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After decades of talk, Muskegon County commissioners took action Dec. 3 and broke ground for construction of a new juvenile transition facility.
Muskegon County's Chief Probate Judge Neil Mullally called the plan to build a new facility "a tremendous act of political courage."
We agree. There's been way too much talk about the need for a facility and expensive attempts to change an outdated detention facility into a treatment center. With the new facility, the focus will be on rehabilitating troubled youths and setting them on a productive path. It also puts resources where they are expected to do the most good.
While some Muskegon County residents fought the idea for money reasons or location reasons, the board came up with a way to fund and locate the project that should ease some concerns. The committee process, complete with experts at most meetings, addressed citizen concerns and explained the reasons for the decisions that were made.
No new millage is required to build the facility. The bonds are expected to be paid off through efficiencies and savings. The bond probably wouldn't have sold if investors didn't believe they would get their money back.
The project appears to have been well thought out. And that's the point. Elected officials, close to the issue, put in the time to study the issue. And then they made a decision.
And that's what Muskegon needs: Elected officials who are willing to make hard choices to improve the community.
Sure there are some parts of the juvenile transition center and the new jail that people will never agree on. Commissioners holding a groundbreaking ceremony in these economic times probably was ill-advised. There are probably more cost effective ways to announce the start of a new building, as one MLive reader pointed out.
But, no one can fault the hard work that was put in on the project and the decision-making process. Some voters have forgotten that one of the reasons for electing officials is to rely on them to study issues and make decisions that are beneficial to the community.
And some elected officials have forgotten the point of being elected is not to win re-election but to represent the voters in the decision-making process.
If our community is going to move forward, we need officials willing to make the tough decisions. Sometimes that may mean going against the loudest protesters and doing something they oppose for the good of the entire community. It never means ignoring their concerns.
It also never means crippling the community so that it can't move forward on the important issues.
The MLive Muskegon Chronicle Editorial Board members are Peg West, editor; Clayton Hardiman, columnist; and Paula Holmes-Greeley, community engagement specialist.


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Faith briefs
Women organize prayer celebration
Church Women United in Erie Area is celebrating 2013 World Day of Prayer.
An ecumenical worship service in English and American Sign Language will be held today at 1 p.m. at St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, 236 E. 11th St.
Anyone is welcome to attend the event, organizers said.
To learn more, call 833-9484 or 602-3184 or visit www.wdp-usa.org.
EUP to host forum on religion, gender
Women representing several faiths will take part in a panel discussion on religion and gender this week in Edinboro.
The program is scheduled for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room 107 of the R. Benjamin Wiley Arts and Sciences Center at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
Participants will come from Catholic, Methodist, Orthodox Christian, Unity, Hindu, Muslim, Unitarian Universalist and Wiccan backgrounds, organizers said.
The program is part of the Women's History Month observance.
To learn more, visit www.edinboro.edu/news/calendar.dotid=f1444c3b-8302-4264-8cf9-b8f0c53aef66.
We want to hear about your faith news
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Call Dana Massing at 870-1729 or e-mail her at email@example.com.
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For mission trips, she'll send you a form to fill out so you can tell people where you went and what you did. Completed forms must be returned within one month of the end of your trip.
Send other news to Dana Massing, Erie Times-News, 205 W. 12th St., Erie, PA 16534; e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com; or fax to 870-1808.
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Presbyterian history exhibits online
Ever wondered what Presbyterians thought about the U.S. Civil War or what they've said about End Times?
The Presbyterian Historical Society has information and exhibits on those and other topics that can be read, downloaded or printed from a website.
Visit www.history.pcusa.org to learn more.
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Hamilton, OH 45011
The Butler County Child Care Coalition is pleased to present "Celebrate… The Gift Of You" This year's speaker will be Scott Osterfeld. Scott is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities. He is also the president of Osterfeld Consulting, a principle based educational and consulting company that provides education and training in the human service field.
Scott's topic, "Celebration of Gifts", highlights how in the busyness of life, we often forget to celebrate what is good in the world. This fun and humorous presentation will be a time of celebration as we are reminded of the gift of people, the gift of relationships, and the gift of giving. One person can truly make a difference, and that person is you."
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Registration Deadline is Thursday May 2, 2013
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Now that the fiscal-cliff debate is over, Washington is moving to the next crisis: the debt ceiling. With the U.S. Treasury already taking extraordinary measures to keep its borrowings under the current limit of roughly $16.4 trillion, politicians on both sides of the aisle are drawing battle lines for what could prove to be another contentious debate. Investors are rarely happy about political uncertainty, and after the S&P 500 hit a five-year closing high on Friday, the markets are giving back ground today, with the Dow Jones Industrials (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) down about 40 points as of 10:45 a.m. EST.
Within the Dow, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) was unchanged after announcing a settlement with Fannie Mae to resolve outstanding allegations of mortgage improprieties. B of A will pay more than $10 billion to end the dispute, including a $3.55 billion outright payment and the repurchase of tens of thousands of home loans from Fannie Mae for another $6.8 billion. As costly as the deal is, getting potential legal liability off the books is a big step for the long-beleaguered bank in its recovery.
Outside the Dow, though, the news wasn't as good. MAKO Surgical (UNKNOWN: MAKO.DL ) plunged more than 6.3% after announcing operating results for 2012. The company said it sold 45 RIO systems during 2012, down from 48 in 2011. Yet procedure volumes rose at a healthy pace of almost 30% year over year, and the company made progress in getting customers to add on its MAKOplasty total hip arthroplasty application to their RIO systems. Nevertheless, investors wanted the company to beat expectations, rather than just meet them, and shares fell to a new 52-week low on the news.
Finally, First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR ) fell 5.3%, giving back some of the gains the solar giant enjoyed last week on news that Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy had made a deal with SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR ) . Despite the increased commercial demand that should eventually come from lower prices, First Solar and its peers will need to figure out the right balance between cost and efficiency in order to keep customers happy and make solar a continuing part of the push toward renewable energy.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Last week Sadie, my 4-year-old, started with a snotty nose and a cough that got progressively worse over the weekend. She never ran fever but her cough wasn't improving and since I was going out of town to work later in the week, I figured I might as well go ahead and take her to the doctor before she got any worse.
She slept in the car on the way to the doctor's office and wanted to be carried inside. At 38 pounds, that's not as easy as it used to be but she was sick so I obliged her. I hauled her into the waiting room and as soon as she woke up she begin getting excited. She could see the candy bowl through the glass and knew that she was only a few hops, skips and jumps from getting to dig through that bowl.
We were called back for her to be measured and weighed and she grinned from ear to ear the whole time. She didn't feel good but she had my undivided attention and was relishing not having to share me. We moved to the exam room where she crawled up and down off the table forty-'leven times before I told her I said, "Get up or get down, but stop it before you fall and get hurt."
She climbed off the table and started opening and closing drawers, the stepstool on the bottom before finally finding the stirrups.
"Don't touch that!" I scolded.
"What is it, Momma?" She whispered.
"You don't want to know, just leave it alone."
"I do want to know. What is it, Momma?" Sadie repeated.
"You don't want to know."
Sadie lunged into my face and got loud, "I do want to know. What is it?"
"You put your feet in them so the doctor can look at your privacy."
