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According to the IEEE Buff Book, "A power cable must be protected from overheating due to excessive short-circuit current flowing in its conductor," which may damage or destroy the insulation. It also says, "The shield of the cable beyond the fault also carries part of the fault return current, which may then return along the shields of other conductors or equipment-grounding conductors, from common grounding points."
How can you verify that a power cable's shield will be able to carry a fault current of specific magnitude in the time needed for operation of a fault-current protection device without damaging cable insulation? Let's take a closer look.
Analyzing ground-fault current-carrying capacity
The typical medium-voltage (MV) feeder consists of a conduit or raceway, three shielded phase conductors, and a ground conductor. If one of the phases sustains a line-to-ground fault, the return fault current will divide itself among the metallic shields, ground conductor, and raceway (if metallic). The magnitude of current flow in each of these paths will vary inversely as to the impedance of the specific path. In other words, the higher the impedance of the specific ground path, the less amount of fault current will flow in that ground path.
The common belief is that most of the ground-fault current returns on the faulted phase shield. This is true if the ground fault is from a conductor to its own metallic shield. However, testing has shown that only 3% to 14% of the available ground-fault current will flow through each cable metallic shield.
The Table lists the measured current distributions during 400A ground-fault tests for various conduit-cable-ground wire configurations. The sum of the currents shown adds to more than 100% due to phase-angle differences in currents. As you can see, the percentages shown in the Table vary with the cable-conduit-ground wire configuration of the tested feeder. The Table also shows that the majority of fault return current will flow in the metallic conduit and ground wire, because their impedances are much lower than that of typical shielding constructions.
For ground-fault coordination study purposes, you can safely assume that 15% of the available fault current will flow in each metallic shield.
Verifying shield performance
ICEA P-45-482, "Short Circuit Performance of Metallic Shields and Sheaths on Insulated Cables," a standard published by the Insulated Cable Engineers Association, provides an equation you can use to determine the required cross-sectional area of the metallic shield of both 100%- and 133%-rated MV power cables:
M2 = IO2 t ÷ A2 (Eq. 1)
where IO = fault current (amperes)
t = time of fault (seconds)
A = effective cross-sectional area of shield (cm)
M = constant
Depending on the MV cable voltage rating, configuration, and construction, the constant M will vary. For 90°C-rated MV power cables with copper shielding and thermoplastic jacket (PVC or thermoplastic CPE), or impregnated paper insulation, the constant M is as follows:
0.063 for 5kV through 15kV- and 25kV-rated cables
0.065 for 35kV- to 46kV-rated cables
0.066 for 69kV-rated cables
For 90°C-rated power cables with copper shielding and thermoset jacket [Neoprene, Hypalon, or thermoset polyethylene (CPE)], the constant M is as follows:
0.089 for 5kV through 15kV- and 25kV-rated cables
0.090 for 35kV- to 46kV-rated cables
0.091 for 69kV-rated cables
By inserting any known two of the three variables in Equation 1, you can verify that the copper shield in each of your MV feeders is capable of carrying its portion of fault current within the time requirements dictated by the respective ground-fault relay or overcurrent protection device.
To find out various performance characteristics of your proposed shield construction, insert the proper value for the constant M into the ICEA equation, and then solve this equation for the characteristic in question. For example, if you want to know the maximum amount of time (t) that a given fault current (IO) can flow in a given shield, take Equation 1 and solve it for t:
t = (MA÷ IO)2 (Eq. 2)
Standard vs. special shield configurations
You can also determine the maximum fault current (IO) that can flow in a given shield for a given amount of time (t) by taking Equation 1 and solving for IO:
IO = MA ÷ √t (Eq. 3)
Or, you can determine the shield effective cross-sectional area (A) required to withstand a given fault current (IO) for a given time (t) by taking Equation 1 and solving for A:
Short-circuit current coordination example
A = (IO x √t ) ÷ M (Eq. 4)
You may find that standard shield constructions may not have sufficient cross-sectional area to handle the fault current for the cable in question. In this situation, you can then consider the following construction options that may satisfy the more demanding requirement:
14 AWG concentric wire strands in lieu of the standard 18 AWG sizing.
Helically applied 5-mil tape with 17% overlap.
One layer of overlapped, helically applied, 5-mil tape plus a second layer of reverse lay overlapped, helically applied, 5-mil tape.
Corrugated longitudinal 8-mil tape.
You can get effective cross-sectional area values for each of the above constructions, per cable size, from the cable manufacturer. By plugging this information into Equations 2, 3, or 4, you will obtain the best option for the specific feeder in question.
Figure 1 shows a single-line diagram of a typical MV distribution system, where a distribution substation is fed by cable from a main switchgear lineup. Ground-fault protective relays are also shown. Let's analyze this system closer.
What would happen if Relay 50G (for Feeder No. 1) fails? The answer is that Relay 251G would have to clear the fault before the shield in Feeder No. 1 is damaged.
Sustained Overvoltages and MV Cable Ratings Shielding
Looking upstream of Relay 50G, we see that the operating time of Relay 251G at maximum ground fault is 0.4 sec. With Relay 50G's operating time of 0.1 sec, Feeder No. 1's shield must be capable of withstanding its portion of the total ground-fault current of 1,000A for 0.5 sec without sustaining damage. This portion is 15% of 1,000A, or 150A.
Suppose Feeder No. 1 consists of three No. 4/0 AWG, 15kV, shielded conductors in a rigid steel conduit without a ground wire. Its shield must be able to withstand 150A of ground-fault current for 0.5 sec. Similarly, Feeder No. 2 shield must withstand 150A of ground-fault current for 1.3 sec (0.5 sec for Feeder No. 1 plus 0.8 sec for operation of Relay 351G).
By inserting these ground-fault current and time duration values into Equation 4, you can determine the required shield circular mil area. By comparing this value with the actual shield circular mil area of the cable in question, you can confirm the adequacy of the shield construction.
In situations where numerous calculations are required, especially in coordination studies involving many MV feeders, you can use shield withstand-limit curves that you can prepare yourself. Here's how to go about it:
Obtain actual circular mil area values of metallic shields per cable voltage and shield and cable construction.
Plug in these values, along with either incremental time values or ground-fault current values, into Equations 2 or 3.
