Stadium: Weserstadion, opened in 1924, renovated in 1963-65, 1989, 2005 and 2008. 42,500 capacity at Bundesliga matches and 37,441 at international matches.
There were many question marks regarding Werder ahead of last season. Both sporting director Klaus Allofs and former head coach Thomas Schaaf had left the ship after many years at the club, leaving Werder to embark on a new journey with Thomas Eichin managing off the field and Robin Dutt managing on it. Eichin, who had been a player at Nürnberg and Gladbach before starting a career as the sporting director of the ice hockey club Kölner Haie, had his work cut out for him at the start of the season. The Green and Whites were still recovering from the lack of Champions League money due to their recent slump in form, while a few of their most experienced players still were on contracts that were drawn up during Werder's formidable run in Europe's finest club competition.
As a result the club's best defender, Sokratis, was sold to Borussia Dortmund and Werder didn't manage to keep hold of Kevin de Bruyne or Marko Arnautovic either. The dire financial situation forced Eichin to take a closer look at players who could join the club for little or no money at all, in addition to being not too demanding when it came to their salaries. Cedrik Makiadi was the star signing of the summer, arriving on a 3 million Euro deal from SC Freiburg. Additionally Argentinian striker Franco di Santo was signed to fill the gap after Arnautovic's and de Bruyne's departure.
However, the first couple of matches in the Bundesliga gave some Werder fans the faint hope that their team may fare better in the league than in the seasons prior to the 13/14 campaign, as both of the Green and Whites first matches were won by a narrow 1-0 margin (against Eintracht Braunschweig and FC Augsburg). However, the three consecutive losses that were to follow against Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt clearly showed that Werder Bremen were far away from being a side that could compete for the European places in the Bundesliga.
However, Dutt's team became increasingly better at grinding out results, despite lacking potency in attack. Despite the questionable goalkeeping credentials of Sebastian Mielitz and Raphael Wolf, Werder were able to keep ten clean sheets through the course of the season. However, despite often times being able to defend rather well over longer periods of time, the Werder defence often came unglued once the team had conceded a goal. Dutt's team conceded three or more goals in a whopping total of 15 games that season. The 5-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the Rückrunde and the 0-7 dropping handed to Werder by Bayern München were especially painful to witness for Werder fans.
Werder had become famous for their gung-ho attacking style under Thomas Schaaf, however, Dutt had to face a different reality upon his arrival. Both Nils Petersen and Franco Di Santo lacked the quality to set the Bundesliga on fire, and the midfielders behind them lacked in quality as well. Most of the attacking impetus was left to Aaron Hunt, who was trying to lead the team to the best of his abilities, however, the Werder vice-captain alone wasn't enough to put the fear of god into the defences of the bigger teams in the league. For the campaign, Hunt finished with a respectable record of seven goals scored while assisting his teammates on nine occasions.
At the end of the day Werder were supposed to start undergoing a transition under Eichin and Dutt. Despite temporary set backs and a number of performances that were thoroughly disappointing, Werder managed to gather enough points throughout the season to stay away from the worst turmoils of the relegation battle with a gritty and result oriented football.
Werder have always been perceived to be the second biggest club in Northern Germany behind HSV, however, the club has managed to outperform their biggest rivals on most occasions over the last few years due to long-term planning and smart management. During Thomas Schaaf's reign the club developed a reputation for being among the most entertaining sides to watch in the Bundesliga, often times being involved in high scoring matches. Furthermore, the team managed to qualify for the Champions League six times in a row under Schaaf, causing many to think that the Green and Whites were Bayern's fiercest rivals for the Bundesliga crown. Werder have only been relegated once from the Bundesliga and have managed to establish themselves as a club which is regarded to belong among the elite teams in the Bundesliga.
Since the third place finish to the 2009/10 season, conditions have been unravelling in Bremen. The lack of TV revenue due to their absence from the Champions League has seen the departure of many key players over the last few years, leaving Werder a mediocre team at best. Dutt has had one transitional season to shore things up, but now the board and the fans are expecting to see progress compared to the last season.
Werder will have to do without Aaron Hunt, their best player from last season, who was signed by Wolfsburg, but they have signed Izet Hajrovic and Fin Bartels to add some more vigour to their attack. Furthermore, Spaniard Alejandro Galvez has been brought in to stabilise the Werder defence. If those changes are enough to give Werder a much-needed boost remains to be seen.
'Don't panic, keep calm' has been the motto which the Werder bosses have applied over the years when it came to making crucial decisions. The city's Hanseatic background clearly reflects in the way the club has been run over the years, however the flipside of that coin has been that the club, at times, has been too slow to react once a situation in need of fixing occurred. Four of the last five seasons under Thomas Schaaf saw the club finishing outside the European spots in the table. The fact that something was broken and a new impetus was needed became more clear during the last two seasons of Schaaf's reign, but the club stubbornly stuck by him.
Former Freiburg and Leverkusen headman Dutt has been granted enough time to implement his ideas at the club. Currently Werder are undergoing a change that is supposed to take the club back to financial sound footing (the last three years have seen the club ending the season with financial deficits), meaning that some of the highest earners have been sold, with their replacements bought on the cheap. Furthermore, the club does also want to integrate more home grown youth players in its squad over the next few years.
On the pitch Robin Dutt has opted for a 4-2-3-1 formation at times, allowing Aaron Hunt to roam freely, whilst at times choosing to line up in a 4-4-2 formation. Under Thomas Schaaf short passing and attacking was the main focus, under his successor the first order of business was to defend in numbers(especially against bigger opponents). Gritty players with a fighting spirit, like Philipp Bargfrede, became more important as last season progressed, showing the casual onlooker that the Green and Whites no longer stand for the 'we'll outscore you anyways' approach.
Dutt has two strikers on hand, but most often he preferred playing only with one nominal striker. Either Petersen or di Santo were options to be brought on when Werder were chasing a lead, additionally the team has also the youngsters Özkan Yildirim and Davie Selke at hand should Dutt require more fire power up top.
Werder have shown themselves to be a team that can defend well against decent opposition, and furthermore, the Green and Whites were also among the most ruthless sides in front of goal last season. However, there are still a number of glaring weaknesses. Once Werder have conceded a goal against a perceived stronger opponent, they always lacked the precision and creativity going forward to get back into the game, whilst allowing the other team too much space, resulting in Werder conceding plenty of goals in such matches.
Werder's fans stood behind their team the entire season, always knowing that it would be a tough task to stay out of the battle against relegation. Dutt even went as far as saying that he was happy to work "for the right club in Northern-Germany", because matters were always analysed in a calm and proper fashion according to Dutt. The Green and Whites kept their cool throughout the entire campaign and finished in 12th, not really a good finish given Werder's reputation, but still an improvement compared to the previous campaign(when Werder finished 14th).
Aaron Hunt was the key player in Werder's attack, but the River Islanders struggled to create the same amount of scoring chances compared to prior campaigns under Schaaf. Watching Werder play football was maddening at times, given that the team at times lacked the capability to string together more than three or four passes. However, Dutt managed to develop in the Werder players a mindset that allowed them to take to the pitch fighting for every inch.
Philipp Bargfrede's father Hans-Jürgen was a footballer as well. He started out at Werder Bremen, but never made it to the senior squad. In the end the midfielder transferred to St. Pauli where he played for eight years.
Werder converted 17.8% of their chances last season. Only five teams in the Bundesliga were more ruthless in front of goal.
Clemens Fritz is the longest-serving Werder player. He's been at the club for almost 3,000 days.
Werder managed to keep a clean sheet on tenoccasions last season. Only four Bundesliga clubs managed to concede no goal in more matches than the Green and Whites.
Izet Hajrovic's brother Sead is also a footballer. He's currently on the roster of FC Winterthur, a team playing in the second tier in Switzerland.
Nils Petersen scored three of his seven goals last season in a substitute's role. Only four players in the Bundesliga managed to score more goals coming off the bench. In total five of Werder's 42 goals were scored by players being subbed onto the pitch. The other two substitute's goals were scored by Bargfrede and Leven Aycicek.
If you are a Werder fan you are most likely going to prepare for another long and hard season, where moments of glory are more scarce than would be preferred. The team has some quality in the likes of Sebastian Prödl, Zlatko Junuzovic and Izet Hajrovic, but currently there are too many mediocre players on the pitch. The River Islanders too often lacked creativity and precision in their attacking phase of their passing game last season, and when the team attacked in numbers the old problems in defence from the Schaaf era were still visible. Much depends upon what Dutt has managed to do in addressing those key problem areas during preseason training. As things stand Werder are likely to find themselves in the lower half of the table once again, but they should have enough quality to avoid relegation.
Before coaching Werder Robin Dutt made a name for himself by taking SC Freiburg from the second tier to the Bundesliga. In his last season at the club ended up in 9th position and Dutt was seemingly ready for bigger tasks. Upon joining Bayer Leverkusen, Dutt faced an uphill battle with many negative headlines and dire results (among them a 2-7 defeat to Barca in the Champions League). After taking over the sporting director position at the DFB, Dutt stayed out of the headlines for a couple of years. However, in the end Dutt was itching to return to coaching and decided to join Werder upon being offered the position as Thomas Schaaf's successor. Dutt has proclaimed himself to be a friend of attacking football and plans this season to play a 4-4-2 formation with a diamond in midfield.
Tobias Singer from the Werder blog MeineSaison.de was kind enough to answer our questions.
Werder's priority this season is to gather enough points as early on as possible, allowing the team to cruise as comfortably as possible through the Rückrunde. In that regard the stretch of matches between match day 9 and 15 seems to be crucial. During that time Werder have six opponents, all of which are seemingly beatable on paper. The home matches against 1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, SC Paderborn and Hannover 96 provide an excellent opportunity to gather a lot of points in quick succession. Furthermore, Mainz, HSV and Eintracht Frankfurt are beatable teams (at least on paper) this season, even when they are playing at home. Given Werder's extremely tough start to the season, it is crucial that the team starts gathering momentum and puts as many points as possible on the board during those matches.


