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Bulgaria's SJC elects new Plovdiv Regional Court chief
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on April 18, 2013 in Bulgaria, News - No comments
Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) appointed Vesselin Hadjiev as head of the Plovdiv Regional Court, filling the vacancy created after Sotir Tsatsarov was elected Prosecutor-General last year. Hadjiev was previously the head of the Plovdiv District Court.
Hadjiev's appointment was predicted well in advance of the vote – especially by critics of SJC's appointment policies, who said that Hadjiev was promoted to a top management position despite having no experience at the regional courts level.
In Bulgaria's judicial system, district courts are the general trial courts for most lawsuits. Regional courts are the rung above district courts, serving as first-instance courts for certain types of lawsuits, but also hearing appeals against district courts' rulings.
Some critics also see Hadjiev's promotion as his reward for "securing a favourable outcome" for former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov in the slander case brought by the former head of Bulgaria's judges union Miroslava Todorova.
Todorova, one of the biggest critics of the SJC and Tsvetanov, filed a complaint after Tsvetanov accused her of ties to the organised crime. The Plovdiv district court acquitted Tsvetanov, with an appeal lodged in the regional court. (Todorova has been fired as a judge for delays in sentencing by the SJC, with critics blaming Tsvetanov and his allies in the judiciary, who hold a majority in the SJC, for the sacking.)
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Video, Pictures as Morocco launches Africa into exquisite club of fast electric train transportation
-After seven years hard work, Africa's fastest train begins operation in Morocco
Rabat, November 17, 2018 (AltAfrica)-Morocco's King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron have inaugurated what has been described as Africa's fastest train, with a trip from the northwestern city of Tangier to the capital, Rabat.
The railway, known as the LGV, will significantly reduce the travel time between the industrial and commercial hubs of Casablanca and Tangier to two hours and 10 minutes, instead of four hours and 45 minutes, according to officials.
The project was completed after seven years of work in a 22.9bn dirhams ($2.4bn) project joint-funded by France, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Morocco bought 12 double-decker, high-speed trains from French group Alstom, to be operated by the state-owned railway ONCF, which expects six million passengers to use the new service annually.
The king and the French president on Thursday boarded the train at Tangier after they were handed tickets by the Director General of Morocco's National Railway Office, Mohamed Rabie Khlie, according to state news agency MAP.
Last year, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian had called the railway "the fastest train on the African continent" during a visit to Morocco to sign a loan deal between the ONCF and the French Development Agency.
Authorities have said the project is part of a larger rail plan aimed at upgrading Morocco's transportation system and boosting the economy.
Rabat – Photos from inside Africa's first high speed train have been gone viral on social media.
The sophisticated train has classy cars adorned with turquoise seats.
The second class car in Morocco's LGV train has rows of seats and foldout tables. (Photo credit: Media24)
The sophisticated train has classy cars adorned with turquoise seats. (Photo credit: Media24)
Photos from inside Africa's first high speed train have been going viral on social media. (Photo credit Media 24)
The train also has a stylish restaurant car. (Photo credit: Media24)
The cars have ample restroom facilities. (Photo credit: Media24)
King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated Morocco's first LGV high-speed train this afternoon in Tangier. The LGV departed from Tangier to Rabat with King Mohammed VI and Macron taking the first ride.
The 200-kilometer-long high speed train will link Tangier and Casablanca in two hours and 10 minutes instead of the normal five-hour train ride.
The trip from Tangier to Kenitra will take 47 minutes while the trip from Tangier to Rabat will take 90 minutes. ONCF will announce the LGV's ticket prices on Friday, November 16.
During testing, the train reached a record speed of 357 kilometers per hour in May. The LGV's total budget costs €2 billion.
The project will increase its passenger capacity from 3 million per year to more than 60 million starting in the third year.
King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurating Morocco's LGV.
King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron at the inauguration ceremony of Morocco's LGV.
French President Emmanuel Macron arriving at the inauguration ceremony in Tangier.
French President Emmanuel Macron and King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
ONCF Diretor General Mohamed Rabie Khlie, King Mohammed VI of Morocco and French President Emmanuel Macron at the inauguration ceremony of Morocco's High Speed Train.
However, the new line has not been without its controversies.
The high cost has drawn criticism, with some saying the project was not a priority and the money would have been better spent on health and education.
Critics also say it has flagged disparities in spending between the north and the south of the country – vast southern regions and major cities such as Agadir are without a basic rail service.
A derailment in October near Kenitra, 15km north of Rabat, which killed seven people and injured 125 others, sparked further criticism and calls for increased funding to improve safety and infrastructure as well as the punctuality of basic railway services.
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The Scapegoat è un cortometraggio muto del 1913 diretto da Lorimer Johnston.

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Il film fu prodotto dalla Flying A (American Film Manufacturing Company).

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Distribuito dalla Mutual Film, il film - un cortometraggio in due bobine - uscì nelle sale cinematografiche USA il 28 luglio 1913.

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It's been almost two years since this blog last discussed Nicholas Cage. After a recent overview of his career matrix, I realized that Mr. Cage has played more than his share of "men" on the silver screen. For your edification, I've produced a compendium on the subject.
A List of the Various Types of "Man" Nicholas Cage Has Been:
Film: The Wicker Man [Link]
Quote: "OH, NO! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAGGHHH!"
Note: The "alternate ending" for this movie deletes a scene to end the film earlier, which is incredibly confusing when trying to determine what's different. It also increases the terribleness quotient by cramming the same amount of awful into a shorter film.
Film: The Weather Man [Link]
Quote: "I think they make car tires out of camel toes."
Matchstick
Film: Matchstick Men [Link]
Quote: "I'm not very good at being a father, alright? I barely get by just being me."
Film: The Family Man [Link]
Note: I haven't seen it, but it certainly looks hilarious.
In Red Sports Car (Uncredited)
Film: Never On Tuesday [Link]
Quote: None, as its IMDB page has no quotes section.
Note: If the lack of a quotes section alone isn't enough to tell you this film is a stinker, the image seen above is the largest artwork I could find. Also, it's only available on VHS.
So there it is, a complete list of the various types of "man" Nicholas Cage has portrayed in film. All this Nicholas Cage and you still want more? Enjoy this ten-second clip from The Wicker Man1.
And of course, archived here. ↩
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While there were slightly fewer fires in 2015, arsons and destructive blazes took a nosedive this year, marking a decades-long record.
One firefighter was injured, and a puppy was saved from a burning house.
For the first time since the 1970s, Detroit is on pace to record fewer than 90 fires during the three-day Devil's Night period.
Blackface is widely offensive because it was used to create degrading caricatures of black people.
Police cited about 550 people so far this year – an average of nearly two a day – for trespassing at the mental hospital complex. That's compared to 213 last year.


