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Wardsboro holds 10th Annual Gilfeather Turnip Festival
WARDSBORO -- With a roomful of eyes on him, Bill Hoos walked across the stage to accept his second prize.
He wasn't expecting to hear his name called at all, never mind twice in a few minutes. It had been nearly four years since he and his family moved from New Jersey, but with an entire town as his witness he was finally able to say something he hadn't had a chance to before: His family had grown the grown the biggest turnip this year.
Hoos and his clan were at the 10th Annual Gilfeather Turnip Festival at Wardsboro Town Hall on Saturday and were walking away with two first-place ribbons -- one for the largest overall and one for the largest grown from seed -- from perhaps the biggest part of the event.
He said he planted the turnips with his wife, Agathe, and daughters Olivia and Emma, as soon as the ground thawed in late April or early May. It was all with the intention of entering them in the festival's turnip competition.
"I was hoping we had some big enough," he said after receiving his second ribbon on the second floor of the town hall.
Last year, his family took second place for the ugliest turnip.
"It looked like a roasted chicken," he recalled with a smile.
The winners of all the categories -- which also included largest grown from seedling, largest grown in Wardsboro and largest grown outside of Wardsboro -- were announced by guest judge Willem Lange. He said he was asked to fill the role by State Rep. John Moran (D), who is his neighbor in the wintertime.
"I couldn't think of a nice way to refuse, so here I am," he said jokingly.
The contest is just one part of the festival that brought hundreds of people to Main Street on Saturday. Moran said many people come from all around to the celebration of a special type of turnip grown in Wardsboro.
"It's not just (people from) town -- we get visitors from all over the state and from out of state," he said. "We're so unique. The Gilfeather Turnip is unique to Gilfeather Road, which is down the way to Gilfeather Farm. It was a turnip developed by John Gilfeather (in the early 1900s)."
The festival is one of the biggest fundraisers held by the Friends of the Wardsboro Library, Inc., of which Nancy Santilli is a member. Money was generated for the support of the Gloria Danforth Memorial Building, the home of the Wardsboro Public Library.
Santilli moved away for a little while before coming back to the town and she said she has been involved with the festival for about six years now.
"For a small community like this to have a vegetable registered -- and it is a registered vegetable -- it's really special. A lot of people's families knew the Gilfeathers. That farm is still being lived in by Dr. (Robert) Backus (of Grace Cottage Hospital)," she said.
The current owners carry on the tradition of Farmer John by planting a large crop of the heirloom turnip that originated on their farm at the turn of the previous century.
"I just think it's a very big deal -- what other identity does Wardsboro have? It's such a small town," Santilli said. "It's a big deal that we're the only ones that have the seeds."
The seeds needed to grow Gilfeather Turnips are on sale at every festival and can be purchased at Dutton Berry Farm on Route 30.
Musical entertainment was provided by Jimmy Knapp, who serenaded visitors with his original Gilfeather turnip ballad and debuted a second original Gilfeather song at the event. Also present were Bruce Avery, Chuck Hamby as well as the Tuesday Night Town Hall Boys and Bad To Be Good.
The festival featured four tents outside with crafts for sale and a wagon with countless fresh turnips. Inside town hall, more crafts like jewelry, shirts and aprons were for sale for the benefit of the Friends of the Wardsboro Library. The main room served as The Turnip Café, with a buffet-style meal ready for purchase. Guests could choose from various turnip products such as soup, cake, coleslaw, mashed potatoes and doughnut holes.
Tony and Esta Sobey have a house in Wilmington and have been attending the festival for five years.
"We never miss it," Tony said, adding that they love its small-town Vermont feel.
His wife said she especially looks forward to the hot turnip soup.
"It's fabulous," she said.
More than one hundred pounds of Gilfeathers were cooked for the event's signature soup.
Jim Boyhen and his wife live in Bridgeport, Conn., and own a home in Whitingham. He said they have been coming up to Vermont every Thursday night and leaving each Monday morning for the past 16 years. This is their second Gilfeather Turnip Festival and they plan to attend plenty more.
"My wife is from Maine -- the Bangor area -- and this is just like that, she says," he said. "It's got a real New England look."
When asked if he enjoys eating turnip foods, he replied, "Once a year."
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Response to Standard HIV Treatment in Bamako, Mali
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00703404
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 23, 2008
Last Update Posted : April 5, 2018
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This study will evaluate the effectiveness of first-line HIV treatment (fixed-dose combination of the generic antiretroviral drugs nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine) provided by the Malian National HIV Treatment Program. Antiretroviral therapy has become a priority because of its proven effectiveness in decreasing sickness and death from HIV infection. Reliable information on its efficacy is needed.
Patients 18 years of age and older who enter the Malian National HIV Treatment Program and have not had prior antiretroviral treatment may be eligible for this study.
Primary Objective
The primary objective is to measure the virologic treatment response at 24 weeks to the Malian-approved fixed-dose regimen (FDC) of nevirapine, stavudine and lamivudine (Triomune) in patients who are na(SqrRoot) ve to antiretroviral therapy in Bamako, Mali compared to a historical cohort as a prelude to further clinical research investigations in Mali.
Secondary Objectives
- To assess the association of the 24 week response with the response at one year as measured by suppression of viremia to less than 50 copies/mL
- To evaluate the baseline clinical and HIV-associated characteristics of a cohort of persons who are enrolled in protocol-mandated monitoring.
Participants undergo treatment in the government-sponsored program. Clinical visits are scheduled at study days 0 (antiviral therapy start day) and 14, and at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. Patients undergo a medical history, including all confirmed and probably diagnoses made since the previous visit and current status, physical examination and blood tests for CD4 and viral load at each visit.
Study start date: July 2008
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
This study will assess the efficacy of HIV treatment provided in accordance with the Malian National HIV Treatment Program. The Malian National HIV Treatment Program uses fixe dose coninaison (FDC) therapy, and this study will use a historical comparison from an African country in which the same generic antiretoviral are used. Virologic responses of patients enrolled in the Malian national program will be determined and, in a non-inferiority design, compared to these historical controls. The study will also establish the feasibility of doing frequent HIV virologic monitoring in this setting.
