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Press Row: An exciting Day 2
By Ed Eagle / MLB.com
A second day of exciting postseason action was followed by another round of insightful reporting Thursday from sports reporters around the United States. According to Los Angeles Daily News columnist Steve Dilbeck, the Angels' ability to scratch and claw their way back to even their series with the Yankees Wednesday night was a return to the style of play that got the AL West champions into the playoffs in the first place. "Remember when the Angels small ball drove other teams to distraction? When they put constant pressure on opponents, forced them into mistakes, stretched every possible opportunity? "On an unusually hot October night, just when it appeared the Angels had suffered a serious identity crisis with the arrival of the postseason, it suddenly reappeared. "Faster than you can say Orlando Cabrera, the Angels' aggressive game was back, and with it a 5-3 victory that evened their best-of-five series at a game apiece. "For one night -- or at least the last third of it -- small ball ruled." And it was that aggressive style, Dilbeck wrote, that was the Angels' key to topping the Bronx Bombers. "An infield hit, a couple of bunts, a clutch hit. Suddenly the Angels knew who they were again, a postseason identity crisis averted." The Yankees, wrote New York Times reporter Tyler Kepner, played into the Angels' small ball plans because of their inability to make critical defensive plays. "The Yankees have learned to rely on the glove work of Alex Rodriguez and the accuracy of Chien-Ming Wang. When both went haywire at Angel Stadium on Wednesday, the Yankees lost a chance to take a commanding lead in their division series. "A fielding error by Rodriguez helped the Los Angeles Angels tie Game 2 in the sixth inning, and a throwing error by Wang in the seventh helped put the Angels ahead to stay in a 5-3 victory. Instead of giving Randy Johnson a two-games-to-none lead when the best-of-five series continues on Friday, the Yankees headed home tied with the Angels, a game apiece." Sam Borden of the New York Daily News wrote that the Yankees will return to the Bronx knowing that they let a key game slip from their grasps. "The Yanks had been hoping the Big Unit would be pitching a potential clincher, and after they jumped out to a two-run lead in Game 2, it looked like they might be able to give him that chance. But Wang fell victim to an Alex Rodriguez error in the sixth inning that led to the tying run and then made a throwing gaffe of his own in the seventh that allowed the Angels to surge ahead. "'The extra outs were costly,'" said Rodriguez, who was 0-for-2 with three walks and was caught stealing in the seventh. "'In the postseason, you can't make mistakes like that.'" The Angels certainly weren't the only AL playoff club to capitalize on their opponent's critical mistakes. After the Chicago White Sox overcame a four-run deficit in their 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, Chicago Tribune reporter Mark Gonzalez noted the AL Central Division champions' ability to cash in on an extra out given to them by a former teammate. "Sympathy can wait. "The White Sox moved one game closer to winning their first American League Division Series on Wednesday night thanks to their ability to seize the moment. "Their comeback was fueled when former teammate Tony Graffanino missed a potential inning-ending double-play grounder, setting the stage for Tadahito Iguchi's dramatic three-run home run that capped a five-run fifth inning and erased a four-run deficit." Even with a commanding 2-0 series lead, the White Sox know that there is plenty of work to done against the resilient Red Sox. "Of the 22 teams who have taken a 2-0 advantage in the division series, 18 have gone on to win. "But the Sox remember vividly how Boston overcame an 0-3 deficit to beat the Yankees in the 2004 AL Championship Series before sweeping St. Louis 4-0 in the World Series. "And right fielder Jermaine Dye broke out in a sheepish smile when reminded that his 2003 Oakland team had a 2-0 advantage over Boston in the ALDS before losing three straight, including the first two at Fenway Park. "But the White Sox displayed the same relentless style that enabled them to humble Boston, 14-2, in Game 1. Their ability to sustain rallies, as well as keep their bullpen fresh with quality starting pitching, leads them to believe they will put away Boston. "'What's helped us was playing that series in Cleveland,'" Dye said of last week's three-game sweep at Jacobs Field. "'Even though it didn't mean anything, guys wanted to prepare for the playoffs. Before you knew it, we won the first two, and guys came out in the third game trying to put [the Indians] away. It helped us confidence-wise.'" Boston Globe columnist Jackie MacMullen broke down the play that had Red Sox fans flashing back to the infamous Bill Buckner error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. "It was a slow ground ball. Painfully slow, in fact. White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski was sitting in the dugout putting on his gear as he watched Juan Uribe's grounder roll lazily toward surehanded Red Sox second baseman Tony Graffanino. Pierzynski followed the ball, and swore softly to himself. "'I'm thinking, 'OK, who's up next inning [for Boston]? Who are we going to have to try and get out?' Pierzynski said. 'I'm thinking, 'I guess we'll try to get them next inning.' "
"Graffanino was processing 10 things at once. He was thinking he didn't get a good jump on the ball. He was thinking he should charge it. He was thinking he was distracted for a split second by Joe Crede, who motored past him as fast as he could to second base in hopes of breaking up what appeared to be a textbook double play."'I didn't get a good read on it,' Graffanino said. 'I tried to rush it, to get two. I just missed it.' "The ball slipped under his glove. It was the bottom of the fifth, with the Red Sox leading, 4-2, and he blew the play. Instead of getting out of the inning, suddenly there were runners at the corners, and still only one out. "You know by now what happened next. David Wells induced Scott Podsednik into a foul pop to third base, then hung a curveball to Tadahito Iguchi that the rookie tattooed 372 feet for a three-run homer. "The 4-2 Red Sox lead was now a 5-4 deficit. And Tony Graffanino, the surehanded, affable, reliable second baseman, was suddenly added to the list of Red Sox personnel who have made postseason blunders."
Meanwhile, in the National League, Dave O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution neatly summarized the difficult challenge facing the Braves after a series-opening, 10-5 loss to the Houston Astros at Turner Field."The Astros rocked Tim Hudson and the bullpen in a 10-5 rout that dropped the Braves to 4-13 in their past 17 postseason home games, including four consecutive losses in division series openers. "They face a daunting task to end their run of division series disappointments. They must win three of the next four games to avoid a fourth consecutive division series loss, no small feat considering their next two are against Roger Clemens and 20-game winner Roy Oswalt." O'Brien was quick to point out, too, that the Braves' hard-earned home-field advantage has not been much of an advantage during recent playoff runs. "The series moves to Houston for Game 3 on Saturday and a potential Game 4 on Sunday, and would return to Atlanta if Game 5 is necessary Monday. The Braves have dropped three consecutive division series Game 5s at home." Jose De Jesus Ortiz of the Houston Chronicle summarized the Astros win while reminding readers of a pledge Astros owner Drayton McLayton made to his team prior to the season. "In a quiet corner of the visitors' clubhouse at Turner Field, Astros owner Drayton McLane busily got to work Wednesday evening after his team won Game 1 of its Division Series. "Back in Spring Training, he vowed to clean his players' spikes after each game if they reached the postseason. "The gesture could not have been more appropriate after McLane's Astros received contributions from top to bottom while cleaning up, 10-5, against the Atlanta Braves to start the best-of-five series. "From Craig Biggio leading off and Morgan Ensberg getting five RBIs in the cleanup spot all the way down to lefthander Andy Pettitte, the Astros did the little things and the big ones, too. They sacrificed runners over, drove in runs with two outs, and took walks when Atlanta righthander Tim Hudson missed the strike zone." As the Cardinals attempt to take a 2-0 series lead over the Padres on Thursday afternoon, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Derrick Goold made note of Redbird southpaw starter Mark Mulder's daytime struggles. "'My few bad games happened to all be day games,' said Mulder, who with 16 wins had a fifth consecutive season of 15 or more wins, the longest active streak in the Majors. 'So, that's just the way it happened. That's the furthest thing from my mind.' "His way is not to worry, as he recently sported a T-shirt with the phrase "Whatever" on it. The lefty, acquired in an offseason trade with Oakland, has dismissed many such statistical rivets from his season. "He walked seven in his final start and talked about how he had good stuff but just couldn't get strikes. Whatever. The shortest outing of his career was his second-last start, a five-out humdinger in which he allowed seven earned runs. He was off. Whatever. "In 11 daytime starts this season, Mulder's earned-run average was 6.86, more than 4.5 runs worse than the 2.26 ERA in 21 night starts. Yet, the best game of his season was the 10-inning shutout of Houston, which was a 1:15 p.m. start. He kidded reporters for missing that his last win of the season was a daytime start, too. On the afternoon of Sept. 17, Mulder held the Cubs to one earned run in a win the Cardinals deemed their title-clincher." San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Bill Center profiled San Diego Game 2 starter Pedro Astacio, who will attempt to keep the Padres from the brink of elimination. "Astacio's strength is his ability not to feel the pressure. Not even pitching for four seasons in Colorado rattled Astacio. He is the Rockies' career leader in victories and one of the rare pitchers who has a winning record with the team. Even being sidelined for nearly two seasons after surgery to repair a torn labrum in 2003 didn't seem to bother him. "'I knew I would be better again,'" he said. "'I like to prepare, but I don't like to talk about how I will do. I will give it my best. I stay the same. I am very happy for myself that I came back after being away. "'What do I want to do? Pitch one game. And one more after that.'" Astacio said yesterday he remembers pitching his first Major League game for the Dodgers back in 1992. Not even then did he feel pressure, he said. "'Very much excitement,' said the pitcher who grew up idolizing Dominican players such as Alfredo Griffin and George Bell. 'I wanted to show everyone in the big leagues that I could pitch. I was excited and proud.' "Still is ... with a line of stubbornness. Astacio attacks hitters. "'That's the way I pitch,' he said. 'I feel comfortable. I believe in myself. There's no pressure.'
