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It is fast approaching that time of year when the travel bug starts biting us British Columbians and we begin exploring our beautiful province and country, whilst also venturing south of the border for trips to Seattle or Portland. I thought this was a good time to condense all that I've learned on my trips to Portland and share them here on the old blog. You know, just in case you were looking for a bit of inspiration for your trip.
In my experience, Portland is all about the food and the drinks. Sure, there is an indie scene worth exploring but that ain't my jam so I am sticking with telling you about the food and booze. On the two trips that I did last year, Portland lived it up to its reputation of being a city all about the beer and donuts (seriously, is it spelt doughnuts or donuts?!). Let's start with the donuts (or doughnuts, whatever you prefer).
Everyone knows about the famous Voodoo Doughnuts, these are the gimmicky, sweet, brightly-coloured donuts that come with a variety of toppings and funny names (a Cock-N-Balls or Old Dirty Bastard doughnut anyone?). If you see people carrying a pink "Voodoo Doughnut" box around Portland, you know that they are pretty happy with themselves as they have survived the long line-up and now have their doughnut bounty. Consider yourself warned: there is a line-up at almost every hour of the day and they are open 24 hours a day so that's saying something. There are two locations in Portland and they accept cash only.
A cabinet full of Voodoo Doughnuts
The Loop Doughnut from Voodoo
The Marshall Mathers Doughnut from Voodoo
Once you have visited Voodoo, the donut store that started it all, you should definitely make room to sample Blue Star Donuts. These were the donuts that I actually enjoyed the most and would recommend over Voodoo. Voodoos were fun, but gimmicky, whereas the quality of Blue Star was obvious. They make their donuts from a brioche recipe that takes 18 hours to make from scratch (which they do every day). They speak with pride about the quality ingredients that they use and that they avoid artificial flavours and preservatives (maybe not a big deal for some but I like to know what I'm eating). Their recipes aren't crazy innovative, yet, they are still intriguing. Some of the flavours are pistachio cheesecake with raspberry hibiscus glaze, a blueberry bourbon basil (delicious), and a blackberry compote with peanut butter powder, amongst others.
Lemon Poppyseed from Blue Star
If you are looking for a coffee to wash down your donuts, the coffee that is most famous in the city, and that you'll be offered almost everywhere, is Stumptown. Personally, Stumptown isn't one of my favourite coffees (each to their own) but the Stark location, which is in the lobby of the Ace Hotel, is a great spot for people watching and lounging about in the cool space.
Stumptown Coffee at the Ace Hotel
I had actually been trying to find Heart Coffee Roasters (one of my favourites) but I got lost so unfortunately I didn't make it. I did, however, find Courier Coffee Roasters, which is a tiny little coffee roasters not too far from Powell Books (another must visit) that does great coffee. Other coffee shops worth a visit are Spella Coffee and Barista.
If you are looking for a brunch spot, look no further than Clyde Common. I went here with some girlfriends and we enjoyed a long boozy brunch where you get to make your own mimosas at the table (complete with a choice of two juices). Loved the open space of Clyde Common and the laid-back style, I would definitely return for another meal (they also do dinner).
Breakfast from Clyde Common
If you'd rather have your breakfast fast and on-the-go, drop into Nuvrei. I hadn't heard about this place before arriving in Portland but whilst walking around the Pearl District in the early morning, I caught a whiff of the smell of baking pastry (probably the best smell ever). I followed the scent and discovered a small line-up at this chic little café. I joined the line (I can never say no to a food line-up) and was rewarded with a buttery, flakey croissant and a bagel sandwich. Other places that I've heard do a great breakfast are Pine State Biscuits and Tasty n Sons (I've not been to either so I can't say for sure).
A few posts ago, I raved about Pok Pok, which is a must when visiting Portland. Another must visit, which is very close to Pok Pok, is Salt & Straw.
Salt & Straw serves scoops of unique and delicious ice-cream flavours worthy of waiting in the fast-moving, but consistent, line-up. Flavours change but can include Pear and Blue Cheese, Strawberry Honey Balsamic with Black Pepper, Stumptown Coffee & Burnside Bourbon, and Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbon. Yum! Try and save some room after eating at Pok Pok for a scoop or two from Salt & Straw. You won't regret it.
So now that we have indulged in coffee, donuts, breakfast, ice-cream, and more donuts, let's move on to alcohol! Woot! I was pleasantly surprised with the drink scene in Portland. If I'm not drinking wine, I can be found enjoying some cocktails and boy, did Portland deliver on the cocktails!
My girlfriends and I wanted to drink all of the cocktails on the menu at Saucebox. Seriously, check out the cocktail list here, don't you just want to sample them all? I can't narrow down which one was my favourite but I really enjoyed some of the spicy ones (the Jade Scorpion and Kickboxer, for example). The pan-Asian food from Saucebox is decent too, but with the dark, sexy vibe, I would even go just for the cocktails and atmosphere. On a side note, the service we received at Saucebox was outstanding. We had a reservation and the guests before us were late leaving, which wasn't a big issue for us, but they still offered us all a complimentary cocktail whilst we waited. Excellent customer service!
Another place that does great cocktails, is Departure Bar, which has a roof top bar and serves delicious mod-Asian dishes. Go for the view, stay for the drinks! Trader Vic's is a tiki bar that offers ridiculously cheap happy hour cocktails (from 3pm to 6pm). Their regular cocktail menu has over 80 cocktails so you will surely find something you like. Try to snag a seat on the patio for some people watching.
Drinks at Trader Vic's
When in Portland, you must sample the beer. The city is known for it. I've lost the taste for beer over the years but I decided to give it a go whilst I was in Portland. When I was there with my girlfriends, we decided to do a fun brewery tour on this:
Ha ha! Yep, lots of fun was had sitting around this bad boy for an afternoon. You pedal your way to three different local breweries, where you are able to sample the different beers on offer. We found this very social and a fun way to see the city, whilst enjoying an afternoon beer tour.
When I was there with my parents, it was in the middle of winter so doing the BrewCycle wasn't an option so we popped in to Deschutes Brewery, a local brewery, instead. For someone who thought that they were over beer, I sure did knock back quite a few glasses of the Zarabanda brew (the brewery partnered with Chef José Andrés to make this brew).
I loved it. It has been my experience that the food at the breweries has been quite disappointing, so perhaps stick to the beer and eat at one of the great restaurants that the city has to offer.
