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Friday, February 17, 2012
Handspun Friday - second batch of Falkland semi solids
I'm loving this so much!
The colors from left to right:
Specter, Magenta, Pale Aqua, Old Brick, Cobalt, Carnation & Clover.
Except for Old Brick I can't say which one is my favorite of these colors. I love them all, well Carnation is a little too pink for me too. I do, however, love how Old Brick looks next to Pale Aqua. I'm planning on spinning some Falkland for another blanket, and dyeing it Pale Aqua for thte main color. I have finished handspun yarn as the second color in my stash. Can't wait to get started on that one.
They are all chain plied, and average 127yds per skein (2oz).
The next seven colors are already missing in this photo.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
8 comments:
- Alexandra said...
Beautiful! Have a wonderful weekend :D
- February 17, 2012 3:32 a.m.
Every time I see those shelves full of lovely fibre I smile to myself. I just love to see how you are progressing with spinning these all up - I just wish I was as fast at spinning myself - I'm a bit on the slow side! :)
- February 17, 2012 3:35 a.m.
- 2paw said...
The colours are so lovely and even prettier when they are all wound up in a skein. My favourite, of course, is the Clover!!
- February 17, 2012 6:26 a.m.
- Walden said...
Lovely, I think the green, pink, and blue look nice together. . . but then I like my bright colors! :)
- February 17, 2012 6:33 a.m.
- Wooly Knits n Bits said...
You are an amazing spinner! I would love to sneek a few tops from that cupboard!! (Just kidding)
- February 17, 2012 7:47 a.m.
- kristieinbc said...
I love your pictures! And I admire your spinning perseverance. My poor lonely wheel is sitting neglected in a corner of my family room at the moment.
- February 17, 2012 9:56 a.m.
- Beverly said...
You have spun some gorgeous yarns. This is going to be a beautiful blanket.
- February 17, 2012 5:31 p.m.
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
Lovely. They take up so much less room as spun wool
- February 18, 2012 11:07 a.m.


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BOULDER, Colo.—Chucky Jeffery had 15 points and 15 rebounds to help No. 21 Colorado beat Oregon 84-59 on Sunday.
Brittany Wilson scored 16 points to lead the Buffaloes (18-5, 7-5 Pac-12), who have one more conference win than all of last season. Lexy Kresl scored 12 points, all on 3-pointers, and Rachel Hargis chipped in 10 for Colorado.
Colorado's 84 points matches a season high.
Amanda Delgado led the Ducks (3-21, 1-11) with 15 points. Danielle Love scored 14 for Oregon.
The Ducks' last lead was 25-23 with 7:50 left in the first half after Janitah Iamaleava's 3-pointer. The Buffs scored the next 14 points, seven of them coming from Wilson, and led by double figures the rest of the way.


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LENEXA, KS — As Larry Bedell and Chuck Rappe aged, they learned first hand that it's difficult for men to continue a regular exercise routine as family and work commitments increase. That's why the former owners of Club LaFemme, women-only fitness clubs, started Nitro Fitness in September 2004 and are now franchising the 30-minute circuit facilities for men over 30 years old.
So far, the company has sold agreements for 13 facilities and has at least 11 pending franchise agreements. They expect to have 200 clubs across the country by the end of 2006.
The key card facilities offer a circuit workout on stacked weight equipment that focuses on increasing core strength.
Franchising opportunities are available for a capital investment of $67,000 to $83,750. Liquid capital required is $40,000. The investment includes the core circuit system, three to four months of operating capital, a brand-building campaign, computers and signage, said Bedell. Monthly franchise fees are $498.
For their investment, franchisees receive the first 18 months of marketing, a mailing list for everyone within a three-mile ring of the facility, an infrastructure of 12 support people and the cell phone numbers for Rappe and Bedell.
"They can call us anytime," said Bedell. "This is our passion and business so we are here to make sure it works."
Franchisees receive three days of training on the equipment and kinesiology, and they can then stay for a fourth day to work on people issues.
Dr. John Dougherty recently became a franchisee partly as a service to his male patients in Joplin, MO. The fact that the clubs use weight stack systems, offer levels of progression and change the circuit every four months helped sell him on the franchise.
"I'm confident that this is what we are going to use to retain our members," Dougherty said. That's good for him in two ways: the facility does well and when he sees his members in the doctor's office, he may not have to prescribe medicine for health-related conditions.
"If you do this three times a week, you are going to see more results than you are from spending that $126 for your cholesterol pill," he said he tells his patients about working out. "We can get rid of all those pills if I can get them down on their body mass index to even just the overweight range."


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|2004-09-09, 02:52
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Loves Kaori
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Ahaha, here's another part:
Spoiler for Death Note, Chapter 32, Page 11 to 15:
Spoiler for Death Note, Chapter 32, Page 16 to 19:
P/S: *psst* I don't have an account to access chapter 37 at the forums, and they don't allow registration at this point of time.
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|2004-09-09, 10:05
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Loves Kaori
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Our out of point topic somewhere else...
Spoiler for Conversation in the scan from the second spoiler:
oh ya.. i don't have access to chapter 37... haiz... I wanna read it...
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|2004-09-10, 04:19
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Aha, I'm not as honourable as you think. If nobody will appreciate what I do, then I'll probably not do it. I'm just trying to do something that's within my ability to do for the community. Anyway here's some more translation:
Spoiler for Death Note, Chapter 33, Page 1 to 5:
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|2004-09-10, 06:05
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/Ultimate Magic Attack!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Time Warp/Future
For page 37, since the scanslation clearly states that no unauthorized transfer posting, so I'm not sure if it's okay to upload the whole thing to a public image service. Any suggestions how I may pass the images to you some other way?
|2004-09-10, 13:16
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Loves Kaori
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Oh, about the names, I'm more familiar with Raito/Ryuuku than the official names. However, I'm completely fine to switch it over to their official names.
About chapter 37, I can give you my Email address to your PM.
|2004-09-12, 02:46
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Loves Kaori
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Weird things happened while I was translating it... First, I had translated 7 pages, then my browser had to be redirected to another page which made me lose the translation... than I tried to work on my laptop.. and I can't type spaces with the editor... so give me some more time while I recover from this shock..
*edit: Ok I've added a bit of the translation. Sorry that I was missing on Saturday coz Saturdays are my Guilty Gear XX Days, when I travel to town to play GGXX with fellow Singaporeans. I'll be focusing on the more recent, untranslated chapters first... so I'll put chapter 32 on hold.
Spoiler for Death Note, Chapter 37, 03.jpg to 10.jpg:
Spoiler for Death Note, Chapter 37, 11.jpg to 23.jpg:
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This is relly good ^__^ You should share these with the Death Note LiveJournal Community, because if you're only posting them here, I'm sure tons of other people would love to read them!
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Wow, I just started reading this manga today, and I read all the way up to ch. 38! This is a really great manga, with great characters! I don't think I've been this obsessed with a manga for a long time. Raito/Light is definetly an awesome character as well as L. They are both really evil in a way, tho the story is taking a weird turn now.
best picture so far:
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Motorola W490 / W510 / W5
Info Photos News Forum 70 Reviews
Average Ratings
User friendly phone with many features
I purchased the Motorola W490 in May of 2008 from a MN T-Mobile retailer. It has user-friendly terms on all menus, large icons, and the font is easy to read.
COMPACT DESIGN: Itâs perfect for people with small hands and it fits well into small places. Durable with minor accidents.
