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Hardik Canvacing
Mustard Seed, Oil & Cake, Imported Oil, Grain, Pulses (broker & Commission Agents)Address: Main Line, Juna Ganj Bazar Unjha, Gujarat-384170, India Contact: Praveen Bhai Jobanputra
Tel: 251794, 255906, (M): 9825067157
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101 Herbs ( Aramacs )
Dealers & Exporters Of Essential Oil Herbal Extracts.Address: B-94/8 Joshi Colony, I P Extension Patpar Ganj, Delhi, Delhi, Delhi-110092, India Contact: Anup Gupta (Manager)
Mobile: 9560499659
Tel: 9560499659
Website: Http://www.aramacs.com
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A T C Engineers
Auto Pouch Filling Machines For Oil, Vansapai, Milk, Grains Etc. (pachaging)Address: Plot No.439, Sri Krupa Market Malakper Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500036, India Tel: 040-26599764 (M):9848332210
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A. B. Salakki Oil Mill
Edible & Non Edible Oil (neem Seed Oil) (manufacturer)Address: 64, Agro Industries Solapur, Maharashtra-413005, India Tel: 0217-2320349
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A. D. Oil Industries
Mustard Oil (manufacturer)Address: F-17, Brij Indl. Area Bharatpur, Rajasthan-321001, India Contact: Anil Garg
Tel: 2226064, 2226678, 2205234
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A. G. Fats Pvt. Ltd.
Edibel Oils, Non Edibel Oils, De-oiled, Cake (solvent Ext. Plant) Edible Oil Refining Unit, Waxes, Rice Bran Fatty Acid Rice Bran Refined OilsAddress: Nakodar Road Kapurthala, Kapurthala, Punjab-144601, India Contact: Bhim Sain
Mobile: 9815400303
Tel: 233208, 233165, 233144, (M):9876700208
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A. J. R. & Company
Edible Oils, Non Edible Oils, Staric Acid, Chemical (broker & Comm. Agents)Address: B-vii-642, Opp. Tubewell 1st Floor, Mandi Kesarganj Ludhiana, Punjab-141008, India Contact: Naval K. Kamboj
Tel: 0161-22729662 (M): 9817039740, 3111769
Fax: 0161-22729740
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A. M. Oil & Fats Ltd.
Solvent Extraction Oil & Refined Oil (solvent Ext. Plant)Address: Vill, Alipur, Tehri Panch Kula Ambala, Haryana, India Edit Download as vCard
A. S. Oils
Mustard & Ref, Soya Seed Oil (manufacturer)Address: R Z-4, Ground Floor, Haibatpura Extn. New Anaj Mandi, Najafgarh, Delhi, India Tel: 25014560, 25014999,
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A. V. T. Natural Products Ltd.
Solvent Extraction Oil & Refined Oil (solvent & Ext. Plant)Address: 1982/31, Deotaley Layout Bh. Verma Layout, Near Ambazari Garden Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Contact: P. K. Modi
Tel: 0712-2238557
Fax: 0712-2238198
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A. K. V. Oil Mills
Oil & Oil Cake (manufacturer)Address: N. Parur Vadakkekara, Kerala-683522, India Edit Download as vCard
A. P. Coop. Oilseeds Growers Fed. Ltd.
Refined Mustard, Groundnut & Cottonseed Oils (solvent Ext. Plant)Address: 9th Floor, Parisrama Bhawan Fatehmaidan Road, Basheerbagh Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500004, India Tel: 23235501, 23235500
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A. V. Thomas Industrial Products Ltd.
Soyabean Crude Oil, Degum Oil, Deoiled Cake (solvent Ext. Plant)Address: 247/1, Civil Lines Nagpur, Maharashtra-440001, India Contact: Sh. Ajit Thomas
Tel: 2548459, 2548460, 2537857
Fax: 2529198
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Aadersh Tel Udyog
Edible Oil (manufacturer)Address: Aadarsh Nagar Girganj, Nepal, India Tel: 051-222747, 221427
Fax: 00977-51-224844
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Aalam Chand Sanay Kumar
Mustard Oil (manufacturer)Address: Bhaish Khana, Nav Durga Chowk Satna, Madhya Pradesh-485001, India Tel: 224416, 246035
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Aar Kay Chemicals (p) Ltd.
Solvent Extraction Oil & Refined Oil (solvent Ext. Plant)Address: Ludhiana Road Malerkotla, Punjab, India Contact: Ravi Goyal
Tel: 01675-2653550 (M):9814104426
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Aarti Solvex (p) Ltd.
Solvent Extraction Oil & Refined Oil (solvent Ext. Plant)Address: 37 Km. Stone- Rohtak Road H. No. 10, Viii. Jakhoda P. B. No. 25 Bahadurgarh, Haryana-147021, India Edit Download as vCard
Aashirwad Industries
Manufacturer Adhesive Tape (colour & Printed) (packaging) Holography, Disco & All Kinds Of Specialist Tape.Address: Khasra No. 87/1, Village Barwala Near Corporation Bank., Delhi- 110039, Delhi, Delhi-110039, India Contact: Chandraprakash
Mobile: 9871253980
Tel: 65397577
Website: Www.aashirwadindustries.com
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Abdul Wahid Abdul Mahid
Oil (manufacturer)Address: 2nd Floor, Adam Building, Mohd, Feroze Street Jodia Bazar Karachi, Pakistan-740000, India Contact: Abdul Wahid
Tel: 22414782, 22413216
Fax: 22416853
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Abdula Muja Oil Mill
Coconut, Til, Groundnut Oil & Cakes, Sesame Seed (manufacturer)Address: C/o: Ami Oil Mill Vaova Talavdi Bhavnagar, Gujarat-364001, India Tel: 2428011, 2511599 (M):9825205732
Fax: 2515732
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Abhay Kr. Jain & Brothers
Oil & Oil Seeds (broker & Comm. AgentsAddress: 6/3, Kalali Mohalla Near Juni Mandi Gate Indore, Madhya Pradesh-452001, India Contact: Abhey Kumar Jain
Tel: 0731-2706346, 2705210 (M):9827016941
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Abhay Oil Industries
Sunflower & Cotton Seed Oil (manufacturer)Address: 31, New Gur Market Jalna, Maharashtra-431203, India Tel: 230539, 234539
Fax: 22482,-232652
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Abhay Solvents Pvt. Ltd.
S. E. Rice Bran Oil & Oil Cakes (sol. Ext. Plant)Address: Post Box No.13, Hospet Road Koppal, Karnataka-583231, India Tel: 220327, 220527
Fax: 220927
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Abhishek Agro Tech
Refind Cooking Oil (packers)Address: 1/1, Kalali Mohalla Sonyogitaganj Indore, Madhya Pradesh-452001, India Tel: 22577102
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Abhishek Filtertechnik Chem-plant Pvt. Ltd.
Fitel For Edible Oil Applications (chemical)Address: Roop Industries Compound Kurla Andheri Road, Sakinaka Mumbai, Maharashtra-400072, India Tel: 28512383, 28507369
Fax: 28511484
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Abhishek Oil Mills
Mustard & Groundnut Oil (manufacturer)Address: F-164, Bichhwal Industrial Area Bikaner, Rajasthan-334001, India Tel: 2529772, 261506,
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Abhishek Solvent Ext. Ltd.
S. E. Rice Bran Oil & Oil Cakes (sol. Ext. Plant)Address: Post Box No. 13, A. G. Road, Challakere, Karnataka-577522, India Tel: 22052/253, 22363
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Abhishek Trading Company
Edibel Oil (specialist)Address: C-21, Chandpole Mandi Jaipur, Rajasthan-302001, India Contact: Satish Chandra Jain
Tel: 2214704, 2369011
Fax: 237494
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Abhiskek Oil Mills
Oil MillsAddress: 390/2, Kotwaliward, Miloniganj, Coudhai Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh-482001, India Contact: Ajay Kumar Agrahari
Tel: 2340078, 2341798
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Abiruchi Edible Oils
We Are One Of The Leading Manufacturer Of Coconut Oil. Our Product Abiruchi Coconut Oil Is Pure And Mcro-filtered Oil Obtained From Finest Grade Of Selected Copra , Roasted And Scentifically Micro Filtered. As An Iso 9001-2005 Certified Company, We Adhere To International Standards In The Quality Of Our Products. Our Products Also Includes Rbd Palmoline And Sunflower OilAddress: Aswathy Oil Mills, Powdikonam , Trivandrum, Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala-695587, India Contact: S.raveendran (Managing Director (md))
Mobile: 8606454033
Tel: 0471-2594033
Website: Www.aomabiruchi.com
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Able Techsol India Pvt. Ltd.
Vanaspati & Refined Oil (broker & Comm. Agents)Address: 508, Haider Quli Chandni Chowk, Delhi, India Contact: Naresh Chand
Tel: 23988882, 23955450
Fax: 23988883
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Act Indternational Ltd.
Oil Merchant Exporter (exporter & Importer)Address: Plot. No. 281, Ward 12 B Gandhidham Kutch, Gujarat-370201, India Contact: Dr. V. S. Ruchani
Tel: 222053, 220407
Fax: 202836-32175
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Adani Agro Pvt. Ltd.
