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Quick Reference Parts
Every machine offered at Exmark is built to be as reliable as possible, but we understand that part replacement is unavoidable sometimes; in fact, it's expected with regular use over time. Remember that sticking to a regular maintenance schedule will keep you on top of any part repair needs you may have. This will help you to avoid further damage that could end up affecting both your machine and your budget more than necessary.
When you do need parts replaced for your machine, our professionals have the information that you need. We do all we can to make the process quick and easy for you because the faster the process is, the less time you have to spend at the dealership—which means more time cutting grass and generating revenue.
Below is a sorted list of the most commonly replaced parts on Exmark products including blades, belts, rollers, filters, and more. Contact your local Exmark dealer for any additional information, such as ordering and parts availability.

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Ryan Reynolds for "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu"
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The actor discusses his new animated film.
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America hasn't lost its sweet tooth. This week, PepsiCo Inc. PEP, -1.81% started shipping new Diet Pepsi beverages to stores in the U.S. The drink will now be sweetened with sucralose, the chemical used in the sweetener brand Splenda, instead of aspartame. Last year, Coca-Cola KO, -1.00% introduced Coca-Cola Life in the U.S. It has about half the calories of a regular Coke, and uses both cane sugar and the natural plant sweetener Stevia, a sugar substitute that has been growing in popularity in recent years. Coca-Cola Life doesn't use the artificial sweetener aspartame. (In studies, aspartame has been linked to bladder cancer in rats, but the Food and Drug Administration has deemed it safe for consumption.) Sugar and Stevia are holding their own against the artificial contenders.
Here's how sweeteners have fared over the last six years:
White sugar: down 13% since 2010
Helped by the chorus of warnings about obesity and diabetes, the nation is no longer adding sugar to its diet. Retail sales of white granulated sugar hit $1.39 billion for the 52 weeks to July 12, 2015, down 12% over the past three years alone, according to data from Information Resources Inc., or IRI. At the same time, sales of several popular artificial sweeteners are down: Big brands including Splenda, Sweet'N Low, and Equal have all seen sales decline. Consumers are slowly weaning themselves off sugar, says Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. "People increasingly want to avoid artificial substances." While the artificial versions are losing out in the sugar rush, several "natural" alternatives are taking off.Slide 3 of
Splenda: down 42% since 2010
Accidentally discovered by U.K. scientists while they were developing new insecticides, Sucralose, the chemical in Splenda (and Diet Pepsi), remains the biggest sugar substitute on the market. Made by Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.82% subsidiary McNeil Nutritionals, Splenda was a big hit with consumers when it was introduced in 1999. Such is its popularity that Coca-Cola introduced a special Splenda edition — the Diet Coke can with the yellow streak — in 2005. It's also used in a range of candy and cereals. However, some consumers are now satisfying their sweet tooth elsewhere. Retail sales of packets of Splenda were $215.6 million for 52 weeks to July 12, 2015, a 42% drop since 2010, according to IRI. (Johnson & Johnson declined to comment.)Slide 4 of
Truvia / Stevia: up 168% since 2010
Splenda's decline owes much to sugar substitutes like Stevia, which claims a more natural lineage, experts say. Stevia is extracted from the leaves of the South and Central American plant Stevia rebaudiana — also known as sugar leaf. It's also marketed as Stevia extract or distributed as the brand Truvia by U.S. food giant Cargill, one of the world's largest privately held companies. U.S. retail sales for Truvia alone have nearly doubled since 2010, reaching nearly $100 million for the 52 weeks to July 12, 2015, and surged for Stevia, hitting $45.5 million this year since 2010. "The sales trend for Truvia is remarkable," says Jacobson. "It looks like Truvia is stealing market share." Stevia is around 300 times sweeter than sugar but, Jacobsen says, is no match for its taste.
Sweet'N Low: down 29% since 2010
The zero-calorie sweetener that comes in the bubble-gum-pink packet, Sweet'N Low is marketed by Sugar Foods as perfect for cocktails, coffee and pink lemonade. (Despite the packaging, Sweet'N Low doesn't make the drink pink.) It contains saccharin, which was reportedly discovered in 1878 by Constantin Fahlberg, a chemist working on coal tar derivatives at Johns Hopkins University. Word of caution: Artificial sweeteners can stimulate taste buds, confuse the microorganisms in our gut and make us crave more calories in our diet, says Sharon Fowler, faculty associate at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. It too has been hit by competition. Retail sales of Sweet'N Low have fallen nearly 29% since 2010 to $62.4 million for the 52 weeks to July 12, 2015.Slide 6 of
Equal: down 32% since 2010
Equal is made from aspartame, which is frequently used as a sugar substitute in diet sodas. Widely reported studies have shown a correlation between cancer and aspartame consumption in rats — but not in humans. Still, these studies may have led consumers to search for natural alternatives to sweeten their coffee, says Agiimaa Kruchkin, industry analyst at market researcher IBISWorld. Equal retail sales are down 32% to $33.3 million for the 52 weeks to July 12, 2015 from 2010. Kruchkin expects per capita sugar and sweetener consumption to fall between now and 2017. But Americans' relationship with sugar remains complicated. "Americans will consume smaller amounts of packets of sweeteners and sugar due to health concerns," she says, "even as demand for confectionary products increases."
This story was updated on August 12, 2015.


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|2012-02-14, 13:24
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Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku
Original creator (visual novel) : Idea Factory
Plot summary : The dating simulation game for female players (otome game) is set during Japan's Taishō era (1912-1926). A girl named Haru Asagi works as a maid of the Miyanomori family, which is headed by one of Japan's most powerful magnates. However, the family head suddenly announces that he is retiring, so one of his six sons must assume control of the family.
Note : Idea Factory's Otomate brand released the game for the PSP system in 2010, and the game inspired a fan disc, Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku: Kinema Mosaic, last September.
|2012-05-19, 04:00
|Link #4
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Probably late but official anime website is up.
It's going to be an OVA. I heard rumors that that there will be 2 with the first one to be released this year.
The site only has the staff and cast list only. No other info so far.
I'll just list down the cast for the Miyanomori brothers. I don't know who the main heroine's voice actress yet. Probably they're still looking for someone decent.
