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Thanks for the info Gorchew. I wish I would have seen these about 6 weeks ago, at that price I could have used them and built to them. For now I'm beyond that point and would have to backtrack a fair amount to utilize them.
I will wind up with much the same set-up - composite core, reinforced with aluminum, wrapped in fiberglass.
My lower blade is 36" long, 12" at the widest at the top, tapers to 8". This is a little wider than my OEM rudder, but not being a nautical engineer I decided to build oversize and cut it down later if needed. I tried to cut up a different project, that didn't work so well (that was a joke, cut down, cut up...never mind )
Nice to hear another V 21 is under restoration. Mine too was basically free, now she's gorgeous and near new. Last year we had her on the water several times and were not disappointed at all. I've gone bow to stern, she's all new paint, seals, hardware, sails, interior, and rigging. I built a new trailer with all sorts of custom gadgets.
Good luck on yours.
Different woods, different uses
One of the positive things about teak is that it is practically unaffected by water. Most woods (particularly soft woods, such as pine) have cells that tend to retain their ability to swell with water (cellular osmosis), and to actually transport the water through the wood, as if the tree were still alive. Furthermore, since the tree has been cut, and is no longer in one piece, it tends to twist and warp, since it no longer has the torque of the rest of the tree to keep it in place. One thing that is done to counter-act twisting and warping is to use a quarter sawn plank of wood (it's length emanates directly from the core of the tree), this tends to give a piece of wood that is more stable and will grow and shrink, rather than twist and warp. Plywood is also more stable as it has different grains in different directions all laminated together, but the laminate should be as water resistant as possible.
Teak however is so naturally saturated with it's own oils, that water basically beads up on the surface, kind of like how a duck never gets wet. As far as this property goes, teak is unquestionably the best. Other types of wood have similar properties in varying degrees. Once again however, aluminum would be even better.
It just so happens to be that I found this thread because I'm working on exactly the same project as you. I have a Venture 21 that I'm totally redoing, I got it on the side of the road with a big free sign on it. Needless to say she's needed a ot of work. I happen to be a metal worker as well, and was actually going to do something similar, make my own kick back rudder. I was just going to buy the blade on e-bay and manufacture the rest. And it just so happens that I found a set of two blades on ebay item #260561129457, they are 31'' long, 9.5'' wide, and .750'' thick. They are fiberglass with alots of stainless reinforcement rods in them. Thus my own question? - Is it big enough? the auction ends in 1 hour, so I hope you see this and reply in time. If your interested I will sell you one at half price of the auction.
Thanks and good luck with your rudder - Gorchew
Thanks Mechsmith, I suspected something similar to what you described. Should be no problem.
On the attached pictures you can see what I have so far. The lower section of the rudder is just out of the gluing stage, so I haven't done any shaping on it yet. You can see the layers glued together with 3M 5200, I'll radius the leading edge and taper the trailing edge so it is shaped like a foil.
Again, the layers are two 3/4" slabs of HDPE (I think) (I don't know the exact composition of it - so we'll call it "plastic"). The outter layers are 1/8" aluminum. I used the plastic for bulk and light weight and it won't swell when it gets wet. The aluminum is there for strength.
The upper section is all aluminum, 1/4" plate with 3/4" aluminum barstock for spacers.
The tiller is 1/2"x1 1/2" aluminum bar stock. I wrapped the end with 1/4" rope to make a grip. There is a pin that will pull out and allow the tiller to fold down for storage when I pull the rudder off. It will also fold up and lock so its out of the way during anchorage, etc.
Over and out! Flat.
|Mine is all wood (3/4" marine plywood) but similar to yours . The rudder simply pivots in the frame. I have a Nyloc nut and bolt through the "sandwich" and a couple of coned washers to spread the load. You will need some rubberized washers between the metals. Use some industrial belting or the sides of an old tire for your friction washers. You will need four rubber washers and two metal ones. Then just tighten the nut as necessary to hold the rudder down. I simply reach over the transom and push it down. You may need a handle or something. No biggie!
David, I had to google vacuum impregnate but now I understand the process. Sounds like a good solution if you were set up for it.
Mechsmith - I'd be interested in your suggestion of a friction clutch. Could you take a picture?
What I have so far is the upper portion that ties to the transom is all aluminum, built from 1/4 in plate. The lower rudder is a laminate with a polyethelene core and aluminum shell. Its pretty high tech if I do say so myself.
The plan was to use a spring system to hold the rudder down and up. The only danger is that when the rudder is pulled up, I don't want it to come up so fast that it hits the helmsman in the nose.
I'll take a couple of pictures tonight and put them up.
|In my 15' daysailer the rudder is held down by a friction clutch on the thru bolt. Force it down by hand and if you hit bottom it just hinges back up.
|What you could do is vacuum inpregnate the wood to increase its resistance to the water.
This is all very good info. Thanks for the input. I can appreciate some of the comments, such as getting a consistent foil shape out of the aluminum and the warpage issue on wide wood planks.
I did think about using a layer of 1/2 inch plywood in between the solid pine in order to help the overall strength.
I didn't think about the floating issue and have wondered about keeping such a system in the down position. I thought I would rig a rope to tie it down, and another to hoist the rudder up when needed. One concern is allowing the rudder to pivot up in the event I got into the shallows. It needs some sort of shear pin type setup-maybe a wooden shear pin that keeps the rudder down but would break if stressed by a sand bar. A weight sounds much better, no fussing with a pin.
I wish I lived near a marina so I could go look at some samples. I'll keep kicking this around until I settle on a good plan. No money to waste on experiments (unless they're free!) Flat.
Teak is renowned specifically because it does NOT tend to rot, warp or swell a lot in moisture-laden situations. Pine.... is not teak. In wide boards, it is especially prone to cupping, warping, and rotting. Wrapping it in fiberglass forestalls this, but is a lot of work. For your application and abilities, sticking with aluminum would seem to make the most sense. You can trim it to be moderately hydrodynamic, you won't have to ballast it to make it sink (half inch is pretty hefty) it's compatible with the rest of the steering system you've already (re)built, and you know how to work it. K.I.S.S.
** please note that original poster is experienced metalworker who has already redone tiller in aluminum.
|Google westsystem for some good info on how to produce a wood epoxy laminate.
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This normally isn't my thing...but DAMN YOUR CAR IS NICE!!! You've done an awesome job!!!
This normally isn't my thing...but DAMN YOUR CAR IS NICE!!! You've done an awesome job!!!
lips and barrels are here. This is going to be interesting...
faces done.
i love your car! its sick! wish i had the guts to get air on my wagon..
Nice looking cool minty white
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Car is looking fantastic man. Did you move your old wheels already?
Wish we got the B7 wagons in the US.