BATTERY LIFE: The battery life is exceptional. Several warning beeps before the battery goes dead.
KEYPAD: The keypad has a soft backlight and is flat with a raised surface area dividing the keys and on the number â5âÂ. The keypad sound has adjustable volume levels or may be silent.
DISPLAY SCREEN: Icons can be re-arranged and the display screen fades to black during conversation. The internal and external displays are easy to view and may be personalized.
MESSAGING: Easy to use for text, email, and instant messaging. Default templates built in or create your own. The text message display is only one-line showing the name or number. The âMobile Emailâ feature allows you to access 12 different email providers, but MSN isnât one of them.
HANDS-FREE & SPEAKERPHONE: The speakerphone feature has great sound quality, but the speaker is on the back of the phone near the bottom so it can be muffled a bit depending on the surface or if being held. Bluetooth is simple to setup â phone settings has a âfind meâ option. The voice-dialing feature is sensitive - may dial if wording is used in a sentence.
MEMORY, PHONEBOOK & TOOLS: The memory is small, but large enough to handle the phonebook, music, games, video clips, and photos. The phonebook has a large capacity and allows multiple numbers, emails, websites, home/business addresses, and birthdays. The calendar is ok, but the color-coding for events are bright colors that are not always easy to read.
SIGNAL/SERVICE: This is a quad-mode phone so it works in many areas where other phones canât get a signal (regardless of carrier) and it has international capabilities.
rock solid
so, i have had t-mobile for many years. I used to work for another carrier doing warranty so i when i come across a great phone i have to try it out.
This is a great phone where it counts; call quality, reception and battery life. Anything other than that is just a bonus.
It is amazing how many phones rate sub par one the most important yet basic elements of a phone.
price-about $40 right now with 2 year extension
call qualify- clean and crisp even in the dead spots in phoenix
battery life-i only charge it twice a week with moderate use. maximum talk time is 8 hours per the user's manual
sturdy feel, nice hinge
memory card slot is hot-swappable but under battery cover
1.3 MP camera is nice for a phone camera
full duplex speaker means you can actually hear your phone ringing
music player is standard.
lets you send MP3s in picture message (you can send all your homies ringtones)
keypad clicks when you press a number, even though the buttons are flat.
back cover feels like cheap plastic even though its secure
menus are slow (its a motorola)
no different folders for music or pictures (it will bring up in the order you put it on your phone)
limited external display functionality (cant really do anything special with the outside screen)
internal display is a bit small, although it is crisp and bright
If you are looking for 5 million features on your cell phone and dont really care about the phone part, buy another phone.
If you want a rock solid performer that you wont have to call in about in 3 months, buy this phone. Buy it for your kids, give it away for christmas.
2 thumbs up
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cutepink but no
I got it because its pink. PONS: pink, zoom camera, 5 alarms, soft ring may set for slected ring tones only and reg ring for mine and all others. memory card a plus. may set more then 9 speed dial no.s if u can work from phone. may hold up to 1000 nos. CONS: couldn't seem to find out how to use the extra speed no.s just 9. White screen alot. (couldnt use in emer.) had to keep removing my texts in and out, have no more that 50 together for it to work better. needs way to use speed nos easy. OVER ALL: I would say no. I dont use the extra stuff, but for me as a person whom wants the car to drive and the phone to work. I like easy and to work when I take care of things.
Not a knockout, Not a dud
When I switched to T-Mobile, I had to switch away from my favorite brand, LG. I always felt that there was something cheap about Samsung, and kiddy about Nokia. The Motorola brand seemed to be the logical choice. Now that I've owned mine for over a year:
-Battery Life has been good (usually don't need a recharge for 2-4 days)
-call quality is good, clear, and speaker phone works well
-display is clear and bright, readable in all but the most impossible outdoor settings
-Surprisingly adept texter and text manager. Easy to pop open and reply / generate new and send
-Finish has survived several drops, and picked up only minor scratches. Still feels solid and blemishes are really hard to notice (and I really gave it a good one on the pavement)
-Camera really needs a flash. It is sub par anyway, and the screen is ultimately too small to enjoy them anyway. And Tmobile won't let you send a pic without email attaching it and sending. Should be able to just USB them.
-Limited ringtones, and all the basic ones are pretty lame.
-Browser? Forgettaboutit - so slow
-slowest interface in the world, lags while doing anything from choosing a menu to dialing a number
-did I mention I don't think its responsive?
I've never really preferred Motorola's phones. This is a GREAT phone though if you are just looking to make a few calls and texts every now and again. But Motorola really needs to either streamline their OS or invest in faster chips because the slow responses make their phones feel . . . well, even more basic. A solid and reliable choice however for the non-geek.
Other than that, I do still find it hilarious, having used iPhones and Blackberries, that these companies think we should pay 100 bucks a month or more for premium data and text services. When the hardware and speed are that good, let me know.
In the mean time, my 2.5 rating reflects that the phone is great, but not outstanding compared to the high end phones available. I don't covet it.
phone malfunctions
ok here is deal. my wife has this phone, she loves it, except the fact it malfunctions. this is the moto w490 with t-mobile. she had it replaced 3 times in a 120 day period. the phone tends to dial on its own and go through the phone book. this is very annoying when your on the phone and it starts doing this as the tone of the keys over rides any conversation. i know other ppl that have this phone and never had a problem. so pick and chose wisely. i suggest stay away from moto phones. we are leaving t-mobile and going to verzion and getting LG phones.
An Alright Phone
I'm using this phone on T-Mobile in the Dallas, Texas area. The reception quality is ok. I've had better and certainly worse. I have had this phone for over 9 months now. The camera quality is better than I would expect for 1.3 mp. The pictures do look a little washed out though. The phone is good about hiding scratches. Though the black color is starting to disappear and bare metal is starting to show at the top where the phone hinges.
The battery cover used to be hard to remove (a good thing), but now it slides off way too easily. I have had the cover come off, while holding the phone in my hand. Also, the cover on one of the navigation keys is starting to crack. The menu can be slow to respond. The display is clear and looks good. However, the date only displays on the outer screen, not the larger inner screen. I don't know if this due to T-Mobile's adjustments to the phone or all W490s are like this. A flash for the camera would have been nice too.
My major complaint about this phone is that when it is on silent or vibrate, it is WAY too easy for it too be switched to ring. A simple key press on the side (even when the phone is closed) switches the phone from silent to ring loudly. I've had it switch to loud in my pocket and when pulling it out. A major design flaw, Imo.
Great phone.....
I got this phone from my local T Mobile store in Heather Grape. At first I wanted it in black but they were sold out and now I'm glad I got the grape one. This is a great basic phone. I love the color I have and I like the bright display. I wish the backlight stayed on longer than 20 seconds but I can live with that. My camera takes pretty good pics even though other reviews say the camera is not so hot. I can download ringtones and they sound pretty good. I am happy with my phone and I'm glad I made the choice that I made.
ok phone
This phone is really nice and everything and is very pretty but the buttons are too close together and it is very slow if you like to type fast or just browse fast. The camera is good but memory is so bad when it comes to storing alot of pics or videos. I rarely get dropped calls which is surprising because motorola isn't known for that.
An Awesome Good Looking Phone!
