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Let's Get "Lei'd"by Kuki, CruiseMates Cruise Director
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Aloha from the Hawaiian Islands!
Our favorite CruiseMates Trivia Queen, "Mermaid," made name tags for everyone, and we had a terrific time meeting and mingling with old and new cruising friends. Our own "Pamda" (Pam Kane) got a surprise: A group of old cruise friends had given her all kinds of excuses as to why they weren't able to join this cruise, but they booked it without telling her, and showed up to share the fun.
The next morning, as Mrs. Kuki and I arrived at Aloha Towers Pier at 11:30 a.m., we could tell this was an enthusiastic group easily because the first 50 or so people waiting in line for the doors to open were all "CruiseMates".
The registration/embarkation process was very efficient. Mrs. Kuki and I were walking into our cabin by 11:45 a.m. We dropped our carry-on bags, then went off to explore the ship and have lunch.
The Summit is a beautiful ship, and she was shining and glistening as if she had just come out of the shipyard. We headed to the Waterfall Cafe for lunch, and went to my favorite area on the ship: the Resort Deck, at the stern, just outside the cafe. This area is perfect for alfresco dining, with large wooden tables and comfortably cushioned armchairs. It didn't take long for some of the CruiseMates gang to find the spot. The party was already beginning!
As we talked to many of the "Get Lei'd" gang, we found there were some minor problems with seating assignments for dinner, so I headed down to the Maitre d' to see if we could remedy the problems.
The Assistant Maitre d' couldn't have been more pleasant. We went through the entire group seating list so everyone's dining request could be met. That evening, he called me in my cabin with a few final questions on the matter. I was suitably impressed: He had been on duty since noon that day, and was still working to meet everyone's dining needs.
Earlier in the afternoon, after the luggage was delivered, a bunch of us met to assemble small "goody bags" for everyone in the group. I had dragged along the group T-shirts in extra pieces of luggage. Pamda had made personalized cabin door posters for everyone, and brought antlers for all, supplied by the agent who handled the group. Linda Griggs had made outstanding "We're Getting Lei'd" cabin door magnets for everyone. Mermaid brought along the trivia sheets she'd made for everyone. We got an assembly line going, and the bag-stuffing alone turned into a party.
The Summit was sailing out of Honolulu at midnight, so we had scheduled a Sail-Away Pajama Party on the same stern deck. This may sound a bit "Kuki" to some, but we could tell we had a great CruiseMates group by the huge number of people who not only attended the party, but were dressed in pajamas. And there were some terrifically imaginative pajamas on display.
Tuesday morning I had a good laugh when some staff told me they'd been asked by other passengers why there was a big Pajama Party that hadn't been announced in the "Summit Daily" (the onboard activity newsletter). Maybe Celebrity will want to steal our Pajama Party idea, because it certainly set the mood for what's proving to be a very festive, high energy, group cruise.
Day 2
Tuesday morning, the Summit arrived at the "Garden Island" of Kauai. As I left the ship to go golfing at the Poipu Bay Resort, there was a slight sprinkling of rain. By mid-morning it was almost torrential, leaving many passengers disappointed with cancelled helicopter trips and other tours of a beautiful island.
I proved that I'm not all that bright by continuing on with my scheduled golf game. We got soaked through to our underwear, but we got 13 holes in before we had to quit. Too bad, because this is one beautiful golf course.
Back on the ship, the mood was somewhat somber because so many people's plans were cancelled due to weather. But Tuesday evening was our first formal night, and the dinner was superb. Monday night's dinner had been open seating in the dining room, so Tuesday evening everyone got to meet their table-mates and their wait staff. The CruiseMates group was split between main and late seating. At both, all the group's tables were in close proximity. As the group bonds, I think this seating arrangement will lead to some fun, since this group seems to have some playful instigators, besides yours truly.
Day 3
Wednesday morning the Summit arrived in Lahaina Harbor, Maui, to much sunnier, Hawaii-like weather. This morning some people saw whales right from the ship. Though I wasn't one of the fortunate ones, I did see the pictures.
My golf buddies and I headed out for an early tee-off at the amazing Kapalua Golf Club, Plantation Course. This course is home to the PGA Mercedes Open Golf Tournament, and for a golfer it was quite a treat to play the same course that each year hosts the likes of Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Greg Norman, etc.
Unfortunately, the skill of my game doesn't match the quality of the courses. It's a good thing I enjoy hitting a small round ball with a metal stick, and the cursing that accompanies most swings of the stick.
Many people booked ship's excursions in Maui, or rented cars to do their own thing. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful day in port, with cooperative weather.
For tonight I had pre-arranged an optional CruiseMates discount booking at the Old Lahaina Luau on shore, and 84 CruiseMates members attended. The grounds of the Old Lahaina Luau are reminiscent of Hawaiian postcard pictures, and as a bonus we were fortunate to have a lovely sunset. The entire group sat in one area, and as we moved around and socialized, everyone seemed to be having great fun.
The show put on by the Old Lahaina was very good, and the buffet dinner offered quite an extensive variety of foods. But except for outstanding banana bread and some tasty desserts, I'd have much preferred the Summit's dinner in the Cosmopolitan Dining Room. A few folks at the luau tried the Hawaiian favorite, poi, but from the expressions on their faces when they tasted it, I'd guess that the word "Pee-yoo" must have been derived from the word Poi.
I'm now looking forward to dining tonight in the Normandie Restaurant, the ship's alternate (surcharge) dining room. Twelve of us have booked two tables and I'm waiting to see if the classic elegance of the Normandie can withstand a CruiseMates onslaught. My sympathies go out to those who, unwittingly, have booked for an evening of fine dining in the Normandie on the same night. Dinner will be preceded tonight by the CruiseMates Wild Kingdom Cocktail Party!


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It's like freeze tag but more disturbing.
Concerned administrators at a Minnesota elementary school in New Ulm have reportedly moved to shut down a popular playground game called "rape tag."
The recess game was similar to freeze tag "except that a person had to be humped to be unfrozen," Washington Elementary School Principal Bill Sprung wrote in a letter to parents.
According to MSNBC.com, Sprung found out about the game after a parent contacted him on Jan. 10. He said it involved students in two classrooms.
The principal said he told teachers and yard duty staff to talk to students and end the "inappropriate game."
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Minnesota law enforcement agencies arrested more than three dozen people on prostitution and child sex-trafficking charges in the week leading up to the Super Bowl, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Undercover officers, coordinating through a regional task force, communicated with suspects and arrested them when they arrived at an arranged meeting place, the BCA said Wednesday.
According to the BCA, authorities arrested 36 people were during the "sting" operation and 7 people were booked on sex trafficking and promoting prostitution charges.
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The agency also identified 14 women believed to be human trafficking victims.
"Now that the Super Bowl is past, these arrests should serve as a stark reminder that what drives the exploitation and trafficking of vulnerable people is the demand," said Ramsey County Attorney John Choi in a statement. "Notably, as shown by these arrests, the demand is a local problem and involves men from our own community who want to exploit very young girls and boys."
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McKibben Spearheads Plan to Hit Dirty Energy Where It Hurts
In a bold change of direction for the movement to stop climate change, environmentalist writer Bill McKibben and his global advocacy network 350.org unveiled a new strategy this week in Seattle: chip away at the power of the fossil-fuel industry through a large-scale stock-divestment campaign modeled on the one that helped bring down South Africa's apartheid regime in the 1980s.
