hi everyone,
i want to know the rule for selecting an MCB/MCCB for a given load i.e. of what rating MCB/MCCB should we select for a given load. say my load is 34 A , then of what exact rating MCB/MCCB should i use? . i know that the selected MCB/MCCB rating should be higher than the load current .
Engadget is showing off a new Playstation Vita ready to be pre-ordered at Best Buy, but in the Great White North. The dates indicate a March 2012 release. Meanwhile, the UK can expect the console to drop on October 28. More »
Right-libertarian for Human Rights
From Eric Dondero:
Lest anyone accuse the right-wing Italian Freedom Party who sponsored the recent burqa ban, of being "racists," the very sponsor of the legislation is a Muslim woman from north Africa.
From the "LondonEveningStandard.com"Italy will be next EU state to ban Muslim burka and face veil":
The Bill was initially suggested by the anti-immigration Northern League. Italy's constitutional affairs committee said it would be debated next month.
The move is not supported by the opposition Democratic Left, but Mr Berlusconi's coalition has a majority in both the upper and lower houses of parliament and a ban is highly likely to pass.
The Northern League's proposal aims to amend a 1975 law, introduced amid concern over terrorism, that prohibits the wearing of anything that makes identification impossible.
Souad Sbai, a woman MP of Muslim origin in Mr Berlusconi's People of Freedom party, said: "This is a decisive push for a measure promoting freedom and civilised values."
Sbai was quoted (Recurse Islamice - translated from Italian):
"We need to help women who are segregated and have no rights..."
It is estimated that in Italy there are about 3,000 women who wear the Islamic veil and she says that the law would help Muslim women to integrate into society.
Soubai has been an activist against fundamentalist Islam. She has been fighting against Muslim honor killings across Europe. She believes that the vast majority of Muslim women seen across Europe wearing burqas and hijabs are forced to wear them by Muslim men, including their husbands and clerics.
Boston-area Tea Party responds
As reported by Channel 22 News WWLP, "Sen. John Kerry slams tea party -
Kerry: Tea Party is taking country hostage" Aug. 4:
“There is a small group that has the ability in the last days to hold the entire country and our economy hostage and were willing to literally shoot the hostage,”
Statement released by Greater Boston Tea Party:
Tea Party activists are proud of the Tea Party Caucus in Congress standing up for sane fiscal policy during the debt ceiling debate ...If anyone is holding Americans hostage, it is ideologues on the left like Senator Kerry who continue to insist their vision of a big government nanny state will eventually solve all the world's ills, if only common sense would surrender.
New York Special Election!
From Eric Dondero:
State Assemblyman David Weprin is the expected Democrat candidate for congress to face Republican Bob Turner in the special election to fill the Anthony Weiner seat in September.
From the NY Post:
The Democratic candidate seeking to fill the congressional seat vacated by randy ex-Rep Anthony Weiner distanced himself from President Obama today — by refusing to say whether he backed the president’s re-election.
“I’m running myself right now. On Sept. 14, I’ll be happy to address the president’s election,” State Assemblyman David Weprin said following a press conference at Queens Borough Hall.
And ironically, the statement came at a press conference in which Weprin was being endorsed himself from a number of female political leaders in NY.
Editor's comment - Remember back in 2009, this website reported on a slew of Democrat party switchers to Republican, from Maine to Georgia to Texas to South Dakota. A harbinger of the Republican wins of 2010. Weprin may be the first. But if we see more of this in the coming months heading into 2012?
"It looks like he's got the strongest campaign, he's raised the most money, and he's not part of the current morass in Washington." -- Top Democrat insider
From Eric Dondero:
The Hotline at National Journal recently conducted an interesting survey. Romney is clearly the far away best hope for a smooth victory for the GOP in 2012, according to some Democrat insiders.
With the economy sputtering, Democratic political operatives view former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the main Republican threat to President Obama‘s reelection, according to this week’s National Journal Political Insiders Poll.
Democratic Insiders see Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has not yet declared whether or not he will run for president, as the second strongest against Obama. A separate poll of Republican insiders, released Thursday, also showed Perry as Romney’s main GOP challenger.
Who would be the Republicans’ strongest presidential nominee in 2012?
Mitt Romney 48% 27%
Rick Perry 20% 5%
Jon Huntsman 16% 25%
Chris Christie 6% 11%
Tim Pawlenty 6% 20%
Interestingly, some favorites of the libertarian/Tea Party wing - Herman Cain, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson or even Michele Bachmann - did not place as serious contenders.
H/t Race42012
Last month was fucking hot. Seriously, you'd have been wise to follow some of our advice on how to keep cool. But, put into context, it gets crazier. Judging from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's data, I'm surprised we made it. More »
by Clifford F. Thies
One poll shows the center-right Peoples Party 14 points ahead, on the verge of a victory of historic proportion, while the other shows the Socialist Workers Party within 7 points, poised for a dramatic comeback. Que pasa?
Como se dice, follow the money. The poll showing the center-right party with a double-digit lead was commissioned by the newspaper El Pias of Madrid. In contrast, the poll showing the Socialist Workers with a chance of retaining its control of the government was conducted by a government-funded research institute.
When the Peoples Party wins the election, do you think one of the cuts in spending they will institute is government-financed polls? Quizas, mi amigo, quizas.
