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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Vegan Cheese-Stuffed Fried Zucchini Blossoms
They seduced me. Those beautiful golden blossoms flirting with me every Saturday at the farmer's market. Just like that other temptress, the Romanesco cauliflower, the zucchini blossoms looked so sexy and exotic, just beckoning me to take them home. And so I finally did. And just what do you do with those delicate, pretty little things? Well, you stuff them full of cheezy stuff and fry the hell out of them.
At least that's what I did. I have to admit that before today I had never made anything with zucchini blossoms, nor do I think that I've ever even eaten them. But I've seen so many recipes about how to use them, and they always look so tasty, so I was going on blind faith that they would be good. In fact the only memory I have of eating flowers in the past was a rose petal ice cream I once had in Paris. It was made fresh at a Middle Eastern market, and it was so subtle, so delicate, romantic, and unlike anything I had ever tasted before. It was a truly memorable dessert that I may have to attempt to recreate (veganized) one day.
But back to the zucchini blossoms. Like I said, there are a lot of recipes out there for stuffed blossoms, many of them involving goat or some other mild tasting type of cheese. I improvised and was very happy with how these turned out. These are very rich and they certainly wouldn't fall into the category of "health food," but hey, this was never the blog for that kind of stuff anyway. These would be great to serve as an appetizer, one or two blossoms per person.
Vegan Cheese-Stuffed Fried Zucchini Blossoms
makes 8 blossoms
8 fresh zucchini blossoms
1 small zucchini (about 4 oz.), diced
1 lg. garlic clove, minced
4 oz. vegan cream cheese (I used Tofutti Herbs & Chives flavor)
4 Tbsp. Daiya Mozzarella shreds
1/4 tsp. salt
several grinds fresh black pepper
1 Tbsp. lemon juice, plus wedges for serving
1/4 cup self-rising flour
1/2 cup beer (I used a Brooklyn Pale Ale because, well, I live in Brooklyn)*
vegetable oil for frying
marinara sauce for serving
about 1/4 cup (loosely packed) basil leaves, torn or cut into chiffonade
1. Gently open each blossom and pull out the long stamen inside. Also pull off the stem and green parts around the base of each flower, leaving the bottom intact so that it can hold the filling. Lightly rinse each blossom and pat dry.
2. Saute garlic and zucchini in olive oil until well done (when zucchini pieces are dark brown, but do not let garlic burn). In a medium bowl, mix zucchini and garlic with cream cheese, Mozzarella shreds, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Stuff each blossom with a spoonful of the cheese mixture, and gently twist tops of petals to seal. I used a small espresso spoon to stuff the flowers - whatever you use just be careful to not tear the blossom apart. In another small bowl, whisk flour and beer together.
3. Pour enough oil into a non-stick skillet so that it's about 1/2 inch deep. Heat over medium high so that a few drops of the batter turn golden brown after a minute or so. Dip each stuffed blossom into the batter mix, then fry until golden, turning them over after about a minute so they fry evenly on both sides.
4. Use a slotted spoon to remove blossoms from oil, and let drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Serve with marinara sauce, fresh basil, and a wedge of lemon.
*make sure to check that your beer is vegan on Barnivore!
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Lib Dem MP calls for tax avoidance
Cornish MP Adrian Sanders argues for mass avoidance of pasty tax.
Cornish MP Adrian Sanders argues for mass avoidance of pasty tax.
by George Eaton Published
Three weeks on from the Budget, the row over the pasty tax rumbles on. Following yesterday's summit in Truro, Cornish MPs from all three parties are reportedly planning to form a coalition to prevent the measure passing through Parliament. Meanwhile, the Lib Dem MP for Torbay, Adrian Sanders, has openly called for traders to avoid the tax. He writes on his blog:
I think there's a way round this if every business in Devon & Cornwall stopped selling hot pasties. Once the customer has paid for their cold pasty they hand it back to the shop and ask if they wouldn't mind putting it in the microwave or in the oven for collection later!
The key is for the shop not to advertise such a service and for us – the pasty eating customers – to ensure we are all in on the secret.
It's a not-so-secret call for mass tax avoidance. Can we expect George Osborne, who has described "aggressive tax avoidance" as "morally repugnant" [even while rewarding it] to come down "like a ton of bricks" on Sanders?
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sdhcp - A tiny dhcp client
sdhcp is a tiny implementation of dhcp. When compiled with dietlibc
CC="diet -Os gcc" make sdhcp) the executable is a mere 8.8K. It
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About 200 of the 500 lines are for printing the contents of a dhcp header, and come from the plan9 dhcp client, without which this program never would have been possible. It must've been the only reasonably clear dhcp implementation on the whole internet.
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On Sunday night in the United States, movie industry A-listers will once again stroll down the red carpet in anticipation of the most glamorous awards event of them all: the Oscars.
Most movies that make a lasting impression are remembered for an intriguing and fascinating storyline or powerful performances by its actors. In other cases, viewers may be swept away by breathtaking cinematography or scenery.
Members of the Leading Hotels of the World (LHW), a hospitality consortium representing more than 430 hotels and resorts worldwide, have often been featured in films.
To honor the long-lasting collaboration between the hospitality and film industries, LHW has launched a new project, Leading Hotels in the Movies.
"The Leading Hotels of the World commemorates its 85th anniversary [this year] along with Hollywood's Oscars," said Philip Ho, LHW's vice president for the Asia Pacific.
"To celebrate this exciting milestone, we have selected 85 Leading Hotels featured in iconic films over the past decades around the globe."
A recent survey by TCI Research claimed that last year, approximately 40 million international tourists chose their travel destination primarily because they remembered striking scenes from a film that had been shot in the country.
Based on the idea that movies and travel are closely connected to one another, as they both have the ability to transport people to another time and place, LHW has created a new section for its website, listing its different hotels that over the years have become an important backdrop in films.
Each hotel on the list is spiced up with behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes.
"Travel and movies [both have] the power to move us," Ho said. "At their most magical, movies create connections and memories, much like our favorite journeys."
The website can be browsed by decade and features black-and-white classics such as Billy Wilder's "Love in the Afternoon" (1957) starring Audrey Hepburn, as well as more recent films like the romantic comedy "Notting Hill" (1999), Daniel Craig's first James Bond movie "Casino Royale" (2006) and Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" (2011).
The 1992 film "Scent of a Woman" starring Al Pacino, which featured some scenes at The Pierre in New York, is, according to Ho, among the movies that have significantly raised tourist numbers.
"The famous tango scene from the film, which was shot in the hotel's Cotillion ballroom, has gained notoriety and has led guests and travelers to visit the ballroom," he said. "Since the film was shot, some of the colors of the Cotillion Room have changed but the atmosphere and the setting still remains and is highly sought-after as an event or wedding venue."