Achieving TOBY success on the local, regional and international levels can be quite a challenge, though the hard work and preparation– win or lose – results in stronger teams, greater collaboration and exceptional buildings. Industry leaders from BOMA/Chicago's 2016 TOBY International winners, Susan Hammer, general manager for Riverview Realty Partners at AMA Plaza and Martin Huttenlocker, property manager for Sterling Bay at 564 West Randolph, share their winning TOBY competition strategies.
Read Susan and Martin's eight TOBY tips and best practices below and consider applying for the 2017 local TOBY Award.
Susan: A successful TOBY campaign starts with stakeholder involvement. The owners, asset managers, tenants and vendors, as well as the on-site management staff, must be involved and passionate about the TOBY program. All team members should understand that participation in the TOBY competition increases value through market recognition while simultaneously creating team cohesion that lasts well beyond the TOBY competition itself.
Susan: The TOBY competition is a process, and to be successful, proper planning is crucial. Rushing to clean-up or paint areas right before the inspection or slapping together a haphazard narrative is an obvious indication to the judges that the team did not have a thoughtful plan or desire to win. The TOBY competition is a serious undertaking, but the rewards received after creating a solid, thoughtful TOBY application and inspection protocols produce an indescribable sense of accomplishment.
Martin: Applying for a TOBY takes a lot of time and thought. Get focused early and meet with your team to discuss the story of your building and the aspects of your building that you want to highlight in your application.
Martin: Your TOBY application must highlight the current programs of your building, not future plans, amenities, etc. Meet with your team and brainstorm about all of your building's accomplishments over the past year. Don't focus on future plans or projects because this could take away from the amazing programs already in place.
Susan: The TOBY Entry Requirements and Guidelines must be followed as closely as possible when writing the narrative section. Organization is a key component here. Writing in accordance with the chronology in the guidelines will make it easier for the judges to check off each required component. A missing section or a missing/incomplete attachment will result in a lower score.
Susan: Typographical and grammatical errors in the narrative leave a poor impression with the judges and may be the item which separates the first position from the second. Spell check should be used. Also ask several people to read the narrative to help ensure that errors are eliminated from the final application.
Susan: At the local level, the building inspection is the most important component. There is a limited amount of time for each tour, so the more organized and complete the tour is, the better impression will be made on the judges. Practice the inspection and the presentation in advance to identify areas which may still require attention or gaps in the presentation.
Martin: Be prepared to go off track. Inspection tours never go 100% as planned and judges can ask to see any room, closet, bathroom, etc. As you practice, have someone pretend to be a judge and think of all possible scenarios for the inspection. But, remember that judges will likely throw a curveball. Practicing in advance will help you be prepared for these curveballs.
Martin: Review your files to ensure they are all complete and updated. Then organize them in one central location for the judges so you don't waste their time searching for documents.
Susan: Make sure all of your team members are familiar with your required forms and documents and that they are prepared to answer questions and participate in describing components/programs of the building.