Ed Eagle is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I'm not awarding four stars to Goosefoot, the splendid new restaurant by former Les Nomades chef Chris Nugent. But I suspect it's just a matter of time — and not a lot of time — before I do.
Goosefoot opened in mid-December with the plug-and-play readiness of an Apple computer. My first visit there in January, the place was maybe 5 weeks old, but already the front room had the polish, precision and assured ease of a considerably older restaurant. Nugent's picture-perfect plates were less of a surprise — Les Nomades earned four stars from me with Nugent in charge — but in addition to the technical excellence apparent in every dish, there is a palpable joy to the food and room that is impossible to miss.

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I plan on going Saturday and depending on what we decide over the next couple weeks I may enter a chili on Sunday. This is the first year in the last 4 that we'll be in town for the festival.
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It's a sign of the times that what once was a big air contest and then a quarterpipe is now a manmade rail-garden jam session. I'm talking about the US Open night event, an extravaganza that's been coaxing crowds into the frigid Vermont nighttime not quite as long as the duration of the US Open itself, but almost. And in the grand tradition of honoring history but also moving forward in time, this year's Friday evening soiree was it was: a rail-jam slaughterfest.
The US Open architects, namely the gentlemen from Snow Park Technologies, must've worked long and hard on this feature--a super-wide staircase concoction with jib options ranging damn near into the triple digits. Starting on looker's right was a down box, then a kinked flat rail, followed by another longer down box with a kinked rail attached to it, a straight flat rail, a flat down box, and don't forget the c-box on the very far left.
The action started off under misty sunset pinkness for qualifiers: first girls, then guys. A handful from each category moved on to join the prequalified riders already grandfathered into the finals. The lights went down. And it was on. The women got wicked in the form of Leanne Pelosi and several other shredders of the female persuasion who really settled the score. Pelosi had variety and difficulty on her side, boardsliding the c-box in qualifiers and boardslide to frontboarding the flat down box were just some of Leanne's tricky stunts. She is from Canada and if you haven't heard of her yet then you will soon. Like right now. A few standouts who didn't end up on the podium were Laura Hadar, Marie-France Roy, and Anne Flore, all dominating their own little piece of the monster feature.
Last year's winner Travis Rice showed up and 180ed to switch five-0 through the kink. King Grenerd Danny Kass 270ed onto the down box along with navigating a smooth switch frontside boardslide. Mr. Ryan Lougee kicked in his shock absorbers on a big backside 180 over the staircase, and later a Cab three over the same gap. But it was local Vermonter Chris Rotax who really blew people away by becoming the first and only person to attempt a 450 on to any part of the feature. It took him a few tries, but by the end of the hour-long jam format he dialed a backside 450 to frontside boardslide, 180 out. People scratched their heads, then cheered when it sunk in. It was pretty obvious who'd won Best Trick after that. Chris also earned third place over all with his performance, T. Rice stuck second, and another Vermonter, Rahm Klampert, became the reigning champ of this year's US Open rail jam by, well, just getting nasty. Switch 50-50 on the rail to cab three off the kink. Fifty-fifty into 270 off the kink onto the down part of the rail. And a whole gamut of other mathematical equations I was too cold to add up or write down.
1. Rahm Klampert
2. Travis Rice
3. Chris Rotax
1. Leanne Pelosi
2. Erin Comstock
3. Natasza Zurek
Sobe Best Trick Award: Chris Rotax, 450 to frontside boardslide, 180 out


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Email: humels AT [extension 'u.washington.edu']
Curriculum Vitae |
Linda Hume, "Real Estate Contracts". In Washington Real Property Deskbook, 2nd Edition, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Washington State Bar Association, Seattle, 1986.
Linda Hume, "State Court Decision, Washington". Community Property Journal, vols. 13-15.
Linda Hume, "Enhanced Earning Capacity of One Spouse as a Factor in the Property Settlement of Maintence". Community Property Journal, vol.15, no.4, 1988.
Linda Hume, The Washington Real Estate Contract Forfeiture Act. Washington Law Review, vol.61, April 1986: pp. 803-822.
Linda Hume, "A Suggested Analysis for Regulation of Equal Credit Opportunity". Washington Law Review, vol. 52, 1977. pp. 355-367.
Linda Hume, "Implementing Washington's ERA: Problems with Wholesale Legislative Revision". Washington Law Review, vol. 49, 1975. pp 571-602.
Linda Hume, "Delineation of the Powers of the Alaska Home Rule City: the Need for a Beginning". Alaska Law Journal, vol.8, 1970. ppg. 232-244.
Linda Hume, "Real Estate Contracts". Washington Real Property Deskbook, 2nd Edition, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Washington State Bar Association, Chapter 47, 1989.
Linda Hume, "Incidents of the Vendor-Purchaser Relationship (Equitable Conversion)". Washington Real Property Deskbook. Continuing Legal Education Committee, Washington State Bar Association, 1979. Chapter 36.
Linda Hume, "Introduction to the Law of the United States". Recent Developments in U.S.-Law & Business Practice (1996).
Linda Hume, "Problems and Materials on Payment Systems (Revised Articles 3 & 4 of the UCC" (1995).
Linda Hume, "Bridging and Ocean in a Classroom." ABA Business Law Today, No. 1 (1993).
Linda Hume, "Dispute Resolution Issues in International Commercial Law". International Commercial Law (1993).
Linda Hume, "Memorandum opinion of Hearing Tribunal: Berrysmith v. Alaska Airlines". Washington Human Rights Reporter, vol. 2, 1975. WD204-213. Also noted in CCH Employment Practice Decisions.
Linda Hume, "Memorandum opinion of Hearing Tribunal: Leslie v. Loveland". Washington Human Rights Reporter, vol. 2, 1975: WD 217-224.
Linda Hume, "Sex as a bona fide Occupational Qualification in Hiring Correction Officers". Washington Human Rights Reporter, vol. 2, 1978.
Linda Hume, "Intercultural Communication and Japanese and American Attitudes Toward Contracts". 20 Kokusai Shoji Homu No. 3 p 265, Tokyo, 1992.
Linda Hume, "The Closing". Buying or Selling a House, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Linda Hume, "Rights of the Unpaid Unsecured Seller". Second Annual Commercial Law Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1990.
Linda Hume, International Sales: Article 2 and the U.N. Convention for the Sale of Good, First Annual Commercial Law Institute (1989).
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Historic Preservation Seminar (LAW 743)
This seminar examines the law applicable to archaeological, architecturally significant and other historic structures and cultural sites. The legal rationale behind police power regulations is studied, as are the alternative means of protection at local, state and federal levels of government. Private property tools and tax incentives are reviewed. The conflicts between preservation laws and other social values, the use of religious sites protected by the First Amendment, and the scope of "regulatory takings" are featured as a case study. Students are graded based on class participation and either a research paper or a project applying preservation laws to an actual factual setting. Both papers and projects must be presented orally to the class and two tutorial meetings with the professor must be scheduled to explore either the paper's research or the project's preparation.
