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Everybody, without exception, should make it their New Year Resolution to visit Cartagena, Colombia in 2013. If it's not already on your list of things to do before you die it should be.
In case you were looking for a good reason to visit here's This Is Cartagena's Top 10 Reasons to Visit Cartagena in 2013.
A tropical paradise with a unique architectural heritage, idyllic Caribbean beaches, a fascinating history, vibrant cultural scene, gastronomic gems and locals as warm as the Caribbean sea have made Colombia's colonial gem one of the hottest travel destinations in the world.
There's myriad reasons to travel to our favourite Caribbean city but if you are wondering when is the best time to visit Cartagena, here you have ten really feel-good reasons to help you make up your mind and book your flight today.
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1 - The Hay Festival | January 24-27
Bill Clinton calls it 'Woodstock for the mind' and who are we to argue. The world's pre-eminent literary festival, the Hay, travels from Wales to Cartagena for an inspirational event at the end of January.
Top of the bill at this year's Hay Festival are two Nobel laureates: Peruvian scribe, Mario Vargas Llosa, and the German-Romanian author, Herta Müller. British booker prizewinner, Julian Barnes is the cherry on the cake.
Other literary talents on the well-read list include Fernando Savater, Erri De Luca, Patrick Deville, Elsa Osorio, Leonardo Padura, Antonio Colinas, Lila Azam Zanganeh, Dinaw Mengestu, Gioconda and Belli.
Running over four days there are presentations by more than 90 writers, film-makers, musicians, philosophers and chefs.
Peruvian signer, Susana Baca will headline with a concert at Plaza de la Aduana on 24 January and the foremost figure of t, Gastón Acurio will be cooking up a storm with his views on the Cocina Novoandino culinary movement.
2 - Carnival de Barranquilla | February 9-12
OK so the Barranquilla Carnival isn't in Cartagena but it's probabaly already too late to get a cheap flight to Barranquilla so why not fly in to Cartagena, spend a day or two in the most beautiful city on Colombia's Caribbbean coast then head up to Barranquilla on the This Is Cartagena party bus.
Held in Barranquilla, officially the happiest city in the world, over the four days before Ash Wednesday signals the start of Lent, Colombia's Carnival is a fantastic mix of fantasy parades, mega-concerts and more than a dash of debauchery.
Nearly two million people make this not only Colombia's biggest folkloric 'fiesta' but also the largest Carnival outside Brazil.
The sense of anticipation for the country's most riotous celebration builds up after New Year with pre-Carnival parties thrown every weekend.
More than 200 groups parade on the main day Saturday, February 9 in front of temporary stands holding thousands of tanked up spectators.
If you are interested in participating then gringos are accepted into a handful of those performing that are less concerned with winning prizes for their choreography. It's an unforgettable experience. As are the salsa, reggaeton and vallenato fiestas organised every evening in some of the top hotels in Barranquilla.
Dress to impress. Costumes, the more outrageous the better, are a requisite for entry into dance groups like Dizfrazate Como Quieres (Dress as you Like). This IS Cartagena has its own dance troupe featuring Elvis and his dancing babies. This year we are thinking of going as LMFAO. Reach out if you want to
3 - Cartagena Film Festival | February 28 – March 6
Latin America's longest running film festival involves a glittering week of film and glamorous parties where you can rub shoulders with the stars of stage and film against a truly spectacular colonial backdrop.
Under the guidance of Monika Wagenberg, the 53rd version of the Cartagena Film Festival, FICCI promises to be bigger than ever.
Details of the headline acts are being kept tightly under wraps but there are rumours that Batman Returns star Christian Bale will be making his first visit to Colombia to attend. Much depends on whether he gets the nod in the Oscars nominations.
Last year's star of the show, Gael Garcia, is also believed be making another appearance in 2013.
The doors of the city's cinemas are thrown open to the public for the week fro more than 110 films. A glamorous crowd of filmmakers, stars of stage and screen, writers and aspiring types schmooze the nights away in spectacular, anything-goes parties held in some of Cartagena's remarkable colonial properties.
4 – Easter Week | March 29-31
Easter week is a peaceful time to visit Cartagena. Colombia's predominantly Catholic population takes the darkest day in the religious calendar pretty seriously and it is a time for families from the interior of the country to get away from it all and take in a little sun, eat well and spend their days celebrating Cartagena's rich cultural heritage.
With seven important churches in the walled city, Cartagena – like its sister-city Mompox – are two of Colombia's most important religious centres during the Easter holidays.
While the flagellation and parades that have made Mompox so popular during this holiday period, pilgrimages are less prevalent in Cartagena but the Caribbean city still takes its duties seriously.
The sound systems in the barrio are less raucous during the holiday period and steak gets taken off the menu and replaced with fish for the most sacred days of the religious calendar.
If you want to take one of the Easter tours that go to the sleepy river village of Mompox, departures can be arranged from Cartagena, although accommodation is an issue so if you are interested in making the 7-hour trip along the River Magdalena from Cartagena you would be well advised to book up sooner rather than later to avoid disappointment with your sleeping arrangements. The best hotel in town, La Casa Amarilla gets booked up well in advance.
5 - Fashion Week | May 27-29
Fashionistas storm the fortress in May as Colombia's prettiest city provides a beautiful backdrop for designs by some of the country's most talented designers.
There's more to Cartagena's fashion scene than bikinis and beach accessories as this stylish three-day celebration illustrates. Colombia's Caribbean coast has produced some of Colombia's best designers, Silvia Tcherassi and Francesca Miranda, Jon Sonen and Beatriz Camacho have lit up some of the world's most important catwalks over the years.
Once a year they like to show a little closer to home and the Cartagena fashion week is growing in confidence and beginning to stand up to bigger, brasher shows in Medellin and Cali.
This year's Cartagena Fashion promises to be the biggest yet with plans to take over historic squares of importance like the Baluarte de San Ignacio for some of the star turns. Strike a pose!
6 - Gourmet's Delight | June 2013
Get greedy for a good cause with a month-long celebration of the gourmet delights of Cartagena. The online guide, This Is Cartagena together with the city's best restaurants lay on a delightful diet at a discount and to benefit some of the city's finest foundations.
From the popular couple of Vera and Don Juan to Caribbean gems, La Perla and Tabetai and the street-side fritangeras and ceviche shacks, June is the month when the city's best cooks open up their kitchens to the delight of foodies from all over the world.
You can learn the tricks of the trade from chefs trained in international Michelin-star restaurants and embark on a gourmet exploration of the city moving along every step of the food chain from the fresh fish markets of Bazurto to the European porcelain plates of Hotel LM.
Better still take advantage of the shoulder season to have the city pretty much to yourself . Low season means the city is trading at a discount and the tips in June go to a good cause – some of the best foundations doing more to make the city a more equitable place to live – so you can feel good getting greedy!
7 – Kite-flying | August 2013
August is kite-flying month in the city. The kids really get into and what better reason to come to Cartagena than to return to your youth and the unbridled joy of flying a kite in the company of thousands of like-minded free spirits. Better still take two weeks out to help kids who really need a break to do the same with Alex Rocha, a tour guide who runs a Youth Center in one of the most marginalized communities in Cartagena..