Viral RNA and CD4 T-cell count monitoring will be performed for HIV-infected persons seen at study sites. All clinical decision-making and prescription will occur outside of the protocol. Decisions about whether antiretroviral therapy is appropriate, the prescription of antiretroviral therapy, and the monitoring of treatment will be done by Malian health-care providers outside of the scope of the protocol. Viral RNA monitoring will be used to assess the endpoint of viral RNA suppression below the limit of detection (50 copies/mL).
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|76 participants
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|A Cohort Observational Study to Assess the Virologic Response to Standard HIV Treatment in Bamako, Mali
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|June 18, 2008
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|February 24, 2016
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|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
HIV-infected adults (age greater than or equal to 18 years) naive to treatment with antiretroviral medications, who are to begin the regimen of government-sponsored antiretroviral treatment program or an alternate regimen in the case of HIV1 and HIV2 coinfected individuals.
The sole exception to naive will be a history of use of peripartum single-dose nevirapine.
Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 8 g/dL
Ability and willingness to provide informed consent and ability to comply with study requirements and visit schedule.
Must be willing to allow stored samples to be used in the future for studying HIV disease and immune function.
Serologic evidence of HIV-2 infection mono-infection.
Tuberculosis of any form for which the patient is currently undergoing treatment with or requires a recommended regimen containing a rifamycin antibiotic.
Baseline medical conditions that preclude the use of the Malian fixed-dose regimen, such as peripheral neuropathy of any etiology and pancreatic disease.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00703404
|University of Bamako, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odontostomatology
|Bamako, Mali
|Principal Investigator:
|Sophia B Siddiqui, M.D.
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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|NCT00703404 History of Changes
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|June 23, 2008 Key Record Dates
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|April 5, 2018
|Last Verified:
|February 24, 2016
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ):
Anti-Retroviral Therapy
Virologic Response
Treatment Naïve
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases

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This font lets you take simple strings of numbers and transform them into charts. The visualized data remains editable, allowing for hassle-free updates and styling. I have been looking for something like this to create better looking charts and graphs than what excel, powerpoint, or survey monkey can do with their built in chart generators which are ugly.
The demo screencast uses Photoshop, so I had look up how to find the Open Type menu for WORD. You have to go to the advanced menus on fonts which is a little arrow underneath the basic font commands. I was hoping I could use in PPT, but PPT does not have Open Type integrated. You can use it in Publisher. It requires exporting as a jpg.
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Of course, if we are unable to provide such empirical evidence, then they will conclude that our unsupported arguments, and our conclusions must necessarily be false. However, we can clearly underestand that any modern convenience or technology that we enjoy today could have been developed and used during the 12th century by anyone possessing the knowledge, and the resources to produce it. What we commonly refer to as an invention is actually a discovery.
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Many who consider themselves to be "practical" and "scientific minded" are great believers in the 5 senses. They will often speak of "good sense" and "common sense". But we can clearly understand that the common sense of a goat herd leaves much to be desired! Such practical people will readily dismiss what their minds cannot comprehend, but they will commonly accept the teachings and ideas of so-called "authorities". These authorities usually hold degrees from prestigious universities, and enjoy a wide acceptance among academia and the common man. The totality of their beliefs and conclusions are based on what they perceive to be empirical evidence. But science itself has proven that the 5 senses do not accurately portray the full scope of our reality.
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A rare opportunity has emerged for the United States and North Korea to directly engage in diplomatic dialogue. The Obama administration should quickly and firmly grab it.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday saying that "there is a specific and reserved form of dialogue" with the US that can address the nuclear situation.
The statement followed remarks over the weekend by Sin Son-ho, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, who said his government was "not against a dialogue" with Washington. These statements are apparently in response to US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's call for North Korea to return to the negotiating table.
Secretary Clinton said last week in Thailand that if North Korea agrees to irreversible de-nuclearization, the US will move forward on a package of incentives, including normalizing relations with Pyongyang. Clinton later said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that North Korea won't be "rewarded for half-measures" toward ending its nuclear weapons program.
The willingness on both sides to resume talks is encouraging, but there are major hurdles ahead.
Frankly, it is unrealistic for the US to ask North Korea to give up its nuclear technology. The reason is simple: The nuclear card is the only one North Korea has; it will not easily give it away. The ostrich policy of refusing to accept North Korea as a nuclear state has to be ditched. A solution to the North Korea conundrum must begin with recognizing the fact that North Korea has the ability to produce nuclear weapons and will remain nuclear-capable.
The cold war has not ended on the Korean Peninsula. Regime survival is a top priority for Pyongyang. Depicted as being belligerent and menacing to its neighbors and the US, North Korea retorts that it is the US that has been hostile and provocative.
The impoverished North needs the nuclear program as a bargaining chip. It is also in dire need of energy, which nuclear technology can provide. It is highly unlikely that Pyongyang will actually use nuclear weapons against its neighbors or the US – the Communist leaders are fully aware that it would be suicidal.
In the 1990s, President Bill Clinton took a soft-line policy toward North Korea. He promised millions of dollars in aid, food, oil, and even two nuclear reactors in exchange for denuclearization. President Clinton also sent Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jong-il.
But Congress never approved the budget for the construction of the two nuclear reactors, there was evidence that North Korea was violating its end of the bargain, and Clinton left office, unable to solve the problem.
Then George W. Bush put North Korea on the "axis of evil" list and took a hard-line approach, which also backfired. More sanctions will not affect the lives of North Korean rulers and will only cause more suffering for the common people. Heated rhetoric does not help solve the problem, either.
But that doesn't mean there's no way forward.
Kim Jong-il is now apparently picking his successor. Kim Jong-un, his youngest and favored son, has been rumored to be the next leader of North Korea. If this is true, there might be some hope for North Korea.
The younger Kim was educated in the International School of Berne in Switzerland. He is reported to have been introverted but friendly to his classmates. Unlike his father and grandfather, he has first-hand experience in a Western society.
It would be a mistake to dismiss the possibility that Kim Jong-un may introduce political and economic reforms to North Korea after he consolidates his power.
Consider China: Mao Zedong, who only spent a few months in Moscow and never ventured to the West, kept China in isolation and constant conflict with foreign powers while Deng Xiaoping, who studied and lived in France as a teenager, brought sea changes to post-Mao China.