How difficult was the fog light install? I want to pick up a base TDI 6speed. But I want fogs. Thanks man. And your car is absolutely on point. Keep the updates coming!
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Stuart Varney claimed on America's Newsroom that money from the economic recovery act has been spent "not very successfully, according to many analysts," in order to attack any proposal to "spend more stimulus-type money." But the Congressional Budget Office estimated that stimulus spending through September had saved or created as many as 1.6 million jobs and added as much as 3.2 percent to U.S.gross domestic product.
From the December 7 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:
ALISYN CAMEROTA (co-anchor): Didn't we already spend $787 billion on the stimulus, also job creation?
VARNEY: Yeah, yeah. Now, that is the stimulus bill. That's separate from the $700 billion TARP bill, OK? The stimulus -- yep, $787 billion, about a third of it spent, not very successfully, according to many analysts. Now we want to spend some more stimulus-type money, taken from TARP. Got it?
Fact: CBO estimated recovery act created or saved jobs, added to GDP
In a November analysis, the CBO estimated that through the third quarter of 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created or saved between 600,000 and 1.6 million jobs and added between 1.2 percent and 3.2 percent to GDP:
CBO estimates that in the third quarter of calendar year 2009, an additional 600,000 to 1.6 million people were employed in the United States, and real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) was 1.2 percent to 3.2 percent higher, than would have been the case in the absence of ARRA (see Table 1). Those ranges are intended to reflect the uncertainty of such estimates and to encompass most economists' views on the effects of fiscal stimulus. [CBO's Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output as of September 2009, November 2009]
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What is HDR photography?
Exploring high dynamic range options on your digital camera
Former Crutchfield staff writer Woody Sherman spent years working as an editor and manager in the video industry at the national level.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Home on the (contrast) range
Squinting westward at the ridgeline of the Tetons from the valley floor below, you survey the shot. There's a rock-strewn shallow stream in the foreground. The sun is beginning to set behind the jagged range. But even with your eye, it's tough to get a sense of the true grandeur of the panorama in front of you, because the contrast is too extreme. You put on your sunglasses, and now you've stopped squinting – but the shadows are just blobs of black.
Sound familiar? While you may never have seen the Tetons, it's a solid bet your eyes have encountered similar challenges almost every day. And if your eyes struggle in this situation, just think of what it's like for a digital camera.
A solution appears
Early pioneers in photography addressed this problem by taking two different shots of a problematic subject. One was exposed for highlights, like the sky and clouds, and the other was taken to reveal detail in shadow areas, like backlit trees. In the darkroom, they'd combine the highlights from one negative with the shadows from another, while masking off the badly exposed portions of each. This technique was the dawn of high dynamic-range imagery, or HDR for short.
Taming contrast extremes
In essence, the same concept is applied to what we call HDR today, although techniques and tools have evolved to suit the strengths of digital photography. At its most basic level, HDR photography today involves taking a variety of exposures of a subject in quick succession (at least three or more). Then, the images are blended, using either the camera's built-in processor or specialized software loaded on your computer. The goal is to enhance detail over portions of the image that would be problematic with conventional single-shot exposures.
So take a look at the series of shots below of our snow scene at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia's Blue Ridge, shown left to right from darkest exposure to brightest. Note how the shadow areas are well-defined in the brightest exposures, and the darkest exposures reveal detail in the highlights:
Three exposures were blended to achieve our final high dynamic-range image, below. Click for larger image.
Now, take a look at our HDR blend, tweaked in software to show the detail in both extremes, while leaving well-exposed portions of the shot largely unaffected:
Our finished HDR image uses properly exposed elements from the three pictures above. Click for larger image.
Is it real? Or too real?
Modern image processing software allows for a multitude of ways to process and merge similar images. What we've done above is really a subtle adjustment of overall image contrast. Sometimes, what a photographer may casually refer to as HDR may more accurately be called "tone mapping." This is where different regions of the picture are subjected to different blending techniques, often to hyper-realistic or surrealistic effect. Such images are arresting, but seldom very naturalistic. That's not a bad thing, just a creative choice.
For your consideration
Though today's digital cameras have made great leaps in capturing high-contrast subjects in a single shot, it's always worth considering the HDR technique whenever you're looking at challenges like the one described in our opening paragraph. Note that it's not the best choice for fast-moving subjects, due to the time-lag between multiple exposures. HDR tends to be better suited to landscapes and still-life subjects. And while software designed to merge separate exposures can do a good job of aligning the subtle variances of handheld HDR exposures, using a tripod can up your chances for good results.
While you can manually take shots at different exposures in quick succession and merge them in an image-processing software suite like Adobe Photoshop®, many digital cameras these days have a specialized HDR mode that takes care of the sequential exposure settings for you. Some even take their best guess at a desired blend and present it as a finished image for your approval. Bear in mind, the more drastic the spread between the darkest and brightest parts of your image, the bigger the range should be in your various exposures that make up your HDR composition. The goal is to see defining detail in every part of the picture, and not to have large areas of 100% white or 100% black. So your component exposures should be set accordingly.
Like many photographic techniques, trial and error will make you better. A vital part of this technique is learning about software-assisted photo editing. The aforementioned Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom®, Apple® Aperture®, or HDRsoft's Photomatix Pro are great places to start learning to play with tone mapping. Within minutes of sitting down to play, you'll be looking at the world in a very different way.


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|thanks for all the great advise
|It's certainly nice to have these dreams. Above everyone has left you with alot of good information about boating and many of the costs. I lived on my 30 foot sailboat for over 2 years, she was my second boat. The one and only thing I haven't read from the above is, what about some Coast Guard courses in safety and navigation. You plan on using your boat to cruise on and not just to live on, what about learning boat repair. Remember you have only been sailing, what did you say once, you're going to need some real learning here before you embark on such a journey. I know some about sailing but I once got caught in a hurricane with winds of over 80 knotts of the California coast, if I didn't know what to do I would have lost my boat and probably drowned as well. So my suggestion is for you and your wife to take these courses together so you both have an understanding. Good luck and live your dreams.
Living aboard? Where to start?
Wonderful advice...glad you offered it. I have been gradually learning to think in terms of "what I will do vs. what I would like to do"...it is easy to dream big...but sometimes dreams need to happen in small steps.
Your post made me feel as if I am on the right course...thanks.
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Living aboard? Where to start?
After about 3 yrs now of reading the various posts on here, and most of the books recommended, the main piece of advice I have to offer is to be realistic about what you are going to actually do. NOT, what you''d like to do, or want to do, but what you actually WILL do.
Unless you plan to live at a dock and keep your land based life, then to me, it does become something of a philisophical question, because living aboard while cruising is a major change in lifestyle. In one sense, it is much like the difference between working for someone, or working for yourself. When you work for yourself, the degree of risk and responsibility are much greater, as well as the dedication needed to make it work, but the rewards can be much greater as well.
