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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Hannan Cousins
Palermo, Maine - early 1940s
(l-r) Marilyn Hannan, Edwina Hannan, Amy McKenney, Faylene Hannan, Gloria Hannan, Gordon Hannan, George "Junior" McKenney, Dolly Jago, Irving Hannan
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Cute picture! I love how they are standing going down the hill, shortest to tallest! What a great idea for a pose.ReplyDelete
What an adorable picture. I've got a similar picture with my paternal cousins with the exception that we were adults at the time.ReplyDelete
Cousin line-ups are always such fun... especially years later. Thank you for sharing!!ReplyDelete
Keep these ancestor stories coming!
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Author of "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories"
I, too, think it's fun that the cousins have lined up on the hill. It makes the tallest look shorter, or the shortest look taller. Do you know the ages of the cousins? Great photo. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Nancy from My Ancestors and Me at www.nancysfamilyhistoryblog.blogspot.com
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The mystery vegetable kept me wondering all the way home, where I spent some time searching different cooking and gardening websites to no avail. I grabbed my leftover container and gulped a few more spoonfuls of cold soup, frustrated. In a moment of annoyance I typed "weird spongy vegetable" into a search engine. Voila! The mystery vegetable popped up, picture and all, from the blog of a fellow foodie who had also been confounded by it. (The veggie is called bac ha and is the edible stalk of a plant in the same family as the taro.) It ain't always easy being a foodie. But it's worth it when you find the right soup.
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Time to take a look back at Anno 2006, at least from the coding perspective. This year I learnt Haskell, in fact I started around January or so to seriously meddle with it. I had already looked at it priorly, and had been a resident of #haskell for quite a bit even though I mostly used O'Caml. During the second part of the year, I switched towards scheme, a language I had only used twice before. Once during my freshman year of university in an introductory PL course that every engineering student has to take (no I am not CS). Sadly, that course has now switched over to Java in which it is less obvious to show different semantical models (imperative, functional, message passing OO…). The second time I had used it was when I had quickly studied it in 2003 to use it for the ICFP contest. In part it was reading the "Reasoned Schemer" that led me back to this small but pretty language. I admit that I have not used it in any major projects but I find it is very to easily used to explore different semantical models without building a lot of frameworks (some of which I've built too often during the course of this year, you know the routine, lexer, parser, typechecker, etc and in the end you have little time to actually experiment with the language features or do anything useful).
So what about 2007, what language should I study now. I leave it to my probably non-existent readers to suggest. Perhaps it is time to stop thinking about coding and start to actually code some useful projects, something I'm always short of. That and of course finish my PhD which is to become a major priority. But I do think that after applying one of my new year's resolutions, that of better time management, I will have some time to actually do some coding, or possibly learn a new language. Suggestions are welcome .
Anyways, for any of you out there that might be reading this, since tomorrow I will be on an airplane, I wish you an early happy new year. Cheers


