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An unusual collection of stories from the myths which will bring the gods right into the world of children!
How does Shiva talk to us without speaking?
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Five children are having fun one evening, playing dumb charades, when Shiva appears and wants to join in! Shiva turns out to be the best at dumb charades, as well as in asking riddles. He can say so much with only his actions! He also tells the children wonderful stories with the help of the many objects he carries with him, like the rattle drum, the crescent moon and a fountain of water that rises from his head. Soon, thanks to Shiva's playfulness, the children know much more about Shiva and the other gods—even more than their parents!
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Protection and advocacy of Australia's international interests through the provision of policy advice to ministers and overseas diplomatic activity
1.1.3 Americas and Europe
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The department vigorously pursued Australia's substantial and diverse interests in the Americas and Europe during the year. Our political and security dialogues, particularly with the United States, the European Union (EU) and major European countries, had a sharpened focus after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.
Australia affirmed the strength of its alliance with the United States after the terrorist attacks by invoking Article IV of the ANZUS Treaty. A central aspect of the department's work was to engage in a continuing and intense pattern of close cooperation and dialogue with the United States on the range of matters emerging as a consequence of the attacks, including Australia's contribution to the war on terrorism. We had earlier played a leading role in organising and providing policy support for Mr Downer's involvement in the successful Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). These consultations underlined the strength and breadth of Australia's ties with the United States.
The department supported the Government's high-level dialogue with the European Union through detailed preparation for both the six-monthly ministerial consultations with the EU Presidency and the annual Australia-European Commission Ministerial Consultations. We arranged and conducted a new set of security dialogues with the EU (and NATO), and assisted the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs to begin exchanges with the EU and key European partners on illegal immigration and asylum issues.
The United States and the EU remain among Australia's most important economic partners. In 2001-02, Australia's merchandise exports to EU countries grew to $14.5 billion. Australia's merchandise exports to the United States-our second largest merchandise export market-increased to almost $12 billion. The department placed strong emphasis on advancing Australia's trade and investment interests in the United States and Europe, by advocating our positions on the multilateral trade agenda and by pursuing market access.
Positive outcomes for Australian exporters included substantial exemptions from US steel safeguard measures, the removal of US lamb safeguard measures, and continuing constructive discussions with the United States on the possibility of negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA). We had less success in lobbying against trade-distorting measures in the US Farm Bill.
We pressed the EU to consider Australia's interests across a range of trade-related issues, including reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and outstanding aspects of the 1994 bilateral wine agreement. As the secretariat for the Council on Australia Latin America Relations, the department helped devise and implement a range of initiatives with a primary focus on promoting trade and investment links with Latin America.
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United States
In response to the events of 11 September 2001, the Prime Minister, Mr Howard, invoked the ANZUS Treaty for the first time in its 50-year history. The department, including through our embassy in Washington, worked across a number of fronts to ensure that Australia's commitment to combating the common danger posed by international terrorism registered clearly both in Washington and more widely.
The department provided strong support for participation by Mr Downer and (then) Defence Minister, Mr Reith, in AUSMIN held in Canberra in July 2001. High-level participation on the US side led by the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, and the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, reflected the importance the United States attaches to the consultations. AUSMIN 2001 was highly successful, both in marking the enduring relevance of Australia's security partnership with the United States, and as the first comprehensive security discussions with key cabinet members of the Bush Administration. Strong reaffirmation of the importance we attach to the alliance and a commitment to practical cooperation in defence and security were important outcomes of the talks.
The department reinforced messages delivered through AUSMIN and other ministerial consultations by emphasising to US interlocutors the importance Australia attaches to US engagement in the Asia-Pacific region, especially with Japan, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea, and to working with the United States to strengthen regional stability and growth. For example, through making the case in Washington and New York, and to the US embassy in Canberra, we successfully encouraged the United States to help win UN support for the establishment of a post-independence UN mission in East Timor better to assist East Timor's development (see sub-output 1.1.2 at page 42 and sub-output 1.1.7 at page 84 for further detail on the UN mission in East Timor).
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In conjunction with the Department of Defence and the US embassy, the department promoted the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the ANZUS Treaty with a wide program of events throughout the year. A central element was a conference held in Sydney in June 2001 on 'The United States-Australia Alliance in an East Asian Context'. The department also marked the anniversary of the treaty with the publication of a collection of historical documents and a folder of current information, which together emphasised the historical roots and the contemporary relevance of the alliance (see sub-output 3.1.3 at page 170 for further detail on these historical documents).
Trade issues remained a major aspect of the department's engagement with the Bush Administration and the Congress. We provided advice and support to Mr Vaile and other ministers in their close work with the US Administration to secure the launch in November 2001 of a new WTO round of multilateral trade negotiations and on issues of mutual interest for the ensuing negotiations.
The department consulted closely with senior US officials on the key government objective of negotiating a bilateral FTA with the United States. In July 2001, our embassy in Washington was instrumental in establishing an American-Australian FTA coalition in the United States. The department also facilitated establishment of an Australian counterpart-the Australia-US FTA Business Group-in September 2001. We helped to ensure that the membership of these groups included some of the most important companies in the United States and Australia as well as peak industry associations (see sub-output 1.1.5 at page 67 for further detail on this proposed FTA).
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Protectionist pressures in the US Congress and the proximity of the mid-term congressional and gubernatorial elections (scheduled for November 2002) complicated the department's efforts on bilateral trade. We took every opportunity to lobby against trade-distorting measures in the 2002 Farm Bill (the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act), and to ensure that the Bill was consistent with US commitments to the WTO. Mr Vaile and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Mr Truss, led a concerted campaign to advocate Australia's interests with respect to the Farm Bill. Despite our efforts, the Bill eventually enacted established higher benchmarks for US government spending on farms and over time will have an adverse impact on Australian and world agriculture.
