energy is thin film, which, according to the BCC Research report, comprised a mere 10% of the market in 2007 but is expected to grow at a 45% rate through 2013 to make up 19% of the market by that time. In addition, the report cites that new technologies (such as nonstructured thin films and silicon and dye-sensitized solar cells), which accounted for less than 0.5% of the market in 2007, will grow by a rate of 34% to reach 19.2MW in 2008, and then exhibit 50% annual growth to achieve 145.7MW by 2013. The research firm credits constant research and development efforts on these new materials for the growth.
"We absolutely think thin film has two really great attributes," Douglas says. "It uses a lot less of the extensive material in the solar cell, which is the semiconductor part of the solar cell, so it uses much less material. And that material can be applied in industrial techniques that are less labor intensive than silicon solar cells and can ramp up to fairly rapid manufacturing."
Not everyone agrees that thin film is the future of solar technology. "I don't have much respect for thin film because of the power density," Lane says. "They've not gotten the costs down to where it's competitive with single crystal or crystalline at the commercial or business level. Also, I don't see any companies backing it with a warranty of 25 years. So I don't think very much of it, and I don't think that it's a technology I would want to put on somebody's roof."
Many of Lane's concerns may be addressed as thin film becomes more commercially viable. Manufacturing is the reason thin film doesn't compete with silicon right now, says Douglas. "People haven't quite got the manufacturing down at the level they should," he says. "Also, the experience with silicon is by far greater so it has the lion's share of the market right now. But we expect thin films to grow faster than PV overall, so that it will take a larger and larger share of the market over time."
As far as installation of thin film products, it won't differ much from PV except when deposited on flexible substrates. Thin films can be put directly on roofing shingles or sandwiched between pieces of glass that are used as architectural glass in the building. Roof penetration will depend on what type of product it is and how big the panels are and what type of roof.
"There are a lot more applications," Douglas says. "But once it's installed, the rest of it downstream is the same. You're taking the DC power and somehow converting it into AC, and either feeding it back to the grid or into the house or building and back to the grid, so all of that wiring part is the same."
Winds of change
Second only to hydroelectric power, wind power is one of the most important worldwide renewable sources of electric energy. Wind power has been experiencing strong growth for the last 15 years, and in coastal areas, where wind is the strongest, it can produce a considerable amount of primary energy with current generation costs closer to competitive levels than other sources of renewable energy. Worldwide installed wind power totaled more than 74,000MW in 2006.
For the residential or single-business markets, a single grid-tied turbine may be used. "In my part of the world, I always think of it in terms of farms and ranches," Douglas says. "Just like a solar panel, this wind turbine can make the electricity meter spin backward when it's producing more power than is being used."
A suitable location for the production of renewable energy is determined by the availability of the primary energy supply. One characteristic of wind energy is that it is extremely location-bound. Therefore, it's more suited to remote areas and not necessarily convenient for a power infrastructure designed and built around areas of high consumption. Favorable wind conditions are often outside the areas of concentration of power consumption.
"A lot of times, ranches are at the end of power lines and so the power fades," Douglas says. "They get 'brown power.' So this helps that. And if you're a rural electric association (REA) with customers doing this, then it can also delay — if not altogether eliminate — the need to build new generation, which can be an incredibly difficult thing to do."
The current research for mid-size, land-based utility turbines is focused on efficiency in order to expand the territory in which you can put wind farms or wind parks. Expanded territory, according to Douglas, means more locations to choose from as well as being able to place the wind farms in more populated areas that don't necessarily have the strongest winds.
"The very windiest areas of the world tend to be underpopulated — mostly because they're very windy," he says. "So if you can have wind turbines that are more efficient and thus the cost of energy is lower in lower wind-speed regimes, you can put the wind farms closer to where people live. This reduces the need to build expensive transmission across long distances."
Recent breakthroughs in efficiency have been incremental and concentrated on the mechanical works of the turbines, such as gearless boxes, multiple generators, types of lubrication, blade design, better electronics, and better control systems. "It's like, 1% here, 2% there," Douglas says. "A lot of the work is going on in this sort of interior to try and squeeze more efficiency out of the turbines."
There is a fairly direct correlation between size and efficiency with wind turbines. "Bigger has been better for a long time," says Douglas. "And as they learn to make the machines bigger, all the engineering problems have to do with scaling up."
The average size for a land-based turbine is 1.5MW to 2MW, and off-shore wind turbines measure between 2MW to 3MW, although there have been 5MW machines built in Europe.
However, because land-based turbines are built in one place and erected in another, their size is limited by transportation difficulties, such as interstate bridge considerations and the size of the cranes used to erect the towers. "Transportation becomes difficult above a 2MW machine," Douglas says.
