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Jul28-11, 09:38 PM
I install and repair coffee and espresso equipment and we sometimes run into electrical problems beyond my knowledge (well versed in household wiring, good with fundamental applications of ohms law, etc. but I'm no physics major!) The issue that comes up most often is dubious grounds, or occasionally neutrals.
If there's a loose wire-nut connection, a partially broken wire with one thin strand left, or a very poor connection in a breaker box, I could get good multimeter readings from the building wiring going into a coffee brewer (120vac from each of the two hot legs to ground and to neutral, 240 between them (or 208 if feeding from three phase power), and 0 voltage from neutral to ground... but that thin/loose/weak connection wouldn't be able to carry the current necessary for the machine to operate safely and properly.
So my question is, what can I do, beyond the multimeter testing I just described, to try to root out wiring that's not completely mis-wired or disconnected, but simply undersized or poorly connected?
If it helps at all, the most recent issue to make me wonder about this is a large (240vac, 25amp, brews up to 3 gallons at a time) coffee brewer at a hotel which had run fine for years until it's main circuit board caught fire. We didn't have a replacement board, but had a spare machine, so we installed a different machine (eliminating the likelihood that any problems with internal wiring of the machine could be the culprit), which subsequently blew up its main circuit board within 24 hours. At that point, I checked and re-checked the wiring to the best of my ability and hoped that it was a terribly unlikely coincidence... and installed a new circuit board, which caught fire within about 2 hours of being hooked up! If the neutral wasn't acting like a proper neutral, the relay and a few triacs on the board could see way higher voltages than they expect, which might explain the meltdowns, but I don't know how to find the wiring problem.
Sorry for the long first post. I'd greatly appreciate any insights into testing neutral and ground wiring.
Jul29-11, 11:36 AM
Wow... 6000W making 3 gallons of espresso in one swoop...I have a coffee-nut friend who will be interested in that...
The problem is that you are looking for fairly small resistances. The nominal resistance of your entire 6000w circuit is 10 ohms (Volts/Amps) and you need to have a really good meter-probe connection to get below 1 ohm measurement. One way to deal with it is to measure the voltages on both sides of -- or across -- various connections under full load to see if there is any significant difference -- I once fixed a friends truck-starting-problem, a bad battery connector, by measuring the voltage along the wire while (trying to) run the starter.
For your exploding coffee machine problem, it could be a flaky power connection -- a funky ground connection would only affect electrical safety. But I would mostly expect bad power to make it not work very well (too cool) rather than over-heat and flame-out. Running on two-phase, the neutral shouldn't be carrying any current. Do you get any indication of where the over-heating is on the board? Are you sure you are running on the right power? Try measuring voltage across the power connections, wire to board, to see if there is a significant drop. If there is there is resistance and that makes heat. Can also use a temperature probe to see if anything is hotter than expected.
Oh, another thing...is there anything else (especially new equipment) running on the same power feed? If you heavily load one leg of a two-phase (or three for that matter) feed, the _other_ leg will increase in voltage to compensate.
Jul29-11, 04:47 PM
Sorry, should've been a bit more specific, but was afraid to as my initial post was already pretty long...
The brewer uses both the two-phase (208, fed by two legs of a three-phase system) and single phase (120) power, and so requires the neutral to carry current back from the 120 components. The heating circuit gets the full 208 and the circuit board and everything else it controls (valves, etc) get 120. Because of the way the 208 heating circuit ties in, if the neutral fails, the board sees 208 instead of 120, which fries various components on the board. In all three of the blowouts, it's been one particular triac that's blown first, right next to the board-mounted relay which switches one leg of the heating circuit (the other leg is always available, only one side gets switched.)
We're definitely running on the right power for this machine.
From what they tell me, there haven't been any changes in major equipment nearby. I am curious though - I've never heard of one leg increasing in voltage to compensate for loads on another leg... can you explain in more detail how that works? I've heard vague references to the benefits of maintaining "balanced loads" on distribution transformers, but never heard any meaningful explanation of why it matters or how things can go wrong if you don't. I'm guessing that's basically the same issue. Would love to learn more!
Not too worried about ohm meter sensitivity - no problem at all consistently reading as low as 0.1 to 0.2 ohm resistances between various grounding points, so if sub-1 ohm readings are useful, I can take them. What would you have me measure?
In the end, I still mostly need to know if there's a way to check the quality of the ground and/or neutral wires, as that's the most likely culprit causing these meltdowns.
Aug3-11, 12:14 PM
How can I test dubious ground or neutral wires
I would look into the situations leading up to "If the neutral fails..." Probably should have completely separate wiring for the 120v control board as well.
Also, back to power legs, see if something else is running on your three-phase and maybe mis-wired too. Are you SURE that nothing was changed in the power distribution? Someone added or subtracted a big bread mixer or something like that? Inductive kick might be bad enough to cause trouble if a connection back to the service entrance is failing.
To the varying voltage on opposite phases thing. You can try it out with a center tapped transformer, put a load on one leg and see what happens to the voltage on the unloaded side. It's self-inductance or something scientifically sounding like that...
Aug3-11, 02:24 PM
For the testing - with everything disconnected, you can measure small resistances by hooking up a known value resistor in series with your wire, and powering that with a battery.
You measure the voltage across the resistor, then you measure the voltage across the wire, the voltage in such circuit is directly proportional to resistance so e.g. your resistor is 10 ohm, you have 12v on the resistor, and you have 12 millivolt on the wire, your resistance is 0.01 ohm. Or you can simultaneously measure current in wire and voltage over it, with big enough current (e.g. using a car battery). But it needs to be done with the circuit completely disconnected.