So there you have it. My trips to Portland in summary. I still haven't even scratched the surface of Portland's restaurant scene but when I return, I have a long wish-list to hit up. Feel free to make a comment if you have any questions about any of the places that I've mentioned above. Safe and happy travels!


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A preliminary study from North Carolina State University found that older programmers may know more about emergent technology than their younger counterparts.
Many older computer programmers believe they are victims of discrimination; they think companies push them out in favor of younger IT hires who are perceived as more knowledgable about the latest technologies. But a preliminary study conducted by North Carolina State University (NCSU) helps fight this perceived ageism: It found that older programmers may know more about emergent technology than their younger counterparts.
"We looked at the knowledge of younger and older programmers on 10 technologies that have been developed in the last 10 years," said Dr. Emerson Murphy-Hill, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at NCSU and co-author of a paper on the study. "For the most part, older and younger developers don't vary greatly on their knowledge of those technologies."
However, Murphy-Hill said there were two exceptions -- in iOS and Windows 7. "The older developers seemed to know more than the younger developers did," he said. "That runs contrary to what the popular expectation is."
To find out how the knowledge of computer programmers changes as they grow older, Murphy-Hill and his team turned to Stack Overflow, a Web-based community of software developers where people accumulate points from their peers by asking and answering good questions. They used this points mechanism, the overall sum of which is called "reputation," as a proxy for knowledge. It turns out, he said, that as people grew older, their reputation scores and, transitively, their knowledge tended to increase.
"We should be re-evaluating our biases about older and younger programmers," Murphy Hill said. "We should evaluate people directly on their merits and not what our preconceived notions are. A lot of times, those can be wrong."
Governments tend to run more on legacy systems, and Murphy-Hill noted that older programmers tend to work on legacy systems more so than younger software developers. "The thinking is that these people are more qualified to work on these technologies because they've been around since the technology's release," he said, adding that this approach makes it hard for them to be employed in the future. "I caution government IT departments to think about their human capital. Developers naturally want to learn new skills. They're very inquisitive people. It's important to encourage that."
And every human being contains two types of abilities, says Dr. Anne Collins McLaughlin, director of NCSU's Learning, Aging and Cognitive Ergonomics Lab, which is helping Murphy-Hill with a related study.
"Crystallized abilities include things like your vocabulary, your knowledge of history and your memory of your life," she said. "All of these things have accumulated over time. These abilities are well-preserved and keep rising over the course of your life."
The second type of ability -- fluid abilities -- include reasoning or holding information in your head and working with it, McLaughlin said. "The prime time for this knowledge is around age 30, whereas the prime time for a person's crystallized abilities is at a much higher age."
Because computer programming fits into the crystallized ability category, one can deduce that as long as a programmer is working in the field, his or her skills and knowledge in that field continue to accumulate.
Though the NCSU study may have far-reaching impacts on the way government agencies hire and retain IT talent, Michigan CIO David Behen suggests that the perceived discrimination toward hiring younger programmers is greatly exaggerated, at least in his state.
"We have a good mix of programmers of all different ages in the state of Michigan," he said. "I never looked at whether they were keeping up their skills like that. I guess I should have; I've just never really thought about it. We have some older talent who are awesome and we have younger talent who are bringing a fresh perspective. I think it does ring true that our senior folks have the skills to be competitive in this market."
Behen noted that a lot of the older programmers in the state left in 2009 and 2010, which left a void. "It was almost a brain drain," he said. "We're fortunate that Michigan hasn't seen a big group of these people retire at this point; we don't have enough seasoned talent and we don't have enough younger talent."
And Behen said he thinks this study will help focus the conversation. "Will it change our perspective and how we've been dealing with things? I don't think so, because the talent pool is not big enough."
"I think we are all going to have to keep focusing on getting the right skills at the right level at the right position, but it's great to hear that this study says that the seasoned talent keeps up with the new technology," says Behen. "I don't think this was a big secret in the industry, but to have the data to back it up is really good. This study shows that there are opportunities no matter where you are in your career."


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Latvia/ 3.4 International cultural co-operation
3.4.2 Public actors and cultural diplomacy
See also chapter 3.4.1.
Since the beginning of the 1990s, international cooperation is becoming stronger and more diverse and very fruitful contacts have been established with the Baltic and Nordic countries, as well as with several cultural representations of foreign countries (the British Council, the Danish Culture Institute, the Cultural Centre of France, the Goethe Institute, The Nordic Council of Ministers' Office, etc.). There are 35 embassies and several foreign cultural centres situated in Riga that are significantly enriching the cultural life of the country.
Special attention is given in public policy to cooperation in the Baltic region. The co-operation of the Baltic States constitutes the following institutional frameworks – the Baltic Assembly, the Baltic Council of Ministers and the Council of the Baltic Sea States. The parliamentary co-operation takes place within the Baltic Assembly, but all matters related to practical co-operation are being dealt within the format of the Baltic Council of Ministers. Some cultural initiatives take place within this official cooperation format (e.g. annual prize of the Baltic Assembly http://www.baltasam.org/).
The Council of the Baltic Sea States is an overall political forum for regional inter-governmental cooperation. It includes an initiative in the cultural field – Ars Baltica that is an international cultural network (established in 1991).
The programme of cultural cooperation for the period 2012-2014 between the Culture Ministries of the three Baltic countries (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) was signed to improve cooperation at regional level.
The Cultural Committee of the Baltic States has initiated several projects that are successful e.g. chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica, Baltic Film and Media School, Baltic Museology School (see chapter 3.4.4).
Since 2009, the Baltic States are contributing partners to a Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, with a budget of around 1.6 million EUR for the year 2012. The Baltic States co-finance the programme according to their GDP per capita. In 2012, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic in Latvia contributed LVL 23 230 (EUR 33 186). Latvian cultural operators were active in applying to the programme and in 2012 Latvian applicants received support in the amount of EUR 189 480.
The Ministry of Culture has signed intergovernmental and inter-ministerial agreements and programmes with approximately 30 countries to encourage cultural exchange and co-operation between professionals working in the field of culture.
Municipalities have their own international culture cooperation activities mainly as part of cooperation agreements with partner cities or towns. International festivals play an increasing role in internationalisation of cultural life in cities.