Refind Soyabean Oil (solvent Ext. Plant)Address: 301, Prince Pride Building New Palasia Indore, Madhya Pradesh-452001, India Edit Download as vCard
Adee Industries
Aluminium Foil Seals (packaging)Address: Z-67, Okhla Indl. Area-ii, Delhi, India Tel: 26845379, 28951318
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Adinath Corporation
Food Grain, Oilseed, Pulses (broker & Comm. Agents)Address: 17-1, New Building Market Yard Mehsana, Gujarat-384001, India Contact: Narenderabhai Shah
Tel: 251617, 254817
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Adinath Oil Industries
Refined Soyabean Froundnut & Mustard Oil (manufacturer)Address: Near Railway Station, Bhinder, Rajasthan-313603, India Tel: 02957-222023
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Adinath Oil Products
Mustard Oil (manufacturer)Address: Near Bus Stand, Main Road Gohad, Madhya Pradesh-477116, India Tel: 07539-2222331 (M):9425109297
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Adishwar Oils & Fats Ltd.
Solvent Extraction Oil & Refined Oil (solvent Ext. Plant)Address: House No.213, Station Road Mahasumund, Madhya Pradesh-493445, India Contact: Dilip Shirshrimal
Tel: 07723-222855, 222315 (M):98271332001
Fax: 07723-222317
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Aditya Broker
Oil & Oil Cake (broker & Comm. Agents)Address: C-7, New Anaj Mandi Gangapur City, Rajasthan-322201, India Contact: Pappu Khendelwal
Tel: 07463-231268, 232432
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Aditya Oil Industries
Mustard Oil & Oil Cake (manufacturer)Address: 51 A, Industrial Area Bharatpur, Rajasthan-321001, India Contact: Baijnath Goyal
Tel: 223067, 225634, 22316
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Adroit Oil Plants Pvt. Ltd.
Castor Oil Derivatives, Oleoresin & Merigold Extraction (mill Machinary Manu)Address: 169b/8b, New Sunita Apartments, Sion (east) Mumbai, Maharashtra-400022, India Tel: 24078129, 23724948
Fax: 24078129
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Advance Packaging Indl.
Auto Form Fill Seal Machine For Liquids, Oils, Granules, Powder (packaging)Address: 34/b, Electronic Complex Kushaiguda Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500062, India Tel: 27124089
Fax: 27120892
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Advanced Packaging Ind.
Automatic Pouch Packing Machines (packaging)Address: Plot No. 135, Laxmi Nagar A. P. H. B. Colony Meerpet, Moula-ali Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-500040, India Contact: Linga Reddy
Tel: 027124809,2 7127242
Fax: 27127242
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Agarsain Sales Corporation
Vanaspati & Refined Oil (broker & Comm. Agents)Address: Y-33, Janta Market Nangloi, Delhi, India Contact: Ishwar Chand
Tel: 25471185, 25183492 (M):9811011130
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Agarwal Agri Impex P. Ltd.
Oil Mer Exporter (exporter & Importer)Address: 15-9-449, Afzalgunj Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Tel: 24600117
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Agarwal Agro Produce Brokers
Oil Cakes, Deoiled Cakes (broker & Comm. Agents)Address: Hotel Sweet Dream, Nuhru Bazar Jaipur, Rajasthan-302003, India Contact: J. B. Agarwal
Tel: 22314407, 22325592
Fax: 22316803, 22316499
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Agarwal Bulk Carriers
Fleet Owner And Transporters (transporters)Address: Silver Arc Bldg. 1st Floor, Plot No. 57 Sector-8, Tagore Road Gandhidam, Gujarat-370201, India Tel: 202836-231103
Fax: 02836-225440
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Agarwal Oil Industries
Mustard Oil (manufacturer)Address: Ranjit Nagar Bharatpur, Rajasthan-321001, India Contact: Santosh Aggarwal
Tel: 05644-223555
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Agarwal Products (p) Ltd.
Tin Containers & Tin Plast (pachaging)Address: E-865, Road No.14 V. K. Indl. Area Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Tel: 2330502, 2330023
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Agarwal Readines Pvt. Ltd.
Feet Owner And Transporters (transporter0Address: Post Box No. 49, "aggarwal House", Plot No. 324, Sector-12-d, Tagore Road Gandhidam, Gujarat-370201, India Tel: 2231711, 231745
Fax: 02863-231586
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Local pastor Greg Hamby dies in South Carolina drowning
Waterford - A local pastor known for his hugs, soothing words and invitations to be closer to God, died Monday after a drowning incident in South Carolina on Sunday. His friends and members of two local congregations say they miss the Rev. Greg Hamby greatly.
"My heart is broken," said Sally Martin, 78, a member of the congregation at Quaker Hill Baptist Church. "I have known him since he joined the church. I saw his children grow up. Every Sunday he gave me a hug and kissed me on the top of my head."
Members of the congregations in Quaker Hill, where he served 17 years as pastor, and at the First Baptist Church in Essex, which he took over in January, said Hamby made them excited about going to church, made the Bible relatable to today's issues and comforted people whether they were church members or not.
Hamby, 52, was on vacation with his wife and teenage children at Myrtle Beach on Sunday when he was standing in the surf and fell, said Robert L. Edge Jr., coroner of Horry County, S.C., in a phone interview.
Friends helped Hamby out of the water in seconds, Edge said. He wasn't breathing, and bystanders performed CPR on him until firefighters and medics responded and took Hamby to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach at 12:45 Sunday. He died from complications from the drowning incident at around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Edge said.
"His death is just as upsetting as if a family member died," Diane Sullivan of Waterford said. "... I can't believe Pastor Greg isn't here. He is like who you would go to for comfort. It is a big loss."
Martin said she spoke with Hamby recently when she was volunteering at a convalescent home where Hamby's mother lives.
"I was glad I did it, gave him a hug and a kiss and told him how much I loved him," she said. "It gave me a little comfort."
Essex church deacon Mary Ann Blank said that in his last sermon, Hamby talked about God's love and forgiveness and the book "When Bad Things Happen to Good People." Blank said Hamby told the congregation the book doesn't answer the question everyone has, which is "why."
"I have tried to find the answer for that for a long time, and there is no answer to that question. The only thing that comes out of when something bad happens is it makes you realize how much the people that are in your life, that you love, are important to you and that you should let them know every day how important they are to you," she said.
Linda Bunnell, 58, of Uncasville said she and her husband hadn't gone to church in years, but after attending one of Hamby's services and seeing how much he loved his family and kids, they went regularly for five years.
Her husband even got his ear pierced to match Hamby's piercing, she said. Hamby loved the Boston Red Sox and would work stories about participating in Fantasy Football camps into his sermons, she said.
Martin said one quality that set Hamby apart was how well he could relate to youth. "The children loved him," she said. "I mean, they were always holding his hand and wanting to sit with him."
Sullivan said she is Catholic and a member of St. Joseph's Church but that when she needed someone to talk to, she would go to Hamby. Her nephew, Steven Perkins, was killed in a motorcycle accident at age 24, she said.
"He just painted a picture of something so beautiful and perfect that it just relaxed you and it kind of made you happy for our nephew," Sullivan said. "We were sad for us, but we were happy for him because he (Hamby) put him in such a picture-perfect place."
When his brother, Owen Perkins, was dying at age 64 in 2003, Hamby would visit him regularly in the hospital and put him at ease, said Donald Perkins of Quaker Hill.
The Rev. Amy Hollis of Winthrop Baptist Church in Deep River said she and others want to support the Essex First Baptist Church congregation.
"We can't change this horrible situation, but we will do the best we can to love and support them, and our prayers go out to this family in their heartbreaking loss," Hollis said.
Hamby leaves his wife Nancy and three teenage children, Nick, Hallie and Addison, behind.
No funeral arrangements have been announced.
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The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop is a combination memoir and book/bookstore history. Along the way, Buzbee explains the evolution of the book from rare hand-copied pages affordable only to the wealthy upper class to mass produced paperbacks that sometimes sell in the millions of copies. He does the same for the bookseller, a calling that for many feels like a vocation they were destined for from birth. Buzbee's has been a life centered around his love for books, and the memories he shares of his days working in bookstores and as a publisher's sales rep are the heart of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop.
Not surprisingly, Buzbee's focus is on independent bookstores rather than on the big chains which, along with Amazon, dominate the bookselling business today and he emphasizes just how difficult a business it can be for bookstores, authors and publishers alike. Avid readers often moan about the cost of new books but Buzbee provides the numbers that explain where the money goes: bookstores can receive as much as a 45 percent markdown on the cover price, the publisher gets about 35 percent of the price, the printer about 12 percent, and the author maybe 8 percent. That means that each hardcover sold puts about $2 in the author's pockets, an amount that he or she probably shares with an agent. Keeping in mind that most books are published in numbers of less than 10,000 copies, it is easy to see that few authors will become millionaires from the proceeds of their books. And though it might appear that the bookstore's cut is an inappropriately high percentage of the money generated, Buzbee points out that an independent bookstore with gross sales between one and two million dollars will be lucky to net more than $100,000 for the year. Bookselling is not a high margin business for anyone involved.