I got this phone about two weeks ago only because it was free with T-mobile and I have to say I really like it! It often gets mistaken for a RAZR at a few feets distant which I find kind of odd, but up close you realize its not! All the features are excellent although photo quality could be better, but its fine. Service is superb, I always seem to have 5 bars no matter where I'm at, like in a basement. My old phone was always searching for service! I'd say if you want a sleek hot phone with all the features like cam/vid/music etc. for a very low price, then this is a very excellent option! Get It!
Nice phone, a lot of features
I bought a black W490 for T-Mobile and I love it. Reception and call quality is good. It's not a high-end phone but has plenty of features and much to like about it. I actually returned the RAZR2 V8 and got this instead. The phone looks very plain and industrial, especially in black, if military issued phones it would look like this.
1) Compact size,easy to hold because narrow
2) LCD is small but is sharp, bright,
and renders plenty of detail for movies
and pictures.
3) Plain-looking matte finish does not show
any fingerprints, stains or scratches
4) Decent MP3 player, plays 320x240
mpeg-4 files, shows all jpeg pictures
5) Excellent battery life, after playing
with video, MP3 all day and talking for
75 minutes still had 2/3 bars
6) Micro SD card slot conveniently located
on side of phone under battery door, no
need to remove battery like some phones
7) Customizable smart key and soft buttons
for instant camera, video, voice
recorder, etc or whatever u like
8) Very good video mode, records in
usefully high 352x288 resolution up 3.5
minutes per clip if you use micro SD card
9)Intergrated Email and IM Service
10) ability too add more information
to each phone entry, like 2nd phone
number, email, birthday, address
1) Backlight only stays on for a maximum
of 20 seconds, sometimes pain in the ass
2) Speakerphone does not work with flip
closed. Closing the flip will end the
call. How stupid, on the RAZR you had
a choice of using the speakerphone
with the flip closed under the settings.
3) Photo quality is disappointing in most
cases, pictures look fuzzy and washed
out. Looks okay only when you take
pictures outdoors under the sunlight.
Also not bad for taking portraits of
faces. (Thank God for that so you can
show all your friends how cute your
girlfriend is!)
4) No MP3 controls with phone closed
except for volume


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Give maintenance a fighting chance
Third of three parts
Over the last couple of sessions, I detailed some basic predictive maintenance (PdM) technologies of infrared thermography and ultrasound for steam and compressed air systems to identify and calculate energy waste within facilities.
This third part pulls it all together building with a couple of real client results and the KISS principal for building a completing business case for your program's efforts.
The Tales of Bob and Weave
Bob and Weave are making the big bucks as facility directors overseeing reliability programs at two different large pharmaceuticals. Each have about 24,000 assets at 10 plants. Both deploy PdM technologies to drive the most cost-effective, reliable, safe, efficient and sustainable facility capacity possible. The difference is Bob is using sophisticated software while Weave is building a program from ground up.
In the last six months, each leader's company has had more than 3,000 positions have vanished and the buzz is that there are more layoffs coming, not to mention less overtime and a 15% cost reduction across the board. Forget getting the capital for improvements, both are trying to keep their reliability programs staffed while and sustaining production.
Where will they find some money?
Both organizations have the knowledge and skills address the issues but may lack the information to pinpoint the cause and implement timely and cost effective repairs. The good news is that in most cases, the energy savings can be found within your existing processes.
Bob – Maintenance Leader #1: The great news is that Bob has a centralized enterprise asset management system that will help mine and trend information that can identify systems with the highest probability of providing energy savings. You were told the information is there so it is time to start making this system pay.
A quick search of the EAM platform shows that infrared thermography of your electrical systems has identified 793 temperature anomalies totaling 44,300oF in temperatures higher than that of the OEM heat curves and a potential savings in the next year of $94,353.
Just like a crime scene investigators, Bob's team follows the clues to find the bad actors. Now that Bob has the information, applying his knowledge is easy and determines the direction and proactive strategies. Using a rule of thumb that 70% of electrical thermal issues are caused by loose connections cross-referenced with the top 10 components (blue highlights), the list starts to become a little more manageable with 521 items worth $80,000 in savings (blue highlights).
Bob has a two-pronged plan: Issue work orders to critical systems with connection issues or the highest paybacks and establish a connection torque program during the annual infrared inspections. Successfully eliminating these poor / loose connections has the potential to eliminate 30,000oF in excessive temperatures (Bright Yellow Highlights) and the associated fire and safety risks.
He may also get lucky, by using the EAM platform to cross-tie the next bad actor cause category of internal flaws with "poor connection-related" assets with problem components already being addressed or near the these systems. Bob is confident since this energy saving opportunity doesn't include motor systems, compressed air, steam, etc.
Sophistication Pitfalls
The challenge for many is that PdM programs generate an enormous amount of data. Much of this is delivered in word processing documents, PDFs and spreadsheets, proprietary software and hard copies which slow a Leader's ability extract information for making empowered and proactive decisions.
Basically, don't blinded or stalled by these programs' bells and whistles and effort required to input and extract information. Even if you are like "Bob" and have robust software platforms and "mountains" of data, these systems create a belief that "we must wait for the software to kick out perfect information before making a decision".
Additionally, many times the information that would empower a "closed-loop", PdM-to-repair process is missing on the back end of these systems. Chalk it up to human nature or culture, once the repair has been made, the "after repair" information, which is needed for some of your energy calculations, never makes it back into the CMMS or EAM. It is perceived as a waste of time or of less value compared to the interesting wrench time on the next work order and ultimately the data never documented.
This brings us to Weave.
Weave – Maintenance Leader #2: Weave is experiencing the realities of a pilot program within its early stages of not having perfect information, trying to add a technology and/or trying to build a critical mass of data.
Weave knows time is running out that he may have one opportunity to mine the asset data / financials to gain management acceptance of reliability programs as a contributor to the bottom line and funding support. The good news is that he has implemented a few PdM technologies and started to show nearly $20,000 in annual potential savings. The following are examples from Parts I and II of this series.
"Potential" is used since someone must implement repairs but it may have to be with little or no capital support. The good news is that the hot and loose electrical connections and compressed air fittings could be addressed with minimal labor and material investment. Even the material cost of purchasing a new steam trap is only a few hundred dollars.
The results are only scratching the surface as the total savings are based upon total equipment population, completeness and frequencies data collections with any existing programs and the wealth of additional energy saving opportunities with additional PdM technologies such as vibration monitoring/alignment strategies, motor circuit and motor current analysis, lube oil analysis/optimization, and aerial infrared surveys for roof moisture saturation.
Keep It Super-Simple (KISS) to Close The Deal
Today's recessionary pressures prevent many maintenance leaders from affording this software luxury and or the possible stagnation of efforts. Whether you have are Bob with sophisticated software of Weave implementing a pilot project, both require "keeping it super simple", small, accurate and manageable to build a case for targeted equipment opportunities with the best and highest probability success.
1. Start Small and Target Problem Areas – This includes combining the following equipments lists, known problems areas and the energy bills to establish a beachhead for your program
2. Build Prioritized Equipment Lists comprised of basic equipment IDs, location, failure modes and criticality
3. Centralized Data – Centralized data is easily accessed, extracted and turning into information with the use of simple but powerful spreadsheets or databases. I recommend MS Excel which can keep data collection and centralization to a simple, consistent and manageable level for you, or service provider's information. The goal is to turn this data into usable information which empowers your team's decisions.
