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If you knock Good Glenrick back into blackspace, he'll give his speech again when you re-discover him. There doesn't seem to be a limit to the amount of times this can occur. The fastest way to reproduce this is:
1. Start a run in the Venture Cave as a Tinker, preparing Binlor
2. Worship Binlor to get PIssorf
3. Enter the hidden subdungeon
4. Assuming you've found Glenrick's subdungeon, use Pissorf to knock him into blackspace
5. Uncover the tile into which you've knocked him back
This also happens if you knock him back with the bear mace.

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Kids & Kin: Near & Far - Same yet Different
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I always have been involved in the visual arts, including drawing, clay sculpture, oil painting and film photography. Retirement from being an academic veterinarian, in 2005 allowed me to focus digital photography, from which I produce archival pigment prints. The images I acquire are diverse in subject matter, gathered from many parts of the world. Being a veterinarian, I have a natural proclivity for photographing wildlife and nature. But as shown by this book I very much enjoy photographing people. This has led me to focus on portraying differences and similarities among individuals, especially children, from diverse cultures. Children's faces sometimes are very expressive of joy and a love of life, and at other times of suffering and desperation. My work has been shown in galleries and I have had one person shows, one of which is associated with this book.


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Ken Burbary started this and now it is my turn thanks to Ms Shauna Nicholson at Biznet.
1. I am a linking junkie. I have been banned from Facebook 2.5 times for doing it. I love to share stories, news articles, and anything and everything that comes through my email box.
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My right eye is so bad from the retina detachment surgery that I can't really function with out them. I have a buckle in my right eye to keep the retina in place. This happened when I was 28.
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Yesterday, I finally got my Sager NP7652 laptop (Clevo W765CUH barebone) in my hands. The LCD was replaced and there is no dead pixels (so far). I copied my Gentoo installation from my old Acer Ferrari 4005 to it to avoid the loooooong process of installing Gentoo from the begining, also because my Internet connection is slow and it would take almost a week to download the source code for all ebuilds. The configuration (click on the image to see it completely):
More info about this laptop on Xoticpc and Notebook Review.
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Battery/proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state does not show the "present rate", which prevents KDE's powerdevil to measure how much remaining time I still have. I had this problem with my Acer Ferrari 4005 too, a BIOS update solved the problem that time. Unfortunately Sager has discontinued this laptop, which was released less than six months ago, those notebook sellers must be kidding to discontinue a notebook so fast. So until I find a BIOS update to solve this problem I am using the kernel's CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT feature to replace the BIOS's DSDT by one I have edited by hand. To use the new DSDT:
- Download it
- Enable CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT: make menu_config -> Power management and ACPI options -> ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) Support -> Custom DSDT Table file to include. Select the downloaded file.
- Compile and install the new kernel.
- Reboot, that is it.
Here is the diff of the original DSDT.
FansThe fans run at full speed since kernel boots up, but if you press the third hot key button (the one with a M surrounded by an elipse) the fans run quietly, this is called "silent mode". If you press it again the fans run at full speed again. OBS: the processor will *not* run at full power when in silent mode. OBS2: when using ATI proprietary drivers (ati-drivers ebuild) instead of the opensource drivers (xf86-video-ati ebuild) the fans run quietly.
SpeedstepDriver: acpi-cpufreq.ko.
I tried to use phc-intel to undervolt the CPU C-states but it did not work as expected. It seems this Core i7 620m CPU recognise the undervolt and automatically reduces CPU performance instead of allowing it to crash. Do not worry, the crash is part of the tweaking process to get the voltage values to configure the phc-intel module. I tried all values from 20 mW to 1 mV at 2667 MHz clock and the CPU did not crash but the performance decreased when compiling the kernel. Since this CPU has turbo mode capability I guess it is it that is automatically decreasing CPU performance to avoid the crash. The clock stayed at 2667 MHz, but compiling the kernel was much more slower using 1 mV than with 20 mW.
Suspend to DiskI am using TuxOnIce for suspend to disk. To install it:
- Apply the patch against the kernel.
- Enable it make menu_config -> Power management and ACPI options ->Enhanced Hibernation (TuxOnIce) -> File Allocator, Swap Allocator (if you have a swap partition), Userspace User Interface support and install the new kernel.
- Install pm-utils ebuild/package: emerge -v pm-utils
- Edit /etc/pm/config.d/gentoo and change the line with SLEEP_MODULE to SLEEP_MODULE="tuxonice". Now KDE's powerdevil plasmoid will use TuxOnIce to hibernate.
Sometimes some programs setfaults after resume (if one of them is the init program then system will crash). If I clean the swap space up (swapoff -a; swapon -a) before suspending then there is no segfault but that is damn slow if there several hundreds of MB in the swap file. Well, I tried a different approach and created a dedicated hibernate file that seems to also fix the problem and is pretty fast too, so do:
Configure Tux On Ice
# echo "TuxOnIce" > /hibernation-file # dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2048 >> /hibernation-file # echo /hibernation-file > /sys/power/tuxonice/file/target # cat /sys/power/tuxonice/resume UUID=ea1d2e190cfe4901ac80645f47046980:0x56f8000
Change the resume kernel parameter to the new inode location:
Kernel parameter
Add the line below to /etc/hibernate/common.conf
ProcSetting file/target /hibernation-file
Card ReaderJMicron SD/MS Host controllers, Secure Digital driver: sdhci-pci.ko, Memory Stick driver: jmb38x_ms.ko. Tested with SD and MS PRO Duo cards. Not tested but should work as well: MS, MS PRO, MS Duo, Mini-SD, MMC and RS cards.
DVD BurningWorks as expected, at least when burning an iso image to a DVD-r media (8x speed).
Finger Print ReaderWorks with fingerprint-gui 1.04, just execute the command below to avoid the error message "ABSOpen() failed -1086 (An internal error occurred (pt: tfmerr -1086).)":
mkdir -m700 /var/upek_data/
Hot Key ButtonsAll buttons working:
- E-mail.
- Internet (Web Browser).
- Toggle Silient Mode (for power saving). When enabled, Silent Mode will reduce fan noise and save power consumption. Note this may reduce computer performance.
I have configured udev to make show a KDE notification when the wifi, bluetooth or webcam is activated / desactivated. You can do the same for the silent hot key button using khotkey section in KDE's systemsettings, no need to go for udev.
ModemDoes not work yet: Re: AW: agere softmodem HDA + Intel Ibex Peak High Definition Audio
Sata and e-SataIntel Ibex Peak 4 port SATA AHCI controller, driver ahci.ko. To compile the driver: make menu config -> Device Drivers -> Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers -> AHCI SATA support
This is what I do before switching my e-Sata HD off:
- umount all partitions.
- echo 1 > /sys/block/sdb/device/delete
When issuing the last command the following lines appears in dmesg:
[40049.014691] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[40049.014851] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Stopping disk
[40049.341191] ata5.00: disabled
You configure hald and udisks to thread "e-sata" disks as removable. Udisks is the default disk manager in KDE SC 4.6.x, so it is preferable.
Sound CardIntel Ibex Peak HDA sound card, driver: snd-hda-intel.ko. Playback and internal microphone tested with Skype, all working. I moved my old /etc/asound.conf to /etc/asound.ferrari, it is not needed anymore because this sound card multiplex audio streamings without dmix alsa plugin. I do not have any s/pdif receiver so I cannot test it.
Just a side note: when the power save mode is enabled (echo 1 > /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save) every time you change the volumes with a mixer or some program starts to play something there is a short crack sound in the speakers. It sounds even when all volume channels are mute or using earphone. That is annoying, so I prefer to disable the power save mode (echo 0 > /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save).
USBIntel Ibex Peak EHCI controller, drivers: ehci-hcd.ko and uhci-hcd.ko.