Public financial support for international cooperation is available from the Ministry of Culture and the State Culture Capital Foundation. The Ministry of Culture finances some international cultural projects and supports the participation of Latvian cultural institutions and professionals in international organisations and programmes. Apart from these activities, the Ministry of Culture also secures co-financing for the projects supported by EU programmes, thus supporting implementation of large projects in digitalisation of cultural resources, improvement of the cultural infrastructure, education, creative industries and cultural co-operation projects submitted by Latvian cultural operators to the programme "Culture 2007-2013" etc.
Since 2003, the Ministry of Culture announces competitions and co-finances those cultural organisations which have received funding from the EU programme "Culture 2007-2013" or "Europe for Citizens Programme". Since 2010, the co-funding programme is reduced to LVL 60 665 (EUR 86 664) due to the economic crisis (in 2008, the budget for this programme was LVL 100 000 or EUR 142 857), while the number of applicants has tripled (in 2008 - 6 projects, in 2012 - 21 projects).
Other international cooperation projects are covered by different support schemes from the State Culture Capital Foundation on a competition basis. The Foundation supports the organisation of international projects as well as running the Travel Grant Support Programme that enables individuals and groups to participate in short-term scientific, creative and study programmes abroad.
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It took the locals some centuries to finally settle on 'Olbia' as the name for their town.
This corner of fabulously cosmopolitan North-Eastern Sardinia can boast influences from France, Spain and the Middle East. So perhaps it's no wonder that Italian-style cuisine and friendly Mediterranean charm await ever-increasing numbers of visitors from the UK.
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Private jet hire is also available in other popular resorts in Sardinia such as Alghero and Cagliari.
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The chic resort of Porto Cervo, on the Costa Smeralda, plays host to some of Italy's most upmarket sport every April and May when the Polo Gold Cup comes to town. Expect horsey types with Italian accents.
Well-travelled tips:
- If you've hired a car, take the road between Alghero and Bosa, for truly spectacular scenery to rival the best coastline on the Med.
- Spend a day on one of the world's first branded beaches. The Fiat Playa at Porto Rotondo, every July and August, has a chilled vibe and all mod cons including a resident DJ.
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Coronel stressed the significance of the Philippines' terrible ranking--third worst in the world--in our Global Impunity Index. Assistant Justice Secretary Sy questioned the validity of the study, citing the type of journalists being included--generally heavily partisan radio commentators in politically divided provincial towns--and Fadullon, the lead prosecutor in the Maguindanao case, questioned CPJ's methodology in accounting for motive in the killings. It was the same sort of criticism we had gotten from Justice Department officials in the previous administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This time we were able to confront the criticisms face to face, and convince them that the index does indeed reflect a legitimate statistical assessment, one that we have presented and discussed with the World Bank.
Salazar-Ferro, who had worked for years in CPJ's Latin America section, pointed out that Colombia and Brazil had problems very similar to the Philippines'--provincial journalists using confrontational rhetoric and muckraking reporting against well-entrenched politicians. It was an exciting moment when the staffers pressed her to pass on contacts and references in those countries to start an exchange of information. It now appears that Salazar-Ferro is on the speed dial of several staffers at Malacañang.
The Aquino staffers were clearly concerned about the need to address impunity and the broader problems of the criminal justice system--the shortcoming of the witness protection program, the lack of police forensic capability, and overworked and under-resourced prosecutors, not to mention a creaking criminal justice code that was written in 1932 and repeatedly patched over the years. They were frank in their assessments and struck all of us as genuinely sincere in their desire to rebuild the Philippines' broken justice system.
Despite the hostage tragedy of the night before, the feeling remained that the Aquino administration is in a honeymoon period, with mounds of domestic and international political goodwill stemming from Aquino's personal integrity and his family heritage--his mother Corazon Aquino took over after the fall of the Marcos dictatorship. The current President Aquino and his justice secretary have repeatedly addressed issues like impunity and journalists' rights and media freedom in a manner that demonstrates that they aim mightily to confront those problems head-on--along with so many others their country faces. They might not be able to fix all those problems, but it seems clear they have the intent and hopefully the skill to leave the country in better condition than the way they found it when their terms of office end six years from now.
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Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris has increased his short position in Telecom Italia shares after Telefonica struck a deal to gradually take control of the debt-laden Italian operator.
Sawiris, who unsuccessfully attempted to buy a 3 billion euro stake in Telecom Italia last year, has built up a short position of 1.2 percent through his Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (OTMT) (OTMT.CA) investments holding company, data from market regulator Consob showed on Monday.
On Friday the short position was 1 percent.
Last week Telefonica struck a deal with its Italian partners to gradually secure full sway over Telco, the holding company that controls Telecom Italia via a 22.4 percent stake.
The deal led to the resignation of long standing executive chairman Franco Bernabe who had been seeking support for a capital increase of up to 5 billion euros to avoid a downgrade to junk and help fund badly needed investments in Italy. The company is burdened by nearly 29 billion euros of net debt.
Telefonica instead is seen as favoring asset sales, such as Telecom Italia's prized unit in Brazil TIM Participacoes.
Sawiris did not respond immediately to requests for comment on his move.
A source familiar with his thinking said the tycoon was shorting Telecom Italia shares on expectations there will be a credit downgrade soon, and that chances of Telefonica managing to sell TIM in time to avoid a capital raising were slender.
On Monday Standard and Poor's placed the ratings of Telecom Italia on creditwatch negative for a possible downgrade to junk status.
Last Friday trade union officials said Telecom Italia's new chief executive Marco Patuano will unveil a business plan outlining the future of its South American units and a possible corporate restructuring in Italy at a board meeting on November 7.
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Dang it, internet problems. Sorry for the delay.
I say -Ro- is more likely to be a wolf than Deathblade. Not only he voted against Kasumi who turned out to be a townie but also Zombiewolf confirmed my suspicions.
I was suspicious of him thats why I voted him in the first day phase so they might try to kill me during night phase 1. And might claim that they became a scapegoat which would fail since I am untouchable.
But I failed, did not even get their attention xD. Ever since then, everyone became so cautious of me for defending Ribbon who I thought to be innocent.
Of course the wolves wont bother killing me as they expect me to be lynched during the 3rd day phase.
Now for what I theorized that happened during the night phase:
-Ribbon, who was the head wolf, tried to kill Scruffy during the first night phase.