The department's participation in the US safeguards investigation of steel imports and a concerted lobbying effort by ministers and our Washington embassy were crucial to achieving successful exemption from tariffs of up to 30 per cent for over 85 per cent of Australia's steel exports to the United States. Our efforts in Washington and-using WTO dispute settlements procedures-in Geneva helped to get the United States to remove its lamb meat safeguard in November 2001. We also pressed for increased access to the United States for Australia's rapidly growing beef exports, which filled the 378 214 tonnes a year tariff rate quota for the first time in 2001. We continued to pursue a range of quarantine issues to obtain greater access for Australian products and address US concerns about market access to Australia-although these are difficult and contentious issues which for the most part will take more time to resolve.
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Figure 10. Australia's merchandise trade with the United States
European Union
The department worked assiduously to strengthen Australia's relations with the EU by supporting ministers in their engagement with EU counterparts and by taking forward new and existing exchanges at officials' level. Important milestones were Mr Downer's consultations with the EU Presidency in July 2001 and February 2002 and the Australia-European Commission Ministerial Consultations in Brussels in April 2002.
Initiatives agreed at the Ministerial Consultations included a review of the 1997 Joint Declaration on Relations between Australia and the European Union that will set future strategic priorities for the relationship, and the establishment of a dialogue on immigration, asylum and visa issues. These initiatives had been carefully prepared during the senior officials' meeting with the European Commission which preceded the ministerial-level exchanges. The department arranged and led an inaugural security dialogue with the EU (and with NATO) in March 2002 which increased our understanding of security developments in Europe and reinforced with senior European policy advisors Australia's security perspectives and interests. We reinforced our credibility as a knowledgeable interlocutor on the Asia-Pacific region at discussions with a number of European countries and the EU in June 2002.
The department supported Mr Vaile in pursuing Australia's agricultural interests with the Commission in Brussels in May 2002, in particular registering our strong views on the need for fundamental reform to the EU's trade-distorting Common Agricultural Policy.
Our network of posts pursued vigorous advocacy with decision-makers in European institutions and EU member states, maintaining pressure on the EU in the WTO, including on agricultural issues and on the bilateral wine agreement. We pressed strongly for the protection of Australia's significant steel exports to Europe after the EU imposed provisional safeguards on steel imports.
In September 2001, Mr Vaile launched a departmental publication titled Export EU: A Guide to the European Union for Australian Business, designed to help exporters understand the technicalities of doing business with the EU. The publication, particularly the online version, drew a strong positive public response (see output 3.1 at page 157 for further detail on trade/economic publications).
The department broadened areas of cooperation with the EU by assisting other Australian agencies in their negotiation of new agreements and arrangements. These included a consumer protection arrangement and establishment of a pilot project for higher education exchanges.
We established a second Europe Branch to increase high-level attention to servicing Australia's relations both with European countries and the institutions of the EU, and to enhance capacity for forward-looking policy advice on Australia's extensive interests in Europe.
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Figure 11. Australia's merchandise trade with the European Union
Europe-bilateral relationships
Advancing Australia's important bilateral trade and investment relationships with European countries was an important priority for the department. In pursuing this objective, we organised and supported a program of high-level visits to European countries, including by Mr Downer and Mr Vaile. We supported an extensive range of visits to Australia by European ministers and heads of state, including those of the President of Portugal , Jorge Sampaio, and the President of Greece , Constantinos Stephanopoulos, each leading large trade delegations.
The department, through our posts, promoted Australia's coal industry and expertise at a successful EU-Australia Coal Conference in Germany in September 2001. We organised a major promotion of trade and investment opportunities in Poland in Sydney in May 2002 and a promotion of Australia in six Polish cities from September to December 2001, which strengthened Australia's business and cultural profile.
Working through our posts in Europe, we acted at the time of the MV Tampa incident to explain Australia's position to governments and to correct poorly founded criticism of Australia's position in the European Parliament and in some parts of the European media (see sub-output 1.1.7 at page 82 for further detail on people smuggling, and output 3.1 at page 154 on our related public diplomacy efforts).
Australia's strong traditional links with European countries were also an important focus throughout the year. In association with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, we succeeded in gaining approval for the development of an Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London. We worked closely with other Australian agencies to establish workable arrangements for the repatriation of indigenous remains from the United Kingdom . We made vigorous and successful representations to ensure Australian war graves in France remain undisturbed by a planned airport development.
Australia's Ambassador to France, William Fisher (centre), at an ANZAC Day commemoration ceremony in Bullecourt, France, in April 2002, accompanied by local dignitaries and Australian and New Zealand military personnel. Photo by Andrée Lawrey.
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Australia's exchanges with Russia intensified during the year. The events of 11 September 2001 underlined Russia's political and strategic importance in the war against terrorism. This was a central theme of Mr Downer's meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister, Igor Ivanov, in Moscow in February 2002. The department was heavily engaged in negotiations with Russia over its accession to the WTO. We contributed to government efforts to negotiate bilateral agreements with Russia on space industry cooperation in support of commercial plans to establish a space launch facility on Christmas Island.
Trade and investment interests were the focus of Australia's relations with Central and Southern Europe. Improved security in the Balkans provided an opportunity to begin rebuilding trade links with these countries. We achieved trade wins in the reduction of the tariff on high-quality furniture leather and the waiver of the duty on coarse wool exports to Poland. Bulgaria lifted a ban on imports of Australian game meat, while Poland recognised Australia's status as a disease-free reliable supplier of particular animal products.
The department negotiated a number of agreements with countries in the region, including nuclear safeguards agreements with Hungary and the Czech Republic which will enable future exports of uranium.
