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Started Russian sales of the smallest sedan BMW
Jennifer Alvarez
In the car market of Russia finally came the most compact model BMW with four doors – so-called "Grand coupe" is a 2 series. The sedan is available in two versions, basic and "warmed up", which shares more than a million rubles.
the Most affordable BMW 2 series Gran Coupe designation has received the compact 218i petrol engine with recoil 140 HP, which is mated to a 7-speed Steptronic robot. Estimated that "four-door coupe" in the base 2 330 000 rubles.
it is believed to be the starting price of a novelty in the Russian market. However, for the development of a tool online sales BMW offers to buy a special modification chetyrehdverki called Online Edition. It is estimated in 1 990 000 rubles, but available only on the official website of the brand, and the advance payment have to be made through the Internet. In a fixed package Online Edition included, for example, 17-inch wheels, adaptive led optics, advanced acoustics, sports seats with heating, and the like.
For chassis four-door "two" there are three suspension choices – standard, sport (lowering by 10 mm) and suspension with adaptive dampers. Optional sports can be done and steering, and brakes on the flagship version of all of this is set by default.
BMW 2 series M235i xDrive Gran Coupe is equipped with a 306-horsepower turbo "four" with 8-speed automatic and all-wheel drive and is able to gain the first 100 km/h in 4.8 seconds. In the list of external differences – different grille, advanced bumper, a rear spoiler and a glossy black inlay. Buy this version at least 3 560 000 rubles.
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Absolute Breached by 'Trusted Consultant'
By Christopher A. Krafcik
New information has surfaced with regard to the hazy internal goings-on of Absolute Poker (Absolute), currently under investigation by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) following allegations of fraud and collusion that began on the 2 + 2 poker forum in late September.
On Friday Absolute reneged on earlier written statements, acknowledging it had indeed suffered from an internal security breach.
"The cause of the breach has been determined and completely resolved," the statement read. "In addition, all necessary resources, both internal and external, have been engaged to ensure this does not happen again."
The forums, often scoffed at by journalists as less-than-reliable sources of veracity, indicate however that Absolute patrons are overwhelmingly unhappy, most especially with the way the company seemed initially to dismiss the allegations out of hand.
Serge Ravitch, a 27-year-old New York lawyer turned poker player and 2 + 2 moderator, was among the first to cry foul. Ravitch told MSNBC the company's response to the initial posts was "essentially to stonewall and deny any cheating had ever occurred or that the described events were even possible."
In a citizen's investigation of sorts, Ravitch and other fora members began keeping tabs on players using the screen names "Graycat," "Steamroller" and "Potripper," all of whom seemed to exhibit uncanny abilities at the table--precognitive play characterized by timely raises, calls and folds, resulting in an absurdly high winning percentage.
The effort culminated in the creation of a model demonstrating how Potripper fared, hand-by-hand, against opponents in a $1,000 buy-in tournament on Absolute's Web site. The model was based on a "hand history" requested by one of the players Potripper allegedly defrauded. Interestingly enough, this particular hand history is believed to have shown all participants' hole cards, rather than those belonging solely to the requesting player, as well as their IP and e-mail addresses.
Experts consulted by MSNBC--including Roy Cooke, former head of security for Planetpoker.com, and Michael Shackleford, a former actuary with the Social Security Administration--came away convinced that Potripper's winning streak, as demonstrated in the model, was very likely not the product of luck.
Ravitch, with the help of Nat Arem, another player involved in creating the model, and others traced the IP address of a questionable observer, "user 363," to Costa Rica, subsequently determining that the account was an internal account developed during an early phase of Absolute's development. The investigation determined that user 363 shared the same IP and e-mail address with Scott Tom, a current or former part-owner of Absolute.
Absolute later confirmed with online poker community PocketFives.com that Tom was not the insider; rather, according to a written statement released Sunday, "a high-ranking trusted consultant" was behind the breach, his position giving him "extraordinary access to certain systems."
Sunday's statement, prepared by Joe Norton, owner of Tokwiro Enterprises Enrg., which holds a 100 percent stake in Absolute, called the breach a "horrendous and inexcusable offense."
"As has been speculated in several online forums, this consultant devised a sophisticated scheme to manipulate internal systems to access third-party computers and accounts to view hole cards of other customers during play without their knowledge," Norton said. "As this consultant was aware of the details of our fraud detection process, the likelihood that the scheme would be uncovered through our normal procedures was minimized."
Norton added that the issue is currently being investigated by the KGC in conjunction with third-party auditor Gaming Associates.
According to Absolute, affected players will be fully reimbursed with interest on their accounts.
Chris Krafcik is the editor of IGamingNews. He lives in St. Louis, Mo.

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The director and actor Arthur Wellin was born as Arthur Lewin.
He gained a foothols in the world of the theater in Berlin and he got numerous engagements on different stages.
He joined the film business in 1913 where he was active both as an actor and director. To his works as a director in his first year belong "Sein letzter Wille" (13) and "Seine Karriere" (13) and he made his first appearances in front of the camera for "Die Fächermalerin" (13) and "Seine Karriere" (13).
Arthur Wellin soon became a demanded movie director and he realised the productions "Leichtsinn und Pflicht" (16), "Sein einziger Sohn" (17), "Das Verhängnis einer Nacht" (17), "Die Macht der Finsternis" (18), "Der lebende Leichnam" (18), "Pique Dame" (18), "Der junge Goethe" (19), "Zwischen Tod und Leben" (19), "Die Rose von Stambul" (19) and "Die Welt ohne Hunger" (19).
He shot his last movies as a director during the 20s with "Schwarzwaldmädel" (20), "Lederstrumpf" (20), "Das Attentat" (21) and "Die leichte Isabell" (27).
He was also successful as an actor during the silent movie era and he acted in "Der Fund im Neubau" (15), "Der rote Streifen" (16), "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" (17), "Der ewige Zweifel" (18), "Don Juan" (22), "Lützows wilde verwegene Jagd" (27) and "Der Sträfling aus Stambul" (29).
His only sound film became "Ganovenehre" (33).
Because Arthur Wellin was a Jew he was not able to work any longer from 1933. Finally he was hauled off like many other Jews and deported to the Ghetto in Lodz in 1941. There his track went lost.


Scientists in Toronto have created a tiny, living 3-D organ model of pancreatic ducts to help them conduct research on pancreatic cancer.
With a grant from the Canadian Cancer Society, Dr Senthil Muthuswamy and his team from Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital will use the 3-D biological model to investigate how pancreatic cancer begins to develop deep within the organ's duct system.
Using thousands of the tiny 3-D models in petri dishes in his lab, Dr Muthuswamy and his team at will use genetic manipulation to recreate the events that lead to cancer formation in the pancreas. The researchers will add genes, hormones, and other agents to see what causes the cells to mutate into cancerous lesions.
"In most biological cancer research, we grow and study cells in a flat layer, like a lawn, in a petri dish," says Dr Muthuswamy. "But cells don't exist in our bodies like that. They exist as 3-D tubes and vessels, so if you study them in a flat layer, you will not be able to ask all the right questions. These models are much more realistic, much closer to what actually happens in our bodies."
Dr Muthuswamy and his team will use the 3-D models to observe the different stages of disease. He hopes this will lead to identification of new biological markers to detect and diagnose pancreatic cancer early.
Dr Mary Argent-Katwala, Director of Research at the Canadian Cancer Society says, " We are eager to be funding Dr Muthuswamy's work, which will provide valuable information on understanding how pancreatic cancer develops so it can be diagnosed earlier and treated more effectively. Moreover, this exciting new model will help researchers around the globe in their work on pancreatic cancer."


