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|2012-09-19, 11:42
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|2012-09-23, 14:54
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Argentine Model/Actress/Singer Eugenia Suárez Affirms Japanese Heritage with Tattoo
María Eugenia Suárez Riveiro (born March 9, 1992 in Buenos Aires), also known as Eugenia Suárez and China Suárez; is an Argentine actress, singer and model. She is the best known for her role of Jaz Romero in the Cris Morena Group series Casi Ángeles and as a member of its group Teen Angels. Suárez is also known for appearing in television series Rincón de Luz, Floricienta and Amor Mío.
Also known affectionately as "Euge," Eugenia Suárez's maternal grandmother was Japanese - something she frequently mentions in interviews and elsewhere.
They call her "China" or "la China" because it is much shorter than "Japonesa" ("Japanese") - but not "Japo" or "Japi."
Eugenia Suárez models shoes in a video ad for Ricky Sarkany, a famous shoe designer in Argentina:
Eugenia Suárez para Ricky Sarkany [Primavera-Verano 2012]
(Eugenia Suárez for Ricky Sarkany [Spring-Summer 2012])
A couple of YouTube viewers commented that Eugenia Suárez, playing Jazmín ("Jaz") Romero in Casi Ángeles (Almost Angels), looks like a real-life Barbie in this video clip:
La Nueva Jazmin Romero
(The New Jazmin Romero)
Euge certainly has a doll face, doesn't she?
Eugenia Suárez modeling swimsuits and lingerie for Sweet Victorian, a line of lingerie and swimswear in Argentina (I wonder where they find the inspiration for the name?):
Eugenia Suarez [Age 17]
Maria Eugenia Suarez Sweet Victorian 02 [Age 19]
Two of the most popular songs sung by Eugenia Suárez as Jazmín Romero from Casi Ángeles are "Reina gitana" ("Gypsy Queen") and "Te perdí ("I Lost You"):
Jazmin- reina gitana
(Jazmin- Gypsy Queen)
Te perdí - letra
(I Lost You - Lyrics)
Eugenia Suárez affirms her Japanese heritage with one of three tattoos she got when she was eighteen:
Los tatuajes y piercings de Euge
(The Tattoos and Piercings of Euge {Eugenia Suárez})
The tattoo on Euge's waist on her backside is the Japanese kanji, 福 ("fuku"), which means "good fortune" or "happiness."
The tattoo on Euge's lower neck in the back is in English, "Japanese Blood" ("Sangre japonesa"). Euge has Japanese blood because of her Japanese grandmother (abuela japonesa).
As I have shown here and in my earlier post in this thread, The Japanese Diaspora, Part 2, like Eugenia Suárez a number of Nikkeijin, or Japanese emigrants and their descendants - including entertainers and celebrities of mixed heritage - have visibly affirmed their Japanese roots with tattoos, names, etc.: Uruguayan-born Mexican model/actress Bárbara Mori, her older sister Kenya Mori, her younger brother Kintaro Mori, and her father Yuyi (Yuji) Mori all sport a kanji tattoo for their Japanese family name, Mori (森; "Forest"); American ex-supermodel Kimora Lee Simmons gave her younger daughter a Japanese name, Aoki, and her son a Japanese name, Kenzo; American R&B/pop singer/songwriter Jhené Aiko gave her daughter a Japanese first name, Namiko; and American actor Dean Cain AKA Clark Kent/Superman reportedly has a tattoo on his (left) ankle for his real family name, Tanaka (田中, I presume).
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|2012-09-25, 09:16
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Business Attire in Japan?
So, while I was getting dressed this morning, I suddenly became curious about this topic. Although I've traveled to Japan somewhat recently for leisure, I have never been there for business. If anyone that works there or has been there for business for an extended period of time could satisfy my curiosity -- I would be very grateful! My only real encounters with Japanese businessmen are:
1) Watching an avalanche/wall of them on the march at Shinagawa station on a Monday morning while I was wearing yoga wear and half asleep trying to get to a Tsukuji fish market
2) A brief business meeting 3-4 years ago with two older gentlemen representing Itochu, but I was more junior then and sat quite a ways away and didn't really speak to them
So my questions are:
1) How much do good quality suits cost? Good quality wool? Made-to-measure? Bespoke?
2) Do people wear french cuffs? Cufflinks? I don't recall seeing any.
3) How much do cheap suits cost? I notice everyone wears suits there, many of them looked ill-fitted and couldn't have cost that much? The cheapest polyester suits here cost ~US$80-100?
4) I heard there was a push (post-earthquake/tsunami) to have people not wear ties to reduce air conditioning costs? True?
5) Conservative business environments here are almost solely the domain of white/blue shirts, sometimes with stripes .. I don pink on Fridays(!) because of Pink Shirt Fridays(tm) -- what's the practice there?
|2012-09-25, 10:40
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I once got interviewed by a Japanese company (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries). My impression is that business atire is extremely conservative. Generally they don't wear anything fancy that would stand out (like fancy cufflinks, pink shirts). Likewise, it's all short simple hair styles (possibly the only interview I've ever been to that discussed my hair style...). The trends towards flexible work atire that you see in the US and Europe I don't think has really taken hold in Japan. Business-casual is right out.
One interesting difference in Japan is that in factory environments, on the factory floor white collar workers are expected to wear the same blue overalls as line workers(with the overalls worn over the suit shirt and tie, like this). Generally, Japanese companies are quite keen on group solidarity within a company, rather then the executive/manager/worker split you might see in American companies.
If you're sticking out, or the clothes are tight and showing off your body, you won't do well in Japan. I'd say even a gold watch would be frowned upon. Not really the kind of environment for any self expression, at least where clothing is concerned.
|2012-09-25, 11:28
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Like in many other things, the japanese could benefit from a bit more flexibility and individuality and we in America could benefit from a bit more formality and communitarianism.
Aieeee, woman ... wear .... pants!!!!!! So out of line!!!! Modern wildness!!!
(When I was in high school, a woman wearing pants would be immediately sent home as it was "indecent". My "top 10 of class" future wife got sent home for just that when she wore pants because they were going to be constructing props for a big school function.)
But yeah, I looked at doing teaching in Japan and before even showing up for interview I went and removed most of my hair. Turned out I was "too old" (42 at the time) and there was "no way" I could connect with teenagers or young adults .... o.O
Took me a year to grow it back, so it goes
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|2012-09-25, 12:16
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|2012-09-25, 12:46
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The point is, you're in a different country with a different set of unspoken rules. Outsiders like me can get away with some difference via the "dancing bear" technique (o look! he can use chopsticks so well! your japanese is so good! you're so tall!) but outsiders can be stressful to even be around (what are the rules with the gaijin???? panic! run!)
|2012-09-25, 13:10
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For what it's worth though, a lot less people are employed in the old style organisations then how it used to be. I'd say the smaller employers are probably a lot more flexible.
That said, the Japanese corporate philosophy is not all bad. Japanese employers do tend to look after their workers, and workers tend to work for their companies out of more then simple greed. Usually there is a real commitment to making quality products for their customers, that is often lacking in American companies, where it's more about "what's in it for me?" Though in the last 30 years we've had a case where most American manufacturers have taken on many key points behind Japanese corporate governance.
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|2012-09-25, 13:26
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See, anyone can play that game.
|2012-09-25, 14:17
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|2012-09-25, 14:51
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Hm.. My question was more related to cost and accessibility of business attire and general practices, definitely not a comparison to what is or isn't acceptable or good/bad..
But now that we've gone there...
I work in a very conservative work environment by North American standards, but even then I can wear pink shirts on Fridays and my lawyer friend wears socks with cartoons on them. Cufflinks are considered classy here. Pocket squares more so. Plastic buttons are mostly worn by more junior people and middle office staff. Or on hot days when you fold up your sleeves and when you're definitely not seeing clients.
As for "sticking out" .. it's incredibly important here. You don't stick out (at least in positive ways) and you don't get promoted and you don't make the six figure salary. It's the only way you get ahead. I speak my mind to my boss and if something is dumb or pointless? I say so. If I notice something I feel is important? I say so. I have been told outright personality is important. Have a view. Be able to back the view up, but have a view and don't vacillate. It's the only way to climb the socio-economic ladder..
I'm used to working crazy hours and don't mind that .. but I don't deal well with not speaking my mind -- I'd probably get fired working in most companies in Japan eh, Sumeragi?
|2012-09-25, 15:30
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The girls here often wear capris and sandals!
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|2012-09-25, 15:31
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Though to be quite fair, from what I know of Japanese Culture (and I admit it's not much), I can't really respect it. Way too conservative and organized for my tastes.
|2012-09-25, 15:46
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However, they are against ideas of personal aggrandisement. It's not about your greatness. It's about company, and your team's greatness. They want to see you to work first and foremost for the benefit of the company as a whole. The motivation is to see the company (and also your team) be the best it can be, to give the best service it can to it's customers.