4. Take Matters into your own hands. By this, I mean taking a personal stake in collecting the field data and pre- and post-repair readings. This is your project and you may have to overcome cultural barriers, lack of support, manpower shortages and will "trust but verify" the information being collected. Being in touch with the process and validating the results will fuel your passion for the final presentation and closing the deal.
5. Blow Your Own Horn – Once you have solid results, your goal is to provide simple, regular communications that gain support for your reliability and energy saving efforts. The medium could be a few PowerPoint slides or a spreadsheet with a graph of two.
6. Narrow the Message – Be specific in your arguments or requests and keep them simple; not too technical with numerous discussions and calculations about gallons, kilowatts and amperages.
7. Financial Benefits To Corporation (ROI) – The message should be financially based covering return on investment (ROI), net present value and/or cost of avoided downtime. Don't get caught in the trap of only talking about the savings and ignoring the costs to perform the in-house or third-party surveys. Basically, keep in mind that "you have to spend money to make money".
8. Repeat: Don't Give Up. Don't let the program stall and always communicate, communicate and communicated. Many, very successful energy programs started with one or two small victories and incrementally added successes to overcome skepticism, cultural bias towards maintenances, and lack of awareness.
Regardless of a reliability program's sophistication, this series highlights simple to use PdM tools which can recapture lost energy or help correctly account for its impact to the bottom line and gain credibility for your maintenance team.
Good luck and don't hesitate to call if you need help.


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No wedding and honeymoon would be complete without writing about the first home – thankfully, my mother did just that!
At 555 Forest, Apt 3 Palo Alto, California after September 10, 1950. Our first home – a lovely furnished apartment: Living-dining combination, kitchen, bedroom, bath & enclosed patio where we can roll the roof back and sun ourselves. I lived here for over a month alone – but it is infinitely better with Gordon. And then of course Fluffy (alias Snicklefritz) shares the apartment with us – or do we shared with her?! Returned to find the place in perfect order, courtesy of Rob & Pat – with poem left behind.
I always remember that poem and thought it was such a creative thing to do.
Gerry & Gordon -
Greetings, chums! (see dictionary)
Here are helps to keep you merry.
This note of gifts we herewith leave
Lest, questioning, you should grieve.
Now check against Pa Levy's list
And see if anything is missed.
We've cleaned and dusted, scoured and mopped
And over boxes nimbly hopped,
So if love takes up your time
The windows will not lose their shine.
Word of caution we would add
So burglars cannot make you sad.
For bathroom window (don't be shocked)
Get a handle, keep it locked!
Have fun & keep your romance bright.
We're tired now, so good night!
Pat & Rob
I can just imagine the things they left behind. Somewhere in the back of my brain I remember they had stocked the kitchen with essentials.
And here's the famous Fluffy as a beautiful silver Persian kitten. The date on the back of the photo is September, 1950 so I'd bet they got her right when they returned from the honeymoon.
I haven't run across any photos that I can identify as 555 Forest but here's one courtesy of Bing.
It's fun to think of my parents living in their very first home – I wonder if it looked like this when they came home for the first time as Man and Wife.
Thanks for joining me as I remembered the wedding of my parents 63 years ago. And that's a wrap!


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My friend Tim Lee, whose new blog I linked to this morning, follows up on the Dark and Stormy controversy with a clarification about the purpose of trademark law:
[…] trademarks have a dramatically different policy rationale from patents and copyrights. Copyrights and patents are designed to create legal monopolies that drive up the price of creative works and thereby reward authors and inventors for their creativity. Although consumers may benefit from the resulting increase in creativity, the short-term effect is to force them to pay more than they would in a competitive market. Trademarks aren't like that at all. The point is not to limit competition. To the contrary, the point is to enhance competition by ensuring that consumers know what they're getting. This is why it's emphatically legal to run comparative advertising featuring your competitor's trademarks. Microsoft may own the "Windows" trademark, but Apple is free to use it as a punching bag as long as they don't mislead consumers about what they're getting.
The same principle applies in the Dark and Stormy case. The point of trademark law is to make sure consumers know what they're getting (whether it's Gosling or Zaya), not to give Gosling a monopoly on the concept of mixing ginger beer with rum. I haven't seen Zaya's ad and I'm not a trademark lawyer, so I don't want to speculate on the legal merits of Gosling's position. But certainly the apparent purpose of Zaya's ad—encouraging bartenders to substitute their own rum in place of Gosling's—is entirely within the spirit of trademark law. If the net effect of Gosling's threats is that consumers wind up with fewer opportunities to try mixing ginger beer with different kinds of rum, that is certainly not what trademark law is supposed to accomplish.
This a good point. It's also of interest that the recent boom in craft bartending has occurred with very little IP protection for recipes. Some enterprising writer might want to look into mixology as an example of creativity that thrives in a low IP environment as discussed in this famous paper on the "piracy paradox" in the fashion industry. My impression is that most of the recent innovations in recipes and technique have been driven by bartenders and bars seeking acclaim for their work and patrons eager to try their drinks; I'm personally thrilled when a recipe of my own invention is copied elsewhere, especially if credit is given to me or my bar. In contrast, the cocktails pushed by marketing campaigns tied to specific products are usually pretty unremarkable.
My perspective may be biased however by being so tied into the transparent, blogging parts of the bar community, and marketing cocktails may improve as firms realize the importance of getting their products used in craft bars. But even then it's not clear that IP would play any essential role in the development of drink recipes.


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Andy & Anita organised the July ride where eleven tandems and one solo started from the Crediton Leisure Centre. Amongst the tandems were two Pinos, one was John and Judy's new mount, the other was ridden by 'Freetrike' Tom and his young son Oliver. Tom supplies a range of bikes and tandems specifically adapted to meet a variety of special needs. We were also joined by two of James' grandchildren, one on his tandem and one on a solo, so good to see youngsters on a club ride.
We set off at a leisurely pace through the back lanes towards Killerton House and our coffee and cake stop. On the way we happened upon our friends Julia and Meg who were out on a training run, getting ready for a 24 hour mountain bike race and then later in the year a run from Lands End to John o' Groats. They were soon pressed into service directing everyone through a staggered junction - thanks ladies. They rode with us until the picturesque village of Thorverton. A few more miles saw us at Killerton and their excellent cakes and drinks.
The ride back from Killerton through Silverton was slightly more challenging than the way out, steadily climbing until just outside Shobrooke where we dropped 200 feet and then promptly had to climb 90 feet back up again before we reached the Red Lion and our lunch stop. The joys of cycling in Devon! The food was pre ordered so we didn't have to wait too long for lunch, which was well received by all.
A short ride back to Crediton, and as if by magic, an Ice Cream van turned up just outside Mid Devon Tyres, I'm not sure who was more pleased, us or the guy in the Ice Cream van who suddenly had a massive increase in Ice Cream sales!
Thanks everyone for joining us, we look forward to riding with you again soon.
Karl and Lisa organised the November ride for the Taunton Group where 8 tandems and 4 solos, including a recumbent, set out from Lutzy's coffee shop at Exeter Quay.
Fully satisfied with the home baked Portuguese tarts (the house speciality) we headed off for a level ride to Dawlish along the Exe Estuary. The weather couldn't have been better, a cold sharp day with awesome clear blue sunny skies. We passed many train and bird spotters lining the way, giving them a rare but fabulous sighting of an exotic group of tandemists.
At the mid way point of 12 miles we visited Daisy's Tearoom in Dawlish to sample their cakes and once again satisfied we headed back to Exeter Quay for a leisurely lunch at the Puerto Lounge.