According to birth order:
1st son: Tadashi Miyanomori- Atsushi Miyauchi
2nd son: Isami Miyanomori- Hideki Tasaka
3rd son: Shigeru Miyanomori- Takeshi Maeda
4th son: Susumu Miyanomori- Atsushi Kakehashi
5th son: Hiroshi Miyanomori- Daisuke Kishio
6th son: Masashi Miyanomori- Nobuhiko Okamoto
|2012-07-17, 21:12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Sorry for the double post.
Release dates for the 2 OVAs are announced in the official anime site.
1st OVA release date: 12/21/2012
2nd OVA release date: 3/14/2013
BTW, they already put up the character designs.
Still, no announcement on who will voice the heroine.
|2012-08-27, 07:27
|Link #9
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
A bit late but PV is out in youtube. The video quality looks bad but you can view a better version in the official site.
|2012-12-07, 09:48
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
I can't find any info yet whether 2nd OVA will also going to be aired on TV or DVD only episode though.
By the way, anyone know if there are a group going to sub this series?
|2013-02-15, 12:37
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku Links
Hello, here are subs I did for a friend.
Script only
Note: This is a V2 script. Some errors have been fixed.
The raw episode used to time and preview the subs can be found here.
The poster below forwarded this script to a group, and here is their release:
Last edited by chirlind; 2013-03-03 at 23:05. Reason: Updated references (added group blog)
|2013-03-04, 01:15
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Looks like the 2nd episode was also aired on AT-X yesterday at 21:00 JST and there will be a re-airing (for those who missed it) on the 9th of this month at the same hour.
The DVD release date for the 2nd episode is changed from 3/14/2013 to 3/29/2013.
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WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - A key committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure on Wednesday designed to make it easier for Republicans to again withhold approval of a rise in the government debt ceiling to extract spending cuts from President Barack Obama.
The government is expected to hit the limit set by Congress on its ability to borrow money by late July or early August. Without an increase in the limit - known as the debt ceiling - the United States faces the prospect of defaulting on its debts, which could shake up markets and damage the economy.
The bill, approved by the Republican-controlled House Ways and Means Committee, would seek to avoid default by requiring the U.S. Treasury to pay public bond holders - as well as beneficiaries of the government-run Social Security retirement plan - in the event Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling.
"What this does is it removes that uncertainty and takes the threat of default off the table," Republican Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said.
Ryan acknowledged after the meeting that in his view, it would also strip the White House of talking points it uses against Republican tactics in negotiating over the debt ceiling.
In previous disputes when Republicans have threatened to block an increase in the debt ceiling, the president has accused the party of jeopardizing Social Security payments and shirking its responsibility to pay the nation's bills.
While the bill may pass the Republican-dominated House, it will almost certainly fail to win approval in the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate.
Democrats view the measure, which they call "prioritization," as a ploy designed to legitimize Republican tactics.
"Let's be clear, prioritization by any name is default," said Representative Sander Levin of Michigan, the top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee.
A partisan battle over the debt ceiling was resolved in August, 2011 with a deal that led to the automatic, across-the board spending cuts that started to take effect on March 1. Among other things, the "sequester" made reductions in the budget of the Federal Aviation Administration that this week led to flight delays across the country.
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The Scots College
Exploring the concepts within the path of an individual, the interaction with the world surrounding and the connection between one individual to another. This film was filmed in Bondi Beach, its young culture influencing the characters, costumes, setting. The young characters cross paths and interact with various forms of communication; as a result the path of the individual is altered. Minimal lighting in the film, assisted by the use of high contrast, secludes each individual and object in their path.


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You are invited to participate in The New York Times N.C.A.A. Men's basketball Bracket Tournament. To join my group and fill out your bracket, go to the link below and enter the group code.
Group Code: 9938e295712IfT21PhvqSQ2FPDtw3NUUGog
You have until Thursday, March 20, at 11:30 AM ET to enter and save your picks.
Now, if you're not familiar with filling out a bracket, it's simple. You go through and pick winners for each of the matches of each of the rounds of the tournament. You get points for picking winners (the points increase as you move through the rounds). The person with the highest score at the end of the tournament wins. You have until the tournament starts to make your choices (and your changes). You make your picks for the entire tournament before it starts. So, if all your picks lose in the first round, you're done.
[I'm not sure if you have to have a NYTimes login to play. If you don't it's quick to sign up, and pretty painless and totally worth it to join my bracket.]
So, if you're into it, join the bracket! If college basketball's not your thing, I'm posting again this week, hopefully, before the tournament starts.
Go Pitt! Big East Champs! Hell yeah!
PS-I show up as uglygreen on the bracket.


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text: The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, has approved a set of descriptors for the tests it's designing for the Common Core State Standards. They lay out how many levels of achievement there will be on the test, specify what level a student has to reach to be considered college ready, and describe the level of expertise students must show to merit that title. (Education Week.


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TSN is once again going across the country on the Kraft Celebration Tour – a national initiative that will see TSN's flagship sports news program, SPORTSCENTRE, broadcast live from 10 communities over a period of 10 days this summer.
Last year, TSN had several impressive nominations for local curling clubs – and they'd love to have a few more this year…. In addition to the broadcast, Kraft Canada awards $25,000 towards a community refresh – that will be used for improvements to a local recreational facility.
Nominations can be made at http://kraftcelebrationtour.tsn.ca/
As part of the Kraft Celebration Tour – Popular SPORTSCENTRE anchor teams of Darren Dutchyshen and Jennifer Hedger, along with Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole, will lead the special SportsCentre broadcasts – putting a spotlight on the accomplishments of local athletes.
The nomination period ends on June 13.
Communities can have more than one nomination. Winning nominations will be chosen based on the following criteria:
- Depiction of Community's passion for sports
- Examples of Community spirit and home-town pride;
- Depiction of an active and healthy lifestyle in your Community;
- Creativity and overall effort in submission
On Canada Day (July 1), TSN will announce the 20 finalists selected by a panel of judges. Then, it's up to Canada to decide the 10 winning tour stops via 10 days of head-to-head online voting.


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Maintaining trucks today is a complicated business at best, a confusing nightmare at worst. Part of the probelm is while commerical trucks todat are packed with more electronics than ever before, it's easy to forget that they still require basic no-nonsense maintenance to keep on humming -- regular oil changes, tire pressure checks, etc.
