Alaska innovations - Innovations

Alaska innovations - News

OIL INDUSTRY VIEW ON FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR OFFSHORE ACCESS - SanFranciscoSentinel.com

SanFranciscoSentinel.com, CA - Apr 14, 2009

SanFranciscoSentinel.comOIL INDUSTRY VIEW ON FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR OFFSHORE ACCESSNew technology and scientific innovations have played a key role in this record. As a result of new innovations: · We are finding more oil, with fewer wells, in more remote locations. · We are now able to drill with great precision using steerable

Bishop seeks millions for East End projects - 27east.com

27east.com, NY - Apr 15, 2009

Bishop seeks millions for East End projectsThe disclosures were required by an initiative passed last fall intended to cut down on frivolous earmarks—exemplified by the infamous $398 million “bridge to nowhere” project in Alaska—which had ballooned in recent decades. Congress has set a goal of

QualityStocks "Top Movers and Shakers" for 4/13/2009 - TransWorldNews (press release)

TransWorldNews (press release), GA - Apr 14, 2009

QualityStocks "Top Movers and Shakers" for 4/13/2009The QualityStocks Daily Newsletter would like to spotlight EV Innovations, Inc. (EVII). Today, EV Innovations, Inc. closed trading at $1.20, which was down $0.05 or 4.00 percent. Their volume today was 46253 shares. The Company has successfully

Country needs to drill offshore for oil and gas - Vineland Daily Journal

Vineland Daily Journal, NJ - Apr 11, 2009

Country needs to drill offshore for oil and gasWhile Interior Secretary Salazar's first public hearing in Atlantic City brought the energy debate even closer to the spotlight, this editorial reminds us that there are plenty of misunderstandings when it comes to the contributions and innovations

Nicholas Hughes, son of major poets, emerged as prominent Alaska ... - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, AK - Mar 24, 2009

Nicholas Hughes, son of major poets, emerged as prominent Alaska One of his innovations was rigging underwater cameras to get a three-dimensional view of the fish feeding in the passing current. Many of the best days of his life were in the company of his partner Christine Hunter, also a biologist.

OIL INDUSTRY VIEW ON FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR OFFSHORE ACCESS - SanFranciscoSentinel.com

14.04.09

I am Doug Morris, Group Director for Upstream and Industry Operations for the American Petroleum Institute , which represents nearly 400 companies involved in all aspects of the U.S. oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, marketing and transportation, as well as the service companies that support the industry. We welcome this opportunity to present the industry’s views on the Minerals Management Service’s proposed Five-Year Plan for Offshore Access.

America’s oil and natural gas companies recognize that securing America’s energy future requires the development of all forms of domestic energy. We know that we also need a major focus on increasing energy efficiency and the development of alternatives, such as wind, solar and biofuels. Many of our companies are leaders in those fields and have been investing heavily in such technologies for years.

However, oil and natural gas are the lifeblood of the nation’s economy and are vital to our energy security — and this will be the case for decades to come. They keep our transportation systems running, heat and cool our homes, and are the basic components of thousands and thousands of consumer products that we use daily — ranging from cell phones and laptops to golf balls and softball bats. They also provide the fertilizer and transportation systems that allow this country to be a major exporter of food.

Source: SanFranciscoSentinel.com, CA

Cool Gear

John Popper - Blues Traveler

Im a big fan of hacking your equipment around your needs, and re-inventing the wheel. Sometimes I see mods that really interest me, and leads me to poke around and check out what the hell these guys are doing.

I saw this photo of John Popper, and after checking Wikipedia for his equipment list, I found the following:

Equipment

John Popper has expressed a preference for the Hohner Special 20 brand blues harp, calling them "the Porsche of harmonicas".

Popper uses Shure microphones and Mesa Boogie amplifiers, a setup nearly identical to what Blues Traveler guitarist Chan Kinchla uses himself; Popper noted in an interview that "I just asked Chan what he used". He also uses D'Addario strings.

Popper has developed some equipment innovations to accommodate his use of harmonica during onstage performance: Because diatonic harmonicas are tuned to one particular key, he has fashioned belts (worn as suspenders) with enough pockets to hold an entire set of harmonicas in 12 different keys, plus extras. This allowed Popper to change keys during a performance quickly without looking; he often exchanges harmonicas multiple times within one song. After his weight loss, it no longer fit Popper, so he gave it up in 2002. He now carries harmonicas in a small black attache case.

Popper has also rigged a special microphone with switches that change the audio...