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Oh my word...I am all giggles over our campus' newest purchase! A COLOR POSTER MAKER!!! I am completely obsessed and having to pace myself to keep from running every single glittery printable that I can get my paws on through the thing. It is just amazing! (more on that in a minute...)
I don't post very often about math. I have a huge passion for literacy and I'm sure that's evident by my previous posts and TPT products. The other reason, is that we team plan on my campus. My fabulous first grade teammates do a wonderful job of covering the other subject areas. A week or so ago we created anchor charts for our addition and subtraction strategies. My chart paper is quite large and I was worried about finding a spot to hang them on my shrinking wall space. I figured it was the perfect opportunity to put the new poster maker to use! Soooo...I created a set of printables with the strategies. Check them out...
You can get them HERE in my TPT store! ($2)
(Graphics & Fonts by: JW Illustrations, Melonheadz, DreamlikeMagic, Print Candee, Kevin and Amanda)
*Unfortunately at this time, I will not be able to make any custom changes to the strategies. Sold as is.)
Now back to my new obsession. Time for the magic...
Oh my!! Just amazing.
And a perfect fit for my space! (Sorry for the pic quality on this one!)
Since I'm in a math-y kind of mood, I can't leave you without a freebie. Here's a little doubles poster that I made to add to my meeting board!
You can get your own copy by clicking HERE!
(Graphics & Fonts by: ErinBradleyDesigns, DreamlikeMagic, Small Town Clipart, Kevin and Amanda)
I hope that everyone has a wonderful week and is looking forward to an upcoming break!


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Could what's in this little container keep our planet healthy? The simple reality is we need to find a way to put carbon back into the soil, and making something called 'biochar' is perhaps the best way to do that. While attending the World Renewable Energy Forum in Denver, it was hard not to be attracted to what could be the lowest tech solution to our carbon problem — simply stabilize it and put it back into the ground from where it came. Biochar is a valuable soil amenity and fuel source, so its potential is just being tapped. The net-carbon negative process is being taken very seriously as the best, and thus far, only proven way to store carbon for the long term in large quantities.
'Biochar' was coined in 2007 and means charcoal applied to soil — its potential usefulness was made famous by a study of 500 year old soil in the Amazon. Terra Preta de Indio, or dark earth, was created by indigenous cultures near the Amazon river by placing charcoal back into the marginal clay which in turn pushed pH levels to 5.5 from 3.5, making it some of the best soil in Brazil and improving land productivity by 3 times.
Pryolysis is the key chemical reaction to make biomass, or simply stated plants, into a long term carbon fixed medium. Adding heat to biomass without introducing oxygen changes the sugars into fixed carbon. Tom Miles of TR Miles Technical Consultants explained how when carbon rich material is added to soil, it will stay there for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Biochar infused soil is used to reclaim landscapes, used on turf, farms or nurseries, and even on green roofs. The biochar's surface is home for active microbes and retains water. When added as a soil amenity in optimal percentages, there will be an improvement of plant growth.
Jonah Levine of Biochar Solutions walked us through how they take wood chips and 'cook' them at 350-700 degrees, and then separate the gas, dust and charcoal using a towable rig. The hotter the pryolysis the more gas is produced and cooler temperatures result in more biochar. The gas is burned at the rig and can be used to dry the feedstock and heat the raw material that makes the process a net-carbon negative process.
But proponents of biochar who see it as a way to geoengineer our way out of a global warming nightmare need to think big. In Japan perhaps 1/3 of rice husks are turned into biochar, Black is Green, or BIG, in Australia is a huge mobile biochar machine, and even larger ICM Gasifiers are used in Kansas. The new kid on the block, Cool Planet Energy Systems, is looking to make large semi-mobile units that can produce gas, synthetic diesel, and other fuels. They promise that if the resulting biochar is put into the soil, their fuels will have twice the total carbon reduction of even solar and wind. Clearly if biochar is to become the great alternative to our one way carbon lifestyle, many industries will need to cooperate to stake its potential in the ground.
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Adam Goodheart
An historian, journalist, and critic, Adam Goodheart is the author of The New York Times bestselling book 1861: The Civil War Awakening, published by Alfred A. Knopf in April 2011 to widespread critical acclaim.
