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With the oil and gas industry battling government over damaged to wetlands claimed to be caused by energy exploration and transportation, a new book seeks to add some historic context to the discussion.
With the oil and gas industry battling government over damaged to wetlands claimed to be caused by energy exploration and transportation, a new book seeks to add some historic context to the discussion.
"American Energy, Imperiled Coast, Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana's Wetlands," was written by Houston-based environment and energy consultant Jason Theriot and is available in hardcover and electronic editions through LSU Press. Theriot has spent years studying the development of thousands of miles of pipelines laid through the Louisiana marsh during the last century till now.
Louisiana's 220-mile coastal zone is host to about 191 major pipeline systems, much of those situated in sensitive marshland.
Pipelines serve as the safest, most efficient method to transport oil and gas produced offshore, but they've also degraded the protection of the state's coastal wetlands by hastening the intrusion of marsh-killing salt water, the author contends.
"All those billions in offshore infrastructure is really fancy in its engineering marvels, and it is impressive how that evolved ... But if you can't get the oil and gas to shore, you have nothing," Theriot said.
The book explores the interaction of the people, industry, ecosystems and government, and seeks to provide historic context to current debates on industry and environment.
Theriot grew up outside New Iberia and his family still has a camp in Cocodrie where he spent much time navigating the local waterways in his father's 16-foot Boston Whaler.
As a young man in the '80s, he recalled his father and grandfather reviewing old maps showing how the land and water around them were changing.
The book begins before that in the early part of the last century when Texas oilmen began to explore the local wetlands for oil deposits aside coastal, subterranean salt domes.
The book recounts various social aspects of the industry's development and how those factors play into regulation and development.
"(The first chapter) explains how the local inhabitants first encountered the les maudits Texiens, those damn Texans. They came in with their cowboy hats. They were rough and brandish. They didn't understand the ways of the local culture so there was some societal cultural clashes," he said.
They were proficient drillers, but early oilmen had to evolve to navigate and tame the marshy Louisiana terrain, Theriot said.
After ideas such as board roads through the marshes failed and welding technology evolved, it eventually became clear that the most efficient method was building and moving by barge. That requires waterways, Theriot said.
The book also tracks the regulatory oversight and attempts to mitigate pipeline development damage as the state's consciousness of the wetland's fragility slowly developed.
"By the 1950s, the industry expanded rapidly to the point at which it was nearly impossible for any regulatory system to take control. You are talking about wildlife and fisheries maybe had 20 agents and you had 100 companies and all their service companies," Theriot said.
The state reached a milestone in its regulatory development through the planning of the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, which unloads massive oil tankers before pumping to the organization's storage and routing facility in south Lafourche Parish. The book devotes a chapter discussing the study and political interactions involved in planning the local project.
"It was the biggest pipeline ever built: 45-inch diameter, the amount of research and reporting that was unprecedented," Theriot said. "... A lot of those scientists that worked on those projects for LOOP became the core group of environmental scientists who began intensely studying the coastal erosion problem."
Theriot explained that prior to the '70s, industry officials and scientists noticed changes to the wetlands, but people largely failed to grasp the breadth of the problem until studies began to map historic land loss along the coast.
By the '80s, there were more than 10,000 miles of pipeline through the coast.
The book tracks the evolution of pipeline creation techniques alongside the growing understanding of withering coast all the way through the state's $50 billion coastal restoration masterplan. That government endeavor is aimed at stemming coastal land loss through the next century.
Theriot wrote the book before the recent lawsuit filed on behalf of a New Orleans area flood protection authority seeking billions from the oil and gas industry for damage to the wetlands. Theriot said the book doesn't take sides but provides context.
He feels the solution should eventually come through negotiation.
"The state of Louisiana regulatory bodies and the oil and gas industry created this problem along with the Corps of Engineers," Theriot said. "Those should be the entities seeking to fix it. The feds are at the table, the corps are at the table, the state is at the table, there are many environmental groups. There is someone missing. This should serve as an invitation to solicit voluntarily for the leaders of the oil and gas industry to sit down at the restoration table."


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2012 Faculty Alumni Award Winners
5 June 2012
The Faculty Alumni Awards for 2012 will be presented by the Dean, Professor Mark Adams at the Annual Awards Cocktail Reception held on Friday 22 June in The Great Hall.
On behalf of the Faculty and the Agriculture Alumni Association we congratulate the following recipients.
The Dean, Professor Mark Adams, feels strongly that the professional careers of these award winners are outstanding examples of the heights that can be scaled by agricultural science graduates from The University of Sydney,
"It is because of the breadth and depth of our degrees that graduates can choose from a wide range of career paths. They can go anywhere!", he said.
Alumni Award for Community Achievement
John Maher
BSc Agr Hons '85
John has spent over 25 years in Australia's Agriculture/Agribusiness industry in a number of roles, and has achieved significant success in the business world, holding senior positions in companies including the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation, NSW Agriculture and Fisheries Department, Wesfarmers, Landmark and his current role as CEO of publically listed rural powerhouse, Ruralco Holdings, which has become Australia's second largest distribution company in Australia, taking its share of the Rural Services market from less than 5% to 25%.
John also has a passion for making a difference to those facing disadvantage and medical challenges in society. Not only has he raised much needed funds for charities including Autism Australia Awareness (AAA), Ronald McDonald House, Variety NSW, Shave For A Cure, Royal Flying Doctors and the Queensland floods, but he consistently lends his personal time and expertise. He is currently Chair of AAA, and was a former Director of The Aussie Helpers Children Fund for three years.
Alumni Award for Professional Achievement
Dr Bruce Lee
BSc Agr Hons '81 MAgr '83
Dr. Bruce Lee receives the Alumni Award for his outstanding contributions internationally to agriculture and biotechnology through his research, as well as his career in global life sciences companies for over 22 years, and his role as the Director of the CSIRO Food Futures Flagship. Throughout his career, Dr Lee has demonstrated commitment to excellence in the conduct, leadership, and commercial utilisation of R&D. In addition to his Master of Agriculture, he also holds a Doctor of Science in Agriculture, Plant Nutrition and Physiology (magna cum laude) from Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Bruce's knowledge of the international biotechnology and agricultural sectors has brought direct benefits to CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) and Australia. He has also been instrumental in mentoring and developing a generation of younger scientists who are not only excellent scientists, but also have expertise in industry management and R&D. Bruce has been recognised with the Business Excellence Award AQ1 AGP, the 2010 Rabobank Agribusiness Leadership Award, and the CSIRO Medal for Business Excellence.
