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This could be great. For the first time in 16 years, the top two teams in the NFL are going to meet in the Super Bowl. And neither one of them is known first for its defense.
Saints-Colts has the potential to be one of the greatest Super Bowls ever. The Saints were the most potent offense during the regular season. The Colts are led by perhaps the greatest quarterback of all time.
Both teams are capable of coming from behind and winning in the final seconds. Both have enough defense at big times to keep it interesting. Both are comfortable playing a tight game.
These are the ingredients for a classic. Whether it works out that way remains to be seen; Super Bowls have a habit of not following the scripts we spend so much time and effort crafting for them.
But in football, half the fun is in the anticipation of the game, and I don't know when there's been a game that we could get more cranked up about than this one.
We'll be looking for the offense in this one. That's what Peyton Manning and Drew Brees are known for. But we saw enough in the conference championships to let us know that defense is going to play a big part in this game.
On the Colts side, we've seen a team that has faced two tough defenses and has picked both apart with game plans that can be described only as brilliant. Not that it takes that much to game plan the Ravens, the Colts' divisional round opponent: shut down their running game and score a touchdown and you probably win, which is what happened.
But the Jets were a bigger challenge. They not only played better defense than even the Ravens, they also had a better running game and a cocky young quarterback who is showing a penchant for making big plays.
It was no problem for the Colts. They got burned by couple of gadget plays and were trailing at the half, but Indianapolis did what it's done all year: they got better as the game went on. By the end, it was obvious which team was superior, and it wasn't by a small margin.
Indy isn't known for its great run-stopping defense, but it totally took the run away from the Jets. Offensively, it accepted that New York's extraordinary cornerback, Darrelle Revis, was going to take away Manning's best receiver, Reggie Wayne. Instead, Manning featured Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon. And when the Jets sacked him early with heavy blitzes, Manning switched to shorter slants and quick openers to neutralize the rush.
The Saints weren't as good as the Colts were at adjusting as the game progressed. Against a truly elite Viking defense, New Orleans didn't gain even 260 yards for the game. But they were opportunistic and resilient; it seemed that every time the Vikes went ahead, New Orleans was able to come back.
Defensively, the Saints aren't among the league's elite, but the one thing they did in the NFC Championship Game was pound the stuffing out of Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre. A lot of the hits were after the ball was released, and a couple of them drew flags, but the Saints will pay 15 yards for a cracked rib on the enemy quarterback every time.
What the Saints are going to have to do is find a way to win without expecting the Colts to do half the work for them. The Colts aren't going to keep handing the ball to the Saints and begging them to please go ahead and win the game as the Vikings did. And Manning is not going to turn the ball over while driving for the winning field goal.
You expect it to be close. Both teams have too many offensive weapons to get blown out — or so it seems.
But of the two, the Colts have played two superbly planned and executed games. The Saints have laid a blow-out on the Cards and had the next game handed to them by the Vikings. If you're laying odds, you should start with the Colts, the team that is plying bette on both sides of the ball.
But there are two weeks of preparation and hype to go. That's two weeks for the Saints to build the perfect game plan, two weeks for New Orleans to fine-tune its offense, two weeks for both teams to invent ways to make all our learned analysis look like the work of an adolescent hedgehog.
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Valentine's Day Gifts for Everyone on Your List
All in the Wrist
Casual yet completely sophisticated, the Unity Recycled Double Bracelet is made with recycled glass and a biodegradable waxed cotton string (in red, black, or chocolate) and a variety of glass colors.
To Have and to Hold
A giraffe's l-o-n-g neck is the perfect place to stash rings when they're not being worn. (Jewelry not included.)
Root Cause
Instead of cut blossoms that wither in a few days, consider a gorgeous gardenia bonsai that will bloom throughout the year. (According to flower lore, gardenias represent secret love or purity.)
View Finder
Staying in touch with faraway peeps is simple with this nifty webcam—even better, it comes bundled with software to easily upload videos to social media sites.
Pedal to the Metal
To rev up his heart (and score major cool points), gift him the experience of stock car racing. No man will soon forget riding shotgun in a real Sprint Cup style stock car, hitting speeds of 150 mph.
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Kiss and Tell
Scrumptiously scented and high-shine, Mor Cosmetics Little Luxuries Lip Nectars are an affordable luxury. (Shown here as a bouquet of three.)
A Gift with Heart
The Have a Heart necklace by Mark is perfectly named—100 percent of net proceeds go to m.powerment by mark, a fund dedicated to breaking the cycle of dating abuse and partner violence.
Here, Kitty Kitty...
Pretty much any tween girl would gladly cuddle with this on her bed. Hello Kitty never goes out of style!
Available at Sears stores, $12
Sing Along
Listen up—the crowd-pleasing Sing-a-ma-jigs! characters are coming out in a Valentine's Day version. Prepare to be entertained when it warbles "Let Me Call You Sweetheart."
Knot on Her Life
A gorgeous pashmina never goes out of style and is useful year-round. For Valentine's Day, go with pretty pink or red to wrap up your shopping just like that.
