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The coffee company announced Monday that it will "phase out" plastic straws at its 28,000-plus global stores by 2020, a plan aimed at eliminating more than one billion straws a year. The need for an alternative to plastic straws grew as the sales of cold beverages has risen, up to more than 50% of sales from 37% of sales five years ago.
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In order to arrive at this conclusion, Batygin and Brown ran computer simulations with input data based on the orbits of six extreme trans-Neptunian objects (ETNOs). Specifically, these ETNOs are: Sedna, 2012VP, 2004VN, 2007TG, 2013RF and 2010GB.
Now, however, brothers Carlos and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, two freelance Spanish astronomers, together with scientist Sverre J. Aarseth from the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), have considered the question the other way around: How would the orbits of these six ETNOs evolve if a Planet Nine such as the one proposed by K. Batygin and M. Brown really did exist? The answer to this important question has been published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society .
"With the orbit indicated by the Caltech astronomers for Planet Nine, our calculations show that the six ETNOs, which they consider to be the Rosetta Stone in the solution to this mystery, would move in lengthy, unstable orbits," warns Carlos de la Fuente Marcos.
"These objects would escape from the solar system in less than 1.5billion years," he adds, "and in the case of 2004VN, 2007TG and 2013RF they could abandon it in less than 300million years; what is more important, their orbits would become really unstable in just 10million years, a really short amount of time in astronomical terms."According to this new study, also based on numerical (N-body) simulations, the orbit of the new planet proposed by Batygin and Brown would have to be modified slightly so that the orbits of the six ETNOs analysed would be really stable for a long time.
These results also lead to a new question: Are the ETNOs a transient and unstable population or, on the contrary, are they permanent and stable? The fact that these objects behave in one way or another affects the evolution of their orbits and also the numerical modelling.
"If the ETNOs are transient, they are being continuously ejected and must have a stable source located beyond 1,000astronomical units (in the Oort cloud) where they come from," notes Carlos de la Fuente Marcos. "But if they are stable in the long term, then there could be many in similar orbits although we have not observed them yet".
In any case, the statistical and numerical evidence obtained by the authors, both through this and previous work, leads them to suggest that the most stable scenario is one in which there is not just one planet, but rather several more beyond Pluto, in mutual resonance, which best explains the results. "That is to say we believe that in addition to a Planet Nine, there could also be a Planet Ten and even more," the Spanish astronomer points out.
International race to discover Planet Nine These studies are only a few of the countless international peer-reviewed articles published or in preparation about the search for Planet Nine with the help of N-body simulations and other techniques. Batygin and Brown are going to present soon new models of the orbit of the mysterious Planet Nine with up-to-date data. On the other side of the Atlantic, in France, Professor Jacques Laskar's team from the Paris Observatory is also attempting to be the first to compute the position of the hypothetical Planet Nine in order to then observe it.
This situation is reminiscent of the discovery of Neptune, in which the French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier was the first to "discover" a new planet using laborious hand calculations based on the positions of Uranus; later, the German astronomer J. G Galle directly observed it.
"If Neptune was the first planet discovered using pen and paper, Planet Nine could be the first to be discovered using entirely computerised numerical calculations," notes de la Fuente Marcos. He points out that the results of the French team are based on residuals in the tracking data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn caused by the presence of the hypothetical planet, but NASA has denied it, suggesting that it could simply be statistical noise in the signal.
Could Planet Nine be an exoplanet? One of the most revolutionary studies from recent months, also with computational simulations and participation of French institutions, was led by the researcher Alexander Mustill from Lund University (Sweden), who raised the idea that Planet Nine may have come from outside the solar system , that is to say, that it could be an exoplanet.
Mustill's hypothesis is that around 4.5billion years ago, our then young Sun "stole" this planet from a neighbouring star with the help of a series of favourable conditions (proximity of stars within a star cluster, a planet in a wide and elongated orbit, etc.). Other scientists, however, believe that this scenario is improbable.
The debate is on. What all astronomers do agree on is the importance of closely tracking the motions of the extreme trans-Neptunian objects to be able to adjust the calculations that should lead the way to the location of Planet Nine, without forgetting that the best evidence will be its direct observation, a race which several research teams are fighting to win.
Concerns about the health of the Juno spacecraft's main engine have compelled NASA managers to keep the research probe in its current arcing, high-altitude orbit around Jupiter, a decision that will delay the full science return from the $1.1 billion mission but should still allow it to meet all predetermined objectives.
Scientists have determined that comets produce X-ray emission when particles in the solar wind strike the comet's atmosphere. Recently, astronomers announced the results of a study using data collected with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory of two comets — C/2012 S1 ISON and C/2011 S4 PanSTARRS — when both were relatively close to Earth.
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered never-before-seen moving features within the dusty disc surrounding the young, nearby star AUMicroscopii. The fast-moving, wave-like structures are moving at 22,000 miles per hour — fast enough to escape the star's gravitational pull.
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I'm developing a money card that will have the ability to be used as a credit card, stored value card and a card that you can send money to another person who has the card.
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It will have the ability to be used online, offline, at ATM machines and to send money to people so it's very "flexible".
The target audience will be two fold. It will be for people that don't have a bank account or credit cards and need to be able to make purchases online, offline and have a place to put their funds in place of having a bank account.
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Georges St-Pierre had to deal with a heckling fan at Wednesday's UFC 158 press conference, where Nick Diaz this time turned up for his welterweight title showdown duties.
St-Pierre delivered his usual pre-fight answers regarding Diaz, claiming the former Strikeforce champion will "push me to the limit" and "bring out the best of me".
However, when the UFC opened up questions to the floor - where fans could quiz the fighters - one fan asked GSP if he was going to try and knock Diaz out, or "do the minimum".
St-Pierre responded: "You should step into the Octagon and try it", before president Dana White added: "What a d*ck."
Intriguingly, St-Pierre elaborated on why he felt Diaz was a better fight than contender Johny Hendricks, revealing he felt Hendricks should have been handed a defeat when he picked up a split decision win over Josh Koscheck in May 2012.
