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Contractors from the Electrical Alliance, a cooperative effort between electrical contractors and skilled craftsmen to provide quality products and services to customers and to set the standard for efficiency and productivity within the electrical industry, won all 23 of this year's Washington Building Congress (WBC) Craftsmanship Awards handed out in the electrical category. WBC represents the interests of more than 1,000 companies from all facets of the real estate, design, and construction industry. The annual Craftsmanship awards brings public recognition to contractors in Washington, D.C.; Maryland; and Virginia who display exceptional workmanship, superior skills, and individual effort in projects.
The electrical category awards are based on work in power generation, distribution, and switchgear installations as well as lighting, telecommunications, and fire alarm systems.
Electrical Alliance award winners in the Lighting systems category include:
- Truland Systems Corp. for the Arena Stage Expansion and Renovation
- Mona Electric Group for work at Eastern High School
- J.E. Richards for the Potomac Yards Marriott Renaissance & Residence Inn
- J.E. Richards for work at Constitution Center
- Power Solutions for POB Switchgear Replacement
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- Dynalectric Co. for work at TMFJB Data Center – Standby Generator
- Dynaelectric Co. for Equinox IBX DC6
- Dynalectric Co. for ACC-5
- Mona Electric Group for work at Eastern High School
- Natelco Corp. for AT&T Annapolis UPS Upgrade
- T.A. Beach Corp. for NIH New Electrical Systems
- Freestate Electrical Construction for NIH Building 29 Switchgear Upgrade
- Truland Systems Corp. for work at Liberty Park
- Singleton Electric for Nitrification-Denitrification Facilities Upgrade
- J.E. Richards for work at Potomac Yards Marriott Renaissance and Residence Inn
- Truland Service Corp. for work at Central Campus
- J.E. Richards for Dahlgren RD&A Consolidation
- Dynalectric Co. for Equinox DC-6
- Dynalectric Co. for ACC-5
- Dynaletic Co. for ACC-5 Phase 2
- Mona Electric Group for work at Eastern High School
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Oh, and I enjoyed Ryan's "How to Annoy People" rant as well. Are you accepting guest rants?

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WHY Dems lost?
Let ME count some ways?
Republicans and I finally AGREE on something!
I CANNOT stand Nancy Pelosi…either, and I'm going to check which representatives from MA voted to keep her as House Minority Leader — and to ask them about it. (Seth Moulton did NOT. Good for him!)
Pelosi does not get it, the other democrats who support her DON'T get it…(well, they get fund-raising to get RE-elected!) and the Clinton circle STILL DOESN'T GET IT!
Why the HELL are they still blaming Trump for losing the election? Isn't that what he's supposed to do – make the challenger lose?
They don't get why Trump won. They're only looking at false news and negative attacks, Russia, the FBI, etc, everything and anything but them and their poor campaign, their plastic candidate, their negativity, their lack of connection, their manipulation behind the scenes, their lack of counter-punch, their arrogant assumptions…and keep missing the economics, disappointments and frustrations of people's lives, missing the forest for the trees…while they earn millions and we earn zero…but keep asking you to DONATE, DONATE, CHIP IN.
Chip in – you dumb, insensitive (whatever!) With what…you out-of-touch (whatever)! Why can't YOU chip in some of your millions? I need my 3-dollars to pay my rent. I don't own an 11-room, 2-million-dollar mansion in Chappaqua. Donate WHAT?
I did NOTHING to support democrats in this election cycle – and that's NOT because of Trump. It's because I'm FED UP with democrats, (starting with President Obama), and their inability to connect with the cares of everyday people like me. I'm frustrated with Democrats because of their laissez-faire attitude to Immigration Reform, blaming Republicans for their failure to act, then pandering at election time with DACA. Trump appealed to HIS BASE. You did NOT! Multiply MY feelings by millions of other disgruntled, frustrated "liberals" who feel like me, for various reasons, and you get why Democrats lost. But don't tell them, let them blame Trump. It's easier.
I didn't support Bernie. But if you ask him why Democrats lost, he will NOT lay the blame on Trump. He doesn't…
At this point I'm actually thinking of going Republican, if they'd have me…eew!
Who knows, maybe Trump, crazy as it seems, MAY work out better for blacks like me!
Should I care if Trump has white supremacists in his cabinet – if he brings jobs and peace/security to my inner city? Or should I keep supporting no supremacists in the cabinet – and instead live with fear and economic depression?
Did I say I CANNOT STAND NANCY PELOSI? I am NOT a Trump hater. 20 million Americans voted for him. He is different. He is crazy. Hell, I'm giving him a chance. 2 years (midterms?) before I get on his case. I want to SEE what he will do, before I crucify him.
Did I say I cannot stand Nancy Pelosi and most of the current hierarchy in the Democratic Party?
Can someone tell me WHY Donna Brazile felt that Hillary Clinton, a seasoned politician, was NOT capable of answering a question from a CNN reporter? WHY she felt a need to slip Clinton the question on the sly beforehand? I find that morally reprehensible. If a candidate CANNOT answer a SIMPLE question off-the-cuff, then you have NO freaking right wanting to be – or BEING, president!
- It's not like the answer determined whether you went before a firing squad. Yes, in a situation where a wrong answer meant death or dismemberment, by all means, go ahead and "save" your candidate…but really? She needed prep to answer a question on the DEATH PENALTY? Why?
- Did Hillary clinton NOT know that she was going to run for president? Are you telling me that all the while she was Secretary of State, she did NOT know she was running for president and only made THAT decision suddenly, in a great "aha" moment in March 2015? How do you explain her NOT knowing that she should have 2 separate and clearly demarcated servers – one to email daughter Chelsea to ask her to check on Bill – and one to email the State Department and the White House…and to KEEP THEM separate? Why the hell did she NOT know that?
- I wrote to the president in 2008 begging him to tackle Immigration Reform FIRST. But no, he had to go tackle Health Care Reform, (because his mama had insurance issues) and so, he listened to Rahm Emmanuel (his then Chief of Staff) who thought that immigrants should remain a political football that would never deflate. Obama/democrats disregarded counter arguments. Well congratulations on "Obamacare" that unwieldy monstrosity that democrats sold out to the health care lobby. That was a great help. Helped you lose the mid-term, which meant NO immigration reform which pissed off Hispanics and immigrants and led to apathy. Great help! Helped in 2016 too!
- How about Montana Democrat, Max Baucus? HE chaired the Senate Finance Committee and was one of the LEADING architects of Obamacare. According to news reports, Baucus RESISTED including a public option (which would let people choose a government Medicare-like plan, instead of private insurers, and help keep costs down). THAT is understandable, since according to news reports HE, the great and mighty Baucus, got nearly 2-million dollars from the insurers, hospitals and related groups – WHILE HE WAS SPEARHEADING OBAMACARE! Smelling a swamp?
- Do democrats LISTEN to ordinary people who are NOT Harvard's grads or billionaires or celebrities? I'm no Katy Perry, how can I compete? If I live in the heartland and coal is going out of style and my town is dying, shouldn't I be glad that I have clean air to breathe – even though I can't pay my mortgage or feed my family. Ah, all that oxygen filling my stomach! Isn't the O in O2 really tasty? Hey, the bank will accept the C too, if you tell your loan officer C stands for the Roman Numeral for hundreds!
- Living in the inner city? For the FIRST week in November, three police/fire/EMS responses to my 14-family section, in one week! Fighting, drug use, trespassing. What a life. I look out my peephole and people are injecting drugs, buying drugs, selling drugs. Yep, I'm raring to donate! Yet I'm being asked to CHIP-IN 3-dollars to make the Boston fund-raising quota. F-you! What have you done for me lately?
