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Basic Info
- Model NO.: TSP - 100 - 100T
- Warranty: 1 Year
- Input Voltage: 380V
- Starting Mode: Self-excited Switching Power Supply
- Power Supplying System: Terminal Power Distribution Equipment
- Modulation System: PWM
- Output Voltage: 0 ~ 100V
- Circuit Mode: AC/DC High Frequency Conversion
- Output Setting: 10-Turn Potentiometer
- Protection: Ov, Oc, Oh, Lack Phase
- Cooling Method: Forced-Air Cooling
- Trademark: IdealTek
- Specification: HF AC/DC conversion
- HS Code: 85044019
- Output Type: Single
- Output Power: 10kw
- Connection Mode: Parallel Switching Power Supply
- Voltage Regulating Mode: Width Modulation Type
- Energy Transmission: One-way Transmission
- Brand: Idealtek
- Output Current: 0 ~ 100A
- Working Mode: Constant Voltage / Constant Current
- Output Display: LED or LCD
- Remote Control: 0~10V / 4~20mA Analog Signal Control
- Color: Ral7035
- Transport Package: Plywood Packing
- Origin: China
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TSP Series Precision High Power DC Power Supply - 100V100A
Brief Introduction
TSP series uses high quality spares, this series has good reliability, low ripple, high efficiency, high output power (high voltage, heavy current), compact size and low weight.
It has automatic switchable CC/CV working modes and perfect protections for safety and high reliability, also it could add over voltage/current protection values preset function, discharging and pulsing output functions for capacitor burn-in use.
Currently, it is widely used for capacitor manufacturing, schools, and institutes etc.
1. Over 200 models, output voltage: 0 ~ 2000V, output current: 0 ~ 3000A, output power: 4.5KW-100kW
2. Constant voltage mode and constant current mode, automatic switchable, output voltage / current continuously adjustable from 0 to rated value.
3. Over voltage protection: Over voltage value continuously adjustable from 0 to 110% rated value, auto-shut down when output voltage exceeds the over voltage set point
4. Over current protection: over current protection value continuously adjustable within rated value range, sound & light alarm when output current exceeds set value.
5. Short protection: Withstand short-circuit under start-up or any working modes, sound & light alarm when output has short.
6. Over load protection: Auto-tripping when power supply or load has fault and output current exceeds 1.5 times of rated value
7. Short alarm: sound & light alarm when output voltage lower than 1% of rated value and current higher 110% of rated value. (optional)
8. Automatic off-load and discharging: when power supply shutdown, power supply will automatically cut off load and discharge electric in load for safety. (optional)
9. Output display: Voltage & current both LED digital display (standard), LCD display (optional) or LCD touch screen display (optional)
10. Pulsing working: could add time controller to be pulsing power supply (optional)
11. Communication port: RS232/RS485 for connection with computer to be remote controlled & monitored by computers (optional)
12. Analog signal: 0 ~ 5V (10V) or 4 ~ 20mA analog signal for output voltage & current control (optional)
1. Electrolysis capacitor burn-in, tantalum capacitor energizing.
2. DC motor test, burn-in, EV motor test, burn-in.
3. Resistor, relay, motor, transistor and other electronic components burn-in and routine test.
4. Lab, electronic device and automatic test equipment
5. Electronic test device, production line equipment, communication equipment.
6. Electrolysis, electroplating, electrochemical equipment.
Technical Specification
Input Voltage: Power source voltage can be changed to others on request.
|Electrical Characteristics
|1. Input,Output
|Input: Three-phase 380Vac±10%, 50Hz±10%
Output:DC C.C. and/or C.V.
Max output: 100V100A
|2. Accuracy (C.V.)
|Line regulation:≤0.1% Of the rated value ± 1 digit (output voltage change ratio under input ±10% change)
Stability: ≤0.3% of the rated value (output voltage change ratio due to 8 hours continuously working)
Temp. coeff.offset: (within 30mins) ≤0.4‰/ºC of the rated value ± 2 digits (output voltage change ratio due to environment temperature changes)
Load regulation:≤0.2% of the rated value ± 1 digit (output voltage change ratio due to output current change from 0 to rated value)
|3. Accuracy (C.C.)
|Line regulation: ≤0.1% Of the rated value ± 1 digit (output current change ratio under input ±10% change)
Stability: ≤0.3% of the rated value (output current change ratio due to 8 hours continuously working)
Temp. coeff.offset: (within 30mins) ≤0.4‰/ºC of the rated value ± 2 digits (output current change ratio due to environment temperature changes)
Load regulation(load 0~100%): ≤0.2% of the rated value ± 1 digit (output current change ratio due to output voltage change from 0 to rated value)
|4. Ripple +noise(r.m.s)
|CV: ≤0.3% of the rated value+10mV (80%~100% rated output)
|5. Efficiency
|6. Programming Output voltage
|Adjustable (0~rated value) or CV
|7. Programming output current
|Adjustable (0~rated value) or CC
|8. Adjusting mode
|10-turn Potentiometer
Key button (optional)
|9. Protections function
|Output will be cut down when over voltage / over current / over Temp.
|10. Short protection
|Auto CC working when short connected, please add short protection if load could not bear long-term short.
|11. Working mode
|Withstand long-term continuous working at full load.
|12. Read output
|Digital LED
LCD (optional)
|13. Display precision
|15. Transient response time
|16. Display accuracy
|≤±1%±1digit (range:5%~100% of the rated value)
|17. Load characteristic
|On demand
|18. Operating condition
|Location: indoor use only
Temperature:-20°C ~ +40°C
|19. Spare parts
|Company standard (fuse*1 set, operation CD*1pc)
Custom-made specifications are on request.
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Pay attention to the following points during temporary & long-term storage.
1. Store the power supply in our packing box
2. Long-term storage would lead to electrolytic capacitor degradation, it should be powered up yearly, at least 5 hours power-on time, input voltage should be increased to rated value by voltage regulator.
1. The warranty period of this product is 12 months, free repair within warranty period except for man‐made damages or irresistible forces.
The following cases during under warranty are not included in free-warranty scope:
(1). Incorrect operation & maintenance of the power source that cause fault.
(2). Natural loss of consumable material (shell, connector etc.)
(3). Manual damage caused by modification or dismantle
(4). Damage caused by external equipments or third-party product or plug-in units.
(5). Force majeure factors, such as fire, flood or input grid abnormal.
(6). Unilateral amendment or modification on our LOGO or part number.
(7). Fault caused by abnormal usage of power source.
(8). Other non-product quality causes
2. Reasonable maintenance & repair costs should be charged after warranty period.
Remark: Price offered in this page is for reference only, price changes would be made without notice
Please contact us for accurate offering, thanks for understanding.


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text: A regular meeting of the San Francisco Public Library Commission will be held as follows: Date: Thursday, February 19, 2004 Time: 4:00 PM Place: Koret Auditorium, Main Library, lower level The meeting will be called to order. PUBLIC COMMENT (This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Commission's purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Library Commission's consideration.) APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES - ACTION Presentation of, discussion of, and possible action to approve the Minutes of the regular Commission meeting of January 20, 2004. Explanatory document: Minutes 2004/05 LIBRARY BUDGET - ACTION Presentation on and discussion of, and possible action to approve the Library's proposed FY 2004/05 Budget. Explanatory document: proposed 2004/05 Library Budget report (High Level Summary & Policy Changes) (PDF 13K) BOOKMOBILE REPORT - DISCUSSION Presentation on and discussion of Library bookmobile services. BOND PROGRAM MANAGER'S REPORT - ACTION by City Librarian Susan Hildreth (This is a discussion item to allow the Branch Library Bond Program Manager to report on recent bond program related activities and make announcements.) This report will consist of an informational presentation: none regular reports: program budget and schedule; active projects; and community outreach; and special reports; presentation and discussion of the BLIP schedule and possible action to approve the BLIP Manager's recommendations for changes in the Program Schedule. Explanatory document: current Budget Report (PDF 73K); Branch Library Summary Schedules(PDF 82K) and Phase 1-5 (PDF 151K); Program Schedule Revision (PDF 159K) INTERIM BRANCH LIBRARY SERVICES PLAN AND BOND PROGRAM BUDGET - ACTION Presentation on and discussion of and possible action to revise the Library's Interim Branch Library Services Plan (PDF 106K) for services during Branch Library Improvement Program renovation and construction activities and the Bond Program Budget (PDF 120K). ADJOURNMENT - ACTION (requires motion and public comment) 2/13/04 - M.Housh, Commission Secretary


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Attachment 1674The BBC announced that Matt Smith is leaving the role of Doctor Who with the Christmas Special later this year.