"My other option was Johny Hendricks and Johny Hendricks when I watched the fight with Josh Koscheck, according to me Josh Koscheck should have won that fight, so I didn't want to fight a guy that lost to a guy I beat," St-Pierre said.
"I think for me Nick Diaz is the No. 1 contender, he's proven himself many times before, and there is a story between us, it's a big fight everybody wants to see. Nick wanted to have that fight for a long time, I wanted to have that fight for a long time, now it's time to do it."
Typically Diaz was a man of few words, but he did offer a little insight into why he believes he can beat St-Pierre. Diaz said he has been preparing for one of GSP's old rivals, Matt Hughes, since he was 18 years old, but St-Pierre got to him first.


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Guaranteeing correctness of compilation is a ma jor precondition for correct software. Code generation can be one of the most error-prone tasks in a compiler. One way to achieve trusted compilation is certifying compilation. A certifying compiler generates for each run a proof that it has performed the compilation run correctly. The proof is checked in a separate theorem prover. If the theorem prover is content with the proof, one can be sure that the compiler produced correct code. This paper presents a certifying code generation phase for a compiler translating an intermediate language into assembler code. The time spent for checking the proofs is the bottleneck of certifying compilation. We exhibit an improved framework for certifying compilation and considerable advances to overcome this bottleneck. We compare our implementation featuring the Coq theorem prover to an older implementation. Our current implementation is feasible for medium to large sized programs.
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Abstraction is intensively used in the verification of large, complex or infinite-state systems. With abstractions getting more complex it is often difficult to see whether they are valid. However, for using abstraction in model checking it has to be ensured that properties are preserved. In this paper, we use a translation validation approach to verify property preservation of system abstractions. We formulate a correctness criterion based on simulation between concrete and abstract system for a property to be verified. For each distinct run of the abstraction procedure the correctness is verified in the theorem prover Isabelle/HOL. This technique is applied in the verification of embedded adaptive systems. This paper is an extended version a previously published work.
The provision of network Quality-of-Service (network QoS) in wireless (ad-hoc) networks is a major challenge in the development of future communication systems. Before designing and implementing these systems, the network QoS requirements are to be specified. Existing approaches to the specification of network QoS requirements are mainly focused on specific domains or individual system layers. In this paper, we present a holistic, comprehensive formalization of network QoS requirements, across layers. QoS requirements are specified on each layer by defining QoS domain, consisting of QoS performance, reliability, and guarantee, and QoS scalability, with utility and cost functions. Furthermore, we derive preorders on multi-dimensional QoS domains, and present criteria to reduce these domains, leading to a manageable subset of QoS values that is sufficient for system design and implementation. We illustrate our approach by examples from the case study Wireless Video Transmission.
The provision of network Quality-of-Service (network QoS) in wireless (ad-hoc) networks is a major challenge in the development of future communication systems. Before designing and implementing these systems, the network QoS requirements are to be specified. Since QoS functionalities are integrated across layers and hence QoS specifications exist on different system layers, a QoS mapping technique is needed to translate the specifications into each other. In this paper, we formalize the relationship between layers. Based on a comprehensive and holistic formalization of network QoS requirements, we define two kinds of QoS mappings. QoS domain mappings associate QoS domains of two abstraction levels. QoS scalability mappings associate utility and cost functions of two abstraction levels. We illustrate our approach by examples from the case study Wireless Video Transmission.
This technical report is the Emerging Trends proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics (TPHOLs 2007), which was held during 10-13 September in Kaiserslautern, Germany. TPHOLs covers all aspects of theorem proving in higher order logics as well as related topics in theorem proving and verification.
This technical report contains the preliminary versions of the regular papers presented at the first workshop on Verification of Adaptive Systems (VerAS) that has been held in Kaiserslautern, Germany, on September 14th, 2007 as part of the 20th International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics. The final versions will be published with Elsevier's Electronic Notes on Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS). VerAS is the first workshop that aims at considering adaptation as a cross-cutting system aspect that needs to be explicitly addressed in system design and verification. The program committee called for original submissions on formal modeling, specification, verification, and implementation of adaptive systems. There were six submissions from different countries of Europe. Each submission has been reviewed by three programme committee members. Finally, the programme committee decided to accept three of the six submissions. Besides the presentations of the regular papers, the workshop's programme included a tutorial on the `Compositional Verification of Self-Optimizing Mechatronic Systems' held by Holger Giese (University of Paderborn, Germany) as well as three presentations of DASMOD projects on the verification of adaptive systems.


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I must disagree with the excitement level. Strobel is going to be a major player for us about three years down the road. The kid is smart and ready to work. Jarred Allen 2.0 minus the douchness
2012 Recruiting: Tom Strobel
Previously: S Jeremy Clark, S Allen Gant, S Jarrod Wilson, CB Terry Richardson, LB James Ross, LB Royce Jenkins-Stone, LB Kaleb Ringer, LB Joe Bolden, and DE Chris Wormley.
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|Hello post. Ace scouts Mentor vs Medina. Reader Kent provides scouting from the Solon game.
|Named Army AA but I don't think he played. I certainly don't remember him.
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Tom Strobel is pretty much Chris Wormley, except an inch or two taller, twenty pounds skinnier, and initially inclined to go to Ohio State before Jim Tressel immolated himself. He's a four star to three of the four sites, his main asset is a huge frame to mold, he's a strongside defensive end—long term, anyway—from Ohio, and his recruitment came down to the opposing sides in the Game. QED. Can I use a player who has not been on campus yet as YMRMFSPA? Probably not.
He released a statement in June, when he committed, that spelled out where he was coming from($):
"Like most people in Ohio, I was raised with a biased opinion against Michigan; however, it occurred to me that there was no justification for my prejudice, besides the fact that it was Michigan. I think it says something that despite my apprehension, Michigan still stood out above the rest."