-It failed because of the interference by the protector,thus, it shows on Zombiewolf's list that Ribbon was the first in the line.
-With Ribbon's death, I expect the head wolf was passed down to the other wolf which is definitely between -Ro- and Deathblade.
-The wolves probably thought that the protector couldn't protect the same player twice as what it usually as a default so his death was inevitable.
-It is impossible for the both of them to be wolves. Why would the other wolf use an ability to a dying player?
-That leaves to my strong theory that there should be only one wolf amongst them and I am leaning on -Ro-
I mentioned once that the rest of the wolves are inactive and -Ro- is one of them.
I think I said about my suspicions against -Ro-. There is no way Zombiewolf could be lying.
Eventually, we will lynch the people who targeted Scruffy and if none of them are wolves, Zombiewolf will be toast.
Sorry Deathblade, I can't defend you since I don't have much information about you if you are really innocent.
This is not really what I intended to report but I will continue next day phase.
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Introducing Microsoft Reporting Services
What You Will Learn:
|1.1 What is RS?
1.2 RS at a glance
1.3 RS architecture
1.4 Understanding Report Processing
1.5 Delivering reports
|1.6 What is the report lifecycle?
1.7 RS in action 1.8 Evaluating RS 1.9 Summary 1.10 Resources
So much information, so little time ... the character "Poison Ivy" would likely say if the Batman saga was taking place in today's enterprise.
We all know that the dot.com boom is history and so are the lavish IT budgets. In the doldrums of the economic recovery, organizations tend to spend their money on streamlining internal processes to gain a competitive advantage. According to Microsoft, today's information workers spend as much as 80 percent of their time gathering information, with only 20 percent left to analyze it and make a decision. In many organizations, such requests consume significant IT and development resources. Too often, Excel spreadsheets are the prevalent reporting tools today and manual data entry or "pencil-pushing" is among the top reasons for inaccurate data and wrong decisions. Aware of these issues, Microsoft initiated the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services project at the beginning of the new millennium, with a bold vision to "enable employees at all levels of an organization to realize the promise of Business Intelligence to promote better decision making."
- Why RS is such a compelling choice for enterprise reporting
- The main parts of the RS architecture
- The report-generation process and report lifecycle
- The steps for creating your first RS report
Regardless of the alphabet soup of terms and acronyms that are popping up like daisies almost every day and that have probably become a part of your IT vocabulary—terms such as BI (business intelligence), OLAP (online analytical processing), data mining, DSSs (decision support systems), EISs (executive information systems), digital dashboards, enterprise portals, and enterprise data buses—the purpose of enterprise reporting is to simply "get out" what was "put in." Therefore, for many applications, reporting represents the last, and often most important, stage of the IT pipeline.
To clarify the last point, let's consider a typical scenario that RS can address effectively. Let's say that an organization has built a web portal for submitting orders online. As the business grows, the same organization may need to implement a reporting infrastructure to analyze sales data and understand its business, for example, to find out the top-selling products, customer demographics, and so forth. To accomplish this goal, the organization could leverage RS.
We use the term report to refer to the web-based or saved-to-file counterpart of a standard paper-oriented report. For example, an organization may want to give its customers an option to generate various reports online—an Order History report, for instance. Web reporting has traditionally been difficult to implement. Even more difficult has been exporting reports to different file formats. RS solve both problems elegantly, for two reasons. First, out-of-the-box RS is web-enabled. Second, most popular export formats are natively supported.
1.1.1 Why do we need RS?
Ironically, despite the important role that reporting plays in today's enterprise, creating and distributing reports have been traditionally painstaking and laborious chores. To understand why we need RS, let's analyze the reporting problem space.
Table 1.1 lists some of the most pressing issues surrounding the reporting arena and how RS addresses them.
Table 1.1 How Microsoft RS deals with the reporting problem space
|Reporting Need
|How RS addresses it?
|Report authoring can be labor intensive.
|By using the powerful Report Designer, you can author reports as easily as you can with Microsoft Access.
|Centralized report management is needed.
|RS enables you to save your reports in a single report repository.
|Reports need to be distributed to various destinations.
|RS supports both on-demand and subscription-based reporting. Reports can be requested on-demand by Win-Form and web-based applications. Alternatively, reports can be distributed to a list of subscribers.
|Reports often need to be exported in different electronic formats.
|RS supports many popular export formats out of the box.
|Proprietary nature of reporting tools doesn't allow you to extend them.
|RS has a flexible architecture that allows you to extend RS capabilities by writing custom code.
|Reports need to be secured.
|RS offers a comprehensive security model that administrators can leverage to enforce secured access to reports by assigning users to roles. When the default Windows-based authentication is not a good fit, it can be replaced with custom security implementations.
|Enterprise reporting solutions can be costly.
|To minimize cost, RS is bundled and licensed with SQL Server. If you have a licensed copy of SQL Server 2000, you may run RS on the same server for no additional license fee.
Depending on your particular situation you may find other compelling reasons to target RS as your reporting platform of choice. We revisit the RS features throughout this chapter.
Supported report types
Your reporting requirements may call for authoring various types of reports that differ in complexity. For example, your users may request that a large report include a document map for easy navigation. RS lets you design a variety of report types, as listed in table 1.2.
Table 1.2 RS supports various report types
|Report Type
|Displays data in a table format with a fixed number or rows and columns.
|Excel-type reports
|Data regions are positioned arbitrarily on the page by the report author.
|Invoice-invoice details report
|Presents data graphically.
|Employee performance chart
|Crosstab (matrix)
|Data is rotated to present row data as columns.
|A report that shows products on rows and time on columns
|Includes expandable sections.
|A company performance crosstab report where product can be expanded by category and brand
|Generated from clicking on a hyper-link.
|Customer Order History with hyperlinks on the order identifier to show the order details report
|Includes interactive features, such as document maps, hyperlinks, visible-on-demand sections, and so forth.
|Adobe Acrobat.type reports with document maps on the left side
Although most popular reporting tools support many of the report types shown in table 1.2, RS makes the report-authoring process as easy as working with Microsoft Access reporting functionality. For example, report authors can drag and drop items to define the report's appearance.
Now that we understand what RS is, let's see how it fits in the Microsoft BI vision.