Professor David Lindsay AO
BSc Agr Hons '58 PhD '64
Known as a world authority on animal reproduction, Professor David Lindsay AO receives the Alumni Award for Professional Achievement for major impact on Australian agriculture over his lifetime, for example he was Chair of the Review into Australia's Quarantine System in 1988. And he continues to work tirelessly - at The University of Western Australia - on his research and lectures to better the lives of Australians through agriculture. His outstanding contributions to agricultural science and the community have been widely recognized. These contributions have earned him many distinguished awards including an Order of Australia (1997), Centenary Medal (2001), Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1984), Eminent Scientist Award, New Zealand (2006), and induction into the Western Australian Agricultural Hall of Fame (2012).
He has written over 80 key papers on animal reproduction, particularly of sheep, in addition to contributing to more than 20 books, and writing his own: A Guide to Scientific Writing and more recently Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words. This recent book was cited by the American Libraries Association as the 'outstanding academic title of 2011' and is frequently used by students and researchers.
Professor Scott O'Neill
BSc Agr Hons '85
Professor Scott O'Neill receives the Alumni Award for Professional Achievement for his 22-year career in the area of entomology and human health. He has an extraordinary record, working as an Associate Professor for Yale University, Head of three different Schools at the University of Queensland: Department of Zoology and Entomology, School of Integrative Biology, and School of Biological Sciences, as well as the Deputy Executive Dean for the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences (QLD), and finally, in 2011, becoming the Dean, Faculty of Science, at Monash University. His record is extraordinary!
The majority of Professor O'Neill's research has centered on infecting mosquitoes with parasitic Wolbachia bacteria in order to reduce the viability of dengue-fever carrying mosquito populations in south-east Asian countries. He was among the first researchers to apply molecular biological tools to understand the biology of Wolbachia.
Professor O'Neill has also been distinguished by the Australian Government, which awarded him the Centenary Medal in 2003 for contributions to medical research. He has also been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and has also received the Mackerras Medal from the Australian Entomological Society in addition to the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Achievement Award.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The country's largest rural, nonprofit hospital system is hiring two traditional Native American healers to train medical staff in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Sanford Health says the healers will not perform traditional healing ceremonies in the hospital but rather consult with staff about cultural issues in an effort to better serve the Native American patient population.
Read Sulik is the senior vice president for Behavioral Health Services at Sanford. He says the healers will be knowledgeable in Lakota/Dakota and Ojibwe (oh-JIB'-wee) beliefs.
The healers are being hired as part of a three-year, $12 million Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services award.
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'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Schedules Final Episodes For Early 2014
This past weekend at New York Comic-Con brought with it plenty of 'Star Wars' buzz and new details for upcoming animated series 'Star Wars Rebels,' but fans of the now-canceled 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' will finally get a bit of closure as we've learned when the final-produced episodes will ultimately premiere.
Having completed a significant amount of work on the episodes prior to Lucasfilm's decision to cancel 'Clone Wars' in favor of the more sequel trilogy-friendly 'Rebels,' today saw supervising director for either series Dave Filoni take to Facebook to clarify when fans might see the final 'Clone Wars' installments.
Star Wars fans - I have some exciting news! We have wrapped production on all of the remaining Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes, and while that might be sad news in one way, it's good news in another. It means you will finally get to see them. When, exactly, is a detail I cannot yet share. I can confirm that in early 2014 you will be watching the final episodes of The Clone Wars, including one of Master Yoda's most challenging missions. So, get ready. We've got Clone Wars and Rebels coming at you in 2014. Animated Star Wars is alive and well. Trust in the Force my friends.
- Dave
It remains to be seen where, or in what form the episodes will emerge in early 2014, though one sequence we've glimpsed before saw Plo Koon (James Arnold Taylor) in a previously unknown arc that delved into the oft-debated 'Star Wars' mystery of Jedi master Sifo-Dyas, beginning with the discovery of a discarded lightsaber on a desolate world. Another completed sequence explored the infamous "Order 66," as a clone trooper suddenly became confused, and turned on his Jedi commander.
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elasto wrote:For critical patches, MS should release changes in such a way that they are not reverse-engineerable.
Uhhh... Microsoft releases code that fixes the problem. That's what a patch is. How do you fix the problem without changing any code? ALL code is reverse engineerable, because it runs on a computer. That is: a computer will always be able to run the code and therefore all code does the same thing on all computers.
EDIT: Security researchers (and virus writers) can go down to In-circuit semulation to understand any code that is released if they have to. Any public patch announcement is itself the information needed to create a virus for unpatched computers.
That's why we have IT teams whose entire job is to watch for critical releases and apply patches across an organization's computers. That's their fucking job.
for example by bundling them in with patches that makes changes to vast numbers of files.
That makes no sense. Are you saying that Microsoft should change the code across its entire OS each time a critical bug occurs? Or at least, change a thousand unrelated files just to throw off hackers?
We're talking code here. Every change you make to the OS might accidentally break something else. If you do something that obviously won't break anything (ie: NOP commands across a billion files), I can write a program in 5 minutes that looks for the part that isn't an obvious "nop" command to distract me.
Hackers are programmers to. Anything that's "regular" and "automated" can be automatically reversed. There's a lot of packer vs unpacker theory, but for the most part... the "packers" have always failed. Granted, I'm talking about video game anti-piracy protections right now... but you're basically arguing for the same thing here. The pirates have always overcome anti-piracy protections because code is code... and you can always understand code if you put enough effort into it.


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What were you doing when you were five? (My answer revolves around cartoons and mud). Sacramento-area native Jan Silva is attending a tennis academy in France, all expenses paid. In fact, the academy's owner, Patrick Mouratoglou, will pay an estimated $140,000 this year to train him. Did I mention that Silva is five?