No fewer than 18 pubs in and around Newark will be joining forces in a 10-day celebration of the classic beer style IPA (India Pale Ale) next month.
Organised by the Newark branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, the second IPA Trail takes place from Friday 1 to Sunday 10 August, in recognition of International IPA Day on Thursday 7 August. The trail will be launched at The Organ Grinder on Portland Street at 12 noon on Friday 1 August.
Throughout the 10 days, they will all be featuring IPAs, with drinkers able to pick up a collector card from any of the pub and get a sticker for buying a pint or a half in participating pubs. Completed cards will be entered into a grand prize draw and there will also be a second prize draw for those visiting 10 pubs or more but not completing the Trail.
In recent years, Newark has become a real ale hub. With many pubs opening and breweries thriving, it is a stark contrast to the scene elsewhere in the country, where up to 30 pubs are closing each week on average.
Newark is also home to a number of other real-ale related businesses. Its real ale and pub scene helps to strengthen the town's night time economy and provides a welcome boost to the town's economic prosperity as a whole.
"There are numerous ale trails across the country, with many of them themed on a particular beer style," said Derek Graham, Vice Chairman of Newark CAMRA and one of the Trail organisers. "But we believe we were the first to celebrate IPA this way, when we held the first trail last year.
"Originally brewed in London and Burton-on-Trent for the colonial market, particularly the troops in India, this was once a classic British beer type and is now increasing in popularity again.
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MassChallenge HealthTech, Together.Health and ONC Announce the THSA: An Open-Source Guideline for Security Assessments
The country's leading health information technology professionals convened at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Annual Meeting on January 27th and 28th for sessions covering the latest in health IT innovation, best practices, and policy.
Attendees and speakers alike discussed the importance of security, especially in the digital health and patient data-sharing era. One such session featured the Together.Health Security Assessment (THSA), an open source framework that aims to make the security review process more efficient for health systems and vendors (startup and established) while maintaining security standards that protect patient information.
The THSA is the first project born out of Together.Health, a collaborative of healthcare accelerators, incubators, innovation programs, governments, and associations that works to share best practices, inform stakeholders, and catalyze the adoption of digital health innovation. The THSA is led by MassChallenge HealthTech, a digital health program based in Boston, Massachusetts that enables collaborative partnerships between startups, industry partners, and governments from around the world.
Covered entities (oftentimes referred to as health systems or providers) and vendors typically sign business associate agreements prior to working together or exchanging patient health information. Generally, the process of executing a business associate agreement begins when providers ask vendors to complete security or risk assessments. Our observations based on over three years of research show that these assessments can be lengthy, take months to complete (often six to nine months), and differ from provider to provider. Despite the operational burden, these assessments are crucial to protecting patient data under HIPAA.
While HIPAA guidelines are publicly available, the industry implements those guidelines non-uniformly. The lack of standardization creates an environment where vendors and covered entities experience significant delays and can be costly for vendors who want to work with health systems. After dedicating legal and technical capital to fill out an assessment, vendors often have to restart the whole process to partner with a different provider. This is especially harmful to startups with scarce resources.
"Startups say they have a limited amount of runway and we [startups] have a burn rate. If this process runs longer, we have to really think about dividing up our resources to answer this." Stephen Konya, ONC's Senior Innovation Strategist, shared the startups' perspective on struggles with security assessments at the session.
Additionally, startups don't know what they'll need to comply with until the health system shares its assessment, often months into a partnership. Nick Dougherty, Managing Director of MassChallenge HealthTech said during the panel, "We understand that building a startup is already like riding a roller coaster. You shouldn't have to wait two hours in line to find out you're not tall enough to get on the ride. That information should be posted before you get in line."
The burden is not limited to the startups. Providers know that partnering with startups is an avenue to innovation, but most hospitals are dealing with legacy systems and have limited IT bandwidth. During the panel, Hayley Hovious, President of the Nashville Health Care Council said, "The number one thing we hear from our members is our procurement process is so top heavy and so difficult."
Providers feel similarity frustrated with balancing innovation with the need to protect patient data and critical infrastructure.
"This is time consuming, hard work on the health system side as well," Brigham and Women's Hospital's Chief Information Officer Dr. Adam Landman said at the panel. "We are not trying to be hard on startups; we really want to understand the product and make sure it has the appropriate security measures to protect healthcare data."
With ONC bringing the right people to the table, Together.Health formed a working group of leading healthcare CIOs, CISOs, cybersecurity professionals, vendors, startups, and more. MassChallenge HealthTech, Together.Health, Datafy, Censinet, and Netspective analyzed hundreds of security assessments, hosted focus groups across the country, and consulted with experts through monthly update calls.
The three years of work culminated to the release of the THSA. The THSA uses the Secure Controls Framework (SCF) to translate a hospital's unique security assessments into existing frameworks. SCF is a free-to-download framework that connects best practice security controls with top frameworks such as NIST 800-53 and SOC 2 as well as HIPAA. The idea is that health systems map their unique questionnaires to SCF and share them with Together.Health. Together.Health then creates guidelines based on the most commonly mapped questions. An entrepreneur can then look to the Together.Health guidelines to prepare themselves for any risk assessment or use the health system's SCF-mapped questionnaires to more rapidly complete their assessment.
While still in its Alpha version, the framework is an important step in improving the efficiency of security reviews. The goal is for vendors and startups to prepare for and meet provider standards more readily, saving them time and money. With this approach health systems can continue to use their own assessments and feel more confident that vendors are secure.
"Having some sort of standard questionnaire is just as beneficial for the systems as for the startup," said Christina Mazzone, Cybersecurity Risk Officer at PTC and the former Information and Security Officer at Brigham and Women's Hospital said at the panel. "We need to partner together to streamline the process for the patient community and get better outcomes."
A common and open source security assessment is possible if the healthcare innovation community works to adopt together. Together.Health is asking health systems and startups alike to help with the mapping and adopt the process.
Hospitals around the country committed to do the mapping, including Brigham and Women's Hospital of Boston. "Now that we have a way to map our assessments, hopefully it makes the vendor's life easier, it definitely makes our lives easier," Landman said. Together.Health is recruiting other hospital across the country to map their assessments to SCF.
The THSA has massive potential to fuel innovation in healthcare innovation ecosystems. Hovious of the Nashville Health Care Council said, "Nashville is the provider capital of the U.S., this helps our innovation ecosystem as well. When you take innovation and affect patient lives at scale, this is really what Nashville is all about."
MassChallenge HealthTech is piloting the THSA in this year's program. The accelerator plans to provide curriculum and training to their startups to help prepare them for risk assessments with providers. Additionally, program partners, or "Champions", are mapping their assessments to the SCF.
"In this year's cohort, 25 out of 27 startups will be going through the THSA process to increase their security preparedness," said Dougherty. "We believe this is an important step to ensuring we secure our most private data."
Together.Health is asking the healthcare community to contribute to the project and spread the word to health systems and startups across the country.
If you want to learn more about the project or hear from the Together.Health team directly, sign up for our webinar on Wednesday February 26th at 2PM ET.
Health systems can map their assessments to SCF here or reach out to the Together.Health team to learn more.
Startups, download the THSA guideline and check to see if you meet the security standards recommended by the majority of Together.Health system providers.
Planning to attend HIMSS20 this March? Join the Together.Health 2020 Spring Summit on Tuesday, March 10th in Orlando to learn more about the Together.Health collaborative in person.
Together, we can create an open-source recommendation for better healthcare security.