Another hotel that has proven a magnet for visitors after appearing on screen is the Hotel Casa Fuster, prominently featured in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (2008).
"Ever since the launch of the movie, which featured Woody Allen playing at the hotel's jazz club, the club is well-recognized worldwide," Ho explained.
"The hotel has seen a huge interest from guests requesting to book the suite in which Allen was featured as staying in, the Fuster Suite."
In addition, he said, both tourists and locals regularly visit Cafe Vienes, where the hotel organizes jazz concerts every Thursday night in honor of the film.
"[They] take place in the same area in which Allen used to practice in the film, and feature the piano that the hotel purchased during the time of shoot," Ho said.
Over the course of 85 years, there have of course also been a fair share of anecdotes and quirky stories that happened on set at the hotels.
One such memorable story dates back to the early 1950s, when the movie "The Quiet Man" was shot.
" The Quiet Man' actually brought electricity and phone service to Ashford Castle and the village of Cong," Ho said, referring to the hotel located in the Irish village that served as the backdrop to the movie.
"Director John Ford, who had Irish roots, enlisted the help of local Lord Killian to find the outdoor locations used in the filming, which took place over six weeks in 1951, in various spots across western Ireland," Ho said.
"As Ashford Castle was a favorite of the lord's, many parts of the property were used in the film. The main stone bridge leading to the hotel can be spotted at the opening of the movie, and several scenes, including the famous climactic fight sequence, were shot on the lush castle grounds, much of which remains unchanged after over 60 years."
Although none of the interiors of Ashford Castle were used, the cast and most of the 80-plus crew stayed at the hotel while filming, with the stars of the film John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara occupying the rooms 500 and 408, respectively. Almost 200 local residents were enlisted as extras for the movie.
"At the time, there were plans in the pipeline for rural areas to get electricity, but the wires had not yet reached Cong, and locals were still using candlelight and oil-burners," Ho said. "Given the need for power to make his film, Ford changed Cong forever by spearheading efforts to get the town quickly outfitted for both electricity and telephone wires."
The village of Cong holds an annual Quiet Man festival and has also built a museum where visitors can have an "on set" experience. But it's not only the villagers and the audience who still hold the movie in high esteem — it seems that the cast also regards the making of "The Quiet Man" as an unforgettable time.
"In 2011, O'Hara returned to Cong for a celebration in honor of the film's 60th anniversary," Ho said.
She attended special screenings of the movie and a parade that featured surviving extras wearing period costumes. More than that, O'Hara also stayed at the same hotel as six decades earlier — and she checked into room 408, bringing the "Quiet Man" experience full circle.
LHW's new website features dozens of stories just like this one. Not only does it make for an interesting read, it can also inspire one's next travel destination.
The bond between cinema and travel will just be as strong in the future, and many more venues of LHW have already been booked for upcoming film shoots, with a couple of movies scheduled for release later this year.
Ho named, among others, the Portuguese comedy drama "The Right Juice," filmed at the Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa, as a film to watch out for, as well as the Argentinean production "No Somos Animales," written by and starring John Cusack, which took the cast and crew to the Faena Hotel in Buenos Aires.
LHW, however, has done more than provide a backdrop to films. For the first ever, it has become a partner with the filmmakers behind the Italian major motion picture "Viaggio Sola," which can roughly be translated as "I Travel Alone," and will premiere in Rome next month.
The film, shot around the world and including seven LHW hotels, follows the story of Irene (portrayed by renowned Italian actress Margherita Buy), who works as an LHW inspector and juggles her work life of glamour and luxury with the demands of daily routines.
Movies and hotels, or traveling at large, it seems, is a match made in heaven.
"There is a sense of excitement and anticipation that film and travel share, whether we are touching down in a destination for the first time or watching the screen flicker to life in a darkened theater, they both provide the possibility of a discovery," Ho said.


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I guess some directions are a bit tough to follow.Do you have the wiisx folder on the root of your SD card? The WiiSX folder will contain 3 more folders, bios, isos, saves. The bios file you downloaded goes in the bios folder (bios is needed), the ISO goes in the isos folder. That's all there is to it.
I wonder if he is using the newest version of the emulator, didn't the older version have the bios in with the game ISO's?


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More than 341 pounds of marijuana found during traffic stop
CORPUS CHRISTI - A man and woman were arrested on suspicion of possession of more than 341 pounds of marijuana on Saturday, Jim Wells County Sheriff's officials said.
The man and woman were stopped on U.S. Highway 281 near County Road 120 in a 2005 Gray Ford F-150, officials said.
After consent was given to search the truck, police found marijuana in a toolbox, officials said.
The marijuana has a street value of more than $170,000, officials said.
Possession of more than 50 pounds of marijuana but less than 2,000 pounds is a second degree felony.
Child Protective Services were contacted because a 1-year-old child was with the man and woman, officials said.
As of Saturday evening, the man and woman had not been booked into Jim Wells County jail, officials said.
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Neil Offen: And it's only a dollar
I didn't know what to do with the large flask of after-shave lotion that came in the shape of a baseball glove. And smelled a little bit like one, too.
I had received it as a holiday gift, from relatives who always sent me holiday gifts even though I didn't actually know who these relatives were, how they were related to me or what holiday they were celebrating.
(These were, though, the same relatives who over the years also had sent me T-shirts two sizes too small with pictures of motorcycles on them, videos of how to kayak the inland passage and additional stamps for my stamp collection, in case I had a stamp collection.)
Even though I had received the after-shave lotion during a decade in which I had a beard and didn't shave, I found it difficult to rid myself of it. It became part of my baseball collection, along with my New York Mets beer-stein key ring/compass/pedometer/pill-holder/corkscrew.
Most important, it's hard to get rid of a gift. We still have the flowers that were given to us for a wedding present, back in 1970.
And then I thought of the perfect solution: a yard sale.
At a yard sale, we could rid ourselves of all the stuff that had accumulated over the years in the garage, the kitchen, the bedroom closet, under the stove, in the sink and on top of the bed that we didn't know what to do with and knew no one else would want. It would also be the absolute best way to clear out all the stuff we had bought at other people's yard sales, including the set of owl sculptures and the two-piece ice pick combo in the shape of the Empire State Building.
They were perfect yard sale items. Nobody in their right mind would want them but they were only a dollar each.
Since it's spring, the time people open the door to their garage and find out that they actually have a garage, our entire neighborhood was going to have a gigantic yard sale. We thought we'd join in, so we began gathering stuff.
But every item we found for the yard sale was an item we couldn't quite part with. How could we sell the boom box that only played tapes we no longer had? What if tapes came back and we were the only family boom box-less?