In return for your hard work and loyalty, the company will repay you for your hard work and initiative with a good salary and job security. You are the most important resource of the company, and are just as much a part of it as your foreman, or even the CEO. You are not a part to be thrown away as needed.
If the company culture is focused on individual advancement, on not the advancement of the company as a whole, you very easily get the situation where employees have no real loyalty to the company in question, and will do everything they can to improve their position, even if that is to the detriment of the company or their fellow employees.
Japanese companies frown on people going out of their way to stick out because they see it as hot air, and also that it damages the cohesiveness of the group as a whole. It's about substance over style. Japanese employees speak through the quality of their products and services they help deliver, not their own personal style and panache. I think it's about being effective, even if it means you're a little boring.
Their are downsides to this approach, it can result in group-think and other problematic behaviours. I think the flipside of what you're talking about results in some of the excesses you see on wallstreet, with employees primarily motivated towards ever higher personal salaries and bonuses, rather then stepping back and thinking about your organisation as a whole.
|2012-09-25, 16:05
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^ I think you just proved why bullying is so hardcore over there.
But yeah, I can understand what they mean when they say that working with the company and its customers in mind is better than just thinking of your own personal achievements. But just because I show up to work with a green shirt instead of the usual blue shirt doesn't mean I'm trying to screw everyone over. It's my own thing.
|2012-09-25, 16:22
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If you've ever seen the folks at the JPL mission centers - that's a quick study of the way people dressed in all the jobs I've ever had (places with customers like NASA, Air Force, "other" customers). Not that there wasn't resistance from the "suit/tie" faction. I'm perfectly fine with suit/tie for the right situations - but there are far fewer of those situations than one might think. When the general is there for a formal meeting, sure, dress up. When its majors, colonels, and whatnot? Meh, its goth, hipster, punk, hell's angels, and a few bazingas at the wheel.
To wheel this around back on topic: In JAPAN, you'll find much more openness in the artistic fields both serious and pop. You'll also find more openness at the street and small business level. Corporations, otoh, are descended directly from samurai culture - you're a "soldier" for Mitsubishi, etc. The bad thing is that you used to be an employee for life in exchange for that service. Somewhere in the mid-90s, the corporations started experimenting with the New American Way of treating employees like shit and disposable commodities rather than important assets. The Japanese working forces are starting to respond to that and it isn't in a positive way for the old power clans - imagine that.
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Alexander the Great was a big fan, as were George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. Charles I of England was so entranced with its flavors that he tried to keep the recipe secret as a royal prerogative.
The cause of this historical brouhaha? Ice cream.
History tells us that ice cream — or some form of shaved ice and flavored syrups — first made an appearance in the second century B.C. as a treat for royals. But it took almost another two millenniums for it to reach the masses, and when it did, it took off like an ice cream avalanche.
Liza Tremblay, co-owner with her husband of the local company Joe and Liza's Ice Cream, doles out cups and cones at the East Hampton farmers market on North Main Street Friday mornings from an old-fashioned ice cream cart. She can also be found Friday afternoons at the Hayground farmers market in Bridgehampton and the Sag Harbor market on Saturday mornings.
But the ice cream — which is all natural, made in Sag Harbor with as many local ingredients as possible, and free of stabilizers like guar or xanthan gum — is also being served at some of the most popular restaurants and shops in the area now.
Ms. Tremblay and her husband, Joe, opened Bay Burger in Sag Harbor in 2007. "When we decided to start Bay Burger, we wanted to do as much fresh and on site as possible, The meat is ground fresh each morning, the buns are made in the store daily." It was a natural jump for the couple to offer fresh ice cream. Ms. Tremblay, who is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education, decided to take a course in ice cream making with Malcolm Stogo, "the ice cream guru," who runs the prestigious Ice Cream University in West Orange, N.J.
All of the ice cream produced by Joe and Liza begins with a private-label base from Hudson Valley Fresh, which contains no hormones or antibiotics in the cream and milk. Then, when making strawberry ice cream, for example, all-natural sugar and 10 pounds of frozen strawberries are added to the two-and-a-half-gallon base, along with natural vanilla extract. "And that's it," Ms. Tremblay said.
Along with the six regularly produced flavors — vanilla, chocolate, coffee, strawberry, cookie jar, and pistachio — Joe and Liza's creates specialized flavors, either for their restaurant clients or according to the season. A recent creation, served up at the farmers markets, was a fresh mint with chunks of Fat Ass Fudge, locally produced by Donna McCue. A Tate's cookie-crumb ice cream is sold at Tate's bake shop. Joe and Liza's has also served up a basil ice cream for Sang Lee Farms and are working on a lavender flavor for them, along with a lemon-balm sorbet.
Even more locally, Sylvester and Company carries a private-label flavor in their shops: "Dreamy" coffee with chocolate-covered almonds. And the new Mary's Marvelous store opening in East Hampton in a few weeks will carry a Joe and Liza's ice cream made with Mary Os, the store's signature cookie.
Ms. Tremblay now works full time with the ice cream part of the Bay Burger business. Mr. Tremblay, a grill man at some of Manhattan's poshest eateries, concentrates on the restaurant part.
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I doubt we get the #1 in any of the big online rags like ESPN, NFL Network, etc.; but, we're stuck in the Pacific Northwest and that's not going to change.
The rest of the league can suck it, and I guarantee you the other NFC playoff teams don't want to play us, except perhaps the two we've humiliated. Even in those cases, I don't think the coaches want any piece of us; just the arrogant players that "know" they're better than us. *chuckle*
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On the phone with mom the other day I felt like a triple dirtbag. 1) I got super busy and didn't call her on her birthday. 2) I remembered as I was falling asleep that I needed to call her in the morning to make up for it, but then I overslept and was late and it slipped my mind. 3) Now I'm on the phone with my mom two days late and apologizing for not calling her on her birthday or the day after. Triple dirtbag. Then she lays this on me, "I've been reading your food blog. You're getting a little too precious with it."
A too-precious triple dirtbag. I hang my head.
So this one's for my ma, who taught me by example that you can make dinner out of whatever is in the pantry plus whatever anybody happened to bring home dead, to not waste anything, and now how not to be precious. Mom always bought in bulk and stored things in the freezer because you never know when you're going to need something, and that's a habit I've picked up as well.
I was responsible for a side dish for the buffet at the Mydyette-Hunter Thanksgiving feast, and not knowing precisely what people would want to eat, I got it in my head to make some stuffed baked tomatoes. Seemed like nobody could really object to a tomato. For the stuffing I imagined a savory pilaf, nothing too heavy. I started the rice by sweating some onion and garlic in a sauce pan with olive oil, then added the rice, some saffron, water and Vegeta. I didn't have any stock. Shame on me for not having stock. For normal fluffy rice I use 2 parts liquid to one part rice, but this was going to be cooked twice, so I cut the liquid back by about a third. I wanted the rice to be al dente when I stuffed the tomatoes with it so it would absorb the cooking juices from the tomato to complete its hydration.
In preparation I had got a bunch of hothouse tomatoes, so I cut the tops off them to make little hats and saved the tops on a wet paper towel in the fridge. I cut around the perimeter of each one to a depth of about an inch and a half, then hollowed out the insides with a spoon. I saved the insides in a big bowl and salted them to get the liquid to render. I'd need the liquid later.
When the rice was done to the point I could use it, I dumped it into a big mixing bowl to cool off, and added a bunch of chopped cashews. I tasted the mixture and it was good, but could use a little more complexity, so I went to the freezer, where I keep the pine nuts I buy in bulk (thank you mom), put a handful of pine nuts on the fire with some butter and browned them, then added them to the rice. They were toasty delicious. When the rice mixture was cool enough to handle, I chopped a couple of scallions, some cilantro and a bunch of mint leaves and stirred them in along with some olive oil and crushed Mexican oregano. The rice was a little too firm for easy packing into the tomatoes, so I ladled some tomato liquor from the bowl of middles into the rice to loosen it. I also tried a sip of the tomato liquor and it was delicious. Maybe Devin can devise another cocktail with it and open franchises in New Orleans. Sell them in big tomato-shaped goblets all shaved ice and rimmed with Old Bay. Call it a Tomatogarita or a Hurri-Tomatocane or a Mai-Tomato-Tai. Hang them off the necks of revelers with a lanyard and a long bendy straw. Have a mascot like the Kool-Aid man except a big tomato guy. People need work, why not. Franchise people in New Orleans call me.
I stuffed the tomatoes with the rice and arranged them in a shallow baking dish. I put the dish in the fridge to wait for morning, but reserved four of them for Heather's dinner. Those four went into a small tin and got baked in a 350 oven for about 30 minutes covered in foil. When they were soft and giving, I doused them with another little shot of the tomato liquor to refresh the rice, then shredded some parmigiano on top, drizzled them with olive oil and browned them under the broiler for a few minutes. To balance them on the plate, I cut some croutons from some leftover skillet soda bread I made after watching Jacques Pepin do it on TV.