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Table 7. Australia's regional trade with Europe
|2000-01 $m
|2001-02 $m
|Trend growth 1996-97 to 2001-02 %
|2000-01 $m
|2001-02 $m
|Trend growth 1996-97 to 2001-02 %
|4 653
|5 197
|6 321
|6 219
|2 099
|2 166
|3 257
|3 411
|1 487
|1 344
|6 172
|6 732
|1 004
|1 081
|1 344
|2 478
|2 691
|Total European Union
|13 955
|14 464
|25 505
|27 126
|Total East Europe
|Other Europe
|1 549
|1 703
|15 264
|15 659
|27 407
|29 302
Source: Compiled by DFAT from ABS data.
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The department maintained close working relations with Canada across a wide range of issues including international security, multilateral trade and the environment. We strengthened coordination with Canada on anti-terrorism issues after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. We maintained an active dialogue in the WTO, APEC and the Cairns Group of agricultural exporting countries. We also organised extensive government-to-government discussion of public policy issues, including health and indigenous issues.
The first meeting under the auspices of the proposed Canada-Australia Dialogue-a new arrangement for bilateral talks on global issues of mutual interest to Australia and Canada-had to be postponed due to a wider deferral of international meetings after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. The dialogue has been rescheduled for later in 2002.
Our post in Ottawa was a driving force behind the establishment of the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group, which will promote further exchanges between the two parliaments and provide Australia with a channel for influence into the Canadian Parliament.
Merchandise exports to Canada grew 7 per cent in 2001-02, with Australian wine exports performing strongly, increasing 34 per cent. We worked with industry and the Canadian Government to maintain access arrangements for our beef exports to Canada, which rose by 48 per cent in 2001-02.
The department actively promoted the capabilities of Australian biotechnology companies at the BIO-2002 Show in Toronto in June 2002, attended by over 300 representatives from Australian companies and organisations. We also played a key role in convincing Canada to increase by 50 per cent its quota for young Australians taking working holidays in Canada.
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Latin America
As part of our focus on improving Australia's trade and investment with Latin America, the department was successful in efforts to improve market access to Chile for Australian aquaculture and dairy products and to Brazil for Australian dairy exports. In May 2002 we supported Mr Vaile in securing Mexico's agreement to remove a 3 per cent tariff on a range of products, including coal, wool and live cattle from Australia. The department arranged for a delegation of Australian energy companies to travel to Mexico with Mr Vaile in order to promote Australian energy products and technology.
We continued to expand bilateral arrangements to promote sectoral links with Latin America. We assisted in the successful negotiation of a bilateral air services agreement with Chile in September 2001; signed a nuclear cooperation and safeguards agreement with Argentina ; and signed an investment promotion and protection agreement with Uruguay . We coordinated a second meeting of the Australia-Chile Bilateral Trade and Investment Commission in Santiago in September 2001, which set out a two-year work program for further cooperation in areas such as education and environmental technology.
We provided advice, funding and administrative support to the Council on Australia Latin America Relations, which began work in September 2001 on its task of promoting Australian trade and investment with Latin America, as well as educational and cultural links. In cooperation with the Department of Education, Science and Technology, we arranged a meeting of the education, science and technology working group established under the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation to promote sectoral links between the two regions.
The department's Economic Analytical Unit produced a well-received report on Latin America titled Investing in Latin American Growth: Unlocking Opportunities in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile which analysed economic developments and highlighted prospects in these major Latin American economies. Mr Downer launched the report in August 2001.
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Table 8. Australia's regional trade with the Americas
|2000-01 $m
|2001-02 $m
|Trend growth 1996-97 to 2001-02 %
|2000-01 $m
|2001-02 $m
|Trend growth 1996-97 to 2001-02 %
|11 652
|11 992
|22 351
|21 497
|1 769
|1 892
|1 869
|1 607
|Total NAFTA
|13 812
|14 426
|24 924
|23 807
|Total Caribbean
|Total South America
|14 913
|15 495
|25 939
|24 692
Source: Compiled by DFAT from ABS data.
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"Another good book by Silva"
I think this is a great series, I like the writing, the art lessons, and the ride through espionage. The bad characters are well done and truly a menace.The good guys are heroic for all the right reasons. If you want to start reading a good series, start reading Daniel Silva.
"Starts great, never fully developed"
Okay, I like the Teotwawki genre but it has a problem that is epitomized in this book, it starts out great, then as the world falls apart so does the story, it seems to be a problem for this book and the genre as a whole. I like the writing, the characters are good and are really starting to get developed when things end, I know we are being set up for a sequel but I am tired of a story ending almost in mid sentence. That said I will listen to the sequel when it comes out so maybe I am the problem here. If you like "the end of the world as we know it" type of books you will find you like this book in spite of yourself, recommended but with the caveat that you are not getting the ending in this book.
"A great choice, solid entertainment"
I started to write a review for each title in the series and then realized that I had to wait for the end of the series to write a review because the story is one long one broken up by separate titles. Each segment is fairly long so actually this works out well. Now for the breakdown, solid writing, great characters, well done dialog and action action action - and a great amount of suspense. This genre has a weakness and that is that as the crisis ramps up the books are exciting and action packed, then the survivors hole up and, well, just kind of survive. This book blasts past that sticking point and never looks back, there are plots and subplots and all of it is exciting, not to mention that the 'infected' are more than just props for lots of gore. I have listened to a lot of books in this genre and this is in the top 1%. The one problem, the last book is not the last book, there is more, which since this is such a good series is good, but Audible does not have it available yet, which means I will have to wait for it, :( -
Need to mention that for this book and the characters in it the narration is fantastic, great match.