Why would we give up the electric wok with built-in alarm clock we had never used if there was still a chance we'd someday want to go woking and needed a wok-up call to go? Wouldn't it be embarrassing to try to sell the mini tape recorder that was still in its box because we couldn't figure out how to open the box? And then found out it was not a mini tape recorder?
There was only one thing we knew we could actually sell. Anybody want to buy after-shave lotion in a baseball glove?
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Police seek suspect in bank robbery
WHEELERSBURG, Ohio -- Authorities are continuing to search for a man who robbed the U.S. Bank at 400 Center Street Wheelersburg on Thursday.
The sheriff's office received a call from a bank teller at 3:44 p.m. Thursday, March 14, saying the bank had been robbed.
The robber was described as a white male wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans with holes in them and a white ski mask with black shoes. He carried a black bag and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, according to a news release from the office of Scioto County Sheriff Marty V. Donini.
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A JailBreak for iPad Already on its Way?
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The Chronic Dev Team's p0sixninja had made post on Twitter asking people for donations to aid in jailbreaking the iPad. He also posted a screenshot:
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Hopefully this will not only work for iPad but for iPod Touchs 3G and newer 2Gs as well as iPhone 3GS. I'd expect to work on all as the iPad will have the latest bootrom or even a newer one.


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Sonic Foundry, Inc., the trusted leader for lecture capture, enterprise and event webcasting, today announced that the company has been named Frost & Sullivan's Global Market Share Leader in Lecture Capture Solutions for the sixth year.
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This quote from Kirsten's post about causing trouble sticks with me. The most important people in the school building are students. Their needs, their concerns, their desires, their lives should be what drives the institution. It should be student biorhythms that determine school schedules, their intellectual profiles that create its learning climates and activities, their … Continue reading
Adam says, "no matter where you are you are a part of a system." Forget hierarchy. Forget leading and following. Forget the prevalent notion of executive control over school systems, kids, and "learning." You are not in control of your classroom; you have not lost control of your classroom. You are a part of what … Continue reading
Earlier this week, Paula asked a great series of questions about our readiness to engage in democratic learning with our students. These stuck with me: Do students get any practice in their world of school to be socially responsible? To be activists? To act on their beliefs? I ask these questions about teachers, too. Increasingly, … Continue reading


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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
The Green Wave varsity football team has wrapped up its preseason scrimmages and turned its focus to the games that count.
Summerville had a strong showing against Beaufort Friday in its final scrimmage. The Wave took a 28-7 lead into the final quarter and finished with a 42-13 advantage.
Summerville moved the ball well, this time relying more on the passing game that it did in previous scrimmages but also rushing well. Several quarterbacks and running backs were used during the scrimmage.
We had three exhibition games and did well in all of them but Im not so sure those teams we scrimmaged are as strong this year as they have been in the past, Summerville coach John McKissick said. We look good so far, but we will face strong competition during the season.
Summerville opens its regular season Friday at Providence High School in North Carolina. Wave running back Chris Felder says his team is ready to get the first game out of the way.
We will be a little more nervous going into that, Felder said. There will be more people there and its different when you know you need to win. But we are excited.
He believes once his team gets going the jitters will disappear and Summerville could have a special season.
We should be strong on offense this year, he said. The running backs have a good line ahead of us so as long as we follow them we should be straight. We need to focus on what we do more than on what the other team is going to do. For me, Ill be focusing on keeping the ball secure and on staying healthy. Im hoping I can avoid injuries.
Summerville returns to the Lowcountry for a game at Cane Bay Aug. 29 and hosts Berkeley Sept. 5 in its home opener.
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No charges have been filed in a head-on collision between two vehicles on Friday that left two people with severe injuries. Authorities are expected to continue their investigation today.
The wreck happened about 11:40 a.m. on Rutland Drive just east of Northland Boulevard, police said.
A 1982 Mercedes car was traveling west on Rutland Drive in the outside lane when it was struck by a 2000 Ford SUV, police have said. The SUV drifted into the westbound lane and struck the sedan head-on.
Each vehicle had one occupant, and both drivers were transported to Georgia Regents Medical Center after being extricated.
The driver of the SUV, 26-year-old Barry Len Miller, of Sugarcreek Drive in Grovetown, Ga., was found to be at fault in the collision for drifting left of center, according to the accident report.
"Possible drug paraphernalia was found in plain view after it fell out of Mr. Miller's vehicle," the report stated.
A search of the vehicle revealed a plastic bottle with a brown, odorless liquid, two metal pipes with steel wool inside, steel wool, a spoon, two pill bottles and a cell phone, according to the report.
Officers located Miller in the hospital, according to the report. He told them that while reaching for his phone, he crossed over the center line and struck the Mercedes, which was driven by 25-year-old Sovonia Green of Aiken.
Miller told officers he had not consumed any alcohol, and he consented to a blood sample for testing, according to the report. The samples were placed into evidence for testing by the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division.
Sgt. Jake Mahoney, a spokesman for Aiken Public Safety, said results of the testing on Miller's blood were not available on Monday afternoon.
Aiken Public Safety's Accident Reconstruction Team will be on the scene of the collision today beginning at 9 a.m. to map out the collision. Mahoney said charges in the case will depend on that reconstruction and the associated investigation.
"We're still waiting to determine the cause of the collision," he said. "We will make the appropriate charges based on the evidence."
Traffic on Rutland Drive will be temporarily diverted one to two hours while the team is on scene. Both westbound lanes of Rutland Drive will be closed. Traffic on Rutland Drive will share the eastbound lane and will be reduced to one lane of travel.
"We ask that residents avoid the area to reduce any delays and to use caution if they do travel on Rutland Drive during the mapping of the collision scene," Mahoney said.
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From the collection of American actor and noted Samuel Beckett performer Rick Cluchey, who had been serving a life sentence for kidnapping and robbery at California's San Quentin prison when he saw a visiting production of Waiting for Godot in 1957. Inspired by the performance, Cluchey and several other inmates soon formed a dramatic troupe called the San Quentin Drama Workshop, and Waiting for Godot was the first play staged by the company. It became known for its dedication to Beckett's play, in particular the cycle of Waiting for Godot, Endgame, and Krapp's Last Tape, and after Cluchey's parole in 1966, a reformed SQDW continued performing Beckett throughout the United States and Europe.