VideoATI HD4570 video card, driver: xf86-video-ati-6.13.0, firmware: radeon-ucode-20100408. Working with KMS+DRI2, Googleearth and Kwin's composite effects work together too!!!. To use the firmware enable make menuconfig -> Device Drivers -> Generic Driver Options -> Include in-kernel firmware blobs in kernel binary. Then type "radeon/R700_rlc.bin" in "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary", copy /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin to /usr/src/linux/firmware/radeon/ and compile the kernel.
Relevant ebuilds (packages) I am using:
- kernel 184.108.40.206
- xf86-video-ati-6.13.0
- radeon-ucode-20100408
- xorg-server-1.8.1-r1
- mesa-7.8.2
- libdrm-2.4.19
Proprietary Driver (fglrx.ko)Using ati-drivers ebuild brings one big advantage: the GPU runs cooler and the fans run quieter (as quiet as in Windows 7). I think it also helps with battery time, but I have not measure it. That only works as long as Xorg is running, if you to go the console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) the GPU fans start to run at full speed. Going back to Xorg makes them run quiter again. The 3D performance is noticeably better with ati-drivers.
One disadvantage in using ati-drivers is that you have to disable KMS (kernel modsetting) and the radeon kernel module. Otherwise the LCD gets blank when Xorg starts and you will have to restart the notebook to restore the video card to the correct state. Using composite (3D effects) while playing movies usually makes the movie flicker. To solve that problem DRI2 and KMS were created but since we cannot use KMS with ati-drivers I thought I would have to disable the 3D effects when using mplayer. Fortunately there is no flicker :-). In my old notebook (Ferrari 4005, ATI x700 card) the flickering is very annoying. I still own the Ferrari 4005, anyone here wants to buy a Ferrari notebook? :-) The battery still holds 72% of the original manufacturer capacity (around 3400 mAh) and everything works in Linux, accept the svideo port and the card reader, which does not read SD cards anymore, but reads Memory Stick (weird, hugh?) It comes with a bluetooth mouse too.
Unfortunately several important aticonfig commands do not work with this card:
evolucao ~ # aticonfig --adapter=0 --od-getclocks --od-gettemperature Adapter 0 - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series Core (MHz) Memory (MHz) Current Clocks : 680 500 Current Peak : 680 500 Configurable Peak Range : [680-680] [500-500] GPU load : 0% ERROR - Get temperature failed for Adapter 0 - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series
GPU load always stays at 0% and the thermal sensors are not compatible with aticonfig. Everest in Windows 7 is able to get the GPU temperature. As you can also notice the GPU and Memory clocks cannot be changed.
VGA PortWorks as expected. KDE has this beautiful and effecient kcm module to configure multiple monitors and it works great with the ATI HD4570:
HDMI PortWork as expected (both video and audio). You need to configure /etc/asound.conf to route audio to the sound card that the video card (ati 4570) registers or use pulseaudio.
WebcamBisonCam NB Pro webcam, driver: uvcvideo.ko. To compile the driver: make menu config -> Device Drivers -> Multimedia support -> Video capture adapters -> V4L USB devices -> USB Video Class (UVC)
Wired EthernetJMicron JMC250 gigabit ethernet PCI-e, driver jme.ko. To compile the driver: make menu config -> Device Drivers -> Network device support -> Ethernet (1000 Mbit) -> JMicron(R) PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support
WirelessIntel WiFi Link 6000, driver: iwlagn.ko, firmware: iwl6000-ucode-188.8.131.52.
Gentoo SpecificIn /etc/make.conf:
- CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
- CFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3 -msse4 -mcx16 -mpopcnt -msahf"
- LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-O1"
- VIDEO_CARDS="vesa radeon"
- ALSA_CARDS="snd-hda-intel usb-audio"
File /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
microcode # for updating CPU's microcode acpi-cpufreq # for CPU frequency scaling cdc-acm # for my 3G modem fglrx # for the video card vboxdrv # for VirtualBox vboxnetflt # idem vboxnetadp # idem
Things yet to Test
- Express card slot
- Multi-gesture touchpad
lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Arrandale DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Arrandale PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Ibex Peak SMBus Controller (rev 06)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series]
02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc R700 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4000 Series]
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series (rev 35)
07:00.0 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller (rev 80)
07:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (rev 80)
07:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller (rev 80)
07:00.5 Ethernet controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMC250 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)
ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d12 (rev 02)
ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2d13 (rev 02)
lsusb output:
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 5986:0343 Acer, Inc -> webcam
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 147e:1000 Upek -> fingerprint reader
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03eb:0902 Atmel Corp. 4-Port Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


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Hillsboro police
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Bev A. Harms, 61, 201 Eisenhower St., Hillsboro, backed her 2001 Ford sedan into a 1988 Buick sedan, driven by Roberta Jo Linder, 52, of 1719 140th Rd. Marion, while Linder was turning into an alleyway between N. Main and N. Ash Sts. at 4:25 p.m. on Jan. 16. Police reported no injuries.
Adams and 2nd Sts.
While slowing down to make a turn onto 2nd St., Rhiannon Mechelle Janzen, 21, of 109 N. Adams St., Hillsboro, lost control of her 1995 Toyota sedan. Her vehicle went into a spin before it struck a mailbox and fence on the east side of the street. Police reported no injuries.
A and Lincoln Sts.
While Katie Marie Fast, 27, was backing out of her driveway on 116 S. Lincoln St. in Hillsboro, 11-year-old Kenneth Gene Sedille of Hillsboro struck the left side of Fast's 1995 Cadillac sedan while riding his bicycle. Police reported that Sedille was injured and was transported to Hillsboro Community Hospital in a private vehicle.
Sheriff's department
Deer strikes
Anna Elizabeth Weber, 19, of 3510 Sunflower Rd., Ramona, struck a deer with a 2008 Pontiac coupe registered to Lisa D. Hanschu, same address, at 6:05 p.m. Jan. 19 on 330th Rd. west of Jade Rd.
Douglas J. Nyman, 46, of 2204 Bristol Lane, Newton, struck and killed a deer with his 2008 Chevrolet sedan at 6:15 p.m. Thursday on 260th Rd. east of U.S. 56/77.


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AMERICUS, Ga. – They wouldn't go down easy. It took three overtimes, but the Georgia College men's basketball team (14-8, 8-6 PBC) beat its second nationally-ranked team in the course of a week, edging No. 22 Georgia Southwestern State University (17-6, 10-4 PBC) 85-83 Wednesday night.
Helping the Bobcats stay undefeated in February (5-0), senior forward Josh Hurst (Athens, Ga.) scored all five of GC's points in the third overtime, also pulling in a big steal and a crucial defensive rebound in the frame. He finished with a team-best 12 boards to go with 21 points, a career-high. Hurst scored the team's final 13 points of the game, spanning both the second and third overtimes.
Down three early in the third overtime, freshman guard Royal Thomas (LaGrange, Ga.) pulled down an offensive board and found Hurst at the three-point line for the game tying bucket with 3:08 left. As both teams traded misses, Hurst eventually provided the go-ahead score with 1:20 left on a jumper in the paint.
GSW missed two attempts on the offensive end, with Hurst pulling down the rebound off an attempted put-back. The Bobcats were up two and missed a shot to put it out of reach, but a game-winning three-point attempt by GSW failed as time ran out.
Junior forward Ryan Aquino (Roswell, Ga.) had 16 points to go with eight boards. Classmate Jared Holmes (Indianapolis) had 14 points with a team-high five assists, while Reece Wiedeman (Suwanee, Ga.) put in 13 points of his own.
Hurricane forward Trayce Macon had a game-high 25 points with 11 rebounds for a double-double, while Philip Brown added a 14-point, 16-rebound effort. Colin Slotter and Evan Mobley rounded out GSW's double-digit scorers with 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Holmes provided the heroics in the first overtime, hitting the tying jumper with 59 seconds left. The junior also pulled down the ensuing defensive rebound that gave the Bobcats the last chance in the first overtime. Hurst also netted the game-tying shot at the end of regulation, hitting for two points with 25 seconds left.