1861 presents a sweeping portrayal of America at a moment of crisis and change. A cover review in the New York Times Book Review called it "exhilarating," "inspiring," and "irresistible," adding, "1861 creates the uncanny illusion that the reader has stepped into a time machine." The Boston Globe's reviewer wrote: "Hardly a page of this book lacks an insight of importance or a fact that beguiles the reader." Advance excerpts of the book appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the American Scholar, Washingtonian, and elsewhere, and it was a Main Selection of both the History Book Club and the Military Book Club.
Goodheart's writing often deals with the intersection of the present and the past. A 1992 graduate of Harvard, he was a founder and senior editor of Civilization, the magazine of the Library of Congress, which won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in its first year of publication. He has contributed frequent essays and reviews to the New York Times (where he also served as deputy editor of the Op-Ed page), National Geographic, Smithsonian, The Atlantic, the American Scholar, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. He is a regular writer for the New York Times' acclaimed online Civil War series, "Disunion." Goodheart's travel writing has appeared in Outside, GQ, Conde Nast Traveler, and other magazines. Among the prizes his work has received are the Lowell Thomas Award of the Society of American Travel Writers (2004), the Henry Lawson Award for Travel Writing (2005), and the A.D. Emmart Award for excellence in the humanities (2007); his essays have appeared in numerous anthologies, including multiple editions of the Norton Reader.
Among other current projects, Goodheart is the director of the American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series at the Smithsonian Institution, founded in 2008. He is co-director of the Poplar Grove Project, which has conserved and archived some 30,000 pages of historic documents dating from the 17th through the 20th centuries, in partnership with the Maryland State Archives. He is a member of the boards of directors of a number of cultural organizations, including the Maryland Humanities Council (where he chairs the grants committee), and is an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society.
Goodheart has given public talks at the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the National Constitution Center, the New-York Historical Society, the National Geographic Society, and the Museum of the City of New York, among many other venues. He will be a keynote speaker at the 2011 annual meetings of the American Association for State and Local History and the Society for History in the Federal Government. He makes frequent broadcast media appearances, including on CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, Fox News, and National Public Radio ("Fresh Air," "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition," "Studio 360").
At Washington College, Goodheart is the director of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, an institute for fostering innovative approaches to history and culture through a range of writing fellowships, prizes, public events, teacher seminars, and student programs. He has taught courses at the College in American Studies, English, History, Anthropology, and Art. The book 1861 was inspired in part by a trove of historic letters that Goodheart and his undergraduate students uncovered in a 250-year old plantation house near Chestertown.
Lecturer in History and American Studies
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Recent Articles And Media Appearances
Interview with Terry Gross on NPR's "Fresh Air," April 12, 2011:
Interview with Kurt Andersen on NPR's "Studio 360," April 8, 2011:
Interview with Slate.com, April 15, 2011:
"How Slavery Really Ended in America," New York Times Magazine, April 3, 2011
"Civil Warfare in the Streets," American Scholar, Spring 2011
"Washington in 1861: The New Dawn of Our Nation's Capital," Washingtonian, March 2011
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In 2016, 17-year Brood V, which stretches from near Lake Erie to the Appalachians in Virginia, will emerge.
Crowdsourcing is a key part of the Magicicada project. You can help by learning how to find and identify periodical cicadas and by providing information about where you see them. Crowdsourced records have led to important discoveries about previously unknown portions of Brood I and Brood II. Your information can help us spot small or unknown populations and help us learn more about these fascinating insects.
Brood V contains Magicicada septendecim, M. cassini, and M. septendecula. Thus, in 2016, you can see three species of Magicicada.
The 2016 emergence is unikely to extend over a period of months; while Brood V covers a wide latitudinal range, southern populations are high-elevation, and norhtern populations are relatively low elevation. Look for cicadas to start emerging actoss the range of the brood in Mid-May (or earlier if the weather is warm), and look for the emergences to last into Mid-June or later.
Locally, periodical cicada emergences occur when soil temperatures at a depth of 7-8 inches reach approximately 64F (Heath 1968). Past emergence dates may also predict 2016 emergence dates.
Periodical cicadas are unique in their combination of long, prime-numbered life cycles (13 or 17 years), precisely timed mass emergences, and active choruses.