During his afternoon practice, Jan — in academy-provided Nike shoes and clothes — scampers around the court against Mouratoglou. He nearly breaks down laughing when Mouratoglou makes him sprint from corner to corner. Not surprising for a child of kindergarten age, he also is prone to temper tantrums, racket tosses and sulking when he makes mistakes.
Just like Rafael Nadal!
Gripping a racket nearly the length of his body, Jan's fluid strokes and timing belie his age and size. He serves overhand, approaches the net to volley and can put topspin on shots, including his natural one-handed backhand.
I hear that ultrasound technology can now detect one-handed topspin in the womb. If there's paperwork to be filled out, no use wasting precious time waiting for the kid to be born.
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Ange's story does not represent reality. It's just one of many stories about Rokkenjima. We aren't told the details of that story because no one knows them (except Eva, and she dies).
Look at it this way: every story is explained, except for one. Don't get caught up on that one story.
2. Years pass while Kinzo and his engineers waste time digging tunnels
3. A sub arrives from Italy containing 10 tons of gold
4. A fight breaks out, resulting in the death of everyone but Kinzo and Beatrice
5. The nukes are dropped, the war ends, Rokkenjima is forgotten in the resulting chaos
Maybe I'm just dumb. You'll have to point out the obvious to me.
|2011-03-11, 20:12
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Nothing's 100% reliable in series, but no real world sources are 100% reliable either. It's up to you to make the judgement on it.
|2011-03-11, 20:30
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The explosives werent there for #1. And they were not there when the italians arrived, either, they were constructing a base for kaitans, but had yet to get anything to that effect. The base wasnt even finished during kinzo's story.
Therefore, if the base were unfinished, understocked, and frankly forgotten, then we can explain why kinzo got away with everything.
That means that if 900 tons of explosives were transported there, it would take place after kinzo's narrative. Setting the gold aside, when making use of the cave, there is no way that the imperial forces would have missed the wreckage. Its there, its evidence, and kinzo would have been held up on treason for hiding that alone.
The explosives alone arent a big deal, its how kinzo got away scot-free thats the problem, which the explosives throws a light on.
As for the kakeras? Nothings answered, at all. Its not just Ange's, the fantasy scenes, the meta plotline all throw all perspectives into doubt.
If you dont see what questions are left to be answered, ive gotta question why you think anything is answered in the first place. All premises of all kakeras are dubious, thats the end result of the goose chase ryuukishi has lead us on.
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Seriously, that's a terrible premise to act upon. If you really want to see what I'm referring to, try conclusively explaining Erika and just who or what she is, aside from being the detective, that's a question ryuukishi posed to us, after all.
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There's no reason to assume they were always there.
Episode 3's magic battle, for example.
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And there's a small chance two people could have exactly the same genotype, even if they weren't related. It's a matter of probability.
But I think you're assuming that we can't reason about something if we can't be certain about it. This is not the case.
If the text doesn't specify either way (and I'm not sure that it does), it makes much more sense to assume that the explosives were there all along.
Either way, you're using circumstantial evidence to fabricate a minor plot hole.
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Didn't I just say it's impossible to conclusively explain stuff in this story? I'm not sure what you're asking or why.
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|2011-03-11, 21:25
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I noticed. Look. You can't conclusively prove anything because there is nothing to concretely base your reasoning on. And yet, Ryuukishi challenged us to explain Erika at the end of episode 6.
So. I'll grant your choose your own adventure. However, challenges like those are entirely wild goose chases. That does not sit well with me.
|2011-03-11, 21:40
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The problem is that there no evidence or anything to back up speculations. There is no right or wrong. Challenging us to find the answer to several questions which have no answer is a wild goose chase. It's a troll.
But even of there were no mention, it'd only result in a stalemate, further buttressing my argument. You're the one playing apologist, after all
|2011-03-11, 21:47
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|2011-03-11, 21:49
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As a more extreme example, it is impossible to prove that "1+1=2" is correct. We have only the evidence that that has been the case so far. We are not certain. If tomorrow, someone demonstrated that you could take 1 apple, and add it to another apple, and get three apples, we would have to throw out mathematics.
Because we cannot be certain about math either.
I retract all previous statements, this one fact proves that Ryukishi is a terrible author.
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I actually understood it that way, that Kinzô used his strong contacts within the GHQ to make it easier for him when buying Rokkenjima, without the island actually being checked, because he was being trusted.
And while of course those amounts of explosives seem rather silly, it's not impossible to imagine that the military groups that stocked those on Rokkenjima would keep it a secret from GHQ. There were many people who refused to accept the defeat of Japan and kept their loyalty to a defunct system, so I could imagine that 1 or 2 bases could have 'dissappeared' from observation in order to ensure a certain arsenal for a comeback ... even though that never happened.
It is highly fictional, but not any more than most stories involving surviving Nazi groups which became a popular trope in the west. There are enough stories dealing with secret facilities that were never discovered and those same modern legends exist in Japan.
Of course this is more or less a trope found in spy fiction, but that genre is not so far from mystery and detective fiction.
Explosives being hidden under Rokkenjima might be improbable but not implausible.
|2011-03-11, 22:33
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Moreover, that boast of ryuukishi's would be a lot more impressive if he had the chops to live up to it. Undermining any possibility of a conclusive answer rxisting is cowardice. His taunt is nothing more than an empty troll.
If it is impossible to determine a correct answer, than for the purpose of a competition it is the same as there not being one. Its a heads I win, tails you lose scenario. A wild goose chase, and a waste of time.
|2011-03-11, 22:35
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I personally think that nothing was answered and I hate that, but I can't exactly say it's worse than satan. I mean, it is worse than Hitler as a mystery and if Umineko was a person I'd wish it a very bad case of pneumonia, but as a story it's just...meh.
I was very angry once I realized that we'd never get an answer to the actual killer(even if it was "probably" Kyrie/Yasu) and the locked rooms. Yes the locked rooms are childish and easy, but to me the greatest pleasure in a mystery novel is once the detective is about to announce his solution.
Even if the locked rooms seem easy enough, I love that feeling, that thrill of wondering whether you are right or wrong. Even if it's an easy mystery, I still like the payoff of being completely right, just like the detective, as the characters stand in awe. The entire novel builds up to that payoff.
Umineko's build up was HUGE!