That's why it's important to keep Darry Stuart's name handy in your rolodex, and not just because -- after a long and distinguished career -- he became the Technology & Maintenance Council's chairman this year. No, Darry earned his chops the hard way, working on everything from refuse packers to highway trucks for nearly four decades before opening his own firm -- Boston, MA-based DWS Fleet Management, which specializes in helping fleets solve maintenance issues.
Darry is a guy who walks and talks like a fleet manager, with a great craggy voice that gives even curse words some class. Best of all, Darry gets right to point -- and let's you know in plain, unvarnished English what you have to do to keep your trucks on the road, as what you better NOT be doing to them.
"You will spend money on maintenance - that's a given," Darry stresses to me every time we talk. "The focus for the fleet manager is where -- and where not -- to spend that maintenance money. Because you can go broke by over-maintaining your equipment, you have to determine the key areas on the vehicle you need to maintain."
He adds that key maintenance details remain pretty much the same for almost all commercial vehicles [Something he goes into a lot more deeply on his web site, www.darrystuart.com].
"You use the same basic maintenance management philosophy, altering it slightly depending on the needs of a particular application," he explains. "Using a truck to haul trash is really no different than using a truck to haul freight or whatever. All trucks have batteries, tires, engines, and other components that need to be maintained. The use-pattern of a truck's particular application just dictates what components you look at first and how often."
Darry maintains some simple rules of thumb for fleets, rules I've noted before in stories written for FleetOwner as well as our sister publication Waste Age . They are simple and, I think, effective ground rules for any fleet to follow, so I think they are more than worth repeating in this space:
Batteries: If the battery charge is low, the truck may not start and so doesn't even get out of the gate, he says. Stuart stresses that battery cables have to be disconnected and cleaned and load tested at each PM interval and to make sure a full charge is getting through. Of particular concern: low voltage batteries. Though they may get a truck started, low vlotage puts a lot more pressure on the truck's alternator and starter, leading to a shorter life cycle for those components.
Cooling systems: Truck engines today generate a lot of heat, due to the new emission rules which went into effect this year. So your cooling systems mustbe in top shape - not only can corrosion over time lead to internal engine issues, leaks in the cooling hoses, the high temperatures generated by the engine and other systems can evaporate any traces of coolant leaks, making a repetitive problem that much harder to find. So at every PM, regular pressure testing of the cooling system is a must.
Tires: This is probably one of the most expensive areas for truck maintenance. Darry says the key is to keep tires properly inflated and make sure the front axle is aligned properly to minimize abnormal tire wear. "I stress that you check the front axle 'toe' at every PM, because it takes just 5 minutes to check," he says. "If the toe is out of alignment, you have to adjust it, because that is what accelerates and wears tires out the most."
U-bolts/fasteners: Darry is a fanatic about tightening chassis and axles u-bolts and wheel/rim fasteners at every PM because. "Trucks endure a lot of vibration from all the maneuvering, turning, heavy loading and unloading they do every day. Those bolts are holding your truck together so you have to watch them," he says.
Oil and grease: Darry is a big believer in buying the best engine oil and component grease available, simply because they can help add life to your equipment. "Front ends, clutch linkages, and especially u-joints need the best grease you can buy; know what you are buying, buy quality not price," he says. "If you don't grease a u-joint regularly, it's going to blow out on you, and when that happens you have to tow the vehicle in - that's expensive. That's why paying attention the small details helps you avoid the big problems in the long run."
And avoiding problems is really what good fleet management is all about.


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We know. The line to the ladies room is long. We sympathize. But still: ew ew ew.
We know little about Australia, and less about rugby league, but this fits in well with our preconceptions of both. This impatient woman stuck around after the final whistle of the third match in the State of Origin, the huge annual showdown between Queensland and New South Wales. From her kit, she's a fan of the winning Queensland side, and needed to see the celebration, beer-swollen bladded be damned. To the victor go the spoils. And soils.


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One of the big questions today is: "What will HADOOP do to the world of data warehousing?". This is
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Pssst… our sister store, Danish Design Store, is having a sale:
If you've been eyeing a modern icon like Hans Wegner Wishbone Chair (they come in all sorts of fun colors in addition to various woods and finishes),
a PH Snowball Pendant by Louis Poulsen,
or perhaps a Finn Juhl Nyhavn Table with Tray Unit
… now is the time. The store has an amazing selection of Danish classics and new designs, so be sure to stop by. On top of the 15% off, there is also free shipping.*
The sale is only running from March 6 to March 18th 2014. Shopping pieces that grace so many of the world's museum's permanent collections is a big decision. Buying one is a decision you will never regret. Here's what you do — go browse, go to bed, sleep on it and dream about it in your home and imagine yourself using it. Then do the math — think about how much you'll save and figure out if brown-bagging it for a month will make it affordable for you. When you wake up, your decision will be made.
By the way, Danish Design Store is curated in such a way that if the piece you have your eye on isn't already a sought-after icon, you can bet someday it will be, like the Panton Bachelor Chair, which looks like someone dreamed it up while playing with a paper clip and staring at a classic white window shade.
*The sale excludes the following brands: PP Mobler, One Collection, Hay, Innovation, Menu, Glerups & Stelton


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Mississippi family shares birthday
A Mississippi family defied the odds when their son was born on Dec. 18. Luke and Hillary Gardner were both born 27 years ago on Dec. 18. Now their son, Cade, shares the same birthday,according to WAPT.
"Honestly, we were so focused this past year on the pregnancy and the arrival of Cade that little thought was put into our actual birthday. So, it was not until we finally realized that he would be born on Dec. 18 that it hit us," Hillary Gardner said. "I think it was probably more exciting and surprising to those working at the hospital, our friends, and our family than it was to us."
The Gardners said people have always been surprised when they learn that they were born on the same day. Adding Cade to the mix makes it even better.
"It was not until our story went viral that we really started to grasp how unique and special it was to share the same birthday as a family," Hillary Gardner said.


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The View From 1776
§ American Traditions
§ People and Ideas
§ Decline of Western Civilization: a Snapshot
§ Books to Read
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Chickens Are Returning to the Roost
The exchange value of the dollar is declining at an accelerating rate, and China has blown the whistle to stop the game.
Since the recovery from the 1999 dot.com bust, we have benefitted from cheap imports that kept inflationary pressures down. Our financial markets have been flooded with dollars from foreign holders, which meant low interest rates and a booming stock market.