Periodical cicadas are found only in eastern North America. There are seven species -- four with 13-year life cycles and three with 17-year cycles. The three 17-year species are generally northern in distribution, while the 13-year species are generally southern and midwestern. The periodical cicadas can be divided into three species groups (-decim, -cassini, and -decula) with slight ecological differences. Magicicada are so synchronized developmentally that they are nearly absent as adults in the 12 or 16 years between emergences. When they do emerge after their long juvenile periods, they do so in huge numbers, forming much denser aggregations than those achieved by most other cicadas. Periodical cicada emergences in different regions are not synchronized, and different populations comprise the 15 largely parapatric periodical cicada "Broods," or year-classes.
Many people know periodical cicadas by the name "17-year locusts" or "13-year locusts", but they are not true locusts, which are a type of grasshopper. Their uniqueness has given them a special appeal and cultural status. Members of the Onondaga Nation near Syracuse NY maintain the oral tradition of being rescued from famine by periodical cicadas. Early European colonists viewed periodical cicadas with a mixture of religious apprehension and loathing. Modern Americans maintain numerous websites to assist in planning weddings, graduations, and other outdoor activities around Magicicada emergences.
Magicicada adults have black bodies and striking red eyes and orange wing veins, with a black "W" near the tips of the forewings. Most emerge in May and June. Some of the annual cicada species are sometimes mistaken for the periodical cicadas, especially those in the genera Diceroprocta and Okanagana; these other species emerge somewhat later in the year but may overlap with Magicicada. The Okanagana species are the most potentially confusing because some have similar black-and-orange coloration. Other Common North American non-periodical cicadas include the large, greenish "dog-day" cicadas (genus Tibicen) found throughout the U.S. in the summer. Non-periodical cicadas are often called "annual cicadas" (even though they typically have multiple-year life cycles) because in a given location adults emerge every year. The best way to identify cicada species is by the sounds that they make, because cicada songs are nearly always species-specific.
Cicadas do not possess special defensive mechanisms -- they do not sting or bite. The ovipositor is used only for laying eggs and the mouthparts are used only for feeding on twigs; thus, periodical cicadas can hurt you only if they mistake you for a tree branch! When approached, a cicada will simply fly away. If handled, both males and females struggle to fly, and males make a loud defensive buzzing sound that may startle but is otherwise harmless. Cicadas are not poisonous or known to transmit disease.
Periodical cicadas may cause physical damage to small trees or shrubs if too many feed from the plant or lay eggs in its twigs; such damage can cause "flagging," or breaking of peripheral twigs. When these twigs die, they become brown. Orchard and nursery owners should avoid planting young trees or shrubs in the years preceding an emergence of periodical cicadas, because young trees may be harmed by severe flagging. Mature trees and shrubs, however, usually survive even dense emergences of cicadas without apparent distress. This can be difficult to believe in the month or so following a large emergence when many deciduous trees turn brown due to the breakage and death of peripheral twigs. As serious as it may appear, such damage is apparently minor.
Other than the concern by owners of fruit orchards and nurseries, periodical cicadas are not regarded as pests, except maybe by those who tire of the din of their choruses.
Cicada juveniles are called "nymphs" and live underground, sucking root fluids for food. Periodical cicadas spend five juvenile stages in their underground burrows, and during their 13 or 17 years underground they grow from approximately the size of a small ant to nearly the size of an adult. The photographs below show 4-year old Brood III nymphs in underground tunnels.
It appears that the particular night of emergence may be determined by the soil temperature; nymphs emerge when the soil temperature inside the exit tunnel (and therefore the body temperature of the nymph) exceeds approximately 64 degrees F. Because emergence is temperature-dependent, periodical cicadas tend to emerge earlier in southern and lower-elevation locations. For example, cicadas in South Carolina often begin to emerge in late April, while those in southern Michigan do not appear until June. The best way to predict the time of emergence for your area is to check records from the prior emergence in that location, by asking longtime residents or by searching local newspaper archives. The date of emergence does not vary much between generations, although unusual springtime weather conditions may accelerate or delay the emergence by a week or so.
After their short teneral period, males begin producing species-specific calling songs and form aggregations (choruses) that are sexually attractive to females. Males in these choruses alternate bouts of singing with short flights until they locate receptive females.