The Bobcats are now 2-0 against ranked opponents this season, beating No. 7 Augusta State University Thursday, Feb. 10 at home. GC has now had two overtime contests this season, going 1-1, after not going to extra frames at all in 2009-10.
The Bobcats are now 8-6 in conference play, good for a three-way tie for second in the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) West Division. GC's next game is homecoming weekend Saturday, Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. against Columbus State University (11-12, 7-7 PBC). The Cougars most recently beat Clayton State University tonight 74-64.
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Law Offices of Brian Cunha & Associates Settles Pascoag MTBE Case Settlement for 7 Million Dollars against Exxon Mobil
PROVIDENCE, RI, MAY 29, 2012—Providence Superior Court Judge Judith Savage approved a 7 Million Dollar Settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by the citizens of the Town of Pascoag, Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Water District against Exxon Mobil Corporation as a result of the contamination of their well water supply by MTBE in 2001. According to Attorney Brian Cunha, lead Rhode Island counsel, "this finally brings some satisfaction to the citizens of Pascoag after almost 10 years of litigation against Exxon Mobil for the contamination of the Town of Pascoag's water supply."
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive that was mandated by the Clean Air Act of 1990, requiring that fuel oxygenates be added to gasoline to reduce carbon dioxide in the air, was first noticed in the Summer of 2001, when a strong disagreeable odor had been reported by various Public Utility District customers. On August 30, 2001, a resident of Pascoag, Rhode Island requested that a sample of his tap water be tested, as it had a bad taste. MTBE concentrations, above allowable state limits, were detected. Thereafter, an investigation by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) revealed that gasoline containing MTBE had leaked from the Main Street Mobil Gasoline Service Station and contaminated the town's well water. The DEM ordered that the Pascoag well pumping stations be shut down, and arrangements were made to pipe in well water from the neighboring Town of Harrisville.
In 2003 a lawsuit was filed against Exxon Mobil by The Law Offices of Brian Cunha & Associates, P.C. and the New York law firm of Napoli, Kaiser & Bern, LLP, alleging that the use of MTBE in gasoline was among other things, a defective product. The investigation revealed that Exxon Mobil and other oil companies knew MTBE posed a threat to drinking water years before the industry began blending the additive with gasoline.
According to lead Rhode Island counsel, Attorney Brian Cunha, "the Pascoag, Rhode Island case was the largest MTBE case in the history of the state." Cunha added that "the documents showed that the oil companies knew about MTBE's problems as early as the early 1980's. The oil industry defended the use of MTBE, claiming that the federal government allowed MTBE to be used with knowledge of its characteristics." MTBE readily dissolves in water and does not cling to soil near a spill site, as most chemicals do. It degrades slowly and travels quickly and travels far in water. "Other dangerous gasoline compounds, like benzene, are rarely found more than 300 feet from a spill site, while MTBE has been found, as in this case, thousands of feet away," said Cunha.Documents and statements from Exxon Mobil and other oil companies show they knew all this almost as soon as they began producing MTBE in the late 1990's. "When 20 percent of the tanks nationwide were known to leak, they put this stuff in tanks knowing it would make its way to ground water and drinking water supplies," said Cunha.
In this case, the utility and citizens that sued over MTBE were not seeking damages because customers got sick from drinking the additive. Such claims are nearly impossible to prove, said Attorney Cunha. Instead, the damages were to compensate the homeowners for their inconvenience and to the Pascoag Public Utility District to allow them to install new wells, plus pipe lines to bring the water to homes once served by private wells. This includes the cost of putting filters in, digging up dirty soil and installing systems to pump the MTBE out of the water.
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Many older industrial facilities use single-phase, oil-filled transformers made for pole-mounting but installed at ground level to create 3-phase power distribution systems. Usually, primary and secondary "bus" conductors are strung open between wood poles. Beneath these conductors are the transformers or "tubs." Open conductor drops are run from the bus conductors to the tubs' primaries and secondaries, and the appropriate transformer connections are made using split-bolt connectors.
Suppose your utility is providing 2400/4160V wye, 3-phase, 4-wire power to the facility and you need a lower voltage for lighting and power. What are your options?
Delta-connected transformer system
One option, as shown in Fig. 1, is a delta-connected transformer system. Here, three 4160V transformers are needed, with their primaries connected in series. The utility neutral is not needed. The banking of these units results in a 240/120V, 3-phase, 4-wire secondary.
Note that a center-tap terminal is used on the secondary of one transformer to ground the entire system. On a 240/120V, 3-phase, 4-wire system, there's a potential of 120V between this center-tap terminal and each ungrounded terminal on either side of it (Phases A and C), as shown in Fig. 2. Also, a high leg ("red" or "wild" leg) results at Phase B and has a higher voltage to ground than the other two phases. This voltage is found by multiplying the voltage to ground of either of the other two legs by [square root of 3]. Thus, the voltage between Phase A and ground is 208V (120V x [square root of 3]).
Wye-wye connected transformer system
A second option, as shown in Fig. 3, is a wye-wye connected transformer system. Here, the primary neutral must be available. With this system, you can use 2400V transformers, resulting in a cost savings over 4160V transformers. The secondary voltage is 208 wye/120V, 3-phase, 4-wire.
Note that the neutrals of the primary system and the transformer bank are tied together. As such, part of the load current will flow on the primary neutral should the 3-phase load be unbalanced. That's why it's very important the neutrals be tied together as shown. If not done, the line-to-neutral voltages on the secondary will be very unstable. In other words, if the load on one phase were heavier than on the other two, the voltage on this phase would drop excessively, and the voltage on the other two phases would rise.
Another point of concern is that varying voltages would appear between lines and neutral, both in the transformers and the secondary system, in addition to the 60 Hz component of voltage. In other words, for a given rms voltage value, the peak voltage would be higher than for a pure 60 Hz voltage. This would overstress the insulation of the transformers and connected equipment.


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Age and Opportunity: Plan Strategically to Get the Most Out of a Maturing Workforce
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As the worldwide elderly population grows significantly, the workforce is shrinking. The rate of U.S. workforce growth was 30 percent in the 1970s, but is projected to be only 2 to 3 percent in 2010 and beyond. Not all sectors or companies will be affected equally; however, even collecting data reliable enough to assess your company's situation can be fraught with potential legal obstacles. Managing a maturing workforce is an opportunity for change. But it requires analysis of the current workforce, gap analysis between projected supply and demand, and a plan for closing the gap.


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Bland Hoke
Bland Hoke believes design is a process of creating consequence. His education in Transdisciplinary Design at Parsons the New School for Design provided opportunities to research complex problems and design appropriate solutions using new methods. Examples include the design of community engagement tools to promote collective ownership of the creative process and addressing the lifecycle of temporary interventions. The results manifest in large-scale installations, permanent commissions and functional amenities. Most of his work is focused on neglected public spaces and outdated infrastructure, drawing on a background in public art practice and administration. Bland's goal is to work with others to develop projects that are simple, obvious and desirable - but least expected.
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Howard Chambers
Howard is committed to the belief that major urban metropolises should be designed with people as the primary user. She is driven by the realization that despite this ideal—cars, construction and infrastructure have taken precedence over human needs. A recent graduate from the Transdisciplinary Design program at Parsons the New School for Design, Howard focused on rethinking and reimagining outdated infrastructure throughout New York City for the past few years. Her interdisciplinary approach includes connecting urban development while preserving artistic culture and unique sense of place by creating a team dynamic that fuses individuals of different disciplines. She focused on making connections between the city's D.O.T., developers, business improvement districts, architects, city planners, lighting designers, urban designers, and event coordinators to help evaluate archaic systems and define experimental projects that yield necessary and measurable results.