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Are Humans Evolving? Depends on Your Definition.
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Observable change is happening in humans, albeit slowly and only for certain traits. Scientists have tracked the histories of 14,000 residents of Framingham, Massachusetts, since 1948. Data from 2,238 females participating in the Framingham Heart Study were recently analyzed, including weight, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and number of offspring. The results suggest that a slow shift in height and weight is occurring, leading some to conclude that "evolution is still in action."1
In the group studied, neither obese nor thin women had as many children as those in a third, slightly plump category. The researchers predicted that if this trend continues, the descendants of these Framingham residents will be almost an inch shorter and approximately two pounds heavier 400 years from now.
Biologist Stephen Stearns told Time magazine, "Variations in reproductive success still exist among humans, and therefore some traits related to fertility continue to be shaped by natural selection."1 Stearns led the team of scientists who conducted the study, the results of which were recently reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.2
His observation may be accurate regarding the existence of variable traits, but, as usual, no distinction is made between very different concepts that are all mixed together under the ambiguous umbrella term "evolution." On the one hand, subtle alterations to nonessential features within a stable kind are called "evolution," and these changes are observable. But on the other hand, textbooks display images depicting all life forms having emerged from a single cell, and such radical morphing from one kind to another is nowhere borne out by science. Yet it, too, is referred to as "evolution."
Without clarifying which definition is being used, confusion could easily result. And with such vague definitions that are offered for evolution―such as "the change in the genetics of a species over time," which appears in the current Texas eighth grade science textbook3―discerning those critical distinctions between the concepts it represents promises to be a challenge in the future.
In reality, there is an apparently unbridgeable gap between the subtle kinds of adjustments the scientists observed among these Massachusetts women and the kinds of wholesale changes necessary to have converted single cells into Massachusetts women. Tweaks in height and weight among some individuals in a limited population are merely variations within a stable created and reproducing kind. For nature to have generated internal skeletons or lungs from scratch, however, would have required giant sets of new genetic building and operating instructions to have instantly arrived...in both a male and female, for them to show up in the next generation.
Are humans changing? Of course, but what is actually seen are certain changes only within certain traits. Are humans undergoing Darwinian, big-picture evolution? Although these researchers did not make this claim specifically, they did not distinguish between the critical classes of biological change. Thus once again, the science shows variation within a kind, but no big-picture, textbook-image "evolution."
- Harrell, E. Darwin Lives! Modern Humans Are Still Evolving. Time. Posted on time.com October 23, 2009, accessed October 27, 2009.
- Byars, S. G. et al. Natural selection in a contemporary human population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Published online before print October 26, 2009.
- Biggs, A. et al. 2002. Texas Science Grade 8. Columbus, OH: Glenco/McGraw-Hill, 352.
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on November 3, 2009.
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A former school bus driver accused of having sex with two 17-year-old students was indicted by a grand jury Monday.
A former school bus driver accused of having sex with two 17-year-old students was indicted by a grand jury Monday.
Kwanda Carpenter, 33, faces two charges of sexual activity with a student by school personnel.
She was arrested in January and put on paid suspension from her job as a bus driver for Bessemer City High School.
Since her Jan. 16 arrest, the Bessemer City woman has been released from jail on bond and assigned a public defender, attorney Rocky Lutz.
A Gaston County grand jury handed down indictments Monday, deciding there was sufficient cause to take Carpenter to trial on two charges of sex acts with a student.
Police say Carpenter, who is married, picked up the two teenagers around 10 p.m. on their street and engaged in a sexual activity with both of them, police said. The boys could not remember the exact date, although warrants list Oct. 3 as the date of offense, according to detectives.
The sexual activity did not occur at school nor on the school bus, but rather in the bus driver�s private car on a dead-end road near the boys� homes, police said.
Carpenter did not force the two boys to have sex, but sexual contact between a school employee and a student remains against the law, according to police.
The two students broke the law when they tried to force Carpenter to pay hush money.
According to arrest warrants, Malik Ty Mel Moore and Donja Phillips, both 17, sent messages to Carpenter and threatened �to call the police and report that she had raped them if she didn�t give them money.�
The two Bessemer City High School students used Facebook to try to extort $60 from Carpenter, police said. Each has since been charged with blackmail.
The sexual misconduct came to light when Carpenter reported the Facebook threat to the school resource officer on Jan. 11.
The threat came to Carpenter sometime in early January, Gaston County police said.
Carpenter only drove a school bus for Bessemer City High School. She started at the school in October 2010 and earned $12.91 an hour, according to school officials. She was fired two days after her arrest.
You can reach reporter Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and twitter.com/GazetteDiane.


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Lewis Universitys College of Nursing and Health Professions will offer a parish nurse preparation from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on March 48 at the Universitys Oak Brook campus.
The parish nurse preparation course will focus on the spiritual dimension of nursing. The course will provide individuals with the necessary knowledge to succeed as a parish nurse and hold a health ministry role using the standardized curriculum of the International Parish Nurse Center.
The course is being offered for 3.0 graduate credit hours or 40.0 INA contact hours. There is a $550 enrollment fee.
For more information or to request a brochure, contact Dr. Janice Smith, professor of nursing and health professions at (630) 752-0776 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Our newest Astronauts are fruit flies!
Becoming an Astronaut is a big deal! Men and women selected to go into space are very carefully chosen. They go through rigorous medical evaluations to make sure they are healthy and that their bodies can withstand the forces of liftoff and re-entry. And they go through months and months of training to prepare them for their first space flight. Now NASA is sending untested, untrained astronauts into space. Of course, they are not human, they are fruit flies!
Fruit flies are bug eyed and spindly, they love rotten bananas, and, following orders from their pin-sized brains, they can lay hundreds of eggs every day.
We have a lot in common.
Genetically speaking, people and fruit flies are surprisingly alike, explains biologist Sharmila Bhattacharya of NASA's Ames Research Center. "About 77% of known human disease genes have a recognizable match in the genetic code of fruit flies, and 50% of fly protein sequences have mammalian analogues."
That's why fruit flies, known to scientists as Drosophila melanogaster, are commonplace in genetic research labs. They can be good substitutes for people. They reproduce quickly, so that many generations can be studied in a short time, and their genome has been completely mapped. Drosophila is being used as a genetic model for several human diseases including Parkinson's and Huntington's.
They're about to become genetic models for astronauts. "We are sending fruit flies to the International Space Station," says Bhattacharya. "They will orbit Earth alongside astronauts, helping us explore the effects of long-term space flight on human beings."
The flies will be living in a habitat developed at Ames called the "Fruit Fly Lab." Inside, they will lead the hurried lives of fruit flies--living, dying, reproducing, and experiencing the same space radiation and microgravity as their human counterparts. Cameras will record the behavior and appearance of these miniature astronauts; and at intervals some of them will be frozen and returned to Earth for analysis.
This research was recommended by the National Research Council itself. In a recent Decadal Survey, the council noted that "model systems offer increasingly valuable insights into basic biology." And they called for "an organized effort to identify common changes in gene expression [among] key model systems in space."
Male fruit fly image via Shutterstock.
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I recently upgraded to version 7.0.408 from 7.0.337. In the 337 version the mail filter crashed Outlook but thankfully that seems to have been fixed in the 408 version. However, the mail filter toolbar periodically disappears. This seems to coincide with any new e-mail that I get (indicated by an envelope in the taskbar). When I click on the envelope in the taskbar Outlook opens but without the mailfilter toolbar. This can be gotten back by Tools --> Options --> Other --> Advanced Options --> COM add-ins and UNclicking the Sonicwall option then OK then re-openeing COM add-ins and reselecting the Sonicwall option. Hey Presto its back, but it is becoming a major leakage from my life-force and I don't know how much longer I can go on like this. Any suggestions welcome please.
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Of course, sharing the password with other systems, whilst very convenient in practise can also lead to these sorts of exposures.
However, I don't see much reason why they can't run pop3 / IMAP over SSL as well. It's not difficult to do and increases the security a lot.
NNTP is harder, because it tends to be builtin to inn, but I'm sure that it could be done with some jiggery pokery, more stunnel and virtual IP addresses.


