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Air Conditioning A/C System Operating Controls & Overcurrent Protection
1. Thermostats: The air conditioning system is operated by thermostat in the living area.
2. Air conditioning system zone dampers: Some air conditioning system designs may use a single air handler and compressor, but may add zone dampers in the duct work to provide individual "zoning" of cool air distribution. In this case each zone thermostat both calls for the system blower/compressor to operate and also causes a motorized zone damper to open to direct cool air to a particular portion of the building.
3. Manual duct dampers may also be present in duct work to manually balance air distribution among building areas. Be sure to look for these when diagnosing poor cool air delivery to an area.)
4. Electrical switches for air conditioning systems will often be found as follows:
o Electrical panel circuit breakers or fuses will be provided separately to control the air handler (blower system) circuit and the compressor/condenser circuit. Of these the compressor is usually supplied by a 240V circuit and the air handler by a 120V circuit.
o Compressor safety shut off switch outside at the compressor/condenser. The switch may be a circuit breaker, fuse, or a simple "pull-out" disconnect located close to the compressor.
o Air handler service switch inside on or close to the air handler unit itself
o Air handler blower compartment safety switch: a safety interlock that will turn off electricity to the air handler or blower unit if the blower compartment door is not securely shut. If your air conditioner blower will not start this switch and the blower compartment doors should be checked.
SAFETY CONTROLS - Air Conditioning Automatic Safety Controls - Cooling System Fuse or Circuit Breaker Size Requirements
Electric Power Controls - Safety Disconnects for Air Conditioners
Safety disconnects should installed outside next to the compressor/condenser unit and are often also installed next to or mounted on the air handler/blower unit.
If you cannot find an outside electrical disconnect one should be installed. These controls are recommended for safety to reduce the temptation to open the cabinet and work on the equipment with power on. Working on electrically "live" cooling equipment risks both shock and mechanical injury such as being cut by the fan if the motor starts unexpectedly. Safety shutoffs are required for new equipment.
How to Specify the Breaker or Fuse Size for Air Conditioning Circuits
Amperage rating of safety disconnects and A/C circuit breakers: the safety switch on newer equipment may be a simple pull-out fuse-block type power disconnect, leaving circuit protection to be provided only at the circuit breaker or fuse for the A/C circuit where it originates in the electrical panel. Where the actual overcurrent protection is provided (at older circuit breakers used as auxiliary safety disconnects at the equipment, and at the main panel at the origin of the cooling circuit for the compressor/condenser unit) electrical overload protection size (circuit breaker or fuse amperage rating) for modern A/C equipment is specified by the manufacturer.
The Maximum Fuse or HACR type Breaker: specifies the maximum overcurrent protection or MOP to be used to protect the equipment. The permitted ampacity of the equipment electrical circuit protection (fuse or circuit breaker amps) expressed as MOP or Maximum Overcurrent Protection. If MOP is specified, the breaker or fuse protecting the equipment should match this number.
As we explained at the beginning of this document, a hermetic compressor draws varying amounts of current (measured in amps) as its internal pressure changes during operation. We said that current draw is higher when starting the motor than when the system is in steady state operation. Current draw is highest if the motor is starting against its highest back pressure such as if the air conditioning system has been turned off and then back on in the middle of operation. Because fusing an air conditioning compressor at the minimum level can result in blown fuses or tripped breakers during these intervals of heavy current draw during compressor startup, compressors are either protected by a slow-blow fuse or a somewhat larger than minimum circuit breaker.]
Rules of thumb for over sizing air conditioning system breakers or fuses: On some older equipment MOP is not specified. Only when MOP has not been specified can the overcurrent protection required be determined by alternative means such as [RLA OR BCSC whichever is greater x 175%], or if the compressor keeps tripping that device or blowing that fuse, RLA x 225% might be used. The National Electrical Code (NEC) specifies the degree to which a breaker or fuse may exceed the RLA. [For example, if the MOP or fuse size is specified by the manufacturer to be 40 amps, then a 40 amp breaker must be installed with no increase or change in that rating.]
Multiple switches are often present on cooling systems. As we reminded in the previous chapter, if the air conditioning system won't run, before requesting a service call check all of the switches as well as the thermostat for proper settings.
Air Conditioner Fuse or Circuit Breaker Size Details
Generally, what is the ampacity we see in the field when inspecting an air conditioning compressor circuit?
When the air conditioning system is running, if you measured the amperage, it would be roughly 80% of the RLA. The breaker size is typically about 125% of the total of the compressor RLA and the condenser fan FLA (full load amperage).