Mated females excavate a series of Y-shaped eggnests in living twigs and lay up to twenty eggs in each nest. A female may lay as many as 600 eggs.
Periodical cicadas achieve astounding population densities, as high as 1.5 million per acre. Densities of tens to hundreds of thousands per acre are more common, but even this is far beyond the natural abundance of most other cicada species. Apparently because of their long life cycles and synchronous emergences, periodical cicadas escape natural population control by predators, even though everything from birds to spiders to snakes to dogs eats them opportunistically when they do appear. Magicicada population densities are so high that predators apparently eat their fill without significantly reducing the population (a phenomenon called "predator satiation"), and the predator populations cannot build up in response because the cicadas are available as food above ground only once every 13 or 17 years.
Magicicada do not have any specialized predators, but periodical cicadas are subject to infection by the specialized fungal parasite Massospora cicadina Peck. The effects of this fungus on Magicicada population densities are not well understood.
Cicadas sometimes fail to properly inflate their wings after molting; such individuals can be found in low vegetation in any emergence. There may be a tendency for this to occur more often in certain situations. Possible explanations include crowding (during molting) and use of lawn chemicals.
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Position description
The librarian oversees the care and use of troop books, pamphlets, magazines, audiovisuals, and merit badge counselor lists.
|Serving as Librarian can apply towards Positions of Responsibility requriements for Star, Life, and Eagle.
Reports to
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader
- Sets up and takes care of a troop library.
- Keeps records of books and pamphlets owned by the troop.
- Adds new or replacement items as needed.
- Keeps books and pamphlets available for borrowing.
- Keeps a system for checking books and pamphlets in and out, and follows up on late returns.
- Set a good example.
- Enthusiastically and correctly wears the Scout uniform.
- Lives by the Scout Oath and Law.
- Shows Scout spirit
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RIT research partnership leads to breakthrough in robotic technology
Robots may be the solution for people with disabilities who are struggling to regain use of their limbs, thanks to a research team of RIT engineers and students.
Researchers in the Biomechatronic Learning Laboratory are studying individuals with healthy muscles to develop a baseline. Afterwards they plan to test their robotic system on patients suffering from muscular dystrophy. The results will be used to enhance the development of orthotics technologies and contribute to the broader field of rehabilitation robotics, including the creation of better prosthetic limbs.
The study utilizes physiological information, or bio-signals, produced by the human body to improve the performance of external assistive devices called orthoses. The orthoses help individuals with physical disabilities (such as stroke patients or those suffering major spinal cord injuries) regain the use of their arms and legs.
The project is funded through the National Science Foundation Computer, Information Science and Engineering Directorate and includes researchers and students from RIT, Georgia Tech and Georgetown University.
"The data collected through this project will assist designers and engineers in developing more sophisticated assistive aids for individuals suffering from various neuromuscular diseases and musculoskeletal injuries," explains Edward Brown, assistant professor of electrical engineering at RIT and laboratory director.
Brown adds that people with these types of diseases, such as muscular dystrophy, have extremely weak muscles that waste away over time. These individuals experience difficulties performing simple physical tasks like picking up a cup or holding a spoon. A robotic orthosis that takes advantage of the individual's residual strength and any remaining physiological information in their limbs, such as an electromyographic signal produced in muscles, could ultimately assist muscular dystrophy patients regain significant use of their limbs.
"Better orthotic technologies could ultimately help people suffering from this disease greatly enhance the quality of their lives," Brown says.
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Whew! What a busy weekend - it certainly left me feeling slightly frazzled! However, I have come to the conclusion that buttons are a very cute way to brighten up any card or scrapbook page. They are great for many reasons including the following:
2) Texture
3) They can be used to replace objects (for example, red buttons on a tree could look like apples)
4) They can be used simply as buttons (say you are making a scrapbook page about how your child just learned how to button his shirt or you want to have a card that closes via button)
5) They can be used as polka dots
6) They can be used for flower centers
7) They can be used for borders
8) They can be used to secure ribbons, bows, and other objects discreetly
9) They can be used to fill in different shapes (maybe you feel like making a button cloud?)
I highly recommend the line of buttons by Autumn Leaves because they have button bags with SO MANY buttons! Even better, they come in all different sizes so that you have more options of what to do with them! The Whirligig Buttons above make me think of warm weather and fruit, but they really have so many more possibilities!
