Bio-Fuel Means Goodbye-Ol'-Fuel

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As a heavy construction equipment operator, you never thought it would happen in your life time. Gas and diesel are being replaced with…gasp…of all things, vegetable oil. One manufacturer, Volvo, has dedicated an entire division to emerging bio-fuel tech for "Heavy Duty applications" suc

Copper Bus Bar Size Selection.

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Sir/Madam,

I want to install 300/5 amps current transformers in 11 KV system.

I want to know the thickness of copper bus bars to be used for the same. The width of the bus bar I am having is s 40 mm. Please let me know the thickness.

Windows 7 & PLC Ethernet Connections

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I have bitten the bullet and upgraded my business laptops with Windows 7 from Vista. I am having the following problems on the units that are used in the field:

1. PLC software from AVG/EZAutomation, EZPLC Edit 1.7 & EZTouch 5.6

2. Win 7 automatically creates an "unknown netw

Politics Responsible for Fossil Fuel Disasters

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FriendsoftheEarthUS — May 05, 2010 — We have better energy choices. It’s time to stop offshore drilling. An ad released by Friends of the Earth US.

Let’s get real. The people in the United States who do not want us to have a better energy policy, one that emphasizes renewable energy, are the Republicans and the DINOs. We need to get them out of office. They have done more than enough damage to the country and now they are standing in the way of energy and climate change legislation.

The re-focus of our energy on fossil fuels began in earnest with the Bush administration. Vice President Cheney held closed-door energy policy meetings with Big Coal and Big Oil. What went on in those meetings is still not known, but FOIA requests have been filed for years. One day we will find out what sort of deals were made in the last administration. We already know we have to never allow this type of favoritism for fossil fuel energy companies again. We will not have a bi-partisan energy and climate bill this year because of Republicans.

The reality is, Republicans do not want us off fossil fuels. Their policies are the reasons we use so much dinosaur fuel in the 21st century. Their policies are the reasons we have coal mine and oil rig disasters. Their unwillingness to give up the massive donations they get, and money they make personally from fossil fuel companies, are the reasons we still use fossil fuels, long after it has been known that we have clean alternatives. Are you fed up with all of this yet? Call Congress and tell them we are tired of waiting for them to make the laws on energy and climate change that we need. We do not have to tolerate any more oil rig or coal mine disasters and we can’t afford to wait until they have figured out immigration reform, to work on the climate and energy bill we need right NOW.

gravitation

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why do bodies released from an orbiting space ship or satellite also follow the same trajectory as satellite and also why do the body have same velocity as that of satellite????

Juniper Jairala

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Juniper is an EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity) Hardware Test Engineer supporting NEEMO through the Crew and Thermal Systems Division at NASA Johnson Space CenterJuniper Jairala once built international theme parks (while secretly performing in samba shows by night). Now she develops space hardware (while fire dancing by night).

Juniper grew up in Chicago, Illinois, Del Mar, California, and Quito, Ecuador. She recevied a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University, and then went to build theme parks with Universal Studios and Warner Brothers in Japan and Spain (while samba dancing by night). Juniper's next adventure was working at NASA's Dryden Flight Research center with experimental aircraft, test pilots, and scientists.

However, Juniper's main passion was for human spaceflight, so she next earned a master's of science in aerospace engineering and bioastronautics from CU-Boulder. She worked in various private human spaceflight companies before coming to Johnson Space Center. Her current position has her scuba diving with astronauts, flying on the parabolic aircraft, developing space suits, bouncing on treadmills, and testing out new components of the International Space Station from an EVA perspective. By night, she performs with two Houston fire troupes, Zion's Flame and Luminosity.

A fluent Spanish-speaking Latina with immigrant parents, Juniper also loves encouraging kids - especially girls and minorities - to pursue technology fields. She volunteers as a mentor to middle and high school students in math, science, and engineering through the Society of Hispanic Engineers, and several Houston programs. She likes showing kids how cool and easy it is to be a geek, and how achievable it is to work at places like NASA, where you get to do cool stuff like NEEMO!

Juniper's primary role on NEEMO 14 will be as a support diver for the aquanauts as they collect data regarding the effects of suit design on their performance in reduced-gravity environments (like those on the moon or Mars).