Republicans are right – Democrats dice and slice voters. Blacks? Hispanics? Asians? Women? Blue-collar? Dog-lovers! Muslims! Gays! Immigrants! BULLSHIT. People.
Still don't understand, MS. Pelosi? Fund-raising and MONEY DID not win 2016. Gender did NOT win. Experience did not WIN. Get THE freaking MESSAGE. What the hell are you doing for me, immigrant? What the hell are you doing for me – job loser in company deserting to Mexico or India? What the hell are doing for ME, working poor with two jobs earning minimum wage who still CANNOT afford to rent an apartment in Boston where the median rent is about 3-thousand dollars in many neighborhoods?
After all, earning minimum wage in Massachusetts, working 40 hours a week at $10 an hour is $400 BEFORE TAX. That is 16-hundred dollars a week. Holding TWO minimum wage jobs, working 80 hours a week (if you can), is $32-hundred dollars a month. STILL CANNOT MAKE THE RENT…not counting food, travel, clothing, utilities, etc. But hell, we'll CHIP IN so you can win and cut deals benefitting your rich friends and cronies!
Guess what: Get lost!
Yes, I said it. F-you, Democrats. How much do you earn in Congress. before factoring in the perks and the bribes and the lobbying trips? The dinners/gifts/favors? The insider deals made IN THE SWAMP, on stocks, etc…
PS: And Clinton staffers yelling at Kellyanne Conway (Trump's campaign manager) and trying to vilify HER for your loss…just, in MY eyes…UNDERSCORES how much YOU still don't GET it – and yes, your bitterness shows. Ha! HA HA!
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Clark registered her second straight double-double as the Crimson fell Friday night at Brown (Gil Talbot).
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Harvard women's basketball team pulled within two points with 0:45 remaining after trailing by as many as 14 in the second half, but Emma Golen's game-tying three-point attempt was off the mark, allowing Brown to escape with a 58-55 win Friday night in Providence, R.I.
The Crimson (12-10, 5-3) trailed 57-49 with under 2:00 to go before Golen sank a three to cut the deficit to five. A Christine Clark jumper and Victoria Lippert free throw made it a two-point game, but Brown's (15-8, 6-3)defense clamped down in the final moments, forcing a Harvard turnover before Golen's missed three to preserve the victory.
Clark led all scorers with 20 points, and grabbed 10 rebounds to record her second straight double-double. The sophomore was 7-of-13 from the floor and 5-of-6 from the line. Lippert scored 12 points while Golen notched eight and six rebounds.
The Bears' defense frustrated Harvard throughout the game, as the Crimson shot just 30.6 percent from the floor and committed 20 turnovers. Brown shot only slightly better at 34.3 percent, but scored 19 points off the Harvard miscues. The Crimson dominated Brown on the glass, 56-36, but scored just 10 second-chance points off 21 offensive boards.
Sheila Dixon and Hannah Passafuime led the Bears with 12 points apiece while Lauren Clarke and Lindsay Nickel each added 11.
Both teams struggled from the floor early on and Harvard held just a slight 4-2 lead at the first media timeout. Golen put the Crimson in front, 7-4, with a three from the left wing, but a 5-0 spurt gave the Bears their first lead of the evening, 9-7. Harvard tied the score back up at nine on a Golen layup, and retook the lead on a Brogan Berry three-pointer, 12-11. Clark's and-one made it a four-point game, and Lippert capped off an 8-0 run for Harvard with a turn-around jumper to take a six-point margin, 17-11.
An 11-2 run over the next three-plus minutes, which included eight straight points from Nickel, put Brown back on top, 22-19. Berry evened the game at 22 with her second three-pointer, but the Bears closed the half on a 9-3 run to lead 31-25 at the break. Nickel and Clarke led Brown with eight points apiece, while Berry paced the Crimson with six points, three rebounds and two assists. The Bears' advantage came from behind the arc, where they hit five three-pointers compared to Harvard's three while each team shot below 37 percent.
Brown extended the margin to double-digits with three straight buckets out of the break, 37-25. Dixon gave the Bears a 14-point edge with 14:07 to play, 41-27, but the Crimson began to heat up to keep the game within reach. A Lippert three-pointer made it an 11-point game, and Clark scored all seven points during a 7-0 Harvard run to make it a six-point game, 43-37, with 10:09 remaining.
Brown responded with back-to-back three's from Nickel and Clarke, and Dixon's jumper put the Bears on top 51-37 with 8:50 on the clock. A Clark jumper and Erin McDonnell three-pointer cut Harvard's deficit to single-digits once again, 55-46, and after and Elle Hagedorn free throw it was an eight-point game, 55-47.
Trailing by eight with under 2:00 to play, Harvard scored six straight points to pull within two on the scoreboard, 57-55. Golen began the late surge with a three from the right corner, and Clark added a layup with 1:28 remaining to move the score to 57-54. Lippert hit the first of two free throws to make it a two-point game, and chased down the long rebound after missing the second to keep Harvard's chances alive. A turnover gave the ball back to Brown, however, and Passafuime hit 1-of-2 at the line to extend the margin to 58-55. Golen grabbed the rebound off Passafuime's missed second attempt and had a shot to tie it at the other end, but her shot was off the mark, giving Brown the victory.
Harvard continues its road trip tomorrow with a visit to Yale at 6 p.m.
Game Notes: Christine Clark recorded her second straight double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds, becoming the first Crimson student-athlete to do so since Emma Markley '11 in 2011 … Harvard earned a 56-36 advantage on the glass, marking the team's largest rebounding margin since outrebounding NJIT 45-23 on Jan. 9, 2011 … Harvard shot below 70 percent at the line (10-15) for just the sixth time this season.


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GC struck first in the 21st minute, as a well-placed Abby Dalton (Macon, Ga.) pass found Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Offensive Player of the Week Ashley Veilleux (Monroe, Ga.) running on the left side. Veilleux fired for the right side, and the ball tipped off the hands of the Laker goalkeeper and into the net. The goal was Veilleux's fifth of the year, all coming in the last two weeks.
The remainder of the half went scoreless, setting up the second-half outburst from Clayton State.
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The Lakers split time in net, with Charlotte McCormack taking the second half for the win with one save. Sophomore Annie Stephens (Fayetteville, Ga.) made seven stops in nine tries in the loss.
The Veilleux goal gives her 10 in her two-year career, moving her to sixth place in school history, a tie with Kayla Emerson (2007-10).
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| These days, it's hard to find an enterprise storage vendor that isn't trying to cater to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). When Hitachi Data Systems releases a system with the word "Simple" in the title, you know vendors have painted a bull's eye on SMBs.
The Hitachi Simple Modular Storage System, which launched in October 2007, has plenty of company. That month, Network Appliance (NetApp) came out with a smaller member of its StoreVault SMB family. Dell, which has its own SMB platform and another it co-markets with EMC, paid $1.4 billion for EqualLogic in November to further bolster its SMB line. EMC is getting ready to let its "Mamba" SMB system out, while CEO Joe Tucci describes his firm's share of the market as "two bits of nothing."
But storage vendors have been down this road before without much success. EMC and Dell unveiled their first Clariion AX for SMBs in early 2004. More than three years later, Dell CEO Michael Dell chastised the storage industry for missing the mark with SMBs while his company took another shot at that market with the PowerVault MD3000i. And back in 2004, Hitachi actually billed its Thunder 9520V as an SMB system and then gave it the un-SMB-friendly price of $22,000 for 3.4TB. Needless to say, it didn't catch on with small companies.