The rationale is that the circuit breaker protecting the air conditioner compressor unit should trip in the event of a locked rotor [the revolving axle of a compressor motor, for example] or some significant electrical event, but should not trip during start up loads which, as we know can be significantly higher than the RLA momentarily [as the compressor motor draws higher amperage to get itself started].
Why can we put an "oversized" fuse or circuit breaker on an air conditioning compressor circuit?
An air conditioning electrical circuit is different than a general household circuit in that we have a known current load. [There is only one device connected to the air conditioning electrical circuit, and we can read its operating characteristics.] We are not worried about an overload situation where people plug several appliances into receptacles on a single circuit. Generally speaking, the amperage draw is fine or is way too big.
NEC States "Branch circuits for air conditioning and heat pump equipment. The ampacity of the conductors supplying a multi motor and combination load equipment shall not be less than the minimum circuit and capacity marked on the equipment. The branch-circuit overcurrent device rating shall be the size and type marked on the appliance and shall be listed for the specific purpose." In short, do what it says on the data plate.
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Funimation and Sentai Filmworks are based in Texas. While Aniplex USA is based in California.
Aniplex USA mainly works with Bang Zoom! Entertainment, also based in California, when it comes to English dubs. And for the 4 voice actresses I listed above mainly work for Bang Zoom! Entertainment.
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And speaking of which, what do you guys think of Sandy Fox voicing Silica. Here's a quick voice clip below of her voice acting as Marona from Phantom Brave (when I was trying to justify a dub for anohana):
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Kirito: Todd Haberkorn
Asuna: Cristina Vee
Suguha Kirigaya: Christine Marie Cabanos
Klein: Troy Baker
Agil: Travis Willingham
Silica: Sandy Fox PERFECT LOLI VOICE
Lizbeth: Laura Bailey
Recon: Johnny Yong Bosch
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Nobuyuki Sugou/Fairy King Oberon: Kyle Hebert (have him use two kinds of voice. Sugou more resembling to Aizen from Bleach and for Ezreal from League of Legends for Oberon).
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Aniplex, right?
If we're sticking to Aniplex usable actors, then...
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Lyfa/Suguha: Christina Vee
Yui: Bridget Hoffman
Klein: Tony Oliver
Agil: Michael McConnohie
Heathcliff: Crispin Freeman
Silica: Mela Lee
Lizbeth: Kari Wahlgren
Sachi: Carrie Savage
Kuradeel: Jamieson Price
Oberon: Liam O'Brien
Recon: Mona Marshall
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I know that these are all Funimation titles, and Funimation's in Texas. But recently, Carrie Savage resides in the Los Angeles area. Which is probably why she's able to do her role as Mika Harima from Durarara! Another anime title that's licensed by Aniplex USA.
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Todd Haberkorn works for Funimation. Vic is freelance, as I mentioned in my last post, so he'd be a thousand times easier to obtain and keep a schedule with. Not to mention, he has way more experience, and better range. In an action-based role, where you have to voice not just your dialogue but various grunts, screams, etc., I'd much rather trust Vic than Todd anyway.
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Also, it's not uncommon for many voice actors who work with Funimation that will later eventually move to Los Angeles. Not only Vic Mignogna, but also Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Kyle Hebert, and Troy Baker (particularly the last guy since he's now more of a video game voice actor and rarely get anime roles nowadays across from reprising the said video game role in the anime adaption).
And by the way, both Vic Mignogna and Todd Haberkorn have wide vocal ranges. It's just I think Todd's voice acting fits better as Kirito in addition to his usual protagonist typecast.
And what about the idea of Sandy Fox (known to voice Flonne in Disgaea and Marona in Phantom Brave) voicing the token loli Silica?
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Careers Slideshow: IT Skills Gap: Enterprises Aren't Getting the Tech Support They Need
By Don Reisinger | Posted 03-28-2012
Some companies have been having trouble finding the right IT people to handle the required tasks for each new position. In fact, it has become such an issue in the IT field that a majority of companies around the globe report not even being close to where they would like to be in terms of having the staff they need to handle important IT tasks. It seems that many employees can talk up their skills, but when it comes time to back them up, they fall short. That is clearly illustrated in a study from research firm CompTIA, which surveyed 502 U.S. IT and business managers between December 2011 and January 2012. The company also spoke with hundreds of managers in several other countries around the world to bolster its findings.
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Jesus Still Invoked at Longview Council Meetings
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Jesus was mentioned in the invocation for Thursday's city council meeting in Longview and the prayer drew a hearty "amen" from people who told the council they have a legal right to a Christian invocation.
Mayor Don Jensen told the audience that until the council takes formal action to remove the invocation from meeting agendas, the prayer stays.
Jensen told The Daily News the council expects to discuss the policy next week at a workshop.