Beckett had been aware of the play's unusual connection with prisoners since 1954, after he received a letter from an inmate about a 1953 production of Waiting for Godot at the Lüttringhausen Prison in Germany. Intensely moved by the man's reaction, Beckett became singularly attentive to performances of his plays by prisoners. He became involved with the SQDW following Cluchey's December 1974 invitation to the author to attend a Workshop performance of Endgame in Paris, and Beckett would go on to personally direct Cluchey in Krapp's Last Tape in Berlin in 1977, and in Endgame in London in 1980 (along with Cluchey's wife, Teresita Garcia Suro). Outside the theatre, a warm, personal relationship developed between Beckett and the Clucheys, with the playwright providing financial and moral support to them over a period of many years, and Cluchey and Garcia Suro naming their son after him. From Glenn Horowitz Bookseller description
Item 1: Waiting for Godot. New York: Grove Press, 1954
8vo.; pictorial black-and-white wrappers; heavily used.
First edition, sixteenth printing. Annotated by Cluchey on first free endpaper: 1st Prompt-book/Berlin/1975. A presentation copy, inscribed on title page: With love for Rick/from Sam/Sept. 1988. Cluchey also wrote below Beckett's inscription: Rick Cluchey/Samuel Beckett/San Quentin Drama Workshop Godot Production./1963 – 1983/Stage Book. Heavily annotated and underlined throughout by Cluchey.
This prompt book was used for the landmark 1975 Berlin production of Waiting for Godot at the Schiller-Theater that Beckett himself directed – for the first time – and which starred two of the original cast members from the earlier 1965 presentation, though in reverse roles: Horst Bollmann played Estragon, and Stefan Wigger was Vladimir. Beckett had long believed the play to be confusing and clumsily visualized, though, and he used the opportunity his directorial debut provided to clarify both the text and stage directions. Copiously marked up with colored underlining and autograph notations, the book reveals in vivid detail the extensive revisions Beckett made to his original work, which included dialogue changes, the excision of entire scenes, new directorial emphases, and alterations to the staging. Cluchey witnessed these modifications first hand, as he had been invited to observe the rehearsals by Beckett, and his faithful notations graphically demonstrate the intimate theatrical tutelage he has begun to receive from the author. Among the adjustments are:
spread 19: Estragon's original response to Pozzo's question, "What are would you say he was?" has been changed from "Eleven" to "Ageless."
spread 22: Vladimir's first line at the top of the right page, "Will night never come?" has been crossed out and used instead to replace his line directed at Estragon on the left page: "Try and walk."
spread 27: The section beginning with Estragon's line, "Tell us about the time he refused" and ending with Pozzo's line "True" on the opposite page had been entirely cut.
spread 30: The sentence "Perhaps I dropped it" has been added to Pozzo's lines on the right page.
spread 51: Three lines beginning with Pozzo's "Help!" and ending with Estragon's "We help him?" have been cut on the left page.
spread 54 and 55: The section beginning with Estragon's line on the right page of spread 54, "He wants to know if we are friends!" and ending with Vladimir's line "You were saying your sight used to be good, if I heard you right" at the bottom of the left page of spread 55 has been entirely cut, as well as a small section at the bottom of the opposite page, and some additional lines at top.
Fluent in German, Beckett translated this revised version of Waiting for Godot for the ultimate performance.
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Item 2: Waiting for Godot. New York: Grove Press, 1954
8vo.; annotated and underlined throughout; pictorial black-and-white wrappers; heavily used; spine reinforced with silver gaffer's tape.
First edition, fifty-second printing. Annotated by Cluchey on first free endpaper: 2nd Prompt-Book/London/1984. A presentation copy, inscribed on title page: for Rick/with love/from Sam/London/1.3.84. Heavily annotated and underlines throughout by Cluchey.
In early 1984, Cluchey's San Quentin Theater Workshop was invited to perform Waiting for Godot at the Adelaide Festival in Australia, but funding for the both the trip and the production was predicated on Beckett being involved. As a compromise, Beckett agreed to oversee a staging directed by his friend Walter Asmus, who had served as his assistant director for the 1975 Berlin presentation, and for two weeks he supervised rehearsals at Riverside Studios in London, with Cluchey playing Pozzo. This later prompt book directly reflects the significant, Beckett-generated emandations the author made to the 1975 version, and includes additional notations and alterations.
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Item 3: Program for the 1965 Production of Waiting for Godot at the Schiller-Theater, Berlin. Berlin: 1965
8vo.; one single sheet, folded once vertically, loosely held at center; illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and illustrations; staple-bound; pictorial black-and-white wrappers.
A presentation copy, inscribed on front wrapper: for Rick & Teri/with love/from Sam/Paris, Oct. 88. This 1965 production of Waiting for Godot was not the first in Germany: an authorized staging, based on an inmate's own translation of the French edition, occurred in 1953 at the Lüttringhausen Prison, near Wuppertal, and another, more formal performance was presented at the Schlossparktheater in Berlin the same year. However, the Schiller-Theater's iteration was not only directed by Beckett's friend Deryk Mendel, with a text by his favored German translator Elmar Tophoven (Warten auf Godot), but was also attended in rehearsal by Beckett. The production starred Stefan Wigger as Estragon and Horst Bollmann as Vladimir.
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To the paparazzi who took it upon themselves to get up in Solange's face for the money shot, the one where the panic-stricken newlywed is being covered up by her sister, Beyoncé, in the back seat of a car? I loathe you and your total disregard for her privacy. l refuse to acknowledge the grainy photos that highlight her discomfort, because, you know what? It's mean.
Songbird Kelly Clarkson called off the big wedding she and her fiance were planning this October, because she was 'so overwhelmed' and 'so over' planning it... But for most couples, it's simply not possible. So if you've got to knuckle down and get it done, how do you manage to not hate your own wedding?
With the average wedding costing a staggering £20,000 by some estimates, is it any wonder that non-celebrity couples are also going back to basics? With more of us pursuing careers and families at the same time as planning a wedding, splashing out for just one day feels like an unaffordable and unnecessary luxury.
Even with our insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip growing, it still amazes me that we believe what we read. We discuss the scandals of the rich and famous, passing commentary and judgements on those that are strangers to us as if we know them. Maybe that's why we mourn their deaths with such emotion.


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Bruce Willis is courting model-slash-tsunami-survivor Petra Nemcova. It's believed he won her over with his "You think you had it rough, you should've seen the reviews for Hudson Hawk" line.
- A street in Bakersfield, California has been renamed to honor Korn. The road is said to be fairly contrived, but still a favorite amongst aggressive 15-year-old pubescent males.
- Vice President Dick Cheney expected to retire within the year. Wants to devote more time to shooting people in the face.
- George Clooney swears Roseanne Barr never saw his genitals. That can only mean one thing: they must have done it with the lights out.
- The new Star Trek movie that Trekkies have been waiting for has been cancelled. Sad emoticon usage on the internet skyrockets to record new heights.