So it's hardly a surprise that storage vendors are still treating the SMB space as virgin territory. Maybe the surprise will come when they get it right.
"The SMB storage market is practically nonexistent," says Tony Asaro, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "It's still a green field because they haven't gotten it right. Storage needs to be easier and cost less. And you have to think of it more than a point product. You can make a single box easy, but how does it fit into the ecosystem?"
Storage vendors have learned some things along the way. Their recent releases have been iSCSI only, rather than complex Fibre Channel. Systems from Dell, Hitachi and NetApp, along with Hewlett-Packard's (HP) All-in-One, are engineered for SMBs instead of using stripped-down enterprise systems. Dell's multiple SMB platforms and NetApp's smaller StoreVault show that vendors aren't treating all SMBs the same.
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Lancaster police said Thursday that 22-year-old Rusty James Leighty has been charged with simple assault and making terroristic threats after the alleged incident on the morning of Nov. 24.
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The display gardens will be amazing!
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This child-size blanket is made of our Pendleton Eco-Wise Wool, and features a special patch.
You can get more details at the show's blog or website.
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If your weekends typically consist of sleeping late and watching TV in your pajamas, it may be time to branch out a bit. Lucky for you, Philly offers an awesome variety of cultural events to educate, excite, and inspire. The only drawback is that you can't wear your flannel PJs. (Trust us, you'll be the first to know if we find a place that allows you to show up in them, though!)
So, if you're ready to get off your bum and expand your mind, we've compiled a list of a few highlights at some of Philly's best-loved museums and public centers.
For the traditionalist
Head to the Philadelphia Art Museum between now and May 6th to enjoy Van Gogh Close Up. If you want to see the works created by one of the most brilliant and tragic artists of the 19th century, this exhibition really delivers. It focuses on the nature-inspired works created in the years just before he took his own life. For details visit http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/743.html.
For the science nerd
If you have a penchant for the bizarre, check out Everything Under the Sun: New Photographs of Academy Specimens by Rosamond Purcell at The Academy of Natural Sciences. This exhibition, which runs through May 20th, features photographs of some of the world's wackiest specimens. Want more information? Visit http://www.ansp.org/museum/art-in-science.php.
For the kid-at-heart
Are you an 8 year old trapped in a 30 year old body? (We sympathize.) To allow your inner child to explore, attend The Franklin Institute's Giant Mysterious Dinosaurs, there through April 15th – it's a must-see! You can see gigantic dino skeletons, enjoy robotic dinosaurs in action, touch real fossils, and unearth discoveries in a hands-on dig pit! Check out http://www.fi.edu/dinosaurs/ for more info.
For the avant-gardeist
Beginning March 14, the Institute of Contemporary Art near the University of Pennsylvania will host First Among Equals, an exhibit that foregrounds the connections between artists through space and across time. Like every exhibit at the ICA, this one's sure to be thought-provoking. Best of all? Admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art is free. Visit http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/first-among-equals.php for more info, then head over to University City to see it!
For the bookworm
If you're drawn to compelling tales and real life stories, take a trip down to the Free Library of Philadelphia on Friday, April 20th for First Person StorySlam: Mistaken Identities. Sit back and enjoy as competing storytellers from Philadelphia tell their best mistaken-identity stories. If you're interested in attending, visit http://libraryphila.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=435127 for tickets.
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Fall Migration
Unlike most other insects in temperate climates, Monarch Butterflies cannot survive a long cold winter. Instead, spend the winter in roosting spots. Monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains travel to small groves of trees along the California coast. Those east of the Rocky Mountains fly farther south to the mountains of Mexico. The Monarch's migration is driven by seasonal changes. Day length and temperature changes influence the movement of the Monarch.
In all the world, no butterflies migrate like the Monarchs of North America. They travel much farther than all other tropical butterflies, up to three thousand miles. They are the only butterflies to make such a long, two way migration every year. Amazingly, they fly in masses to the same winter roosts, often to the exact same trees. Their migration is more the type we expect from birds or whales. However, unlike whales, individuals only make the round trip once. It is their children's grandchildren that return south the following fall. When the late summer and early fall Monarchs emerge from their pupae, or chrysalides, they are biologically and behaviorally different from those emerging in the summer. The shorter days and cooler air of late summer trigger changes. In Ohio this occurs around the end of August. Even though these butterflies look like the summer adults, they won't mate or lay eggs until the following spring. Instead, their small bodies prepare for a strenuous flight. Otherwise solitary animals, they often cluster at night while moving ever southward. If they linger too long, they won't be able to make the journey; because they are cold-blooded, they are unable to fly in cold weather.
Fat, stored in the abdomen, is a critical element of their survival for the winter. This fat not only fuels their flight of one to three thousand miles, but must last until the next spring when they begin the flight back north. As they migrate southward, Monarchs stop to nectar, and they actually gain weight during the trip! Some researchers think that Monarchs conserve their "fuel" in flight by gliding on air currents as they travel south. This is an area of great interest for researchers; there are many unanswered questions about how these small organisms are able to travel so far. Another unsolved mystery is how the Monarchs find the over wintering sites each year. Some how they know their way, even though the butterflies returning to Mexico or California each fall are the great-great-grandchildren of the butterflies that left the previous spring. No one knows exactly how their homing system works; it is another of the many unanswered questions in the butterfly world.
Spring Migration
Every spring, millions of monarch butterflies re-populate eastern North America after surviving the winter in the high mountains west of Mexico City. They flew up to 2,500 miles to get there last fall and spent the winter living off their fat reserves. With just a few weeks to live, they'll race to produce the next generation. The following fall, by instinct alone, the great-grandchildren of these butterflies will return to the very same mountain sanctuaries. The information for this incredible journey is somehow passed from generation to generation so that miraculously the butterflies return to a place they've never seen before.
Attracting Butterflies
Plant your garden in full sun. Butterflies need sun to warm their bodies for flight. Also, be sure the area is sheltered from the wind, by trees, shrubs, or a building.
Plant butterfly-attracting flowers. Butterflies are attracted to flowers where they can drink nectar. Select plants that are native to the area and they will attract local butterflies. Plant in masses, not in single plants, to optimize colors and scents and to minimize weeds. Select a number of plant varieties so the garden is in bloom all season long. Mix annuals and perennials for optimal effect.
Include host plants in your garden. If you want more butterflies in your garden provide for caterpillars. Butterflies lay their eggs on host plants that the emerging caterpillar will eat. You may want to designate a separate area for these, away from the main flower garden.
Use colorful plants. Butterflies see more colors than humans do. They seem to prefer red, orange, yellow, purple, and dark pink with single or clustered flowers. A large colorful garden is easy for butterflies to find and encourages them to stay longer.
Place dark stones in your garden. Butterflies will lay on the stones with their wings open to warm their bodies. This is known as basking. Only when their body temperature is about 85 – 100°F can they fly well.
Place a bucket of wet sand or a small mud puddle near your garden – an important source of nutrients such as amino acids and salt for male butterflies. These nutrients are needed for survival and reproduction. When males gather in these areas, it is called puddling.
Do not use chemical pesticides. Butterflies are insects Pesticides will kill your butterflies, caterpillars and other useful insects. Try marigolds, petunias, mint, and other herbs that naturally repel insect pests. Encourage ladybugs and dragonflies. When absolutely necessary wash pests away with your own homemade spray of mild soapsuds. Also, try to develop a tolerance for a chewed leaf or two.
