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My family really enjoyed these salmon patties. Very easy prep too.
From EatingWell: Winter 2004, EatingWell Serves Two, The Essential EatingWell Cookbook (2004)
If you are trying to boost your intake of omega-3s, try this simple favorite. It is a great way to use convenient canned (or leftover) salmon. The tangy dill sauce provides a tart balance.
My family really enjoyed these salmon patties. Very easy prep too.
Used leftover baked salmon, but substituted almond meal (from Trader Joe's) for the bread crumbs. I had to use bread crumbs one night when we were out of almond meal, and the cakes were much less moist that time.
Carolyn, St. Louis, MO
My southern family tradition made fried salmon patties. This recipe helps with the heart healthy menus. The egg added is tradition in a patty like this--try egg beaters. I suggest mashed potatoes leftovers instead of bread crumbs. You may also consider leaving out the bread crumbs and just added potato instant flakes or cracker crumbs--roll the patties in them. Baking is an excellent idea. What we do to cut out fat gives our children better dietary habits.
Sally, Parma, OH
These cakes tasted just ok. They were very dry. I even put in 2 eggs to increase the moisture content. I would revise the recipe to either double the salmon or cut in 1/2 the bread crumbs. I would also double the dijon mustard for some added flavor. And maybe even add some dill or tarragon for more flavor.
Anonymous, Oak Park, IL
This was an good recipe over all. I felt it was a little too dry so I added less bread crumbs. I also thought the oven was either too hot or they needed less time because the outside was so dry. Amazingly though they still tasted great. I think frying and then baking them sealed in the moisture and the taste.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Kentucky woman found guilty in a second torture-slaying trial, will likely have a lighter sentence than the one she received after her first conviction.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports a jury on Tuesday convicted Vanessa Coleman of facilitation in the 2007 murder of 21-year-old Channon Christian, but found her guilty of lesser charges in connection with the kidnapping and repeated rapes of Christian.
That means Coleman of Lebanon, Kentucky, faces less time than the 53 years in prison she was given after her first trial in 2010.
In that trial, Coleman was acquitted of any crimes committed against Christian's boyfriend, 23-year-old Christopher Newsom, who was also killed.
A retrial was ordered for Coleman and three other defendants, after the trial judge in Knoxville acknowledged drug use during her trial.

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WELLSBURG - Visitors to the Wellsburg Applefest next weekend can get a sneak peak at the new Brooke County Museum and Cultural Center under construction.
While there's still work to be done, displays depicting an 1890s kitchen, dining room and bedroom, 1920s kitchen, one-room schoolhouse and many other aspects of the county's history have been created through the efforts of the museum board and a number of volunteers.
Ruby Greathouse, the board's secretary and unofficial curator, said the museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, during the Applefest only, to allow visitors to see the progress that has been made.
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SLICE OF LIFE. Ruby Greathouse, unofficial curator for the Brooke County Museum and Cultural Center, is seen in a recreation of a 1920s kitchen that is one of many displays found at the museum's new location at 704 Charles St. Visitors to the Wellsburg Applefest next weekend may visit the new museum, which is still in development, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. -- Warren Scott
MOVING CREW. Levi Byers, left, and Derrick Diserio were among many volunteers with Brooke Hills Park and Franklin United Methodist Church who helped to move items from the Brooke County Museum's old location to its new one on Charles Street. -- Contributed
She stressed there's still more to do in renovating the former G.C. Murphy Store at 704 Charles St., which was purchased using a $90,000 grant from the West Virginia Division of History and Culture.
The building served last as a telemarketing call center, and the museum board decided that instead of gutting the 75 cubicles used by the telemarketers to make use of them.
They removed partitions that divided the cubicles to establish 8-by-12-foot display areas, many of them serving as recreations of kitchens, dining rooms and other scenes from bygone days.
Greathouse said the approach and the additional space at the new location has allowed more related items to be displayed together. For example, visitors to the 1920s kitchen will find appliances, cooking utensils and furniture typical of that period.
The cubicles' half-walls have been covered with wallpaper or paneling reminiscent of that period selected by Mary Greathouse, Ruby's sister-in-law.
"We tried to set it up as though you could walk in and actually cook," said Ruby.
Ropes will prevent visitors from touching the artifacts, many of which are fragile, but the scenes and the openness of the displays provide visitors with a view not found at the museum's old location.