Rocha is trying to make a difference in his barrio, San Francisco, a neglected part of town that looks down on the airport.
Why not give up your summer to help him in his crusade to inspire the children at his youth centre, give them a step up in life. Teach them how to make a kite, leave behind a little English, or some basic computer skills and the message that there are people out there that care. Then let them take aim for the skies. As they say, 'a voyage of a thousand miles begins with a single step'. What you waiting for? Take that first step.
8 – Halloween | October 31, 2013
Few countries beyond the US, take Halloween as seriously as Colombia. People get very excited about dressing up in Cartagena and the rest of the country. If you're thinking of trying your luck here during the witching hour on October 31 you better get working on your costume now if you don't want to feel under-dressed on the big night.
Macabre has never been so much fun as a Halloween with the happy-go-lucky crowd that hits the streets in Cartagena during the weekends before and after Halloween.
It all starts with the kids in Avenida Piñango in Castillogrande early evening. The fun continues after the witching hour with plenty of fearsome revelry in the city's clubs and bars.
9 – Independence Day Celebrations | November 8-11, 2013
November in Cartagena, Colombia is an unforgettable experience. The city vibrates with the collective energy of a million people dancing, partying and running amok with everything they've got. Cartagena celebrates its Independence from the Spanish with an ambitious scheduling of floats, fireworks, flowers, flour, parades, parties and performances. The parades and the parties coincide with the little matter of the Miss Colombia Beauty Pageant, still a big thing in these parts.
The anticipation builds steadily during the year with all roads leading to Cartagena in the first week of November. By the time the fiestas finally roll around folk are in a full-blown frenzy. Soak up the street music, folkloric parades and beauty pageants or get yourself an invite into the exclusive parties in the most luxurious hotesl. Up and down the city there's something for everyone.
The highlight of the festival is the Ballaneras, a riotous regatta that includes pretty much every boat available in the city.
10 – New Year's Eve in Cartagena.
Cartagena has become one of the hippest places on earth to celebrate New Year. A glamorous crowd descends on the city for open-air gala dinners, exclusive parties and to play around in the islands. There's no doubt that Cartagena gives reveillon in Rio de Janeiro a run for its money as the most spectacular Latin American setting for a New Year's Eve.
From year-to-year the New Year spectacle goes from strength to strength with a glittering crowd of jetsetters flying in for the biggest night of the year.
There's more than fireworks exploding and the electric and intimate atmosphere of the walled city, makes for a brilliant evening.
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The little village of Capel-y-ffin (the chapel on the boundary) has a tiny church described by Kilvert as the old chapel, short, stout and boxy, with its little bell turret, squatting like a stout grey owl among its seven great yews.
More about the church and parish, and pictures of the church, on the parish web site.
Capel-y-ffin is also the home of the Anglican monastery of Llanthony Tertia, founded in 1870 by the eccentric Joseph Leycester Lyne, who took the religious name of Father Ignatius.
Lyne was an Anglican lay reader who was inspired by the monastic revival of the late nineteenth century and determined to found an Anglican Benedictine religious order. There was a great deal of opposition to his ideas, and he found it impossible to persuade any of the Anglican bishops to ordain him as a priest or to support him in any way. Eventually, he managed to buy some land in Capel-y-ffin and settled here with a small group of professed monks and novices. Masons were hired to build the domestic buildings, but the monks did much of the building work on the church themselves.
Unfortunately, their enthusiasm was not matched by their skill. The domestic buildings still stand and are occupied as a private house, but the church has long been in ruins. The structure is unsafe and part of it will probably have to be demolished to save the rest.
The daily ritual of the monastery at Capel-y-ffin was bizarre and harsh in the extreme. The monks had to take it in turns to be led into the cloister with a halter, to be spat on and walked over by the rest of the community and to beg their bread for the day. There was no intellectual life; all reading except for the Bible was discouraged. 'We never allow ourselves to think', Father Ignatius wrote. It is all decided for us. There was in any case little time for study. The monastery had no estates to live off, and the monks had to labour in the fields to grow their food. When Francis Kilvert visited the monastery in the spring of 1870 he described two of the monks digging in the garden,
dressed in long black habits girt round the waist with scourge cords knotted at the ends ... The black hoods or cowls were drawn over their heads leaving their faces bare, and their naked feet were thrust into sandals with which they went slip slop along as with slippers down at heel.
Kilverts conventional soul was perturbed by the lives these monks had chosen:
One could not help thinking how much more sensible and really religious was the dress and occupation of the masons and of the hearty healthy girl washing at the Chapel House, living naturally in the world and taking their share of its work, cares and pleasures, than the morbid unnatural life of these monks going back into the errors of the dark ages and shutting themselves up from the world to pray for the worldIgnatius was a charismatic and eloquent preacher and much of the money for the new foundation was raised by his preaching tours. Women in particular were susceptible to his powers of persuasion and pulled off their rings and bracelets to give to him. But he was not without his critics, and Kilvert was not alone in his concerns. The owner of the medieval abbey apparently confused the proposed new abbey with the ancient priory and protested publicly against the collection of subscriptions, threatening that he would not allow any monks to skulk about his property. Even Ignatiuss own father attacked him, calling him a self-created monk and accusing him of using the monastic habit as a shell of the religion he does not represent.
Ignatius died in 1908: his community did not long survive him. The last few monks transferred to Caldey, then an Anglican community under the leadership of another charismatic figure of the Anglican monastic revival, Aelred Carlyle. Within a couple of years, the Caldey Island community converted to Catholicism and in 1928 they moved to Prinknash, leaving their island fastness to the Trappist Cistercian monks of Chimay who we met in the early stages of our journey.
The house above the lane is private, but the church can be visited. At the time of writing it can only be viewed from the outside, as the structure has become so unsafe. In the car parking area in front of the house is a statue of the Virgin Mary, commemorating Waless answer to Lourdes, Fatima and Marpingen. In 1880, visions of the Virgin were seen, first in the church, by a monk and an associate sister of Father Ignatiuss order, then in the meadows above the monastery by several monks and some of the choir boys. The point from which they saw the vision is marked by the calvary or carving of the Crucifixion on the lane up to the monastery. Father Ignatiuss account of the events was concerned to emphasise their everyday context: We had been going on in our own practical, matter of fact way at the Monastery ... Brother Dunstan went as usual into the church to take his watch before the Blessed Sacrament ... He had been half an hour at his watch when he raised his eyes and saw in front of the Tabernacle a kind of blue mist playing ... In the evening after Vespers, the choir boys were in the meadow playing and were having a very noisy game. All at once, the noise of the game stopped, and one of the boys came running up to my cell, soon followed by the others, saying, Father, we have seen such a beautiful spirit in the meadow. Eventually, the vision was seen by Father Ignatius and a group of choir boys accompanied by two local farmers and a student from Keble College, Oxford. Leaves from the field where the vision had been seen were claimed to be able to heal a range of illnesses. Father Ignatius obviously took the experience as a validation of his chosen way of life at Capel-y-ffin and of the sacraments of the Anglican church. Local groups still go on pilgrimage from Cwm-iou and Llanthony to Capel-y-ffin on the nearest weekend to 30 August, the date of the first vision. After the monks left, the house was acquired by Eric Gill, the Arts and Crafts artist and graphic designer. More about Eric Gill and Capel-y-ffin on the BBC web site.