Each butterfly needs a specific host plat where it will lay eggs. Learn about local butterflies, so you can provide the right match of plants to make your garden the butterflies' favorite.
All your hard work will be worth the effort as the butterflies fly from flower to flower enjoying the nectar plants and begin a new life cycle on the host plants in your own back yard.
Gift Shop
While you're here, make to sure stop into our gift shop and pick up a keepsake to remember your great experience at The Butterfly House!
The Butterfly House is located at 11455 Obee Road in Whitehouse, Ohio. We're right next to the Corn Maze and The Stables.
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I can't be the only person here who has fond memories of the problems in Vinogradov's Elements of Number Theory. (For people who have not read it - the text itself is just a concise basic number theory book; most of the substance is in the problems.) At the same time, much of what is good about them became clear to me only later. Vinogradov does not give citations or credits (not even to himself!), let alone any sort of historical overview for why the ideas he introduces in the problem sets are important. Standard names for the theorems the student is asked to prove are also completely missing.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to craft a commentary on Vinogradov's problems? Has anything of the sort been already done?
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Barclays' chip and PIN readers will work for other banks
PINsentry will read all APACS-standard cards
Barclays Bank is introducing a handheld chip and PIN card reader for the home in an escalation of its online banking security. Other chip and PIN cards will work with the Barclays device, not just cards issued by Barclays.
Barclays has designed its system in accordance with standards issued by payment association APACS. Barclays says it will be the first deployment of its kind in the UK for personal banking customers. By conforming to the APACS standard the reader can be used as part of any system also using those standards. Not all chip and PIN cards conform to the standard at present.
In July the bank will begin sending half a million card readers to its home users. It is not charging customers for the devices, which it is calling PINsentry. They will be compulsory for those who wish to transfer money to third party bank accounts.
"The remaining customers will not need PINsentry at this stage – it will only be needed by those who use online banking to set up payments out of their account to a new third party for the first time," said a Barclays statement. "Customers who simply wish to use online banking to view their accounts and pay bills or established payees will be able to continue to use online banking as normal without the need for PINsentry."
A Barclays spokeseman told OUT-LAW that the card readers, manufactured by Dutch security specialist Gemalto, will be sent to other customers who request one, even if they do not transfer money to third party bank accounts.
First transactions to third party accounts are being targeted for extra security because that is the outlet for any stolen money should a thief break into someone's online bank account.
When a customer inserts a card into the PINsentry reader and enters the correct PIN, the device will generate an eight digit number. That number must be typed in to the bank's website. For security, the card reader will not connect to a computer. For visually-impaired users, a larger card reader will be available that includes a loud speaker and a headphone jack.
PINsentry users will be asked to enter the eight digit number at login, even just to view account details. This means that to access their account details at work, customers must carry the readers with them. Upon instructing a transfer to a third party account for the first time, the user will be asked to generate another number and enter that number too.
Barclays' approach addresses the threat of a "man-in-the-middle" attack. In such attacks an email purporting to come from Barclays is sent to a customer, encouraging that person to visit the fraudster's website, which will be a copy of Barclays' genuine site. The customer might enter a number generated by PINsentry upon request and the fraudster – i.e. the man in the middle – immediately keys that number into the genuine site. This lets the attacker view the victim's account balance. But money transfers are impossible unless, in the same visitor session, the attacker obtains another PINsentry-generated number. Asking for a second PINsentry number is more likely to raise the account holder's suspicions.
The Barclays spokesman confirmed that the device would be compatible with other systems, including other banking systems. "It is future proof. It is ready for use in other systems," he said. "It is also ready for other kinds of security, so it has other buttons on it that are not used just now but can be used for things like challenge and response security."
Four customers of Dutch bank ANB AMRO lost money in man-in-the-middle attacks, it emerged earlier this week. The bank uses a two-factor authentication system but its number-generating fobs were required at the point of login only. The bank compensated its consumers for undisclosed losses.
APACS also confirmed that the Barclays device will be usable by security systems other than Barclays'. "The reasoning behind that is because research into the card market shows that we have on average four cards each, and in a few years' time we don't want a situation where we have four different card readers and we have to work out which one to use," APACS spokesman Mark Bowman said.
"Any reader can read any card," said Bowman of readers that follow the APACS standards. "It is mix and match."
The system is expected to be adopted by some retailers as well as by other banks as online payment firms look to make systems ever more secure.
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2016 USARS Figure Skating World Team USA Member
Hometown: Columbia
Current residence: Auxvasse
Education: I am a High School Graduate and attending College in the Fall.
High school attended: North Callaway High School
Year of graduation: 2013
Location of high school: Kingdom City
Sports you competed in while in high school (include number of years): None
Other high school activities: Jazz Band
College attended: Moberly Area Community College
Degree/major: undecided
Other college activities: None yet
Occupation, current employer: I work at the Empire Roller Rink where Willie and Lisa Trent are the employers.
Career goals: My goal is to be a Physical Therapist possibly.
Current skating club: Empire Roller Rink
Coaches name: John, Tony, and Rachel Peck
When did you begin skating: I started skating when I was about 2 but I started competing when I was 10.
Are you sponsored and if so, by whom: No I am currently not sponsored.
Future goals you hope to obtain as a skater: My future goal is to become a world champion.
Team USA Sport Accomplishments: 4th place and 6th place in JWC Women Figures. (The past two years competing at Worlds)
Awards, honors and statistics received in roller sports: National Accomplishments (over the past 8 years): 1st in Elementary Figures, 2nd in Fresh/Soph B Figures, 1st in Fresh/Soph Solo Dance, 4th in Freshman Figures, 1st in Sophomore Figures, 3rd in Open Loops, 1st in Fresh/Soph B Team Dance, 3rd in JWC Figures, 2nd in JWC Figures, 1st in Sophomore Solo Dance, 2nd in Sophomore Team Dance, 3rd in WC Figures, 2nd in JWC Figures, 2nd in JWC Solo Dance, and 1st in Sophomore Team Dance. Also, I've made the Junior World Team in figures the past two years and this past nationals I made it in not only figures but solo dance as well.
Other awards and/or honors received outside of roller sports: National Honor Society and I got a scholarship this year to Moberly Area Community College
Who is the person you most admire/greatest influence in your life and why: The person that has the most influence
is John Peck. He inspires me to always do my best not only in skating but in life. He's like family and I wouldn't skate
for anyone else. He never fails to get out of a sticky situation and make a joke about something, he's the glue to keep
everyone together and I don't know what I would do without him. Skating isn't always easy but he pushes me hard
because he knows that with hard work, I can reach my goals.
List your hobbies: I love hanging out with friends and family and being outside in my spare time, which isn't much.
What music do you listen to during training or competition? I listen to all types of music, it just depends on my mood
that day.
What makes you a unique and special person: I think what makes me a unique person is how hard I work and never give up on my goals.
Favorite food before a competition: A banana
Favorite movie: Due Date or Bridesmaids, I can't decide which one I like better.
Favorite place to shop: Wet Seal or American Eagle
Most prized possession: My Skates
If you could pick one word to describe you, what would it be: Determined
Family Information:
Father's name: Willie Trent
Father's occupation: Roller Rink Owner
Mother's name: Lisa Trent
Mother's occupation: Roller Rink Owner


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The Owner of Mars Attacks!
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|Eric Rogers
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|James Lloyd
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|Published (US)
|28 March, 2001
|Published (UK)
|5 June, 2003
|Title reference
|Reference to the movie Mars Attacks!