That is coming to an end, unless the Federal Reserve reverses course and ceases its efforts to manage the economy by flooding it with excess money.
China, Middle Eastern oil producers, and other exporting countries have to raise the dollar prices on goods they export to us to compensate for the declining value of those exports in their own currencies. Some exporters are beginning to refuse payment in dollars, requiring payment in Euros or their own currencies.
An article in the November 8 edition of the Washington Times summarizes this latest development:
China roiled financial markets around the globe yesterday when it asserted that the dollar is losing its luster as the world's reserve currency and that Beijing will swap some of its $1.4 trillion in reserves out of U.S. dollars and into stronger currencies like the euro and Canadian dollar.
China's verbal assault on the dollar helped trigger a 360-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and came as French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned in a speech to Congress that the "disarray" caused by the dollar's steep fall could lead to "economic war." ...
With the world's largest reserves of dollars, China has been a major investor in U.S. Treasury bonds and debt securities and is the second-largest holder of U.S. government debt next to Japan.
The underlying cause, as I wrote in Exporting Inflation to China, is the policies instituted in Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 New Deal.
President Roosevelt was advised by his Brains Trust of socialist economists that centralizing management the entire economy, for the first time in the history of the United States, would enable the Federal government to restore full employment and raise farm prices.
A main pillar in that new socialistic structure was devaluation of the dollar (see How FDR Destroyed the Dollar).
To accomplish that end, among other things, the President had to bring the Federal Reserve system to heel by limiting the independence of the 12 regional Reserve banks and centralizing power in Washington at the Federal Reserve Board. By appointing a Federal Reserve Board chairman who thought as he did, President Roosevelt could manipulate the entire banking system. In 1934 he got his ideal man in Marriner Eccles.
The Wikipedia entry on the subject states that, in testimony at a Senate hearing before his appointment, Eccles had advocated a collectivistic social and economic policy: [Eccles] suggested that the federal government spend money on unemployment relief, public works, and aid to farmers. Eccles also advised some long-term solutions such as federal insurance for banks, a centralized Federal Reserve System, tax reforms, a minimum wage, unemployment insurance, pensions for the elderly, and governmental regulation of the stock market.
When the Federal Reserve was created in 1913, President Wilson, Congress, and the bankers had differing ideas about its primary role. On balance, until the late 1920s, the Fed was a more or less traditional central bank, seeing its mission as maintaining the value of the dollar and acting as lender of last resort to banks in credit squeezes, while encouraging banks to maintain sound lending practices.
Our national economic paradigm, from the early 1600s until 1933, under which the United States become the industrial and agricultural powerhouse of the world, rested upon sound money policies, private property rights, personal responsibility, and individual initiative. The socialistic idea of collectivized regulation of the entire economy, embodied then principally in the Russian Soviet and Italian Fascist systems, was literally foreign to us.
Bank loans, before the creation of the Federal Reserve system in 1913, were made from people's savings and business profits deposited in banks. Growth of lendable funds thus tracked real underlying growth of the economy. Businessmen knew that, if banks had more money to lend, it was because consumers had earned enough to buy more products.
The Federal Reserve's ability to create money by lending to banks first got out of hand in the 1920s, when over-expansion of credit gave false signals to business and caused massive over-investment in new production facilities. This, coupled with high tariffs against imported goods, started the Great Depression in 1929.
Currency stability before 1933 depended upon the gold standard. With Federal debt payable in gold and paper money convertible into gold at the holder's choice, inflationary policies would have meant losses of Treasury gold reserves to domestic holders of debt and to foreign banks.
The beauty of the system was that it was automatic. Politicians couldn't get away with unrestrained, inflationary Federal spending. To fund new Federal spending in amounts greater than incoming tax revenues, Congress would be compelled to pass new taxes and suffer the voters' wrath. The Fed could not, as it does today, create inflationary amounts of money, because, until 1933, currency in circulation and in bank deposits had to be held within a prescribed ratio to the the Treasury's gold reserves.
President Roosevelt replaced our nation's heritage with a liberal-progressive-socialistic system in which the Treasury and the Federal Reserve controlled the dollar price of gold and the value of the dollar, while the new alphabet-soup Federal agencies managed agriculture and industry.
New Deal socialism, unfortunately, was completely ineffective in getting us out of the Depression. But President Roosevelt was successful in devaluing the dollar and jump-starting inflation, which has continued, except for brief pauses, since then.
Having learned nothing from historical experience, liberal-progressive-socialists have kept their faith that every social and political ill can be cured only by more Federal spending.
So, hang onto your hats after next year if Congress enacts massive new welfare-state benefits programs, raises taxes, and panders to labor unions by raising tariffs, restricting free trade, and curbing outsourcing of over-paid American jobs. The prospect is for a re-run of 1970s stagflation.
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They're almost here…the 2012 Winter Boat Shows! It's like the Holidays for boat lovers. For those unfamiliar with the boat shows, these events bring together a variety of boat dealers under one roof for a chance to shop for every make, model and style available. While the shows mostly focuses on powerboats, ACK has made a tradition to mix it up with an amazing display of kayaks for you to see, touch and discuss with our knowledgeable staff and manufactures' representatives.
Here is our 2012 boat show schedule. We hope to see you there and of course, do expect some great offers and opportunities to win prizes! – Roland @ACK
Houston Boat Show: January 6 – 15 at the Reliant Center
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Dallas Boat Show: February 3-5 & 9-12 at the Dallas Market Hall
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Although the geography differs, speaker Dr. Peter Schakel found in one visitor's journey through Narnia guidance for the members of the incoming Class of 2013 during their travels through Hope College.
Although the geography differs, speaker Dr. Peter Schakel found in one visitor's journey through Narnia guidance for the members of the incoming Class of 2013 during their travels through Hope College.
Schakel, a member of the Hope English faculty who is an internationally respected scholar of the Narnia series' author, C.S. Lewis, presented "A Boy Called Eustace and a Hope Education" during the college's Opening Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 30, in the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse.
Approximately 2,000, primarily new students and their families, attended the event, which marked the formal beginning of the college's 148th academic year. The new students moved in on Friday and returning students began moving in on Sunday. Fall semester classes start on Tuesday.
Schakel centered his remarks on the experiences of Eustace Clarence Scrubb in "The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader,'" the third book published in the Narnia cycle. Scrubb, he said, was broadened by his time in Narnia, just as Schakel noted that he hoped that the new students of the Class of 2013 would be transformed by their time at Hope.