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Posset pot, London or Bristol, England, ca. 1710–1730. Tin-glazed earthenware decorated in cobalt blue, green, and red. Courtesy of Historic Deerfield, Inc. 63.179
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Delicate Deception: Delftware at Historic
Deerfield, 1600–1800 Symposium
April 19–20, 2002, Deerfield, MA
Info: www.historic-deerfield.org
or contact Joan Morel at 413.775.7201;
email: morel@historic-deerfield.org
A two-day symposium in conjunction with the exhibition Delicate Deception: Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600– 1800, will bring together a group of internationally renowned curators, dealers, artisans, archaeologists, and scholars. Participants will hear diverse lectures on the production methods and history of manufacturing delftware, the archaeological context of tin-glazed earthenware in early America, and its frequent use as containers and vessels for alcoholic beverages. Demonstrations of delftware potting and painting methods will be observed, and a hands-on workshop with Historic Deerfield's collection will illuminate the difficult issues of identifying the origins of British delftware.
Eight lectures will be presented including "English Delftware: Making, Managing, and Marketing" by Michael Archer, Retired Keeper of Ceramics and Glass Department and Senior Research Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and "A History of English Delftware from the 16th to the 19th Century" by Jonathan Horne, owner, Jonathan Horne Antiques.
Shelburne Museum
Country Houses and Their Collections
May 20-24, 2002, Shelburne, VT
Info: www.shelburnemuseum.org; tel. 802.985.3346
During lilac season in Vermont, on the shores of Lake Champlain overlooking the Adirondacks, comes a fascinating five-day symposium at one of America's finest surviving nineteenth-century country houses, Shelburne. Within this sublime setting, enjoy the house, the outstanding museum collection associated with it, and beautiful gardens, while taking in lectures by distinguished speakers. There will be nine presentations including "Laurelton Hall: The Country Estate of Louis C. Tiffany" by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator, Department of American Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum, and "Great Country Houses of Long Island" by Robert MacKay, Director of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, Chairman of the NY State Board for Historic Preservation, and Vice President of the Homeland Foundation.


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Companion book to Fr. Barron's Catholicism DVD series.
Catechism of the Catholic Church. 1995, USCCB.
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Foundation of the Mass through scriptural sources.
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Essays on various saints and holy people who have journeyed with Fr. Martin throughout his life.
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I have for some time now been plagued with intermittent bouts of premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). For the uninitiated, it's a pronounced feeling of a "skipped" beat that is really difficult to ignore when the frequency is high and the heart rate is elevated (i.e. during activity).
Doing some research, I've found that MSG and aspartame are known triggers of PVCs. It's tempting to think of these as strange chemicals, but they're really just delivery devices of the ubiquitous glutamic and aspartic amino acids, respectively. We use these amino acids as transmitters in the body and those two are known to have an excitatory effect. There's a lot of talk lately about "excitotoxins" but the primary two are these simple amino acids that we consume in fairly large amounts any time we eat most protein sources.
Now, obviously this isn't an argument against necessarily avoiding even those protein sources which contain the most glutamic acid for example (casein) because the total excitatory load is roughly the same as beef and the liberation of these amino acids would be just as slow during normal digestion. What I'm wondering is if predigesting meat with a marinade is capable of creating a flood of these amino acids when it's eaten that is much faster than would normally occur.
I've been on a fool's errand lately trying to correct this problem with electrolyte-balancing, but on a recent trip I got PVCs first following the flight (ran out of gum and had to use the standard aspartame-laden type) and again after eating a steak at a restaurant. I assumed that the steak had actual MSG added to it, but since I experienced this problem last night and today from eating a steak with a homemade marinade that consisted only of macadamia nut oil, vinegar and spices, I'm beginning to think that homemade marinades are able to simulate the effect of MSG or aspartame added to foods. I'm no taste-expert, but the palatibility of marinaded steaks is in my opinion far beyond what the constituent ingredients should be able to offer.
I can't really fathom how soaking meat in acetic acid overnight would not be able to liberate all sorts of amino acids, and if the amino acid proportion of beef (by weight) as glutamic acid is 15% and aspartic acid is 9.1%, there should be a significant amount of these hitting the bloodstream far more rapidly than would occur with normally cooked meat.
It may be tempting to dismiss this if one doesn't experience any such symptoms, but perhaps susceptible individuals such as myself are canaries in the coal mine, as it were. Perhaps all of us experience the overloading and death of neurons as a result of the excitotoxic effects of frequently eating predigested meat in large quantities. I, for one, am not going to use marinades anymore.
My triggers are exercise, chocolate, lack of sleep, akward situations, coconut. (On top of the food other food things).
I think it's unlikely unless you are marinading meat or fermenting proteins.
Is it possible/probable to get an excess of glutamic acid on a protein-rich, whole foods diet?
I'd like to see some in vivo experiment that show this.
That neuronal apoptosis occurs as a result of excess glutamic acid is not controversial; it's a well-documented phenomenon. A "healthy individual" may not notice it, but that doesn't mean it's not happening.
It's pretty funny because the lasted WAPF Wise Traditions newsletter basically says pork WITHOUT marinades is bad for you.
There is no evidence I've ever seen that excitotoxins harm healthy individuals.
Same goes for potassium and sodium for me. I feel a lot better without any added salt in my diet. I think the K:Na ratio in meat (roughly 4:1) is as low as it should go.
I too get it from too much calcium in relation to magnesium, but I have triggers outside of that.
I also have heart rythm issues and they occur most often when my mag is low or sodium overpowers potassium. Eating out causes me issues. I cook without any marinades etc unless they are from scratch. Also too much calcium causes issues for me. This is all cellular health that would benefit anyone.
I used to experience those "heart skips a beat" moments all the time when my diet was junk. I never knew what caused them (other than the thought that it was a symptom of slowly killing myself with food).
I had one the other day and realized it was the first time it had happened in a long time. Not-so-coincidentally I had just broken down and ate some junk food, and now I can figure the connection was probably the msg. Good to know. Thanks for the info. Sorry I can't offer an answer to your question.