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop is filled with stories and thoughts that will intrigue and delight book lovers, those readers who are always drawn to books about books. We are an optimistic lot when it comes to the future of books and bookstores although we do tend to get a little nervous when we read of the closings of so many independent bookstores and the supposed pending death of the publishing industry as we know it today. Buzbee has heard all the "gloom and doom" talk and he closes his book with this reminder: "It is important to remember that the death of literature, of a literary culture, is not an idea that we twenty-first centurions invented. In the nineteenth century, the invention of the bicycle was believed to mark the end of civilization; we would become leisure addicts and reading would surely cease. The same was said of radio in the 1920s and of television in the 1950s. And at later dates, rock-and-roll, premarital sex, and the jet ski would be cited as literary destroyers. Let's not forget that critics also wailed and gnashed their teeth when parchment replaced papyrus, and when Gutenberg printed his first Bible."
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The specter of torture and the veil of secrecy will loom large over a new series of hearings starting tomorrow at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the accused plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
It is to mark the second appearance for the self-proclaimed mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and his four co-defendants before the special tribunal known as military commissions on the US naval base.
The preliminary hearings designed to pave the way for the "trial of the century" are to take place all week at the outpost in southeastern Cuba after being postponed more than two months so that the defendants could observe the holy month of Ramadan and due to an Internet outage and a storm.
"One of the major issues that will be decided is whether the US Constitution, which governs all cases in the US, also applies to Guantanamo Bay or whether Guantanamo Bay is a sort of legal black hole as it's been described," said James Connell who is representing Mohammed's Pakistani nephew Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, also known as Ammar al-Baluchi.
At issue are the torture and abuse the five men said they suffered at the hands of US authorities and the classified status that US President Barack Obama's administration says covers details of the suspects' treatment, citing national security concerns.
Among the petitions that are to be examined during the five days of hearings are government motions to "protect against disclosure of national security information" and to "protect unclassified discovery material where disclosure would be detrimental to the public interest."
With prosecutors refusing to reveal information deemed classified and holding parts of the debates behind closed doors, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) rights group and 14 media groups are calling for complete transparency.
"The public has the right to see the proceedings," Connell said.
Cheryl Bormann, who is defending Walid bin Attash of Yemen, said that the hearings should be part of an "open process, a fair process, a transparent process."
"The government shouldn't be able to hide behind classification issues," she added. "If this is going to be a trial about what happened on 9/11 ... only the truth should come out and not the US government's spin on the truth until they opened the process."
Because of the men's treatment at the CIA's secret prisons where they were held prior to their 2006 transfer to Guantanamo, "there's a presumptive classification about everything our clients say to us, even the most inaccurate things," said James Harrington, attorney for Yemeni Ramzi Binalshibh.
All documents and other communication between lawyers and their clients are subject to censorship.
"That's a clear violation of our rights as lawyers, [we should] be able to talk about things without interference, or Big Brother looking over your shoulder at everything you do," Harrington said.
Journalists and a select number of members of the public follow the proceedings from behind soundproof glass, and the audio only reaches them after a 40-second delay.
The delay allows a military censor to blur statements whose content is deemed a threat to national security.
ACLU attorney Hina Shamsi stressed that the court has to prove that the 40-second delay abides by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which protects freedom of speech and the press.


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There are, in increasingly frightening numbers, cells of angry men in the United States preparing for combat with the U.S. government. They are usually heavily armed, blinded by an intractable hatred, often motivated by religious zeal.
They're not jihadists. They are white, right-wing Americans, nearly all with an obsessive attachment to guns, who may represent a greater danger to the lives of American civilians than international terrorists.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which has been tracking hate groups for 30 years, released its latest report on the growth of these organizations this week. Its findings were, to say the least, alarming. The center divides its subjects into militias, which are mostly groups of weekend warriors who train for combat against imaginary foes; hate groups, which target minorities; and "patriot" groups, whose beef is with the U.S. government. Patriot groups first began surfacing after the massacre of a bizarre sect by federal agents in Waco, Texas, in the early 1990s. They showed their teeth in 1995, when a patriot adherent blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City.
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Since then, the patriot movement has been growing at a blistering pace, especially following the election of President Obama in 2008, according to the report. From just 149 groups in 2008, the number jumped to 512 in 2009 and has been rising sharply since. In 2012, it hit 1,360. Now that Obama is seriously pushing for tougher gun laws, further growth is a near certainty. The result? There's no knowing, but some kind of serious attack is increasingly possible.


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Kanye West Announces Date for New Album or Baby's Arrival?
Get ready for a cruel summer. Kanye West tweeted an announcement this morning (May 2) of what could possibly be the release date of his new album or something even bigger.
The tweet (there's a photo above for proof) simply states: "June Eighteen."
Could it be the release date of his new project? Or could it be the due date for when his boo Kim Kardashian gives birth to their new baby -- her rumored due date was said to be in June. Or can it be when KimYe gets married?
Who knows?
Keep in mind that June is also Black Music Month, so it would be a good month to drop some brand-new music.
In any case, the G.O.O.D. Music leader has been in Paris working on his new album for quite some time. Recently, Yeezy was in New York to preview the album for executives at Def Jam.
Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg told his listeners earlier this week that West's album is indeed finished. He also said that the music was "dark" -- whatever that means.
Furthermore, West is set to perform on the season finale of 'Saturday Night Live' May 18.
We are no sleuths here, but from all the information gathered, we can only surmise that it's going to be a busy summer for West.
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Producers wanting to find new ways to produce more at less cost will want to mark their calendars to attend the eighth annual Conservation Tillage Cotton and Rice Conference.
The event will be held Jan. 13-14 at the Park Plaza Reliant Center, Houston, Texas.
"For farmers looking for ways to trim input costs and increase yields in order to survive economically, this conference is a must-attend," said John LaRose, publisher of MidAmerica Farm Publications, which sponsors the conference, along with partners Cotton Incorporated and the US Rice Producers Association.
"The main emphasis of the conference is reducing production costs and increasing yields for cotton, rice, corn, and soybeans," he said. It will also focus on precision agriculture systems and practices.
"There's no better way to learn more about new techniques and systems related to tillage, fertility, pesticides, herbicides, and planting costs," LaRose said.
The term "conservation tillage" initially referred to a tillage practice that conserved soil while reducing the potential for wind/water erosion, he noted. "But farmers quickly found that they could also cut fuel, labor, and other input costs."
The conference will feature 12 rooms where 50 to 75 people can gather for break-out sessions. "It's very producer-friendly," LaRose said. "Presentations will be given in a paired format, with each repeated two or three times."
Along with researchers who will discuss large-scale trials that address a variety of conservation tillage practices and problems, producer/farmers will also share their "how to make it work" experiences.
Farmers from Mississippi, Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, and Tennessee can earn state pesticide recertification credits for attending the conference, and certified crop consultants will earn continuing education credits.
For information or to register for the conference, contact Robin Moll at 573-547-7212.


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2013-01-22 • DNA & More
Start: 12:07:14
Seventies: hello vkn. Making lunch brb
vkn: Good Tuesday in for a few secs Nephew Leland is doing te driver bit today te=the Will be Walmarting
Khathu: hello everyone
alt: hello all, Khathu, Seveties & vkn
vkn: Howdy Khathu and alt
Seventies: hi alt, Khathu, and vkn...
vkn: Sounds as though you were having Inauguration day fun Khathu
Seventies: How was everyone's weekend?
alt: saw you on FaceBook Khathu, good job with the inauguration ceremonies yesterday
Khathu: It wasn't necessarily fun but i did enjoy myself for the most part
Seventies: that's good Khathu... oops.. he must be on the cell phone. Anyone do anything civic minded on the weekend?
Khathu: No my office computer is having some difficulties this morning Yes, I volunteered yesterday...lol
Seventies: lol
alt: just so long as it is your computer having difficulties Khathu LOL
Khathu: I was on my face for over 12 hours in the cold weather
vkn: Alt please write me some input on mail with "Expertise Request" sent yesterday and thanx
Seventies: I know it was cold yesterday...
alt: I'll give it a shot vkn
vkn: Thankee alt
Khathu: My feet did not start hurting until this morning. I guess they were frozen yesterday so I did not feel anything
vkn: Running
alt: had to thaw out to start hurting LOL
Khathu: I can cross attending a presidential inauguration off my bucket list
Seventies: awesome!
Khathu: i have no intentions of attending another one unless i have VIP tickets
alt: man, it is cold here today... 5 degrees this morning when I got the newspaper brrrrr!!!!
Daviss: Hello alt, khathu and seventies
alt: Hello Daviss
Khathu: WHAT!!!! That is insane alt!
Seventies: hi Daviss!
alt: so you know I'm indoors for the day... Anita would have to use a pistol to get me to go outside today LOL
Seventies: yea I have been getting the family reports from MI, IN and IL. lol
Khathu: the best place for watching the inauguration is at home
Seventies: with the wind blowing it feels like -7 according to my MI cousins.
Khathu: I need to make it to the FHC to examine some court records this week.