Sadie's jaw dropped up and her eyes got huge, just as the door opened and the nurse practioner walked in the room. Sadie quickly leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Momma, do not tell them what you just told me."
I cackled and nodded. After a quick exam and a not so quick cleaning out of Sadie's ears, (which for some reason thrilled her to no end) it was determined that she had a sinus and ear infection and a cough that was teetering towards bronchitis. We left with antibiotics and steroids.
Want to know what's worse than having a sick child? (No, I was not going to say a sick husband.) A sick child on steroids.
I don't like for my kids to be sick, but at least when they don't feel good they're quiet, still and snuggly. A sick kid on steroids totally forgets that they don't feel well and has the energy to act like a total lunatic. Sadie spent the last week going from lying on the couch cuddling, to putting on a stuffed bra underneath one of my shirts and prancing around the house saying, "Hi! I'm Robin. I got big ole boobies. I can cook cake and eggs. I can cook everything and drive a car." Five minutes later I'd find her passed out on the couch.
Sunday night as I tucked her in the bed she started her weekly pitch to stay home from school on Monday.
"But Momma, I'm soooo sick," she coughed to emphasize her point.
"You've taken all your medicine baby, you aren't too sick for school," I countered.
"But Momma, my booty hurts," she said, looking at me sideways. She was fishing for anything to get out of school.
"Really? Well maybe we need to go to the doctor tomorrow," I finished brushing her teeth and carried her to her bed.
Without missing a beat she said, "Huh. That's funny. My booty doesn't hurt anymore. I guess I can go to school tomorrow."
I know her little mind must have flashed back to those stirrups and playing with her friends, taking a nap and playing with her friends some more seemed like a better option — yeah, that's funny, alright.
Robin O'Bryant is an author, humorist and s- speaker. Her latest book is "Ketchup is a Vegetable and Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves." Connect with her on Facebook and Twitter and visit her blog: www.robinschicks.com.
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Good Saturday Morning all you beautiful Suicide People Today is The Belmont Stakes-Last race of Horseracing's Triple Crown
What do you think?Is California Chrome going to win the Belmont and be the first triple Crown Champion in 24 years since Affirmed? The morning line is 3/5. Would you make a bet on those low odds and a payout of $18.00 on a $30 wager? The last 2 wins in the Kentucky Derby and The Preakness were quite impressive, especially since...
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I think California Chrome is gonna win and am actively rooting for him to win. I wouldn't bet him to win at 3/5 as there is no value there. Value would be there if one could figure out the trifecta or exacta, but how can one figure out what three year olds will do at their first and probably only 1 1/2 mile run? Samraat and Commissioner are interesting as NY bred/based colts, but who can really know with no prior knowledge...
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Wilmot Park receives state grant funds
The City of Woodinville Parks and Recreation Department reports that the Wilmot Gateway Park received a total of $287,000 in state grant funds during the 1997 legislative session ending in April. The funds, obtained through competition with other agencies, park districts, and state projects, will become available in July.
The park was rated the third best project in the state for providing public access to water by the Department of Natural Resources and the eleventh best local park project by the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation.
The City is awaiting approval of state permits necessary to work in the sensitive shoreline area on the Sammamish River and a Cooperative agreement with King County prior to starting construction. Though site work was originally slated to start this summer, Director of Parks and Recreation Lane Youngblood says the City will proceed when all the documentation is complete.
Located across from the Sorenson ballfields on 131st Avenue NE near the intersection of NE 175th Street, the park was designed by the Bellevue firm of Jongejan, Gerrard, and McNeal and a large group of citizens including members of local garden clubs, developers, and other community volunteers. Plans call for covered picnic tables, parking, restrooms, play equipment, and a large grassy area for outdoor concerts. The site will be shaped to allow visitors to view the Sammamish River and will include plantings along the river to enhance habitat for native species of birds, mammals, and fish.
In addition to the state grant funds and City real estate excise tax revenues dedicated toward funding the project, a private donation campaign lead by local civic groups is supporting the construction of the park with bricks and tiles engraved with the names of individuals and businesses. Deputy Mayor Don Brocha, chairman of the Wilmot Steering Committee, reports that already over $205,000 has been pledged toward the goal of raising $650,000 of the $1.5 million construction costs. "Every brick and tile brings us closer," says Brocha, who reports that the park is scheduled to be the beneficiary of both the Woodinville Roundtable Wine Festival scheduled for August 9 at
Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
and the Woodinville Rotary Club annual auction on August 10 at
Columbia Winery
Anyone wishing to order a customized engraved tile or brick or wanting more information on the park may contact the City Parks and Recreation Department by calling 489-2700, ext. 246.


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A CHARITY funday will be held at Bromsgrove's Hop Pole from 2pm next Saturday (July 18) to raise funds for Bipolar UK.
A variety of activities will take place throughout the afternoon, including a Northern Soul set by DJ Ian McManus, a barbecue, a bouncy castle, sponsored by Broad Street DIY, face-painting, games and a raffle.
Among the prizes will be a three-night weekend break for six people in the South Gower in Wales, a £75 fuel voucher for Murco petrol station in Wychbold, a family photo-shoot and print with Beau Photography and vouchers for massages, nail design sessions and more.
Other organisations which have donated prizes include Avoncroft Museum, Nandos, Partridges the Butchers' and Mad Hatters Cafe.
There will also be an auction for a half-hour flight in a light aircraft.
The event, organised by Charlotte Thorn in memory of her late boyfriend Luke Barrett who took his own life after a long-term battle with the condition, appealed for help with the event in The Standard a fortnight ago.
She thanked Hop Pole landlord Peter Hedges for hosting the event and said: "The response has been amazing from local businesses and individuals – from giving prizes and donations to people giving up their time to help on the day.
"We want to raise as much money as we can and, most importantly, awareness of Bipolar and the struggles faced by those who suffer with it."
Raffle tickets are available from the Hop Pole and the Bromsgrove Standard office, 44 High Street.
Call 07979 141382 for more information on the event.


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Blast from the past?
So here's Burda 135-08-2010 finished. It comes from the 'Take one, make four' feature in August's Burda. The four patterns are all short skirts, supposedly in the style of the four main characters from Sex and the City. This one is supposed to represent Carrie. Burda made their version up in bright pink duchesse stain and styled it with a stripy T-shirt and a sequinned waistcoat. I have to admit, mine reminds me of school uniform rather more than Sex and the City. But kind of in a good way.
The pleats at the front are a separate panel that's overlaid onto the front skirt panel. Underneath it's a very plain straight skirt, so no need to worry about high winds. There's a zip in the left side seam so no centre back seam. Hmm, I probably should have pressed that hem a bit more. The instructions say not to press the hem or the pleats but I think they look better with a sharp edge.
The pattern is amazingly quick to make up. There's no hemming because all the skirt panels are cut out on folded fabric with the fold where the hem would be. The extra fabric is folded inside to become the lining. There's also no need to finish any seams because they are all completely enclosed. There's a little bit of hand-sewing needed to finish the zip and that's it. I made it in an afternoon.
There are a few things that Burda's instructions missed out. The pleated panel is really heavy and the weight distorted the front yoke seam. I found that sewing stay tape along the seam sorted that out. I didn't use interfacing because the instructions didn't mention it but another time I would definitely interface the yoke. And I couldn't follow Burda's instructions for finishing the zip at all, so I did the method I always do for finishing zips which is pretty much the one in this great tutorial.