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Quote from LA Galaxy's owner Tim Leiweke, president & CEO of AEG (they own the team):
...for $250M, you'd better hope so Tim. Because he ain't Pele, and Pele couldn't build that bridge."David Beckham will have a greater impact on soccer in America than any athlete has ever had on a sport globally. David is truly the only individual that can build the bridge between soccer in America and the rest of the world."


text: Head Graphene Speed Pro Review (in Progress) OK, based on many positive reviews, I pulled the trigger and got me one from TW. First things I noticed: - It came at 325g strung, which tells me that unstrung weight was about 310g. I am glad it came on the lighter side (see "customization") - The gommets are "interesting" and a nightmare for a stringer -- the gommet strips are multiple pieces that click together. However, I would think they are hard to keep in place when stringing and one of "connections" on my strung (TW) racket snapped off and is sticking out. Still playable, however, looks like it may affect the string life, not sure. - The Head is definitely elongated, more oval, however, I think it is different from Prestige shape. - The string pattern (18x20) is very tight in the middle, and when overlayed with the IG Speed MP 315, mains 1 and 18 are about 1/4 inch closer to the center. - The frame is visibly thicker beam than the previous generation and the overal frame shape (inside the hoop and other) is different - I really like the new PJ, too -- clean Customization: In order to match my other rackets (Pro Stock of the IG/YT Speed MP with Silicone and Lead), I have added the overgrip and about 10g of silicone in the handle and about 12g of lead from 4 to 8. This made the racket 350g and 32cm balance. I spent about 1.5 hours today hitting with this racket, serving and some net play. Initial Review: First serves are powerful and accurate. A good thing is that the racket has a lot of power and you can serve with 70% effort and still get a nice pop. It took absolutely no time/effort to get my serve going. I had a lot of trouble with the second serve -- just could not get the spin and kick I get with my IG Speed. I believe the tight string pattern is contributing to it. Therefore, I had a lot of double faults. I switched for 30 minutes back to my IG Speed and the 2nd serve was no problem (for me, it was for the returner ). The second serve was actually the main draw back for me so far, along with the volleys. It was effortless to make the shots with this racket -- FH and 2HBH. I noticed that there is some spin but definitely less than with the IG version. I use Western FH, so, this was a hard part to adjust, and will take a few more sessions to feel comfortable with. The racket is powerful, my customization added more to it, so... The racket is very stable and offers a nice sweet spot as other testers have mentioned. This definitely helps with the off-center shots. 2HBH did not change much for me as my shots are more flat than I would like them to be. G-Speed feels about the same on the BH side. Slices felt nice, deep and low. Altough G-Speed is spec'd at higher flex rating (stiffer), I (and my arm/shoulder) did not feel negative about it, with full poly setup. In fact, the racket feels very much like the IG Speed rather than the YT Speed MP that was stiffer than the IG. I would say the racket feels very comforable on arm. I was expecting some pain as my elbow and shoulder are sensitive, however, no issues so far. I did some net practice today, but not enough to be conclusive. It felt like the ball was flying too long, and I did not have a good depth control like with my IG Speeds. I will do more net practice over the weekend. OK, so, I will update after the weekend practice when I should put in additional 5 hours with the racket. If I can figure out my second serve (my serve is my biggest weapon as I age), there is a good chance I will be looking for a few more of the lighter G-Speed Pros, otherwise, sticking with the IG/YT's... January 27th Update: I spent additional 3.5 hours with the racket this weekend. I do everything well with this stick, I just do it better with my regular rackets. So, this racket is going to the For Sale Section. To Sumarize:- Head has done a great job with Graphene Speed Pro! - Vibrations are minimal (no dampener used), however, it is not completely muted and there is a nice feedback - I am surprised with the RA Rating of the stick because it does not feel too stiff and did not give me any problems after about 6 hours (and I do have very sensitive Tennis Elbow and shoulder) - The power is great with the racket, very easy to block the shots and effortless shot making - The string pattern is very tight in the middle (oval head shape) and the access to spin is not as good as on the IG/YT Speed MP 18x20. This was the main drawback for me as I rely on my spin FH and second kick serve. However, there is more spin access than, for example Prestige MP... - The sweet spot is nice, large. Very stable with the off the center shots. - Excellent control! - Serves are powerful and easy directional control - My second serves got better last two days, but still, I was not as confident as with my current stick. Could be in my head... - Volleys are actually very nice once I tuned them in - FH is easy and deep. It would be a total monster for the flat hitters! 2HBH (fairly flat for me) was great! Slices are beautiful. This concludes my review.


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Nice game, for a demo. Looks good.
Nice game, for a demo. Looks good.
One thing which would really assist analysis would be to print scorecards in sequence order when you sim a series or multiple matches after each other.
So start with saving to card1.htm, if it exists try card2.htm, etc.
From today's testing, Wankhede works reasonably well in assisting the spinners (they consistently come out on top), but the scores are amazingly high there. Low control bowlers struggle ridiculously at Edgbaston (40 wides) - though especially if the batsmen can't bat, for some reason. Edgbaston may also be difficult to bat on but still gives decent totals (though that may be because my testing teams have proper batsmen down to 11)
Interestingly, it appears that if you put worse batsmen at the top of the order, they struggle a lot more than they would if you stick them at six.
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I think the wides problem is related to length. When you set it to bowl on off stump, it seems to mean pitching it on off, rather than it reaching the stumps on off. Thus if you're bowling short, it ends up angling down the leg side. Couldn't this be changed? Seems a little irrational to be like this, if I'm right in thinking it is.
Also, I think wides are probably because the movement on pitches is probably a bit too much atm, though I don't know, obviously. Neil, didn't you have a program which showed visually what happened with each ball on certain pitch settings? Couldn't you experiment with that to find out the realistic parameters?
Another thing is that it's a bit hard to experiment as it stands, as the commentary seems to contradict itself. It'll say things like "... full of a length, on the stumps, left alone, wicketkeeper takes it easily" or something - if it's full and on the stumps... wouldn't he be bowled? Have lowered bounce to make doubly sure it's not going over the top, same commentary occurs, there are other examples as well where it can contradict itself.
Pretty playable still just from my little experiment just now, good work.
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Having said that, keepers get less than half as many catches as outfielders. Needs changing: will also sort the 'wides' issue that appears most when there is a weak batsman on a bowler's track.
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Lots of updates, as requested. A few extra grounds added - of which Lord's probably gives the best, balanced cricket as it's a fair track. Also have tweaked the bowling AI heavily regarding line, length and bowling changes. The stats file shows the latest round of testing - if you ignore the fact that Craig Cumming is topping the bowling averages after 8 overs in 75 games, then it's all awesome (also, Kamran Akmal has gone on one of his crazily good batting runs...)
Michael Clarke just bowled the last over of a T20 match against West Indies and took 1-1-0-1. Fairish enough, given that Ian Bradshaw faced 5 of the balls and Ramdin was out to the other. But then Australia needed 8 off the final over to win and Brad Hogg only managed 2 against Chris Gayle. Hmmm...
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
More tweaking - very happy with how it's playing now: more feedback would be really appreciated, as would any data updates (looking for the right balance between bat and ball, swing and seam - the pitch really counts) or requests for changes, additions, or where we try to go next. I've simmed nearly 2,300 games in the last two days...
I've attached the latest version, and a card/bbb from a thrilling low-scorer between England and Sri Lanka at Exeter...
Just had a quick match at the Basin. Having the top order bat aggressively seemed to initiate away, throwing wicket of. Oram and Vincent on a lower aggression through the middle overs worked well. Don't think there's too much wrong with it - nothing that I noticed anyway. Also, bowling full and on the stumps (i.e. yorkers) worked very well in the death overs.
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Updated again - byes significantly reduced for about the ninth time.
Also had a play with the front end tonight - can now see Hawkeye plots of the over (be gentle) and player profiles through right-clicking the player names on the team selection page.
Just got whipped by 140 runs by Australia.
Seems pretty regulation, except that at one point I'd slipped to 160odd for 8 from about 25 overs.
Australia 326 all out... South Africa 89 all out in reply... hmmm... McGrath and Hogg each took 3-3.
This is a very nice games. I would like to see your playr stats whith your game thhough.
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Twenty20 between Australia and England. England needed 2 off the last over annd Brett Lee bowled a wicket maiden.