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Richie Havens dies aged 72
Richie Havens has died aged 72 from a heart attack.
The singer's talent agency, Roots Agency, confirmed that Havens died at home in Jersey City, New Jersey. Having spent four decades performing live and releasing music, Havens announced last month that he would no longer be touring due to health issues.
"Beyond his music, those who have met Havens will remember his gentle and compassionate nature, his light humour and his powerful presence," a family statement said. His agent Tim Drake added that Havens had been "gifted with one of the most recognisable voices in popular music." Adding: "His fiery, poignant, soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless."
Among those paying tribute, Stephen Stills said "Richie Havens was one of the nicest most generous and pure individuals I have ever met. When I was a young sprite in Greenwich Village, we used to have breakfast together at the diner on 6th Avenue next to The Waverly Theatre. He was very wise in the ways of our calling. He always caught fire every time he played. 50 years after hearing Handsome Johnny for the first time and being blown away by Richie's magic, he sang that same song the last time I saw him, and it had exactly the same fire and passion and effect on me as when I first heard that unique Richie Havens 'thing' - that can never be replicated."
Havens was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He came to prominence in the New York folk scene in the 1960s. Writing in Chronicles Volume 1, Bob Dylan remembered, "One singer I crossed paths with a lot, Richie Havens, always had a nice-looking girl with him who passed the hat and I noticed that he always did well."
Havens released over 25 albums, including 1966's Mixed Bag and 1968's Richard P. Havens, 1983. He was the opening act at Woodstock, later telling Rolling Stone that "My fondest memory was realizing that I was seeing something I never thought I'd ever see in my lifetime – an assemblage of such numbers of people who had the same spirit and consciousness."
Aside from his own material, Havens also recording successful versions of Bob Dylan's "Just Like A Woman" and several Beatles songs, including "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "Here Comes The Sun" - the latter gave him a Top 20 hit in America.
In 1993, he performed at US President Bill Clinton's inauguration. In 2000, he published his autobiography, They Can't Hide Us Anymore, and he released his final album, Nobody Left to Crown, in 2008.
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So, I am going to be making a Belgian Tripel in the next couple of weeks. I am planning making about 15% of the grain bill be candi sugar. I have only made beers where sugar is less than 10% of the bill and I usually add it in the boil (at the end) with no ill effects. I know there are differing schools of thought on whether to add these larger amounts of sugar to the boil or in primary. I was reading that yeast will eat the simpler sugars first and their metabolism can actually switch over to that type of sugar, thus not eating the malose barley sugars and causing stuck fermentation. I am just curious what people's experiences have been with either methods. I do make yeast starters and just started doing O2 injection into my wort so the yeast should be pretty healthy.
I've never done late sugar additions and have never had a beer fail to attenuate. I think maybe if you're abusing your yeast, underpitching and underaerating, then yea, maybe it could make difference. But I treat my yeast nicely like you do and have done a tripel with 30% sugar and it attenuated fully.
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I too have not had any attenuation issues with sugar in the boil and I don't think 15% would be a problem but if you are concerned you can make a simple syrup, cool to wort temp and add it to the primary as high krausen is almost complete.
I'm not super concerned more just curious, and since I am making a Tripel I want to make sure it turns out dry enough. I guess there is always a repitch if something gets messed up...


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It Doesn't End Here: An Amazing Journey of Faith and Forgiveness
There is perhaps no wound deeper for a parent than the death of a child. I had a glimpse of this thirteen years ago when one of my sons had a seizure during the night. My husband woke me out of a deep sleep and told me something was wrong with our son. He was not breathing and was blue. At that moment, we wondered if he was even still alive. Within a few very long minutes, his airways which had blocked, gradually opened and he regained consciousness. It was a seizure, later diagnosed as a condition most likely to occur during sleep, but outgrown by the age of fourteen. He was twelve at the time and it never happened again.
In a way, it was a blessed moment. We had experienced how suddenly death can come but for us, it was not the real thing.
The Unthinkable
For author, Dawn Marie Roeder, it was the real thing and it happened in an unimaginable way. In her book It Doesn't End Here: An Amazing Journey of Faith and Forgiveness, she retells the nightmare of losing both her mind and her son due to a prescription drug a doctor prescribed for her attention deficit problem. Although she had graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree, controlling her attention problems had been a big challenge. While planning to attend graduate school as a single mom, an acquaintance who claimed to share the problem, suggested seeing his doctor.
Unfortunately, the drug that the doctor prescribed to Dawn Marie caused a side effect that was known but not mentioned to her: psychosis. She lost touch with reality, became paranoid, and heard voices. Those around her realized something was terribly wrong. The day her father was going to take her for help was the morning Dawn Marie took her toddler son, Nathanial, into the car without a car seat. She thought the devil was after her toddler son. Dawn Marie snatched him out of his crib and put him in the car to drive him to a church to save him. A witness to the accident said the car was driving down the road in an out of control manner.
Thankfully, Dawn Marie has no memory of the accident that took her son's life. When she awoke in the hospital, suffering from injuries and still experiencing psychosis, the jigsaw puzzle was slowly put together.
Like any parent, shock and numbness followed. But this was not just merely an accidental death. There was a third party involved that played a part–the drug company. A company with a conscience would be distressed that something they had made led to the death of a child. One without a soul would attack the victim and deny any culpability to the point of refusing to put stronger warnings in place.
It Doesn't End Here is Dawn Marie's saga of recovering from a nightmare and then finding the strength to fight a giant that would stop at nothing to protect itself from blame. For some people, putting their story in writing is therapeutic. But for Dawn Marie, her story is for a wider audience. It deals with universal fears and issues and is eye-opening to the world we live in.
Forgiving the Unforgivable
No two lives are the same, but everyone has crosses to carry and hurts that cut deeply. Through sharing the pain and healing of another, we can be strengthened in our own journeys.
Dawn Marie had every reason to be angry. During confession, a priest even told her that, "just" anger was okay. It motivated her to fight evil, regardless of the personal price and in the face of insurmountable odds. I will not tell you the ending, but I will share that Dawn Marie found a way to forgive those in her life who had taken so much from her.
At one point, seeing God's command to forgive others as a mountain before her, she fell to her knees and prayed, "Lord God, you said that your burden is easy and that your yoke is light…well right now I feel pretty crushed by the burden of bitterness, anger, and resentment, and yet I know this is not your will for me."
Dawn Marie prayed novenas and reached out to friends who understood her Christian challenge. A friend's words helped her find a way. "If we do not forgive, we are the prisoner. It does not mean we must go to them face to face or have a loving relationship or even a relationship at all with them…. We must ask God to help us to forgive through our Lord. We cannot accomplish it on our own. Most especially if someone has hurt us so very deeply the feeling of unforgiveness can come back but we can rest assured, that Our Lord will be there to help us. We must make the step to ask our Lord for His help and strength. It is a choice…and only we must ask for the help."