The tomatoes were delicious. The hot, astringent juice made a perfect compliment to the sturdy, rich interior, and the par-cooked rice didn't degenerate into mush. The tomatoes I cooked for Thanksgiving got a little mound of bread crumb mix made of panko, parmigiano, olive oil and black pepper instead of the cheese, and it browned to a nicer effect, adding a crisply toasted element. I had intended to put the little tomato hats back on for presentation but forgot all about them. If anybody has a suggestion for what to do with the little tomato hats, please let me know.* When we ate the tomatoes at Thanksgiving, I heard from the other guests about a supposed pine nut shortage that had recently crippled kitchens all over, and felt an unusual pride in having learned to buy in bulk.
Thank you mom, and happy birthday.
Mom in Hawaii for our wedding. We bought in bulk.
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Yet Another Study Shows That Weaker Copyright Benefits Everyone
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But the paper shows why this isn't true, and highlights a few points that we've made repeatedly over the years. Even if there are fewer "album" sales, more people are creating more music than ever before in history, and more people are making some money from the production of music -- even if it's not from album sales directly:
Overall production figures for the creative industries appear to be consistent with this view that file sharing has not discouraged artists and publishers. While album sales have generally fallen since 2000, the number of albums being created has exploded. In 2000, 35,516 albums were released. Seven years later, 79,695 albums (including 25,159 digital albums) were published (Nielsen SoundScan, 2008). Even if file sharing were the reason that sales have fallen, the new technology does not appear to have exacted a toll on the quantity of music produced....So the idea that file sharing has somehow damaged creative output is simply not supported by the numbers. At the same time, the paper also makes the other point that we've made: that as infinite goods spread more widely, it only tends to increase the ability to make money from other scarce complements. After going through a few different studies, the paper notes:
Similar trends can be seen in other creative industries. For example, the worldwide number of feature films produced each year has increased from 3,807 in 2003 to 4,989 in 2007 (Screen Digest, 2004 and 2008). Countries where film piracy is rampant have typically increased production. This is true in South Korea (80 to 124), India (877 to 1164), and China (140 to 402). During this period, U.S. feature film production has increased from 459 feature films in 2003 to 590 in 2007 (MPAA, 2007).
As these results show, income from the sale of complements can more than compensate artists for any harm that file sharing might do to their primary activity. We are not aware of empirical work that has looked at these effects in industries other than music. But the potential of complements to provide ancillary income is certainly not unique to the music industry. In film, for instance, the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA) estimates that Hollywood derives $16 billion annually from sales of entertainment merchandise, a figure that exceeds the value of ticket sales (Film Encyclopedia, 2008).This looks like another great addition to the literature on the overall economic impact of "file sharing" and copyright. How much do you want to bet Congress will ignore it?
The role of complements makes it necessary to adopt a broad view of markets when considering the impact of file sharing on the creative industries. Unfortunately, the popular press -- and a good number of policy experts -- often evaluate file sharing looking at a single product market. Analyzing trends in CD sales, for example, they conclude that piracy has wrecked havoc on the music business. This view confuses value creation and value capture. Record companies may find it more difficult to profitably sell CDs, but the broader industry is in a far better position. In fact, it is easy to make an argument that the business has grown considerably. Figure 7 shows spending on CDs, concerts and iPods. The decline in music sales -- they fell by 15% from 1997 to 2007 -- is the focus of much discussion. However, adding in concerts alone shows the industry has grown by 5% over this period. If we also consider the sale of iPods as a revenue stream, the industry is now 66% larger than in 1997.... Technological change will often lead to changes in relative prices and shifts in business opportunities. Focusing exclusively on traditional streams of revenue to arrive at a sense of how new technology changes welfare will typically be misleading.


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2 freed Canadians unable to leave Egypt
TORONTO (AP) — Two Canadians released from an Egyptian prison after being held without charges since mid-August were barred from flying out of the country on Sunday, Cairo airport officials said.
John Greyson, a Toronto filmmaker and York University professor, and Tarek Loubani, a physician from London, Ontario, had checked in for a flight to Frankfurt, Germany, but were prevented from boarding the plane after their names appeared on a "stop-list" issued by prosecutors, the airport officials said.
The two Canadians retrieved their luggage and were free to leave the airport, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.
The Canadian Foreign Affairs department said Greyson and Loubani were released from an Egyptian prison on Sunday morning.
Greyson's sister, Cecilia, told The Associated Press that Canadian consular officials were dealing with what she called "red tape" so they could begin their trip back to Canada.
"Until they are safely back in Canada we are just going to be a little bit on edge," she said. "We've had contact with them throughout the day today. We're relieved they are out of prison. We're immensely encouraged by that."
She said the two are in a safe and secure location waiting patiently to get out. They have been in regular contact via phone and email, she said.
She said the the pair were surprised when a guard swung open their cell door and led them to freedom because they had no clue that they were being released.
"They just got a knock on the cell door and they were just sort of shuffled out of the cell," she said. "He actually thought they were changing cells or going to a different prison."
Adria Minsky, a spokeswoman for Lynne Yelich, a junior minister responsible for consular affairs, said in an emailed statement that they were "aware of these reports" that the Canadians were not allowed on their flight and said "Canadian embassy officials continue to provide consular assistance to facilitate their departure from Egypt."
"We look forward to seeing these two Canadians return home shortly," Minsky said.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed the news of their release, issuing a statement from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur where he's continuing a visit aimed at strengthening ties with that Southeast Asian nation.
"The government of Canada has obviously been pushing for that and welcomes this decision by the government of Egypt and we look forward to seeing these two Canadian citizens return home in the not too distant future."
Loubani and Greyson got caught up in the unrest surrounding the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in a coup. They had been planning to travel to Palestinian-ruled Gaza, where Loubani was to teach emergency room medicine and Greyson was considering producing a documentary.
The pair had been held without charges since Aug. 16 when they were arrested while observing a pro-Morsi demonstration in Cairo in which the Canadians said they saw at least 50 protesters killed.
The two Canadians said Loubani heeded a call for a doctor and began treating wounded demonstrators while Greyson recorded the unrest on video. They said they were arrested and beaten after leaving the scene of the protests.
The pair released a statement from prison last month saying they were beaten and subjected to degrading treatment in the Egyptian prison. They said they spent most of the time crammed with other inmates in a filthy, cockroach-infested prison cell.
The pair staged a 16-day hunger strike to try to pressure Egyptian officials to release them, but started eating food again last week.
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird had warned Egypt that their detention was a significant threat to relations between the two countries.
"Minister Baird and I were in contact with senior Egyptian officials on numerous occasions concerning this case, and the Embassy of Canada to Egypt worked tirelessly to secure their release," Yelich said in her statement.
Cecilia Greyson said she thinks the stepped up pressure and the threat that it would harm relations helped win their release.
Associated Press writer Hamza Hendawi in Cairo contributed to this report.


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Those who followed the ins and outs of the health reform debate — and especially the Catholic participation in that debate — will be interested in reading a new statement by the chairmen of the three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees most involved. Called "Setting the Record Straight," the statement reviews the various USCCB actions in the effort to achieve health reform that would be "in accord with the dignity of each and every human person, showing full respect for the life, health and conscience of all." The three — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, chairman of the pro-life committee; Bishop William F. Murphy of the Committee on Domestic Justice, Peace and Human Development; and Bishop John C. Wester of the Committee on Migration — said some hoped the bishops might be persuaded to abandon some of their key concerns "in response to political pressures from left or right." There was "never any chance" of that happening, they said.
The statement came on the heels of a May 20 letter to House members from Cardinal DiNardo urging passage of a bipartisan bill that he said would fix some of the health reform law's flaws on abortion and conscience rights. You can read that story here.


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Gov. Mark Dayton weighed in against the idea of banning weapons in the State Capitol, which he fears would require the kind of screening system that he says has had a "chilling effect" on public involvement at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
On the day when his lieutenant governor, Yvonne Prettner Solon, convened a panel on whether the Capitol's open policy on guns should continue, Dayton said he did not consider law-abiding gun owners the problem.
"It's the people who would come in without a permit, with guns, with some intent [of] wrongdoing, who would concern me," Dayton said. "The only way I know to effectively deal with that is to have metal detectors and guards."
Installing such a system, he said, "would be very expensive." With no incidents on record, he said, "Is the threat greater than the financial and other burden? I would say not. Obviously, one incident would tip the scales enormously."
Minnesota's policy of allowing any of the more than 150,000 Minnesotans who have permits to carry handguns to do so in the Capitol — once they have notified police officials of their intentions — is attracting new attention. The Advisory Committee on Capitol Security, chaired by Prettner Solon, heard arguments that gun-carrying is either an intimidating factor for employees and other visitors or an added safety measure that could prevent violent incidents.
According to Rep. Michael Paymar, DFL-St. Paul, an opponent of the policy, Minnesota is one of only 12 or 13 states that allow carrying of guns in the Capitol, where controversial and often emotional issues are debated. "We are clearly in the minority," he told the committee.