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Beautiful pies in the video.
From my own experience, extreme heat (over 800 degrees) and long, slow fermentation are the two key areas where you can almost guarantee leoparding. I do not know what the exact science is behind it though.John
I've been busy shoveling myself out this weekend, so I didn't get a chance to reply, but I wanted to throw my two cents into this discussion.Leoparding is, as some people have alluded to, not that complicated. At it's simplest, it's just uneven browning. It's flash baking providing the coloration with the most contrast. The intenser the heat, the more uneven the browning. Move the heat source further away, baking slows down, more even golden browning is achieved. Move the heat source closer, baking speeds up, less even browning/leoparding occurs.A dough ball might look pretty homogenous on the outside, but moisture and air are not perfectly evenly distributed throughout it. The surface of dough will have some areas that are slightly drier than others. When the heat is intense, these dry areas brown first, and then, because darker colors absorb heat more efficiently, browning is accelerated and these slightly brown areas will get very dark, very quickly. This is leoparding. When the heat is less intense, moisture has a chance to flow through the surface of the dough and boil away much more evenly- everything dries out at a much slower/more even pace, and you get golden brown/lack of browning contrast.Longer fermentation times are residual sugar generators and sugar accelerates browning. The more sugar you have, the faster browning occurs, the more likelihood of leoparding. The only possible wild card in the leoparding equation is sourdough. A starter might produce varying quantities of lactic and acetic acid. Acids are browning decelerators, although acetic acid is volatile, while lactic is relatively nonvolatile. A starter won't necessarily impact leoparding, as seen by Craig's consistently leoparded pies, but, it might impact leoparding if an excess of acids are present.Leoparding is not mentioned in the VPN/EU guidelines, but 60-90 second bakes are. With a VPN dough (8 hour minimum fermentation) and an oven that can produce a 60-90 fully browned bake, leoparding will be a foregone conclusion, making leoparding a de facto part of the authentic Neapolitan pizza definition- assuming one adheres to the belief that 60-90 second bake times define authentic NP pizza, as I do.


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Lyerly, the firm that created the town�s brand, �Where Southern Charm Blossoms,� got to know Belmont while working with the tourism authority.
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The Lakers' 2011-12 season ended with a five-game, second-round playoff elimination, the meaning of that demise reinforced by a sign posted by an Oklahoma City Thunder fan on May 21:
Time to pass the torch.
Dallas and Miami have won championships since Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol rolled to consecutive NBA titles (2008-09 and 2009-10).
The Lakers are storming back for that torch.
The long arm of Dwight Howard, the first-team All-NBA center the past five seasons, will now extend the Lakers' reach after an agreement Thursday to send talented but oft-injured center Andrew Bynum to Philadelphia in a four-team trade that brings Howard to the Lakers after more than a year of pursuit.
Besides Bynum, Philadelphia reportedly would get Jason Richardson from Orlando, while Denver would get Andre Iguodala from the 76ers. Orlando would receive Arron Afflalo and Al Harrington from Denver, Nikola Vucevic and Moe Harkless from Philadelphia, and lottery protected first-round picks from each of the three teams.
The final terms in the complicated multi-team trade were expected to be submitted for league approval Friday, with the Lakers possibly getting a couple other fringe players.
The Lakers essentially exchanged Bynum and Lamar Odom for Howard and point guard Steve Nash — an undeniable upgrade. The Lakers did concede some financial and draft considerations in that swap, but the sign-and-trade deal for Nash to spark the Lakers' offense came about via the trade exception acquired from Dallas for Odom.
Getting Howard without having to give up much more than Bynum or take on burdensome overpaid players was the Lakers' stance all along.
The Lakers are expected to give up a future first-round pick to Orlando in the final official trade for Howard, 26, but he is now positioned to be the centerpiece of their post-Kobe era as ongoing contenders.
There is little incentive for Howard to immediately extend the contract that will pay him $19.5 million next season. The Lakers, however, are confident that Howard will re-sign with them next summer for five years and $100-plus million considering they can offer him a bigger contract than any other club.
The one certainty is next season. And Howard almost single-handedly can make Coach Mike Brown's defense-first principles look overwhelming. Howard is the only player in NBA history to win the Defensive Player of the Year award three consecutive seasons (2009-11).
The Lakers would have a starting lineup of two defensive aces in Howard and Metta World Peace to go with Nash's offensive genius and the two-way skills of Bryant and Gasol. Howard finished second in the 2011 NBA MVP voting, and with Bryant, Gasol and Nash gives the Lakers a set comparable to the four-star group of Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Gary Payton that reached the 2004 NBA Finals before losing to Detroit.
Howard was slowed last season by a back injury and is currently rehabilitating in Los Angeles from surgery to repair a herniated disc, but he is expected to be ready for the start of the 2012-13 season and make a full recovery.
Unlike Bynum with his past knee problems, Howard has been almost indestructible throughout his career.
Listed at 6-foot-11 but understood to be shorter, Howard isn't as big or tall as Bynum and lacks a comparable shooting touch; Howard is a 58.8 percent career free-throw shooter. Howard is considerably more athletic, though, and should be able to do greater damage facing less consistent double teams and with Nash setting him up.
The trade ends a saga that grew to be known as the "Dwightmare" given how often Howard waffled on wanting out of Orlando, where he has been since being drafted No. 1 overall out of high school in 2004.
Bynum, 24, emerged last season as the All-NBA second-team center, yet he was inconsistent on defense and often stopped ball movement on offense. Drafted 10th overall out of high school by the Lakers in 2005, Bynum had the longest tenure on the team of any player besides Bryant.
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They are only journalists after all!
How very dare you!
They are writers who spend their entire lives, day in and day out, listening to hi-fi equipment and viewing home cinema gear, so I'd hope they'd have more ability than most to judge what's good and what's so-so.
They are emphatically notpeople who make a living out of inflating hype about products
– knowing our review crew as I do, I'd say they are, to a man (and woman), much more cynical and hard to please than most: it's very easy to get blasé when you spend so much time auditioning equipment.
Sorry Andrew but that's BS!
Firstly there is no connection between the amount of time spent doing something and the ability to do it. For example I could spend all year training at a running track and at the end of it I'd still take me ages to do 100m if I didn't have a heart attack first. If your "experts" are so great they would be willing to undertake double blind testing of their opinions and we know they aren't dont we!
Secondly, of course they are interested in preserving the hype! If the true situation is that there is no material difference between most of the kit then nobody would buy the magazine would they? They have an obvious and self-evident reason for making us all believe we should spend lots of money on hifi kit.
Thirdly, they are just journalists! A good parallel is the Top Gear team. Nobody with a brain cell would buy a car on the basis of the Top Gear recommendations, they reject cars on the basis that the boot is big enough to hold golf clubs. The only difference is that the Top Gear guys are amusing. :grin:


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The New York Mets are not going to make the playoffs this year and they may not make it next year either. But they will get back there again one day and when they do, they will look back at June 18, 2013, as the day their postseason dreams first looked realistic.
For on Tuesday, the Mets – the 25-40, third-worst-winning-percentage-in-baseball-entering-the-day Mets – not only swept a doubleheader from the first place team in their own division, they did so behind the type of outstanding young arms who have led previous turnarounds in franchise history and will be called on to do so again.
In the opener of the day-night twinbill in Atlanta, Matt Harvey took a no-hitter into the seventh inning. He struck out 13 Braves while pitching into the eighth and left before allowing a run (he was charged with three after departing) as the Mets won 4-3. In the finale, rookie Zack Wheeler made his major league debut a victorious one, working around four hits and five walks to deliver six shutout innings in a 6-1 New York triumph.
Tuesday morning's New York Daily News backpage featured a cartoon of Harvey as Batman (or Matt-Man, in the always-punny tabloid vernacular) and Wheeler, swinging in from some distant place like Triple-A Las Vegas, as Boy Wonder. One can only imagine what superhero comparisons the tabs have in store for Wednesday.
Harvey's brilliance is nothing new, of course. He struck out 11 without surrendering a run in his own big league debut last summer and was the talk of baseball in April and May as he delivered one overpowering performance after another. His win Tuesday improved his record to 6-1 and while his ERA actually went up to 2.16, he took over the NL lead in strikeouts.