Matt Smith says: "Doctor Who has been the most brilliant experience for me as an actor and a bloke, and that largely is down to the cast, crew and fans of the show. I'm incredibly grateful to all the cast and crew who work tirelessly every day, to realise all the elements of the show and deliver Doctor Who to the audience. Many of them have become good friends and I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last four years.
Having Steven Moffat as show runner write such varied, funny, mind bending and brilliant scripts has been one of the greatest and most rewarding challenges of my career. It's been a privilege and a treat to work with Steven, he's a good friend and will continue to shape a brilliant world for the Doctor.
The fans of Doctor Who around the world are unlike any other; they dress up, shout louder, know more about the history of the show (and speculate more about the future of the show) in a way that I've never seen before, your dedication is truly remarkable. Thank you so very much for supporting my incarnation of the Time Lord, number Eleven, who I might add is not done yet, I'm back for the 50th anniversary and the Christmas special!
It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the TARDIS for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys. Matt."
Steven Moffat adds: "Every day, on every episode, in every set of rushes, Matt Smith surprised me: the way he'd turn a line, or spin on his heels, or make something funny, or out of nowhere make me cry, I just never knew what was coming next. The Doctor can be clown and hero, often at the same time, and Matt rose to both challenges magnificently. And even better than that, given the pressures of this extraordinary show, he is one of the nicest and hardest-working people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Whatever we threw at him - sometimes literally - his behaviour was always worthy of the Doctor.
But great actors always know when it's time for the curtain call, so this Christmas prepare for your hearts to break, as we say goodbye to number Eleven. Thank you Matt - bow ties were never cooler.
Of course, this isn't the end of the story, because now the search begins. Somewhere out there right now - all unknowing, just going about their business - is someone who's about to become the Doctor. A life is going to change, and Doctor Who will be born all over again! After 50 years, that's still so exciting!"
The 11th doctor has only two more shows left to do. The 50th anniversary special on November 23, 2013 and the Christmas special.
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Over 8,000 drivers will strike starting Wednesday morning.
New York City school bus drivers plan to strike Wednesday morning unless their contract demands are met. The union wants more job protections as the city puts bus contracts out to bid for 1100 routes to save money.


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Schumer's Wall Street dilemma
Sen. Chuck Schumer swung by the 50th floor of Nasdaq's Wall Street headquarters last month to schmooze with deep-pocketed donors who poured thousands of dollars into the New York Democrat's campaign coffers.
During the breakfast fundraiser there was one thing left unsaid, but something virtually everyone wanted to know: whether Schumer will seek the chairmanship of the Senate Banking Committee next Congress.
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It's an issue of intense interest in New York and Washington and one fraught with major implications for both Wall Street and the three-term Democrat's political future.
( Also on POLITICO: Bernie Madoff speaks: Politics, remorse and Wall Street)
The choice will signify whether Schumer is aiming to recast his political career as Capitol Hill's chief policymaker for his home-state industry — or is instead seeking to position himself as the next leader of a Senate Democratic Caucus that has railed against the excesses of Wall Street. And for the financial industry, it may mean having a chairman with a friendly ear — like Schumer — versus one who has gone to battle with the big banks, likely Sherrod Brown of Ohio.
Schumer refuses to say what he will do, but Wall Street executives and their Washington lobbyists say the senator and his associates have privately signaled he is not interested in the Banking Committee chairmanship and would not be receptive to pressure to take the job.
According to these people, Schumer does not want to be put in a position where any action he took to crack down on the financial services industry would hurt him with his deep-pocketed New Yorkers while any signal that he was going soft on Wall Street would hurt him with the ascendant progressive wing of the party.
"He's reluctant to do it because it impedes his path to leader," said a senior Wall Street executive who, like several others interviewed, asked not to be identified by name in order to speak candidly about Schumer.
( Also on POLITICO: Back when the Kochs gave to Democrats …)
Both Schumer and his spokesman declined to say anything about his thinking.
"I can't comment on that," Schumer, 63, said.
Brown, on the other hand, is eager for the opportunity to be chairman: "I'm interested, of course."
The chatter comes at a critical time for the financial industry.
The Senate Banking Committee is beginning to engage in a high-stakes debate over winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giants at the center of the $10 trillion mortgage industry — and the fight is certain to spill into next Congress, as well. The outcome will impact a wide swath of the financial industry, including lenders, bond traders and mortgage insurers.
Moreover, big banks continue to face pressure — particularly from the left — over whether they remain "too big to fail" and need to be shrunk, or at least face a tougher set of standards, at a time when financial firms want to focus their lobbying on loosening up new rules put in place by the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, not fend off new reforms.
That means the next Banking chairman will have huge influence over legislation that could dramatically affect practices of financial institutions of all sizes — as well as their bottom lines — while also having the ability to use hearings to set the tone for Washington's relationship with Wall Street.
( Also on POLITICO: Chuck Schumer's answer to the tea party's rise)
With all this uncertainty, some Wall Street donors are beginning to consider amping up their donations to Republicans — rather than Democrats — in order to avoid having a Senate chairman constantly at war with the big banks.
"A lot of people on Wall Street would give a lot of money to avoid that outcome," said one Democratic-leaning executive regarding Brown chairing the Banking Committee. "People are tired of all the show trials. So if giving to someone like Kay Hagan means you get Brown as chairman? No thanks."
If Democrats lose the majority, a conservative Republican, potentially Mike Crapo of Idaho or Richard Shelby of Alabama, would be in line to run the panel.
The choice of Schumer vs. Brown comes down, in part, to a game of congressional musical chairs.
Current Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) is retiring. Jack Reed of Rhode Island is next in line, but he is expected to become the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee. "No comment," Reed said when asked about his intentions.
Next up is Schumer. If he passes, the gavel would go to Robert Menendez of New Jersey, but he is expected to hold on to his spot atop the Foreign Relations Committee. "I'm focused on my job right now," said Menendez.
( Also on POLITICO: Full finance policy coverage)
That leaves Brown.
While Schumer generally remains a quiet public presence on the committee, Brown has used his roster spot as a platform to rail against Wall Street banks and pressure regulators to take a tougher stand.
"I think Democrats find the power of Wall Street, the economic power and political power a little unsettling," Brown said. "And I think that sentiment is growing, not just with the financial crisis, but what's happened since. In terms of the fines, the salaries and bonuses, there hasn't been much contrition from Wall Street."
Last year Brown teamed up with Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on a bill to require the largest banks to meet much tougher capital requirements, which determine how they fund their businesses. The bill didn't gain much traction, but the industry took it seriously enough to put its lobbying machine into overdrive to beat back the proposal.


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Celebrate nature with fine art and the fragrant blooms of the American Lotus Blossom at the Lotus Blossom Nature & Art Show at Mount Harmon in Earleville, Md.