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LOS ANGELES – It wasn't stylish. It wasn't glitzy. It wasn't filled with "SportsCenter" highlights.
It was basic, meat-and-potatoes football, and it was just what USC needed.
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A week after being beaten and beaten up at Stanford, the Trojans became the aggressors. A week after getting knocked down, the Trojans picked themselves up and threw the first punch.
No. 13 USC defeated Cal on Saturday, 27-9, at the Coliseum, a victory the Trojans absolutely had to have after losing a game and any remaining margin of error last week. But it was more about how USC won than the simple fact that it did.
After rushing for only 26 yards last week — the lowest total of the Lane Kiffin era — the Trojans smashed their way to 296 on a muggy day. Silas Redd (158 yards) and Curtis McNeal (115) topped 100 yards, the first time USC has had multiple 100-yard rushers in a game since 2008.
"I thought the game was won at the line of scrimmage today," Kiffin said.
Or, as Redd put it: "We hit them in the mouth from the first snap."
Redd and McNeal found ample running room thanks to an offensive line that, like the rest of the Trojans, rebounded from a difficult week.
Center Khaled Holmes returned from an ankle injury (before appearing to reinjure the ankle in the fourth quarter), first-time starter Abe Markowitz provided stout play at left guard and the entire line played with improved confidence and cohesion. Matt Barkley did not suffer a sack after going down four times and being hit countless others at Stanford.
Kiffin was among many to criticize the line, but right tackle Kevin Graf said he and his teammates, ahem, blocked it all out. He didn't so much as turn on ESPN all week.
"I wanted to focus on what we needed to do better," Graf said.
Kiffin said the Trojans had their best week of practice leading up to the game. He also liked the way they stuck together amid their first real adversity of 2012.
"A lot of people were trying to get in and tear this team apart," Kiffin said. "I thought they did a great job of staying focused. That easily could have been a hangover game like you see around the country."
USC (3-1, 1-1 Pac-12) found its hangover cure in the form of Redd's 33-yard touchdown run in the first quarter that provided a 7-0 lead the Trojans never surrendered. The advantage swelled to 17-3 at halftime before Cal (1-3, 0-1) inched back into it with a pair of third-quarter field goals.
After a McNeal fumble, the Golden Bears had the ball, down eight, at the USC 14-yard line. But safety T.J. McDonald intercepted Cal quarterback Zach Maynard, who felt a lot like Barkley last week: under siege.
USC tacked on 10 more points, and Cal never seriously threatened again. Maynard's day ended with three sacks in a span of four plays. The Trojans had a season-high seven sacks.
Led by breakout end Morgan Breslin, who had three, the defensive line accounted for all seven sacks. Fellow end Wes Horton's return to full duty helped a ton, but a message he delivered earlier in the week had just as much impact.
Horton, a fifth-year senior, gathered the line for a meeting Tuesday. They watched extra film, and he delivered a message: We need to get more pressure. The message clearly resonated.
"We saw mismatches on tape," Horton said. "We just came out hungry today and ready to eat."
Defensive line coach Ed Orgeron said the defense's primary aim was to stop the run; Cal entered Saturday averaging 208.7 rushing yards per game. The Bears gained only 77, leaving Maynard vulnerable.
"Zach was under a lot of duress, and we couldn't get our running game going," said Cal coach Jeff Tedford, whose team has lost nine consecutive times to USC. "Up front, they were better than us."
The Trojans were far from perfect. Barkley threw two interceptions for the second week in a row, and the offense again struggled to convert in short-yardage situations.
But Barkley, so distraught after the Stanford loss, left the Coliseum smiling.
"I think it's great the way we bounced back," he said, "the way we practiced and the way we shut out all the noise."
USC heads into a bye next week in a much better state than it left last week. It all started where every football play originates.
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THE BRAZEN CAREERIST- 140 words: How Twitter can improve your life
It's safe to say that the majority of the world thinks Twitter is a waste of time, but here are some ways that Twitter can save your life:
1. Twitter lets you find people like you
The core of every career problem is actually loneliness. Twitter helps solve this problem because you can find people like you. That voice inside your head telling you that no one has your problem? Do a search. Every problem you can imagine is tweeted about somewhere.
The more people you find who are like you, the more you can connect with others and feel okay with who you are, and then you believe in yourself and you start to move on. Twitter is a live index of people and the weirdness we harbor, which is a gift to the world of loneliness.
2. Twitter solves specific problems
You can tweet into the world, and ask for help, and someone will answer. Twitter users ask questions all the time– usually how to. "Where's a good place to eat near the intersection of?" Or "What adapter do I need to run PowerPoint from my Mac into a projector?" You will get an answer in twenty seconds.
Twitter answers questions so efficiently because there is such an incredibly wide range of top-performers. There's a directory to find anyone on Twitter, by company or title or location. This means that whatever you want to do with your life, there is someone there who can help you. And you know they want to help, because that's why people are on Twitter—to connect with people.
Social media is about networking, and networking is about helping people. This means that you have millions of people waiting to help you.
3. Twitter helps you find what you're good at
If you force yourself to start tweeting, you force yourself to think about what you're thinking.
Most of us focus on what we're doing: our to-do list, our schedule, etc. Once you focus instead on what you're thinking, you free yourself to start really connecting with people.
For some people, 140 characters in Twitter is enough– and a gateway to longer ideas.
You'll learn for yourself how to best present what's in your head. Then you can be more than just a static resume, more than just a list of your contacts. You can be a known for your ideas.
4. Twitters delivers insta-specific info
Twitter helps you get better information and give better information. And, in an information economy, you can't have a more important tool than that.
Twitter is a way to curate information in a way that makes news useful to you.
5. Twitter makes you brave
Maybe you think all this is stupid and misguided. But let me tell you something. I am not an early adapter. I resist new technology until I think it's proven. I hate learning new contraptions, and I don't even know how to program my expensive-because-it's-programmable coffee maker.
But even with my technoskepticism, I know that you have to try Twitter. Because bravery begets bravery, and trying new things keeps you fresh and interesting, even if you are trying new things that you don't believe you really need to try.
It's why I went to the rodeo, it's why I worked on that chicken farm, it's why I read Car and Driver magazine when I'm getting a manicure. You have to force yourself out of your comfort zone if you want to grow.
Penelope Trunk has started several companies and worked for many more.
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Unfortunately many people who live in this area may have to turn to twitter & other social networking sites to help find employment, if Del. Joe T. May has his way. He added an amendment to HB30 HB30 Item451 h1) which can eliminate the Virginia Transportation Research Council in Charlottesville. The 62-year-old VTRC has a national reputation for its excellent research program in transportation issues. Research studies have been there for Del. May, other legislators, & JLARC. Millions of dollars are passed through VTRC to state research universities for research. VTRC has been requested to do 2 legislative studies during the 2010 session. 2 questions: How can a delegate who does not represent this area be allowed to affect the lives of so many who live and work here? Why does Del. May want to destroy the nationally recognized Virginia Transportation Research Council in Charlottesville?


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13-1/2x31-1/2" batting
Finished table runner: 30-1/2x12-1/2"
Quantities are for 100% cotton fabrics.
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Many South Bay restaurants offer free kids meals on certain days of the week. In the database above, pick a day of the week to see restaurants, times, directions and more. Information may change without notice, so it's best to phone ahead.
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A preliminary review of Detroit's finances has determined that the city is not on target to fulfill promises to the state that allowed the city to avoid having an emergency manager appointed to oversee it, the state Treasury Department said Friday.
The review started Tuesday "has found that a serious financial problem exists in the city," Treasury spokesman Terry Stanton said in a news release. The state will likely appoint a review team to take a closer look at the city's books, he said.