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Analyst: Iran, P4+1 talks making progress, moving forward
A former Iranian diplomat to the United Nations says talks between Iran and the P4+1 group of countries are moving forward in a pragmatic manner.
Kourosh Ahmadi told Entekhab new and analysis website, the fact that no reports are leaking from the negotiations is a positive sign and shows the two sides are making progress in talks.
He referred to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian's comment in an interview with Al-Jazeera that Iran is for the time being pursuing the removal of JCPOA-related sanctions but will definitely push for the lifting of all bans imposed on the country in future. Ahmadi said logic dictates that Iran should push for the removal of other sanctions as well, namely those placed on the country over its missile program and other issues like human rights.
The former diplomat also spoke of Amir Abdollahian's demand for guarantees that Iran can sell oil and earn the revenues easily through its banking system.
Ahmadi said if the US is ready to access all terms of the JCPOA, it must abide by all provisions of the deal.
Regarding the fact that Iran and the US are divided at the end of the 6th round of talks over verification of sanctions removal, Ahmadi said, "My understanding is verification has two levels: One level is about the US measures to lift the sanctions,… the other level [I'm not sure if Iranian officials are pushing for that or not] is whether banks and economic institutions will do business with Iran or will remain worried about the consequences."
Asked what the key differences between Iran and the United States are, the former diplomat said, "I think the most important differences that have pitted Iran and the United States against each other are, according to US officials, regional issues."
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Q: catia vba Drafting sheet format frame display I have a little macro that adds a new sheet to a drawing intended for creating a .dxf file for the laser cut-out of sheet-metal parts.
Sub CATMain()

Dim drawingDocument1 As DrawingDocument
Set drawingDocument1 = CATIA.ActiveDocument

Dim drawingSheets1 As DrawingSheets
Set drawingSheets1 = drawingDocument1.Sheets

Dim drawingSheet1 As DrawingSheet
Set drawingSheet1 = drawingSheets1.Add("Laser")

drawingSheet1.PaperSize = catPaperA0

drawingSheet1.[Scale] = 1#

drawingSheet1.Orientation = catPaperLandscape

CATIA.StartCommand "Unfolded View"

End Sub

I'd like to make an addition to this macro where it removes the border of the sheet format.
The manual method of doing this is shown in the following screenshot:

So I either need to find a VBA command to untick that box, or a command to use Sheet Style "NoBorderTest" (as seen in the screenshot).
I couldn't find a way to do either, any help would be appreciated.

A: I'm trying to accomplish exactly the same thing you are, I'm making drawings that contain a view scaled 1:1 that can be exported as a DXF for 3 axis machining. The format is very annoying, it makes it difficult to see the part profile if its size is similar to the paper dimensions. The drawing format "shadow" hides the geometry.
The work around that I came up with was to set the paper height and paper width to very small numbers, 0.0000001 seemed to work fine. The paper height and paper width properties are exposed APIs that you can work with:
Dim DXFRoot As DrawingRoot = DXFRepRef.GetItem("CATDrawingAccess")
Dim DXFSheets As DrawingSheets = DXFRoot.Sheets
Dim DXFSheet As DrawingSheet = DXFSheets.ActiveSheet
DXFSheet.PaperSize = CatPaperSize.catPaperUser
DXFSheet.Scale = 1
DXFSheet.SetPaperHeight(0.0000001)
DXFSheet.SetPaperWidth(0.0000001)

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Some Call It Alternative Parenting; They Call It Traditional by Sean Sands
By Christy S | Thu, 11/07/2013 - 15:40
by Sean Sands
Staff Writer, The Gazette
Group promotes 'attachment' philosophy
Karen Krueger decided a few years ago to take a different approach to raising her child: She would do it the way people have been doing it "for thousands and thousands of years."
The Takoma Park mother embraced a philosophy known as attachment parenting, employing methods like baby wearing, positive discipline, breastfeeding and co-sleeping, where the parents share their bed with the child. It's an approach that shuns the traditional crib-and-bottle to develop strong emotional and physical bonds between parent and child.
Attachment parenting has created "an amazing, close bond" between Krueger and her 3-year-old daughter Alya, she said. "The typical American way of raising their children is, on this planet, a relatively new phenomenon. It might not be the right answer, with science backing up the benefits of the physical connections that come with attachment parenting."
Some attachment parenting practices, like baby wearing and maintaining balance in family life, are starting to become mainstream, she said. However, some parents take a much different approach on other attachment parenting aspects, such as letting a child decide when it's time to give up breastfeeding and get his or her own bed.
The heart of attachment parenting lies in fulfilling a child's basic needs for trust, affection and empathy through a set of eight ideals* promoted by Attachment Parenting International, a Nashville, Tenn.,-based organization. The ideals cover the fundamentals of attachment parenting, ranging from emotional responsiveness to avoiding prolonged periods of separation.
Krueger and other area parents get an opportunity to discuss the ideals monthly at meetings of Takoma Attachment Parenting, a support group started about 18 months ago. Krueger and her husband are one of five couples who co-lead the group, which meets the second Sunday of each month at the Heffner Community Center on Oswego Avenue.
The meetings are open to anyone who wants to learn about attachment parenting or connect with other parents who follow the ideals, she said. "We've had people who are pregnant who are just kind of seeing what it's all about, or people who are having problems with discipline."
Discipline is a universal issue for parents, no matter how they decide to raise their children, Krueger said, and attachment parenting focuses on using positive discipline to help kids learn the difference between right and wrong.
"I can yell at my child for doing something wrong, but what is that teaching her?" she asked. "It's going to teach her that when somebody does something she doesn't like, she can yell at them."
Positive discipline means getting beyond a child's bad act and figuring out why the child acted the way he or she did, said Adam Frank, a Takoma Park resident and co-leader of Takoma Attachment Parenting.
"It's about being able to understand and look beyond what they are doing," Frank said. "To see what they want and what they are trying to express when they can't always express it can be difficult. Your gut reaction is to say, 'Don't do that,' but you have to step back and problem-solve with them."
Attachment parenting is a philosophy that "just makes a lot of sense" for Frank, who said he has raised his 2-year-old daughter Zahava according to the eight ideals. "I really think the key of it is the emotional responsiveness -- it's listening to your child and treating your child like a person, and honoring what they're trying to ask for."
There are some drawbacks, however, especially when it comes to sharing a bed with a baby or toddler. Rob Antonucci of Takoma Park said he and his wife have allowed their 3-year-old son Curtis to sleep with them since he was an infant.
"I totally see why people sleep-train their kids," Antonucci said. "I would say I am feeling sleep-deprived and hit over the head with a lead brick the majority of mornings. It's tough to go on a baby's schedule."
But Krueger said the benefits outweigh any changes in the adults' sleeping pattern. "Babies will breathe in rhythm with their mothers if they sleep with them, plus the skin-to-skin touch boosts the immune system."
Co-sleeping is probably the most controversial aspect of attachment parenting, according to Virginia Shiller, a licensed clinical psychologist and lecturer at the Yale (University) Child Study Center. She said both the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the American Academy of Pediatrics warn that co-sleeping could put young children at risk for suffocation or strangulation.
"While there certainly might be some nice, positive aspects to it, it has a potentially physical danger," she said. "Also, we know that many healthy kids are raised having a room of their own -- having responsive parents -- and that they don't need to have their parents available throughout the night."
Shiller said the attachment parenting movement reinforces some basic areas of child rearing, most importantly that children need consistent, positive and responsive parenting. "Kids that have a healthy bond with their parents have been shown in studies to be more self-reliant and have better peer relations, but can you take it to an extreme where it isn't true?
"My concern is that there could be more than just a good bond with parents, where [the children] are 'tied' to their parents."
Even though Shiller said she was concerned in general about parents who could become "overly dogmatic" in their approach to parenting, members of the Takoma Park group all stressed that the eight ideals are just that: ideals, and not regulations.
"Some families are just not able to practice all eight ideals, and that's OK," Krueger said. "The goal is to practice as many as you can -- to be as attached a parent and as close a family as you can."
For more information about Takoma Attachment Parenting, e-mail takomaapi-owner@yahoogroups.com or call 301-920-2696.
copyright 2004 The Gazette-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
* Prior to May of 2007, API's Eight Principles of Parenting were known as the Eight Ideals.