- The surviving members of Alice In Chains are reuniting for a series of gigs this summer. One guy in Oregon wearing flannel is stoked.
- Dancing With The Stars fan-favorite Master P will stand trial on felony gun possession charges, proving that the "P" does stand for "Possession" after all.


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text: Opeth will be touring the US this fall in support of their new release, Ghost Reveries. All the dates are in and confirmed, and they are as follows: 10/9: Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre 10/10: West Hollywood, CA House of Blues 10/11: San Francisco, CA The Fillmore 10/12: Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom 10/15: Seattle, WA El Corazon 10/17: Salt Lake City, UT Lo-Fi Cafe 10/18: Denver, CO Ogden Theatre 10/20: Dallas, TX Trees 10/21: Houston, TX Meridian 10/22: San Antonio, TX White Rabbit 10/24: Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck 10/25: Sauget, IL Pop's 10/26: Chicago, IL House of Blues 10/27: Detroit, MI Harpo's 10/30: Worcester, MA The Palladium 10/31: Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts 11/2: Latham, NY Saratoga Winners 11/3: New York, NY Webster Hall 11/4: Buffalo, NY Showplace Theatre 11/5: West Springfield, VA Jaxx 11/6: Cleveland, OH House of Blues 11/7: Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's 11/8: Atlanta, GA Roxy Theatre 11/9: Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues 11/11: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room note: for the dates 10/9-10/22, OPETH headlines, Pelican supports. note II: for the dates 10/24-11/11, OPETH headline, Nevermore supports. note III: tickets for select dates can now be purchased online at a discounted price at http://tixx1.artistarena.com/opeth/.


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***The restaurant has since closed down.
Prontip Thai Restaurant located in Yesterday Club on Lebuhraya Peel, Penang is an outlet that specialised in authentic Thai cuisines. We had dinner there several times but recently we went there for the buffet lunch.
Drinks (mango juice and chrysanthenum tea) and desserts are inclusive in the buffet. Dishes included the popular – tom yam soup, otak-otak, deep fried spring roll, satay, deep fried kangkong, pork leg vinegar and sour mango kerabu.
They do serve plain rice, fried rice and fried noodles to accompaniment the dishes. Another hot favourite is the Thai/Siam laksa.
At the end of the meal, there are desserts of cendol and fresh fruits. This delicious and reasonable priced Thai buffet spread cost RM10.90 on weekdays and RM12.90 on weekends.
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The Town of Clifton Park Office of Parks, Recreation and Community Affairs is proud to present the fifth-annual Ladies Night Out at Historic Grooms Tavern, Clifton Park. November 4, 2011 ~ 5:00-8:00 p.m. Come join us for a relaxing evening of shopping as local vendors have their house party at Historic Grooms Tavern! Bring your […] [Read More]


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Videos : Conference 2011 : Adoption Mentoring Partnership
The Adoption Mentoring Partnership is a unique effort designed to match community mentors who have been adopted, with children from the Amherst community who have also been adopted, in order to provide them with a friend who has a very special, shared experience. This program is rooted in a community effort to increase resources for local adopted individuals and families, and represents a true collaboration between the Rudd Adoption Research Adoption Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County.
Six matched mentor / mentee pairs began one-on-one relationships in the Fall of 2010 and we are thrilled that those same six pairs will continue on into Fall of 2011. We can't envision a greater marker of success than these current mentors and mentees wishing to continue their friendships together! In meeting with the children, their parents, and the mentors, it is clear that the program is living up to its purpose. Conversations with participants revealed burgeoning friendships between mentors and the mentees, parents taking pleasure in seeing their children form a close relationship with someone who knows what it's like to be adopted, and great personal growth in the mentors themselves.
In celebrating the success of the first year, and looking forward to continued success in the next, the program is working to support our current continuing matches, recruit new mentors and children, and make known the amazing contributions of this program to all members of the adoption community. We hope to continue to spread the word among Pioneer Valley families to cultivate a diverse waitlist so we may continue to make the best possible matches between the mentors and mentees.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County continues to build support for the program through
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Research Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst offers funding support, as well as resources that allow us to spread the word about the program to researchers, practitioners, and members of the adoption community across the country. The program has been incredibly well received by practitioners, scholars, and families, highlighting the multidisciplinary appeal and recognition of the important work this program is undertaking.
In summary, the program has been an incredible success thus far, and continues to outpace expectations. As we look forward to the future of the Adoption Mentoring Partnership, we will be heavily focused on program expansion, evaluation, and securing additional funding to ensure program longevity.
We are continually looking for adopted adults in the Amherst community who are interested in participating as mentors in this wonderful program for adopted children in the Amherst area who are on a waiting list and hoping to find a mentor.
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Between the economic downturn and the looming concern over climate change, small businesses are finding more reasons than ever to emphasize sustainability. Here we explore the companies and the strategies that are performing best.
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President Obama will unveil on Monday a set of environmental regulations devised to sharply cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's power plants and ultimately transform America's electricity industry.
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Talks for Pacific Trade Deal Stumble
The breakdown is a setback for the Obama administration, which had promoted the talks as the final round for the largest regional trade agreement ever.
August 1, 2015, Saturday
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The World Wildlife Fund writes that "the United States is too big a player to sit on the sidelines of this global problem."
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Environmental groups said that waste from coal mines could damage the northern bay, a Unesco World Heritage site famous for its steep limestone islands.
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Judge Hears Arguments on an Exxon Settlement
On Thursday, lawyers for New Jersey and environmental groups argued their case about an environmental contamination settlement between the state and Exxon.
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The disclosure relates to a time-overcurrent relay utilizing successive linear time-current segments which approximate a non-linear, inverse time-current curve the linear segments are determined by subtracting a series of ramp like voltages of increasing magnitudes from a series of bias voltages, each of which is of substantially constant magnitude and which bias voltage magnitudes decrease in sequence by the peak magnitude of the preceding ramp voltage.
1. An inverse time-overcurrent relay for controlling an electric circuit, said relay comprising: input means adapted to be energized from said circuit for providing a first output quantity having a magnitude which is a function of the magnitude of the current in the electric circuit, a quantity magnitude comparing network having first and second inputs and an output, first circuit means operatively connecting said first input to said input means whereby said first input of said comparing network is energized by said first output quantity, a quantity magnitude generating means effective to alter the magnitude of a second output quantity in accordance with a predetermined pattern, said pattern comprising slope controlling means effective to change the magnitude of said second quantity at a different time rate, sequencing means connected to said generating means and effective to cause said generating means to progressively generate said rates in a sequence in which the magnitude of said second quantity progresses from a first to a second magnitude, second circuit means connecting said second input of said comparing network to said generating means for energizations by said second output quantity, said comparing network being effected to alter the conditions of its said output when the relative magnitudes of said quantities supplied to its said inputs reaches a desired relationship, and control means energized from said input means and effective when the magnitude of the current in said electric circuit reaches a predetermined minimum magnitude to render said generating means effective.