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Guy began his recruitment and search consulting career in 1997. He has led a wide range of engagements over the past 20 years, many of these at chief executive and governance level.
He joined the firm in 2002, was made a Principal in 2006 and more recently became Partner. Prior to Ichor, Guy spent five years facilitating senior appointments across a breadth of disciplines for a national recruitment firm.
Earlier in his career Guy worked in Asia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, holding senior management positions in several fields, including the international film industry.
Before moving into consulting in 1997, Guy held a national leadership role in the card services industry where, from an Auckland base, he significantly grew membership, revenues and customer service levels.
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United Underworld: Who Is Batman 66's Greatest Arch-Villain?
50 years ago today, the classic Batman TV series premiered, kicking off a three-year run as one of the greatest adaptations of comic books ever made --- and while Adam West and Burt Ward's earnest, stentorian heroes were the stars, I think it's fair to say that the real attractions came from the villains. The bizarre heists, the deathtraps, the colorful costumes and scenery-chewing monologues made them favorites not just for the fans, but for the actors lining up to take roles on a pop culture phenomenon.
But as is so often the case when we start talking about a fantastic roster of characters, it inevitably leads to the question of just who was the best. Was it Julie Newmar's purr-fect Catwoman? Frank Gorshin's surprisingly intense riddler? Victor Buono's King Tut? Heck maybe it was even a long-shot candidate like Bookworm! It's too hard to pick, which is why we're leaving it up to you. Check out the villains and vote below to crown the true King or Queen of Crime!
Nominally based on an obscure Superman villain from the comics, the Archer is one of two Batman '66 foes that feel like they'd be more at home at a RenFaire than slugging it out with the Dynamic Duo. Still, the concept of a Robin Hood of Crime is pretty amazing, and Academy Award-winner Art Carney remains the only Batman villian to also appear on The Star Wars Holiday Special.
A one-shot villain created for the show, Black Widow has a history of murdering her spouses, and after coming to Gotham City, she set her sights on the very wealthy Irving Cash. One assumes that Bob Hope and Steve Jobs were next on her list, but fortunately, Batman and Robin put a stop to her plans. According to an interview with Julie Newmar, however, Bankhead was the only guest villain who didn't quite "get" the fun tone that the show was going for.
Arguably the show's best one-shot villain, the Bookworm was full of bizarre and memorable traits — speed-reading, a criminal "Writer's Block" that prevented him from coming up with his own crimes, the bizarre leather suit and his tendency to run away and hide while his henchmen did the work. Also, as long as we're talking about connections, Roddy McDowall is the only crook to be apprehended by both Batman and Lieutenant Columbo.
The third actress to play Catwoman, Eartha Kitt is one of the most notable villains on the show despite only having two appearances to her credit. For one thing, she's the only black actress to appear as an arch-criminal, but more than that, she brought a murderous aggression and her distinctive voice — which is almost impossible to not refer to as a "purr" — to her take, and ended up with one of the show's most enduring portrayals.
As the Catwoman with the most appearances on the show, Julie Newmar's version is arguably the definitive take. With an over-the-top sensuality and sharp wit, Newmar's Catwoman almost succeeded in convincing Batman to give up crimefighting to settle down with her — until she casually suggested that they just kill Robin so he won't bother him.
Appearing as Catwoman in Batman: The Movie, former Miss America Lee Meriwether gave the Caped Crusader his most crushing heartbreak. Disguised as Miss Kitanya Irenya Tatanya Karenska Alisoff, reporter for the Moscow Bugle, she seduced Bruce Wayne and paved the way for the United Underworld's plot to vaporize their diplomatic counterparts. As an interesting note, Meriwether would later return to the show, not as Catwoman, but as Lisa Carson, Bruce Wayne's girlfriend.
Chandell and Harry are the answer to a question that nobody was asking, but that I think everyone was glad we got an answer to: What if Liberace was a supervillain? That's seriously all there was to it.
The Clock King's appearance on the show is less notable for the events of the episode itself — although it was definitely a lot of fun — and more for the fact that it was the only adventure on the show to be written by Bill Finger, Batman's unsung co-creator.
Colonel Gumm may be the most forgettable villain in the show's 120-episode history, but that's not really his fault. As the villain of "A Piece of the Action/Batman's Satisfaction," the crossover between Batman and The Green Hornet, he ended up just being something else that was overshadowed by Bruce Lee showing up to fight Robin, and really, that would've happened to anyone.
A scientist who dabbles in alchemy and commits crimes with pills that turn you invisible, Dr. Spellcraft is one of the few villains that seems like a strange fit for Batman — and that's saying something. Then again, if we can have a cowboy who steals cars and a Queen of the Cossacks, maybe there's a place in this world for alchemy after all?
Although he's mostly known as a horror icon (and for good reason), Vincent Price had an incredible gift for comedy, and that came through eggs-tremely well in his portrayal of Egghead. One of the best villains to be created for the show rather than drawn from the comics, Egghead probably has what are consistently the best and most entertaining episodes, including the one where he tries to hatch a dinosaur — which might be the strangest episode of the entire series.
The Joker doesn't exactly need any help getting votes in a poll that has anything to do with Batman, and Cesar Romero's portrayal is consistently fantastic (despite the occasional episode that was written for another villain and had to go through a rewrite to bring him in), so here's a reason you might not vote for the Clown Prince of Crime. While he's inarguably Batman's arch-nemesis in the comics, the TV portrayal tends to treat him as pretty interchangeable, and as good as he is, he doesn't quite have the distinct feeling that you'd get from the Riddler or Penguin. Doesn't mean he's not great, though.
If you're looking for the single most entertaining villain in terms of performance, it's hard to beat Victor Buono's King Tut. Bellowing, bewildered and perpetually underwhelmed, poor Professor McElroy would take thematic villainy to a whole new level every time he got bonked on the head, and remains the only villain to discover Batman's secret identity -- twice.
The stars of the show's most memorable three-parter, Lord Ffogg and Lady Peasoup are the criminal masterminds of Londinium, that foggy metropolis across the Atlantic. Their crimes involve a school of mod delinquent young lady pickpockets, and they once almost killed Robin with a bee.
I'm not saying that the Louie the Lilac episode doesn't hold up, but Milton Berle playing a mob boss who tries to corrupt Gotham's hippies and use "flower power" for evil is something that really could've only happened in 1969.
There are fewer perfect ideas in this world than Batman taking on a family of criminal hillbillies led by an evil matriarch who just wants them to succeed. Succeed in the world of crime, I mean, but still.
If we're all being honest with each other, David Wayne should win this poll based entirely on the way that he pronounces "hat factory" in Season 1's "The Batman Stands Pat": Heyeat Fyactyaryay. It is amazing, and so is his motivation — so much of the show seems built not necessarily around crimes, but around the idea that Crime itself wins when the villains prove that Batman can fail, and stealing his cowl to add to his collection makes the Mad Hatter embody that better than almost anyone else.
I'm not going to lie, folks: Marsha's firist appearance is kind of a mess. Her plan is all over the map, involving diamond heists, a marriage to Batman and actual witchcraft, and while needless complexity is a hallmark of the show's charm, that's pushing it. Fortunately, Carolyn Jones (perhaps best known as Morticia Addams on The Addams Family) is up to the task of making it entertaining.
I think about Batman '66 more than I think about literally any blood relative I have in my life, but the only thing I can remember about Minerva is that she's the show's final villain. That does not speak very well of her, but who knows? Maybe you're really into Green Acres and want to bring that fandom to this poll.
The other RenFaire-ish villain, the Minstrel is about as straightforward as you get: He commits crimes, and then sings songs about them. That's... that's basically it. How he and the Archer never teamed up, we may never know, but I assume it has to do with the Archer using the pseudonym "Alan A. Dale," a reference to the actual minstrel from the Robin Hood stories.
Wallach's scenery-chewing performance as Mr. Freeze is so great that it's kind of a shame that the only time he made it to the show was for a villain that was played by two other actors. If it wasn't for that, he'd definitely be one of the most memorable on the show, blending Preminger's mad science and Sanders' cold desire for revenge into the perfect middle ground. Alas, it seems like we're probably doomed to split the Freeze Vote in thirds.
The first Mr. Freeze, George Sanders is also the first villain on the show to successfully commit a murder (he freezes and shatters a policeman with a freeze ray), and also the first to have a plan that goes beyond just crime and into pure revenge against Batman himself. Both of those things make him memorable, but also make him a strange fit for the show, and his appearances feel way too serious and violent for the campy comedy going on around him.
Preminger, on the other hand, is way over the top in a memorable way. Most famous as a director, his heavily accented, cheerful description of everything as "wild!" stands in stark contrast to every other portrayal of Mr. Freeze, with the possible exception of Arnold Schwarzenegger and his endless string of puns. That said, Preminger was allegedly so difficult to work with that he wasn't brought back, which is how Wallach ended up in the role for Mr. Freeze's third caper.
Nora Clavicle's only appearance definitely wins the award for the best episode title ever — "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club" — but its true brilliance in how well it plays as comedy. The premise, which is that Gotham City immediately descends into lawless anarchy when Nora Clavicle is elected commissioner and fires all the male policemen, replacing them with lady cops who are too busy painting their nails to stop crime, could easily come off as way more offensively sexist than it already does. Really, though, it comes off as satire, and a lot of that has to do with Rush's performance in the center of the plot.
Anne Baxter is the only actress to play two different Special Guest Villains, and Olga is by far the most memorable. Teamed with Egghead and peeking out from a gigantic fur hat, she leads an army of displaced Russian soldiers through Gotham City, and is one of the few Villainesses to have zero romantic interest in Batman himself. She loves only horses, crime, and eggs, and that's something I think we can all respect.
In a testament to how well he should do in this poll, Burgess Meredith was famously the show writers' favorite villain, and they'd always have a Penguin script ready to go when he was in town. As a result, he appears in 20 episodes — a sixth of the series — and it's hard to argue that they aren't the best. "Hizzoner the Penguin" is a high point of the series as a whole, and Meredith's waddling, squawking crime boss plays perfectly opposite Adam West's stentorian Batman.
Let's be real here: If I see any votes for the Puzzler, I'm just going to go ahead and count them as votes for the Riddler.
It's almost impossible to argue that Frank Gorshin shouldn't win this poll — or at the very least, that it's not a three-way tie between him, Meredith and Newmar. With his effortless switch between manic glee and murderous intensity, he feels like the template for the modern super-villain, and as I've said before, today's Joker owes a lot more to Gorshin than it does to Romero. He was the first villain on the show, and set the tone of the Special Guest Villains going bigger and bolder than the heroes at every turn.
Look, John Astin is a fine actor and I'm sure he was a nice man, but when you're expecting Gorshin and get Astin instead, it's the most frustrating thing in the world.
Dream of the Endless, also known as Morpheus, was trapped in a crystal ball for eighty years, during which -- hm? What's that? Different guy? Okay, well, I guess votes for this count as votes for his coat. Coat votes.
Shame is a strange one. A parody of Shane, a 1953 western starring Alan Ladd, he fills the time-honored archetype of Evil Cowboy — and as a modern cowboy, what else is he going to do but rustle some horses in the form of the Batmobile. Because, you know, horsepower? Right. Watching this show as a kid in the early '90s, all the references to Shane were completely lost on me — and considering I somehow knew who Milton Berle was when he showed up as Louie the Lilac, that's saying something — but it holds up as a pretty strange but solid adventure.
The Siren's most notable feature was the piercing (and frankly annoying) high-pitched hypnotic wail that she let out to take out her enemies, but she should be remembered for being one of the few characters to upgrade herself from villainous sidekick (working with the Riddler) to arch-villain in her own right.
Zelda the Great was an interesting synthesis of the comics and the shows. The story in which she appears as a frustrated stage magician and escape artist is lifted from the comics, but when it was adapted, the character became a woman and Baxter took the stage for her first appearance. The thing is, she's extremely sympathetic — the first "not all bad" villain on the show, in fact — but would later be overshadowed by the far more comedic performances Baxter would turn in as Olga.