When Deng emerged as China's leader after the Cultural Revolution, the US and other Western countries welcomed him. President Jimmy Carter invited him to Washington and praised his bold economic reform initiatives.
Nearly two decades after Russia and China established diplomatic relations with South Korea, neither the US nor Japan has taken steps to recognize North Korea. Why doesn't President Obama reach out to Kim Jong-un and establish a working relationship with him as early as possible?
North Korea is predictably unpredictable, but one thing is clear now: It is determined to keep nuclear technology and strengthen its nuclear weapons. Yet, what North Korea needs most is not the two light water reactors promised to it under the collapsed 1994 Agreed Framework; it needs security guarantees and diplomatic recognition.
Acquiring nuclear technology does not make North Korea more dangerous; it is how the regime uses this technology that matters. Since North Korea is already nuclear-capable, the US should keep this traditional enemy close by signing a nuclear cooperation deal with it and co-managing its nuclear program. Both South Korea and China are also supportive of a less confrontational approach to North Korea.
Ultimately, the US-North Korea dialogue should aim at establishing diplomatic relations and signing a peace treaty, which may be the best way to keep North Korea's nuclear program and technology under control.
Zhiqun Zhu is an associate professor of political science and international relations at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. He is also the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur chair in East Asian Politics at Bucknell.


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MLB 14: The Show PlayStation 4 Release Date Announced
We finally know when Major League Baseball will be making its next-gen debut.
Thanks to its official Twitter, we have learned the release date of MLB 14: The Show for PlayStation 4. It is also scheduled for a PS3 and PS Vita release prior to its PS4 launch. MLB 14 will mark the ninth entry of the MLB: The Show franchise and and will be featuring Miguel Cabrera, first baseman of the Detroit Tigers, on its cover. Eric Karros, Steve Lyon and Matt Vasgersian will be doing the play-by-play commentary throughout every ballgame played in The Show.
MLB 14: The Show will be debuting on the PlayStation 4 on May 6. MLB 14: The Show will also be arriving on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita on April 1.


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What makes a soldier desert his country and risk arrest by the government and rejection from his family and friends?
The cold front that was supposed to hit has definitely hit, and Brandi is leaning forward to see. She has the windshield wipers on superhigh, and she is trying to figure out what will happen when they get to Canada. "Listen, Dad, I'll block the guards with the van if you have to bust out," she is saying to Josh, her husband. "You just bust out runnin', okay?"
"That's exactly what I intend to do, Mom," he says, all courageous. A big man with a square, cinder-block head, he has a gentle demeanor and not a lot of complaints. She is more the beautiful and voluptuous type, dark and flirtatious like Monica Lewinsky, although nowhere near as fruit loopy. Both 26, they have been in love since they met at 18, at the Taco Mayo in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and already they have produced four children, all of whom are in the backseat being pretty cooperative, and the boys are eating Fruit Roll-Ups.
"Once you cross the border, I don't think they can push you back over into America," she says. She imagines a line in the middle of the road that says CANADA on one side and AMERICA on the other.
His picture is more of a river with huge ice chunks owing. "If I have to jump into the water," he says, "you just hit the gas. You just go. I'll get in touch with you."
"I'm gonna block them with the van!" she insists.
"All right."
They fall silent for a moment, as they have in fits and starts ever since they started seeing signs for Niagara Falls. Canada. Canada? Crazy. If this isn't the craziest damn thing.
"Whatever happens, I love you, Mom," he says. "Tell the kids I love them, whatever happens."
"Do you think they can push you back over once you get across the border?" she asks. "Because that would not be fair."
"No, I don't think they can," he says.
If he had in his possession anything besides his military ID, this would not, of course, be such a big deal. If he had a valid driver's license, he could just pull up to the border guard and whip out that license and say, "Just visiting, sir. Nothing going on here but me and my family on a friendly visit to Canada, sir."
But when you've been on the run for over a year, avoiding arrest, you can't exactly send in your driver's license for renewal.
The guards at the border almost certainly have his name on a list. That's what he gures. There's probably some ofcial AWOL list hanging up on the wall and his name is right there on it. Joshua Key, U.S. Army private first class, skipped out in November 2003, after serving seven months in Iraq with the Forty-third Combat Engineer Company, Second Squadron, Third Armored Cavalry Regiment. He's a wanted man. He's the property of the U.S. government, and the U.S. government doesn't take kindly to being stoled from.
He didn't grow up military. He was really only just coming to understand the culture when he up and left it. Let's just say none of it was what it was cracked up to be. Crazy. He and Brandi both are still trying to totally comprehend the fact that the military is allowed to lie to you. It's allowed to lie to you when you are a civilian and when you are a soldier, too. The lying is probably the biggest disappointment, the source of a disillusionment that has fallen over him like a net, a tangle of doubt and cynicism and paranoia that was never there before. For a guy like him, who didn't grow up sophisticated in ways of even bending the truth, it's still almost impossible for the lying to totally sink in.
But, of course, one day it did sink in, one day early on in his deployment in Iraq. It was like the whole thing flip-flopped. It was like he went over there to do right, even to kill if he had to, whatever was necessary to defend America from the terrorists. But then he got there and none of them Iraqis looked to him like terrorists. They were just regular people walking down the streets of Ramadi, wondering what all them U.S. soldiers were doing shooting up the place. For Josh it was like, Wait a second, we're occupiers? We're the enemy? We're the bad guys? Crazy. This don't make no sense. Next thing he knows, he's raiding houses in Ramadi and Fallujah at 4 a.m., just busting in and waking innocent people up from their sleep. His job was to get the women and kids up against the wall and zip-cuff the men and load them in the trucks and shoot, yeah, just shoot any old kid walking down the street if you had to, and make no mind of that little Iraqi girl getting her head blowed up against a wall, that girl who used to bring him water from the Euphrates that he was too afraid to drink because of all the crap in that river, but eventually he drank it just to be nice. Dead. Her brains all over the wall. And then here comes his buddy with his leg blowed off, and he has to load him on the chopper and then load his leg on there, too. Then he has to clean the blood off his buddy's gun, with a bucket of water and a rag. For what. For what?