Always keeping in mind that life is less than a fraction of a second compared to eternity, Dawn Marie found the incentive to move beyond anger into forgiveness. She put her life back together although it will never be the same. She also found love and is happily married now.
As an author, Dawn Marie's words are transparent so that the reader is immersed in the drama. As a mother, she speaks to us of the transcendental love that only a parent can understand. As a human being, Dawn Marie share's the mistakes, bad choices and hurts of her past. Finally, as a Catholic, she shares with us the divine truth of God's forgiveness and love that we must accept for ourselves and then to extend to others, even those who have hurt us.
Although the subject matter is not easy, the book is compelling. It would make a good movie. The drama keeps you on the edge, and Dawn Marie's faith anchors the pain in meaning that ultimately triumphs over death and evil.
Learn more about Dawn Marie at www.itdoesntendhere.com
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Patti Maguire Armstrong
Patti Maguire Armstrong and her husband have ten children. She is an award-winning author and was managing editor and co-author of Ascension Press's Amazing Grace Series. Her newest books are: Big Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Everyday FamiliesM, a collection of stories to inspire family love, and Dear God, I Don't Get It and the sequel, Dear God, You Can't Be Serious, children's fiction that feeds the soul through a fun and exciting story.
I just the Kindle edition based the the compelling review. Can't wait to read it and experience the author's story of forgiveness. I am particularly interested to hear her story of living with anger.
Dawn's book was a beautiful account of how prayer and faith will heal even the deepest wounds. Dawn's inspiring story prompted me to suggest to my daughter that we pray a Novena to St Jude together for my son and husband to get along better and for my father to find his way to a relationship with the Lord. She has also inspired me to spend more time learning about Saints.
Her story is sure to influence and inspire any who desire a closer relationship with Mary, The Blessed Mother.
So sorry for your loss of your son. Glory to God for your restoration and healing and growth in faith and love of God. How wonderful that you had the courage to write your journey of healing. May God continue to bless you. You have treasures to share in your heart.


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Break out of the boring dinner time routine by making an irresistible guava sauce perfect for marinating and dipping baked chicken.
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Combine guava jam, lemon juice, soy sauce, allspice, salt, and pepper in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until jam melts and mixture is blended.
Stir together water and cornstarch; stir into guava mixture. Bring to a boil, and boil 1 minute until thickened. Remove from heat, and cool.
Place chicken in a large zip-top bag; pour 1/4 cup sauce over chicken, tossing to coat. Cover and chill 1 hour or overnight.
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Pour remaining sauce over chicken. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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Christian Reconstruction, ATI, Abuse and Submission: Modesty and Lust Part 4
by SJ Reidhead cross posted from her blog The Pink Flamingo "…When I think about my clothing choices in college it simultaneously convicts me of immodesty and helps me understand the struggle girls face trying to be modest. I wasn't trying to be inappropriate. I just wanted to look good. I was single. I wanted to be attractive to girls and I wanted to be affirmed by other guys. For me to be modest I would have needed to wear looser shirts that I didn't think looked as good on me. That would have been tough. And making that tough decision would have made me much more appreciative and considerate of my sisters in Christ…." … [Read more...]
Not Quoting Quiverfull: Protecting Sons?
Blogger Bunker Down has written an excellent rant about modesty - How the modesty police are hurting my son If you want your daughter (and hopefully son) to dress modestly because you want them to value their intrinsic self over their outer self? Fabulous. If you want your daughter (and hopefully son) to dress modestly to create healthy attitudes toward sexuality? Great. If you want your daughter (and hopefully son) to dress modestly to glorify the Creator of all things? Boo-ya. If you want your daughter (and hopefully son) to dress modestly because it is a long standing tradition of your church/synagogue/people/culture/or group? Awesome possum. … [Read more...]
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by SJ Reidhead cross posted from her blog The Pink Flamingo"…A large majority of women may very well stand before God one day with a sea of men around her whom she caused to stumble by modeling her body in a sexy form in front of them…." Stephanus BlignautRemember the very first episode of WKRP in Cincinnati? Dr. Johnny Fever had just been hired, after wondering up and down the dial. He had lost his big LA DJ job after saying the forbidden word: booger! Well, that's how I feel with this post. … [Read more...]
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Quoting Quiverfull: Modesty is Mutual?
by Brett Harris of The Rebelution - The Other Side of Modesty This is strange. Women may be shedding clothes this time of year, but so are men. Why are we only talking about female modesty? If modesty is important then it is important for all Christians. If it isn't important for men, then why all the fuss about women? If it is important for women, why the silence about men? … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: If She Only Knew?
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[1347] The Majority of Immunohistochemically BCL2 Negative FL Grade I/II Carry A t(14;18) with Mutations in Exon 1 of the BCL2 Gene and Can Be Identified with the BCL2 E17 Antibody
Patrick Adam, Rosalie Baumann, Irina Bonzheim, Falko Fend, Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez. Eberhard-Karls-University, Tubingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Background: Follicular lymphoma (FL) is characterized by the chromosomal translocation t(14;18)(q32;q21) resulting in constitutional overexpression of the antiapoptotic protein BCL2. However, in 10-15% of FL grade I/II immunohistochemical (IHC) staining for BCL2 remains negative. The aims of this study were 1) to investigate the incidence of IHC BCL2 negative FL grade I/II in our series, 2)To analyze the BCL2 IHC negative FL with the new BCL2 antibody (clone E17) 3) To perform FISH analysis for the t(14;18) and 4) to elucidate the molecular mechanism of BCL2 negativity.
Design: FL grade I/II diagnosed between 01/2005 and 08/2011 at the Institute of Pathology of the University of Tübingen, Germany were included in the study. All cases were stained with the standard BCL2 antibody (clone 100D5; DCS). All BCL2 negative cases were subsequently stained with the BCL2 antibody, clone E17 (Zytomed) and analyzed by FISH using a BCL2 break-apart probe (LSI BCL2 BAP, Vysis). Exon 1 of the BCL2 gene, where the epitope of the standard BCL2 antibody resides was amplified and sequenced.
Results: Of the 240 cases of FL grade I/II identified, 23 cases (9.6%) were negative with the standard BCL2 antibody. Of these, 13 cases (57%) were positive for the E17 antibody and 10 cases (43%) remained negative. FISH analysis demonstrated a BCL2 break, indicative of a t(14;18) in all E17 positive cases, whereas the E17 negative cases showed no BCL2 alterations. Two of the E17 negative cases carried a BCL6/IGH translocation. Mutation analysis of BCL2 exon 1 revealed point mutations resulting in amino acid substitutions in all 9 analyzable E17 positive cases with a hot spot around codon 144.
Conclusions: 1) The incidence of IHC negative FL grade I/II in our series is comparable to published data. 2) The E17 antibody identifies the majority of BCL2 "negative" FL grade I/II and correlates with the presence of the t(14;18). 3) The negativity with the standard BCL2 antibody is due to point mutations in exon 1 of the BCL2 gene where the epitope of the antibody resides. 4)The molecular pathogenesis of the BCL2 (E17), t(14;18) negative FL grade I/II remains to be determined.