Strike Up the Band
Superstar singer Lea Michele from Glee loves this sparkly headband! C'mon, have a heart.
Up a Wall
Talk about a sweet gift—this giant cupcake-shape chalkboard decal from WallCandy Arts is all about self-expression. Chalk one up for that special girl in your life.
Heaven Scent
Luxury line Tocca's beautifully boxed Eau de Parfum Viaggio Set contains three bestselling fragrances with fruity and floral notes: Stella, Florence, and Cleopatra.
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The subsidiary SCHURTER spol. started producing 1991. The company currently employs over 230 people.
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At Village Church, our preaching follows the ACNA lectionary, a 3-year cycle through the whole counsel of Scripture. With only a few exceptions, we draw each sermon from one of these assigned texts, connecting our weekly preaching emphasis with the Church around the world. For your reference: 2019 is "Year C."
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WAG Photography Exhibition Explores the Family
What constitutes a family? Two same-sex parents and 2.5 children? A blended family of stepparents and half-siblings? A tight group of friends? All in the Family, which opened at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on December 1, redefines the modern family.
While the nuclear family fantasy may remain, the reality is disconnected from it. Kinship, shared experiences, care, and a feeling of belonging have come to overlook the requirement of blood relations. An alternative family network emerges through friendships, or in spaces where individuals share an intense proximity. Families no longer look like their glossy representations in visual culture.
"Our understanding of the family unit is often deeply rooted within our personal, political, and cultural backgrounds," says Curatorial Assistant Ali King who curated the show, drawing from the WAG's permanent collection. "Families often share similar characteristics, but no two are the same. Intertwining traditions, places, roles, relationships, generations, and hierarchies, notions of the family abound. Indeed, it is a social construct; perpetuating but never fully realizing its own ideological fantasy."
All in the Family considers how photographers in the Winnipeg Art Gallery's collection approach this social group. United by their interest in the human connection, the artists reflect on and often use the familial sphere as a springboard to examine other concerns. In doing so, they reveal images that construct, reinforce and also confront family ideologies, but cannot represent or define them. They invite our curiosity and toy with our own expectations, as viewers of images, gallery visitors, and family members. By reframing the family and the family album's nostalgic half-truths, they remind us of photography's own fallacies and fictions.
All in the Family is part of the Collection on View, an ongoing series of exhibitions featuring works from the WAG's 26,000-piece permanent collection.
The Winnipeg Art Gallery is grateful for the support of the following Centennial sponsors: BMO Financial Group, The Winnipeg Foundation, the Department of Canadian Heritage, TD Bank, James Richardson & Sons Ltd., MTS Allstream, Johnston Group, Air Canada, RBC Royal Bank, PACART, Great-West Life, Friesens, Manitoba Culture Heritage and Tourism, City of Winnipeg, Investors Group, Scotiabank, Volunteer Associates of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Storm Bistro, Manitoba Lotteries Corporation, Ernst & Young, Fort Garry Hotel, KPMG, Lawton Partners, Loewen, Parrish & Heinbecker, Aikins Law, AON, Cambrian Credit Union, Manitoba Blue Cross, National Leasing, CP Loewen, North West Company, NRG Management. Media sponsors: Winnipeg Free Press, CTV, CBC, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, 103.1 Virgin Radio, 99.9 BOB FM, Doowah Design, Visual Lizard, Esdale Printing, Radio-Canada, Travel Manitoba, Tourism Winnipeg, Midcan Production Technologies.
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"Teaching gives me the opportunity to explore legal subjects in depth, something you can't do in the rough-and-tumble practice of law. I love reading, thinking, and writing, but most of all interacting with students. Not only do my teaching responsibilities match perfectly with the issues I care most about, but those issues are on the dynamic cutting edge of the law. I actually get paid to do the two things I love most: teach and continue to learn and think about the environment and ways to protect natural resources."
Prior to joining the Washburn Law faculty in 1977, Professor Duncan clerked for the Kansas Supreme Court. He is admitted to practice law in Kansas and served as a member of the Kansas Board of Law Examiners.
Professor Duncan is an environmentalist, affiliated with the boards of several environmental organizations. In 1995-96 he served as the Natural Resources Law Institute Fellow at Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in Portland Oregon, where he explored natural resource issues and wrote about the historic tension between environmental regulation and private property.
Professor Duncan is the Faculty Advisor to the Washburn Law Journal.
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Tone up, slim down, and find balance with this high-energy summer workout from power yoga pioneer Beryl Bender Birch. It brings inner peace, a spiritual boost, and an unparalleled measure of serenity. But make no mistake: Yoga can also be a butt-kicking, sweat-inducing workout. We worked with Birch to choose eight power poses that build endurance, improve muscle tone, and invigorate you from head to toe. Warm up by doing a few sun salutations then try the following series, holding each pose for at least five breaths and focusing on using equal parts effort and relaxation.
What it does: Stretches the entire side of the body; strengthens the back and legs; relieves stiffness in the hips and backs of the thighs; improves digestion.