A soldier, of course, is not supposed to think like that. A soldier is just supposed to be...a soldier. But then, how did that even happen? How did he end up a fucking soldier? This don't make no sense. None of this don't make no kinda sense.


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A transformer manufacturer tries to minimize construction cost by using solid conductors for tap changer connections. Lack of conductor flexibility appears to be leading cause of problem.
A three-year-old, oil-filled, 5MVA, 21kV/4.16kV power transformer feeding a refinery fails unexpectedly. Because the facility has no adequate back up, the refinery experiences extensive production losses. The owner repairs the failed unit and places it back in service. Shortly thereafter, the transformer fails again. The result: substantial production loss.
The refinery turns the matter over to its legal department for possible litigation. The law firm representing the refinery contacts our organization and requests an investigation to find the cause of the transformer failures. A careful examination reveals that a small cost-saving change in the transformer's construction is the most likely cause of failure.
Investigation details. We direct the refinery to remove the transformer cover and drain the oil prior to our arrival. This helps speed up our inspection process. (The owner had already removed the failed unit from service and placed it in storage.)
We conduct extensive interviews with facility engineers and operating personnel, but they indicate nothing unusual prior to the transformer failure. There were no lightning storms in the area at anytime preceding the failure, which tends to eliminate lightning impulse as a possible cause. However, we can't easily rule out switching transients, since electric utilities routinely switch feeders and capacitor banks on their system. This switching is known to produce voltage transients.
Investigation determines coils are okay. Our examination of the complete assembly reveals that the transformer coils were not involved in the failure. The transformer core also seems untouched by this incident. However, the tap changer—supported by the core clamping structure—is severely damaged by heat. Portions of the tap changer insulation supports are broken, possibly due to mechanical stress caused by high temperature.
To evaluate the transformer components, we arrange to have the non-load tap changer removed from the transformer tank along with the phase leads for further investigation. We then test the transformer coils to see if any of the turns are shorted. The tests indicate the coils are not shorted, and therefore they did not cause the problem. The insulation resistance of the coils is also tested. The HV to LV, HV to ground, and LV to ground insulation resistances are high enough that we consider them satisfactory. This indicates the transformer core and the coils are probably in good condition. Finally, we focus our investigation on the tap changer itself.
Tap changer design is the problem. Tap changers can fail for a number of reasons. Improper contact pressure at the tap contacts can cause hot spots and result in thermal degradation of the switch. Overvoltages, due to switching or lightning impulses, produce voltage stresses at the tap connections. This can cause insulation breakdown. These tap changers were designed for tap change under no load, which is common. Using tap changers of this type to change taps under load produces excessive contact wear due to arcing, resulting in premature failure. However, the investigation reveals the damaged tap changer was not operated under load conditions.
The tap changer consists of three decks, one for each phase and six posts per deck for connection of the transformer tap leads. A cam driven shorting link is used to change the tap setting by operating the tap changer handle. The tap changer posts are mounted on insulating disks supported by a heavier phenolic board. Areas surrounding two of the posts are severely burnt. One of the posts has come loose from the supporting insulation disk. There is also evidence of arcing between Deck 1 (closest to the operating handle) and Deck 2 of the switch.
The examination reveals probable deficiencies in the tap changer design and construction. Normally, to reduce mechanical stress on phase leads and the tap changer mechanism, flexible stranded conductors are used to make the electrical connection between the tap changer and the transformer coil. The transformer manufacturer in this case provided rectangular copper magnet wires for tap changer connections instead of flexible stranded wires. The magnet wires are fairly rigid, heavy and impose considerable mechanical stress on the tap changer components. In addition, several drilled holes are in the insulating disk, which mechanically weakened it.
During a typical day, a transformer can go through temperature cycling due to load and ambient temperature changes. This introduces expansion and contraction of the tap changer components, which further increases the mechanical stress on the unit. The combination of the physical stress produced by the rigid tap leads and the expansion and contraction of the components due to temperature variation can cause the insulating disk to crack. Prior to our involvement, the transformer manufacturer claimed that the transformer failure was caused by an electrical surge.
Pinpointing the cause. Attaching flexible stranded tap leads to a transformer coil is typically a time consuming process. Magnet wires are heavier, and they more easily attach to transformer windings by brazing. Providing magnet wires for tap connections is viable if the leads are mounted on posts supported on rigid insulating material that is not subject to movement. A tap changer, however, is a mechanical device subject to movement.
We determine that using magnet wires for tap leads is a misapplication. We don't know if the transformer manufacturer changed its method of tap lead attachment in transformers manufactured subsequent to this incident, or if this method was only used on this repaired unit. Fortunately, we have no further reported failures at this facility since the investigation. The transformer manufacturer settles this case out of court.


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TWD needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Attention graphic artists this is a great opportunity to get creative show your stuff! We're looking for the most creative, professional, clean web 2.0 design!
We've decided to look outside the box and open up the design of our new homepage to talented and professional designers. This could turn into a fantastic opportunity for you to work with us regularly on future projects.
- Web 2.0
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- Use a color that complements the business card/logo.
- Feel free to slightly modify the logo to get that 2.0 feel
- Creativity, curves, branding.
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Primos needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 80 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Primos Barber Shop
Primos Barber Shop is an upscale, traditional shop – focusing on giving exceptional service to men and boys. This is a neighborhood Shop, but NOT your typical mom and pop (red, white and blue) shop. Comfortable, big (king-like) chairs, dark wood cabinetry, classic sports pictures and burgundy wall accents - all on hardwood floors.
Our target audience - all men and boys. The "neighborhood" Barber Shop, targeting father and sons, in a traditional and classic setting. Our price point is higher than average, yet competitive for our overall services.
Our barbershop name must be included in logo and ok to be focal point. It must be clean, traditional and classic. Font must be legible, yet elegant. Barber Pole not necessary, but ok to incorporate if tasteful feel to it. No red, white and blue design. No graffiti or cartoon characters
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BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - Oct 17, 2012) - Merchants know that accepting LevelUp makes them cool, but that's not why they do it. Merchants love LevelUp because between its zero interchange fees, extra security, and customer marketing campaigns, LevelUp is far more than a way to pay. And now thanks to Merchant Warehouse's new Genius mobile commerce solutions, merchants can experience all that LevelUp has to offer, faster and easier than ever before.