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I have also known two types of motherly energy. One is panicked and clingy, holding on to whatever else is moving and desperate prayer just to keep up. The details morph into the blur of survival and the eyes keep dropping down to see the feet moving... one step at a time. The other type of energy is a fire that burns independently of it's material surroundings. Clarity is a hallmark and the details come into view. The hands and feet and heart race but the eyes take it all in as if in vivid slow motion.
I have known both kinds of this energy at Easter and embrace the ebb and flow of that tide. With gratitude, I recognize that this year I had the energy that blazes and, somehow, coexists peacefully with exhaustion.
These different seasons in life are all moments of grace. I know intellectually that one is not necessarily more beneficial for the state of my soul. He works whether I feel it or know it or understand it... and He works perfectly. At times, the consolation of detail suffers while we cling blindly to the Cross. The hyacinths on the side of the road are a blur. Colors are muted. Singing is noise...
Some of our lovely details (taken down a visible notch because of my lousy photography)...
Twenty pounds of Easter candy (not including what has already been eaten)! *gasp*
There are so many more details that have been a delight to me... and many really lousy photos to prove it. (I've been playing with my photo editor trying to improve them but with little success. The photos above, unfortunately, were some of the better ones.)
Some other beautiful details that remain clear in my mind...
~ The 22 joyful altar servers at Easter Vigil Mass in flying cassocks and surplices.
~ Professor assisting at the Vigil as the "book bearer" and looking like there was no place on earth he'd rather be.
~ The bells and incense that invade the senses and shout Wake Up! He is here! Rejoice!
~ The Deacon looking reverently upon the altar with lips closed as the priests say the words of consecration... and perhaps thinking ahead to his May ordination.
~ Four beloved priests at the altar
~ The Chief holding Little Cub and laughing as his suit jacket catches spit-up.
~ Candles in a dark church and a little girl saying the darndest things
~ A row of little white Easter hats
~The smell of beeswax ("Mommy, it smells like cinnamon")
~The return of the "A word"... Alleluia!!
~ Crash racing down the stairs at 1:00am with a pretty flower he had bought for me with his own money. He inscribed in a tiny space:
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~ A book of gratitude that the children had secretly prepared for me
~ My pretty Cookie helping the little ones and so grateful to Daddy for her new dress.
~ The Chief's face as he surprises me with diamonds. (How can I ever wear sweatpants in his presence again! lol)
~ "I just wanted to tell you that this was the best Easter basket ever because it was centered around our faith and patron saints." Thank you, Professor.
~ Button reading a Psalm response during family prayer on Easter morning.
~ The kids and cousins playing so happily.
~ That first bite of Easter chocolate!
~ Family games, "time for dessert!" and laughter.
~ A soft pillow.
~ Divine Mercy beads beneath my fingers.
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Pope Benedict gave his general audience on Ash Wednesday. A snippet:
Man is dust and to dust he shall return, but he is precious dust in God's eyes, because God created man for immortality. Thus the liturgical formula "Remember man that thou art dust and to dust thou shalt return" finds the fullness of its meaning in reference to the new Adam, Christ. The Lord Jesus also wished to freely share with every man the lot of frailty, in particular through his death on the cross; but precisely this death, full of his love for the Father and for humanity, has been the way for the glorious resurrection, through which Christ has become the source of a grace given to those who believe in him and are made participants of divine life itself. This life which will have no end is already present in the earthly phase of our existence, but will be led to fulfillment after the "resurrection of the flesh." The little gesture of the imposition of ashes reveals to us the singular richness of its meaning: It is an invitation to live the time of Lent as a more conscious and more intense immersion in the Paschal Mystery of Christ, in his death and resurrection, through participation in the Eucharist and in the life of charity, which stems from the Eucharist and in which it finds its fulfillment. With the imposition of ashes we renew our commitment to follow Jesus, to allow ourselves to be transformed by his Paschal Mystery, to overcome evil and do good, to have the "old man" in us die, the one linked to sin, and to have the "new man" be born, transformed by the grace of God. (Full text here)


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Award winners to receive new 2015 Kia K900 Luxury Sedan
Daytona Beach, Florida, January 20, 2014 – As the 2014 LPGA Tour season kicks off this week in the Bahamas, Kia Motors America (KMA) and the LPGA Tour will be on the lookout for a new set of extraordinary performances - both on and off the golf course - to honor at the third-annual Kia Performance Awards. Kia, the Official Automotive Partner of the LPGA Tour, will reward each of the four recipients of the 2014 Kia Performance Awards with a 2015 Kia K900, the brand's first-ever luxury sedan. The K900 is also now the official vehicle of the LPGA.
"It's very exciting to be kicking off another season of the LPGA Tour's march to the Kia Performance Awards," said Michael Sprague, executive vice president of marketing & communications, Kia Motors America. "We anticipate a thrilling year of championship golf and look forward to recognizing four players for their outstanding achievements by awarding each an all-new 2015 K900, Kia's first rear-drive luxury sedan and the next bold example of the challenger spirit that has benefitted our brand for over two decades."
Last November, four LPGA Tour stars became proud owners of 2014 Kia Cadenza premium sedans at the season-ending CME Group Titleholders. This year, four winners will drive away in Kia's flagship sedan – the new 2015 K900.
The 2014 Kia Performance Awards are:
- Kia Power Drive – Won in 2013 by Nicole Smith; awarded to the player with the longest average driving distance
- Kia Drive to the Top – Won in 2013 by Stacy Lewis; awarded to the player with the most top-10 finishes
- Kia Most Compelling Performance – Won in 2013 by Beatriz Recari; recognizing a player with exceptional performances throughout the year; this award will be chosen by fans through an online vote
- Kia Community Assist – Won in 2013 by Cristie Kerr; recognizing a player who makes exceptional contributions to charity organizations or community programs
Beginning at this week's Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, LPGA Tour members will have the opportunity to earn their first nomination for this year's Kia Most Compelling Performance Award. Each month throughout the 2014 LPGA Tour season, one player will be selected to be in the running for the award. Fans will then have the opportunity to vote for the winner of the Kia Most Compelling Performance Award on the LPGA's official Facebook page and website in October. Performances may include a single tournament, multiple tournaments, single-round accomplishments or record-breaking performances. Last year's category included the following nominees:
- February: Yani Tseng, who carded a 9-under 63 at the Honda LPGA Thailand
- March: Stacy Lewis, who captured back-to-back victories at the HSBC Women's Champions and the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup
- April/June: Inbee Park, who was nominated twice for winning the two tournaments in April and in June as she etched her name in the history books when she became just the second player in LPGA Tour history to clinch the first three majors of the year
- May: Jennifer Johnson, who broke the tournament record with a 21-under-par 267 total at the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic to become the first Rolex First-Time Winner of the season
- July: Beatriz Recari, who earned her third LPGA Tour win of her career at the Marathon Classic Presented by Owens Corning & O-I, outdueling Paula Creamer in a one-hole playoff for the win.