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Music has always been a big part of my life and in so many ways. Anyone who knows me well… knows that.
I grew up on the rock music of the 60's and 70's but, as I've "matured" I've grown to have an eclectic taste in music. I enjoy most everything ranging from Sinatra to The Doobie Brothers to Diana Krall to Delbert McClinton, Acoustic Alchemy, Tim McGraw, Enya, and everything in-between. (I know… "Delbert Who?") The list is a mile long and what I choose to listen to, probably just like you, depends on my mood at the time. Rock, Country, Jazz, Blues etc. etc. Bring it on! Thank God for iTunes and iPods. I mean really… who needs music radio?
Someone said, music is an expression of the human condition… the reflection of a soul. It is Art! For me, much like film, music can bring us relief and escape from the struggles of the world, even if just for a few moments. Music is my muse and I love it. I can't imagine my world without it.
Let there be harmony. Let there be fun and 12 notes of music to make us all one.
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Is the light at the end of the real estate tunnel getting brighter?
Looking back at the real estate market, the month of May shows that the worst may not yet be over. Although many experts believe the housing market will be on the incline soon, May numbers showed a large drop. Overall home sales in May of 2011 were down 3.80% from April, and a whopping 15.30% from May 2010.
Experts such as Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist and NAR President Ron Phipps attribute many factors to the housing market decline. Both economic and environmental factors such as high gasoline prices as well as severe weather and flooding slowed the real estate market. Conservative mortgage underwriting standards had a large impact as well.
The good news is that many believe it's about to get a lot better. Currently, the market is showing that the second half will be much more productive than the first. Reduced sales have created a supply surplus effectively lowering the average home price to a 40 year low, down 4.60% from the previous year, and investors are eager to take advantage phenomenal deals.
The bottom line is, whether you're a buyer or seller, broker or lender, the summer of 2011 is going to be exciting. The Vermont real estate market is picking up momentum and there's no stopping us now!
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Home » Bournemouth beats London as UK's fastest-growing digital economy
Bournemouth beats London as UK's fastest-growing digital economy
Britain's digital economy is booming outside London, with 74pc of digital firms now based beyond the capital, and Bournemouth, Liverpool and Brighton emerging as the industry's runaway success stories.
In the landmark Tech Nation report, the largest ever study of the UK's digital sector, inner London is ousted from its place at the heart of the industry.
Bournemouth, coming from a very low base, has become the UK's fastest-growing city in the digital economy, with digital start-up incorporations rising 212pc between 2010 and 2013. [… ]
The growth in this nascent sector is remarkable: 50pc of all the digital companies in the UK were launched after 2008, despite the challenge presented by the arrival of the greatest recession in living memory. Their newness explains why 98pc are classified as small businesses. The UK is currently home to more start-ups than ever before. Last year,more than 500,000 new companies were created, up from 484,224 the year before.
The economic impact of this cohort is set to accelerate now that trading conditions are more favourable. While just 56pc saw revenues rise last year, 90pc are expecting a sales surge in 2015.
The research – commissioned by Tech City, the Government-backed organisation charged with accelerating the growth of the UK digital economy – found that these new digital start-ups have helped drive the UK's economic recovery.
Baroness Shields, the chair of Tech City UK and digital adviser to the Prime Minister, said the onus is now on the Government to make sure that policy supports these growing firms.
"12.4pc of our GDP is attributed to technology and digital business, that's the highest in the G20," she told The Telegraph. "We are the most digital nation in the world and it is important that government policy makes the most of this enormous potential."
Today, 1.46m people – 7.5pc of the entire UK workforce – are employed in the digital industries and job growth in this sector is predicted to outperform every other by 2020.
London remains the most significant employer in the digital economy, accounting for more than 250,000 jobs, but jobs site Adzuna has calculated that there are currently 45,000 jobs being advertised within the digital economy. Of those, 62pc are based outside London as soaring property prices and transport costs push employees and small firms further outside the capital. [… ]
The digital industries do face significant challenges. Broadband was universally cited as a business priority, with all technology firms demanding faster services. Limited access to skilled staff could also stymie growth, and many digital firms have clustered around universities to increase access to the potential employees.
New research commissioned by Barclays' Technology, Media and Telecoms team has found that 21pc of UK high-growth technology firms struggle to find staff with the right digital skills; this was cited as the biggest skills shortage overall. Bournemouth has relied heavily on the local university to provide skilled workers in the gaming and marketing industries in order to achieve its record digital growth. [… ]
Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns said the figures were "really good news". "It's not driven by central government, massive investment, Prime Ministers' champions and tsars – this is a spontaneous pooling together of incredible talent that we have in Bournemouth, particularly across our two universities," he said.
David Ford, chairman of Silicon South – a non-profit organisation promoting job growth in the sector – said: "The report is fantastic news for Bournemouth and proves that the Silicon South is the place to be for cutting edge digital innovation of all scales and sizes. "It is inspiring to hear that all the hard work by the industry together with the tremendous support of the public sector, the councils and universities and the LEP is starting to pay off."
Professor John Fletcher, pro-vice-chancellor for research and innovation at Bournemouth University, said the university had been instrumental in the success.
"I think the university is fundamental to it because we have the international recognition in terms of our creative and digital expertise," he said.
"We have the research and the expertise to pass on the knowledge to our students.
"We attract a really good group of students and they're exposed to world-leading research and we're doing our best now to retain the best of those as they get across their graduation stage," he said.
Gary Seneviratne, founder and director of Bournemouth-based digital agency Adido, said: "We have some really good agencies down here. They're working with brands like M&S, the British Heart Foundation and Transport for London.
"It means the top end of the market in the corporate world are working with people in this area for their core digital competencies."
The research was carried out by Tech City, the government-backed organisation in east London that serves as a nest for technology start-ups.
Cllr Mike Greene, Bournemouth council cabinet member for corporate policy and strategy, said: "Supported by two business-focused universities nurturing future world class talent, the creative and digital sector in Bournemouth is going from strength to strength."
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Tech Nation was compiled using data from DueDil, Adzuna, Crunchbase, AngelList and F6s, and analysed 47,200 digital technology companies across the UK.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/11390230/Bournemouth-beats-London-as-UKs-fastest-growing-digital-economy.html
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Nissan PH to launch new X-Trail this year and new Navara in early 2015
Also, the GT-R could finally be introduced
by Vernon B. Sarne | Apr 30, 2014
A source within the Nissan network has told TopGear.com.ph that the newly established Nissan Philippines Inc. is launching the all-new X-Trail within the year, either in the third or the fourth quarter. The new compact SUV to be sold in our market, according to our informant, will be the seven-seater version equipped with third-row seating.
The X-Trail units, pointed out our source, will be imported from Japan.
Also, our source added that the all-new Navara model will be introduced early next year, probably within the first quarter of 2015.
Lastly, our source revealed that Nissan Philippines is seriously toying with the idea of formally (and finally) bringing in the mighty GT-R, a sports car that has been popular on the gray market for so many years. The company is not expecting to sell a lot of units, our source said, but it just wants the desirable car to provide a much-needed halo over the entire product lineup.
Nissan is currently in the process of rebuilding its brand, fresh from establishing a new company that essentially dissolved the previous two distributors (Nissan Motor Philippines and Universal Motors Corporation), and recently launching the Sylphy compact sedan and the Altima midsize sedan.
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Capturing carbon from coal plants: Is it feasible?
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Great Plains Synfuels Plant in Beulah, N.D.
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Daryl Hill, who does media relations for the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, stands outside its compressor building.
The compressor at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant carries compressed carbon dioxide from North Dakota to the oilfields of Saskatchewan.
The 320-kilometer-long pipeline that carries carbon dioxide from North Dakota to Canada was constructed in 2000.
The Great Plains Synfuels Plant is the only commercial-scale coal gasification plant in the U.S. that manufactures natural gas from coal.
The Great Plains Synfuels plant is in the foreground; the blue structure in the background is Antelope Valley Station, a 900-megawatt power plant.
Mountaineer Plant, a 1,300-megawatt power plant in West Virginia, will begin capturing carbon dioxide in September. The CO2 will be compressed and injected into a saline aquifer beneath the plant.
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A carbon dioxide storage tank is lifted into final position during construction of the Schwarze Pumpe Pilot Plant, one of the world's first oxy-fuel plants.
On a remote patch of rolling plain in western North Dakota lies a massive labyrinth of buildings, tanks, towers, pipes and conveyors. This industrial behemoth — the Great Plains Synfuels Plant — is designed to turn the vast deposits of lignite coal that lie in the ground into substitute natural gas.
It is a blisteringly cold December morning, and the plant is nearly obscured by a thick blanket of steam. Still, Daryl Hill, a middle-aged Midwesterner dressed in jeans, low hikers and a burgundy pullover, is chipper. He doesn't complain about the cold and snow, or the hour-long drive he took through some of the bleakest countryside imaginable for this meeting. Hill has done media relations for Basin Electric, the cooperative that owns the synfuels plant, for 30 years. "It's been just a heck of an education for this old farm boy," he says.
The Great Plains Synfuels Plant was conceived in the early 1970s, when the United States was in the midst of an energy crisis marked by oil embargoes, skyrocketing energy prices and rumors of dwindling natural gas supplies. As the country scrambled to develop new sources of homegrown energy, some people touted solar power. Others touted wind. A small group of gasmen from Detroit, however, envisioned an entirely different solution — a fleet of "gasification" plants that would turn the country's vast supplies of coal into substitute natural gas, or syngas. But by 1984, when the Great Plains plant opened for business, the national energy crisis had passed. The other plants were never built. Today Great Plains is still the only commercial plant in the country that turns coal into gas.
To demonstrate how the plant works, Hill uses a scale model. The model, which fills an entire room, served as a 3-D blueprint when the plant was built. Now, however, it is a teaching tool — one of the highlights of his tour. "Here is the heart of the plant," Hill says, pointing out the building that holds the 14 large chambers — called gasifiers — where lignite, a soft form of coal, is combined with scalding steam and oxygen to create a fuel called "syngas." After some of the impurities are removed, the syngas — mostly hydrogen and carbon monoxide — travels to the next station, where it is chemically transformed into the methane that makes up synthetic natural gas. "This is a chemist's dream," Hill says. "We are literally breaking apart the chemistry of lignite."
The model is excruciatingly detailed, down to the last tube, but it does not show the latest additions to the synfuels plant. One of the byproducts of turning coal into natural gas is carbon dioxide. Previously, the plant vented the carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but in 2000, the company began capturing the gas, compressing it and piping it 320 kilometers north to the Weyburn oilfield in Saskatchewan. There the carbon dioxide is injected into the ground, where it becomes permanently trapped. The process is called carbon capture and storage.
For Basin Electric, adding carbon capture to the synfuels plant made good economic sense. Pumping carbon dioxide into oil reservoirs helps bring oil to the surface, so Canadian oil companies pay Basin Electric for its carbon dioxide. (Hill won't say how much.) Given the volatility of natural gas prices, any byproduct of the gasification process that can be sold helps the Great Plains plant stay profitable, even in lean times.
But many see carbon capture and storage in a different light — as a much-needed technological solution to climate change. Coal is abundant and cheap, but when burned it releases more carbon dioxide than any other fossil fuel, twice as much as natural gas. Yet experts predict that in the near future, at least, the world will use more coal, not less, to meet the growing demand for electricity. But if coal-fired power plants could capture their carbon dioxide emissions and permanently store them underground — as the Great Plains Synfuels Plant does — they could drastically reduce their impact on the global climate.
Today, the synfuels plant is part of the largest carbon capture and storage project in the world. Every year Great Plains sends 1.5 million tons of carbon dioxide — two-thirds of what the plant produces — to Canada to be permanently sequestered. Over the past eight years, 13 million tons have been stored. And that has made Hill's tour immensely popular (even "60 Minutes" has stopped by). Still, as massive as the effort is, the amount of carbon being captured is only a tiny fraction of what is produced. The United States has more than 500 coal-fired power plants, which produce 50 percent of the country's electricity and churn out 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year, about 30 percent of the country's total yearly carbon emissions. Worldwide there are tens of thousands of coal-fired power plants. Together these plants produce approximately 45 percent of the world's electricity and churn out more than 11 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year, about 40 percent of global annual emissions. To make a real impact on annual carbon dioxide emissions, experts say, the technology needs to be added to all coal-fired power plants — not just a single synfuels plant.
One of the biggest hurdles to realizing this goal, however, is the cost. This is going to cost real money, says Howard Herzog, an engineer at MIT's Laboratory for Energy and the Environment in Cambridge, Mass. Constructing a state-of-the-art coal-fired power plant designed to efficiently capture carbon dioxide costs at least a billion dollars. Retrofitting existing plants with carbon capture technology is less expensive initially, but it significantly reduces the plant's efficiency, making the equipment prohibitively expensive to operate in the long run. "The only way that it's going to be worthwhile for the companies to do it," Herzog says, "is if they get charged for putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
The United States has not yet started regulating carbon emissions. Still, American Electric Power, one of the largest utilities in the country, is betting that will happen. "We believe that [the United States is] headed down a path where carbon emissions are going to have a cost associated with them," says Mark Gray, AEP's vice president of Engineering Services. That is why the company has decided to retrofit one of its largest power plants with carbon capture technology.
AEP's 1,300-megawatt Mountaineer Plant is located in New Haven, W.Va., at the eastern end of the Ohio River Valley, a swath of land from Illinois to Virginia. The valley is home to nearly 50 coal-fired power plants that produce 20 percent of the nation's coal-fired electricity. As a result, America's "electric breadbasket" is also a large contributor of carbon dioxide, pumping out some 800 million tons each year.
The Mountaineer Plant, like almost all existing coal-fired power plants, produces electricity by burning pulverized coal. The heat from combustion converts water into steam, and the steam turns a turbine, which generates electricity. The gases left after combustion — mainly carbon dioxide and nitrogen — escape into the atmosphere through a towering smokestack. This plant generates 6 million tons of carbon dioxide each year.
AEP decided to start capturing and storing carbon dioxide in 2007. The company has spent the past couple of years equipping the Mountaineer Plant with technology that can separate carbon dioxide from the hot flue gas that comes out of the smokestack. Retrofitting coal-fired power plants is not a novel idea. Over the past two decades, most coal-fired power plants have been fitted with "scrubbers" that strip the flue gas of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulates. But the technology that exists to siphon off carbon dioxide is slightly more complicated.
To store carbon dioxide, a power plant must first separate it from the other gases that exit through the smokestack. Today, carbon dioxide is typically captured using chemicals called amines. The power plant's flue gas enters an absorber where amines bind with the carbon dioxide. Then the amines, now loaded with carbon dioxide, travel to a "stripper." When heated, the chemicals release the carbon dioxide, which is dried, compressed and pumped underground. The amines, now free of carbon dioxide, are recycled.
The process works well, but it is energy intensive. "Amines are very good at capturing the carbon dioxide, but they don't want to let go," Gray says. To produce the intense heat the amines need to release the carbon dioxide requires a monstrous amount of energy, which makes the system expensive to operate. Furthermore, the energy that goes to capturing carbon can't be used to heat homes, run blow dryers or power laptops, which means that more coal must be burned and more emissions captured.
Today's capture research is focused on finding a "magic elixir," Gray says, that will separate the carbon dioxide from the plant's other waste gases and, more importantly, release it without consuming too much energy. AEP has decided to go with a system that uses chilled ammonia to absorb the carbon dioxide. It's not yet a magic elixir, but it should be more efficient than an amine-based system. Carbon capture using amines can consume as much as 30 percent of a plant's power output. But AEP hopes that using chilled ammonia will cut the power use in half.
The chilled ammonia technology has already been installed at the Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, a standard coal-fired power plant in southeastern Wisconsin, where it has been successfully capturing carbon dioxide for more than a year. After the carbon is captured, however, it is vented back into the atmosphere. There are not any storage sites nearby. And the pilot project was designed simply to show that the capture technology works. AEP will go a step further, compressing and injecting the carbon dioxide into a deep saline aquifer below the Ohio River Valley.
AEP plans to begin capturing carbon dioxide in September. The company's goal is not to significantly cut the plant's carbon dioxide emissions — not yet, anyway — but rather to test the viability of the technology. Mountaineer will capture about 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year — far more than Pleasant Prairie, but less than 2 percent of Mountaineer's total emissions. You have to crawl, Gray says, before you can walk.
Sarah Forbes is a 30-something firecracker with short brown hair and an infectious smile. A biologist who started out with DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory, Forbes has been working on carbon capture and storage nearly her whole career. Today she serves as a carbon capture and storage guru at the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank in Washington, D.C.
Forbes says that carbon capture and storage technology has entered the "valley of death." All of the pieces exist, she says, "but we haven't done them at scale and we haven't done them all together." And unless that happens, she says, the technology will never be deployed.
The next step is to build demonstration plants that can capture and inject at least a million tons of carbon dioxide a year. That is less than what the synfuels plant captures and far less than what a standard coal-fired power plant emits, but it is a necessary intermediary step between pilot projects and full commercial rollout. At a meeting of environmental journalists last year, Forbes argued that large-scale demonstration projects are the only way to accurately estimate what carbon capture and storage will cost. Current estimates "are based on paper studies," she said. "There's great uncertainty."
Demonstration projects have long been discussed, but the first one has yet to be built. "That's really the next big step," Herzog says. In 2008, the G8 nations announced the hope of having 20 demonstration projects operational by 2020. But not all the projects are progressing as rapidly as scientists might wish, and Herzog is skeptical that we will see that many. Still, dozens are in the works.
In 2003, the Bush administration announced plans to build the country's first demonstration plant. FutureGen, a 275-megawatt coal-fired power plant, was slated to be a state-of-the-art integrated gasification combined-cycle coal plant, otherwise known as IGCC. A standard coal-fired power plant burns the coal, using the heat to convert water to steam to turn a turbine. In an IGCC plant, however, the coal is turned into syngas using a process much like the one the Great Plains Synfuels Plant uses. This gas is combusted, spinning a gas turbine like the ones used to generate electricity in natural gas power plants. The excess heat goes to generate steam, which spins a second turbine, maximizing the plant's efficiency. IGCC plants are not only more efficient than traditional coal-fired power plants, they also make carbon capture less costly because the carbon dioxide can be siphoned off before combustion — a less energy-intensive process.
The downside of IGCC plants is that they are expensive to build. Construction on FutureGen was set to begin this year. But last year, DOE pulled the plug when the plant's price tag ballooned from $1 billion to $1.87 billion. The department decided to use its money instead to help private investors add carbon capture and storage technology to already planned commercial IGCC plants.
Only two commercial IGCC plants have been built in the United States, both with initial funding from DOE. A third may soon be built. Duke Energy has received approval to put a 630-megawatt IGCC plant in Edwardsport, Ind. But other power companies haven't been so lucky. AEP proposed two 600-megawatt IGCC plants in the Ohio River Valley a couple of years ago. Because IGCC plants are so expensive, however, the company wanted permission to raise electricity rates to recover its costs. Virginia rejected AEP's proposal. Ohio gave AEP permission to raise rates, but industrial customers and consumer advocates challenged the decision. So for now, the proposal is stalled.
Another option for efficient carbon capture is a technology called oxy-fuel combustion. Oxy-fuel plants use pulverized coal like traditional plants, but they combust it in a mixture of pure oxygen and recycled flue gas (instead of ambient air). The end result is still electricity. But rather than generating a complex mix of gases, oxy-fuel plants emit mainly carbon dioxide and water. Flue gas from standard coal-fired power plants is about 15 percent carbon dioxide. But oxy-fuel plant emissions can theoretically be 95 percent carbon dioxide. That means that the carbon dioxide could be dried, compressed and piped straight into the ground without going through a costly separation process. Klaus Lackner, a geophysicist at Columbia University's Earth Engineering Center in New York, says oxy-fuel plants could be built without smokestacks, making them true "zero-emissions" plants.
One of the first oxy-fuel plants began operating last fall in Schwarze Pumpe, Germany. This month, the plant will begin capturing carbon dioxide — about 100,000 tons a year — compressing it, and trucking it to a nearby gas field, where it will be injected for enhanced gas recovery. If all goes according to plan, Schwarze Pumpe will become the first power plant to marry carbon capture and storage. Although the plant is only 30 megawatts — too small to be considered a true demonstration project — a larger 250-megawatt demonstration plant is planned for 2015.
Other demonstration projects are in the works too. China has GreenGen, a 250-megawatt plant slated to be operational in 2010 that uses a combination of IGCC technology and fuel cells. Australia has ZeroGen, an 80-megawatt IGCC plant with a tentative startup date of 2012.
But if these projects are delayed or scrapped like FutureGen, the first demonstration projects may well be retrofits. AEP recently applied for DOE funding to turn the Mountaineer Plant into a full-scale demonstration project. And Basin Electric plans to equip its coal-fired 900-megawatt Antelope Valley plant, located just a stone's throw from the Great Plains Synfuels Plant, with technology capable of capturing a million tons of carbon dioxide a year. The carbon dioxide could then be piped to Canada, or used in North Dakota's oilfields. On Jan. 15, then-Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture would loan Basin Electric $300 million for the project. Antelope Valley could begin capturing carbon as soon as 2012.
To move into commercial rollout, Herzog says, we need to see at least five demonstration plants come online. But there are no guarantees. "Each of these demonstrations is pretty expensive," he says. "They can be a billion dollars." With the state of the global economy, he says, "the question is, 'Will there be money?'"
Money and Politics
Every two years, the carbon capture and storage community meets at the Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies conference. The 2006 conference, held in Trondheim, Norway, attracted 950 attendees. Last year's conference in November brought 1,500 delegates to Washington, D.C. "There was a feeling at the meeting that people are ready to move ahead," Herzog says. "What's slowing this down is economics. Someone has to write the check."
In the United States, the new administration may be willing to do just that. President Barack Obama has been outspoken about clean energy. And when EARTH went to press, the latest version of the stimulus package contained $2.4 billion for carbon capture and demonstration projects. Obama has even talked about reviving FutureGen.
Other politicians, however, aren't so keen on keeping coal in the mix. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., for instance, has vehemently opposed new coal-fired power plants in Nevada. At a clean energy summit in Reno in 2007, Reid said that if utility companies need a "bridge" between old technologies and clean energy — wind, solar and geothermal — they should construct natural gas plants rather than those fueled by coal. A spokesperson for Reid, however, says the senator does support federal carbon capture and storage research and development.
"The slow part of the process is the political side," says Lackner of Columbia University. "You really can't do it without the buy-in of the public. Part of it is outreach — convincing people that this is indeed serious."
That may be more difficult than it seems. Some environmentalists fear that the technology will encourage the power industry to use more coal. And others worry about the carbon dioxide reservoirs leaking. Indeed, if carbon capture and storage proves to be a success, it could mean storing billions upon billions of tons of carbon dioxide underground. At least one person told World Resources Institute's Forbes that the idea sounds "spooky." Even Forbes used to be concerned: "Would that carbon dioxide just burp back out of the earth, and would all that effort that we'd undergone be for nothing?"
Many geologists are convinced that if the injection sites are carefully selected, the carbon dioxide will stay put. But the sites do need to be monitored and regulated. Other issues have yet to be resolved as well. No one has quite worked out a model for who would be liable should an accident occur decades down the road. And officials in many parts of the United States have yet to determine who owns the pore space that would be used for storage. Wyoming has ruled that underground pore space belongs to whoever owns the surface. If other states follow suit, that could make siting carbon storage reservoirs difficult if surface owners are uncooperative.
Still, Forbes is optimistic that all of these obstacles can be overcome. One thing is certain, she says, "You can't solve the climate change problem without a solution for coal." And for now, she says, carbon capture and storage is the only solution that exists.