I'm pleased with the end result, and it was really nice to be able to make a garment up so fast. That's it for instant gratification for a while though, because my next project is a dress made out of some very beautiful red wool I got in Scotland. There will definitely have to be a muslin and some careful fitting before I cut into that!
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I love this skirt on you. The colour, the shape, beautiful!
I'm interested in clothes making, found you via a certain engineering school server. I have only sewn a few stuffed animals, so my tailoring knowledge is zilch, or approximately zilch, anyway.
This skirt with pleats looks better than the skirts you recently made. If you look at the photo or the previous skirt, I see a large wrinkle traversing the front. The pleated skirt doesn't have this. I assume it's because the pleat line adapts to your body better than the flat front due to some topological issue.
I have a similar but inverted dilemma – my waist isn't terribly fat, but my hips are well-padded. For this reason, I cannot wear pleated-pants. However, flat front pants work very well (mostly). My wife opposes my use of close fitting pants because of the visibility of certain peculiarities of male anatomy, but all the same, I don't like looking like MC Hammer in chinos.
Are you aware of any resource(s) that discuss fitting pants for various anatomical quirks (hips, stomach, thighs, bottom)? I suppose the easy fix is to drop 30 pounds.
On a related topic, I have little luck with suit backs as well. It seems like only the most random alignment of the stars will let me find jackets that fit well, yet don't have shoulder/collar issues. I find one every two or three years, but I have never found a tailor who can fix a suit I like.
So my question is basically: Can you do a blog entry about fitting patterns to body shapes without resorting to stereo-lithography?
So I started following the blog chains, and inch by inch I found something like what I was describing about collars – but just a little… I don't know who this guy is, but is there something like this entry for the front of pants/skirts?
Note: I don't quite understand it yet (doing remodeling!) but it's in the vein…
Cute skirt!! It looks great on you!
Wow! The skirt looks awesome. Thanks so much for this write-up. I don't follow your blog but came across it because I'm about to make this skirt for a course I'm taking, and I was searching for reviews on patternreview.com.
I've been getting the Burda magazines for a couple of years but I actually don't sew that much. I have no training and I only make the really easy stuff.
So, I need to buy fabric for this skirt, and I really don't know anything about choosing fabric. I know it needs to hold a crease – but my instructor said if I was going to choose wool I should choose something with at least a bit of synthetic in it. Do you know why that is? And also, I saw some really neat printed corduroy (100% cotton) which I would love to use. Do you think corduroy would work for this pattern?
Thanks for any pointers you may have on the fabric choices!


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Goats at Work at Historic CemeteryUPDATED 3:38 PM CDT Aug 09, 2013
The historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington is where hundreds of elected leaders and other notable figures are resting in peace. Well, the cemetery NOW has some unusual visitors: a herd of goats. Sally Kidd explains from Washington.
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Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Cinna-SpinsAngie McGowan
Since it's the new year, and girl scout cookies will be tempting us on every corner, I wanted to make a homemade version of one of the few low-fat versions of girl scout cookies they offer. Now, as I understand it, this cookie, released a few years ago, is not available in all areas. It comes in a 100 calorie pack and is a perfect alternative to those of us who are still trying to keep up with our New Year's resolutions. So for those of us who can't find this delicious cookie, I made a copy-cat recipe based on the 2008 award -winning Betty Crocker Cinna-Spin Recipe. I changed this recipe from Betty Crocker's by not using Betty's sugar cookie mix and replacing it with a lower fat homemade sugar cookie recipe. I also left off the sugar icing drizzle that would have added even more calories. This is a delicious and easy cookie, loaded with cinnamon, which is also known to have health benefits. For an even cuter and tastier cookie, go ahead and add the icing. It's too easy to make, just combine a cup of powdered sugar and about 1 -3 teaspoons of milk. Just very slowly add the milk to the sugar until you get the right consistency, then drizzle over baked cookies when they are still warm.
Cinna-Spins Recipe
6 tbsp butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon (for rolling dough in)
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Add butter and sugar to a mixing bowl. Mix well. Add egg and mix again. Add vanilla and mix. Sift together flour, salt and baking soda. Mix until just combined.
2. Take 1 tablespoon of dough and roll into a log shape 5 inches long. Create a line, 5 inches long with the cinnamon, kind of mounded. Let the dough touch the cinnamon just on one side. Then roll the cookie up like a cinnamon bun with the cinnamon side on the inside.
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HEALTH Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's relentless war on private health and lifestyle freedom conceals the catastrophic state of government healthcare for which he is directly responsible. Instead of attacking what works, he should fix or privatise the shambles over which he presides.
Verbal sleight of hand diverts attention from reality, which is the healthcare tragedy to which most South Africans, especially the poor, are subjected.
The nation is dazzled by denunciations of pharmaceutical companies, patents, medical aid, private hospitals and lifestyle freedom (tobacco, liquor, salt, sugar, baby food, junk food, etc).
My wife and I encountered the shameful state of government healthcare when we visited the Johannesburg General Hospital in response to a distress call from our retired housekeeper, who had been admitted to a previously excellent hospital. She begged us to bring bedding, toiletries and bedclothes. Uninterested nurses resented being asking why they ignored a patient crying for relief from pain. We felt so soiled by filth that we drove home in silence, where we headed for the bathroom to wash. Bed bugs and cockroaches had better health prospects than patients and staff.
The assault on private healthcare knows no bounds. The greatest benefactors of humanity, creators of medicines, have been subjected to vicious denunciation by Motsoaledi. He accused them of "conspiring against the state, the people of South Africa and the populations of developing countries — and of planning what amounts to mass murder".
"I am not using strong words, I am using appropriate words. This is genocide … a conspiracy of satanic magnitude."
He called on us to fight "to the last drop of their blood" against people who spend billions developing medicines without which we would be dead, dying or in excruciating pain.
I attended a South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry function at which Motsoaledi dazzled businesspeople by telling them that 9% of the gross domestic product is spent on healthcare, more than half of which is spent on "the rich".
Clearly, he said, justice demands equal spending on "the poor". Business people, who should be perspicacious, fell for the rhetoric and gave him a rousing ovation.
When I asked some of the brightest over tea if they realised that what he was saying was, in effect, that they not be allowed to spend their own money on themselves, they were shocked and embarrassed.
By his logic, private security services and the "restaurant spend" should be redistributed to the poor. People who care for themselves are denounced and threatened instead of being thanked for reducing the burden of failed government healthcare.
The much-vaunted National Health Insurance is a misnomer. What is proposed is nationalisation, not insurance. Real insurance would give everyone access to efficient private providers. People who can afford it would insure themselves, and the government would pay for the indigent. That government finances healthcare does not mean that it should produce it.
Instead of investigating government healthcare, private costs are being investigated. Few people know that the government perpetuates the apartheid travesty of prohibiting private healthcare for which bureaucrats do not grant a "certificate of need". All the government needs to do to ensure competitive pricing is allow competition. Private training and certification of nurses is suppressed, despite the shortage and inferiority of government colleges.