- August: Caroline Hedwall, who became the first player in Solheim Cup history to go 5-0 in competition
- September: Suzann Pettersen, who became the first winner of LPGA's fifth major, The Evian Championship
- October: Lexi Thompson, who earned her first official LPGA victory at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia followed by another win at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational
- November: ShanShan Feng for her come-from-behind victory at the season-ending event, CME Group Titleholders
Winners of the 2014 Kia Performance Awards will be recognized at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship, which is set for November 20-23 in Naples, Fla.
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Can anyone recommend a good/reasonable gymnastics instructor? I am not looking for full blown gymnastics instruction, just someone who can assist my daughter with her back handspring.
Thanks all!
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It looks like our gymnastics classes are exactly what you are looking for. See Coach Wayne Gymnastics, www.CoachWayne.com. Under a picture of a gymnastics van click either Bluffton or Hilton Head link.
We have gymnastics classes as well as purely tumbling classes. Classes in Hilton Head are on Friday at the Shelter Cove Mall and in Bluffton on Saturdays at the Sun and Moon Martial Arts Studio (schedules and location address are on our web). You can call 1-888-548-4545 and reach Emma, our customer service rep. Or call me, Zuzana, directly at 912-398-4202 (cell).
Based on the age of your daughter and current skill level in Tumbling we can recommend a class for her.
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Recently, in Leadership Journal (Spring 2012, p60), I read about the 7 Questions for New Converts in an Asian Country:
"Asian Access (or A2), a Christian missions agency in South Asia, listed a series of questions that church planters must ask new believers who are considering baptism. (Due to safety concerns, Asian Access does not mention the country's name.) The country is predominantly Hindu, but over the past few decades Christianity has grown in popularity—especially among poor and tribal peoples. These are the seven questions asked to help determine a new convert's readiness to follow Christ:
Are you willing to leave home and lose the blessing of your father?
Are you willing to lose your job?
Are you willing to go to the village and those who persecute you, forgive them, and share the love of Christ with them?
Are you willing to give an offering to the Lord?
Are you willing to be beaten rather than deny your faith?
Are you willing to go to prison?
Are you willing to die for Jesus?If the new convert answers yes to all of these questions, then A2 leaders invite that person to sign on the bottom of the paper that of their own free will they have decided to follow Jesus. But here's the risk: if a new convert signs the paper and is caught by the government, he or she will spend three years behind bars. The one who did the evangelizing faces six years in prison."
These questions spell out the challenges that a Christian needs to be prepared for in that unnamed country. What questions come to mind for U.S. Christians? What are the challenges we face daily for which we need to be prepared?


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Don't underestimate the European Commission
Will RBS and Lloyds have to follow Northern Rock and defer coupons on their hybrid debt? There's a nagging fear that any bank that has needed large amounts of state-aid may have to make subordinated bondholders take some of the pain.
Fitch Ratings has just added to the debate with a slew of downgrades of RBS, Lloyds, and six other banks' subordinated debt, citing an "increased risk of deferral." The chief threat here is the European Commission, which is getting very keen on the concept of "burden-sharing", a euphemism for crucifying bondholders.
"The capacity for the Commission to materially influence both the capital remuneration policy and the future shape of state-aided banks should not be under-estimated," warns Fitch.
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The European Commission may force banks not to pay on their debt, but they will kill the golden goose if they do? Who will buy debt/preferreds of these banks in the future? The state governments will never be able to get out of their cash infusions, in RBS e.g., if the non-equity holders get clobbered.
Unfortunately, the EU may get away with this, notice that the ordinary equities went up today. Bond and preference share holders are being turned into sacrificial lambs.
Had the British gov not converted their preference shares to ordinary, this would not happen.
This is a tragedy for people who bought these as safe income yielding investments.
Share in the pain? Fixed income investments that are down 50-60 percent? How much more pain does the EU want us to share?
Buying preference shares, I do not participate in these banks upside, but I am getting lots of downside. This will undermine confidence, take money out of the pocket of individuals on fixed income, and make EU economies worse.
I just sold my Citi that I bought as shares of assorted Cap Trusts before the conversion offer. Although it created short term gains the profit was good even after the IRS takes their cut. Unfortunately, that strategy failed for preferred shares of European financials.
It doesn't look like the European banks will follow suit in converting their preferred/pref trusts to common, so I guess that this will create "deferred income".
This is particularly painful for ABN AMRO cap trust shares, for which there is no longer an identifiable associated bank.
What worries me now is how long the "deferred" payments will remain deferred! They could go a long ways to blunting the pain if they specify exactly how long the payments are deferred. At that point we will own something tradeable for more than a few cents on the dollar.


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Why does the USA use a standard of 120V while the rest of the world is using 220V? |
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Canada uses 120V/240V just like the US. |
we seem to think it's safer and we like being less efficient than the rest of the world... just look at our cars, government, economy, etc..... |
I kind of thought Canda might use 120V but wasn't sure. Is 220V really more efficent that 120V? |
- Posted by terribletom (My Page) on Tue, May 13, 08 at 11:01
Is 220V really more efficent that 120V? Yes. Given a certain amount of energy needed in watts, the higher the voltage, the lower the percentage voltage drop and the less the energy loss over the same size wire. That's why the power company can supply a whole neighborhood with two relatively small wires at 7200 volts (or more). The high voltage is potentially more dangerous, though, so it is transformed to a lower voltage for consumer use. It's amperage that determines the wire sizes needed and a 120V system has to transmit almost twice the current (amperage) as a 220v system delivering the same amount of energy (watts). Because ampacity-to-wiresize is basically a square function, the wire has to be roughly four times as large. Otherwise, severe voltage drop will occur over any appreciable distance and more energy will be lost to heat generation due to resistance. |
Why is Europe using 50Hz AC when it makes lights and televisions flicker? |
One reason for choosing the higher ac voltage or not was the availability of copper. Was it mined domestically or did it have to be imported and paid for with scarce foreign exchange? In North America copper was abundant and easily obtained. Another factor was probably the scare campaign against ac power funded by Edison. No doubt there were many reasons for the way the different systems developed. |
- Posted by terribletom (My Page) on Tue, May 13, 08 at 14:37
If all you're looking at is flickering lights, there's no doubt that the U.S. and Canada got this right. Still, I think the selection of frequency is a compromise involving many factors. I believe that power transmission over long distances works better at lower frequencies--having to do with capacitance and inductance of the lines. On the other hand, the size of transformers used to step down transmission voltages is inversely related to frequency and they're more economical at 60 Hz than 50 Hz. I've also read that back in the "olden days", it was easier to synchronize the speeds of generators turning at lower speeds. Dunno whether that's still an important factor today or not, but it probably influenced the initial selection of standards. It's also said that commutator motors don't generally operate as well on higher-frequency AC because rapid current changes are opposed by the inductance of the motor field. Induction motors, though, work well in the 50- to 60-Hz range, although at different "standard" speeds. I'll be interested to see if any of the double-Es here weigh in on this question. I, too, would like to know more about the trade-offs in modern usage and whether one standard or the other is clearly superior, all things considered. |