1.1.2 How is RS implemented?Microsoft released version 1.0 of RS at the beginning of 2004 as an add-on to Microsoft SQL Server 2000. At a very high level, RS can be defined as a server-based platform for authoring, managing, and distributing reports. We discuss the RS architecture in more detail in a moment. For now, note that RS is integrated with and requires several other Microsoft products, including:
- Windows 2000 or above as a server operating system
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (with Service Pack 3a) and above
- Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 or above
- .NET Framework 1.1
- Visual Studio .NET 2003 for report authoring and testing
For more information about installing RS, please refer to appendix A.
RS editions
To address different user needs, RS is available in several editions, as you can see by looking at table 1.3.
Table 1.3 RS supports editions to meet various reporting needs
|Choose when...
|You need to install RS on a single computer. The Standard edition doesn't support clustered deployment to load-balance multiple RS instances.
|You need all RS features, including load balancing.
|You have to integrate RS with client applications or extend its capabilities by writing .NET code. The Developer edition supports the same feature set as the Enterprise edition, but it is for use as a test and development system, not as a production server.
|You need to evaluate RS. The Evaluation edition expires after 120 days.
For more information about how the RS editions differ, refer to the product documentation or the "Reporting Services Features Comparison" section in the RS official website at http://microsoft.com/sql/reporting/productinfo/features.asp.
For information about RS licensing requirements, visit the "How to License Reporting Services" page at http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/howtobuy/howtolicensers.asp.
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Spencer Borison, an intern in the Denver Mayor's Office, gamely plays along with a request by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
The meetings, which take place every Tuesday morning in the City and County Building, are usually staid affairs where departments inform the mayor and council of legislation coming up.
But this morning, Hancock decided to liven things up and Borison played along, saying he sang in the choir. The young man does a great job, considering the pressure. At the end, Hancock says, "I was just joking." But he tells Borison that he just started "a whole new tradition."


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The Urbana Free Library now has one of the funniest books I've read in, well, ever: The Truth Spinner by Rhys Hughes. Each of these stories is (more or less) about Castor Jenkins, Welsh raconteur and teller of tales tall and of all heights, whose adventures strain the limits of time, space, believability, genre, and the printed page. Hughes is a prolific writer of tales--more than 600 so far--but they can be tricky to track down. Thankfully this collection puts together some of his very best all in one convenient package.
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Create a welcoming dining area with your choice of the pieces available from this collection. Featuring all solid pine construction in a rustic and distressed dark brown finish, the look of each piece is timeless in appeal. The more traditional upholstered side chair and single pedestal table with leaf contrast beautifully with more casual wood seat side chairs. With numerous ways to mix and match, you can pick the best configuration of table and chairs to fit your home's dining space.
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Editors at Patch, which includes 30 hyper local news sites in Southeast Michigan, received word this morning of companywide layoffs that have put the news sites they managed at a standstill.
According to one source, who took part in a conference call explaining the layoffs this morning, all of the roughly 15 employees in Michigan were laid off today.
It was unclear what will happen to the sites following the layoffs, but editors in Michigan lost the ability to post to the sites today, the source said.
Patch began operations in 2007 and was bought by AOL in 2009. It grew to a network of about 900 news sites across the country. Plymouth Patch, Rochester Patch, Birmingham Patch and St. Clair Shores Patch were among the first to launch in Michigan in 2010.
Two weeks ago — following a year of layoffs and the shutdown of sites across the country — AOL sold its majority stake in Patch to Hale Global, an investment holding company. In the announcement of the sale, Hale CEO Charles Hale said, "We are committed to taking the necessary steps to ensure Patch remains a vibrant part of the community."
Messages left with Patch and Hale Global were not immediately returned today.
Following the conference call this morning, staff members received an email with further information about the layoffs, including that they will receive a two-month severance package, the source said.
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Bird watchers will love this book. With fabulous photographs and fascinating information, it really is a great read.
Shorebirds or waders are a large group of small to medium build birds who live worldwide in predominately coastal or wetland habitats.
Some of the birds are sedentary, whilst the others are amongst the world's most migratory bird species, travelling thousands of kilometres in a few days.
The book covers the habits of the birds and the territorial behaviour both when feeding and breeding.
It is split in to two sections and is a real gem as well as a great source of information.
Shorebirds in Action: An introduction to waders and their behaviour, by Richard Chandler, £21.95 and published by www.whittlespublishing.com
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Not that hard to install. Will need TIN coated drill bits because the frame is TOUGH. Fits good and keeps S10 Xtreme pickup level when pulling trailer. Truck rides good with 10 lbs of air pressure when empty, and never had to have over 50 lbs pressure when trailer was loaded down. A good buy, and will be better with the optional compressor kit


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Friends of the San Pedro River
- Address
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Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
- Use Contact Form
- Event Start
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- Event End
- 10:00 AM on May 6, 2017
Join one of our trained docents to discover why the San Pedro River has been designated one of the Last Great Places by the Nature Conservancy. Here you'll find 82 species of mammals, dozens of reptiles and amphibians and nearly 350 species of birds. The slower paced walks are usually 1 1/2 to 2 miles long over easy terrain and suitable for most adults and children.
Where: Depart from the San Pedro House, 9800 Highway 90, east of Sierra Vista at the river.
When: 8 AM
There is no charge for the walks, but donations are accepted
- Event Start
- 8:00 AM on Saturday, May 6, 2017
- Event End
- 10:00 AM on Saturday, May 6, 2017
- Location
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- Additional Information
Please dress appropriately for the weather. Bring drinking water, trail shoes or similar footwear, a hat, and use sun protection.
Basic Directions
From Sierra Vista, head east on Hwy 90 toward Bisbee. Turn right at the sign for the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.


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Knowing how important NEC issues are to our readers, we're introducing a new online Code Q&A column. Updated weekly, visit this link for answers to your latest Code questions and concerns.
Q. Let's say a 5kW generator supplies only equipment mounted on the generator, cord-and-plug-connected equipment through receptacles mounted on the generator, or both. Should the generator have a ground rod connection? A point on the frame of the generator marked "ground" makes me think so.
A. No, a ground rod is not needed, not required, and would serve no purpose [250.34(A)]. This manufacturer provided a ground lug on the generator because it doesn't know any better.
CAUTION: Creating a bonding jumper connection at both the source and the first disconnecting means will create a parallel path, allowing dangerous neutral current to flow over the grounding conductors or grounding paths, which is a violation of 250.6.