UPDATE! This just in: A third poll, released today (August 7th), confirms the findings of the private sector-comissioned poll discussed above. This poll, also commissioned by a newspaper, shows the Peoples Party with a 13-point lead over the ruling Socialist Workers Party, and on the verge of an absolute majority.
Canadian TV Follows-up
From Eric Dondero:
A rabbi visiting from Montreal is interviewed. He shakes his head, and sighs:
"symbols both of them extremely disturbing. The swastika obviously with connotations from WWII, frightening, chilling for any Jew."
CTV reports police are still investigating. Cameras installed on the building may provide clues as to the perpetrators.
Honor Killings increasing [because they were] "embracing Western lifestyles"
From Eric Dondero:
Many are speculating it was an honor killing. Police are looking for a "26-year-old Turk called Mehmet [Yemini], who fled the scene."
He was previously married to one of the victims. He shot three others, two who were sitting in the back seat, died from their injuries, and the former wife and another survived.
From the London Daily Mail "Bloodbath in Berlin as morning 'honour killing sees jilted lover shoot mother and sister of ex-wife dead’" Aug. 6:
A horrific scene unfolded in Berlin in broad daylight yesterday morning when a gunman fired a volley of shots into a car, killing two women and seriously injuring the man driving it.
The execution-style massacre was carried out in the busy Wedding district of the city and was witnessed by horrified shoppers and commuters.
Media reports suggest it may have been a so-called ‘honour killing’...
The Daily Mail notes that there have been an increasing number of "honor killings," across German in recent years:
They were killed by family members angry at their embracing of Western lifestyles.
Dunhill's svelte new solar charger is certainly attractive. It looks better than most of its cousins, and can hold up to 30 hours of juice for your phone or gadget. But it is just me, or does it look vaguely like a switchblade? More »
http://www.NewHopeClinicsSantaMonica.com (Video by Larry Cook) Dr. Kenneth Stoller, MD was trained as a pediatrician at UCLA and was a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics for two decades.
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Autism, Vaccines, Mercury and the Culpability of the American Academy of Pediatrics
(Part 2 of 5) Vicki Wheelock, MD, spoke at the "Spotlight on Huntington's Disease," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on March 11, 2010. Wheelock is a clinical professor in the department of neurology within the University of California, Davis Health System. She was introduced by Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA The CIRM-hosted event was presented in partnership with UC Davis at the California State Capitol Building
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Huntington's Disease: New Hope from Stem Cell Therapies
(Part 2 of 5) Vicki Wheelock, MD, spoke at the "Spotlight on Huntington's Disease," an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on March 11, 2010. Wheelock is a clinical professor in the department of neurology within the University of California, Davis Health System. She was introduced by Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA The CIRM-hosted event was presented in partnership with UC Davis at the California State Capitol Building
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Huntington's Disease: New Hope from Stem Cell Therapies
Confession: I've never been to the West Coast. It's a fact I regret the older I get. This video does not help. Created by Ryan Killackey, each scene is comprised of hundreds of stills taken by him and his wife. More »
The prince of neurobloggers Jonah Lehrer has a good if curious column up at the Wall Street Journal, Social Networks Can’t Replace Socializing. He concludes:
This doesn’t mean that we should stop socializing on the web. But it does suggest that we reconsider the purpose of our online networks. For too long, we’ve imagined technology as a potential substitute for our analog life, as if the phone or Google+ might let us avoid the hassle of getting together in person.
But that won’t happen anytime soon: There is simply too much value in face-to-face contact, in all the body language and implicit information that doesn’t translate to the Internet. (As Mr. Glaeser notes, “Millions of years of evolution have made us into machines for learning from the people next to us.”) Perhaps that’s why Google+ traffic is already declining and the number of American Facebook users has contracted in recent months.
These limitations suggest that the winner of the social network wars won’t be the network that feels the most realistic. Instead of being a substitute for old-fashioned socializing, this network will focus on becoming a better supplement, amplifying the advantages of talking in person.
For years now, we’ve been searching for ...
I have a video receiver which I have taken apart. I have noticed that there is a variable resistor inside for tuning it. It has 3 wires going to it. If I changed this resistor for one with a different range of values, would it be possible to pick up a much wider range of frequencies such as FM radio
NASA Internal Memo: Agencywide Re-launch of the NASA@Work Collaborative Program
"Based on the overwhelming success of and participation with the NASA@Work pilot program, NASA is pleased to announce the official agencywide re-launch of the NASA@Work collaborative program. NASA@Work is an internal collaboration platform that connects the collective knowledge of individual experts from all areas within the NASA organization via a private web-based environment supported by InnoCentive. The platform provides a venue for Challenge Owners, those looking for solutions or new ideas, to pose challenges to internal Solvers, those within NASA with the skill and desire to create enlightened solutions. The Solvers who deliver the best innovative ideas can win awards and will be recognized for their contributions at the 2012 NASA Project Management (PM) Challenge."
Legendary comedienne Lucille Ball would've turned 100 today. May she rest in peace. Google's even got a fresh new doodle in her honor, with the video up top featured within. But Lucy did more than just play a TV housewife. More »
Happy Birthday, Interwebz! How far you've come. See, if the Internet drew its first breath in the fall of 1969, it took its first steps toward its potential on August 6, 1991. Took awhile there. But it was this first step that was just the beginning. More »