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Cop hit in head with rock OK after protest
Updated: 6:24 PM MDT Apr 2, 2014
Doug Fernandez
Officer expected to be OK
The Albuquerque police officer hurt during Sunday's protest is expected to be OK.Though he was hit in the head with a rock, he was not seriously injured.During the protest, two officers were hurt and one was reportedly spit on.VIDEO: Cop hit in head with rock OK after protestOne man was accused of threatening the lives of officers during the protest. Several officers said Brian Maurino made them fear for their lives and the lives of protesters.Maurino's vehicle was caught on camera during the protest, which was spurred by an officer-involved shooting that left James Boyd dead.Officers said Maurino aggressively revved his engine before suddenly lurching his vehicle toward them in a stop-and-start manner. He was arrested on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon Monday but has since been released on bond.
The Albuquerque police officer hurt during Sunday's protest is expected to be OK.
Though he was hit in the head with a rock, he was not seriously injured.
During the protest, two officers were hurt and one was reportedly spit on.
VIDEO: Cop hit in head with rock OK after protest
One man was accused of threatening the lives of officers during the protest. Several officers said Brian Maurino made them fear for their lives and the lives of protesters.
Maurino's vehicle was caught on camera during the protest, which was spurred by an officer-involved shooting that left James Boyd dead.
Officers said Maurino aggressively revved his engine before suddenly lurching his vehicle toward them in a stop-and-start manner. He was arrested on two counts of assault with a deadly weapon Monday but has since been released on bond.


NEW YORK – Their race was called off, but marathoners were still on the move in New York on Sunday.
Hundreds of runners wearing marathon shirts and backpacks full of supplies took the ferry to hard-hit Staten Island and ran to stricken neighborhoods to help. Thousands of others poured into Central Park to put in their 26.2 miles runs after the last-minute cancellation of the world's largest marathon because of Superstorm Sandy.
"A lot of people just wanted to finish what they started," said Lance Svendsen, who organized an alternative marathon called Run Anyway. By 8:45 a.m., his group had sent off five waves of runners from the marathon's official finish line, which had not yet been taken down. "It is amazing. My guess is about 600 people have left so far."
Italians stretched en masse near the Plaza Hotel. The Germans started from Columbus Circle. Everyone plunged into the park to pursue their own race. Some ran around the park clockwise, some counterclockwise, startling dog walkers with a splash of color.
It was a throwback to the original New York City Marathon in 1970, which was run ragtag with 127 people and stayed completely within Central Park This time, some dropped off clothing and other supplies for storm victims.
This year's runners all are guaranteed entry into next year's race, but not everyone could be sure that chance would come.
"I'm in the military, and I could be deployed," said Ruben Arredondo, 36, of Los Angeles, who showed up outside the park at 6:45 a.m. to join a group called the Replacement Marathon, which had been organized online just hours before.
The morning surge surprised even some participants and their fans. Tracey Busch, of New Jersey, was near the finish line with a small cowbell in each hand, cheering on passing runners who weaved through the crowd of organizers, tourists and media.
"It was kind of eerie because initially there was no one, and then suddenly there was everyone," said Busch, who had arrived around 7 a.m.
Runners refueled at hot dog stands and dodged cyclists and strolling tourists.
Some, like a team from Bermuda, hadn't fully shaken their disappointment over the cancellation. "It's like when you find out that Santa Claus isn't real," said Spencer Conway, 30, who had turned his country's flag into a cape.
Many runners found a way to volunteer to help storm victims.
Instead of running his first marathon, Akil Defour of Brooklyn climbed 20 flights of stairs in a building without power or heat in Far Rockaway, Queens, to deliver water, blankets and peanut butter sandwiches.
"I knew I wanted to volunteer after they canceled the marathon," said Defour, 30, who put in five hours of work with his running team. "We decided it would be easier for us athletes to go up and down the buildings."
On Staten Island, where the marathon course begins, the runners with backpacks emerged from the ferry for a quick, emotional briefing.
"The devastation and damage you are about to wander into," said Staten Island resident Jonscott Turco, who paused, almost teary. "It's pretty extraordinary. The only thing I can prepare you for is they're still finding people, remains."
The landscape worsened as they approached the waterfront. Shuttered gas stations. Long gas lines, with people asleep in their cars.
One man honked and yelled, "There's no marathon! Go home!" But people standing outside one deli yelled encouragement: "Thank you, ladies!" and `'God is good!"
Near the water, there were no traffic lights and far more sirens. Houses looked like they had been sacked. Furniture, washing machines and TVs were piled in front yards.
But one man came out of his home and asked if the runners had flashlights, and they did. At another house, a family wearing face masks asked for batteries and sweatshirts. They said, "God bless you." The man said, "Let me take your picture."
Mary Wittenberg, the president of the New York Road Runners, which organizes the marathon, helped deliver food to a Staten Island family whose house was heavily damaged. "There are so many more suffering in our community who need our collective, undivided attention and all the resources we can muster," the NYRR said in a statement Sunday.
For runner Hana Abdo, the scene was striking. When she found out the marathon had been canceled, "I was almost in tears because I've been training for two years," she said.
"But what is two years of my life to somebody's whole life?"


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5 February 2010, at 11:04a.m.
CHINA - China is to levy additional duty on imports of US poultry meat.
China will levy initial anti-dumping duties ranging from 43.1 to 105.4 per cent on US chicken products exported to China, the Ministry of Commerce has said, in a move likely to further aggravate trade ties.
The ministry's initial investigation showed that US companies had dumped chicken products into the Chinese market, according to the ministry's web site, according to an official source.
The investigation was announced after the US imposed safeguard duties on Chinese-made tyres, which China is now fighting at the World Trade Organisation.
Chicken wings and feet, which are virtually worthless in the US market, are a delicacy in China. Many US poultry producers count on the Chinese market to round out their profits.
Companies that appealed the finding will see duties of 43.1 per cent to 80.5 per cent on their products, with US companies that active investor and lobby in China getting the lowest rate.
Those that did not appeal would pay duties of 105.4 per cent, the ministry said.
The duties begin on 13 February (Chinese New Year's Eve), thus helping ensure that prices of the popular delicacies do not rise in a Chinese market that already faces vegetable price inflation.