"Before he went to Narnia, Eustace Clarence thought that education was about mastering content," said Schakel, who is the Peter C. and Emajean Cook Professor of English at Hope. "But accumulation of information, Lewis believed, is not the real goal of education; rather, the aim is the attainment of understanding and ultimately of wisdom. And these come through the ability to think clearly, critically and perceptively; the ability to analyze problems and situations acutely; the ability to ask probing, incisive questions; the ability to reflect deeply."
Hope, Schakel said, provides such an education as a liberal arts college in the traditional sense that was prized by Lewis, who was a college educator himself and taught at Oxford and Cambridge for nearly 40 years.
"The origin of the word liberal is the Latin word for 'free,'" Schakel said. "Thus the Roman orator Cicero says a liberal education is the education of free persons for a life of freedom."
"That tradition carried over to the early colleges of America - they were liberal arts colleges," he said. "Education was preparation for leadership, not preparation for a specific career."
"A Hope education does aim to equip students for future jobs and careers, but that's not its primary aim," he said. "The primary purpose of a Hope education is the development of the whole person; it is a preparation for life."
Schakel explained that the college would correspondingly seek to educate the students in four dimensions: intellect, imagination, outlook and spiritual growth.
Their intellectual development, he said, would come through improving and reinforcing good mental habits such as curiosity, questioning, analysis, reflection, making connections and considering implications.
Imagination, Schakel said, is also a habit of mind that can be developed, and is necessary in every field, a key ability in reaching beyond what is to a vision of what can be.
Expanding one's outlook, he said, involves being open to other positions and beliefs while at the same time subjecting them and one's own beliefs to rigorous scrutiny, and a willingness to recognize that not all questions have safe, tidy answers.
In discussing spiritual growth he referenced Lewis's book "Mere Christianity," in which Lewis called for people of faith to receive the Kingdom of God with a child's heart but a grown-up's head, so that their understanding of God is large enough to handle complex issues and difficult questions.
Stubb, Schakel said, returned home from Narnia much improved--wiser and more compassionate for the lessons that he had learned during his travels. In the same way, he said, students who make the most of their voyage through Hope will also find themselves changed for the better.
"That's what I, and my faculty colleagues, and the administrators and staff members at Hope wish for each of you in the next four years - that a Hope education will help you mature and grow and change as a human being, and develop to its fullest the great potential God has placed in each of you," he said.


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Posted: Tue 06 Sep 2005, 06:16
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TabletPC Digitizer Pen - how to make it work with Puppy?
Hi there!
Just installed the Chubby Puppy on my TabletPC Toshiba M200's NTFS partition using the instructions from this forum and my 1400x1050 screen is being supported perfectly!
I'm only missing the Pen Digitizer to work with Puppy.
I found some websites on Toshiba and Linux that provide some info on how to get the Digitizer to work:
but don't really know where to start...
Can some of the Puppy Experts provide me with some hints of where to start and what might/would work and I will try it and post results here.
I'm a linux newbie, but will definitely want to try this to work, just need some guidance and since many people know how "under the hood" puppy works, tips on where to start would be really appreciated.
I will post results here.
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Posted: Wed 26 Apr 2006, 02:53
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i also run puppy (still only sometimes) on a tablet pc, toshiba r15. i need to figure out pen support as well.
i'll add the link to the linux wacom project: http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/main
and here's a link to someone who sorted out ubuntu on his r15: http://aleph-null.tv/go.php?doc=20050625-0102-56.xml
here also is a link to tablet pcs with linux: http://tuxmobil.org/tablet_unix.html
just thought if anyone else searches these forums for tabletpc stuff, this might help.
when i get the digitizer working, i'll try and describe how i do it.
i still have no idea where even to put drivers...wish me luck...
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Posted: Wed 26 Apr 2006, 03:46
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good luck
I did try getting my wacom Pen Digitizer to work - so there may be some benefit in searching the format. I must admit I got bored and did not try that hard - it should certainly be possible. I am not sure if it might be better to use the 2.6 kernel based Puppy2 beta that will be out soon. I have a feeling it might be. Do report back if you run into difficulties.
Nathan who runs grafpup and the 1.09 community project that in one of the paradoxes of Linux will be going into beta after Puppy2 may be able to help. He is busy this week and will be working on the beta of 1.09 over the weekend - but certainly contact him for any advice.
Anyway once again - good luck
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Posted: Wed 06 Dec 2006, 03:02
Post subject: Specific Xorg Question for my TabletPC
Subject description: Xorg SDK or XFree86
Arf, arf! (a baby puppy greeting)
I feel like I've come a long way since imagining replacing WindowsXP Tablet Edition over a year ago. I was waiting for Puppy2 to come out and so I'm back at it.
Recently I flirted with ArchLinux in order to see if I could get my wacom driven TabletPC digitizer to work. I did. Then I broke something rather badly and was rescued a second time by Puppy (Muppy005, what I'm using now and what I'm hoping to build up to perfectly suit my Toshiba R15--so far I got my Alps synaptic driver configured properly).
So, now I'm stuck and can precisely name the point. I am attempting to compile (I don't even know if that's the correct term) linuxwacom. I got devx_212.sfs file and ran ./compile in the linuxwacom directory and much of it seems like it will work, but there is an error.
checking for specifying Wacom X driver module path... ***
*** Unable to compile wacom_drv.o{o,so} without XF86 build environment
*** or Xorg SDK.
*** wacom_drv.o will not be built
Xorg SDK - no /usr
XSERVER64 - no
dlloader - no
wacom.o - no
tabletdev.o - no
wacom_drv.so - no
wacom_drv.o - no /usr/X11R6/lib/xorg/modules/input
I'm thinking that I can find Xorg SDK somewhere and then it will work.
Then again, maybe I just don't know into which directory to tell it to look.
I'm going to keep searching, but if someone has a tip, I'd be much obliged.
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Posted: Thu 07 Dec 2006, 04:49
Post subject: Got over the xorg-sdk problem
Found a package from which I extracted xorg-sdk.
Figured out where to put that and then got over the previous error.
Linux-wacom compiled (if that's the correct term), and things are not so dim on this lonely and winding path.
I have to admit, it's kind of fun trying to solve these problems and follow a complex set of instructions. I'm not really technical.