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NASA Captures Night Infrared View of Gulf Oil Spill

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The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this nighttime image of the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 7, 2010.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this nighttime image of the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 7, 2010. On April 20, an explosion destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil platform operating in the Gulf 80 kilometers (50 miles) offshore, resulting in substantial loss of life and releasing 5,000 barrels of oil per day into the water. The huge oil slick was being carried towards the Mississippi River Delta, and small amounts of oil had reached the Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi shores by May 3.

This thermal image from ASTER covers an area measuring 60 by 240 kilometers (37 by 147 miles), most of it over the Gulf of Mexico. The coldest surfaces appear dark, and the warmest appear white. The city of Pascagoula, Miss., is visible in the upper right corner; at night the land is colder (darker) than the Gulf waters. Offshore islands below Pascagoula also appear dark compared to the surrounding ocean. The black dots and patches over the Gulf waters are small clouds, particularly in the southern half of the image. The thickest parts of the oil spill appear as dark grey, filamentous masses in the southern part of the image, extending off the bottom. Other dark-light swirl patterns are water currents where different temperature water masses are visible.

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Florida Beaches Not Under Immediate Threat From Oil

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Currently, the beaches along the Florida coast are not under immediate threat from the BP oil spill. The further from the spill, the lower the threat. Western panhandle beaches are on high alert, but as yet, no oil is threatening them. So don’t let what is happening hundreds of miles away keep you away from [...]

Wardens edge nine goal thriller

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The winning Farne Team

Boatmen team

Warden's discuss tactics

Wardens attacking
Boatman man of the match - Peter Dawson
Farne Island Wardens 5 – 4 Seahouses boatmen
Kick-off was slightly delayed but eventually the eagerly anticipated wardens Vs boatmen clash kicked-off. The wardens were looking for revenge following last season’s double defeat and the opening exchanges brought some good attacking football by the wardens. The hard work soon paid off as Steel poached from close-range but all was undone moments later, when dangerman Craig brought the scores level.

As the game ebbed and flowed, Moss hit a stunning volley to put the islanders ahead but once again, the boatmen quickly hit back as Craig looped home an equaliser. However the warden team upped the tempo and raced into a two goal lead, with Duncan stabbing home a well worked move before Moss made it 4-2 with a thumping header past the despairing keeper. The wardens had chances to increase their lead, but at half-time, remained 4-2 and were well worth their lead.

As with two previous games last season, the boatmen rallied and if the wardens dominated the first, then the boatmen took control in the second. Their inspirational captain Pringle, lead by example, firing in from close-range before drawing the game level with an impressive turn and shot on the run. The wardens, rattled by the fight back, started to find form and the game began to ebb and flow with chances going begging for both sides.

However just as the game was heading for an impressive draw, the islanders grabbed a deserved winner. Breaks, who’s impressive display won him the man of the match award, picked up a loose ball and drove past two defenders before crashing home a shot into the top left corner, whilst coming under a hail of challenges. It was a cracking goal and one which sparked jubilant scenes amongst the warden team. The final twelve minutes saw a stiff rearguard action from the islanders but the wardens held on to claim a suburb 5-4 victory and to claim the first bragging rights of the season. It won’t be long before we have the re-match but until then, its nice to have the first win under our belts.

Warden man of the match: Mark Breaks

Boatman man of the match: Peter Dawson

Who really started the island business?

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rene-bohm-farhad-vladi A facinating article in the new Spring/Summer issue of Private Islands Magazine reveals  how the business of selling private islands actually began. The article is particularly interesting because most island enthusiasts probably think that Farhad Vladi started the business. It turns out that Farhad Vladi gave up on trying to sell islands back in the 70s and it was his then partner Rene Bohm that persisted and ended up finding the first buyer, which sparked the creation of the island business.

I have read pretty much every article ever written about private islands, and many of them mention Farhad Vladi, but none of them mention Rene Bohm.

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Freezing in Bryce Canyon

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Hello from Bryce Canyon. It was a mostly uneventful day of travel.Thursday evening we had a fun time at the Freemont Experience in the older lsquodowntownrsquo area of Vegas.Last weekend I got the RV washed and waxed at the RV Park. They came this morning and washed and waxed Taz before I hit the road. Jeff came over and helped me load the car on the trailer. So I left Vegas with two clean

A trip to the Taj and then over to Raj

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ENGLISHSo with one of the most traditional ceremonies under our belts our first train ride and a dodgy taxi driver we left Delhi for the 2nd time by train. We were heading South to a little city called Agra. Now in Agra there is a tomb. A tomb so grand that it moves the hearts of even the most hardened of men. It's a structure built only of love. Of complete and utter dedication and passion from