1. Mount Harmon
Nestled on a Maryland peninsula, Mount Harmon serves as a living history to the estate's heyday during colonial times, when it was once a thriving tobacco plantation. Tour the Manor House for a glimpse of how its owners once lived or step outside and tour the newly built smokehouse and boat dock.
Bonus: Mount Harmon Executive Director Paige Howard says that the boat dock means that boaters can arrive just the way colonial visitors would have more than a century ago.
2. The floral centerpiece
This time of year, McGill Creek, located just behind the Manor House is teeming with hundreds of American lotus blossoms in full bloom. At their full peak, they fill the surrounding air with a sweet smell that has to be experienced to be explained or believed.
"They are considered rare because they only like certain areas," Howard explains. "But, they date back to Native Americans who ate their tubers as an important spring food source."
3. On display
In addition to the natural splendor of the grounds, the Friends of Mount Harmon bring in a host of fine art, antique dealers, local food, musicians and living history displays and demonstrations. Actually, more than 30 exhibitors have been invited to participate.
"There will also be textile spinners who will be able to demonstrate how looms were once used to turn fiber into tapestry," said Howard. "The kids will also have a chance to try it out for themselves."
Another tent will feature a native plant sale, as well, introducing local produce. There will also be an antique Lotus car show for car buffs, featuring the famous British brand.
4. Modern conveniences
It's not just about the colonial life. Hungry visitors can eat their fill of Real McCoy BBQ or Kilby Creamery ice cream, courtesy of the KC Moo Mobile.
Not into barbeque or ice cream? Stroll the grounds and peruse the artwork with a glass of Crow Vineyard and Winery's wine. The third-generation, family-owned winery is considered a classic example of how to sustain both profitability and the natural environment of the farm, which also produces grass-fed Angus beef and home-grown veggies.
5. Meet a couple of the artists
Donna Winterling's paintings are expressions of the inner qualities of life — beauty in simplicity, bounty and balance in the natural environment and the cyclical nature of life. As a painter, she is drawn to nature and likes to explore and portray the impact it has on life. Watercolor is her preferred media for expression and through the use of a limited palette of primarily transparent colors, she builds rich layers of glazed hues and textures.
Backlog Pottery features old fashioned crocks made from native Maryland clay, dug from the banks of the Susquehanna River. They are reminiscent of the pottery once used for preserving food; Now, they commemorate people, places and special events. Backlog Pottery creator since 1982, Maggie Creshkoff has lived off of the very dirt used in her work, on a farm in northern Maryland. She studied American History at Antioch College and then ceramics at the Instituto Allende in Mexico.


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Dung happens-the Bible tells me so
I'm not sure if it's theologically kosher to pick a favorite book of the Bible, but if I could pick a favorite book , the answer would be Ecclesiastes. For me Ecclesiastes is like food for the soul. I love reading the Psalms and I love reading Proverbs, but there is something about the book of Ecclesiastes that grabs me every time I read it. I would even suggest that if one only reads the Book of Proverbs, (which was written during the years of Solomon's reign) and skips over Ecclesiastes ( which was written towards the end of his life); it is like watching Megan Fallows play an adolescent in Anne of Green Gables without watching her grow to maturity in Anne of Avonlea.
Without going into an exposition of the entire book, I would like to point out a passage in Ecclesiastes that I think is probably the most unique passage in the entire Bible. The passage is found in Ecclesiastes 9:11, "I returned and saw under the sun that-The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to all."
Not only is this the most unique verse in all the Bible, I think it is the most unique verse in all of religion. Every religion that I can think of teaches a strict reciprocity principle. You get what you deserve and that's the end of the story. Buddhism and Hinduism teach karma, Islam teaches that everything that happens is directly willed by Allah (and Allah gives people what they deserve). The strict reciprocity principle even makes its way into human cultures.The idea that one's lot in life is directly proportional to the choices one makes is an idea nearly enshrined in American culture. As far as I know, the Bible is the only religious book that allows for time and chance.
I'm glad this is in the Bible. If it weren't, I think we could all rightly question whether the Bible is truly the Word of God, because if a book is going to make the claim to be inspired by God, shouldn't it at least portray reality as it is? While most of us prefer to believe that we are in control of our lives, the reality is-dung happens.
Forrest Gump was right. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes the righteous suffer the majority of their lives through little fault of their own. Other times the wicked prosper despite their evil deeds. Sometimes talentless people strike record deals. Other times world class singers like Eva Cassidy spend their lives in virtual anonymity and die of skin cancer in their early thirties. One just happened to be at the right place at the right time and the other just couldn't catch a break.
Knowing this helps to put things in perspective. Things don't always turn out like they should. That's just life. I think Solomon understood that it is better to adjust to the nuance of reality than to live in a fantasy world of predictability. I don't have a degree in Psychology, but I have a feeling that adjusting to reality makes good mental sense. So the next time I see the world famous bumper sticker with a slightly different word for dung, I'll think to myself, just one more reason to believe the Bible.
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Chapter 5Heaven and earth are not benevolent,They treat the ten thousand things equally, like straw dogsNeither is the sage benevolent,treating every one equally like straw dogsDaudejing After meditating with my zen buddhist friends yesterday, we were discussing how in Chinese culture, things were not good or bad, they were advantageous or not but there was not the moral assignment that we give.They believed that life was circular, bad things and good things each had a season. We discussed how similar this belief was to verses in Ecclesiastics.
Interesting point Marhaban. I'm assuming that you are referring to Ecclesiastes chapter 3 which says there is a time and a season for everything. I too have noticed the similarity between this passage and the cyclical view of life found in many pagan religions. There is a crucial difference, however, between Solomon's worldview and the worldview of your Zen Buddhist friend. The difference is found in the concluding verses of Ecclesiastes."Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."In the Biblical worldview, all of us are going to give an account to God, the Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth, for our thoughts and actions one day; not to some mysterious impersonal force.In Biblical faith, reality is grounded in relationships, most importantly, man's relationship with His Creator. Also central to Biblical faith is the idea that good triumphs over evil. This is what the resurrection of Jesus is all about. Rather than being impersonal opposites of the same force, the Bible acknowledges that good and evil are real, but good is far more powerful and will ultimately triumph over evil at the end of the age.
Aaron,Using Anne of Green Gables to make a point?!? I'm deducting 20 manliness points.This is a great post though. I've had what I would consider a run of bad luck in the last small segment of my life, but you know, I don't think I'm being punished for anything. The beautiful thing is that God takes peoples bad times and experiences and uses them for wonderful things. It reminds me of football practices in August-they're not fun at the time, but they leave you feeling like you could conquer the world if you make it through. You know, God doesn't put us through more than we can handle, and sometimes I'm flattered at what He thinks I can handle.On a different note,this is the second time in two days that I've heard a lesson or thought that revolved around someone trying their hardest not to say….well I won't spell it out on your blog out of respect, but I'm wondering what the sense is in alluding to a word that everyone will think in their brain, but abstain from saying it that loud(no offense meant here…I really am wondering). I say your next post should deal with curse words. I would love to hear what you have to say/biblical material on this matter. Sorry for that bunny trail.Pete
aaron,i second pete's comment on your anne of green gables reference; it went way over my head. but i do like the topic of this post and ecclesiates is a great book. and i like the idea of a future post on curse words.
Aaron,Acrually what we also were discussing was that there will never be an end to problems. The quote from the daudejing is addressing the fact that the world does not discriminate, it dishes out painful and joyful circumstances on everyone regardless of how good a person they are.Maybe I misread your post, but I thought that you were saying that all buddhists believe in "the reap what you sow" philosophy, but they actually are a pretty complex life philosophy and it varies depending on whether they evolved from chinese or japanese or indian traditions.I agree that there are differences in world views, but …My friends believe that we should be good people in this world because it is the right thing to do and it will make this world a better place. And honestly, I don't find this in conflict with my beliefs.