The war of words entails monumental misrepresentation. It is asserted, for instance, that 16% of health spending is private and 84% government. These numbers represent historical ratios of people belonging to medical aid schemes and ignore growth in black membership, out-of-pocket spending, and the fact that all spending is privately funded through taxes. Tobacco, liquor, sugar, junk food and salt are said to have no benefits, when they obviously have manifold benefits, satisfaction being top of the list.
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A driveway and part of Memorial Drive in Gilsum were washed out just after midnight Wednesday, causing damage to a nearby home and car.
The Gilsum Fire Chief said water carried a vacant car into the Ashuelot River. Crews weren't able to tow it out until later Wednesday morning. The chief said the car was totaled.
The foundation and front yard of the home also have significant damage.
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How Does Selena Gomez's Family Feel About Justin Bieber Reunion?
The Jelena reunion appears to be moving right along, with Justin Bieber dedicating a song to his "baby" Selena Gomez and posting (and then deleting) 'Dirty Dancing'-style videos from their visit to a studio in Texas over the weekend. The videos showed the young, on-off couple generating heat and looking happy. But how does Sel's family feel about their reunion?


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What the dog really saw
"Reason tells me, that if numerous gradations from a simple and imperfect eye to one complex and perfect can be shown to exist, each grade being useful to its possessor, as is certainly the case;…then the difficulty of believing that a perfect and complex eye could be formed by natural selection, though insuperable by our imagination, should not be considered as subversive of the theory." from On The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
If ever you need to be reminded that we each have our own way of looking at the world, take a dog for a walk at night.
At night it is clear that dogs experience life in a way that is beyond the reach of our faculties. It's not merely their astonishing sense of smell. Nor their remarkable hearing. It is their sight.
At night the human eye is challenged. We evolved as a diurnal species, active during daytime hours and largely inactive at night. As diurnal hunter-gatherers, our survival was contingent on seeing details in the light of day – both those near at hand – like the objects and foodstuffs we manipulated – and those at a distance – like the prey we pursued and the landscapes we navigated. Our eyes are well suited for these purposes in daylight. We see objects within a "useful" distance with great clarity – objects held at arms reach have extremely well-defined edges, and those at a running distance away can be discriminated from each other.
What's more, we have the capacity to discern a variety of colours from each other. Humans, and many other primates, are unique amongst placental mammals in that we have trichromatic vision. Trichromatic vision is characterised by the ability to see colours based on three types of colour-detecting cells. These colour detecting cells, cones, are found in the retina at the back of the eye. The three types of cone cells are distinguished by the wavelengths of light they detect. Our retinas have a region that is enriched in these three types of cone cells to detect colour, the fovea. Human retinas also have another type of cells, known as rods, which function to perceive light. They enable us to determine shade, to make our objects our or periphery, and to make judgements about dimension and distance. The human eye has around 120 million rod cells, and only 6 to 7 million cone cells, but these cone cells are concentrated within the fovea so as to comprise almost 100% of the cells there – the centre for colour detection.
Working together collectively, the three cone cell types together with the rods, literally provide colour and shape to our world. In daylight, they allow us to see red fruit in a background of green leaves, and to determine how far they are away from us, the depth they occupy relative to each other. Many of our fellow mammals would not have as nuanced picture of the world as we do.
Our eyes are fantastic devices for our daytime existence.
At night, they don't fare so well.
Our small pupils let in very little light, so that at night we loose our capacity to see not only colour, but also to work out the details of objects – both near and far. For us, night literally becomes the land of nightmares. At night, our vision doesn't allow us to see what predator might be lurking, what uneven ground may topple us, or what objects are safe or dangerous. Night is a dangerous time as seen with human eyes.
Not so for dogs.
Dogs are thought to have their origins as crepuscular species. That is, they are at their most active at dusk and dawn – ideal for an opportunistic omnivore residing in higher latitudes – where dusk and dawn make up a significant proportion of the day. Of course, dusk and dawn are also times when both nocturnal and diurnal prey are vulnerable. It was against this backdrop that dog senses evolved.
An acute sense of smell is like a dog's long-distance vision – it picks up cues from far away, providing an odour-shaped picture of the landscape. Navigation over nearer distances requires vision honed for dusk and dawn.
In order to navigate the low-light environment at dusk and dawn, the eye must capture as much light as possible. The canine eye is exquisitely suited for that purpose. The canine eye has a very large pupil – the region of the eye that functions as a window to let the light in. In fact, in some dogs, it looks like the entire eye is pupil – with the coloured iris surrounding it a mere ring at the outer edge of the eye.
Light is transmitted to the retina by the eyes' lenses. The lens system has two components – the cornea and the crystalline lens. The cornea is that transparent part of the eye that bulges at the front. The crystalline lens sits behind the cornea, where it serves to focus the light on the retina. Dogs have large corneas, which allows much light to be gathered and transmitted through the crystalline lens of the pupil.
The light focused by the crystalline lens makes an image on the retina. As with humans, the canine retina functions to perceive light and colour. But, relative to human eyes, dog eyes have a higher proportion of rod cells, and only two of the three types of cones cells. As such, dogs are able to perceive light more readily than humans.
Crucially, light that enters the canine eye is not merely captured by the retina. We humans can see that some of the light must be reflected, in what we call "eyeshine" – the glow of a dog's eyes when light is cast on them at night. What is happening here?
Eyeshine is due to a special layer of cells found in the canine eye. Behind the upper half of the retina sits a special layer of cells that work like a mirror. Collectively these cells form what is known as the tapetum lucidum, a name derived from Latin for "bright tapestry".
And what a bright tapestry it is.
Woven of specialised cells, the tapetum lucidum functions to reflect light back through the retina. What's more, the tapetum lucidum is constructed in such a way that the light reflected back through the retina has had its wavelength shifted so that it is more readily detected by rod cells. Functioning in this manner, the tapetum lucidum works to amplify the light that is perceived by the retina. The dog sees more of the light, so to speak.
Beyond their light capturing capability, dog eyes are situated in their head so that they capture a large field of view. The human field of view is approximately 180o. The human field of view is effectively the half circle defined from one outstretched arm to the other outstretched arm. Because of the position of their eyes, offset from the front of their face, slightly to each side of their face, the dog field of view extends further than a humans – to almost 240o. It is the equivalent of you being able to see over your shoulder all the time.
So, on an evening walk, dogs are able to see a much more comprehensive world, full of light and motion. Our nightmare is their wonderland.
But the dog's night-time vision comes at a cost – and also perhaps a strange benefit.
The preponderance of rod cells in the canine human means that there are fewer cones. The equivalent to the human fovea in canine eyes is depleted in cone cells – only 10% of the cells in this region are cone cells, in comparison to the near 100% concentration in humans. What's more, the canine retina has only two of the three types of cones cells. Taken together, this means that dogs are impaired in their fine discrimination of some colours – notably shades of green from shades of red. Dogs see more light in the world, but it is not as richly coloured.
The capacity to capture more light also means that dogs have a lower ability to focus that light to create a clear image at multiple distances. Humans are able to focus on objects nearby and at a distance. We are able to accommodate distances in our focusing – consequently, this flexibility in focusing ability is known as accommodation. Dog eyes are unable to do this to as great an extent. Their large pupils make focusing on nearby objects difficult. Where we could focus on an object held 10 cm from our noses, dogs would need to have that same object held many tens of centimetres away to focus on it.