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I have several uncles who served in WWII - one as a tailgunner over Germany. I understand that he was very lucky to have made it home.
They did not talk about their time in the service much.
I myself have not served in the armed forces.
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My maternal grandpa's 90st birthday would've been today had he still been alive. He died in 1975, of a massive stroke--age 55.
He served in the army 6 and 1/2 years--He enlisted in 1939 and as we weren't in a war in '39 was sent to Panama to guard the Panama Canal, where he contracted Malaria (which would haunt him the rest of his life); in '43, he was sent to Europe and reached the rank of Staff Sgt, winning a Bronze Star (with V Device) amongst other honors and medals. He served throughout the entire European theater, before he was shot by a sniper in Luxembourg, witnessing the deaths of friends and other tragedies and horrors in the meantime. The bullet caused a compound fracture, and while doctor insisted they amputate the leg, he told the doctor, rifle raised, that he would die if he attempted to take his leg. However, it proved to be the wrong decision--
He spent over a year in and out of the hospital, getting surgery after surgery, and for the first time experiencing during the course of the surgeries both phlebitis (which would also haunt the rest of his days), and hypertension, for which he spent the rest of his life on heavy duty medication. After leaving the army, he worked hard--a blue collar man, a Postal Worker for over a decade; a taxi driver, a chauffer, a Security Guard at the '64 World's Fair, amongst numerous other side jobs--My grandmother tells me there was never a day he went without pain in the leg, even when walking, yet he still managed to get to work every morning. He was a proud member of the American Legion and was licensed to carry a concealed weapon so likely a strong second amendment rights supporter, though he wanted none of his children, especially his daughters, joining the military.
Throughout the course of his life, he never spoke more than perhaps 5 sentences about his military service to anyone, not even to my grandmother, his wife of twenty years. He kept whatever memories, stories or pain incurred while in the service inside and shared them sparingly, to a select few on a select few occasions.
He later, besides the malaria, hypertension and leg wound, developed gout in his 30s--all of these combined greatly impeded his ability to exercise and he went from being a tall, skinny, lithe man to overweight. He often, throughout his 30s and 40s according to my grandmother, would suffer bouts of phlebitis and malaria--The doctor would have to come to the house and treat him; She said he would have fevers reaching 105 degrees and many times she thought he would die. My mother can recall as a little girl watching her father shake and shiver with the chills of Malaria--Yet through all of this he continued to work hard, having always two jobs, supporting his family. Even after my grandparents' separated, he supported his family by sending a weekly child support check--He gave what he could on his wages as a blue collar man.
His final years were sad ones. He suffered a massive stroke brought about from the clots in the leg in 1973; the stroke was so intense to even have caused him to present to the hospital with hemiplegia and in the next few days to experience seizures and slipped into a coma for a few days; it was thought he would die then, and he had to relearn how to walk and talk. The morning he had the stroke, he didn't panic--He knew what was happening and instead of panicking, he calmly took a shower, shaved, combed his hair, dressed himself and called a cab to take himself to the hospital. His belief on death was, and I quote:
"When the man upstairs calls you, there could be a dozen of the world's best doctors around you--but when it's your time to go, it's your time to go."
He recovered completely and just 3 months after suffering the stroke he was up playing ball in upstate NY with his brothers. However his girlfriend whom he he had lived with for years after he and my grandmother separated, abandoned him after he had the stroke and he had no place to live, and my grandmother out of sympathy (who was already dating and living with another man, my step-grandpa) took pity on him and allowed him to move back into their former marital home. He dreaded being around her and living there, fell a deep and intense depression, but even through this he still did what he could to help--when my mother and aunt would go to school, he would on his own babysit my toddler sisters and infant cousin, who were wily children--this after having a massive stroke.
The very next year in 1974, he suffered a bout of pleurisy and spent two weeks in the hospital. Ironically, my step-grandfather, his former wife's boyfriend, was the one to take him to the hospital. Despite the stroke and hospitalization with pleurisy, my grandpa was still active--He would walk daily to get his breakfast out at a local diner, liked his eggs lose and scrambled, and would then often head to OTB or walk to the pay phone to place bets. He walked, even with a big piece of his leg missing, without a limp or cane; but that was the extent of his exercise and he would retire to bed early.
The next year, in early 1975, my grandfather met tragedy again when his older brother, whom he had been close with, suddenly died, which deepened his already existing depression. My grandfather himself finally succumbed to a second massive stroke in the Fall of 1975, and even up to the week he died, while suffering from headaches and dizziness (probably knowing they were warning signs of a stroke) he insisted on babysitting his grandchildren. Three days before he died, he had reported confusion and numbness in the right side of his face and hands, but didn't go to the doctor--he stayed home and watched his grandchildren. While alert and lucid, he died suddenly shortly after arriving at the VA Hospital.
He died with his hair intact and still black, with his family sitting by his side, and still with a sense of pride--A death though greatly and sadly premature had at least a semblance of dignity.
So R.I.P to a Veteran, a servant of this nation and a great man. A man I wish I was alive to have known in the flesh instead of just through stories and photos.
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That was very interesting CTM!
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My dad served from 1976-1978.
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My Dad 1967. Golden Knights Army Parachute Team. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for skydiving in international competition against the Soviets. He set and retired a worlds record. He then went to Officer Candidate School (OCS) and flight school shortly afterwards. I'm sure he's the only guy who ever showed up on day one of flight school with a DFC.
Oh and...I'm retired from the Army too.At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that news is not something that happens to other people. ~ Robert Heinlein
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Mine are over on my family page. Some pics, and a list of veterans at the bottom.
Four boxes keep us free: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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Dad entered Army as a 17 y.o. His first duty station was Korea in 1952. He served that year in korea and eventually retired in 1974 after three tours in Vietnam. I joined in 1986 and still serve. tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan. Korea also but not in combat.Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:
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Had a cousin that was drafted and did one tour in Vietnam.
My great uncle served on a destroyer that had just left Pearl Harbor
about 4 days before the attack in WWII.
Had another uncle that also served in the Navy during WWII, don't
know too much about what he did.
I have a cousin currently serving on the USS Hawaii.
I have another cousin currently serving on the USS La Jolla.
Have an uncle who served 4 years during peacetime.
My ex-father-in-law was a career Marine who was a Drill Instructor when
the old black & white movie "DI" (Jack Webb) was filmed. He marches a
platoon across the screen during the opening credits. Then he went on to
serve in Vietnam, where he was an EOD guy.
An ex-husband that was a Marine.
My son is currently serving in the USMC.
my late dad in WW2. right after boot. he was 17 and my late grandfather signed the papers for him to enlist.
my late Uncle also served as well. he flew black cats and killed Uboats.
my mother worked in a war plant. she helped buid the B-25 Mitchell bomber
an aunt also worked in a war plant. she helped build the P-47 Thunderbolt engine.
my late grandfater loaded bullets at the lake city arsnel
I served 4 years in the USN during namIncrease the peace
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Trane Poland Provides Site Evaluation, Installation Expertise for Marriott Warsaw Hotel
As businesses in other nations seek to improve the building infrastructure of their prime tourist and financial centers, expertise from U.S. manufacturers has proven to be an invaluable source of expertise.
The Trane Poland team's collaboration with the LIM Center/Warsaw Marriott Hotel teams is an excellent example of this trend. The hotel is connected to a major business center, and shines as a gem in the Marriott hotel chain. It's become much greener, more comfortable, and 30% more energy efficient, thanks to the completed infrastructure improvements provided by Trane Poland. In addition to the energy savings, there is lower operating noise levels and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Trane Poland's improvements to the hotel included a customized, turnkey upgrade of the building's HVAC system. In the plant, new chilled water systems with energy saving features — such as variable frequency drives, chiller plant management systems and "free cooling" towers — were installed. Together with maintenance agreements to ensure ongoing performance, the improvements increased energy and operating efficiency, improved guest and tenant comfort, and ensured higher system reliability.