To overcome this challenge, some companies are considering building the turbines on the site of the wind parks. "Although nobody's doing this yet, it might make some economic sense just to build the factory right there and bring the parts there, and then build the turbines onsite. Then, once you've got the wind farm up, take the factory apart and haul it away," Douglas says.
The extended reach of the blades may also cause problems. There isn't much information known about the atmosphere in which the blades operate, which is between human activity on land and in the air. The blades of a 7MW turbine will spend half their time in this part of the atmosphere. In order to maintain efficiency and keep them in good repair, more has to be known about the potential turmoil of warm air meeting cold air there. With that information, manufacturers would be prevented from both underbuilding and overbuilding the machines. "You don't want to build more into the machine than you have to because it adds expense," says Douglas. "You want to build a machine that's as inexpensive as you can and still be safe, effective, and productive."
In addition, scientists are studying weather patterns at that height, which will enable them to use controls for the wind turbines to maximize efficiency. "One of the reasons we want to understand the weather there better is to make the machines just the right robustness. The other reason is to be able to operate the wind farms more efficiently," Douglas says. "You don't want to risk the turbines, but at the same time you don't want to have them shut down when there's a really good resource coming through. So the better you can understand what the wind's doing, the better you can manage the turbines."
The shore thing
Although there are some disadvantages to offshore wind parks — special paint to fight corrosion from salt, concerns about humidity, and added maintenance costs for crew travel — it's easier to build larger machines offshore. "You can float the materials," Douglas says. "It's easy to build really big stuff on the ocean — super tankers, for example, or oil platforms."
There are other distinct advantages to offshore wind parks. Upward of 70% of the U.S. population lives within 25 miles of the coastline, either the Great Lakes or the ocean, making transmission less of a problem. Stronger winds offshore may produce as much as 50% more electricity. But unlike shallow shores that are ideal for wind parks off the coast of some European countries, the United States' shores are in fairly deep water. In the future, however, wind turbines may be able to be placed on platforms similar to those used for oil rigging. Another way to overcome the obstacle of deep water is to anchor the base of the turbine with weights below the surface but not on the floor.
"All these are engineering problems that aren't terribly well thought-out yet," Douglas says. "People are thinking about them, but nobody thinks there are any showstoppers. We need to think about these things so we can make the most efficient, safest machines possible."


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Santa Clara Head Coach Chris Denker
On the game
"I am happy that we won, but I told the girls just now that I think I have a personality flaw or something, because every little mistake that happens just drives me nuts. And we tend to have these inconsistencies and I would like us to play a perfect game every time. I know that's too much to ask, but we had several negative runs tonight. We were up 19 and they cut it to nine or 10. We were up 15 and they cut it to six. We have to stop doing that. That kind of stuff is disappointing."
On his team's play
"I was pleased with the way Becki (Ashbaugh) played. She played really hard, even coming back off an injury (ankle sprain in second half). Julie Butler and Kendra Rhea were really solid off the bench. Caroline Gruening had some shining moments and did a really good job I thought defensively. I thought we got good minutes off the bench from Kristen Franklin."
Santa Clara Junior Guard Becki Ashbaugh (19 points)
On the team's play
"I felt like we were really up and down. We had gone on good stretches, then right after that, we'd have a letup and let them back in the game. And that's something we really have to work on. We've been inconsistent like that all year. Hopefully, we can straighten that up down the stretch."


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This week for my Interview Series, we have Kristine Simpson, Account Coordinator at Thornley Fallis Communications, talking about her career path, her current role, producing for Inside PR, time management and her goals.
1. Before we get started, I just wanted to say congratulations on your engagement – I thought it was a great idea that you posted the 2-sided story on your blog.
Why thank you! Since the engagement post, a friend of mine who runs a business called Wedding Republic asked me to be a guest blogger – or in other words a "bride blogger". I have a weekly column on her company's blog where I talk about tips and experiences of planning a wedding. You can check it out here.
2. You're currently the Account Coordinator at Thornley Fallis Communications, what was your career path like leading up to that?
I was lucky enough to have an excellent mentor who helped me narrow down what I wanted to do with my future. I remember him asking me questions like: when do you want to have kids, when do you want to get married, where do you want to travel, do you want to even travel. All questions that I had never thought of asking myself.
He knew I was the type of person who can't sit still and loves to multitask, so he suggested working at an agency. He set me up at an event where I met Joseph Thornley, the CEO of Thornley Fallis & 76design. After learning about the company through Joe and meeting with the VP, LeeEllen Carroll, it basically just happened. I came in for my first day of work on January 10th, 2011 and have never left.