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Hope freshman Drew Wierda competed in the international Tornado Series of the Rolex Miami Olympic Class Regatta finishing fourth in a quest to compete in the 2008 Olympics.
The five days of sailing concluded Friday in the ocean waters offshore Miami. The fleet included 2004 Olympians from Germany and Canada, together with U.S. silver medalists John Lovell and Charles Ogletree.
Wierda and teammate Don Thinschmidt finished fourth for the United States. The two men began their quest for a US Sailing Team berth in 2002 when they began pursuing an Olympic class campaign. With the support of Olympic coaches Jonathon Ferrar (USA) and Pete Conway (GB) and lead sponsorship of Crown Motors of Michigan, they competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Trials last February.
With their fourth place finish, they secured their place on the 2005 U.S. Sailing Team and will continue their quest for Olympic gold in Beijing (2008).
Wierda and Thinschmidt began their sailing careers together with the Macatawa Bay Junior Association (under the direction of Bob Kool) more than a decade ago. They continued sailing together through the Macatawa Bay Yacht Club (Holland, Michigan), Card Sound Sailing Club (Ocean Reef, Key Largo, Florida), and Chicago Yacht Club (Chicago, IL).
Wierda is a 2004 graduate of Westminster Christian High School in Miami, Florida and is currently a freshman at Hope. Thinschmidt is a 2003 graduate of Holland Christian High School and is a sophomore at Northwestern University.
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I mentioned recently how much I was enjoying the look-back feature on Facebook that shows all your posts from that day in years past. It's interesting to see how much I used to post compared to now. And how much of it I now consider drivel. Yet how much of it makes me laugh all over again.
"And the accents," I add.
That day, three years ago, would prove to be a formative day in my crawl toward blogging. I didn't know it then – I was freakin' on vacation! But my blog would come to life just eight days later. It's grown to include other things. Whether that's good or bad, I don't know. But it was originally intended to be a vehicle for this – funny stories about me and my kids.