Plot the solutions on log-log graph paper to form a specific shield withstand-limit curve, an example of which is shown in Fig. 2 (click here to see Fig. 2).
By verifying that the required shield withstand falls below and to the left of the limit curve, you confirm the adequacy of the proposed shield construction.
The shield withstand curve shown here is that of a 4/0 AWG, 15kV, grounded, concentric wire strand shielded MV power cable. The dotted lines represent the required shield withstand limits of Feeder No. 1 and Feeder No. 2. Note that the required withstand limits fall within the performance characteristics of the shielding configuration used in the feeders.
Medium-voltage (MV) power cables can also be damaged by sustained overvoltages, such as during a ground fault in one phase. This is why they bear a rating called "percent insulation level," or "%IL." The %IL ratings include the following:
100%IL — Cables that may not be required to operate longer than 1 minute in case of a ground fault.
133%IL — Cables that may not be required to operate longer than 1 hour in case of a ground fault.
173%IL — Cables that may not be required to operate longer than 1 hour continuously with one phase conductor grounded.
Generally, you would set the timing of permissible protective systems in accordance with the IL rating of the cables involved.
Sidebar: Other Functions of MV Power Cable Shielding
The ground-potential metallic shield of an MV power cable serves to protect the cable itself in addition to the power system to which the cable is connected.
First, it confines the cable's dielectric field. Second, it provides symmetrical radial distribution of voltage stress, thus limiting the stress concentration at any one insulation point. Third, it helps dissipate heat away from the current-carrying conductor.


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Dam No. 1, known as Lake Frederick was constructed in 1974 by the City of Frederick and the Tillman County Conservation District with the assistance of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program.
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In 1939, due to increasing hostilities in Europe, the Federal Bureau of Investigation intensifies its observation of foreign nationals living in the United States. The F.B.I. finds a valuable ally in Bill Dietrich, a German-American college student who has been approached by a German Bund and promised a good job in Germany. When a suspicious Bill reports the incident to the F.B.I., Inspector George A. Briggs tells him to cooperate. After Bill is sent to Germany and enrolled in a specialized spy school, a hit-and-run automobile accident in New York City becomes the catalyst for one of the F.B.I.'s most complicated cases. In the morgue, the attendants discover that although the accident victim has a Spanish passport, he was carrying a notebook filled with German writing. The accident is reported to the F.B.I., which concludes that the man is German spy Franz von Wirt and then decodes a letter he was carrying. The letter, which states that "Mr. Christopher will concentrate on Process 97," alarms Briggs, for Process 97 is the U.S. military's most carefully guarded and important secret: the development of the atomic bomb. Briggs is instructed to make the Christopher case his top priority, and after Bill completes his training in Germany, he returns to New York, where Briggs helps him establish a decoy office. Bill contacts Elsa Gebhardt, a German agent posing as a couterier, at her house on 92nd Street. There, he also meets spies Max Coburg and Conrad Arnulf, and Gestapo agent Johanna Schmidt. Bill pretends to build a shortwave radio station, with which he is supposed to transmit Elsa's information to Hamburg. Actually, Bill's messages are relayed through an F.B.I. radio station, which keeps Briggs abreast of the latest developments. Elsa is suspicious of Bill's credentials, which were altered by the F.B.I. to state that he is authorized to contact all agents known to her, but because she cannot contact Hamburg directly for confirmation, she must trust him. Bill receives information from Col. Hammersohn, a professional spy, but he rebuffs Bill's attempt to learn the identity of Mr. Christopher. Hammersohn introduces Bill to Adolphe Klaen, another member of the spy ring, and Bill witnesses Johanna's ruthlessness when she orchestrates the murder of Klaen's drunken informant. While Bill continues his investigation, the F.B.I. intensifies its efforts after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Many suspected foreign agents are rounded up, although some, such as Elsa and Hammersohn, are allowed to go free in the hope that they will reveal Christopher's identity. Bill is able to obtain an important clue in the form a lipstick-stained cigarette left in Elsa's shop by an acquaintence of Christopher. The F.B.I. uses the clue to track down Luise Vadja, another German agent, who leads the federal agents to Charles Ogden Roper, a scientist working at the Appleton Laboratory, out of which the information is being smuggled. Briggs learns that Roper is a "memory artist" and has been memorizing complicated Process 97 plans and passing them to Christopher. When confronted, the naïve Roper confesses his complicity and says that one of his drop-off points is Adolphe Lange's bookshop. The F.B.I. establishes a survelliance operation opposite the bookstore and identifies Christopher as a man seen at Elsa's building. Meanwhile, Elsa receives a copy of Bill's credentials from Hamburg and thereby learns that the information he gave her was forged. He is brought to her house and is drugged, questioned and beaten by Elsa, Johanna and the others. Briggs and his men surround the house and order the spies to surrender, and when they refuse, they throw tear gas. During the ensuing confusion, Elsa removes her blonde wig and makeup, then dons the men's clothing she wears while enacting the role of Christopher. Due to the tear gas smoke, however, Arnulf does not recognize her, and, believing her to be a strange man, shoots and kills her. The federal agents enter the building and rescue Bill, then round up the rest of the spies. With Christopher's identity revealed and the case closed, Process 97 is safe and the F.B.I. continues its fight against foreign agents.
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And a convention wouldn't be a convention without a good old-fashioned Q&A session. "Ask the Experts" is an opportunity to get the answers to your burning power quality questions. Some of the topics to be covered are harmonics, transients, grounding, waveform distortion, waveform signature analysis, power quality installation techniques, and lightning protection. Mark McGranaghan, vice president of consulting services for EPRI-PEAC, and Michael Lowenstein, president and CEO of Harmonics Limited will serve on the panel.