Counters taken from some of the cubicles also were used in the War Room at the museum's rear. The room is a collection of military uniforms, photos, books and other memorabilia dating from the Civil War to the present.
Another room showcases an assortment of glassware produced by many of the local glass factories that once operated in Brooke County.
A condition of the state grant received for the museum was that the location promote the arts also, and a corner has been reserved for musical performances. The audience will sit in several pews donated by Brooke Hills Free Methodist Church. Some of the pews also have been placed in the aisles between the displays to allow visitors to rest or sit down for a closer look.
The church, Franklin United Methodist Church and the Brooke Hills Park board also have supplied volunteers for the effort.
Members of the Brooke Hills Free Methodist Church youth group assisted in prepping the building for renovations in March. And the park board and Franklin United Methodist Church provided people and vehicles to move materials that were at the former museum at Sixth and Charles streets.
"Those folks worked like crazy that night. (Park board member) Cathy Hervey and her husband, Fred, made that happen," Greathouse said.
The Action Images photography studio also is aiding the museum by shooting smaller copies of the large class photos from the former Wellsburg High School it had accumulated over the years.
The Wellsburg High School Alumni Association is supplying special display racks that will allow them to be viewed easily while occupying less wall space. Like the racks used to display posters at department stores, the cases may be flipped from side to side, so visitors may find the class they are looking for.
Class photos for Bethany High School collected at the museum are smaller, while class photos for Follansbee High School can be found at the Follansbee Branch Library.
The family of the late Jim Smedley, who operated the Rock and Mineral Museum in a small building near his Hooverson Heights home, has donated his display cases as well as some samples of the rocks he collected.
Greathouse said the new site has provided some new additions also. While working on the building's second floor, board members discovered old signs and other items from the G.C. Murphy store. They now hang above a display at the front of the museum that includes old storecases filled with products once sold by the dime store.
Greathouse said the museum has been visited by passersby who noticed people working inside. Often they comment on having shopped at the store, which closed many years ago, she said.
Greathouse said something that makes the museum unique is that it reflects various aspects of life for Brooke County residents over the years, including home, work, school and church.
"I like to call it a life museum because we're showing all facets of their lives," she said.
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19 Mar 2013 10:28 PM #1
check box column view in grid Panel
Hello! please help me.. my Architect 2.1.0 build 678.
I have gridpanel in my project..
dockedItems: [ { xtype: 'gridpanel', dock: 'left', hidden: false, id: 'grPanelAlert', itemId: 'grPanelAlert', title: 'Оповещения', store: 'stAlert', viewConfig: { itemId: 'grViewAlert' }, plugins: [ Ext.create('Ext.grid.plugin.CellEditing', { ptype: 'cellediting', clicksToEdit: 1 }) ], columns: [ { xtype: 'booleancolumn', autoRender: true, maxWidth: 30, width: 30, defaultWidth: 30, dataIndex: 'fcheck', text: 'Отм.', editor: { xtype: 'checkboxfield', boxLabel: 'Box Label' } }, { xtype: 'gridcolumn', hidden: true, dataIndex: 'fSotrId', text: 'FSotrId' }, .. etc ], selModel: Ext.create('Ext.selection.CellModel',
i see column with word - true or false ...
but i want see checkbox..
i think - cant see checkbox because : xtype: 'booleancolumn',
instead of xtype: 'checkbox'..
and only i edit column i can see checkbox
please help me - i want see checkbox all the time - view and edit
24 Mar 2013 11:40 PM #2
25 Mar 2013 11:10 PM #3
Hi asics167!
This is a problem which has been discussed in several occasions in the past. When I studied the api docs of extjs 4.2 I was happy to see that the previously 'CheckColumn' extension now was incorporated in the framework, but, alas Architech 2.2 does not have any knowing of it. I hope it will be fixed very soon!
Until then You can try this:
1. Drag a Grid.column.Column to your project inspector.
2. Promote it to class and name it e.g. userClassName: CheckColumn, userAlias ChkCol
3. Create a class override:
Ext.define('MyApp.view.override.CheckColumn', {
override: 'MyApp.view.CheckColumn',
From the framwork copy the contents of the Ext.grid.column.CheckColumn class.
starting with line alternateClassName. and paste it here.
As the CheckColumn is now a part of the framework I believe that the necessary CSS styles are included in the frameworks CSS-file so it should work.
Link the overridden column to grids an do appropriate property adjustments like adding the dataIndex . And I hope it will work for you.