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"The Owner of Mars Attacks" is the third comic issue. Released 28 March, 2001 in the US.
The Story
Act I
The staff of Planet Express shop around a flea market. Leela meets up with Inez Wong who encourages her (and Zoidberg) to start collecting "Needy Newbies", including inviting them to her weekly collectors meeting. Meanwhile, Bender meets Randy and makes a deal selling crap to him. At the meeting, Leela defends Zoidberg and gets in an argument with Mrs. Wong and threatens to prevent her from getting the last two Newbies she needs. Bender and Randy steal things from around the office. Leela and Fry go on a delivery, but take a detour to the flea market to try and beat Mrs. Wong to a Newbie.
Act II
Failing to beat Mrs. Wong, they find some parts missing from the ship at Randy's stand and buy them. Leela finds out where she can get the last Newbie. The Professor calls to inform her that the newbies are designed to join together and destroy humanity, which he discovered when her and Zoidberg's newbies joined. The ship is damaged on the way to the planet Nosferatu lV, Inez is already there, however Zoidberg bought it already, with blood which the seller intends to use to use as protection payments against the local vampires. Inez's car won't start so she gets a ride with the others in Zoidberg's hover-caddy. Against Zoidberg's wishes, the Professor demonstrates how the newbies join and Inez gives up collecting them.
Additional Info
- Zoidberg owns a Hover-Caddy, which he lives in.
- Wong Ranch is seen to hold buggalo, cows, kangaroos and at least one horse.
- However, cows are said to be extinct
- Of Randy's "crap" he believes the only thing no one will buy is his complete 723 episode box set of Family Guy.
- Other members of Inez's group included LaBarbara, Larry and Hattie.
- After Inez gives up on collecting Newbies, she says she wants a grandchild and drags Amy away to find a husband. This means that Inez and Leo's obsession for having a grandchild probably began after the events of this comic.
Professor: It's a shipment of used dentures for laser dental floss testing. Why, now that I think about it... now would be a good time to trade up!
Inside References
- Zapp has been selling a video of when he and Leela first "met" in "Love's Labours Lost in Space".
Fast Forward
- A Needy Newbie appears at the carnival in "Rust in Peace".
Special Features
- Head Museum clearance sale. $1.98 per head.
- Amy
- Bender
- Calculon
- Fry
- Hattie
- Hermes Conrad
- Inez Wong
- Kif (cameo, unknown moment)
- LaBarbara Conrad
- Larry
- Leela
- Leo Wong
- Nibbler
- Professor Farnsworth
- Debut: Randy
- Debut: Dr. Runefield
- Smitty
- Url
- Zapp (cameo, unknown moment)
- Zoidberg
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'Yellow Dragon' threat could decimate citrus groves
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's $9.3 billion citrus industry could be wiped out in just a decade if a virulent Chinese disease known as ''Yellow Dragon'' is left unchecked, the executive director of the state's citrus department told lawmakers Tuesday.
''If a cure is not found, production of citrus will fall off the map,'' warned Ken Keck, the Florida citrus department chief.
Keck told the Senate's agriculture committee that the citrus industry decided last year to divert about $20 million in advertising money to fund research into the disease, also known as ''citrus greening.'' But, he said, the industry needs more help from the state this coming budget year.
Keck's presentation added yet another dimension to the economic woes Florida faces. The housing industry is in collapse, record layoffs plague the state and the state budget already has a $2.1 billion hole this year.
Lawmakers plan a special session in the coming months to cut the budget and empty savings accounts to plug the hole.
But, like advocates for affordable housing or children's programs, Florida's citrus industry says the state needs to spend more -- or face bigger troubles later on.
Craig Meyer, the state's deputy agriculture commissioner, said the threat of the disease is serious.
However, his department believes the industry might be able to survive if researchers and officials figure out how to contain the disease, replant groves with specially grown disease-free trees and eradicate the bug that spreads the ailment.
When it infects a tree, the disease blotches citrus branches yellow in a dragon-like pattern, hence the name huanglongbing, which translates as ''yellow dragon'' in Chinese.
The disease is the third blow for a struggling industry.
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How is it mid October already? Oh, right, first there was our jump into October Unprocessed, then Thanksgiving, and just last weekend, Blissdom Canada in Toronto. The month tends to fly by when one is busy.
After four days of conference snacking, hotel food, road food (we drove home from Toronto), and yes, missed meals, I am so ready for some seasonal comfort food and for me that spells S-O-U-P. Another reason to add soup to the weekly menu plan is because the food budget is hurting a little after two high-end (but oh-so-memorable) dinners out at Pangaea (Ed note: closed in 2016) and Luma with dear food blogging friends over the weekend.
Yes, it's time to bring out the Le Creuset French Oven, hit up the market for those incredibly cheap root vegetables, onions, and late-harvest tomatoes and simmer some soup.
Here is a round-up of a few of my favorite recipes, as well as my family recipe for French Onion Soup with a Canadian twist!
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Seasonal, Budget-Friendly Soups
This is just a start of all the beautiful soups that can be made with the bountiful produce that can be found at this time of the year. You're sure to find a recipe that the whole family will love. A bonus? All of these soups freeze very well, so go ahead and make a double batch.
- Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
- Coconut Curried Green Lentil Soup
- Roasted Carrot & Cilantro Soup
- Simple French Lentil Soup with Bacon
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Recipe: French Onion Soup – Canadian Style
In this version of French Onion Soup, the sweetness of the onions is enhanced slightly by maple syrup and the soup is given an extra Canadian touch with the addition of our own aged cheddar cheese.
French onion soup should not be rushed. Well, the onion chopping part, yes. Use a food processor or blitz through them with a knife as fast as you can while still maintaining five digits on each hand. But once they are in the pot, brew a pot of tea and read a cookbook or food blog while the onions slowly caramelize and take on that dark brown color.
This soup makes a generous batch, but the onion soup base freezes well, making for a delightful Sunday supper sometime in the future. Also, if you're not pregnant and have an opened bottle of white wine around, this soup benefits from a generous splash or two added with the stock.
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- 3 Tablespoons olive oil
- 3.5 lbs sweet onions such as Vidalia, thinly sliced, about four large
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 Tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 cups chicken or turkey stock I had Thanksgiving leftovers
- 3 cups water
- 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
- 1 small sprig rosemary
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 8 slices whole wheat baguette toasted and buttered
- 2 cups shredded aged Canadian cheddar such as Perron (or your favorite melting cheese)
- Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pot set over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring frequently, for about 10 minutes or until they have completely wilted and start to caramelize.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook onions slowly, stirring occasionally for another 20 minutes.
- Add garlic to the onions and cook for a minute or so. Stir in maple syrup. Add the broth, water, thyme and rosemary; bring soup to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
To serve:
- Preheat top broiler in the oven.
- Divide soup between 6 large or 8 smaller ovenproof bowls or ramekins. Top with toasted baguette slices and cover generously with cheese.
- Broil for 2 to 3 minutes or until cheese melts and lightly browns. Garnish with a sprig of fresh thyme and serve.
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Thanks to MindLoveMisery's Menagerie for this week's photo prompt.