That isn''t to say that one is better than the other. It''s only to point out that you need to really understand what it is you truely want and expect from living aboard. Once you''re sure of that, then you can have a better idea of what you need to make it happen.
When I cast off the docklines this spring, it will be as a coastal cruiser, not because I wouldn''t like to sail around the world, but because I know that is what I will do. And while I drool over the Outbound 44, I''m setting off in a Pearson 28-2, because that''s all the boat I''ll need. And determining what you need, to me, is where you start.
Fair winds and best of luck,
Living aboard? Where to start?
My wife, Nancie, and I moved aboard in 1972 shortly after graduating from college. We practiced living in a small space first by renting a small trailer and not using all of that limited space. Of course, as many people in their early 20''s, we could easily pack all our belongings in our car. We cruised south from Maryland in the spring of ''72 aboard our 1969 Whitney 30 to Florida. Now, serveral boats later and with our two raised aboard children grown and living ashore; we are retired and cruising with the seasons from New England to the Carribean. I may be less able than many to suggest where to start a living aboard adventure since we have never lived in a house as adults, but living aboard does not require limitations in comfort, expenses, or any qualities of living. Don''t hesitate to enjoy the adventure. Stewart Force firstname.lastname@example.com
Living aboard? Where to start?
Lets not get too philosophical. When we dicided to move aboard about 5 years ago, we just put everything in storage, gave up the apt and "WENT ON THE BOAT". No special preparation that wouldnt ordinarily have been done for moving into another apt. Its just another place to live, but a lot smaller. If it doesnt fit on the boat, it doesnt come aboard. We did not add any shelves or make any changes that would make the living area look or feel smaller. We neither grew nor shrank, so the bunks still fit us. We neither gained or lost weight so our eating habits didnt change much. We didnt quit our jobs so our income remained the same although our ''outgo'' was much less.
We didnt change religions. What else didnt we do? Oh yes, we didnt have any great philosophy about the change, we just did it as a matter of whatever. If you have to think about it, have doubts, or need some really profound reason for doing it, then it aint for you. Its not for everyone. Do we still go day sailing....YES. Do we still go on short 2 or 3 day trips...YES. Have our lives been substantially changed by it....NOOOOOOOOOO.
So, what else would you like to know? Oh yea, forgot one thing...our first living aboard experience was on a Catalina 25 for about 2 years then we went to a Catalina 30. Feels like the Waldorf in comparison.
Living aboard? Where to start?
Winters in the Poconos may have had something to do with my endless, but not actualized, desire to become a live-aboard. Some books that I''ve ordered from Amazon, total cost under $60, may be helpful to others in the same boat. No pun intended. Reviews will follow readings. ALL IN THE SAME BOAT: LIVING ABOARD AND CRUISING - Tom Neale; THE ESSENTIALS OF LIVING ABOARD A BOAT - Mark Nicholas; ESCAPE FROM THE SAME DAY ISLE - Linda Ridihalgh; and LIVING ABOARD - Gordon Groene. I hope you find this info useful. I may never escape from the mountains, but I''ll be happier knowing so many others that have.
Living aboard? Where to start?
I meant to reply to polar palm tree, the Sagitta 30 live-aboard. I could not scroll down when composing my reply, after "joining up" with SailNet. Sorry! Sagitta 30 owner in Anchorage.
Living aboard? Where to start?
I am replying to -- I believe is was palm palm, living aboard the Sagitta 30 in 2003. Are you still aboard? I have had a Sagitta 30 for the past 8 years, purchased in Ventura, California in 1997, but I have been rebuilding it in Bellingham,WA. Next year we will sail it north to its new berth in Seward, Alaska. We live in Anchorage. I only sailed it a couple of hours before we bought it and trucked it north. Would love to hear your advice on sailing it.
Living aboard? Where to start?
There is a lot to cover in your questions! I''ve been on the cruising circuit for about two decades now, have been a first mate three times with three different boats and three different skippers. Cruising can be a unique experience for each person/couple, in that there are so many variables to take into account. I now cruise aboard a Baba 30 with my skipper/husband and parrot, having been on a Contessa 35, Hans Christian 36, and Amphitrite 43. I''ve cruised extensively on both the east and west coasts of North/Central America, and, to tell you the truth, there''s more to talk about than I can fit into this reply! I invite you to visit the web site that I have launched with folks like you in mind! Go to www.takehersailing.com, and feel free to contact me directly with any questions!
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Two weeks after a Finnish student went on a rampage that left several classmates dead, a potential school massacre was avoided in Germany due to alert students. The students alerted school authorities that a fellow student had posted photos of the 1999 Columbine shooting in an Internet chat room. The planned event was to be the work of two students. Last Friday, school authorities questioned one of the shooters, a boy identified as Rolf B. about the Columbine photos and he claimed he was trying to avoid a repeat of Columbine and agreed to remove the photos. He then committed suicide on his way home by throwing himself under a tram. Police searched the flat of his fellow conspirator, Robin G and discovered two crossbows, a number of air guns, and instructions for making petrol bombs. Robin G. told police: "We wanted to cause injuries and kill people and then we wanted to kill ourselves." A fellow student recalled being asked by Robin G., who was described as a loner, to get him a gun. In the meantime, a Norwegian school on the island of Askoy was placed under alert after a YouTube video was discovered about a planned attack on a school on the island.
These stories illustrate the power of instantaneous communication which allows young people around the world to share feelings and emotions. Most probably, the number of young people prepared to kill others or themselves has not changed over time so much as their ability to share ideas and experiences with fellow disaffected youth. The good news is having so many students begin to share with authorities what is happening on places like YouTube of MySpace.


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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Charitable Giving, Wealth, and Happiness
A new book reveals that those who are wealthy and donate 10% or more of their income build a higher net worth and are happier than other wealthy people. The book was written by Thomas J. Stanley based on a survey of over 900 millionaires. A recent article about the book, explains that Mr. Stanley says the most generous wealthy donors "are the least enamored with status. They have a small house and a big heart." It seems that the sample of the most wealthy who give, get more out of acquiring wealth and donating a good portion of that wealth rather than just spending their money on luxury items. So it seems donating and helping other does make one feel good!
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- Agape4u said...
Yes!! And--by experience and observation--this also applies to those struggling to make a living and the very, very poor. Giving is a balm for the hurting heart!!!
- November 4, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- Pallavi said...
I agree that we really feel good when we donate and help the needy people.Even if i share my experience,every time when i make online purchase through auscause(Australia's largest online shopping store),i really feel happy as a portion of my sale will go to charity. I can do online shopping,book tour packages and many more through auscause and can donate for our favorite cause without extra cost. Being kind hearted and helping others will give you true happiness.
