wiredinUSA July 2013

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It's celebration time for more than one reason this month. Obviously there are the 4 th July celebrations which will be staged all over the US, and we are also having our own little celebration for wiredInUSA – it is now two years since we started bringing you the news in the ezine that caters for the US wire and cable industry. Headline news in this issue is that a fault in an underground cable was responsible for blowing manhole covers off, shooting flames four to five feet in the air, power outages and forcing evacuations from surrounding buildings in Des Moines. Residents from the Kirkwood Hotel and Elliot Apartments were allowed to return later in the day but were without power throughout the afternoon. You can read the full story on page 9. It is also celebration time for Martin Tennie, manager of research and development and technical support for Creasorb, part of theEvonikCorporation. His technical paper 'Superabsorbent polymers as water-blocking components in cables' was awarded best presentation to Subcommittee A (cable construction and design) at the IEEE Power and Energy Society's insulated conductors committee in the Fall last year. It's all on page 26 for you to read. Finally, please feel free to forward your copy of wiredInUSA to a colleague or friend in the industry and help us to continue to grow as we enter our third year. David Bell Editor #25 EDITOR

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wiredInUSA - July 2013