Wheeler, a 23-year-old pitching in his home state, wasn't overpowering against the Braves, but he displayed all the traits that made him the No. 6 pick in the 2009 draft and Baseball America's 11th ranked prospect before the season. His fastball was consistently in the mid-90s and he showed impressive break on his offspeed pitches.
Most impressive of all was his poise. He walked the first hitter of the game, Braves shortstop Andrelton Simmons -- who promptly stole second – and issued a two-out walk to Freedie Freeman but didn't allow a run in the first. He worked around a one-out double in the second, two walks and an error behind him in the third and harmless singles in the fourth and fifth.
In the sixth inning, with the game still scoreless, Wheeler again permitted two men to reach with just one out, but he struck out Dan Uggla on a slider and got Chris Johnson to pop out.
An Anthony Recker two-run homer in the top of the seventh proved to be all the runs the Mets would need on the night, and they tacked on four more in the eighth for good measure.
The Mets have had their moments this season – most notably a four-game, two-ballpark sweep of the Yankees just a few weeks ago – but those didn't come with anything approaching the type of tantalizing promise for seasons to come like Tuesday night's games did. New York is a team still littered with holes, primarily on an offense that ranks 26th in the majors in batting average. One special day won't change that. General manager Sandy Alderson, who swung the key trade with the Giants to bring Wheeler to Queens for the low, low cost of a Carlos Beltran rental two summers ago, must address an active roster that really has only three untouchable pieces: third baseman David Wright, Harvey and Wheeler.


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BERLIN- Stephen Decatur's men's varsity soccer team lost a heartbreaker last weekend, falling to visiting Aberdeen, 2-1, in double-overtime to bow out of the state Class 3A-East playoffs.
The Seahawks entered the post-season as the four-seed in the Class 3A-East tournament and earned a home date in the opening round against Aberdeen. However, Decatur's appearance in the tournament was short-lived after Aberdeen scored a goal in the second overtime period to eliminate the Seahawks and advance in the post-season. Ryan Davis scored the lone goal for Decatur in the loss.
The loss in the first-round of the state playoffs continued a trend of early exits for the Seahawks in the post-season. Last year, Decatur upset Northeast, 2-1, in the first round in a game that came down to penalty kicks, before falling to top-seeded Bel Air in the region semifinals.
The loss last Friday to Aberdeen in the first round of the playoffs did little to tarnish what was another great season for the Seahawks. Decatur finished the season with a 7-4-2 record including a 4-3-1 mark in the Bayside Conference.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – General Dynamics C4 Systems and Itronix, its most recent acquisition, has showcased the latest in rugged, interoperable computing technologies for the highly mobile public safety market at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference (IACP. General Dynamics acquired Itronix Corp., of Spokane, Wash., on Sept. 2.
"Organizations that have been tasked with protecting the public can count on General Dynamics and Itronix for the best the industry has to offer in command, control and mobile computing solutions that are secure, reliable, interoperable and rapidly deployable," said Vince Menzione, public sector sales manager for Itronix. "Whether it is a first responder in the field who needs immediate access to data or a professional who is protecting our nation's homeland security, we are in a unique position to offer users integrated, flexible solutions to meet their specific mission needs."
Among the products demonstrated at IACP will be the Itronix GoBook III, the newest addition to General Dynamics' roster of rugged, computing equipment that is secure, interoperable and rapidly deployable. Itronix GoBook solutions transform a police patrol car into a mobile office complete with multiple wireless modems fully integrated so officers can send and receive critical data and are "always connected" to HQ, dispatch and other patrol vehicles. In addition, the wireless, rugged computing solutions allow fire and emergency personnel to rapidly transmit and receive critical dispatch data, maps, action plans, and patient information in order to best respond to critical situations.
Itronix products and services complement General Dynamics' existing command, control and communications capabilities and offer important advantages to users in public safety and security environments who need to send and receive critical information no matter where they are. The companies have proven track-records of delivering demanding mobile computing solutions to defense, commercial and public safety customers alike.
Itronix, a world-class developer of wireless, rugged computing solutions for mobile workers, distinguishes itself in the market through its superior wireless integration and end-to-end implementation and support services. Itronix has a full range of wireless field computing systems, from handhelds to laptops to tablet PCs. Itronix has European operations in Coventry, U.K., with direct sales and service operations in France, Germany, Canada, and Latin America. Additional information is available on Itronix's web site at www.itronix.com
General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), is a leading integrator of secure communication and information systems and technology. With more than 10,000 employees worldwide, the company specializes in command and control, communications networking, space systems, computing and information assurance for defense, government and select commercial customers in the United States and abroad.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 70,800 people worldwide and had 2004 revenue of $19.2 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation. More information about the company can be found at www.generaldynamics.com.


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Microsoft Corp. (
Redox Power Systems LLC
, and the
University of Maryland
have been awarded a $5M USD government grant to test fuel cell technology in Microsoft's data centers. The grant comes courtesy of the
U.S. Department of Energy
's (DOE)
Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E)
group. The grant is from ARPA-E's
Reliable Electricity Based on Electrochemical Systems (REBELS)
program, which is looking to fund novel on-site power generation technologies.
I. A Tough Market
Redox Power is one of the very few companies to have a large-size, kilowatt scale fuel cell product ready for commercialization. And given the market caps of publicly traded competitors or valuations of those privately held, that alone could make Redox Power billions.
But what is so exciting about Redox Power is that in a market whos current best case is "almost" paying off cost premium versus traditional mechanical fossil fuel generators, this startup may have the world's first commercial scale fuel cell to cost less than a traditional mechanical fossil generator over its lifetime.
A Redox Power PowerSERG2-80 (25 kW) system awaits deployment.
When it come to fuel cells, the technologies are real, but in most cases are either so hard to produce or so expensive that they wouldn't survive the rigors of the for-profit market. However, some kinds of fuel cells -- particularly
small backup power cells for personal electronics
-- have started to approach commercial readiness.
The market for large fuel cells has been rockier. According to sources, Germany's Siemens AG (
) -- a top fuel cell pioneer -- has dramatically scaled back its large scale development, General Electric Comp. (
) has completely abandoned the technology according to
a 2010 note
from the Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG). Thus far commercial successes are few and far between.
Sprint Corp. (
does have
a mildly successful in-house large-scale hydrogen fuel cell project. But in terms of companies actually producing large quantities of mid-to-large size fuel cells,
Bloom Energy and its mildly successful "Bloom Energy Servers"
is among the few
commercial success stories
Currently America's large commercial fuel cell producers are:
Plug Power Inc. (
) (market cap: $780M USD)
FuelCell Energy Inc. (
) (market cap: $611M USD)
Ballard Power Systems Inc (
) (market cap: $540M USD)
Hydrogenics Corp. (
) (market cap: $173M USD)
Bloom Energy
All of those fuel cell startups -- targeting the backup power market -- lost money in 2013, despite generating substantial revenue.
Bloom Energy's blocky fuel cell "boxes" have seen modest sales. [Image Source: The Chronicle]
AT&T, Inc. (
), eBay, Inc. (
), and Staples, Inc. (
) are among the larger commercial partners to buy into the first generation deployment of Bloom Energy Servers. Bloom Energy installing 20-50 megawatts of capacity per year and has 100 megawatts of total installed capacity, presently. It currently handmakes its fuel cell systems at a pair of plants in Newark, New Jersey and Sunnyvale, Calif.
In November 2013 it
expanded to Japan
, where it's since scored several clients.
Today Bloom Energy is a bonafide power player with 83 patents and a growing installed base. It also has an abundance of cash having received $1.1B USD in capital funding. That total makes it one of the five biggest venture capital projects in history (not inflation adjusted). Its deep-pocketed backers include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (
), and Credit Suisse Group AG (
Bloom Energy founder and CEO K.R. Sridhar, Ph.D has snagged $1.1B USD in funding for his startup, but faces growing profitability concerns. [Image Source: AP]
Yet for all the positives, some fear that Bloom Energy may have fallen short on
its goal of achieving profitability
by 2013, as there was no official followup. Many
expected an initial public offering
(IPO) far sooner for the company;
suspicion of the company's bold financial promises
is on the rise.
Amid this uncertain backdrop, Redox Power believes it's ready for its first serious commercial test in the wild. The startup is a spinoff from the
University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC)
. Launched in Aug. 2013, the company continues to collaborate with the Univ. of Maryland.