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LevelUp's integration with Genius will be displayed at LevelUp and Merchant Warehouse's booths at Money2020 in Las Vegas, this October 22-24, and at Innovate 2012, the Merchant Warehouse Agent and ISO Conference in Boston, November 5-6.
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The Sauna & "Kanada"
This is where prisoners selected for slave labor were processed. [Link]
Often people would have to wait outside naked in any weather. Here they would have to give up all their remaining possessions: money, jewels, even wedding rings and photos. In short, the prisoner was left with only one possession, his or her body. In this building planned humiliation was performed on the confused and terrified new arrivals. Men and women were forced to stand on stools, in a room crowded with people while heads, armpits and other intimate parts of one's body were shaved by male prisoners and where numbers were tattooed in usually the left forearm. It is also where prisoners clothing was deloused because of the raging typhus epidemics. [Link] After liberation at Bergen-Belsen, former Auschwitz and Birkenau prisoner Adolf Gawalewicz said to British Army personal during a personal DDT session: "It's not going to work. Even the Germans couldn't get rid of the lice!"
Scrolling around to the right you see many foundations. This is where the possessions taken from prisoners were stored in barrack warehouses, named in camp jargon, "Kanada" [link]. Jews were told to bring their essential belongings on the transport to "Relocation". Immediately upon unloading, these were taken and sorted in these warehouses. [link]
Immediately upon unloading, their last remaining possessions were taken from them and sorted in these warehouses. After unloading their human victims, trains would be loaded with the possessions of earlier victims and sent back to Germany. These objects are often all that is left of their owners. They passed each other in opposite directions.
As late as 1980, many such objects were to be found in Berlin curio and antique shops, being the only passengers with a round trip ticket. The objects shown here were left behind when the Nazis burned Kanada to the ground, lest its contents fall into the hands of the advancing Soviets.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Autumn Leaves
Hoo-ey! The Leaf-peepers were out in full force this weekend. The fall foliage normally peaks around here the second weekend of October, but since we had had no wind or rain, this weekend the trees were still in their glory. The weather was crisp, sunny, dry. Perfect for a fall day in the country.
You know how you take things for granted? Oblivious to the beauty around me, I tried to turn left onto the main drag to go to the grocery store yesterday but all I could finally do was turn right and go with the flow. Car after car was filled with families going north. Intent on driving north to turn around and come south again to do my errands, I too got caught up in the fall color. It was spectacular! Abandoning my errands I drove to some of my favorite haunts. Enjoy the pictures.
One of the joy and sorrows of living on the mountain is the hordes of city folk that come to recreate in the woods. I hope you were one of them. If you haven't been out to see the fall foliage c'mon over. It will be over soon.
7 comments:
- Marvin said...
Beautiful photos, Bev.
We haven't reached the peak of fall color yet, and from the way it's looking now, this isn't going to be memorable year. There are a few fall foliage tours, but we are far enough away from any major metropolitan area traffic congestion is, thankfully, not a problem.
- October 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Wait! Stop! Are those red leaves in number 2 POISON IVY?
- October 21, 2008 at 1:32 PM
Fabulous pictures! I had to laugh at the last comment. I have a friend once that was gathering fall leaves and did not know that Poison Ivy leaves are so beautiful. But boy did she find out. Kathy
- October 21, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Bevson said...
Yes, the leaves in #2 are poison ivy leaves. I just love their bright red color. Look don't touch. :)
- October 21, 2008 at 3:47 PM
Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing the fall color, something we don't get much of here in North TX. Mostly they hang on, the green getting dull and a little yellow and brown coming in, then with the first stiff winter wind, they all hit the ground. It never looks like autumn here. So, thanks again.
A quick bird question before I go: In the 9 yrs. I've lived here I've hardly seen any Robins, thought they didn't like it here. Arbor Day I planted a tree in the back yard, and dug a 'moat' around it, which my leaky hose keeps full of water, and you know how the neighborhood birds are about that, right? Last couple of weeks, the moat has been overrun with Robins. Up to 20 at a time! Have they been here all along and just revealed themselves for the water? Climate change making them act different? Typical Robin behaviour???
- October 22, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Bevson said...
Robins LOVE water and moist soil (and snacky earthworms, don't ya know.) they are also migrating at this time of year. Mine are all gone. You are giving them what they need. Is your tree a crab apple? Robins love them too.
- October 22, 2008 at 7:41 PM
It's just a pecan sapling, so it must be the water, which I've never 'provided' before.
So they're just passin' through? That explains why there's such an unusual number of them.
Wish I had a big zoom lens.
- October 22, 2008 at 11:21 PM


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freshly ground black pepper
The easiest way: Dump all of the ingredients in a 4 quart slow cooker. Stir. Then cook on low for 4-6 hrs or high for 2-3. Stir again.
The slightly less easy way: Saute the shallots and garlic in a bit of oil. Add the meatballs and warm through. In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining ingredients. Pour over the meatballs and heat through.
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PORTLAND, Ore.—Wesley Matthews scored 14 of his 19 points during the second quarter and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 97-80 Wednesday night.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 14 points to help the Trail Blazers win in their home preseason debut. Matthews and Aldridge each hit 7 of 12 shots from the floor.
Victor Claver hit three 3-pointers and scored 13 points for Portland. Blazers guard Coby Karl scored 11 points in 21 minutes. Karl is the son of Denver coach George Karl.
Kenneth Faried had 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Andre Miller, Evan Fournier and Jordan Hamilton scored nine points each for Denver.
The Nuggets struggled from 3-point range, hitting 2 of 20 shots from behind the arc.
Portland started sluggishly, and Faried scored eight points early in the first quarter to give Denver a 19-14 lead. Sparked by Karl's four-point play, the Blazers finished the opening quarter with a 10-0 run to take a 26-23 lead.
Matthews fueled Portland's second-quarter surge, as he hit 5 of 7 shots, and two 3-pointers, that staked the Blazers to a 54-39 halftime lead.
Aldridge and Matthews combined to score nine of Portland's first 11 points of the third quarter as the Blazers built their lead to 20 points. Denver was unable to get closer than nine points the rest of the game.