What's more, the tapetum lucidum is relatively non-selective when it reflects light back into the eye. The light reflected by the dogs' tapetum lucidum is not all captured by the retina, but rather is reflected in many different directions within the eye. As a consequence, with light for the image coming from multiple angles, the image that is formed is blurry.
So, the net consequence of being able to see objects under low light is that dogs are compromised in their ability to see the fine details in the way that we are. In some ways, dogs are able to see both more and less. Their night-time world is richer than ours, but it lacks the details we would be able to see in daylight. This said, it may be that dogs' night-time vision provides them with the capacity to see things in the daytime that we can only imagine.
Recent evidence suggests that dog eyes may detect ultraviolet light.
Humans perceive and respond to light in the so-called "visible" wavelengths. These are the wavelengths with which we are all familiar – comprising the colours of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet – and, of course, all the shades in between. Red light has the longest wavelength of visible light, while violet has the shortest. There are wavelengths of light that are shorter than violet, in the 280-400nm range, the ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths. We are unable to see these wavelengths. What's more, these short wavelengths are damaging to human eyes. Prolonged exposure of a human retina to UV light will destroy the cells, bringing on blindness. Consequently, our eyes have evolved to block out as much UV as possible.
Humans, and our primate relatives, allow less than 5% of UV light that strikes the eye to be transmitted the retina. The rest is absorbed by other parts of our eye, notably our lenses, so as to protect the retina. We share this in common with many other diurnal species that have high visual acuity, including other primates, and also cattle, horses, and grey squirrels. These species share in common a high density of cone calls – and with them, the capacity to see objects in detail.
Dogs, on the other hand, are not as effective at filtering out this ultraviolet light. More than 60% of UV light can be transmitted through the canine eye to the retina. Dogs share this in common with many crepuscular and nocturnal creatures, like cats, mice, flying squirrels, and hedgehogs. All of these species have a high concentration of rod cells, and the capacity to see under dim light.
What does this mean? Aren't these species eyes damaged by the UV light?
A simple hypothesis to explain the high UV light transmission in the eyes of crepuscular and nocturnal creatures is that they don't need to worry about the high levels of UV from midday day light. Consequently, the retinas of these animals needn't be protected from UV light. This is a reasonable hypothesis for nocturnal animals, but is less convincing for crepuscular animals. Crepuscular animals are frequently opportunistic, and will pursue prey and travel during daylight hours. Why risk the damaging effects of UV light? Why not evolve the capacity to protect the retina that diurnal species possess? Could there be a value to allowing the UV light to reach the retina?
There are many examples of animals that actually make use of cues derived from the reflection and absorption of UV light. Insects and some birds are well known to derive cues from UV light transmission. Flowers have evolved to make specific UV light absorbing compounds in specific patterns so as to attract pollinators. In fact, in some plant species, the pattern in which the UV-absorbing compounds is laid down in flower petals induces strong pollinator preferences, and behaviours that encourage cross-pollination.
Might it be that crepuscular animals allow UV light to pass through to the retina are similarly using UV light as useful cue? Clearly, dogs are not pollinators that derive a benefit from identifying UV-light related patterns in flower petals. However, there may be other cues that dogs could derive from UV-light mediated signals. For example, UV absorbing or fluorescing compounds in the urine of prey could be useful for tracking. Alternatively, for an omnivore unable to clearly discriminate between red and green, there may be advantages in identifying edible plant matter, like fruit or young shoots, from other foliage on the basis of UV signals. An animal that is not trichromatic might actually derive considerable benefit from seeing UV wavelengths.
Of course, as Ed Yong recently pointed out, the big problem with the UV vision hypothesis is that transmission of UV light to the retina doesn't mean that the light is perceived to induce a behaviour. So, the hypothesis must remain a hypothesis, until it is tested. Testing this particular hypothesis mightn't be difficult. Dogs have already demonstrated incredible ability for visual discrimination. It might be possible to use the same methods to determine if differential responses were invoked in a discriminatory problem involving a UV light absorption or fluorescence. Until that time, we are left merely hypothesising that the dog's view of the world includes UV light.
What we do know is that the way in which dogs see the world is very different from ours. Despite our shared history together we have remarkably different ways of seeing the world. This applies not only to the differences in perception between dogs and humans, but more generally to our fellow creatures on this planet.
We have constructed a world, and a worldview, that is founded on human vision – the way we see and interpret the world. Frequently, we are baffled when those we share the planet with are confused or don't respond "appropriately" to our vision. But we need to remember that our vision is our vision. It may not be the way others see the world. Despite our shared existence on this planet, and despite sometimes striking similarities between us, we each have a different way of envisioning the world. We have our own lenses, our own field of view, our own way of integrating that information that makes sense in our lives. The walk in the dark that is a nightmare world for some is a world of incredible discovery and reflection for others. It is the same world, just seen with different eyes.
Images: All photographs by Malcolm M. Campbell. Special thanks to Renabe, Zooey, Brindle & Kelso for modelling their eyes.
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Koski MH & Ashman TL (2014) Dissecting pollinator responses to a ubiquitous ultraviolet floral pattern in the wild. Functional Ecology (early online)
Lind O, Mitkus M, Olsson P, & Kelber A (2014) Ultraviolet vision in birds: the importance of transparent eye media. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281: 20132209


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Video 2 – Relative Humidity and Moisture Content
By Dr. Eugene Wengert – Copyrighted material.
Used with permission by Wagner Meters
The moisture content of a piece of wood and equilibrium with its environment is determined by the relative humidity of the air surrounding the piece of wood. This is true whether the wood is lumber and the manufacturing process is an unfinished component in transit or storage or is finished with the coatings, such as varnish and placed in use.
Temperature does not affect the moisture content appreciatively, and therefore does not make wood shrink or swell appreciatively either. This lack of temperature sensitivity is one advantage of wood when compared to other building materials such as aluminums or plastics.
Before proceeding further, let's look at the critical relationship between relative humidity and moisture content. For a given average relative humidity in the air, there is an average moisture content that wood would equilibrate to.
For example, if the relative humidity in the air is 30%, wood stored at this condition will eventually achieve 6% moisture content. Hours, days, weeks, or even months may be required for this final equilibrium value to be reached.
The time depends on many factors, including size of the piece of wood, thicker will take longer; the grain orientation, and grain will be shorter; the ambient air temperature, hotter will be shorter; and the coating applied if any, coated wood will take longer.
The moisture in the air is referred to as the Equilibrium Moisture Content or EMC.
For our example of 30% relative humidity, the air is 6% EMC.
There are 4-key values of relative humidity and corresponding EMC that a wood manufacturer or user should be very familiar with, and in fact, would be wise to commit to memory.
The first two, 6% to 9% EMC, correspond to 30% relative humidity to 50% relative humidity, respectively. They are very important, as they are the typical interior values for heated and air-conditioned offices and homes in most of North America. These values apply to lumber, green or kiln-dried, as well as rough parts, manufactured components, cabinets, furniture and millwork.
In cold weather climates, interior conditions may be even drier than 6% EMC. In manufacturing facilities with dust-exhaust systems, and where air is heated for comfort, the in-plant conditions are also often drier than 6% EMC, unless the air is humidified. On the other hand, in humid summer months, especially without air-conditioning, conditions in homes, offices, and manufacturing facilities may sometimes exceed 9% EMC.