3. What's your role as Account Coordinator like?
There is no short job description for my role. I generally assist with client work, including, but not limited to, writing, editing, researching, media relations (i.e. pitching and researching), social media monitoring, event planning, and more. I also help with new business, in other words, assist with completing proposals and attending new business pitches.
My favourite part of my job is being the producer of Inside PR, a podcast hosted my Joseph Thornley, Martin Waxman and Gini Dietrich. The three of them get together once a week to record a discussion about public relations, social media, communications and how they all meet and intersect. I am also formatter extraordinaire – I am a pro at formatting word documents to follow our company's look and feel.
4. Speaking of Inside PR, I only recently discovered that you're the producer for it. How did that come about?
The previous wonderful producer, Yasmine Kashefi, had started grooming me early on in my career at TF, teaching me how to use the tools and the process of producing a podcast. When she moved on and left the company, I was appointed the official producer of Inside PR. At first, it was like trying to swim in the middle of an ocean during a storm, but I slowly learned the ropes and was able to build and boat and sail off in to the sunset.
Since I have started this role, a while new world has been opened right before my very eyes. It is amazing what you can do with a podcast. I am now a advocate for using podcasts in public relations and communications to communicate with your audience. Be it a weekly podcast discussion social media, to a monthly podcast where a CEO shares news of his company with his employees. It is an easy, short and effective way of communicating with your audience.
5. It must be an eye-opener working with PR professionals like Gini Dietrich, Joseph Thornley and Martin Waxman?
You can say that again! My mentor gave me the best advice when I was in school: "make sure to surround yourself with people who are smarter than you." I am very lucky to have the opportunity to listen to the conversations the three of them have, especially as a young professional. I learn something new every time I produce the podcast. They open my eyes to the issues affecting PR, social media and communications. They use fancy words that I use for my PR Word of the Week, my weekly blog post where I define PR and communication words. They just make me smarter!
6. Working at Thornley Fallis Communications, producing Inside PR, managing your own blog – how do you manage your time to fit everything in, plus have a social life?
Good question… I don't have an answer! HAHA I have been asked this question a thousand times before. There are people out there that juggle even more than I do, with kids, events, volunteering, etc. I do things I am passionate about. When you are passionate about something, the task is easy, when the task is easy, it just seems to fit in your life like a puzzle piece. Yes, there are days where I sit there and think: how am I going to do ALL of this? But, most of the time, I am excited to finish one task so I can get on the the other, then another, and another. I also am engaged to a very supporting man who supports me in all I do – that makes it even easier!
7. It seems to me at this moment that there are so many opportunities available in the PR industry. I'm curious as to where you see yourself in the next 5 years?
I can't even see myself in a week from now. I am a young professional. My method of living right now is to live one day at a time. Enjoy the various experiences and opportunities laid out in front of me. My goal right now is to learn from others and gather as much knowledge as I can. I will then use that knowledge to construct a future for myself.
8. And lastly, what's been the most memorable moment of your career so far?
That is a tough question… The most memorable moment in my career is very recent. Last week, I was lucky enough to go to our Toronto office for a company meeting between a select few of us to discuss our company's social media process and expertise, and discuss where we want to take the company through social media.
During the meeting we went around the table to say talk about each of our expertise, find the experts in certain tools/platforms. I had never thought of myself as an expert of anything, especially not this early in my career, but when we went around the table, Joseph Thornley had referred to me as the "one to go to" if we had questions about podcasting. That is when it hit me. I am a podcaster, I know the tools, I have already started advocating for the use of podcasts, and I am even in the process of starting my very own podcast. For the first time in my very young career, I had finally found my niche. It was an exciting feeling!
***To contact Kristine say hello on Twitter @kristinesimpson or check out her blog Running a PR Life***


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Logitech to Acquire SightSpeed, Provider of Internet Video Communications Services
FREMONT, Calif. and ROMANEL-SUR-MORGES, Switzerland Logitech International (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) today announced that the company has agreed to acquire privately held SightSpeed Inc. of Berkeley, Calif. for approximately $30 million in cash. SightSpeed is an award-winning provider of high-quality Internet video communications services. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in early November.
The acquisition of SightSpeed will provide Logitech with video calling technology and a software and services development team that can be focused on future video calling initiatives that can enable cross-platform video communications with an intuitive, lifelike experience, for people sitting in front of a personal computer or with their family in a living room.
With this acquisition, we are significantly augmenting our current video R&D resources to help us move more quickly toward our goals for video services that complement the way people socialize, communicate and enjoy entertainment, said Junien Labrousse, executive vice president of Logitechs Products group.
According to our research, there is a large untapped market of people who want to communicate with friends and family using video. But they want it to be integrated into their family lifestyle, which means going beyond the PC. We believe with SightSpeed we can help create the next wave of video communications enthusiasts.