26 Mar 2013 11:27 PM #4
hello berntkau
yesterday the whole day tried to make according to your advice. But I couldn't pass to extJs 4.2 - many Panel Grid in my project lost headings, width of columns and sometimes and visibility. Probably 4.2 it isn't finished yet.
try on 4.1 - with addition necessary
css styly in my local file (with images to image/form/checkbox.gif)
.x-grid-cell-checkcolumn { padding-top: 3px !important; padding-bottom: 0!important; width: 13px; height: 13px; background: url(image/form/checkbox.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; } /* line 7, ../../../ext-theme-neutral/sass/src/grid/column/CheckColumn.scss */ .x-grid-checkcolumn { width: 13px; height: 13px; background: url(image/form/checkbox.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; } .x-grid-cell-special, .x-grid-cell-checkcolumn, .x-action-col-cell { vertical-align: top; } /* line 17, ../../../ext-theme-neutral/sass/src/grid/column/CheckColumn.scss */ .x-grid-checkcolumn1-checked { background-position: 0 -13px; }
1. Drag a Grid.column.Column to your project inspector. 2. Promote it to class and name it e.g. userClassName: CheckColumn, userAlias ChkCol 3. Create a class override: Ext.define('MyApp.view.override.CheckColumn', { override: 'MyApp.view.CheckColumn', ...... From the framwork copy the contents of the Ext.grid.column.CheckColumn class. starting with line alternateClassName. and paste it here. ..... });
but result:
26 Mar 2013 11:35 PM #5
thanks.. iam waiting realy working extJS 4.2 - and real checkbox for grid view in Architect 2.2.??
27 Mar 2013 10:57 PM #6
Hi again asics167!
Really sorry to hear you didn't get the 'checkcolumn' to work. I've used different workarounds since extjs 3.x and haven't had any problems once I got code and logics in place.
Some points: The advice I gave was assuming you explicitely use extjs 4.2 as framework in your project.
If You use any other version of the framework you mentioned 4.1, then I would go to that version and seek the corresponding Ext.ux.CheckColumn class file and copy its content instead into the override you created.
In my custom css file I would then add the contents from a CheckHeader.css file which is included in a example where checkcolumn is used. Well there isn't so much stuff in there so here it is:
(this is extjs ver 4.1.3)
.x-grid-cell-checkcolumn .x-grid-cell-inner {
padding-top: 4px;
padding-bottom: 2px;
line-height: 14px;
.x-grid-with-row-lines .x-grid-cell-checkcolumn .x-grid-cell-inner {
padding-top: 3px;
.x-grid-checkheader {
height: 14px;
background-image: url('images/unchecked.gif');
background-position: 50% -2px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-color: transparent;
.x-grid-checkheader-checked {
background-image: url('images/checked.gif');
.x-grid-checkheader-editor .x-form-cb-wrap {
text-align: center;
(There seems to have been some bigger changes especially concerning the style classes in extjs 4.2. When I upgraded to 4.2 som of my old styles didn't take effect anymore.)
Note you have to use simple images unchecked.gif and checked.gif. The url above may not work without adjusting them to your application. You might need to search for them and copy them to a directory of choice.
If you already have tried this then just ignore my post. If not consider giving it one more try!
Happy Easter to You!
28 Mar 2013 2:51 AM #7
1. add to my css file row from CheckHeader.css (ux exampes)
2. promote to class my column fCheck - and set UserClassName - CheckColumn, userAlias->ChkCol
Ext.define('MyApp.view.CheckColumn', { extend: 'Ext.grid.column.Boolean', alias: 'widget.ChkCol', maxWidth: 100, width: 45, defaultWidth: 45, dataIndex: 'fcheck', text: 'Акт.', falseText: 'Выкл.', trueText: 'Вкл.', undefinedText: 'Выкл.', initComponent: function() { var me = this; me.callParent(arguments); } });
Ext.define('MyApp.view.override.CheckColumn', { override: 'MyApp.view.CheckColumn', extend: 'Ext.grid.column.Column', alias: 'widget.checkcolumn', /** * @cfg {Boolean} [stopSelection=true] * Prevent grid selection upon mousedown. */ stopSelection: true, tdCls: Ext.baseCSSPrefix + 'grid-cell-checkcolumn', .... from CheckBox.js - Ux-examle return '

'; } });

 Выкл.