For exterior exposures protected from the rain in most of the U.S., including warehouses, unheated sheds, and even unheated homes that are under construction, the air averages 12% EMC equivalent to 65% relative humidity.
For coastal areas, Miami, New Orleans, Seattle, and island climates, Jamaica and Japan, the EMC is higher. Interior locations can be up to 12% EMC, exterior locations up to 16% EMC.
Uncoated wood will change its moisture content faster than well wooded that is coated. But, note that the coating only slows the change in moisture content. Often, wood products with a coating, will change moisture content quite slowly, meaning, that brief extremes of very dry or very humid conditions will not be as pronounced as within uncoated product.
And one other basic concept, kiln-drying does not provide a wood product that will not change moisture. All wood changes its moisture content when the humidity changes. Kiln-drying is just a rapid and quality technique to bring the moisture content of lumber down to a desired value. If kiln-dried lumber is properly dried, but the parts and components made from this lumber are not properly handled and are allowed to regain moisture. Then, subsequent shrinking in a dry manufacturing- plant environment, or in a customer's dry home or office can be expected.
We will discuss measurement of EMC and moisture content in a moment. But, before we do that, let's consider some of the reasons for our critical concern about moisture content.


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Facing the future with a college degree is like being in a lifeboat on a roiling sea.
Facing the future with a high school degree is like being in the water.
If you're a member of the millennial generation - ages 18 to 34 - who never got beyond 12th grade, expect hard times, say people who study the transition from youth to adulthood.
"There's nothing for these kids," said Maria Kefalas, a St. Joseph's University sociologist. "Absolutely nothing."
Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, put it this way: "It's remarkable how much trouble they're in."


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Case Study: Ownership leads to Motivation
June 29, 2013 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Motivation,People Issues
Case Study: Ownership leads to Motivation
By Allen D'Souza
This is a follow up article to the previous one titled "Managing Uncertainties in People". Here, I will narrate an actual experience as a project manager.
Case Background
In 2010, I was entrusted to execute a new software delivery project that would deliver a time entry system over a period of 6 months. The team involved 2 key individuals, Roger and Nigel (names changed), both of whom were technically qualified and had prior experience working in similar projects.
Roger had worked in the organization for over 5 years by then. He was not a great communicator, but knew the time entry product very well. He gelled well with most members of the team and was fun-loving. Nigel on the other hand was a new member of the team but was a quick learner. He had great communication skills and could express ideas well.
During the planning phase, I explained the project in detail and the high-level timelines. I also mentioned that the timelines are tight and that we'll have to work as a team to meet the deadline. Both Roger and Nigel agreed to put in their best foot forward to make the project a success.
After the kick-off, the project progressed well and the client got to know the team members closely. Roger had a difficulty communicating his thoughts across and Nigel had to step in to clarify the design on several occasions. Because we were on a tight schedule, I decided to have just Nigel sit in during the weekly status meetings over the phone and have Roger continue coding.
Trouble Begins
Work went on a few weeks without any hiccups when I noticed delays in the project execution schedule. Several key components were not completed by their respective scheduled dates. In the team meetings, we discussed the delays and agreed we need to put in a little extra effort to make up for the lost time. Despite Roger having the most experience, almost all the late tasks were his. This intrigued me and I asked him why he fell behind and if there were any design challenges. He said he was good with the design but the work just took that much longer. We discussed revised dates and mentioned that Nigel and I would communicate these to the client during the next call. He agreed.
Surprisingly, after a week, while Nigel was ahead of schedule, Roger fell even behind and couldn't meet any of the revised milestones for that week. I knew that the next call with the client wouldn't be easy and sure enough, the client expressed concerns we were slipping considerably. I assured them we would work towards bridging the gap by reassigning work.
After the call, I stopped to think what was going wrong. Roger almost always finished his tasks on time and this project was nothing new as compared to the previous ones he completed well ahead of schedule. On the other hand, Nigel with lesser experience was sailing smoothly. I asked Nigel if he knew a way to speed things up and he offered to pitch in to take over one of Roger's tasks. While I was immediately tempted to take him up on the offer, I decided to give it more thought. After all, one task would just solve part of the problem and unless I get Roger back to his best form, there is no way we can deliver the project on time.
So I looked back at past projects and realized that Roger always was the star of the projects – the key person in the team to whom any success or failure could be directly attributed to. This was the first time he had to work with Nigel who was equally competent and stood at par. While Nigel's presence was a great value addition to the project, I knew it somehow caused Roger to slack behind. I realized Roger no longer felt he owned the project and that de-motivated him. My decision to exclude him from the client meetings only made matters worse and he lost any sense of real commitment to the client.
Corrective Measures
I knew I had to make amends fast. I called for a team meeting and mentioned that we need to speed things up and take ownership. While requesting updates, Nigel always started first and somehow always ended up providing status for the overall project. This time, I asked Nigel to focus his status update on just his tasks. I then turned to Roger to provide an update for himself, just as Nigel did. Roger now had to personally deal with the discomfort of a delay in the project. I also mentioned that starting this week, both Roger and Nigel would attend the client call and provide status updates for their respective tasks. I also highlighted the role each one had and how equally important they were to ensuring the success of this project. I also alluded to Roger's experience and how that has helped us not just on his tasks but in the overall design of the solution. During the client call, the client asked me what would be the new dates on the delayed tasks. Although I usually answered timeline questions myself, I decided to defer the question to Roger himself. Roger, although surprised, knew the dates he had informed me earlier and conveyed the same to the customer. The client went on to stress the importance of the timeline and Roger replied that he would work over the weekend to make up for time lost.
Roger now had a personal commitment he made and while I believe he always wanted to meet deadlines, his low motivation level never gave him that push to work hard. He now felt personally liable to live up to his own word. It took just over a week for Roger to get his tasks on track, which meant he not only completed his tasks at the rate he promised but also worked extra to make up for lost time. I commended him on his efforts and knew I had learned a few lessons as a project manager.
Lessons Learned
Knowing what motivates an individual is the key to utilizing human resources effectively. Some people are motivated by power and they perform best in positions of authority or importance. Others are motivated by the sense of achievement and always work best when they know and feel the impact their work has. There are others who are motivated by recognition and always work hard aiming for the "Employee of the Month" and usually get it too. But a Sense of ownership is a must for each of these types of individuals.
In hindsight, the decision to leave out Roger out of the team meetings to get more time coding was a bad one. Roger ended up being later than ever and his absence dented his motivation levels.
Project Managers must be proactive in drawing the active participation of all attendees in meetings. Detachment in meetings is often the first sign of lack of ownership, and managers must often direct conversations towards such individuals to draw them in.
All in all, it was a great project and we achieved the key success criteria. But the experience handling the team was more enriching than the success itself.
Allen D'Souza is a PMP Certified Project Manager and Solution Architect with wide and varied exposure to Oracle HCM within Oracle Corporation and outside in the Consulting domain. Interests include designing solutions and products that are functionally rich yet scalable, performant and extensible using client-server architecture; Implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite (HCM) for both 11i and R12 releases.
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Hi Allen,
One the best posts I have published on this website.
Reading your post, I can relate to that because I have been on both sides of the fence (actually there are 3 sides). I have been Roger (the old star), Nigel (the new star) and the Project Manager.