Founded in 2001, SightSpeed has approximately 25 employees. The companys management team includes technology leaders with backgrounds in Internet services and software technology development. The SightSpeed services are based on SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), a standard that enables the services to be interoperable with other Internet communication services.
Impact on Financial Results for Current Fiscal Year
The impact of the acquisition on Logitechs current fiscal year results is not expected to be material.
About Logitech
Logitech is a world leader in personal peripherals, driving innovation in PC navigation, Internet communications, digital music, home-entertainment control, gaming and wireless devices. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).
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I'm not sure if you saw the headline in the New York Times the other day: "Car Mechanic Dreams Up a Tool to Ease Births".
It was a pretty cool story about how a mechanic, after seeing a video of someone retrieving a cork from a wine bottle, literally dreamt that night about adapting the method to extract babies stuck in the birth canal. The product looks promising, and it's on its way to market. But the headline was written to play a bit with our conventional wisdom about mechanics. I mean, who would have ever guessed a mechanic, of all people, to could come up with such an idea? To think!
But I was not the least bit surprised.
Mechanics are just one group of people who tend to have a high level of spatial intelligence, which some researchers at Vanderbilt University have defined as the mental ability to: "generate, retain, retrieve and transform well-structured visual images."
It's a critical form of intelligence, but one that often goes unappreciated. Yet it's essential for a wide range of professionals, from surgeons, dentists and pilots, to manufacturing engineers and machinists, to welders and mechanics. Even interior designers need a high level of spatial intelligence.
I've been thinking a bit about spatial intelligence these days after talking to a source while researching some new, five-axis, work-holding solutions for Manufacturing Engineering magazine. He told me that although flexible five-axis machining centers have grown rapidly in popularity, and have become financially accessible to many shop floors, many of these shops are not actually using these expensive machines to their full capabilities.
Unfortunately, he said, too many operators can't get their heads around programming the machines for single setup operations, which requires some complex 3D thinking. So, instead, they are using their five-axis machines to do an individual series of precision functions, just as they might have done before they had the advanced machine in the first place.
As we discussed the nature of the problem, he assured me that "thinking in three dimensions is very complicated," even for a seasoned veteran.
All of this got me to thinking about our nation's shortage of skilled manufacturing professionals, and the many dimensions of our skills gap. Or, more specifically, our spatial skills gap.
There are, of course, many forms of intelligence in this world, and it would be impossible for educators to test for and cultivate all of them. But, I think our educational system is doing children and society a bit of a disservice by generally putting everything into two buckets, verbal and mathematical, and ignoring spatial intelligence, a distinct skill that should be recognized and cultivated in those who show an aptitude.
A team at Vanderbilt University wrote about the importance of spatial ability in the STEM fields in the Journal of Educational Psychology, and has advocated testing for spatial ability in schools. That team noted: "The need to identify and nurture scientific and technical talent has never been greater."
They wrote that the neglect of spatial ability in education, which they called an "important dimension of cognitive functioning, leads to untapped pools of talent," adding: "Contemporary talent searches miss many intellectually talented students by restricting selection criteria to mathematical and verbal ability measures."
As the manufacturing industry continues to move toward incredibly advanced five-axis machines and robots, the demand for a spatially skilled workforce is growing rapidly. So I ask: How will our already-challenged industry be able to identify the people who can program and operate these complex machines?
This article originally appeared in Manufacturing Engineering Media.


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Cheesemaking has long been a part of Vermont life. Dairy cows grazing the velvety pastures of the Green Mountain State are a familiar sight. The milk they produce is one of the state's natural treasures; used to make some of the world's best cheddar cheese.
Grafton, Vermont is a likely setting for a world-class cheddar. Cheesemaking traditions in this historic village date from the nineteenth century when dairy farmers gathered together in a cooperative to make their surplus milk into cheese. In the days before refrigeration, there were many such cooperatives in the rural agricultural communities and an abundance of fresh, creamy milk was turned into a food that could be stored for a longer period of time.


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And yes, he's a decent bowler but to call him the leading ODI wicket-taker for 2006 is utterly laughable, given that no Bangladesh game merits ODI status, never mind Bermuda and Canada games.
And yes, he's a decent bowler but to call him the leading ODI wicket-taker for 2006 is utterly laughable, given that no Bangladesh game merits ODI status, never mind Bermuda and Canada games.
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you are just dumb and dont have a clue what your talking about like i said once before ill say it again but to you this time i feeling the slaping the sh** out of you...learn when to shut up because this is the time because you dont know what you talking abou! they never even played canada or bermuda in the last 2 years(since they started to show improvement)...plus the only associate they played is scotland&kenya(had odi status for a while) for only two games...mind you ah australia india etc etc was beaten by bangladesh in odi's so they dont have to go to canada to get a win...you are just crying like a baby over nothing...and dont whine back at me like a baby...its time you go to sleep...