Rep. Kelby Woodard, R-Belle Plaine, a supporter of weapons carrying at the Capitol, replied that an open Capitol is part of the state's tradition of direct democracy. "What makes us special in Minnesota is our access to elected officials," he said. "We have a long and storied history of direct access."
According to the Department of Public Safety, 832 people have notified police of their intention to carry weapons at the Capitol.
That number has spiked in the past year as the DFL-controlled Legislature began considering measures to curb gun violence.
There have been 345 notifications this year so far, compared with 56 in all of last year, when the GOP controlled the Legislature.
State police enter the names of notifiers on a list, but generally do not check to ensure that they have valid permits to carry, the committee was told. Authorities said they knew of no violent incidents, and said those attending the gun hearings this year were well-behaved.
The committee received a report from Steven Swensen, a retired U.S. marshal and private security consultant advising the committee, who said that allowing guns in the Capitol is a bad idea.
He said the possibility of accidental discharge, losing a weapon to an assailant or verbal confrontations that turn violent is not worth the risk. "There are so many controversial items being debated at the Capitol, we don't need to bring weapons into that environment," he said in an interview.
Dayton, who would have to sign any legislation changing the current policy, said that those who have gone through training and background checks to acquire legal permits do not pose a serious enough risk to merit metal detectors.
The State Capitol has card-keyed doors but no weapons screening, even at public entrances. Dayton said at the U.S. Capitol, where he served as a U.S. senator from 2001 to 2007, weapons screening creates delays. "There are lines … that are 15, 20 minutes just to get screened and get through," he said. "It really has a chilling effect on public participation."
Paymar said the fact that many gun-rights activists brought loaded weapons to hearings on gun violence intimidated legislators, staff and other citizens. He noted that some county courthouses and the state judicial center ban guns because of the volatile nature of the issues before the courts.
Woodard said gun-carrying may make the Capitol safer by deterring anyone with evil intentions. "There are good arguments that it decreases the possibility of bad things happening," he said.
Prettner Solon said the advisory committee, which makes recommendations to the Legislature each year, must deal with the issue. "Newtown didn't know or expect that they were going to have a problem either," she said, referring to the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December. "We need to be prepared in some way. We can't just keep pushing it aside."
The committee will resume the discussion and hear public comments the subject Tuesday.
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Alex Grove, FirstEDA Applications Specialist, was kind enough to author a guest blog for Aldec. Here's an excerpt:
Here in Europe, I recently had the opportunity to work with Jim Lewis, OS-VVM Chief Architect and IEEE 1076 Working Group Chair, on the first Advanced VHDL Testbenches & Verification training course. This training, held in Bracknell, UK, was attended by engineers from several major European system companies who design and verify programmable devices (FPGAs). VHDL is by far the dominate language used by Europe's system companies for the design and verification of FPGAs, however it is unclear to many how to enhance their verification with VHDL. What I have found is that experienced FPGA design engineers (including myself) are not utilising the VHDL language for verification.
Jim Lewis introduces VHDL's verification capabilities, including new VHDL 2008 features and the Open Source VHDL Verification Methodology (OSVVM). OSVVM provides a methodology for testbench development and verification packages that provide functional coverage and random value generation. (more…)


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Thursday, 20 August 2015
Houthis continue to fire ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabia
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
After launching a R-17 Elbrus/Hwasŏng-5/6 (Scud-B) on the 6th of June 2015 against Khamis Mushait in Saudi Arabia and another R-17 Elbrus/Hwasŏng-5/6 against al-Sulayyil missile base on the 29th of June 2015, elements of the Yemeni Army loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis again fired a ballistic missile at Saudi territory. This operation, carried out on the 20th of August 2015, saw a Tochka missile being fired at the Saudi Naval Base near Jizan, the results of which remain as of yet unknown.
Although all of Yemen's Transporter Erector Launchers (TEL) used for launching ballistic missiles were thought to have been destroyed along with the existing stock of R-17 Elbrus, Hwasŏng-5/6 and Tochka missiles at the site housing the Group of Missile Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Yemen, footage coming out of Yemen's 'Amran Governorate on the 17th of May 2015 showed a battered but intact MAZ-543 TEL transported towards the Saudi border in broad daylight. This confirmed the rumours that some TELs were hidden away from the ballistic missile site in order to escape destruction by Coalition airstrikes.
Despite the fact that the TEL missed two of its wheels, it apparently succeeded in launching two missiles against Saudi territory. Both of the missiles were succesfully intercepted by Patriot batteries of the Royal Saudi Air Defense however, resulting in the destruction of both missiles before hitting their intended targets. The single MAZ-543 TEL was then said to have been destroyed by Coalition airstrikes, which explains the fact that that no R-17 Elbrus/Hwasŏng-5/6 has been launched since.
Despite this, sources claimed that no less than twenty ballistic missiles were fired at Saudi territory, only 40 percent of which intercepted by the Royal Saudi Air Defense Patriot batteries.[1] These additional launches have not taken place however, and the official might have been confused by counting 122mm BM-21, 220mm BM-27 and DIY al-Najim al-Thaqib rocket strikes as ballistic missile strikes.
Other reports stated that the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) commander Muhammad bin Ahmed al-Shaalan was killed when a R-17 Elbrus/Hwasŏng-5/6 missile hit Khamis Mushait, although he actually passed away due to a heart attack while on a work trip abroad. The to be expected 'dozens of Israeli officers alongside dozens of Saudi counterparts were killed when a Scud missile hit Khamis Mushait' rhetoric deserves no further attention.
As with the filmed R-17 Elbrus/Hwasŏng-5/6 launch, great effort has been put into hiding the exact location of the launcher, which has to be very close to the Saudi border considering the limited range of Yemen's Tochka missiles. The OTR-21 launcher itself must have been transported up North in the previous weeks or months, remaining out of sight of the Coalition's aircraft. The launcher, reading the Houthi's slogan of 'Death to America, Death to Israel, Cursed be the Jews and Victory for Islam' (which can also be heard in both launch videos), appears completely intact.
It is unknown how large the Houthi's stock of Tochka missiles still is, but given the fact the Houthis already managed to transport a R-17 Elbrus/Hwasŏng-5/6 missile to its associated TEL twice, only constant monitoring of the roads in Northern Yemen will prevent further launches. Alternatively, more Tochka missiles are already present at the launch site, requiring destruction of the TEL to prevent any further launches.
The sudden appearance of the OTR-21 came completely unexpected, and makes one wonder if this is the last of the intact launchers. However, due to the Tochka's limited range, other major Saudi cities remain out of firing range. Although looking impressive, the launch mainly serves as a propaganda stunt, and will in no way deter the Coalition to abandon its campaign.
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- Anonymous9 September 2015 at 00:55
I guess/hope you will make a new work for the updates in Yemen?ReplyDelete
Including the failed attempt from the Saudi/Arabs forces to cover their presence of ground troops in yemen, revealed only after the heavy lossed caused by the OTR-21 strike some days ago.
Additionally it could be interesting to take a look at these videos of Saudi vehicles (including Abrams) destroyed.
From the videos it's still a matter of question mark if the tehc were manned by Hadis' men trained by Saudi or actually they had Saudi and other Arab soldiers (with coverup of casualties).
I doubt the destruction of such tanks and vehicles could be denied.
''Including the failed attempt from the Saudi/Arabs forces to cover their presence of ground troops in yemen, revealed only after the heavy lossed caused by the OTR-21 strike some days ago.''Delete
Have you been living under a rock for the past two months?
- Anonymous13 September 2015 at 11:57
Obviously we were aware of the large military presence of Saudi and other Arabs country, but whatever pro-Iranian sources stated "Saudi Arabia invaded Yemen with ground troops", it was quickly labeled as Iranian-Houthi propaganda.ReplyDelete
At the same time the Saudi sources denied multiple time such presence in the last months:
My point it's that we were aware of the fact that Saudi Arabia LIED, as they're not telling the truth on many other things (like the original claims of having wiped out the Yemen's ballistic force).
it's written in commentary that, Yemen will be protected in every possible way by land and sea, including mining the Bab-el-Mandeb.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 May 2016 at 21:30
They kept launching Tochka's against coalition bases with great success on September 12, 2015 (Marib); December 14, 2015 (Bab al Mandab); January 16, 2016 (Marib) and 31 January, 2016 (Al Anad, Lahj.) Around 500 coalition personnel have been killed and lots of materiel destroyed. Who is going to believe the Saudi/Western propaganda now?ReplyDelete


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The Potential of FamilySearch.org post by James Tanner in the Genealogy's Star Blog opens with "I wonder if FamilySearch really understands the potential of FamilySearch.org? They seem to be moving towards putting the pieces together, but I have yet to hear anyone articulate the website's true potential in a coherent fashion. The closest presentation yet was from Tim Cross at the Arizona Family History Expo. He gave a presentation on FamilySearch.org/Photos and talked about storing photos, stories and documents along with the entries on Family Tree. But there seems to be one more step; making FamilySearch.org the "master copy" of the world's genealogy.