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Among others, the ESA Academy Training and Learning Programme makes use of the ESA Academy's Training and Learning Facility located in the ESA Education Training Centre, ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium.
The ESA Academy's Training and Learning Programme has been coordinated by the ESA Education Office from ESEC since September 2015, and related training sessions have been delivered since March 2016.


I will be doing the scenic design for my first "non-USC" related production! Theatre Americana's production of Mary of the Avenue is a quirky new musical written by Neil Scanlan and Greg Wood, directed by Donna Scarantio. I am so excited to be working on great productions and opportunities, such as this, while I am still in school!


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Pictures that are worth only one word
by Dale Hobson on August 29th, 2015
"Design" icon by Anna Weiss
A recent favorite discovery of mine is The Noun Project which, according to its endlessly engrossing website, is dedicated to "Creating, Sharing and Celebrating the World's Visual Language."
It is a work of love by a whole community of graphic designers around the world who create icons to represent everything that might be a thing–hence the name.
My own fascination with tiny simple illustrations of everything began when I was a letterpress printer hand-setting cast lead type to print books and ephemera.
Commercial type foundries made sets of "ornaments" in type metal for use in text and design. You can find a remnant of their work in computer fonts like Wingdings, Webdings and Zapf Dingbats.
But The Noun Project takes the whole notion to the encyclopedic level. It would be nice to think that there could be a picture to represent every concept; that's how the Chinese written language evolved. Some things are pretty straightforward, "Bird" and "Acorn" by designer Sergey Demushkin, for example.
Some are a little more complicated. Among my favorites in this category is one by designer Dan Hetteix I found by searching at The Noun Project for "Rapture," and another by Richard Cordero found by searching "Abduction." A victim of the latter might be pictured on Blaise Sewell's "Missing Person" icon which is, of course, a stylized milk carton with a tiny photo on it.
There's still a lot of work to be done, despite the repository's current collection of approx. 150,000 icons. A search for "Platypus," for example, returned no results. And Lexi Larson's icon set "Executions" only contains a gallows, a guillotine and an electric chair.
"Execution" icon set by Lexi Larson
If you want to help build the collection, The Noun Project hosts "Iconathons." According to the project's Wikipedia entry, "The sessions typically run five hours and include graphic designers, content experts, and interested volunteers, all working in small groups that focus on a specific issue, such as democracy, transportation or nutrition." Or, presumably, on forms of execution. But not, apparently, on marsupials.
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5 Comments on "Pictures that are worth only one word"
Hank Hofmann says:
How would the Noun Project represent the noun "noun"?
Creating Concepts In Graphic Design | Graphic Designers says:
[…] Pictures that are worth only one word – is dedicated to "Creating, Sharing and Celebrating the World's Visual Language." It is a work of love by a whole community of graphic designers around the world who create icons to represent everything that might … […]
ncpradmin says:
Hi Hank–
I searched for "noun," also for "word" and for "parts of speech." Random results, except for "Word" which gave plenty of Microsoft DOC icons.
Jim Benvenuto says:
Dale:
Always a lesson here–who knew?
Pete Klein says:
It case you didn't known it, words are icons.
The bird and the acorn icons are obvious but the two below them are not obvious.
The execution icons could also be called murder – in the tradition of a rose by any other name is still a rose.