That could lead to the appointment of an emergency manager and state oversight of the city under the state's current emergency manager law. The Legislature passed revised emergency manager legislation this week, but it would have no bearing on Detroit's situation because Gov. Rick Snyder hasn't signed it and if he does, it wouldn't go into effect until March, Stanton said.
There is no timeline under which a review team has to be appointed, according to Stanton.
Detroit's has been experiencing a fiscal meltdown for years, so the finding of the preliminary review by Treasurer Andy Dillon's office is not surprising.
"This is part of the process. There is nothing new here," Mayor Dave Bing said Friday night in a statement. "We continue to be focused on our financial restructuring plan."
But the Democrat Dillon and Republican Gov. Rick Snyder have complained that Bing's restructuring is taking too long to show positive results.
The city is billions of dollars in debt and has a budget deficit of more than $200 million. Detroit has been meeting payroll and paying some of its bills from millions of dollars in bond money released by the state from an escrow account.
Some of the payments have been delayed while the city worked to meet certain "milestones" tied to improving its finances. Most recently, the state withheld $10 million after the City Council failed to approve the contract for an outside law firm to assist Bing.
The council finally approved that $300,000 contract and other measures this week and the state released the money to the city.
But the Treasurer's preliminary review still determined that Detroit has violated the Uniform Budgeting and Accounting Act, which requires the city's budget to be amended as soon as it becomes apparent that an amendment is necessary.
Due to financial reporting problems, the city's cash flow projections also fluctuate monthly. That makes it difficult to "make informed decisions regarding its fiscal health," according to Dillon's office.
An estimate in August projected a cash deficit of $62 million by June 30, 2013. But an October estimate placed the projected deficit at $84 million, while November's had it at $122 million.
Bing has said he will lay off 400 to 500 city employees in the new year, roughly 5 percent of the workforce, to help straighten Detroit's poor public finances and avoid an emergency manager.
Bing, Snyder and Dillon entered into a consent agreement in the spring that would allow Bing to implement his changes with help from the state without an overseer appointed by Snyder.
The cities of Benton Harbor, Pontiac, Flint, Ecorse and Allen Park currently are under managers, as are the Muskegon Heights, Highland Park and Detroit public school districts.
The state Legislature, in an effort to bolster the emergency manager law, passed a bill this week requiring financially troubled local governments to choose one of four state-imposed remedies and replaces a similar law rejected last month by voters. Those options include acceptance of an emergency manager, bankruptcy, enter into mediation or join the state in a consent agreement similar to the current one involving Detroit.
Critics say each is trip-wired to ensure the same thing that voters rejected at the polls: state-imposed oversight.


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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Pittsburgh Steelers 2012: The Terrible Towel Waves Again
I'm sorry that I placed my Terrible Towel over the DVD shelf while watching you play the Broncos in the playoffs last season. We now know that's bad luck. It won't happen again.
Since Tim Tebow threw his last good pass, the Terrible Towel has not been moved from that shelf. Rather than putting it into a drawer for the offseason, for some reason I just left it there.
While waiting for the 2012 season to arrive and wash out the bitter taste of your sudden demise, I have placed various trinkets on top of the Terrible Towel to mark the passage of time. First was my palm from Palm Sunday. Then came medals from road races I ran in June and on Labor Day.
It had been 14 years since I last ran a road race. Hines Ward's career began and ended during my hiatus from road racing. In between, I consumed a lot of beer, wings, pizza and nachos while watching you guys.
If I can lose 25 pounds and run road races for the first time since I was 26, you guys can, you know, win a seventh Super Bowl.
I will do my part by taking the Terrible Towel off the shelf and waving it again.
What do you say?
Mike Batista
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- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2012 at 4:35 PM
What's up, Mike. I love your stuff, especially on Bleacher Report. I wanted to mention a new sports/comedy blog you might appreciate: http://brownsfansteelersfan.wordpress.com/.ReplyDelete
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Your plant has a production machine that's fed by a roll of steel at one end and spits out a metal product at the other. The machine cuts, stamps, and welds robotically to create custom-made products for customers to use in making their own products. A typical product is similar to the metal tub in your kitchen range or refrigerator.
The new QA manager just informed you that an entire run is out of spec, and he wants the machine adjusted so the product meets spec. You know the mechanics keep the dies in good condition and the setup crew always tests a small run to ensure the setup is correct. What should you do?
When confronting new problems in any complex system, ask "What has changed?" In this case, the QA manager has changed. With a few well-aimed questions, you can determine if the QA manager created this problem. For example, ask:
- Have any tolerances changed recently? If so, why?
- Is this the only affected run?
- What does the setup crew say?
Next, ensure you have power quality logging in place. Then check all system inputs, starting with the steel itself (check with purchasing to see if the steel has changed).


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Latin American Cuisine: Enfrijoladas (Corn Tortillas in Black Bean Sauce)
Regional cuisine from Central and South America.
Enfrijoladas are a Mexican dish made of corn tortillas dipped in a rich and velvety black bean sauce. Simple but intensely flavorful and filling, the beans are fortified with dried (and reconstituted) chiles and aromatics. The preparation is as follows: Corn tortillas are quickly crisped (this particular recipe streamlines the process by brushing them with vegetable oil and baking until golden for about six minutes, rather than toasting them, one by one, in a skillet) to ensure they will hold up when they're dipped in a bowl of quicksand-like puréed beans. Skip this step and expect a soggy, blown-out, unappealing mess that will taunt you and probably insult you by calling you gringo. The tortillas can at this stage be folded and arranged in a baking dish or filled, as in this recipe with a mixture of cheese and onions, then blanketed with more bean sauce. A few minutes in the oven warm the enfrijoladas through, and right before serving, they are garnished with more cheese and onions and optional cilantro.
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I've had enfrijoladas with pork and also with a huevo estrellado (fried egg)—both accompaniments I highly recommend—but this is a pared down option that can serve as a foundation for other additions, traditional or not.
These enfrijoladas take a shortcut with the use of canned refried black beans. Unless you're living with your Latin-import mamá or abuelita, you probably don't have made-from-scratch frijoles stored in a Tupperware in your fridge, so the canned version are a good alternative for this quick meal. If you do have a fresh pot of beans, by all means, fry them and use them in this recipe.
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The Division of Pediatric Basic Sciences is the basic science research unit for the Department of Pediatrics. Its faculty perform basic science research in the areas of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis and evasion of host defenses, the genetics of pectus excavatum, and the identification, characterization and molecular "fingerprinting" of agents of nosocomial infection in children.
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Looking at the new Illamasqua catalogue I think some of the Sirens collection may have been incorporated into the main line up rather than being limited edition. As such I thought I'd post some more pictures of the items I picked up from the collection. I got two of the fat pencils in Perverse (sheer shimmery platinum) and Fickle (shimmery bronze) these have a really smooth texture and last well. As I'm very pale Perverse does not show as really noticeable on me so I think it maybe more suited to slightly darker skin than mine, Fickle on the other hand is really pigmented, I'm loving using this as a liner and in the crease. Both these pencils are not limited to eye area and I have used both on the lip area.
Soul sheer lip gloss I have already wrote about (slightly frosty peach champagne) this is a very easy to wear shade and Illamasqua lip glosses are pigmented and very long lasting without being really sticky ( I hate sticky lip glosses) . Liquid metal in Solstice has become somewhat of a cult product, I love using this as a liner, or just a light dab on the centre of lips, this is extremely pigmented, almost looks a bit like gold leaf but in a good way! a really rich golden metallic .It's a very intense colour, and I did get a few looks when I wore it to work the other day, so for day wear use sparely :) . It has a non greasy texture and lasts very well.
Lament nail varnish, I have already mentioned (hot coral) I'm really loving this shade for summer, it definitely gets noticed as its rather bright.
I think whether your cool or warm toned you will find something in this collection as its quite a nice mix. Can't wait to see what they bring out for Fall.