Pete and Toby,The Anne of Green Gables reference was to show a progression from an adolescent theology to a grown-up theology, which is what I see reflected in the difference in style and substance between the different phases of Solomon's life as reflected in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.Marhaban,Thank you for your comment. While I disagree with the philosophical presuppositions of Buddhism, I agree with you that the religion takes on different forms depending on the region. Zen Buddhism, for example, is very different from Theraveda Buddhism.Also, because I believe in natural law, which is to say that God has placed within the heart of every person a moral sense of right and wrong, I am not surprised to see this moral sense reflected in non-Christian religions.I disagree with your friend that evil will always be an equal and opposite force to good (which is what zoroastrianism teaches) or that they are two sides of the same coin (like the yin and the yang). The Biblical worldview is that evil is a perversion of the good with good being more powerful. Central to a Biblical worldview is the ultimate triumph of good over evil at the end of the age. That's what I believe and that is what I will continue to teach. I also agree with your friend that we need to do good for goodness sake, because it is the right thing to do. The ultimate question is who or what determines what is right and what is wrong. As a Christian I believe that God the Creator is the sole person who determines what is good and what is evil.
Aaron,Actually we got that. Your point isn't a bad one, it's the fact that you used Anne of……you know what, nevermind. Interesting talks about Buddhism. Some good points made there.Pete
Pete,In your first post, you said, "God doesn't put us through more than we can handle,…"I've heard this kind of thing said all my life, and I have been trying to find something solid that backs it up. Do you know if there is a scripture that actually says that or something close to it? I'm curious about the profanity issue also. That is a good topic.
Marhaban,The most readily available answer I have to that is the following"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."1 Corinthians 10:13Let me know if that answers your question.Pete


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This is one of the many old fishing lures I got from my father who passed away last year. He loved to fish. I am trying to figure out what kind it is. It is a small bait and I think it is made of wood. Do not see any markings on it. I have never seen one with that little metal thing on the end next to the back treble hook. Can anyone tell me what this is for?


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Microturbines can help the nation move toward a new energy economy.
Good things often come in small packages. Case in point: microturbines. About the size of a refrigerator, they can generate as much as 500kW of power with virtually no emissions.
Stephen Waslo, senior project manager for the Department of Energy (DOE), envisions microturbines as the solution to America's inadequate electricity infrastructure. Like reciprocating engines, they can lessen the country's dependence on the grid by providing on-site power through distributed generation.
"We have a 10- to 15-year window where equipment like microturbines can carry us through a transition period to new energy situations and a new energy economy," Waslo says. "As time goes on and our need for electricity grows, even peaking units that operate 300 hr a year may not be adequate. We may have to consider equipment that runs for a longer period of time."
New technologies are currently under development to address the nation's transmission problems. Researchers have invented a lightweight transmission conductor that can double or triple a transmission line's carrying capacity without constructing new transmission towers. While it may take years for the technology to take off, microturbines are already commercially available and ready to meet the country's current power needs. About 3,000 have already been shipped worldwide.
Design Issues.
Today's microturbines are currently about 25% to 30% efficient, but by the end of 2006, their efficiency could hit 40%. The U.S. government plans to invest up to $60 million in the DOE's Advanced Microturbine Program, along with an equal amount of cost share from the industry. The program is working with utilities, energy service companies, industrial manufacturers, and equipment suppliers to develop new concepts and designs. For example, Southern California Edison has teamed up with the DOE to develop a high-efficiency hybrid fuel cell/microturbine unit (see "The Hybrid" on page 48). This market could also be fueled by President Bush's $1.2 billion Freedom Fuel initiative, which hopes to reverse America's growing dependence on foreign oil by developing the technology needed for commercially viable hydrogen-powered fuel cells. This fuel cell technology could power vehicles, homes and businesses with reduced pollution or greenhouse gases. Combined with his Cooperative Automotive Research (CAR) initiative, Bush has proposed a total of $1.7 billion for fuel cell research over the next five years.
Fuel cells and microturbines once traveled on parallel paths of development. After studying both technologies, the DOE deemed fuel cells as the more appropriate solution to power cars. Researchers then started developing microturbines for the stationary market. After years of microturbine research, the DOE expects to achieve some major milestones this year.
"We are looking at the next generation microturbine," says Debbie Haught, DOE microturbine program manager. "It would be less costly, have lower maintenance, and retain or perhaps lessen its already low emissions profile."
Teams of contractors are now developing innovative equipment designs, and the DOE is building and testing the prototypes. Rather than starting from scratch and shooting for 40% efficiency, the teams are focusing on the immediate goal of 35%. The DOE has already begun to test turbines in the 200kW to 300kW class with an expected efficiency of 35%, but they're not yet market-ready. In order to meet the 40% goal, manufacturers are looking at integrating new ceramics into existing microturbines so they can run at a higher temperature.
Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Roane County, Tenn., are also researching new materials for recuperators, which help extract heat from the hot gases produced by the unit. Without one of these large metal heat exchangers, a microturbine's efficiency would plummet to about 15% to 17%, Haught says. Recuperators, however, make up a significant percentage of the initial expense of the microturbine; manufacturers are looking at different strategies to drop the cost. Stainless steel is the current material of choice, but since it has a specific temperature limit, it's likely it won't be able to withstand the higher temperatures that come with a more efficient microturbine. As a result, the Oak Ridge scientists are studying different materials that can behave like thin foil sheets of metal yet tolerate high temperatures. By discovering new materials for the recuperators and integrating new ceramics into existing microturbines, the DOE hopes to achieve energy and cost savings.
"In general, you can reduce cost by increasing production levels or looking at the design of the individual components," Haught says. "Looking at some of the market projections, you will get some cost reductions as more units are sold. Also, as you start to learn how they perform, you can generally find ways to reduce costs."
Microturbines, which operate in grid-connected, stand-alone, and dual modes, often power small commercial buildings. Manufacturing plants also use microturbines to ensure reliable temperature and process control.
"Minimal investment in a microturbine can save a plant millions of dollars in lost production and lost revenues," Waslo says. "If you are making tire cord in a polymer plant, and something happens and you lose temperature control, you can freeze up a whole furnace and lose a couple weeks of production due to downtime. In the case of a drug manufacturing plant, if you lose one batch, it could be a multi-million dollar loss."
Another setting for microturbines is supermarkets, which have coincident electrical and thermal loads. Microturbines can generate the supermarket's baseload power and reduce the store's electrical needs by supplying chilled water to cool the refrigerated display cases. Compared to a coal-fired plant that runs at 35% efficiency with a 7% to 8% line loss, a distributed energy system like a microturbine can top 70% to 80% efficiency with no line loss in combined heating and cooling applications. Stephanie Hamilton, manager of Southern California Edison, a California utility that has tested 13 microturbines at the University of California-Irvine, says the most desirable market for microturbines is that of combined heat and power (CHP) applications. By using the excess heat generated by a microturbine, a user can drive up efficiency and drive down cost. For example, the Hilton Garden Inn in Chesterton, Ind. can warm the swimming pool and spa, provide hot water for the laundry, offer hot showers to its guests, and heat parts of the building by converting the microturbines' waste heat into energy. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), about 40% of a hotel's typical energy usage is used for water heating. The natural gas-powered microturbines at the Hilton Garden Inn generate 90kW of electricity, which provides a third of the hotel's electricity needs. NiSource Energy Technologies, Merrillville, Ind., installed the three microturbines in a small dedicated building that architecturally blends in with its surroundings. Robert Kramer, chief scientist for NiSource, says the microturbines even helped keep the power and heat running at the hotel when a thunderstorm knocked out power to the rest of the surrounding area.