Portland rookie point guard Damian Lillard, the No. 6 pick in the draft, sat out Wednesday's game with a foot injury. Nolan Smith, starting in Lillard's absence, had eight assists to lead all players.
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I have posted some high school photos of when I practiced Kenpo Karate and Tai Chi Chuan/Gung Fu uner Florentino S. Pancipanci at Hickam Air Force Base. My friend, Garrick Saito, had posted some photos at his Facebook page, and I decided to do so too. Some of the photos are the same as Garrick's, but some are different. The old photos were all taken by our friend and fellow student, Mike Schenaker. I believe you should be able to see the photos, even if you are not a Facebook member. Please see:
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A flurry of state and federally funded bridge replacement projects are scheduled in Davidson County in coming years.
A flurry of state and federally funded bridge replacement projects are scheduled in Davidson County in coming years.
In 2011, state legislators allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to replace dated bridges across the state. In addition, DOT has continued to operate the federally funded Low Impact Bridge Replacement Program, which maintains structures off of state and national highways.
Through the two programs, DOT staff members have identified 19 replacements in the county through June 2014, said Matt Jones, DOT Division 9 bridge program manager. Jones said that number doesn't include bridges that will be replaced within the ongoing Transportation Improvement Program, a federal initiative that typically allocates funding for projects on North Carolina, U.S. and interstate routes.
"These programs have allowed us to perform and allot work that otherwise couldn't have been accomplished in this short amount of time," Jones said in an email, adding that the typical maintenance budget doesn't allow but for a few projects, and federal funds have to be stretched across the state.
Davidson County holds 225 total bridges within its borders, which ranks 16th among the state's 100 counties, according to DOT records.
As of Feb. 13, the most current data available, 51 of the county's bridges were structurally deficient, which is described as a bridge in relatively poor condition or one that has an insufficient load-carrying capacity. In addition, 32 of the county's bridges were functionally obsolete, or a bridge that is narrow, has inadequate under-clearances, has insufficient load-carrying capacity, is poorly aligned with the roadway and can no longer adequately service today's traffic.
Bridge maintenance and replacement is scheduled by each DOT division, which utilizes inspection reports generated through a federally mandated inspection program as well as annual, personal inspections by maintenance supervisors, Jones said.
DOT staff has also begun using a formula called the Priority Replacement Index for bridge replacements that considers a wide variety of factors to prioritize structures. In addition to PRI, division staff input is also taken into consideration, Jones said.
"Obviously the main component is safety," he said. "We want to ensure that each structure is safe for the traveling public. The bridge maintenance personnel within the division take this very seriously and are very conscientious of their impacts."
Four county bridges are included in one $12.6 million state-funded contract that will replace a total of nine structures in Davidson, Forsyth, Rowan and Stokes counties. The bridges are the structures that carry Hedrick Mill Road over Four Mile Creek east of Lexington, Ball Road over Rich Fork Creek northwest of Thomasville, East Center Street over Talbert Boulevard in Lexington and Old U.S. Highway 64 over Abbotts Creek in Lexington.
There are also low-impact bridge replacement projects scheduled for a bridge on Pine Ridge Road that runs over Jakesville Creek and a structure on Bud Sink Road that runs over Leonard Creek. Both bridges, which are just north of Lexington near Welcome, are structurally deficient, according to DOT data.
Low-impact replacements are also scheduled on Jackson Hill Road over Cabin Creek and on Hunt Road over Lick Creek, according to DOT records.
In addition, there are federally funded Transportation Improvement Projects already underway, including replacements of the Interstate 85 Business Loop bridge over Rich Fork Creek and the U.S. Highway 64 bridge over Interstate 85 Business Loop. The bridge over Rich Fork Creek, which is adjacent to Davidson County Community College, is expected to be completed by May 2014 while the bridge over I-85 Business Loop is scheduled to be finished by the end of the year.
DOT Division 9 Engineer Pat Ivey said the state's increased investment in its bridges, coupled with the ongoing federally funded projects, has benefitted not only Davidson County but other areas in the division, which also includes Davie, Rowan, Forsyth and Stokes counties.
"NCDOT has invested about $450 million in state funds over the past two years to replace, preserve or repair bridges, enabling the department to improve more than 1,000 bridges across the state with a focus on replacing and improving structurally deficient bridges," Ivey said in a statement. "Moving forward, proposed state budgets include about $300 million to continue the program over the next two years."
More emphasis on bridges has forced DOT to stretch its dollars in other places.
Davidson County DOT Maintenance Engineer Mark Crook said county crews were on track to pave 100 miles of road a year throughout the county, a progress rate that has slowed some.
He said DOT offices are starting to utilize more cost-efficient methods of road surfacing as well, to help stretch dollars further.
"Obviously, with money being used for bridges, we have had to move some of the money from paving to bridges," Crook said. "As we get a lot of the bridges completed, hopefully some of that money can come back to pavement preservation as well."
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Healthy Green Juice Recipe
My friend Carole and her husband have been so keen on making juices, she often gives me suggestions on how to create new drinks with my powerful blender. Today's healthy juice is a blend of pure, freshly pressed apple juice, fresh cucumbers, baby kale, spinach leaves, lime juice, chia seeds and a lot of ice cubes.
The chia seeds add a beautiful consistency to the juice, which can otherwise seem a little flat. They are loaded with health benefits, so if you want to start the day on a wonderful note, take a few minutes to prepare this "superfood" drink and remember to consider adding more greens to your daily life.
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A few weeks ago, fresh rambutans were on sale for only $0.69 a pound and we bought several pounds. I figured flight tickets to Vietnam are so expensive, it wouldn't be so bad to splurge on the tropical fruits instead of a trip to Asia!They're called chôm chôm in Vietnamese. After a few bags, my family eventually got sick of them, so I ended up making fruit purée and storing it in the freezer. I already had in mind a specific drink recipe I would make. I prepared a flavorful but healthy drink with a vibrant green color. In addition to the rambutans, I used spinach, kiwis, lemon and lime juice.
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James Miller, a graduate research assistant, gains incomparable experience through his participation on several institutional projects in his field of study, nuclear engineering. He currently works on his dissertation with the Nuclear and Radiochemistry group, researching and monitoring levels of uranium and other heavy metals in radiation workers through experimental electrochemistry.