Complaints prompted the mayor last month to ask the Kelso-Longview Ministerial Association to stop invoking Christ in invocations because it could expose the city to a lawsuit. Association members no longer provide invocations. A councilman invited Baptist Pastor Larry Pedigo to deliver Thursday's prayer.


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Steel-and-glass buildings have sprung up around downtown, the heart of the city. By day there's plenty of activity downtown, as suited lawyers and bankers share the sidewalks with Latino merchants wearing open-neck, intricately embroidered shirts called guayaberas. But it's still pretty quiet when all the merchants close up shop for the night. Downtown Miami is divided into four distinct areas, Uptown, Park West, the Central Business District and Brickell, and then themselves into many subdistricts. The northernmost area is Uptown, which is divided into the subdistricts of the Omni, Wynwood/Edgewater, and Midtown. To the south of Uptown, is Park West, the Central Business District and south of the Miami River, Brickell, divided into Upper Brickell and Lower Brickell. The CBD is separated from Brickell by the Miami River, NW 7th St marks the line between Park West and the CBD, the Dolphin Expressway separates Park West and Uptown, and Broadway splits Upper and Lower Brickell apart.
Public Transportation in the downtown area is used more than in any other part of Miami and is a vital part of downtown life. The Metromover train system runs 3 lines through downtown (the downtown loop, the Omni loop, and the Brickell loop), and the Metrorail, Miami-Dade County's heavy rail system, makes 3 stops in the downtown area at the Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station, Government Center Station, and the Brickell Station.
The Metrorail has stops throughout Miami as well as Miami-Dade County with connections to Miami International Airport, all Miami-Dade County bus lines, Tri-Rail and Amtrak. The main bus station in downtown is located in Uptown, in the Omni.


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Due to an error on the part of the EC&M editorial team, last month's cover story about the Top 40 electrical design firms misstated the 2005 total design services revenue for Stanley Consultants, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa. The firm's design services revenue for 2005 totaled $152.7 million, not $59.9 million, as noted in the table on page 27 of the April issue. This correction moves the firm up seven places to the No. 17 spot on the list. More important, it removes Stanley from the worst year-over-year performers table. The firm actually realized a year-over-year growth rate of 22.9%, placing it among the Top 10 growth leaders in our listing. The staff of EC&M is eager to make this clear and regrets any confusion the error caused with our readers or the firm's clients.
"Stanley Consultants has just recorded another record-breaking year in sales so it did come as quite a shock to see us incorrectly included in the worst performers list. I just want our clients and associates to know that we are doing well, particularly in electrical design services. We appreciate EC&M's willingness to alert readers to the error. It reinforces the magazine's reputation as a conscientious, top-notch publication."
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A graveside service will be held in Crookston in May.
Aaron Mark Applequist died on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Mn of natural causes, at age 55. He was born Sept. 4, 1957 to Rudolph A. Applequist and Marjorie [Rustad] Applequist in Crookston, and was baptized and confirmed in the Hafslo Lutheran Church, rural Crookston. His mother was stricken ill in 1959 and he went to live with an aunt and uncle, Mayme and George Gilbertson, at Duluth, Mn. He later came back to rural Crookston to live with his siblings and uncles, Melvin and John. He graduated from Fertile School in 1975. He lived in the Minneapolis area after graduating, with many of those years spent working for a landscape contractor. In the late 1980s he became disabled, yet still worked part time at various jobs. Despite his illness he was a kind, very friendly, thoughtful, and gentle GIANT, with a deep faith in God.
Left to mourn Aaron is a special friend, Francie Riehm of Minneapolis; siblings: Rudy Applequist, Judy Magsam [Jerry Sandberg], and Howard and Pam Applequist, all of Crookston, Richard and Connie Applequist of Sioux Falls, SD, Jacalyn and Bob Clark of Keshena, Wi, and Janine Applequist (Tim Badley) of San Jose, Costa Rica; nieces and nephews: Rhonda and Larry Amundson and Crystal, Geffery and Lillie Magsam, Alyshea and Garrett, Gwen and Dale Feist, Lee and Tiara Applequist and Oliver, Cami Applequist, Cori Applequist, Laura Clark and Alaster and Robert Clark; and an aunt, Orella Rustad Of Crookston. Also many special cousins including those who were more like siblings, Janice and Mike Sullivan and family, and Jim Gilbertson. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marjorie in 1961 and Rudolph in 1962, a brother-in-law, George Magsam; uncles, Melvin and John Applequist, and Orville Rustad; aunts and uncles: Mayme and George Gilbertson, Arnie and Dorothy Rustad, Cleo and Bill Charchenko, Julia Temanson, and Margaret Pett. May God richly bless the memory of Aaron Applequist.