I am under the impression that the majority of the Autumn Leaves buttons are circular, however, Bo Bunny has a lot of button collections that include gems or buttons of different shapes if that's what you're lookin' for (see right). I really like that these button collections have the different shaped items because I think they enhance creativity. Just from looking at the Grease Monkey collection, I am thinking that the stars could be used for at least the following themes:
1) 4th of July
2) Christmas
3) Birthday
4) Military
Ah, buttons...we would be at such a loss without them : )
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Another selfless act by the seniors of Waterford's Lancer Nation'
Most high school kids, awash in self-interest, see the world three ways: through me, myself and I. Maybe that's what true "graduation" is about. Is there anyone, on their voyages of self-discovery, who can teach them to see the world through different prisms?
They graduate tonight at Waterford High School. An extraordinary class. A class that has endured death and illness and yet has prevailed with intrepid spirit. School spirit. Human spirit. A class that repaid two of their favorite teachers with a surprise act of selflessness, indicating that Greg and Megan Gwudz taught them well.
This was almost a month ago now when Greg Gwudz, the boys' basketball coach, and Megan, a three-sport assistant coach before motherhood, thought a teacher vs. student basketball game was a fundraiser for the senior class.
Turned out the senior class made it a fundraiser for Greg, Megan and their infant son, Wade, who was born last August with a rare genetic disorder. The kids kept it a secret until the game was over.
"Donny (Craig, a senior all-state guard) came up with the idea," class president C.J. Hersom said. "We wanted to give a thank you back to Gwudz for everything he's done over the years and how he's been a father figure for a lot of kids. I played freshmen baseball for him and understood the exact feeling. Being class president, I could help make it happen so we could surprise him."
They even sought corporate sponsorship to raise more money, beyond ticket sales. Craig got the team together. Adam Goss and Connor Lewis officiated. Thomas Sutera and Griffin Beaney narrated.
"Gwudz connects to every kid," Hersom said. "The athletes, of course. Or my brother, who talks about mowing the lawn and plowing. Gwudz can get along him with just the same. It makes you want to play for him. Megan is great. She really relates, too. And they put others before themselves. They are always there. They were right in the middle of all the stuff for (late history teacher Josh) Mr. Eudy."
Megan Gwudz had a normal pregnancy. They never fathomed Wade would be one of roughly 70 children in the country with MECP2 Duplication Syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder. There is not much information. Wade's future is unknown.
"When he came out, they weren't telling us everything," Megan said. "He had low (muscle) tone and he wasn't eating, so he got transferred to the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) at Hartford (Hospital). They kept running tests. Eventually, they figured it out."
Megan and Greg spent 13 days at the hospital.
"Usually one of the parents is a carrier. But we're not," Megan said. "We don't know why this happened and probably never will."
Greg: "It's hard for us and hard for our parents. We want to know why. You do some soul searching. He was here 36 hours and you're already pleading that whatever he has just give to you.
"We go to Boston every three months. They are adamant that the information out there is based on a very small sample size. It's kid by kid, case by case. Just kind of taking it day by day. He's doing well for what he has and what point he's at right now."
He sure is. During this interview, he inhaled some yogurt and a piece of cheese, playing in a walker and smiling.
Meanwhile, there are the other kids who belong to Greg and Megan. This senior class. They watched Eudy die in December. But not before a school-wide tribute. All while knowing what befell the Gwudz family. And yet they packed the basketball games, home and road, Lancer Nation, the envy of all other student sections.
They cheered en masse all the way to the state semifinals.
"He makes us feel like we're part of the team," Hersom said. "He's trying to build the culture of the school and he knows everyone has to be connected in some way. He makes us want to show up."
Waterford High School is a different place. Maybe the kids have just seen more and endured more. Maybe their parents, many of whom run the benevolent Cactus Jack Foundation, taught them well. But the esprit de corps is unmatched anywhere else.
"It almost makes you cry. Those kids, I've gotten really close to them over the last four years," Greg said. "Incredible. It restores your faith. We have good days and bad days. You realize the importance of celebrating the day, being happy and taking the small things. That was the message all season to the kids. You never know what's going to happen, so you win the day."