Trane reports the new systems are also enhancing the stability of operating conditions, providing continuous ice water flow feeding the air conditioning end-units, which brings stability to the indoor environment.
Energy Issues Discovered. Prior to the infrastructure improvements, the LIM Center/Warsaw Marriott Hotel building was facing rising energy costs and system reliability issues. The energy consumption of the old systems was extremely high, and any failures would affect the comfort of hotel guests and office tenants.
The infrastructure posed challenges to combining perfect indoor air quality (IAQ) and comfort conditions required by guests and tenants, while being energy efficient and environmentally responsible at the same time.
The plant's chilled water system was reorganized, and work commenced in late December. The team was operating on a very tight deadline, with three months to complete the project.
Improvements included:
- four Trane CVGF centrifugal chillers
- a Trane Tracer Summit™ chiller plant management system variable frequency drives on chilled water system pumps
- primary constant flow chilled water pump station and
- variable flow secondary loop pump station and variable condenser water flow pump station
- power supply and manual climate control retrofit
- air handling units chilled water reconfiguration
- Baltimore AirCool cooling tower.
The efficiency of the new system allowed reducing the total chiller count from five to four, while ensuring full operational security.
Pawel Markiton, general manager for Trane Poland, was involved in developing the Marriott project, discussing objectives with the customer, explaining Trane's service presence, and supervising project fulfillment.
"Based on our extensive experience and knowledge of providing innovative HVAC systems and services, we understood what was needed to help the Marriott reach it energy and operational efficiency goals, "Markiton says. Markiton's team removed five, 550-ton centrifugal chillers that were running on R12 refrigerant.
In addition to wrestling the old system out of the 20-story, occupied hotel, the team had to ensure there was never a total shutdown of air conditioning and heating for hotel guests. Therefore, system removal was triaged, so the best system was running at all times, until it was also removed and the new chiller installed.
LIM Center/Marriott was provided with comprehensive maintenance and service plan to avoid unplanned and unexpected breakdowns and additional costs.
"Trane works to understand customer business needs. The idea was not to just upgrade the actual chilled water systems, but to understand how the customer's future needs would affect the design of the retrofit," adds Luc Onockx, Trane business leader for turnkey energy solutions.
"We had several meetings with stakeholders to clearly understand the actual challenges and define future requirements, prior to mapping out a solution that solved problems and delivered energy and operational costs savings. Every solution we put forward is unique, because it addresses each customers' unique business needs," Onockx says.
A video describing the installation can be found on YouTube, at http://bit.ly/tranewarsawhotel
Uponor Gives Students a Day of Radiant, Plumbing Training
Engineering students in Minnesota are much more informed about radiant systems, thanks to recent efforts by Uponor.
More than 60 pre-engineering students from Henry Sibley High School, Mendota Heights, MN, visited the Uponor North American headquarters in Apple Valley, MN recently, to learn about new innovations in radiant heating and cooling, plumbing and fire sprinkler systems, using crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) tubing.
The students' visit was in conjunction with a push to encourage more science and technology education in Minnesota schools. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) who visited Uponor in January to promote business innovation, also spoke in an online column about the importance of technical schools and the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) network in Minnesota.
In other news, Uponor has named Bill Gray president of Uponor North America, effective Feb. 15, 2012. He is also a member of the Uponor Group executive committee.
Gray served as the vice president for UNA Sales since June 2011, where he was responsible for the leadership of all Uponor North American sales efforts in the U.S. and Canada.
Nordyne iQ Drive Featured on 'Designing Spaces' Program
Heating and cooling manufacturer Nordyne is starring in episodes of "Designing Spaces." The company's iQ Drive air conditioner and heat pump are being featured in the show's "Think Green" segment due the industry-leading energy efficiency.
The iQ Drive segments aired on Lifetime Television on Thursday, March 1, and Friday, April 6. The segments can be viewed online, at YouTube.com/NORDYNEU.
iQ Drive air conditioners are rated at up to 24.5 SEER. The iQ Drive heat pump is rated at up to 22 SEER. The technology uses inverters to vary the running speed from 40%to 118%of capacity.
Contractors and distributors interested in learning more can view the show's website, at designingspaces.tv, or the iQ Drive website: iQDrive.net.
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HTS/DXS to Improve Comfort at Hilton Garden Inn; Will Install Daikin-McQuay Products
A recent collaboration between a manufacturers' representative, engineering firm, and HVAC contractor is on its way to bringing improved energy efficiency to the Hilton Garden Inn in Northwest Houston, TX.
HTS Texas —one of the largest independent commercial HVAC manufacturers' representatives in North America and Direct Expansion Solutions (DXS) — a division of HTS Engineering Ltd. that specializes in variable refrigerant volume (VRV) implementation and design — are leading the project. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED project is being conducted with project partners, Mitchell Carlson Stone, Inc., TGK + Associates, EBCO General Contractor, LTD, and HVAC contractor Comfort Systems, USA.
Johnson Controls Boot Camp Provides Sales, Marketing Tools
Johnson Controls hosted 24 York territory managers during its Basic Boot Camp, held at the company's facility in Norman, OK.
Blair Whaley, United Products Distributors, Salisbury, MD, earned the highest combined quiz and final exam scores among the managers who attended the boot camp and received a $500 Best Buy gift certificate.
The Basic Boot Camp is the first in a series of workshops designed to provide York territory managers with valuable resources to assist dealers to become successful business owners. The entry-level program covers a variety of topics, including consultative selling, marketing, and York's Liberties program, which provides advertising and marketing materials and online e-business tools for dealers.
The classroom-style boot camp included a presentation by Gary Elekes, a professional business trainer and faculty member with Johnson Controls Unitary Products' Business Training University.
"We strive to train our territory managers to become the most talented, dedicated and successful sales force in the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning business," says Natalie DeRousse, senior sales training manager for Johnson Controls Unitary Products.yorkhvacdealer.com
ClimateMaster Added to Builder Group's Product Lineup
ClimateMaster and HomeSphere Inc. have entered into a joint agreement to offer ClimateMaster Geothermal Heat Pump Systems to HomeSphere's network of builders using HomeSphere's technology-driven solutions.
ClimateMaster joins more than 75 manufacturing brands currently using HomeSphere's Builder Rebate Management (BRI) lead generation and marketing program to produce new builder leads, strengthen existing business, and grow their market share through increased home builder sales.
"BRI gives ClimateMaster a unique opportunity to reach a much larger builder base," says John Bailey Jr., ClimateMaster senior vice president, sales and marketing.
"This partnership provides us with added sales tools and contacts to supplement our sales efforts in the new residential construction market."
BRI is a unique builder rebate management and building product manufacturer lead generation application serving the residential construction industry. Manufacturers use the BRI service to open sales channels with thousands of home builders and remodeling contractors, gaining inroads to new accounts and building recognition for their products and services. Builders gain product knowledge and manage their cash-producing rebates, helping them to improve their bottom line. climatemaster.com/homesphere.com
Cylinder Recall
Worthington Cylinders has issued a voluntary recall of its MAP-Pro, propylene and MAPP cylinders due to a potential for leakage when a torch or hose is disconnected from the cylinder. There have been no reported injuries or accidents related to this issue. For more information about the voluntary recall, and instructions on how to dispose of or return cylinders for a refund, go to http://www.MAPCylinderRecall.com.
Products affected were sold at various plumbing/HVAC distributors, home improvement, and hardware stores before January 15, 2012. The cylinders are yellow or black, including:
- 14.1 oz MAP-Pro (yellow cylinder)
- 14.1 oz Propylene (black cylinder)
- 16 oz MAPP (yellow cylinder)
- Hand Torch kits containing 14.1 oz MAP-Pro (yellow cylinder).
Other cylinders (blue, red, green) are not affected.