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Run Date: 01/21/2011
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It's one thing for a guy to be a writer, director, and producer, but how often do you see someone with those credits make further jumps to comic book author and, from there, to network president? That's Reginald Hudlin for you: always leaving 'em guessing. After doing the writer/director thing on "House Party" and "Boomerang," along with writing "Bebe's Kids" and directing "The Great White Hype" and "The Ladies Man," he stepped into the world of television, helming episodes of "The Bernie Mac Show" and serving as executive producer on "The Boondocks." Even Hudlin was surprised, however, when Marvel Comics offered him the opportunity to write the adventures of one of his all-time favorite superheroes, Black Panther. After taking over the reins of BET, an animated "Black Panther" series got the green light, but due to various circumstances, the show never saw the light of day…until now. With Shout Factory releasing "Black Panther" on DVD as part of their animated Marvel Knights collection, Hudlin is happy to chat about the experience of bringing the adventures of the man known as T'Challa to life, and as Bullz-Eye soon discovered, he doesn't mind talking about some of his other projects, either.
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Reginald Hudlin: Sure! It was the introduction of the character in Fantastic Four, and he was fighting Klaw. It was an incredible story. We meet this guy, he's the king of this technologically advanced African kingdom and he beats the Fantastic Four. And you know, it's a guy, an African king with no super powers, who beats all four of them. (Laughs) It was incredible!
BE: Now, at that point, he was pretty much the first real African American hero that Marvel had had, is that right? He was pre-Falcon.
RH: Yes, pre-Falcon. But remember, "black man," not "African American."
BE: Whoops. Sorry.
RH: But, yes, he was the first. They basically had a character before him named Gabe Jones, who was a member of the Howling Commandos. He was, I would say, the first non-embarrassing, normal human black character in comics. But the first superhero was the Black Panther, yes.
BE: How far back did you actually want to take a stab at writing "Black Panther"?
RH: Well, I have a rejection letter from Marvel that I got when I was in elementary school. (Laughs) It wasn't specifically about the Black Panther, but I was just, like, "How can I get a job there?" You know, I never imagined that I would actually be able to write comic books. It was just something that I wanted to do. And it was just a weird series of introductions that led to me meeting Joe Quesada, them finding out my love for comics, and going, "Well, what do you want to do? What do you want to write?" So suddenly, you get asked this question that you're not prepared for, and so I said, "The Black Panther," and they said, "Okay." So I was left with an assignment. Originally it was just going to be six issues, and I turned in those six issues and they said, "What if you kept going? What would happen?" So I told them what I would do next…and that led to five years.
BE: Wow. So how hard was it to adapt your stories from comics to television? I mean, obviously, film and television is your usual medium, but…did you follow any particular template?
RH: Well, it was actually great. It's great to get a second whack at a story because when you do it…once it gets out into the public, people respond to it, and you see what worked or what didn't work, there are certain things you kind of want to spend more time with, so I got a chance to do that. So I got to spend more time on certain action sequences. I got to introduce Storm early. She wasn't in that original storyline at all, but I put her in because, well, who doesn't want a beautiful woman who can shoot lightning bolts? (Laughs) And the nicest compliment I got was from my editor at Marvel, who saw it and said, "You know, it's actually better as a television series than it was as a comic book…and I loved the comic books!" But for him, the humor in the writing came through more clearly when actually hearing the words spoken by actors.
BE: I was very impressed the way it was adapted into animated form. I mean, it pretty well mirrors John Romita, Jr.'s style.
RH: Yeah, and that was a big thing for me. I mean, I was really grateful to Denys Cowan, who is my head of animation at BET, because it just came from us sitting around talking about what shows we should do, and then he goes, "We should do a Black Panther show." And I said, "Yeah, that would be a cool idea." I kind of let it go, and then he comes back six months later with the first three minutes of the series, and it looks just like John Romita, Jr.'s art. I was, like, "Oh, my god, what have you done, Denys? This is revolutionary!" (Laughs) But Denys and John Romita, Jr. are close friends. John was so happy to hear that Denys and I were working on it. He was also blown away to see that we were very faithful to the work. That's one of the things I like most about the series. Everyone kind of copies whatever the style of the moment is and it's, like, "No, we're not doing anime. No, we're not doing the great stuff that they did at Warner Brothers with the Batman series. We're creating a new look here."
BE: And in a sense, it was a little bit ahead of its time, anyway, because you have kind of the stop-motion comic look like DC did with "Watchmen," and like Dark Horse has been doing with "Buffy." I mean, it's obviously more than just motion comics, but it has a resemblance to them because it maintains the original art so much.
RH: Yeah, I mean, exactly. I don't really know what to call it. Some folks call it a motion comic. At the same time, there's way more animation in the "Black Panther" series than there ever was in anything that Hanna Barbera ever did. So…I don't know what you call that, you know? I just figure that I'm going to put it out and let people decide.
BE: What's your favorite addition to the Black Panther continuity that you brought to the table, that makes you most proud for people to look back and say, "Oh, that was Reginald Hudlin's idea"?
RH: Well, you know, I guess there are two things that I'm very proud of. See, one thing I didn't think I was adding, and since I don't know if I added this or not, I don't know if it counts or not. (Laughs) But when I was a kid, there are certain ways I interpreted the character. One of my interpretations was that Wakanda had always been this advanced civilization. This wasn't anything new. So then when I kind of made that explicit in the book, some people were, like, "Wait a minute, you're changing things." I'm, like, "I'm not changing anything. It was always like that." So I don't know if I changed that or not, or if it is just more matter of it was a gray area that I made more specific. But the fact is, there are certain tribes in Africa that were building metal alloys when people in Europe were still living in caves, so my idea is, like, "Okay, so at different times, different cultures are in the lead in terms of global advancement, right? If at one point Africa – or at least a certain tribe in Africa – was that advanced, what if they never stopped? They would still be advanced as they were several centuries ago." So that's where that impulse came from. The other is…you know, look, if you're a king, one of the most important parts of your job is to have a queen and have heirs. I mean, that's kind of the number one part of the job, I would think. Like, continuation of the blood line. So when they asked me if I wanted to continue doing the series, and I said, "Yes," and they asked what I would do, I said, "The Black Panther has to get married. You know, he's a king, he can't put that off and go around putting his life in danger." So we talked about it, and the thing I'm most grateful for was when Marvel said, "Yeah, you can have Storm. He can marry Storm." I'm, like, "Are you kidding me? That is the marriage of the century!" I mean, two high powered superheroes like that coming together, it's fantastic. So that is something that so many people can't believe it happened. They're so grateful that I was able to make that dream come true for so many readers.