"Normally, the three microturbines are synchronized to the grid, but on loss of grid power, they very quickly isolate from the grid and supply critical loads within the hotel," Kramer says.
Because many chain hotels and grocery stores may have similar designs and sizes, NiSource can develop pre-packaged applications that will lower on-site engineering costs. Haught of the DOE says packaged systems will not only save time, but also build consistency.
"You don't want one person to deliver a microturbine and another person to deliver the air conditioning unit and then have someone spend a lot of engineering hours trying to figure out how to make the two work together," Haught says.
By developing packaged systems for the hotel industry, the microturbine market could take off, she says.
"If you installed a microturbine in one Hilton and saw a benefit, you could then outfit every Hilton that made sense," she says. "You could see how they would start to proliferate pretty fast."
Fueling the future.
Regions of the country with high electricity rates but moderately low natural gas prices, such as California, are ideal for microturbines. By 2020, the EIA expects the use of natural gas for distributed generation to more than double. Microturbines can also burn a number of other fuels, such as waste gas, landfill gas, or propane, at high- and low-pressure levels, says Hamilton of Southern California Edison.
"Landfill gas is a free fuel or a very cheap fuel," she says. "You are also cleaning up the emissions because otherwise the fuel would be either flared or vented to the atmosphere. As a potent greenhouse gas, it's very methane-rich."
While landfill gas is a zero-cost fuel, it has a higher capital cost than natural gas. Unlike natural gas, which is compressed and then fed directly into a microturbine, landfill gas must first be treated through moisture removal and the extraction of other trace impurities. In the long run, however, landfill gas is a less expensive fuel for the microturbines. In California, landfill-gas fired microturbines can produce electricity for 5 to 6 cents a kWh, compared to about 8 or 9 cents a kWh for natural gas and 14 cents a kWh for grid power.
"The cost of electricity is relatively low in areas with coal-fired plants, such as the Midwest, but high in areas with natural gas-fired plants, like California," says Jeffrey Pierce, executive vice president of SCS Energy. "With the fuel costs free, regions are separated from the natural gas price. It improves the economics."
Creating a niche business.
SCS Engineers, an environmental engineering company, broke into the microturbine market about a year-and-a-half ago. The Long Beach, Calif.-based firm established a new division called SCS Energy to install microturbines at California landfills. Because SCS was well versed in landfill projects, the firm could more easily learn how to handle and pretreat the landfill gas for microturbine use.
"As an environmental engineering company, the microturbine market helped us merge our two lines of business together," Pierce says. "Microturbines allowed us to expand our environmental practice to an energy practice as well."
By using a renewable fuel to power the microturbines, SCS Energy can apply for state and federal grants, production incentives, tax credits and low-interest loans. So far, the company has secured more than $2 million in funding and now has eight microturbine installations under its belt. With a 20-year background in the power business, Pierce says could quickly adapt to the new technology. Since many of the other team members weren't familiar with power generation, however, he provided them with on-the-job training. While the manufacturers maintain the microturbine, it's up to the SCS Energy team to do the balance of the plant.
"The microturbine is like the engine in the car," he says. "We are an assembler like General Motors as contrasted to just a guy that makes the engine. They provide the engine in the car, but we put everything else around it."
In order to get a microturbine up and running, the company has to get interconnection approval from the local electrical utility, apply for an environmental permit and order the equipment from the manufacturer. All the steps involved in a large-scale power project are also necessary in a small installation, Pierce says.
"I think a lot of people look at the effort that's required and think that it's not worth going through the effort to complete a small project, but we've made a business of it, and it's been successful," he says. "You really have to keep pushing every step of the way to drive a project to completion."
From authorization to power production, a typical project takes between four to seven months to get online, Pierce says. By installing microturbines at a landfill, however, SCS Energy can help its clients reduce or nearly eliminate their electricity costs. The microturbines are tied into the utility in parallel and continuously produce on-site power to meet the landfill's needs.
"Some people buy a microturbine and use it for standby power," he says. "Our projects all work just the opposite. Your standby power is the utility. You never have to worry about power outages caused by microturbine downtime."
Looking ahead.
Microturbines have the potential to generate clean reliable energy, but at a cost. Right now, microturbines generally cost about $1,000/kW, which is one-tenth the price of fuel cells but double the cost of reciprocating engines.
"If you look at dollars per kilowatt in a microturbine, it seems to be pretty high, but people can afford to buy them," Waslo says. "It's just the culture, the ability to readily adapt, combine cooling, heating and power, and deal with environmental issues, siting, and interconnection to the grid. I think once people are more comfortable with these issues, you'll see the microturbine market dramatically improve."
Sidebar:The Hybrid
Southern California Edison has tested a groundbreaking concept that has merged two technologies. The multi-million dollar device, which has been dubbed the "Hybrid," combines a fuel cell and a microturbine to bring about significantly higher efficiencies. Unlike microturbines, which are the size of refrigerators, the 60,000-lb unit is 30 ft long, 10 ft wide and 12 ft tall.
"It's the first of its kind," says John Leeper, project manager for Southern California Edison. "The reason why it is so exciting is that you can achieve very high efficiencies in small sizes, which are comparable to large combined cycle plants. You are producing power in the fuel cell and then the heat from the fuel cell is powering the microturbine. The fuel cell supplants the combustor."
Southern California Edison integrated a Siemens-Westinghouse solid oxide fuel cell with an Ingersoll-Rand microturbine in 1999. The result is a high-efficiency pressurized fuel cell with virtually no emissions.
The 200kW hybrid is a proof-of-concept demonstration and is not grid-connected. Because of its high temperature design, the machine must be run at base load 24/7. Engineers have come from around the world to visit the Hybrid, which resides at the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California-Irvine. While it could someday become a commercially available technology, it's still in the early design stage.
Manufacturers, however, are now building newer versions of the Hybrid. Fuel Cell Energy teamed up with Capstone Turbine Corp. to develop the Direct Fuel Cell/Turbine technology (shown above) and is now testing two hybrid-powered power plants. The Siemens Power Generation Group has also announced plans to build two hybrid power plants for operation in Europe.
Sidebar: What is a Microturbine?
Microturbines are small combustion turbines with outputs between 25kW and 500kW. About the size of a refrigerator, they are well suited for stationary energy generation applications. Small commercial buildings, such as hotels, stores, and restaurants, can use microturbines to produce electricity and heat. They burn a wide variety of fuels like natural gas, kerosene, propane, methanol, diesel, and "waste fuels," such as landfill and digestor gas. The main components of a microturbine include the turbine, recuperator, compressor, and electrical generator, as shown in the diagram below.
Sidebar: Microturbine Market
The microturbine market quadrupled in 2000, but experienced modest growth in 2001. Shipments of microturbines in the 30kW to 300kW range increased 15% in 2001 to 1,400 units. Industry analysts and manufacturers, however, forecasted that shipments could reach up to 5,500 units. Primen, an energy market research company, concluded that they failed to take into account the following problems when predicting the 2001 increase.
Higher-than-projected natural gas prices made the technology uncompetitive with grid-supplied power.
The end of California's power crisis slowed down the market for microturbines.
Utility rules, standby fees, and other tariff issues significantly raised the actual cost of deploying distributed energy systems.
Equipment didn't always run as advertised, and developers and vendors ran into technical problems. Honeywell Power Systems also announced that they were ceasing operations and buying back all their products in the field in August 2001.
Vendors and project developers failed to realize the high relative cost of project development for technologies in the 30kW to 75kW size range.
Energy users, expecting a decline in energy costs due to retail competition, hesitated to move to distributed generation, especially with a new technology.
Sidebar: Ins and Outs of Microturbines
While reciprocating engines have been around for many decades, fuel cells and microturbines are relatively new technologies. Here are some pros and cons of using a microturbine as a stationary application.