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Future Of Cricket
Uh-uh, it ain't.
And forgive me for not being too bothered about the prospect of being slapped by someone in the US of A...
I do have a clue what I'm about, and Bermuda and Canada were simply 2 names pulled from thin-air - fact is, Bangladesh have played a hell of a lot of fellow substandard teams recently - and for such games to be classed "ODI" is even more ludicrous than Bangladesh-New Zealand being classed such.
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
Except that I haven't done that, either...
its point less argueing with a dumba** so im going to stop
Given the gap between point and less I'll leave the working-out of dumbaessness to others...
Richard, we know what your feelings are and we don't want to hear them again. If you haven't got anything constructive to say, don't say anything.
Seriously, you're no better than Rodgie.
That looks a pretty strong squad above, but I think Mehrab will get the nod over Sharif. TBH I'd rather have Tamim than both of them though.
I picked Sharif because of the obvious lack of quality fast bowling options. You seriously can't go into the WC with only Mashrafe, Shahadat and Rasel. People could argue Farhad Reza but he's really just a Mahmud gentle medium I thought. Having said that Sharif's lost a bit of pace since he last played international cricket.
Stedders' Supported XI
Tamim Iqbal, JA Burns, UT Khawaja, CA Lynn, Shakib Al Hasan, SE Marsh, +AT Carey, AC Agar, PJ Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, JP Behrendorff.
RIP Fardin. RIP Craigos. RIP Prince.
And, the fact is that he took more wickets in games with ODI status than anyone else in 2006, therefore calling him the leading ODI wicket-taker for 2006 is not utterly laughable. It is correct. You having some vendetta against the smaller countries' rights to play games does not change facts.
After today's events, it would probably be unfair to call Tamim a 'wildcard'. I reckon he'll go to Zimbabwe, and unless he fails there, to the World Cup.
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Amid nascent signs of a housing recovery Warren Buffett-run Berkshire Hathaway's
Recent earnings reports and economic reports give housing optimists some clear -- albeit selective -- data to crow that a recovery is underway, after years of lukewarm results kept the market near post-boom lows. But Berkshire Hathaway -- Buffett's conglomerate spanning from railroads to industrials, utilities and even newspapers -- may actually be a worthy litmus test on what is a true housing recovery.
That's because Berkshire Hathaway owns a national grab bag of housing-related businesses that would be resilient to a one-off earnings boom, but also reflective of widespread and durable increases in housing related construction, home improvement and finance activity, were they to appear.
While the earnings of banks and homebuilders may be an early read on a true housing rebound, their volatile earnings also can also misleading. More important in talk of a housing rebound is whether they can sustain widespread gains to the economy, which could be a tailwind for everything from consumer spending to small business hiring and travel.
Berkshire owns paint retailer Benjamin Moore, Clayton Homes, the largest producer of homes in the country, in addition to other housing-focused businesses like Acme Brick, Shaw carpets, Johns Manville insulation and MiTek roofing profits.
In 2011, Buffett's housing related companies -- excluding Benjamin Moore and correlated housing businesses like Borsheims furniture -- reported a profit of $513 million, mirroring previous year estimates. But housing remained a drag on Berkshire's overall earnings and was likely one of the reasons for the conglomerate's flat 2011 stock performance.
It has been the biggest laggard through the recovery as other Berkshire subsidiaries have grown, no surprise, and Buffett was early in calling a rebound in housing, something he apologized for in his most recent Berkshire Hathaway annual letter.
"I was dead wrong," wrote Buffett. Berkshire's 2011 housing related earnings were over 70% below 2006 levels of $1.8 billion, reflecting just how big the housing bust may be dragging on Berkshire -- and by proxy, the U.S. economy.
Recently, Buffett's commentary on the housing market has been more cautious, acknowledging improvement but not willing to make the mistake twice of signalling an all-clear.
In July, headed into earnings, Goldman Sachs analysts upgraded their earnings estimates for homebuilders like KB Home
After a surge in second quarter earnings from home-builders like Lennar
"Evidence from the field suggests that the 'for sale' housing market has, in fact, bottomed and that we have commenced a slow and steady recovery process," said Lennar CEO Stuart Miller, in a statement released with the company's second quarter earnings.
Housing remains one of eternal optimist Buffett's "bets on America," but his annual letter -- and more recent commentary -- have stressed when it comes housing improvement there is still a ways to go.