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Fresh on the heels of our very successful OpenWorld in San Francisco last week I wanted to highlight this favorable blog post from Joshua Greenbaum at ZDNet.com.
In it Joshua highlights a few topics that are also of particular interest for Projects customers. First of all there was a good presentation of the Fusion apps that impressed the author. To quote him: "Oracle has made good on its promise to deliver Fusion Apps, and has greatly exceeded my expectations in doing so. A very impressive debut."
Second, he recognized that our strategy for Apps Unlimited is delivering on our promise to continue to enhance the products already being used by our customers. E-Business Suite (of which Projects is one application) has been enhanced in many ways and we showed and discussed the roadmap for Projects 12.1 at the conference. Customers can find out more information on Metalink for all of the details on that release.
Joshua also discusses the enhancements to the Oracle Business Intelligence applications. We presented a paper at OOW this year about the OBIEE solution coming for Project Analytics. It was very well received and like our customers we are very excited for it's release. It will open up a a whole new level of analytics to our customers and give them even greater insight into their projects.
Finally the author touches on the AIA (Application Integration Architecture) strategy of Oracle. Rolled out last year AIA is Oracle's toolset to glue all of the acquired products together. As Joshua writes:
"This product, which orchestrates all the different processes across the vast, and disparate, Oracle Applications stack, is the place where the vision of Oracle becomes reality: There is no way for Oracle to pull off rationalizing its massive acquisition strategy without AIA making all the interprocess communications between, say, Glog, Siebel, Oracle Financials and PeopleSoft HR (and SAP, while we're at it) seamless, easy, and fast. Absent a highly performant AIA middleware layer, Oracle's dream of cross application process functionality becomes a user nightmare."
For Projects, we are no less interested in leveraging AIA than any other part of the company. We're excited to be able to tie our applications in with some of the best of breed products that we've acquired such as Agile and Hyperion. We'd very much like to hear from our customers as to which apps you would find most useful to integrate with and provide input on our AIA roadmap.


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David Letterman has been on a tear booking musical guests recently (Maybe Fallon's propensity for attracting young hot acts has his feet to the fire a little bit?) and last night continued that trend. Chicago's own The Orwells ripped through a furious version of the title track from their new EP "Who Needs You" and ended up having to collapse in Dave's chair. The host demanded an encore, seeming to be SUPER into it. Then a string breaks, Paul Shaffer gets involved ... and just watch the clip, a lot happens in a short period of time.
The Orwells begin a national tour later this month before returning home to play Lincoln Hall on April 1.
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PRISTINA, Kosovo – Former rebel leader Hashim Thaci claimed a third term as prime minister of Kosovo on Sunday after official preliminary results gave him the lead in a snap parliamentary election that also saw minority Serbs casting votes for the 120-seat assembly despite their rejection of Kosovo's claim to statehood.
Official preliminary results gave Thaci's Democratic Party of Kosovo a lead of three percentage points over the opposition Democratic League of Kosovo with over 70 percent of the ballots counted. The hardline ethnic Albanian Self-determination movement was in third place, it's best showing ever in a general election.
The vote was seen as important for European Union efforts toward stabilizing the Balkan flashpoint 15 years after its independence war from Serbia.
Sunday's election was called after parliament became deadlocked over key issues, including formation of Kosovo's armed forces.
Just over 43 percent of Kosovo's 1.7 million voters cast ballots, state election authorities said after polls closed.
"Tomorrow morning we continue with our work," Thaci told supporters gathered in the capital Pristina. "Tomorrow we follow the will of the people that was expressed today."
Thaci's strong showing comes despite allegations of government corruption, botched privatization deals and high-profile cases against his top aides suspected by European Union prosecutors in Kosovo of committing war crimes.
Minority Serb participation in the vote was vital for EU-brokered talks to help Kosovo normalize its ties with Serbia.
Hundreds of Serbs cast ballots, but turnout in Serb-held areas was still lower than the overall turnout. No incidents were reported, unlike during the previous two elections.
"I want to believe in what the government of Serbia is doing," 39-year-old Lazar Peric said after casting his ballot in the northern town of Zvecan.
Belgrade has rejected Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia, but signed an agreement with Kosovo last year to help advance Serbia's EU membership bid. Kosovo's Serbs have 10 reserved seats in the assembly regardless of participation, but the vote was seen by many as a validation of Kosovo's secession from Serbia.
Among Kosovo's dominant ethnic Albanian population, issues such as the economy topped the agenda.
Lis Balaj, a 23-year-old economy student, said that "whoever comes to power, they should first fight corruption and unemployment."