Seventies: More on your D'Arcy/Dorsey line?
alt: if any of you are interested in the UGRR and i's research a great website with many good links is http://www.waynet.org/levicoffin/default.htm#general I posted some info about it on the FPOC Forum.
Daviss: thanks alt
Seventies: hi Selma.
alt: Hello Selma
Daviss: I have been looking around trying to find Ark Agricultural records.. I came to the conclusion they don't have any
Selma: Good tuesday afternoon daviss, alt, Khathu and seventies...Khathu looked like you had a great day yesterday
Daviss: Hello Selma!
Khathu: Hello Selma and Daviss @ Seventies - yes more on the Darsey and other related lines out of Smith County, Texas
Seventies: I transcribed some Plantation records from M1914 in Concordia Parish, LA this weekend..
Selma: I went to Clinton's inauguration as a chaperon with my son's class...great time, but you do have a better view from TV
Khathu: Absolutely Selma
Selma: But its nice to say you went..heard Maya Angelou
Khathu: I worked through half of the swearing in ceremony
alt: but not the excitement of being there "live"
Khathu: I was still passing out American Flags
Selma: your pictures on facebook will be there "forever" khathu..
Khathu: If you want the excitement invite a lot people over to your house.... lol
alt: okay Khathu
Selma: LOL
Khathu: It was a mess trying to leave the National Mall. It took us 90 minutes to get to the metro station and that was after we waited 90 for the crowd to die down.
alt: your being there (excitement) will hit you in the future Khathu ... 50 years later I'm still excited about the '63 March on Washington.
Selma: Yes, my sister was there in 2009 she said it was a nightmare
Khathu: I was more excited about the Million Man March
alt: okay Khathu
Khathu: It definitely wasn't as bad as 2009 I am glad that I did it. It was a great experience I can't wait until tonight. I will eat some gumbo for dinner
alt: Khathu, for your FHC trips, do you check the LDS catalog on FamilySearch to see what they have on your counties of research before going?
Khathu: I ordered the microfilm alt which arrived last week. But the answer to your question is yes.
alt: and/or ask them to get what you might wnat before your next visit.
Khathu: I have about 15 more microfilm that I need to order. I am trying to order 3 per month
alt: ah so, good practice Khathu
Khathu: now that number may change determining on what i locate (or don't locate)
alt: with the 'right' microfilm it's almost like being there in person
Khathu: depending not determining I need to locate a researcher in Smith County, Texas to pull some court records for me.
alt: Yesterday in Piqua, Ohio I met Sharyn Mitchell one of the founders of the AAGGKY which started up a couple of years ago... A very dynamic young lady.
Daviss: So her group is doing good alt?
alt: very good Daviss, they have some wonderful programs, are active on Yahoo, Facebook & also have a public website.
Daviss: thats good...I am not so sure about our group...I am in hopes they will pick up I really don't want to end up leaving for a 2nd time
alt: well, promotion is her job, she is the archivist and public historian for Berea College in KY.
Khathu: have a good day everyone.
Daviss: that sure helps alt
alt: I'm sure it does Daviss
Daviss: Do they have a web page? or a newsletter
alt: yes www.aaggky.org I believe they have a blog & forums
Daviss: thats what I was wanting to see. I have Ware's from KY but as usual no county
alt: come on Selma & Seventies.. if y'all say sumpin' I'll shut up LOL LOL
Selma: Sorry alt..I was drifting..probably need a nap.. LOL
Daviss: well I am fighting the flu or cold.. Had a scratching throat and now I feel like ^&&%%
alt: DNA... I see where Lisa Lee & Lisa Landrum are matches on 23andme
Selma: Exhaused from the inaugural ball
Daviss: oh really alt....
alt: you danced too much Selma?
Selma: I wish.. Lol
Daviss: Did Lisa just now test?
Selma: I saw that Lisa Lee - Lisa Landrum connection this morning
alt: not sure, but Lisa Lee posted about their match on FaceBook
Daviss: oh ok
Seventies: I saw that too alt. Very nice. they are 4-5th cousin.
alt: and Selma I match with Lisa Landrum at about the 3rd to 5th cousin range on 23andme... she also has matched me on FTDNA & AncestryDNA, so I guess we really do have a common ancestor somehwere in the background
Selma: Wow... Does that mean you connect with Lisa L somwhere down the road?
alt: not sure about Lisa Lee Selma.. we don't show as matches ..... yet LOL
Daviss: when did they load new peeps alt
alt: but we both have ancestors who were in Canada at the same time during the late 1700's, so maybe LOL
Selma: Very, very interesting Folks..have to run
Daviss: I need to go lay down again...I am shivering
Selma: Daviss..do we have chat tonite. Hope I remember
Daviss: I am sure we do I always go in
Selma: ok see you this evening Bye all
alt: I would think Lisa Lee and I do have a connection.... one of my ancestors was 'given' to one of her ancestors in Canada about 1790 by a Matthew Elliott who was a big time British & Indian Agent in Ontario, Canada
Daviss: bye Selma thats something alt
alt: hmmm, looks like Chat is closing down for the day
Daviss: hopefully she will show up I am getting sick with the flu or cold scratchy throat yesterday
alt: Let me get on the DNA response for AfriGeneas Daviss ... you take care of yourself!!!!!!
Daviss: gracias alt
alt: bye for now
Daviss: bye


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Alternative and Activist New Media
Alternative and Activist New Media
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DescriptionAlternative and Activist New Media provides a rich and accessible overview of the ways in which activists, artists, and citizen groups around the world use new media and information technologies to gain visibility and voice, present alternative or marginal views, share their own DIY information systems and content, and otherwise resist, talk back to, or confront dominant media culture. Today, a lively and contentious cycle of capture, cooptation, and subversion of information, content, and system design marks the relationship between the mainstream 'center' and the interactive, participatory 'edges' of media culture.
Five principal forms of alternative and activist new media projects are introduced, including the characteristics that make them different from more conventional media forms and content. The book traces the historical roots of these projects in alternative media, social movements, and activist art, including analyses of key case studies and links to relevant electronic resources. Alternative and Activist New Media will be a useful addition to any course on new media and society, and essential for readers interested in new media activism.
List of Tables and Figures vi
Acknowledgements viii
1 Introduction 1
2 The Roots of Alternative and Activist New Media 28
3 Monkeywrenching the Media Machine: Culture Jamming 72
4 Hacking the New Out of the Old: Alternative Computing 98
5 Breaking Through the Information Blockade: Participatory Journalism and Indymedia 119
6 Getting People on the "Street": Mediated Mobilization 149
7 Challenging the Experts: Commons Knowledge 177
8 New Media, Mediation 214
Notes 236
References 248
Index 279
"An excellent introduction to innovative, often non-commercial uses of new information and communication technologies. This is the kind of text I longed to have when I began teaching courses in new media activism, and am so glad to have it now."
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Yet More Cure For Dull Wine Descriptions
22 comments:
- September 24, 2012 at 8:11 AM
The Lewis Carroll bit was brilliant. Richard Pryor as wine critic? You are on fire!
I dare you to mimic Stephenie Meyers. OK, I dare you to read Stephenie Meyers
- September 24, 2012 at 8:18 AM
- Alfonso Cevola said...
I ran into Frank Lloyd Wright on my jog this morning and we had a brief talk, about wine, Ayn Rand and the weather. I loved his parting remark, "Less is only more where more is no good."
- September 24, 2012 at 8:32 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Stephenie Meyers? Life is way too short to read her, unless you're a 13-year-old girl. So, no, that's not likely. I haven't been a 13-year-old girl since last Halloween.
I think that was Wilbur Wright.
- September 24, 2012 at 8:41 AM
- Thomas said...
I believe that with this post you have hit your zenith.
The time to move on is now--become a wine critic (ok, so it's not exactly a move up, but think what you can do to upgrade their literary stature).
- September 24, 2012 at 10:00 AM
- napadavid said...
How about that pretentious turd David Foster Wallace?? Unbelievably, long, dull paragraphs that go on and on, non-stop footnotes to show off his endless research, pages and pages of obscure wine terms to show how brilliant and funny he is! And a bunch of idiotic sycophants who think it's the most insightful wine writing ever!!!
- September 24, 2012 at 10:03 AM
- Andrea said...
In case you forgot, you are fuckin' brilliant! LOVE IT. Every word.
- September 24, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Tom Wark said...
OK...That did it. Now you've made my new list of wine bloggers at FERMENTATION!!!
- September 24, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Mr. P. says have it your Zenith. I had a Zenith once. It was fine until one day all the white colors turned green, sort of like Ribolla Gialla in the Napa Valley and most of Jon Bonne's favorite Chardonnays.
Loved the Carroll piece, perhaps because I could understand it. Ayn Rand was not readable for more than a couple of minutes unless you believed that you were the only one who was going to get rich and all the rest of the schmucks reading her were too stupid to get it.
Alfonso ran into Frank Lloyd Wright today. Is that what happens to people who read too much Ayn Rand or too much Hosemaster?