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import org.oep.ssomgt.service.UserSyncLocalServiceUtil;

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * @author trungdk
 * @generated
 */
public class UserSyncLocalServiceClpInvoker {
	public UserSyncLocalServiceClpInvoker() {
		_methodName0 = "addUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes0 = new String[] { "org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync" };

		_methodName1 = "createUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes1 = new String[] { "long" };

		_methodName2 = "deleteUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes2 = new String[] { "long" };

		_methodName3 = "deleteUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes3 = new String[] { "org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync" };

		_methodName4 = "dynamicQuery";

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		_methodParameterTypes5 = new String[] {
				"com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery"
			};

		_methodName6 = "dynamicQuery";

		_methodParameterTypes6 = new String[] {
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		_methodName7 = "dynamicQuery";

		_methodParameterTypes7 = new String[] {
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				"com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.OrderByComparator"
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		_methodName8 = "dynamicQueryCount";

		_methodParameterTypes8 = new String[] {
				"com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery"
			};

		_methodName9 = "dynamicQueryCount";

		_methodParameterTypes9 = new String[] {
				"com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery",
				"com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.Projection"
			};

		_methodName10 = "fetchUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes10 = new String[] { "long" };

		_methodName11 = "getUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes11 = new String[] { "long" };

		_methodName12 = "getPersistedModel";

		_methodParameterTypes12 = new String[] { "java.io.Serializable" };

		_methodName13 = "getUserSyncs";

		_methodParameterTypes13 = new String[] { "int", "int" };

		_methodName14 = "getUserSyncsCount";

		_methodParameterTypes14 = new String[] {  };

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		_methodParameterTypes15 = new String[] { "org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync" };

		_methodName74 = "getBeanIdentifier";

		_methodParameterTypes74 = new String[] {  };

		_methodName75 = "setBeanIdentifier";

		_methodParameterTypes75 = new String[] { "java.lang.String" };

		_methodName80 = "addUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes80 = new String[] {
				"long", "long", "long", "java.lang.String", "java.lang.String",
				"java.lang.String", "java.lang.String", "java.lang.String",
				"int", "java.lang.String", "java.util.Date", "java.util.Date"
			};

		_methodName81 = "updateUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes81 = new String[] {
				"long", "long", "long", "long", "java.lang.String",
				"java.lang.String", "java.lang.String", "java.lang.String",
				"java.lang.String", "int", "java.lang.String", "java.util.Date",
				"java.util.Date"
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		_methodParameterTypes82 = new String[] {
				"org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync",
				"com.liferay.portal.service.ServiceContext"
			};

		_methodName83 = "removeUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes83 = new String[] { "org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync" };

		_methodName84 = "removeUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes84 = new String[] { "long" };

		_methodName85 = "getUserSync";

		_methodParameterTypes85 = new String[] { "long" };

		_methodName86 = "findByApplicationCheckPoint";

		_methodParameterTypes86 = new String[] { "long", "java.util.Date" };

		_methodName87 = "countByApplicationSync";

		_methodParameterTypes87 = new String[] {
				"long", "boolean", "com.liferay.portal.service.ServiceContext"
			};

		_methodName88 = "findByApplicationSync";

		_methodParameterTypes88 = new String[] {
				"long", "boolean", "int", "int",
				"com.liferay.portal.service.ServiceContext"
			};