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"Love and Other Drugs"
Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway star in the latest romcom about an unlikely pair of people who initially hate one another and then learn they love one another only to find they can't be together before they decide to spend the rest of their lives together.
We don't waste our time on anything not worth your time. We celebrate the best of what's coming on film and TV. We cheer when our expectations are met and criticize when we're let down.


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The power of flight has only really existed for mankind for roughly the last 100 years, although people have always envied birds and their ability to fly. There is something alluring about soaring through the air. Many of us will never get to fly, and if we do, it will only be as a passenger. However, there are ways to mimic flight. Flight simulator games can let you control a virtual airplane and see how it handles.
There are many kinds of aircraft, so there are lots of different kinds of games. Some of the most popular ones are games centered around the World Wars, which both had a significant amount of aerial combat. You can imagine yourself as a heroic pilot in WWI, trusting your bi-plane hundreds of feet above the air. You will be attempting to outmaneuver opposing planes while simultaneously up your machine gun sights for that crucial shot.
By WWII, planes had evolved a lot more. Navigational tools had improved, and guns and gas tanks were bigger and better. Instead of merely seeking to shoot down opposing aircraft or scout enemy positions, many planes were used as long-range bombers designed to wreak havoc on enemy cities. If you play a game based around a WWII plane, you may have to worry about dodging flak fire, running out of fuel on long missions, hitting your target, and avoiding enemy planes. Some free online flight simulator games will even have campaign modes, where you start out on simple missions and advance to more complex ones as you show you have what it takes to succeed in the air.
Some games are not based around combat, but more on demonstrating skill based around handling a plane. These types of games will reward you for your ability to do barrel rolls, loops, and other difficult maneuvers. Some may give you a course with obstacles to fly around and might add a timer to increase the pressure.
Games can vary on their control and what perspective you see the plane from. The most authentic games strive to recreate the cockpit and present you with information about altitude, fuel, and navigation. Other games will have you controlling a plane, but typically the view is from the side or from the top, instead of inside the cockpit.
Most of the time the controls will be somewhat similar. You normally have the option to speed up, slow down, and to use your wing flaps to change direction. The skill lies in knowing how to combine these movements to direct yourself in the air.
Flying is not as easy as it looks. Luckily, if you want to get some practice in, you have all kinds of free online flight simulator games to try. You can try dog fighting in WWI, important bombing missions in WWII, or simply seeing how well you can handle a plan by executing intricate maneuvers. Go with a classic feel and see things from inside the cockpit, or it makes you more comfortable, control the plane from an outside view.


