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So long to the man who dazzled English cricket - Independent

He played 58 tests and 159 one-day internationals for England and returned to Yorkshire from Essex at the start of last season. "My decision to retire is ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/so-long-to-the-man-who-dazzled-english-cricket-834634.html

Scoop du jour: To be fair, English should be judged at the fair Peninsula Gateway

George snuck out for a vacation. Instead of writing a column this week, he left us a piece he wished he had written but actually found on the Internet by an unknown author.
http://www.gateline.com/opinion/story/1488.html

Wind Tunnel Tests Confirm It: Bats Can Fly

Sometimes scientists won't understand it even after they see it, but at least they'll believe it despite its improbability. Such is the case with bats, the bumblebee and the hummingbird, which according to classic wing theory should not be able to fly. Ye
http://www.ajc.com/green/content/shared/green/blogburst_posts.html?bbPostId=Cz5Ev0JdU2gZtB5hCCYBscaP5Cz4oq6AZIn5eWCzE7MtiV77AsM

NREL: Wind Research - National Wind Technology Center Video Tour

We offer the wind industry the ability to test integrated drivetrains on both ... We also have an environmental test chamber that is able to test wind ...
http://www.nrel.gov/wind/nwtc_video.html

The Ion Wind tests on the Lifters by JL Naudin

The Ion wind tests on Transdimensional's Lifter. By Jean-Louis Naudin ... conducted two tests to check if the fact of removing the ion wind is able to ...
http://jnaudin.free.fr/html/lifteriw.htm

&8216Blended wing&8217 craft passes wind-tunnel tests - tech - 14 ...

During wind tunnel tests, a model is normally mounted while wind flows around it, allowing engineers to measure forces on the static design.
http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/dn8310-blended-wing-craft-passes-windtunnel-tests.html

The joy of touring - CricInfo.com

On my first tour which was to India in 1964 the series was drawn with all five tests ending in dull draws on the lifeless Indian wickets, but there was ...
http://usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152527.html

Tripping the light fantastic BBC News

BBC News takes a look around Manchester University's high voltage laboratory
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7413828.stm

Spy Video: Chevy Volt Updated design shown in wind tunnel...

This video reveals a camouflaged version of the final production design in 1/3 scale of the Chevy Volt undergoing wind tunnel testing. This is the first time the updated design has been shown publicly. The video also has a side by side shot of the EV1 b
http://www.petrozero.org/2008/04/chevy-volt-spy-video.html

Ultraframe Conservatory roof testing What the wind tests involved

Leran more about the wind tests conducted at Wintech on the Ultraframe conservatory roof and a range of alternative systems.
http://trade.ultraframe.co.uk/UltraframeInfo/UltraframeDVDConservatoryWindTests/WindTestsExplained/

MONTEREY COUNTY / Suicide barrier wind test / Engineer demonstrates ...

... chief engineer, demonstrated the wind tunnel tests and discussed how the bridge ... tests using computer modeling as well as the 2-foot-by-5-foot model in ...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/13/BAGQGQEGR71.DTL

Boeing Completes P 8A Weapons Separation Wind Tunnel Tests

St Louis MO SPX Feb 26, 2006 - Boeing this month successfully completed P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft MMA weapons separation wind tunnel tests at the Arnold Air Force Base Engineering ...
http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Boeing_Completes_P_8A_Weapons_Separation_Wind_Tunnel_Tests.html

Search Courant.com Web enhanced by - Hartford Courant

Even as Phoenix begins its three-month mission, workers at Pioneer are already preparing for wind tunnel tests of the company&39s next parachute for NASA, ...Video: NASA Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Mars AssociatedPress
http://www.courant.com/technology/hc-cornershop0528.artmay28,0,7461031.story

Bad Business Free Times

The year 2007 was a rough one for our public utility Santee Cooper.
http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064227409&ShowArticle_ID=11012805084455589

Japan Aims to Launch Paper Plane in Space

Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. It's no joke. A prototype passed a durability test in a wind tunnel last month, Japan's space agency adopted it Wednesday for feasibi
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/27/japan.origami.spacecraft.ap/index.html?eref=rss_space

