| Design team taps WKU student
A college senior from Western Kentucky has been selected to work on a global design project to create a wind-powered water purifier to benefit impoverished areas that lack electricity. Zach Pearl, who is studying mechanical engineering at Western Kentucky University, is part of the five-member team contributing to the project from around the world. "Something like this could possibly be used where there isn't a safe source of drinking water," Pearl said. "This could save lives." The research is still in early stages, he said, but the group is using computer-generated conceptual drawings to examine the possibility of harnessing wind power. It's not Pearl's first attempt to design a water purification system. Last year he was part of a team that created a water purification system powered by pedals on a bicycle.
Buffalo's hard-working fans should be furious
There is no doubt Huet/Kolzig is a much better combo than Kolzig/Johnson, which should be McPhee's lone concern. Bruce Boudreau's relationship with Kolzig has been uneasy, and he coached Huet in the AHL. You can't fault McPhee's desire to get better. His team will scare someone if it gets to the playoffs. But, I can't help but wonder if the Caps should have somehow told Kolzig what was coming. - Pavel Kubina was the Maple Leafs who declined to waive his no-trade, to San Jose. Bryan McCabe, who was at least willing to consider it, never got an offer. Cliff Fletcher said there was no interest. - Did hosting the 2008 draft cost Ottawa Nikolai Khabibulin? Possibly. At least one other deal in the past few weeks was turned down by the Senators because it meant giving up that selection, which the team wants to hold so it can make a pick in front of their fans.
Meet the oldest Wings, Chris Chelios and Dominik Hasek
Born: Jan. 25, 1962, in Chicago.
Career regular season: 183 goals, 760 assists, 943 points, +349 in 1,593 games.
Career playoffs: 31 goals, 113 assists, 144 points, +46, 411 penalty minutes in 246 games.
Noteworthy: Oldest U.S.-born player and second-oldest player in NHL history, trailing Gordie Howe, who hung up his skates at 52.
Dominik Hasek
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Born: Jan. 29, 1965, in Pardubice, Czech Republic.
Career regular season: 379 victories, 220 losses, 79 shutouts, with a 2.20 goals-against average and .923 save percentage in 721 games (42,072 minutes played).
Career playoffs: 63 victories, 47 losses, 14 shutouts, with a 1.99 goals-against average and .926 save percentage in 115 games or 7,110 minutes.
Govt urged to take up turban ban issue with France
Dubbing the clamping of ban on headgear of Sikhs in France by the French Government as a grave and unjustified attack on the religious freedom of Sikhs, the Shiromani Akali Dal today urged the UPA-led Central Government to take up the case of Sikhs with the French government and ensure that the law banning the wearing of headgear in France should be revoked at the earliest. Meanwhile, the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the SAD has authorised the party chief Mr Parkash Singh Badal to take decision on holding talks with partys alliance partner BJP on the issue of forthcoming byelection for Kapurthala and Garhshankar Assembly seats, selection of candidates and for the these elections and for selection of candidates for election of SGPC president and office-bearers. A resolution of the PAC, the meeting of which was held under the chairmanship of Mr Badal here today, said Sikhs all over the world had been hurt by the ban on wearing of turban in France.
US tourists getting less bang for their bucks
A recent article in The Villager, a Manhattan neighborhood newspaper, noted that East Village Wines, a liquor store at 138 First Ave., accepts payments in euros as well as dollars. Over the last year through mid-January, the dollar has depreciated about 9 percent against the euro, 10 percent against the rupee, and 12 percent against the Chilean peso, said Jay Bryson, global economist at Wachovia. In the past, savvy travelers could hedge against the weakened dollar by buying a prepackaged tour. Tour operators set prices as much as 18 months in advance, so they can be printed in brochures and other marketing materials. Those travelers were essentially getting a built-in discount during the last couple of years as the dollar fell against other currencies. But not this year.
Morristown bike plan rolling forward
This month, Morristown is officially initiating the development of a bicycle plan for our town. On February 21, the Morristown Environmental Commission is holding the first Bicycle Planning Steering Committee Meeting to develop a vision for bicycling in Morristown and identify what needs to be in the Bicycle Plan. The Steering Committee includes representatives from the Town Council, the Planning Board, The Morristown Partnership, and citizen representatives for the four wards. We still need someone to represent the 2nd Ward. Last year, the Environmental Commission held a preliminary public meeting to educate the public about bicycle facilities that are possible in Morristown. We also conducted a survey of approximately 300 people on bicycle and pedestrian use in Morristown.
Seven confirmed dead after bus plunges into river in NW China
URUMQI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a bus accident in northwest China rose to seven on Tuesday after divers retrieved the last body from a river into which the bus plunged. Divers recovered the last body at midday on Tuesday from the 10-meter deep, Nangan irrigation channel in Alaer City, in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The bus, with 19 people on board including the driver, veered off the road and into the river at 3:40 p.m. on Thursday due to a steering wheel malfunction. Twelve managed to escape. Three bodies were found in the 40-seat bus which was lifted out of water six hours after the accident. Two bodies were retrieved Friday and one was found on Monday in the river.
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