Academics played a major role in that. As you can probably tell from the Stanford and Northwestern offers listed above, Strobel is one of those guys who probably could have gotten into Michigan even if he wasn't 6'6" and partial to throwing high schoolers across the field. Brady Hoke did, too: if Mario Ojemudia signaled a sea change in in-state recruiting under Brady Hoke, Strobel did that for Ohio.
As a result, Michigan's won a very large man in need of some technique. The scouting reports note his general hugeosity but come back to a lack of pass rush technique repeatedly. Ace checked out Mentor's game against Medina and came back thinking this:
While Strobel isn't the quickest player, he did a good job of getting off the snap and shooting right into his blocker, getting his hands into an offensive lineman's chest before his counterpart could get a hand on him. This allowed him to get great leverage, both in terms of pushing his man off the line and in helping him disengage from his block. Strobel recognized plays quickly and there wasn't a play when he couldn't shed his block and get two hands on the ballcarrier if one was within reach. When Strobel got his hands on someone, that was it for the play—his upper-body strength is impressive. …
[A] point of concern for me was with Strobel's lack of variety in his off-the-snap moves—he bullrushed, again and again, without showing much else except a quick shove to the inside that wasn't quite a full swim move. Again, there are some obvious explanations for this: the bullrush kept working, so there wasn't much of a reason to switch things up, and Medina almost never attempted a pass without rolling the pocket away from Strobel and throwing quickly. There just wasn't enough of a reason—or many opportunities—for Strobel to switch things up.
ESPN has a similar take:
For a taller kid he displays the ability to play with some bend and keep solid pad level. He uses his hands and reach well to take on blockers and keep some separation. He displays good upper body strength to not only keep blockers from getting into him but to also shed. He is a solid wrap-up tackler. He is an active kid who seems to keep working to get to the ball and displays solid speed for his size. … He will use his hands to try and deliver a punch and get blockers on their heels and push them out of the way. He battles as a pass rusher, but is a kid who could seem to benefit from having more of a plan of attack. He can generate some power and fight his way up-field to get pressure, but you would like to see him expand a little more as a pass rusher.
Allen Trieu's take highlights "technique and moves" as a negative while praising his balance, size, and change of direction; Duane Long marveled that he "looks like an NFL player right now"—shades of some Wormley comments—and that "a player can be that much of a force and so disruptive while barely being average using his hands."
Touch The Banner also mentioned various issues with technique that Michigan's coaches will fix. Even so he ends up in approximately the same place as both of the above assessments:
Strobel has a great motor. There are plays when he gets completely turned around, finds the ball, and makes a beeline toward the ballcarrier. … He's also thick from head to toe, which means he should have sufficient upper and lower body strength to keep blockers off of him with his arms while also powering through blockers and ballcarriers with his legs. He uses his hands very well and keeps separation from offensive tackles. …
Overall, Strobel seems like a high-floor/medium-ceiling type of player. As a strongside end, perhaps the most important quality is to be relentlessly active, and he does have that quality. However, he will get eaten alive if he doesn't play lower.
Magnus was concerned about his lack of production, but he stepped it up significantly after that post was written. After just 37 tackles and two sacks as a junior (he sat out a chunk of that year with a trachea(!) injury—ouch) he terrorized backfields in Ohio to the tune of 16 sacks and a first-team All Ohio nod in the state's largest division.
As a result, the most detail-oriented local observers (Bucknuts) ranked him #14 before the season…
"He is a very smart player who understands leverage and schemes. He has the speed to play defensive end and the frame to carry more weight in college."
…moved him up to #12 just before his senior year…
"Colleges want players with long arms and height on the edge of the defense because when guys like that get their hands up it can make it very difficult for quarterbacks to find throwing lanes out of the pocket. Strobel is this player. He has all the tools to dominate the edge in college. Strobel is just scratching the surface of his college potential right now."
…and moved him to 6th after the monster senior season. When Scout analyst Bill Greene caught him against Solon he had a similar impression of his year to year improvement:
Stud, pure and simple. Strobel has improved greatly since his junior season, when he was very good. He is bigger, stronger and plays the game so much harder, which has taken his skill set to the next level. He had three sacks, a forced fumble and blocked an extra point.
Strobel appears to be making progress physically and mentally towards an undefined end point.
You may note that the two services who bother to split DEs into weakside and strongside groups both list Strobel as a weakside end. I don't think that's where he'll end up, as the scouting reports are notably light on pass-rush raves and by the time he sees the field he'll be at least 280 pounds. His coach agrees, FWIW:
"I think he will end up being a five-technique [defensive end], at least that is what they've said. He's 6-6, 255 already so I don't know that he will need to put a lot of weight on. He has to continue to get stronger and learn the game more, but I think he's a pretty special one."
Strobel told Touch The Banner the same thing, and told Michael Rothstein that his goal is to hit 295($) by his senior year. This is not a weakside end. He's an SDE all the way, and basically nothing else. If Michigan ends up needing to shift a guy down to the three-tech (likely at some point), Strobel's height will prevent him from being that guy.
Etc.: Has a twitter, on which you can find out that he is "unstoppable at putt putt." Talked to Drew Brees about what to do. This is my favorite comment in the history of the internet:
With dline prospects like this you better believe Tressel is gonna be coaching here for at least six more seasons. Great to see the early interest that Strobel have in us.
Three sacks in that Solon game. More Michigan conversion bits:
"I said 'no,' [about going to Ann Arbor]and she obviously overrode me," Strobel said of his mother, Christine. "The whole time I was there, I was shaking my head because all you think is, 'I'm from Ohio. I can't like this.' But I loved it."
"I had a couple tackles in the beginning, but I had missed tackles all over the field. That's unacceptable," Strobel said. "I have to make sure my technique is sound. When we're scouting against the first team, make sure to wrap up and drive through with my legs."
"He's special… a complete player," Trivisonno said. "He has the size, he has the speed. I think when you talk to the coaching staff they're going to tell you he plays the game the right way: everything is full-go. He plays hard and is not a take-off-a-play guy. He has it all and is probably the best kid that has come out of here."