UK Government - Department for Education: Leave our early years ratios alone.
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Increasing the number of children per adult in an early years setting is likely to put the wellbeing, health, safety and education of our youngest and most vulnerable children under threat.
We very quickly received almost 100 comments, all telling us that early years professionals do not want to compromise children's outcomes or put their safety at risk by taking on more children.
For this reason, the Childminding Forum are working to lobby government via this petition.
We believe that the Government and Ofsted are working together to put the wellbeing, health, safety and education of our youngest and most vulnerable children under threat.
We believe that Government proposals to increase child per adult ratios will quite probably lead to some early years settings taking on more children than at present, possibly without the extra support, staffing, space and knowledge that they need to meet the children's needs effectively on a day-to-day basis... and that this will put outcomes for children and their health, safety and wellbeing at risk.
We believe that there is some misinformed notion within government that if ratios are increased the cost of childcare for parents will come down. We all know that if ratios are increased we will have to buy more resources, provide extra food, purchase bigger cars and buggies, buy more equipment, work much harder every day, complete more paperwork in our already dwindling family time, pay higher insurance costs, pay more tax and national insurance, make changes to our premises to remain commercially viable... and much more... all of which will quite probably increase rather than lower our fees.
We believe that the suggestion of raising child per adult ratios will make our provisions completely unsustainable. The vast majority of childminders already work for well below the minimum wage and few childminders, nurseries, pre-schools and other providers are full to capacity. We wonder where the government foresee this influx of children coming from to make the new ratios sustainable.
We are responsible for ensuring the next generation have the very best opportunities available to them. Increasing ratios does not put the children's interests first and will only lead to lower standards and less one on one time causing a potential significant detriment to a child's life chances.
We believe that young children's early years experiences must not be compromised by government policy as has happened so many times in the past.
NOW is the time for ALL early years professionals including childminders, nursery and pre-school providers AND parents to come together and fight these proposals before the law is changed and outcomes for our children are put under threat.
I have been working with young children in the capacity of a childminder for the last 19 years and during that time I have supported the individual needs of many different children from my home. I provide a caring home-from-home environment with lots of opportunities for one-to-one play and the small ratios mean I can offer each child individualised care, learning and attention.
The majority of childminders to whom I speak say that they are happy with current ratios and do not feel there is any need for an increase - especially now they can follow the EYFS requirements and write their own exceptions with a simple risk assessment.
What about 'bad days' when everyone is feeling tired, under the weather, a little bit grumpy or just plain contrary? It's hard enough on a 'bad day' with 3 children - we all go out for a walk or run around the garden and get some fresh air. How would that work if we had more children... including maybe 2 babies... and even more chances of 'bad days'? We only have one pair of hands.
How would we go on our regular outings? Is it really practical to have a double buggy, 2 toddlers holding on and a baby in a sling? Who is going to pay for planning applications, change of use on our houses, refuse collections, higher business rates etc because we are classed as a business? What about the extra food and how are we meant to follow the food guidance of healthy eating for under 5s and keep all the children safe while cooking if we have a teething toddler and a baby with separation anxiety and 2 or more other children to care for at the same time? How do you get 5 children safely up and down stairs to wash their hands before eating? The day-to-day practicalities of caring for multiple children have really have not been thought through.
Our ratios are low so we can provide quality care with time for nurturing, loving, safety, playing and learning.
It is hard work being a childminder, being on your own with up to 3 little ones under 4 all day. I certainly don't feel it would be sensible to encourage us to take on more children than that. I wouldn't take them on because I know my limitations but I know some childminders who would gladly care for 4 and 5 children under the age of 5 - which is fine until something goes horribly wrong.
We are 2 nursery workers who work in an area where a large number of children are learning English as an additional language. We have to give them focussed care and small ratios to support their language development and make sure they get the care and attention they need. It would worry me if ratios were increased and our managers decided to take on more children because we wouldn't be certain we could keep them all safe.
I don't want to see my childminder looking after lots more children. If I wanted that I would send my child to pre-school to get his funded sessions. He is SEN and I want him to benefit from the small ratios he gets with his childminder.
I would be very worried about safety if my childminder was on her own with more than 3 young children at a time. What about if there was a fire? How would they all get out safely and where would she put them?
I cannot see how nurseries will be able to lower their costs if they take on more children - won't it cost them more? I am not sure I want them to take on more children with the same amount of staff either they are always too busy to talk to me for longer than a few minutes as it is.
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Friday, November 16, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Local History, Photograph Collection
From Used Cars to Brew Pubs: The Changing Face of Coxe Avenue
Sears Roebuck & Company, 40 Coxe Avenue, Photo by M. Rosenberg circa 1948. NC Collection Pack Memorial Library
E.W. Grove 'moved a mountain' to build the "New" Battery Park Hotel and the Grove Arcade. The mountain of dirt filled a gully running south of Patton Avenue to Southside. The newly named Coxe Street first appeared in the City Directory of 1923.
The following year the street name was changed to Coxe Avenue. The only addresses in the City Directory were for E.W. Grove Investments, the Mountain City Laundry, and Leander Smart. And none of the three had any number until 1925. The laundry was at 207-13 and Mr. Smart lived at 37 approximately where there is now a small parking lot.
Grove's vision of the future acknowledged the growing importance of the automobile on city life. The width of the new street was wider than the old, narrower city streets of downtown and easily accommodated parking on both sides of the street.
By 1926 nine new businesses on Coxe Avenue were auto-centric: Webb Motor Company, B&B Motor Company, Standard Oil Company (a filling station) and Sawyer Motors. Mountain Laundry was still in business. Car sales required some legal work so P.M. Wilson's notary office located there as well. Today's businesses on Coxe Avenue are a mix of breweries, restaurants, and a growing number of galleries and art spaces. A couple of the old auto dealership buildings have been converted into living spaces.
Asheville Citizen Times, 1936
By 1936 there were 18 auto related businesses as well as the Handy Sandwich Shop on Coxe. In 1946 the stark cream and red Greyhound Bus Station dominated the upper end of the avenue where the post office stands today. There were 24 auto-related businesses on the street. A modern Sears Roebuck store was built in 1948 opposite the now vanished bus station where the post office stands today.
The postwar 1950's were boom years on Coxe. Conveniently located loan offices and insurance companies were added to the mix. The Tiny Tavern opened on Coxe in the early part of the decade, which would fit right in alongside today's business model. In 1956 the peak number of 32 auto-centric businesses were operating. Two new car lots opened specializing in the lucrative used car trade.
From left to right:1955 Chevrolet, VW, 1957 Ford, 1956 Ford, and 1955 Chevrolet. 1958 calendar business card for Robinson Bros. Motor Co., NC Collection.
Robinson Brothers Motor Company was located at 133-140 Coxe Avenue, conveniently near M & J Finance. Raleigh W. Robinson of Candler (and later Alexander) was president of the firm.
Asheville Citizen Times, May 1962
Robert Lee "Bob" Ledford began selling cars in 1952. He opened Bob Ledford's Used Cars, Incorporated at 185 Coxe Avenue in 1956 just down the street from Robinson Brothers. In tune with the times his catch phrase was in every advertisement. In the early 1960's Bob Ledford's Jamboree appeared on WLOS. It was a must see between 5 and 6 pm on Saturdays. The popular show—featuring local talent—was viewed in several neighboring states expanding his advertising reach.
Front row 1958 Chevrolet, 1956 Ford. 1958 Cadillac, 1957 Ford, and 1956 and 1958 Thunderbirds. The back row is populated with cars from the early 1950's. 1959 calendar business card, NC Collection
Starting in the mid-60's auto businesses began deserting Coxe Avenue. In 1986 there were only 16 and in 1996 a scant 11. Ledford moved his business and sold mobile homes at 1186 Patton Avenue in 1975. About the same time Asheville's third Ingles was built on the corner. In the early 1980's he diversified into RV sales and moved further out Leicester Highway with an RV and Marine sales lot across from Eliada Home where a shopping center now stands.
100 years from now it makes one wonder if Asheville's citizenry will bemoan the disappearance of breweries, distilleries, and other businesses as the street-scape on Coxe inexorably evolves.
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Tagged under: 40 Coxe Avenue, robinson Brothers Motor Company, Sawyer Motor Co., Sears Roebuck & Company
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Correction on the third picture of the car lot line up at Robinson Brothers. 1st car on the left is a 56 Chevy.