How to do it: Extend arms out to your sides at shoulder height and step feet apart so ankles are directly under wrists. Turn right toes out 90 degrees and left toes in 30 degrees. Bend right knee, bringing that thigh parallel to the ground, with knee directly over ankle. Reach your torso to the right and rest your right elbow on your right knee. (For more of a challenge, place right fingertips on the ground or on a block placed outside your right foot.) Extend left arm alongside left ear, rotating your left ribs up toward the ceiling. Look straight ahead or up, keeping your chin tucked into your armpit. Repeat to the left.
What it does: Opens the hips while building leg strength; promotes balance; sharpens concentration.
How to do it: Bend forward and put your hands on the mat by your feet, bending your knees if necessary. Lunge your right foot back, keeping your left foot front and left, feet at least hip-width apart. Draw your right hip forward and left hip back to bring your hips into alignment. Stack your left knee over your left ankle, being careful not to push your knee beyond your toes. Once you're stabilized, lift arms up alongside the ears, reaching your upper torso up and back slightly while keeping your hips low. To modify this pose, place back knee on the ground, sinking your hips toward the heel of your left foot. Repeat on the left side.
What it does: Opens the hips, chest, and heart while strengthening the back and legs; develops concentration.
How to do it: Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip-distance apart and hands on hips. Turn your right toes 90 degrees to the right. Bend your right knee and place your right fingertips on the ground about 12 inches in front of and just to the right of your right foot (right thumb is in line with your right pinkie toe). Or use a block. Slowly lift your left leg to hip height with foot flexed and extend your left arm along your left leg. Reach out through the top of your head and the sole of your left foot to lengthen your entire body. Gaze at the floor or, if you feel balanced, gaze at the horizon. If you're ready for more of a challenge, reach your left arm straight up and rotate your neck to look up at your left fingertips. To come out of the pose, slowly bend your right knee and lower your left leg to the ground. Repeat on the left.
What it does: Opens the front of the hips and the chest; strengthens the back muscles; promotes feelings of liberation. "It almost feels like you're levitating," Birch says.
How to do it: Stand with your feet together. Bend your right knee and lift your right foot toward your right buttock. Hold the top of your foot or inside of your ankle with your right hand. Extend your left arm straight out in front of you. To help you balance, find a spot on the horizon to gaze at and keep your focus there. Keep your chest, shoulders, and hips facing forward and your left leg straight and strong as you push your right foot into your right hand and lift your right leg up. Repeat on the left.
What it does: Strengthens the arms, shins, back, and quadriceps; stretches the Achilles tendons, calves, and triceps; increases range of motion in the shoulders. "Because this pose is so strengthening, it makes you feel empowered," says Birch. "It teaches you to stand on your own two feet when the going gets tough."
How to do it: Stand with your feet parallel and big toes touching. Extend your arms alongside your ears and bend your knees to lower your hips, as if you were sitting in an invisible chair. Press your knees together and draw your navel in. Encourage your shoulder blades to move down your back. Gaze forward at the horizon.
What it does: Strengthens the legs, arms, and shoulders; builds core strength; provides a great weight-bearing exercise for the arms.
How to do it: Start on your hands and knees with your hands directly under your shoulders. Step one foot at a time back to come into the top of a push-up. Make sure your body is one long line -- don't let your hips sag below or rise up higher than your spine. Push into the floor with your hands, pull your navel up, and reach back through your heels to get your entire body involved in supporting you. Do not lock your elbows in this pose. To keep the back of your neck long, look at a point on the floor just in front of your hands. If you need to, bring your knees to the floor.
What it does: Strengthens everything. "This is one of those poses that requires strength, which can be built over time," says Birch. "Work to find the balance between contraction and relaxation."
How to do it: Start on your hands and knees with your hands directly under your shoulders, your knees directly under your hips, and your toes tucked. Then, step your feet back so your legs are straight and only your palms and toes are on the ground. Keeping your elbows close to your sides, bend your arms to bring your chest forward and down to just a few inches off the ground. Keep your shoulders higher than your elbows. To keep your lower body energized, tuck your tailbone, lift up through your navel, and push out through your heels. If you find it too difficult to maintain this alignment, modify the pose by dropping your knees to the floor.
What it does: Opens the throat, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and fronts of the legs; massages the digestive and reproductive organs; energizes the body.
How to do it: Lying on your stomach, bend your knees and reach back with your hands to hold your legs just below the ankles. Press your legs into your hands and lift your head, chest, thighs, and feet. Tuck your tailbone and pull your belly toward your spine. Afterward, roll over onto your back and pull your knees into your chest. Give yourself a big hug to release your lower back.
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If you have symptoms of a stroke, call 911 or other emergency services right away. Symptoms may include:
A stroke usually happens suddenly but may occur over hours. For example, you may have mild weakness at first. Over time, you may not be able to move the arm and leg on one side of your body.
Symptoms of an ischemic stroke (caused by a blood clot) vary from one person to another. But symptoms usually occur in the side of the body opposite from the side of the brain where the clot occurred. For example, a stroke in the right side of the brain affects the left side of the body.