The Ion Wind tests on the Lifters by JL Naudin

The Ion wind tests on Transdimensional&39s Lifter By Jean-Louis Naudin ... The purpose of this test is to measure the ion wind generated below the surface of ...var mb4=ManyBox.register'4',3,'19PN8FH1SgoJ','','9b7c',14,'Map of 2800 Powder Mill Rd,
http://jnaudin.free.fr/html/lifteriw.htm

Wind Turbine Tests

Each participant in the 2007 ESI program built a wind turbine designed by Professor Scott Morton with the Department of Mechanical Engineering
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/energy_institute/2007/turbinetests.htm

&8216Blended wing&8217 craft passes wind-tunnel tests - tech - 14 ...

&8216Blended wing&8217 craft passes wind-tunnel tests ... During wind tunnel tests, a model is normally mounted while wind flows around it, ...
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/mech-tech/dn8310.html

Science at the bend of climate change - Seattle Times

Tentatively, wind turbines appeared on the ridge south of town, turning slowly above dryland wheat and cattle pastures. Now they have jumped the river onto ...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004435287_riley27.html

San Francisco The San Francisco Examiner

TUCSON, Ariz. Map - TUCSON, Ariz. , May 28, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's NYSE: RTN AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon C1 variant moved a step closer to free-flight April 1 following successful captive flight tests of the weapon's new infrared
http://www.examiner.com/p-172851Raytheon_Demonstrates_New_JSOW_Seeker_for_Interdicting_Moving_Maritime_Targets.html

Blimp-Based Wind Turbine Tested PICS

A company called Magenn is testing blimp-based wind turbines. The system consists of an airship that is tethered to the ground, and rotates horizontally in the wind, generating electricity
http://www.metaefficient.com/renewable-power/airship-wind-turbine-tested.html

NASCAR MUM ON WIND TESTS, LABONTE FLAP

No word yet from NASCAR on the latest wind tunnel tests or on repercussions from the postrace dispute Sunday between NASCAR officials and Terry Labonte and ...
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960313/03130644.htm

Wind disambiguation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wind can mean: wind , the movement of air, usually due to temperature difference wind power , use of wind as a source of energy wind god or the winds , deities representing wind ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winds

Modelling Bridge Aero-Elasticity: Comparison of Computational ...

Title: Modelling Bridge Aero-Elasticity: Comparison of Computational Models, wind Tunnel tests & Full Scale Data ...
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/ViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/R51735/01

Chris Rattue: Collins&39 exit is a murky affair - New Zealand Herald

Once again you feel the chilly wind of the World Cup blowing through the game. Collins is unlikely to last until the tournament in 2011 and the selectors ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10512825

Light fantastic BBC News

The place where lightning strikes more than twice
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7413828.stm

StatoilHydro to test first deepwater floating wind turbine

Offshore wind turbines already exist in numerous places around the world but they have all been stationary turbines planted on the bottom of the seabed. StatoilHydro plans to attach the floating turbine to the top of a buoy, using technology similar to th
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h95gz_9_omAp7vFoGWUXuNdi57tg

WIND- TESTS OF A LOW-ASPECT-RATIO WING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ...

Wind tunnel tests were conducted on a semispan wing model with an aspect ratio of 2 in simulated ground effect. The variation of aerodynamic coefficients ...
http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0413890

Windtesting.com photo album

... of theories at a fraction of the costs of tower or wind tunnel test programs. Sample "Binned Data" from tower mounted wind turbine power performance testing. ...
http://www.windtesting.com/prototypetesting.html

Wind tunnel tests for space shuttle successor - space - 08 March ...