		_methodName89 = "findByApplicationEmployee";

		_methodParameterTypes89 = new String[] { "long", "long" };

		_methodName90 = "findByApplicationUser";

		_methodParameterTypes90 = new String[] { "long", "long" };
	}

	public Object invokeMethod(String name, String[] parameterTypes,
		Object[] arguments) throws Throwable {
		if (_methodName0.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes0, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.addUserSync((org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync)arguments[0]);
		}

		if (_methodName1.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes1, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.createUserSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue());
		}

		if (_methodName2.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes2, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.deleteUserSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue());
		}

		if (_methodName3.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes3, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.deleteUserSync((org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync)arguments[0]);
		}

		if (_methodName4.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes4, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQuery();
		}

		if (_methodName5.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes5, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQuery((com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery)arguments[0]);
		}

		if (_methodName6.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes6, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQuery((com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery)arguments[0],
				((Integer)arguments[1]).intValue(),
				((Integer)arguments[2]).intValue());
		}

		if (_methodName7.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes7, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQuery((com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery)arguments[0],
				((Integer)arguments[1]).intValue(),
				((Integer)arguments[2]).intValue(),
				(com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.OrderByComparator)arguments[3]);
		}

		if (_methodName8.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes8, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQueryCount((com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery)arguments[0]);
		}

		if (_methodName9.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes9, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.dynamicQueryCount((com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.DynamicQuery)arguments[0],
				(com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.Projection)arguments[1]);
		}

		if (_methodName10.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes10, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.fetchUserSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue());
		}

		if (_methodName11.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes11, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.getUserSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue());
		}

		if (_methodName12.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes12, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.getPersistedModel((java.io.Serializable)arguments[0]);
		}

		if (_methodName13.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes13, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.getUserSyncs(((Integer)arguments[0]).intValue(),
				((Integer)arguments[1]).intValue());
		}

		if (_methodName14.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes14, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.getUserSyncsCount();
		}

		if (_methodName15.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes15, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.updateUserSync((org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync)arguments[0]);
		}

		if (_methodName74.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes74, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.getBeanIdentifier();
		}

		if (_methodName75.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes75, parameterTypes)) {
			UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.setBeanIdentifier((java.lang.String)arguments[0]);

			return null;
		}

		if (_methodName80.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes80, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.addUserSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue(),
				((Long)arguments[1]).longValue(),
				((Long)arguments[2]).longValue(),
				(java.lang.String)arguments[3], (java.lang.String)arguments[4],
				(java.lang.String)arguments[5], (java.lang.String)arguments[6],
				(java.lang.String)arguments[7],
				((Integer)arguments[8]).intValue(),
				(java.lang.String)arguments[9], (java.util.Date)arguments[10],
				(java.util.Date)arguments[11]);
		}

		if (_methodName81.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes81, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.updateUserSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue(),
				((Long)arguments[1]).longValue(),
				((Long)arguments[2]).longValue(),
				((Long)arguments[3]).longValue(),
				(java.lang.String)arguments[4], (java.lang.String)arguments[5],
				(java.lang.String)arguments[6], (java.lang.String)arguments[7],
				(java.lang.String)arguments[8],
				((Integer)arguments[9]).intValue(),
				(java.lang.String)arguments[10], (java.util.Date)arguments[11],
				(java.util.Date)arguments[12]);
		}

		if (_methodName82.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes82, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.updateUserSync((org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync)arguments[0],
				(com.liferay.portal.service.ServiceContext)arguments[1]);
		}

		if (_methodName83.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes83, parameterTypes)) {
			UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.removeUserSync((org.oep.ssomgt.model.UserSync)arguments[0]);

			return null;
		}

		if (_methodName84.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes84, parameterTypes)) {
			UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.removeUserSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue());

			return null;
		}

		if (_methodName85.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes85, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.getUserSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue());
		}

		if (_methodName86.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes86, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.findByApplicationCheckPoint(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue(),
				(java.util.Date)arguments[1]);
		}

		if (_methodName87.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes87, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.countByApplicationSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue(),
				((Boolean)arguments[1]).booleanValue(),
				(com.liferay.portal.service.ServiceContext)arguments[2]);
		}

		if (_methodName88.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes88, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.findByApplicationSync(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue(),
				((Boolean)arguments[1]).booleanValue(),
				((Integer)arguments[2]).intValue(),
				((Integer)arguments[3]).intValue(),
				(com.liferay.portal.service.ServiceContext)arguments[4]);
		}

		if (_methodName89.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes89, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.findByApplicationEmployee(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue(),
				((Long)arguments[1]).longValue());
		}

		if (_methodName90.equals(name) &&
				Arrays.deepEquals(_methodParameterTypes90, parameterTypes)) {
			return UserSyncLocalServiceUtil.findByApplicationUser(((Long)arguments[0]).longValue(),
				((Long)arguments[1]).longValue());
		}

		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
	}

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	private String[] _methodParameterTypes0;
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	private String[] _methodParameterTypes75;
	private String _methodName80;
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Listen, I love Hideo Kojima as a visionary. It's probably why everyone is putting up with the vague, strange trailers that he and Kojima Productions have been putting out for Death Stranding since its announcement two years ago. But hell if I know what this game is anymore. With a first look at gameplay and more tonal pieces for Kojima's first project away from the Metal Gear franchise, it's anyone's guess as to what it actually is.
There's more babies in a tank, Hollywood A-listers and somber (beautiful) music to accompany a lot of Norman Reedus walking and ferrying things from one desolate piece of empty land to another. There's also a look at some sneaking, which shows Kojima is still comfy with making something that involves a little crouching. But man I still can't tell you what Death Stranding really is. How it plays. What it's meant to really be conveying. And maybe that's the beauty of it?
I'm not sure, and I can't shake a feeling of disappointment after the showing. Perhaps after this long, we were hoping for a lot more.


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Q: Is there a way too simulate a wired connection too the router using wireless? Essentially trick the router into thinking I'm connected to it via cable.
I only have access to the router configuration with an Ethernet connection hence the question, this is not a blocker at all but I would like to access it with a wireless connection.
Changing the router configs to allow wireless connections is not an option.
EDIT: After some research I'm almost sure there's no way to do this as I expected. Anyway for this purpose rcpa0 answer is a possible solution.

A: What you're looking for is called a wireless bridge or powerline ethernet extender both I'm guessing you don't want to use since it requires additional hardware. I'm fairly confident there is no 'tricking' your router for something like this if you can't access its configuration via Wi-Fi. Please edit your question to give us the router model & fixes you've attempted. Many consumer routers have a 'Guest' Wi-Fi which I'm guessing might deliberately disable access to the routers configuration so be sure you're not on the Guest SSID/network

A: *

*Set up a proxy/port forwarder on a system that is wired to the WiFi router.  SSH tunnel or use Wireless client to VNC / Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server to WiFi router's configuration web interface.  Raspberry Pi + VNC or SSH tunnel if you need a cheap, always on, stand alone server solution.

*Add another WiFi router on the same wired network with a different SSID and disabling the DHCP server on it (there can only be one DHCP server on a network).  You could manage each WiFi router while connected from the other.

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Q: Alternate proof of Schur orthogonality relations I am trying to find an alternate proof for Schur orthogonality relations along the following lines.
Let $G$ be a finite group, with irreducible representations $V_1$, $V_2$, $\cdots$, $V_d$.
Let $V$ denote the adjoint representation ($V = \langle \{e_g\}_{g\in G} \rangle$ with $h\cdot e_g = e_{hgh^{-1}}$). Also, let $W$ denote the representation given by $\bigoplus_{i=1}^{d} \text{End} (V_i)$.
The Schur orthogonality relations tell us these both have the same character, hence are isomorphic. But this requires one to assume the fact that $\{\chi_{V_i} \}_{i=1..d}$ forms a basis for the class functions on $G$.
I would like to show $V \cong W$ by some other means, maybe an explicit isomorphism. This would prove Schur orthogonality without knowing the fact about the basis for class functions. How might this be done?