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- Model:AK06-MM-675-110231
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Triol AK06 Variable Speed Drive (VSD) with 6-pulse input, filtered PWM output, NEMA4 enclosure is designed for controlling and protecting of electric submersible pumping units for crude oil production equipped with electric submersible inductive motors (ESM), permanent magnet motors (PMM) or equivalent, offers enhanced motors performance, reliability and system integration options for electric submersible pumps (ESP's).
Variable Speed Drive for outdoor application is designed to control and protect electrical surface and submersible motors.
Internal design of VSD has modular construction where the main components are electronic panel, rectifier module, inverter module and built in sinewave filter. This type of drive concept allows four-sided access and fast service time.
• Motor switching on/off;
• Electric motor operation in the following modes: manual (without any capability of the ESM automatic reclosing after protection acting); automatic with a capability of the ESM automatic reclosing (AR) and automatic reclosing by a preset time program;
• Current optimization mode when a preset rpm is reached;
• Operation by a preset time program with ESM ON/OFF periods programmed separately;
• Motor speed manual control using UMKA-03 controller and remote control using a supervisory control console;
• Automatic change of the output frequency by a preset time program;
• ESM smooth acceleration and braking with assigned rate;
• Motor reversal;
• Motor automatic switching on with a controlled time delay when supply voltage is applied;
• Automatic keeping a setpoint for some process parameter (pressure, current or else).
• Electric motor starting modes: swinging, impact start (may be used for unjamming submersible unit), soft start with synchronization. Unjamming features the maximum motor torque at low speed;
• Monitoring of the "cable—ESM" system isolation resistance with ESM switching-off if the resistance is decreased below the admissible level;
• Operation when the "cable—ESM" system isolation resistance is decreased with the fast shutdown in case of overload;
• Measurement of the actual parameters of the submersible pumping unit and VSD and their representation on the UMKA-03 display;
• Motor remote control, monitoring of motor parameters, reading and changing of protection setpoints through a telemetering system using RS-485 interface; control through SCADA system using modem or direct connection (external connections compartment);
• Recording of causes of ESM switching-on/off and recording the actual parameters into the integrated non-volatile memory during operation;
• Recording of modified setpoints into the event log with date and time of the setpoint change;
• Possibility of downloading a log file with working history to a USB-flash drive;
• Outdoor light alarm system indicating the pumping unit state (run, wait, stop);
• Control of the motor from a submersible device (gauge) with possibility to install surface panel inside a VSD;
• Overload/underload protections, current imbalance protections, protection against unacceptable supply voltage and DC-link high voltage, against continuous low-frequency operation of VSD, against overheating of power switch cooler, and against operation with telemetering parameters beyond the preset limits, all protections may be adjusted in the field;
• Information of the VSD door opening may be transferred to dispatching station through the TMS;
• Measurement of electric energy consumption;
• Backup power to a control system with possibility to power surface control panel of a DME;
• Monitoring for availability of three phases of the power supply. ESM is tripped or its start is disabled if a phase is unavailable;
• Measuring of the VSD input electric power consumption with build in energy meter (optional).
|Supply Voltage, V
|Motor types
|Power 480V, kVA/Amp
|Input type
|6 pulse
|Current, A
|Supply Fequency 50/60 Hz
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Last November, taxicab driver Joe Ciprian, 50, took a call from his dispatcher to pick up a passenger at UCSD hospital in Hillcrest. "I got there to find the security guard waving me down," wrote Ciprian, who is in the habit of documenting noteworthy incidents he witnesses or experiences while on the job. "This was unusual, but I figured it sure beat illegally parking to find the passenger. The security guard escorted the man…to my cab and put him in the back seat." Ciprian described the passenger as "disheveled" and in his 50s.
"I was told to drive him to Paradise Valley Hospital in National City. I have never been stiffed on a hospital call, so I wasn't worried. Upon arrival…the passenger said we would go in and get a voucher for my payment [about $30]." Vouchers are used by hospitals to pay cabdrivers, usually to bring patients to the hospital but sometimes to take them home or transfer them to other institutions.
But this time, Paradise Valley Hospital refused to pay. "They said the patient was already seen at UCSD," wrote Ciprian, "and that he couldn't hospital jump. I wanted my $30. They told me to go back to UCSD and get it because UCSD is the one who 'patient dumped.'"
The driver figured he'd be better off reasoning with the passenger until Paradise Valley personnel said the man was a "psyche patient." So Ciprian called 911 and "got an earful about the proper calls for 911." But eventually two National City police officers came and "told me right off that this is just like [someone] not paying their rent — a civil matter. I argued that it was more like shoplifting and theft. They said they would write down the man's name and I could sue him in small claims," wrote Ciprian.
Were the police officers shirking their duty? Or unsure of what to do? In 2010, in a post to the website Officer.com, a cop in an unspecified location asked how he should have handled "my first call as a solo officer." He had been called to respond to a case of "skipping out on taxi cab fare." "Fortunately we were able to broker a deal between [the passenger] and a neighbor to get the fare, but I was trying to work out what the charge would have been. I've scoured the code and have not found anything.… The veteran officer who backed me up on the call didn't know either."
The post received a variety of answers, including "theft of services," "breach of trust," "petit larceny," and "defrauding an innkeeper." The California Penal Code describes these crimes but does not specify any of them as including refusal to pay a taxi fare.
I called the National City Police Department to ask how they view such cases. According to spokeswoman Jeannette Silva, it is a misdemeanor to run away from a cab without paying the fare. To my objection that apprehending the culprit would be like finding a needle in a haystack, she replied, "You'd be surprised. We sometimes catch them." However, if offenders stay on-site, said Silva, the only recourse is for the cabdriver to take them to small claims court. Judges can charge them with misdemeanors if they don't show up for the hearing.
No wonder many cabdrivers chalk up failures to pay as part of doing business.
But last November, Joe Ciprian didn't give up. He went back to UCSD hospital. "I was told by the head of security that I was 'played,'" he wrote. "I was also told by two administrators that if they did compensate me then [they would be admitting to] 'patient dumping.' The old catch-22.… When I finally stopped pursuing this matter my meter was at $82."
In early March, I sat in Ciprian's cab listening to his frustrations. He had gone back to UCSD one last time to get their final version of events. Hospital personnel, he told me, "explained that the man who became my passenger that day had signed in at the emergency room window, but while waiting, he began making a ruckus. So they convinced him to sign a release, and that's when he left."
I later called the hospital, and a spokeswoman told me that emergency room records showed the man was not seen as a patient on the day in question.
Ciprian told me that eventually "a very nice lady" at UCSD gave him two $15 gas cards. "But it's what it took out of that day," he said. "It would be an even bigger waste of time if I try to collect money from a psyche patient in small claims court."
Some might question why anyone would make a big deal of such a minor plight. But to Ciprian, who estimates he makes $11,000 a year, $82 comes to almost 39 percent of his weekly profit after gas and a $480 lease to Red Cab.
Ciprian has had worse days. He once lost a $380 fare for driving a pregnant woman to Los Angeles. She wrote him a bad check. Why not ask for the money up front? "If you do that," said Ciprian, "you're telling the people at the start of the relationship that you don't trust them."
Do the police care about the guy "at the bottom of the food chain?" Ciprian wonders. In transit about five years ago, a passenger put a gun to the back of Ciprian's head in a demand for money. To show he meant business, the crook fired once through the roof of the cab. But Ciprian sped up, hitting 60 miles an hour going down Sixth Avenue. When he spotted a cop, he slowed to 20, and the robber rolled out the back door. "Frantically," according to Ciprian, "I tried to report it to the cop. He said, 'Can't you see I'm busy?'"
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The first reaction of cops whenever they can do it is to give you the old "it's a civil matter", and not police business excuse. Keeps them from exerting themselves, but most folks who need the backup from time to time know the right words that get the cops to take action. Guys like this driver are definitely at a severe disadvantage all the time. It's a wonder that anyone will drive a licensed cab.
Their problem is they are not unionized. If they had a union, they would have someone to advocate for them and push for changes in the law that would help with their problems. They are easy to conquer because each of them stands alone.