Seattle's 1,900-seat Benaroya Hall was sold out on November 7 for the first stop on McKibben's planned 22-city tour. The audience delivered multiple standing ovations as McKibben explained the strategy: to curb worldwide CO2 emissions and global warming by pushing universities and other institutions to purge their stock portfolios of oil, coal, and natural-gas interests. 350's slogan for this tour is "Do the math."
That math is simple but stomach-dropping. Global leaders who drafted the 2009 Copenhagen Accord—including representatives of the United States and China, both countries that resist climate action—agreed that a rise of two degrees Celsius (about 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial temperatures is the absolute upper limit humanity can approach and still avoid catastrophic climate change. In order to stay within that limit, we can emit no more than 565 additional gigatons of carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere. But fossil fuel corporations already hold oil, gas, and coal that would release 2,795 gigatons of carbon if burned. That's five times the safe amount.
"Eighty percent of that," said McKibben, "has to stay underground."
As of this year—when Arctic sea ice shrank to half the average minimum area it had covered between 1979 and 2000—the Earth's temperature has risen about one degree Celsius since the industrial era began.
Despite these difficult numbers, the mood on Wednesday was anything but forlorn. For the first time, McKibben is pushing climate-change action that identifies fossil fuel companies as the primary agents of the problem and hits them where it hurts: stock prices. Twenty-one years ago, South Africa's apartheid regime was toppled, in part because more than 155 colleges and 90 U.S. cities committed to economic sanctions against the country. Looking to that model, McKibben believes that students and alumni will be able to pressure their universities into dumping their shares in fossil fuel companies, and investing their endowment money in other sectors.
On November 8, Unity College in Maine became the first to join 350.org in pledging to erase dirty energy from its portfolio.
McKibben is addressing Americans, because, he says, the global asymmetry of climate change leaves Americans in the hot seat. Poor people worldwide are suffering from climate change caused by energy consumption in the developed world. He cited the deadly cholera outbreak that has been sweeping across Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which itself killed dozens of people. Those people, said McKibben, "have done nothing to cause this."
McKibben was frank about the impact of climate activism so far: "It's not enough. It's nowhere near."
Yet this new campaign may bring the struggle against climate change to a new level. If every college student or alumnus to hear McKibben this season helps push their university to divest, millions of dollars in investments could quickly disappear from the coffers of ExxonMobil, PetroChina, and Russia's Gazprom.
Josh Fox, the documentarian behind Gaslands, addressed the audience by video, to describe what would make that happen.
"If we're going to commit to this, and actually change the course of history, which is what we're tasked with doing, we can't just put our finger in the cracks of the dam like the little Dutch boy, and fight back one fracking well, one pipeline, one coal mine at a time. What we have to do is. . . take all of those fingers and make a fist."
For help with beginning a local fossil fuel divestment campaign, visit 350.org's new website www.gofossilfree.org.
The latest attempt to push through the Keystone XL pipeline is meeting some spirited opposition.
Let's be naïve enough to demand a country more like the one we were promised in high school civics class.
In Nebraska, the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline is no longer about left versus right.


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Avy victims were part of snowboard 'bash' turned tragic
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LOVELAND PASS – The five men killed Saturday in Colorado's deadliest avalanche in 50 years were participants in a backcountry snowboarder event called the Rocky Mountain High Backcountry Bash.
Four of the five were expert snowboarders and one was an expert skier.
They were representatives and founders of snowsport companies, guides, avalanche experts and veteran backcountry travelers, gathering in the normally safer spring season to celebrate backcountry snowboarding, raise money for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center and test the newest gear.
The five killed in the avalanche were:
* Chris Peters, 32, from Lakewood.
* Joe Timlin, a 32-year-old sales representative with Jones Snowboards from Gypsum and an organizer of the backcountry gathering.
* Ryan Novack, 33, of Boulder.
* Ian Lamphere, a 36-year-old skier from Crested Butte with an infant and fiance. Lamphere founded the company Gecko Skins, which makes innovative climbing skins.
* Rick Gaukel, a 33-year-old American Mountain Guides Association-certified climbing guide with extensive avalanche education from Estes Park.
The sole survivor of the avalanche, Jerome Boulay, a sales representative with Silverton's Venture Snowboards, was dug free by rescuer Mike Bennett, a Dillon resident.
To read this article in its entirety, go to http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23074729/colorado-avalanche-victims-bash-tragic
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President Barack Obama wasn't shy about invoking Osama bin Laden's killing during the 2012 campaign — but when it comes to his larger approach to terrorism he's pursued a policy of speaking softly and ordering lots of drone strikes.
That delicate balance was shattered by the Boston Marathon attack, thrusting a downplayed anti-terror campaign into the spotlight and the issue of terrorism to the top of Obama's second-term priorities, at least in the short term.
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Obama, whose 2008 election was propelled by opposition to the Iraq War, has jettisoned the clash-of-civilizations rhetoric favored by George W. Bush — even as he's embraced or ramped up many of the same anti-terror methods — the deployment of unmanned drones, warrant-less wiretapping, the open-ended use of Guantanamo Bay to warehouse potential terrorists.
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Those two seemingly contradictory strategies are bound by a single motive: Obama wanted to go after terrorists without allowing the War on Terror to devour a second presidency, hoping to put it on the back burner behind domestic issues, the economy and his top foreign policy priority of rebuilding America's image around the world.
"He's got this disconnect between his body language, his emotions and his actions," says former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer, who thinks Obama has charted the right course in the wake of the Boston attacks so far. "It's a reflection of how he wants to prioritize the public discussion… He's been pretty tough and good on anti-terror policy but he doesn't want to talk about it that much… He doesn't want this to be the conversation, he doesn't want to lean in to it emotionally like [we] did.
"That will have to change now, obviously," he added.
Obama and his advisers have counseled moderation and engagement to deal with the challenge of radicalization over the years, but the marathon attacks are already spurring demands for a tougher response. The standard Obama approach doesn't seem like it's going to work — there's deep concern about the independent, homegrown nature of the attackers and key Congressional Republicans immediately criticized the administration for its decision not to classify the captured bomber as an enemy combatant.
( Also on POLITICO: The case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev)
"Even if it turns out that these guys aren't foreign-directed, that you had at least one American citizen launching a homegrown terrorist attack on American soil, that changes the game," says Matt Miller, a former Justice Department spokesman under Attorney General Eric Holder.
"For years, the president and experts have warned about this kind of homegrown terrorism, coming from communities in our midst, but it hasn't happened and the public didn't really pay that much attention to the threat… The issue of radicalization of our own people is now a reality, and that's something this administration has feared for a long time," he added.
In statements to the press, and in his speech at the memorial service for the three people killed at the marathon last week, Obama has taken pains to avoid casting the attack as part of a larger conflict, warning people not to draw "premature" conclusions from the reports surfacing about the Chechen brothers accused of detonating a pair or crude but murderous homemade pressure-cooker bombs.
( Also on POLITICO: W.H.: Suspect not 'enemy combatant')
But, as commander-in-chief, he's also been careful to strike a defiant tone, keeping the door open to a broader response if the attack is found to be part of a larger plot.


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Apparently the music has stopped for Rihanna and Matt Kemp.