Wind tunnel tests for space shuttle successor ...
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8819.html

StatoilHydro to test first deepwater floating wind turbine - AFP

Tests will be conducted for two years to determine the project&39s viability. "Floating wind power is not mature technology yet, and the road to ...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h95gz_9_omAp7vFoGWUXuNdi57tg

Mars lander will undergo physical exam The Arizona Republic

Tests to determine condition of operating systems.
http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/580699

Will the Sunshine State Become a Major Source of Wind Energy

Wind energy in Florida might have some promise after all. This year??s renewable energy technologies grants from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection include two noteworthy investments: 2.5 million for Florida Power and Light to build the
http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/05/27/will-the-sunshine-state-become-a-major-source-of-wind-energy/

Wind Pressure and Wind Velocity

A data reduction scheme of the wind tests was developed for a total of 116 test cases. For each test case, three plots are displayed as follows: ...
http://www.gsmt.noao.edu/studies/wind_tests4/wprv_all.htm

Clemson University Civil Engineering Department Structural ...

The Department is home of the wind Load Test Facility the wind Tunnel,WLTF, the wind Engineering and Structures Lab WESL, the Asphalt Rubber Technology Service, ARTS, the ...
http://www.clemson.edu/ce/research/structural_facilities.php

Energy Research Unit - Wind Turbines : Wind Turbines - ...

Characterisation of Damage in wind Turbine Blade tests using Thermoelastic Stress Analysis and Infra Red Thermography Images and Damage ...
http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk/projects_wind.html

England let their advantage slip at Old Trafford - Telegraph.co.uk

With the wind at his back, Anderson had bowled with sustained pace and hostility, not something you always associate with this mild-mannered player despite ...Selectors stumped by bowlers Independent
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/05/24/scprin124.xml

Scalable wind turbine might fit on your roof PhysOrg

When you think of wind power, you probably picture gigantic wind turbines spinning gracefully in the middle of large open areas.
http://www.physorg.com/news131037655.html

Play ball on mars

Serendipity and a busted wheel on an experimental rover played a role in planting the idea that would grow into the tumbleweed ball. Previous tests of beach ball-size tumbleweed prototypes had been disappointing. "They got stuck," Jones explaine
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast17aug_1.htm

MSI Wind Test Results from MSIWind.net forums UMPCPortal - The ...

Doody, A nickname I feel I&39ve mentioned before in the last few weeks, has been testing the MSI wind and logged the whole series of tests in the MSI-Wind ...
http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/msi-wind-test-results-from-msiwindnet-forums/

Wind Testing At PRI Asphalt Technologies

Wind Resistance ... Increased wind speed testing is ramped from 110 mph at one ... Roof Systems is the procedure which tests wind resistance of tile ...
http://www.priasphalt.com/windtest2.html

Wind tunnel tests for space shuttle successor - human-spaceflight - ...

Wind tunnel tests for space shuttle successor ...
http://www.newscientistspace.com/channel/human-spaceflight/dn8819

French skydiver makes final tests for record free fall attempt ... - The Canadian Press

The first two - in 2002 and 2003 - ended when wind gusts shredded his balloon before it even became airborne. This time, the balloon is three layers thick ...Record-seeking skydiver makes final tests before his leap of faith Edmonton Journal
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_3QfjUfGqJwoI-Gb8qlLHkniEvA

WEICan looks to generate more revenue from wind The Journal Pioneer

The wind Energy Institute of Canada WEICan has to look beyond government for additional sources of revenue, suggests its chief executive officer, Scott Harper.
http://www.journalpioneer.com/index.cfm?sid=137701&sc=118

Jorge Lorenzo Struggles As Weather Turns Nasty In Jerez

Fiat Yamaha Team rookie Jorge Lorenzo had his first experience riding a MotoGP bike in the wet today, when heavy rain and wind descended on the Spanish circuit of Jerez. After three consecutive tests in good weather in Malaysia, it was something of a shoc
http://motogp.hu/index.php/2008/02/17/jorge-lorenzo-struggles-as-weather-turns-nasty-in-jerez/

International Energy Agency Wind Turbine Round-Robin Test Task ...