For practical solution - I would look into measuring the voltages during operation to see if something is wrong. As stated elsewhere it is in principle possible that something else has changed about the load. I'm unfamiliar with US systems. My apartment is wired with 400v three phase.
If the neutral is disconnected from supply, your voltage on neutral will depend to dis-balance between the loads connected between neutral and the phases. It is also possible that something like a fridge motor startup briefly 'shorts' the neutral to one phase, putting 208 volts to the board.
Feb4-12, 12:52 AM
It IS somewhat difficult to measure the voltage drop in a ground leg caused by there being a high resistance connection but since you're near plumbing which is supposed to be connected to ground in addition to usually being grounded through several other grounded items any water pipes should provide a reference to ground, Take your AC voltmeter and measure the voltage between all points TO the plumbing including the pot ground. I'd guess that you're connected to the WILD leg of a three phase system which tends to be around 277 VAC.
In that you're in an industrial site, you might be exposed to some BIG transient spikes from nearby starting motors etc. If all the voltages are seemingly good, hang some TRANSORBS or such on each leg to ground. There IS a possibility that you're so far from an earth ground that the impedance of the ground leg is close to infinite at some frequencies where a transient is. I might cheat and connect the green wire to the plumbing also, I don't recall anything saying that you can't ground the nearby sink or metal counter also-- just to make it safe--and also lower the impedance to ground through the piping.
Feb4-12, 12:52 AM
It IS somewhat difficult to measure the voltage drop in a ground leg caused by there being a high resistance connection but since you're near plumbing which is supposed to be connected to ground in addition to usually being grounded through several other grounded items any water pipes should provide a reference to ground, Take your AC voltmeter and measure the voltage between all points TO the plumbing including the pot ground. I'd guess that you're connected to the WILD leg of a three phase system which tends to be around 277 VAC.
In that you're in an industrial site, you might be exposed to some BIG transient spikes from nearby starting motors etc. If all the voltages are seemingly good, hang some TRANSORBS or such on each leg to ground. There IS a possibility that you're so far from an earth ground that the impedance of the ground leg is close to infinite at some frequencies where a transient is. I might cheat and connect the green wire to the plumbing also, I don't recall anything saying that you can't ground the nearby sink or metal counter also-- just to make it safe--and also lower the impedance to ground through the piping.
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I recently used daughter's hair dryer as a Poor Man's Power Outlet tester. Her emergency generator had, it turned out, an bad neutral wire connection at one of its receptacles.
Imagine for your trouble calls a simple test box with a cord that mates with whatever receptacles your customers plug their machine into,
your test box having 4 meter test points for both hots, neutral and ground,
and a receptacle EDIT make that a PAIR of receptacles - from each hot to neutral for about a one kw load like a hair dryer or huge lamp.. you could split a standard 15 amp outlet.
Now with your voltmeter measuring voltage between neutral and ground you apply the load to each hot side in turn and measure how much neutral elevates above ground.
It should elevate less than a volt i'd think for a 1kw load.
That checks neutral wire's condition.
Now measure voltage to neutral on each hot wire with and without load, difference tells condition of hot wires.
I dont know conditions in these places. If it's safe you could apply a small load maybe ten watts from hot to ground, simulating a mild ground fault, and see if ground elevates more than a few millivolts relative to neutral.
If it elevates there's trouble in customer's ground wire and i'd worry about customer's installation meeting code requirement that a ground fault trip the overcurrent device. If it's GFCI ten watts should trip it and you've tested the GFCI function...
Either way tell him you're checking his wiring for protection of your equipment as well as his employees.
Sorry for the excess detail - you doubtless got the idea at first line. maybe it'll help somebody else.
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During the court battle, Colin made sure JoAnn remained in a state of fear, hoping that it would dissuade her from continuing with the suit against him. He continuously harassed her by stealing her car, making threatening phone calls and at one point even slashing her tires. The emotional war waged against JoAnn was far more distressing to her than the actual court battles. JoAnn feared for her life and for the well being of her children, yet remained determined to see the divorce through. She had nothing else to lose.
In December 1979 Colin was invited by his friend Dick Collver and his wife to spend part of the holidays with them at their
Siggins states that Dick Collver was concerned with how Colin referred to his wife, especially in front of the children. Apparently, Colin and the babysitter Sandra consistently referred to JoAnn as the bitch in the childrens presence, although later he adamantly denied doing so. Siggins further states that Dick was even more concerned when on three occasions Colin made reference to hiring someone to kill his wife. Worried about the possible legal ramifications, Collver informed his lawyer of the threats and was told that he was not obliged to contact the authorities concerning the matter.
It wasnt long before the children began to show signs of anger and distrust against their mother, likely fueled by Colins intense anger toward his wife. On the weekends when JoAnn went to visit the children, Greg refused to remain in the house and would instead stay at his paternal grandmothers home until the visit was complete.
Regan was also beginning to become confused with his feelings toward his mother. The problems were further compounded by Colins abusive verbal attacks against JoAnn in the presence of the children during her visits. JoAnn began to worry about the childrens over exposure to Colins obvious hate toward her and his increasing violent behavior.