...Then the "payoff" if you can call it such came in episode 7, and I was left disappointed. There was no dash, no sense of finality.
In a duel between reader and writer, win or lose, you bow to your opponent once it's over. Umineko's ending didn't make me want to bow, because it didn't make me feel like it was over.
The mystery genre is a game that doesn't end until all loose ends are gone over, discussed, argued, and concluded in either a gunfight if the series is a hardboiled, or the classic "the killer is YOU SIR!" in the golden age.
My biggest problem with Umineko isn't even in its content, now that I stop to think about it. It's that it lacks that feeling. Episode 7's summation wasn't good. Ryu might argue that he doesn't want to "give away" answers to those who haven't solved it, but he has made the answers even more meaningless to those who have.
He focused so much on the mystery's heart that he forgot to build an appropriate body and soul.
He might have said that Umineko wasn't a mystery, but he treated it like one. He contradicted himself, then contradicted himself again at the end, twice. He said it wasn't one, then he said it was one.
But it lacked one very important element. That last strike, that last thrust that makes the genre what it is regardless of whether the novel is a hardboiled, a cozy or a good old golden age story. The moment the detective bursts the truth wide open.
I understand what his themes were, but I'd say that his execution was, in the end, pretty flawed. It didn't make me wonder whether wanting the whole truth was bad or not, it made me root for the damn villain.
That gigantic letdown annoyed me. But now that I look back, the content itself isn't that bad.
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Crucial point: a theory can be more valid than another theory even if it isn't proved to be true.
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2. The Telos Interview.
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Squid (いか/烏賊 both read as ika) in Japan is relatively cheap a large squid (about 200g) selling at 100 yen only, perhaps that is the reason why it is found in yakisoba (焼きそば/Japanese-style fried noodles) and okonomiyaki(お好み焼き). Recently I found out that our little boy Sean likes to eat pan-grilled squid tentacles with salt and pepper. When asked, he said it was "yao-yao" in Mandarin (kiddy language, referring to something will bite such as insect) and repeated it with a creepy tone.
Well, this braise squid (いかと里芋の煮物 / Ika to satoimo no nimono ) is a home-cook dish when the fresh baby yam is abundant in Autumn. Smooth and soft baby yam will be melting in the mouth while squid maintains its firm texture (but not hard).
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Changes from beta1 are in
2.60b support
bring client example.cfg up to date
bring server example.cfg up to date
mortis fixes for fueldump and railgun
|FF|Im2good4u ui update. Added cg_centertime and fixed menu box size
give semiadmins the same kick/mute protection as refs
Allow refs to surrender or callvote surrender even if vote is disabled
#944 - competition fueldump
Tank is completely removed, first half of map is skipped.
Depot side wall and depot gate are now dynamitable.
#964 - show who did team commands like pause, specinvite, readyteam
#959 - uncheatprotect cg_centertime
#967 - added 6 new crosshairs, which are variants of the orignal 0-5 that work better at small sizes
#960 - allow .config to require a particular mapscript
syntax: in a (non default) map block put
mapscripthash <40char sha1>
if no mapscripthash is specified, any mapscript is allowed
if a mapscripthash is specified, and the hash of the loaded mapscript does not match, an error message is sent to all clients, and the config is cleared.
the hash of the current script is stored in the readonly server cvar b_mapscripthash, so clients or server admins can query it.
Also improved config error handling. Now all parse errors result in the config being completely cleared, and a message broadcast to connected clients.
lua changes:
ps.viewangles added
s.eventParm added
ps.origin added
specinvite improvements:
show spectator invite status in /players.
Where /players previously showed a red X for axis or a blue L for allies, it shows the following for spectators
SH shoutcaster
SB invited both teams
SX invited axis only
SL invited allies only
S not invited
This could be made more verbose if people think it is too obscure.
add specuninvite command. Refs and shoutcasters may not be invited or uninvited
#935 - fireteam invite confused by numbers in names, breaks when using ft menu too
#936 - players may suddenly drown if they go directly from waterlevel 0 to/from 3
#939 - etpro doesn't play the the prepare and fight sounds when unpaused
#954 - setcs rcon abuse
#948 - using a fixed MG pauses panzerfaust
#955 - some trigger_objective_info fields cannot be modified from mapscript. We now allow trigger_objective_info fields to be changed in mapscript spawn section. Some (spawnflags, customimage, score, target, track, message) must be changed in the first frame, or first 3 frames.
#949 - don't leave the player with an empty grenade launcher (weapalt bug);
#962 - revive can leave you with an empty rifle grenade launcher
#957 - weaponbank 10 crashes the client
Prevent antiwarp circumvention via pmove_fixed
#961 - Having too many counters drawn crashes the cgame
#969 - accum buffer index validation is borked. allow 10 global or local accums, and correctly print an error if the script tries to use too many.
#970 - some items in the etpro config menu first page cannot be bound. make resettimer, opentimerinput selectbuddy 6 and 7 bindable in menu.
fix scripting bug with thinktime causing thinks to get missed -
#965 - clients should no longer be able to get other client's ip
#966 - clients can force other clients to disconnect by generating a lot of commands
Three server cvars were added for #966:
b_floodKickRate - continious commands/sec, default 15
b_floodKickBurst - max commands in a burst, default 20
b_floodKickTime - time to kick flooders for, default 0
The default values should keep flooders from lagging others off the server.
#xxx - Fix a bug that let you use prone to go through walls via wedging yourself and turning, with the legs *slightly* a way from the wall, but not far enough
#xxx - Prevent players from shoving players that are stuck in another player - e.g. after revive, someone's standing in them.
#xxx - Fix g_initialCamera buffer overrun
#983 - mapscript cvar commands are broken
#977 - clients show wrong warmup info if match is paused in warmup before countdown
#984 - workaround for bug in nvidia 91.xx drivers not displaying commandmap icons properly
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do be done on every mapchange if players are = 0 ?
just to keep (cmpgn)startmap even if maptime is over and NO ready is needed.
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Every garden has some shade--some gardens are even completely shaded--and gardeners tend to see shade as a problem. Questions about what to plant in shady parts of the garden are among the most frequest posed in gardening magazines, radio phone-ins, and online discussions. In this innovative book, award-winning gardening expert Keith Wiley turns all the familiar preconceptions on their heads by presenting garden shade in a positive light.