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June 19, 2014
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Vols have twenty-one former players playing professional baseball at every level. One former Vol, Julio Borbon, posted an impressive week of play for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides.
R.A. Dickey - SP, Toronto Blue Jays
Season: 6-5, 4.08 ERA, 15 G, 90.1 IP, 86 H, 48 R, 41 ER, 40 BB, 72 K
R.A. Dickey dropped to 6-5 with a 4.08 ERA after a 3-2 loss to the Orioles Saturday night. Dickey received a loss after tossing 6.2 innings allowing two earned runs on six hits and striking out four. He leads the Blue Jays with 72 strikeouts on the season.
Yan Gomes - C, Cleveland Indians
Season: .256, 61 G, 27 R, 55 H, 9 2B, 1 3B, 7 HR, 23 RBIs
Yan Gomes appeared in five games this week (June 12-18) for the Cleveland Indians. Gomes had a rough week in which he saw his batting average drop five points. He went 3-for-16 with a double and one RBI. Gomes started the week off on a bright spot going 2-for-4 during a loss to the Boston Red Sox.
Chase Headley - 3B, San Diego Padres
Season: .204, 55 G, 19 R, 39 H, 8 2B, 6 HR, 23 RBIs
Chase Headley played in seven games during the past week (June 12-18) for the San Diego Padres. He went 6-for-25 with two doubles, one home run, three walks and three RBIs. Headley saw his batting average rise five points over the course of a solid week for the former Vol.
Luke Hochevar - SP, Kansas City Royals
Luke Hochevar underwent Tommy John surgery on March 18, 2014. He will miss the entire 2014 season and is expected to return for the 2015 season.
J.P. Arencibia - C, Round Rock Express (AAA - Texas Rangers)
(Majors) Season: .133, 20 G, 5 R, 8 H, 3 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBIs
(Minors) Season: .253, 26 G, 16 R, 25 H, 3 2B, 5 HR, 16 RBIs
J.P. Arencibia played in six games this week (June 12-18) for the Round Rock Express. He went 5-for-25 with two doubles, one home run, two walks and four RBIs. Arencibia saw his batting average fall 17 points over the week. He started the week off on a great note, going 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and two RBIs (June 13).
Julio Borbon - OF, Norfolk Tides (AAA - Baltimore Orioles)
Season: .278, 65 G, 39 R, 64 H, 4 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR, 26 RBIs
Julio Borbon had an impressive week (June 12-18) for the Norfolk Tides. He went 9-for-25 (.360) with one run scored and three stolen bases over the course of six games. Borbon's week included a 3-for-4 with one run scored and two stolen bases effort (June 16). He is currently on a 3-game hitting streak in which he is 6-for-12 (.500).
Kentrail Davis - OF, Huntsville Stars (AA - Milwaukee Brewers)
Season: .262, 54 G, 25 R, 50 H, 11 2B, 2 HR, 22 RBIs
Kentrail Davis saw his batting average rise four points through three games over the past week (June 12-18). He went 4-for-13 with one double and three RBIs for the Huntsville Stars. Davis is currently riding a 5-game hitting streak (June 10-14) in which he is 8-for-22 (.364) with two doubles, four RBIs and three runs scored.
Matt Duffy - 3B, Oklahoma City RedHawks (AAA - Houston Astros)
Season (AAA): .242, 20 G, 9 R, 16 H, 3 2B, 6 HR, 13 RBIs
Season (AA): .302, 49 G, 23 R, 61 H, 11 2b, 1 3B, 6 HR, 35 RBI
Matt Duffy continued to swing it well for the Oklahoma City RedHawks this past week (June 12-18). Through seven games, he went 7-for-26 with two doubles, one home run, two runs scored and three RBIs. Duffy raised his batting average 17 points this week. Over the past two weeks, he has hit an impressive .326 for the RedHawks. Duffy's hot streak has raised his batting average 192 points over the past two weeks.
Blake Forsythe - C, Midland RockHounds (AA - Oakland Athletics)
Season: .196, 29 G, 13 R, 19 H, 4 2B, 3 HR, 9 RBIs
Blake Forsythe had a great week (June 12-18) for the Midland RockHounds. He went 5-for-12 with one RBI through three games for the week. Forsythe's hot week helped raise his batting average 24 points over the span of three games.
Zack Godley - RP, Daytona Cubs (A-Advanced - Chicago Cubs)
Season: 2-1, 5.40 ERA, 11 G, 16.2 IP, 21 H, 15 R, 10 ER, 9 BB, 21 K
Zack Godley threw 1.0 inning for the Daytona Cubs on June 16. He allowed no hits, walked one and struck out the side. Godley has now struck out six hitters through his last 3.0 innings of work for the Cubs. His no-hit inning Monday night lowered his ERA 34 points. Godley has not allowed an earned run during his last three appearances (6.2 innings).
Steven Gruver - RP, Fort Myers Miracle (A-Advanced - Minnesota Twins)
Season: 1-4, 3.29 ERA, 22 G, 38.1 IP, 38 H, 17 R, 14 ER, 18 BB, 28 K
Steven Gruver did not record any innings this week for the Fort Myers Miracle.
Ty'Relle Harris - SP, Bridgeport Bluefish (Independent - Atlantic League)
Season: 0-6, 6.94 ERA, 8 G, 36.1 IP, 38 H, 34 R, 28 ER, 27 BB, 27 K
Ty'Relle Harris did not record any innings this week for the Bridgeport Bluefish.
Deunte Heath - RP, Charlotte Knights (AAA - Chicago White Sox)
Season: 2-1, 2.75 ERA, 17 G, 39.1 IP, 31 H, 16 R, 12 ER, 21 BB, 41 K
Deunte Heath started for the Charlotte Knights on June 15. He received a no-decision after tossing 3.0 innings allowing only one run on two hits and striking out six. Heath has struck out 17 hitters through his last 11.0 innings of work.
Nick Hernandez - SP, Winnipeg Goldeyes (Independent - American Association)
Season: 2-0, 4.23 ERA, 6 G, 34.0 IP, 42 H, 16 R, 16 ER, 5 BB, 30 K
Nick Hernandez received a no-decision during his start last night (June 18) for the Winnipeg Goldeyes. Hernandez threw 7.0 innings allowing only two runs on six hits while fanning nine hitters. He saw his ERA drop 44 points after last night's performance.
Bryan Morgado - RP, Camden Riversharks (Independent - Atlantic League)
Season: 0-2, 2.59 ERA, 23 G, 17.1 IP, 17 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 14 BB, 12 K
Bryan Morgado appeared in four games this week (June 12-18) for the Camden Riversharks. He threw 2.2 innings and picked up one loss while allowing two earned runs on three hits and striking out two. Morgado currently leads the team with 23 appearances.