The object of this paper is to demonstrate with a fairly simple example problem the use of AmpCalc for Windows. By using one of the standard NEC Code ductbank configurations, insight can also be gained into the manner in which the NEC assigns ampacity ratings to the cables in a ductbank.
Refer to the figure below which illustrates the ductbank configuration utilized in this example. This configuration is identical to the six raceway ductbank in the IEEE Standard S-135 and in Figure 310.60(C)(3), Detail 3, of the NEC Code.
Return to the Main form and the use the "Calculate | Calculation Options…" menu command or the Calculate icon to proceed to the Calculation Options form. Under Type of Calculation, select "Single" and under Parameter to Calculate select "Ampacity". In this calculation, AmpCalc will treat all six cables as parallel conductors of the same circuit. A single ampacity will be calculated applicable to every cable in the system. This ampacity will be based on limiting the temperature of the hottest cables in the installation, (which are the two positions in the middle row), to the rated operating temperature of 75 degrees C. This is the manner in which the NEC and S-135 ampacities are calculated.
These cables have an calculated ampacity rating of 271.6 amps, which is very close to the IEEE Standard S-135 and the NEC code value of 273 amps.
1. What is the actual temperature of each conductor when running at 271.6 amps?
2. What would be the ampacity of each conductor if each were run at rated temperature?
The standards provide no way to make these evaluations. However, for AmpCalc it is an easy task!
The symmetry of the duct and the manner in which both cables of each circuit are placed in "thermally equivalent" positions would cause one to anticipate that the cables in each row will have the same temperatures. The results confirm this.
Based on the temperatures of the six cables, it appears that the relative current carrying capability at each position pair will be in order from highest to lowest: Top row, Bottom row, Middle row.
There should be a level of reduced C2 current loading and increased C1 and C3 loading where the temperatures of all three circuits will be equal to rated. Neither of the two cases looked at thus far meet this condition.
With this calculation, all conductors are operated at their rated 75 degree temperature. As expected, since the middle row runs the hottest, these cables have the lowest ampacity rating of 258.9, the bottom row is next with a rating of 276.8, and the top row has the highest rating of 295.3 amps. If this ductbank system consisted of three circuits of two 3-1/c triplexed cables each, i.e. each row of cables a separate circuit, the ampacities of circuits C1, C2, and C3 would be 590, 518, and 554 amps per phase respectively. If each circuit is operated within these ampacities, none of the cables will operate beyond rated temperature. With all else being equal, the heating of a cable is a function of its underground depth, and the interference effects of heat from other cables in the same installation. In this example, the middle row has the lowest ampacity rating because of the combination of being lower in the earth than the top row, together with the "thermal blanketing" effect of the first and last rows of cables.
Data file 'ex1c.ugs' illustrates the use of two sets of triplexed 1/c cables per duct position, or 6-1/c cables per duct. The results, based on a Single Ampacity calculation, are shown below.
Note the derate of the conductor current carrying capability from 272 to 196 amps. Putting in more copper into the same underground duct configuration will yield a higher overall system capacity, but not in proportion to the additional cross section of copper due to mutual heating effects. If the entire ductbank in this example is utilized for a single three phase circuit, with 3 cables per duct, the circuit consists of a total of 6 conductors per phase with a total ampacity of 6 x 272 = 1,632 amps per phase. With two sets of triplexed 1/c cables at each position, the amount of copper in the installation has increased 100%, but the total ampacity has only increased to 12 x 196 = 2,352 amps per phase, a 44% increase.
To assist in underground cable system circuit design, in addition to the ampacity calculations, AmpCalc offers voltage drop, load flow duct fill and jam calculations. The former calculations are provided in each position data entry form, once the user has entered sufficient information to make the calculation.
Load the 'ex1a.ugs' file back into AmpCalc, go to the position data entry form for position 1 and note the voltage drop calculation result duplicated below.
The voltage calculation remains at zero because a value greater than zero for 'Specified Amps' must be entered. This is the current that is assumed to be in the circuit for voltage drop and load flow calculation purposes.
Load file 'ex1b.ugs' file back into AmpCalc, go to the position data entry form for position 1 and note that a non-zero 3.9% voltage drop calculation is now depicted, since a non-zero entry for 'Specified Amps' now exists. This voltage drop is also based on a 1000 foot cable distance and a load power factor of 80% lagging.
Note that the duct fill and jam calculations are satisfactory. Change the duct size to 3.5″ to obtain the following jam warning although the duct fill is still acceptable.
Data file 'ex1d.ugs' illustrates the use of metric cable sizes in AmpCalc with a selected size of 240 mm2 . When entering metric cable sizes, all other AmpCalc dimensional inputs remain in English units..
Having completed these example cases, the user is encouraged to load either example data files into AmpCalc, make changes to the data, and run additional calculations.
For instance, try revising the data from 'ex1b.ugs' by changing the "Specified load current" fields from 271.6 to 295.3, 258.9, and 276.8 amps respectively for C1A/B, C2A/B, and C3A/B. Using a "Multiple" and "Temperature" calculation, AmpCalc should then calculate temperatures of 75.00 degrees C for all cables – or else very close within rounding errors!


Sir Terry and Mr M...unfinished business at Dobbies?
Dobbies "gets together with Ocado to be the best on-line"
Is this the smallest garden centre in the UK?
Happy New Year to all our GTN and GTN Xtra readers. After a busy 2017 we look forward to continuing to bring you all the news, views and sales ideas for the coming year.
We wish you all a great start to 2018.
Read the current issue of GTN on-line which includes an interview with The Greatest Customer Service Team Leader, Justin Williams at Fron Goch, and thoughts for 2018 from various industry notables.
Durston Garden Products have been Flying the Flag for a BUY BRITISH campaign and all for a very good reason. The company generally believes that as BREXIT negotiations continue to take shape; that now is the time to start shopping closer to home. Not only will you save yourself all the stress, and often logistical nightmare that goes with the lengthy process of shopping overseas but that you will also find it can be much cheaper too.
Reports circulating online this week suggest that life is not getting any easier for Terra Firma's Wyevale Garden Centres operation, which is facing re-structuring and re-financing after disappointing earnings. Pictured: WGC retail operations director David Anderson, who announced last week's changes.
"In the whole of the UK the retail industry 40% of all sales are online and growing. Growing all the time. And yet in gardening it is tiny, almost irrelevant and therefore there is going to be a step change and I'm delighted to say that I can announce today that Ocado has very kindly agreed to link up with us (Dobbies) and to go on-line with us which is really exciting because they are one of the best British online companies..."
Pictured from left to right: Andrew Bracey, Chairman; Nicholas Marshall, CEO; and Graeme Jenkins, CFO.
Click the link for full story and more pictures.
Glee is to become a biannual event with the opening of a 'Glee concession show' at Spring Fair 2018 (February, NEC Birmingham). This show will complement Glee's main exhibition at the NEC each September.
Another Glee is over. While at the NEC there was such a positive vibe around the show this year. But in the cold light of day what did the retailer visitors reflect on Glee 2017?
A host of catering experts will be showcasing the delights of plant-based cooking as well as offering their insights into how best to integrate vegan meals into the major catering and hospitality trades, at the UK's first dedicated vegan Trade show next month.. Pictured: author, chef and restaurateur Aldo Zilli.