Hersom: "If any two people can handle something like this, it's them. They'll provide the best life they can for him. We love them."
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Friday, December 20th, 2013
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Williston State and Biz-Tech Partner for Children's Miracle Network Charity
WILLISTON, N.D. - Williston State College and the student Business and Technology Club (Biz-Tech) came together on Friday, November 15 to be part of the annual "Extra Life" charity event for Children's Miracle Network. The event is a 24-hour pledge-a-thon where participants play games, ranging from video games to board games, card games, or even mobile games in an ongoing effort to raise money for CMN hospitals. The original event was scheduled for the first weekend of November, and during that time has already raised $3.5 million collectively for CMN hospitals.
Participants have the option of signing up as individuals or teams and can elect to have all of their proceeds go to a CMN hospital in their state. The WSC Biz-Tech team elected to donate all of the raised money to Sanford Children's Hospital in Fargo, making sure that all of the donations stay in state to help children in need of care.
Staff members Tony Freed and Ryan Wellander represented WSC, and WSC's Biz-Tech Club - comprised of business and information technology students - came out in full numbers to lend support to the cause. Members of the community also joined the team.
"It is truly amazing to see staff and students of Williston State College come together to raise money for Children's Miracle Network." said Freed, "The participants here show the true character of Williston, a group that joins together to face any kind of challenge and meets it head on with great results."
WSC and Biz-Tech set the goal of raising $500 for the charity. Thanks to donations from friends, family, and members of the community, the team finished with a total of $1500. Extending the cause beyond the College's immediate scope, Miss Williston State College (and Biz-Tech member) Kayla Bauste came to the event personally to deliver a donation on her own behalf. The Miss America Organization, of which Bauste is a part of, has been a partner of the Children's Miracle Network since 2007.
"Competing within the Miss America Organization as a Teen, and now Miss Contestant, has entailed many years of raising money for the Children's Miracle Network. I was informed about this event I couldn't wait to be part of it," said Bauste. "Having a goal of $500, the team went above and beyond raising over $1500. I'm excited to see what else this year has in store as a member of WSC's Biz-Tech group."
The team had extensive support from local businesses. They would personally like to thank Cornerstone First Baptist Church for hosting them; Domino's Pizza, Go-Go Donuts, and Dairy Queen for providing food; and Coca-Cola for providing refreshments for the group. Without their support, the night would have been much more difficult to get through.
The Biz-Tech team is still accepting donations though December 31. All of donations are 100% tax deductible and any funds collected will stay in North Dakota to treat children in our state. If you would like to donate or have any questions, please call Tony Freed at 701-774-4502 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com; or Ryan Wellander at 701-774-4591 or email at email@example.com.


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by Jim Harris
In Philadelphia, taxpayers in search of help are used to running through endless bureaucratic mazes only to arrive back at square one with the same problem (or worse). We never complain, and the city never apologizes because that's just how things have always been in Philly.
The feds, however, have engendered considerable controversy of late, not because of mere incompetence but apparently due to their wanton persecution of those taxpayers with right-wing ideologies. They have been making it extremely difficult for politically conservative groups to obtain tax-exempt status as "social welfare" organizations. The whole IRS "scandal" has gotten more press than a wrinkled linen suit. (There are two sides to this story. I am hardly a right-winger, for example, but my own "church" was turned down by the IRS for non-profit status.)
President Obama, who read about the whole affair in the newspaper, said he was outraged by the situation. "You have to be sincere," he said, "even if you have to fake it." He subsequently asked for and received the resignation of the acting director of the IRS. (Doesn't anyone ever get "fired" anymore?) The NEW acting director has admitted that mistakes were made, errors occurred, stuff happened, and some people should have stayed home from work.
He declared that IRS now stands for "I'm Really Sorry," and he apologized profusely to the American people and to everyone who has ever been hurt by the IRS, including Willie Nelson, Al Capone and every R&B singer since Little Richard. He went on to say that he wants to "regain the confidence of the public and restore trust," which may prove difficult since those things never existed in the first place.
Tax agents are accused of looking for "red flags" in the names of 501(c)(4) applicants which would alert the agents to the groups' political slant. Words like "Tea" and "Party," for example. This resulted in the targeting of individuals like Mister T, the rap artist "Ice T" and several people named Earl Grey.