The bulk of transmission loss occurs in the grid, where much higher voltages are used. Transmission losses that occur within house wiring are not significant. Power transmission at higher frequencies is more efficient, up to a point, provided that the hot and return conductors are kept close together so that they cancel each other's magnetic effects. And, as tom pointed out above, transformers for higher frequencies can be built much smaller (which is why they use 400 Hz on aircraft). There were at one time several different frequency standards used in the USA. One that hung on up to the 1970s was 25 Hz. This was used in industry a lot because, back in the day, a lot of industrial machinery couldn't tolerate being run at a high RPM. A four-pole 25 Hz synchronous motor runs at about 700 RPM, which was a good speed for machinery in the early days -- it roughly matched the speed of piston-driven steam engines. There were also 15, 30, 40, and 60 Hz standards in various places. How N. America settled on 60 Hz I don't know, but it was picked out fairly early -- it had to be, because when grids started forming in the Northeast U.S., they of course had to be synchronized. The 120/220V thing goes back to when DC distribution was the norm, and a substation actually had motor-generator sets to produce the residential voltages. And yes, a lot of it had to do with Edison. The European systems did go with 220V for more efficient distribution. Edison used a lot of scare tactics, but he did have one good point -- insulation back in the day wasn't very good, and 120V was safer in that regard. (These days, it hardly matters, because pretty much all wire and cable manufacturered is required by code to be insulated to 600 V). |
"Power transmission at higher frequencies is more efficient, up to a point, provided that the hot and return conductors are kept close together so that they cancel each other's magnetic effects." Not correct. Losses occur when the DC is chopped back to AC, but for very long distances the phase shifting effects (wavelength) are also eliminated. While the wavelength of a 60 Hz power cycle appears large (~3107 mi) strange things start to happen at about 1/10 of a wavelength (310 miles) and become very odd at certain fractions (like 1/4, 90 degrees, or only 777 miles). |
The 120/240 system allows the use of 240 volts for larger loads while maintaining the safety of a 120 V to ground system. The 50/60 Hz difference was caused solely by perceptions of flicker. |
I believe you can trace the roots back to the DC vs. AC, Edison vs. Westinghouse campaigns. |
Thanks for all the replies. So is there any reason to believe that a motor or other components powered by 220V would last longer than one that runs 120V? |
yes. but the motor running on 120 must draw enough current to reduce the voltage at the motor. in this case switching the motor to 240v will reduce the voltage drop at the motor. |
"yes. but the motor running on 120 must draw enough current to reduce the voltage at the motor. in this case switching the motor to 240v will reduce the voltage drop at the motor." Not sure what you're talking about regarding voltage drop. Doublig the voltage from 120 to 240V halves the current and the motor will run cooler and last longer on 240V. |
So you mean I can take a motor running 120V and run it 240V without modification? |
"So you mean I can take a motor running 120V and run it 240V without modification?" Absolutely not! It has to be factory wired for 120V/240V. If you apply 240V to a 120V only motor, it will likely explode. So if you do try it, wear safety glasses, a face shield, a lead apron, welder's goggles, a motorcycle helmet, army boots, and maybe even some space shuttle thermal tile about your private parts. Good luck! |
Jerrod, the more technical aspects have been answered here already but I believe the other factor in the 220/240 vs 120 debate was the pain of 'bleeding edge/early adopters' and much of the debate in North America was about getting control of what the developers (Edison, Westinghouse, Tesla et al) was going to be huge....electricity was to that generation what the internet was to mine, an enormous paradigm shift. I believe the rest of the world observed the US example of 120v and learned from it, and chose what was considered (and probably is) a better system. I must say I miss 240v (Australia) when it comes to power tools and insulation colour coding, the tools run better and the coding is less confusing (brown=active, blue=neutral grn/yellow stripe=ground) but I guess it depends on what you're used to. As for the flicker, to me, (and I'm what I'd consider a trained observer from my time in the film/tv industry) it's relative, you don't reaaaaaly notice the 50hz flicker unless you have something to contrast it to, like a 60hz computer monitor (being mostly a US standard/invention, 60hz is/was the norm worldwide) - some argue PAL tv flickers more at 50hz but that is more than offset by the superior resolution (100 more lines) and colour system, the PAL flicker these days is moot because most better standard def tvs use 100hz, repeating fields twice as often, to get past it. TV standards again was the penalty/argument of the bleeding edge, the advantage of getting something first tends to fade when others develop improved, cheaper versions of the originals. Of course, without the groundbreakers, where would we be? |
It's worth noting that when used with modern electronic ballasts, fluorescent lights (including T8 and T5 tubes and CFLs) don't noticeably flicker even at 50Hz input (output flicker is at a way higher frequency, beyond human perception). Some American LED lamps - many of them actually - flicker horribly. But some don't seem flicker at all. I found the white LED Christmas lights sold by Sylvania and Philips to flicker so badly I couldn't stand to look at them; instead I bought an off-brand advertised as non-flickering and found they have no noticeable flicker. |
"It's worth noting that when used with modern electronic ballasts, fluorescent lights (including T8 and T5 tubes and CFLs) don't noticeably flicker even at 50Hz input (output flicker is at a way higher frequency, beyond human perception)." Electronic ballasts rectify the input to DC, so the only change from 50 Hz to 60 Hz is the filter capacitors on the input side (slightly larger for 50 Hz). The light is operated at many tens of kilohertz eliminating any difference between the source frequencies. While 240 V does save copper by allowing smaller wire sizes based on reduced current, the hazards are greatly increased. Modern European plugs contain fuses to try and add some protection back, but 240 V shocks are significantly more dangerous than 120 V shocks. The doubling of the voltage doubles the current delivered into the same human body that gets across the lines. Under most circumstances the chief danger from 120 V shocks is falling off the ladder type things. At 240 V you have a better chance of lethality from the shock itself. The common commercial voltage like 480 V are very lethal. Distribution voltages (they start at 7,200 volts) are real killers, and only a few survive to tell the tale. |
There's a good summary of electrical service around the world at this web site and several others: http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm Interesting reading! |
A 120 V circuit is safer than a 240V one. The main advantage of 240v over 120v is that it requires only half as much current to deliver the same watts into a resistive load, therefore, the wire can be smaller. In the US, single phase residential voltage comes from a center tapped transformer. The center of the winding is the neutral while the two outer ends are the two voltages supplied to the distribution box (circuit breaker or fuse box). Both 'hot' lines measure 120v with respect to the neutral, but since these two hot lines are opposed by 180 deg, they measure 240v with respect to each other. With this system, 240 power can be supplied with lines that are at only 120v with respect to the neutral. Now for the big surprise about ac motors. For motors larger than a few horsepower, the current does not vary lineraly with the load! As the shaft load increases, the current does increase some, however, the big change is the phase angle between the voltage and current. Power delivered is voltage x current x power-factor. When the current is 90 deg to the voltage, power is zero; When the current is in phase with the voltage (0 deg), power factor is 100%. So it is possible to have considerable motor current in the wires with little power output. Fractional horsepower motors have a goodly amount of resistance compared to their reactive component and because of this have greater resistive losses. The debate between 50 and 60 hz can go on forever and from a practical sense, has existed since the dawn of electric power. 60 hz has an advantage over 50 hz in that the cross section of the iron in a transformer can be a little smaller for delivering the same power. Hysteresis losses in magnetic materials is a positive function of frequency, thereby increases with frequency. But, at the same time, the peak magnetic flux required to transmit the same power increases with decreasing frequency. Aircraft systems uses 400 hz to reduce weight. Europe tends to use 50 hz while the US and Canada uses 60 hz. Sometimes it seems that this difference is maintained to make it more difficult to apply products from one side of the ocean to the other - e.g., trade protectionism. |