Small footprint
Good efficiencies, especially with cogeneration
Low emissions and low maintenance costs, compared with reciprocating technology
High-speed operation with no low-frequency vibration
Simple design with a minimum of moving parts
Fuel flexibility
Increased heat output for absorption chilling or other heat uses
Reduced power output and efficiency at higher ambient temperatures and elevation
High capital cost
Unknown equipment lifetime
Sidebar: Department of Energy's Microturbine Goals
The Department of Energy is working with Capstone Turbine Corp., General Electric, Ingersoll-Rand, Solar Turbines, and UTC to create the next generation microturbine. The DOE has the following five goals for its ultra-clean, high-efficiency microturbine designs.
High Efficiency — Fuel-to-electricity conversion efficiency of at least 40%
Environment — NOx < 7 ppm (natural gas)
Durability — 11,000 hr of reliable operations between major overhauls and a service life of at least 45,000 hr
Cost of Power — System costs < $500/kW, costs of electricity that are competitive with the alternatives, including grid, for market applications
Fuel Flexibility — Options for using multiple fuels like diesel, ethanol, landfill gas, and bio-fuels


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So I really don't think having to run with a backup in Emery and an AHL call-up makes a difference to them.
Ant the Canucks had Lou, McLean and Brodeur. Hmm. Lou it top notch, but McLean and Brodeur were not ever considered top 10 goalies, let alone elite. Chicago has historically had a lot better goal tending than the Canucks. I'd love to see Chicago hit the crapper with Emery and their AHL backup. Well, either goalie will look bad once Chicago's hot streak is over.


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The mood swing in farm country stems from an abrupt change in the weather and a reversal in the prevailing price trend. It's naive to believe crop insurance will negate sins of inadequate planning or marketing. Flexibility has always been key in my marketing plan—and it's even more so this year.
Such price appreciation, like what we saw in mid-June, can become a two-edged sword as we deal with the implications of crop revenue insurance, says Jamie Wasemiller, resident insurance expert at Gulke Group. Traditionally, the plan is to use the February average as a guide and price up to the percentage of chosen coverage. Using cash forward contracts versus futures is where the rub comes, Wasemiller notes. Cash contracts reduce flexibility, which is why we limited them to 15% in 2012 while using futures on as much as 85% for 2012 and 40% for 2013.
Technical buy signals on June 18 prompted me to advise clients to exit all grain hedges and (go long) futures on at least 50% to 80% of personal corn production shortfall. Markets moved quickly, and it was $5.60 on average before the plan was completed. Buying puts or selling calls could have been a disaster and was not part of my strategy. Reacting quickly and keeping it simple while buying time and information works best.
Breakdown in Marketing. To further illustrate the importance of flexibility coupled with limiting cash sales and using futures, see the following two examples:
No. 1: Cash contracts on 80% of an actual production history of 162 bu. (129.6 bu.) at $5.68 grosses $736. Half of that crop equals 81 bu., which means buying 48 bu. at perhaps $8 minus $5.68, or $111 per acre. With a fall harvest price of $8, the shortfall of 48 bu. totals a $384 insurance payout, reduced by $111 to $273 net plus the 81 bu. sold earlier at $5.68 ($460). Total gross sales equal $733, less $700 per acre cost of production, for a net profit of $33 per acre.
No. 2: In the extreme case of zero yield, a payout of $1,032 is reduced by covering the total 129.6 bu. buyback at $2.32 ($8 minus $5.68), or $300. Less cost of production at $700, that leaves only a $32 profit. In this case, it might have been best to have done nothing and wait out the growing season to sell in October, when price and yield meet their ultimate point.
Using the first example with 50% coverage, 15% (19 bu.) sold at a gross of $109 plus an insurance payout of $384, plus selling the balance of 62 bu. (81 bu. minus 19 bu.) at $8 ($496) produces a gross of $880 or $180 net profit per acre after $700 expenses. That profit point is respectable in anyone's book and worth the time spent to understand and use futures and recognize when to be flexible. Think before you are offered the provision to "roll" unfilled contracts into December 2013, as it could cost you a lot.
If this year is like similar supply shortages, prices will top at about the time government reaction goes overboard or the psychological impact pushes farmers to exit cash contracts, only to realize the fall harvest price might be much less than they expect as a result of reduced demand. Timing enhanced by flexibility was critical in mid-June and will be likewise for marketing 2012 and 2013 crops.
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Dennisse Escareno's family members had said they were praying for a Christmas miracle to prove doctors were wrong about her being brain dead.
And right on schedule, on Christmas Day, they got that miracle.
Escareno, 24, who had been viciously beaten and left by the side of the road, moved her fingers and toes, her roommate Melody Riddle said Tuesday.
"We went up to see her on Christmas Day, and Krissi took the kids," she said.
Krissi Tipton, Escareno's aunt, had told The Sentinel-News Thursday that she was going to take her children to University of Louisville Hospital "to say goodbye," but instead she said she got the surprise of her life.
Escareno's mother, Norma Escareno, who has hardly left her daughter's side since arriving from California, was in the room, and when the family came in, she told them that her daughter had just wiggled her toes.
"She said, maybe she will do it again," Riddle said. "She said, 'Come on, Denisse, show us that you are still with us.'"
Then when Escareno wiggled them again, Riddle said everybody in the room just went hysterical with joy.
"My little boy just started hugging her and my daughter literally just hit the floor," Tipton said.
Riddle said the awe of the situation sent a chill down her spine.
"The doctors had told us that they didn't think she was going to recover; she was just not going to pull through this," she said. "But when she wiggled her toes, we were just all in tears.
"We just couldn't believe it. We have just been calling everybody and telling them how God has answered our prayers."
Riddle said doctors evaluated Escareno's responses and then said more testing is needed to understand her condition more clearly but that they are being cautiously optimistic.
"The doctors have said they think she can hear us," Riddle said.
Escareno has lain in a coma at UofL since Nov. 5, when she was found on Mount Eden Road about 2 miles south of Interstate 64, stabbed, severely beaten and barely alive.
An account was set up at Citizens Union Bank to help with the expenses for her treatment.
Mark Bruner, 38, of Taylorsville was arrested 10 days later and charged with assaulting Escareno. He and Escareno did not know each other, and he apparently saw her walking, picked her up and gave her a ride to a phone store, police said.
Bruner has pleaded not guilty to the charge of first-degree assault, a Class B felony, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Shelby County Sheriff's Det. Eric Hettinger said investigators and experts are continuing to review forensic evidence in the case.
Last week, when the family shared the tragic diagnosis with The Sentinel-News, they also shared their hope that a miracle could happen for Denisse.
Escareno's employer, Bonnie Burgin, manager of the Community Christian Daycare on Mount Eden Road, echoed that hope.
""I believe in miracles, and maybe that's what we all need to do right now – just pray, and believe," she had said.
What did she have to say when she heard the news that there was still hope for Escareno?
"It was wonderful news," she said. "A miracle was what we prayed for. Now we just have to wait and see how much improvement she is going to make. I'm sure she's got a long, hard road in front of her."
Riddle said that even though the doctors have still not been able to tell them anything yet about what to expect, the family continues to cling to the hope that Escareno could make a full recover.
"All we know is that she is now responding, and we just want to ask every one to continue to pray for her," she said.
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Surveyors measure out parcels of land for the owners of the land. According to the Autumn 2004 issue of the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Daniel Boone operated as a surveyor from 1783 to 1797, and in that time he performed 163 surveys to a total of almost 400,000 acres. Boone surveyed mostly areas of Virginia and Kentucky that had not yet been settled by Euro-Americans.