Q. Some of the journeyman electricians on my latest project believe the neutral and grounds should be connected together in a panel fed by a 480V to 120/208V transformer. I've always made this neutral-to-ground connection at the transformer, and kept the grounds and neutrals separated. Which method is correct?
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Recall Details
Honda is recalling 2,430 vehicles because a driver's airbag inflator, installed as a replacement part, may be defective. In the event of deployment, these inflators could produce excess internal pressure and rupture, increasing the risk of injury to vehicle occupants. Dealers will inspect and replace the driver's airbag inflator as necessary. The recall is expected to begin by June 27, 2011.
Our Quick Take
Defective airbag inflators may have been installed in 2,430 vehicles as replacement parts. In the event of a crash, these defective inflators could deploy incorrectly and rupture, increasing the risk of injury to vehicle occupants. Honda will be contacting owners of suspect vehicles.
What Should You Do?
This could be considered a low priority recall; this would change to high if the driver's airbag inflator has been replaced in your vehicle. For more information, please contact your Honda or Acura dealer. They will check to see if your specific vehicle is affected and advise you on what to do next. Always have your vehicle identification number (VIN) handy when you call.


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Yep. You guessed it. We have another one. Might as well get used it. Our favorite cartoons from the Golden Era of animation -as far as I am concerned- ( 80′s – early 90′s) are making it to the big screen in record numbers. This time it's Gatchaman by Imagi Studios and whether you are tired of seeing them or not, these movies seem to be worth it as far as Hollywood is concerned.


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Artisan New wrote:- D800 (the best camera in the world period . . .
klausesser wrote:Artisan New wrote:- D800 (the best camera in the world period . . .
Definitely not.
Hellkeeper wrote:interesting what such a small Question can set off! ;-)
Did I get it right that way?
FX advantages:
- less noise
- higher dynamic range
- according to http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html better DOF for FX ... ? (Hyperfocal @ 827,3m)
- larger RAW buffer
- CF slot (we got lots of fast CF cards)
- better battery
- longer shutter life (expected)
- ?!? ... what else ... ?!?
DX advantages:
- 1,5x Crop (but I guess my Lens isn't sharp enough to take advantage of it ...)
- cheaper
- more Gigapixel (but maybe not the Quality of FX as Lens is the limiting factor)
So I guess it's clear that FX is the way to go?!? Just not quite sure if the higher Price of the D800 is justified in relation to the D600?!?
Artisan New wrote:Hellkeeper can buy what he (or she) pleases....
Artisan New wrote:but if you go for Gpixels with a certain lens an DX beats an FX any time.
spherorama wrote:Hi Artisan New,
I use the D800 for Gigapixel panoramas. 2 years or so I stumbled over an adaptor that allows me to use Hasselblad lenses on my Nikon bodies. I still had my old Hasselblad equipment in a camerabag, which was no more used since all things went digital. With the D700 it was already a wonderful way to take panoramas. With the D800 you have jet more possibilities. Recently I bought a 500 mm f8 Hasselblad Zeiss Tele Tessar which cost me only 290€ on ebay. As mentioned in some posts above it's like using a FX lens on a DX sensor. You use only the the very center part of a medium format lens and get good results.
spherorama wrote:I would suggest to take the D800 because it offers you so many possibilities in it's settings e. g. different crop factors for the sensor.
Artisan New wrote:Klaus,
Your first post I do agree with.....it will take longer (even up to 1,5 to 2 times as long to be precise) and you gain about 30% in resolution, and indeed shooting with 2 or more (the more the merrier) camera's is advisable....but having said that....when shooting Giga's unfortunatly you can rarely stay on the same spot (most high rises have roofs covered in machinery or you only have clear view from the edge, etc. you should know). So in order to be quicker multiple camera's are used anyway (some on the same tripod/head.....like some Clauss Rodeon heads do), but mostly on different heads to shoot from various parts of the building (in this case the BT tower in London). Shot with 4 7D camera's.....and 4 big shot tele's and 4 Clauss Rodeons to shoot about 12.000 pictures per camera, per day.
And your second post is also correct.....in fact I can use all those glorious Nikon lenses on my OM-D as well (and I do) a great tele is a 80-200 f 4.0 I own (bought for a few bob of the Interweb).
Now before you start indeed with 4 D800 you'd be quicker.....but again you'd not get the 320 Gpixel resolution with the same glass you needed 1.3 times longer glass and longer means heavier and also more photo's. As I said these people aren't half assed.
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Religious freedom is our first American freedom. It is a founding principle of our country, protected by the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. It's a fundamental human right, rooted in the dignity of every human person—people of any faith or no faith at all. It's not a Catholic, Jewish, Orthodox, Mormon or Muslim issue—it's an American issue, a civil rights issueThreats to Religious Freedom
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Across the country and around the world, people of all faiths are standing up for their religious freedom—and we stand with them. Through prayer, education, and public action, we are activating Americans from all faiths and walks of life to turn back these threats.
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O God our Creator, from your provident hand we have received our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. You have called us as your people and given us the right and the duty to worship you, the only true God, and your Son, Jesus Christ. Through the power and working of your Holy Spirit, you call us to live out our faith in the midst of the world, bringing the light and the saving truth of the Gospel to every corner of society.
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by Scott Boyle
The Monticello Buckaroos begin the 2013 football season with high expectations in 1A football and have the returning firepower to back it up.
No less than eight returning starters will be back for another year for head coach Lee Chadwick's Winged T offense. Seven starters return from the second stingiest defense in 1A last season.
Last season took its toll on the Bucks, injury-wise, forcing the coaching staff to play players out of their normal positions. Chadwick is counting on extra time in the weight room this summer to help the Buckaroos stay healthy.
Offensively, the Bucks return perhaps the most prolific offensive tandem in Buckaroo football history, with the senior seasons of the Austins: Maloy and Wilcox.
Over the last several seasons, the two have combined to rush for more than 2,000 yards and 32 touchdowns (Maloy 1,053 yards and 16 touchdowns, Wilcox 1,097 yards, 16 touchdowns). They've added another 400 yards and eight touchdowns receiving (Maloy 339 yards, four touchdowns, Wilcox 90 yards, four touchdowns).
Most of those yards came their sophomore season as they lined up in the backfield together. Injuries last year sent Wilcox to the offensive line and forced Maloy to play quarterback for most of the season, where he passed for 329 yards and six touchdowns.