In dress of Emerald green unfurling,
Unfurling and scampering, the forest behind
Behind her hair of onyx locks
Behind her the forest forms, her dream image
Image of imp, earthen worm silk for her gown
Image of child feet bare on the ground
Ground echoes as she pants and runs
Ground misting with fog on grey lake
Lake where the monsters swim
Lake where they slither and with trickery bid
Bid her come swim
Bid her come beneath the surface
Surface of lake reflective mirror
Surface of mind, smoke cascading from hair
Hair the metaphor of her thoughts
Hair rising with caustic smoke
Smoky, the sky is dim and grey
Smoky, her thoughts show disarray
Disarray of the mind and she scatters
Dissray of her feet on dying grass
Grass beloved in spring
Grass lush and wild around her
Her the woman, the sprit
Her the goddess –only in her mind
Mind overflowing she burns black thoughts
Mind recreates as she destroys smoke black
Black as her hair, the ravens are jealous
Black as her pupils, focused on running
Running from life, imp of nature
Running until lungs burst
Burst with her blackness inhaled
Burst with the need for fresh air
Air breathed in and out
Air the forest created
Created as she makes trees
Created to help her and us breathe
Breathe the freshest lake air
Breathe and feel free to live
Live but how?
Live but why? She's black soot scent
Scent of tar from smoke
Scent of wildflower and rain
Rain and her dress greener still grows
Rain and her tears are diamonds
Diamond of nature stop fleeing
Diamond of nature flawed — just stand
Stand silent and inhale fresh mountain air
Stand and inhale new beginning — be still
Still as your breath and the silence gives rest
Still as your breath and the silence gives rest.
©Mandibelle16. (2016) All Rights Reserved.


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Brizard on Iaciofono: "Coming off of a freshman season where she saw significant playing time, we are looking for Ellie to continue to be a productive attacking player and compete for a starting role. She has the size and ability to make an impact in her sophomore season."
In 2010 (Freshman): Ellie played in all 17 matches in her first season at Tech and earned the team's Most Improved award. She distributed two assists during her freshman campaign, tying her for second on the team. Ellie earned the first point of her career early on in her freshman campaign, assisting on Tech's first goal of the season, giving the Golden Eagles a 1-0 lead at Chattanooga on Aug. 22. Her second assist came as Tech put forth a valiant comeback effort in a 3-2 overtime loss to Louisiana Tech on Sept. 15.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ellie attended Loveland High School, where she earned seven varsity letters, three in soccer and four in basketball. She earned league honors as FAVC 2nd team for her junior year, and 1st team for her senior year, when she logged 13 goals and seven assists for 33 points. She was also awarded the Team Tiger Award during her senior year, and named Best Offensive Player her junior year. Iaciofano was a member of the 2007 district championship team, and also played club soccer for the CSA Panthers. She participated in the Ohio State Cup as well as the Ohio Elite Tournament. Academic honors include FAVC AllAcademic for four years, All-Academic City of Cincinnati for two years, All-State Academic for one year, and National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Full name is Ellen Marie Iaciofano… born August 19, 1991 to Anthony and Lori Iaciofano… intends to major in biology.


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There's a common misconception among many professionals in the electrical industry that can be prove to be deadly under certain circumstances — some technicians, as well as engineers, believe that flame-resistant (FR) clothing is not necessary when working on equipment enclosed inside a metal cabinet (e.g., "metal-clad").
The "Tabular Approach" for selecting FR clothing in NFPA 70E-2009 exacerbates this problem by classifying most equipment as "Hazard Class Zero" (lowest hazard) when the equipment is contained inside a locked metal enclosure. Because Hazard Class Zero equipment does not require FR clothing, many believe metal-clad enclosures can always be trusted to protect workers from electrical arc blasts when, in fact, they cannot.
Scientific studies have demonstrated that metal enclosures can only contain electrical arc blasts of limited intensity and duration. There are also a number of common work practices and equipment failures that can precipitate arc blasts that exceed the structural limits of metal-clad enclosures and still cause injury to nearby workers. Additional hazards are present anytime the metal-clad enclosures have any intentionally installed openings, such as cooling vents.
In-house research conducted by Praxis Corp., Granbury, Texas, has revealed there are no regulatory or manufacturing requirements mandating that the doors of metal-clad enclosures be of equal strength to the sides of the cabinets. This means that relying on closed and latched doors on enclosures to protect workers from arc blast hazards is sometimes inadequate; therefore, wearing FR clothing (even when working on locked enclosures) is often a reasonable work practice.
Equipment enclosures
There is a surprising lack of available information on the ability of equipment enclosures to withstand electrical arc blasts. One of the guiding documents is the IEEE Std. C37.20.2-1999: "IEEE Standard for Metal-Clad Switchgear." Although this standard provides excellent guidance regarding proper design and installation of metal-clad equipment, it does have a few noteworthy limitations within the context of this discussion. For example, this standard:
- Assumes fault events will be within the rated interrupting/withstand ratings of the overcurrent protective device (OCPD). Therefore, there is no requirement that the enclosures can contain an arc blast.
- Requires the thickness of the walls of enclosures to be at least 3 mm (steel) while doors may be only 1.9 mm.
- Limits arc duration to 2 sec or less. Normally, this is very reasonable, as arcing faults lasting 2 sec are quite rare in normal circumstances. However, poor maintenance of the OCPD, "dialing up" the setting on the OCPD, or improper replacement of the OCPD could precipitate arcing faults that last much longer than 2 sec.
Other scientific studies have attempted to identify energy levels that will damage electrical equipment, but have achieved general acceptance within the engineering community. One study that contains useful information, "Predicting Damage from 277V Single Phase to Ground Arcing Faults," by H.I. Stanback, predicts the amount of metal burned away by various combinations of short circuit current (SCC) and time duration of arcing faults.
Although Stanback's models included only single-phase 277V arcs (single-phase to ground or neutral of a 480V wye-connected electrical system), it does provide at least a general idea of the capability of electrical arcs to damage equipment. The following sample calculation using Stanback's models helps illustrate this point.
A single-phase (277V) fault occurs on a 1,000kVA transformer rated at 277/480V with 5% impedance. This transformer is a commonly sized unit for many industrial plants. The arcing fault current on this transformer is approximately 11,480A per phase. The information in the Table (click here to see Table) indicates the amount (in cu in.) of steel, copper, and aluminum that would be burned away for arcs lasting the listed duration (in sec).
Although this table does not precisely predict whether arcs of this magnitude would breach electrical panels, it does clearly indicate the capacity of electrical arcs to burn away metal. At minimum, these arcs would damage equipment, necessitating repair or replacement. It's also quite possible that arcs of this magnitude could breach panel enclosures and still injure personnel in the vicinity of the fault.
This standard provides important guidance regarding protection from electrical arcs but only ancillary guidance from electrical blasts. The footnote to the FR clothing table [Table 130.7(C)(11)] on page 34 references the variable "Ebt," which stands for "break-through energy." This relates to the force of the arc blast that would blow open or break through clothing, thereby exposing bare skin underneath to incident energy and injury from the blast components.
One potential deficit in 70E relates to the personal protective equipment (PPE) required when working on "exposed" versus "dead-front" equipment. The words "dead-front" refer to equipment with a solid barrier (usually metal panel covers), such that it has no exposed parts energized to 50V or more on the operating side of the enclosure. The circuit breaker panel included in most newer homes is a good example of a dead-front installation. Opening the access door on the circuit breaker panel reveals only dielectric (non-conductive) circuit breakers, a solid metal door that completely covers the circuit breakers, and the rest of the panel opening.
This dead-front is primarily designed to protect the homeowner from direct exposure to the energized elements inside the enclosure. There is considerable evidence that arcing faults can burn through the enclosure cover or sides (Photo) and injure workers/cause fires.