The pop superstar recently ended her relationship of nearrly a year with the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder, reports US Magazine.
According to accounts given toUS, the long-distance nature of the relationship made it hard for the couple to stay connected.
A rep for Rihanna, who is on vacation with her family outside the U.S., declined to comment.
On Wednesday, People mag also reported news of the split, citing an anonymous source.
Kemp, 26, came into the picture for the 22-year-old "What's My Name?" singer in the wake of her very public breakup with singer Chris Brown. Earlier this year, Rihanna told Elle magazine that the relationship with Kemp "keeps her sane."
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This time, I am totally serious.
I'm gonna start up COT again. Here's the backstory:
The human mind is an odd thing. It can work perfectly fine, yet still make its owner feel like crap. Over a year ago, some crappy things occurred, and I ended up going on unplanned hiatus. Now, I'm finally feeling well enough to try and start this thing up again. As soon as the New Password function of KeenSpace works, I'm gonna be putting up some new comics... it'll probably be erratic for a while, but I'm hoping to get into a routine eventually.
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Three-Ingredient Cocktails
As fascinating and layered as cocktails have become, sometimes simpler is better. Party starting in 3-2-1? This is no time to be gutting a vanilla bean.
So we asked New York City bartenders to share some of their favorite "minimalist" cocktails with a maximum of three ingredients—not counting garnishes such as citrus or sugar. Many of these may sound familiar. That's because many of the most classic cocktails, from the Martini to the Manhattan, count three ingredients—tops.
The Vesper
Before James Bond started sipping standard gin and vodka martinis, the Vesper was his drink of choice. In a memorable scene from Casino Royale, Bond spells out the recipe for the drink, named after his colleague and flame, Vesper Lynd, to the stumped bartender: "Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?" The Vesper has made a comeback recently as the world celebrates 50 years of Bond. Lillet no longer makes its Kina line, so bartenders are tweaking accordingly.
At Gramercy Tavern, the Vesper includes:
2 oz. Beefeater Gin
3/4 oz. Tito's Handmade Vodka
1/3 oz. Lillet Blanc
Stir over ice. Served straight in a martini glass with a thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?
Dark 'n' Stormy
This fizzy, aromatic drink is popular among sailors in Bermuda and Australia, and trademarked by Gosling Rum. Lately, it has been popping up in urban drinking dens everywhere. It's the perfect tall drink to sip by the fire while weathering a storm. This version from Gramercy Tavern invites fresh lime juice to the party.
2 oz. dark rum (preferably Gosling's Black Seal)
1/2 oz. lime juice
4 oz. quality ginger beer such as Barritt's
Fill a highball with ice. Pour in ginger beer, and lime juice, followed by two ounces of rum. The drink should look layered—dark on top and lighter on the bottom. Stir gently. Garnish with lime. A sprig of mint is optional.
Champagne Cocktail
It doesn't get more classy than this. This super-easy and super-classic cocktail gives some heft to a glass of Champagne without taking away any its elegant effervescence. If Audrey Hepburn had had a signature cocktail, this would probably be it.
3 oz. Champagne
1/3 oz. cognac (optional)
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 tsp. sugar
Soak one sugar cube in a champagne flute with the bitters. Add the Champagne (and cognac if using). Squeeze in a twist of lemon and discard. Garnish with large zest of orange.
This drink was created at the Casoni Bar in Florence, Italy, in the 1920's when an Italian Count named Camilio Negroni asked the bartender to add gin to his Americano. Kevin Brodeur, bartender at Gramercy Tavern, says this bitter, hearty cocktail has become the shift drink of choice for many of his mixologist friends and colleagues.
2 oz. Punta e Mes or other Italian vermouth
2 oz. Campari
2 oz. gin, preferably Plymouth
1 orange twist
Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add the Punt e Mes, Campari, and gin and stir gently. Garnish with the orange twist and serve.
Dev Johnson, general manager at Employees Only, calls this drink Negroni's "bad seed little sister." Indeed, this sultry drink isn't for the faint of heart. Sip slowly and at your own risk.
1 1/4 oz. of Ford's Gin
1 1/4 oz. Punta e Mes
1 1/4 oz. Meletti—Amaro liqueur
Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass. Add large ice cubes. Stir for 40 revolutions. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist. Serve.
Mint Julep
The history of this drink is as muddled as the mint it calls for, but drink historians say the julep was considered one of the very first "mixed drinks" and was the belle of the bar on 18th-century Southern plantations. The Mint Julep has always been linked to the Kentucky Derby and each year, on Derby Day, they pour about 120,000 juleps at Churchill Downs.
3/4 oz. simple syrup
A dozen spearmint leaves, plus one sprig
3 oz. bourbon, such as Maker's Mark or Woodford's Reserve
Muddle syrup and mint leaves in a julep glass. Fill halfway with crushed ice; add bourbon. Stir to chill; fill with more ice. Garnish with sprig of spearmint.
The Mancini
Greg Seider (of Le Bernardin, Minetta Lane and Willow Road) says this drink has many followers. The Meletti Amaro adds a violet-saffron sweetness to this old standard and the smoked cinnamon bitters adds smoke and spice. He named this drink for his friend, David Mancini, whose family lives in the town in Italy where Meletti is made.
2 oz. Michter's rye
1/2 oz. Meletti Amaro
2 dashes of Smoked Cinnamon bitters
Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker and stir. Strain on the rocks in rocks glass. Garnish with orange peel.
The Big Apple
This is what happens when a vodka from America's heartland comes to the big city. This drink was conceived by the makers of American Harvest—a new certified organic vodka that is made in Rigby, Idaho, using grain from a fully sustainable family farm. Drink with your favorite farmer.
1 3/4 parts American Harvest Vodka
3/4 part Grand Marnier
1 part apple cider
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an apple slice.
Spiced & Spiked
Riverpark's cocktail guru Danie Hutch says hot cocktails are perfect for the snow and sniffles season. Apple cider is plentiful at the farmers' markets this time of year. While Riverpark uses a hot sauce made from the many varieties of chiles they grow at Riverpark Farm, Hutch says you can use any hot sauce with a kick in your pantry.
2 oz. Gosling's Rum (dark)
1 dash of Riverpark Hot Sauce (or any hot sauce of your choice)
4 oz. Apple Cider
Heat the apple cider, then stir in the rum and hot sauce. Serve garnished with a clove-studded orange peel.
Man About Town
Don't be fooled by the name—plenty of dames who like and know their spirits order this drink at Gramercy Tavern. In fact, it's one of their most popular winter cocktails. Cynar is a bitter liqueur made with more than a dozen different botanicals, including artichoke, that has become quite popular behind the bar in recent years.
2 oz. Rittenhouse Rye
1 oz. Cynar
1 oz. sweet vermouth
Brandied cherry
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add rye, Cynar, and sweet vermouth, and stir until very cold, about 15 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with a brandied cherry in the bottom of the glass.
The Manzanilla
Warning: while this delicious cocktail has only three ingredients, it contains an infusion and therefore some forethought.
This drink is wildly popular at DBGB Kitchen & Bar, says Kerrie O'Brien, who tends bar at Daniel Boulud's first downtown Manhattan venture. While it has just a few ingredients, each one contributes layers of flavors—the jalapeño-infused agave syrup gives a kick, the chamomile-infused tequila gives a subtle herbal flavor, and the fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice gives a bright citrus pop—creating a drink that is simple yet complex, and ultimately very well balanced. While 'infusions' can sound intimidating, O'Brien says they're "extremely simple to do at home—just choose a spirit, choose a flavor, allow them to 'steep' together for some time, and voila!"