Trivisonno was bringing out the "best player ever" thing way back in August of 2010, FWIW, and detailed how easy it was to scout him:
"Michigan State told me it took them three plays watching Tom on tape to realize they wanted him," Trivisonno said. "Stanford said it took about eight plays, and they turned off the film because they saw enough to know he was a guy they wanted."
Why Ryan Van Bergen again? Strobel == Wormley == Van Bergen. Strobel is farther away from the field than Wormley and the hype about his play is a notch or two lower than Wormley, but the scouting reports are very similar.
Guru Reliability: Moderate. Again, no reason they wouldn't have an accurate read on him but the spread here is large.
Variance: Low. Rock-solid academics and frame should make him a contributor. Ceiling does not seem as high as Wormley's.
Ceiling: Moderate-plus. Doesn't seem like a guy with the sort of athleticism to provide a Brandon Graham-like pass rush from the strongside, but the senior-year surge and the possibility that Mattison and company could turn him into a big guy with excellent technique provide some promise of massive upside.
General Excitement Level: Moderate-plus. Strobel is not going to be Brandon Graham—at least probably not. He should be a solid run defender at a minimum and if he reaches the 10-12 TFL level RVB did he'll be a solid cog in the machine.
Projection: That TTB interview also features Strobel saying "the plan is not to redshirt" him, but a quick glance at the roster suggests one might be in order. Between Roh, Brink, Heitzman, and one of the two freshmen it Michigan is deep enough at SDE to redshirt the other. Since Wormley's coming in 20 pounds heavier, it would seem sensible to redshirt Strobel.
Whether he does or not, Roh will graduate and Michigan will have a four-way fight for the starting job in 2013. Strobel probably won't win it, but he should start making it into the rotation. He could get buried if Wormley and Heitzman turn out to be good; he could start or co-start for a long time. It's hard to forsee his future.


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SPO Secures Equity Line Facility of US$5 Million
NEW YORK, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
SPO (SPOM.OB), a leading developer of biosensor and microprocessor technologies for consumer wellness applications, today announced that it has entered into an Investment Agreement with Dutchess Opportunity Fund II, LP for a US$5 Million equity line facility.
Under the terms of the signed agreement, for a period of 36 months the Company has the option to sell and Dutchess the obligation to purchase common stock at a 6% discount to a calculated volume weighted average market price. In connection with establishing the equity line, the Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to register the resale by Dutchess of any shares issued to it under the equity line. Subject to the effectiveness of the registration statement and the satisfaction of other customary conditions, the Company may draw on the finance facility on a needed basis.
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Both SPO products are currently at an advanced stage of development and SPO expects the Wellness 10k wristband to be launched later this year following a recent successful test marketing program. Braunold continued; "Securing this equity line with Dutchess is an important milestone for the Company and its shareholders; we can now focus on bringing our wellness product line to the consumer market."
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SPO (SPOM) is a leading developer of biosensor and microprocessor technologies for use in portable monitoring devices to capture life-enhancing information within four key markets: medical care; sports and wellness; homecare monitoring and security. Its patented technology uses information gathered from the reflectance of light on the human body, in a noninvasive manner, to monitor key vital signs. The company manufactures its products in addition to licensing its technologies to appropriate client corporations for commercialization and distribution. For more information, visit http://www.spoglobal.com.
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When he was looking at colleges, Chris never expected to be part of a live broadcast with the President of the United States. He didn't expect to be an economics major, either, but Chris is all about embracing opportunities.
In September 2010, Chris and classmate Lauren Lawson were selected to be in the audience at an exclusive town hall event in with the President, moderated by CNBC's Chief Washington Correspondent and WC honorary alumnus John Harwood. Mr. Harwood, who curates the College's Richard L. Harwood Program in American Journalism, secured two spots for Washington College students.
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Power feeders for a new cooling tower require special design and installation considerations to be compatible with the existing power distribution system.
Tying a new 15kV feeder into an existing PILC (paper insulated, lead covered) cable system is just one of the important factors in the design and installation of a new cooling tower at AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel, N.J. Other factors include the integrity of existing butyl rubber and PILC feeder cables and proper phasing within the existing primary selective distribution system. The design and installation details of this project provide some interesting perspectives.
Power distribution
As shown in Fig. 1, the incoming electrical service at the AT&T Bell Labs facility is 34.5kV, powering two 15 MVA transformers. From here, the voltage is stepped down to 13.2kV. The main switchgear is double-ended with a normally closed tie breaker and four feeder breakers on each side of the tie breaker. The main building is served by six 13.2kV feeders.
There are 40 other substations at the facility, ranging in size from 500kVA to 2500kVA. All are double-ended, primary selective.
Fig. 2 shows the existing 13.2kV site power distribution along with the new cooling tower power feeders. Providing electric service for the new cooling tower's 1500kVA substation required tapping existing HLC and butyl rubber feeders in an existing manhole. Specifically, existing Feeders A1 and B1 were tapped with Y-splices in existing Manhole 6. All building feeders are normally energized and pass through this manhole. No electrical shut-down was required for any phase of this work.
Splicing new cables to PILC cables
Feeder Al, installed over 30 years ago, is a 3-conductor, 500kcmil, oil-impregnated, paper insulated, lead-sheathed, PVC jacketed, 15kV power cable. Feeder Bl is newer and consists of three single-conductor, 500kcmil butyl rubber cables. The new cooling tower power feeders are single-conductor, 500kcmil, 15kV, 133% insulation level, EPR/PVC, shielded power cables. ([ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 3 OMITTED] on page 68.)
The making of Y-splices to Feeders Al and B1 without interruption of power required good planning, skilled mechanics, partnering with AT&T's Plant Operations, and continuous effective communication among all parties involved. Feeder Al was the first feeder to be spliced and all substations affected were switched to Feeder B1.
The following is a step-by-step chronology of the splicing.
Step 1. With all loads transferred to B1, Feeder Al was taken out of service, locked out, and tagged. All four other feeders (A2, B2, A3, and B3), were still energized in Manhole 6 throughout the course of work.