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Dear DejaOffice,
Your product for Android devices looks exactly like what I need -- what my Palm Treo does, but on a more modern platform. Currently, I successfully synchronize my Treo's calendar & contacts with KDE's PIM suite (Kontact) and it all works well. KDE is a desktop environment that runs on Linux, FreeBSD and even Windows and has a very useful PIM suite that uses industry standard file formats such as ics for calendar component (KOrganizer) and vCard for the addressbook (KAddressBook).
I'd like to sync Deja Office with this suite of software and I think the solution is not so hard!
Is CompanionLink willing to share any details on the DejaOffice synchronization protocol, or consider making your software friendly enough to just support ics & vcard sync (platform independent) via WiFi?
For example, if DejaOffice supported syncing via WiFi and the CompanionLink software in "software independent mode" just gets pointed to the ics and vcard file and handles bidirectional syncing, then DejaOffice could integrate with ANY PIM suite that uses industry standard formats!
I think Linux users might get a bad wrap as not wanting to pay for software. I and numerous others are fully willing to pay for such a solution!
- pdaexpert


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Based on the official Mr. T graphic novel license from Mohawk Media, this is the first in a series of games packed with the trademark over-the-top adrenaline-pumping action of Mr. T. The games feature knuckle-whitening action-adventure, furious brawler combat, gravity-defying platforming, and environmental puzzles.
The first game will see Mr. T take on Nazis and their gigantic machines in the varied universe of South American rain forests, lost ancient cities, industrial complexes and contemporary military installations.
Along with Mr. T and other characters from the graphic novel, the game will feature non other than Will Wright. In this universe, Will Wright is not a top-notch game designer but a top-notch American geneticist who was kidnapped and coerced to work on a diabolic plan. Mr. T and Will Wright will join forces to annihilate the Nazis and their hardware.
One of the most unlikely "heroes" imaginable is set to get his own series of videogames, as we've received word that none other than Mr. T of "The A-Team" fame is to receive digital immortality thanks to publisher and developer ZootFly. A brief statement on the company's website says it all: "ZootFly to Develop a Mr. T Game."
In fact, it's going to be a series of games based on the Mohawk Media Mr. T graphic novel license. The information made available to us frankly beggars belief (in a truly awesome, train-wreck fashion). So err, it looks like Mr. T will be fighting Nazis... Read More »
Also known as: Mr. T, Mister T
Release Region: United States
Release Date: TBA
Publisher: TBA
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: TBA
Publisher: TBA
Also available on: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii
Mr. T: The Videogame at IGN
Mr. T: The Videogame at GameSpy
Mr. T: The Videogame at GameStats


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. (AP) - A crayfish crook is on the prowl at Lake Tahoe.
Nevada Department of Wildlife officials tell the Reno Gazette-Journal they're aware of the thefts, but have no suspects.
Tahoe Lobster Co. founder Fred Jackson acquired a permit and started harvesting crayfish for the first time this summer. Since then, 77 of his traps have disappeared - including 20 stolen in the past week from the waters off Tahoe's east shore.
Jackson estimates losses totaling $8,000.
The crayfish, also called crawdads, are not native to Tahoe, but an estimated 280 million of them now thrive in the lake's waters.
Jackson said demand for crayfish has been picking up with sales to hotel-casinos at Lake Tahoe and in Reno.
But he says the trap thieves are killing his business.


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Nokia Mulls Netbook
Microsoft (MSFT) is prepping a slimmed down version of the forthcoming Windows 7 operating system to work on so-called netbooks. Asustek is mulling a mini-laptop that runs on Google's (GOOG) Android OS. Now, Nokia (NOK) is looking with interest at the netbook market as well.
"…the PC and the mobile will continue to come closer and merge," Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said at a press conference in New Dehli. "A lot of opportunity can be seen in this converged area. We at Nokia is actively looking at this converged market….We are looking at the netbook market to see what kind of opportunity is there."
Likely a decent one for a cellphone maker like Nokia looking to diversify a bit from its core business. The company's Symbian smartphone platform could likely be optimized for the task were Nokia to bring some of its $6 billion R&D budget to bear on it. The OS already has a Microsoft-compatible office suite in MobiSystems OfficeSuite 4, so Nokia's ahead of the game there. Question is: Might the company's efforts be better directed toward developing a credible competitor to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone?


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Cheating Quotes, Sayings about adultery
Love only one girl or boy at a time. Or break up with the person. DO NOT CHEAT!!!!
A mistake is an accident. Cheating and lying are not mistakes, they are intentional choices. Stop hiding behind the word mistake when you get caught!
Don't lie, don't cheat, and don;t make promises you can't keep
Cheating isn't always kissing, touching or flirting. If you gotta delete your text messages so your partner won't see them, you're already there.
I don't understand why people cheat, if you're not happy, just leave.
Cheaters think everyone cheats. Liars think everyone lies. Keep this in mind.
If you cheat on a girl that's willing to do anything for you, you actually cheated yourself out of true loyalty.
Some people treat relationships as a video game…they play them and when they get bored they cheat.
If you leave someone for another person, don't be surprised if that person leaves you for someone else.
You knew damn well what you were doing. You knew damn well who you were breaking.
He's playing you because you're the only one who doesn't know.
– Stephanie Hernandez
All people have feelings, they are not there to be used. If you're not longer interested in someone, they have the right to be informed before you go and cheat or go looking elsewhere.
– Jerry Springer
Some guys will cheat on their girlfriends and sleep like a baby at night but feel guilty when they go to another barber.
Someday you'll miss her like she missed you. Someday you'll need her like she needed you. Someday you'll love her and she won't love you.
– Lamon Jordan
Fraud is the daughter of greed.
– Jonathan Gash
Sleeping alone is better than sharing your bed with someone who shares a bed with someone else when you're not around.
Behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.
– Paulo Coelho
No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
– Henry Ward Beecher
You know you're not sorry if you cheated you're just sorry you got caught.
If you had enough time to cheat, you had enough time to think about it.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
– Pearl Bailey
People don't cheat by chance, they cheat by choice.
Once a cheater always a cheater, they can never be trusted again.
Most people cheat because they're too focused on what they're missing instead of appreciating what they have.
Cheating is easy. Try something hard, like being committed.
If a guy cheats on another girl for you, he's more than likely to cheat on you for somebody else. As they always say, Once a cheater…always a cheater!
A real man ends a relationship before he starts searching for another.
Cheating on a good person is like throwing away a diamond and picking up a rock.
You said you'd always be there for me, but I guess that was just another one of your lies.
Cheating is a choice… Not a mistake. Don't be fooled.