1 1/2 oz chamomile-infused white tequila
1/2 oz jalapeño-infused agave
3/4 oz grapefruit juice
Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Serve up in a martini glass. Garnish with a lime twist.


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Montego Bay, Jamaica
"Enjoyed our stay at Secret St. James"
Posted by: Margaret on Dec 16, 2010
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Resting on a half mile of paradise, indulge yourself on the sugar, white sandy beaches overlooking turquoise waters of the Caribbean. Located just 20 minutes from the Montego Bay International Airport and a world away from life`s demands.
Share your experiences with others. Don't forget to send your review to Debbie by using an easy form.
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Visited on: Oct, 2010 | Leisure | Family and Kids
1109 people found this review helpful
My family and I just returned from vacationing at St. James (30 Oct – 6 Nov) In general our experience was far above any resort that we have stayed at and I would not have a problem returning.
Don't be fooled by their website pictures. I did notice that some photos does not completely match what we experienced.
We rated the following excellent: staff and services, entertainment, food, bars & drinks, common areas and rooms, pools, grounds and up keep.
Other area of interest we rated above average.
The biggest disappointment of the resorts was the overall construction appearance. It looks like everything was hastily constructed and not what one would expect for a top notch resort that just recently opened.
There is a lot of cosmetic damage such as the need for wall patching and painting, damaged floor tiles, walls and floors not properly constructed, cabinets in some of the restaurants required repairs. Some of the rooms on the fifth floor was still under construction.
A few of the elevators where not always working which made it difficult for movement between rooms and the main floor. This caused many individuals to use the stairwells.
None of the ice machines worked.
Outside bar's near or around the pools close approx 6pm and you cannot eat or drink unless going to their resturants or lobby bar's.
Even with the above problems we all had a great time and the trip was worth every penny.
Recommend bringing lots of small bills for tipping because making change is a lot of hassel.
We stayed in room 3440 facing the ocean..what a great view and very quiet. The stairwell was close by. However, one had to walk on the other side of the building to access the elevators. All rooms face the ocean indirectly or directly. Thery are very well furnished with plush beds (queen or double) The bathroom are well appointed and stocked.
Each rooms refrigerator is stocked with soda/beer/and juice at not additional cost.
You can have room service everyday. There are dummy waiters near each door. No need to open the door for service.
Restaurants and Bars:
Excellent food and service. Drinks at the pool bar's are very good. If you want top notch drinks go to the loobby bar's or the piano bar.
Very nice pools even w/swim up bar's
The beach are nice but not a great as Cancun
Grounds are well kept
There are food carts that bring chicken and or pizza on certain days
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
Lot of free activities to keep you busy. Off resorts are plentiful. There is a travel representive at each resort to assist you with booking tours. I would recommend waiting to meet with them before pre-booking tours.
Kourtney (Apple Tours) was just great at helping us to book the right tours.
There is a outside coffee bar that also serves limited sandwiches and desserts.
next to the coffee shop is a small casino.
Other Comments:
The weather was great except for the end of the storm "TOMAS"
"Enjoyed our stay at Secret St. James"
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Visited on: Dec, 2010 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
796 people found this review helpful
Montego Bay airport is great. We were in bus going to resort within 1/2 hour.
Rooms are wonderful. View of ocean was spectacular. Shower and tub were superb.
Restaurants and Bars:
We attended all restaurants except the Mexican. The french restaurant was so good that we ate there twice. The italian restaurant also good. Japanese hibachi was fabulous - don't miss. After dinner we always went to the coffee bar - great coffee with Baileys and whipped cream.
The beach was probably the worst at any resort I have ever been too. Lots of stones in the water.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
Yoga and water aerobic classes were great. Husband only got to go on the hobie cats on two days as weather was very windy during our stay.


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Cantare is a choir for middle school and high school students that leads worship on Sunday mornings. Join us for rehearsals on Wednesday eveings to meet new people and sing some great music. Email Director of Music and Worship, Ralph Johnson, if you want to know more about Cantare.


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Matthew McConaughey mad, sad about Lance Armstrong
Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong have been friends for years. Both men call Austin home, and for a time they were often spotted running, biking and partying together, as well as working on Armstrong's non-profit Livestrong to support people living with cancer.
So how did the actor feel about the cyclist's big doping confession?
"My first reaction was I was (ticked) off," McConaughey told MTV News over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where the actor was promoting his movie Mud. "I was mad. I then got kind of sad for him. First off, I had a part of me that took it kind of personally, which I think a lot of people have."
Highlights:Sundance 2013
McConaughey went on to say: "What I realized is that those of us that took that personally, like, 'Oh, he lied to me!' That's not true. What I mean by this is, what was he supposed to do? Call me to the side and go, 'Hey man, I did it but don't tell anybody.' Then I would have really had a reason to be (ticked) off at him, going, 'You want me to walk around holding this?'"
McConaughey now sounds more forgiving. "Where I am now is I've put myself out of the way and I am happy for this guy, who has now chosen to re-enter this new chapter of his life a truly free man. And the weight he had on his shoulders, without the bogeyman under the bed, the skeleton in the closet that he's carried for 14 years. Fourteen years he lied and carried the lie with him."
McConaughey acknowleged, "Some people are never going to forgive him. You know the old line that Oprah said the other night, 'The truth will set you free'? Yeah, but she forgot one part. It's miserable in the beginning. And it's going to be miserable. But he's looking it in the eye, and he'll handle it. He'll deal. And he's ready for how hard it's going to be to deal."


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[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Tinie Tempah[/lastfm] is taking to the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater on May 17th to bring a once in a lifetime performance to super fans onsite and online. In preparation for his performance, we have an in depth interview with the man himself.
Tinie talks about his worldwide hit "Written in the Stars." It's his third single and the first one to breakthrough in the US. He then segues into his love for David Letterman and his excitement around his upcoming Live on Letterman performance. Tinie wraps up with by talking about his collab with [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Swedish House Mafia[/lastfm], upcoming projects and his grand plan for taking over the world. Watch the video now and get a sneak peak into the mind of the hottest starson the scene.
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The California State Bar (Bar) examines and licenses attorneys (lawyers) and is part of the attorney disciplinary system of the California Supreme Court which processes complaints involving attorney misconduct. The Bar also sets standards for and conducts attorney-client fee arbitration in counties that do not have a local Bar Association.
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include ad content as they do now but instead of having it sourced from the advertiser's origin, they instead stand up "<randomvalue>.publisher.example.com" and point it at the advertiser's IP addresses (via an A record to the advertiser's name never appears). This would have a similar cost/effort structure to using data channels and would similarly not be blocked by current domain-based ad blockers. What would our expectations be here?


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Guide to Specialty Cuts Bedding Measurements Guide Glossary of Quilting & Fabric
Pre-Cut Quilt Fabric Guide
All you need to know about Fat Quarter Bundles, Charm Packs, Jelly Rolls and all the rest.