BE: Did you have some fan boys grousing about, like, "Oh, he's just doing it to get Black Panther involved with the X-Men books and up the circulation"?
RH: Oh, yeah, there was definitely the "he's not worthy of Storm," "Storm should hook up with Wolverine," "he's not famous enough." There's all of that kind of stuff, which I guess is typical for any wedding, right? (Laughs) And that's the whole point of having a better half, you know, the cool guy marries the hottest chick he can get. And I don't think you get hotter than Storm. I mean, the fact is, she's a princess, you know? That's in her back story. And he's a Wakanda king. So it actually on every level makes all of the sense in the world.
BE: So tell me a little about the birthing pains of the animated series. Obviously, it was coming along swimmingly, and yet we kept waiting for it show up on BET…and waiting and waiting. It kept being postponed and postponed, and now finally, we've got it on DVD, but…
RH: Right. Well, you know, it was many complications. The easy part, thank goodness, was putting together the cast. And we got an amazing cast. "We need a guy who plays T'Challa." "There's a really good African actor who looks like a superhero, and he got nominated for an Oscar. Let's see if we can get him," you know? So, boom, we get Djimon Hounsou, which is amazing. And then Alfre Woodard and I have been friends for years, we've been dying to work together, so I called Alfre and was, like, "This is it, this is our first chance to work together." She said, "Oh, great!" And Kerry Washington is a friend, I called her. And we couldn't do this thing without Stan Lee; we got Stan. The most amazing call had to be Jill Scott's. I have been a fan of hers for awhile, you know, we've met a few times, so I called her and I said, "Would you be interested in Storm?" And I started telling her who the character is, and she says "Oh, I know who Storm is." Apparently, when she was a kid, she wrote this list of things she wanted to do…and one of them was to play Storm.
BE: Nice!
RH: I was, like, Wow! It's destiny, I love it!" (Laughs) So we get this awesome cast, but fine tuning the process of the animation was tricky because no one had really done flash animation like this before. So we kept doing a lot of experimentation with it. Then, as we're in production, I decided that I wanted to leave the network. So the project was in this kind of limbo because, basically, it was really my baby, you know. It was adapting my work. I was basically hands-on producing it and writing it. I was doing all of this stuff. So it was kind of a transition as I left the network, and then we had to kind of do a deal that formalized what I was doing on the show as a writer and producer. So we had to sort all of that out and then get back to work. So that caused a tremendous amount of delay. And then, all of the energy I was putting toward running an entire network, I was putting into this one show. So I was kind of, like, "Do that over, do that over." So a lot of work put in to getting it to where wanted it to be. And, of course, if you ask me, I would probably re-do the whole thing, but people see it and like it, so… (Trails off) Basically, we ran out of money, so I stopped. (Laughs). So it took a long time. By the time we had finished it, the network decided that they wanted to take the whole network in a different direction. Kind of older, more female, and they didn't see how this fit into the kind of demographic thing that they wanted to reach. I was, like, "Okay..."
BE: "Your loss."
RH: Yeah. I mean, I just know when Nickelodeon put Marvel superheroes on, theit ratings went up 1000%. I mean not a hundred, a thousand. So it's, like, "Okay, that's your decision." But Marvel, of course, was still very gung ho about the thing, and they had a relationship. They said, "Look, we'll just put it out on DVD and we'll get this whole thing going." So I was, like, "Great, let's just go!"
BE: Setting aside Black Panther for this question, what would you say is your favorite project you've worked on that didn't get the love you thought it deserved?
RH: Oh, gosh. Well, I guess "Cosmic Slop." It was a science-fiction series I did for HBO. And, you know, it didn't go to series, but so many people email me and stop me all the time. "Oh, where can I get it on DVD? We love that! Why don't you make more?" So, you know, people really love that show ,so I can't complain, I just wish we were able to do more. You know, I hope one day they kind of revisit those concepts and do it bigger. I guess the best compliment was…the first story, "Space Traders," which is based on a South African story, won a Cable Ace award for best actor and best short piece or whatever. And I remember talking to Quentin Tarantino and it was, like, "Why couldn't you make that a movie? You did it as a TV series. What's wrong with you?" He's cursing at me, and I'm, like, "I know, I know…" So after being browbeaten by Quentin Tarantino, I've learned my lesson. (Laughs) One day I will revisit that portrayal, maybe in feature form.
BE: Are there any actual films that you feel are underrated?
RH: Well, you know, it's funny. I mean, "Bébé's Kids" is a movie that is really beloved. I mean, I talk to adults, young adults now who grew up on "Bébé's Kids." They were, like, "Oh, my God, Reggie, we watched that DVD every day." I mean, I look back at the film and I like it, but I could make it 100 times better now because…I have kids of my own now, so I feel like I know how to make products for children better now than I did when I was young myself. But, again, it's something that is very beloved by a lot of people, so I appreciate that. Again, to know that at least one generation, if not two, have grown up on it is just…when you talk to a room full of kids and…you know, I went and talked to a Boys and Girls Club once, and they were, like, "This is Mr. Hudlin and he made 'House Party.' " No response. "'Boomerang.'" No Response. "'Bébé's Kids.'" And there's just this roar! And now my six year old daughter says, "Make a movie for us!" Those kinds of marching orders you really can't ignore, so I hope to do something else for kids some time.
BE: We did a feature at our website called "Animated and Forgotten," about our favorite underrated feature films that aren't remembered as fondly as we thought they ought to be, and we had "Bébé's Kids" on there.
RH: Oh, wow, that's really nice! That's great.
BE: Well, you obviously have been keeping busy on television: you directed an episode of "Outsourced," you did a couple of episodes of "Modern Family."
RH: Yeah, "Outsourced," "Modern Family," "The Office," "Psych." I've been cranking out a lot of stuff. Also…I mean, we haven't officially announced it, but I just set up a couple of pilots. I just shot a pilot for Comedy Central, and I'm developing some more stuff for them and for some other networks. So I cannot complain. I feel very blessed and working really hard developing some new feature projects. So, you know, I am dancing as fast as I can. (Laughs)
BE: I see on IMDb that they have you as the director of "The Bill Burr and Kevin Hart Project." We're huge fans of Bill Burr here.