Although this was a level ride, not too taxing!! it provided a chance to take in beautiful scenery and a chance to catch up with the happenings of the group along the Estuary.
James and Andy organised the October ride for the Taunton Group which trialled a different way of leading a route.
As the group has become bigger it has brought obvious social advantages, but some problems as well. If 24 people turn up at a cafe and ask for double shot flat whites with skinny almond milk and sprinkles, basically the rest of the day is a right off. Add on a puncture or two and someone missing a turning and it becomes tricky for the organiser and frustrating for everyone else.
So October's route from Bovey Tracey to Moretonhampstead and back was really simple; almost everyone could self-navigate, cycle at their own speed, arrive at the cafes in their own time and the organisers rode at the back to sweep up any problems. So because we were ready for problems…..there weren't any. And we had great weather, autumn leaves, super company and the best cycling cafe in the west.
Altogether a good day out!!
Chris and Chris organised the August ride for the Taunton and West Country Groups where 14 tandems and 2 solos assembled at The George Hotel in Castle Cary on a warm and overcast Saturday. Members Carol & Tim and Mandy & Mike were making their first foray into Group rides.
After pre-ride coffee and cakes we followed the South Somerset Cycle Route south out of town and through charming villages such as North Cadbury, South Cadbury (past the site of the Iron Age hill fort, Cadbury Castle) Corton Denham, Sandford Orcas and Trent.
Splendid "sheep dog" work was done by Malcolm to gather up strays that missed one of the many twists and turns.
Lunch was taken at The Lamb&Lark @ Limington and both very good service and meals were fully appreciated.
Following lunch a gentle return through Kingsdon and Babcary to Castle Cary completed the 35 miles of occasional undulations.
Afternoon tea and cakes were enjoyed by several at The George once more and an enjoyable event was concluded without any mishaps.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In the inaugural meeting between both programs, regionally-ranked No. 10 MIT defeated UMass Boston, 8-1, on Friday night. With the win, the Engineers improved to 2-1 on the year while the Beacons fell in their season-opener.
MIT opened the match with a pair of 8-3 decisions in the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles positions. Eric Beren and Ken Van Tilburg defeated Matthias Busch and Jovan Jordan-Whitter in the top spot while Vinith Misra and Michael Price posted their victory over Amit Kumar and Reinaldo Lopes. In the No. 2 slot, Peden Nichols and Jonathan Farm outlasted Ali Al-Sabbagh and Pavel Braude, 8-6.
UMass Boston's Jordan-Whitter prevented a singles sweep with a hard-fought 7-5, 6-7, 10-8 win over Van Tilburg in the No. 1 spot. Pang defeated Braude, 6-1, 6-2, in the next position as Nichols and Farm recorded a pair of 6-1, 6-0 decisions over Busch and Al-Sabbagh, respectively. Kumar fell to Manuel Rivera by a 6-0, 6-2 margin in the No. 5 slot while Ryan Castonia wrapped up the match with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Lopes.
Next up for MIT will be a home match against Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday, March 1. UMass Boston will resume action on Tuesday, March 25 at Wheaton College.
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Final Team Score: MIT 8, UMass Boston 1
1. Eric Beren/Ken Van Tilburg (M) def. Matthias Busch/Jovan Jordan-Whitter (UMB), 8-3
2. Peden Nichols/Jonathan Farm (M) def. Ali Al-Sabbagh/Pavel Braude (UMB), 8-6
3. Vinith Misra/Michael Price (M) def. Amit Kumar/Reinaldo Lopes (UMB), 8-3
1. Jovan Jordan-Whitter (UMB) def Ken Van Tilburg (M), 7-5, 6-7, 10-8
2. Kevin Pang (M) def. Pavel Braude (UMB), 6-1, 6-2
3. Peden Nichols (M) def. Matthias Busch (UMB), 6-1, 6-0
4. Jonathan Farm (M) def. Ali Al-Sabbagh (UMB), 6-1, 6-0
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Contratulations to polarbeardiggers on thier 250th find yesterday.
It is interesting seeing breakdown of information on finds. I personally really applaud you Peter and Gloria for all your reverse locationless finds! Some cachers seem to have some disdain for those but in reality they are a lot of work and a good challenge. Don't knock it til you tried it I say.
Taking the photos alone and getting the numbers to register as well as the object in the background is tricky. Finding many of those unique locations is challenging too and one has to slam on the brakes sometimes when driving to capture the locations. And for some listed reverses there are few objects in certain provinces as listed. I'd encourage cachers to get into finding reverses. It can really make a long drive worthwhile especially if you miss a few caches due to them going missing etc. Our children really have begun to notice distinct features on buildings and really seeing statues they'd never have noticed otherwise. It helps develop the visual sense to a heightened awareness! I really wish we were allowed to develop more virtuals in the province as well since those are better for some spots than hiding micro's. The photo one we did at the Leg was our answer to not having virtual's there. Finding real caches is a lot of work too and a lot of money spent on fuel. An enjoyable investment when one finds the caches though.
Keep it up! We enjoy your hides very much and hope to do the rest of yours later this summer.
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He is up to 110 finds now with a remarkable 108 in the last 2 months.
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Here are some inspiring collections — historic and modern — and boxes that hold them perfectly.
1. Fortune Book, part of a series designed by the late Tibor Kalman and Dean Lubensky for M&Co, 1991
2. One of artist Joesph Cornell's incredible boxed arrangements, Untitled (Solar Set), 1956-58
3. Untitled (Penny Arcade Portrait of Lauren Bacall), also by Joseph Cornell, 1945-46
4. Father of the Fluxus movement, George Maciunas was a master of assembling fascinating boxes, Fluxkit, 1964-65
5. Flux Year Box 2 assembled by George Maciunas, 1968
6. British artist and designer Peter Nencini created a beautiful set of abstract objects in boxes for a show at Direktorenhaus
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8. A nesting box designed to hold an archaeologist's collection by Bilt Furniture and Richard Fishman, 2009
9. A box containing Life: A User's Manual by George Perec, designed by the always-inspiring Enzo Mari
10. Derrick R. Cruz of Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons creates gorgeous and mysterious objects, as well as The Dark Miracle Box II to hold them.
Images: 1,7: M&Co; 2, 3: Mark Harden/WebMuseum; 4: Walker Art Center; 5: Fluxus by Thomas Kellein; 6: Peter Nencini; 8: Bilt Furniture; 9: BUR; 10: Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons


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Babson opened the scoring just over five minutes into the contest when Bryan Wilbur connected on a feed from Armand Wilson. The Beavers then increased their margin courtesy of an unassisted strike by Matt Enright with 1:14 remaining in the period.
MIT ended the shutout after 3:42 elapsed in the second stanza with Neil Zimmerman setting up Ernie Park for his 13th goal of the season. Babson countered with a solo effort by E.J. Peterson late in the quarter which eventually resulted in a 3-1 lead at halftime.
The Engineers cut their deficit in half at the 9:25 mark of the third quarter when Ryan Ballentine converted a pass from Corey Garvey. The remainder of the period was a defensive battle, maintaining the slim margin.
The Ballentine-Garvey connection returned three minutes into the final frame, evening the score at three. Both sides had several chances to record the go-ahead goal, but it was Park who found Zimmerman for the game-winning strike with 45 seconds left in regulation.