Ol'Myrt here has a similar question, but it's not about the "tree" portion of the website. It's the "search" option that continues to bother me.
FamilySearch is missing the fact that to encourage searching for an ancestor by name is a poor option, when last August less than 11% of the FamilySearch digital images were indexed[1]. With several million new images being uploaded weekly by digital imaging crews staged throughout the world, that percentage can only be worse by now. Indexing just cannot keep pace with digitial imaging.
- FamilySearch isn't doing enough to point to the vast collection of UNindexed records.
- The concept of one big online family tree, with attached supporting documents is all well and good. But if folks cannot locate supporting documents to attach to ancestors, the reliability of info in FamilySearch's one big online family tree is up for grabs.
The redesigned main screen of FamilySearch.org looks beautiful. But the main focus remains the "search by name" fill-in-the-blank form. Note: In the screen shot below, the search takes up about 3/4 of the "above the fold" on the FamilySearch landing page. A larger footprint denotes a higher priority.
One may specify the time period and place of an event such as birth, marriage and death, but the search algorithm appears to ignore it. The FamilySearch search algorithm is reminiscent of Ancestry.com's search engine issues from about 6 years ago.
Here are the results of my search for Dolly Yockey. No viable hits, and no suggestions for further use of the website. Major fail.
Even when choosing to change the filter of the results, there are no suggestions other than census. I know I searched by name, but why is Kansas coming up when I specified her death was in Illinois? And what about a 1900 census, when she died in 1858? Then there's the concern that surely there are more FamilySearch digital images for Illinois than census records? This is a real dead end.
This could lead one to think there are no Illinois records covering the time period 1858 in the vast FamilySearch.org digital image collection. Yet a browse of United States - Illinois records shows there is much to search, though most not indexed. There is no link from the screen above to get to the list of all Illinois record collections.
Certainly one doesn't get to the unindexed by sidebar suggestions after an unsuccessful search. One must manually go "all the way out" to FamilySearch.org. Then scroll down past the search boxes to find the "Browse by Location" option.
Here one clicks "United States" then selects "Illinois" to find 21 sizable collections to date. Browse-only images are indicated by the tiny "camera" icon. Here I might choose to browse the images of "Illinnois, Cemetery Transctiptions 1851-2009" since my ancestor died in 1858. Without stronger pointers to the locality-related databases, an inexperienced FamilySearch.org website visitor would never know about these record groups by searching the site by an ancestor's name.
FamilySearch.org hides much of it's digital content with the over-emphasis on ancestor name search when admittedly the vast majority of the site's digital images are only browsable, meaning the images have not yet been indexed and cannot show up in a name search.
FamilySearch is completely missing the opportunity to teach researchers about alternatives by providing side bar links to related browsable digital images, by time period and general locality. This disconnect must be a priority to resolve if FamilySearch wants to reach its potential.
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Such an answer is unclear. Who are you?
This is prosyletizing. This contravenes our forum rules, Specifically:This is your final warning.George
Would the term "apostate" apply to everyone in this board who doesn't share the sentiments espoused by any uncanonical Orthodox Jurisdiction?
What does SolEX01's identity have to do with the thread?
If my guess is right, plenty.
I'm sorry, "a maintainer" with me? I just want to clarify that I am the SOLE webmaster for milansynodusa.org & the St. Gregory's Press Site.The ONLY person who has maintained any websites I have redone (yet not with me) for The Holy Synod of Milan (in the USA) is Father Symeon.
What is your guess?
Let him answer.
Thank you and I apologize for being in error by saying that Sudaien was a website maintainer. Please forgive me.
There is a difference between showing your identity on a shaky medium such as the internet and bringing to light your hypothesis about the poster.
I'm NOT a member of your church. Why the paranoia?
Well, then, I guess a full recitation of your name wouldn't be scary. My name is Joseph Mahomond-Suaiden. What's yours?
For internet security purposes, no one here can be required to reveal his offline identity, so stop asking.
... the man begging you to ask me to leave him alone is a coward.
Well, then, I guess I am unafraid when it comes to internet security purposes, and the man begging you to ask me to leave him alone is a coward. I will post no further on this matter, and have nothing pleasant to say to his future, fake responses.
No one begged me to ask you to leave him alone, and calling someone a coward is an ad hominem, which is not permitted on the OC.net discussion forum.
The "Liturgy of St Tikhon" is a barely-edited BCP rite.Anglicanism also needs no formal condemnation.
Something has been bothering me about your argument against the Liturgy of St. Tikhon.
Your whole argument against is that it is based on Anglican practice. Correct me if I am wrong, you do admit that is was edited to be in conformity with Orthodox theology but you reject it because of its origins. So based on that... Do you celebrate Christmas on December 25th (and please don't look stupid by claiming you celebrate it on the Old Calendar date in January, it is still December 25th)?
The celebration of Christmas on December 25th has its origins in Pagan worship yet it was edited to make it a Holy day for Christians. Why can't something that had been developed in a community that at least has a basic understanding of Christian theology then be edited to make it Holy? I can make a list of items and practices that have origins in Paganism that have been baptized and made holy and are now venerable parts of Orthodox worship and practice. Would you reject all of these too?
So the argument that "the Church took certain symbols and days from paganism" (itself an exagerrated charge) is simply not relevant to the reality that the BCP rite is a rite formed in conscious opposition to the Church's available tradition. The Fathers did not bless such usages, and did not bless this one, which we can at least say for December 25.
So are we frozen in time unable to let the spirit guide the Church?
Yes we can agree that the formation of this Liturgy was done by people against the tradition of the Church but the Church has taken this ill conceived plan of the devil and baptized it to make it holy.
The Church is a living breathing organism in which we pray for the Holy Spirits guidance and we judge the works by the fruit in which they produce and I have yet to hear of a good argument that those who are using the Liturgy of St. Tikhon are not good, believing and practicing Orthodox Christians and thus good fruit.
The Church's job is not to baptize rites, but sinners. The rites are the tools given to us by the Holy Apostles to save men. Are we now to use the tools of those who have abandoned the Church? To what end? A nice fuzzy feeling?
This statement is why we will not see eye to eye. The Church is here to transform the fallen world into Paradise.
That is the job of the Christian to be transformed so that he made aid in that transformation. In order for this to be accomplished all things of this world must be baptized and thus transformed to be made Holy for all things come from God and belong to God.
The Anglican liturgy is without a doubt fallen but it can be made Holy through the Holy Spirit and The Church (to which you have chosen to separate yourself from, for those that are not in the Church are outside of the Church).
With the eschatology you are preaching you can not be a part of the Church, thus why you are outside of the Church. You are one to talk about abandoning the Church. You and your group are not, have not and will not be a part of the Church no matter how much your boast of your correctness.
It is time for you to move on.
Your facts are so off and you are judging a whole group based on a few,one of whom you are quoting is not even a WR clergy man but rather has always served in the Byzantine practice.
If I was to do that I would think that the whole Milan Synod was full of (insert your favorite ad hominem here) based on what you are writing.
I am done with this discussion!
LOL. We have that one before.
Don't laugh at me except for screwing up "forum"-markup.I didn't say that. Arimethea did in the previous post.Not so funny now is it?
Its still funny how serious you take it.
They are not opinions.
1) The body of the text of the Liturgy of St Thomas Cranmer was complied by Anglicans who were neither part of the Orthodox Church nor interested corporately in becoming part of Her.
2) As I have pointed out the the AWRV's own writing, the LSTC cannot be considered an Apostolic liturgy or even a Western liturgy proper by the standards of Orthodox doctrine.
3) As I've pointed out before, the strength of the argument has nothing to do with whether or not I am in your jurisdiction or in communion with it.
"We beseech thee also so to direct and dispose the hearts of ALL CHRISTIAN RULERS, that they may truly and impartially administer justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice and to the maintenance of thy TRUE RELIGION. Give grace o heavenly Father to all bishops and OTHER ministers... ( WRV has interpolated the names of the patriarch and bishop after the phrase, "OTHER MINISTERS"). Even before this verse the reference to "Universal Church' taken in context (which i havent quoted), is intended for those that understand the church as part of the branch theory. From an Orthodox pov this prayer is very awkward.
Later on in the Prayer of Thanksgiving, it says this: "...And that we are very members INCORPORATE in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people...." (these branch theorists dont even want to use the word 'baptised into' and substitute 'incorporate', regardless we can see the theological errors which alludes to the branch theory in this phrase)
In the consecration we see that this liturgy was originally for those that denied the real prescense: "...Who by His own oblation of Himself once offered, made a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in His Holy Gospel command us to continue A PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THAT HIS PRECIOUS DEATH AND SACRIFICE UNTIL HIS COMING AGAIN."