That summer, Colin received a blow when he learned that his appeal for custody of Regan and Stephanie was dismissed. In anger, Colin encouraged Regan to run away from his mothers home at every chance he got. The confused boy was eager to please his father and continuously ran away from home to be with him. When the court learned of Colins unorthodox persuasive techniques to turn Regan against his own mother, the judge prohibited any further communication between Colin and the boy. The ruling gave JoAnn a chance to repair her relationship with her war-torn son, but it was too late for her oldest boy.
Months earlier, JoAnn had gone to pay her children a weekend visit at the house on Redland prior to her being granted the property. At the time of the visit, the babysitter Sandra was there, watching the children. Sandra, who sided with Colin in his views concerning JoAnn, felt a great deal of animosity toward her. When JoAnn attempted to take Stephanie to visit a playmate, Sandra told her that she was not supposed to take the child from the house, according to Colins orders. JoAnn ignored the girl and Sandra went upstairs to fetch Greg.
As JoAnn was about to leave with Stephanie in her arms, Sandra and Greg came tumbling after her shouting and ordering her to leave Stephanie at the house. When JoAnn refused to listen, Sandra grabbed her wrist in an attempt to stop her, but lost her grasp. Greg then tried to physically prevent JoAnn from leaving the house with his sister and began to struggle with his mother. Fearing Stephanie might get hurt, JoAnn let her go and the child distanced herself from the fight.
Bird states that on several occasions Greg pushed his mother to the ground, causing her to smash her face into a chair and a nearby closet. After a long and violent struggle that lasted several minutes, JoAnn found herself locked out of the house without her daughter. It was then that she realized the extent of her sons hatred toward her. Her fear of Colin having poisoned her children against her had become a brutal reality.
That summer the incident was later brought before the court during the custody trial. It was clear to the judge that Colin had played his children against their own mother. According to Wilson and Wilson in Deny, Deny, Deny, the judge believed Colins purpose was to destroy his wife in the minds of their children. In doing so, he had come a long way toward destroying the children themselves. The incident proved to figure prominently in the courts final decision for the two younger children to remain with their mother. Unfortunately, Colin had other plans.


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Portugal intends to follow Spain's lead in granting citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews exiled in the 15th century, the country's tourism minister said over the weekend.
Portuguese Minister Adolfo Mesquita Nunes told Channel One's View of the World program, broadcast on Saturday night, that the wording of a draft bill, similar to that announced by Spain just over a week ago, will soon be ready.
While Jews who fleeing the Spanish expulsion of 1492 were initially granted refuge in Portugal, they again faced expulsion at the hands of Manuel I of Portugal three years later. Jews remaining in the country faced harshly oppressive policies.
Nunes, who was in Israel last week on a state mission, was quoted by Portuguese media as saying that he intended to bolster Israeli tourism to his country.
Spanish Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon recently submitted a draft legislation, on behalf of the cabinet, to the legislature that would grant citizenship to anyone who could prove Sephardic Jewish identity or a "special connection" to Spain.
An applicant will be required to present a certificate either from the Federation or from a recognized rabbinical body overseas.
"People who speak Ladino [Judeo-Spanish] will also be considered, and those who have Sephardi last names [will be accepted; however] how the list will be compiled and which names will appear on it is at present a complicated challenge, and any lists that have been published so far, claiming to be official, are not," a spokeswoman for the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain told The Jerusalem Post.
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Welcome to the Dancing With the Stars final performances! After weeks and weeks of watching these stars grow into incredible dancers, it's time to decide who's officially earned the right to hold that Mirrorball trophy. It's now or never for these couples to prove their worth and dance their way into ballroom greatness. (No pressure though!)
For the final round of performances, each of the three couples will eventually dance three times in an attempt to secure the winner's title. Tonight, they all were given two routines: one that was chosen for them by the judges, and the other that was a freestyle piece which gave them free reign over everything. But the third dance will present its biggest challenge for each couple since they'll only be given 24 hours to put together a new routine that will be performed on the results show Tuesday night.
To be honest, I get exhausted just thinking about it, but if there's one thing this group of stars has proven to us throughout the course of the season it's that they thrive in a challenge. We saw 10s galore, shimmying, shaking, and a partially shirtless William Levy. All around it was a pretty spectacular night full of equal amounts of talent. America's going to have their work cut out for them this week.
So who among the final three couples will leave the ballroom tomorrow night with a Mirrorball trophy in hand? The answer is less than 24 hours away. For now, check out the scores below (from highest to lowest) and see if you agree with the judges' last ranking scale:
Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas
Paso Doble: "Espana Cani," Erich Kunzel
Score: 30 out of 30
Freestyle: "Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)," Andrew Sisters
Score: 30 out of 30
Total Score: 60 out of 60
William Levy and Cheryl Burke
Cha-Cha-Cha: "Raise Your Glass," Pink
Score: 30 out of 30
Freestyle: "Objection (Tango)," Shakira
Score: 29 out of 30
Total Score: 59 out of 60
Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd
Argentine Tango: "They" by Jem
Score: 29 out of 30
Freestyle: "I Played Chicken With the Train" by Cowboy Troy
Score: 30 out of 30
Total Score: 59 out of 60
What did you think of tonight's set of performances? Did you agree with the judges' scores? Who stands the biggest chance of winning amid all this exceptional talent? Sound off in the comments below!
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Dancing With the Stars' result show airs Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) on ABC.
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I think just about anyone reading this is familiar with Fangraphs. One of the neat things about Fangraphs is that they have Win Expectancy charts, showing the likelihood of a team winning based on similar situations (i.e. same run deficit, same inning, and same baserunner situation). Here, for example, is Game 5 of the Reds-Giants NLDS.