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Q: How can I avoid from being see the thick rectangle around a control when selecting the control at run time when the application is running? This is not my control I downloaded it from this page :
Advanced TrackBar
Then I dragged it to form1 designer from the toolbox.
When the application is running and I use the trackBar at some point it's like I selected the control and it's showing the selected rectangle around it.
and if I select/use another control at runtime the rectangle around the trackBar still exist.

A: At the bottom of the OnPaint override method in the MACTrackBar.cs file, comment out these lines:
// Draws a focus rectangle
// if(this.Focused)
//   ControlPaint.DrawFocusRectangle(e.Graphics,
//                                   Rectangle.Inflate(this.ClientRectangle, -2, -2));

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I am going on holiday on Friday and will be back on the 24th. Until then I will not able to reply to any e-mails or comments, but send them in anyway and I will look at them when I get back.
Cut the rhubarb into small pieces and cook in the water for 15 minutes. Don't stir it. Strain and throw away the rhubarb pulp.
Add the sugar and lemon juice to the rhubarb juice and bring to the boil. Cool and bottle. Keep refrigerated. Serve cold and thin with water as desired.


congrats! starting AP's wife here, so I understand your joy! congrats!
Birthing needs to ReOrient itself......Glad your husband is,on board to do so!!
That's awesome considering how few schools even offer tenure anymore! What is his PhD in?
How great for your family!


Innovation, with an obsession for helping solve customers' needs, drives HellermannTyton's product development. Taking a systemic approach to growing its product line, HellermannTyton's range of products works well together to provide customers with the lowest installed costs in the industry. Utilizing the latest technologies in design and prototyping tools, HellermannTyton's experienced development teams work closely with customers to assure groundbreaking performance, lower labor rates, reduced administrative and inventory costs, and overall results which exceed expectations.


Mayweather has already been made the overwhelming favorite as the fight between him and Conor will be a boxing match with McGregor, a kick boxer/martial artiste never engaged in a professional boxing fight before..
But Mayweather has insisted that Conor can still match him in the ring as a boxer.
'I mean cause every time Conor McGregor goes out there and compete and win, he do it standing up,' Mayweather said in response to the idea that he'll defeat Conor.
'When Conor McGregor did lose, he lost on the ground. He didn't lose standing up. So he's a hell of a fighter and a very, very tough competitor and he has the will to win.
We don't really have to talk about that. We already know what my number is. My team and us, our number is there,' Mayweather said reference how much guaranteed money he would need to fight McGregor.
'He has to get his thing in order with his team.


Firstly, here are the important details for the 2017 CrossFit Open.
SO WHY SHOULD I ENTER THE 2017 CROSSFIT OPEN?
The point is that this can happen to you regardless of ability, and that it is a good thing because ultimately it will lead you towards becoming a better athlete. Entering the CrossFit Open 2017 will surely uncover a weakness or two for you to work on and improve upon in the future.


The new triple horn design is Paxman's response to separate requests from two of London's top players. The requests were for a compensating double horn with a single storey change valve. While designing this, we realised that we could incorporate this feature successfully into a new and more compact triple horn.
The single change valve has enabled us to design a very free-blowing horn with a very long leadpipe, and to include a stopping valve on the Bb horn as standard, whilst retaining our unique dual mouthpipe system.
The instrument is very compact for a triple horn as well as being more aesthetically pleasing. It is designed to operate standing in Bb as this is the most efficient way of operating three thumb levers, although it can be made to play standing in F on request.


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COVID in Iran: 118 New Cases, 4 Deaths Registered
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian health ministry announced on Tuesday that 118 new cases of coronavirus infection have been identified across the country during the past 24 hours, adding that 4 patients have passed away in the same period of time.
"A sum of 118 new patients infected with COVID-19 have been identified in the country based on confirmed diagnosis criteria during the past 24 hours," the Iranian Health Ministry's Public Relations Center said on Tuesday, and added, "51 patients have been hospitalized during the same time span."
It further announced that the total number of COVID-19 patients has increased to 7,563,623.
"Unfortunately, four patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours, increasing the number of the dead to 144,741," the ministry noted.
It expressed satisfaction that 7,337,159 coronavirus patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals so far.
The center went on to say that 224 cases infected with COVID-19 are in critical conditions.
It added that 54,965,009 coronavirus diagnosis tests have so far been carried out across the country.
The health ministry public relations warned that 6 cities are orange, 122 cities are yellow, and 320 cities are blue.
Coronavirus figures and deaths have been on a downward trend since the government started a mass vaccination campaign.
In a televised interview in May, Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Rayeesi touched on the reopening of businesses and schools after a successful vaccination campaign, saying that "today, in addition to importing vaccines, we also have a very high capacity to produce vaccines in the country and even export them".
The president said his government's measures have brought down the number of daily deaths from the coronavirus pandemic to a one-digit number from hundreds.
The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting approximately all countries and territories around the world. The virus was first reported in the Central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. It has so far killed over 6.74 million people and infected over 673 million others globally.
The Iranian foreign ministry declared that despite Washington's claims of cooperation to transfer drugs to Iran via the new Swiss-launched payment mechanism, the US is troubling the process amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Although the US claims that medicines and medical equipment are not under sanctions, they have practically blocked the transfer of Iran's financial resources in other countries into the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement (SHTA), former Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said.
In relevant remarks in August, Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber rapped Washington and its allies for imposing banking sanctions that prevent Iran's efforts to buy drugs and medical equipment amid a surge in the number of coronavirus infected and deaths in the country.
"Although the arrogant system (led by the US) claims that access to medicine is free for all people and there is no restriction for any country when we want to purchase the needed medicine, they do not allow transfer of money and prevent the drugs' imports," Mokhber said, addressing a meeting in Tehran.
He also noted that coronavirus has affected many businesses and the shortage of medicine and treatment-related issues have also placed a heavy burden on the country's budget, saying that these problems need serious planning and efforts to address the problems of businesses that are affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.
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A mighty mocha latte swirled in caramel & buttery toffee bits.
Like most early birds, a fresh cup of coffee is a daily staple to kick start our days. To keep our chocolate addiction in check, we reserve our guilty pleasures for the mornings because nothing washes decadent chunks of cocoa down better than a steaming cup of joe.
We wanted to share this blissful pairing and intensify it with more sensual notes like toffee and caramel. When infused together, this recipe reminds us of caramelized mocha lattes that we used to make as baristas back in the day.


Stunning SECLUDED FOREST & CREEK LOCATION in Hunters Glen. Immaculate 2 bedroom, 2 bath Corner-unit townhome featuring a Grand Vaulted ceiling in the living room with extra windows allowing an abundance of natural light, gas fire place, large sized deck off dining room, 2 more decks off the family room & master bedroom, hot water in-floor radiant heating, & a large spacious Master bedroom along with a full en-suite. Perfect home for first time home buyers/young family looking to live in Walnut Grove. All levels of schools closeby including Walnut Grove Secondary which is a 2 minute walk away. The complex backs onto Walnut Grove walking trails that lead you to the Walnut Grove Comm Centre, water park, tennis courts, outside running track, and shopping. Golf courses within a 15 minute drive.


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using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace Z.Core.Test
{
    [TestClass]
    public class System_String_ToEnum
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void ToEnum()
        {
            // Type
            string @this = "Ordinal";

            // Examples
            var value = @this.ToEnum<StringComparison>(); // return StringComparison.Ordinal;

            // Unit Test
            Assert.AreEqual(StringComparison.Ordinal, value);
        }
    }
}

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