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Home Festival Blog Rosanne Cash: Don't Be Bullied into Silence
Rosanne Cash: Don't Be Bullied into Silence
Join us at our annual Visionary Leadership Award Luncheon and Conversation on Tuesday, February 26th. The Award Luncheon raises money toward the dynamic and inspiring programs presented at the Festival in June. Established nine years ago in honor of Festival co-Founder Jean M. Handley, the award is given to a Visionary Leader whose trailblazing work is impacting the world. This year's award is presented to Rosanne Cash, singer-songwriter, activist, and anti-gun violence advocate.
Finding herself bombarded by constant news of violence, Rosanne Cash shares her feelings of shock and dismay as she opens the first verse of "By Degrees", a collaboration initiated by singer-songwriter Mark Erelli that combines the musical forces of Sheryl Crow, Josh Ritter and more. Upon its release on October 19th, 2018, all of the proceeds for "By Degrees" were donated to Representative Gabrielle Giffords' organization Giffords: The Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The song is vulnerable, honest and convicting. It reveals how Americans detach themselves, hiding in phone screens as headlines of violence pile up and politics become increasingly aggressive and corrupt. The hook sparks self-awareness in the listener, illuminating the hostility and intolerance that we turn a blind eye to:
"You can learn to live with anything / When it happens by degrees."
Rosanne Cash is the first to sing this lyric in the song, which is reflective of her outspokenness about serious issues including free speech, copyright reform and gun control. In an interview published by Billboard, Cash admits, "A lot of times I feel I don't have the courage, but I say it anyway … Because I cannot ... sit here and watch children being slaughtered when they go to school." Her advocacy, essays and songwriting embody the message behind "By Degrees" of a refusal to be silent in the face of violence.
"By Degrees" ends with a sobering verse performed by Erelli in which he expresses his shame of the world we are introducing the next generation to: "My children's faces filled with questions / Looking up expectantly / And I don't know what to tell them / No I can't bring myself to tell them / That you can learn to live with anything / When it happens by degrees". The disheartened verses build into strength and determination, making "By Degrees" a true protest song.
In 2017, Cash penned an article for The New York Times calling country musicians to action. "It is no longer enough to separate yourself quietly," she writes. "Don't let them bully you into silence. That's where their power lies—in the silence of rational voices and in the apathy of those who can speak truth to power." She actively encourages musicians to not be complicit by remaining quiet, but instead to use their voices to push for change. Cash declares, "The laws the N.R.A. would pass are a threat to you, your fans, and to the concerts and festivals we enjoy … Pull apart the threads of patriotism and lax gun laws that it has so subtly and maliciously intertwined. They are not the same."
— Written by Danae Sawchyn
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Jan 14, 2017 · 11:23 pm
Malcolm Hardee, the squatters and the upcoming Cunning Stunt in Edinburgh
The Wibbley Wobbley in its original berth at Greenland Dock
In November and December last year, I posted a series of blogs about the late comic Malcolm Hardee's former floating pub/comedy club The Wibbley Wobbley.
There were squatters living on board in November.
In December, the boat was towed away from Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe to nearby South Dock Marina and, a few days later, towed away to be scrapped.
This week, I had a chat with Darryl, one of the squatters.
"So you got ousted from the Wibbley Wobbley," I said. "Where are you squatting now?"
"In a building. An ex-restaurant."
"Any leftovers?"
"No. Only mice."
"You could eat the mice," I suggested.
"We could, but we have standards."
"So," I said, "The Wibbley Wobbley got moved from Greenland Dock to South Dock Marina. Were the squatters still on board at the time?"
The Wibbley Wobbley was temporarily berthed in South Dock Marina, Rotherhithe (Photograph by Jody VandenBurg)
"I wasn't on board," replied Darryl, "but other people were. There was no notice and it was a dawn raid. They just cut off the supports, attached a boat with a power motor and towed the Wibbley Wobbley around the corner."
"What happened," I asked, "when it got taken away from South Dock Marina?"
"No idea. It's a mystery. We had all got off by then."
"Because you had decided it was not a good place to stay?"
"No, the people were quite aggressive. They booted us off."
"Physically?"
"Pretty much, yeah. We couldn't put up a resistance, so…"
"There was some verbal aggression and you left?"
"Well," said Darryl, "there was some physical violence to one of our crew. But we realised the boat was going to be sailed away and dismantled or whatever, so we…"
"What sort of physical violence?" I asked.
"A punch to the head," said Darryl. "It was not very nice."
"How had you originally started squatting there?" I asked.
"We went on board in late May last year – Pirata Mala Pata…"
"What?" I asked.
"Pirata Mala Pata," Darryl repeated.
"What's that?" I asked.
"The name of the man who went on board to start off with. He's my friend. Pirata Mala Pata. It's Spanish."
Darryl the Saintly Squatter talked to me at the Soho Theatre
"No idea. We have pirate names. Pirata Mala Pata. He went on board first, with Back from the Dead Red."
"Back from the Dead Red – That's his name.
"Then I went on – Darryl Kia Kaha – and then Conrad the Cut-Throat Lipstick Killer. Then, after that, quickly, there were Bristima Long Wave, Diabolito, Deptford Drake, Slayer Crow, Belly Bones Beerhead and Bluebeard Barbarossa. They are all very interesting characters."
"I don't doubt it," I said. "When you started squatting on the Wibbley Wobbley, you told me no-one was clear who owned it."
"When we went on board," Darryl explained, "the power was still all activated, the fridge had been running for I don't know how many years and there was a lot of alcohol left on board which was good for about a week."
"What was in the fridge?" I asked.
"Nothing, but there was lots of electrical equipment still on board. The water supply was still on. It was a great environment.
"We contacted the Harbour Master to find out who the owner was so we could maybe make a deal with him and say we would look after the boat. The person we met at that time – we could not confirm if he actually was the owner – said we would have about three weeks.
"So we said: OK. That's fine. Three weeks is great. And those three weeks came and went and we were there for about six months. But the Harbour Master didn't want us on board. He turned off the power pretty quickly, so we got a generator and a lot of battery stuff. After another couple of months, he removed the water supply, which was a bit contentious. You're not supposed to remove a water supply. But there was not much recourse for us, so we just bought big bottles. And then there was the sewerage problem.
"That was part of why the whole boat closed down in the first place. There is a big sewage tank at the back of the boat and, when it gets filled up, it starts to sink the boat."
"Malcolm would have approved of what you are doing." (Photograph by Vincent Lewis)
"Ah yes," I said. "I was at Malcolm's birthday party in 2002 when the boat started to sink with the weight of its own shit."
"We actually sorted it out," said Darryl. "The Harbour Master disconnected the sewerage. We didn't like that. So we re-connected it, got a pump and our generator and managed to send the shit back up the pipe and around the harbour to his tank. He didn't know. But it worked and we were pretty much self-sufficient."