About 100 prosecutors and judges have been mobilized to impose strict penalties in cases of vote-rigging.
Kosovo's independence war in 1998-99 left some 10,000 people dead. The war ended after NATO forces bombed Serbia to stop the onslaught.
Some 100 countries have recognized Kosovo's independence, including the United States and most EU nations, but not Russia and China.
Jovana Gec in Belgrade, Serbia, and Zvezdan Djukanovic, in Mitrovica, Kosovo, contributed to this report.


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My latest in Haaretz. A look at the importance of language and metaphors in the recent anti-immigrant rhetoric in Israel. Sometimes (if I may paraphrase Nietzsche), one needs to opine with a hammer.
On the day that the first, and highly publicized "repatriation" of South Sudanese migrants begins, we need to look again at the rhetoric employed by Israeli politicians and broadcasters towards those seeking refuge and a better life in Israel.
The incitements that lead to the anti-immigrant riot of March 23 by Israeli politicians Miri Regev, Danny Danon, and Michael Ben-Ari have rightly shocked people of good conscience. Many have asked how, after all, can politicians representing the state of Israel call people living in its midst a "cancer in our body" and a "national plague"? However, a poll taken shortly after the incident (by the Israel Democracy Institute) has shown that 53 percent of Israelis identify with those statements and 33 percent of Jews (along with 23 percent of Arabs) supported the acts of violence against African immigrants.
More recently, media personality and Army Radio talk-show host Avri Gilad said the migrants who enter Israel are a threat by virtue of being Muslims; which according to him is "the most terrible disease raging around the world." He further explained that even though many of them are moderate, they carry a "virus" that can "explode" at any moment.
To understand the seriousness of Regev, Danon and Gilad's statements we only have to mine history for the way in which Jews and others have been on the wrong end of similar pronouncements. Almost every genocide in recorded history has been preceded by the instrumental use of language to dehumanize and demonize a particular population – not least the Holocaust, but also Rwanda and Cambodia at the time of the Khmer Rouge. In other words, language – particularly the use of metaphors – matters. Continue reading


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Tom Petty Rocks Tiny California Club to Benefit Public Radio
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers busted out both the big guns and some deep cuts for the lucky 500 fans who managed to score a ticket to an intimate club gig they performed Saturday in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.
According to Rolling Stone, the show was a benefit concert for KCSN-FM, a tiny college radio station on the outer edges of suburban Los Angeles that's looking to boost its signal strength.
"Nothing scares corporate radio more than public radio," Tom Petty told the crowd from the stage, touching on the theme of the night. "We think people can understand a lot of different kinds of music." He also pointed out that his success is in part because "people took a chance on [his] band" back in the day and that if the band was staring out how, it would face a different reception. "Tell you what — we would not win 'American Idol,'" he said.
The 20-song set list included hits 'Mary Jane's Last Dance' and 'Running Down a Dream,' rarities 'Lover's Touch' and 'Have Love, Will Travel' (which they hadn't performed in a decade) an acoustic 'Angel Dream' and covers of Booker T. and the MGs' 'Green Onions' and blues legend Muddy Waters' 'Champagne and Reefer.' "We were coming to this gig and said, 'Let's play a bunch of s— we don't know,'" Petty said. "It's turned out pretty good."
You'd think pulling out those oldies would've required plenty of extra rehearsals, and you'd be flat out wrong. "We weren't all in the same country yesterday, but we practiced backstage," Petty said. And despite the intimate setting, he insisted that he treated the show same as he would if they had been rocking Madison Square Garden. "It doesn't matter if it's 500 or 500,000," he joked, "it scares me to death."


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Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC) is proud to recognize Allura LaRoque and Craig Brown, Jr. for being named to the 2013 All-North Dakota Academic Team.
Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC) is proud to recognize Allura LaRoque and Craig Brown, Jr. for being named to the 2013 All-North Dakota Academic Team. They were honored at a dinner and awards ceremony held Thursday, March 7, 6 p.m., at Bismarck State College, National Energy Center of Excllence. Twelve North Dakota community college students were named to the 2013 All-North Dakota Academic Team, which recognizes the academic achievements of community college students. LaRoque and Brown were given a certificate of congratulations from Governor Dalrymple, a certificate, a medallion and a monetary award. In addition, each person is eligible for scholarships from Valley City State University, University of North Dakota, North Dakota State University, Mayville State University, Minot State University, University of Mary and Jamestown College.
Each two-year college in North Dakota may nominate two students per campus to the All-USA Academic Team. Students from North Dakota nominated to the national team comprise the All-North Dakota Academic Team Academic Team. Nominations are based on outstanding academic performance and service to the college and community.