Highly recommended
"Glad I found this series"
This is a fun series, as the genre goes there are quite a few poorly written books out there, finding a book that is well written goes a long way in this category, and this is one of them. The action is tight, the pandemic that causes the 'plague' interesting and the cast of characters well done, developed, believable. Dialog is actually good dialog and not something comic book like. The main character seems to loose his weapon a lot for a special forces guy but then nothing is perfect, he is great character and does the right thing when the chips are down. I like this book and am already into the 3rd book in the series as a result, Highly recommended.
"Okay, it did suck me in - readable"
There are a lot of moments in this book that had me right there with it, I was involved and thought the writer was on the right track, and the book takes off in that direction from the start and you are pretty sure you have a winner. The narration is solid, the writer has skill at describing a scene and bringing it to the listener (reader) in a plausible manner. Here comes the "but"- the author pens the scene of societal collapse of the urbane fairly well, the characters are diverse and have each some skill which comes into play after the collapse, the mode of the collapse, a cyber attack is well explained and actually plausible, BUT this is written from an urban centric point of view and the description of people in the countryside is horribly derogatory, they are painted as rapists, cannibals, and in one scene are shown to be chasing a cow down with machetes and hacking it to pieces. Nobody in the rural section of the story is presented as anything other than an ignorant villain. Oh, but in the enlightened city, violent acts are stopped by a group of people holding up their phones and taking pictures, that is all it takes. The people who leave NY city for the country side are forever haunted by that stupid move, of course the city would be much safer than farm country once food becomes scarce in the city. There are some well done sections in this book and if the author had stayed within his comfort zone it would have been a good book. The storyline describing the method of cyber attack is done well and the author has knowledge of the subject matter and is able to bring it to the reader in an entertaining manner, as in the degrading situation in the city. The problem with the book comes in the section after they leave the city, things just begin to fall apart from there.
As far as a recommendation the subject matter is interesting and brought to the reader in a well done manner, the story has some holes in it but works at the base level and the narration is well done as well. If prepper grid down subject matter is your genre then you might like this book, if tech suspense it your thing this might be okay but a bit of a departure and not deep enough into your subject matter to be a total thumbs up.
I would recommend it with just a few grimaces.
"Too many Cliches!"
I cannot understand how this book gets a good review from anybody - one bad cliche after another, poor writing, no, terrible writing. Good narration. Sentence after sentence that does not logically follow the one before it. No character development at all. The head of the the drug cartel is described as "deciding he would not be poor, and soon he became the go to guy for people to get anything they want" done - total character development. I tried to like this book because I like the genre, impossible, it is a bad book and nothing redeems it.
Not recommended, not one second of it.
"Puts it out there"
This book picks up the story line of the last novel five years into the future. Where the last book was action packed and moved very quickly this second book in the series takes a look at the current trends in demographics and political expediency and builds society as the main character for this book. The character Ragna Bartewell is back and one of the only characters from the first book to carry the story forward, but it is the condition of society itself that is the star of this story. If one pays attention to events it is possible to see how the author developed this storyline and it is a compelling case that he makes, the writing is solid and the dialog well done, the ending is exciting as are other turning points in the story. Where the last book moved from one action scene to the next this book builds tension to the end in a more classic thriller style, and does deliver an exciting ending. I rated this book a bit below the first only because the development phase of this book delved on a bit, it was well done but a bit overdone at times, although in the end it did make for very well established characters and a solid storyline.
Highly Recommended
"Very contemporary story, Important"
This is one story I could not stop listening to, it was written from the perspective of so many that have to sit and silently endure the droning herd mooing along toward what can only be their inevitable final captive destination fattened and giddy waiting for the final shoe to drop. This book was written from the perspective of a former SEAL and that experience comes through in what is a very well written book, the story of which revolves around the theme of expansive militaristic federal policing and their disregard for the individual rights established at the founding and adoption of the constitutional republic we live in. If there are those out there that think there are to many bureaucrats in to many agencies with to much policing power and a total disregard for justice and our rights you will love this book, the author lays out a story that could be juxtaposed onto one of many out of control regulatory bureaucracies, but this story is very compelling and well written.
If there is a negative it would be the narration, the guy has a good voice but amateurish presentation and sound quality, although I would say the story is so compelling that it overcomes this downfall.
Highly Recommended!
"A book with action and a tight story"
Although still not Hemingway the story and sequence of events tied together with great action and suspenseful situations make this one great series. The writing has improved in this the third book but the action and story are what make this book work. The characters are great, the villains are, well truly wicked, mostly because they represent the real thing, they are not some supernatural aliens but are those that walk among us. I like the dialog and the relationships built among the players, the family dynamic among Morgan's clan is particularly well done and you become invested in their fate emotionally. With a lot of the books of this genre there is the "event", battle with the hordes and then things get flat - this whole series avoids that trap altogether which keeps the action moving and the suspense ripping along, no doubt this is going to be a classic series for the prepper set. This is a good series and I cannot wait for the next installment.
Highly Recommended
"I am still right there with this story"
this is not the best written story out there, this author presents this story like it is a first draft, and it is still great. If you are into the prepper world and feel that the current government is to intrusive, you will love this book, it is overall a great story from the first book and continues into this second story as well. The author is way into the tech of prepping, as are a lot of preppers, so for that audience it is great. If you are not a prepper then this book will outline at least one scenario for your fate, and it is that of the silly little totalitarian who thinks that "resource sharing" is now the current plan since you were to busy laughing at those who were diligent and put resources into the rainy day fund. This is a fun book and it brings to focus all the big gov plans for those who are content with watching T.V. and hitting the pipe, hey, if you like your current lifestyle you can keep your current lifestyle - what ever!