Many fabric manufacturers offer specialty cut items in conjunction with many of their collections. Specialty cuts, also called pre-cut items, are fabrics cut into specific sizes and typically packaged by collection. There are many different sizes of specialty cuts, and they are based on the most common cuts used by quilters. Besides regular yardage, which is sold by the yard, the most well-known specialty cuts include:
There are many others, and new ones pop up all the time. On top of that, different fabric manufacturers call their cuts different names, although some are the same size.
To help you understand these and find the one you need, we have described each specialty cut we offer below. Keep in mind that not all specialty cuts are available for all groups.
Please note, all of the fabric we sell is 100% cotton and 44" wide unless stated otherwise.
Mini Charm Packs
|Size of cut:
|2.5" x 2.5" squares
|Mini Charm Packs are the newest precuts from Moda Fabrics. They are also known as Moda Candy! Mini Charm Packs are great for small projects, easy reference or just for collecting!
|Shop our Mini Charm Packs
Shop our Mini Charm Pack Patterns
Quilting with Precuts YouTube Video
Charm Packs
|Size of cut:
|5" x 5" squares
|Charm packs are one of the smallest and least expensive specialty cut. Their popularity stems from the fact that they are affordable, easy to use, and the size is very common in quilting. Charm Packs typically include one square of every fabric within a collection so the number of pieces included varies. The size of charm packs may also vary slightly by manufacturer. For instance, RJR Fabrics cuts their Charm Packs to 5.5" x 5.5".
|Also known as:
|Charm Squares, Jolly Packs®(a Fat Quarter Shop exclusive) or 5" Stackers by Riley Blake Designs
|Commonly used for:
|One-patch blocks, four-patch blocks, corner triangles, flying geese blocks
See cutting tips for Charm Packs from Moda
|Shop our Charm Packs
Shop our Charm Pack Patterns
Quilting with Precuts YouTube Video
Jelly Rolls
|Size of cut:
|2.5" x 42" strips
|Manufactured by Moda Fabrics, Jelly Rolls are different prints from a single collection rolled together and cut length-wise into 2.5" x 42" strips. They are available by collection and have become very popular over the past few years. Jelly Rolls typically include 40 strips of fabric but occasionally can vary.
|Similar to:
|Bali Pops by Hoffman Fabrics - 2.5" x 42" strips
Twice the Charms by RJR Fabrics - 5.5" x 21" strips
Stone Strips by Northcott Fabrics - 2.5" x 42" strips
Rolie Polies by Riley Blake Designs - 2.5" x 42" strips
Roll Ups by Robert Kaufman Fabrics - 2.5" x 42" strips
Tonga Treat Strips by Timeless Treasures - 2.5" x 42" strips
|Shop our Jelly Rolls
Shop our Jelly Roll Patterns
Quilting with Precuts YouTube Video
Jolly Bars
|Size of cut:
|5" x 10"
|Jolly Bars, a Fat Quarter Shop exclusive precut, are collections of 5" x 10" cuts of fabric. Each Jolly Bar comes with an exclusive Fat Quarter Shop coordinating pattern!
|Shop our Jolly Bars
Introducing Jolly Bars YouTube Video
Quilting with Precuts YouTube Video
Layer Cakes
|Size of cut:
|10" x 10" squares
|Manufactured by Moda Fabrics, Layer Cakes are similar to a Charm Pack in its square shape but at a larger size. They are available by collection and typically include 42 pieces of fabric, though the number may vary by collection.
|Commonly used for:
|Squares, half-square triangles, quarter-square triangles, strips and circles
See cutting tips for Layer Cakes from Moda
|Similar to:
10" Stackers by Riley Blake Designs
|Shop our Layer Cakes
Shop our Layer Cake Patterns
Quilting with Precuts YouTube Video
Fat Eighth Bundles
|Size of cut:
|9" x 21" rectangles
|Manufactured by Moda Fabrics, Fat Eighths measure 9" x 21", rather than the typical one-eighth yard cut of 4.5" x 42".
|Shop our Fat Eighth Bundles
Shop our Fat Quarter Bundle Patterns
Quilting with Precuts YouTube Video
Fat Quarter Bundles
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Definitions of terms commonly used in the wide, wonderful world of quilting.
Appliqué – A sewing technique for attaching pieces of fabric onto a background fabric, often cut with the aid of a template. Appliqués may be stitched to the background by hand as in needle turn using a blind stitch, or by machine, using a satin stitch or blanket stitch.
Backing – The fabric on the underside of a quilt, made from a single cut of fabric or pieced from various fabrics; the bottom of a quilt.
Bias – A 45 degree diagonal direction on a piece of fabric.
Batik – A type of fabric that is dyed in some areas to create multi-layered pattern and colors; Indonesia is best known for its batik fabric.
Batting – The middle layer of a quilt, which provides warmth and loft.
Binding – The final step in making a quilt, these are the strips that enclose the raw edges of your quilt. You may use pieced binding, which is made from strips of one fabric sewn together in the length needed to go around your entire quilt, scrappy binding, which is made from strips of several different fabrics used in your quilt top, or bias binding, which is made with fabric strips cut on the bias.
Block – A designed unit that, when combined with other blocks, comprise a quilt top.
Bolt – A long piece of fabric, usually 44" wide, that is wound around a flat piece of cardboard.
BOM, Block-of-the-Month - A type of quilt club or program in which parts of a quilt are completed on a monthly basis; usually the material and pattern for a single block is sent each month.
Border – Outer pieces included in some quilt designs that may act as a frame for the blocks it surrounds.
Fat Quarter – A frequently used piece of fabric measuring 18" x 21". This size allows for cutting larger pieces than cannot be achieved from a regular quarter yard cut.
Fat Eighth – An eighth-yard of fabric cut to measure 9" x 21", rather than the typical one-eighth yard cut of 4.5" x 40".
Finished Size – The final size of a completed unit or block without seam allowances.
Finishing – Refers to the piece or pieces that complete a quilt, usually including the binding.
Half Square Triangle – Square units made from two fabrics. May be made using two triangles, or by a quick method using two squares, right sides together and stitched 1/4" on either side of a diagonal line. The square is then cut on the drawn line and yields two half square triangles.
LOF, Length of Fabric – The direction of a fabric that runs perpindicular to the WOF.
Panel – A piece of fabric printed with an image, oftentimes used as a quilt's centerpiece, known as a panel quilt.
Piece, piecing, pieced – A technique in which pieces of fabric are joined by a seam.
Quarter Square Triangle – Often called an hourglass unit. Square made from four triangles.
Quilt Kits – A product that contains the pattern and fabric required to make a quilt, usually without the backing.
Quilt Top – The front of a quilt, usually comprised of several blocks.
Sampler Quilt – A type of quilt in which no block repeats in pattern and typically varies in size.
Sashing – Strips of fabric sewn between blocks and/or rows of blocks.
Selvage, selvedge – The edge of fabric, usually printed with information to identify the collection it belongs to and the manufacturer.
Specialty Cuts – Yardage that is precut to specific sizes.
Template – Shape used as a pattern for tracing shapes for applique or piecing.
Unfinished Size – The unfinished size of a complete unit or block with seam allowances.
WOF, Width of Fabric - The direction of a fabric that runs from selvedge to selvedge on a bolt, usually 44" wide unless otherwise noted.