They are not opinions.1) The body of the text of the Liturgy of St Thomas Cranmer was complied by Anglicans who were neither part of the Orthodox Church nor interested corporately in becoming part of Her. Massive parts of the liturgy were reduced first by the Roman Catholics, and then, BY THE PROTESTANTS to a few colorless pages (which confounds the ridiculous myth that "Western Orthodox have always had shorter services"-- in many cases the Western services were much longer.[/color][/center]
Let's try this again, and see if I care what people in polls think of me.1) The "St Tikhon" rite of the AWRV was primarily written by Anglican heretics.2) Because it was written by such it isn't legitimate.3) The fact that I am an Old Calendarist acknowledging it makes no real difference if I am telling the truth.
This seems to me to be contradictory, because if the Tikhonian rite can be rejected simply on the basis of its (partial) authorship, then your arguments can also be rejected because you are part of a schismatic church. Conversely, if your argument stands on its merits, regardless of who you are, then it would seem to me to follow that the actual text of the Tikhonian rite is what matters, regardless of its authorship.
Our Metropolitan was ordained according to the Ambrosian Rite many years ago, as a Western-Rite priest of the Moscow Patriarchate, before they abandoned the Western Rite to get closer to Rome.
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10 Ideas for Tiny Balconies
If you've got a balcony, you've got potential. Even if it's too small for a chair, there is space to create a small garden, a tiny hideaway, a space outside to call your own. If you're short on ideas, jump below to get inspired by some small outdoor spaces.
1. Gardening Nook. Take a cue from this tiny Tokyo balcony and make it your gardening refuge for potting, tending to and enjoying your little plant family.
2. Shoe Rack. Repurpose that shoe rack and make it into a plant stand to gain some elevation and make better use of your balcony's square footage. Check out the original post to see how they used T Trays as well.
3. Create Privacy. In this case, the balcony was lined with fabric but you could plant bamboo or hang a screen to give yourself some privacy for all of you sunbathing activities (or otherwise).
4. Really Go Vertical. Build a curved canopy for a vine to grow on and create privacy and some green space all in one.
5. Plant Something Fragrant. Check out these 5 plants that smell oh so good to help transform a small space into a wonderland for the senses.
6. Keep it Simple. With a small terraced shelf and matching containers, build your little kitchen garden without a big footprint or a lot of upkeep.
7. Start a Vine. With this simple trellis you can grow some flowering (and wonderfully fragrant) jasmine or honeysuckle out of containers.
8. Breakfast Nook. Don't have a dining room? Not a problem, now that the weather is getting more liveable, use your balcony as a breakfast nook and strive to eat as many meals as you can enjoying the great outdoors.
9. Grow a Kitchen Garden. This garden shows that you really don't need much space to be able to start your own kitchen garden for herbs, lettuces and maybe even some veggies. Check out this post on growing food in small spaces.
10. Pegboard. We love pegboard in the kitchen and the tool closet, but what about outdoors. Slap some sealer on it so it doesn't rot in the weather and let it help you go vertical with your plants and containers. See Robin's whole garden here.
(Images: Ossan, tiny bites, Oscar's Real estate, Living In Penny, Laure Joliet, Susan Larsson, Jayme Jenkins, Sandra's Flickr, Suzane Forsling, Robin Charlick )


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A teenager's first driving lesson met a watery end Friday.
Holly Spradlin, 15, and her step-mother, Elisabeth Curry, were unhurt after the car Spradlin drove went into the Hood River and sank.
"It's the closest I've ever been to death," Curry said Monday. "I just imagined holding Holly and saying goodbye."
But mother and daughter acted together, averting tragedy by kicking out a car window and swimming to safety, according to Capt. Kevin Lynch of Hood River Police Department.
"It's not easy to do, especially with water coming in and (people) panicking. It could have been nasty," he said.
The incident happened Friday at 4 p.m. on Port of Hood River property about 150 yards from the mouth of Hood River. Spradlin had driven around the asphalt-grass Port grounds in first gear and was doing well with stops and turns, so Curry encouraged her to shift into second gear.
Spradlin hit the accelerator instead of the brake, and panicked, according to Curry. The car was traveling at about 60 miles per hour in second gear: "Those 2.5 liter engines have a lot of get-up-and-go," Curry said.
The car sped east across Second Avenue, sailed over a 15-foot bank and landed upright in the river. En route, the car missed a concrete post and a fence. The car sank with both occupants inside. Water covering their feet, Spradlin got out of her seatbelt first, but Curry struggled with the buckle while Spradlin tried alone to kick out the window. It wouldn't give.
"It's a good thing she couldn't kick it out right away before I got my seat belt off," Curry said, because the force of the water rushing in would have sucked the car deeper, with Curry immobilized.
But Curry got free and joined Spradlin in kicking at the window. They swam out the open window, and made it to the west bank, where an Olympia man who had put on his wet suit pulled Curry and Spradlin out of the water, with the help of two other witnesses.
Curry said Spradlin "kept her wits about her."
Lynch said "it sounds like she just froze" at the wheel, before the car went into the river.
"I guess the cold water kind of sobered her up," he said.
Lynch said the last time a car was known to have gone into the river was about 20 years ago.
Curry's car was missing as of presstime Tuesday morning. A Hood River County Sheriff's deputy searched with a depth finder, to no avail.
"We've got to get that car out of there (Tuesday)," Lynch said, out of concern for leaking oil and gas. Lynch spent part of Monday arranging a diver to help get the car out. Fortunately, the Accord had a near-empty gas tank, but engine oil is still a concern to Lynch.
Curry bought a new car over the weekend. She said Spradlin's first concern as she crawled from the water was for the Accord.
"Poor Holly, she kept saying, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' I told her, 'we're not sorry — we lived.'"
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Army football coach Rich Ellerson envisioned a special season, or was it wishful thinking? Maybe he truly believed this team could be Army's best in a generation, as he said on media day four weeks before the opener. Or maybe he was feeling the pinch of consecutive 2-10 and 3-9 seasons, trying to convince himself as much as others of Army's potential greatness.
WEST POINT — Army football coach Rich Ellerson envisioned a special season, or was it wishful thinking? Maybe he truly believed this team could be Army's best in a generation, as he said on media day four weeks before the opener. Or maybe he was feeling the pinch of consecutive 2-10 and 3-9 seasons, trying to convince himself as much as others of Army's potential greatness.
What we know is that six games in, the Army Black Knights are 2-4. They face an eminently beatable Eastern Michigan team on Saturday at Michie Stadium. And they better win.
"There is a lot of football in front of us,'' Ellerson said the other day.
Ellerson is correct. The question, however, is whether the bulk of it will be meaningful and relevant. How much of Army's second half will dissolve into a two-game season against Air Force and Navy for service academy superiority?
The bloody portion of Army's blood-and-guts schedule is complete. The Black Knights scrapped with some big boys in the first half – fifth-ranked Stanford (5-0) and Ball State (5-1) and even Boston College (3-2) last week – and have felt the physical toll of those battles. Ellerson figured Army could come out of it 3-3, 4-2 if things broke especially right. But Army failed to get that eye-popping win or two that helps define bowl teams.
It's not too late. Now the Black Knights face the guts portion of their schedule.
The final six-pack will determine not only the fate of Army football 2013, but quite possibly the fate of Rich Ellerson. Another two- or three-win season, maybe even four wins, will make it hard to label Ellerson's five-season tenure a success.
So it's almost imperative that Army beats Eastern Michigan. The Eagles are 1-4, losers of four straight, their only win a 10-pointer over Football Championship Subdivision's Howard, which two weeks later dropped a 76-19 nail biter to Old Dominion. Eastern Michigan has lost to some bigs, just like Army, but these are the games that winning football teams must win.
Army's first six games were filled with legitimate excuses. Army wasn't as good as Ball State or Boston College, not nearly as good as Stanford. But the Black Knights are just as good as their next three opponents – Eastern Michigan, winless Temple and one-win Air Force.
There are no more excuses.
It's high time Army draws a line in the sand. High time Ellerson and the Black Knights put their signature on this program.
"We have an awful lot of guys walking out of here with ice bags on,'' Ellerson said.
That's OK, they have until Saturday to replace the ice packs with football pads. No more bleeding. No more excuses. It's gut-check time.
"We know the only people we really have with us are the people in the locker room,'' fullback Aaron Kemper said.
"I feel like we are better than we've shown,'' starting fullback Larry Dixon said.
Fine, then prove to yourselves that you can make something of this season. Go out and do it.
Eastern Michigan put a terrible dent in Army's season a year ago. The 0-6 Eagles took a 14-0 lead in the first six minutes on their way to a 48-38 win, a memory that still nearly puts Ellerson in a cold sweat.
The temperature of the program will become considerably cooler if Army winds up on the wrong end of Saturday. The second half of the season has begun and time is running out on Army football, on Rich Ellerson.
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Today is Australia Day. I should be writing about lamingtons or barbeques or national clichés applied to some form of calories but I don't really feel like it. Perhaps this lack of inclination is in reaction to those Australian specimens currently debauched along Clapham High Street.