Symptoms of a stroke may be so minor that they are ignored or
go unnoticed. Some people have symptoms that go away after a short time. This could be caused by a transient ischemic attack, or TIA. A TIA is a warning sign that a stroke may soon follow.
The symptoms of a hemorrhagic stroke (caused by bleeding in the brain) are usually the same as those from a blood clot. But you also may have other symptoms, such as:
Hemorrhagic strokes usually occur during the daytime and during
physical activity. Symptoms of a hemorrhagic stroke usually begin very
suddenly (within seconds) and get worse over several hours.
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Favorite Passover Recipe–Apple Matzo Kugel
Passover is less than a month away, so why should I be surprised that people are searching for Passover recipes? Probably because we just finished baking hamentashen for Purim!
My all time favorite Passover recipe is Apple Matzo Kugel. I have made this every year for the last 5 and it always is delicious and easy to prepare. Enjoy!
Apple Matzo Kugel
-4 large apples, Granny Smith or any tart apple, cored and cut into medium dice
-½ cup light brown sugar
-1/3 cup orange juice
-7 plain matzos
-8 eggs
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-1 cups sugar
-½ cup butter or margarine, melted
-1 cup golden raisins
-1 cup dried apricots, medium, chopped
-5 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut into small pieces, for casserole topping
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Toss the apples with the brown sugar and orange juice and set aside in a medium bowl.
3. Break the matzo into 2-3 inch pieces and soak in 1 cup of warm water until soft, but not mushy. Set aside.
4. While the matzo soaks, in a large bowl, beat the eggs with a wire whisk until blended. Add the salt, sugar, cinnamon, melted butter, raisins and apricots.
5. Squeeze the liquid from the softened matzoh and add the matzoh to the egg mixture with the apples. Stir the kugel well and pour into a lightly greased 2 ½ quart casserole dish or a 10X14 inch pan. Dot the top of the kugel with the 4 tablespoons of butter.
6. Bake the kugel for 1 hour. Cover the top with foil if the top begins to become too brown early in the baking. Remove the kugel from the oven and cool to room temperature.
Cooks Tip: The kugel can be made 2 days ahead, cooled and refrigerated, covered. Bring to room temperature and reheat in a 350 degree oven.
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Hands look and feel younger and smoother with QTICA Overnight Intense Repair Balm. A thick, rich hand balm for the relief of severely dry, damaged hands.
The rich, thick balm soothes severely dry, irritated and cracked hands with an intense formula of honey, beeswax, essential oil and vitamins A, C, and E. Anti-aging Retinol Palmitate softens fine lines and speeds cellular renewal so hands never betray age. Used by outdoor athletes and those with extremely thin, sensitive skin to replenish moisture lost during daily activities while preventing further damage.
Professional use: Apply a small amount to the hands as an instant smoother. Can be used with heat and paraffin for a more deeply penetrating therapy.
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Biometrics Acceptance, Privacy, and Law
Biometric technology is nowhere near universally accepted by all users. There are a number of social and legal considerations that give every organization some pause before taking the jump headlong into implementing a biometric system.
People are most comfortable with biometric collection systems that are the least intrusive. Retinal scanners and electronic noses are a bit too intrusive; iris imaging and touch-free hand-vein scanners are more comfortable.
Commonly, the information stored by biometric systems could not be used to recreate an image, but re-creating a fingerprint (or other biometric) from stolen data is a common fear.
Touch-based biometric sensors (such as fingerprint, palm print, and hand geometry) can be disease vectors unless sanitary precautions are taken. Oddly, they are no less sanitary than doorknobs, but doorknobs are better accepted.
Stolen biometric data can typically be used only if the attacker can inject that data directly into the information flow of an authentication transaction via the network or wires from the sensor.
Some kinds of biometric data (such as fingerprints, facial images, and gait characteristics) are exposed to attackers' attempts to collect them from such sources as drinking glasses, camera phones, and video cameras.
Some kinds of biometrics, such as those obtained from the retina, iris, and hand veins, can potentially reveal medical data to the organization (in particular, health changes when the system detects changes in these readings).
In the United States, few laws actually offer direct protection for the privacy of biometric information — and companies that collect such information are typically not under any obligation to disclose the loss of it (usually a result of hacking or theft).
In the European Union, privacy laws protect the collection and subsequent use of personal information, including biometric information.


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Where some people see filth, Mark D Phillips sees artistry. His collection of gallery prints are now available for online order.
Mark's 30-year photographic documentation of the Gowanus Canal is the featured exhibit during the Gowanus Open Studios Tour 2018 at Movers, Not Shakers! corporate headquarters. The bottom floor becomes a gallery showcasing the changes along the polluted Brooklyn waterway, with walls built from reusable moving bins at the green moving company located astride the Gowanus Canal.
Mark Ehrhardt, the President and Founder of Movers, Not Shakers!, Inc., has been friends with Mark Phillips for over 15 years. In his words, "The photography that Mark has captured over the years of the Gowanus Canal and surrounding areas is captivating, filled with images that create that sense of Deja Vu of looking back to Brooklyn's past, and allows one to reflect on how much has changed here over the last 20 years. Our team is excited to create a space within our warehouse that will be a unique way to view our friend Mark's photographs in a (quickly disappearing) industrial setting."