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UBS news
The US government and UBS, supported by the Swiss government, agree to 15-day suspension of John Doe summons litigation
UBS welcomes the announcement that the US and Swiss governments have agreed to negotiations for the purpose of resolving the John Doe summons litigation.
This agreement has resulted in a joint motion by the US government and UBS, with the support of the Swiss government, for a stay of the litigation in Miami for a duration of 15 days in order to achieve a settlement. The parties and the Swiss government will present this motion for the court's approval on Monday morning.


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The Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI survey released this morning was a 3-month high putting a bid into GBP, reaching a high of 1.6020. Full Press Release…Continue Reading →
Spot Gold is currently trading around the $1,205 level today, near its three-week low as the dollar strengthened across the board following the Federal Reserve's decision to end its asset-purchase program known as 'Quantative Easing' last night. Fed officials, who voted on whether to proceed with plans to end the monthly bond-buying or not, dismissed recent turmoil in global financial markets and weak inflation figures, instead focusing on employment gains as they sig…Continue Reading →
The Bank of England released the minutes from the MPC October meeting last week on 22nd October, coming in with a continued 7 - 2 vote on interests rates, and a 9 – 0 vote as expected on Asset Purchases. Ian McCafferty & Martin Weale were again the members that voted against the proposition of leaving interest rates unchanged, sticking by their preference of increasing the Bank Rate by 25 basis points.McCafferty citing that the relatively low level and pace of decline of spar…Continue Reading →
Figures out this morning from the ONS show a massive slowdown in the prices of goods and services purchased by UK consumers in September. The Inflation figure fall from 1.5% in the previous month to 1.2% in this one, along with other economic shakes of recent weeks greatly slackens the pressure on the BoE and more than likely puts the date of an interest rate rise in the UK back even further in the new year. Inflation is now at its lowest mark in five years sitting only a whisker…Continue Reading →
Wednesday 1st October saw European equities moving sideways while the Euro sells off sharply as a result of yet weaker macro data highlighting further growth challenges in the Eurozone, a point the ECB will more than likely address at its meeting tomorrow. European Manufacturing PMI slipped to 50.3 compared to a previous estimate of 50.5 creating worrying signs for the region's Manufacturing Sector as orders appear to be diminishing for the first time since June 2013 leading to m…Continue Reading →
Please find our futures contract expiry dates for October in the table below: If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact us. Regards, Dealing Desk at Abshire-Smith…Continue Reading →
As Thursday, the day of reckoning for Scotland and its possible split from the United Kingdom draws ever closer, the debate reaches fever pitch with political, economic, celebrity and even Royal personnel voicing their views in the hope of swaying public opinion. This week, alone, we have heard from several obscure sources, ranging from the likes of David Beckham, Billy Brag to even the Queen herself who accidentally went against her previous better judgement of keeping quiet on the subject…Continue Reading →
Due to the US public holiday (Labor Day - 1st September) there is an adjustment to trading hours for certain products. Please see the table below for the details: If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact us .…Continue Reading →
EURCHF is currently trading at 1.2063, its lowest level since December 2012 and as we all know the Swiss Franc is currently pegged to the Euro. Following legislation by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) in 2011 this particular currency pair has been trading in a fairly tight range, they have expressed their desire not to allow CHF to strengthen too much against its more influential neighbour thus creating a unique situation of, in effect, placing a price floor of 1.20. In the past 18…Continue Reading →
The Bank of England release the minutes from the MPC August meeting, with a surprise 7 - 2 vote on interests rates, and a 9 - 0 Vote as expected on asset purchases. Ian McCafferty and Martin Weale voted against the proposition of leave interest rates unchanged, preferring to increase Bank Rate by 25 basis points. This is the first time that any of the MPC has dissented from Carney's position of rates being held at 50 bps. GBPUSD Following yesterday's low…Continue Reading →
The UK economy had been showing strong signs of growth and looked as if it was exiting the financial crisis faster than markets had expected. However the timing of the Bank of England's rate rise has become the focal point of traders. Expectations vary by analyst though the median expectation is the first half of 2015, though there had been some belief the BoE might act before the year end. Sunday Times Interview This weekend the Bank of England Governor did an interview wi…Continue Reading →
Bank of England released their quarterly inflation report this morning, with the prepared headlines of increased expectations of growth and employment figures putting a bid into Sterling. However the move was short lived, as details of a rate hike projection before year end almost diminished. GBP weakened on the back of comments made in the press conference, as Carney attempted to talk the pound down. With unemployment dropping rapidly, the focus for the BoE has now moved to wage growt…Continue Reading →
Data released by Markit/CIPS, showed better than expected UK service sector Purchasing Managers Index (PMI). In July Services PMI the figure was better than expected at 59.1, compared to Junes 57.6, with growth picking up pace. Service sector employment growth continued, which should contribute towards better UK ILO Unemployment figures. GBP In the FX markets sterling rallied on the back of the strong figure, with GBPUSD trading to session highs just shy of 1.69. The likeli…Continue Reading →
It is the 1st August and the first Friday of the month, and today the US Bureau of Labor releases their employment figures, Non-Farm Payrolls at 13:30 (London,UK). In the last few trading sessions, the USD has been bid against the majors, following Federal Reserve's announcement of further tapering and policy statement that interest rates are not too far off. This has seen US indices trade lower, and Gold weaken by $20, now trading $1282/oz. Recent data: Initial jobless cla…Continue Reading →
The Markit/CIPS Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), growth continued in July, though missed expectations. The survey released at 9:30am (London), was 55.4 for July, down from 57.2 in June. The number was well above the 50 level (contraction/expansion level), however sterling has been weak in FX markets against the USD in the last few days. GBPUSD In the last quarter, the majority of macro releases were beating expectations, with Sterling trading at a 5-year high on int…Continue Reading →


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Steampunk Altered Bingo Cards
Again, I joined a swap with the challenge to design an elaborately decorated bingo card. I went to the hardware store and purchased various crimp washers that look like gears. I had been gifted steampunk tags and accessories from a previous swap. I found 2 feathers on the floor of Walmart that must have come off a feather duster and I had stamps of feminine faces. And brads that look like flat head and phillips screws. The challenge was to use a minimum of five elements. This is what I came up with. I inked up the bingo cards with a mixture of 3 inks from American Crafts. The netting is from the hair nets that I have to wear at work. I am always looking for ways to repurpose ordinary things for crafts needs.