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Early last month, I wrote in critique of the stimulus bill, urging my readers to take action and contact their representatives to oppose its passage. One reason I gave was that it wouldn't actually stimulate the economy:
On the surface, it seems to make sense. The economy is doing poorly, so give it a fresh infusion of billions of dollars, and it will start to perk up. But the thing is that it isn't a fresh infusion of billions of dollars. This money won't be coming from some magical government storehouse of wealth to inject the economy with new cash- it will be coming from the economy. All the money the government will be spending to stimulate the economy is in the economy already. If you understand and can share just that one simple principle with others, the public will go a long way towards understanding why the stimulus package won't stimulate the economy. All this package does is move around money that already exists and is already in our economy.
A couple weeks ago, I was talking to a professor of economics at Belmont University- where I am wrapping up my final semester of undergraduate study- and he used a perfect illustration to help visualize the argument quoted above. I thought I'd share this illustration because it might come in handy when discussing the merits (or lack thereof) of the stimulus plan with friends, family, classmates, co-workers, or anyone else:
Imagine a swimming pool. You take a bucket to one side of the swimming pool and fill it up with water. Then you walk to the other side of the swimming pool and empty it there. How many times would you have to repeat this to raise the total level of the swimming pool? Answer: It is impossible to raise the level of the swimming pool by removing water from one end and pouring it into the other.
And that is what the stimulus package seeks to do. It purports to improve America's economy by "stimulating" it with cash infusions, but those cash infusions have to come from somewhere- guess where? The economy. The government is paying for the stimulus package by printing money, which siphons off purchasing power from the rest of the economy, and borrowing, which siphons off credit from the rest of the economy and creates debt that will have to be paid back with interest, and the money for that will come from the economy in future taxes and more printed money.
Our politicians are dishonest because they only want to acknowledge half the picture, the half where they pour water into the pool. They don't want to consider the fact that they are also pulling water out of the pool in the process. Government doesn't create wealth, it can only move around and deplete existing wealth. Government is not and cannot be the fountainhead of human wealth and prosperity, because it can only spend money that it has taken from somewhere else. In private hands however, productive capital actually creates wealth and raises the level of the pool.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 12, 2010) - Sophomore forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) collected a career high 15 rebounds and scored 14 points on way to his fourth double-double performance of the season, as the ETSU men's basketball team won its third straight game by defeating Kennesaw State 66-45 in Atlantic Sun Conference action Friday night at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
In front of a crowd 3,471 fans and a regional television audience on CSS, Brown also dished out four assists, grabbed four steals and blocked three shots in what was arguably the best performance of his collegiate career. Meanwhile, junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) posted a game-high 23 points, while fellow junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) added 13 points in the winning effort.
"Overall, a great game tonight by our guys, especially Isiah and Justin," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team improved to 14-12 overall, 10-5 in A-Sun play, and are tied for first place in the league race. "This was probably Isiah's best game of his college career, and guys like Micah and Justin did what we need them to do, which is to score the basketball. As a team, we're playing pretty good basketball right now. We just need it to continue."
After falling behind 2-0 early on, the Bucs went on an early 17-3 run thanks to a 3-point barrage from Tubbs and Williams. From there, the Bucs kept the pressure on as Tubbs hit each of his career high five 3-pointers in the first half, and ETSU led by as many as 20 at 31-11 with just over four minutes left in the half. Kennesaw tried to cut into that lead in the final minutes before the intermission, but ultimately trailed 37-20 at the break.
In the second half, the Owls did rally and cut the lead to 12 at 41-29, but a quick 8-0 spurt by the Bucs made it 49-29 and from there ETSU never looked back.
For the game, the Bucs committed just seven turnovers compared to 20 for Kennesaw, and the ETSU defense held the Owls to only 32 percent shooting from the floor. The Bucs were outrebounded 42-39, and only shot 39 percent from the floor despite winning by 21.
Along with Brown, Tubbs and Williams, the Bucs also got an eight rebound and six-point effort from junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston), while sophomore guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa) came off the bench to score eight points and grab three steals in 20 minutes of floor time.
KSU had only one player in double figures, as Markeith Cummings points a 10-point, nine-rebound performance.
ETSU will put its three-game winning streak on the line Sunday when the Bucs host Mercer at 4 p.m. inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. For more on ETSU men's basketball, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.


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A Memphis woman sexually assaulted in 2001 filed a "Jane Doe" lawsuit in Memphis Federal Court Friday, Dec. 20, against the city of Memphis over the city's backlog of unprocessed rape kits going back to the 1980s.
The lawsuit, filed by attorney Robert Spence, alleges Memphis Police Department brass knew her rape kit and maybe as many as 15,000 others were not being tested and that the practice was "ratified by multiple policymakers within the city of Memphis Police Department."
"Defendant has a history of discriminating against females," the lawsuit continues. "Defendant treats domestic violence abuse reports from women with less priority than other crimes not involving women reporting domestic violence abuse."
It also claims the city "knew about the herein described conduct and facilitated it, approved it, condoned it and/or turned a blind eye to it."
The lawsuit alleges the lack of processing of the rape kits violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution and seeks class action status for a group of victims that could number more than 15,000
The lawsuit's estimate is based on the number of sexual assault and rape victims who made reports to third party agencies during the time covered by the backlog, had rape kits done as part of their cases and who were then turned over to police for further investigation.
Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong told Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Dec. 17, that his department recently found even more rape kits in two other locations, the Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center and the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.
The backlog, according to Armstrong, stands at more than 12,000 with an initial batch of 1,600 still being processed.
Armstrong told council members this week he will need an additional $396,000 or have to find that amount within his existing division budget just to address further processing of that initial group. So far, three-fourths of the kits that have been processed have shown some kind of results that require additional processing.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. said the city is applying for state and federal grants to help pay the cost of processing the backlog. The city was to make a pitch for more state funding for the backlog when Wharton and his administration went before the Shelby County legislative delegation to Nashville at a Friday, Dec. 20, public hearing.
The city is also trying to track down a letter reportedly sent by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that resulted in some of the rape kits being sent to that state agency.