But I'm still stuck. I have a driver, a place to put it, and some xorg.conf settings but there are a large number of variables so I have a lot of configuring to do.
Good night.
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Posted: Thu 07 Dec 2006, 14:33
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I can't really believe it myself. But I did it! I can use the TabletPC feature of my Toshiba R15 running Puppy Linux (Muppy005)!
So obviously it's possible. Took a lot of trial and error on my part and a whole lot of searching through forums (mostly this one, but some devoted to other distros).
This process has educated me somewhat, which has the greatest value.
I will offer any tips to someone who wants to try to set up what I have done; however, I'm not really sure I can be of much help since half the stuff I did, I can't really explain.
Well...I can't really describe how I feel yet. There are about two or three more steps I have to go through before I can really be happy because I want to replicate the good and efficient system I have going for grading papers (my real job) using WindowsXP Tablet Edition.
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Posted: Fri 05 Jan 2007, 00:33
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We could do with a how to / dotpup for wacom tablets
I tried before to get my wacom working - it was time consuming
also these progs might be of interest
anyway well done on getting it all working
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Posted: Fri 05 Jan 2007, 00:59
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Thanks Lobster,
I was contacted by theinfamousj who is trying to do a better job than I did of getting it up and running. By that I mean, he mentioned he is writing up what he is doing (I'm assuming theinfamousj is a he).
For me, I was really confused by the linux-wacom site instructions, but obviously I got it working somehow. It took a lot of trial and error.
So while I offer it, I doubt I'll be of much help.
A dotpup would be cool. One thing, though, is that Tablet PCs are different from USB Tablets because the TabletPC wacom digitizer is a serial connection.
Here's a link to a page with some software I'm trying to play around with: http://groundstate.ca/node/370
The program I used to make the image is
, which is java based so even a newbie like me can run it without knowing the correct way to install linux packages.
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Posted: Fri 05 Jan 2007, 03:22
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lickthefrog2 wrote:
A dotpup would be cool.
Yes it would.
It would be even COOLER if we could just get it going for everyone, "out of the box".
Did you add anything or just change some settings?
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Posted: Fri 05 Jan 2007, 19:33
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John Doe wrote:
lickthefrog2 wrote:
A dotpup would be cool.
Did you add anything or just change some settings?
The main thing was getting Xorg SDK. I eventually found a debian package that I opened up and pulled the appropriate folder out of.
Beyond that, I just followed as best I could the directions from the linux-wacom site.
But my stylus button still isn't working properly as a right-click mouse button. I keep meaning to try to fix it, but haven't had time.
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I'm a she, but apparently my username is almost always taken as male. Maybe I'm too egotistical to be a female online. Who knows.
Anyway, a dotpup would be super. Right now, I'm stuck at the Xorg SDK part. So if anyone knows where I might find it, or has it to send to me directly, please do. I found a debian package that claimed to include it, but then couldn't actually find it in the package. Grrrr ...
Right now I've thrown up my hands and said: If my USB tablet is a HID device, why can't it just be a HID mouse? I don't even want all the cool tilt and whirl functions. Anyone know?
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Posted: Sun 07 Jan 2007, 19:49
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Again, sorry, I'm not the best person for this because I really don't know what I'm doing,
I'm trying to get to you the directory I think you need. I zipped it up but the forum won't let me post it as an attachment, nor can I attach it to a PM to you. If you PM me your email address, I'll send it off to you.
As far as I know, the Xorg SDK thing is just a directory labeled "Server" that goes in the lib directory according to this page http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/debwacomnosrc:
The xorg SDK in the case of FC3 is located in /usr/X11R6/lib/Server and we can
tell the configuration script this
./configure --with-xorg-sdk=/usr/X11R6/lib/Server
So I just took that folder from the debian package and put it there and then I no longer got the XorgSDK error.
Let me know if you want me to email you the archive. Otherwise, browse into that debian package, find the directory and copy it over.
Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
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Posted: Sat 20 Jan 2007, 21:31
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Hello everyone, hello lickthefrog2!
I'm the orignal poster of this post and I'm back here and back with an interest of installing Wacom digitizer on my M200's newest Puppy!
OK, lickthefrog2, I know you wrote you didn't know exactly what you were doing but I'm sure that's not the case since you made it work. First of all - congratulations!
OK, we all want to make it work (at least I do) so let's start with it. Maybe we'll get to a dotpup phase in the end and prepare something for other fellow tableters!
So, please lickthefrog2, write as much as you can, try to write step by step what you did, I will try to do the same on my tablet and will keep you posted here of my progress... in the end we may come up with a full step-by-step guide on how to get wacom driver running on a tabletpc....
Again, congratulations lickthefrog2... and I can't wait to make it work on my tablet!
Please help me as much as you can.
- Michael
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Posted: Mon 22 Jan 2007, 02:48
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Hi HitRSS,
I'll write what I did. I actually did it twice, both times getting stumped, interestingly, at different points.
So I'll do it a third time, hopefully within a week. I'll write it as I go.
I still can't figure out the right-click pen button.
Back to my real job...
- lickthefrog2
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Posted: Mon 22 Jan 2007, 05:59
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Thanks for that!
I'd love to hear from you about it. I will try to do the same on my M200 and maybe we'll come up with an ultimate step-by-step guide on how to get it working.
I'll try to follow your steps once you've written something then. Have a great week!
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This weekend's WCB Real Estate Sponsor Berkshire Hathaway's Open House – open both Saturday and Sunday – is a big, 3-bedroom Gregory Heights Rambler on a corner lot!
With vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, large deck, an extra large great room (perfect for a pool table), good floor plan perfect for entertaining, with separate bedroom wing.
New roof installed in 2005, with a newer gas furnace and fireplace, this is a great opportunity to update to make it yours.
Corner lot with mature landscaping, privacy.
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WHAT: Berkshire Hathaway Open House
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 25 and Sunday, Jan. 26 from Noon – 4 p.m.
WHERE: 1220 SW 166th Street, Burien, WA 98166
- List Price: $225,000
- MLS Number: 544054
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 1.75
- Year Built: 1953
- Approximate House SqFt: 1,920 sf
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Senior high jumper Jane Doolittle has been named UCSBgauchos.com Athlete of the Week after her fourth-place finish and All-American showing at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., last weekend.