RH: Oh, my God, Bill Burr is so unbelievable. He is so funny, he's such a nice guy. And Bill and Kevin together are unbelievably funny. I mean, those guys…because they really are friends in real life, and the contrast of their personalities is hilarious. So I'm really excited about that.
BE: Now, is it a traditional sitcom, or is it variety?
RH: No, no, it's a single camera comedy. It's basically not far from their own lives, meaning two guys who care about each other but really different personalities. You know, Bill, who's just, like, this brilliant, respected comic; Kevin, who's just a hot Hollywood guy on the rise; and them navigating this world together. It was just one of those great things where, even if we weren't shooting, you hear the two of them talking and I'm, like, "Oh, my God, turn the camera on right now!" They are incredible. Really exciting stuff. So, like I said, I know the testing has gone well, so it's just up to the final decision by the people who make those decisions.
BE: Okay. And last one. A Black Panther feature film: why have we not seen one yet, and do you think we ever will?
RH: I think we will. Obviously, it's not my call, it's up to the fine folks at Marvel. So hopefully the success of this DVD would help tip things in that direction.
BE: Would you be interested in participating in it if they did one?
RH: Sure. Again, that's Marvel's call if they offered it to me. I mean, doing the animated series was great, but it's just one of those things where you keep going, "I just want to move the camera right here." You know, just these impulses that can only be satisfied actually doing it in live action. So I feel like I have told the story twice, in comics and animation, so I would love to do it one more time.
BE: Excellent. Well, it's been really great talking to you. I hope that this is finally a success, because, like I said, I've been waiting for it for ages…and I'm sure I'm not the only one.RH: Well, thank you, man!
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World-Champion Duck Carving on Exhibit at Skeen Library, Jan. 31, 2006
by John Bertrand
Friends of the Bosque
SOCORRO, N.M., Jan. 31, 2006 – A wood carving of a female redhead duck, winner of a 1998 "World Champion" award, is now on display at New Mexico Tech's Joseph R. Skeen Library.
The award-winning carving by Canadian wood carver Georges Vincelli was added this past week to the library's current display of wood carvings, decoys, and photos, titled "Bosque del Apache — It's More than You Imagined!"
The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge exhibit, originally scheduled to end on Tuesday, January 31, has been extended to March 31 "by popular demand," according to Leigh Davidson, administrative assistant at Skeen Library and coordinator for library exhibits.
The redhead duck carving by Vincelli earned its "World Champion" designation in the "species" category at the 28th Annual Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition, a prestigious event held each year in Ocean City, Md.
On loan from Jim and Cindy Wolfe of Magdalena, the redhead joins 16 other wildfowl carvings and decoys from the Wolfes' private collection, representing several water fowl species found at the Bosque del Apache.
In addition to the one-of-a-kind hand carvings, the Bosque exhibit at the Skeen Library is also comprised of twenty-four 30" x 40" wall panels that feature photography by published wildlife photographers Jerry Goffe, Gary Froehlich, and Wally Newman, text by naturalist John Bertrand, and the graphic design of Don Begley.
Featured in the 25 photographic panels are birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles, dragonflies and damselflies, and butterflies which can be enjoyed at various seasons on the refuge. Selected species lists on each panel accompany the photographs.
Also displayed in glass cases accompanying the wall panels are additional wood carvings of Bosque bird and amphibian species by award-winning Albuquerque carver Bruce Taylor and Magdalena artist Bill Strickler.


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About Mount SinaiMount Sinai budget travel gives you the chance to visit the legendary place where Moses received the Ten Commandments in the Bible, with beautiful scenery, ancient culture and many other highlights to enjoy.
Mount Sinai airport options include the following:
•Cairo International Airport
•Luxor International Airport
•Sharm el-Sheikh Airport
Mount Sinai conservation is extremely important, with measures put in place to ensure that the mountain is not damaged by visitors. Signs have been put up discouraging visitors from taking souvenirs from the mountain, and foot traffic is limited to worn pathways.
Mount Sinai culture includes the following aspects:
•History plays a key role in this ancient area
•Religion is also an important aspect of Mount Sinai's culture
•Egyptian culture as a whole also plays a role in the culture of this area
Egypt is generally fairly developed in African standards, but is still a third world country. Mount Sinai health is dependent on larger surrounding towns and cities, as local health care is virtually non-existent. Egypt health is therefore something to consider carefully, and a few basic precautions will ensure you have a safe, healthy travel adventure and avoid illness ruining your experience.
Mount Sinai languages include the following: • Egyptian Arabic 68% (national language) • Sa'idi Arabic 29% • Bedouin Arabic 1.6% • Sudanese Arabic 0.6% • Domari 0.3% • Nobiin 0.3% • Bedawi 0.2%
While malaria in Mount Sinai is not a risk, there may be a malaria risk within Asia and Africa in general. Travellers who are visiting malaria-risk countries before or after travelling to Mount Sinai should consider malaria medication.
Mount Sinai money and banking info is as follows: • There are no banks or facilities in Mount Sinai itself, but there are facilities in nearby towns and cities • Credit cards are accepted in major tourist areas and cities but not everywhere • Money can be exchanged fairly easily, especially in the cities and tourist areas • Travellers cheques can be exchanged at some places, at cost however • Banking hours are Sunday to Thursday from 08h30 to 14h00 • ATMs can be found almost everywhere across the main cities
Mount Sinai people include the following groups:
Mount Sinai local phrases in Egyptian Arabic include the following: • Hello - Ahlan wa sahlan • Good bye - Salam • Peace be with you (common greeting) - Salam alekum • No thank you - La shukran • Do you speak English? - Bititkalimy Englizee?
Plants in Mount Sinai are limited to hardy drought-resistant species, which may be found in cracks and fissures in the mountain. On the approach to Mount Sinai, plant life is more abundant, especially in the wadis, or valleys, which offer more shade and moisture.
Mount Sinai religion includes the following: • Islam 90% • Christianity 9% • Bahá'à 0.003% • Judaism 0.0003%
Safety Tips
Mount Sinai safety tips include the following:
•Terrorist attacks have been known to occur in high tourist focused areas
•Crime is otherwise low, but valuables should be kept safe and out of site regardless as a precaution
•Borders near Gaza, Libya and Sudan are dangerous and should be avoided
•Avoid political gatherings and street demonstrations which may turn violent
•Have respect at all times and follow local customs to avoid being targeted
•These safety tips apply when visiting Mount Sinai, as a trip to Mount Sinai involves travelling via larger cities and towns.