City Chief Administrative Officer George Little estimated processing the entire backlog will take "several years."
The Memphis Police Department also has plans to build a center with a laboratory specifically for the testing and processing of such rape kits.
The lawsuit seeks a preliminary injunction that would specifically require the city to test sexual assault evidence kits as well as a declaratory order that states not testing the kits is unconstitutional.
The lawsuit also seeks compensatory damages as well as attorney fees and costs.
- Reporter Andy Meek contributed to this story.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2002 News Releases > May 2002 > Wayland to graduate 102 in commencement ceremony
Wayland to graduate 102 in commencement ceremony
Wayland Baptist University. Plainview Campus, will confer degrees on 102 individuals during commencement ceremony scheduled for 2 p.m. May 18, 2002 in Harral Auditorium.
Graduates will process around the campus, led by faculty and administrators in academic regalia, beginning at 1:45 p.m.
Dr. Sylvia Nadler, chair of the physical education department at William Jewell College and a 1971 Wayland graduate, will bring the graduation address. Bryan Bundick, a senior from Odessa, will give the student address.
Also appearing on the program will be Jennifer Beal and Brian Street, senior recipients of the Citizenship Awards; Trevor Bulls, recipient of the Timothy Award; April Langehennig and Hillary Matteson, senior class officers; and Braxton Edwards and Julie Reid, performing a duet.
Chancellor Wallace E. Davis, Jr. will confer the degrees, with help from Delbert McDougal, chairman of Wayland's board of trustees. Dr. Paul Armes, president, will preside over the ceremony.
At 10:30 a.m. that morning, the traditional Torch and Mantle Ceremony will be held in the multipurpose room of the Mabee Learning Resources Center. This event allows graduates to honor a mentor from their years at Wayland as well as hand down the torch of leadership to an underclassman.
Individuals receiving master's degrees include the following: Master of Arts in Religion: Russell Almon of Plainview, Christian Ministries; Master of Arts in Management: Leslie Boyd of Plainview, Human Resource Management; Master of Education: Matt Ammerman of Pampa, Educational Administration; Kevin Brendle of Dickens, Instructional Leadership; Christie Hightower of Plainview, Instructional Technology; Amy Manchee of Lubbock, Instructional Leadership; Liana Sawyer of Plainview, Instructional Leadership; and Lynne Thurman of Bartlesville, Okla., Instructional Technology.
Baccalaureate degrees will be awarded to the following students:
Bachelor of Arts: Angela Allen of Plainview, Art; Jennifer Beal of Hobbs, NM, English; Trevor Bulls of Boise City, Okla., Religion; Bryan Bundick of Odessa, psychology; Richard Campbell of Kress, Criminal Justice; Leigh Christensen of Ruidoso, NM, Psychology/Religion; Meredith Craig of Lubbock, Mass Communications; Martha DeLaCruz of Olton, Criminal Justice; Jennette Duran of El Paso, Criminal Justice; Justin Eason of Vernon, Religion; Kenneth Gardner of Vigo Park, Religion; Laticia Gonzales of Hale Center, Criminal Justice; Jennifer Hernandez of Floydada, Psychology; April Langehennig of Brownfield, Theatre; Cory Norman of Edmond, Okla., Theatre; Curtis Palmer of Phoenix, Ariz., Music; Steven Quezada, Jr. of Tolleson, Ariz., Criminal Justice; Rebekah Shepard of Wiggins, Colo., History; Sonny Smart of Chillicothe, Religion; Marle Stahl of Roswell, NM, Psychology/Criminal Justice; Brian Street of Andrews, History/English; Patrick Whitfill of Plainview, English; and Cheri Williams of Colorado Springs, Art.
Bachelor of Business Administration: Matilda Banda of Lockney, Business Administration; Kamber Curry of Plainview, Management/Marketing; Andrea Gary of Plainview, Management/Marketing/Management Information Systems; Robert Horton of Lubbock, Management/Marketing; Will Husky of Lubbock, Management/Marketing; Jason Kinney of Lubbock, Management/Marketing; Kurt Klug of Sherman, Management/Marketing; Carlos Lopez of El Paso, Management Information Systems; Lindsay Mason of Amarillo, Accounting; Gabriel McGavock of Plainview, Management Information Systems; Tammi O'Brien of Lander, Wyo., Accounting; Anthony Persaud of Georgetown, Guyana, Management Information Systems; Joyce Pope of Kress, Accounting; Sandy Ramirez of Plainview, Accounting; and Patricia Ybarra of Pampa, Management/Marketing.
Bachelor of Music: Toby Hamilton of Los Lunas, NM, Church Music; Jeremy Higginbotham of Ore City, Instrumental Education; Mary Loudat of Albuquerque, NM, Vocal Education; and Jason Mayfield of Wichita Falls, Vocal Education.
Bachelor of Science: James Berry of Liberal, Kan., Mathematics; Levi Blackmon of Seminole, Mathematics; Ryan Boyd of Edgewood, NM, Chemistry/Mathematics; Darci Cozart of Lamesa, Biology; Denise DeLeon of Plainview, Psychology; John Espinosa of Denton, Mathematics; Amy Foote of Whiteface, Physical Education; Erica Hogue of Waco, Biology; Hillary Matteson of Childress, Biology; Pam McClement of Lubbock, Mathematics; Meredith Miller of Plainview, Physical Education; Jessica Mohon of Milnesand, NM, Biology; Angela Poff of Dumas, Psychology; Noelia Quezada of Petersburg, Biology; Emily Stewart of Belen, NM, Biology/Chemistry; Rasa Sukeviciute of Kaunas, Lithuania, Biology; Gerald Sutton of Lubbock, Physical Education; Diana Trischitti of Plainview, Chemistry; and Steven Wiseman of Tahoka, Composite Science.
Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies: Early Childhood: Hillary Coombes of Burkburnett; Michelle Daily of Plainview; Shanna Daniels of Pampa; Stacy Griffin of Midland; Heather Gruhlkey of Hale Center; Katie Gunter of Olton; Erin Jones of Matador; Marcy Kurklin of Petersburg; Sarah Mills of Childress; Kristen Oswald of Hobbs, NM; April Parish of Springlake; Christina White of Dalhart; Reading: Mackenzie Crump of Hobbs, NM; Kimberly Keith of Plainview; Michelle Wiseman of Snyder; Mathematics: Krystal Horn of Rogers, Ark.; Amy Pinson of Plainview; English: Courtney Williams of Abilene.