- September 24, 2012 at 3:38 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Every time I review wines here I get crap from everybody. Of course, I get crap from everybody no matter what I write, so there's that. And I can't review wines because I don't know how to draw.
Did you suggest DFW before? I'm sort of mulling him over. The problem is that it would take several thousand words to write a review of a cheap rose in his style. I'm too tired.
OK, I officially love you now. Thank you.
The fun of writing parody is in studying how someone writes, and then taking it to an interesting extreme. You learn a lot about writing, and about how to write, and about rhythm and wordplay, and, most interestingly, about the person writing. When I read bloggers before making fun of them, I get very strong notions of who they must be from their work. Then I use that as well. It's a wonderful creative exercise.
But who cares?
Not sure my server can handle all the Sermontation referrals, but thank you. Now if only I can make it on Alice's blog roll!
Nice. Zenith to green to Ribolla Gialla to Bonne! Sounds like a botched Red Sox rundown play. But nicely turned on your part.
- September 24, 2012 at 6:18 PM
- Wines for the People said...
You promised us great writers and gave us Ayn Rand. Can I return a blog piece as corked?
- September 24, 2012 at 7:36 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Great point! I should amend it to "famous" writers. Rand was, indeed, without talent. She could have been a wine blogger. I shall make a note of it for the next installment, if there is one.
And, yes, you may return it for exactly what you paid for it.
- September 24, 2012 at 8:17 PM
- Thomas said...
Rand a blogger? Not a chance. There's no money in it.
You are in Alice's blog roll; the color of the type is white.
- September 25, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Pretty sure Ms. Feiring only works in green. First it was wine, now it's money.
- September 25, 2012 at 7:51 AM
Hey... Give Alice a break.... her plumbing needs a service call...
- September 25, 2012 at 10:04 AM
- Thomas said...
Ah, Ron, your are just green with organic pinot envy...
- September 25, 2012 at 2:04 PM
- Marcia Macomber said...
The Lewis Carroll was precious.
Cannot read Ayn Rand at the moment w/o thinking of the idiot veep candidate...oh, wait...cannot read Rand, period. She was a hack blogger, right?
Pryor? Brings back so many memories. I thought about what it would take to do it a la Robin Williams, but I think it'd be so much more fun to hear George Carlin's wine review. (What wine pairs with blue food?)
Yes, Zeniths...they did tend to turn green....
- September 25, 2012 at 9:24 PM
- Patrick Frank said...
I squinted at the red liquid in my glass as I said to Pablo, "Wine is the blood of the earth." He mumbled something unintelligible, inaudible through the din and the stale cigarette smoke of the Tasca just off the Plaza Mayor where we sat that long Thursday afternoon. Before the war broke out, it was a clean, well-lighted place. Suddenly it grew quiet because the great retired matador El Gitanillo hobbled in, his body wracked by repeated gorings. He sat down two tables away. I pretended not to notice. Pablo took advantage of the silence: "What do you want from a wine?" he asked. "The same thing I want from a woman," I said. "She must be sleek, graceful, and intense all at once. Willing to give pleasure, but not easily." "I once loved such a woman," said Pablo, "but she was shot through the head by a sniper." I said, "And this wine is like that woman; brave and deep and full-blooded. This is what a man wants."
- September 26, 2012 at 1:25 PM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Thanks, Patrick,
Now I don't have to do Ernie. He's the patron saint of literary parody, and I've been studiously avoiding him.
- September 26, 2012 at 1:42 PM
- jake bilbro said...
Great call on Carlin, I'd love to see you give that one a go Ron...
- September 27, 2012 at 7:02 AM
- Ron Washam, HMW said...
Hey Jake,
I kicked around Carlin, and I'm sure I'll tackle him at some point. Though I'm not sure I have the talent to do him any kind of justice.
- September 27, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Why am I just now seeing this post? Genius. Especially Rand and Salinger. Very very well done. I actually kind of liked Atlas Shrugged but there is a point in the book where she (Galt) just goes on and on for pages and pages (sigh) but it sounded oddly enough similar to your writing. But I guess you were going for that.
- December 11, 2012 at 5:45 PM


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FULLERTON, Calif. – Fueled by senior Luis Silva's two goals and two assists, No. 19 UC Santa Barbara defeated Cal State Fullerton, 4-3, at Titan Stadium on Saturday night.
With the win, UCSB improved to 11-5-1 on the season and evened out its Big West mark at 4-4. Fullerton falls to 7-6-4 overall and 1-5-2 in league games.
Silva's two goals bring his season total to 13 and his career count to 24, which puts him on the UCSB career top-10 list in a tie for ninth with Chris John (1985-88).
The midfielder's second goal gave UCSB a 3-0 lead five minutes into the second half and that awoke the Fullerton offense. Mark Vasquez scored just 25 seconds later on a shot from 16 feet out into the upper right corner of the goal. In the 69th minute, the Titans cut the Gaucho lead to one when Gerzon Blanco scored from the right side with a shot just inside the far post.
Fifi Baiden's first career goal scored from 22 yards out put UCSB back up, 4-2, in the 78th minute. Fullerton countered with a goal off of a free kick just outside the box by Oscar Aguero.
UCSB was able to hold onto the one-goal advantage through the final nine minutes to capture the 4-3 victory.
Silva's first goal came in the third minute when he took a cross from James Kiffe off of a corner kick to beat Fullerton goalkeeper Trevor Whiddon. Silva fed Josue Madueno on a 2-on-1 rush after a Titan turnover for a score that made it 2-0 exactly 22 minutes into the match.
André Grandt made six saves for the Gauchos in goal. The effort was one stop shy of his career high.
The Gauchos have moved into fourth place in the Big West standings with 12 points. UCSB trails UC Irvine (16 points), UC Davis (15 points) and UC Riverside (14 points). Cal State Northridge (11 points) and Cal Poly (10) are both still in the hunt for a spot in the four-team conference tournament, while Fullerton has now been mathematically eliminated.
UCSB will play its final regular season road game on Tuesday against Cal State Northridge. The match is scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff. To catch all of the action, tune into AM 1290 KZSB, the Santa Barbara News-Press radio station. Fans can also listen online by clicking here.
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I am writing in response to your Friday editorial titled, "No disability pension for Maturo."
As state comptroller, I administer the Municipal Employee Retirement System (MERS), so I would like to thank you for raising a valid question about Mr. Maturo's disability pension.
To receive a disability retirement under MERS, an individual must be permanently and totally disabled from engaging in any full-time gainful employment in the service of the municipality.
Shortly after taking office last year, I notified all MERS disability recipients of the legal restrictions against working full time while simultaneously collecting a retirement disability benefit. Mr. Maturo was among those notified several times before he was elected.
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Baraboo, Wis. – The 19th Annual Accelerated Genetics Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest was held September 16, 2012 in Viroqua, Wis., with the University of Minnesota taking top honors in both reasons and overall. The University of Minnesota team was coached by Dr. Les Hansen, Scott Ellinghuysen and Alicia Thurk. Team members Jon Schmitt, Doug Petzel, Tyler Otte, and Laura Rosenhammer, took home the coveted Brown Swiss Canton III Traveling Trophy for winning the contest.
Placing second overall was the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, coached by Cory Weigel and Ryan Weigel. Team members included: Paul Johnson, Cassy Krull, Sarah Endres, and Andrea Pagenkopf. Rounding out the top three teams was South Dakota State University, coached by Steve Crego. Team members included: Alisha VanderWal, Chelsey Johnson, and Chris Schulze.
The top overall individual award went to Jon Schmitt from the University of Minnesota. The other top individuals included (listed in order from 2nd-10th): Erik Warmka, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Aaron Mitchell, University of Illinois; Doug Petzel, University of Minnesota; Sarah Endres, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Tyler Otte, University of Minnesota; Alisha VanderWal, South Dakota State University; Kyle Jacobs, Kansas State University; Chris Schulze, South Dakota State University; and Paul Johnson, University of Wisonsin-Platteville.
In the oral reasons competition the University of Minnesota took top honors again with second place going to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, coached by Chad Wethal and Brian Kelroy and team members: Mackenzie Nichols, Cassie Endres, Laura Finley and Anna Blake; and third place to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
Each year the top three individuals for oral reasons receive a special scholarship from the James W. Crowley Fund. This years top three individuals were: Cassie Endres, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tyler Otte, University of Minnesota; and Jon Schmitt, University of Minnesota.
A total of 17 teams participated in this year's contest representing the states of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. They judged dairy breeds including, Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey and Milking Shorthorn with each participant placing 10 classes and giving five sets of oral reasons.
A key part of the judging contest are the youth that serve as leadspeople. Each year, Vernon County youth assist with the contest by leading the cattle – this year 22 youth participated. Showmanship awards are then given to the youth based on their skills exhibiting the cattle and sportsmanship.
In the Junior Showmanship Division Brianna Hall placed first, Mikayla Lepke placed second and Courtney Moser placed third. Placing first in the Senior Showmanship Division was Logan Guttenberger, second place Arlisa Landis and third was Ryan Guttenberger. And the Overall Showmanship Winner was Jacob Leum who received the David Larson Memorial Showmanship Award – a special award in memory of David Larson, who worked very closely with the Vernon County youth and the judging contest.