"These students are outstanding examples of academic achievement and community involvement," said Hamid A. Shirvani, chancellor of the North Dakota University System. "Being named to the All-North Dakota Academic Team is a significant accomplishment, one that both the students and their colleges can be proud of. Clearly, students who attend North Dakota's community colleges are well prepared to meet the evolving demands of the workforce or continue on for additional education."
In North Dakota, the community college awards are co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society and CTEC, the North Dakota University System College Technical Education Council. The academic team recognition program is active in 37 states. Students named to the state team also are nominated for the All-USA Academic Team.
Cankdeska Cikana Community College
The College is named in honor of Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop), the Dakota name of Paul Yankton, Sr., PFC, who served with the United States Army's 11th Infantry at Lorraine, France, and was the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was killed in action on November 29, 1944. Cankdeska Cikana was a proud Dakota warrior who believed in self-responsibility and the need for education opportunities for Native people.
CCCC is chartered by the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation, with a five-member Board of Regents appointed by the Spirit Lake Tribal Council. The Board of Regents is empowered via the Charter, to grant degrees to qualified applicants upon the completion of the Board approved curriculum in compliance with HLC, NCA. The Board of Regents formulates and implements administrative policies and procedures for the operation of the institution.
CCCC is accredited through The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) and is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and the North Dakota Association of Tribal Colleges (NDATC).


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Now, more than ever, women are reaping the benefits of regular exercise. For many women, physical fitness and active recreation has become a way of life, but what happens when a woman becomes pregnant and wants to continue her routine of daily exercise?
- Can a Pregnant Woman Continue to Exercise?
- How Do You Determine What is a Safe And Healthy Level of Exercise for the Pregnant Woman?
- What Precautions Should the Pregnant Woman Take When Exercising?
- How Should A Pregnant Woman Start An Exercise Program?
- What Are The Effects On The Fetus?
- What Are the Benefits of Exercise in Pregnancy?
As when not pregnant, listen to your body. It will tell you when enough is enough. "No pain, no gain" is not the motto for exercise in pregnancy. There is no reason to limit the duration of exercise or target heart rate in pregnancy, but be aware that one's level of energy and reserves will slowly decline as pregnancy progresses, and there may be a need to alter training accordingly.
There are some complications of pregnancy that benefit from a sedentary (inactive) lifestyle, and a woman should consult her doctor to make sure exercise is safe for her. Some of those complications are:
Most of the same practices that apply when not pregnant are appropriate for the expectant mother. Because of the increased needs of the developing baby, she should be particularly careful to maintain an adequate diet.
It is normal for energy levels to decrease as pregnancy advances and therefore tolerance for exercise is lowered. Women should be encouraged to alter their routine based on how they feel. Naps are a good thing! This is not the time to push exercise to exhaustion.
To provide adequate blood flow to both baby and mother, avoid activities that require lying flat on your back. There is a large vein (the vena cava) that brings blood back to the heart that can be compressed by the enlarging uterus. This position (lying flat on your back) can:
As mentioned, women who are currently exercising and are without pregnancy complications can continue their routine program following the points listed above. Pregnancy is not a time to begin an intense exercise program.
Exercise has the potential to cause uterine contractions or precipitate (hasten) preterm labor in women at risk for this complication.
Most studies show that in the majority of healthy pregnant women without additional risk factors for preterm labor, exercise does not increase either baseline uterine contractions or the incidence of preterm labor or delivery.
During exercise there is a decrease in the blood flow to the uterus and placenta. The result of this decrease is lessened by the physiologic changes in pregnancy:
This highlights the importance of maintaining adequate hydration to preserve the increased blood volume in pregnancy. A decrease in birth weight has been demonstrated in some studies of women who exercise at high intensities during pregnancy.
For the recreational athlete, this is not a concern. There were no short- or long-term deleterious (harmful) effects in those infants who had a reduction in birth weight (10-12 ounces).
Studies have suggested that women who exercise during pregnancy may have:
Women who exercised reported feeling an enhanced self-image, a reduction in minor discomforts of pregnancy, and fulfillment of their need for exercise.
Exercise in an uncomplicated pregnancy is safe and holds many benefits for the expectant mother without any known risks. Spontaneous miscarriage occurs in about 15-25% of known pregnancies and is rarely, if ever, due to the maternal stress of exercise. Every woman, with the counsel of her obstetrician/gynecologist, can maintain fitness during pregnancy.
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- The web browser settings are preventing a pop-up window from appearing in which the changed settings are displayed so they can be printed. The FRITZ!Box does not save the new settings for security reasons.
Adjusting the web browser settings
Configure an exception for the FRITZ!Box in your web browser's pop-up blocker:
- Google Chrome
- Click the button (Customize and control Google Chrome) on the top right of Chrome.