Mount Sinai local transport options include the following: • Car • Bus • Taxi
Travel Books
Mount Sinai recommended travel books include the following:
•Egypt: Eyewitness Travel Guide by DK Publishing
•National Geographic Traveler: Egypt 2nd Edition by Andrew Humphreys
•Globetrotter Egypt Travel Pack by Globetrotter
•Egypt Country Guide by Lonely Planet
•Walking the Bible by Bruce Feiler
What To Buy
What to buy for Mount Sinai safaris:
•Egypt guide book and language guide
•Good backpack and a decent moneybag
•Plug adapter or electricity converter
•Travel pack of soap, washing powder, wet wipes and tissues
•Insect repellent
What To Pack
What to pack for Mount Sinai safaris:
•Loose, lightweight cotton clothing with long sleeves
•Comfortable shoes, plus sandals and smart shoes
•Warm clothes, raincoat plus evening wear for going out
•First aid kit with basic supplies, plus toiletries
•Sunglasses, hat and sunscreen
When To Go
When to go to Mount Sinai:
•Peak tourist runs from mid October to May, in winter to late spring
•May to October is the hottest time but is quieter and cheaper to visit
•August is one of the hottest months and is also the most humid month
•Spring offers the best weather and runs between March and April
• The Khamsin wind season runs for 5 days in spring
•In winter, it can get very cold on the mountain at night
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Contemplating Couplers, Part 1
What's the Purpose of a Coupler, Aside from Being a Handy Gadget for Landing the Segment's Trunk and Spurs?
Why do we like two-wire buses? Aside from providing power and communications to as many as 32 devices over the same twisted pair, we get to originate all that bus power in a nice climate-controlled rack room. The bus power can easily be made redundant, the bulk DC power is nearly always redundant, and our bulk supplies in turn are fed by one or two UPS systems. With a few simple alarms to alert the crew to any individual component that becomes compromised, it's an easy and familiar formula for high availability that's hard to beat.
Before 1999, early adopters seeking to apply fieldbus had few choices beyond ordinary terminal blocks. Terminal blocks of all types would all be perfectly acceptable for two-wire buses such as Profibus PA and Foundation fieldbus (FF). Unlike Ethernet, which requires independently powered, active devices such as hubs or switches at every junction or branch of its network, process fieldbuses share the same two conductors, with no requirement for intervening circuitry or silicon. With the majority of field devices largely deriving their power from the same pair of conductors, this makes two-wire buses such as FF and PA natural choices for the process industries, where the reward for high availability is extraordinary.
A minority of users employ simple terminals for two-wire fieldbus because a short circuit anywhere in the network causes every device on the bus—as many as 32—to lose power and communications and revert to its "shelf" state. While some buses have enough intelligence to accommodate some "graceful degradation" when a device unexpectedly powers down and ceases to function, there's nothing graceful about a control valve or other final element going to its fail position—which is where it goes on loss of two-wire power. When one or two or more control valves are suddenly traveling to their fail positions and perhaps remaining there for a minute or more, it's likely to have some immediate and unhappy effects on the reliability and productivity of the process.
In most cases, this is a self-inflicted injury, as when a technician or electrician is servicing a device or adding devices to an existing segment. So it can be argued that a well-trained and disciplined workforce can effectively avoid the consequences. But the traditions and habits from decades of 4-20 mA, as well as the uncertainties of succession in our craft workforce, makes us desire an engineered bit of insurance.
Enter the coupler.
The purpose of a coupler, aside from being a handy gadget for landing the segment's trunk and spurs, is to imbue the segment with this engineered layer of fault tolerance. Incidently, every coupler listed on the fieldbus.org site works equally well on both FF and Profibus PA networks. The circuitry on the coupler ensures that if a short circuit occurs on any spur, it is prevented from causing the other devices on the segment from failing. They cost a bit more than simple terminals, but the installed cost is still low compared to point-to-point wiring.
As an added benefit, by engineering a current-limiting circuit into spurs, the couplers also provide hazardous-area capability for the installation. Most vendors offer versions that are third-party certified to meet the requirements for NEC non-incendive wiring or various levels of intrinsic safety.
The fieldbus.org site lists 15 couplers that have passed testing and earned a fieldbus "checkmark" for conforming to the foundation's requirements. So, are they all equal commodities that can be specified and procured on the basis of cost only? It's interesting that, even on the relatively passive level of fieldbus couplers, distinctions can be significant. From the compact and spartan Cobalt CDC8 to the clever, redundant-trunk capable offerings of MooreHawke Trunksafe, features that address differing priorities, practices and tastes are worth examining. Next month, we'll survey these offerings.


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History 1901-1960 main content.
1906 • Boas leaves his position at the Museum and begins teaching at Columbia University. One of his students is Margaret Mead, the scientist, explorer, writer, and teacher who will work in the Department of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1926 until her death in 1978. A pioneer, she brings the serious work of anthropology into the public consciousness.
1908 • Museum President Morris K. Jesup dies. Henry Fairfield Osborn becomes President. Osborn is the first Museum president trained as a scientist.
1913 • Carl Akeley, a pioneer in the creation of lifelike mammal dioramas, writes to Osborn offering to devote five years to the creation of an African Mammals Hall at the Museum. Osborn agrees.
1920s • Roy Chapman Andrews leads the historic Central Asiatic Expeditions through the Gobi of Mongolia, discovering some of the richest dinosaur fossil sites in the world. Andrews and his team work there until the border between China and Outer Mongolia closes in 1930.
1926 • The Museum receives an extensive gift of mammals from the Indian subcontinent, the result of an expedition led by Arthur S. Vernay and Colonel J. C. Faunthorpe. Work soon begins on designing a fitting environment for these specimens, which will be mounted according to Akeley's technique and displayed in dioramas.
1930 • The first major hall of mammal habitat dioramas, the South Asiatic Hall, opens, displaying Vernay and Faunthorpe's gift of specimens.