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Closer look at Illamasqua Sirens
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I love the look of Soltice but I've read it creases like crazy so I passed on it.ReplyDelete
Hi Pinksparkle84, I've not had it crease on me when I used it as a lid shade, but I applied it lightly and used it over Too Faced Shadow insurance base so that maybe why ? Still its not something I use much so I don't know that its a must have really. Thanks for your comment.ReplyDelete
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Sam Mendes' James Bond blockbuster leads the pack with six nominations for the Empire Awards 2013.
Skyfall, recently crowned the biggest-ever UK box-office hit, has secured nominations for best thriller, British film, director, actor (Daniel Craig), actress (Dame Judi Dench) and film.
Joss Whedon's Avengers Assemble and Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follow closely behind with five nominations apiece, while British indie hit Sightseers keeps pace with Hollywood with four nominations.
Now in its 18th year, the Empire Awards are voted for by the public and will be held in London on March 24.
Full list of nominees
Best Male Newcomer presented by Entertainment Tonight
- Domhnall Gleeson (Anna Karenina)
- Rafe Spall (Life Of Pi)
- Steve Oram (Sightseers)
- Suraj Sharma (Life Of Pi)
- Tom Holland (The Impossible)
Best Female Newcomer
- Alice Lowe (Sightseers)
- Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina)
- Holliday Grainger (Great Expectations)
- Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts Of The Southern Wild)
- Samantha Barks (Les Misérables)
Best Comedy presented by Magic 105.4
- 21 Jump Street
- Moonrise Kingdom
- The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists!
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Ted
Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy
- Dredd 3D
- Looper
- Avengers Assemble
- Prometheus
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best Thriller
- Argo
- Jo Nesbo's Headhunters
- Skyfall
- The Raid
- Zero Dark Thirty
Best Horror presented by Café de Paris
- Dark Shadows
- Sightseers
- Sinister
- The Cabin In The Woods
- The Woman In Black
The Art Of 3D presented by RealD
- Dredd 3D
- Life Of Pi
- Avengers Assemble
- Prometheus
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Best British Film
- Dredd 3D
- Les Misérables
- Sightseers
- Skyfall
- The Woman In Black
Best Director
- Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Rises)
- Joss Whedon (Avengers Assemble)
- Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
- Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
- Sam Mendes (Skyfall)
Jameson Best Actor
- Christoph Waltz (DjangoUnchained)
- Daniel Craig (Skyfall)
- Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
- Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
- Robert Downey Jr. (Avengers Assemble)
Best Actress presented by Citroën
- Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises)
- Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games)
- Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
- Dame Judi Dench (Skyfall)
- Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Best Film presented by Sky Movies
- Django Unchained
- Avengers Assemble
- Skyfall
- The Dark Knight Rises
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey


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Nursing students honor department founder
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
Cecelia Waggoner smiled as 150 PSU nursing students sang "Happy Birthday" to her last week in recognition of her 100th birthday.
"It's quite an honor," Waggoner said.
Waggoner's birthday observance, hosted by the Department of Nursing, was a special day not just for Waggoner, but for current nursing students, who got to meet the woman who founded the PSU BSN program in 1971.
Waggoner graduated from the Mount Carmel School of Nursing in 1932 and had a career as a private duty nurse and instructor in health and home nursing before being asked to develop the BSN program at PSU in 1970.
Bobby Winters, assistant dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, noted that Waggoner had to battle other established nursing degree programs in the state to create one at PSU.
The Kansas State Board of Nursing approved the PSU program in 1971 and the first class graduated in 1973.
"Not only did Mrs. Waggoner lead all aspects of BSN curricular development, she hired the faculty and mentored the new faculty in choosing their specialties and obtaining the appropriate education," Winters said.
Waggoner retired from PSU in 1979, but has remained active and close to the department. She was a nursing education consultant and instructor for continuing education classes from 1980-1987 and as a nursing education consultant for the Kansas State Board of Nursing. In the early 1990s, she served on the master's degree task force, which developed the MSN program at PSU.
Cheryl Giefer, a member of the Nursing Department faculty and president of the Kansas State Nurses Association, said Waggoner has had a big impact both at PSU and beyond.
"She's spent a lifetime as a nurse and nurse educator and has exemplified leadership excellence," Giefer said. "She was an integral part of the transformation of nursing from the vocational to the professional level in Southeast Kansas. Because of her efforts, many nurses and nurse educators have continued to serve our profession of nursing."


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Warde holds off Trumbull in LL girls first round
FAIRFIELD -- Trumbull couldn't turn to its press because of foul trouble early, but when the Eagles needed it to rally in the fourth quarter of their CIAC Class LL girls basketball first-round game Monday night at Fairfield Warde, their pressure nearly pulled off the comeback.
Trumbull's rally failed because the Mustangs' defense deflected two Eagles' shots in the final 95 seconds. The No. 14 Mustangs beat No. 19 Trumbull 41-37 and advanced to the tournament's second round Thursday when they will play at No. 3 Mercy (22-1), the SCC tournament champions, in Middletown.
Sarah Cotto and Kaitlin McKenna, with 35 seconds to go, had the pivotal partially blocked shots for the Mustangs down the stretch.
Warde (16-6) scored a basket off its press 34 seconds into the fourth quarter for a 38-24 lead. But the Mustangs didn't score again off Trumbull's pressure until 15.3 seconds remained when Lejla Markovic made a foul shot to make it 39-37. The Eagles (13-8) missed an open shot in the final six seconds, then Cotto (eight points) got the Mustangs' second field goal of the quarter at the buzzer.
"We had to protect the basket. We couldn't come out," Trumbull coach Steve Tobitsch said about the delayed press. "We had to put some key players on the bench. A lot of teams would have hung their heads. We ended it with a lot of pride right there. It was our girls' intensity."
Trumbull led by 8-4 after the first quarter, then Warde came on. The Mustangs opened a 24-16 lead entering the second half -- off a 20-8 scoring advantage in the second quarter -- and were up by 36-24 after three quarters.
"I thought we were a step quicker in the fourth quarter," Tobitsch said. "In the first, second and third quarters, Warde definitely had a step on us. I thought we dug ourselves a little bit of a hole."
Markovic led Warde with 11 points and freshman Iliana Krasniqi, a force off the backboards, added 10 points. Kalisse Eldridge, who sparked Trumbull's fourth-quarter rally, and Joyce Woolen each scored nine points to lead the Eagles, and Amanda Pfohl, with two 3-pointers, added eight.
Warde lost at Trumbull 60-47 on Feb. 17 and Mustangs' coach Dave Danko reminded his players about the lessons from that defeat in a physical game.
"We didn't let them get into their patterns," Danko said. "We disrupted their patterns with different looks with different players. (In the fourth quarter) we missed some open looks and let them back into the game. We had to make adjustments, and our girls accepted the challenge.
"I kept emphasizing that we cannot let that happen in our gym," Danko said of Trumbull's advantage in the physical play from the regular-season game.
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Class LL first round
Rachel Carron 2 0-0 5 Joyce Woolen 2 5-7 9 Danielle McGillicuddy 1 1-2 3 Kristina Vetter 0 0-0 0 Amanda Pfohl 3 0-0 8 Victoria Ray 0 0-0 0 Kalisse Eldridge 3 3-4 9 Claudia Tucci 0 0-2 0 Taylor Brown 1 0-0 3. Totals: 12 9-15 37.
Lejla Markovic 2 5-7 11 Carley Strachan 0 0-0 0 Michelle Treglia 0 0-0 0 Kaitlin McKenna 1 0-2 2 Iliana Krasniqi 4 2-2 10 Tiara Fountain 2 0-0 4 Kenzie Burns 1 0-0 3 Sarah Cotto 3 1-1 8. Totals: 14 9-18 41.