Highly recommended
"Great action story"
Some books are great literary works, some books have an important message, and some books are neither but are still fun books. This is a fun book, there are some moments when the next paragraph is so telegraphed by this author it is painful, and some of the dialog is so basic and cliched it hurts. At times the over done technical brand identification aspect of the story kills the moment. But guess what? This is a really good book and full of action and great characters and real interactions it is not exactly evident if you are listening to a fictional story or a diary or events. I found myself listening to this book until it was finished and that included every chance I got, which is not common, I liked it and that is that - it is worth your time and more, I am going to download the sequel as soon as I am done with this review.
I would highly recommend this book with the knowledge that the writhing is not top shelf but the story is.
Highly recommended
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The "Guide for Applying Harmonic Limits on Power Systems" P519A/D6 Jan 1999 introduces some general rules for
evaluating harmonic limits at an industrial facility. The procedure is shown in the flowchart in Figure 6.1.
Figure 6.1 Evaluation of harmonic distortion.
Harmonics reduction can be done either by structural modifications in the drive system
or by using external filtering. The structural modifications can be to strengthen
the supply, to use 12 or more pulse drive, to use a controlled rectifier or to improve the
internal filtering in the drive.
Factors in the AC drive having an effect on harmonics
Figure 7.1 shows the factors in the AC drive system which have some influence on
harmonics. The current harmonics depend on the drive construction and the voltage
harmonics are the current harmonics multiplied by the supply impedances.
Figure 7.1 Drive system features affecting harmonics.
Table: List of the different factors and their effects
Using 6-pulse diode rectifier
The connections for different rectifier solutions are shown in Figure 7.2. The most
common rectifier circuit in 3-phase AC drives is a 6-pulse diode bridge. It consists of
six uncontrollable rectifiers or diodes and an inductor, which together with a DC-capacitor forms a low-pass filter for smoothing the
DCcurrent. The inductor can be on the DC- or AC-side or it can be left totally out. The 6-pulse rectifier is simple and
cheap but it generates a high amount of low order harmonics 5th, 7th, 11th especially
with small smoothing inductance.
The current form is shown in Figure 7.2. If the major part of the load consists of
converters with a 6-pulse rectifier, the supply transformer needs to be oversized and
meeting the requirements in standards may be difficult. Often some harmonics filtering
is needed.
Figure 7.2 Harmonics in line current with different rectifier constructions.
Using 12-pulse or 24- pulse diode rectifier
The 12-pulse rectifier is formed by connecting two 6-pulse rectifiers in parallel to feed a
common DC-bus. The input to the rectifiers is provided with one three-winding transformer. The transformer secondaries are in 30o phase
shift. The benefit with this arrangement is that in the supply side some of the harmonics are in opposite phase and
thus eliminated. In theory the harmonic component with the lowest frequency seen at
the primary of the transformer is the 11th.
The major drawbacks are special transformers and a higher cost than with the 6-pulse
The principle of the 24-pulse rectifier is also shown in Figure 7.2. It has two 12-pulse
rectifiers in parallel with two threewinding transformers having 15o phase shift. The
benefit is that practically all low frequency harmonics are eliminated but the drawback
is the high cost. In the case of a high power single drive or large multidrive installation
a 24-pulse system may be the most economical solution with lowest harmonic distortion.
Figure 7.3 Harmonic components with different rectifiers.
Using phase controlled thyristor rectifier
A phase controlled rectifier is accomplished by replacing the diodes in a 6-pulse rectifier
with thyristors. Since a thyristor needs a triggering pulse for transition from nonconducting to conducting state, the phase angle at
which the thyristor starts to conduct can be delayed. By delaying the firing angle over 90o, the DC-bus voltage
goes negative. This allows regenerative flow of power from the DC-bus back to the
power supply.
Standard DC-bus and inverter configurations do not allow polarity change of the
DC-voltage and it is more common to connect another thyristor bridge anti-parallel with
the first one to allow the current polarity reversal. In this configuration the first bridge
conducts in rectifying mode and the other in regenerating mode.
The current waveforms of phase controlled rectifiers are similar to those of the 6-pulse
diode rectifier, but since they draw power with an alternating displacement power
factor, the total power factor with partial load is quite poor. The poor power factor
causes high apparent current and the absolute harmonic currents are higher than those
with a diode rectifier.
In addition to these problems, phase-controlled converters cause commutation notches
in the utility voltage waveform. The angular position of the notches varies along
with the firing angle.
Figure 7.4 Distortion of different supply unit types. Values may vary
case by case.
Using IGBT bridge
Introducing a rectifier bridge, made of self commutated components, brings several
benefits and opportunities compared to phase commutated ones. Like a phase commutated rectifier, this hardware allows both
rectification and regeneration, but it makes it possible to control the DC-voltage level and displacement power
factor separately regardless of the power flow direction.
The main benefits are:
The main drawback is the high cost coming from the IGBT bridge and extra filtering
Figure 7.5 Harmonics in line current IGBT line generating unit.
Using a larger DC or AC inductor
The harmonics of a voltage source AC drive can be significantly reduced by connecting
a large enough inductor in its AC input or DC bus. The trend has been to reduce the
size of converter while the inductor size has been also reduced, or in several cases it
has been omitted totally. The effect of this can be seen from the curve forms in Figure
Figure 7.6 The effect of the inductor on the line current.
The chart in Figure 7.7 shows the effect of the size of the DC inductor on the
harmonics. For the first 25 harmonic components the theoretical THD minimum is 29%.
That value is practically reached when the inductance is 100 mH divided by the motor
kW or 1 mH for a 100 kW motor (415 V, 50 Hz). Practically sensible is about 25 mH
divided by motor kW, which gives a THD of about 45%. This is 0,25 mH for a 100 kW
Figure 7.7 Harmonic current as function of DC inductance.