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Education: Occupational Education: Jodi Barnes of Lockney; Kelli Hinsley of Floydada; Cody Renshaw of Plainview; Barbara Theriac of Plainview; Human Services: Kelly Davis of Wichita Falls; Jamie Harkey of Hale Center; Elizabeth Henry of Plainview; Elvia Montez of Plainview; Debra Rodriguez of Plainview; Religion: Anna Lane of Amarillo; Julianna Reid of Honolulu, Hawaii; Business Administration: Carmen Robbins of Clovis, NM; Roberto Salinas of Plainview; and Diana Trevino of Hale Center.
Associate of Applied Science: Sylvia Orona of Plainview, Human Services; Elvia Montez, Human Services; and Roberto Salinas, Business Administration.


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Malli wrote:her bark & hold bark is cute
Malli wrote:I'm not trying to start any debates etc, but I noticed a food reward, so I'm wondering what methods you used with her? She seems to be responding well!
pitbullmamaliz wrote:Cookie pusher. For shame.
mnp13 wrote:I like how she starts the guard before she let's go the second time!!
madremissy wrote:You know I don't have a clue what I am looking at when she works, but you know how much I love me some Teeny Beans not matter what she is doing.
plebayo wrote:Teeny is not so teeny or weeny.
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The following activities will help students apply what they have learned in this lesson about the World War II relocation centers and the fear and prejudice that led to their creation.
Activity 1: The Rights of Citizens
Activity 2: Being There
Activity 3: Reactions
4. Lest We Forget
Ask the class to find out if their community has ever treated people unfairly out of fear. Discuss the role of acknowledging wrong-doing in healing conflicts. Then ask students to interview someone who experienced such an event or write an essay about one of the situations they researched, including their opinion about whether compensation was due to any person or group, and if the conflict should be memorialized. How would they design a memorial for the situation they researched? What would they write on the memorial and where would they place it?


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Just when you think Donald Sterling couldn't possibly say anything to offend others more than he already he has … he does. In the full interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper that aired Monday evening, the Clippers owner essentially blames Magic Johnson for putting him in this situation, where he's banned from the NBA and may be forced to sell his team.
"What can I say to him?" Sterling said of Johnson. "What can I say? It doesn't matter. I'm hurt, but it doesn't matter."
"You're hurt that he spoke out publicly," Cooper said, seeking clarification.
"I'm hurt that he called me up and said, 'Don't do anything. Wait until you hear from me.' And then somebody called me later and said he doesn't want to be involved. And then he released the tape that I sent to him. That I talked to him in confidence.
"Here is a man who — I don't know if I say this — he acts so holy," Sterling added. "I mean, he made love to every girl in every city in America and he had AIDS. And when he had those AIDS, I went to my synagogue and I prayed for him. I hoped he could live and be well. I didn't criticize him. I could have. Is he an example for children? You know, because he has money he's able to treat himself.
"But Magic Johnson is irrelevant in this thing. He didn't do anything harmful to anybody, and I respect him and I admire everything that he does. You know, I'd like to help even more if he would offer me an opportunity to help. I'd like to help minorities."
Cooper went on to bring up Johnson's comments from when the tape of Sterling's racist comments were released in which the NBA great said that he would never attend another Clippers game so long as Sterling was their owner. Sterling's response? "I don't think it's worthy of even discussing such a stupid remark."
"What has he done?" Sterling continued. "Can you tell me? Big Magic Johnson, what has he done?"
"Well," Cooper began, "he's a business person, I —"
"He's got AIDS," Sterling interrupted.
After Cooper corrected him in that Johnson has HIV not full-blown AIDS, Sterling carried on with his rant: "What kind of guy goes to every city and has sex with every girl, then he catches HIV — is that someone we want to respect and tell our kids about? I think he should be ashamed of himself. I think he should go into the background."
Oh, but wait. It gets worse. Sterling continued by saying that Johnson fails to give back to the African-American community — unlike those in the Jewish community. Sterling even seemed to begin to generalize in saying that all African-Americans fail to contribute, but ended mid-sentence for fear of saying something, you know, offensive.
You can watch all the highlights above, even the ones where Sterling tried to make amends with his "29 other partners" and said he feels "awful" for putting Adam Silver in this situation.


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Troubleshooting Your VFDs
Aug 1, 2000 12:00 PM, By Stan Turkel
Find more articles on: Variable Frequency Drives
Variable-frequency drives (VFDs), also known as adjustable-speed drives (ASDs) have become the preferred method of controlling speed to meet load requirements. The most common drives use a pulse width modulation (PWM) design, which is affordable, reliable, and cost effective for most applications.
While simple in their design, they can give you problems when it comes to taking operational and troubleshooting measurements. Knowing what measurements to take will save you time and money. You'll need this type of testing for troubleshooting and diagnosing a defective unit as well as when performing routine maintenance.
Where do you start taking measurements? The four main aspects for testing a drive system are the building's power supply, the drive unit itself, the motor, and the load. Each item in a drive system works together and becomes the entire drive application. This creates a potential problem: Any one item can shut down the drive. Knowing what measurements to take at each section is critical for the troubleshooting and maintenance of the drive.
The facility's power supply. In today's power-hungry society, it's getting hard to obtain a good source of clean non-distorted power. Over and under voltage conditions greater than plus-or-minus 10% will trip most drives. A voltage unbalance between phases of 3% to 5% can cause tripping of the drive's overload fault protection device.
With the drive in operation and carrying a load, measure the incoming line voltage at the input side of the drive itself. Using safety precautions, measure the incoming line voltage between A-B Phase, B-C Phase, C-A Phase. Sometimes, you may want to also measure A, B, and C, to ground. What you want to look for is over and under voltage conditions as well as unbalance between the phases. It's important to take the above readings during peak loads on the drive as well as during off-hours to see if you're experiencing voltage swings as a result of the dynamics of your facility. Then, take a current reading of each of the three phases on the line side of the drive. Again, look for any unbalance between phases.