These patriotic revellers are a true sight. I've never understood the fashioning of our flag into body art (unless you're an Olympian, which nobody outside the Clapham Grand is) or outerwear (a flag does not a cape make) or swimwear for that matter (NUTS comes to the High Street). To unite all three elements in a public street in the middle of winter in London in an unfortunate time delayed corollary those landing the First Fleet could never have foreseen.
|A little pose for the camera, a little support to the hip displacement.
A patron wilts and poses, poses and wilts during an epic
wait for a table at Burger & Lobster
OK, I admit, years ago I may have revelled on Australia Day and I may have consumed an abundance of Fosters (cringe) and I may even have enjoyed the novelty key ring I won which rotated the phrases: "Flamin' galah" and "Grab us another Fosters would ya"…but I was not tattooed (a scratch and sniff Southern Cross sticker does not count) and I certainly didn't wear a flag cape…before 4am (polyester is a great wind break alright!). Wonder where I put that key ring? A modern day classic…
Instead of all things antipodean, I actually feel like writing about butter. Quite un-Australian really if you think the classic Australian like beaches and looking good on beaches and butter has little place in either pursuit.
|If The Bib takes Mayfair, he's one step closer to victory in the primaries.
I used close to a stick of butter cooking and baking tonight – I don't intend being near a beach for months. Should I judge myself for this non-health conscious fatty fat fat consumption in the kitchen? Definitely not. The sauce was too good and the ever-shrinking banana bread continues to beckon me from a deliberately inaccessible booby-trapped location rooms away. And yes, for future reference, when I use expression "close to" I mean "close or equal to" or more correctly "a whole stick of butter". And if my trainer is reading this, by "butter" I mean "stomach crunches".
Have you ever noticed buttery fingerprints act as a high-speed lubricant on a keyboard? And that banana bread crumbs act like little speed humps? No, neither have I.
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I'd like to know how many sticks of butter the kitchen at Burger & Lobster use each service (29 Clarges street, Mayfair London W1J 7EF, +44 (0) 207 409 1699). It's probably best we don't know and just enjoy. Enjoy by the jug full with a lemon twist and a huge plate of crustacean and The Bib.
I'm a significant supporter of The Bib and his campaign for introduction to certain civilised adult eating environs. And before you go there, I'm not talking about any weird adult-as-baby fetishist thing, but certain dining tables where the abandon of joyous gluttony to often results in a hefty dry cleaning investment. For example The Bib is a perfect partner to any form of laksa, Singapore crab, borscht with a slippery spoon, fresh udon at Koya when your hangover hinders your usual precision chopstick skills and everything served anywhere and lathered in butter. I should have consulted The Bib before dinner tonight and I could have avoided a steamy evening with Vanish.
|The Bib works hard for every vote and takes his time to understand the needs
of his electorate.
I'm happy The Bib has set up permanent campaign headquarters in Mayfair. After close to two hours wait (and downing two bottles of bubbles at a nearby bar) his services were indispensible as we slid our way through three grilled and doused lobsters and an entirely gratuitous lobster brioche (a faux starter) last Friday. I don't understand at all the business model that supports a flat rate £20 for whole lobster, brioche or burger…turnover explains so much, cross product subsidisation a little more…but then numbers were never my thing and butter certainly is so...thank you to Burger & Lobster and you good Russians you and all the burger orderers in the house for what ever commercial genius lets this happen.
|Yuuuummm, look at all that delicious salad I still have to go!
Between the butter jugs and bibs, the tool kit and flying meaty bits there may live an argument that Burger & Lobster is best with friends rather than a hot date. Yes, yes you say, Kate Hudson scored Matthew McConaughey over a similar scene, but in real life you will feel ill afterwards. Good ill. Happy ill. Roman feasting ill. But ill enough to be indisposed from activities you may like to undertake without the services of The Bib or the moisturising properties of butter…unless you're into that sort of thing, in which case, good luck to you.


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The Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 10 Loyola Marymount, 3 pm
at Pepperdine's Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool
Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007
No. 6 UC Irvine at No. 8 UC Santa Barbara, 12 pm
at UCSB's Campus Pool
This Week In Water Polo
No. 8 UC Santa Barbara (10-6) will make the quick trip to Malibu on Saturday to face non-conference opponent No. 10 Loyola Marymount (4-6) in a neutral site game before returning home to host its home and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opener at Campus Pool against No. 6 UC Irvine (4-3) at noon.
Gauchos Face A Pair Of Narrow Losses
UCSB dropped a pair of heartbreakers last week as they faced UC Irvine and Long Beach State in non-conference action. On Thursday, UCSB fell to UCI, 8-7 on the road. Tim Hutten led the Anteaters with four goals while the Gauchos' own Milos Golic posted four goals also. UCSB then traveled to the Long Beach State Mini Tournament where they defeated Golden West JC in an exhibition game, 22-6. The Gauchos' second game of the tournament proved much tougher as they took on host, No. 7 Long Beach State. For the second time in just two week, the 49ers defeated the Gauchos by a single goal. During Saturday's contest, the Gauchos jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first quarter and continued to lead 6-4 at the end of the third. Long Beach posted two goals early in the fourth to the tie the score and at the end of regulation play, the teams were tied at 7-7. A goal by Long Beach with just two seconds left in the second overtime period captured the win for the 49ers, 9-8. The Gauchos, who opened the season with an impressive 10-1 record have now fallen to 10-6 and are amidst a five game losing skid. All of the losses have been to teams ranked in the top-10 of the CWPA Coaches Poll and the last four losses have all been by a one goal margin.
Freshman Phenom
Freshman Milos Golic made his debut with the Gauchos two weeks ago and has quickly become an impact player for UCSB. The native of Belgrade, Serbia has led the team in goals scored during three of the last six contests, including two four-goal showings: vs. LMU (Sept. 15) and vs. UC Irvine (Sept. 20). Golic is fifth on the team with 15 goals and is tied seventh in the conference with his team-leading 2.14 goals per game average. He has posted two or more goals in each of the last four contests and has also tallied 12 assists.
The Sinclair Scoop
Senior Ross Sinclair, a 2006 Third Team All-American, continues to lead UCSB in just about every statistical category. Sinclair has posted a team-leading 30 goals, 16 assists, 15 steals and 10 field blocks. The Newport, Calif. native currently averages 2.00 goals per game, tying for ninth amongst all MPSF players. Sinclair had one goal in the loss to UC Irvine and tallied a pair against Long Beach State. He is currently amidst a season-best five-game scoring streak and has posted two or more goals in 11 of the Gauchos' contests. The driver now ranks 12th on the UCSB career scoring list with 131 goals scored while in the blue and gold.
Sophomore Standout
Sophomore driver Stefan Partelow, who finished the 2006 season with 18 goals, has already surpassed his freshman season output as he currently is second amongst the Gauchos with 21 goals scored. The Manhattan Beach, Calif. native recently had a nine-game scoring streak snapped in the final game of the Northern California Open but he did provide a goal vs. UC Irvine and has scored in all but three contests this season. Partelow currently ranks 22nd in the conference with 1.31 goals per game. He has also chipped in 10 assists, six steals, eight field bocks and eight earned penalties or ejections this season in addition to his .577 shooting percentage.
Zoning In On Zsombor
After sitting out the Northern California Open, sophomore Zsombor Vincze returned to action last week and tallied a goal in each of UCSB's two games. The native of Szeged, Hungary is currently tied third on the team with 19 goals and ranks 19th in the MPSF with his 1.58 goals per game. Like Partelow, Vincze also posted a nine-game scoring streak earlier this season that included five multi-goal showings and three hat tricks. In addition to his 19 goals, Vincze also has 11 assists and 12 earned penalties or ejections. He is shooting an impressive .528 this season.
The Price Is Right
Junior Miles Price continues to be a solid contributor to the Gaucho offense this season. The driver is currently tied third on the team with Vincze with his 19 goals scored this season. The Canyon, Calif. native is also tied second on the team with Sean Castillo for assists with 14. Price has posted four multi-goal games this season, including two four-point showings.
Goalie Gossip
Senior goalkeeper Rick Wright continues to shine in the cage for the Gauchos. Last week, Wright posted nine saves in the loss to UC Irvine along with an assists and two steals. Two days later, he had 12 saves, an assist and a steal against Long Beach State. Wright has posted double-digit saves in four games this season. The San Diego, Calif. native currently ranks third in the MPSF with his 10.2 saves per game.
The Wigo File
Now in his third season as the head coach of the UC Santa Barbara men's water polo team is three-time Olympian and former captain of the USA Men's National Team, Wolf Wigo. Overall, Wigo has posted a 44-37 (.543) record at UCSB. In 2006, just his second year with the program, Wigo led his team to a fifth-place finish in the MPSF and an overall record of 21-14, marking the first 20-win season for UCSB since 1990. Wigo also coached three players to All-MPSF honors and Ross Sinclair became the first player he has coached to earn collegiate All-American honors.