"Did he ever find out?" I asked.
"No… In the squatting network, people are very resourceful. A lot of people have a lot of knowledge. As you can imagine, with a disparate group of people, everyone has their own agendas. My agenda was to run creative events. My background is film-making and music. We made little films on the boat, which was cool. And we had events, which was really cool."
"When did you find out about Malcolm Hardee?" I asked.
"As soon as we got on, we started researching. We found lots of articles inside the boat and really quickly found out about him. We thought: Wow! This is exciting! This is obviously a kindred spirit. And, amongst many people who came by the boat, were a couple of people who said: Malcolm would have approved of what you guys are doing."
"I think they are probably right," I told Darryl.
"But," he continued, "along with that, we also endured quite a lot of hostility."
"From…?" I asked.
Interior of Wibbley Wobbley during the squatter occupation.
"Oh, as soon as we got on the boat, word spread around. It had been the pub for some of the old locals, so it was understandable they would feel jilted that we had taken over what used to be their bar. So we suffered quite a lot of verbal abuse, threats of violence. We recorded a lot of it on camera to protect ourselves. Also there were drunk people trying to come on board. There was also a mad woman who would throw huge rocks at us. We had to get the police around to her."
"She lived in a nearby flat?"
"And threw rocks?"
"Yeah. Big rocks. She was mentally not well. Also, towards the end of summer, we had a gang of marauding 10-year-olds on bicycles throwing rocks at us."
"What," I asked, "did the police say?"
"They came round in the early days and said: You guys are fine. You've got occupancy, so you have the right to be here.
"Once, we had an open painting day and put large canvasses up on the pier and invited people to come and paint. We had lots of kids come along. The Harbour Master came along and said: You can't do this! You're trespassing! He called the police. He told them: Look! These guys are trespassing and disturbing the peace!"
"And," I asked, "the police reaction was…?"
"They said: No, no. They're not. Sorry. There's nothing you can do about it. Bugger off."
"Not in those exact words?"
"No, not in those exact words, but it was a bit humiliating for the poor guy."
"And the future…?" I asked.
"We have been inspired by Malcolm and an anonymous group has decided to take on the concept of the Cunning Stunt at the Edinburgh Fringe this year."
"Ooh," I said. "Are they actually staging a show at the Fringe?"
"Yes. the group intends to put on a comedy piece."
One of the increasingly prestigious Cunning Stunt Awards
"And the stunt is…?" I asked.
"Something is going to happen," said Darryl.
"Always good," I said. "Is it legal or illegal?"
"Legal, I think."
"How disappointing," I said.
"Well," said Darryl, "the hologram might infringe some boundaries. You've got maritime law, terrestrial law and then you have aerospace. They are going to attempt a hologram between the dimensions."
"Between time and space?" I asked.
"Yes. Totally shred the space-time continuum," said Darryl.
"What," I asked, "is the stage show they might be putting on at the Edinburgh Fringe?"
"Apparently it's going to be inside a four-walled venue for one day only – because, once you have burnt down a building, you can't do it again…"
"Malcolm did," I told him. "And when might this show happen in Edinburgh?"
"No idea," said Darryl. "But they have said they will release information. They have got birds: pigeons. They will be sending them out to various addresses at the right time."
"Including my address?" I asked. "I hope so."
"Maybe…" said Darryl. "Maybe leave some crumbs outside the front door to your house so the pigeons will know where to land."
"Except," I said, "I suppose I should not tell you my address in case I wake up tomorrow and find you are squatting in my back bedroom."
"Absolutely," said Darryl.
"Anonymous group has decided to take on the concept of the Cunning Stunt at the Edinburgh Fringe"
Filed under Anarchy, Comedy, London
Tagged as anarchy, comedy, cunning stunt, edinburgh fringe, Malcolm hardee, Rotherhithe, squatting, Wibbley Wobbley
Dec 31, 2016 · 6:46 pm
Malcolm Hardee: Wibbley Wobbley RIP
The Wibbley Wobbley in its original berth at Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, in February 2014
A few weeks ago, I posted a couple of blogs about the late comedian Malcolm Hardee's floating pub/venue The Wibbley Wobbley being removed from Greenland Dock to South Dock Marina in Rotherhithe and then, on 14th December, being taken away from there to be scrapped.
To round off this sad story tale, coincidental confirmation came from comic Sinead Wheeler, who sent me a message saying:
"I had to get my own boat (my home!) rescued and towed up the River Medway on Wednesday 14th after it sank in mid-October.
Malcolm Hardee on board the Wibbley Wobbley (Photograph by Vincent Lewis)
"The towing guy said he had come straight from being up all night on 'the Wibbley Wobbley job'. I didn't ask at the time as I was a bit distracted by seeing my boat and all its contents (books, clothes my best undies!!!, all my food cupboard contents etc) covered in stinking mud and full of dead fish… but I texted him later.
"His answer was basically: Yes, it's gone.
"It is gutting that it wasn't saved, but boats are total twats to look after and never make things easy. The PLA / Southwark Council / CRT or whoever no doubt could have done more or less but that's how they roll. People on boats lose their homes every week.
"The Wibbley Wobbley was only a small part of what Malcolm did, thankfully anyway – he won't be forgotten."
(THERE IS AN UPDATE – WITH PHOTO – IN A LATER BLOG)
The Wibbley Wobbley after being moved to its temporary berth at South Dock Marina in Rotherhithe
Tagged as Malcolm hardee, Rotherhithe, Sinead Wheeler, Wibbley Wobbley
Malcolm Hardee's Wibbley Wobbley floating venue – reportedly scrapped
Wibbley Wobbley was removed from South Dock Marina, Rotherhithe (Photo by Jody VandenBurg)
Last Sunday, I posted a blog about the fate of late comedian Malcolm Hardee's former floating bar/venue the Wibbley Wobbley.
It got a response from Jody VandenBurg on Wednesday. He is making a long-in-production documentary on Malcolm: All The Way From Over There.
"Saw the news about the Wibbley Wobbley," Jody wrote. "I was down there filming today, met a few interesting characters. Future is uncertain, but am not convinced it's for the scrap heap just yet.
"The squatters and other people seem convinced it's going to be scrapped but I met a guy who said he has bought it. He seemed very upset at what had been done to it, that the boat has a lot of history and he wants to preserve it. He said he intended to take it to dry dock in Sea Reach at Canvey Island if it can make it up there.
"He was emptying the boat of all the crap and putting it in a van to be taken to dump." (Photograph by Jody VandenBurg)
"Anything he finds of any note in the boat, he said, would go to Rotherhithe Museum. He was emptying the boat of all the crap the squatters had left behind and putting it in a van to be taken to dump.
"The only thing is that his account of what happened when they evicted the squatters and the squatters' version of what happened are completely different so I am not sure who to believe on that front… So that makes me wonder about the entire thing."
The next day – Wednesday – I got another e-mail from Jody. It said:
"So they are moving the Wibbley Wobbley properly out of the dock on Friday at about 2.00pm. I am going to go down with a couple of cameras to film it."
I was not able to go yesterday – I was on child-minding duties – but, last night, I got another message about the Wibbley Wobbley from Jody:
"Unfortunate news. They moved it on Wednesday without keeping me updated whilst I was organising the shoot for today and it got scrapped."
There is a trailer online for Jody's short documentary on Malcolm Hardee's club The Tunnel.
Tagged as comedy, documentary, Jody VandenBurg, Malcolm hardee, Rotherhithe, Wibbley Wobbley
Dec 11, 2016 · 11:44 pm
Malcolm Hardee's Wibbley Wobbley boat has re-appeared somewhere else
Malcolm and his girlfriend Andree Jenni standing by the Wibbley Wobbley in 2002
A brief fortnight ago, anarchy was celebrated
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a blog in which Malcolm Hardee Award winner Becky Fury and I went to Malcolm's old floating pub/comedy venue The Wibbley Wobbley.
It was moored in Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, by the River Thames in London.
There were some very amiable squatters living in the boat, putting on monthly performances. They had been there for several months.
Suitably anarchic slogans adorned the sides of the boat.
Today's Pantomime Horse Race in Greenwich was interrupted
Today, while watching the annual Pantomime Horse Race in Greenwich, I got a message from Evening Standard comedy critic Bruce Dessau telling me that the squatters had been evicted; the Wibbley Wobbley had been towed away from its berth and would be broken up.
Two sad gangways (left) lead to where the Wibbley floated
Bruce asked me for a quote which he could add to the news item he had written on his Beyond The Joke website. I gave him a quote but suggested he should just make up a much better one and claim that I had said it – something of which I think Malcolm would have approved.
Alas, he just quoted the load of old cobblers I had thought of:
The Wibbley Wobbley (orange marker) in its old berth in Greenland Dock. Malcolm Hardee drowned there in 2005.
"I thought 2016 was bad enough with Bowie, Prince and Manuel from Fawlty Towers dying, but this has really pissed me off."
It's not a great quote, is it?
The moral to this part of the story is:
If someone or something snuffs it, don't ask me for a quote.
After the Pantomime Horse Race finished in Greenwich, I went to Greenland Dock in Rotherhithe, where the Wibbley Wobbley had been moored and where Malcolm had drowned in 2005.
The boat was, indeed, not there.
But I spotted it in the adjacent South Dock Marina.
Wibbley Wobbley tonight, in a new berth: South Dock Marina
Coincidentally, before he bought the Wibbley Wobbley, Malcolm had lived in another boat in South Dock Marina and, ironically, I had fallen in the water there and almost drowned, myself, while carrying Malcolm's vacuum cleaner onto the boat.
As always, it is better not to ask for too many details.
The banners which had been adorning the Wibbley Wobbley two weeks ago had, tonight, been removed.
Now under more secure lock and key in South Dock Marina
But the boat itself looked perfectly OK; not ready to be scrapped.
As I left, I heard two people connected with the dock talking about the Wibbley Wobbley.
"The thing is," one said, "if you get rid of squatters, they'll just find somewhere else."
A bit like memories, in that respect.
ADDITIONAL STUFF
The Shipping Press account on Twitter posted an image of workers removing the Wibbley Wobbley from its original berth in Greenland Dock with text which said: "So called pirates left #wibbelywobbley after trying to sink her! They converted upstairs into 7 bedrooms-and left a big mess."
The Cockney Rebel account on Twitter commented: "Pirates on #WibbleyWobbley resisted removal by order of LBS ( @londonLabour )again! 2 make way for yuppie eatery!"
Leigh Miller replied: "How did this happen without notice? Admiralty Writ necessary- did anyone investigate?"
Cockney Rebel: "Don't know yet. LBS very good at smash & grab doing what they want & abusing rule of law…to please developers!"
Leigh Miller: "There must be a worldwide shortage of brown envelopes by now…."
Cockney Rebel: "…mountains of used empties in every Labour/Tory Town halls also rumour has it massive stash at GLA/County Hall!"
https://twitter.com/theshippingpre1/status/807217946644856832
THERE IS AN UPDATE ON THIS STORY HERE.
Tagged as Bruce Dessau, comedy, Greenwich, Malcolm hardee, Pantomime Horse Race, Rotherhithe, squatters, Wibbley Wobbley
Nov 28, 2016 · 8:22 am
My night with Becky Fury a few feet from where Malcolm Hardee drowned
There is a famous quote from Steve Jobs of Apple. He said: "Good artists copy, Great artists steal."
Ironically, he probably actually stole this quote from T.S.Eliot, who wrote: "Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal." Although apparently Steve Jobs thought he stole the quote from Pablo Picasso.
All this is to add intellectual credibility a.k.a. bullshit disguise to what follows.
Last Saturday night, I went to see an unadvertised comedy/music gig at the Wibbley Wobbley, a (still just about) floating former Rhine cruiser now moored at Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe, by the River Thames in London.
Regular readers of this blog will realise this was where comedian Malcolm Hardee drowned in January 2005 and that the Wibbley Wobbley was his floating pub/club.
I was vaguely thinking I should write a brief blog about my Saturday night visit but then, yesterday, up-standing comic Becky Fury wrote one.
Becky won the Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. So I think it is only fitting I should simply steal her words.
And here they are:
John Fleming and I went to the Wibbley Wobbley on Saturday night.
It was Malcolm Hardee's old boat and has been squatted by an art collective. John said Malcolm only nicked cars and they've nicked a whole boat and that Malcolm would have approved.
The squatters had hung protest banners outside, so we took our own banner which said KNOB OUT! (one of Malcolm's catchphrases) and hung it with the others.
The tribute banner's initial position aloft…
Which is the equivalent of putting flowers on your mate's grave.
I had spray painted KNOB OUT! earlier in the day on an old bed sheet on my own boat and hung it to dry by the busy tow path in Camden.
A lot of people ushered their children past very quickly.
Those that didn't spoke approvingly about it as a protest against Donald Trump.
Context is everything.
Back on the Wibbley Wobbley, John presented me with a copy of Malcolm's autobiography I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake.
The angelic Malcolm's autobiography
It has a picture of Malcolm as a cherub or angel on the cover.
Greenland Dock is where Malcolm died. He fell in the dock and drowned – as the story goes – weighed down by pound coins 'stolen' from his own fruit machine and, when his body was dredged from the dock, he was still clutching a bottle of beer.
So the mythos goes.
Given this back story, I thought it was a very poetic and appropriate place to be handed a copy of Malcolm's autobiography. Especially as the front cover has a Malcolm as an angel.
John gave the squatters a copy of the book too.
I tried to stop him but he was insistent.
Becky performs an adequate turn inside the Wibbley Wobbley
I performed an adequate turn. Quantities of pirate juice 1 and 2 – a dubious home brew distinguishable only by colour – were consumed and a band played some music. Me and John recorded a Grouchy Club podcast.
But the most interesting part of the night was spent. So we left to catch the last tube.
On the way to the station I needed a piss, so I popped in a nearby Weatherspoons pub.
Weatherspoons likes to commemorate local characters.
There was a picture of Malcolm with the birthday cake story underneath.
Local boy Malcolm Hardee stole Freddie Mercury's £40,000 birthday cake. When the police raided, there was no evidence of the cake because it had been donated to a local old people's home.
Becky Fury with a photo of Malcolm Hardee and a pirate flag
I told John: "There's a picture of Malcolm Hardee on the wall. With the story about stealing Freddie Mercury's birthday cake."