The following formula will help you calculate the percentage of unbalance between phases.
Percent Voltage Unbalance = Maximum deviation from the average voltage x 100 / Average voltage
Taking readings in the VFD. There are several measurements you should take at the drive that involve getting into close quarters while the drive is in operation. Use caution when testing a powered drive unit. Remember to adhere to all safety procedures while taking these measurements.
PWM type drives take incoming AC line voltage and rectify this to a constant DC voltage that is then supplied to the switching, or inverter section, to create an adjustable alternating frequency and variable-voltage source to the motor. Measure DC bus voltage in the drive for over and under voltage conditions, which can be generated by line power changes or load regenerative conditions.
There are two important DC bus voltage measurements you should take. The first is the actual DC bus voltage, which should be equal to the line-side peak voltage (rms voltage x 1.41). Once the capacitors are charged, the reading should remain constant. On a 480V system, the DC bus voltage will be about 676VDC. You should take the second DC bus voltage measurement to determine the amount of AC ripple found on the DC bus. This reading helps pinpoint capacitor breakdown and reduced filtering of the DC bus, which can cause current trips.
DC bus voltage measurements. With the drive in operation and carrying a load, take a voltage reading at the DC bus. You take this measurement at the connections to the drive capacitor or capacitor bank. (See drive manual for exact location). Set the meter on DC volts and measure the positive and negative sides of the DC bus. This should be equal to the line voltage x 1.41.
Now, remove the meter from the circuit and set it on AC volts and take the same measurement. The meter should show very low AC voltage ripple, as this is a filtered DC source. You should discuss readings above 5VAC with the drive manufacturer, as this may indicate a possible breakdown of the capacitor filtering.
All drives maintain a constant volts-per-Hertz ratio to the motor. This ratio is kept constant, regardless at what speed the drive operates. Thus, as the frequency (Hz) changes the motor speed, so does the voltage. The only exception to this rule comes with flux vector drives. These types of drives may change the ratio, depending on special torque requirements. One of the most effective ways of troubleshooting a drive is to verify that the volts-per-Hertz ratio is being maintained at different speed settings.
Drive output volts-per-Hertz ratio measurement. Using safety precautions, set the analog meter for the maximum AC volts. With the drive running at full speed (60 Hz), measure the voltage to the motor at the drive motor terminals. For example, a 460V motor operating at 60 Hz should have a ratio of 7.6V applied to the motor for every Hertz applied. The voltage should be equal to the nameplate voltage for the motor.
Now, set the drive to 50% speed (30 Hz), and take the same motor terminal voltage reading. It should now be half of the last reading, or 230V for a 460V motor. Then, adjust the drive to 25% speed (15 Hz), and the motor voltage should now be 25% of the full voltage reading, or 115V.
What about leakage current? Drive problems can also appear if the leakage current from the drive's power transistors is excessive. A transistor does not actually open up like a mechanical switch when it turns off, it just reduces the amount of current it lets through. Sometimes a transistor that starts to become defective will show signs of excessive leakage current when turned off.
Transistor leakage current measurement. With the drive energized and a run command given, set the drive to zero speed (0 Hz) and measure the voltage to the motor between phases. In this state, the drive should not be firing any of the transistors, and there should be 40V or less leakage, depending on the manufacturer. You should discuss voltages above 60V with the manufacturer. This higher reading may indicate a pending transistor failure.
The motor. Even though you took the voltage and current readings at the motor terminals in the drive itself, you will also want to take the same measurements at the motor. Your meter should be the same as used at the drive. The analog meter gives you smoothed readings and should match the expected volts-per-Hertz ratio.
Essentially, the voltage and current values should be the same. A voltage drop or poor connections may be cause for concern. Also check for any unusual vibrations (vibration is usually a sign of excess bearing wear).
Taking temperature readings. We all know many electrical failures are the result of excessive heat, which breaks down insulation of conductors and windings. Temperature readings of motors, conductors, and heatsinks of electronic components are valuable diagnostic measurements, and you should consider them part of a yearly maintenance program. The key is to be consistent in the location of the readings, and to take them under similar loading conditions. There is much information available from the vendors of temperature probes and meters.
The load. If it turns, then it must be okay, right? Depending on your application, there are still a couple of things you may consider measuring. If you're concerned about speed regulation for a process, then a tachometer reading at full load conditions is in order. Always verify rotation direction. I have uncovered instances where equipment was simply operating backward; and unknown to those using the equipment.
The torque stresses the shaft and drive train components. Having started up hundreds of drive applications over the years, I still can't understand why folks need to ramp up these large loads in 10 sec or faster. It just makes sense to adjust the ramp speed of a load to as long as possible to reduce all kinds of stresses; both mechanical and electrical.
There are two important areas not included in this article: harmonics and overvoltage reflections at the motor windings. Although harmonics is a concern, it's not normally associated with the tripping of drives and shutdowns. You can usually control overvoltage reflections at the motor windings by keeping the motor leads as short as possible. Several motor manufacturers can provide special windings to withstand such overvoltage conditions.
Turkel is a senior instructor, ATMS Technical Training Co., Owings Mills, Md.
Sidebar: What Type of Testing Meter Should You Use?
You can use any clamp-on true digital multimeter (DMM) Cat. 3 rated for testing motor drives. The best recommendation is a clamp-on 1000V Cat. 3 unit. A true rms clamp-on DMM, or an AC-only clamp-on attachment for a DMM will work. If your meter is not rated Cat. 3, then don't use it.
Sidebar: Use an Analog Meter to Test the Load Side Output of the Drive
You would expect to use a true rms DMM to test the load side output of the drive. But for this measurement, the DMM might give you an incorrect reading. Why?
The output of a VFD is a series of very high transmittal oscillating positive and negative voltages. Using IGBT transistors, the oscillations approach 20 kHz, which vary in base frequency and duration (width of pulse, hence the name pulse width modulated drives). A digital multimeter takes many samples per second and converts this analog information into digital information for display. Using a digital meter for output readings causes a problem: It will attempt to follow the high-frequency switching of the IGBT transistors, giving false information. The analog meter has a smoothing effect and ends up reading a voltage equal to what the motor actually sees.