This contest would not be possible without the tremendous support of the numerous contest and award sponsors. They include: American Guernsey Association, American Jersey Cattle Association, American Milking Shorthorn Society, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Chart Industries, Inc., Church of Christ, Connie Schmelzer, Hampel Corporation, Holstein Associaiton USA, James W. Crowley Fund, Merial, Ltd., Milk Products, Inc., Pfizer Animal Health, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Sci-Tech Premixes, Star Blends, Supreme Awards, Swiss Valley Farms, Taylor-Wharton Cryogenics, The Baraboo National Bank, The Bank of Viroqua, Vernon County Agricultural Society, Vernon County Junior and Open Show Exhibitors, and Wisconsin Brown Swiss Canton III – Jane of Vernon.
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Dallas Cowboys Weekly Poll Results
Here are the results of last weeks StarStruck Cowboys Poll which asked the question…
Which Of These Players Will Emerge With A Breakout Year This Season?
It looks like Cowboys fans are expecting a big year from wide receiver, Patrick Crayton this season. Patrick grabbed 43% of all the votes, with Linebacker Bobby Carpenter coming in a distant second with 28% of the votes. Personally I think both will have solid seasons this year, but my choice is Bobby Carpenter to really emerge and make his presence felt this season.
This week we will focus on the defensive side of the ball and ask…
Who Will Be The Cowboys Defensive MVP This Season?
1. Marcus Spears
2. DeMarcus Ware
3. Terence Newman
4. Roy Williams
Tell us who you think will lead the defense this season for our Cowboys.
Enjoy the game on Thursday night!


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beansU necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 131 diseños de 36 diseñadores freelance.
We are a creative design and development house specializing in mobile app creation. We invent new creative apps, as well as work on marketing projects for media companies.
We want to look professional to appeal to established media companies, but also have a hint of fun and hipness for the younger generation.
Update posted 2/13:
Hello everyone - thanks for all the great designs so far. I am very encouraged by the way things look and have guaranteed the prize.
IMPORTANT - the name of the company has changed - please resubmit designs with the new AppliCorp.
I have been requesting designs tie into mobile phone apps more and subsequently many of the designs have been framed to look like application icons. This is causing the logo to look boxy and heavy and it is not working. I would rather see the tie in to mobile focus more on either using a phone in the logo, or a finger as in touch screen. Also it would be nice to see the company name integrated into the logo.
2 great examples can be found here:
Please submit fresh design ideas and I look forwarded to awarding the winner soon.
Logo design - with treatment for both the company name "AppliCorp", and a graphical logo, icon or cartoon. The logo should pop - using vibrant colors and a playful design. The logo could be an iphone/mobile device, something that looks like an app icon, something representing touch (touchscreen), or anything else that gives the feel of creativity, excellence, or creativity. Potential use of shading to give a 3d effect or the U shaped lighting effect on iphone icons could also work.
Below are a smattering of web 2.0 icons that could be inspirational. Some are because of the colors, some the font choice, and some the logo. I believe I prefer a rounder, softer font, but will consider anything.
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Louisiana man dead after traffic collision involving riding lawnmower
A Louisiana man is dead after the riding lawnmower he was driving was struck by a pickup truck on the service road of Highway 69 North in Beaumont.
Saturday, March 29, at about 8:12 p.m., Beaumont police responded to a report of a major crash on the northbound service road of the 8300 block of Eastex Freeway.
When officers arrived, they found 43-year-old Vernon H. Boudreaux deceased at the scene, police report in a Beaumont Police Department press release. Boudreaux resided in Beaumont but was originally from Jennings, La.
Traffic investigators were able to determine that Boudreaux had been driving a riding lawn mower on the service road when he was struck by a 2014 GMC Sierra pickup truck, the press release states. After the GMC struck the lawn mower, the truck came to a rest in the outside northbound lane of Hwy 69 North (Eastex Freeway). The lawnmower and Boudreaux came to a rest in the grassy median that separates the service road from the highway. The service road was dark at the time and the lawn mower that Boudreaux was operating had no rear lights and no reflective lenses or markers, police said in the press release.
Judge Kenneth Dollinger pronounced Boudreaux dead at the scene and ordered an autopsy.
The investigation is still on going and traffic investigators have not filed any charges at this time.


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Welcome to Milward Printing Ltd.
We are a solid and established printing company and we are more than a printer.
We offer a flexible approach to printing that incorporates a wide range of digital and lithographic printing services. Our product list ranges from general business stationery to event badges and everything in between.
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The world's first commercial space travel agency founded by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic has a new president at its test flight/launching facility, Mojave Air and Space Port.
The world's first commercial space travel agency founded by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic has a new president at its test flight/launching facility, Mojave Air and Space Port.
According to a press release, CEO of Virgin Galactic, George Whitesides, announced the appointment of Steven J. Isakowitz as President of Virgin Galactic LLC. Since joining the company in 2011, Isakowitz had served as executive vice president and chief technology officer and will continue to report directly to Whitesides, CEO of Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company.
"Steve has been an invaluable leader for our team since he joined the company," Whitesides said in a press release. "This new position will enable him to take a wider role in company responsibilities as we progress through the final phases of the development program, expand in preparation for commercial operations, and build our small satellite launch service."
Isakowitz said in the press release, "Virgin Galactic is a transformational company and I am honored to take on this new role. As we chart an exciting course into the future of commercial space travel, I could not imagine a better team with which to do it."
Isakowitz has also served in several senior positions at NASA, where he received the agency's Outstanding Leadership Medal. Isakowitz also served as chief financial officer of the U.S. Department of Energy. He was also an aerospace engineer and project manager for space launch vehicles at Lockheed Martin.
The company accomplished its first rocket-powered test flight on April 29 and subsequently breaking the sound barrier. Branson was quoted on the company's website that "full space flight' will happen by the end of 2013. Tickets for all seats are $250,000 for more information about tickets and research possibilities, go to virgingalactic.com.
In additional civilian space flight news, on June 17, Virgin Atlantic signed its 600th customer, Marsha Waters, 42-year old business owner from the United Kingdom. And, nearly 50 years to the day after Waters bought tickets, the very first woman was launched into space. Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, aboard Vostok 6, became the first woman to travel into space on June 16, 1963. "After 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date," according to history.com.


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This set of three videos illustrates how math is used in satellite data analysis. NASA climate scientist Claire Parkinson explains how the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice covers are measured from satellite data and how math is used to determine trends... (View More) in the data. In the first video, she leads viewers from satellite data collection through obtaining a time series of monthly Arctic and Antarctic average sea ice extents for November 1978-December 2016. In the second video, she begins with the time series from the first video, removes the seasonal cycle by calculating yearly averages, and proceeds to calculate the slopes of the lines to get trends in the data, revealing decreasing sea ice coverage in the Arctic and increasing sea ice coverage in the Antarctic. In the third video, she uses a more advanced technique to remove the seasonal cycle and shows that the trends are close to the same, whichever method is used. She emphasizes the power of math and that the techniques shown for satellite sea ice data can also be applied to a wide range of data sets. Note: See Related & Supplemental Resources for the maps and data files (1978-2016) that will allow you to do the calculations shown in the video. These also include data for different regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, enabling learners to do additional calculations beyond those shown in the videos. (View Less)
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This chapter describes how to set a scale and measure distances and areas on satellite images. Using ImageJ, a freely available image analysis program that runs on most operating systems, users set the spatial calibration of an image, then select... (View More) and measure distances and areas on it. The measurement results are reported in real-world units. The technique is most useful and accurate for nadir view (straight down) images. In this chapter, users examine satellite images of the Aral Sea, which has shrunk dramatically since 1960 because the rivers that flow into it have been tapped for irrigation. Users access satellite images of the region, then set a scale and measure the width of the sea each year. On another set of images, they highlight areas that represent water and measure them to see how these areas of the sea changed. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook, which provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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This chapter walks users through a technique for documenting change in before-and-after sets of satellite images. The technique can be used for any set of time-series images that are spatially registered to show the exact same area at the same... (View More) scale. In the chapter, users examine three Landsat images of the Pearl River delta in southeastern China. In these images, users observe changes in land use, then identify and outline areas of new land that were created by dredging sediments from the river bottom. The final product is an annotated image that highlights new land and indicates when it was created. The chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook, which provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tying Up Loose Ends: Illustrating Cute Kids
First, from Tom Johnson, a longtime fan and collector of Al Parker's work, comes this generous contribution of scans featuring cute kids as rendered by the man Cosmopolitan magazine described as "the illustrator of our times."
"I remember the Mother/Daughter covers from growing up in the 50's", writes Tom Johnson, "thanks to my Mom's subscription to LHJ. I bought a couple at a garage sale , probably 25 years ago and went about collecting them all (there are 36 LHJ M/D covers from 1939 through 1955) and 1 M/D cover he did for the Famous Artists magazine."
"When I got them all collected ( before Ebay) I went on to the AA ads and anything else I could find."