2. The relay of claim 1 in which said generating means includes a first generating means operable to provide a series of third electrical quantities, each said third quantity having an initial and a final value, a second generating means operable to provide a series of fourth electrical quantities, and a summing network for summing said third and said fourth quantities to provide said second quantity.
3. The relay of claim 2 in which each of said initial values are of equal magnitude and in which said final values are progressively of lesser magnitudes, and in which the magnitudes of said series of said fourth quantities are each of constant magnitude throughout the duration of each of said series with the magnitude of said series of said fourth quantities being progressively of lesser magnitudes.
4. A time-overcurrent relay comprising a first electrical quantity generating network operable to provide a first quantity which changes in magnitude from an initial to a final magnitude in a selected time interval, said network including a resetting means actuated by said first quantity at its said final magnitude to cause said network to provide a series of said first quantities, a second electrical quantity generating network energized by said first quantity and operable to provide a second electrical quantity which has a magnitude proportional to the instantaneous magnitude of said first quantity, said second generating network including proportionality controlling means for determining the proportionality of said second quantity with respect to the magnitude of said first quantity, a counting network actuated by said resetting means and operatively connected to said proportionality controlling means, said proportionality means being effective when actuated by said counting means to change said proportionality of said second quantity with respect to said first quantity, a third electrical quantity generating network operable to provide a third electrical quantity of determined magnitude, said third generating network including magnitude determining means for selecting the magnitude of said third quantity, said counting network being operatively connected to said magnitude determining means and effective when actuated by said counting network to change the magnitude of said third quantity, an input network for energization by a current derived quantity and effective to provide a fourth electrical quantity having a magnitude which is a function of said current derived quantity, summing means energized by two of said electrical quantities and providing a fifth quantity, and comparing means energized by the remaining one of said electrical quantities and said fifth quantity and providing an output signal when the sum of the magnitudes of said second and third electrical quantities is not less than the magnitude of said fourth electrical quantity.
5. The relay of claim 4 in which said two electrical quantities are said second and said fourth electrical quantities, said remaining one of said electrical quantities is said third electrical quantity and the magnitude of said fifth quantity is the total magnitude of said second and said fourth electrical quantities.
6. The relay of claim 4 in which said two electrical quantities are said second and said third electrical quantities, said remaining one of said electrical quantities is said fourth electrical quantity and the magnitude of said fifth quantity is the difference of the magnitudes of said second and said third electrical quantities.
7. The relay of claim 4 in which said first generating network comprises a current source and an energy storage means and a discharge means, said first network including circuit means connected to said storage means and providing said first quantity, said discharge means being actuated by said resetting means and effective to alter the energy in said storage means each time the magnitude of said first quantity reaches its said first magnitude.
8. A time-over current relay comprising first and second electrical quantity establishing networks, said first network being effective to provide an n number of first quantities, each of said n quantities having an initial magnitude and a final magnitude, said final magnitudes of said n quantities being of progressively lesser magnitudes in the order progressing from a first of said n quantities to this nth of said n quantities, said second network being effective to provide an n number of second quantities each of said n second quantities being of substantially constant magnitude, the magnitudes of said n second quantities being of progressively lesser magnitudes in the order progressing from a first of said n second quantities to the nth of said second quantities, a pair of input terminals adapted to be energized with a third quantity proportioned to the magnitude of current in a circuit to be controlled, and a summing network energized by two of said quantities and supplying a fourth electrical quantity which is the sum of the said two quantities, and a comparing network energized by said fourth quantity and the remaining one of said first and second and third quantities, said comparing network providing a control signal when the magnitudes of said first and second and third quantities satisfy one arrangement of the mathematical relationship in which the sum of the magnitudes of said first and said third quantities is not less than the magnitude of said second quantity.
9. The relay of claim 8 in which the magnitude of said first of said n second quantities is substantially equal to the magnitude of said third quantity at its zero time delay quantity.
10. The relay of claim 9 in which the difference in magnitude of the magnitude of each of said n second quantities in sequence and the magnitude of each of said n first quantities in sequence at said initial and said final magnitudes fall on a desired time-current curve.
11. The relay of claim 10 in which the duration of each of said n quantities is equal.
12. The relay of claim 11 in which said initial magnitudes of each of said n first quantities are equal to each other and said final magnitudes of each of said n first quantities in sequence equal the change in magnitudes of said n second quantities in sequence.
13. The relay of claim 12 in which the increase in magnitude of each said n first quantities from its said initial to its said final quantity approaches linearity.
14. A time-overcurrent relay for controlling the interruption of an electric circuit in substantial accordance with a predetermined time-to-trip vs. current magnitude curve, said relay comprising an electrical quantity establishing network, said network comprising means to establish an initial magnitude of its output quantity and to change the magnitude of said quantity at n different rates, said network further including means to sequence said rates from a first thereof to the nth thereof, said rates being effective to change said magnitude of said quantity from said initial magnitude through n-1 magnitudes of said quantity to a final magnitude of said quantity according to said n rates, quantity comparing means having a pair of inputs and an output, input means adapted to be energized from the electric circuit to be controlled and having an output energized in accordance with the magnitude of the current in said controlled circuit, and circuit means connecting one of said pair of inputs of said comparing means to said output of said input means and connecting the other of said pair of inputs of said comparing means to said network for energization by said quantity, said comparing means being effective to provide an interrupting signal at a predetermined relationship of the quantities supplied to its said pair of inputs.
15. A time over-current relay for controlling the interruption of an electric circuit in substantial accordance with a predetermined time-to-trip vs. current magnitude relationship said relay comprising a timing device for timing an n number of time intervals, a quantity magnitude controlling device, said quantity controlling device being effective to establish an initial magnitude of said quantity and to establish n subsequent lesser magnitudes of said quantity, said n magnitudes being a function of the n magnitudes of said current at which the interruption is to occur.
It is a commonly accepted practice in the electrical arts to provide a current relay which will have an inverse time-current characteristic. This has in the past usually been accomplished by electromechanical switch means and has resulted in the development of generally accepted families of time-current characteristic curves which may vary from a slightly inverse to an extremely inverse time-current characteristic.
Solid state electronics have many desirable characteristics, such as requiring less power for their operation and a consequent lessening of the burden imposed on the circuits being protected. In accordance with the teachings herein, the non-linear curve is broken up into a series of linear segments which are readily and economically attained with solid state electronics. This is accomplished by dividing the time axis of the non-linear curve into a desired number of time intervals and approximating the non-linear curve with linear segments extending between the intersections of the time points with the non-linear time-current curve.