Doolittle finished fourth in the women's high jump, adding All-American honors to her dream season which included a Big West Conference title and a UCSB school record.
After the opening height knocked off about half the field in the women's high jump, 12 athletes cleared 5'9.25" (1.76m) to set up a showdown for the eight All-American positions. Only four athletes cleared the next height of 5'10.75" (1.80m), including Doolittle, who cleared it on her final attempt. Her fourth-place, All-American finish is the best ever by a UCSB high jumper.
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Meeting of Friday, September 27, 2013
1. Attendance. Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto convened the meeting of the Executive Committee at 9:00 a.m. Present were: Nicole Beattie; Interim Vice Chancellor Debasis Bhattacharya; Francine Ching; Ann Emmsley; Deandra Perry; Vice Chancellor John McKee; Diane Meyer; Brian Moto; Vice Chancellor David Tamanaha; Ray Tsuchiyama; and Susan Wyche.
2. Student Government/Student Life. Francine Ching reported on a proposal to establish a Student Activities Board and a Student Governance Council. The Student Activities Board would coordinate activities and programs that meet social, cultural, recreational, and intellectual needs of UHMC students. The Student Governance Council would serve as the student representative assembly. The Committee discussed the proposal. The charter and bylaws associated with this proposal are undergoing review. Elections are anticipated in April 2014. Francine will attend an Executive Committee meeting next month to report on the status of the proposal and a requested student survey.
3. Updates from Vice Chancellors.
· Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs: John McKee reported on Strategic Planning and Assessment group meetings. The UHMC WASC accreditation team has been meeting to develop responses to WASC Offsite Review Team findings.
· Interim Vice Chancellor for Information Technology: Debasis Bhattacharya reported on the hiring of a webmaster and on a beta site, Blackboard Collaborate. The Tech Services Committee has met and additional meetings are anticipated. An inventory of classroom technology is being done.
· Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs: On behalf of Cathy Bio, Francine Ching reported that enrollment is currently 4,070 students. Additional enrollment information was distributed to Committee members. Diane Meyer discussed math difficulties confronted by students between 20-40 years of age.
· Vice Chancellor of Administrative Affairs: David Tamanaha distributed copies of a preliminary UHMC FY 2014 operating budget, which incorporates the input of Vice Chancellors, reduced estimated revenues, and increased operating costs, including salary increases. The budget projects an end-of-fiscal year reserve of about $300,000. The operating budget proposes freezing a number of vacant positions.
4. UH Foundation Draft Case Statement for UHMC. Ray Tsuchiyama discussed a draft case statement for UHMC fund raising campaign goals and efforts. He seeks campus input on priorities and needs identified in the case statement.
5. Board of Regents Meeting. The Board of Regents will meet on campus on November 21, 2013.
6. Rural Hawaii Project. Karen Tamaki has been appointed Program Director.
7. Maui Fair. The Maui Fair will be held next week. Brochures for UHMC programs are being sought for distribution at the UHMC booth. Volunteers are being recruited to fill shifts.
8. Advertisement of Vice Chancellor Positions. The Vice Chancellor of Information Technology position will be advertised soon. Advertisement of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs position is anticipated sometime later. Both positions may be filled by early Spring 2014.
9. Program Review. The Chancellor reported on a draft document summarizing program review outcomes.
10. Draft Presentation for State Legislators. The Committee reviewed a PowerPoint presentation to be used to inform legislators and others regarding UHMC and the need for additional state resources.


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TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect
Yes, it's silly. Still, go read it.
Which Party Is Best Prepared to Save Us From the Robot Apocalypse?Best line: "Just as the GOP doesn't really think there's a health-care crisis, they don't seem to be concerned about a robot uprising."
Arthur C. Clarke famously said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." But if science fiction has taught us anything, it's that any sufficiently advanced technology will inevitably rise up to enslave us. So if you want to get ready for the day when your Roomba declares that maybe it's time for you to start crawling around on the floor sucking up dust, it might be a good idea to evaluate the Republican and Democratic approaches to this problem.
Yes, it's silly. Still, go read it.


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Analyzing malware, or malicious software, is more of an art than a technique. Because of the wide nature of these products, there are limitless ways to hide functionality.
Some common tools for malware analysis include simple programs like strings. More complex analysis can be conducted by looking at the headers of executables with programs like PEiD and PeExplorer. Finally, the most complete analysis can be done with debuggers like IDA Pro and OllyDbg.
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External Links
- Anatomy of an exploit - inside the CVE-2013-3893 Internet Explorer zero-day - Part 1, by Paul Ducklin on October 11, 2013
- Anatomy of an exploit - inside the CVE-2013-3893 Internet Explorer zero-day - Part 2, by Paul Ducklin on October 25, 2013
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When Harvey, a technician for an HVAC contractor, started his day, he had no idea what was in store for him. He was on his way to carry out some routine maintenance on a main air supply fan in a mechanical room located at a large, 20-yr old commercial office building.
When he arrived at the office, he met Bill, a building maintenance worker. Together, they went up to the fan room on the ninth floor of a 10-story building. Most of this floor served building services. In the fan room were several air system distribution fans, dampers, motors, motor controls, and the main air supply fan, which was powered by a motor rated 125 hp, 460V.
Power to the fan motor was supplied through a 200A fused-disconnect switch, which in turn, supplied a Size 5 across-the-line motor controller. After describing the electrical and mechanical arrangement of the installation, Bill put the fan disconnect in the OFF position, deenergizing the system.
The fan motor controller was installed adjacent to the disconnect on a post. On the door of the controller was a RUN-OFF-AUTO selector switch. Harvey turned this switch from the AUTO to the OFF position. As Harvey began his maintenance routine, starting with cleaning of the fan blades, Bill left the fan room and returned to his workshop on the eighth floor.
After the fan was cleaned, Harvey's normal procedure was to rotate the fan blades so he could apply grease to the bearings as the fan slowly rotated. He switched the fan disconnect to the ON position and walked to the front of the contactor enclosure so that he could operate the control switch. As he moved the control switch from the OFF to RUN position, an explosion occurred inside the controller enclosure. The enclosure door seal ruptured, allowing hot gases to blast out. Unfortunately, Harvey was standing in front of the motor-control enclosure, directly in the path of the hot gases. He received first-and second-degree burns to his face and hands.