Next comes this interesting analysis from retired West Coast illustrator, Tom Watson:
Thought you might find the 2 attached illustration comparisons of identical subject matter, but handled in 2 distinctively different ways. One is Mary Horton's boy eating an apple in an apple tree house, which you posted a few days ago. The other is an almost identical situation of a boy in an apple tree house eating an apple and reading a book, by Paul Nonnast for a 1950 Prudential magazine ad.
Horton's illustration is more of a decorative stylized design statement for a 2 page spread with simplicity of detail. The emphasis is on the carefully designed silhouette of the apple tree, which is in full shadow contrasted with the sunlit house and yard below. Behind the the well designed shape of the tree is a contrasting pale blue sky and light yellow green yard, emphasizing the the overall tree shape. The boy is somewhat understated in importance, and the real focus seems to be on the overall energy and whimsical mood that is cleverly depicted. The charming touch of a squirrel on a limb and birds in flight, add to the cheerful mood.
Nonnast's illustration is soothing and quiet, and shows great clarity, strong academic drawing and a very skilled painterly quality overall. It is more defined with a three dimensional reality that was characteristic of the 40's and 50's style. The leaves show clarity yet depicted with looser brush strokes. There is a wonderful glow of both dappled and direct sun light throughout the scene. The boy is definitely the point of interest. Both paintings have red roofs on the house below, which is in keeping with the red/green complimentary color scheme of both paintings.
Different styles and personal points of view, depict very different moods. The point I would like to make is that selecting the right illustrator for the right job results in the the right message for the viewer. I admire both illustrations equally, because of their individual approach and excellent illustration qualities.
My thanks to both Tom Johnson and Tom Watson for their enthusiasm for mid-20th century illustration and generosity in sharing of their knowledge and scans with the readers of this blog.
All of today's images can be found in my Cute Kids Flickr set.
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This kind of advertising it's amazing and outstanding, I'm in the business but all things are digital (I mostly work with indesign and photoshop) but your blog it's an amazing place ¡¡¡thumbs up!!! brother, keep the good work!ReplyDelete
Regards from Chile, South America.
BTW I'm Andrew Loomis fan :)
Thankyou, Pablo - its a pleasure to meeet you and to hear that you're enjoying the blog!ReplyDelete
As you can see from today's post, its thanks to the readers and subscribers to the mailing list that I'm able to provide such a rich and varied amount of material for the benefit of everyone who loves classic illustration. :-)
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Thanks ihatedesign - and thanks for featuring my blog and flickr archives on your blog! :-)ReplyDelete
Great illustrations and such illuminating commentary. It also seems that the treehouse represents different things in each illustration. In the first, it's a source of pride and maybe even power, in the second a place of escape and peaceful solitude. It would be great to find more of tree house illustrations for further comparison.ReplyDelete


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Head coach Steve Nicol offers no excuses for 2010 season
The following story was published in the Revolution's "Match Day" program for the Oct. 16 home finale against the Kansas City Wizards
There is no question that the 2010 Revolution season did not turn out as planned.
Between the lack of postseason qualification, an early exit in the U.S. Open Cup and falling in the final of SuperLiga 2010, the Revs came away with little more than experience this season. For a club whose primary goal is to win MLS Cup each year, being eliminated from playoff contention in September was painful.
Revolution head coach Steve Nicol is not the type of person to make excuses.
The 48-year-old Scot just shakes his head when asked about the 2010 season. With a litany of possible excuses to draw from, Nicol gives a simple response about what happened in 2010: "We just weren't good enough. We made some silly mistakes that really cost us in a lot of games."
Between the number of times the team either went down a goal very early in the game, or surrendered a goal very late in the game, leaving points on the field, the Revs made their fair share of mistakes.
Sure, injuries were also a big part of the season.
With the club's all-time goal-scoring leader on track for a triumphant return to the field from head and neck injuries this year, Taylor Twellman's season was derailed in May after a debilitating set-back in his recovery. Then former Champions League winner Edgaras Jankauskas, targeted to start up top alongside Twellman once he returned, saw only 147 minutes of action and suffered a series of on-going injuries.
Add to that the off-season surgeries that kept All-Star goalkeeper Matt Reis off the field until almost July, and on-going concerns with several other players, but Nicol is still loathe to use those as excuses. The Revs just didn't live up to their own – or the fans' – heightened expectations.
Instead of dwelling on the negatives, however, Nicol points to some of the positives. First, with such a youthful squad, many players who normally would not have received much time on the field played vital parts on the team. Players like rookie forward Zack Schilawski, who was drafted in January with the idea of grooming him this season under experienced forwards in Twellman and Jankauskas. Instead, the 23-year-old was thrust into the opening day starting lineup.
Marko Perovic – the season's MVP as voted by the fans – is another positive. The 26-year-old Serb first trained with the team during preseason, and officially joined the team in April when his signing was finalized. With eight goals and four assists in all competitions, Perovic added a boost to the team when it was needed most.
Nicol also looks to how the team played at the end of the season. While some teams may pack it in and go through the motions after being eliminated from postseason contention, the Revs hunkered down and had a renewed energy and spark.
Nicol is preparing for a busy off-season of scouting around the world, adding to his roster and attempting to build a team that will not only return to the playoffs, but contend for a Supporters Shield and an MLS Cup trophy.
But there are no excuses to be had for 2010. Just answers expected in 2011 and beyond.


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Here's how a joint-venture of electrical contractors met NEC Article 680 requirements in their installation of 52 wet-niche fixtures in this world-class aquatic facility.
The installation of 52 underwater wet-niche lighting fixtures (24 in the diving pool and 28 in the competition pool) in this world-class aquatic facility required strict compliance with a number of provisions of Article 680 in the National Electrical Code. These requirements are worth detail study, so let's use the accompanying drawings to see how Code compliance was achieved.
NEC requirements met by installing contractor
The installing contractor, a joint venture of Cleveland Electric Co. and Yukon Electric Co., faced many NEC requirements in their task. The following is a listing of these requirements.
Sec. 680-20(a)(1) requires any underwater lighting fixture (line-voltage, or low voltage, wet-niche or dry-niche) be designed in such a way that it will prevent electric shock from any combination of fault conditions, when in use without protection by a ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI). However, the next paragraph mandates that any underwater fixture operating at a voltage over 15V, such as a 120V underwater fixture (as in this case), must be GFCI-protected to prevent shock hazards during relamping. In the Aquatic Center, this provision is accomplished by the use of 20A, 120V, GFCI-type circuit breakers in the lighting panelboards.
Sec. 680-20 (a)(2) establishes 150V as the maximum allowable supply voltage for underwater lighting fixtures. This is a logical requirement, since incandescent lamps are the usual light source for these applications.
Sec. 680-20 (a)(3) sets a limitation on mounting distance of a fixture below water level. When installed, the top edge of the fixture must be at least 18 in. below the normal water level, as seen in Fig. 2, on page 63. The intent here is to keep the fixture away from a person's chest area, because this is the vital part of the body concerning electric shocks in swimming pools. Thus, the chest of a swimmer, who is hanging onto the edge of the pool, would not normally be against the fixture.
Sec. 680-20(a)(4) says that a wet-niche fixture, if of the type requiring submersion in the water for proper cooling, must have some type of low water detector or cutoff integral to the fixture to prevent overheating if contact with pool water is not maintained. This type of fixture must be marked "Submerse Before Lighting." The product sheer for the wet-niche fixture used at the Aquatic Center provides clear instructions. It states the following: "Low water safety sensor probe must be at top of light assembly when installed."
Sec. 680-20(b)(1) requires that conduit be used between the forming shell and the junction box or transformer enclosure (if low voltage lamps are used). The conduit must be rigid metal or IMC made of brass or other approved corrosion-resistant metal, or it may be rigid nonmetallic conduct. Use of rigid nonmetallic conduit requires a No.8 AWG insulated copper equipment grounding conductor run in the conduit and connected to the junction box or transformer enclosure and the metal forming shell of the fixture. The wording of this provision eliminates any question about the need for brass or other corrosion-resistant metal when either rigid or intermediate metal conduit is used. It is required. Of course, it's important to remember that if rigid nonmetallic conduit is used (as was done in the Aquatic Center), it must be sized large enough to allow the insertion of both the fixture cord and the insulated No. 8 AWG equipment grounding conductor.
The insulated copper equipment grounding conductor required with rigid nonmetallic conduit is terminated at an approved grounding terminal in the junction box (or transformer enclosure) and at the inside terminal of the grounding/bonding terminal on the fixture's forming shell. This conductor has an equipment grounding function, not a bonding function. It's in addition to, and of a completely different function than, the No. 8 bonding conductor usually connected to the external bonding lug.
The bonding conductor, which must be solid, connects the forming shell to the common bonding grid, as required by Sec. 680-22(a) and (b). The No. 8 insulated copper equipment grounding conductor must be stranded, however. (Sec. 310-3 requires all No. 8 and larger conductors in raceway to be stranded.) The two exceptions given do not apply here. And it's important to also remember that Sec. 310-12(b) will normally require that the insulation be colored green.