Step 2. To ensure that Feeder Al was actually deenergized, the lead covering over the existing butt splice was melted off to reveal the singles so that a tic tracer would read any voltage. Once it was verified that Feeder Al was actually deenergized, preparations were made to cut the feeder and begin the splice.
Step 3. After Feeder Al was cut, each wire was identified to determine phasing at each ends. Cables in Feeders Al and B1 had to be tapped and terminated in proper phase relationship to permit momentary closure of both Al and B1 switches at the substations, as shown in Fig. 3.
Step 4. To make the required Y-splices, in-line transition splices from existing PILC singles to new EPR/PVC singles first had to be made; then the Y-splices could be made on the new EPR/PVC singles. As such, a loop of three EPR/PVC singles was added to the A1 Feeder.
The transition splices each required a butt joint. Because the copper conductors in the PILC were triangular shaped sectors, a compression coupler could not be used. Instead, a split tinned-solder coupler was used to couple the PILC sectors to the EPR/PVC round conductors.
After the inner portion of the splice was complete, a ground braid was attached with a spring clamp to the metallic tape shield of each EPR/PVC single. These three ground braids then were laid across the splice tubes and soldered to the lead sheath of the PILC cable. A shielding mesh was half lapped over the braids. A nonconductive sealing breakout was applied to the ends of the new singles and heat-shrinked in place. An overall wrap-around sleeve then was positioned and a channel clip installed. Finally, the entire assembly was heat-shrinked.
Each of the 6 transition splices required 41 steps to complete, with each finished splice 48-in. long. Since Manhole 6 is only 8-ft long by 8-ft wide, the transition splices had to be located one over the other.
Step 5. With the three single conductor EPR loops in place, the Y-splices could now be made. Half duplex solder connectors were used for the Y-joint. The Y-splices were completed, connecting each phase of Feeder A1 to the run of new EPR/PVC cables going to the cooling tower.
Little Silver Electric, Inc. was the electrical contractor, with Bud Flanagan foreman. Little Silver brought in certified high voltage splicers Dusty Rhoades and Robert Cushman to do the splices as well as the stress cone terminations.
Splicing new cables to existing Feeder B1
After the A1 circuit was proof-tested, it was put back in service. All loads were transferred to Feeder A1 and Feeder B1 then was deenergized.
As was done with Feeder A1, Feeder B1 was tested to verify that it was deenergized. Its conductors were cut, with each identified at all termination points to insure proper phasing.
Because Feeder B1 consisted of single conductor cables, the Y-splices were made directly on them.
Hi-pot testing
Before hi-pot testing could begin, the cables had to be removed from the line side of switches in three different locations, as shown in Fig. 4 (see page 70). This eliminated the possibility of flashover across the switches since, with the load side energized at 13.2kV from Feeder B1, a potential of 36kV would develop across the switch, as shown in Fig. 5 (see page 72).
Feeder A1. Once the Y-splices were made in Manhole 6, each assembly was hi-potted at 18kV maximum for 15 min.
The existing PILC cable was hi-potted. before and after the making of the Y-splices. Hi-potting the old cable required removing all terminated ends. (It's a good practice to remove cables from an HV switch to ensure that hi-pot readings will not include bus work, instrument transformers, etc.)
Feeder B1. After making the Y-splices on this feeder, it was then hi-potted at 18kV maximum for 15 min. After all ends were terminated, the feeder was energized. A phasing stick was used at all locations where Feeders A1 and B1 terminate in adjoining switches to ensure proper phasing. The cables were then fire-wrapped and neatly racked in Manholes 6, 6A, and 6B.
New EPR/PVC cable. The new cable was hi-pot tested while still on reels after delivery to the site and was proof tested after installation between Manhole 6 and the cooling tower. This was done at 80% of the factory test level, or 65kV maximum for 15 min.
Mystery sound during testing
During the hi-pot testing of the 13.2kV feeders, a faint buzzing sound was heard at the rear of the main substation. An in-depth search for the origin of the sound was conducted, with cover plates for the horizontal bus in the main substation removed to aid in location. The sound was so faint that technicians weren't certain if it was real or imaginary.
The lights inside the main substation then were shut off, as a last test, to obtain a visual indication to the problem, if possible. A faint blue glow was seen around one of the horizontal busses, where it passed through an insulating barrier from the A1 circuit breaker to the A2 circuit breaker. The combination of buzzing sound and blue glow indicated that a high voltage corona condition existed and tracking was beginning to develop.
All loads then were transferred to the "B" feeders. The "A" side of the main substation was isolated and corrective action was taken. All horizontal busses were cleaned and retaped and the insulating barriers were replaced. As a precautionary measure, the same actions were taken on the "B" side of the main substation, after it was deenergized.
The lesson we learned: Be alert to your surroundings, expect the unexpected, and take appropriate action. The early detection of this problem and prompt response avoided a costly, unscheduled, and possibly long, out-age of the entire facility. The corrective action was done during normal working hours and transparent to the occupants of the facility.
Key interlocks
Key interlocks and other tamper-proof systems prevent the accidental closing or opening of switches and switchgear out of sequence when used per system operating instructions. As with any other fail-safe systems, there are ways to override the intended use, which is to prevent the operation of the electrical system in the wrong sequence. This improper operating sequence could damage equipment and might prove personally dangerous to the operator. On this project, the normal sequence was not followed and the key interlock system was overridden to allow switching without any loss of power to the building.
Note: Interlocks for electrical equipment may not be used as a substitute for lockout and tagging procedures.
Lock out/tag out procedures
OSHA's lockout/ragout requirements are as follows.
* Locate and identify all sources of energy and control devices.
* Notify all affected employees of lockout.
* Isolate all energy sources, such as bleeding stored energy in hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
* Lockout and tag all switches in the OFF position.
* Test to ensure that equipment turned OFF are indeed deenergized.
* Perform the work required.
* After the work is complete, remove locks and tags from equipment. Be sure to notify all affected employees that the equipment is to be reenergized. Special note: only the person who installed the lock should remove the lock.