Add to this potent tandem another senior, Dillon Maughan, who has 189 yards rushing and eight touchdowns and 65 yards receiving and one more touchdown; junior Cole Eldredge, with 218 career yards and two touchdowns; and junior QB McKade Maloy, 172 yards passing three touchdowns, 24 yards rushing, two touchdowns and you have 56 touchdowns and and 2,910 rushing yards returning for the Bucks.
Throw in senior Hunter Bowring, who sat out the entire season last year due to injury, at wideout and another senior, Joseph George, the tallest player on the team, at tight end, and the Bucks could be seriously awesomely remarkable offensively. They should improve on their 28 point per game average of last year.
Blocking for these stellar runners are returning senior linemen and three year starters, Eric Anderson and Jake Giles and all around great player, Brandon Mussleman, who can pack the football himself, but is playing on the line because that's where the team needs him.
With this stable, you'll see why you'll want to see the Bucks play this year.
Defensively, the Bucks will be rock-solid as always. Wilcox (96 career tackles), Austin Maloy (56 tackles, six interceptions), Maughan (33 tackles), Eldredge (28 tackles), and Giles (25 tackles), return to anchor a defense that only allowed 14 points a game last season, a season that saw the Bucks go 7-5 before losing in the semis to three time state champion Duchesne.
Look for the Buckaroos to be even stingier this year than last.
The Bucks Southern Region of 1A toughened up this season with the addition of Kanab, who dropped back down to 1A with the realignment.
But that only excites the Buckaroos, as they are the team with probably the most returning seniors of any school this year and they know that: (I'm paraphrasing) "tougher makes you better."
The season begins this Friday in Montezuma Creek at the Whitehorse Raiders home field, followed by another away game at longtime rival, San Juan in Blanding on August 30.
Then follows two home games against Richfield and Monument Valley, on September 6 and 20. After a bye week, its off to Rich on September 27, back home against Altamont on October 4, and finishing the regular season on the road with away games at Diamond Ranch, Duchesne and Kanab.
Lots of traveling is coming for the Bucks, with travel to Richfield, Hurricane, Laketown, Duchesne and Kanab, totaling more than 3,000 miles.
Makes East High's complaint a couple of years ago about having to travel all the way to Provo seem trivial, doesn't it?
In the coming weeks, look for previews of Buckaroo volleyball and cross country.
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Do you want to see the exquisite effects of 2.5 inches of rain in two weeks? Check out the Hideout golf course and you'll see verdant vanity at its zenith.
Seven 4-man teams lined up Saturday in the midst of all that gorgeous glory for the first annual Lions Club tournament.
Team John Young (John Young, Rob Wilcox, Lehi Lacy, Damon Orr) came out in front, shooting an excellent 59, followed by Team Dandy (62) and Team Jones (63).
Four players remain in the annual Hideout Club Match-play Championship: Bruce Royer, Cathy Lamb, Del Hunter, and Craig Leavitt. Really, you gotta come and see this place!
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Sportshorts added two more birds to the Big Year list, bringing the number to 77 (did you know there are about 800 different bird species in North America?)
#76 Clark's Nutcracker – These are high mountain inhabiting, grey and white birds with a big black beak that like to wrest seeds out of pine cones, and bury them for the winter. They say that each bird buries "tens of thousands of seeds and remembers the location of most of them."
This particular Clark's Nutcracker was observed near Allen Canyon.
#77 Great Egret – This awesome bird can be found along the shores of lakes and oceans, often in close proximity of great blue herons. It is a tall long-legged bird with all white feathers, black legs and yellow beak standing nearly three feet tall. They love fish, frogs, and crawdads.
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Install pneumatic conveyors correctly
Follow these 10 tips to prevent a variety of common problems that could occur with your pneumatic conveyors.
Pneumatic conveying is one of the most versatile ways to move solids over moderate distances. So, not surprisingly, Chemical Processing over the years has published a number of articles (e.g., Ref. 1) on the design, installation and operation of dense- and dilute-phase pneumatic conveyors. Several models and a whole host of data from research groups also are available. However, even the best model and data can only go so far. Actual performance depends upon mechanical accuracy. For instance, a small unnoticed leak can kill the performance of a pneumatic conveyor so much for having a good model.
Additional problems may result from non-uniformity of the flow or local changes in the solids-to-air ratio.
The reality of most plant environments is that the quest to keep costs low can dictate design considerations and spell trouble, particularly when using old equipment for a new project.
However, you can take a number of steps to prevent problems.
Top 10 tips
I have found the following pointers useful both for planning new systems and modifying existing ones.
- Put lifts before horizontal runs. In most conveyors the feed point has the lowest gas velocity and particles may fall out of suspension. This can be offset by line size changes but standard line sizes can force you to push the velocity higher than desired, especially near the end of the line. As the pressure along the line goes down, the velocity goes up. By raising the conveyor in front of horizontal runs instead of at the end, particles have a chance to accelerate toward the gas velocity and gain momentum, mainly because the choking velocity is generally lower than the saltation velocity. The downside is cost. Unless you are going over a building, the extra support can be expensive.
- Minimize elbows and angled runs. Pressure drop and attrition are highest in elbows (for the effective distance solids travel). Most of the wear and maintenance seen in pneumatic conveyors is due to the elbows; so it often is best not to use too many. The major exception to minimizing the number of elbows in a system is for a line that needs to go up and then horizontal. While an angled run offers the shortest distance between two points, it does not have lowest pressure drop. Indeed, a convey line going up at a 45° angle has much higher pressure drop than a horizontal and vertical line with three elbows. Putting elbows too close together is another major mistake, due to acceleration effects. Many models just count the amount of elbows but placement in the layout is more important. The lowest number of elbows is not always optimum.
- Calculate velocity every 10 to 20 feet on the line. Dont rely only on measurements of the pickup velocity or the maximum and minimum velocities in the system. The velocity of the gas and particulates should be determined along the entire length of the line, to ensure that the correct density is used to determine the choking and saltation velocities. This makes the design a trial-and-error calculation. Shortcut design methods often overlook this critical step.