As the name suggests, "exposed" parts have no such barrier; therefore, anyone could touch energized parts without having to remove a barrier to access them. A common example of exposed parts would be a solid blade disconnect installed on A/C units in many homes. Opening the door of this device reveals bare solid-blade disconnect contacts and bare cable terminations.
A review of the FR clothing selection tables on pages 29-31 of NFPA 70E-2009 reveals that FR clothing is not required for work on dead-front installations (listed as having the "doors closed"), unless the equipment contains parts energized greater than 1,000V. The problem with this is threefold:
- Electrical arcs will exit the equipment through any opening in the enclosure. Many enclosures contain cooling vents that are necessary to keep the internal components within temperature limits for normal operation. Anyone standing in front of the equipment when an arc occurs within could be burned by the arc exiting the enclosure through these openings. Note: It is important never to seal cooling vents in enclosures, as they do serve an important function in the operability of the equipment. Results of arcing also include possible fires.
- Arcs that last longer than a few seconds can easily generate heat levels that will breach the enclosure and still present a hazard to workers in close proximity to the gear. The arc duration is determined by the length of time it takes for the arc to either operate OCPD or to consume (electrically) the metal in the faulted circuit.
- The blast generated by the arc can cause the doors of the enclosure to burst open, again exposing anyone standing in front of the equipment to physical trauma. An inspection of typical metal-clad electrical enclosures reveals that the back side of the gear is often secured by four to 10 hardened steel bolts while the access door is often held in the closed position by only two or three "convenience latches," where a tongue-like metal latch merely slides underneath the lip of the door frame to secure the door. These latches are good when a lock is inserted to prevent the casual access to the interior. However, they're often not able to contain the possible arc blast. They are by far the most likely component of the enclosure to fail when subjected to an arc blast.
The main point of this discussion is that there are many times when a worker would be wise to wear FR clothing even when the 70E Tabular Method for selecting FR clothing indicates that no such clothing is required. Examples of situations where wearing FR clothing as a precautionary measure are warranted, even when working with dead-front equipment, include:
- Resetting circuit breaker (CB) on any fault of unknown origin. Section 130.6(K) of NFPA 70E prohibits resetting devices after a fault trip, unless testing has been performed by a "qualified person" to ascertain the cause of the trip. If, after all such troubleshooting efforts fail to identify the nature of the fault, the CB may be reset. However, this represents a very hazardous situation, warranting additional protective measures.
- Resetting or racking a CB when the enclosure has cooling vents or other openings in the door or walls.
- Operating any device when there is evidence that the device has been subjected to water, heat, or mechanical stress. Examples of this would be carbon on any part of the enclosure, flashover of insulators, hairline cracks on insulators/melting of conductor insulation, or excessive condensation, leaking, rising water, etc.
- Installing personal protective grounds on a circuit of any voltage.
Protection from arc blasts
Protecting workers from the effects of arc blasts begins with proper equipment design and installation to prevent them from occurring in the first place. This includes following the design and installation practices outlined in the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) and the National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C2). For the last several years, some manufacturers have included venting of arc blast to a safe area in their designs. However, not all vendors offer this option. Many enclosures rated for high available fault currents do not provide enclosures that will withstand the blasts possible with an arc blast under the maximum conditions.
Although metal-clad enclosures often provide excellent protection from the devastating potential of electrical arc blasts, it's important for electrical workers and engineers to understand the limitations of such enclosures to protect workers in the field. There are a number of circumstances that can compromise the integrity of metal-clad enclosures; however, most are predictable, increasing the ability to effectively control arc blast hazards.
The most effective means to control the hazards posed by arc blasts is to eliminate or mitigate incident energy levels through engineering interventions, such as arc flash hazard analysis plus proper equipment design, installation, and proper periodic preventive maintenance. PPE, such as FR clothing, should always be viewed as a last resort and used only to control residual hazards that remain after all reasonable efforts at mitigating incident energy have been exhausted. NEC Art. 110.16 requires proper arc flash hazard analysis (AFHA) labeling for all equipment that presents an arc blast hazard. Furthermore, workers must be trained to properly interpret AFHA labels and know appropriate safe work procedures.
There are several instances where effectively protecting workers will necessitate them to exceed minimum standards, as set forth by OSHA and the NFPA 70E. It's critical to understand that safe work practices must outline minimum standards, and proper training/good judgment are always necessary when working safely with electrical energy.
Additional research in equipment enclosure development and methods of reducing incident energy exposures is needed to more effectively protect electrical workers. The integrity of electrical enclosures must be tested with specific emphasis on deriving methods for predicting when arc blast events will exceed the design limitations of electrical enclosures.
Kolak is president of Praxis Corp., a firm specializing in electrical engineering and electrical safety training based in Granbury, Texas. He can be reached at [email protected].


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Key matchups of the World Cup final
The previous three World Cup finals can be summarised neatly by three individual battles.
In 2002, it was Ronaldo versus Oliver Kahn, the Golden Boot winner getting the better of the Golden Ball winner in Brazil's 2-0 win over Germany.
The 2006 final was about Zinedine Zidane versus Marco Materazzi, the two goal scorers becoming involved in the World Cup's most famous red card shortly before Italy beat France on penalties.
And finally, the 2010 decider saw Spain's Andres Iniesta take on the Netherlands' Mark van Bommel: beauty versus the beast, with Iniesta netting a late extra-time winner.
What will be the crucial battle this time? Here are three contenders ...
Thomas Muller vs. Marcos Rojo
If Thomas Muller isn't truly a forward when he's deployed up front, he's certainly not a right-winger when used on the right.
Since being moved there by Joachim Low ahead of Germany's quarterfinal victory against France, he has stayed in extremely advanced, narrow positions -- often appearing more like a second striker than a wide forward.
This creates an interesting situation. Against France, it seemed like Muller was neglecting his defensive responsibilities, allowing Patrice Evra forward on the overlap to create overloads with Antoine Griezmann against Philipp Lahm.
Maybe that's what Brazil were attempting in the first 30 minutes of their embarrassing 7-1 thrashing by Germany -- but regardless of the intention, it turned into an absolute disaster.
Marcelo spent the game pushing high up the pitch, getting caught ahead of the ball as Brazilian moves broke down in the centre of the pitch. Muller remained in a position to attack, was constantly available for big switches of play from Toni Kroos, and combined with Sami Khedira to break into the left-back zone unchallenged.
- Hornby: Has the World Cup been that good?
- Honigstein: What's next for the Netherlands?
- Carlisle: CONCACAF wants more World Cup spots
- World Cup final: Germany vs. Argentina -- ESPN, Sunday, 7/13, 3 p.m. ET
It will be interesting to see the approach of Argentine left back Marcos Rojo this weekend.
Usually, Rojo plays an attacking game, but in the semifinal draw against the Netherlands he remained in much deeper positions, ensuring Arjen Robben didn't have space to break into.
In the final, he's again likely to play a more reserved role, and, considering he plays centre-back for his club side, Sporting Lisbon, should be capable of tracking Muller into deep positions.
Muller's an impossible player to mark, though -- he pops up with a crucial goal when he's at his quietest, and is always in the right place at the right time in situations defenders can't do anything about, like reaching fortunate rebounds. Rojo vs. Muller will be contested in a wide zone, but it's more like a centre-back versus centre-forward clash.
Bastian Schweinsteiger vs. Lionel Messi
Bastian Schweinsteiger always seems a level below the best deep-lying midfielders of this generation, players like Xavi Hernandez and Andrea Pirlo. Converted into that position, having been an inconsistent, flashy winger in his youth, he's never faultless in either aspect of his game -- his ability to dictate play when pressed heavily, or his defensive work.