A: There is a natural map $\Bbb C[G]\to\bigoplus{\rm End}_{\Bbb C}(V)$ induced from the maps $G\to{\rm GL}(V)$. To see that it's an isomorphism, it suffices to check injectivity and equality of dimensions. Injectivity is easy: if any element $x\in{\Bbb C}[G]$ were mapped to $0$ then it would act as $0$ on any irrep, hence any rep, hence act trivially on $\Bbb C[G]$ itself, so $x\cdot e_G=0$ tells us $x=0$. Now for dimensions...
We have $\Bbb C[G]\cong\bigoplus V^{\oplus m(V)}$ for some unknown multiplicities $m(V)$. Convince yourself that
$$\hom_G(\Bbb C[G],W)\cong W$$
are isomorphic via the canonical map $\phi\mapsto\phi(1)$ for any rep $W$. Furthermore $\hom$ is distributive in both of its arguments (e.g. $\hom_G(A,B\oplus C)\cong\hom_G(A,B)\oplus\hom_G(A,C)$; what do you think the natural isomorphism will be?). Therefore we can compute (via Schur's on $\hom_G(V,W)$):
$$W  \cong \hom_G(\Bbb C[G],W) \cong\bigoplus_V \hom_G(V,W)^{\oplus m(V)} \cong \Bbb C^{\oplus m(W)} $$
as vector spaces, where the last $\cong$ sign assumes that $W$ is an irreducible representation (the rest holds for every $W$). Therefore $m(W)=\dim W$ for all irreps $W$, and now we compute
$$\begin{array}{lc} \Bbb C[G] & \cong\hom_G(\Bbb C[G],\Bbb C[G])  \cong\bigoplus_{V,W}\hom_G(V,W)^{\oplus m(V)\cdot m(W)} \\[4pt] & \cong\bigoplus_V \Bbb C^{\oplus m(V)^2}  \cong \bigoplus{\rm End}_{\Bbb C}(V) \end{array}$$
as vector spaces, yielding equality of dimensions. Thus $\Bbb C[G]\cong\bigoplus{\rm End}_{\Bbb C}(V)$ as algebras.
Fix an irrep $V$ and let $e_V\in{\Bbb C}[G]$ correspond to ${\rm Id}_V\in{\rm End}_{\Bbb C}(V)$ and $0$ in all of the other coordinates. Write $e_V=\sum c_gg$, "rotate" its coefficients as $e_Vh^{-1}=\sum c_g gh^{-1}$, then to both sides apply ${\rm tr}_{\Bbb C[G]}$ to get $m(V)\chi_V(h^{-1})=|G|c_h$, hence $e_V=\frac{\dim V}{|G|}\sum\chi_V(g^{-1})g$.
Now the orthogonality relations simply state $e_Ve_W=\delta_{VW}e_V$ (equate coefficients in $\Bbb C[G]$).

A: This follows immediately from the Artin-Wedderburn theorem.  The isomorphism is given by the action of the group algebra on each of the simple representations.  No character theory is needed.

A: You are asking about the adjoint (conjugation) action, but a better framing is that
$$kG \cong \bigoplus_{i=1}^d \mathrm{End}(V_i)$$
as $G \times G$ reps. Here $G \times G$ acts by left and right multiplication (with $g^{-1}$ on the right, to make a left-action.) Your statement is then restricting to the diagonal $G$ inside $G \times G$. Write $\rho_i : G \to GL(V_i)$ for the representation.
There is an obvious map $\phi: kG \to \bigoplus \mathrm{End}(V_i)$, given by linearly extending the map $g \mapsto (\rho_1(g), \rho_2(g), \dots, \rho_n(g))$, and it is obviously a map of $G \times G$ representations.
Lemma 1 $\mathrm{End}(V_i)$ is irreducible as a $G \times G$ rep.
This doesn't seem to have a really clean proof, as it is the place where we use that $k$ is algebraically closed and that $V_i$ is irreducible. See here for the standard character theory argument.
Lemma 2 If $i \neq j$, then $\mathrm{End}(V_i)$ and $\mathrm{End}(V_j)$ are not isomorphic as $G \times G$ reps.
Proof If they were isomorphic as $G \times G$ reps, they'd be isomorphic as $G \times \{ 1 \}$ reps. But, as $G \times \{ 1 \}$-reps, we have $\mathrm{End}(V_i) \cong V_i^{\oplus \dim V_i}$, so this would violate uniqueness of decomposition into irreps. $\square$.
We now show that $\phi$ is an isomorphism.
Surjectivity Since $\bigoplus_{i=1}^d \mathrm{End}(V_i)$ is a direct sum of nonisomorphic irreps of $G \times G$, the image of $\phi$ must be of the form $\bigoplus_k \mathrm{End}(V_{i_k})$ for some subset $\{ i_1, i_2, \ldots, i_r \}$ of $\{ 1, \ldots, d \}$. So it is enough to show that the projection of $\phi(kG)$ onto $\mathrm{End}(V_i)$ is nonzero for each $i$. The identity of $G$ maps to the identity of $\mathrm{End}(V_i)$, $\square$.
Injectivity Suppose that we had some $\sum_g a_g g$ in $kG$ such that $\sum a_g \rho_i(g) = 0$ for all $i$. Any representation of $G$ is a direct sum of irreps so, by linearity, we would have $\sum_g a_g \rho(g) = 0$ for any representation $\rho: G \to GL(W)$ of $G$. In particular, this would be true for the regular representation. But, if $\sum_g a_g g$ acts by $0$ on the regular representation, then all $a_g$ are $0$. $\square$.

A: Maybe it's worth teasing out the details of Ben's answer since character theory is lurking beneath Lemma 1 in David's answer. Here, the statement to prove is that
$$kG\cong\bigoplus_i\mathrm{End}(V_i)$$
as rings. We'll adopt the notation ${}_{kG}kG$ for the left regular module.
Step 1: There is a ring isomorphism $kG\cong\mathrm{End}_G({}_{kG}kG)^{\mathrm{op}}$ (for a ring $R$, the opposite ring $R^{\mathrm{op}}$ is the same as $R$ as an abelian group, but with multiplication $r*s=sr$).
Proof: The isomorphism is induced by the map $g\mapsto \mu_g$, where $\mu_g(x)=xg$.
Step 2 (Maschke's Theorem) If $\mathrm{char}k$ does not divide $|G|$, then ${}_{kG}kG$ is semisimple.
Proof: Let $X\subset{}_{kG}kG$ be a submodule. If $\mathrm{char}k=0$, then you have
$${}_{kG}kG=X\oplus X^{\perp}$$
where $X^{\perp}$ is the orthogonal compliment with respect to the $G$-invariant inner product $\langle g,h\rangle=\delta_{gh}$.
For more general $k$, let $\pi:{}_{kG}kG\longrightarrow X$ be the projection onto $X$ along some vector space compliment. This may not be a $G$-map, so define
$$\varpi(x)=|G|^{-1}\sum_{g\in G}g^{-1}\pi(gx).$$
It is straightforward to check that $\varpi$ is another projection onto $X$ which IS a $G$-map. Therefore, ${}_{kG}kG=X\oplus\ker\varpi$ as required.
Step 4: Using Maschke's Theorem, write ${}_{kG}kG=\bigoplus_i V_i^{n_i}$.
Step 5 (Schur's lemma) If $V$ and $W$ are irreducible, then any nonzero $G$-map $\phi:V\to W$ is an isomorphism. In particular, if $k$ is algebraically closed $\mathrm{End}_G(V)\cong k$.
Step 6: Observe that if $V$ is irreducible, then $\mathrm{End}_G(V^{\oplus n})\cong M_n(k)$. Consequently (using Schur's lemma again)
\begin{align*}
{}_{kG}kG&\cong\mathrm{End}_G\left(\bigoplus_iV_i^{n_i}\right)^{\mathrm{op}}\\
&\cong\left(\bigoplus_i\mathrm{End}_G\left(V_i^{n_i}\right)\right)^{\mathrm{op}}\\
&\cong\bigoplus_iM_{n_i}(k)^{\mathrm{op}}
\end{align*}
Two final observations: (1) The map $A\mapsto A^t$ defines an isomorphism $M_n(k)\cong M_n(k)^{\mathrm{op}}$.
(2) It follows from this construction that $\dim V_i=n_i$, so $M_{n_i}(k)\cong\mathrm{End}(V_i)$.
No character theory.
Edit: In light of David Speyer's comment, let me explain observation (2) since it is not trivial. First, observe that for each $i$, $B_i=V_i^{n_i}$ is a minimal 2-sided ideal in $kG$. Indeed, it is a left ideal by definition, and for $i\neq j$, $V_i\cap V_j=0$ so $V_iV_j=V_jV_i=0$. This forces $B_iB_j=B_jB_i=0$, so $B_i$ is a 2-sided ideal.
To see that the $B_i$ are minimal note that if $J$ is any 2-sided ideal, then $J$ contains $V_i$ for some $i$ by the semisimplicty of $kG$. Letting $V_i'$ denote another copy of $V_i$ in $kG$, the composition
$$\eta:{}_{kG}kG\twoheadrightarrow V_i\cong V_i'\hookrightarrow _{kG}kG$$
is a $G$-module map (here we take a $G$-module isomorphism $V_i\cong V_i'$). Then, by step 1$V_i'=\eta(V_i)=V_iy\subset J$ for some $y\in kG$. This shows that $B_i\subset J$. Using semisimplicity, you now can show that $J$ is a direct sum of a bunch of $B_i$.
Okay, but now we are done. Since, under the isomorphism above $B_i$ maps isomorphically onto
$$\mathrm{End}_{B_i}(B_i)^{\mathrm{op}}=\mathrm{End}_G(V_i^{n_i})^{\mathrm{op}}\cong M_{n_i}(k).$$
(in the first equality we use the fact that $B_i$ commutes with $B_j$ for $j\neq i$). In other words, the minimal left ideals in $B_i$ map isomorphically onto the minimal left ideals in $M_{n_i}(k)$ giving observation (2).