renderer : function(value){ var cssPrefix = Ext.baseCSSPrefix, cls = [cssPrefix + 'grid-checkheader']; if (value) { cls.push(cssPrefix + 'grid-checkheader-checked'); } console.log( cls); // not in console return '

'; }
1 Apr 2013 11:55 PM #8
Hi again asics167!
I'm afraid I'm getting short of ideas. But there is actually one more thing to test.
The only differences from my solution I could see in the information you have given me is the placing of the override code and the type of column that is overridden.
I did som experimenting and found the following.
A) I saw you had - or at least you said so - created your override in the launch function. So I tested if it works that way. It did. But if you haven't tried it before, Architect has a special way to handle overrides. After you promoted your column to a class, given the class its user class name and user alias, you can in code view find a button labeled 'Create Override'. This will give you a place to add the override code. If you have several overrides they all will be neatly stored in an override directory under the view directory. I recommend to use this feature.
This one made a difference in my case! You had used a 'boolean' column as a starting component. So I tried to do the same, and I did get the checkbox to show, but clicking on it didn't work! So the only last idea I have for now is
1. delete your boolean column override and replace the boolean column with a basic column. Its named Column in the component list in Architect.
2. Promote to class as earlier and do the renaming.
3. Click the 'Create Override' button and add the contents from the checkcolumn classes depending on which version of the framework you are using. In ext 4.1 from the line 'alias: ..., in ext 4.2 from the line 'alternateClassName: ...'
4. select the linked column in your grid and add the dataIndex fieldname.
If this still doesn't work for you, I'm afraid I've run out of ideas.
So fingers crossed!
Good luck!
2 Apr 2013 3:21 AM #9
thats ok for me!
many-many thanks.. its real work for me!
you obstinate master!
13 Oct 2013 9:23 PM #10
A simple solution
With Sencha Architect 3, there is an easy solution. You can create a basic column or a Boolean column, and then type in "checkcolumn" in "createAlias" configuration. The generated code will have xtype as checkcolumn, which is a real check column. To edit, add a checkbox edit to the field.
I post this solution here, in case that somebody else also wants to know how to add checkcolumn through SA. I am using SA 3, but SA 2 should allow you to do same thing.


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Is there an Android application that is able to track what we have eaten during the day? The application should not be dependent on web services.
It should have these features:
- make a photo of meal before eating it (core feature)
- automatically append the time
- possibility of writing the name of the meal and some notes, if we have time
other features that would be useful but not neccessary
- some statistics or hitparade (of what we eat most often, for textual information)
- Text autocompletion, if we're going to append meal that was already appended in the past


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| Khan, M. S. , WorleyParsons, Muscat, Oman
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I have a plane in affine space in $\Bbb R^4$ described by two following equations:
\begin{Bmatrix}3x+y-z-q +1=0\\ -x-y+z+2q=0\end{Bmatrix}
I have the coords of a point $P$: (0,1,1,0) Describe the locus of $Q$ points such that line $PQ$ is $\bot$ to the plane.
My solution
Now I look for the line (which $Q$ points belong to) perpendicular to the plane and passing trough point $P$. In order for a plane described by equation $ax+by+cz+dq+e=0$ and a line whose coefficients are $l,m,n,t$ to be perpendicular, this must be true:
So, the equations of line passing by generic point $P(x_0,y_0,z_0,q_0)$ is:
Then, in my specific problem I get:
$\begin{Bmatrix}x=y-1 \\ y=2-z \\ z=\frac{q}{2}+1 \end{Bmatrix}$


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| Carbonetto, B. , GE Oil & Gas, Florence, Itlay; Pecchi, P. , GE Oil & Gas, Florence, Itlay
New options recover waste gas energy as steam and electricity for plant use
[carbon dioxide]
Over the years, petroleum refineries around the world have
researched and invested in ways to reduce the amount of waste
energy and pollutants produced and released into the
environment from their processing operations. The diverse
processes used to produce crude oil based products usually
require large amounts of electricity to run the various
compressors and pumps.