3-pointers: T--Amanda Pfohl 2, Rachel Carron, Taylor Brown; FW--Lejla Markovic 2, Burns, Cotto. Fouled out: T--Joyce Woolen.


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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Chapter Sixteen – It's all coming back to me now
When I declined Goldenboy's dinner invitation last week, I wondered how he would react to it – whether he would be turned on or off by the 'good girl' façade. Incidentally, he seems to be turned on by it, sending me messages almost every day and inviting me out every other day. I can't help wondering if he's just enjoying the thrill of the chase though. I've heard the rumours about Arab guys – you know, about the way they fall in love at the drop of the hat and fall out of it just as quickly. How they will profess their love for you with such intense eloquence that you are left feeling as if you've had the wind knocked out of you. And how they will drop you like a hot potato the moment you become another notch on the bed post. I hope that Goldenboy isn't the same as the stereotypical Arab guy. But then at the same time, I hope he is. Because his presence in my life is making me too excited, too nervous… and too scared.
I'm not so naïve as to claim that this is the first time I've felt this way, that this is the first time a cute, kind and funny bloke has had this profound effect on me. I have. And it took me to the highest cloud and then dragged me down to hell and back.
I've tried hard to forget Jayden. To forget his hearty laugh, his deep brown eyes, his ability to make the worst situation seem okay. I've tried to forget the way we first met, when he smiled at me from across the university library. Not pervily mind you, but because I had just tripped over the shoelaces on my silver adidas trainers. I had clutched onto the nearest bookcase in support and knocked over a potted plant that was resting there. Who keeps potted plants on library shelves anyway? The plant flew through the air and smashed headfirst onto the carpet, bits of soil flying in all directions. I stared at it, horrified, and then tentatively looked up to see if anyone had noticed the goings on in the west corner. No one had – except this boy – who flashed a bright smile at me, revealing a single, lonely dimple on his right cheek as he did. Turning tomato, I crouched down and unsuccessfully tried to shove the soil back into the brown plastic pot, bits of it getting stuck in my chewed-on nails.
Only I would display my lack of coordination to the fittest guy in the entire library, and render myself a complete and utter klutz in his eyes.
I'm used to making a spectacle of myself though. The library incident was almost as bad as the time I went on Tidal Wave at Thorpe Park. In a white top and white linen trousers. Tidal Wave, in case you didn't know, is a ride at my favourite theme park that basically drenches you from head to foot. Completely forgetting that I was wearing white, I happily queued up for an hour and it was only when I got off, water dripping from me, and when all the guys laughed their heads off, I realised what I had done. Struggling in my (already tight) linen trousers that had shrunk a size because of the water, I waddled over to the bathroom, my arms folded across my chest in an attempt to hide the pink bra that was showing through the wet cloth. I then spent half an hour under the hand dryer, desperately trying to make my clothes opaque again. And who should walk into the very same restroom at that moment? My old mosque teacher. Horrified, she stared at her ex-student in a wet, transparent white outfit clinging to her curves and no hijab in sight. I muttered a quick 'salaam' and looked away in shame, cursing my bad luck.
That afternoon in the library, I ignored the fit guy's piercing stare and continued stuffing the soil back into the pot. I also attempted straightening out the bent leaves, feeling sorry for the poor plant I had almost destroyed.
"Need some help?" A pair of white Nikes stopped in front of me, and I looked up, past the loose jeans, the grey hoody with the zip undone, past the smooth mocha coloured neck and finally to that beautiful dimple. My stomach did a somersault.
"Um, n-no thanks, I think I've got it covered," I stammered, picking up the pot and shoving it back onto the shelf.
"Alright," he shrugged, about to turn away. "But do up your laces before you buckle again. Oh, and nice trainers."
I watched him swagger away, enthralled by the way his jeans hung perfectly on his hips, amazed by his confidence and furious with myself for not replying with something remotely witty or interesting. And what was up with that stammer? I'd never stammered in my life. But of course the one time I did, it had to be in front of a gorgeous black guy with trendy clothes and a swagger that would put Jay-Z to shame.
I became an ardent library goer. Every day, between lectures, I'd visit the bright, airy room with its shelves laden with heavy text books (and plants of course), its desks occupied by enthusiastic students, and sit in the same place as the Plant Debaucle, pretending to study. I actually ended up learning quite a lot during this time, with nothing but my books and my fantasies to occupy me. Every evening though, I'd shuffle home feeling disappointed. But when morning came, I'd wake up hopeful, and without any coaxing from my mother (who usually had to stomp up to my room and yank off the duvet to force me out of my slumber), I'd leap out of bed and get ready with nervous excitement.
When I was just about to give up on the library altogether and go back to my usual dossing ways, he reappeared.
"Knock over any plants lately?" he said, as I sat slumped in my chair, reading 'Anna Karenina' for my literature class and drawing hearts on the pages.
"No," I replied, slamming the book shut. My heart thudding, I waited a moment to compose myself (and appear nonplussed in the process) before I looked up at him and raised an eyebrow as nonchalantly as I could. "Offered to help any damsels in distress lately?"
"Course," he replied, grinning and showing off his dimple once again. "Some girl dropped her food in the cafeteria yesterday and I offered to eat it off the floor."
"That's disgusting!" I exclaimed, horrified. He started laughing, his laugh so infectious that I couldn't help but join him. It wasn't particularly funny, but the proximity to his smooth voice, his long limbs and the fresh fragrance of Davidoff's Cool Water, made me dizzy with hormones, and I just couldn't stop laughing.
"If you two can't stop your hysterics than I suggest you leave the library," the librarian hissed at us from the counter, not bothered to walk up to us to spare us the embarrassment. Still giggling, I gathered up my books and followed him out to the lawn outside, ignoring the dirty looks the more serious students were giving us. Placing his things under a tree, he gestured for me to sit beside him, so I did, and we 'studied' together for the rest of the afternoon. By this I mean I pretended to read Anna whilst imagining different scenarios of him ravishing me on the grass in my mind. And him? He took out an Economics book and actually did some work.
Thus was the beginning of a friendship infused with passion, laughter and the underlying sense of something brewing deep within.
* * *
As I lie in bed on Saturday morning, I try to tell myself that my relationship with Goldenboy is nothing like my relationship with Jayden. That I'm not the same Sugar I was back in London. That if we happen to fall in love, I will never make the same mistakes I made the first time – but I won't even get that far. Because I won't fall in love.
What are we doing today?
The message alert startles me, and I look down at my phone and smile at his using 'we' even though we're not an 'us'. I have already seen Goldenboy twice this week. A few days after the cinema day, we went for shisha in Momo's which restored my ill-feelings towards it after I went there with Nadia. We were talking about work and other mindless things whilst sharing a double apple shisha and I wondered how much his salary was. Don't get me wrong – I wasn't trying to suss out his eligibility as a husband. I'm just really curious about pay discrepancies in Dubai. I can't believe that people get paid according to their nationality – not because they have more experience or have earned that salary. Unless you count a maroon passport as really hard work, that is. This 'hard work' will often get you a hefty tax-free salary, accommodation allowance, school fees allowance, medical insurance, business class flights home and all other necessities that your salary won't have to pay for. A man with less experience (i.e. a different passport) will probably get paid a quarter of an EU member/American. He may also be given oars to row himself home with on a banana boat every year. If he's lucky.
I didn't realise that I had actually voiced my thoughts out loud until he looked at me strangely.
"What?" I asked, puzzled by the surprised look on his face.
"Well, salaries are quite personal things," he said, raising his eyebrows. "Are you trying to find out if I'm a good catch?"
"No!" I exclaimed, taking a long puff of shisha in a lame attempt to give him something other than my eyes to look at. Whenever I look into his eyes, I feel a jolt of electricity and every time I feel it sizzle through my body, I am reminded of how un-platonic my feelings towards him are.