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Apple Plans to Ship Less-Expensive iPhone to China Mobile
Move Signals a Long-Awaited Deal Is In Place
Apple Inc. is preparing to ship iPhones to China Mobile Ltd., people familiar with the matter say, an arrangement that would significantly increase Apple's distribution in the world's biggest smartphone market.
A deal would cap years of negotiations between the two companies. Apple has tried to hammer out an agreement with China's largest wireless carrier that has 700 million subscribers, seven times the size of the U.S.'s largest carrier Verizon Wireless. Greater China is Apple's third biggest market after the U.S. and Europe...


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Switching from paper to electronic medical records at health clinics led to "modest reductions" in the number of people with diabetes that went to the emergency room or were hospitalized, in a new study.
Researchers looking at before-and-after rates found both ER visits and hospital admissions dropped by between five and six percent once the computerized records were put in place, but that there was no change in the frequency of office visits.
The U.S. government has committed about $30 billion to support the adoption of electronic health records, or EHRs, by doctors and healthcare systems across the country.
"For a long time we've recognized the potential for these systems to affect the way healthcare is delivered, and hoped they would improve the quality of care and make patients healthier," Mary Reed, from the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California, said.
However, there hasn't been much evidence to show whether that's the case, said Reed, who led the new study.
She and her colleagues tracked about 170,000 people with diabetes who were treated at clinics affiliated with the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health system. At staggered dates between 2005 and 2008, each of those clinics transitioned to using electronic medical records.
Taking into account changes in diabetes care over time and differences between patients, the researchers found rates of ER use dropped from 519 visits per 1,000 diabetes patients each year to 490 visits per 1,000 patients after electronic records were put in place.
Likewise, hospitalization rates fell from 252 per 1,000 patients to 239 per 1,000 after the transition.
"We were pleasantly surprised to see these reductions," Reed told Reuters Health.
She said the benefits may stem from improvements in the treatment of various conditions, not just diabetes. For example, past research has shown EHRs allowed doctors to better help patients control their cholesterol.
However, both before and after records were computerized, patients in the study had about six office visits every year, on average. And there was no clear change in how often they had diabetes exacerbations or developed cardiovascular diseases, Reed and her colleagues wrote Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
"We as a country of course are investing very significantly in EHRs," Dr. Rainu Kaushal, director of the Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, said.
"This piece provides some early evidence that that investment is judicious," she told Reuters Health.
However, Kaushal, who wasn't involved in the new research, said computerized records are likely just one part of a larger model - one that emphasizes coordination of care and payment reform, for example - that may affect outcomes.
"An EHR is a critical infrastructural tool to change the way in which healthcare is delivered, but it is one of a set of tools that needs to be employed," she said. "It's when you start getting those pieces together … that you really start finding some significant changes in utilization."
In a research letter published in the same journal, researchers found using an electronic medical record that included automated growth monitoring helped doctors pick up on cases of possible growth disorders among kids.
There were 28 new diagnoses of growth disorders among about 32,000 Finnish children in the year after electronic monitoring was implemented, compared to an average of four annual diagnoses in the preceding years, Dr. Ulla Sankilampi from Kuopio University Hospital and colleagues reported.
SOURCE: bit.ly/MvXYT6 Journal of the American Medical Association, online September 10, 2013.


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Facebook has scooped up another small company, buying Push Pop Press, an iPad book designer.
Push Pop's cofounders say Facebook isn't planning on getting into the digital book business. Instead, Push Pop's "ideas and technology" will be used at Facebook.
We expect to see their work pop up either on Facebook's iPad app, its mobile site, or just on the normal Facebook site.


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Although members of the Undergraduate Resource Efficiency Program might be completely unknown to the incoming freshmen who first see them at study breaks during Opening Days, the REPs are hard at work. Equipped with reusable plastic mugs, smoothies, and stickers, the student activists educate freshmen, playing a small part in a decades-long struggle for sustainability.
Efforts by students and staff over the past 25 years have drastically cut the amount of trash each person at Harvard outputs annually, but administrators and undergraduates alike agree that more can be done.
In 1989, the average person attending or working at Harvard outputted over 770 pounds of trash annually. Despite a population increase of over 30 percent at Harvard and large real estate expansions in intervening years, by 2013 that number was cut by more than half, with yearly trash output per capita falling to 365 pounds.
Yet, while trash tonnage has plummeted and recycling rates have bolstered, the story is not that simple. In the past five years, the average trash per capita has fluctuated in both directions, with the lowest number being posted in 2011. Harvard, it seems, has hit a efficiency barrier tough to move beyond.
With difficulties stemming from organization, implementation, and communication, those striving to push green efforts at Harvard are working to find new methods that can make the University more waste-efficient and inspire students to serve as means to this end.
In the 1980s, Robert M. Gogan Jr. was completing a graduate program at the School of Education when he decided to direct his attention to addressing waste reduction and recycling at Harvard.
"I thought Harvard was doing a lousy job back in 1986," Gogan, who now serves as the associate manager of recycling and waste management for Facilities Maintenance Operations, candidly admitted more than two decades later.
On an otherwise uneventful December day, Gogan spoke about various partnerships and policies that have contributed to reducing trash output.
"Our first goal, of course, is to reduce waste," he said.
While single stream recycling, which Harvard switched to in 2006, made it much easier for students to recycle, according to Gogan, collaboration has also been crucial in reducing waste
He mentioned one such partnership with a company that collected items from the University for use in Haiti, Uganda, and Michigan.
In addition to negotiating zero-waste contracts with distributors, Gogan said partnering with student groups has contributed to the increase in recycling efforts.
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