Another red flag word was "back," as in "Take back America" or "Turn back time." This has resulted in problems for several totally innocuous applicants, like the Ferko String Band, whose theme last year was "Bring back those fabulous minstrel days" and the Turn Back the Clock Club of Chester County, who were only seeking tax deductions for the cost of their assault rifles, pipe bombs and Obama effigies.
It is also alleged that the 501(c) application forms contained questions that were overly intrusive, irrelevant and of a partisan nature, such as:
• Do you have multiple personalities? What are their political views?
• Which animal would you rather be, a donkey or an elephant?
• Do you like twangy country music?
• Do you have a nickname like "Rebel" or "Bubba?"
• Do you drive a pickup truck with an NRA bumper sticker and a rocket launcher in the back?
• Do you want to secede from the U.S. and have your own state?
• Do you own a handgun? If so, please return it in the enclosed envelope with a daytime telephone number where we can reach you.
The Republicans are naturally encouraged by this scandal, since they feel it bolsters their "smaller government" agenda. The struggling GOP has been looking into possible solutions to its declining numbers of late, including expanding their older white male base through cloning or by annexing Canada.
John Boehner, the orange-skinned Speaker of the House, said about President Obama's apology that "he should save the syrup for his pancakes." He said the victims of the IRS witch hunt were all honest, hard-working Americans. When asked how he knew this to be true, he said that they had all answered "yes" to question #2 on the non-profit status application to the IRS — "Are you honest, hard working Americans?"
For his part, Governor Christie is personally visiting all the mistreated New Jerseyans, accompanied by Prince Harry, who claims to know a thing or two about tea (and parties, too). Christie said that when a Tea Party group applies for non-profit status, "The IRS should cut through the red tape the way a coroner cuts through a chest cavity."
As for the general public's view of the whole IRS fiasco, polls show that 50% of Americans don't care one way or the other about the scandal, or about anything else for that matter, and that they're tired of being polled. In addition, 50% of Americans believe that the other 50% are idiots (and vice-versa). A surefire recipe for more fun in the years to come.


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Similar to feeder taps, covered in the last issue, transformer secondary conductors can be every bit as confusing. Let's take a closer look at 240.21(C) to help clear up any misconceptions.
Basic rules
As with feeder taps, you can't use the "next-size-up-OCPD" rule provided in 240.4(B) for any transformer secondary conductor. Normally, you can use the next highest overcurrent protective device (OCPD) above the ampacity of the conductors being protected, but not with transformer secondary conductors. The rule is the same because the physics are the same. As with feeder taps, the sizing of that transformer secondary conductor depends on its length and application.
When we demystified feeder taps in the previous issue, we presented the information in an arrangement that differs from what you see in the NEC. We also described an easy way to pick the correct scenario from the five possible. That same tip applies to transformer secondary conductors, which also have five scenarios.
Scenario 1: Secondary conductors from a feeder-tapped transformer.
Scenario 2: Outside secondary conductors.
Scenario 3: Secondary conductors not over 10 feet long.
Scenario 4: Secondary conductors 10 to 25 feet long.
Scenario 5: Secondary conductors 10 to 25 feet long, industrial installation.
To pick the right one, answer three easy questions:
Is the transformer outside? Choose Scenario 2.
Is the secondary conductor under 10 feet long or between 10 and 25 feet long? Choose Scenario 3 or 4, but choose Scenario 5 if it's an industrial installation.
Is the transformer supplied by a feeder tap? Choose Scenario 1.
Scenario 1: Secondary conductors from a feeder-tapped transformer
This one is simply a reference to 240.21(B)(3), so apply 240.21(B)(3) if you have a tap-supplied transformer.
Scenario 2: Outside secondary conductors
Outside secondary conductors can be of unlimited length, without overcurrent protection at the point they receive their supply, if they (Fig. 1):
Are suitably protected from physical damage in a raceway or manner approved by the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ).
Terminate at a single circuit breaker (or a single set of fuses) that limit the load to the ampacity of the conductors.
The OCPD for the ungrounded conductors must be an integral part of a disconnecting means or located immediately adjacent to it.
The disconnecting means must be located at a readily accessible location near the point of entrance of the conductors.