He told me though and I kicked myself for asking him when I learnt that he earned less than me. Despite being older with more experience. He then asked me how much I earned and I was torn between telling him the truth (a few thousand D's more than him) and lying (to make him feel better). We already had an awkward conversation when he found out I didn't have to re-take my driving test in order to get a UAE license, rather I just had to submit the relevant UK documents and wait in a few queues. Not like him. He had to invest hundreds of D's in lessons and tests, despite driving for many more years than me back in Syria and being experienced in driving on the right-hand side of the road.
"You Brits get away with everything over here," he had said, half jokingly. I was a bit unnerved by the twinge of annoyance in his voice, unsure of what to say. Should I apologise for being British? Should I feel guilty about having certain things made easier for me?
"It's not because I'm British, it's because it's really difficult to get a driver's license in the UK so they know we've already been thoroughly trained." I argued defensively.
"Not like me, you mean?" he answered quietly.
"No, I didn't mean that," I began, but he looked away and I wondered if the differences between our passports in the UAE would be a constant source of bitterness on his part and guilt on mine.
After that, I tried to avoid sour subjects, so when we went for shisha the second time, I kept the conversation light.
We went to Elements, an arty restaurant at Wafi City, which is a mall beautifully modeled on Ancient Egypt. I'd never been to Wafi before, and I was amazed by the colorful glass pyramids and the intricacy of the Khan Murjaan souk, with its huge stained glass ceiling engraved with Arabic calligraphy and the scent of bakhoor tickling my nose. The gorgeous open air restaurant hidden within the souk was exactly like the old houses in the ancient backstreets of Damascus. As the Khan Murjan restaurant was a little too noisy, with the live band playing old Fairouz and Um Kulthoum songs, we opted for Elements instead. We sat down on the low, mattress-like seats in the corner of the room and I resisted the urge to sit next to him and snuggle up.
He was sitting close enough to me for me to inhale his fresh, clean scent though. He smelt like soap, detergent and a bit of musk all rolled in one, and the combination was intoxicating. As we waited for our mint and grape shisha to arrive, we looked at the brightly coloured oil paintings adorning the walls.
"See that red one? Technically it's incorrect as the shadows should be on the other side," he explained, citing his Professor at the Fine Arts college, University of Damascus. "Look, let me show you. Do you have a pen or paper?"
I pulled out my diary and handed it to him, along with a pen, and he opened a blank page and began drawing on it. While he was sketching, he explained the way light and dark colours should appear on a canvas, the rules about placing objects on different parts and other complicated rules that I wasn't particularly interested in. I was more interested in the way his strong fingers were gripping the pen, the way his hand moved over the page so fluidly, the way his eyebrows came together in concentration.
Oh man, I thought to myself, as the true depth of my lust became apparent to me. I couldn't even watch him draw a box without feeling like my knees would buckle. How could I possibly stay friends with him? How could I continue justifying our friendship with the plea of loneliness?
That evening, I drove home feeling depressed, the absence of his presence making my loneliness in Dubai all the more apparent.
When Jayden and I became friends, I didn't feel so confused. I was different then; more carefree, more adventurous, more open to new experiences. My parents aren't strict Muslims (my mum doesn't even observe hijab) but they're strict Indians. At times, they think they're still in Gujarat not Stamford Hill, with the way they go on about the community, their honour. When I'd come home late (by late, I mean 11pm), my mum would be waiting by the door of our five-bedroom terraced house, hissing, "What would people think if they saw you coming home in the middle of the night? Jaldi, go to your room before your father realises you're not home!"
Despite my parents' steadfast, un-budging traditions, I somehow managed to find ways to do what I wanted. I'd pretend to be staying over at a friend's house, revising, when really I'd go out clubbing. I'd leave our house in baggy trackies and hoodies and then remove the hoody when I turned the corner to reveal tight t-shirts or sleeveless tops underneath. I'd even pretend to fast in Ramadan – waking up before the crack of dawn and feasting on a heavy sehri and then would indulge in a sarnie on my way to college or uni. I clubbed, I partied, I had boyfriends, I ate haraam food and I wore revealing clothes – just like everyone else I knew.
I knew that if my dad ever caught sight of me with a boy, I'd get beats. Not serious enough to inflict deep injuries, but enough to teach me a lesson or ten. I didn't resent him for it – he rarely hit me – but when he did, I'd accept it unquestioningly. It was a normal part of my, and all my Asian friends', upbringing. If my dad ever found out that I was in love with someone though, I didn't know how he would react. Maybe he would send me on the next Air India flight back home like my Uncle Yusuf did to my cousin Sumaiya, or maybe he would throw me out the house like my Uncle Khalid did with my cousin Atia. Either way, the result wouldn't be pretty. But for some reason, I just wasn't scared. I thought I was invincible.
My dad's wrath didn't stop me from befriending boys though, all it did was make me more careful. All my cousins (I have a million) are around the same age so we'd hang out together, and we were all friends with guys. There were no secrets between us because there was no reason to hide anything. There was one unspoken rule though, that none of us would dare to even consider breaking. We could be friends with Asian guys as much as we liked – Punjabis, Bengalis, Pakistanis – but we never, ever became mates with white boys. Or even worse, black ones. There was no future with either race – no prospect of marriage (without being outcasted), and therefore, all liaisons with them would appear slutty or promiscuous.
And no girl in my family was a slut.
That's why, when Jayden and I starting hanging out in the library together, I never told any of my cousins. I couldn't. Anyway, we were only studying together, I reassured myself. There was nothing wrong with that. Plus none of my cousins went to my university, so the chances of them seeing us together were slim. But of course, the world is small and North London is even smaller. It was naïve of me to think anything else.
My memory suddenly takes me from the beginning to the ending. And when I think of the ending, a shudder runs through my body. I remember the look on my cousin's face when I confided my secret to her. I remember my brother clutching a fistful of my hair and pushing me against the wall. I remember him storming out of the house, calling all the 'boys' in the process. I remember my dad turning his face away in grief, my mother's tears. And I remember the police sirens in the distance. The clink of the handcuffs in darkness of the night.
My palms begin to sweat. I can't do it again.
The phone rings and I jump, forced out of my thoughts. It is Goldenboy, and I don't know whether to answer or reject the call. I'm too lost in the past, too absorbed in my memories to force a smile and act as if everything is okay.
9 comments:
great work again! Thanks for the new chapter :) verrrrrrrrry interesting indeed ..and u've left us now hanging wondering what will huda and Sugar do now..!
- July 28, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Oooh, Sugar has caught my interest! I can't wait to know more about her past.
- July 28, 2009 at 6:16 PM
- Danya A. said...
I wanted to click the interesting thing 23423987 times.
Damn you for being such a good writer and knowing just how much suspense to include.
But then again I wouldn't be here if you weren't, would I?
Your next chapter'd better come faaaast.
- July 29, 2009 at 1:20 AM
- Mona said...
- July 30, 2009 at 2:11 AM
I reckon the ghost writer is more closer to Sugar than any of her other characters. She's a London-born Muslim with a flair for writing and is a TEFEL instructor.
- December 6, 2009 at 9:22 PM
- Ghost Writer said...
Um, excuse me, but I am SO not something as creatively stifling as a TEFL instructor thank you very much.
- December 7, 2009 at 8:22 AM
- DesertRose said...
i wonder what happened to sugar then...!
this story is like sex and the city and gossip girl rolled into one....but something we can totally relate to!
- January 17, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- M O Z A said...
cant stop reading
- April 2, 2010 at 4:16 PM
This is so addictive! I definitely concur with the theory that Ghost Writer is more akin to Sugar than any other character...
Will your book bear your real name?
- July 6, 2011 at 1:29 PM


text:
Nan kalen apo Dios (Nan fiarú ay turag)
Γλώσσα: Eastern Bontok
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The New Testament
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