For this project, the switching procedures needed to be reviewed and revised by electricians from Little Silver Electric and AT&T Bell Labs facilities management to ensure employee safety was not compromised. This meant installing locks and tags on all of the 13.2kV switches that were being deenergized as well as going to the main switchyard and racking-out, locking-out, and tagging the feeder breaker in the main substation. This process was duplicated when splicing occurred on the second feeder. When the 13.2kV lines were opened for splicing or testing, the phasing was checked because the 13.2kV lines are sometimes paralleled to switch feeders without disruption to the building.
Construction procedures at AT&T Bell Labs
Operations personnel perform all switching and tagging of the electrical system under the direction of the operations supervisor. Formal procedures are followed to ensure safety and to avoid inadvertent shutdown of critical loads.
When there is a request to shut down an MV feeder, operations personnel go to each primary selective substation and switch the load from one feeder to the other paired feeder. The primary switches are key interlocked to prevent the closing of two primary switches simultaneously; however, procedures allow two of these switches to be closed together temporarily with permission from the operations supervisor. This is necessary to avoid interrupting power to critical loads during switching operations.
Project background information
The chilled water system has a capacity of 6000 tons and consists of five 1200-ton chillers. Until recently, the source of condenser water for the chillers was from a 6-million-gallon pond located at the front of the facility. Additional data processing and computer loads increased the demand for chilled water; thus the capacity of the front pond to provide adequate condenser water cooling for the chillers was eventually exceeded. The remedy to this problem was to construct a cooling tower to provide condenser water cooling.
The installation consists of five 25 x 25-ft fiberglass shelled, tile filled, modular cooling towers. Each tower has a 60-hp, 460V, 3-phase fan motor. The motors are powered from variable frequency drives, with contactor bypass.
The cooling towers are placed in a linear arrangement on top of a concrete basin. Condenser water is pumped via underground 30-in. diameter ductile-iron pipes from the cooling towers' location to the chiller plant, approximately 2500 ft away. The remote site for the cooling towers was chosen to eliminate noise and vapor in the vicinity of the main building.
Six 2-stage, vertical turbine condenser water pumps, driven by 200-hp, 460V, 3-phase, high-efficiency motors, are installed in the basin to meet the pumping requirements. Motor controllers for the pump motors are solid-state reduced voltage starters with bypass contactors.
The cooling tower is powered from a 1500kVA double-ended primary selective substation. The incoming power for the substation is 13.2kV and is connected to the existing primary distribution system. The tower itself is connected to the same feeders that feed the chilled water plant.
AT&T Bell Labs' facility electrical engineering group provided the conceptual design and acted as construction managers for the project. Black & Veatch, Fishkill, N.Y., furnished the detailed design services for the project. AT&T Bell Labs specified and prepurchased all major electrical equipment (substations, motor control centers, panels, cable, conduit, etc.), resulting in considerable savings.
At the AT&T Bell Labs facility in Holmdel, research is conducted primarily on data processing, software development, and computer-based communication systems. Accommodating this research requires a very large facility, which encompasses 2.5 million sq ft under one roof, with many complex systems.
Safety concerns
This was a grass roots project, having minimal association with existing buildings and utilities, except for tie-ins. All contractors were instructed in AT&T safety practices. These included the use of hard hats for all personnel on the job site, ground fault protection of portable equipment, and OSHA requirements for maintaining a safe working environment.
Two critical safety issues were working in a confined Space and lockout/tagout procedures. Both of these issues were associated with the splicing of the 13.2kV feeders in Manhole 6.
Confined space according to OSHA's ruling is "a space in which an employee may enter and perform work." It is not a space intended for continuous occupancy and a person's entrance and exit is restricted. There are two basic types of these spaces, one being a permit required space in which there are hazards present in the area under normal conditions. These may include, but are not limited to, hazardous atmospheres containing methane gas or an oxygen deficient atmosphere, or hazards because of the configuration of the space, where a person entering may be trapped because of the shape of the space. This type of space must be considered permit-required confined space, requiring that special precautions be taken before entering the area so that a worker is protected.
The second type of space is the non-permit confined space. This area does not actually contain hazards that could cause death or bodily harm; nevertheless it still is a confined space. An example of an area like this could be a crawl space under a building. All employers were required to have surveyed their facilities by April 15, 1993, and identified the permit-required, confined areas, notifying all affected employees of their existence as well as those who would enter such spaces. Also, the permit-required spaces must be effectively guarded and identified as a restricted area to keep unauthorized personnel out. If the facility determined it has only non-permit spaces, nothing else would need to be done. However, good practice is to monitor these types of areas to assure that they remain a non-permit confined space.
The confined space issue requires contractors and owners to share information and work together in permit-required, confined spaces as noted here.
* Notify contractor why the area is a permit-required, confined space.
* Inform the contractor of any past experience with the area. In turn, the contractor must inform the owner of any hazards encountered while working in the permit area.
* Inform the contractor of the measures used to protect the employees who work near or in the permit-required, confined space. In turn, the contractor will inform the owner of what precautions that meet the standard will be used to protect the contractor's workers in or near the confined space.
* If both the contractor's and the owner's employees will be working in the confined space together, it is the owner's as well as the contractor's obligation to coordinate work operations to provide a safe work environment for all employees working in the area.
* The owner shall conduct an end-of-job meeting with the contractor to discuss any hazards found during work in the confined space.
This is a general industry standard and does not apply to construction, agriculture, or shipyard employment. There are state-run OSHA programs that cover places of employment that are not covered in the federal regulation. The states that run their own programs are California, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, and Virginia. In New Jersey, this is not the case. Most electricians are not familiar with this standard because it does not apply to construction. The conflict on a job like this one and others where there is a combination of new manholes (new construction) and existing manholes (general industry) is this: Where does the standard apply and what'S required? At this facility, we treat all manholes as permit-required, confined space areas and eliminated any possible safety concerns by taking the most stringent applications of the ruling. In our view, what's the difference if a hazard is on a new job or one already existing? NONE. Therefore, taking extra precautions is a small price to pay for employee safety.