The game was tense in the beginning, with neither side having an advantage as both starters kept the opposition off the scoreboard. That changed with a 6 run outburst in the fifth inning, and the Giants become near-locks to win the game. Of course, there was still plenty of excitement left, as Cain nearly surrendered the lead in the 6th, and the Reds again threatened in the 9th.
I've always been curious about the win expectancy in a given series, because ultimately, it's not just about winning the game (unless it's a Game 5 or 7 winner-take-all), but about winning the best-of-five or –seven series. Therefore, I've charted the chance that the Giants would win the series and advance to the NLCS as a function of each event in each game.
A brief word about methodology, and some caveats. Skip below if you just want the data dump. First: I assumed that neither team was a favorite over the other, i.e. that each had a 50% chance to win each game, regardless of home field advantage or personnel on the field. I think the former is a reasonable assumption given that they finished within three games of each other. The latter bit, I think, would be very difficult to impossible to correct for (how much did starting Zito hurt the Giants chances in Game 4?). Nor does it portion out credit for fielding. This is therefore only meant to be a rough guide of the chance of the Giants to advance at each point.
I took the play-by-play win expectancy from Fangraphs playlogs and manually entered them into Excel. I then scaled each individual game's win expectancy to the boundaries of the series. For example: at the end of Game 2, the Giants were losing 9-0, and had a 0% chance of winning the game. They therefore had a series probability of 12.5%, since they had to win the next three in a row (50% * 50% * 50% = 12.5%). If they had been winning 9-0, the series probability would have been 50%, because the Reds and Giants would have been tied 1-1 with 3 games left to play. So a 0-100% win expectancy in Game 2 scaled from a 12.5-50% series probability.
A natural consequence of the probabilities scaling in such a manner is that in any winner-take-all Game, the Series Expectancy is the same thing as the Win Expectancy within the game. Also, events earlier in the series or for the team already ahead in the series, tend to be downplayed. Intuitively, I think that makes a lot of sense. We all know that going up 1-0 in the 1st inning isn't as meaningful as going up 1-0 in the 9th inning. Moreover, that first run is far more important than a sixth run.
Alright, now that I've laid all that out, let's go ahead and take a look at the Series Expectancy. I think the legend should be relatively clear, but for the most part I've tried to note what I thought were the biggest plays at the time, especially plays that would've stood out in anyone following the game.
Since I had all the data available, I decided to also see what the biggest changes in Series Probability added were. These aren't necessarily pro-Giants, but you'll see that most of them are.
1) Crawford RBI triple, Game 5 +20.4% (was surprised this was number 1)
2) Hanigan SO, Bruce CS double play, Game 5 +14.3% (initially tabulated this as two plays since FG split up the plays as Hanigan SO and Rolen SB followed by Bruce CS)
3) Posey grand slam, Game 5, +13.1%
4) Bruce flies out to LF in B9, Game 5, 10.3%
5) Ludwick RBI single in B9, Game 5, -9.4%
6) Blanco 2R HR, Game 4, +8.7%
7) Rolen K's to end Game 5, +8.5%
8) Phillips 2R HR, Game 1, -8.4%
9) Posey scores on Rolen's error, Game 3, +8.3%
10) Rolen single to center, Bruce to 2B, Game 5, -7.8%
So 7 of the top 10 are from Game 5. Not surprising, given that it was winner take all.
Let's take a look at some position players, their traditional slash lines in the NLDS, and their series probability added.
Buster Posey: .211/.318/.526 (22 PA), +5.8%
Joaquin Arias: .500/.500/.833 (6 PA), +12.7%
Hunter Pence: .200/.200/.200 (20 PA), -5.8%
Pablo Sandoval: .333/.318/.571 (22 PA), +3.1%
Brandon Phillips: .375/.360/.625 (25 PA), -5.0%
Ryan Ludwick: .333/.455/.833 (22 PA), -9.7%
(The last two were good for the Reds, and their negative scores reflect bad outcomes for the Giants probabilities but good ones for the Reds chances.)
Also noteworthy: Aubrey Huff was the least bad Giants hitter in Game 2, with a 0.000 WPA. Well done, Giants hitters! Also, Arias gets a ton of credit by this method for the Rolen error scoring Posey. That's a good example of one limitation of this method.
And now for some random pitchers:
George Kontos: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, + 4.1%
Mat Latos: 8.1 IP, 11 H, 2 BB, 7 R, 6 ER, 5 K, +21.8%
Sean Marshall: 4.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K, -8.3%
Santiago Casilla: 3.1 IP, 6 H, 1 BB, 2 R, 1 ER, 5 K, -2.4%
Bronson Arroyo: 7.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 K, -9.8%
Tim Lincecum: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 1 R, 1 ER, 8 K, +6.2%
In conclusion, Mat Latos, not Buster Posey, was the MVP for the Giants.
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March 2013 Facilitator of the Month - Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz
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Our Facilitator of the Month is Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz, who recently facilitated Sloan-C's Learning Environments: Twitter workshop. Holly has been facilitating Sloan-C workshops since 2009 and has previous experience as an educational technologies specialist, instructor, and an online course quality mentor at New Mexico State University. A consultant for Sloan-C, she produced the mobile learning and social media workshops during 2012 and is collaborating on conference community engagement in 2013.