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Wipeout HD is an odd game to review; the tracks, music, and ships have been taken from the PSP games in the series. The difference is that now, everything moves at 60 frames a second, even if you're running the game at 1080p. To put it plainly, the game is so pretty that you won't mind playing on tracks you've enjoyed in the past.
Everything from the menus to the UI is polished to a high shine. This is the game that you use to amaze people when they come over and check out your system. The music, in full 5.1 surround sound, is wonderful. Of course, if you don't like it, you can set up your own playlist from the music on your hard drive. Yes, it sucks that more PS3 games don't do this, but if there is one game that fully takes advantage of a kicking soundtrack, Wipeout HD is it.
Online runs well, although there aren't many options, outside of a single race and a tournament that seems to go on forever. The game also features split-screen multiplayer, which is a nice touch, even if the graphics do take a hit playing this way. I also was unimpressed with the Sixaxis controls. You're going to have a much easier time turning off the motion-control. You'll need every inch of your skills as well; this is not an easy game.
Luckily, you can skip some events and still move forward: each grid is made up of multiple events, such as a simple race or a time trial across the track. If you get hung up on one race, play around and try to find something a little easier. The game also gives you the option of turning on an AI helper that keeps you from slamming into the walls. There is also a photo mode you can use to take a few screenshots with different effects layered on.
Sure, the content is recycled, but it's great content. Taking a great game like WipeOut Pulse for the PSP, giving it a face-lift that's this impressive, and then selling it for $20 isn't a bad deal at all. Would this be worth the money as a full-release? Possibly, although this review would harp on the lack of new content a little more. For $20, this is one of the best purchases you can make on the PS3 right now. Unfortunately, some popular people are still experiencing issues, so hopefully that will be fixed soon.
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Fundamental changes are on tap for motor circuits as provisions, largely unaltered since the 1940 NEC, are drastically modified or deleted entirely.
Motor circuits have always had a special place in the Code because they are, by far, the most important example of a circuit where the short-circuit and ground-fault protection usually occurs at a different point in the circuit, and uses a different device than the overload protection. This article focuses on how we will be applying the far-reaching changes that have been made in Art. 430 for 1996. To do this, we will look at the elements of the motor circuit from the motor back through its supply conductors, the devices that protect the motor, its conductors from overcurrent, and finally the controller and disconnecting means.
The motor
As motors become more energy-efficient by reducing internal resistance (and thereby wasted [I.sup.2]R), the side effect is increasing inrush current. This is because until the motor begins to turn, the only impedance is the winding resistance, and as that goes down, the current goes up. Motors have always had varying inrush currents, which is why, ever since the 1940 NEC, there have been "code letters" that expressed locked-rotor kVA per horsepower. Now the code letters are no longer the governing factor in judging elements of the motor circuit that depend on inrush values; they are being replaced by the NEMA design letter.
Code letters supplanted. To this end, Sec. 430-7(a)(8) no longer requires the code letter on the nameplates; instead the actual locked-rotor amperes can be used instead. Then, a new paragraph in Sec. 430-7(a)(9) requires the design letter to be marked on the nameplate for all Design B, C, D, or E motors. Completing these changes, the mandatory rule that used to be in Sec. 430-7(b) that required the use of code letters for determining the permitted short-circuit and ground-fault protection has been deleted [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 1 OMITTED].
Probably 80% of all motors sold in the U.S. are Design B, and these can be made quite energy efficient. The NEMA standard (MG-1) requires these motors to meet certain energy efficiencies if they are marked "energy efficient." For example, a 50-hp motor could be marked that way if it had a nominal efficiency rating of 93.0%, with a minimum efficiency of 91.7%.
By contrast, the Design E version of the same motor must have a nominal efficiency of 95.4 % and a minimum efficiency of 94.5 %, an appreciable improvement. In October of 1997, the federal energy efficiency legislation becomes effective and requires that replacement motors meet at least the minimum energy efficiency standards required for the "energy efficient" marking. Although this doesn't necessarily mean a Design E motor, such motors may often end up as the ones specified because of their greater efficiency. Be very careful, because often such motors cannot be used as horsepower-for-horsepower replacements. Even if the torque characteristics of the replacement motor will drive the load, as shown in subsequent portions of this article, the controller and the disconnect may not be able to handle the new motor.
Table 430-151 changed. A graphic illustration of the dramatic differences in inrush current appears in the new version of the locked-rotor current table, Table 430-151. This table is now two tables. Table 430-151A gives locked-rotor ampere values for single-phase motors; Table 430-151B gives the 3-phase locked-rotor currents in two columns per voltage, one for Design E, and one for Designs B, C, and D. Note the significant differences between Design E motors and the conventional motors, with Design E currents running close to 50% higher in many cases.
Terminal housings get larger. The energy efficiency isn't the only change we'll be seeing on motors; they'll also be easier to wire because the terminal housings (for wire-to-wire connections on AC motors) are slated to increase in size by 40%. All of the minimum dimensions in Table 430-12(b), both with regard to dimensions and volumes in the AC portions of the table, have been increased.
The conductors
The basic rules for sizing motor circuit conductors, generally based on a minimum of 125% of the full-load current of the motor, haven't changed. The idea is to roughly coordinate the wire size and the running overload protection, which allows the running overload protection to protect both the motor and the branch-circuit conductors from damage due to overloads. Nevertheless, there are important changes that apply to conductors involved with adjustable speed drives and wye-delta starters.
Adjustable speed drive conductors. With a new mandatory Ex. 3 to Sec. 430-22(a), adjustable speed drive conductors must now be sized at 125% of the rated input to the drive. Prior to this change, the only Code language on this topic was the general requirement in Sec. 430-2 that the "incoming branch circuit...shall be based on the rated input..." The usual inference was to size the conductors at 100% of the rated input. Note that the Code is making a distinction between "based on" and the final result. The calculation is still "based on" the rating of the drive, but "based on" means that rating is the first step, and an additional 25% of that rating must be added.
Often adjustable speed drives provide overload protection for the motor (and its conductors). Sec. 430-2 has been changed to clarify that if this is the case, and the equipment is so marked, additional overload protection is unnecessary. In addition, a new FPN points out that electrical resonance can result from the nonsinusoidal currents that result from variable frequency drive loads interacting with power factor correction capacitors.
A resonant condition can cause extensive damage. Harmonic traps or other means may be necessary to prevent these problems, and it takes skilled design to specify the correct equipment.
Power conductor sizing in wye-delta applications. Wye-delta starting cuts the initial current to one-third the usual value, and is very useful on loads with long acceleration times or for loads with comparatively low starting torque requirements such as fans. It has been an important industrial mainstay for reduced-voltage starting because no special equipment is required to vary system voltages or frequencies; all that is required is a motor with all 12 (or six for a single voltage) leads brought out.
Another change in Sec. 430-22(a) spells out for the first time the minimum required conductor sizing between a wye-start/delta-run controller and the motor. These conductors must now be based on a minimum of 58% of the motor full-load current. These conductors each carry a portion of the full-load current (FLA [divided by] 1.73 = 0.58 x FLA). Note that the phrasing and sentence structure on the line and load side of the controller are very similar.
* Line side: "The selection...shall be based on the motor full-load current."
* Load side: "The selection...shall be based on 58 percent of the motor full-load current."