The time-current curve is usually plotted as time against the number of pick-up values of the current to be monitored. The current magnitude is usually sensed by a network which will produce an input voltage quantity C which has a magnitude which represents the current magnitude and a voltage scale may be substituted for the pick-up value scale. When the current magnitude reaches a predetermined number of multiples of pick-up, the trip output of the relay should be "instantaneous" with no programmed time interval. This pick-up magnitude will provide an established input voltage for any given current to-voltage ratio. An extrapolation of the usual electromechanical relay curve to this pick-up value, as well as to the 1 unit of pick-up current value, will normally be required. This establishes the magnitude of the input voltage C which must be equalled for the relay to trip with no programmed delay and to trip with the maximum delay at just over 1 unit of pick-up value.
In accordance with our invention, this input voltage is compared with two voltages A and B generated within the relay itself. One of these generated voltages A comprises a number of constant value or bias segments, one for each time interval starting with a segment of a magnitude equal to the magnitude of the voltage C for an instantaneous trip. The second B of the generated voltages comprises a series of voltages, one for each time interval, having magnitudes which will change in magnitude from an initial to a final magnitude during each time interval by an amount equal to the change in magnitude of the curve during each of the time intervals of the linear segments. It will be appreciated that with inverse, time-overcurrent curves, this will mean the greatest change in magnitude of the voltage B occurs during the first time interval and progressively decreasing changes in magnitude occur as the number of the time intervals increases.
At the end of each time interval, the magnitude of the voltage B returns to its initial value and the magnitude of the voltage A is reduced by the peak value of the voltage B during the just-elapsed time interval. When the magnitude of the combined voltages A and B equals the magnitude of the voltage C, the relay will trip.
Since the change in voltage B will reduce the voltage A, the combined value may be considered as A-B. The combined value reaches trip magnitude when the magnitude of the voltages A-B equals the magnitude of the voltage C and may be stated by the mathematical quantity A - B = C. It will be apparent that this relationship may be restated as A = B + C or as B = A - C.
FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 are curves illustrating the time-voltage (magnitude of pick-up current) magnitudes when combined as A - B = C, B + C = A, and A - C = B respectively;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first preferred form of a solid state relay embodying the invention in the form B + C = A;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a second preferred form of a solid state relay embodying the invention also in the form B + C = A; and
FIGS. 6 and 7 are block diagrams illustrating a solid state relay embodying the invention in the forms A - B = C and A - C = B, respectively.
Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the character NL designates a desired non-linear, time-current curve which is to substantially be duplicated by the relay of the present invention. This curve is normally plotted with the abscissa representing current and the ordinate representing time. The abscissa may be rescaled in terms of the magnitude of the voltage developed at each of the current multiple, in this case, 0 to 13 volts for 0 to 26 multiples of pick-up current. The ordinate is rescaled in equal intervals or steps, commencing with the time at the pick-up current value for instantaneous trip, which are shown as being light intervals to agree with the eight steps performed by the relays 30 and 30' of FIGS. 4 and 5. A greater number of steps will increase the accuracy since the linear approximations LA will more nearly lie on the curve NL. While the preferred forms of the relays utilize equal time increments and require less complicated apparatus than would be required if the intervals or increments were unequal, such inequality can be implemented. When this is done, modifications will be required which will cause the preferred embodiments to become more complicated, but which may be made by those skilled in the art in accordance with the teachings of the illustrated embodiments.
The stepped curve A represents the magnitudes of a bias voltage and consists of constant value steps. Initially, its magnitude is the magnitude of the voltage established by the magnitude of the line current when "instantaneous" tripping is desired. This is designated as time 0. At time 1, the magnitude reduces to the magnitude corresponding to that of the curve NL. Similarly, the magnitude of the bias voltage drops in steps at the time 2, 3, 4, etc., until the breaker in the controlled power line opens and reduces the voltage C developed in consequence of the power line current. The sequencing stops when the magnitude of C is reduced below the 1 pick-up current multiple as will be explained below.
The curve B represents the slope segment voltage and is shown as having an initial value of zero and a peak value equal to the change in volts along the curve NL during the respective time interval. During the time interval 0-1, it will increase in magnitude from zero to 9.5 volts. During subsequent time intervals, the increase will be less as illustrated. The slope voltage B when subtracted from the bias voltage A will provide the time voltage relationship LA.
The embodiments of FIGS. 4 and 5 utilize the curve relationship B + C = A for controlling the energization of their respective tripping circuits, while the embodiments of FIGS. 6 and 7 utilize the curve relationship A - B = C and A - C = B respectively for controlling their respective tripping circuits.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the current in the power circuit 32 is sensed by a current transformer CT, the secondary of which energizes a loading resistor R. The primary of the transformer is preferrably tapped so that the voltage quantity established across the resistor R provides the proper relationship of the control quantity supplied to the rectifier and filter network 34 of the relay 30. The network 34 comprises a rectifying circuit including the amplifier A1 and a filtering circuit including the amplifiers A2 and A3. These amplifiers, as well as the amplifiers A4-A10, may be operational amplifiers of the type sold under the designation SN-72747. Each amplifier will, of course, have its power input terminals energized from the + 15 or + 15 volt busses as required. The rectified direct potential output voltage of the network 34 is the voltage C as set forth above.
The voltage C is supplied to the instantaneous trip comparator or network 36, the summing network 38 and the pick-up comparator or network 40. At magnitudes of the voltage C below pick-up magnitude, the output voltage of the amplifier A7 of the network 40 provides positive voltage or logical 1 signal to the diode D1 of the ramp generator network 42 which maintains the transistor Q1 conducting and thereby shunts the current from the constant current source 44 around the connected one of the capacitors CX. This keeps the + input terminal of the amplifier A6 of the segment slope generator network 44 at zero or ground potential and the output voltage D of the amplifier A6, as well as the output voltage of the amplifier A8, are also maintained substantially at ground potential. The ground voltage D is supplied to the + input terminal of the amplifier A9 of the slope generating network 44 whereby its output voltage B is also maintained substantially at ground potential.
The magnitude of the segment bias voltage A of the segment bias generator 45 is determined by a voltage dividing network 47 connected between the + 15 volt supply and the ground or neutral potential. The voltage dividing network 47 includes a first or common resistor 48 connecting the + 15 volt supply to a bus 49 and 8 individual resistors which connect the bus 49 to the ground or neutral potential through individual transistor switches. Conveniently, seven of these switches may be the seven NPN transistors of a CA 3081 transistor array 50 and the eighth switch a discrete NPN transistor 51. The bases of the NPN transistor switches are connected to the 4 bit counter 46 through a decoder 52 which for example may be of the SN7442 type.