January's Facilitator of the Month – Bethany Bovard
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This LakeFront/Private Beach 4bedroom/3bath home sleeps 10. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms (1Queen Bedroom
ensuite and 2 Bedrooms with twin beds) Downstairs has one bedroom(1 Full and 2 twins) as well a
sleeper sofa. This is a great family play area including pool table, Juke Box, Game Room and also
overlooks the Lake. Fireplaces both upstairs and down make for cosy autumn/winter evenings.
Full kitchen w/island(dishwasher/microwave) Grill on deck just off of kitchen..Also a deck off of
the dining area where magic sunsets can be viewed - come see Chicago light up when the sun sets
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A/C, Washer/Dryer, GameRoom/Pool Table. Most important, beautiful lake views from some of the
bedrooms and living areas!!! This home is
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Michigan City Lighthouse Shopping Mall.
No short term rentals must be five days or longer. Monthly rates available.
activities and attractions in New Buffalo Michigan
Private beach, hike, bike, walk to marina, shops and restaurants. It's a 20 minute drive to
Lighthouse Outlet Mall, Michigan City, IN or 15 minute drive to the SouthShore train in case you'd
like to spend a day visiting downtown Chicago. Also 20 minutes to Warren Dunes. Very family friendly
Harbor Country has great wineries, antiques, bike trails.Boat dock within walking
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Better yet, just relax on the deck overlooking Lake Michigan or on your private beach...
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Beautiful home overlooking Lake Michigan, within walking distance to New Buffalo - great shopping,
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Seasonal weekly rates from $3750.00 to $4000.00. Discount for longer term rentals as well as for Off-Season rentals.
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Okay, so it's not mixed martial arts, but if there's one thing MMA Maniacs love to discuss as much as their beloved sport, it's definitely the NFL playoffs.
Today's (Sun., Jan. 22, 2012) early game on CBS features the Baltimore Ravens traveling to Foxborough to play the New England Patriots. It's a battle of the number one and two seeds in the AFC and it's an intriguing match-up. The Ravens defense has had plenty of success stopping this Patriots offense recently, knocking them out of the playoffs two years ago but Tom Brady leads an offense that no one has been able to stop all year.
On the flip side, the Pats defense has been better as of late but is still vulnerable to a well-oiled offense. Fortunately for New England, the Ravens aren't exactly lighting the NFL on fire. Indeed, they managed to squeak by Houston last week on the backs of Ed Reed and company, not Joe Flacco and his rag-tag bunch on offense. If Ray Rice can get rolling early, that should give Baltimore its best chance to win.
This one should be fun. The winner advances to the Super Bowl to await the winner of tonight's New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship Game.
So here it is, Maniacs; an open thread and discussion to keep your fellow gridiron guys and gals abreast of the Ravens vs. Patriots score, as well as a sounding board for any and all football trash talk. Pics, videos, links -- it's all fair game today.
Score updates as they happen after the jump.
Patriots-3, Ravens-0: It took some time -- two three-and-outs from Baltimore and one from the Pats -- but New England was finally able to put together a decent drive with a dink and dunk game plan that both took away the Raven's pass rush and kept them on the field for an extended period. It also helped that the Patriots were in the hurry up for the entire drive. They stalled in the red zone and settled for a field goal but accomplished their goal of tiring out the defense early.
The first quarter comes to a close with the Ravens having finally put together a drive off a rare Tom Brady interception. Up to that point, Baltimore had -6 yards of offense. So they came out with a play-action pass and went deep to Torrey Smith for 42 yards on first down. They will start the second quarter with a 3rd and 5.
Patriots-3, Ravens-3: Baltimore failed to convert that 3rd and 5, coming just inches short. They initially acted as though they would go for it on 4th down but elected instead to knock in the short field goal to tie this game. It was a sound decision, considering the momentum has swung decidedly in their favor. If they go for it and don't get it, all the momentum goes back to the Patriots. This way they get points and keep the momentum for when the defense is next on the field.
Patriots-10, Ravens-3: New England answered back with a drive that consisted of BenJarvus Green-Ellis just running the ball straight down the Ravens throats. He picked up 36 yards on the drive, including the eight-yard touchdown to give the Pats the seven point lead. He also had his helmet ripped off, which accounted for 15 penalty yards to put New England in position to score with first and goal from the eight. This is how a veteran team responds to a solid drive from Baltimore. Momentum? What momentum?
Patriots-10, Ravens-10: Speaking of how to properly answer back, I give you Joe Flacco silencing his critics with some seriously clutch throws, including a six-yard touchdown to Dennis Pita. Flacco is now 8/10 for 129 yards and a touchdown in the first half here. Sure, the Ravens were getting shut down in their first three drives but they've finally found their groove and are going blow-for-blow with the high octane Patriots offense. It's unlikely both teams can keep this pace up. Who will blink first?
Patriots-13, Ravens-10: Let's get one thing straight -- New England has a scary good offense. It's impossible for Baltimore to match up against the two big tight ends, Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski, and it shows. The Patriots used them both liberally to go 63 yards in 10 plays but had to settle for a field goal after Gronkowski failed to get both feet in a bounds on a third down catch that would have given his team first and goal. The Ravens will have three minutes exactly to respond before halftime.
Baltimore was unable to move the ball down field and punted away to New England. In a surprising move, the Patriots decided to down it and run the clock out with one minute remaining and two timeouts still in their pocket. It's understandable when considering field position -- they were at their own 10 yard line -- but with an offense like this and the way they were able to move the ball, announcers Jim Nantz and Phil Simms couldn't help but wonder why Coach Bill Belicheck elected to play conservatively when that's simply not in his nature. Then again, he has great respect for the ball-hawking skills of Ed Reed and the Baltimore defense, not to mention the fact that New England has been playing short instead of taking deep shots. Either way, it's halftime and the Pats will get the ball to open the third quarter.