Garvey paced the Cardinal and Gray with six groundballs as Eric Zuk added three of his own. In net, Garth Grove collected eight saves.
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"In 2010 and 2011 N.S.A. received samples in order to test the ability of its systems to handle the data format, but that data was not used for any other purpose and was never available for intelligence analysis purposes," the draft answer says, adding that the N.S.A. has promised to notify Congress and seek the approval of a secret surveillance court in the future before any locational data was collected using Section 215.Senator Wyden told the NY Times that this answer is not providing "the real story":
"After years of stonewalling on whether the government has ever tracked or planned to track the location of law-abiding Americans through their cellphones, once again, the intelligence leadership has decided to leave most of the real story secret — even when the truth would not compromise national security," Mr. Wyden said.I imagine there will be much more to come on this story.


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A controversial natural gas mining technique called "fracking" is creating a boom in Wisconsin sand mines with more than 20 new mines proposed, including some as large as 500 acres or more.
While the mines bring jobs, they also bring dust, traffic and other problems that the state Department of Natural Resources and local governments aren't prepared to deal with, residents and government officials said at a recent conference on "frac sands."
"The state is woefully unprepared for this," said state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma. "We're regulating sand mines like we regulate gravel pits. There is a big difference between a one-acre gravel pit and a 900-acre sand mine."
The state Department of Natural Resources has been caught somewhat off guard by the swarm of sand mining companies looking to build new mines and processing plants or expand existing operations. For example, while the agency can regulate silica dust particles — which have been linked in studies to cancer in occupational settings — it is severely hampered in its oversight of dust at mine sites by a dramatically downsized staff, according to William Baumann, who is in charge of air standard compliance at the DNR.
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Once Bitten
Kita Nekai, on the run and the smallest of her shifter clan-a calico cat among lions and tigers-is being hunted. She was expected to accept her role as her father's successor whether or not her cat was up to the task of leading the clan. She disagreed. Now she's less than a step ahead of the hunters, bone-tired, cold, and living hand-to-mouth in the city of Haven. And that's the high point of her day. She's also drugged, "accidentally" turned into a vampire, and sentenced to death for recklessly creating a rogue shifter who tortures its human prey. She's got 72 hours to find the rogue, evade a city full of hunters, prove she's not responsible for the rogue, and keep the vampire council from killing her. All while sorting out an apprentice mage, a married ex-boyfriend shifter-hunter, and the vampire who made her.
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- Deborah
- Chipping Norton, United Kingdom
- 30-12-11
Absorbing, but with a petulant, adolescent heroine
I kept waiting for the 22/23-year-old heroine, who's lived rough, and solo, for 5 years to display a hint of adult capability or emotion - but for most of the book she seems stuck as a whiney, petulant, over-touchy adolescent. She tells one of the main male characters several times that she "hates him" - works usually used by 8-year-olds whose mothers won't let them go play, radiates sullen "it's-not-fair", and rejects any offers of friendship or support - I felt quite sorry for Nathaniel at times.
However, while I did get a tad fed up with Kitter, the world building is good, the other characters better drawn and less teenage (Nathaniel is 400 years old after all), and the ending is truly absorbing, running right up to, and slightly over, a deadly deadline, and with a very well described, and rather gruesome, finale. We end with Kitter maybe, just maybe, a smidgen more resigned to her lot, and with her set up as a supernatural investigator for the subsequent series.
Worth the listen, and well read with clear definition between characters - but for heavens sake buy it through Amazon for the cheaper price, you come back to your Audible account, but keep the cheaper price - and I'll be downloading the sequel.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- 14-08-11
Starts slow but an excellent listen.
It took a little while to get into the Goodeve's voice, but after the first couple chapters it was hard to turn it off. The characters are well fleshed, the action relatively quick, and the storyline plausible. Kitta's character is a little illogical at times (always complaining, rarely willing to seek help even when she clearly needs it) but towards the middle of the book she gets a little more sense. The only character that really put me off was Bobby, since even though at the beginning of the story he mentions the fact that his mate is pregnant (and Kitta thinks about it once or twice), he never mentions it again. Nathanial is a good counterpoint to Kitta in his logical thoughts and patience to her lack of it. The back story doesn't always connect as well as it should to the current events but still, all in all, it was an engrossing listen and made a long plane ride go by much faster.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- decembergrit
- 14-08-11
Good story
I just finished listing to Once Bitten and Twice Dead and enjoyed them both very much. It's a nice twist to the old vampire story. Lots of action and angry vamp politics and blood. Definately worth the listen. There will be a 3rd installment. :)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
- Randee
- 15-12-11
Good story ruined by a bland narration
The narration is flat, bland, and conveys NONE of the stories strong emotions from Kita. Unless you need help sleeping, save your money and buy the paperback.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
- Aryn
- 10-08-11
perhaps a better read than told?
The story is good, but the narrator, while clear and capable, seems to be stuck on a one-emotion voice. The narrator reads the book as though all is doom and gloom, no joy, no humor, no fun. She isn't atonal, just few emotional variations, and from what I've read of Kalayna Price, her stories go the emotional gamut. So, while I like the book, I think I'll try reading it if my library gets it in.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
- Think about this
- 01-12-13
Lots of promise
This is the first of what could be a good series. Kitta is a shifter that fled her land 5 years previous. She's been hiding out from her father, head of the clan and dodging hunters set to bring her home, when she almost meets her demise. Nathaniel rescues her, but has to turn her into a vampire in order to keep her alive. She doesn't like the outcome and feels she can run away from being a vampire. She soon finds out reluctantly, that she can not flee her new life, and is being accused of being a rogue murderer of humans. Now, she has to prove her innocence in order to avoid the death penalty. With Bobby (an old love from the past), Nathaniel (her new sire), and Gil (a scholary faerie); Kitta sets out to find the real killer.
It's one problem after another and makes for an interesting tale. Kitta tends to be too outspoken for her own good most of the time, but hopefully at some point she'll wisen up. The narrator does an excellent job with all the voices, and keeps the story going at a good pace.
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- kimbacaffeinate
- 04-08-14
still have many questions and want more depth
Any additional comments?
Once Bitten has, an intense mystery involving a rogue shifter. Kita finds herself in trouble and thanks to the quick actions of a lone vampire known as "the Hermit" she wakes up dead and unable to shift. Hmm, you think that would be enough for one day, but Kita ends up being accused of being the rogue shifter. She is granted seventy-two hours to find the killer and prove her innocence. Her ex-boyfriend Bobby and the vampire who saved her assist her along with a mage in training. This motley crew work together, quibble and begin to forge an interesting team.
Once Bitten despite flaws was a solid start to the Haven series. This first installment created questions regarding the world. While the reader is giving a basic understanding, it felt like we were thrust into this world and left to flounder. The second issue lies with the characters. All of them are intriguing and unique, but we gain very little connection. It is like watching a seriously good movie with the volume fading in and out. I want to better understand the relationship between Bobby and Kita not to mention the Vampire council and its hierarchy. So many questions. A little romance, or infatuation develops and I am interested to see how it progresses. Aspects of each character are fascinating, but I wanted to experience an emotional connection and gain understanding particularly with Kita. Having said that, I was interested enough to continue listening and picked up Twice Dead, the second audiobook.