Of particular concern were housing starts, which recently hit their fastest pace since October 2008, growing at an annualized rate of 760,000 units. In his annual letter, Buffet estimated in the years of economic recovery from the Great Recession housing starts averaged just 600,000 units, creating headwinds for employment and growth.
"This hugely important sector of the economy, which includes not only construction but everything that feeds off of it, remains in a depression of its own. I believe this is the major reason a recovery in employment has so severely lagged the steady and substantial comeback we have seen in almost all other sectors of our economy," wrote Buffett.
In a July 12CNBCinterview, Buffett said that while economic growth has fallen to a standstill, he is seeing a pickup in residential housing.
"The general economy in the United States has been more or less flat, and so the growth has tempered down. But the residential housing, we're seeing a pickup. It's noticeable. It's from a very low base," said Buffett.
To underscore the point, the National Association of Home Builders reported that single and multi-family housing starts peaked at over 2 million units in 2005.
Buffett is certainly positioned for any durable rebound. It's that positioning and moderated optimism, which may best-serve do-it-yourself stock investors and Buffett acolytes. Linking the housing recovery to the economy also plays into another major ballast of Berkshire Hathaway performance, the company's stock portfolio focus on the U.S. banks.
For instance, top Berkshire bank investments like Wells Fargo
Buffett's biggest bank holdings have performed strongly after a second quarter mortgage lending rebound.
Recently BusinessWeek detailed reasons to be skeptical of a full-fledged housing rebound, citing variable regional home price performance in the S&P Case Schiller home price indexes, which show that while areas like Phoenix are rising, other parts of the country hit by the bust like Atlanta continue to test new lows.
In the first half of 2012, the Case Schiller national index also hit new lows, underscoring how expectations of a V-shape recovery have been misguided. Other causes of concern are still historically high home inventories and current interest rates, which may not be sustainable.
Investors who are still uncertain whether homebuilders, banks and the wider U.S. economy is poised for a housing-recovery based tailwind may be well served parsing through Berkshire Hathaway's earnings, due later on Friday. If, when added up, Berkshire businesses like Clayton Homes, Benjamin Moore and Borsheims, among others, show earnings that rise materially, it may serve as a stronger confirmation of a housing recovery.
In second quarter earnings, Berkshire Hathaway is expected to earn $1,777 in earnings per share on revenue of $36.8 billion.
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New York State Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan, R-C-I-Elma, released a letter Monday signed by 17 of his fellow upstate senators that was delivered to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office on Friday.
The letter urges the governor to restore funding to low-wealth school districts that were disproportionately impacted by a flawed gap elimination adjustment (GEA) formula employed over the past two years. The letter acknowledges that some progress has been made to restore funding lost through the GEA, but it is noted that most of that restoration aid has been to support high-need urban districts.
"The new gap elimination adjustment formula has negatively impacted many districts across the state, but more so in the hundreds of low-wealth suburban and rural districts that dot upstate. These districts are already forced to contend with a thinning property tax base and are struggling against the strictures of the property tax cap," Gallivan said. "High-need districts in upstate's urban centers have seen GEA restorations of over 40 percent, while suburban and rural low-wealth districts have seen their GEA restored less than 10 percent."
Gallivan and his co-signors are seeking fiscal stabilization grants for districts with combined wealth ratios below the state average and that are also slated to receive GEA restorations less than the state average of 14.9 percent. The group is also recommending the delay of $75 million slated for competitive education program grants, preferring to use that money to lessen the impact of the GEA on low-wealth districts.
The senators who signed Gallivan's letter are; Sen. David J. Valesky (D-53rd District), Sen. Greg Ball (R-40th District), Sen. John J. Bonacic (R-42nd District), Sen. Kathleen A. Marchione (R-43rd District), Sen. Elizabeth O'C. Little (R-45th District), Sen. Joseph A. Griffo (R-47th District), Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie (R-48th District), Sen. Hugh T. Farley (R-49th District), Sen. John A. DeFrancisco (R-50th District), Sen. James L. Seward (R-51st District), Sen. Thomas W. Libous (R-52nd District), Sen. Michael F. Nozzolio (R-54th District), Sen. Catherine Young (R-57th District), Sen. Thomas F. O'Mara (R-58th District), Sen. Mark J. Grisanti (R-60th District), Sen. Michael H. Razenhofer (R-61st District) and Sen. George D. Maziarz (R-62nd District).