Patriots-16, Ravens-10: Once again, New England showed how dominant their offense can be by marching down the field en route to yet another trip to the Baltimore red zone. But, once again, the Ravens defense held firm and forced a Stephen Gostkowski field goal from 24 yards out. Still, they went 74 yards on 14 plays and ate up six minutes worth of clock. Save for the touchdown, that's about as good as they could ask for.
Ravens-17, Patriots-16: Baltimore takes its first lead of the game thanks to an 11 play, 78-yard drive of their own that culminated in a Joe Flacco to Torrey Smith hook up for a 29-yard touchdown on a screen pass on 3rd and 3. New England brought a blitz and to give Raven's offensive coordinator Cam Cameron some rare credit here, they had a blitz beater dialed up. Smith caught the ball, made a man miss and sprinted up the sidelines before diving into the end zone. The play was reviewed and it was determined he did, in fact, stay in bounds to score the touchdown. The Patriots are going to have to score touchdowns if they want to win this game.
Ravens-20, Patriots-16: Danny Woodhead fumbled on the ensuing kickoff after the Ravens touchdown and Baltimore recovered to set them up with solid field position. They advanced the ball with a big run from Flacco on a scramble but he was sacked on third down just a few plays later to lose 12 yards and Billy Cundiff was called on to knock in another field goal, which he did from 39 yards out.
The third quarter came to a close on a somber note for the Patriots, who not only find themselves trailing by four heading into what could be the final quarter of their season but they will do so, at least at first, without the services of Rob Gronkowski, who had his ankle rolled up on by Bernard Pollard, the same man who injured by Wes Welker and Tom Brady in separate seasons, both times serious injuries. Gronk's looked fairly serious as well. He did walk on his own power to the locker room, so stay tuned for updates on his status going forward.
Patriots-23, Ravens-20: The Pats were driving when Gronkowski got hurt and they didn't stop once he was out of the game. They once again dink, dunked and ran the ball downfield until they got to the one yard line, where Baltimore held firm to force a 4th and goal from the half inch line. Tom Brady finally took it in himself with a sneak that gives New England the three point lead with 11:29 to play. Here we go, folks.
FINAL SCORE -- Patriots-23, Ravens-20: Baltimore got the ball with roughly two minutes to play and Joe Flacco marched his team down the field to set them up to tie it with 15 seconds on the clock. But Billy Cundiff came out and hooked the ensuing field goal attempt, giving the Patriots the win and sending them to the Super Bowl to await the winner of the New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers game coming up next. Unbelievable.


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Beer and pie. Both include some of the same basic ingredients, many homebrewers are also pie lovers, and Colorado has played a significant role in the history of craft brewing as well as American pie. In fact, Boulder's Charlie Papazian, …
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A woman in Colarado breastfed a dying newborn baby to save its life.
The mother whose identity has not been revealed has a15-month-old child and admits that she felt "weird" about breastfeeding the dog.
"I just felt like he just had an hour left. That's how weak he was, he wasn't moving and I just did it",she she told KRDO-TV
"I didn't know what else to do, I was desperate and I just couldn't bear sitting there watching it die." She added
The puppy is the runt of a litter of orphaned pups that the woman fostered. It is reportedly now doing better and is no longer being breastfed.
By the time the kind rare mother decided to offer her breast milk, it had refused to take milk or formula from a bottle.


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Three people are taken to the hospital after an accident in Daviess County, Kentucky, Thursday afternoon.
The crash happened around 3:20 p.m. on Boston-Laffoon Road in Philpot.
The Daviess County Sheriff's Office says a car heading south on Boston-Laffoon Road went off the shoulder and the driver overcorrected, causing the car to leave the road and roll four times.
According to the sheriff's office, the driver, Morgan E. Richeson, 17, and her front seat passenger, Holly M. Morris, 19,were taken to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Both were wearing seat belts.
A backseat passenger, Chelsea L. Harris, 20, was thrown from the vehicle. She was taken by helicopter to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville with what the sheriff's office says are non-life threatening injuries. She was not wearing a seat belt.
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GIB publishes their first Annual Report
In the United Kingdom, Green Investment Bank has published its first Annual Report, for the period to 31st March 2013. The report is published to coincide with Annual Review meetings in Edinburgh and London, where the Executive Team will present the results to a wide range of stakeholders. Business Secretary Vince Cable stated, "The Green Investment Bank has a pivotal role to play in the financing of our transition to a green economy. It has already made a positive start, with £635 million committed to green projects and with every £1 invested leveraging another £3 of private investment." The GIB has invested £635m, leveraging £1.6bn from the private sector.
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Top 10 Rules of Travel Photography
A lot of my work involves traveling to foreign countries and living in remote places. My job is to become invisible and get close to people and wildlife, so I can bring their stories to life. It's no different being in my home state of Montana than it is being in a country ten thousand miles away. For me, the intimate moments always matter the most.
Photography has been my passport to meeting people, learning, and experiencing new cultures. I want to talk about the methods and sensibilities I use to bring back powerful, story-telling images without getting hurt in the process. Here are the top ten rules that I live by.