He and his team of engineers and technologists use a threshold-monitoring program to determine the percentages of radiation levels. The main focus is on trace amounts of uranium, a part of the biological assay program. This work directly supports the weapons program, which further supports the Lab's mission to provide reliable nuclear deterrence.
Miller first came to the Lab in 2006 as a summer student. His college advisor, a former Laboratory employee, found him an internship through the student programs office. Miller highly recommends the Lab as a place to start a career, "The student programs are very mentor-driven, allowing you to gain phenomenal experience and build a professional network that will set you up for the rest of your life."
While pursing his research, Miller wanted to meet and get involved with other students. He eventually joined the Student Association (SA) and later became president. SA is a student outreach program that provides tools and resources for a well-rounded and stimulating internship experience. Miller believes, "When you come to a new town, meeting people can be an obstacle; SA helps you make connections to other students, which then leads to friendships."
Miller keeps coming back because he feels, "The Lab is a great place to build a professional network; through numerous networking opportunities, I now have contacts in other scientific facilities across the country."
He also fell in love with New Mexico and takes full advantage of the outdoor recreational activities. "I am definitely an outdoorsman, so I enjoy New Mexico's climate and high-elevation. My favorite outdoor activity in New Mexico is skiing. Living in Los Alamos, you are close to many venues." Miller also is active in the Los Alamos community, which he finds very inviting and friendly. He is head coach of the local high school lacrosse team, who just finished their first season.
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A Guard will either coerce an input to a value that matches some condition, or it will fail.
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If specimen coerces to a reference that matches the condition represented by this guard, return that reference; otherwise fail (according to optEjector) with a problem explaining why not.
If optEjector is null, then throw the problem. Otherwise, call optEjector with the problem. optEjector should perform a non-local exit, and so should not return. If optEjector returns anyway, then throw the problem after all.
(See also: the non-optional ejectors proposal.)
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Checked in lately? On your smart phone, that is.
If you had, you might have scored discounts on drinks, meals, shopping and other travel goodies just for letting friends and businesses know your whereabouts. Or even racked up points in a hotel's frequent-guest program without spending a dime.
The key to unlocking these rewards is the GPS function on your iPhone, Android or other smart phone, which pinpoints your location by satellite. With the GPS enabled, you can use location-based, social-network applications such as Foursquare and Gowalla to "check in" and tap into location-based information.
Details vary, but such apps generally let you see whether friends might be near, find local restaurants and other businesses, share travel tips — and sometimes get special offers from retailers, hotels and eateries just around the corner.
Among recent deals advertised on Foursquare: a free pitcher of margaritas at the Spanish Kitchen in Los Angeles, half-off happy-hour food and drinks at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, and $5 off admission to the Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco. Users who check in more often than anyone else at a business place and claim the virtual title of "mayor" often get stepped-up rewards.
Because the user and business base is still small, such offers can be hit or miss, said Douglas Quinby, senior director of research for PhoCusWright Inc., a company based in Sherman, Conn., that studies the travel industry. Deals skew toward young adults who patronize bars and clubs.
Quinby said a drink discount at a tapas bar once popped up on his smart phone while he was dropping off his son at a morning karate class — not the most sophisticated timing or targeting, from his perspective.
Still, he said, "There's a fun element to it. You could find something interesting, especially if you want a mojito in the morning."
You can also expect to see more varied geolocation deals soon, Quinby and other experts say.
"We're just at the dawn of all this," said Henry H. Harteveldt, travel industry analyst for Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research, where studies indicate that only about 4% of American consumers with smart phones participate in location-based social networks.
"As travel markets become more mobile-focused, I think you'll see, especially in 2011, a lot of attention being given to these services," Harteveldt said. "Even though it's a small percentage, it's going to grow."
Big names in the travel industry are already jumping in.
Topguest.com, whose mobile application was launched in mid-2010, rewards check-ins with hotel points, air miles and other perks. It counts InterContinental Hotels Group, Hilton Hotels, Virgin America and Avis UK among its 20-odd business partners, said Geoff Lewis, co-founder and chief executive.
Virgin America, for instance, has been awarding 25 points to frequent fliers who check in at restaurants at airports it serves, Lewis said. InterContinental awards up to 50 points a day for check-ins at more than 4,000 hotels worldwide, spokeswoman Monica Smith said.
In November, Walt Disney Co. began partnering with mobile app Gowalla to award virtual "collectible stamps" to smart-phone users who check in at Disneyland in Anaheim and Disney World in Florida, said Tom Aronson, digital marketing director for Disney Parks.
So far, Disney is giving only virtual glory. But, Aronson said, "We are definitely exploring ways to provide rewards. We're thinking more along the lines of experiences more so than coupons and ticket discounts."
What do businesses get out of smart-phone check-ins?
"Travel companies see this as an opportunity for customers to go out and push their brand," Harteveldt said. "It's free marketing."
In other words, the more you tweet, the more you spread the word.
One caution about that: For privacy and security reasons, you may not want a lot of people to know your whereabouts.
"Check your privacy and publishing settings," Quinby said. "Don't automatically publish your check-ins to Facebook and Twitter unless you're sure you are comfortable with everyone in your networks knowing where you are."
More for Your Money: Locating a travel, shopping or dining deal by GPS
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The Brian Urlacher era is over in Chicago.
Urlacher, one of the best and most popular players the Bears have ever had, will not return to the team, it was announced on Wednesday.
"We were unable to reach an agreement with Brian and both sides have decided to move forward," Bears General Manager Phil Emery said in a statement. "Brian has been an elite player in our league for over a decade. He showed great leadership and helped develop a winning culture over his time with the Bears. We appreciate all he has given our team, on and off the field. Brian will always be welcome as a member of the Bears."
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DAMN LIBERTY: Stans need not enter [NSFW]
Remember when scorned wife Liberty Ross wore a bunch of sexy things following her split from Rupert Sanders, prompting some people to call those things "revenge outfits" and prompting us to ask if that is a real thing that people do? Well, if you believe that it is, and you also believe that she's still sore about that whole thing, you will probably believe this to be her greatest revenge outfit yet. (NSFW!)
Also hipbones + snippets of interview
"I moved to L.A. with my (ex)husband Rupert because I felt it was time for him to have his turn. We both like it there and we were both established in what we did, but it felt like things could only excel for him in film in America. I wanted to have children and change my life in that way too. I'm glad I did it; I don't have any regrets."
