The Maryland Transportation Authority has unveiled a toll plan for the Intercounty Connector under which passenger vehicles would pay as much as 35 cents a mile for travel on the highway when its first phase opens next year.
The authority also announced a series of public hearings next month to gather comments on the plan.
Since the ICC’s revival under the administration of former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., the state has planned to set tolls for the highway at levels that would keep it free of congestion by setting prices that …

Washington, September 26 (ANI): Scientists have warned that increasingly powerful “supertyphoons” will strike Japan if global warming continues to affect weather patterns in the western Pacific Ocean.
According to a report in National Geographic News, supercomputer simulations show there will be more typhoons with winds of 179 miles (288 kilometers) per hour—considered an F3 on the five-level Fujita Scale—by 2074.
By definition, supertyphoons carry winds of at least 150 miles (241 kilometers) per hour.
Such storms would be more destructive than Hurricane Katrina, which slammed into US states along the Gulf of Mexico …

MONTREAL – The Canadiens cancelled their morning practice Friday in Brossard after a major power outage affected the complex and much of the surrounding area.
About three players made it onto the ice five minutes before the scheduled 11 a.m. practice when the lights went out.
As a result, all on-ice workouts have been cancelled. The players are able to work out in the gym because it is flooded with natural lights thanks to a wall of large windows. After their workouts in the gym, they will take the rest of the …

CALGARY — The chief executive of the agency that operates power transmission lines in Alberta is defending a proposal to spend billions of dollars constructing new lines between Calgary and Edmonton.
David Erikson, chief executive the Alberta Electric System Operator, says he’s puzzled by suggestions by opponents that the organization is trying to “hoodwink” consumers.
He says more power transmission lines will help prevent power shortages.
Erikson says if there’s no extra capacity added to the province’s electricity grid, it could lead to some homes periodically going dark.
Enmax, a power subsidiary owned by …

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sep 25, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — GNSYY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that Germany-based Sennheiser has successfully used Agilent’s Genesys RF and microwave design software and Momentum GX electromagnetic (EM) simulator to develop a series of third-generation, wireless multichannel audio receivers for on-stage professional vocal and musical performance.
Sennheiser developed its high-end receivers of the evolution wireless G3 series, which feature excellent RF sensitivity and interference immunity, in virtually half the time it would have taken using the …

have been blessed with the opportunity to speak during the afternoon sessions at PCB Atlanta on October 22.  UP Media has always been very kind to us and have now provided me with this opportunity.
The seminar I will be teaching will be on the topic of marketing yourself using the social media and online tools that are currently available online.  Below is the abstract I submitted when I approached them with the idea.
Are you trying to find a way to stand out among the crowd?  The field of marketing and …

Entergy Texas has completed or is about to put into service $100 million in electricity transmission projects, including new lines on the Bolivar Peninsula and in The Woodlands.
The recent improvements include storm-hardened high-voltage transmission towers in coastal communities hit hard by Hurricane Ike, from Beaumont to High Island, Gilchrist, Crystal Beach and Port Bolivar.
All the new coastal power line poles are concrete or steel, with higher ratings for enduring storms than equipment they replaced. Much of the new equipment, for example, is rated for 140-mph wind or a half-inch of …

* Los Angeles may alter plan for green transmission line
* Environmentalists oppose proposed route
* Project shows issues in routing green energy to cities
By Laura Isensee
LOS ANGELES, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to make Los Angeles the “cleanest, greenest big city” in the United States, but a key project to bring renewable energy across the desert to the city could change under pressure from environmental groups.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest U.S. municipal utility with 4 million customers, wants to build an 85-mile (136 km) …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Sep 22, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — siXis, Inc., pioneers of advanced Silicon Circuit Board (SiCB) technology, introduced the SX2000 Reconfigurable Computing Platform, a scalable, high-performance reconfigurable computing platform designed to streamline and accelerate data-intensive applications. Through a heterogeneous mix of FPGA and microprocessors, the SX2000 delivers the industry’s leading I/O bandwidth combined with extensive computation capabilities.
“The SX2000 resulted naturally from our efforts to build a more efficient reconfigurable computing platform technology,” said John Goehrke, President and CEO of siXis. “What the market will truly appreciate is …

Jack Roush’s cows graze under buzzing, crackling, 765-kilovolt power lines, and neither he nor the cows mind the arrangement.
Roush, 72, said the American Electric Power lines were running across the land when he started working at mother and daughter Lou and Ruth Pine’s dairy in 1971. He inherited the land from the Pines in 1991 and now raises 11 cows on 70 acres of grazing land.
The four acres under the lines have been cleared of all vegetation except for the grass Roush’s cows dine on.
“This is all for my benefit,” …