Specialized equipment which may be needed for confined space entry may include the following.
* Air sampling instruments that measure for oxygen content, combustibles, toxic gases and vapors. A permit-required, confined space requires testing and monitoring to determine whether it is safe to enter, and remains safe for the job.
* Protective gear, which could include hard hats, rubber goods, barriers, etc.
* Ventilators/blowers, which may be used in instances where only atmospheric hazards exist. A simplified entry procedure may be used with continuously forced ventilation.
* Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), which would be needed for rescue operations or if the area could not be purged of the contaminant. This standard allows for rescue from the confined space by an onsite team or by outside help. Outside help is sometimes a problem because response time is critical in life saving efforts in a confined space. If an onsite team is used, one of the training requirements is that rescue team members be trained in basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
* Communication Equipment. Entrants must be able to communicate with attendants.
* Tripod and Winch, Lifeline, and Body Harness. The standard requires that a non-entry retrieval system, such as harness and rope, be used whenever an employee enters a permit-required, confined space. If the employee is deeper than 5 ft, then a mechanical type lifting device shall be available. The exception to the rule would be if these measures would not help in the rescue attempts or increase the hazards in the confined space.
James Canham is Facilities Engineering Operations and Maintenance Manager, Joseph Zec is Senior Facilities Engineer, and Jack E. Pullizzi is Assistant Facilities Engineer at AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, N.J. Mario Ciasulli is a Consulting Engineer for MMC Engineering, Inc.


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- 11/2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
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- 1 6 1/4-pound whole bone-in leg of lamb
- Combine yogurt, lime juice, garlic, lime peel, ginger, salt, paprika, coriander, cumin, turmeric, cardamom, dry mustard, cayenne pepper, fenugreek, cloves, and cinnamon in small bowl; whisk to blend. Place leg of lamb on rack set in large roasting pan. Coat leg of lamb with yogurt mixture. Cover lamb loosely with plastic wrap or tent with aluminum foil (do not allow aluminum foil to touch coating) and refrigerate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Roast leg of lamb uncovered until thermometer inserted into thickest part of meat (not touching bone) registers 125°F for medium-rare, about 1 hour 35 minutes. Let lamb rest 15 minutes before serving.
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Be sure to tent the marinated lamb loosely with aluminum foil. When acidic foods come into contact with foil, a chemical reaction can occur that may alter the flavor and color of the dish.
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- Calories614
- Carbohydrates5 g(2%)
- Fat41 g(64%)
- Protein53 g(106%)
- Saturated Fat18 g(89%)
- Sodium756 mg(31%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
- Fiber1 g(6%)
- Monounsaturated Fat17 g
- Cholesterol192 mg(64%)


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Essential design and ultra lightweight construction: the La Monaco is the must-have sneaker specifically designed for time off. A combination of luxurious leathers and cutting-edge materials to pair with casual or dressy trousers. The Moncler tricolour, inspired by the French flag, is the finishing touch.
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Author Notes: It may seem strange and unusual to learn about pickled lettuce, but believe me it is a very tasty and useful condiment. Everywhere you use vegetable pickles, this sweet and sour condiment will add a bright and piquant flavor. Growing up we couldn't wait for the beginning of fresh lettuce season so our Mom could make this condiment. You can use it in all kind of sandwiches instead of cucumber pickles or in tacos instead of cabbage slaw, or also just as an accompaniment to meat and fish dishes. I like to lightly squeeze out the pickling liquid, add a little fragrant extra-virgin olive oil, some freshly chopped dill and cucumber slices and eat it as a salad. Try it and I am sure you'll find a lot of creative ways for using this condiment. —Kukla
Food52 Review: WHO: Kukla is a classical pianist based in California.
WHAT: A condiment that will confound you, and then win you over.
HOW: Make a salad, pickle it.
WHY WE LOVE IT: We love the versatility of this: it adds crunch and brightness on top of things, tucked in them, or on the side of them. It also works well as a salad on its own. Cucumber pickles, step aside. —The Editors
Makes: 1 quart
large bunches Green Leaf or 2 medium heads Iceberg lettuce, washed and dried
large garlic cloves, finely chopped
medium bunch fresh dill, thick stems removed and fronds roughly chopped
cup dried cranberries, tart cherries, or raisins
cup boiled warm water
cup red wine or apple cider vinegar
teaspoons kosher salt
tablespoons sugar
teaspoon red pepper flakes or your favorite hot chile pepper, finely diced
- Trim the ends of the green leaf lettuce and chop it in about ¾-inch wide ribbons. If using iceberg lettuce, core it, slice in half and then cut in about ¾-inch wide ribbons. Transfer to a very large bowl and toss with garlic, dill, and dried berries.
- In a measuring cup combine water, vinegar, sugar, salt, and red pepper flakes. Stir until sugar and salt are completely dissolved. Let cool to room temperature and then pour over the lettuce.
- Cover the bowl with a shallow plate that is a little smaller in diameter and place something heavy on top to press down the lettuce mixture. Let stand for about 2 hours, then pack tightly into a quart container and pour the pickling liquid over the top. Cover and chill until ready to use. It will keep fresh in the refrigerator for more than 1 week.
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PPR announced that it has received an offer from L'Oréal to enter a strategic agreement in which L'Oréal would receive long-term exclusive worldwide licenses to use of the Yves Saint Laurent and Boucheron brands. The offer also stipulates that licenses for fragrances and cosmetics of the Stella McCartney, Oscar de la Renta and Ermenegildo Zegna brands would be transferred to L'Oreal and shares of YSL Beaute Group—including its Roger & Gallet subsidiary—would be sold to L'Oréal for an enterprise value of €1,150 million. The Yves Saint Laurent, Boucheron and Stella McCartney brands remain the property of PPR.