"In the women's toilet? he asked. "That's appropriate."
I spoke to my friend the street artist Stik and told him about my evening and that Freddie Mercury's birthday cake was stolen by Malcolm Hardee.
"Can you get me a copy of the autobiography?" he asked. "And I'll send it to Brian May. I'm sure he'd love to finally know what happened to his mate's cake."
I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake – the picaresque autobiography of Malcolm Hardee – is out of print but available from Amazon whose online description has, for several years, been of a completely different book. It currently continues to describe I Stole Freddie Mercury's Birthday Cake thus:
"For successful classroom teaching, your students need to be engaged and active learners. In this book, there is practical advice that is grounded in the realities of teaching in today's classrooms on how to be an inspirational teacher and produce highly motivated students. This book contains 220 positive, practical teaching ideas that are relevant to both new and experienced classroom teachers."
I have never attempted to correct this mis-description because, in its full, irrelevant, surreal glory, I think Malcolm would have approved.
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The intangible nature of reality and the man with the (second?) biggest bollocks in British showbusiness
Yesterday, I drove up to see a friend in Cromer, on the North Norfolk coast.
Looking further north, from the end of Cromer Pier, she told me there is nothing until you reach the North Pole. And even when you get to the North Pole… there is nothing.
Well, there's something, but you can't quite put your finger on it.
The 'facts' surrounding "godfather of British Alternative Comedy" Malcolm Hardee can be a bit intangible too. The myths are many, various and often surreal. I read the other day that he once kidnapped the singer George Michael, mistaking him for a George Michael lookalike. Where that story came from I have no idea, but Malcolm would have enjoyed it.
On the way back from Cromer, I stopped off at North Walsham in Norfolk, for dinner or supper depending on where you come from. I suppose I could call it a dinner party, except I'm not convinced such things exist except in Islington. But one thing I'm sure of is that also tucking-in was Vivienne Soan, who runs the monthly Pull The Other One comedy club in Nunhead, South London (this month's show headlining Jo Brand has, not unusually, already sold out).
The subject of Malcolm Hardee inevitably cropped up.
Malcolm was renowned for having the biggest bollocks in British showbusness. Although, strictly speaking, we are not talking here of bollocks but of scrotum. In fact, in later years, in rare moments of quiet contemplation, he would admit to me that he only had the second biggest bollocks in British showbusiness, following what he told me was an embarrassing tabletop contest with Jenny Agutter's dad. Whether this is true or not I don't know, but I prefer to think it is.
When Malcolm drowned in Rotherhithe at the end of January 2005, the story which initially circulated was that he had probably fallen out of a small rowing boat into the water late at night while crossing the maybe 8ft of water between his Wibbley Wobbley floating pub and his house boat the Sea Sovereign.
The story was that he died happy, drunk, clutching a bottle of Budweiser and – it was said, depending on which version of the story you heard – he had anything from £50 to £250 in his pocket – winnings from a horse race or a greyhound race that day.
The story about the bottle of beer was confirmed at the Southwark Coroner's Inquest.
According to PC Martin Spirito, when Malcolm's body was found in Greenland Dock, "the male had a bottle of beer clenched in his right hand." Sergeant Roy Dawson, overseeing the dive, said: "The bottle was held in his right hand. It fell from his hand on the ascent."
The Coroner found Malcolm had not fallen into the dock from a rowing boat, as people had assumed and had told each other, but had fallen from the quayside while trying to board the Sea Sovereign. I once fell into a neighbouring dock myself, while helping Malcolm take a vacuum cleaner on board his boat. (Don't ask.)
Yesterday, though, Vivienne Soan told me another story about the money in Malcolm's pocket when he died. She and her husband Martin (who long performed with Malcolm in The Greatest Show on Legs) understood there were no £50-£250 betting winnings in his pocket but there were a very very large number of £1 coins because Malcolm had (not surprisingly, if you knew him) raided his own one-armed bandit machine in the Wibbley Wobbley and put all the coins in his pocket.
The weight of all these coins in his pocket would have weighed him down when he fell into Greenland Dock.
Who knows what is truth and what is myth?
Malcolm's date of death is usually quoted as 31st January 2005. But, in fact, Southwark Coroner John Sampson said at the Inquest: "He was last seen on the quayside outside the Wibbley Wobbley public house at about 6am on Sunday January 30th."
He was not reported missing until January 31st – because it was not uncommon for him to disappear occasionally – and his body was not found and recovered until February 2nd 2005.
So his date of death is usually quoted as January 31st 2005.
More probably it was January 30th 2005.
But, as Malcolm would have said:
"Fuck it… It don't matter, do it? There are people starving in Africa… Not all over… Round the edge – fish."
I would say R.I.P. Malcolm, except that I suspect he would have hated the thought of resting in peace.
Many will be thinking of him on 30th and/or 31st January.
The Malcolm Hardee Awards for comedy are presented annually in August until the year 2017.
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Jan 5, 2011 · 9:21 am
The near-sinking of comedian Malcolm Hardee's birthday party on 5th January 2002
The late comedian Malcolm Hardee was born on 5th January 1950. He used to put on a birthday comedy show. This is an extract from my 2002 diary. Malcolm had recently bought the Wibbley Wobbley floating pub in Greenland Dock, Rotherhithe… He drowned a few feet away from the Wibbley Wobbley in 2005.
SATURDAY 5th JANUARY 2002
Charlie Chuck, advertising man Paul (whom Chuck knows) and I went to the first of two birthday parties which Malcolm Hardee is holding this weekend. It was on his new floating pub The Wibbley Wobbley.
When we arrived, Malcolm was dressed in naval captain's uniform with Russian Convoy medals on his chest. I went to the bow area to say hello to him.
"Go back up to the bar end," he whispered, "We're sinking – I'm not kidding – We're going down."
And, as we walked back up towards the bar, sure enough, I realised we were indeed walking slightly uphill.
We were all eventually evacuated – maybe thirty of us – and someone suggested the problem seemed to be that they were trying to pump the water out underwater via the pump where water enters.
A fire engine turned up. Then two policemen. Then another two policemen. Then another fire engine. Then another two policemen. And another two. It was a good night for criminals in Rotherhithe. The police were unsmiling and uninterested except when they had chats amongst themselves. The firemen were surprisingly fat. How do they get up ladders?
On the quayside, one theory for the slow sinking of the Wibbley Wobbley was that ice in the recent bitterly cold weather had blocked the pump and a build-up of shit in the septic tank was weighing down the vessel at one end.
The Wibbley Wobbley is not yet insured. No surprise there: neither is Malcolm's car; and he has two driving licences under different names.
After about twenty minutes, Malcolm told me: "The Coast Guard have arrived. Straight up, a bloke from the Coast Guard has just just turned up because he heard about it. He seems to be in the mood for a party." We turned and looked at the eight policemen already here. They did not talk to the Coast Guard man.