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Host- and tissue-specific pathogenic traits of Staphylococcus aureus.
van Leeuwen WB., Melles DC., Alaidan A., Al-Ahdal M., Boelens HAM., Snijders SV., Wertheim H., van Duijkeren E., Peeters JK., van der Spek PJ., Gorkink R., Simons G., Verbrugh HA., van Belkum A.
Comparative genomics were used to assess genetic differences between Staphylococcus aureus strains derived from infected animals versus colonized or infected humans. A total of 77 veterinary isolates were genetically characterized by high-throughput amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Bacterial genotypes were introduced in a large AFLP database containing similar information for 1,056 human S. aureus strains. All S. aureus strains isolated from animals in close contact with humans (e.g., pet animals) were predominantly classified in one of the five main clusters of the AFLP database (cluster I). In essence, mastitis-associated strains from animals were categorized separately (cluster IVa) and cosegregated with bacteremia-associated strains from humans. Distribution of only 2 out of 10 different virulence genes differed across the clusters. The gene encoding the toxic shock syndrome protein (tst) was more often encountered among veterinary strains (P < 0.0001) and even more in the mastitis-related strains (P<0.0001) compared to human isolate results. The gene encoding the collagen binding protein (cna) was rarely detected among invasive human strains. The virulence potential, as indicated by the number of virulence genes per strain, did not differ significantly between the human- and animal-related strains. Our data show that invasive infections in pets and humans are usually due to S. aureus strains with the same genetic background. Mastitis-associated S. aureus isolated in diverse farm animal species form a distinct genetic cluster, characterized by an overrepresentation of the toxic shock syndrome toxin superantigen-encoding gene.
10.1128/JB.187.13.4584-4591.2005
J Bacteriol
Adhesins, Bacterial, Animals, Bacterial Toxins, Cattle, Cluster Analysis, Enterotoxins, Female, Genomics, Genotype, Humans, Mastitis, Bovine, Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques, Species Specificity, Staphylococcal Infections, Staphylococcus aureus, Superantigens, Virulence


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In between making these roll ups, I had to attempt to make a plush robot that my godson/nephew Blake wanted. He and his mom found a photo of what he wanted and I basically had to figure out for myself how to put it all together. He has been asking me every week if I made it, I felt bad each time I had to tell him no. Luckily, his birthday party is coming up this weekend and the "yobot" below will be part of his gift. Since it's pretty small, I was too scared to sew up the pieces together with my machine so I hand stitched everything. It took me almost three hours. Man, I hope this kid like the robot.
As Lin says, no fear is ridiculous, even if it's our own fear. I have some serious fears, which I don't think are ridiculous - cats, the dark, heights and knives but ridiculous ones...let me think.
Flabby upper arms...I know, weird huh? I am not scared of them in general, I am terrified of my own arms becoming big and flabby. My husband says this is more vanity than a fear. I disagree.
Subway grates...I cannot walk over them. I have to walk around them or jump over them. When Mike and I were in New York, he made me stand over one and I nearly broke out in tears in the middle of Times Square.
Lately these days, I am not about buying the latest and greatest beauty products. I now tend to stick with what I know and what works for me. Ever since I got bangs, I stick to just eyeliner and a simple routine of concealer, bronzer and blush. And now that we are dead in the middle of winter, my dry lips only accept Vaseline.
I want to share with you some of my current favorite beauty products. I'm sure this list will change once spring comes rolling around.
Burt Bee's Blemish Stick | this is the only product that will work to keep my blemishes/pimples from flaring up. I can't believe that I am in my mid-30s and still dealing with acne. I blame it on my teens and 20s, I seemed to have been blessed to not have to deal with acne then and now my face is paying for it.
CND Solar Oil | since I have become addicted to Artistic Manicures (similar to gel polish/shellac), I have been told by my nail technician to use cuticle oil daily. I guess using olive oil helps but it doesn't do much compared to cuticle oil which has the right ingredients to keep your cuticles hydrated. I keep a travel size bottle in my purse so I can hydrate my nails when needed.
NARS Bronzing Powder in Laguna | when I came back from Punta Cana in December, I needed something to help fake the tan that was fading away. Luckily my friend Kat gave me a barely used one. Everyone loved my "tan", they said I was glowing but in reality, my tan had faded and I was faking it with this bronzer.
Benefit Cha Cha Tint | years ago, I was a cult fan of Benetint but since I am a sucker for anything coral, when this baby came out on the market, it was destiny for us to be together. I love the coral flush it brings on my cheeks and it was perfect with my tan. Be careful though, if not applied properly, your fingers will end up looking like an oompa loompa. Tip: apply with a beauty blender, you'll thank me later.
Eau Thermale Avène Cicalfate | I accidentally came across this product when I was dealing with a bad irritation above my upper lip. The skin was raw and red. A beautician at a drug store recommended this product to me and although, it didn't help the irritation, I have been using it as a face cream. It helps restore damaged skin and leave it so soft.
What are some beauty products you are really into these days?
I think I am in love this guy. Actually I am seriously in love with Josh Duhamel. I just finished reading the Nicholas Sparks book, Safe Haven and since I knew that Josh Duhamel would be starring in, I had no choice but to visualize him while reading. I can't wait to see the movie and even if it's horrible (The Last Song, Dear John - they are nothing compared to A Walk to Remember and The Notebook), I will just be happy to see Josh on the big screen. To me, he has the perfect height, body build, smile, hair, personality, etc. He is just perfect. Don't you think? I know that if my husband is reading this, he would probably roll his eyes. Don't worry Mike, you are like 97% close to being as perfect as him, lol!
My life in the past month has been turned upside and it's all because of work. My favorite coworker upped and walked away without any notice. She had every reason to but it left my team and I in the worst possible scenario seeing it's our busiest time of the year. I've been going into work early, I've stayed late, I've brought work home and worked in the evenings and weekends. I'm spent, I'm done and I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I know that they are planning to hire someone but nothing has happened so far. So because of this, I don't really have a life. I'm too tired to do anything. My workout schedule has gone down the drain and my eating habits are at its worst. Hopefully I will get back on track soon.
I've been able to at least catch up on some Oscar nominated movies - Les Miserables, Django Unchained, Silver Linings Playbook, Life of Pi and I still need to watch Thirty Dark Zero. Even with all these serious movies, I was watched Pitch Perfect and it was awesome. I loved every minute of it and it was totally not what I expected.
I've been reading Safe Haven, the movie opens tomorrow and I want to finish the book before I watch it. So far, so good. It's your typical Nicholas Sparks book. I've got lots of books to read and hopefully I'll meet my goal of 15 books for 2013.
I've become addicted to gel polish. I have been going to Polish'd Nail Bar in downtown Toronto - more on this in another post - and even though an artistic manicure is more expensive, it's worth it. It lasts close to three weeks, it doesn't chip and it dries instantly because it's cured with an LED light.
I made some robot crayons for my godson's birthday giveaways next month. I made over 140 crayons one weekend because I knew I'd be busy with work.
That's about it for now. God, my life is pretty boring. I have some blog posts in mind but I just have to sit down and write them out. It's long weekend coming up so besides sewing and doing some cleaning up, hopefully I'll be about to get some posts out.
I hope everyone is doing well. Drop me a comment and let me know how you are doing and what you are up too.