She also talks about how she liked turning 30, which may or may not have been a subtle dig at the immaturity of certain young actresses (I did not tag She Who Will Not Be Named for a reason):
"I think I am the only person who likes getting older! It felt like a relief when I turned 30. It felt like I had control of my life rather than it having control of me."
Of course, there's a chance Liberty Ross posed nude not to throw it in Rupert's face, but because she is a professional model and someone asked her to. Or possibly to let potential paramours know what they can look forward to finding under all those revenge outfits. Or even "just for fun." But everyone knows that most of the things women do in the nude are related to men, jealousy, marriage, and revenge, so this is probably a revenge photo. (Oop @ me)
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The year 2014 was supposed to be the year the dollar came surging back. That broad-based rally has failed to materialize so far, with some pointing to China and the severe winter as likely culprits.
"Everybody was bullish the dollar at the start of the year. The question is what's gone wrong," said David Woo, head of global rates and currencies research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Read: $1 doesn't quite get you a cheeseburger in London or Madrid
The dollar's flat-to-down performance for the year has surprised Wall Street.
In December, Bank of America expected the euro EURUSD, -0.0088% to fall to $1.25 by the end of 2014. The bank has since pared its call, and it's now expecting the euro to fall to $1.30 by year- end. On Thursday, the euro bought $1.37, down 0.2% for the year.
The shift in expectations is more stark when looking at forecasts from May 2013. In May of last year, Nomura Securities expected the ICE dollar index DXY, -0.15% to rise to 91.4 by the end of 2014. The firm now expects the dollar index to rise to 81.3 by year end. The index, which measures the dollar against six currencies, was roughly flat on the year at 80.040 as of late Thursday.
The euro EURUSD, -0.0088% the biggest component of the ICE dollar index, has fallen as it becomes more likely that the European Central Bank will ease policy further in order to fight low inflation. The bigger question is if this tepid dollar gain can be sustained.
But the greenback hasn't fared so well against its other major rivals, posting more sizeable losses against the yen, British pound, Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar. The Australian dollar has gained 5% against the U.S. dollar this year.
China's reserves
China's role in the dollar's lethargy this year has to do with its accumulation of reserves.
China has cracked down on its shadow-banking sector by tightening liquidity, which has made it more difficult to borrow in China, according to Woo of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. There has been an increase in issuance of dollar-denominated debt by Chinese corporations, helping to lead to a "massive" influx of capital into China, which tends to boost a currency, he said. In order to prevent the yuan from rising, the People's Bank of China had to step in and buy U.S. dollars. But it's probably not hanging onto those dollars for long.
Data released by China in April showed its foreign-exchange reserves rose by $129 billion in the first quarter to $3.95 trillion by March end.
"We also see reserves diversification as a significant source of downward pressure on USD," said Stephen Englander, global head of G10 foreign-exchange strategy at Citi, in a note. Chinese reserves increased by roughly $450 billion from August 2013 to March 2014, according to Citi.
So what has China done with its hefty pile of greenbacks? "Nobody believes China is keeping all its reserves in dollars," said Woo.
By that logic, China is selling the dollars for other currencies, such as the euro, said Woo.
Of course, this has to be taken with a pinch of salt because China's reserve movements out of the dollar aren't transparent. "It's very hard to know because the data aren't very good," said Jens Nordvig, head of fixed income research Americas and global head of currency strategy at Nomura Securities.
Third-most severe winter in 50 years
The dollar has been weighed by lackluster U.S. economic data in the first quarter. The winter season of 2014 was the third most-severe winter in 50 years, according to Woo of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The unexpectedly cold winter depressed U.S. economic data, dragging first-quarter economic growth to a near standstill. That first-quarter figure is likely to be revised to a show a contraction.
Weak economic data have given the Federal Reserve more room to keep its loose monetary policy, with interest rates near zero. Higher interest rates have been understood to boost the dollar because they make dollar-denominated assets more attractive. The Fed has "continued to emphasize in the market that even as asset purchases end, policy interest rates are going to be kept accommodative for a very long time," said Robert Lynch, a currency strategist at HSBC.
Read commentary: America is being damaged by a weak dollar
The prospect of accommodative policy for longer, in the U.S. and across the globe, has weighed on U.S. Treasury yields.
"A lot of people were expecting 10-year yields to break much higher than 3% during the course of this year," said Nordvig of Nomura Securities. On Thursday, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note US:10_YEAR briefly pushed below 2.5%. That's a "very big departure from the basic assumption," he said.
Capital flows into Europe
The lack of a more noticeable increase in the dollar against the euro has been perplexing, especially as it has become more obvious that the European Central Bank will have to ease policy to fight low inflation. ECB officials have mentioned options such as negative deposit rates and quantitative easing. More money in supply, and lower interest rates, tend to make a currency cheaper than a rival. In contrast to the ECB, the Fed is reducing its stimulus program and could start hiking rates next year.
The euro rose 0.2% in the first quarter against the dollar, marking the fourth straight quarter of gains against the greenback.
The euro has been propped up by capital flows into euro-zone equities and peripheral bond markets, said Nordvig of Nomura Securities.
Nordvig says he expects the dollar to rally by the third quarter. "We could have this very interesting situation with a broad-based dollar strength trend and the ECB signaling it's getting [ready for more] easing, potentially involving asset purchases. That could be a pretty powerful combo," he said.
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4 comments:
- Glifford said...
lovely! And hilarious too!
- 08 November, 2008 11:16
- nJ said...
great vid. should appreciate the creators imagination.
- 10 November, 2008 04:43
- nJ said...
btw...good to see you blogging again.
how r u ? read your blog about u changing the wheels of your life(job :D ) ....
I keep checking ur blog every once in a while to check whether u hv returned to ur old ways. Looks like my wait is over.
Are you launching your site motorcyclist.in ? right now, it is redirecting to this blog. What are you planning that site for ? I mean, what is going to be the purpose of that site? Nothing wrong, just want to know :D
- 10 November, 2008 04:47
- Trini said...
this video also applies to indian riders who dont ride during the monsoon...
- 20 November, 2008 13:42
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