Sec. 680-20(b)(2) requires the fixture-cord jacket end and the conductor terminations within the fixture be covered by, or encapsulated in, a suitable waterproof or potting compound. In addition, the inside forming shell termination of the grounding conductor also must be covered with the same type of material because, as experience has shown, corrosion occurs if these connections are exposed to pool water. Note, in Fig. 2, that the fixture on the Aquatic Center project uses an inside/outside grounding/bonding terminal.
Also, as seen in Fig. 2, the stainless steel forming shell has a 1-in. threaded conduit entry for the 1-in. PVC, Schedule 40 conduit run from the junction box. This conduit contains the supply cord, which consists of three No.10 insulated conductors. The cord is terminated at a lamp socket for a 500W, 120V reflector lamp; the end of the cord within the fixture is also encapsulated in a suitable potting compound [epoxy resin], as required.
Sec. 680-20(b)(3) states that a wet-niche underwater light fixture must be secured and grounded to the forming shell by a positive locking device that ensures a low-resistance contact. This locking device requires a tool for removing the fixture from the forming shell. This provision, which is accomplished in the fixture's design, provides added assurance that the fixture will remain grounded because the metal forming shell provides a bond between the race-way (or No. 8 AWG insulated copper conductor in PVC) connected to the forming shell and the noncurrent-carrying metal parts of the fixture.
Sec. 680-21 covers the junction boxes and enclosures used in conjunction with pool fixtures. On the Aquatic Center project, the junction box is used only as a splicing point for the fixture and branch circuit conductors. At the Aquatic Center, the fixture cord of a wet-niche fixture is spliced to the branch circuit home run conductors extending back to the panelboard.
The use of a flush deck box to feed line-voltage lighting fixtures is no longer permitted (except where approved dry-niche fixtures include flush boxes as part of an approved assembly). The reasoning is that deck boxes installed flush in the concrete adjacent to a pool have been major sources of failure of branch circuit, grounding, and fixture conductors due to water accumulation within the box. (An exception to the basic rule allows a flush box for a low voltage lighting fixture).
In all cases, junction boxes must be made of a corrosion-resistant material and come with threaded hubs or bosses for conduit connection. They also must have an integral, approved, corrosion-resistant means for ensuring electrical continuity. These boxes have their own listing category and are constructed very differently than the usual weatherproof junction boxes.
Sec. 680-21(a)(4) gives the minimum requirements for elevation and distances involving installation of junction boxes. They cannot be less than 8 in. above the maximum water level and must be at least 4 in. above the ground or pool deck, whichever provides the greatest elevation. Additionally, they cannot be less than 4 ft from the inside of the pool, unless separated from the pool by a permanent barrier, such as a wall. These requirements are seen in Fig. 2.
Sec. 680-21(c) warns against creating a hazard where junction boxes are elevated as required. They must have physical protection against damage if located on the walkway around the pool. For that reason, they may be installed under a diving board or adjacent to a permanent structure. Sec. 680-21 (e) requires strain relief in swimming pool junction boxes so anyone inadvertently pulling on the fixture cord while relamping won't disturb the grounding connections.
At the Aquatic Center, the junction boxes are in three large enclosures spaced along the north side of the pool deck, more than 20 ft back from the pool edge. Each is mounted inside an architecturally designed, 3-ft-high monument having a 120V duplex GFCI receptacle and a suitable cover. The junction boxes are located behind a faceplate containing flush receptacles for electrical and electronic timing equipment; these receptacle circuits are low-voltage signal circuits. On the south side of the Center, the three enclosures (and timing faceplates) are recessed into the wall of the permanent stands.
As Fig 2 shows, junction boxes are usually intended to be supported by the entering raceways; this supporting method involves other Code provisions. Specifically, Sec. 347-3(b) forbids the use of rigid non-metallic conduit to support equipment, and a box is clearly equipment, given the definition in Article 100. Therefore, and in accordance with Sec. 370-23 (d), these boxes must be supported by rigid or intermediate metal conduit, secured not more than 18 in. away.
Sec. 680-22 (Bonding) requires that, in general, all metal parts within 5 ft of the inside walls of a pool and not separated by a permanent barrier as well as all metal parts of electrical equipment associated with the pool water circulating system must be bonded together. That usually includes, in addition to the forming shells of underwater lights, ladders, rails, reinforcing bars, and equipment in the pump room.
The objective of bonding all metal together and then grounding the interconnected metal components is to bring everything within touch to the same electrical potential, thereby eliminating voltage gradients. Studies have shown that a swimmer with water in his ears exposed to voltage gradients as low as 4V can become disoriented and drown.
Sec. 680-22(a) spells out, in detail, the components that must be bonded together. A generalization can be made that all metal parts within 5 ft of the inside walls of the pool not separated by permanent barrier and all metal parts of electrical equipment associated with the pool water circulating system must be bonded together. Note that bonded together does not mean that all of these parts must be connected to each other. In this instance, it means that these parts be connected to a common bonding grid by means of a No. 8 AWG solid copper conductor. At the Aquatic Center, the grid is a No.8 AWG solid copper conductor installed underground and under the pool deck, except where it extends into the pump (mechanical) rooms.
Sec. 680-24 lists equipment that must be grounded. These include wet- and dry-niche underwater lighting fixtures, all electrical equipment within 5 ft of inside walls of the pool, all electrical equipment associated with the recirculating system of a pool, junction boxes and transformer enclosures, and panelboards supplying any electrical equipment associated with a pool.
Required grounding methods are given in Sec. 680-25. The importance of understanding the difference between bonding and grounding becomes evident when the provisions of this section are considered. Essentially, this section calls for grounding using an equipment grounding conductor run in conduit with the supply conductors. Also, all equipment grounding conductors must be terminated at an equipment grounding terminal. On the other hand, the grounding conductor required by Sec. 680-22 does not have to be in conduit; it may be connected directly to enclosures.
Aquatic Center background information
The general contractor for the project is Gaston-Thacker/Whiting-Turner. Architectural design was a joint venture by Stanley, Love-Stanley. P.C. and Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates, Inc. The electrical engineers were Newcomb & Boyd. The electrical installation was performed as a joint venture project by Cleveland Electric Co., with Gerald "Mac" McDaniel as contract manager, and Yukon Electric Co., with Don Sheffield as general foreman. All firms are in Atlanta.


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This magnificent portrait comes from an over life-size statue of the second Roman emperor, Tiberius, set up in a public space such as a forum, gymnasium or theater. The back of the head, made separately, may well have included a veil to cover the head, identifying the Emperor as chief priest (pontifex maximus).
Tiberius was born in 42 BC to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia. His mother, ruthless and ambitious, divorced in 38 to marry Octavian, the future emperor Augustus. Livia engineered her own son, rather than descendants of her new husband, to accede to the throne. She forced Tiberius in 12 BC to divorce his wife in order to marry Augustus' daughter, Julia; and when Augustus's grandchildren died in AD 4, in not un-mysterious circumstances, Tiberius was officially recognised as Augustus' successor. On the death of Augustus, Tiberius took control, and was proclaimed emperor on 17 September 14 AD; he ruled until his death on 16 March 37 AD.
As a young man, Tiberius enjoyed a distinguished military career in the East, Pannonia (Slovenia and Croatia) and Germany, interrupted only by a period of withdrawal on Rhodes (6 BC to 4 AD). His reign, peaceful and steady at first, was disfigured in later years by a series of trials for treason (maiestas), many of them orchestrated by the evil prefect of the Praetorian Guard, Lucius Aelius Sejanus. One such trial in the provinces, hardly noticed at the time, turned on whether the defendant (Jesus Christ) had treasonably claimed to be "king of the Jews".
The sequence of Roman imperial portraits is based on coins whose inscriptions date them narrowly. In the case of Tiberius, three portrait types are clearly distinguished, while a fourth may be only a variant. The Carlos Tiberius belongs to the so-called Berlin-Naples-Sorrento type that has been associated with his assumption of increased power (imperium maius) or even accession as emperor.
Loyalty to Augustus was key to Tiberius' policy. His portraiture documents visually the importance of promoting the legitimacy of his succession. The idealising features (he was in his later fifties when this was carved) and the treatment of the hair are both taken directly from Augustan models. Augustus promoted himself as heir to the classical Greek tradition (as in his patronage of Virgil to write an epic recalling Homer). His portraits (along with those of Tiberius) owe much to fifth century styles, for example the Diadoumenos of Polykleitos or the stele of Glaukotas both exhibited in this gallery.
Suetonius has left us the following description of his features:
"Tiberius was strongly and heavily built, and above average height. His shoulders and chest were broad, and his body perfectly proportioned from top to toe. His left hand was more agile than the right, and so strong that he could poke a finger through a sound, newly-plucked apple or into the skull of a boy or young man. He had a handsome, fresh complexioned face, though subject to occasional rashes of pimples. Letting his hair grow down the nape seems to have been a family habit of the Claudii. Tiberius' eyes were remarkably large and possessed the unusual power of seeing at night and in the dark, when he first opened them after sleep; but the phenomenon disappeared within a minute or two. His gait was a stiff stride, with the neck poked forwards and if ever he broke his usual stern silence to address those walking with him, he spoke with great deliberation and eloquent movements of the fingers."