Khayyan Norfork - 3B, Potomac Nationals (A-Advanced - Washington Nationals)
Season: .259, 52 G, 29 R, 49 H, 12 2B, 2 HR, 23 RBIs
Khayyan Norfork played in five games over the week (June 12-18) with the Potomac Nationals. The former Vol went 6-for-17 with four doubles, two runs scored and two RBIs. Norfork is currently riding a 7-game hitting streak in which he is 8-for-24 (.333).
Zach Osborne - SS, Asheville Tourists (A - Colorado Rockies)
Season: .284, 28 G, 15 R, 25 H, 6 2B, 1 HR, 13 RBIs
Zach Osborne posted an impressive week (June 12-18) with the Asheville Tourists. He went 6-for-10 with two runs scored and two RBIs. Osborne is currently riding a 6-game hitting streak (June 4-15) in which he is hitting 10-for-20 (.500) with four runs scored and two RBIs. During his last 10 games, Osborne is hitting a remarkable .441 with one double, six runs scored and three RBIs.
Matt Ramsey - RP, Montgomery Biscuits (AA - Tampa Bay Rays)
Season: 1-0, 1.61 ERA, 17 G, 3 SV, 22.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 18 BB, 32 K
Matt Ramsey recorded two saves over the past week (June 12-18) for the Montgomery Biscuits. Ramsey fired 3.0 innings, allowing two runs on two hits while striking out four. He has been extremely dominant at home this season. Ramsey has appeared in seven games and recorded 9.2 shutout innings and 15 strikeouts at home for the Biscuits.
Andy Simunic - OF, Gwinnett Braves (AAA - Atlanta Braves)
Season: .262, 38 G, 11 R, 28 H, 5 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBIs
Andy Simunic signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves on June 6 after being released by the Houston Astros. Simunic had spent his entire career in the Houston organization. He has appeared in eight games since joining the Gwinnett Braves. Simunic went 2-for-9 this past week (June 12-18) with the Braves.
Taylor Smart - SS, Everett AquaSox (A-Short Season - Seattle Mariners)
Season: .222, 5 G, 1 R, 2 H, 0 2B, 0 HR, 0 RBIs
Taylor Smart appeared in five games his first week (June 12-18) for the Everett AquaSox. He went 2-for-9 with one run scored and three walks. Smart recorded his first professional hit, a single, on June 16 against the Hillsboro Hops.
Aaron Tullo - SP, Camden Riversharks (Independent - Atlantic League)
Season: 0-3, 16.20 ERA, 4 G, 10.0 IP, 19 H, 18 R, 18 ER, 15 BB, 7 K
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22/03/2013 , 10:18 PM by Dominic Knight
While rugby league is being broadcast on Friday nights, our regular Evenings show still on air over on the NSW/ACT digital and streaming channels, and I get to have some great, in-depth conversations which you might miss if you aren't listening in via the web, a smartphone app or a digital radio. So I wanted to post up one of the most interesting chats I've had lately:
Chris Ruen is the author of Freeloading: How our insatiable hunger for free content stifles creativity. The book tells the history of illegal downloading and its effects on the music industry – and, most importantly from Ruen's perspective – the artists whose hard work is being stolen.
Ruen explores the complicated morality of the downloading world – something which millions of Australians have indulged in, even though it's effectively a form of theft – and picks apart some of the arguments people use to justify it. He looks at the past, through the heyday of the Napster download service and its stoush with Metallica, and takes a look towards an uncertain future.
It's not all bad news, though – Ruen also explores the way technology is enabling artists to connect directly with their audiences and bypass the middlemen who have traditionally taken the lion's shares of the revenues.
I have to admit that like Ruen, I once pirated music myself, even though I knew that on some level it was wrong. Like many, I felt that downloading major-label singles was a bit of a victimless crime. This was, as Ruen points out, ultimately an inadequate justification.
Now, though, there's no need – the streaming services like Spotify, MOG, Rdio and Pandora provide virtually unlimited music for a low monthly cost. Could we be on the way to a world where users can access any music they want, while artists still make a buck at the same time?
Here's my extended chat with Chris Ruen, who was on the phone from New York.
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Safe at home: How to prevent becoming a burglary victim
SPOKANE, Wash. - We all think our homes are secure or that we'll never become the victims of burglary. That's exactly what KXLY4's Colleen O'Brien thought until a man tried to get into her home while she was home alone.
In September, there were 565 total burglaries in Spokane County – that's 18 a day. Now that it's getting darker earlier the cover of night offers the perfect landscape for criminals to sneak around your home at night.
A majority of residential burglaries happen in the daylight when you're at work, but Colleen O'Brien was home alone and asleep when the burglar came knocking at 8 p.m.
The following is Colleen's account of what happened and parts of her 911 call:
Three weeks ago to the day I was home alone, the house was pitch black and I was asleep early in preparation for working an early-morning shift.
Operator: "911 what are you reporting?
Colleen: There's somebody outside my house.
I woke to the sound of knocking at my front door that wouldn't stop. I called my husband to see if it was, by chance, him and he had just locked himself out. It wasn't.
Operator: Are you home alone right now?
Colleen: Yes.
Operator: And you're not expecting anyone?
Colleen: No.
I watched from my bedroom window as the man left my front door. I thought he was leaving for good until he turned and walked down my driveway to the back of my house.
I walked out into my hallway, cell phone in hand, when I heard the latch to my back gate open. I was convinced he was going to kick in my back door and find me. I knew I was in trouble and began to panic even more.
Operator: And now it sounds like they're in the back of the house.
Colleen: Yes!
I thought I was prepared for a situation like this. My husband and I talk security and safety all the time. Instead, I was frozen, stuck cowering on my bathroom floor as the burglar found an entry point at my home.
My weakest point was my garage. He got into the garage and stole small items that aren't worth much. He attempted to steal a mountain bike but ditched it probably because the tires were flat. While I'm thankful it didn't turn out worse – for 20 minutes that man took away my sense of security.
The Lesson
Since the burglary, Colleen has done everything in her power to educate herself on how to properly secure her home and now she wants you to do the same. She invited Spokane County Deputy Greg Snyder into her home to find every security weakness – big and small.
Colleen also interviewed a convicted and admitted burglar who tried to justify why burglary isn't "as bad" as other crimes.
Despite reporting on crime for years with KXLY and giving out advice on TV on how to protect your home, Colleen felt naive after not taking her own advice. Deputy Snyder started on the outside of her home and she quickly learned mistake number one: keep lights on at all times inside and outside of your home.
"Your home looked like somebody wasn't here even though you were," Snyder pointed out.