The voltage distortion with certain current distortion depends on the Short Circuit Ratio
Rsc of the supply. The higher the ratio, the lower the voltage distortion. This can
be seen in Figure 7.8.
Figure 7.8 THD Voltage vs Type of AC drive and transformer size.
Figure 7.9 introduces a simple nomogram for estimation of harmonic voltages. On the
graph below right select first the motor kilowatt, then the transformer kVA and then
move horizontally to the diagonal line where you move upwards and stop at the curve
valid for your application. Then turn left to the y-axis and read the total harmonic
voltage distortion.
Figure 7.9 Total harmonic distortion nomogram.
Results from laboratory tests with drive units from different manufacturers are shown in
Figure 7.10. Drive A with large DC inductor has the lowest harmonic current distortion,
drives with no inductor installed have the highest distortion.
Figure 7.10. Harmonic current with different DC-Inductances.
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Can administration of K+ 10mEq/100cc N/S (level 2.9) irritate myocardial muscle and cause extension of an MI?:idea:... Read More
- 0Jan 23, '08 by lorilou22RNwe protocol all our lytes, a K+ as low as 2.9 tho is deferred to the PA/CCP and as long as renal status was OK they would have rec'd probably 80 mEq IVPB. The first run would have been over 2 hours (if TLCL or PICC present). I addl' agree that the patient should have been redlined to the cath lab, as well as screening Mg+ level. As far as extension of the MI, weeell your "senior nurse" is not thinking too clearly, it was not from potassium replacement. Don't worry about what she/he had to say.
- 3Jan 24, '08 by SEOBowhntrQuote from mrsituationditto this, experience is a good thing as long as it's good experience, and the person has good knowledge, not second hand incorrect info. giving that k+ was definitely the right thing, and just an fyi, you can figure k+ deficit as a patient generally needs 150-200 meq of k+ to increase their serum leve 1.0, now this is over a 24hr period, but due to the amount that is shifted, and diuresed out, you need a lot of k+ to fix a k+ of 2.9. as another poster said, i'd be interested in knowing what her mg++ was as well, as hypo- either of them seems to run hand in hand with mi's.just a thought... if the pt was losing that much k+ or at the very least not maintaining, what about her mg++ levels, could also have been a cause for the ectopy... or here's a thought; maybe it was the 2.9 k+ level alone?? the thought of not replacing a k+ level of 2.9; what kind of crack was that senior nurse smoking?? well, here is my 2 cents: just because they've been doing it longer doesn't make them a better nurse; so don't lose any sleep over it.


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Performance Running Outfitters take pride in helping customers get fit
Couple turns sport they love into their profession
Business owners Trae and Jessica Hoepner's work and personal life oftentime blur, but the pair wouldn't have it any other way.
The husband and wife team - and onetime competitive distance runners at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater - own Performance Running Outfitters in Brookfield and say they obtain as big a high from serving the community as they do from running.
"We get so much personal satisfaction from helping the community," said Trae, who also owns two other Milwaukee-area Performance Running Outfitters. "Seeing our customers meet their health and fitness goals really keeps us going."
Located in the Ruby Isle Shopping Center, Performance Running Outfitters markets to runners and walkers of all levels and abilities and features dozens of name-brand products, including Newton, New Balance and Nike.
According to Trae, Performance Running Outfitters' large selection and customer service approach separate the store from the competition.
"We're a one-stop, jack-of-all-trades shop, and no one else has everything we have to help people get up and running," said Trae, who plans on expanding the store to include an indoor track. "But we don't sell. Our staff is extremely knowledgeable about the running industry, so we just inform customers to the Nth degree, so they can buy shoes based on factors other than color or style."
The purchase process involves Performance Running Outfitters' thorough video gait analysis, whereby a customer is filmed walking or running on a treadmill to determine what shoe offers the best support for his or her foot.
Performance Running Outfitters also offers 5K, 10K and half-marathon training and organizes a number of fun runs and running-form clinics at Milwaukee area businesses and schools.
"Our goal is to get the community - especially today's kids, who have become a sedentary generation - moving again," said Trae, a track coach at Brookfield Central High School, where Jessica coaches cross country. "We want to do our part to erase the national perception that Wisconsin is not a fit state."
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You probably want to pick a non-technical forum that has a computing sub-forum. Or you may be waiting a long time.
My homework for school is to answer questions on a forum about connectivity.
I will not be able to answer very technical questions, but any basic queries which you need answering please do ask and i will attempt to answer some.
Thanks Jimmih
You probably want to pick a non-technical forum that has a computing sub-forum. Or you may be waiting a long time.
Jimmih - Here is one for you - How would you connect 2 computers together at home to be able to share files
Please no responses from techies - This is just to help Jimmih out with homework
Also to assist with homework (and cos I like to expand students knowledge):
What connectivity to the internet (ie cabling technology and data rate) would you suggest for a large secondary school who use a lot of online media content?
Suggest 2 alternatives to a costly direct point to point leased line to connect 2 medium sized secondary schools - you can assume any rate of data transfer you like (but to give you a starting point, assume one of low data transfer and a solution which could be put in place firewall to firewall and ISP independant, and the other, reasonably high data transfer and an ISP based solution).
If you can't answer those, let me know and I'll give you some information as to my thoughts.
Further 2 questions:
I'm setting up a network at home, would you suggest wireless or wired connection and why?
I'm setting up a new computer suite of 30 machines, which may be used for media editting. Would you suggest wired or wireless and why?
@willot - OP did say basic questions!
@fiza - Those are basic questions depending on what level you are at (and the answers would also differ depending on what level you're at and level of detail). Please note the bottom line - if you don't know what to answer, let me know and I'll expand knowledge
To connect 2 computers together to share files i would use ethernet cables.