- Sarita from Portland
- 05-11-13
Interesting, gripping story
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I read the other reviews here and think the comments on narration a little unfair. I think Piper Goodeve did an excellent job of portraying different characters through her narration, while leaving enough to your imagination by not allowing narration to take over. I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook and will be buying the second, in part due to narration.
What other book might you compare Once Bitten to and why?
It's a twist to any vampire / were story. Author was clearly influenced by Charlaine Harris / True Blood, some of the references indicate this very definitely. Less explicit sexual scenes however.
- Angelia R. Stokes
- 02-02-12
Must be for Young Adults
What would have made Once Bitten better?
Never would have gotten this if I'd known it was so young adult! The heroine is too whinney and sullen the entire time. This is an interesting premise though. I can't take anymore whining.
Would you ever listen to anything by Kalayna Price again?
Maybe,I will do more research before I waste more money on this author.
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- Nekko
- 03-04-14
Nothing unexpected but enjoyable
There are a lot of Vampire/weir series out now and there is nothing in this story that will stand out as really eye opening or unique. That being said this author consistently delivers a well crafted story. It moves along at a good pace and I enjoyed the tale. I will probably keep reading the series. I found the narration a little flat, but since I am very picky about narration I would say still a good match to the character. A good rainy day read.
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Replacing old low-horsepower, electro-mechanical motor starters with new variable speed drives (VSDs) may seem like an attractive solution. After all, drives offer many advantages over motor starters: They don't create inrush current or generate switching transients, they have high displacement power factors, and they're less expensive. In fact, just as programmable logic controllers have replaced mechanical relay-based control devices, solid-state drives may someday replace many, if not most, mechanical starters (Sidebar below).
But beware. Drives — both big and small — can negatively affect the distribution system and the motors themselves by introducing harmonics and reducing motor-drive capability. That's not necessarily a problem for big drives that serve high-horsepower motors. The fact that they represent a larger investment means more care in preventing those problems is bound to be taken. It's the smaller drives, which don't garner as much attention, that create more potential for problems. If you're planning on replacing low-horsepower mechanical motor starters with VSDs, take the time to consider potential problems and plan accordingly.
Harmonics and smaller drives. The larger the VSD, the more harmonics you can expect. However, a 250-hp drive is almost sure to attract much more attention from engineers to mitigate its harmonics than a 5-hp or smaller drive, which frequently merits little if any attention. Given the economics and effect on operations, this often makes perfect sense. But there are other times when a careful analysis of smaller horsepower drives is warranted.
On single-phase systems, drives will generate 3rd and, to a lesser degree, 5th harmonics. In commercial buildings, on four-wire systems (3-phase conductors and a neutral conductor), they'll contribute to the 3rd harmonic current that adds up in a shared neutral. This is a good reason for installing neutral conductors twice the size of phase conductors. So as small drives add their contribution to the total harmonic load, any line measurements — particularly current measurements — require a true rms meter for accuracy. In the presence of harmonics, average responding current meters can provide readings that are off by as much as 40%.
On 3-phase systems, the 5th will be the predominant drive-generated harmonic. The 5th harmonic is a negative sequence harmonic: it creates reverse torque that will tend to make motors turn backward. The 5th harmonic won't affect the drive's own motor, or other motors with drive control, but it will affect motors with across-the-line mechanical starters. The across-the-line motor, driven by the much larger fundamental current, will still turn forward, but the 5th will cause additional heating and, over time, can be extremely damaging to the stator insulation. If a drive shares a bus with an across-the-line motor, such as in a motor control center, it could damage the motor.
Note that this 5th harmonic will probably have virtually no effect on the upstream distribution system (i.e. cause minimal voltage distortion upstream), because its harmonic current is such a negligible portion of the total. But at the local level, where source impedance is at its highest, a bank of low-horsepower drives can cause enough voltage distortion at the local point of common coupling (PCC) to affect the motor loads that share that PCC.
The first line of defense against harmonics should be in the drive itself. A reactor coil, sometimes called a link inductor, is integrated into the DC link of many drives and tends to reduce current distortion on the line side of the drive. It will also protect the drive from transient overvoltages (notably capacitor switching transients) that can travel onto the DC link and cause DC overvoltage trips.
In some lower-cost drives, manufacturers have cut costs by eliminating the reactor coil, making the drive, in effect, a "harmonics generator." This is especially critical when you install the drive on a bus with an across-the-line motor. In this instance, you can correct the situation by installing input line reactors or isolation transformers.
But buying a drive with a link inductor is no guarantee against problems. A similar harmonics problem occurs when you install a large number of small drives on a bus where they can cumulatively create enough harmonic distortion to trigger problems.
In this instance, it may not make sense to install a passive filter tuned to trap the 5th and 7th harmonics, as you would typically do with a high-horsepower drive, because the small loads can be highly dynamic, with constantly varying loads that a single passive filter won't mitigate. In such cases, you can use active harmonic filters, which track the harmonic currents and generate an out-of-phase counter current of the same harmonic and same amplitude to cancel the original harmonic. These filters are especially effective for dynamic loads with constantly varying harmonic currents.
Motor compatibility and smaller drives. VSDs can also create motor compatibility problems, especially when retrofitting drives to older motors. The high-speed switching of the IGBT in conjunction with long cable runs can cause overvoltage reflections (also known as standing-wave voltages or peak-to-peak or corona voltages) with peak voltages two to three times the DC link voltage.
Many drive manufacturers will specify that cable not exceed 100 feet, but sometimes even this can be too long. These overvoltage reflections tend to puncture insulation on the first few windings of the motor, causing premature failure of stator insulation. This is a problem common to high- and low-horsepower drives with PWM outputs. But lower-cost, low-horsepower motors are especially vulnerable. Their stator windings are often random-wound, a less costly manufacturing process, but one that could create a high potential between adjacent wires, making them that much more vulnerable to overvoltage reflections.
At one time, low-pass filters were commonly placed at the drive output to reduce the overvoltages. In recent years, however, manufacturers have designed inverter duty motors rated at 1,500V specifically to withstand overvoltage reflections. (Inverter duty motors are specified in NEMA MG-1, Section IV, Part 31.) Many drive manufacturers now require you to use inverter duty motors with their drives.
If your VSDs are generating harmonics, the first thing to do is take measurements at key points in the distribution system to determine the present level of harmonics. You can take measurements of harmonic distortion of waveforms as well as of individual harmonics with handheld power quality analyzers. You can also view overvoltage waveforms with handheld oscilloscopes.
Smith is a product specialist with Fluke Corp., Everett, Wash.
Sidebar: The Advantages of VSDs
Drives just keep getting smaller. Somehow engineers have been able to cram more horsepower into smaller, more compact packages, to the point that low-horsepower drives now have more or less the same footprint as mechanical starters.
Historically, heat dissipation needs made it difficult to build smaller drives. A drive first converts the AC sine wave into DC, then stores the DC power in capacitor banks in a section referred to as the DC link. The inverter then switches the DC to create a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal — a kind of synthetic AC. That process was a prime generator of heat.
In newer drives, however, a semiconductor device called an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) does the switching. Recent developments in IGBT design have resulted in greater current carrying capacity. Of more relevance in this context, however, is that IGBT switching speeds have become faster and faster, on the order of 100 to 200 nanoseconds.
The faster a switch, the more efficient it is. Why? With the exception of a very small voltage drop across any semiconductor, switches don't consume energy when they're off or on. They only waste energy by generating heat in the transition stage from off to on and vice versa.