The burglar knocked on Colleen's front door just to be sure and Snyder says she compounded the mistake by remaining quiet and not turning on any lights. The burglar is checking to see if anyone is home and if you let them know you are chances are they will leave.
"If you've got lights on timers, lights on the outside from dusk to dawn, they come on automatically when it starts getting dark, and those inside lights coming on timers, your home is going to look like you're there even when you're not," Snyder said.
Snyder says we can turn the tables on a criminal and make them feel uncomfortable. Light, inside and outside of your home, is "criminal kryptonite" as Colleen now calls it.
"If you see across the street and see a dark house, then they'll go to that house, if they look down the street and see a darker neighborhood, they'll go to that neighborhood," Snyder said.
Next, the two went inside Colleen's house and inspected the windows first. They're new windows so she said she was feeling pretty good about the security. Wrong again.
"We like to have some secondary locking device, the best way to really secure something like this is to lay a dowel in this track, then no matter how hard I pry I can't break this plastic stuff," Snyder said. The dowel is also a visual deterrent. If the burglar sees it, he won't bother.
The front door was looking better. Make sure your exterior doors are not hollow-core. The strike plate in which the deadbolt is secured can also be a weak point at your home.
"Some of the more expensive ones, what you're getting with that more expensive lock is you're getting screws that hold this metal piece into your door jam, you're getting screws that are going to be about three inches long so that they go into the stud behind the wall," Snyder said.
And easy and inexpensive fix is to go to your local hardware store and buy three-inch screws to replace the shorter ones. If you have glass near your door, consider having "safety film" put onto the glass. The film stops the burglar from breaking the window and reaching in to open your door. Safety film, at Quality Auto Trim in Spokane Valley, costs anywhere from $6 to $15 a square foot.
One of the best things you can do is talk about 'what if' scenarios. Colleen thought she had done that enough,but she was wrong. Snyder wants you and everyone inside your home to talk through 'what if' scenarios and he says you have three choices if an intruder does make entry into your home.
- Run the other way – Distance is your friend.
- Hide yourself – If you can't leave the house then hide in the furthest point of your home and barricade yourself.
- Take a stand – This is a last resort if the intruder comes near you. Be prepared to say you have 911 on the phone.
"I've had people tell me, run out the front door, start screaming, that all sounds great but I panicked, so again I'm really hoping that as prepared as I thought I was, I was not, so I really want to stress that," Colleen said.
"Think it through, run those 'what if' scenarios," Snyder said.
Having a barking dog inside your home is a big deterrent to criminals. From the large dogs to the small 'yipping' dogs, no burglar, police say, wants to deal with a dog.
While the scenarios might be scary, the main goal of this report is to set up your home so that a criminal doesn't want to approach it.
Colleen says she's thankful the burglar did not come inside her house and instead elected to break into her garage. Deputy Snyder offered something unique to boost security in the garage.
"Covering things up like garage windows is a good thing, it's easy to do," Snyder said. "You can get some of the cheapest window coverings for that or even just paint over the inside of them to keep them from looking into your garage and seeing whether you're home or not."
It also prevents burglars from "window shopping." Snyder says burglars have a mental check list of items they're looking for – don't make it easy for them to window shop.
In Snyder's experience, property crimes are fueled by one thing only – drugs. And who better to confirm that than a convicted burglar. David Bassford is a repeat offender. Police say in September he threw a 62-year-old woman down a flight of stairs as he burglarized her home. During his interview with Colleen, he was in a yellow jumpsuit because he was on suicide watch.
Colleen: Is it drugs?
Bassford: Yeah, it's drugs, man.
Colleen: Why do you do it?
Bassford: I don't even... I can't quit! I've tried!
Bassford cried off and on during his interview. He told Colleen that he's addicted to heroin and meth and was black-out drunk when he broke into the woman's home.
Bassford: I don't even know, man. I don't even like to steal from people!
Colleen: But it seems like you knew what you were doing, knocking on the front door...
Bassford: Yeah, who doesn't? I grew up burglarizing houses when I was younger.
While Bassford doesn't remember knocking the 62-year-old woman down the stairs, which broke her arm, he did try to justice why burglary isn't "as bad" as other crimes.
Bassford: You're not hurting a person you're just taking some money.
Colleen: But you are because you take their sense of security.
Bassford: You're not physically... I don't even... UGH! I don't even know!
Bassford is proof that a drug-addicted person will stop at nothing to get their next fix. Knowing this, Colleen installed motion-sensor lighting right after her burglary. To her surprise, Deputy Snyder is not a fan. He suggests constant light.
"Criminals know about motion-sensor lighting and if it's two o'clock in the morning there's probably nobody around that's going to pay attention to that light," Snyder said. "In my opinion motion-sensor lighting should be in addition to [constant lighting], not in place of."
If you're going to keep a light on at all times at your house choose the bathroom light. Deputy Snyder says if they don't get an answer at the front door and proceed to the back of the house, they'll see the light and assume you didn't answer because you were in the shower.
Snyder also suggests planting "hostile shrubbery" like thorn and sticker bushes to surround low-lying windows. If you're not a fan of those, make sure to trim your shrubbery to three feet. Giving a burglar cover is only helping them get into your home.
If you're installing a privacy fence in the back yard, space the pickets at least a half-inch apart. Then, you can see if someone is prowling in your back yard.
"Criminals, believe it or not, pick up on that stuff so if we install fencing that we can see through a little bit that's a good thing," Snyder said.
Deputy Snyder found multiple things wrong with Colleen's home. But instead of feeling victimized or powerless Snyder wants to remind homeowners that they control their destiny – not the criminal.
"I want [Colleen] and I want citizens to feel empowered to keep themselves safe, quite honestly we're here, we'll respond when you think someone is trying to break into your house and is committing crimes, we want you to call us, but you need to know what you do or don't do really plays a huge part in your own personal safety," Snyder said.
Additional Resources:
House Inventory Form
Keep a list of all your valuables and their serial numbers
Home Security Evaluation
Does your house have what it takes to stop a burglar?
S.C.O.P.E. -- Spokane Community Oriented Policing Effort
SCOPE can help you evaluate your home security just as Deputy Greg Snyder did for Colleen O'Brien. SCOPE volunteers can also check your home for you when you're away on vacation. Been a victim of property crime? Let a SCOPE Volunteer try to lift fingerprints from your property.
Set up a Neighborhood Watch:
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Link to more resources: http://www.spokanecounty.org/sheriff/content.aspx?c=2047
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Once the Paris of the East, Lebanon dazzles visitors with the pageantry of its past amidst the modern. There are modern structures but among them gleam the remains of Roman Baths and the wall of a crusader castle. There is the 1620 Amir Munzer Mosque recycling 8 Roman columns. There is also the modern Planet Discovery. This childrens museum uses all the tricks and technology to engage children in learning science. These are just a few of many reasons to remain more than a day in a hotel in Beirut.