- Click "Settings" and then "Extensions".
- Click "Options" for the pop-up blocker you are using.
- Enter fritz.box as an exception and close the "Extensions" window.
- Mozilla Firefox
- Click the (Open menu) button on the top right of Firefox.
- Click "Options".
- Click "Privacy & Security" in the menu on the top left of the screen.
- In the "Permissions" section, click the "Exceptions" button next to the option "Block pop-up windows".
- Enter fritz.box under "Address of website".
- Click "Allow" and then "Save changes".
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Click the button (Tools) on the top right of the Internet Explorer.
- Click "Pop-up Blocker" and then "Pop-up Blocker Settings".
- Enter fritz.box under "Address of website to allow".
- Click "Add" and then "Close".


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Water pipe break prompts homeless shelter evacuation in ManchesterBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 08. 2013 9:29PM
MANCHESTER — The city's largest homeless shelter had to be evacuated overnight Sunday, and portable toilets were set up in the parking lot Monday, after a water pipe ruptured overnight.
With limited access to potable water, New Horizons for New Hampshire served cold sandiches and chips on paper plates Monday night, as workers raced to fix the problem, said Executive Director Charlie Sherman. New Horizons serves about 220 meals a day.
Still, Sherman said people would have a place to stay Monday night, and indoor toilets were expected to be in operation some time Monday night. But during much of the morning, the nearly all New Horizons activities were shut down, except the food pantry.
"Because there's no water going into the building, we're basically out of business for the day," Sherman said late Monday morning.
He said the pipe — a main with a diameter of about 6 inches — ruptured about 11:45 p.m. Sunday. That meant sprinklers would not be able to operate, so nearly all of the 55 overnight residents were sent out to the streets.
Jeremy Thompson, who has been living at the shelter for about a year, said he was roused about 1 a.m.
He hung out at a city park for a few hours, then went to the homeless day shelter when it opened.
"I didn't get any sleep. I just walked around," he said. The nighttime low temperature was in the 70s, said New Horizons program director Kevin Kintner.
As a stop gap measure, Manchester firefighters made the sprinkler system operatonal by running water from a nearby hydrant to the building fireplug. Sherman said a second hose provided water for toilets and sinks, but the use of the hose made the water non-drinkable.
The rupture flooded the basement of the Manchester street shelter with about 3 inches of water, said New Horizons maintenance assistant Dennis Grogan. However, offices of case management workers and the Healthcare for the Homeless remained dry.
Sherman said cold sandwiches, chips, bottled water and milk were provided for dinner Monday night. They were served with paper plates and plastic utensils.
He attributed the rupture to the age of the pipe, which he predicted would cost the homeless shelter thousands of dollars to repair.
Sherman said people would be able to sleep at the shelter Monday night. He said New Horizons does not have a contingency plan for warm weather months, and during the winter his only contingency is with the nearby day shelter, which can house 20 people if New Horizons is full.
Sherman said unsettled weather such as rain and storms predicted for much of this week draw more people to the shelter.
"The whole idea is to get them in, not get them out," he said.
Todd Hairgrow, 47, was one of four disabled residents who were able to remain in the building Sunday night. He uses a walker and suffers from complications related to a stroke, he said.
Kintner said the disabled residents remained because a staff member could stay with them.
Hairgrow said he had a breakfast of peanut butter sandwiches and bottled iced tea, then had to leave.
"Right now, we're pretty much at the mercy of the Fire Department," said Hairgrow, as firefighters worked to provide a temporary water supply.
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If your clients pay slowly, here's how to collect client pay faster and with less effort.
There is a growing trend among companies to pay later and later. What was 30 days to pay is now becoming 45. Those previously at 45 are going to 60. Worse, small companies are typically targeted first. Here's what you can do to speed up clients who pay slow:
- Get paid at time of service. If your service is completed on the same day you show up, request payment immediately. You'll need to ensure the client is there to pay you or get credit card authorization before you start. This works well when dealing with individuals as clients, but is a little harder when working with a business.
- Invoice early and often. For longer projects, you will want to have progress payments. Make sure your project is broken down into small enough segments so you can bill about every 2 weeks. So even if your clients pay slow, you'll have started the pipeline earlier.
- Begin charging a down payment on start of project. You can typically charge up to 30% to start the project, especially if you have materials to buy for the client.
- Reduce the amount of credit you extend. If a client's receivables become too large, request payment before signing up for any new projects. Be respectful, this is probably one of your larger clients and you value the relationship.