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLThe Atlantic wind Test Site occupies 48 hectares on the northwest tip of Prince Edward ..... However, as winds approach rated wind speed, both NREL tests ...
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/servlets/purl/15007465-4ZHJIZ/native/15007465.pdf

Wind Pressure and Wind Velocity

AURA New Initiatives Office. Technical Studies: wind Loading: wind Pressure Average, RMS and wind Velocity Average, RMS
http://www.gsmt.noao.edu/studies/wind_tests4/wprv_all.htm

&8216Blended wing&8217 craft passes wind-tunnel tests - aviation - 14 ...

During wind tunnel tests, a model is normally mounted while wind flows around it, allowing engineers to measure forces on the static design.
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/aviation/dn8310

Black Caps pay for lack of self-belief - Stuff.co.nz

O&39Brien was quite magnificent at Old Trafford, bustling into a strong wind and finishing with a pitch map of deliveries that the great Glenn McGrath would ...Gusts bode well as spinners blow hot at Old Trafford guardian.co.uk
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4562721a10133.html

Halted foreign adoptions leave would-be parents in limbo Sports Illustrated

The crib in Ellen Darcy's Boston home has sat empty for more than a year. And in suburban Washington, Laura Teresinski has prepared a nursery for a baby that may never arrive.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cnn/2008/US/05/28/international.adoptions/index.html

Giant floating windmills to set sea next year

StatoilHydro has decided to build the world??s first full scale floating wind turbine, Hywind, and test it over a two-year period,The project combines known technology in an innovative way. A 2.3 MW wind turbine is attached to the top of a so-called Spar
http://www.statoilhydro.com/en/NewsAndMedia/News/2008/Pages/hywind_fullscale.aspx

GOLF Gusty Wind Tests Leonard, And He Passes - New York Times

With the wind gusting from 20 to 35 miles an hour, the contenders were tested in conditions in which any stray shot could lead to painful consequences. ...
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504E7D8133DF93BA2575BC0A9649C8B63

Texas National Large Wind Turbine Research and Test Center

Industry needs a shared, next-generation wind turbine R&ampD and test facility ... sponsored and industry partnered wind test turbine facility located in Texas ...
http://www.egr.uh.edu/wind/?e=economic

&8216Blended wing&8217 craft passes wind-tunnel tests - tech - 14 ...

NASA engineers may have overcome some of the controllability challenges associated with the revolutionary aircraft design...
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8310&feedId=online-news_rss20

Scalable wind turbine might fit on your roof - PhysOrg.com

However, his multi-rotor designs have received positive feedback from former General Electric turbine tester Brent Scheibel, who now runs a wind-testing ...
http://www.physorg.com/news131037655.html

New engines boost Bravo appeal UK The Auto Channel

Three new additions to Fiat's 5-door mid-size Bravo range - two 1.6 MultiJet versions and an Eco option - went on sale here earlier this month. These Euro 5-compliant versions join a buoyant Bravo line-up, which has enjoyed significant recognition since i
http://www.theautochannel.com/F/news/2008/05/28/088228.html

Origami is the Future of Space Travel?

Space agencies are always on the lookout for cost-saving measures, but this tops them all. Japanese scientists at Tokyo University's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics have made a paper airplane that actually passed a wind-tunnel durability test.
http://infoaddict.com/post/title/origami-is-the-future-of-space-travel/index.html

www.windaction.org Port considers weather tower for wind tests

Feb 14, 2007 ... Allowing a 200-foot weather tower and the management of the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center will be discussed today by ...
http://www.windaction.org/news/7933

Wulf Small Wind Turbine Test Field by Paul Gipe

Paul Gipe hosts a series of articles and commentaries on testing small wind turbines. ... BWC 850 at the Wulf Test Field in the Tehachapi Pass circa 1998. Photo by Paul Gipe.
http://www.wind-works.org/wulf/index.html

Farnborough: Energia&8217s Kliper work continues with wind tunnel ...

Development of Moscow based Rocket and Space Corporation Energia&8217s six-crew reusable spacecraft Kliper continues with wind tunnel tests...
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/07/19/Navigation/177/207953/Farnborough+Energia%E2%80%99s+Kliper+work+continues+with+wind+tunnel.html