- Check acceleration lengths at feeders and around elbows. It takes time for a particle to reach its slip velocity (effective velocity below the gas velocity). Particles also must be dispersed across the convey line so the solids-to-air ratio is uniform otherwise the saltation effects will be drastically different. You could have high localized solids-to-air ratios that would throw a dilute-phase conveyor into dense phase and slug flow. The acceleration length can be determined using the graphic technique of Rose and Duckworth [2] or the Jotaki and Tomita method [3]. For a quick estimate of the optimal spacing of elbows or feeders from each other, use a value between the square root and the cube root of the stopping distance for the particle in feet:
Xs = (Vg dp2ρs)/(18μg)
where Vg is gas velocity, ft/s; dp is particle diameter, ft; ρs is effective particle density, lb/ft3; and μg is gas viscosity, lb/ft-s. Sometimes it is obvious by looking at a conveying line that the elbows are too close together and the layout was not well planned (e.g., Figure 1).
Figure 1. Sometimes no detailed analysis is needed to spot a bad layout.
- Be careful with pipe joints. Piping should be carefully aligned during installation. The use of slip-couplings can allow for gaps or pinched gaskets, even with tie-bars. Even welded pipe can be improperly fabricated at the flange due to misalignment and cat teeth from the welds. When joining pipe, specialized welding methods can prevent slag inside the pipe.
- Slow the particles down before the collector. Particle-to-particle impact is the biggest source of attrition. Even discharge into a bin can result in a significant amount of attrition as the particles strike the pile. Bag collectors increase the particle-to-particle contact unless there is a cyclonic inlet or an expansion of the line prior to the collector. The acceleration velocity can be used to judge the length of any deceleration spool piece, generally about 25% of the acceleration length, or the optimal distance between elbows, as described in Tip 4.
- Watch for leaks. Small leaks can cripple operation by reducing or increasing the difference between the gas and saltation velocity. High velocities lead to high pressure drop and attrition; low velocities lead to transitional flow (dilute to dense). The obvious location of a leak is at the feeder. When several feeders are on the same convey line, check for leakage at each one. Diverters and misaligned pipe also can contribute to the problem. In vacuum systems, the area around the collector, including the discharge valve, can be a major leak source.
- Match the type of compressor to your convey line. On most dilute conveyors the pressure rises rapidly during the feeding of solids and usually falls off after leaks and the compressor slip have stabilized. A large surge tank can help but adds cost to the system. Volumetric feeders are just that the solids-to-air ratio will vary over a conveying cycle. As the compressor heats up, the gas velocity can increase in small or light-weight compressors, leading to attrition of the solids. When a conveying system is used continuously, this usually is not a problem, except maybe during start-up. Oversized compressors that run at low speeds can be sluggish and unable to keep up with leaks or sudden changes in solids-to-air ratio. This is especially true when re-using spare equipment.
- Vent the feeder valves and factor the amount lost into the design. If there is one thing that can upset a pneumatic conveyor its sudden changes in solids-to-air ratio. An unvented solids feeder prevents the pockets from filling uniformly and can fluidize the solids in the tank or bin above the feeder. The solids can flood the valve, prompting over-consolidation and bridging. Not only does the solids-to-air ratio change but particles also can be pinched in the feeder and break. Figure 2 shows a way to vent the valve in the absence of a vent port supplied by the manufacturer. Note the use of an insert to prevent particles being pinched between the housing and rotor.
Figure 2. This modification enables venting if a valve lacks a vent port.
- Look for frictional differences between products. Sometimes after conveying one material and either making a change to the ingredients or trying to convey a different material we forget that the particles may not behave the same. While basic physical properties can be helpful in predicting a problem you cant go wrong with a few tests. Frictional changes can be subtle. Even the same product can have different shear rates and pickup velocities. In addition, dont forget to check the characteristics of an existing material after conveying a new material. A fine coating or change in surface may alter the pressure drop in the system.
Running a convey test
One of the most important parts of putting in a new conveying line is correct testing, especially on a new product or long layout. Most equipment manufacturers will perform a test for a nominal fee that seldom covers its real cost. Remember vendors are not clairvoyant and usually dont understand your overall process as well as you do. Some engineers arrive at a test expecting the manufacturer to guide them through the testing process and to point out what the buyer needs to do. That approach doesnt sell a lot of pneumatic conveyors, which after all is the vendors objective. Most manufacturers test setups are not research systems but demonstration devices. So, it is best to have a test plan that you and the vendor agreed upon beforehand. This may mean bringing in additional testing resources at your cost to supplement what is provided.
- Look at particle attrition. Conduct particle sizing tests and examine the particles under a microscope.
- Attempt to find the choking and saltation velocities. Compare these to calculated values. Design the system at 1.5 times the maximum value but plan to reduce this velocity after installation (by reducing the blower flow rate).
- Run at both twice and half of the expected design velocity.
- Ensure the solids-to-air ratio is constant during the test.
- Calculate velocity along the line. This requires data on pressure and temperature.
- Roughly determine the particle-to-gas velocity along a straight section of pipe.
- Get the layout close to what is expected in the plant. Try to match elbows and lift location.
- Make some of your own measurements. This keeps the vendor honest.
- Inspect the piping. Pay attention to the type of joints, construction material, elbow R/D, feeder and collector details.
- Run a power failure test. Deliberately stop the gas flow and let the line sit overnight, if possible. Failures happen. The best place to find out their consequences is in the lab.
While following the test and designing the conveyor, enjoy the process of understanding your material. Imagine yourself running around inside the pipe. Pneumatic conveyors are powerful and the solids convey considerable force. I was reminded of that one time when every few hours we heard a clanking noise in a vertical section on a recirculation pneumatic conveying blender. We shut down the conveyor and removed the bottom elbow to find a 6-in.-long, 1-in.-diameter bolt that had made several trips through the system. Oh well!
Thomas R. Blackwood is director of technology for Healthsite Associates, Ballwin, Mo. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
1. Haraburda, S.S., 7 steps to efficient conveying, <italic>Chemical Processing<end italic>, Vol. 63 (2), p. 57 (February 2000).
2. Duckworth, R.A. and H.E. Rose, Transport of Solid Particles in Liquid and Gases, <italic>Engineer<end italic>, Vol. 227 (5,905), pp. 392-396, 430-433 and 478-483, London (1969).
3. Jotaki, Y. and Y. Tomita, Flow in the Acceleration Region of Pneumatic Transport of Granular Solids in Vertical Pipes, <italic>Proceedings of Pneumotransport 3<end italic>, pp. 99-108, Bath, U.K. (April 1976).