1. Research
Read everything you can about the place you'll be visiting, especially local newspapers and social media. Local stories that may not reach the large international papers give me clues about what's really happening in a place. Establish relationships before you even get on the plane. Make a point of befriending other photographers and sources. Nothing is as valuable as another photographer who has been there. I like to use social media to meet people, or through websites such as lightstalkers.org, where there's a forum to connect and ask questions.


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CHAPEL HILL — The recession is over, and so is Frank Clifton's tenure as county manager.
Or almost, anyway. The veteran administrator brought in as the economic downturn gripped Orange County announced his resignation Thursday.
He gave 90 days notice, per his contract, making his last day Sept. 29.
In a letter, Clifton acknowledged that he and some county officials and staff members have not always seen eye to eye.
"I recognize not all my recommendations and/or actions were viewed in a positive light by everyone," he wrote. "That is not unexpected. Doing the public's business is not without criticism.
"The intent always focused on the best interest of the whole county and its future."
Commissioners Chairman Barry Jacobs called Clifton a strong manager.
"He has some impressive strengths, and we were able to take advantage of them," Jacobs said.
Penny Rich, a former Chapel Hill Town Council member, agreed that Clifton helped get the county through "a really rough time," but said his management style no longer fit.
"In my opinion, it felt like he was leading the commissioners instead of the commissioners leading themselves," she said.
Clifton had served as county manager in Onslow and Cabarrus counties and city manager in Casselberry, Fla., and Bristol, Tenn.
When Orange County hired him in June 2009, after he'd served about eight months as interim manager, the recession was forcing the county to look more closely at how it raised and spent money in three major areas:
• The county's tax base was growing at half the rate of a decade before.
• There had been a double-digit decline in sales-tax collections the previous year.
• The county had too much debt and too little in its fund balance, or savings account.
At a budget retreat, Clifton told the commissioners they could no longer afford to give people everything they wanted.
"Our problem has been we focus on what we're going to spend on," he said, "instead of what we have to spend."
'It was a trade'
Jacobs said Clifton put the county's top needs first when many counties let priorities slip.
Under Clifton, the county cut jobs, consolidated departments and delayed projects. But the county just passed its fifth budget in a row without a tax increase – the past four under Clifton.
And it has maintained its commitment to the schools, dedicating half of the general fund revenues to the school systems.
"It was a trade," Jacobs said. "We understood what we were getting from the start."
Jacobs said, however, the election of three new commissioners last fall – Mark Dorosin, Renee Price and Rich – was the writing on the wall.
"There wasn't as much meshing with the current board," he said.
Price praised Clifton's budget prowess – "He's good with the numbers," she said.
But she thinks the manager has led with a heavy hand.
Even before she joined the board, she disagreed with some of his recommendations, such as the decision to cut the Commission for Women, which the previous board went along with.
Price wants to bring the commission back, as part of the county economic development department to address workforce and other issues.
Elected leaders "are out in the community," she said.
"People come up to us with issues and problems, and everything is not cut and dry."
Rich said relations between the county and the towns have deteriorated under Clifton, although she said the municipalities share some of the blame.
"I feel like there was never relationship building, a team-building effort," she said.
Particularly rankling, she said was the county's decision to close the Orange County landfill, which was a decision she said came with only a year's notice instead of two.
The decision has sent the towns scrambling to find new ways to handle their garbage and recycling.
"I think a number of things were done that really pissed the municipalities off," Rich said. "Over and over again, I heard Chapel Hill being bashed; there was always that kind of wedge being placed."
By geography, Orange County is largely rural, but the population centers are focused in the towns.
"We can't just keep saying, 'They have a lot of money down there; let them pay for it,' " she said. "That attitude that everybody in Chapel Hill is rich is still floating out there.
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Get ready for food, fun and produce at an August festival.
"T" Heirs Vegetables & Herbs Shoppe at 816 Tucker Road in Supply is having its 12th annual Fun, Food & Health Festival from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16.
Highlights include fun for all ages — free hay rides, face painting, arts and crafts, horseback riding, farm animals, gospel singers and musicians.
What: Darrell Harwood
When: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 20
Where: The Village Park gazebo, Sunset Beach
How much: Free; bring lawn chairs
Food sales on-site; benefitting Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
Go to: www.SunsetBeachConcerts.com
The show-biz bug bit China Grove native Darrell Harwood early.
In the 1970s, his dad played in the local "Cool Water Band" and had an entertainment company that booked local dates.
Cat traps related to a local spay-neuter program have arrived and are now available for checkout at Shallotte Town Hall.
The program is connected to the efforts of Brunswick County nonprofit Paws-Ability in conjunction with PetSmart Charities, which recently awarded a $45,000 grant to assist with cat spaying and neutering in the Shallotte, Supply and Holden Beach areas. It's the largest spay-neuter grant Paws-Ability has ever received, according to Paws-Ability founder and president Janie Withers.
Southport Oak Island Animal Rescue is taking entries for its pet calendar contest.
The contest is open to any pet — dog, cat rabbie, snake, pig, goat, etc. — and is not limited to the Southport/Oak Island area.
Rules and entry forms can be printed off at the SOAR website at www.soar-nc.org under the events tab.
Anyone owning a business who would like to advertise in the calendar can buy a business-card-size ad for $10.
The Calabash Fire Department has taken on fundraising to bring Fourth of July fireworks back to Calabash.
Lt. Chris Hearn, firefighter and EMT-1 with the department, said members will not be using any money from the Calabash Fire Department.