So higher switching speeds result in less heat loss and increased efficiency. The result is smaller heat sinks and fans and more compact drives.
In addition to energy savings, drives offer many other benefits that contribute to the stability and robustness of the electrical distribution system:
Drives don't have inrush currents; they're typically limited to 110% of rated current. The inrush currents associated with starting motors across the line can cause nuisance tripping of the motor. They can also cause voltage sags that disturb other loads. Drives will instead "soft-start" motors, typically ramping a motor and load up to speed in about 20 to 30 seconds.
Drives have high displacement power factor, eliminating the need for power factor correction capacitors.
Drives isolate the switching transients (spikes) caused when a motor is turned off. They will typically ramp down a motor over 20 to 30 seconds. When the drive finally turns off, the motor is at low-speed and low-current, producing a relatively small spike that's easily absorbed within the DC link section of the drive itself.
Drives have programmable motor control, protection, and even communication functions that are far beyond what's provided by the contactor, trip unit, and auxiliary contacts of the mechanical starter. For example, you can program drives to reverse motor rotation, which eliminates the need for an additional contactor.
Using a drive in a single-phase system makes it possible to replace single-phase motors with more rugged 3-phase motors. This is because the VSD can accept a single-phase line-side voltage and output a 3-phase signal on the load (motor) side. In other words, drives "transform" single-phase to 3-phase voltage.


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BAKER � Paxton's No. 3, Dustin Geoghagan put on a 3-point shooting exhibition Monday night as the Bobcats beat 62-27 in boys basketball play. Geoghagan hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter and eight in the game, all in the first half on his way to a 32-point performance.
BAKER � Paxton's No. 3, Dustin Geoghagan put on a 3-point shooting exhibition Monday night as the Bobcats beat 62-27 in boys basketball play.
Geoghagan hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter and eight in the game, all in the first half on his way to a 32-point performance.
As a team the Bobcats (17-6) finished the night with 12 3-pointers, 10 of which came in the first half.
Bobcat coach Jeff Bradley said he wasn't sure how the game might have turned out if not for his team's ability to drain the long ball.
"That was it for us (hitting the 3s) in the first half," he said. "If it hadn't been for his shooting I don't know where we would have been at the end of the game.
"When he (Geoghagan) shoots like that it helps us a lot down the stretch. Hopefully we can keep shooting the ball well and stay injury free. That's what I'm hoping for right now."
Geoghagan wasted no time in hitting his first bomb 20 seconds into the game. That first 3-pointer gave the Bobcats a lead they would never relinquish.
Baker's Justin Morgan answered the Geoghagan 3-pointer with a 2-point score to get the Gators on the board. Paxton's Austin Carnley then hit the first of his three 3-pointers and the tone was set for the rest of the half.
The Gators (8-12) didn't play poorly, but while Paxton was hitting 3-pointers Baker was scoring by way of 2-point baskets and free throws.
Paxton hit six 3s in the first quarter in jumping to a 22-13 lead. Josh Hartzog scored six points for Baker in the first quarter to keep the Gators within striking distance.
The big problem for the Gators was they had no answer to shut down Geoghagan no matter what coach Mike Martello tried. By the end of the first half Geoghagan had 28 points and the Bobcats had the game well in hand with a 38-19 lead.
"I thought at times we had a hand in Geoghagan's face, but when he's shooting like that there's not much you can do," Martello said. "We tried a couple guys guarding him and we tried a couple of different schemes -- hedging over the top and fighting around the back side of the pick.
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Geoghagan was the only Bobcat player in double figures. He was followed in scoring by Carnley's nine points and Moore's eight points.
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The QualiGlobe Experience of Production EfficiencyHolm Larsen, Michael; Lynggard, Hans Jørgen B. (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper addresses the issue of using product models to support product lifecycle activities with particular focus on the production phase. The motivation of the research is that products are produced more costly and with longer lead-time than necessary. The paper provides a review of product modelling technologies and approaches, and the overall architecture for the Product State Model (PSM) Environment as a basis for quality monitoring. Especially, the paper focuses on the circumstances prevailing in a one-of-a-kind manufacturing environment like the shipbuilding industry, where product modelling technologies already have proved their worth in the design and engineering phases of shipbuilding and in the operation phase. However, the handling of product information on the shop floor is not yet equally developed. The paper reports from the Brite-Euram project (No. BE97-4510) QualiGlobe focusing on the development activities of the PSM architecture. An example discusses how to handle product related information on the shop floor in a manufacturing company and focuses on how dynamically updated product data can improve control of production activities. This prototype example of welding a joint between two steel plates serves as proof of concept for the PSM architecture. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6517
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outline of a research projectGammeltoft, Peter (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6978
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an introductionRocha, Robson (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper has two distinct aims. First, I would like to present and discuss the national business systems (NBS) framework ( Whitley, 1992,1992a,1996,1997). NBS framework concerns how national variations in economic co-ordination and control systems facilitate and constrain organisational change. The NBS is not widely known in the Latin America countries, and this paper intends to shortly present it The second aim is to question, based on the NBS approach, some of the assumptions about the diffusion of a new universal template for organising work (Lean Production) and its agent, the multinational corporation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6667
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The institutional Embeddedness of Production Systems and the New Partnership for Africa´s Development (NEPAD)Lessond from East AsiaGammeltoft, Peter (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: While still short of being entirely mainstream there does appear to be a growing recognition in both policy circles and academia that economic development is not brought about by autonomous profitmaximising agents interacting anonymously through equilibrium markets.1 Rather, economic development is an inherently disequilibric process involving interactive and institutionally embedded processes in broader systems of firms, governments, research centres, universities, consultants, and other entities. These systems can tap into stocks of global knowledge and technologies, assimilate and adapt it to local circumstances, and create new knowledge or technologies. Such broader production systems are conceptualised in several different ways in the literature, e.g. Lundvall et al.'s 'national innovation systems', Richard Whitley's 'business systems', and Sanjaya Lall's concept of 'industrial technology development'. This paper identifies and outlines four different systemic approaches to economic development. All four approaches have primarily been developed to address nationally based institutional systems in advanced economies. Both the ontological premises and the policy implications of these systemic approaches depart distinctly from the conventional orthodoxy on economic development as articulated in the 'Washington Consensus' and its later derivatives. The article goes on to explore which policy implications the adoption of such a systemic view might have for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6982
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Toward a General TheoryMikkola, Juliana Hsuan (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The focus of this paper is to integrate various perspectives on product architecture modularity into a general framework, and also to propose a way to measure the degree of modularization embedded in product architectures. Various trade-offs between modular and integral product architectures and how components and interfaces influence the degree of modularization are considered. In order to gain a better understanding of product architecture modularity as a strategy, a theoretical framework and propositions are drawn from various academic literature sources. Based on the literature review, the following key elements of product architecture are identified: components (standard and new-to-the-firm), interfaces (standardization and specification), degree of coupling, and substitutability. A mathematical function, termed modularization function, is introduced to measure the degree of modularization embedded in product architectures, by taking the key elements as the main variables. Various managerial and theoretical implications of the modularization function are drawn. For instance, the function can be used as a framework to aid to examine various leveraging forces behind new product development, manufacturing, and supply chain management policies of a firm. The modularization function also allows us to study the implications of modularization from different theoretical perspectives, such as resource-based view of the firm and transaction cost economics. Finally, the application of the modularization function and its limitations are discussed. Key words: modularity, product architecture URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6287
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