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The performance of a solar cell is based on its ability to convert sunlight into electricity. Because much of the sunlight is reflected or absorbed by the silicon-based material that makes up the cell, a typical commercial solar cell has an efficiency of 15%. Photovoltaic (PV) cells generate between 2W and 3.5W — not even enough to power a digital watch or calculator — so they must be combined into modules consisting of about 40 cells.
A typical flat-plate PV array consists of 10 modules that can measure up to several meters on a side and can be mounted at a fixed angle facing south or on a tracking device that follows the sun. Residential applications use 10 to 20 PV arrays to provide enough power for a household. Commercial and industrial applications may require hundreds of interconnected arrays.
The typical warranty for the cells within a PV module comes from the manufacturer and ranges between 20 and 25 years. "The modules, covered under a 25-year warranty, are going to produce electricity for that time period," says Josh Haney, manager of operation and maintenance for El Cajon, Calif.-based commercial and public-sector grid-connected solar electric power contractor Borrego Solar, a certified solar installer under the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP), Malta, N.Y.
The solar cells themselves are durable. "It's not normal glass, as many people think," says Anne Schneider, spokesperson for cell manufacturer Solar World Industries America, Camarillo, Calif., explaining that the cells require very little maintenance. "It's a very special glass. You can even jump on them. Just wait until it rains — then the maintenance is done pretty much. Just wash the dust off. That's it."
PV cell failure can occur, however, from blind spots caused by a constant shadow on a certain portion of the module. But failure of a module rarely comes from the PV cells themselves. Reliability issues for PV technology usually stem from the inverter. (For more information on the life cycle of PV modules as well as recycling considerations, see Recycling Requirements Going Forward on page C20.)
Inverter logic
In comparison to the decades-long warranty for the cells, mean time to first failure (MTFF) for inverters is estimated to be between five and 10 years (see Reasons Inverters Fail below). "The inverters are really the item that's going to fail from the normal life of the system," Haney says. "They have the moving parts."
A PV inverter converts the direct current (DC) from a PV array into alternating current (AC), so the energy generated by the modules can be used to power appliances or be connected to the electric utility grid. Grid-tied inverters match phase with an electric utility-supplied sine wave and currently are designed to shut down automatically when they're out of contact with the utility supply. "Inverters are equipped to sense the voltages of the grid," says Haney. "If the voltage spikes from the grid outside of the operating window of the inverter, the inverter will shut off and won't turn back on until the voltage from the grid is back within its operating voltage range."
Inverters are comprised of: passive electronic components, such as capacitors, inductors, transformers, wires, and PCBs; active electronic components, such as power transistors, diodes, and integrated circuits; and electromechanical components, such as relays, switches, connectors, and fans. The electromechanical components are more likely to fail sooner than the other component types. However, capacitors and the inverter bridge are not immune to aging, stress, usage beyond their operational limit, and thermal shock and overload. "The inverter can also have computer components that can fail," Haney says.
High maintenance
Luckily, there are maintenance procedures that can extend the life span of the inverters. "Electricity performs better under cool conditions," Haney says. "By cleaning off the heat sinks, you allow it to run cooler, which is more efficient."
Other items that may extend the life of an inverter, according to Xantrex Technology, Burnaby, Canada, are relay activation under no-load conditions, variable-speed fans, operating the DC disconnect under no-load condition, avoiding contamination at contacts, placing the components within a controlled environment, proper seals, not installing the module in a horizontal position, proper torque level at terminal blocks, clean wires, and avoidance of extreme temperature conditions.
In addition, preventing failures of inverter components can be written into the system design. "In the design phase, we look at how long a system is going to perform," Haney says. "One thing you need to make sure is that the modules fit well with the inverter. So over time, as the module degrades, the voltage output of the module will actually be lower. If, after 20 years, it drops down below the operating voltage of the inverter, that can be a problem. So by identifying that in the design phase, we can prevent those problems years down the line."
For the installations under maintenance contracts, Borrego Solar connects a data acquisition system to the inverters. "The inverters are really smart and have set error codes they will send out so I can identify from a computer exactly what's wrong with the inverter without even going to the site," Haney explains.
This way, the company can check voltage, current, system production, and local weather conditions. "We make sure everything's functioning correctly," Haney says. "We monitor online how the system is performing. Every other week, we compare how the system is performing to how we expect it to perform so we can identify possible issues before the customers see them on their electric bill. Along the same lines, a lot of the data acquisition systems are set up so that if there is some sort of fault, it instantly sends an e-mail out, and then I would send someone out to troubleshoot any potential problems."
In addition, good communication with the electric utility can allow the inverter to work as specified. "If an inverter frequently has an error because there's a lot of surges, that will help us identify if there's a problem," Haney says. "Typically, we'll try to adjust it first by contacting the electric utility and having them check their power lines to make sure that they're sending the appropriate voltages to the facility. Sometimes, we've identified problems where the electric utility has gone out and they needed to do some work on their end to clean up the power. In other cases, we can do some things on our end. But for the most part, if there's clean power from the electric utility, the inverter will match that clean power — and it'll work as intended."