The former won't be a problem. Leo Messi plays a much more relaxed role for Argentina than at Barcelona, more of an old-fashioned, languid, classic Argentine No. 10 role. He's not expected to press energetically, as became his forte at club level under Pep Guardiola, and instead remains in a position to receive the ball. Schweinsteiger should be able to find pockets of space, especially inside his own half, and play intelligent balls forward into attack.
It's his defensive work that will be tested, and put simply, Schweinsteiger needs to turn in the performance of his career against the most celebrated player of this generation. Germany's use of 4-3-3 means Schweinsteiger won't always receive assistance from Kroos and Khedira, who are likely to be tasked with pressing Argentina's deeper midfielders, and there will be situations in which Schweinsteiger must take responsibility solo.
Messi will drift over toward his old position on the right, as he did regularly during the tedious goalless draw against the Netherlands. This should be a concern for Germany, because their weak link is Benedikt Howedes, who hasn't looked comfortable at left back throughout the competition.
We know what Messi will do -- drift right, suddenly drop his shoulder and move onto his left foot, and either dribble directly or slide a through-ball between defenders. Schweinsteiger must show the defensive discipline to stop him.
Sami Khedira vs. Javier Mascherano
Two combative midfielders going head-to-head in something of a Clasico battle. They play different roles, but their meeting in the centre of the pitch will be crucial.
Mascherano has been the outstanding holding midfielder in this tournament, with some steady, reliable defensive performances capped by a quite wonderful display in the semifinal against the Netherlands on Wednesday. The lasting memory of the game was his last-ditch, last-minute tackle on Robben, and it summed up a scrappy, defensive-minded game -- exactly the type of situation Mascherano thrives in.
However, Mascherano hasn't simply been about defending, and the surprising aspect of his World Cup performance has been his distribution. He's played some lovely diagonal balls into attack, particularly noticeable in the games against Nigeria and the Netherlands. The likes of Angel Di Maria and Ezequiel Lavezzi have been thankful for Mascherano's decent service into attack -- which has been crucial considering the underperformance of Fernando Gago, usually tasked with that role.
Against the Netherlands, Mascherano dropped back and collected the ball in very deep positions, often between his centre-backs, to get away from the man-marking system the Dutch used in the centre of midfield. It will be fascinating to see how closely Khedira sticks to him -- the Real Madrid midfielder's pressing and forward running was one of the key factors in Germany's brilliant start against Brazil.
After a difficult, injury-hit season, a poor performance in the European Cup final when not 100 percent, and a slow start in Brazil, Khedira has returned to the level he showed throughout the 2010 World Cup, when he first truly broke onto the international stage.
In truth, this hasn't been a great tournament for central midfield displays -- full-backs have shone, No. 10s have taken centre stage and goalkeepers have earned plaudits. Few man-of-the-match awards have gone to central midfielders -- but one from either Mascherano or Khedira, and his side will probably lift the World Cup this Sunday evening.
Michael Cox is the editor of zonalmarking.net and a contributor to ESPN FC. Follow him on Twitter @Zonal_Marking.


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Okay.So i'm also curious, what kind of pressure sensor did you use? Like, say i stepped on the left side and then the sensor was in the center. How does the sensor cover the entire step?
Oh that makes sense.So do you upload a new program each time or do you have like 1 microcontroller with 1 program and then another with a different one and then a main switch with on-off-1-2-3? or how do you change from light show to light show?Also did you need a carpet foot to get under the carpet?
I'd suggest you may want to think about either LM2679 (which is a 5 amp version of the regulator) or splitting the sourcing between two regulators. Up under a staircase, out of sight, I'd just prefer to think there's not going to be anything that will get hotter than say, 150F. If you aren't seeing it regularly, don't rely on a fan. Spread that heat out, and running that close to maximum rating on any component isn't going to be a good thing. I'd think about adding an lcd and a couple of switches in the closet, maybe one of liudr's keypad shields, whatever-- just a simple menu setup. From there you could even build out code to be able to build sequences within the interface.. but I'm thinking you would more likely just need a scroll-and-select from a list of pre-built sequences, like you have done.
Is it a bounce issue? You might try using the debounce library if you aren't already...
Which rgb leds did you use?


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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11, 2012 (HealthDay News) — A small study that offers new insight into how alcohol affects the brain could help lead to more effective treatments for people with drinking problems.
Researchers used positron emission tomography (PET) imaging to observe the effects of alcohol in the brains of 13 heavy drinkers and a control group of 12 people who were not heavy drinkers.
In all of the participants, drinking alcohol triggered the release of endorphins in areas of the brain [the nucleus accumbens and orbitofrontal cortex] that produce feelings of pleasure and reward. Endorphins are proteins that are produced naturally in the brain and have opiate-like effects.
The more endorphins released in the nucleus accumbens, the greater the feelings of pleasure reported by people in both groups. Among heavy drinkers, the more endorphins released in the orbitofrontal cortex, the greater the feelings of intoxication. This did not occur among people in the control group, the researchers found.
The study is published in the Jan. 11 issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine.
This is the first time that the release of endorphins in these two brain areas after drinking alcohol has been observed in humans, said the researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
"This is something that we've speculated about for 30 years, based on animal studies, but haven't observed in humans until now," lead author Jennifer Mitchell, clinical project director at the Gallo Center and an adjunct assistant professor of neurology at UCSF, said in a university news release. "It provides the first direct evidence of how alcohol makes people feel good."
Pinpointing the exact locations in the brain where endorphins are released could lead to the development of more effective drugs to treat alcohol abuse, the study authors suggested.
The findings show "that the brains of heavy or problem drinkers are changed in a way that makes them more likely to find alcohol pleasant, and may be a clue to how problem drinking develops in the first place," Mitchell said. "That greater feeling of reward might cause them to drink too much."


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This Saturday is your chance to relive the college experience - or try it out for a day - without the stress of homework, tests, boring lectures or the chance of being buried alive by student loan debts. Saturday University is coming to Sheridan College's C-TEL Auditorium on February 9th, with events starting at 8:30 in the morning.
Director of the Center for A Vital Community at Sheridan college, Amy Albrecht, explains.
Between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., three professors from the University of Wyoming will be delving into topics from basic macronomics and how it relates to politics, to a historical look into the dark side of 19th century doctors, to the biodiversity of Wyoming's wildlife. But as Albrecht explains, these won't be your average lectures.
Associate Professor in the economics department at UW, Klaas Van't Veld, will be kicking off the first lecture at 9 a.m., with his presentation entitled "Give Me Austerity and Fiscal Discipline, But Not Yet." Albrecht describes the content of the second lecture, which kicks off at 10:15.
At 11:30, Professor in the Department of Zoology and Physiology, as well as the director of the Biodiversity Institute, Carlos Martinez del Rio, will be examining the wide variety of wildlife that support our lives and livelihoods here in Wyoming.
The event will close with a free lunch and roundtable discussion between 12:30 and 1:30. Again, Saturday University is coming to Sheridan College's C-TEL Auditorium this Saturday, between 8:30 a.n. and 1:30 in the afternoon. The one-day college experience is entirely free and all are welcome to attend, even if it's for one of the lectures.


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Charles Rochell, 2 years old, of 1323 North Howard Street, is in a dying condition in St. Mary's Hospital as a result of having been run down by a wagon near his home yesterday. He sustained serious internal injuries. John McCarron, of 1928 Hancock street, the driver of the wagon, was held by the police of the Tenth and Master streets station.
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