1933 • F. Trubee Davison becomes President of the Museum. A. Perry Osborn becomes Acting President from 1941–1946, after which Davison resumes his position.
• The Hall of Ocean Life opens on the first floor. The hall is renovated in 1969 to include a 94-foot-long model of a blue whale suspended from the ceiling.
1935 • Legendary dinosaur explorer Roy Chapman Andrews becomes Director of the Museum.
• The Hayden Planetarium opens.
1936 • Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall and Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda open.
• Built in stages between 1936 and 1963, the Hall of North American Mammals showcases what many consider to be the finest habitat dioramas in the world.
1942 • The Hall of North American Mammals opens on the first floor with 10 dioramas.
• The Akeley Hall of African Mammals opens under the direction of James L. Clark, the Museum's Vice Director. Artists and scientists, led by Carl Akeley, had gone to Africa to sketch, photograph, collect, measure, and make molds of leaves, bark, moss, and other aspects of the terrain to make the dioramas as accurate as possible.
1951 • Alexander M. White becomes President of the Museum.
1957 • Hall of North American Forests opens on the first floor.
1958 • The Hall of North American Mammals reopens.
1960 • The Great Canoe exhibit is installed near the 77th Street entrance.


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Pollution in
Preliminary Report
February 2010
Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Oklahoma Workplaces– February 2010
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The study
Smoking has been allowed inside a number of public places and indoor
workplaces in Oklahoma since 2003 under the Smoking in Public Places
and Indoor Workplaces Act adopted that year. This study, funded by the
Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center at the University of Oklahoma,
looks at the levels of smoke inside some of the types of spaces where
tobacco smoke pollution is most likely to be encountered by the public
and by workers, comparing those levels to an established health
Smoke levels are measured by monitoring the concentrations of very
fine suspended particulate matter, smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5),
measured in micrograms per cubic meter of air (μ/m3).
The predominant source of this particulate matter in the settings
studied is tobacco smoke.1
The data
PM2.5 was measured using TSI Sidepak equipment at indoor workplaces
in central Oklahoma, including 16 restaurants with smoking rooms, 43
bars that allowed smoking, and 8 entirely smokefree restaurants. Each
location was monitored for a minimum of 30 minutes. Monitors
recorded the time‐weighted average (TWA) of PM2.5 in micrograms per
cubic meter (μg/m3) for each location, summarized in Table 1.
Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Oklahoma Workplaces– February 2010
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Table 1.
Time‐weighted average levels of very fine suspended particulate matter in micrograms
per cubic meter
Type of Workplace Average
Restaurants – all smokefree 25.56
Restaurants with smoking
rooms – nonsmoking areas
Restaurants with smoking
rooms – smoking rooms
Smoking bars 654.9
Variations in different types of workplaces
Highest average concentrations were found in smoking bars, with smoking rooms in
restaurants at about two‐thirds those levels on average. The exhaust required by statute
for smoking rooms is intended to help speed clearance of smoke as well as to provide
negative air pressure to help prevent smoke from escaping to nonsmoking spaces, but
concentrations of smokers in the confines of these smoking rooms produced very
unhealthy levels of toxic smoke (see discussion on page 5).
Chart 1 displays the average levels found in the indoor spaces measured in this research,
which ranged from 26 μ/m3 in entirely smokefree restaurants to 655 μ/m3 in smoking
Nonsmoking dining areas in restaurants with smoking rooms had three times as much
PM2.5 as restaurants that were entirely smokefree. Smoking rooms in restaurants had
much higher levels, in fact, averaging more than five times higher than nonsmoking
dining areas.
Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Oklahoma Workplaces– February 2010
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Chart 1.
Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Oklahoma Workplaces– February 2010
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Significance of these levels of tobacco smoke pollution
Secondhand tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, including more than 50 carcinogens
and approximately 200 other substances toxic to humans. In addition, since 2000, secondhand smoke
itself has been officially classified by the National Toxicology Program as a known human carcinogen for
which there is no safe level of exposure.2
In addition to the carcinogenic effects, secondhand smoke exposure causes cardiovascular and
respiratory problems and can also have adverse effects on other aspects of human health. Of the 50,000
or more deaths in the United States each year attributed to secondhand smoke exposure, at least
46,000 are cardiovascular deaths.1 Even brief exposures, such as patrons experience in restaurant
smoking rooms or in bars in Oklahoma, produce measurable adverse cardiovascular effects3,4, and
workers in those environments may have much longer exposures.
In October 2009, the Institute of Medicine reported its objective review of the medical and scientific
evidence on secondhand smoke, heart disease and heart deaths, confirming the previously reported
adverse cardiovascular effects and pointing out that, based on experiences around the world, enacting
entirely smokefree laws reduces the number of heart attacks.5 Studies in the United States have shown
as much as a 40% reduction in heart attacks when smokefree laws have been implemented.6
Some harmful health effects of secondhand smoke exposure are caused by inhaling the very fine
particulate matter. Other adverse effects result from the many toxic chemicals in the smoke, some in
the form of particulates, some in gaseous form, some as semi‐volatile organic compounds.7
The one scale in common use relating levels of exposure to very fine respirable suspended particles to
health effects, is the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) air quality index, prepared in conjunction
with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS, 40CFR part 50). It is sometimes included in
weather reports, when particulates are anticipated as a pollutant. Though it does not consider the
numerous carcinogens and other toxic substances that are found in tobacco smoke, it does provide an
indication of adverse health effects just from breathing the very fine particulates. That scale is shown in
Table 2 on page 6.
Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Oklahoma Workplaces– February 2010
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Table 2.
Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Oklahoma Workplaces– February 2010
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Smoking inside certain types of public places and workplaces, allowed under current state laws in
Oklahoma, creates unhealthy to hazardous environments in those places.
• Restaurants that are entirely nonsmoking have moderate levels of PM2.5 material in the air.
• Nonsmoking dining areas of restaurants with smoking rooms have three times as much PM2.5 as
entirely nonsmoking restaurants, averaging in the range considered "unhealthy" by the EPA
based on particulate concentration.
• Smoking rooms in restaurants averaged 1.5 times the "hazardous" level established by the EPA
for particulate concentrations.