As the counter is actuated, the decoder sequentially provides a logical 0 signal at its output pins 1-7 and 9. This logical 0 signal is inverted by the inverters associated with these pins and applied as logical 1 signals to sequentially render conducting the NPN transistors of the array 50 and the discrete transistor 51. At the ninth pulse of the counter, the decoder resets to its initial or count zero condition. The magnitude of the individual resistors of the network 47 are so proportioned that the voltage on bus 49 will provide the voltage segments A of FIGS. 1-3.
The magnitude of the slope voltage B is a portion of the output voltage D of the amplifier A6 as determined by a voltage dividing network 54 connected between the output terminal of the amplifier A6 and the ground or neutral potential. This dividing network is similar to the network 47 and comprises a first or common resistor 55 connecting a bus 56 to the output terminal of amplifier A6 and 8 individual resistors which connect the bus 56 to ground through 8 individual transistor switches. Conveniently, seven of these switches may be the seven NPN transistors of a CA3081 transistor array 57 and the eighth switch a discrete NPN transistor 58. The logical 0 output signals of the decoder 52 are inverted and sequentially render conducting the NPN transistors of the array 57 and the discrete transistor 58 as described above in connection with the segment bias generator 45.
The slope generator 44 is energized from the output of the ramp generator 42. The output potential of the ramp generator 42 is determined by the potential across the capacitor network 60, as limited by the effect of amplifier A8. When the shorting transistor Q1 is non-conductive, the constant current source will the capacitor network 60 at a constant rate as determined by the setting of the switches associated therewith, in this instance, the connected capacitor CX.
When the current in the power circuit 32 increases to some value in excess of the pick-up setting (the maximum desired current of the power circuit), the pick-up network 40 will terminate the logical 1 signal to the diode D1 of the ramp generator 42. The transistor Q1 will thereupon become non-conducting and the voltage across the capacitor network 60 will increase at a predetermined rate. Initially, the NPN transistor of the array 57 associated withthe output terminal 1 of the decoder 52 will be conducting and the voltage dividing network 54 will provide the maximum ratio between the voltage output of the ramp generator 42 and the bus 56. This results in an output voltage B as indicated in FIGS. 1 and 3 during the time interval 0 - 1. During this same interval, the output terminal 1 of the decoder 52 will be maintaining the NPN transistor of the array 50 associated therewith in its conducting condition to provide the maximum voltage on the bus 49 of the voltage dividing network 47 to provide the bias voltage A (FIGS. 1 and 2). In the form shown in FIG. 2, the voltages B and C are added to provide the wave shape B + C during the time interval 0 - 1.
When the voltage across the capacitor network 60 reaches a critical value (in this case 5 volts), the amplifier A8 changes its output voltage condition from its low to its high state. The output voltage condition of inverter 62 will thereupon change from its high to its low state causing a capacitor 63 to momentarily lower the potential of the base of a normally conducting transistor 64 to become non-conducting whereby the collector thereof momentarily assumes a + 5 volt potential. This coupled with the effect of the inverter 65, causes a flow of base current of the transistor Q1 through the diode D2. Transistor Q1 conducts and rapidly discharges the capacitor network 60 to initiate a subsequent recharging of the network 60.
The momentary positive pulse resulting at the collector of the transistor 64 provides a counting pulse to the input terminal 2 of the segment counter 46. The change in state of the counter 46 is decoded by the segment decoder 52 and results in the termination of the logical 0 signal at its output terminal 1 and the provision of a logical 0 signal at its output terminal 2.
During the next time interval 1-2, the next of the NPN transistors of the arrays 50 and 57 will be rendered conducting. The voltage dividing network 47 will now apply a lesser voltage to the bus 49 and the segment bias voltage A is reduced to the value shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 during the time interval 1-2. The voltage dividing network 54 will now apply a lesser percentage of the output voltage of the ramp generator to the bus 56 and the slope voltage will increase at a lesser rate to limit the slope voltage B to the value shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 during the time interval 1-2.
At the time 2, the ramp generator 42 is again reset and the segment counter 46 reactuated to provide the time interval 2-3 and the bias voltage A (see time 2-3 of FIGS. 1 and 2) and the slope voltage B (see time 2-3 of FIGS. 1 and 3).
Assuming a line current of three times the pick-up value as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 and from B + C = A of FIGS. 2 and 4, the cycling as above described will continue into the time interval 3-4 and a trip signal will be established when the curve B + C crosses the curve A. In the forms A - B = C and A - C = B (FIGS. 1 and 6 and 3 and 7), the summing and comparing are somewhat different because of the different transpositions of the mathematical formula, but in each instant the trip signal occurs at the time instant when the curve A-B intersects the curve C and the curve A-C intersects the curve B, which from inspection is the same instant in time after initiation of the relay 30.
When the curves intersect, the trip comparator 68 forwards a the flip-flop 70. This provides an energizing signal to the trip circuit (not shown) and a resetting signal to the counter 46.
In many instances, a separate instantaneous trip actuation is desired. For this purpose, the network 36 is provided and is energized directly by the output voltage C of the rectifier and filter network 34. At line currents below the instantaneous trip value, the output of the amplifier A4 supplies a logical 1 signal through the isolation diode 72 to the trip comparator 68.
The relay 30' of FIG. 5 operates in substantially the same manner as the relay 30 of FIG. 4. The main difference between the two is in the ramp generator 42'. The generator 42' develops the ramp voltage digitally under control of a timer 80 having a digital output. As illustrated, this timer 80 comprises an operational amplifier A8 and a capacitor network 81 which is alternately charged and discharged to provide a series of digital output signals to drive the first 5 output terminals of two series connected 4-bit counter 82 and 83 which may for example be of the SN7493 type. The first 5 output terminals are connected through inverters to the input terminals 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 respectively of a 6-bit multiplying digital-to-analog converter 84 which may be of the MC1406L type. The output terminal 4 of the converter 84 is connected to the input terminal of amplifier A6 of the slope generator 44'. The difference between the generators 44 and 44' is that amplifier A6 of generator 44' produces staircase-like ramp voltages versus linear ramp voltages in 44. The RC network in the feedback path of the amplifier A6 of the generator 44' is to smooth the staircase. This shunting capacitor is not necessary if a stepped wave is desired.
The last three output terminals of the counter 83 are connected to the input terminals 15, 14 and 13 of the SN7442 decoder of the segment decoder network 52'. The network 52 will control the segment generator 45 and the slope generator 44' as described above in connection with the same structure found in FIG. 4.
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