Many oil refineries have projects to recapture the energy as
part of their cost savings plan and are driven by environmental concerns to reduce
pollutants generated by process units. The hot gas expander is
a single-stage power turbine capable of converting the
potential energy of flue (waste) gas into mechanical work. This
article describes how refineries can go green by
implementing fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) hot gas
The FCC process is widely used for manufacturing of gasoline
and petrochemical feedstock. The process uses three
main process vessels: the reactor, fractionator and
regenerator. As shown in Fig. 1, feedstock (crude oil) enters the FCC
reactor; here, a catalyst strips carbon molecules from the larger
hydrocarbon chains in the feed oil. This reaction breaks the
hydrocarbons down into smaller, more useful hydrocarbon
products. The hydrocarbon mixture is sent to the fractionator
where it is vaporized and cooled under controlled conditions to
various levels. The process allows desirable petroleum-oil refinery products to be separated
The final portion of the FCC process is the regenerator. The
used (spent) catalyst from the reactor is sent to the
regenerator to be stripped of carbon and recycled back to the
reactor. Compressed air is pumped into the regenerator to mix
with the used catalyst in a combustion process. Also taking
place in the regenerator is the separation of particles from
the flue gas. There are generally two stages of cyclones in the
regenerator that strip the exhaust gas of its catalyst. The
flue gas exiting the top of the regenerator will typically pass
through an additional vessel called a third-stage separator
(TSS) to further reduce the catalyst amount in the flue
The flue gas from the FCC process exiting the regenerator
has significant pressure, temperature and volume, and it is a
source of useful energy that represents an energy cost-saving
opportunity to a refinery. One method of harvesting the
potential of the flue gas is a heat recovery steam generator
(HRSG). The HRSG uses the heat from the flue gas to create
steam. However, this method ignores the pressure component, a
potential energy source that can be converted to mechanical
A second method is to use an expander to recover energy from
the flue gas. This energy can then be used to drive the
compressor that provides air to the regenerator (the main air
blower) or an electric generator.
In this case, the FCC process is the existing (and primary)
process and it can be useful to think of the power recovery
system as a secondary process (see Figs. 1 and 2). The refinery
operator is primarily interested in the FCC process. It is the
FCC process that generates the refinery primary products
(gasoline, propane, fuels, etc.) and, thus, it yields revenues
for the refinery. The power recovery process increases energy
efficiency for the overall plant and therefore, it increases
Hot gas expanders can be used to drive the compressor that
provides air to the regeneratorthe power recovery train
(PRT). Alternatively, it can be used as the driver for
stand-alone expander-generator sets. Fig. 3 shows a main air
blower PRT; Fig. 4 illustrates an expander-generator set. In
both cases, the expander maximizes recovery of available energy
from the flue gas.
A main air blower PRT consists of a steam turbine,
compressor, motor/generator and expander. The expander in the
PRT is used to drive the compressor, and often supplies
additional power for the generation of electricity. In this
case, the expander cannot provide all of the power needed to
drive the compressor; motor/generator will operate in motor
mode. A steam turbine is used for startup.
Expanders in an expander-generator application drive a
generator, thus using the entire power production to generate
electricity for the refinery. In general, the
expandergenerator set stands to benefit the customer the
most. The key benefits include:3
Easily added to existing FCC
Small footprint
Installed remote from the FCC unit or main air
blower train
Does not need to match the air blower operating
No modifications to the air blower equipment
Installed during FCC operation and tied in at a
scheduled turnaround
Taken on- or off-line at any time without affecting
FCC unit operation
Has a high efficiency due to equipment
Fig. 5 represents an FCC hot gas expander; it shows the path
of the hot flue gas flow passing through it. Major components
can be seen assembled in Fig. 6. The FCC hot gas expander is a
single-stage axial-flow turbine. The pressurized,
high-temperature flue (exhaust) gas coming from the FCC process
enters the inlet opening of the expander and is accelerated
through the stationary and rotating blades. In the expander,
the pressure and temperature are reduced, and energy is
extracted and converted into mechanical work.
Although the flue gas has been processed through multiple
separation stages, a significant amount of catalyst particles
will remain in the flue gas. The catalyst particles pass
through the expander and can potentially cause erosion. The
expander flow paths stationary and rotating components
are optimized to efficiently extract the pressure energy from
the flue gas and to minimize catalyst erosion.4
Rotor disc cooling and seals are used to increase the service
life. The latest developments in material alloys and coatings
can be used to mitigate damaging effects from handling
catalyst-laden flue gas. All components are designed for reliability, including casings,
bearings and supports. All of these factors allow the expanders
to regularly withstand four to five years of continuous
operating cycles.
Based on process conditions (pressure, temperature and
flow), a customized flow path has to be selected to meet the
process requirements. Selecting the right expander frame size
is very important, and standardized frames that can cover a
large range of pressures and flows have been developed, as
shown in Fig. 7.
Initial expander development took place between the late
1950s and the mid-1970s. In all, hundreds of units were
installed, each with unique designs for specific installations.