• Bars averaged 2.6 times the "hazardous" level established by the EPA for particulate
Based on the particulate levels alone (PM2.5), the air inside smoking workplaces in Oklahoma is
hazardous. Even air in neighboring spaces was found on average to be unhealthy, based on particulates.
Adding in the class A human carcinogens‐‐‐for which there is no safe level of exposure‐‐‐and other toxic
chemicals in tobacco smoke pollution harmful to the cardiovascular system and other aspects of health,
these indoor public places and workplaces are very high risk environments.
Tobacco Smoke Pollution in Oklahoma Workplaces– February 2010
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1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2006). The Health Consequences of
Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. USDHS. Atlanta,
2. National Toxicology Program (NTP): 9th Report on Carcinogens. Research Triangle Park,
N.C.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, 2000.
3. Raupauch T, Schafer K, Konstantinides S, Andreas S. Secondhand smoke as an acute
threat for the cardiovascular system: a change in paradigm. Eur Heart J. 2006;27:386 –392.
4. Heiss C, Amabile N, Lee AC, Real WM, Schick SF, Lao D, Wong ML, Jahn S, Angeli FS,
Minasi P, Springer ML, Hammond SK, Glantz SA, Grossman W, Balmes JR, Yeghiazarians Y.
Brief secondhand smoke exposure depresses endothelial progenitor cells activity and
endothelial function: sustained vascular injury and blunted nitric oxide production. J Am Coll
Cardiol. 2008;51:1760 –1771.
5. IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2009. Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects:
Making Sense of theEvidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press
6. Lightwood JM, Glantz SA. Declines in acute myocardial infarction after smoke-free laws and
individual risk attributable to secondhand smoke. Circulation. 2009;120(14):1373–9.
7. Air Resources Board, California Environmental Protection Agency. Proposed identification of
environmenta ltobacco smoke as a toxic air contaminant. 2006.
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Mike Cardillo: Hillhouse leaving no doubt caps day of madness
UNCASVILLE -- It was Mohegan Madness on Saturday.
First, Granby Memorial erased a 21-point third-quarter deficit to beat Weaver in double overtime to decide the Class S boys spoils before it was even noon.
A little bit later, Woodstock Academy came out of nowhere -- OK, the state's "Quiet Corner" -- to stun Trinity Catholic in the Class L final.
The Centaurs' surprising triumph was quickly forgotten, thanks to the unbelievable buzzer-beater by Mercy's Maria Weselyj, which stunned Lauralton Hall in the Class LL girls final.
When you add it all up, it equaled 12 hours of pure basketball bliss at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
The way the day had gone to that point, who would have guessed the nightcap would turn out to be an anticlimactic affair for the nearly 10,000 fans in attendance?
It didn't take long for Round IV between the top two boys' basketball teams in the state, Hillhouse and Fairfield Prep, to affirm who was the No. 1 team. The Academics left no doubt via their 52-42 victory.
Hillhouse, as it did all year, used its unrelenting defense to make the 10-point margin of victory feel more like 20 as it kept Prep at arm's length nearly the entire 32 minutes.
"Over the stretch of four games, they were the better team," Fairfield Prep coach Leo Redgate said. "I would give the credit 100 percent to their defense."
How good was the Academics' defense?
Hillhouse guards Andre Anderson and Bobby Bynum outmuscled the Prep backcourt of Ryan Muphy and Tommy Nolan, holding them to a combined six points on 2-for-19 shooting.
"Even though we beat them three times, we wanted to make a statement: It was not even close that we were the best team," Anderson said.
In the four games played between the SCC finalists, neither side cracked the 60-point barrier. The Academics were also the only team with the size and strength to handle the Jesuits' 7-foot shot-blocking force, Paschal Chukwu.
The two teams, which will probably finish Nos. 1 and 2 in the state poll this week, were the only even matchup for each other this winter. Prep's three losses were at the hands of Hillhouse, while the only thing that kept the Academics from a perfect season was a Jesuits' victory in February at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.
"We've played four games, they've won three," Redgate said. "If we played 10, would we only win one or two? No."
The manner in which the previous five championship games unfolded Saturday at the Mohegan Sun, all signs pointed toward a memorable Class LL clash to close the day. That didn't happen.
However, some of the afternoon's madcap action did rub off on Hillhouse coach Renard Sutton, who said Mercy's last-second win gave him a good feeling, since Tigers coach Tim Kohs won his first title after losing the previous three seasons. Sutton was an assistant when Hillhouse lost to Central in the 2010 Class LL final and was in charge when the Academics fell to St. Joseph in last year's championship game.
"It was kind of that omen," Sutton said. "With coach Kohs being an SCC guy, I wanted him to win and get the monkey off of his back. The last two trips I was here, we took a loss. Today, it was like we would get the monkey off our backs."
And Hillhouse did just that, bringing a close to a day anyone involved in Connecticut high school basketball won't soon forget.
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Rihanna is currently overseas in the U.K., and as always, the 'Birthday Cake' songstress has been keeping her loyal Twitter followers updated on her every move. Today (Feb. 27), RiRi was rehearsing for her appearance on 'The Jonathan Ross Show,' and yesterday she was getting sexified at her cover shoot for the British version of Esquire magazine.
The newly blonde Bajan beauty took some behind-the-scenes snapshots at the cover shoot for Esquire, and she tweeted them for all of her fans to see. In the first picture, Rihanna is seen holding her hands to her chest in with her legs crossed. The enticing songstress has what looks like a whistle between her teeth as she seductively poses in a midriff-bearing body suit, frayed denim shorts, tall black boots and military-style cap.
Later that day, Rihanna tweeted a picture of her incredibly fierce (and somewhat painful looking) high heels. The Louboutin stilettos are a greenish-turquoise snake skin pattern with ankle straps and a pointed toe. The coolest part of her pumps? The spiky studs on the toe, of course. Along with the photo, Rihanna wrote, "I am so DOPE, like Louboutins with the red bottoms!" We'd have to agree! Those shoes are fly, just like RiRi herself!
What do you think of Rihanna's outfit for her Esquire cover shoot and her Louboutin high heels? Are they a fashion do or a fashion don't? Let us know in the comment section below.


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