As a Roger, I used to always make the calls on large projects, and I used to always fear a Nigel coming on board. And when that happened, I left the company I have worked in for a couple of years in just over a month.
As a Nigel, I used to enjoy seeing Roger becoming more and more depressed every time he loses a fight. I used to enjoy seeing his role diminishing, and him becoming an "old story". Ironically, I never wanted Roger to leave, because I knew, deep down inside, that when that happens, I will become Roger, and it'll be only a matter of time before another Nigel jumps in.
As the project manager, I made the same mistake that you made, by alienating Roger (the very same person that has made all my previous projects a success), and praising Nigel (someone I know nothing about). I saw many Rogers leaving and many Nigels becoming Rogers because of my strategy.
So what is the solution? Well, it's easy. Never ever alienate your true-and-tested resource, and never ever allow anyone to shine more than your Roger. Additionally, nobody should be allowed to badmouth or to criticize the work of anyone else. That should be stated somewhere in the company ethics.
Unfortunately, the solution is too much idealistic, our ego always dictates our actions, and it is our ego that destroys those surrounding us, and ultimately ourselves.
An excellent read Allen, and thanks for sharing.
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The power quality world is filled with high tech solutions. Sophisticated power conditioners, microprocessor based power analyzers, scope-meters, and smart UPS systems that can shut down a network safely are just a sample of the high tech power quality tools available. But sometimes, the simple solutions get lost amidst the state-of-the-art solutions. A simple idea can provide great benefits! And one of the simplest concepts is the way that most equipment is connected to the electrical supply: a plug and receptacle.
The North American Standard
The standard North American receptacle is the NEMA 5-15R, rated for 125 VAC and 15 Amps. A Duplex receptacle accepts two plugs. Just about any consumer, commercial, or light industrial device can be connected to this type of receptacle.
It is tempting to think that this type of receptacle is the only type available, since over 90% of the receptacles that we encounter look just like this. Yet there are dozens of different types of receptacles available. Paging through any electrical wiring device catalog (such as Hubbell, Leviton, or Square D) will uncover a multitude of receptacle types and sizes. Why do we need so many receptacles?
The NEMA Receptacle Types
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has developed a standard receptacle numbering system to make some sense from the many receptacles available, and to standardize devices from manufacturer to manufacturer. A typical NEMA number is L6-30P. In this case:
• The "L" means this is a locking (or twist-lock) device, as opposed to as a non-locking, flat-blade type
• The "6" is the NEMA type – in this case a 250 VAC rated, two conductor plus ground device. Receptacles are available for single phase, three phase, and many voltage levels.
• The "30" is the ampere rating
• The "P" means that this device is a Plug. (An "R" indicates a Receptacle)
Most electrical device catalogs have tables which list and illustrate the NEMA standard devices. There are standard NEMA receptacles available for voltages up to 600 VAC and currents up to 50 Amps. You may not need these too often, but if you do, they are available
What about Power Quality ?
Simply having these receptacles available does not enhance power quality. However, the savvy design engineer can make good use of both standard and special receptacles to improve power quality. Understanding these techniques and the application of special devices can improve power quality with a minimum of expense and trouble.
Receptacle Tip #1: Isolated Ground Receptacles
One of the most difficult power quality problems to overcome is the "ground loop". Such a loop can cause electrical noise and transients, and is often difficult to eliminate in an existing installation. Design engineers can specify "Isolated Ground" receptacles to help break up ground loops. In most receptacles, the ground pin is connected directly to the receptacle mounting screws. Therefore, the ground pin is connected to ground via both the ground conductor and the receptacle box / building steel. An isolated ground receptacle permits these two paths to be separated.
Receptacle Tip #2: High reliability mechanical connections
Ever wonder why health care facilities use Hospital Grade receptacles and plugs? These devices have a number of safety and performance enhancements that improve the safety of the connection. One of the most important factors is the mechanical connection of the plug to the receptacle. Hospital Grade devices are designed to make a better connection, and to maintain that connection over the life of the devices. Health Care codes require receptacles and plugs to be periodically tested to ensure a low resistance connection and mechanical holding strength.
Worn out receptacles can result in a number of power quality problems:
• Sporadic outages and accidental removal of the plug
• Arcing of the power and ground connections
• Voltage drop through high resistance connection
In the commercial and industrial environments, using hospital grade devices will result in a more reliable connection. Even if these more expensive devices are not used, you can make sure that plugs and receptacles are in good condition. Replacing a worn or questionable plug and receptacle is an inexpensive way to improve power quality!
Receptacle Tip #3: Use an Uncommon Plug / Receptacle Combination
A power quality engineer designed the electrical system for your high power workstation. You are connected to the facility UPS system. In addition, you have installed an isolation transformer, isolated ground receptacle, and a high energy filter to give you the best power quality in the building. You leave your workstation running a long simulation at the end of the day, confident that you will have some results the next morning.
At 7:00 p.m., the cleaning crew comes in, and plugs their floor buffer into the second receptacle of your workstations duplex outlet. The voltage sag and noise that result from this device lock up your workstation, and your simulation grinds to a halt. In the morning, the cleaning crew is gone, and there is no clue as to why your workstation crashed.
Cleaning crews are a well-known source of this type of problem, but the photocopy machines, space heaters, pencil sharpeners, and fluorescent desk lamps found in a typical office can also cause similar problems.
Proper use of receptacles and plugs could have prevented this! Instead of using a Duplex receptacle, use a device with a single receptacle. That way, there is little chance of another load being plugged in. Better still, select a non-conventional receptacle such as a twist-lock device. It's unlikely that the twist-lock receptacle will be accidentally disconnected, and the cleaning crew (or your coworkers) will look elsewhere for a place to plug in their noise producing devices.
Receptacle Tip #4: Oversize the Branch Circuit
For the knowledgeable power quality engineer, mains impedance is a big issue. Excessive mains impedance can lead to voltage drops, sags, waveform distortion, and impulses. Lowering mains impedance (through larger conductors, shorter runs, and lower impedance power conditioning devices) can improve power quality. However, electricians are often hesitant to increase conductor sizes for cost reasons.
Specifying a larger capacity receptacle (such as a NEMA 5-20R in place of a NEMA 5-15R) is one way to improve impedance without getting into a fight over wire sizes. Using a higher ampacity receptacle forces the engineers and electricians to increase the wire size, in this case from a #14 AWG to a #12 AWG. The result: Lower impedance and improved power quality!
Mind your P's (Plugs) and R's (Receptacles)
When you are designing an electrical system, or diagnosing a power problem, look first to the simple things. Make sure that the proper receptacles are used, and that they are used wisely.
|Proper voltage rating
|Noise producing loads connected to the same receptacles
|Proper current rating
|Plugs and cords susceptible to accidental removal
|Grounded receptacles
|Isolated grounds as required
|Good mechanical connections
Proper attention to your Plugs and Receptacles can yield big benefits in improved Power Quality. So mind your P's and R's!
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Brandon S. "B-Dubbs" Hollen, 19, Cresson, died Saturday in Allegheny Township.
He was born in Cresson, son of Scott and Lisa (Slebodnick) Hollen.