Willott I am afraid i was unable to even attempt your first question.
If you are setting up a network in your house it depends on the size of the house, if you live in a small flat or small house wireless should be strong enough to reach all corners of the house with a decent speed. However if have a much larger house a wireless signal from a single modem would struggle to reach areas of the house, therefore in that case i would go for wired.
If you are setting up a computer suite of 30 for media editting i would go for wired, because the amount data from media such as film is very large therefore i think you need the speed of wired to keep it quick enough.
I hope i got the right idea of the questions, please do correct them as i think it would be of great benefit to me.
Thanks Jimmih
Assuming this is a straight connection without a switch or hub, what sort of cable would you use?To connect 2 computers together to share files i would use ethernet cables
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
What are the differences between leased lines and standard ADSL lines?
kudos to the teacher involved for coming up with this homework btw
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Olive House Guest House Izmir
Official Contact Details - Olive HousePhone: 90532 2637942
Recently restored two floor Sirince house, with a fantastic view of village and the church. Comfortably furnished two bedrooms and a living room.15 minutes to Ephesus and the House of Virgin Mary..
- Price from 260 TRL / Day
- 2 bedrooms
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Newest one of our ephesus cottages, called Terrace houses...Fully equipped kitchen and the marble bath room. Comfortable living room with fire place in the basement. Two bed rooms on the second floor. Perfect village view from the rooms and the terrace..selcuk is 15 minutes , famous pamucak beaches are 25 minutes from the cottage..Private tours can be arranged for ephesus and saint john basilica in selcuk
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70 minutes from izmir airport and izmir city towards Aydýn. 25 minutes from Kusadasi marina, 10 mnts. from Selcuk and the historical sights like castle of Selcuk, Ephesus, St. Poul, Isa bey Mosque...Surrounded by endless olive groves, and peach gardens..
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CD player and a selection of all sorts of music. Coffee , tea, olive oil etc. is available at the house free of charge..Breakfast is being delivered to the house in winter, and being served on the terrace in summer.Leaflets about what to do and what is happening in the village are available in the library..
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Who is Your Favorite Teen Couple?by Matt Richenthal at . Comments
It's time for another poll, TV Fanatics. And this one is gonna be a toughie.
Following challenging battles over television's Sexiest Male and Female Sidekicks, along with the scariest character around, we now want to know: Who is your favorite teen couple?
The field is wide open, from a teacher/student relationship on Pretty Little Liars to forbidden love between a human and an immortal on The Vampire Diaries. With so many potential nominees, we need your help:
- Hit up the Comments section and recommend a couple for the final round of voting.
- The only requirements? At least one half of the pairing must be a teenager, and the two characters must have kissed at least once.
- Feel free to state your couple's case below, but please begin all Comments with the names of your nominees. This will make it a lot easier for us to keep track.
We'll post the official poll on Monday. What teen couples will be featured in it? That's up to you, readers. State your opinions now!
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CHUCK AND BLAIR!! GOSSIP GIRL and STEFAN AND ELENA!! VAMPIRE DIARIES.
Chuck Bass and Blair Waldorf
Damon and Elena
Tyler and Caroline
Chuck and Blair
Stefan Salvatore and Elena Gilbert off of The Vampire Diaries.
Joey & Pacey (DC)
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Stefan and Elena :)True Love Always Prevails!
Chuck and Blair Dan and Blair do not qualify because they were not teens when they first kissed. Chuck and Blair do qualify. Dan and Blair may seem like a fun idea for some people but the truth is Chuck and Blair have history and have always been there for some people. Dan and Blair might seem exciting or new and funny or something but I want to see Chuck and Blair as endgame and I want that baby to be Chucks!!
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Makes 8 servings
active time
1 1/4 hr
total time
1 day (includes marinating)
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- 4 dried guajillo chiles (2 ounces), wiped clean
- 3 dried ancho chiles (1 1/2 ounces), wiped clean
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1 (1/2-inch) piece cinnamon stick, smashed
- 2 whole allspice
- 1 clove
- 4 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 1/2 teaspoons thyme leaves
- 1/3 cup cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 (12-to 14-pound) turkey, neck and giblets (excluding liver) reserved for turkey stock
- 2 cups water, divided
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- About 4 cups classic turkey stock , divided
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- Melted unsalted butter if necessary
- Equipment: kitchen string; a 17-by 14-inch flameproof roasting pan with a flat rack; a 2-quart measuring cup or a fat separator
Make adobo:
Slit chiles lengthwise, then stem and seed. Heat a large heavy skillet (not nonstick) over medium heat until hot, then toast chiles in batches, opening them flat, turning and pressing with tongs, until more pliable and slightly changed in color, about 30 seconds per batch.
Transfer to a bowl and cover chiles with boiling-hot water, then soak until softened, about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, toast spices in a small heavy skillet over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
Drain chiles, discarding liquid, and purée in a blender with spices, garlic, herbs, vinegar, water, oil, and 2 teaspoon salt until very smooth, about 1 minute. Set aside 1/2 cup adobo for gravy.
Marinate turkey:
Rinse turkey inside and out and pat dry. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons salt evenly in turkey cavities and all over skin, then rub remaining adobo (a scant 3/4 cup) all over turkey, including cavities. Fold neck skin under body, then tuck wing tips under breast and tie drumsticks together with string. Transfer to rack in roasting pan and marinate, covered with plastic wrap and chilled, at least 8 hours and up to 24.
Roast turkey:
Let turkey stand, covered, at room temperature 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in lower third.
Add 1 cup water to pan and roast turkey 1 hour.