" Sometimes it seems that this difference is maintained to make it more difficult to apply products from one side of the ocean to the other - e.g., trade protectionism." Not really. Many 60 Hz motors are actually 50/60 Hz. Some things like hermetic compressors for refrigeration are only made at a few plants in the whole world. Even the voltage ratings can be accommodated. The Europeans 'harmonized' their voltage specs by smearing them and most equipment had enough margin it did not create very many real changes. |
I have some comments about motors and frequency. The "A.B. Wood", 12-foot diameter, screw pumps that drain much of New Orleans had their own 25 Hz power plants. They were installed ca. 1915. The design was improved and enlarged to 14 ft (+40% capacity) by the mid 20s and still use 25 Hz AC. Higher voltage power does not make an easier-starting motor. Three-phase power makes an easier-starting motor. Larger (industrial) motors are usually three-phase. They are also less expensive to manufacture without so much extra equipment to make them start. |
Mexico also has 110-120 Volt house current. It's just a standard that developed, for "no" reason worth knowing. The differences have been well explained. One is higher voltage = higher risk but people aren't dying in Europe Asia and Australia because of their household voltage so workarounds have been found. Another difference is efficiency and thickness of wire. Not that big a deal. |
Good article on Gizmodo about this recently, and why attempts to standardize on a single voltage, frequency, and outlet have failed.... I think the UK has it right meself (despite the bulky plugs). In the meantime, let's just globally standardize on these wallplates..... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Why Every Country Has a Different &%$@# Plug
And Japan uses 100 volts. Go figure. Electronic gadgets increasingly are supplied with wall warts or internal power supplies capable of operating from 100 to 250 volts. All you need is the proper plug adapter for your country. BTW, most European standard plugs have shielded pins and recessed receptacles, so it's essentially impossible to contact a live pin when plugging or unplugging them. I think you could argue that this makes them safer than the usual 2-pin US 120v plug. If the standard 2-pin US plug were introduced today it would spark (sorry) lawsuits over its hazardous design, which makes contact with live pins much too likely when making or breaking connections. I also often see old houses with worn-out receptacles and plugs hanging out of them, the pins partially exposed. Just plain lousy design. Three-pin grounded plugs are less likely to fall out of the wall receptacle, but it's still possible to contact live pins when making and breaking connections. |
"Higher voltage power does not make an easier-starting motor. " Higher voltage allows for less drop in the lines feeding the motor and faster starts with less heat buildup. The conductors to feed a multi-horsepower motor from 120 V would be very large. 3-phase is used in industrial motors because it makes for a far simpler motor. A 3-phase motors has none of the start circuitry a single phase motor requires. 2-phase was experimented with, but it requires 4-wires while 3-phase can be delivered with just 3-wires in a delta configuration. |
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Recently, I was hanging out a a friend's house when someone mentioned Jeff Goldblum, so I launched into my best "Jeff Goldblum Drunk" impression, based on the totally inspired video meme. And everyone just stared at me! Nobody had seen it! So we spent the next half hour gathered 'round the laptop, clutching our sides and wiping tears as we watched the entire Jeff Goldblum Drunk ouevre on YouTube. Twice. (So this list is clearly needed out there!) The first video in the "Drunk Jeff Goldblum" viral video meme actually reared its awesome head in '07, but '08 was truly the year of slowed-down and speeded-up video techniques (See Fred.) And no video thing gave me more pleasure in 2008 than Jeff Goldblum Drunk. After the jump, the top 8 videos (all either 1999 Mac ads or Conan visits, but all totally worth watching.) I just hope Jeff Goldblum loves this joke as much as the rest of us do.
(If you're unfamiliar with this particular awesomeness, definitely start with #1 and move up.)
8. "There is no step 3!" Worth it for the laugh at the end:
7. Drunk Jeff Goldblum loves pizza:
6. Drunk Jeff Goldblum demonstrates The Heimlich Maneuver to Conan:
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1. The one that started it all: "Great Stuff!"
Nothing can beat Jeff's particular cadence and personality for slowed-down celeb videos, but I'd like to see them do "Drunk John Hodgman And Justin Long" Mac ads. Here's kids on a plane doing an impression of Great Stuff. And there's at least one other Jeff Goldblum Drunk video out there, but it's loonng: Jeff Goldblum's Best Story.
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Chadams | Posted on Dec 18th, 2008 +3
Goldblum told a story on Conan last night about how he lost his virginity one night while doing Shakespeare in the Park. In true Goldblum fashion (sudden widening of his bug eyes, slight gasp, ample hand movement), he tangentially interjected how it was also the same night he first tried brie cheese.
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I'm not sure I feel comfortable with the way Apple takes advantage of a drunken Goldblum. Then again, it's also very funny. I watched it "again and again and again and again!"
jb | Posted on Dec 19th, 2008 -1
not that funny.
Ashley | Posted on Dec 19th, 2008 0
I thought I couldn't love Jeff Goldblum any more than I already do… turns out it just takes a bit of slow-motion and some 10-year-old commercials.
noahsam | Posted on Dec 19th, 2008 +1
… and that tragically lethargic clarinet in the background… it sounds like an audio track from a Christian Children's Fund ad…
Suzanne Somers: "Please, these drunken Jeff Goldblums need our help… call now."
Craig Ferguson does drunk George Bush this way. It works really well and the quality is great.
That sounds more like stoned Jeff Goldblum than drunk to me. Especially 'there's no step three!'
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yeah too bad none of those are real. all that was done was those videos were brought into an editing program and slowed down, then posed as being at normal speed. sorry but you fail.
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I agree meiliken,,,have never heard so much rubbish…….Drunk! My ass – it's just slowed down, engineered kack!!!
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I'm going to plant a Northcountry in a whiskey half barrel, it grows in a mound 18" to 24". I got the barrel last year cheap b/c the garden center was using it to place potted plants in it and at the bottom is an alternating stack of nailed 2x4s to add height. I left the wood in there as filler, put rocks too, then filled it with potting soil and peat.
A garden center owner on YouTube re: blueberry plants in barrels said do not put filler, soil top to bottom. Should I remove the 2x4s and rocks? It fills up the bottom 8 to 10 inches I think. I thought blueberry plants are shallow rooted? Also, that soil mixture is always moist, almost too wet...last summer the petunias turned yellow in it and this spring it was too wet for the pansies. Would it also be too wet for the blueberry plant? Some recommend all peat in a container, sounds like that would retain too much moisture. I was going to add to the peat/potting soil mixture some black composted leaf soil and xmas tree mulch. I also have Organic Traditions Soil Acidifer but that isn't the issue. Why does the soil stay so wet? I do have three small holes on the bottom. Thoughts? |
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