- Keep better records of shipments and deliveries. Companies strapped for cash will claim they didn't receive shipments or give spurious complaints to delay the time to pay. Make sure you are keeping delivery receipts, service authorization records, and correspondence about the project.
- Start a credit and collections activity system. If you are not getting an Accounts Receivable report from your accounting system, start immediately. There's not a lot of time involved if you systematically follow up with clients after 45 days, 60 days, 75 days. Call them with a friendly reminder, ask about the payment. Specifically, ask them when you can expect payment.
- Have a credit policy. Specify your payment terms, how they can pay you, and what will happen if they don't pay on time. Write these down. You can include them in your statement of work, your original proposal or even summarize verbally. You don't want to appear heavy handed, just business like, so don't make a big issue out of it.
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Back in the 1920s, the U.S. government thought blimps might be the next big thing in warfare. So the government started producing helium. And they created the Federal Helium Reserve, a vast store of helium that sits underground in the Texas panhandle.
The great blimp war never came to pass, but the reserve persisted. Now, the government is in the process of selling off the most of that helium and winding down the reserve. Weirdly, selling off all that helium has actually led to a big rise in the price of the gas.
This is a bigger deal than it might seem. Besides playing an essential role at birthday parties, helium is used to make cell phones, computers, plasma TVs — anything with a chip.
There is a private helium industry. But private producers are wary of expanding their business at a moment when the government is selling off its stockpile. These days, the government is selling enough helium to keep some private companies on the sidelines, but not enough to drive prices down.
At some point, the price of helium will rise enough to make it worthwhile for private companies to start producing more. This, in turn, should make prices stabilize.
But for now, companies that use helium are stuck, whether they're big global manufacturers making computer chips, or party planners buying balloons.
There are certain things that people and companies buy, no matter how expensive they become - things such as gasoline or milk and, oddly enough, helium. But the price of helium has shot up.
And as Jess Jiang of our Planet Money team explains, it's a big problem for the economy.
JESS JIANG, BYLINE: To get to the bottom of why helium is so essential, I asked some balloon experts.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: I want to get a blue balloon. I want to get that balloon.
JIANG: This is four-year-old Wella Hampton Comb(ph) at a birthday in a place called ConstructionKids. The owner is Deb Windsor. Part of her business, hosting children's birthday parties.
DEBORAH WINDSOR: Starting my birthday season and I'm pretty sure I haven't budgeted enough for helium.
JIANG: Last year, a tank of helium cost Deb $100. This year, $150, which means she has to be very careful when she's tying the balloon.
WINDSOR: Ooh, there goes a dollar. Poof, a dollar.
JIANG: But it's not just balloons that are going up in price. Helium is critical for making lots of things - cell phones, computers, plasma TVs, anything with a chip. So what's going on here? Why is the price of helium skyrocketing? Experts say that there's not a shortage of helium. They say the part of the problem is a government helium program that most people have never heard of, the Federal Helium Reserve. The U.S. government stores vast amounts of helium deep underground in the Texas Panhandle.
SAM BURTON: It has lots of wildlife, some mesquite scrub brush and it's very remote.
JIANG: Sam Burton is the field manager for the Federal Helium Reserve. The U.S. government started producing helium in the 1920s, you know, for dirigibles in case of a global blimp war. Over the decades, the government has been stockpiling helium in these tiny holes underground just outside Amarillo.
BURTON: One of the objectives of the helium operations is to provide a stable helium market.
JIANG: The problem is, the government has decided we don't need a strategic reserve of helium anymore. There are many private companies that make the U.S. the largest helium producer in the world. So the government is selling off almost all the helium is has stored. Now, you might think the U.S. government flooding the market with helium would drive prices down.
But Janie Chermak, a natural resource economist from the University of New Mexico, she says it's having the exact opposite effect. If you're a private helium producer and you see all that government helium on the market...
JANIE CHERMAK: It provides incentives to not put in a new facility or to delay a new facility.
JIANG: In other words, these private companies say to themselves, why should we dig up our own helium when the government is such a big producer? These days, the government is releasing just enough helium to keep some private companies on the sidelines, but just not enough to drive prices down. But Chermak says, if the price continues to rise, private companies will start producing helium.
CHERMAK: If the price is higher, basically that says the value of the good is higher. And so, a typical reaction would be for increased supply to be put into the market.
JIANG: But for now, companies that have to use helium, they're stuck, whether it's big global manufacturers making computer chips or party planners like Deb Windsor. On her last trip to her helium supplier, she asked about her other options.
WINDSOR: Is there anything else we can use, anything other?
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: You can use nitrogen but it's going to stay on the floor.
WINDSOR: Well, that's not very festive.
JIANG: For a lot of things, there's just no substitute for helium. Jess Jiang, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.