Daniel Boone would have carried a surveyor's compass much like this one on his surveying journeys. A survey party would consist of the surveyors and usually two assistants. The surveyor would put the compass on wooden legs, and use the internal spirit levels to make sure the compass was level. Then he would use the detachable sights to view the line of the property. His assistants would carry a 100-link piece of chain which was four poles long (sixty-six feet), and would measure out the distance. Then the surveyor would move the compass to the end of the chain and repeat the procedure to the end of the property boundary.
This compass has a counting dial with which the surveyor could keep track of the number of chain lengths he had travelled (up to 16). The compass comes with a table to help the surveyor make easy calculations of distance based on the number of chain lengths. Eighty chain-lengths equaled a mile.
Surveyors kept notebooks to record their work. In these books, they would map out key features of the plot of land they were measuring, so that maps could be made and the plots would be easier to locate later.


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To be honest, I don't know quite what to tell you.
Patch 4.0 has landed, a preview of all of the changes to come in the Cataclysm to come.
How are you liking it so far?
You know, there are a lot of changes to discuss so let's get right down to it.
The first thing you'll notice is that while there have been a lot of restructuring changes to the tree, there are a lot of talents bear more than a passing resemblance to their older counterparts.
As there are only a few talents that you wouldn't get while travelling down the tree, it's those that I'll cover more than anything else.
The first talent to avoid is pretty much a no-brainer. Blood and Thunder in the first tier of the prot tree is near completely useless as a tank because you'll never really have Rend up on those mobs.
The next talent to avoid occurs on the second tier and is a little harder to choose from. The two weaker talents on that line are definitely Shield Specialization or Gag Order. While both have their place, the rage intake will largely keep you filled up on rage in a raid setting while the occasional 100% silence on a caster mob can be invaluable when it comes to positioning while the bit of extra rage that comes your way here and there, if you had to, you could do without. If the talent offered a bit of mitigation, it'd be fine but as it is, it feels pretty lackluster. Take it instead of Gag Order if you're having rage issues but ignore it otherwise in favor of other talents.
The next unfavorable talent comes a few tiers down and is actually linked to Devastate and since it's obvious that Sword and Board is pretty much a required tanking talent, the obvious culprit is the Impending Victory talent which really, while it can be nice occasionally to have an extra attack to throw around at execute range, it's really not going to make that much of a difference. Feel free to snag it if you're bored or if you're into prot PvP, but other than those two situations, there really isn't much use for a talent like that in our already lean spec. Cut it out.
It's when you hit this point and branch out that things become confusing.
Your out of Protection talents are really up for debate and completely up to your preferred playstyle. If your healers are impeachable and you never have problems with survivability, then by all means, dip your few remaining points into a combination of Cruelty in Fury and War Academy in Arms.
If you find yourself with a bit of rage issues, pump some extra points into that Shield Specialization in Protection or Battle Trance in Fury.
This last is my personal favorite though. Splitting your remaining five points between the reworked Blood Craze in the Fury tree and Field Dressing in the Arms tree yields a great synergistic combo resulting in a near constant healing effect on yourself as well as making all the heals landing a bit more effective.
Whatever your remaining choices, take your picks, gird those loins and grab your wallets as next week, we'll take a look at the potential glyph choices and if your server's anything like mine, that'll cost you a pretty penny still.


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At the 27 institutes and 25 clinical centers of Jena University Hospital, the scientists and physicians work both in the fields of fundamental biomedical research and in patient-related clinical research. Therein two foci of research have grown. Concentrating on this profile but also covering the broad range of clinical research, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research is a proven instrument for promoting young researchers and internal initial funding of research groups.
In 2014, scientist at the school of medicine raised an amount of 24.5 Mio Euro of Third-party funds for research projects. For a complete review of research at the Jena Univerity Hospital see our research report.
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Discussions in Rome failed to agree on new guidance for deep-sea fisheries in the high seas. A second meeting was called for this summer to discuss outstanding issues.
Delegates met in Rome last week (February 4-8) to develop International Guidelines on the management of deep-sea fisheries and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems on the high seas. The Guidelines are to aid States and regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) in the implementation of the 2006 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 61/105 which calls for the adoption, no later than December 2008, of conservation and management measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) on the high seas from serious impacts as a result of deep-sea fishing activities.
The FAO Draft International Guidelines on Managing Deep-Sea Fisheries on the High Seas outline the measures and approaches that states should take to ensure that the deep-sea fish stocks of the high seas are not overexploited or that fishing damages VMEs through contact with fishing gear. The Draft Guidelines were based on expert-level FAO-sponsored workshops of experts in deep-sea biology, fisheries management and the deep-sea fishing industry. In Rome this week representatives of States attempted to discuss and revise the draft Guidelines so that they would provide clear advice to States in regulating high seas bottom fisheries.
This proved not to be an easy task, as in such cases single words can dramatically change the meaning or emphasis of a Guideline. Nonetheless, a number of important provisions were agreed regarding the fundamental approach countries should take in determining which types of ecosystems are vulnerable to bottom fisheries on the high seas, where such ecosystems may be found or are likely to be found, and how to conduct environmental impact assessments to determine what impact bottom fishing may have.
Dr Alex Rogers, representing the IUCN, said that
"The August meeting will be vital. We can only hope that the end result will improve the management of deep-sea fisheries and protect the diversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems. In the interim, the agreed elements can be utilized by RFMOs and States to inform conservation and management of deep sea fisheries and the protection of VMEs on the high seas."
The IUCN-commissioned report on the Science behind the Guidelines, provided critical background information for the meeting. Co-authored by Alex D Rogers, Malcolm R Clark, Jason M Hall Spencer and Kristina M. Gjerde, the report provides a state of the art review of vulnerable seabed communities and where they occur, their vulnerability to significant adverse impacts from bottom fishing activities on the high seas, and options for precautionary fisheries management.
The report also brings together some of the latest scientific research revealing the slow growth and long lives of many deep-sea species, providing a valuable picture of the diversity and fragility of life on the seabed. We now know that a single octocoral colony, for example, can live for up to 2,700 years – in other words the coral settled at a time close to when Homer was writing about the fall of Troy. Lophelia reefs in the Northeast Atlantic have been around for 10,000 years; they started growing before the time the earliest human civilization started in Mesopotamia, now Iraq. Coral habitats in some southerly areas of the North Atlantic are even older and corals have resided there continuously for up to 50,000 years. This was the time that modern humans were expanding out of Africa and still shared the world with Neanderthals. These animals tend to occur in places characterised by steep slopes, rough seabed and a high exposure to currents that keep rocks clear of sediments and supply the animals with food in the form of organic detritus or zooplankton. These areas, which include seamounts, banks and the margins of the continental shelves and oceanic islands, are also the places where commercially valuable fish species occur. Fishing on such features can be intense and fishing gear that contacts the seabed can smash or remove the fragile animals that form these vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Deep-sea fisheries on the high seas have generally been unregulated leading to a "boom and bust" pattern of fisheries where stocks are rapidly overexploited or depleted. This is because deep-sea fish are often characterised by slow rates of growth, late maturation, extreme longevity, low fecundity and intermittent recruitment where spawning may not occur every year. Some deep-sea fish, such as orange roughy, do not mature until they are older than 20 years and they may live to more than 100 years. Such species are highly vulnerable to overfishing.
As well as the vulnerability of the targeted fish species, deep-sea fisheries can also have severe impacts on deep-sea ecosystems that are characterised by rich biodiversity, or a high proportion of species not found elsewhere (endemic species). These include stunning cold-water coral reefs and coral or sponge gardens, places where animals form structures on the seabed that are home to many other species. They also include chemosynthetic ecosystems such as hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps, places where fluids, rich in hydrogen sulphide, a poison to most animals, flow out of the seabed. A few, specialised animals, can survive in these toxic habitats and gain their nutrition by forming symbiotic relationships with sulphur bacteria or by feeding on the rich bacterial mats that live around the vents and seeps. These species are often not found outside of these special ecosystems and therefore have very narrow ranges of geographic distribution.