Here again, don't confuse the expression "based on" with the final result. In the case of the line side of the controller, the conductors will usually end up at 125% of the full-load current; however, if duty cycle service is involved, that percentage could vary greatly. For example, if the motor were rated continuous and used for intermittent duty, Table 430-22 (a) Exception requires a multiplier of 140%. Similarly, in the case of the conductors going to the motor, the usual result will be 73% of the full-load current (58% x 12.5 = 72.5%); but again, in the case of duty cycle service, that result will vary.
Overload is defined in Art. 100 as:
Operation of equipment in excess of normal, full-load rating, or of a conductor in excess of rated ampacity that, when it persists for a sufficient length of time, would cause damage or dangerous overheating. A fault, such as a short circuit or ground fault, is not an overload.
Running overload protection in motor circuits is effective at preventing damage to components of the motor circuit that results from sustained current that exceeds component ratings. It is useless for protecting a circuit from a short circuit or a ground fault. These failures lead to very high current values that can easily cause catastrophic damage in a fraction of a second, much faster than most running overload protection could possibly react.
In general, running overload protection is individualized to each motor, based on the full-load current marked on the nameplate. Even Sec. 430-6(a), which generally disallows nameplate current ratings information from being used for sizing elements of motor circuits, makes an exception for running overload protection. Otherwise, the tables at the end of the article must be used for determining conductor sizes, ground-fault and ranch-circuit protection ratings, disconnect ratings, etc; accordingly, Sec. 430-34 has been revised to correlate with this principle and now specifically refers to "motor nameplate full-load current rating."
Short-circuit and ground-fault protection
Although we often provide this protection with fuses or inverse-time circuit breakers that could qualify as overcurrent protection (because they have both overload and short-circuit protective elements), for the purposes of Art. 430, these devices are short-circuit and ground-fault protective devices only. They follow the sizing rules in Sec. 430-52 and Table 430-152, even where those rules lead to settings several times the ampacity of the conductors. The basic procedure is to multiply the ampere rating of the motor as given in the tables at the end of Art. 430 and not on the nameplate by the percentage given in Table 430-152 for the type of overcurrent device being used. Note that the rated full-load currents of 3-phase AC motors 1 1/2 hp and below have been revised upward in Table 430-150. In addition, the range of the table has been extended to cover motors up to 500 hp.
Table 430-152. There probably isn't any clearer example of the dramatic changes taking place in the Code with respect to motors than Table 430-152. This table has been extremely simplified, as all references to code letters have been deleted. In fact, this table now has approximately the same degree of complexity as it did in the 1937 NEC, just before the advent of code letters. All polyphase motors are now treated alike, except for synchronous or wound rotor motors. The allowable percentages for instantaneous trip circuit breakers, which we will discuss shortly, have been revised upward, with a special allowance for Design E motors.
Note that a time-delay Class CC fuse is now to be calculated the same as a nontime-delay fuse. A Class CC fuse is closer in performance to a nontime-delay fuse. For example, a Class CC fuse will hold 200% of its rating for 12 sec, as opposed to the traditional time-delay fuse that will hold 500% of its rating for 10 sec.
Sec. 430-52(c)(1). Sec. 430-52(c) contains the specific rules that refer to Table 430-152, and the first paragraph effectively requires conventional overcurrent devices (fuses and inverse-time circuit breakers) to be sized so as to not exceed the Table 430-152 calculations. Ex. 1 covers the procedure to follow when that calculation results in a size or rating that doesn't correspond to standard size of overcurrent protective device.
Now (following a crucial 1996 change) you can round upward to the next higher standard sized device by right, and without showing that the next lower size would be unable to carry the load. The process is similar to Sec. 240-3(b), although there is no 800A upper limit on this exception as there is in Art. 240.
Another result of the change is that small motors whose required protection calculated below 15A can round up to 15A. It isn't necessary to consider restricting the overcurrent protective devices to small fuses [for which 1A, 3A, 6A, and 10A are additional standard sizes in Sec. 240-6(a) Ex.] in this case, which was an inadvertent result of the 1993 NEC. Be aware, however, of product listing restrictions. Some small overload relays won't take the amount of current that a large short-circuit and ground-fault protective device will allow into the circuits. They have restrictions on the upper limit. Sec. 430-52(c)(2) and Sec. 110-3(b) combine to make these published limits enforceable.
If the short-circuit and ground-fault protective device selected under these calculations won't allow the motor to start, there is another exception (Ex. 2) that allows even higher ratings than those allowed by Table 430-152. Another important change, however, is that the exception now only applies if the rounded up rating (from Ex. 1) is not sufficient to start the motor. This increases safety by ensuring that the next higher device will be tried before jumping all the way up to the significantly higher limits permitted under this exception. Fig. 2 also shows some examples of these calculations. Note that there is no permission to round up to the next higher standard size above these limits.
Sec. 430-52(c)(3). So far, we have only focused on traditional overcurrent devices (fuses and inverse-time circuit breakers) being used as short-circuit and ground-fault protective devices. There are other protective arrangements that only function in that way. That is, they trip almost instantaneously on a specified fault current, but provide no overload protection.
As in the case of conventional devices, Table 430-152 sets the basic parameters for the allowable settings, and there are important changes on tap here as well, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The allowable percentage now depends on the motor's design letter, and not the old "code letter." Most motors now can use 800% instead of the former 700% by right, and Design E motors can now use 1100% by right.
Inrush currents on energy-efficient motors can often exceed even these more generous percentages, however. If the values taken from Table 430-152 won't work, the even higher allowances in Sec. 430-52(c)(3) Ex. 1 can be used. You must show, however, by actual field trial or by engineering evaluation, that the parameters in the Table won't work. For other than Design E, the upper limit remains at 1300% of full-load current, but for Design E you can go up to 1700% of full-load current. Motor short-circuit protectors (which involve fusable elements) aren't included in this exception, and must not exceed 1300 % of the motor's full-load current, regardless of the design letter.
Great care needs to be taken when short-circuit and ground-fault protective devices are set as high as now allowed. A 30-hp 460V motor (Table FLA = 40A) could now be wired on a circuit with protection as high as 680A. A 200-hp 600V motor could be protected as high as 3200A. Although this will probably allow the motors to start (and indeed, as long as these currents are confined to the motor windings there isn't any problem), this setting may exceed the current flow in an arcing ground fault.
If that happens at 277V (or 347V or 600V) to ground, the fault will only be cleared by the running overload protection. Arcing faults at this voltage tend to restrike and continue, and over the course of the time delay built into running overload protection, the result will be an almost certain fire. There is no substitute for a very high standard of workmanship and careful attention to Sec. 250-51. You must do everything possible to ensure the lowest possible impedance in any ground return path, so any fault returns enough current to exceed the trip setting of the circuit breaker.
There is also another exception, Sec. 430-52(c)(3) Ex. 2, which now allows small motors with full-load currents of 8A or less to use instantaneous trip circuit breakers with continuous current ratings of 15A or less for protection. This exception applies irrespective of the actual percentage involved. The actual setting can be increased "to the value marked on the controller." The marked settings will have been carefully evaluated and coordinated by qualified testing laboratories to ensure that low-level faults are cleared. These small breakers can be set to give closer protection than 15A inverse-time breakers. The 8A threshold was chosen because it encompasses all 3-phase motors 2 hp and below.
Remember, instantaneous trip circuit breakers may only be used as part of a listed combination controller. They must never, in any size, be purchased and field-installed separately.