A well-known comedian was standing next to us with staring eyes, accompanied by a tall dark man who also had brightly staring eyes. Both looked startled at what was happening.
This is no time to be on coke, I thought.
We were eventually allowed back on the ship by the firemen.
Then we were evacuated again and told no-one would be allowed back on again that night.
Then we were let back on board again.
In all, the non-sinking took about 90 minutes.
The eventual explanation was that, indeed, a pipe had got blocked and shit really had built up on board to such an extent that it almost sank the boat and everyone in it.
A simile for many a comedy career, perhaps.
Malcolm's friend Deke has continued the tradition of Malcolm's annual birthday party (well it would be annual, wouldn't it?) on the Sunday nearest to 5th January. This year it is this coming Sunday (9th January 2011) from 7.00pm at the Lord Hood pub next to Up The Creek in Greenwich. The event will include performances by Steve Bowditch (ex-Greatest Show on Legs) and a screening of The Tunnel the award-nominated short film about Malcolm's notorious comedy club The Tunnel Palladium. Deke's e-mail is dekedecore@hotmail.com … You can see The Greatest Show on Legs – Martin Soan, Steve Bowditch and Malcolm Hardee – perform their Naked Balloon Dance here.
This year's annual Malcolm Hardee Awards for Comedy will be presented during a special two-hour tribute show at the Edinburgh Fringe – starting at 10.00pm on the evening of Friday 26th August 2011.
There is a Malcolm Hardee Appreciation Society group on Facebook.
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Typical Constructions Of Overhead Lines
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FIGURE 2.1 - Example overhead distribution structures. (a) Three-phase 34.5-kV armless construction with covered wire.
Along streets, alleys, through woods, and in backyards, many of the distribution lines that feed customers are overhead structures.
Because overhead lines are exposed to trees and animals, to wind and lightning, and to cars and kites, they are a critical component in the reliability of distribution circuits. Overhead constructions come in a variety of configurations (see Figure 2.1).
Normally one primary circuit is used per pole, but utilities sometimes run more than one circuit per structure. For a three-phase circuit, the most common structure is a horizontal layout with an 8- or 10-ft wood crossarm on a pole (see Figure 2.2). Armless constructions are also widely found where fiberglass insulator standoffs or post insulators are used in a tighter configuration.
Utilities normally use 30- to 45-ft poles, set 6 to 8 ft deep. Vertical construction is also occasionally used. Span lengths vary from 100 to 150 ft in suburban areas to as much as 300 or 400 ft in rural areas.
Distribution circuits normally have an underbuilt neutral — the neutral acts as a safety ground for equipment and provides a return path for unbalanced loads and for line-to-ground faults. The neutral is 3 to 5 ft below the phase conductors.
Utilities in very high lightning areas may run the neutral wire above the phase conductors to act as a shield wire.
Some utilities also run the neutral on the crossarm. Secondary circuits are often run under the primary. The primary and the secondary may share the neutral, or they may each have their own neutral. Many electric utilities share their space with other utilities; telephone or cable television cables may run under the electric secondary.
FIGURE 2.1 Continued. (b) Single-phase circuit, 7.2 kV line-to-ground
FIGURE 2.1 Continued. (c) Single-phase, 4.8-kV circuit
FIGURE 2.1 Continued. (d) 13.2-kV spacer cable
Wood is the main pole material, although steel, concrete, and fiberglass are also used. Treated wood lasts a long time, is easy to climb and attach equipment to, and also augments the insulation between the energized conductors and ground.
Conductors are primarily aluminum. Insulators are pin type, post type, or suspension, either porcelain or polymer.
FIGURE 2.2 - Example crossarm construction.
The National Electrical Safety Code (IEEE C2-2000) governs many of the safety issues that play important roles in overhead design issues. Poles must have space for crews to climb them and work safely in the air. All equipment must have sufficient strength to stand up to "normal" operations. Conductors must carry their weight, the weight of any accumulated ice, plus withstand the wind pressure exerted on the wire. We are not going to discuss mechanical and structural issues in this book.
Overhead construction can cost $10,000/mi to $250,000/mi, depending on the circumstances. Some of the major variables are labor costs, how developed the land is, natural objects (including rocks in the ground and trees in the way), whether the circuit is single or three phase, and how big the conductors are.
Suburban three-phase mains are typically about $60,000 to $150,000/mi; single-phase laterals are often in the $40,000 to $75,000/mi range. Construction is normally less expensive in rural areas; in urban areas, crews must deal with traffic and set poles in concrete. As Willis (1997) notes, upgrading a circuit normally costs more than building a new line.
Typically this work is done live: the old conductor has to be moved to standoff brackets while the new conductor is strung, and the poles may have to be reinforced to handle heavier conductors.
SOURCE: El. Power Distribution Equipment and Systems – A. Short
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At times it may seem as if your refrigerator has a mind of its own… Before you know it's in complete disarray, stuffed and disorganized. Keeping your refrigerator organized not only looks much more welcoming when you open the door each morning, it also helps you cut down on the amount of food that is wasted by spoilage. A lot of food spoils simply because you can't see it! Here are some easy tips for organizing your refrigerator.
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Blue sapphire is considered a primary color gemstone; the purer the primary hue, the more valuable the gemstone. Blue sapphires are colored by trace amounts of titanium and iron. (By increasing the level of titanium and iron the color saturation is also increased.) The most common secondary hues found in blue sapphires are purple, violet, and green. Violet and purple can contribute to the overall beauty of the color, while green is considered to be the bane of a blue sapphire. The problem is that all blue sapphires will have a greenish component when viewed at the right angle. It is the cutter that makes sure that the green is not part of the face up position in a sapphire. When gray is included in the overall color of the gemstone, often referred to as a gray mask, the sapphire will have a cool or steely quality as opposed to the normal warm velvety hue of a sapphire. Gray is the normal saturation modifier or mask found in blue sapphires and will often mix with green.
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Heat treatment and diffusion make attractive blue sapphires out of common corundum that would have little or no value without treatment. Heat treatment is widely used in the international sapphire market, and it is estimated that well over 90 percent of all blue sapphire in the market today has been subject to heat treatment. Diffusion treatment is far more controversial, and diffusion-treated blue sapphires sell for much less than those which have only been heat-treated.
Blue sapphires are found in a number of locations around the world including Kashmir, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Thailand, Australia, Tanzania, and the state of Montana in the United States.


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