Scenario 3: Secondary conductors not over 10 feet long
You can install secondary conductors up to 10 feet long, without overcurrent protection at the point they receive their supply, if they have an ampacity that is not less than (Fig. 2):
The calculated load per Art. 220.
The rating of the device supplied by the secondary conductors or the OCPD at the termination of the secondary conductors, and
One-tenth the rating of the OCPD (protecting the primary of the transformer) multiplied by the primary-to-secondary transformer voltage ratio.
Secondary conductors must not extend beyond the switchboard, panelboard, disconnecting means, or control devices they supply.
Secondary conductors must be enclosed in a raceway.
Overcurrent protection is not required on the secondary side of the transformer to protect the secondary conductors, but overcurrent protection is required for branch-circuit panelboards. This OCPD must be on the secondary side of the transformer, and typically it's within the panelboard. The FPN under 240.21(C)(2)(3) refers you to 408.36 for the overcurrent protection requirements for panelboards.
Scenario 4: Secondary conductors 10 to 25 feet long
You can install secondary conductors up to 25 feet long, without overcurrent protection at the point they receive their supply, if they (Fig. 3):
Have an ampacity that is at least the value of the primary-to-secondary voltage ratio multiplied by one-third of the rating of the OCPD that protects the primary of the transformer.
Terminate in a single circuit breaker (or set of fuses) rated no more than the secondary conductor ampacity per 310.15 [Table 310.16].
Are protected from physical damage by being enclosed in a manner approved by the AHJ (such as within a raceway).
Scenario 5: Taps 10 to 25 feet long, industrial installation
In an industrial application (only), you can install secondary conductors up to 25 feet long, without overcurrent protection at the point they receive their supply if:
The ampacity of the secondary conductors is at least the value of the secondary current rating of the transformer.
The sum of the ratings of the secondary OCPDs doesn't exceed the ampacity of the secondary conductors.
The secondary OCPDs are grouped.
The secondary conductors are protected from physical damage by being enclosed in a manner approved by the AHJ (such as within a raceway).
Test yourself
Now, let's see if you can put all this together to solve a practice problem. Question: What is the minimum size 15-foot secondary conductor required for a 2-wire, 480V to 120V indoor transformer rated 1.5kVA in an office installation (Fig. 4)?
Based on those two easy questions, you select Scenario 4. Then, you size the secondary to comply with Scenario 4 requirements.
To calculate the primary OCPD size, first we need to calculate the primary current. To do that, we need to know a couple of things:
Now we can calculate primary current:
Primary current = VA ÷ E = 1,500VA ÷ 480V = 3.13A
Now we can calculate primary protection. Per 450.3(B), it has to be 167% of the primary current. So, 3.13A × 1.67 = 5.22A. We can't apply the next size up rule, so we need a 5A OCPD.
To calculate the secondary conductor size:
Determine the primary to secondary voltage ratio: 480V ÷ 120V = 4.
Multiply the primary OCPD size by 1/3: 5 × 1/3 = 1.67.
Multiply the two values together: 4 × 1.67 = 6.67A.
Look in the 60°C, Table 310.16 for the smallest conductor with an ampacity larger than 6.67A.
Answer: 14AWG.
If you want more practice, try changing the transformer in the example above, and try different scenarios. For example, what if this is an industrial installation? Then, do the same thing but choose Scenario 5. You might find it useful to spend a few minutes trying different variations. This will help you better understand transformer tap conductor rules. They aren't difficult, if you can approach them methodically and apply those that fit your installation.
If those confusing transformer secondary rules have ever tripped your personal breaker, that's understandable. But now you can steer through those rules with confidence. The next time you need to size secondary conductors, stop to answer a couple of easy questions. Then, select the correct scenario for your installation.
With some transformer secondary conductors, you can use the primary OCPD to provide the overcurrent protection (just as you use the feeder OCPD to protect the feeder tap conductors). But, there's a catch: You can do this only for two specific transformer configurations. Those are:
Single-phase transformer with 2-wire (single voltage) secondary.
3-phase delta-delta transformer with 3-wire (single voltage) secondary.
The OCPDs for those transformers must be sized per Art. 450.
The secondary conductors must meet the sizing minimum required by the installation type described in 240.21(C).