There are other incentives to remain in the city. The Sursock Museum (19th century) is an excellent art museum exploring the work of modern artists. It houses a fine collection of Japanese engravings and Islamic art. While relaxing at a Beirut hotel, you may want to consider adding the Ottoman clock tower (1897) and the Al Omair Mosque to your agenda. The latter was St. Johns Cathedral during the 12th century. It became a mosque in 1291. With EasyToBook.com, you should be able to sort through the many hotels in Beirut to find your ideal one. The list includes clean budget Beirut hotels, ideal for extending your trip. You can then add a trip to the neo-Classical Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George (1767) and the National Museum of Beirut (1942).


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The Graduating Class Gift Campaign begins the annual tradition of alumni supporting Harvard Kennedy School. The mission of the Graduating Class Gift and the HKS Fund is to raise money for the core priorities of HKS; those things that are essential to teaching, learning, and research. Unrestricted, flexible funds are hugely important to address unexpected and sometimes urgent needs of students. Your gifts make a difference. A decision to participate in annual giving—at any level—to the cumulative effect of gifts and motivates others to become donors. This year's Class Gift Cochairs will lead the effort to raise dollars and donors for the HKS Fund on behalf of the Class of 2013: MC/MPA: Min Hu, Sushma Raman, Zargham Shah MPA: Mariana Filgueria Risso MPA/ID: Laura McGorman MPP: Blake Hyatt, Steve Randazzo, Marika Semerdzhian The cochairs will be in the Forum on Wednesday, 3/6 and Thursday, 3/7 from 10:30 to 1:30 and at Quorum Call on Friday, 3/8 from 4:00 to 7:00. Please see or contact them to learn more about the HKS Fund and the Graduating Class Gift. To make your gift, go to http://hks.harvard.edu/about/giving


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Can Technology Help Bring Peace and Prosperity? I Say Absolutely
At a ceremony held last week in Washington, DC, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers was presented with the prestigious Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
From a record 78 nominations this year, Cisco won the 2010 ACE in the Multinational Enterprises category for its partnerships and initiatives designed to enhance socio and economic development in Israel and Palestine.
This prestigious award is presented annually in recognition of the vital role U.S.-owned businesses play in exhibiting good corporate citizenship, innovation and advancing democratic principles around the world.
It all started in January 2008, when Cisco announced a $10 million commitment to seed a sustainable model of job creation and economic development in the Palestinian territories over a three year period through key initiatives that help elevate the ICT sector and enhanced the ecosystem to support a high-tech industry.
And what was kicked off as a CSR initiative to create jobs, ended up today as an investment model where business processes and IT development work is now being outsourced to Palestinian IT companies.
Engineering project collaboration between Cisco Israel and Palestinian software development companies: Exalt, Asal Technologies, and GSSI, venture capital investments in high-potential small businesses throughout the region, and training programs that support the development of ICT skills.
Additionally, Cisco was also recognized for its engagement in supporting education and bridging the digital divide in underserved communities through the Net@ Program, and a $2.5 million investment in education and social inclusion through the creation of the Digital Cities Project (Nazareth and Nazareth Ilit) and the Mediterranean Young Technology Club (MYTecC).
See the entire ACE award event ceremony here.
Worth noting that Cisco received the ACE in 2005 in recognition of the company's Jordan Education Initiative and commitment to the education of Jordan's youth. Cisco was also named one of 11 ACE finalists in 2009 for the company's Partnership in Lebanon efforts.
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Pared down genomes are the norm in symbiotic microbes, but how do non-symbionts get away with cutting out functions it would appear that they need? The authors of an Opinion piece in mBio this week explain their ideas about the matter. They say microbes that shed necessary functions may well be getting others to do the hard work for them, an adaptation that can encourage microorganisms to live in cooperative communities.
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Post subject: Texans re-signed Payne
They just signed him to a 4 year deal worth 16 mil and with a 4.5 million dollar signing bonus. Now him and Robaire are locked up for the next four years. Now if we could just release Gary Walker!!!!!Ha!!!!
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Greenwood was also signed as a LB. Word is team is also looking at either Derrick Blaylock (Chiefs) or Ron Dayne (Giants) as a back up RB.
I don't think that Ron Dayne can do any better than what J. Wells did for us this past year (plus Wells played well on special teams) and if they are looking Blaylock's way, I read it as they have given up on Hollings and are admitting they made a mistake by using a 2nd round pick on him.
I'd like to see them add some depth to S, DL, OL, CB, and WR and not all of it through the draft.
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Yeah, Hollings has become a bust so far, but with Domanick and Jonathan Wells ahead of him in the depth chart, it's hard to get carries for him. If we do get another Rb, we could be looking to trade Hollings for a draft pick.
About the Greenwood signing, I am a little skeptical about the length of the contract given to him. I mean 5 year/30 mil total is a bit rough on the cap. They must see something in him we don't. OR AT LEAST HOPE SO!!!
I'm starting to believe this is it for free agency and trying to get some of our free agents signed and focusing on the draft.
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I think Greenwood will be a good addition. I may be off on my numbers, but I think I heard he is 26 and had 101 tackles last year. That's pretty good. What I don't understand is why they needed him. I though they were going to move Wong inside and use Peek and Babin on the outside. Polk played well inside last year which would allow them to move Wong outside occasionally as well. I definately think they needed another LB, but they didn't sign this guy for that much to be a backup. I think what this means is that Peek is once again on the bench. If the biggest problem we have is not getting enough sacks, why do we insist on keeping our undisputed best pass rusher on the bench?
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Well in the article i read today in the chronicle, people within the organization weren't happen with the way the linebacking core played last year so theyve decided to shuffle things up a little bit, dont be surprised if jamie sharper gets traded he's our best line backer but the word is that they want to free up that cap money since he only has one season left on his contract, i dont like Jay Foreman i'd rather trade him personally than sharper, so they got younger and faster with the addition of Greenwood, also something interesting i just read, before they resigned seth payne they were close to an agreement with pat williams , but they couldn't get the figures right so they decided to sign payne, wouldn't have that been nice pat williams on that dline? but anyways williams ends up signing with the vikings, also as far as cap room goes Greenwood only is getting payed $500,000 this year and then next year he starts making i believe somewhere around 4 mill so they still have some cap room to go sign a few free agents, i hope that helps a little bit : )
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As many municipalities strive to repair aging infrastructure, city leaders must evaluate a variety of methods available to extend service life in reliable and cost-effective ways.
One widely used alternative to renew pipelines is segmental sliplining. There are many advantages to rehabilitating pipelines by this method, including restoring the structural strength, maintaining or increasing hydraulic capacity, preventing further corrosion, and substantially decreasing or eliminating infiltration and inflow in the sliplined area.