A muffled blast
At about the same time as the controller enclosure explosion was occurring in the fan room, Bill, the building maintenance worker on the eighth floor below, noticed the lights flicker and heard a muffled blast apparently coming from the fan room. As he would later describe the situation, he realized Harvey, the HVAC technician, was working on the fan and something must have malfunctioned. Therefore, he immediately went to a 480/277V panelboard on the 8th floor and attempted to turn off the 225A molded-case circuit breaker that supplied power to the fan. This was a normal procedure, but in this instance, an unfortunate one because a second calamity occurred!
As he moved the circuit-breaker handle from the ON to the OFF position, the circuit breaker exploded and an electrical fault occurred in the panelboard. This catastrophe caused hot gases and molten metal particles to be propelled towards him. He suffered minor burns to his hands and arms.
Both injured workers were taken to the hospital, treated, and released the same day. Fortunately, both workers have recovered and are working at their respective jobs.
What happened?
To determine the cause of this accident, the HVAC contractor's liability insurance company called our forensic engineering firm. A forensic engineer specializes in applying engineering education, specialized training and experience to assist insurance adjusters and attorneys in determining the circumstances surrounding equipment or system failures.
Our investigation began with an inspection of the building air supply fan electrical equipment and related power distribution systems. The damaged fan-motor contactor, it's controller enclosure, and the damaged panelboard were thoroughly inspected. Because it was important to get the office building up and running as soon as possible, an electrical contractor was called to replace the main air supply fan, related damaged components, and install a new panelboard. The new disconnect and motor controller were installed on a post in a manner very similar to the original installation.
Our next step was to obtain information from all related personnel and pertinent records. We acquired all available data regarding the history and operation of the fan system and the building electrical distribution system. We gathered as much information as possible, including the type of equipment, age, prior maintenance, and history of operating problems (if any) of all equipment.
Recorded statements from the two injured workers and other persons having knowledge relative to the accident had been obtained by the insurance adjuster soon after the accident. These statements were reviewed. Often times, however, technical information needed is not covered during the adjuster interview because the insurance adjuster does not understand the technical aspects of the accident. As a result, we then further interview pertinent personnel, and we may need to contact various manufacturers, vendors, or installers to obtain the necessary technical information.
Our next task is to perform laboratory examination of the damaged equipment. In this case, the distribution panelboard was examined first. The panelboard sustained significant arc-melt damage from the electrical fault. The fault had propagated from the failed circuit breaker to the vertical bus bars creating phase-to-phase and phase-to-ground faults. The circuit breaker that supplied power to the supply fan motor was disintegrated. From the arc-melt damage patterns found on the panelboard busbars, we were able to tell that the fault that caused the second explosion at the panelboard originated at the air supply fan motor circuit breaker in the panelboard. This was because the circuit breaker had essentially vaporized and related busbars in the panel were warped out shape.
The air supply fan motor controller enclosure and its main contactor were then examined. After initial photographic documentation, the main contactor was removed from the controller assembly, disassembled and the coil tested by applying 120V to its leads. The coil operated properly. In attempting to move the contacts, however, we found that the contactor movable contacts were badly damaged and would not properly operate.
Next, we observed that the arc-chute cover had not been installed on the contactor. Actually, during our initial inspection, the arc chute was found on the fan room floor about 10 ft from the controller enclosure and was collected as evidence. We examined the arc-chute and its mating parts, and found that the cover had not been in place on the contactor at the time of the accident. This was apparent because it had only minimal darkened markings.
Then, we inspected the motor-controller control switch. We made resistance continuity measurements to determine if the switch operated properly and we checked it for proper operation. We found that when the switch was moved from the OFF to RUN position, there was abnormal mechanical restriction of motion. The switch was carefully disassembled and we noted that the operating cam mechanism of the switch was broken.
How did it happen?
Analysis of the available information including site investigation, interviews, and laboratory examination and testing allowed us to conclude that the fan motor contactor probably developed a phase-to-phase fault due to abnormal operation when Harvey, the HVAC technician, attempted to manually start the fan. As a result of the broken cam, the contactor control switch probably operated intermittently and rapidly, and caused the contactor to chatter. Without the arc-chute in place on the contactor, a phase-to-phase fault developed as ozone was created by the continuous arcing at the contactor contacts.
Excessive short circuit current
It's very important to note that the damaged panelboard had a short-circuit rating of 14,000A. According to the city engineer, the building power distribution system short-circuit availability was approximately 22,000A or more at the panelboard. Therefore, when the arcing fault developed at the motor controller, the short-circuit capability of the panelboard circuit breaker was exceeded, and the circuit breaker could not safely interrupt the fault. Therefore, the breaker exploded, resulting in a fault that severely damaged the panelboard. The panelboard arcing fault was cleared by the main distribution board fuses located in the basement.
What can be learned?
What can be learned from a review of the circumstances that existed prior to and at the time of the accident? First, the power distribution system's available short-circuit current exceeded the rating of the panelboard. Apparently, expansion of the electrical system and an increase in system short-circuit availability from the utility had occurred in recent years and no one had noticed. Consideration had not been given to existing equipment ratings and upgrading of components had been neglected.
Second, prior maintenance to the air supply fan motor contactor was improper because the "tight" operation of control switch had not been corrected. In addition to this, arc chute was not replaced on the contactor.
Lastly and possibly most importantly, the HVAC technician was standing in front of the motor controller enclosure as he operated the control switch. The failure of the control switch was an abnormal event that could have happened at any time. However, equipment design that allows placement of a control switch on the cover of a motor controller enclosure normally places the operator directly in front of the enclosure. In this incident, had the control switch been located on a separate control panel away from the contactor enclosure, the technician most probably would not have been injured. Or, if he had been able to stand well off to one side of the controller, his injuries might have been minimized.
Bill, the building maintenance worker who had attempted to switch the circuit breaker to the OFF position, was also standing in front of the panelboard as he operated the circuit breaker. Standing directly in front of the device placed him in jeopardy and he received burn injuries when the explosion occurred. Proper work practices must be used all the time so that it becomes a habit. Most of us stand and look at the switching device as it operates. However, the building maintenance worker and the HVAC technician probably will never operate a switch or circuit breaker again while standing directly in front of it.
The next time you operate an electrical device, think about this accident and don't let it happen to you.
Foley is a forensic electrical engineer for Technical Consultants Group, Ltd. in Denver, Colo.


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