"Everything that we use will be donated," said Hearn, speaking at the Carolina Shores Board of Commissioners meeting Aug. 7.
Hearn cited fundraisers and other means the department will take on in the coming year to raise money for the celebratory fireworks show in 2015.
CAROLINA SHORES — The town board of commissioners has voted to move town recycle center employee Jerry Franklin to a custodial position.
The unanimous vote came following closed sessions Aug. 7 with the town's human resources committee and town attorney Jim Eldridge.
SHALLOTTE — Bob Hanna is using no shortcuts as he takes over as coach of the West Brunswick High School football team.
A stern remark during an interview discussing the team's starters revealed Hanna's no-nonsense approach.
"I grade film," he said.
Just a few weeks after being hired after a 20-year career at Irmo (S.C.) High School, where he was 163-93 and reached three state title games, Hanna has assessed the Trojan program and the work he and his staff need to do.
SUNSET BEACH — Town leaders are pushing for a change to allow swimming pools on the Sunset Beach oceanfront.
The proposal is on a list of proposed UDO amendments reviewed by the Sunset Beach Planning Board at its Aug. 7 meeting.
Board chairman Carol Santavicca said since there are no longer septic tanks on the island, the time has come to allow oceanfront swimming pools.
Santavicca said the lots have land and space to accommodate swimming pools.
By Capt. Derek Treffinger
It has once again been another tough week for anglers in Brunswick County. Between the torrential rainstorms and gale force winds, it seems fishermen can't catch a break. The storms that stalled across our coastline last week produced torrential rains, which dirtied our near shore waters. This shattered almost every angler's hope to catch Spanish mackerel along the beach this week.
BOILING SPRING LAKES — A winless 2013 football season has given some South Brunswick seniors a winning attitude as the 2014 season begins.
New coach Daniel Finn praised the leadership of three seniors, which includes quarterback Cole Blackburn.
"During practices he's making our kids do things they should be doing when the coaches aren't available," Finn said. "He's been a very pleasant surprise for us."
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YOUNG people are being urged to stay safe and stay out of the water as schools break-up for the Easter holidays.
Coun Rebecca Blake, Redditch Borough Council's community safety chief, has issued the warning in the wake of the recent death of Brockhill teenager Richard Fellows near the Five Tunnels in Church Hill.
Despite the tragedy police have already spoken to a number of young people who have been caught swimming in the same spot where the 15-year-old lost his life.
The council, together with Marian Barton, headteacher at Trinity High School where Richard attended, has this week sent letters to the borough's schools urging them to warn their pupils of the dangers of swimming in open water. They have also been provided with safety information to hand out.
Other measures, such as permanent warning signs, are being looked at with police, the fire service and the Royal Life Saving Society.
There are also plans to run life-saving courses in the summer holidays with the drowning prevention charity and open water safety sessions in schools and during swimming lessons held at council owned pools. Those under 16 are also being urged to sign up for the council's free swimming scheme at the Abbey Stadium and Kingsley College pools.
Coun Blake told the Standard: "While the council is working with RoSPA to learn how to make the town's waterways as safe as possible, educating people about risk of drowning in open water, is the best way to try and keep people safe, especially young people including 15 to 19-year-old boys who are significantly at risk.
"It's the unseen dangers that put lives at risk and even good swimmers get into difficulty because of cold water, hidden currents and getting caught on things that lie under the surface. If you see people swimming in open water, please remind them they are not only putting their own life at risk they are putting others lives at risk who might try and help them if they get into difficulty."
Redditch MP Karen Lumley met with the RLSS in Parliament and has offered to lobby the Department of Education in support of the charity's bid to get water safety included as part of the national curriculum.
"All stakeholders must come together to provide support to help communities and prevent these tragedies happening again. I look forward to working with them in the coming months and will do all I can to support their cause."
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On the line tonight in the Mega Millions lottery is $636 million.The odds of winning tonight's drawing? About 1 in 260 million.The question is can you improve on those odds?MORE: Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot soars to near record $636M
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11:00am Sunday 16th February 2014 in News By Emily Roberts, Chief Reporter
A BASINGSTOKE singer is dye-ing to take to the stage after landing a lead role in a touring show.
Jody Steele will play Carmen in Fame, which opens at Wimbledon theatre on February 20, before touring around the country until the end of the year.
But the 22-year-old has had to dye her long natural blonde locks dark brown for the part, because Carmen is meant to be of Latino origin.
Jody, of Heritage Park, Hatch Warren, has played various roles in theatre shows after graduating from Guildford School of Acting, in August last year.
She was performing in The Tina Turner Experience in Holland when she met director Gary Lloyd, who was holding auditions for Fame.
Jody said: "I was the only white British girl. It's a Latino part and I thought 'I have no chance' because I'm not ethnically right."
She was initially turned down for the role because of this reason, but the director couldn't find anyone who matched up to Jody to play the part.
Jody said: "They called me up and said they wanted to give me the part but I would have to dye my hair and keep a constant tan. I was like 'yes, let's do it'."
Jody, who is now rehearsing for the show in Clapham before the opening night, said: "The rehearsals are really tough. The dancing is really challenging – it's a big challenge but I will do it whatever."
Jody's family have already booked tickets to watch her in various shows up and down the country.
She said: "It's called Fame 25 for the 25th anniversary. The music has been changed and it's really street. It's not cheesy pop – there are acoustic guitars, it's all been changed and it's being set in 2014. There are no leg warmers!"
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