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astrobassman - Dec 16, 2012 11:35 pm Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2012Gore Creek
Nice hike alone in the Gore. I turned this one around in about 7 hours due to the fact that I had just returned from Peru and was fit and acclimated. I ran into the climbing Cooneys at the TH, who were going for the Deluge Lake peaks. I had previously attempted this mountain in May 2012 and got turned around slightly below the summit in a whiteout.
boisedoc - Jun 21, 2012 2:47 am Date Climbed: Jul 20, 1989long day
started at Rock Creek. Salmon lake is quite nice. From there it is a straightforward hike to the top. On the way back, we climbed the 13333ft sub peak, sometimes called EastThorne- it is a bit of scramble and lots of fun even though it is not very prominent
alpine345 - May 17, 2012 3:50 pm Date Climbed: Aug 10, 1990Thorne
Started at Rock Ck TH. after work and camped @ Salmon lk. Summited the next AM, explored S rock ck a little, then home...grouse, elk, moose right on the trail
blackhawk - Aug 15, 2011 11:37 ameast thorne rocks
I made the long haul from rock creek and trail ran to salmon lake. From there I did something I haven't heard of anyone else doing or did and I free soloed the big long east ridge of the east thorne. I give it an Approx. 5.6-5.8 yds rating. It was frickin rad. One of my top fav solos when I lived back in Co. I descended down to salmon lake via down the feeder stream to the lake. Then trail ran back to my vehicle. Awesomeness. I love the gores.
Brian Kalet - Aug 1, 2011 1:16 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 20114 Peaks
With "Hail Peak", "Zodiac View" & Wingle Ridge. Climbed with chicagotransplant, John Kirk & Steve Knapp.
dclimb14me - May 13, 2010 12:40 amA Favorite
Great climb from Salmon Lake, got to touch the top of East Thorn too. Beautiful area and a favorite.
Kane - Apr 8, 2010 10:23 pm Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2008From Salmon Lakes TH
For some reason, the first thing I think of when I recall that day up on Silverthorne, was all of the Pine Beetle devestation along the Salmon Lakes Trail.
chicagotransplant - Apr 8, 2010 9:02 pm Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2009From Gore Creek
Ascent #1: 11/1/09; Great late fall ascent of this Gore Classic with Sarah, Dominic, Kevin and Dwight. Thanks for the last minute invite Sarah, I'm glad you called, it was a great day for a climb!
Ascent #2: 7/30/11; Combo with Hail, ascent of west ridge on Silverthorne. Climbed with Steve, John and Brian.


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From Gwen Bellion: "Thought you might be interested in knowing that my husband John Bellion along with his, son-in-law, George Irvine and his son, Luke, 8, visiting for Christmas from Newark, Delaware, watched a whale surface and blow several times off Beavertail around noon on Monday, December 26."
Thanks, Gwen. The whale is just one of our exciting winter attractions. *** Elizabeth Mancini and Cheryl Fernstrom both had last week's poser. Cheryl wrote, "The song is 'Celebrate' by Kool and the Gang around 1970. Great New Year's Eve song. Let's hope in 2012 we can 'celebrate good times!'"
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This article is excerpted from "The World Wide Web—Developing Content for a Web Site," Chapter 10 in The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet by Gregory H. Siskind and Timothy J. Moses, ABA Section of Law Practice Management, 1996. © 1996 American Bar Association. Reprinted by permission.
While a Web site's classy, attractive appearance is important, the ultimate success of the home page will be tied to the quality of a site's content. A great site will look sharp, be well organized, blend useful legal information with lots of information on the firm, be well publicized both on and off the Internet, and make it easy for an existing or potential client to contact the firm effortlessly. A law firm Web site might include:
• A firm mission/philosophy statement;
• A resume of the firm or resumes of the lawyers;
• Newsletters and articles written by the firm's lawyers;
• A list of representative clients and links to the Web site;
• The text of key government documents such as proposed bills and regulations;
• A description of the firm's practice areas;
• Biographical information on each lawyer;
• A description of the firm's pro bono and community service activities;
• A section including articles and reports about the law firm or the firm's lawyers;
• A "What's New" section of announcements by the firm;
• Consultation and Intake Forms;
• Links to related information on the Internet;
• Information on contacting the firm;
• Marketing surveys and guest books; and
• Offbeat offerings such as personal home pages for each of the lawyers or a legal humor section.
While effectively publicizing an attractive, well-organized site with lots of promotional information may get someone to initially visit your home page, you are unlikely to get repeat visitors unless you provide the visitor with useful information that also demonstrates a firm's expertise. Repeat visits build name recognition and loyalty. Name recognition and loyalty translate into business. This is a fact of the Internet culture that is not unique to the legal profession. One should not be surprised, therefore, that the most successful sites on the Internet are free and content-rich. With traditional marketing, you can get your message to people over and over again even when they are not looking for it. Online marketing does not afford you the same luxury—people must want to see your site.
Also remember to change your site's content frequently. Internet views are information-driven and they are not likely to regularly return to a stagnant site. Be sure to note on or near the top of the main page of a site the last time it was changed.