Redox Power's founder,
Professor Eric Wachsman
, is an instructor at the university and is director of UMERC. He holds key patents on the technology which he claims will offer 100 times the density per cost of current cells, including Bloom's Energy Server. He claims his cells are 1/10th the cost of commercial alternatives and are also 1/10th the size.
Redox CEO Warren Citrin, left, and Professor Eric Wachsman believe they have the technology to blow away the Bloom Box. Now their effort -- 25 years in the making -- has been picked up by Microsoft for testing.
One strength of Redox Power's cell design is flexibility. It is designed to primarily run off natural gas, but can also generate power using propane, gasoline, biofuel, and hydrogen. At its maximum efficiency, when processing natural gas and doubling as backup heaters, the cells can output heat and electricity at 80 percent efficiency (and 70 percent efficiency for electrical generation only).
That's a good deal higher than Bloom Energy Servers, which are 60 percent efficient at optimal conditions.
II. Going Exotic
It took him 25 years to develop his unique brand of nanotechnology and microtechnology driven fuel cell, but Professor Waschman is finally seeing the payoff. Today he
holds many patents
on fuel cell technologies, but the asserted spec indicates that the technology is covered by
U.S. Patent No. 20110200910
, which was filed for in Oct. 2009 and granted in Aug. 2011.
Like Bloom Energy's "printed" fuel cell technology, this is a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) design. But from there they differ dramatically. Redox Power's cell clearly should enjoy a sizeable cost advantage based purely on the less expensive materials it uses. The big question is whether its novel design can overcome technical challenges of its less common design that is based on a kind of SOFC typically crippled by lower efficiencies.
Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are generally viewed as the most viable fuel cell technology. Upsides include their ability to be printed and their high efficiencies. Downsides include their tendency to be chemically poisoned by redox reactions and their use of expensive rare earth metals.
The first major difference in the Bloom Energy cell and the Redox Power cell is in the electrolyte. One crucial design flaw that reduces efficiency in most early SOFC designs is the loss of conductivity at lower temperatures (with room temperature being considered a very low temperature in fuel cell terms).
Bloom Energy is believed to use a relatively common yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), but tries to solve the temperature problem by also adding a second printed electrolyte -- scandia-stabilized zirconia (ScSZ) [
U.S Patent No. 20080261099
]. ScSZ is much more efficient at conducting at lower temperatures than YSZ, but the downside is that scandium is very scarce and expensive.
Bloom Energy's "printed" fuel cells are about the same size as Redox Power's. They use yttrium and (possibly) scandium oxide electrolytes, where as Redox Power uses other metal oxides.
[Image Source: Getty Images]
Redox Power is believed to use cerium oxide (anode side) and bismuth oxide (cathode side). The bismuth oxide layer is thinner -- about 60 percent of the thick of the cerium oxide layer in production designs. The key problem with this kind of cell design is decomposition -- typically the cerium and bismuth oxides were both vulnerable to decomposition.
Redox Power's SOFCs (solid oxide fuel cells) use a dual electrolyte that's more affordable and more efficient than Bloom Energy.
The patent describes in some detail Professor Wachsman's solution -- to use a ceramic oxide of mid-size nanoparticles in an anion functional layer (AFL) that acts as a triple phase boundary enhancer to the cerium oxide electrolyte, which features smaller nanoparticle sizes. In layman's terms, by leveraging nanotechnology, the design is preserving the material's low temperature conductivity performance, while preventing degradation by separating the cerium oxide from the anode in a novel way.
Strategically structured nanoparticle deposits are key to prevent redox decomposition of Redox Power's attractive solid electrolyte. The technology is hard to duplicate given the careful formulation necessary. [Image Source: USPTO/Redox Energy]
There's a balance between performance and thickness of the bismuth oxide layer. Make it to thin and the cell underperforms. Make it too thick and the bismuth oxide layer will degrade based on interactions across the cerium oxide layer with the anode. Ultimately the patent indicates making the bismuth oxide layer roughly 60 percent of the cerium oxide layer in thickness offered the optimal balance.
Roughly 10 x 10 centimeters and a millimeter thick, Redox Power's fuel cells have a record-setting density of around 2 W/cm
For the interconnects between cells, Bloom Energy is believed to use a porous ceramic -- the standard approach. Redox Energy's patent details how it started with this kind of material, but was able to move to interconnects of stainless steel or other metals, thanks to its electrolyte and novel design. Prof. Waschman writes in the patent:
In addition to lower cost metal interconnects, the employment of lower temperatures allows the cell to be more tolerant of any thermal expansion mismatch, to be more easily sealed, to have less insulation, to consume less energy, have a more rapid startup, and to be more stable.
Redox Power's patent on technology shows it can achieve up to 2.5 watts of power, 6 amps/cm
, and 1 volt per cell [Image Source: USPTO/Redox Energy]
As a result of the design differences, Redox Power's cells operate at a temperature of around 650 °C, where as Bloom Energy's run at around 900 °C. The lower temperature accounts for part of Redox Power's efficiency edge.
III. Cost Kills the Bloom Box's Potential
Cost is another advantage for Redox Power. There's a modest cost savings in moving from ceramic to stainless steel interconnects, as mentioned. But perhaps the biggest savings is the switch to cheaper metal alloys in the metal oxide electrolytes.
Redox Power believes its cost are low enough to make it the first truly competitive large commercial fuel cell solution.
Not all rare metals are created equal. While most transition and rare Earth metals used in fuel cell production are scarce elements from ore deposits on the Earth's crust, some are rarer and more expensive to extract than others. Abundance aside, politics also play a key role in the cost and viability of rare Earth supplies. Some are almost exclusive controlled by China, who has leveraged its monopoly to drive up the price per kilogram. Other rare Earth elements and rare transitition metals enjoy a more competitor market with multiple producers worldwide. Those elements tend to be much more attractive as they cost less.
Unfortunately for Bloom Energy, it uses a combination of elements that are either very rare, or controlled by China. Hence the cost of printing its cells are likely relatively high, simply on the basis of its chosen electrolyte chemistry.
The biggest problem in its chemistry, cost-wise happens to also be its best performing electrolyte -- the scandium. Only 4 to 8 tons of scandium (a rare transition metal with properties similar to rare earth metals) is estimated to be produced annually,
according to
Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (
). It's produced globally but in very small quantities as a coveted byproduct of metal production.
A reference page
from Jefferson Lab says that it is "too expensive for use."
A 2013 report
[PDF] from PFL Advisors, a consulting firm, says that prices have risen from around $500 USD per 99 percent pure kg of scandium metal to around $1,500 USD/kg.
Scandium production is extremely low and the rare metal's stock is almost exclusively controlled by China.
[Image Source: Wikimedia Commons]
Yttrium is mostly
extracted from clays
in China and is rather plentiful; production has skyrocketed from around 600 tons in 2001 to 8,900 tons in 2011 (of which 8,800 tons came from China),
according to
U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS). Yttrium prices
a high of $180 USD/kg (99 percent pure) in Q3 2011. While they've since fallen to around , that's still pretty high. According to
the Strategic Metals & Rare Earth Letter
[PDF] from Feb. 2014, Yttrium has the highest shortage of any rare earth metal, clearly pointing to future price increases. Currently yttrium oxide sells for around
$10-20 USD/kg
, while pure yttrium metal sells for around
$90 USD/kg
according to
Pacific Century Rare Earth Minerals, Ltd.
Yttrium is plentiful, but China controls production of the vital rare Earth metal, making it expensive.
[Image Source: Wikimedia Commons]
Redox Power's electrolyte chemistry is the payoff to the risk of redox fouling. From a cost standpoint it's dramatically better than Bloom Energy's for three reasons. First, it doesn't supplement its design with any excessively rare metal (e.g. scandium). Second, its metals are not control by China or some other monopolist. Third, since most SOFCs use YSZ as an electrolyte, Redox Power should have less competition for resources as it ramps up production.
The first crucial component of Redox Power's chemistry is the cerium oxide electrolyte. Cerium is also a rare earth element, but it's relatively abundant, with global annual production at 24,000 tons (
according to
Minor Metals Trade Association
(MMTA)) -- more than yttrium, and much more than scandium. Extracted from the ores Bastnäsite and Monazite, it's also less sensitive to Chinese price manipulation as India, Brazil, and Australia are major producers.