Taming The Lions
No. 10 Loyola Marymount enters this weekend with a 4-6 record and will face No. 12 UC San Diego and No. 5 Pepperdine before its non-conference pairing with the Gauchos on Saturday afternoon. The Lions have been led by Tibor Foral, who has posted 16 goals, and Julien Lormant, who has scored 11. Andy Stevens has seen the most time in the cage and averages 7.76 goals against. The Gauchos have faced LMU once already this year at the Northern California Open where UCSB captured a 10-4 win over the Lions. Golic led the Gauchos with four goals in the match while Wright had seven saves.
About The Anteaters
After suffering a narrow, 8-7 loss to No. 6 UC Irvine last Thursday, UCSB will get a second crack at the Anteaters on Sunday when the Gauchos host their home opener. This week's match will mark both teams' MPSF opener. The Anteaters enter this week with a 4-3 record and will face Long Beach State before visiting the Gauchos. In addition to their narrow win over the Gauchos last week, the Anteaters dropped a game to No. 3 UCLA in sudden death overtime, 12-11. Tim Hutten leads UCI and the conference with 34 goals scored in seven games while Colin Mello has 15. Goalkeeper Matt Garcia is currently sporting a 7.14 saves per game average. In last week's contest, Golic once again was the high scorer for the Gauchos with four goals while Wright had nine saves.
Coming Attractions
UCSB will open the month of October on the road with a game vs. non-conference opponent UC San Diego on Oct. 5 at 6 pm. The following weekend the Gauchos will participate in the Southern California Tournament at Irvine on Oct. 13-14. After the tournament-intensive portion of the season winds down, the Gauchos have a stretch of MPSF games, with the final three home match-ups of the season. The Gauchos will host Pacific (Oct. 19), USC (Oct. 20) and Cal (Nov. 4) at Campus Pool. This season's MPSF Tournament is hosted by Cal and will be held Nov. 23-25.


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All Code references are based on the 2005 National Electrical Code. The grounding and bonding requirements in this column apply to solidly grounded systems that operate at not more than 600V, such as 120/240V, 120/208V, and 277/480V.
Art. 250's requirements for grounding and bonding, which begin in 250.4, can be broken down into two groups:
- Grounded systems [250.4(A)]
- Ungrounded systems [250.4(B)]
It may seem odd that the NEC has grounding and bonding requirements for ungrounded systems, but 250.4's first requirement is for grounding in grounded systems, so that's where we'll start.
Grounding and bonding in grounded systems. The NEC requires you to ground (earth) system windings to limit the voltage imposed on the system by lightning, unintentional contact with higher-voltage lines, or line surges (Sidebar below). Another function of this earthing is to "stabilize the voltage to earth during normal operation" by providing a common reference point.
The NEC also requires you to ground (earth) metal parts of electrical equipment in or on a building or structure. See 250.24(A) for services and 250.32(A) for separate buildings or structures. You accomplish this grounding (earthing) by using a grounding (earthing) electrode conductor [250.64(A)] to electrically connect the building or structure disconnecting means (225.31 or 230.70) to a grounding (earthing) electrode [250.52, 250.24(A), and 250.32(A)] (Fig. 1 above).
However, grounding (earthing) has its limitations. Grounding (earthing) of electrical equipment doesn't provide a low-impedance fault-current path to clear ground faults. In fact, the Code prohibits the use of the earth as the sole return path because it's a poor conductor of current at voltage levels below 600V [250.4(A)(5) and 250.45(B)(4)].
In addition, grounding (earthing) the metal parts of electrical equipment doesn't protect electrical or electronic equipment from lightning-induced voltage transients (high-frequency voltage impulses) on the circuit conductors inside the building or structure. Nor does it protect equipment within a structure from transients generated from other equipment in that structure.
To provide protection from voltage surges, you must engineer a proper surge protection system. The design should address surge protection devices (Art. 280 and 285) at service equipment, panelboards, and critical loads. Although it isn't covered by the NEC, you could also consider point-of-use surge protection in branch circuits.
Bonding in grounded systems has its own challenges. An "effective ground-fault current path" is a permanent, low-impedance path for fault-current, and it facilitates the operation of the circuit overcurrent protection device (OCPD) (250.2) (Fig. 2). Because the earth is a poor conductor, it doesn't permit sufficient fault current to flow back to the system winding to open the OCPD. Thus, a rod or concrete-encased electrode won't assist in clearing a ground fault [IEEE 142 Section 2.2.8] (Fig. 3).
A ground fault clears on a circuit through the automatic opening of the OCPD. The time it takes for an OCPD to open is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the fault current. Thus, the higher the ground-fault current value, the sooner the OCPD will open and clear the fault.
To quickly remove lethal touch voltage from metal parts after a ground fault, the fault-current path must have sufficiently low impedance for the fault current to quickly raise and facilitate opening the OCPD. For example, a 20A circuit with an overload of 40A (two times the rating) would trip a breaker in 25 to 150 seconds. At 100A (five times the rating) the breaker would trip in 5 to 20 seconds.
Thus, the effective ground-fault current path is critical. And you establish it through bonding. Start by connecting non-current carrying conductive materials of electrical equipment together and to the electrical supply source [250.4(A)(3)].
Do the same for electrical raceways, cables, enclosures, equipment, and other electrically conductive materials "likely to become energized" [250.4(A)(4)]. Whether something is "likely to become energized" is subject to interpretation by the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ).
Dangerous voltages can also exist on metal water, sprinkler, and gas piping, and exposed structural steel members, so if any such items are likely to become energized, you must bond them to the effective ground-fault current path.
Grounding and bonding in ungrounded systems. When used to describe a system, the term "ungrounded" refers to its supply configuration and wiring scheme. In a grounded system, the supply transformer secondary windings may be wye-configured with the center tap grounded or it may be delta-configured with a corner grounded.
Unlike a grounded system, an ungrounded system doesn't have a winding grounded at the supply transformer. This allows for continued operation if you have a ground fault on one phase. Presumably, qualified personnel will locate and repair the fault before a ground fault on a second phase takes the system down.
Ungrounded systems are common in factories in the southern United States. These facilities typically have ground-fault monitors to alert maintenance personnel to a ground fault on any phase. For example, the Daramic plant in Owensboro, Ky., has a ground-fault monitor on the wall between the maintenance offices and the machine shop — where maintenance personnel pass by frequently.
But maintenance crews at such facilities must repair the fault promptly. If a ground fault persists on an ungrounded system, the system could experience overvoltage-to-ground as high as eight times the phase voltage. This excessive voltage can puncture conductor insulation and create additional ground faults.
Whether your system is grounded or ungrounded, you must bond enclosures and equipment together. In ungrounded systems, bonding of electrical equipment [250.4(B)(2)] serves a purpose similar to that set forth for bonding electrical equipment in grounded systems [250.4(A)(3)]. The difference here is you're bonding the ungrounded system equipment to each other, rather than to each other and the source.
One consequence of this arrangement is the equipment-bonding path must be capable of carrying the maximum fault current likely to be imposed on it. Remember, the bonding system must be able to remove dangerous voltage from a second ground fault.
The same difference and consequence applies to the bonding of electrically conductive materials and other equipment in ungrounded systems [250.4(B)(3)] vs. those in grounded systems [250.4(A)(4)].
Fault current paths. Requirements for establishing fault current are similar for grounded and ungrounded systems. In neither case can you use the earth as the sole equipment-grounding conductor or consider it a fault current path.
And in both cases you must install electrical equipment, wiring, and other electrically conductive material likely to become energized in a manner that creates a permanent, low-impedance circuit. Yet this requirement has one key difference:
For grounded systems, you must establish an effective ground-fault current path. The circuit must be able to safely carry the maximum ground-fault current likely to be imposed on it from any point in the wiring system where a ground-fault to the supply source may occur.
For ungrounded systems, you must establish a fault current path (not ground-fault current path). The circuit facilitates the operation of overcurrent devices if a second ground fault occurs.
A single ground fault can't be cleared on an ungrounded system because there's no low-impedance fault-current path to the source. However, all metal parts of an ungrounded system must be bonded together so the bonding path will provide a low-impedance fault-current path in the event of a second ground fault (line-to-line fault). This will allow the OCPD to clear the fault [250.4(B)(4)].
You'll notice more of the differentiation between grounding and bonding as you continue studying grounding and bonding in Art. 250.
Sidebar: Lightning and Surges
When lightning occurs, high voltages drive high current (as much as 40,000A) into the earth for a fraction of a second. Typically, lightning strikes to wiring occur outside. Therefore, grounding (earthing) the system windings will assist the flow of lightning into the earth.
When a ground fault over 600V occurs, voltage on the other phases can rise significantly during the fault (typically three to 12 cycles). This voltage surge during the utility ground fault will be transformed into an elevated surge voltage on the secondary, possibly destroying electrical and electronic equipment. The lower the resistance of the utility grounding (earthing) system, the lower the secondary voltage surge.