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Friday, April 2, 2010
something to chirp about - it's World Autism Awareness Day!
Today's bento is packed in a blue box, being that blue is the official color of Autism Speak's "Light It Up Blue" campaign.
In the back left corner is an egg chick (chirp! chirp!), next to puzzle pieces of cheddar cheese. Strawberries, carrots, olives and a little dip container round out the snack.
The puzzle pieces were made using one of the puzzle sandwich cutters from this Lunch Punch set.
The egg chick is made from a hard boiled egg that I cut in half with a jagged border (much easier than it looks and easier than I thought it would be!), then I used the yolk (with others too) to make a deviled egg mixture. Then I scooped the deviled egg mixture and shaped it a little to make a round shape and added it back into the egg white "shell". I used little pieces of black olive for his eyes and a carrot for a beak. Chirp!
My "recipe" for the deviled yolk mixture is to mix with a little fat-free mayo (I HATE mayonnaise with a passion, the ONLY time I eat it is in deviled eggs or egg salad and I use the fat free because it gives the moisture needed without the taste of mayo!) and mustard, salt and pepper. Sometimes I'll also use paprika on deviled eggs.
How will you be lighting it up blue today? Will you be wearing blue? Lighting up your porch with a blue light bulb? Paint your face blue? ;-)
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- Jon and Jennifer said... [Reply to comment]
thank you for stopping by to tell me about the yogurt covered raisins. Whole foods...we don't have one of those but I'll have to look around for them they sound wonderful!!
- April 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Mathmom and family said... [Reply to comment]
What a wonderful lunch, Melissa!! I love how your chick turned out, but I'm sad that you don't like mayo. I love the stuff!
By the way, I'm wearing blue today!
- April 2, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Jayne said... [Reply to comment]
I wore blue today and Jordan Knight did, too :) That makes me smile :) http://twitpic.com/1coy83
I know I've said it over and over and over, but I'm still fascinated by the bentos. I'm not quite motivated enough to make my own, but I am inspired. Keep it coming!
- April 2, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Mrs. Ed said... [Reply to comment]
I love the puzzle pieces! This is near and dear to me too. My brother is autistic and my son was, and is still considered mild PDD, (there's a few issues leftover, severe picky eating is one of them, so that's why I'm a big fan of your lovely bento boxes).
I have to say I did not know there was a World Autism Day. That is so cool.
Have you ever tried homemade mayo?
- April 3, 2010 at 7:44 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Mrs. Ed, I haven't tried homemade mayo. My husband makes it sometimes and in his old age it's the only mayo he really likes any longer, but I still think it's icky. I'm quite satisfied just using mustard liberally on my sandwiches. :)
Tif, I guess this is just another area where you and I must part ways. Butter being the other one. ;-)
- April 3, 2010 at 8:38 PM
- Katie said... [Reply to comment]
Melissa, your Bento boxes are amazing! I have a co-worker who's son is autistic and I showed her your blog, she was SUPER impressed! She's trying it with her son as well, he seems to do better when he gets to help her make the bento boxes. Plus he likes showing off his food at school :)
- April 6, 2010 at 6:09 PM


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Bill Belichick has been in high spirits this week. We've even seen him smile once or twice.
Why is the normally grim Belichick all smiles?
Wes Welker t hinks it's because of his dating life. Welker told the media yesterday:
"I don't know, I think he's enjoying himself. I think he's got a lady in his life, so that could definitely be the case; I don't know," Welker theorized.
Welker laughed and went on to say:
"A lot of people have been asking me that, I attribute it to Linda [the lady in Belichick's life], personally."
Belichick and Linda Holliday have been seen together in the past few years, and she was even spotted at Belichick's last Super Bowl appearance, but it seems like things must be better than ever recently.
We wonder how Belichick will react to this... another Pats player was surprised Welker was so outspoken about the coach's personal life. Deion Branch said:
"He said what? I don't know. That's what Welker said? Coach told us to have fun, but not that much fun."
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Domestic violence shelters are meeting the needs of abuse survivors and their children, providing services like housing, mental health counseling, and legal assistance. An NIJ-sponsored study
[1] found that nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of domestic violence survivors rate the assistance they received at their shelters as "very helpful", and another 18 percent rate it as "helpful."
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Roger the Rock Student WorksheetYour assignment: Create a childrens story about Roger the Rock.
Roger is a rock that has been a part of the rock cycle for millions of years. Your job is to tell Rogers story. You must describe how Roger was born and at least three transitions that occurred during Rogers life. (For example, changing from igneous to sedimentary, sedimentary to metamorphic, and metamorphic to igneous.)
Your grade will be based on in-class work, the accuracy of your information, creativity, and neatness/effort. This should be a story appropriate for a childrens book (think back to 2nd grade here!), including pictures.
To earn an A, you need to include many details-the names of specific rock types, descriptions about what causes the changes to occur, etc.
This project will be due on: ________________________________
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Diversity Awardee Reveals Hard Work Is Not Enough.
We've been pondering our collection of inclusion and diversity awards sitting in our San Jose office. Some are inspired and even practical, like the glass bowl with a plaque stating "fill with candy and share". And then serendipitously, I came across an employee account from our recent participation at the NELI (National Eagle Leadership Institute) Awards that re-ignited the real stories behind the glass ornaments in our awards cabinet.
As co-executive sponsor of the Cisco Asian Affinity Network employee resource group, Kimberly Marcelis, Vice President of Strategic Planning led Cisco's first culturally-based pilot program to address the under-representation of leaders of Pacific Rim descent in Cisco's senior leadership. This nine-month longitudinal study resulted in an extraordinary 20 percent of the entire group being promoted to the next level during the pilot; 32 percent of all participants were women. Continuing into its second year, the pilot program is building upon lessons learned and expanding its reach, demonstrating to other employee resource groups within Cisco that more targeted development programs designed around a group's particular needs can achieve amazing outcomes.
Kim was honored by receiving a prestigious Eagle Award at last week's gala dinner in Kansas City. The awards recognize culturally diverse professionals in corporate America who exemplify leadership. Not to detract from her many significant achievements, what struck me most about Kim's nomination process was her most significant personal event:
"My most significant personal event was watching my parents' business fail. For forty years, my parents epitomized the middle class immigrant success story. They came to the United States at 18 with only a high school degree. They worked hard, saved every penny and went from working in a grocery store, to owning one, to running three Chinese restaurants in shopping malls. They selected their home based on putting their children through the best public education they could and had to fight discrimination to even purchase the house in the neighborhood. While our family didn't eat out often, my parents saved enough money to take us to Disneyland every year and pay for the college of their first two children.
Then the recession hit in the early 1990s, people stopped shopping at malls and my parents could no longer make payroll at their restaurants. They used all of their retirement savings to keep the restaurants going but the economic downturn lasted too long. My parents closed all three restaurants.
With no income and no savings, they turned to their children. My older brother and I supported my parents while my younger sister took out loans to pay for her college. My parents could not afford to retire and had no education to fall back on. However, this unfortunate situation gave us the opportunity to redefine the social contract for the family. Although my parents didn't have education, they did have time. My brother and I pooled our money for real estate investments while my parents did the time consuming work of looking at apartment buildings, interviewing tenants, managing property maintenance, and the like. We continued to pool our resources together to make real estate investments. Then, when my children were born, my parents moved in with me to provide all the necessary support for my demanding job, and family.
I consider this the most significant personal event for several reasons:
1/ It redefined the relationships in my family and made us more of a team rather than a traditional parent/child relationship.
2/ It made me brutally aware that working extremely hard isn't always enough.
3/ You always have the choice to cry or smile and move on. I prefer to smile and move on."
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