The 2013 PFL Advisors report pegs the cost of cerium oxide at a relatively low
$6-7 USD/kg
. Strong supply has dropped from a price of cerium oxide from nearly $20 USD/kg at its peak in 2011. Pure cerium (in metal ingot form) has a price of about
$20 USD/kg
Cerium is produced worldwide in relative abundance, making it one of the less volatile rare Earths. [Image Source: Wikimedia Commons]
Bismuth production is around 3,000 tons annually, but a large amount of the production comes from Canada and Mexico, which again reduces vulnerability to Chinese price manipulation. It can be extracted either lead or copper ores, or be mined directly from crystal deposits. Bismuth
sells for
$10.50 USD/kg
, shipping in 99 percent pure ingots.
Bismuth methal is known for its eye-catching maze-like crystal structure. It is produced in Canada and Mexico making it a geopolitically attractive compound. [Image Source: Wikimedia Commons]
As Chinese price manipulation has increased over the past few years, Bloom Energy has likely suffered -- which may be one reason why we haven't heard much from them, since the noisy launch in 2010. By contrast Redox Energy should be relatively immune to price spikes from resource rationing.
IV. Redox Power is Lean and Mean, Leaves Bloom Box Sucking Air
In volume and weight, Redox Power enjoys a sizeable lead over Bloom Energy, even if it isn't quite the ten-fold gain it initially claims.
Size and capacity-wise, currently Bloom's Energy Servers -- also referred to as "Bloom Boxes" are being offered in up to
200 KW-rated configurations
. The 200 KW configuration measures 26' 5" x 8' 7" x 6' 9" (feet and inches) (8.05 x 2.62 x 2.06 m). For reference sake, that's about the size of a shipping container. The system weighs 19.4 tons.
200 KW Bloom Energy servers (aka "Bloom Boxes") are roughly the size of a shipping container.
[Image Source: Univ. of Delaware]
Similar to Bloom Energy, Redox Power clusters its cells into a box-like design. The form name
PowerSERG 2-80
, but is most frequently referred to by its nickname -- "The Cube." The Cube is much smaller than the Bloom Box (Bloom Energy Server).
A deconstructed Redox Power "Cube" fuel cell server
On its capacity and size, Redox Power writes:
Our first product is a 25 kW stationary power generation system fueled by natural gas. The Cube, as the device has been nicknamed, is about 1 m3 and under 1000 lbs and can be located in a variety of locations... [It] can comfortably power a gas station, moderately sized grocery store or small shopping plaza.
Additional power offerings will follow. Using different-sized fuel cell stacks, the company can offer The Cube at 5 kW, to provide always-on electricity for an average American home, or up to 80 kW in one system. Cubes can also be combined to provide even more power in a modular fashion.
Redox Power's "Cube" Server is about the size of a refrigerator, but pumps out 25 KW.
So Redox Power's Cube is about 1x1x1 meter (3.28 x 3.28 x 3.28 feet) and produces 25 KW. Based on a crude weight estimate (~900 lb) we can guess that it weighs about 0.4 metric tons (it may actually weigh less).
A Redox Power Cube packs about 4 times the power per volume as the Bloom Box. It also costs less to make, is nearly 10 percent more efficient (on paper), and weighs 50 percent less.
If you stacked the Redox Power systems tightly, roughly 32 would fit into the footprint of the 200 KW Bloom Energy Server. That's 800 KW, which gives a crude estimate that Redox packs
four times the power
into the same volume as Bloom Energy. That makes a huge difference in portability, installation costs, and serviceability.
The same napkin math gives you a rough estimate of the weight of that combined 800 KW stack -- 12.8 tons. That's roughly
50 percent less weight per space
than Bloom Energy's system. Again that saves on a variety of expenses. That all works out to about
a six-fold gain in true density (volume/weight)
, which is pretty impressive.
V. Microsoft is Excited to Have the Market's Best Fuel Cells
The data center is a pivotal pillar of Microsoft's business model. With products such as
Windows Azure
Office 365
, and the Xbox One (which
features cloud-boosted processing
), Microsoft is increasingly making cloud storage and processing a central pieces of its consumer and enterprise product line.
new CEO Satya Nadella
was the company's chief cloud evangelist, so this direction is not surprising. But the direction places pressure on Microsoft to up its game in terms of data center reliability, hardware costs, pollution mitigation, and energy efficiency. If Microsoft cannot keep up with
rivals like Google
Inc. (
) and Facebook, Inc. (
) who are
masters at data center construction
, its vision will fail.
New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's vision hinges on data center-driven cloud computing.
[Image Source: Reuters]
In that regard the Redox Power Cube could play a key role in the software giant's long-term plans. Microsoft plans to directly install "The Cube" on site at its data centers, replacing its current stable of
expensive, polluting, and noisy diesel generators
. This is actually a big deal as Microsoft's current diesel generators produce so much pollution that neighboring towns are
complaining of higher rates of respiratory illnesses
similar to the kind seen in
smog-laden Chinese cities
Bloom Boxes are generally regarded as money losers in cost analysis, which do not account for backlash regarding air pollution. But thanks to dramatic space and cost savings of the Redox Power Cubes, Microsoft's first deployment may actually turn a profit, even before air pollution's "soft costs" are considered.
A Microsoft data center [Image Source: Microsoft]
And Microsoft has a grant to cover most of its initial deployment costs, so this is a pretty exciting opportunity for the cloud computing giant.
Sean James
, Senior Research Program Manager for Microsoft Global Foundation Service, comments on the collaboration:
Our vision is to bring the power plant directly into the datacenter by integrating fuel cell stacks into every server cabinet, effectively eliminating energy loss that otherwise occurs in the energy supply chain and doubling the efficiency of traditional datacenters.
While Redox Power is perhaps Microsoft's best shot at a cost effective alternative to its noxious fossil fuel generators, Microsoft is also working on a number of other alternative energy ideas for its data centers.
A joint effort between Microsoft, FuelCell Energy, and the
University of Wyoming
– co-funded by Microsoft and the state of Wyoming -- is exploring
using wastewater (feces-rich water from sewage) as a source natural gas for fuel cells
. The FuelCell energy system Microsoft is testing is a 300 KW stack, roughly the size of a shipping container. It's comparable to the Bloom Energy Server in most regards, but likely inferior to the new Redox Power system.
A similar 300 kW stack from FuelCell Energy is deployed on the campus of Yale University.
[Image Source: Yale University]
In Feb. 2014, Microsoft showed off an all-in-one self-contained server rack and fuel cell power system, in collaboration with the
National Fuel Cell Research Center
(NFCRC) at
UC Irvine
(UCI). The partner for that design and finer performance details were not generally available, but it's likely that Microsoft will look to leverage those ideas in its partnership with Redox Power.
Microsoft has also
signed a three-year agreement
with the
University of Texas at San Antonio
(UTSA) to research green data center solutions.
(All images courtesy of Redox Power unless otherwise noted.)
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Does anyone have a picture of one of the twisted front axle displays that were sent to Ford dealers?
Is this the one?
Yes, Dan, that's it. Thanks so much! I wonder if Ford ever did that with a Model A axle. Also, I wonder if this really proves anything since the axle could break with a sharp blow, couldn't it?
We've seen recent pictures of broken axles, but they had been welded; never seen an original axle broken.
I had an accident where the front axle was pushed over 6 inches back one side so the wishbone was badly bent. The car sat a week or two with the axle twisted back. Once released from the wishbone it popped back into shape and careful checking showed it had gone straight back into its original position; only the wishbone needed work.
I wonder what would cause an axle to break in the first place.
It would take a real whack to break an axle in my mind but I guess anything is possible.
Hey don't forgot that John Walton broke an axle on is truck by hitting a chuck hole
The picture illustrates how ductile the vanadium steel was and it should show the strength of the material.
However - as the members of the two-part crank club have experienced the hard way - there are many other parameters than just ductility. Resistance to metal fatigue for example.
Metallurgy have evolved a great deal since and we understand better what happens on the molecular level thanks to electron microscopes.
Ford did indeed pioneered the use of metallurgy in automotive design, but they just haven't revealed all the secrets.
Very interesting! Before someone points it out, John Walton's truck was an "A." And we all know that T's are far superior