Using certified and listed components is another way to maximize maintenance efforts. "All the inverters we use are listed to be connected to the grid so they don't interfere or work inefficiently with the existing grid," Haney says.
Finally, choosing an inverter that doesn't contain capacitors may extend the life of your system. Three-phase inverter bridges have continuous input current and don't need bulk storage capacitors. However, they do need caps for ripple smoothing. Therefore, it's best to choose one with polycarbonate or other dry dielectric materials for slow aging instead of electrolytic material, which may age faster.
At what cost?
Published in April 2008, the Multi-Year Program Plan for 2008-2015 from the DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP) establishes a goal of reducing the Levelized Energy Cost (LEC) by 2015 to between $0. 06/kWh to $0.08/kWh for commercial PV systems and $0. 08/kWh to $0.10/kWh for residential PV systems (click here to see Table). Meeting the solar market cost goals, according to the program plan, will result in 5 GW to 10 GW of PV installed by 2015 in the United States and 70 GW to 100 GW by 2030.
However, in order to meet this goal, PV inverter prices would need to decline to $0.25 to $0.30 W (peak) by 2020. Many industry experts believe that lower prices for inverters will lead to further sacrifices in performance and reliability in a market that has already caused manufacturers to focus on lowering first cost over improving reliability.
Some design choices, made on the manufacturer level, could raise the cost and lessen performance of inverters in the name of reliability. For example, to replace electrolytic caps with dry film caps, Xantrex Technology claims the cost per unit of capacity would be 30 times higher and the volume 15 times larger. In this climate, higher price is not an option for manufacturers.
Yet, first cost isn't the main expense for the facility when it comes to inverters. The inverter accounts for 10% to 20% of the initial system cost, according to a report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, Colo., in conjunction with Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NCI), Burlington, Mass. However, because inverters generally need to be replaced every 5 to 10 years, they result in investment in a new inverter three to five times over the life of a PV system.
In "History of Accelerated and Qualification Testing of Terrestrial Photovoltaic Modules: A Literature Review," authors C. R. Osterwald and T. J. McMahon, NREL, write of the compromise between reliability and cost, claiming that protection for elements of degradation is "imperfect, and a design tradeoff between cost and protection exists. Typically, the costs of the materials used for protecting the internal solar calls (packaging costs) are roughly 50% of the total materials cost."
According to Russell H. Bonn, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, N.M., author of "Developing a 'Next Generation' PV Inverter," two of three ways to improve reliability of a new product — over-design and implementing redundancy — result in increased cost. The third way — obtaining a detailed knowledge of the product working environment — requires large numbers of fielded product, something PV systems don't have yet. "For inverters, low cost and high reliability are conflicting goals," writes Bonn. However, Bonn's "next-generation" inverter will have improved performance, high reliability (10-year MTFF), and improved profitability, which may be the longest industry experts expect inverters to go.
Inverter lifetimes greater than 15 years appear difficult to achieve, says the NREL/NCI report, which indicates that the benefits of designing inverters that can operate for 10 to 15 years or more before replacement are limited. The inverter offerings of the two manufacturers that offer 10-year warranties have a lower part count than other inverters. Fewer parts mean fewer failures, and higher-quality parts can be used while still meeting inverter cost targets. Both manufacturers use a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip, which translates the waveform into digital format, allowing it to be processed, evaluated, and modified in very short time periods. As a result, the inverter can respond quickly to a wide range of situations, which improves reliability and efficiency.
Ideally, inverters would last as long as other PV system components — 25 years — but according to NCI, many question whether such improvements will ever be reached at a reasonable cost. In the near- to medium-term, an MTBF of >10 years is more likely, reached through improving quality control, better heat dissipation, and reducing complexity.
Sidebar: Reasons Inverters Fail
Inverters fail due to transients from the grid or photovoltaic (PV) generator, component aging, and operation beyond the designed limits. Following are some common reasons specific components of inverters age quickly or fail:CAPACITORS
- Electrolytic materials age faster than polycarbonate and other dry dielectric materials
- Voltage stress
- Continuous operation under max voltage conditions
- Frequent short-term voltage transients
- Current stress
- High current increases the internal temperature
- Thermal stress on component terminals
- Charge/discharge rate
- Ambient conditions (temperature)
- Mechanical stress
- Vibrations, hot/cold expansion
- Usage beyond its rated operating limit
- Voltage, current, overshoots, inrush
- Other malfunctioning components
- Thermal shock
- Thermal overload
- Extremely cold operating temperature
- Component stress
- Contamination at contacts
- Extreme temperature conditions
Source: Xantrex Technology
Sidebar: Recycling Requirements Going Forward
Although grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) technology was available as early as the 1980s, the majority of PV systems in the United States have been installed within the last five to 10 years. "We've been in business since 1980, so we do have some older systems, but the majority of the systems have been installed in the last eight years," says Josh Haney, manager of operation and maintenance for El Cajon, Calif.-based commercial and public-sector grid-connected solar electric power contractor Borrego Solar, a certified solar installer under the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP), Malta, N.Y.