Control and disconnection
Now that the elements of circuit protection have been settled, the next step is to be certain that we can control the motor and disconnect it for maintenance. The ratings of controllers and disconnecting means are now heavily dependent on the design letter of the motor. For both motor controllers and disconnects, a horsepower rating may no longer be the required horsepower rating for Design E motors. Unless specifically marked as acceptable for Design E, the devices must be derated when used on such motors.
As noted before, Design E motors have higher locked rotor currents. These currents run about eight times full-load current instead of the conventional six times. The rules for equipment that must be capable of interrupting stalled rotor currents (controllers and disconnects) reflect this by shifting the requirements for using conventional equipment on Design E motors by approximately the ratio of 8:6, or 1.3+. Specifically, you can use a conventionally rated controller or disconnect with a horsepower rating that exceeds that of the motor in question by a factor of 1.4 from 3 to 100 hp, and by a factor of 1.3 for larger motors. Of course, you can also use equipment that has been tested and marked for the higher Design E currents.
As this is written, the effects will vary by manufacturer. Take, for example, a 50-hp 460V motor. This would fit into the upper end of a NEMA 3 starter. If you change it to a Design E motor, you would need a NEMA 4 starter, capable of handling 50 hp x 1.4 = 70 hp, unless the starter were marked as suitable for Design E motors. In fact, many such starters are probably suitable now, although the markings aren't out yet.
For example, one major manufacturer advertises its Size 3 starters as good for 947A maximum inrush. By way of contrast, the locked-rotor current on this motor, from Table 430-151B, is 363A for Design B etc., and 515A for Design E. That manufacturer has told EC&M that it expects no problems getting its NEMA-rated equipment listed, but it thinks it may have trouble with some of its IEC-rated equipment that has closer tolerances. Another major manufacturer advertises its starters as all being capable of inrush currents equal to 8.4 times full-load current.
Disconnects. Disconnecting devices will have a similar problem. For example, a standard heavy-duty switch rated 100A at 480V has a 60-hp motor rating. That is fine for the conventional 50-hp motor just described, but it wouldn't be acceptable for the same hp motor in a Design E configuration. (As before, the rating would have to go up to 70 hp unless the switch were marked for Design E.) As in the case of controllers, there will likely be changes in marking down the road as various manufacturers assess the relative market share of Design E motors.
Receptacles. Another problem area will be many cord- and plug-connected motors. If an attachment plug and receptacle is a disconnecting means, and it supplies a Design E motor over 2 hp, then its rating must exceed the horsepower rating of the motor it disconnects by a factor of 1.4.
Remember, Sec. 430-108 requires every disconnecting means in a motor branch circuit right up to the "point of connection to the motor" (which could be on the load side of the outlet) to qualify as a disconnect under Sec. 430-109 (and also Sec. 430-110). You can't opt out of this requirement by pretending you won't open a plugged-in connection under load; the Code makes no such assumption. Short of obtaining some sort of waiver from the AHJ, you will need to show that cord- and plug-connections to a motor meet the applicable horsepower rating requirements.
Example: Your specification calls for a 7 1/2-hp 460V motor to be cord- and plug-connected. If it is other than Design E, you can use a conventional locking plug and receptacle configuration because they fall within the blanket horsepower rating recognitions (they run up to 10 hp) in the UL Electrical Construction Materials Directory. If it is a Design E motor, what configuration receptacle will be permitted? Answer: 7.5 hp x 1.4 = 10.5 hp; this is beyond the generic horsepower ratings of standard plugs and receptacles, at least as the new Code goes into effect, and you have a problem. Check with various manufacturers to see if they offer (or intend to offer) improved horsepower ratings on any of their devices. Some 480V, 30A pin and sleeve devices, for example, are rated up to 15 hp.
In this code cycle, Art. 430 is probably one of the best examples of how emerging technology can dramatically affect everyday trade practice. Often Code changes result from fresh engineering outlooks on old technology that really hasn't changed. Consider, for example, the new rule on wiring wye-delta motors.
This time, however, most of the major changes in Art. 430 are resulting from the advent of the Design E motor, which was only on the drawing board when the 1993 NEC was being revised.


text: [Apologies for multiple copies.] ------------------------------------------- Dutch HUG Day 24 April 2010 Ordina office Niewegein, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------- *** *** Please register! *** *** Email Sean Leather <leather at cs.uu.nl> by 20 April! *** INTRODUCTION To celebrate our first anniversary, the Dutch Haskell Users Group (HUG) invites Haskell and functional programming enthusiasts in the Netherlands and surrounding area to an afternoon symposium. The Dutch HUG is an informal group with monthly meetings including talks on novel applications of Haskell and socializing in the neighborhood pub. The group was founded on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Haskell Hackathon hosted in Utrecht. After a successful year, we renew the trend with the Dutch HUG Day. INVITATION *** Please send an email to Sean Leather <leather at cs.uu.nl> by Tuesday, 20 April! *** Join us for a half day of fun and functional programming! We have some great "praatjes" (the Dutch word for talks) lined up. (Just in case you were confused by my "Call for Praatjes," all talks will be in English.) Along with talks, you can join us afterwards for a buffet dinner, graciously provided by our sponsor Ordina. The registration will allow Ordina to know how many people to expect and to satisfy their security concerns. They are also looking for recruiting options and will send attendees an email describing potential opportunities. PROGRAM We are happy to announce a preliminary program. Note that the particular titles or order of talks may change, but the general schedule should remain the same. 13:00 Reception 13:30 Welcome 13:45 Lightweight Program Inversion -- Janis Voigtländer (University of Bonn) 14:00 Functional Programming in the Industry? -- Stef Joosten (Ordina, Open University of the Netherlands) 14:30 BlazeHtml: Design of a Blazingly Fast HTML Combinator Library -- Jasper van der Jeugt (Ghent University) 15:00 Functional Programming at typLAB -- Erik Hesselink (typLAB) 15:30 Break 16:00 Cλash: Haskell-ish Hardware Descriptions -- Matthijs Kooijman (formerly University of Twente) 16:30 Why Haskell Does Not Matter -- Stefan Holdermans (Vector Fabrics) 17:00 Lightweight Monadic Regions -- Bas van Dijk (Radboud University Nijmegen, Sensor Sense) 17:30 Sirenial: Type-safe SQL Wrapper -- Martijn van Steenbergen (Utrecht University) 17:40 Discussion 18:00 Dinner 19:00 Depart 19:30 Drinks LOCATION The event will be held at the Ordina office in Niewegein, a town not far south of the city of Utrecht. You can get there by train to Utrecht Centraal and tram (the Utrecht "sneltram") to P+R Westraven. Details on the location can be found at the following link, and we will put more information on our website soon. * http://www.ordina.com/Vestigingen/Nieuwegein.aspx SPONSOR We are grateful to Ordina for allowing us to host this event on their premises. They are also kindly providing drinks during the breaks and dinner afterwards for all participants. You should come and hear from our host how they make use of functional programming. * http://www.ordina.com/ in English * http://www.ordina.nl/ in het Nederlands ORGANIZERS * Sean Leather * Chris Eidhof MORE INFORMATION * Dutch HUG: http://dutchhug.nl/ * Dutch HUG Day: http://dutchhug.nl/DutchHugDay/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/attachments/20100411/94b5d7e7/attachment.html