Brush turkey with oil and add remaining cup water, then tent loosely with foil and rotate pan. Roast (if bottom of pan becomes dry, add 1/2 cup more water) until an instant-read thermometer inserted into fleshy part of each thigh (test both; close to but not touching bone) registers 170°F, 1 3/4 to 2 3/4 hours more (total roasting time: 2 3/4 to 3 3/4 hours).
Carefully tilt turkey so juices from inside large cavity run into pan. Transfer turkey to a platter and let stand, uncovered, 30 minutes (temperature of thigh meat will rise to 175 to 180°F).
Make gravy while turkey stands:
Straddle roasting pan across 2 burners, then add 1 cup turkey stock and boil over high heat, stirring and scraping up brown bits, 2 minutes. Strain pan juices through a fine-mesh sieve into 2-quart measure and skim off fat (or use a fat separator), reserving fat. Add enough turkey stock to liquid to bring total to 5 cups.
Whisk together flour, 6 tablespoon reserved fat (if there is less, add melted butter), and reserved 1/2 cup adobo in a heavy medium saucepan, then cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 3 minutes (mixture will be thick). Add pan juices and stock in a fast stream, whisking constantly to prevent lumps. Bring to a boil, whisking, then simmer, whisking occasionally, until thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. Season with salt.
Serve turkey with gravy.
Cooks note: Adobo can be made 1 week ahead and chilled in an airtight container.
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main ingredients: Hot Pepper, Turkey
cuisine: Mexican, Latin American
holiday/celebration: Thanksgiving, Fall
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Amy Helm Performs at Infinity Hall in Norfolk on March 29
About eight years ago, singer/songwriter Amy Helm (pictured) — the daughter of the Band's legendary singer/drummer Levon Helm (who passed away last year) and singer/songwriter Libby Titus Fagen — was blowing minds, gently, with folk-rock ensemble Ollabelle at the Newport Folk Festival. She still plays and records with Ollabelle (as well as Levon's Midnight Ramble Band and Dirt Farmer Band), but she's also doing her own thing. She's set to release a solo record this year, which will surely find favor with fans of Mavis Staples and Emmy Lou Harris and the NPR crowd. Catch her live at Infinity Hall on Friday; Kerri Powers opens.
Amy Helm w/Kerri Powers
March 29, 8 p.m., $30, $45, Infinity Music Hall & Bistro, Route 44, 20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk, (866) 666-6306, infinityhall.com.
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If there's one thing that is consistent with Obama throughout his life, it's his desire to see all sides of issues. This and his desire to be fair, especially, indicate that he is primarily a 9-Peace Seeker.
Nines are known to space out, sometimes by using drugs, other times by narcotizing with TV or food. As a teenager, Obama smoked pot. He said he didn't get high to prove how great he was (9s are often modest), but rather in order to push questions of who he was out of his mind. He wanted to "flatten out the landscape of my heart, blur the edges of my memory…And if the high didn't resolve what it was that was getting you down, it could at least make you laugh at the world's ongoing folly and see through all the hypocrisy and bullshit and cheap moralism."


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There is a certain level of seriousness to yoga. I'll grant you that. Here we are in challenging asanas (physical postures) and a great deal of care must be taken to avoid injury (as we all know–injury is not good for the body, for the soul OR yoga, for that matter). After all, if you're in pain, then you're not doing yoga, right? Yoga is the attempt to separate yourself from the ego, and the ego is what pushes us until we end up in injury.
Okay, all that aside. What about humor? I know I would never get through a yoga class without it. On one hand, yes, this is life, possibly our only one (but who knows) and death and there are wars and famine and environmental crises. Yes, all of this is true. But how is my being serious all the time going to help these situations? If anything, seriousness=depression=couch=reruns of Friends=inaction.
Yoga, on the other hand, is a celebration of life, of our (hopefully) many lives. If we can't laugh at ourselves, then what the hell is the point? I think we need more voices of levity in the yoga world. Yes, meditate. Yes, pray (if that's your style), but I'm here to tell you that if you don't think the god/dess hasn't a sense of humor or doesn't delight in ours, then you've never seen one of these guys or any of these signs.
So, where am I going with this? Who knows. All I know is that many people are turned off by the seriousness or hyper-spirituality of yoga. These things are there to find in a yoga practice and spiritual fulfillment is one of the reasons I found a practice to begin with, but when it comes to recruiting students to yoga or to a larger cause, humor is the way to approach them. Humor and its cousin, self-deprecating humor (of which you'll find much in one of my classes), goes much farther in soothing and reassuring a new, nervous student and insuring that he or she will return to class than an earnest talk about journeys, destinations, and the universal quality of yoga. All that stuff is true and it will come. We don't need to worry about everyone's journey and everyone's happiness. It's only life, after all. If we have only one trip around, well, we might as well have fun (we probably won't be conscious when it's over anyway; we don't remember where we were before life started, after all…). And if this isn't our only journey? Fantastic. Ride the giant, life-sized Ferris wheel and just get back in line. Sure, there are lessons to learn along the way, but let's remember the melodic lesson of a sp0onful of sugar and all that…
There are people out there sharing this philosophy. Waylon Lewis and his publication, elephant journal, are my favorite examples. Make a point to stop by and browse and enjoy the welcomed spiritual snarkiness of my generation.


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Costa content in Spain
Diego Costa insists he is happy at Atletico Madrid amid interest from Liverpool in his services.
– Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa speaking to AS
I'm well here, I'm happy here.
As I've been in Argentina and Uruguay I've not heard anything about this.
I'm happy here, if the club want me to be here, I'm going to be here.
I think that the coach (Diego Simeone) counts on all of us, not just me. He knows how important it is to maintain the squad, the fans know it as well.