Annual grid-connected PV installations increased from 10MW per year in 2001 to 180MW per year in 2006, according to a 2007 study by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), resulting in a cumulative installed base of 480MW grid-connected PV in the United States at the end of 2006. In addition, the grid-tied PV segment experienced an 81% growth rate for the amount of installed power in 2008 (292MW) over the amount installed in 2007 (161MW), according to the annual report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Washington, D.C.
As a result of this recent boom in PV system installations, some industry experts are predicting a substantial increase in the amount of maintenance and recycling needed for end-of-life PV modules in the near future. In Europe, for example, end of-life modules are predicted to jump from 290 tons in 2010 to 33,500 tons in 2040, prompting voluntary take-back programs as well as several new European Union (EU) directives focused on waste avoidance, recycling, and eco-design requirements. The aim of these efforts is to achieve lower energy payback times and save resources by reuse and recycling of wafers, silicon, and other material.
Contrary to these programs, in the United States, the EPA's RCRA (hazardous waste definitions) offer only general requirements. Some states provide additional regulations, such as California's limits for hazardous materials, but only a few PV manufacturers currently offer module recycling.
The SolarWorld Group, Freiberg, Germany, recently expanded its solar module recycling program to include the U.S. market and now offers customers the opportunity to return used and end-of-life solar modules. SolarWorld Industries America, Camarillo, Calif., will accept any crystalline solar module — regardless of the manufacturer, cell shape, or size — for recycling.
Newly developed technologies enable the company to recycle materials that have so far not been economically usable. The process is particularly effective with older modules that used thicker cells, consisting of two or even three times as much silicon compared to today's thinner cells.
In the recycling process, the frame is first separated from the module, and then the cells are removed from the laminate and treated in an etching process, resulting in clean wafers, which enables them to be used in the production of new cells and modules. "We have developed a very specific recycling process so we don't put our modules in landfills," says Anne Schneider, spokesperson for Solar World Industries America. "We take the frames, the glass, and back sheets off, and then we put those materials back into recycling. We take the solar cells, etch them, get the solar wafer again, and then we process these wafers into new cells. Or, if those wafers are broken, we melt them down and grow new crystals out of them."
With the average lifetime of PV modules expected to exceed more than 20 years, it may seem too soon to think about maintenance and recycling. "This is something that will be an issue in the next five to 10 years," Schneider says.


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Last week, a random Twitter user mentioned her desire to see The Rock as a DC superhero. Dwayne Johnson, forever in touch with his fans, tweeted in response, "Funny U say that…" That obviously sparked fervent speculation. Bleeding Cool followed up with an interesting possibility: the antihero biker Lobo. Bleeding Cool admits their source is untested, one who purportedly overheard Johnson boasting at a party that he will play Lobo. But the rumor is a good fit. There is a Lobo adaptation in development. Brad Peyton, the director of Johnson's last movie Journey 2: The Center of the Earth, is steering the ship. And no actor really has that Lobo physique other than The Rock. So all the pieces fit—we're just missing the important ones that spell "O-f-f-i-c-i-a-l" across the top. We'll put a pin in this for now. In the meantime, hit the jump for background on Lobo.
An alien, Lobo works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter. Introduced as a hardened, rarely used hardboiled villain in the 1980s, the character remained in limbo until his revival as an anti-hero biker in the early 1990s… "I have no idea why Lobo took off," Giffen once said in an interview, referring to the 1990s incarnation of Lobo he created. "I came up with him as an indictment of the Punisher, Wolverine, hero prototype and somehow he caught on as the high violence poster boy. Go figure." …
Lobo is a Czarnian with exceptional strength and fortitude. He enjoys nothing better than mindless violence and intoxication. Killing is an end in itself; his name roughly translates as "he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it." He is also arrogant and self-centered, focusing almost solely on his own pleasures, although he proudly lives up to the letter of his promises: no more or no less than what he promised. Lobo is the last of his kind, having committed complete genocide by killing all the other Czarnians for fun. [Wikipedia]
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New candidates. Revamped ads. Fresh electoral strategies.
Democratic leaders say this week's surprise victories, headlined by gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam's attention-grabbing nine-point win in Virginia, are making them reconsider the 2018 midterm elections, convinced the party should grow more ambitious amid what they now see as a broad and deep backlash to President Donald Trump.
Not only are party strategists planning to replicate this year's winning strategies; they're dead-set on making sure the party continues to find and recruit new candidates in races once viewed as too Republican — confident that Tuesday's results prove Democrats can win almost anywhere.
"Last night showed we really need to step back and rethink what 2018 is going to look like," said Greg Speed, president of America Votes, a progressive advocacy group focused in part on state elections. "If there's one takeaway from 2017, it's that you got to run to win. And when we field good candidates, anything's possible."
Democrats won big Tuesday, at every electoral level and in nearly every part of the country. The party claimed victories in two state House races in Georgia, a pair of unprecedented victories in local suburban Philadelphia districts, and a key state Senate seat in Washington State.