"With this strategic agreement, YSL Beaute [has] the opportunity to take full advantage of its upside potential. It also enables the Yves Saint Laurent brand, in the field of beauty, to fully align its ambition with its worldwide reputation," said Francois-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO, PPR. "Yves Saint Laurent would thus boost its position as a great luxury brand. With its expertise and knowledge of international markets, L'Oreal would be able to continue and step up the work already achieved to date. L'Oreal would also offer a unique development platform for the Roger & Gallet, Boucheron, Stella Mc Cartney, Oscar de la Renta and Zegna brands. With this projected agreement, PPR reasserts its ambition to bolster the development of [its] Gucci Group's brands."
"This proposed agreement represents a great opportunity for L'Oreal and its luxury products division," said Jean-Paul Agon, CEO, L'Oreal. "Yves Saint Laurent is a mythical French luxury brand. It is admired the world over and is particularly complementary with our current brands. We are convinced that its integration into our luxury products division would speed up its development. This strategic agreement will reinforce our position in the luxury cosmetics market."
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I need some biz cards designed that are catchy and have a strong call to action and look cool too. Because I'm a hip gal who will be doing a lot of networking, and I want people to remember me when they go home and pull my biz card out of their pockets :)
Internet and Info Marketers, Affiliates, Joint Venture peeps
* Use the logo (attached) and feel free to get creative with the logo too -- in fact I encourage that.
* Make sure that "Keith Wellman's" is placed above the logo.
* Take a look at the proof I created and pimp it out -- feel free to change the layout, move things around any which way, etc.
* Strong call to action. Take what I wrote or come up with something even better!
* Make me stand out to people when I hand them my biz card at networking events, on the airplane, in a cofffee shop, etc.
* Use my pic (attached) if you think it will fit in and look good.
* I need to be able to take your design to a print shop, so make sure you design it in something that will enable that (or convert it to something easy for them to use).
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U-Pol's Raptor Spray-In Bed CoatingPosted in How To on January 1, 2013
As a truck owner you know that your poor bed gets a workout. From hauling gear to the worksite Monday through Friday, to those home repair and garage projects on the weekend, your truck's bed most likely looks like a war zone with dings, paint scratches, and more detracting from the overall look of your rig. It doesn't have to be that way. You can protect your bed from life's torture test with a protective bedliner.
While plastic drop-in liners are popular and quick to install, they will not fix a bed that is already scratched up or protect it from rusting further. The best solution for a well-worn bed is to take care of any surface rust, seal the broken paint surface with an etching primer, and then coat the bed surface with a sprayable liner. A spray-in liner product offers ultimate protection and looks, and is an easy DIY project you can tackle in your own driveway in an afternoon.
Several DIY spray-in liner options are on the market. On truck and Jeep forums we've been reading about how people have had excellent results with U-Pol's Raptor urethane bedliner product. Raptor is available through your local paint supply jobber that handles professional-level paint shop supplies. It comes in two formulas, a traditional black finish and a tintable product to which you can add automotive grade paint to match or contrast with your vehicle.
The Raptor kit includes four bottles of base coating, one bottle of hardener, and an applicator gun (though the product can also be rolled or brushed on). Application time depends on how much prep is required, so if you have a really rough bed, as we have with our '01 Ford Ranger SuperCab 4x4, plan some serious manual labor to get the bed scuffed, primed, and ready for spraying in the Raptor liner.


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The TeraFlex JK 2.5 inch Suspension Lift Kit is an ultra simple performance oriented lift kit that provides amazing highway drivability with very capable off road performance. Drivability and performance are the most important factors that are engineered and built into every TeraFlex lift kit. Properly developed suspension geometry, roll center, and load tuning ensure that all factory stability controls remain functional and within the parameters that Jeep originally engineered into the vehicle. TeraFlex kits drive straight and will crawl anything, getting you there and back! This kit includes 2.5" lift coil springs, 9550 VSS shock absorbers, rear swaybar links, heavy duty rear trackbar axle bracket, bumpstop extensions and all necessary hardware. This kit will allow you to run up to a 35 inch tire (aftermarket wheels with 4.5 inch backspacing or less are required). Fits all right hand drive JK Wrangler models including Rubicon & Unlimited. Note: 2012+ JKs may require exhaust spacers (#2610000) or other exhaust modification for proper driveshaft clearance if front extended shock length is greater than 24.5 inch.
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Apple made their predictably astronomical financial statements tonight, but one tidbit in particular stuck out - their emphasis on iCloud and its 85 million customers. Specifically, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that iCloud isn't a product, it's their strategy for the next decade.
iCloud is still relatively new, having launched with iOS 5 last summer as a replacement of MobileMe. It's a bit more involved, and offers a lot more in terms of functionality, which you can see in our full iOS 5 walkthrough. It's interesting to hear Apple positioning the service as such a high priority, but since they've pretty much owned the hardware game for the last couple of years, it's the next logical place to go. Having full-bodied services back them up will only serve to cement the iPhone and iPad as leading mobile devices.
Quick show of hands - how many of you actively use iCloud on a regular basis? How many of you sign up for it and forget you have it?
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Country music festival given silent treatment as crowds fail to show
The Canberra Country Music Festival was marred by disappointing crowd numbers on the weekend, prompting criticism from performers over the lack of promotion by organisers.
The three-day festival was run at the Hall Showgrounds, featuring dozens of country acts, a ute and truck muster, markets, and a host of other entertainment. But the festival failed to make a profit, and was unable to pull in large crowds.
Roughly 2000 people attended the festival over the three days, with the number of local visitors dropping off markedly.
Festival director Kelvin Fahey said the festival planned to increase numbers to between 5000 and 10,000 in five years.
''It's the first time we've been at Hall, it was a big move from EPIC,'' Mr Fahey said.
''We lost the people going to the markets at EPIC, but we gained all these people camping out here.''
One of the festival's performers, Jerrabomberra guitarist Ian Wholohan, said the crowd was disappointing, particularly for the performers who came from interstate.
Mr Wholohan, who performs with a John Denver tribute band, criticised organisers for failing to promote the festival, and for holding the festival's talent quest at Dickson Tradies.
''The crowd out here was pretty poor, because they had to change part of the venue over to Dickson Tradies,'' Mr Wholohan said.