"Sliplining is a well-established, proven, and cost-effective rehabilitation method, which has been used in North America for over 60 years," said Erez Allouche, Ph.D., P.E., associate director of the Trenchless Technology Center at Louisiana Tech University.
Typically, you can install gasket-sealed pipe segments into the sewer under "live" conditions, eliminating the cost and risks of bypass pumping. You can quickly and easily insert the pipes through small access shafts and reinstate the laterals via small point excavations. Grouting may require only minor excavation or none at all. Grouting of the liner sections will prevent migration of soil and water into the annulus, transfer loads to the liner, and may stabilize bedding voids in close proximity to the host. As with any type of construction, especially trenchless installation, preparation is essential.
The more thoroughly you evaluate the conditions, the higher the likelihood of success. In sliplining, it is necessary to consider verifying true line size, grade, and alignment. Proper cleaning is required to allow for ease of insertion of the liner pipe. A pre-insertion video can be a tremendous asset in locating potential obstacles such as roots, incrustations, and protruding laterals.
The possible length of an individual sliplined reach will depend on many things, including the liner pipe material. It's well worth the effort to use test sections or mandrels prior to inserting the liner. Centrifugally cast fiberglass reinforced polymer mortar (CCFRPM) pipes have been pushed as far as 1 mile in one direction from an installation shaft. Although this distance is rare, with a clean straight sewer, enough flow to maintain proper ballast, and a properly chosen liner pipe, installers can achieve amazing results. When you plan a sliplining project, you must stay aware of considerations such as the potential for existing offset joints, unforeseen or uncharted angles, laterals, and even the location of manholes.
There are a variety of reasons for undertaking sliplining projects, including returning the pipe to a structurally safe state, preventing leakage, and providing a corrosion-resistant line for the long term.
Structural considerations for sliplining are both short- and long-term. Structural integrity of the host must be established, and it must be stable at least temporarily during the sliplining. Post-lining structural considerations can include the ability to resist the external loading conditions in the long term. Although the grouting pressure during installation is often a short-term loading condition, it is often more critical than the long-term loading conditions, such as overburden and live loading from traffic.
The pipe's ability to resist buckling induced by the grouting pressure is a function of the pipe stiffness and, to some degree, the relative sizes of the host and liner. The relative sizes determine the degree of constraint offered to the liner pipe during grouting. Research is ongoing in this area to determine the support offered to the liner; however, several formulas exist to provide estimations (for example, ASTM F 1216-93). Liner pipe manufacturers can provide buoyancy calculations and maximum grouting pressures for a particular application. In large-diameter pipes, depending on flow depth, they may recommend a multi-phase grouting process to prevent buoyancy.
Leaking lines create many problems for municipalities. Aside from excessive treatment of sewage from infiltration and the need for facilities to handle this excessive flow, there is the potential damage to streets, buildings, or other structures that the lines pass under. Engineers attributed a recent collapse of a sewer in Houston to years of soil migration into the joints and cracks in an existing line. J.E. Pate Jr., principal at Pate Engineers in Houston, explained that years of ground-water infiltration had carried fine soils through small cracks in the monolithically cast-in-place pipe; this weakened and compromised the native soil to the point of failure. As the embedment worsened, additional cracks developed, causing more infiltration and continuing the vicious cycle. "The cyclical failure process deteriorates bedding strength," said Pate.
Leaking lines also can cause potential blockage of sewer lines due to buildup of the soil or other materials that were "carried" in with the leakage. Blockages can cause environmental issues related to the handling of wet-weather overflow. This can compromise safety, not to mention provoke fines.
After you have evaluated the existing line and considered sliplining, the next question usually relates to hydraulics. Can a smaller-diameter pipe actually maintain or increase the flow capacity? Yes; in many cases involving large-diameter pipe, this is entirely possible. Sliplining does decrease diameter, but this is usually offset by the much-improved hydraulics of the new liner pipe relative to the deteriorated existing pipe. Especially with large diameters, it is not only possible but also typical to achieve higher flow capacity once the line has been rehabilitated. Maximizing the new inside diameter increases hydraulic capacity.
"On one installation that began midday and ended in the late afternoon when the flow was theoretically higher, a marked decrease in flow depth occurred," said David Ellett, project manager with BRH-Garver of Houston. "It was obvious that the decreased flow depth from the start of the push until completion was directly related to the increased hydraulic capacity of the liner pipe."
When comparing different materials for trenchless installation such as sliplining, it's important to consider the total installed "life-cycle" cost of the project. A true cost comparison must also consider the costs incurred or avoided throughout the design life of the sewer. The total cost includes expenses you experience over the study period to operate it, maintain it, repair it (if necessary), and ultimately replace or rehab it—not just to purchase and install it.
If you take the time to evaluate the requirements for your system, alternates for repair, the cost, and long- and short-term benefits, you can achieve superior long-term pipe performance and avoid or defer many future costs.
— Kimberly Paggioli, P.E., is marketing manager with HOBAS Pipe USA, Houston.
Maintaining flow capacity by sliplining
The relining myth: "I can't use sliplining because it will decrease the flow."
Don't assume that by relining the current pipe with a smaller one that the flow will be compromised. More often than not, the small decrease in diameter is offset by the gains made in flow coefficients.
To illustrate this, make the following simple calculation using Manning's equation for open channel flow.
Q: Flow (ft3/s)
n: Manning flow coefficient
A: Flow area (ft2)
S: Sewer slope, (ft/ft)
R: Hydraulic radius = A / wetted perimeter (ft)
Begin by using two simultaneous equations, the first prior to relining the sewer pipe and the second post-rehabilitation. By reducing the equation for two different diameter sewer pipes with different coefficients installed on the same slope, we can compare relative flow capacities. This will compute the relative capacity increase or decrease of various liner pipes (D1) and existing pipelines (D2) with their respective Manning's coefficients (n1 and n2).
A new simpler equation results:
So, how much flow recovery can you expect? Let's run through a common size—a 36-inch-diameter, CCFRPM liner pipe placed into a 42-inch deteriorated, concrete pipe. Let's suppose that the existing Manning's value was assumed or shown to be 0.015 and the new fiberglass liner was assumed to be 0.009. The inside diameter of the fiberglass is 36.5 inches, and the inside diameter of the existing concrete is 42 inches. If we plug these variables into the above equation, we derive a Q1/Q2 value of 1.15. This means that the flow after sliplining (Q1) is 15% greater than the flow before lining (Q2).
You can use this equation to make comparisons. Many agencies have been pleasantly surprised when the depth of flow after relining is lower than that prior to relining. The old adage is true—don't make assumptions about a given technology until you have evaluated it to its potential.


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