And in Virginia, Democrats won not only the governor's race but gained at least 15 seats in the House of Delegates (four races remain undecided and headed for a possible recount), potentially winning a majority.
Democrats hadn't gained that many seats in the chamber in more than a hundred years. And the breadth of victories shocked even plugged-in operatives, who a day earlier had hoped for half as many wins.
To them, that kind of success proves Democrats are in for a big year in 2018. And it means the party needs to prepare in earnest to run credible candidates in every conceivable race, no matter how Republican the electorate.
"Let me be clear: This is not just one night," Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, told reporters Wednesday. "It is a trend. These victories represent movement to the Democratic Party across the country."
Democrats had already assembled one of their largest-ever recruiting classes thanks to a liberal base enraged by Trump. (EMILY's List, which supports female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights, says it has been contacted by more than 20,000 women about running for office.)
But they had reason to feel good by Wednesday that more candidates were stepping forward: Run for Something, a new progressive group that encourages and supports Democratic candidates, had about 10 times as many candidate sign-ups Wednesday as it does on a normal day, according to Amanda Litman, co-founder of the group. (The group normally has 10 candidates sign up per day.)
"Last night taught us: We have to contest every election, in every district," she said.
Democrats must gain 24 seats to win a majority in the House next year, a task made more difficult because even many of the districts Democrats consider their top targets have Republican-leaning constituencies. The party faces similar hurdles in many state legislative chambers, where before Tuesday, Democrats had been skeptical they could win enough seats for majorities.
Aiding those efforts now, however, might be a new wrinkle in a Trump-related strategy.
Joshua Ulibarri, the pollster for Democratic House of Delegate candidates in Virginia, said their success was vindication of a strategy that focused not on Trump's personality — as many Democrats do — but his agenda. In the pollster's telling, Democrats last year failed to gain much traction linking GOP lawmakers to Trump because voters saw the then-presidential candidate as fundamentally different than most Republicans.
But those attacks focused on Trump's often incendiary rhetoric. Ulibarri said now that he's in office with a record to exploit, his Democratic candidates avoided Trump's personality altogether.
"That's one of our big lessons here is how to get voters to vote against Trump," Ulibarri said. "It's not based on personality and image."
"What we have to do is define the agenda," he added. "Trump and this Republican agree on health care, on fracking, on minimum wage, on pay equity. We have to tie the Republicans to the Trump agenda, and then they will hold the Republican accountable."
Of course, for a Democratic Party still rife with infighting between its liberal and establishment factions, there were different interpretations of why Northam and other Democrats in Virginia won on Tuesday. A week before the election, the Latino Victory Project ran a controversial ad depicting a Confederate flag-adorned pickup truck chasing after small children of color.
At the time, the ad was seen as hurtful to Northam's chances. And indeed, Ulibarri said it needlessly contributed to a tough final week for Democrats in the state, letting Republicans seize on an issue that energized their base.
The ad's creator, however, said the strong message worked — and should be replicated elsewhere in 2018 if Democrats want to engage with minority communities who are skeptical the party will stand up for them.
"If you're in a fistfight, you don't swing softly; you swing to knock them out," said Colin Rogero, a Democratic operative who created the ad. "Democrats should be prepared to hit as hard as they're being hit. Traditionally we have not been."
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DWTS2014 Karina Smirnoff And Tony Dovolani To Be On Good Morning America Next Week And Other News
Just a couple of TV Heads up! Wednesday, Feb. 12th, Karina Smirnoff will be a guest on Good Morning America. Let's hope she talks of the new season of Dancing With The Stars and gives some info on the cast announcement? Also, Tony Dovolani will be on Good Morning America on Thursday, Feb. 13th to give a dance lesson. From ABCMedia Net.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 – Lucky Magazine's Eva Chen with her favorite picks for Valentine's Day; "Dancing with the Stars" pro dancer Karina Smirnoff; GMA's Epic Wedding Showdown
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 – Actors Bruce Dern and June Squibb ("Nebraska"); singer Francesca Battistelli performs; "Deals and Steals" with contributor Tory Johnson; GMA's Epic Wedding Showdown: the winning couple gets a dance lesson from "Dancing with the Stars" pro dancer Tony Dovoloni
And speaking of Karina, it appears she may have a new part in a new movie called "In Light of the Dance". Below are a few details….
In Light of the Dance, a feature film being produced by Curliss Entertainment and Hey Girl Hey Entertainment has attached Karina Smirnoff, ballroom's top female dancer to the production. Smirnoff best known for her accolades on Dancing With The Stars has recently branched out as an actress, starring in the lead role in the theatrical short Across Grace Alley that was produced by her former DWTS partner Ralph Macchio.
The film evolves around the stage show hit Burn The Floor. Since 1999 Burn the Floor has thrilled audiences around the world. Years before Dancing With The Stars and So You Think You Can Dance turned ballroom dancing into must-see TV, this sizzling Ballroom and Latin dance spectacular was setting stages ablaze and will now be making its debut on the silver screen.
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