And, even if your site has excellent, frequently changing content, do not bury it deep in your page where no one will see it. Be sure to prominently headline your content features on your main page.
The information available at your site can be delivered in a variety of formats. The most common are newsletters, Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) documents, articles on specific subjects written by the firm's lawyers, as well as briefs and memoranda written by the firm's lawyers on important issues. When developing an information product for your Web site, consider several points:
• What written information does your firm currently produce? Do you already produce client newsletters? Do you regularly send out memoranda to clients updating them on important changes in the law? Have you recently prepared written material for a seminar at which you spoke?
• Do you have access to information that potential clients would have difficulty getting? Because you monitor developments in your field and may receive information quickly from a variety of sources regarding important changes in the law, you may be in a position to become a news source for visitors to your Web site. Of course, be sure to pay attention to copyright laws when you post this kind of information.
• Focus on the types of questions people most frequently request when they contact you. What kinds of questions should they be asking? Use those questions to develop a FAQ document.
• Have you recently researched an interesting question of law for a client? Consider turning that research into an article to post on your site.
• Do you moderate a mailing list? Include recent message strings on your Web site.
• Have you developed a useful collection of links to resources on the Internet? A good links page can help your Web site become a regular jumping-off point for people browsing the Web. Some of the items that you might consider including in your page of links are as follows:
• Links to related professionals in your field (If you are a real estate lawyer, for example, consider adding links to real estate agents.);
• Links to government agencies regulating clients in your field;
• Newsgroups, mailing lists, and Web sites with information related to your practice area; and
• Links to organizations and firms that might be useful contacts for visitors of your site.
• Be sure to regularly publish your newsletter or update your articles. You will receive more hits if visitors can reliably predict that they will find new information at your site. Be sure to let visitors know when they can expect a new posting.
• Consider archiving your previous newsletters and include an articles index so that visitors can find useful articles from past issues.
• Consider including a search engine (a handy tool that lets the visitor type in search terms and the search engine locates matches) that will list for the visitor all of the links on a site related to the requested item.
Description of the Firm's Background
While providing useful legal information gives Internet users a reason to return to a site over and over again, a firm still needs to provide the visitor with the type of background information on the firm that will impress a client. To achieve this, a Web site should contain the type of information typically included in a firm brochure. It should also complement the firm's printed brochure and other printed promotional materials. For example, you might use the same logo and color scheme on all your online and offline documents. This section of the Web site could include the following types of information:
• The firm's history.
• The firm's areas of expertise.
• Geographic market served—let the visitor know if you primarily serve a local, national, or international client base.
• Important awards, success stories, and case victories. You might want to provide a link here to the URL for any decisions or related news stories available on the Internet involving your firm's lawyers.
• The firm's pro bono, civic, and community activities. Consider adding links to the organizations that have e-mail addresses and Web links. As a matter of courtesy, you should contact the organization to request its permission to list the link.
• Key clients and URL links to those with an Internet presence. Again, seek the client's permission to be mentioned and linked at your site.
• Information on the firm's fees (hourly rates, flat fee options, etc.), flexible billing options, whether the firm accepts credit cards, etc.
• Photographs of the firm's exteriors and interiors.
Interacting with Your Audience
One of the most revolutionary aspects of marketing of the World Wide Web is the ability to interact with the people viewing your site. Some of the more innovative law firm Web sites are using forms of all types to improve the quality of the home page. A visitor types in information on an online form and the information comes back to the firm in the form of an e-mail message. Consider the following uses for forms at your site:
• Welcome your visitors with a guestbook.
• Invite clients to request a consultation with a questionnaire or intake form.
• Use marketing information forms.
• Provide newsletter and mailing-list subscription forms.
• Employ a search engine to find information on your site.
The "What's New" Section
The front page of your Web site should always include a section that lets visitors know what types of changes or additions have been made on your Web site. You should also include a brief statement at the very top of your page that notes when the most recent changes to the page were made. The What's New section can be used to announce items such as:
• New articles, newsletters, or links available at the site;
• Achievements of members of the firm;
• The addition of new lawyers;
• The availability of new Internet communications tools such as voice and video conferencing. n
Gregory H. Siskind is a partner at the Nashville office of Siskind, Susser, Haas & Chang, an immigration law firm. His firm's immigration law newsletter, distributed via e-mail and at his firm's homepage, is read by more than 20,000 people every month. He is a member of the ABA Section of Law Practice Management. Timothy J. Moses is a partner at Telalink, a firm that concentrates on assisting businesses that want to be visible on the Internet by providing a secure and reliable location for their online information. He is a member of the ABA Section of Law Practice Management.


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