Surviving are his parents of Cresson; a sister, Amber Jean Hollen and her children, Ryland and Larissa, and a brother, Scott Joseph Hollen II (Mckayla) and his children, Ayden and Teagyn, all of Cresson; Brandon's fiancee, Stephanie Delaney; his daughter, Elizabeth, his "beautiful baby girl"; godparents, Stephanie Wirfel and James Currie; and many other aunts, uncles and cousins. He will be missed by his nephew, Ryland, who played games with him; his special aunt, Jody "Tubbers"; and cousins: Cody, Shane and Randy.
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He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Stephen and Regina Slebodnick; grandfather, Lloyd Hollen; aunts: Starr Hott and Cheryl Hollen; and good friend, Dan "Pop Tart" LeComte.
He was employed by Strongland Roofing, Vandergrift.
Brandon enjoyed playing pool, four-wheelers and dirt bikes, hunting and his many friends.
He was a wonderful son, brother and father and had a smile and hug for everyone. He will always be known as his mother's "little punkey."
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at Charles M. Kennedy Funeral Home, Cresson. A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, at St. Francis Xavier Church, officiated by the Rev. Leo F. Arnone.
Committal will be at the church cemetery.


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Picture yourself sitting in class on a regular school day. As you're sitting there picking at your fingernails, checking your phone, or actually taking notes, it probably never occurs to you that at any moment the entire campus could be shut down due to a threat from the outside world.
We all think it would never happen on our campus. I mean first of all, take a look at our Life Safety Security Guards. Those guys are everywhere! I literally cannot walk from Lottie to Gorecki without seeing one of their vehicles drive by.
Whether students find that annoying or not is beside the point. The point is they are present and visible to the student body 24/7.
Whether or not students realize the effectiveness of their presence or appreciate it is differenet. It all boils down to this: the presence of security on campus, whether we find it annoying or not, whether we realize it or not, makes the student body feel safer while living on campus.
I understand not everyone feels like this.
I know many of us find the security policies on campus to be strict and they impose pointless rules. I mean I still don't know where I can and cannot park on either of these two campuses without getting throttled with a stupid parking ticket. However, I bet if you were to ask the students at Jamestown University in the middle of North Dakota, they would have something quite different to say. They would beg to differ that the presence of security would have prevented the incident on Thursday, Nov. 7, when the university was issued a lockdown due to a missing student who was believed to be a threat to the student body.
Now imagine you are back in class chewing on your nails when all of a sudden you are told you are not to leave the building, or even the room, until further notice because there is a potential gunman on campus. I am willing to bet more than half of us would be at least a little thankful we have security guards crawling around who are hopefully getting the situation resolved.
In an interview with Josh Knutson, a sophomore at Jamestown, we talked about safety issues on campuses nation-wide and how it affects learning. When asked if the degree of safety on campus affects student learning Josh said, "To an extent. The more comfortable you are living at your university, the more time you can devote to your studies. If students are worried about their safety then they can't devote their time to what they are really here for."
Knutson also gave some insight to what safety opportunities his campus provides and what changes will be implemented after the incident on Thursday. He said, "We only have two security guards on campus. However, the security phone numbers are posted everywhere. The guards are not really visible until the evening when they are on duty. Security cameras are going to be installed around campus. There aren't any now. There has been mention of getting full-time security guards. We are also switching from keys to ID scanners to get into the dorms." Not only did this incident make Knutson and other students aware of the potential danger that can threaten a school at any time, it has negatively affected the outlook students have about their school.
Knutson said, "It definitely has given some doubt to our safety. We never think anything like that will happen but then it does happen. It's just a wake up call that everything isn't always as safe as we think it is. It doesn't necessarily worry me, it was just kind of like, 'Oh crap, that actually happened.'"
Students at CSB felt the same.In an interview with Katie Jost, a CSB sophomore, she expressed her concern and agreed that the presence of life safety provides an essence of safety around the campus.
She said, "Yes. [Becasue of the security] I can go anywhere on campus anytime I want and feel safe." Katie also expressed her thoughts on how the aspect of a safe campus has led her to devote her time to her schoolwork. She said, "I don't even think, 'Am I safe or not?' because I feel safe no matter what. It's really not even an issue that I think about."
Even though we all complain about Life Safety and how strict and pointless some of their rules are (Um, hello. I got a ticket for parking across from Gorecki to eat for 5 minutes), all in all they make a difference. Without them, our school could experience the same thing the University of Jamestown did.
How would we go back to our normal everyday lives after our entire campus has been shut down due to a threat to the student body? Wouldn't everyone be on edge for a little while after that?
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The California defensive line was a major question mark going into the season and there are even more concerns now. The injury depleted unit has struggled to get any pressure on the quarterback, but there has been one bright spot.
Mammoth senior nose tackle Deandre Coleman has accumulated 7.5 tackles for loss with a couple sacks and has generally been solid. Lining up next to Coleman is Viliami Moala.
Moala is a legit 315-pound tackle who has been fairly good against the run, but brings very little as a pass rusher.
The Bears have gotten next to no pass rush from their defensive ends. Dan Camporeale brings experience to the unit, but he hasn't made many impact plays. The other end, Puka Lopa, is only 240 pounds and for much of the season hasn't looked like a Pac-12 player.
There is talent at the linebacker position. Middle linebacker Hardy Nickerson is an instinctive player who has totaled 51 tackles, but his lack of quickness makes him vulnerable in the passing game.
Kairi Fortt has arguably been the most consistent Cal defender. A well-built 240-pound linebacker, Fortt leads the team in tackles and has shown some play-making potential.
The other linebacker, Jalen Jefferson, has a similar build to Fortt and, like Fortt, he has been fairly steady this season. Watch for him to come on a few blitzes Saturday.
The secondary has two talented players in strong safety Cameron Walker and free safety Michael Lowe. Walker has flashed all-conference talent as a do-everything safety, while Lowe has shown to be a solid tackler.
The cornerback position is a mess. Junior Kameron Jackson has been around the ball and recorded a number of pass break ups, but he has still been burned quite often this season.
The other cornerback spot has been manned by multiple players, with little to no success. Look for Joel Willis to get the start, but he figures to be on a short leash.
In short, California has a few players who could start on most teams in the conference, but the lack of play-making talent, particularly off the edge, has been a major problem this season.
Players to Watch:
#14, FS Cameron Walker: Walker has been one of the better freshmen in the country. Initially recruited as a cornerback, Walker has been a natural at strong safety, showing a knack for making plays on the ball while continuing to improve as a tackler.
#91, NT Deandre Coleman: Since taking on a bigger role, Coleman has shown he is more than a big body. He has been able to consistently apply pressure and has been one of the few bright spots on a struggling defense.
#7, LB Jalen Jefferson: Overshadowed by Fortt, Jefferson is a big linebacker and one of the few players on the Cal roster capable of getting after the passer.
Keys to the Game:
Don't come in over confident: Although California is one of the least talented teams in the conference, the Wildcats aren't good enough to take any team for granted, especially a Cal squad that has a few athletes.
Be smart with the ball: Denker has been much better of late and a lot of that has to do with ball security. As long as he takes care of the ball and doesn't force throws, Arizona should win handily.
Run the ball: A physical runner like Carey should feast on a team that has had a difficult time tackling anybody. This could also be another game where Daniel Jenkins gets some time.


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