Second-generation expanders were developed from the mid-1970s
through the mid-1980s, and this era experienced significant
expander production. Hot gas expanders became available with
increasing frame size options. However, there were also
increased industry concerns regarding equipment reliability as
well as the desire to increase the time between shutdowns.
Some of the initial problems/issues faced during the
development of expanders over the decades
Lack of proper catalyst separation
mechanism. The expander flow path components would
wear quickly due to the catalyst content in the flue gas. The
introduction of an additional catalyst separator (external to
the regenerator) commonly called the TSS was crucial to
extending the life of expander components.
Lower refinery throughput factors such as
lower pressures and temperatures meant lower power recovery
opportunities for refineries
Difficulties of designing customized
expanders for every FCC application. As every refinery
designs and operates their FCC unit differently, each expander
needed to be customized. Only a few expander manufacturers had
the capabilities to design custom solutions. To overcome this
issue, pre-standardized frames were developed to cover
refineries production needs (see Fig. 7 for sample
Validation of investment cost vs.
benefits over the years. Initially, during the earlier
developmental years (1960s and 1970s), it was not essential to
install an expander since pollution-control measures were not
given as much priority as they are today. As more government
laws have targeted pollution control and green initiatives,
more refineries are investing in ways to reduce their power
Over the last 20 years, design programs have been developed
to address the user industrys increased emphasis on
expander reliability and extended time
between shutdowns. These programs focused on material upgrades,
CFD-designed flow paths, more efficient catalyst removal and
robust control systems. Modern FCCU hot gas expanders are
designed to run for four to five years to coincide with FCC
unit maintenance intervals and have
demonstrated this capability in many applications.
Energy costs are a major part of the total costs of
operating an oil refinery, and electricity usage is a large
part of these energy costs (steam is an alternate energy
source), with energy requirements ranging from 50 MW to 180 MW.
FCC expanders can help reduce these costs even if the
temperature drop that is experienced through the FCC expander
will result in decreased steam production for the refinery. Due
to the variability of refinery steam requirements and HRSGs,
the reduction in steam temperature and production is not easily
quantified. Additionally, a loss in the quantity or temperature
of the steam does not easily translate into a monetary figure.
These values must be evaluated based on the specifics of the
application. However, a very rough approximation can be made
based on actual cases.
The expander reduces the flue gas temperature entering the
HRSG by approximately 300°F. For a typical HRSG, the exit
flue-gas temperature will be the same with or without an
expander. Thus, the flue-gas temperature reduction through the
HRSG will be 300°F. To maintain superheated steam
production, the amount of steam produced will be less when an
expander is used.
Table 1 shows the estimated savings in electricity per year
attributable to a power recovery unit installation. The notable
savings due to higher power recovery are evident in comparing
current process conditions (2007) to those of the 1960s.
Factors taken into consideration for Table 1 values
Steam generation losses (flow and temperature) may
be experienced and must be debited
Installed cost is approximately $30$55
Typical payback is less than three years.
In a power recovery system installation, there are environmental benefits associated
with the economic benefits to the refinery. The positive impact
on the environment comes from the fact that the need to install
sources of electricity to run machinery is reduced, with the
consequent elimination of the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2),
nitrogen oxides (NOx) and other pollutants
associated with the combustion of fossils fuels.
Often, the energy usage and efficiency of a refinery is
measured through the Energy Intensity Index (EII). The
installation of a power recovery system can reduce a
refinerys EII by 7%10%, thus helping them to reduce
their environmental impact and to comply with specific
A few numbers can give a better understanding of the huge
benefits of this solution. For example, if we consider the
total installed fleet of one leading manufacturers FCC
hot gas expanders, the estimate is that it produces around 500
mega watts (500 MW) of power, which corresponds to 4.3 billion
kWh (4.3 TWh) of electricity saved per year. Using the US
Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) Emissions Calculator, 4.3 TWh of
electricity saved per year translates into approximately 3.1
million metric tons of CO2 emissions avoided per
year.5 In simpler terms, this is equivalent
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from 565,000 passenger
CO2 emissions from 350 million gallons
of gasoline consumed
CO2 emissions from the electricity used
by 428,000 homes in one year
Carbon sequestered annually by 702,000 acres of
pine or fir forests.
As can be seen, the installation of FCC expanders in
refineries has a noticeable environmental impact.
As the petroleum refining industry continues to
strive for more ways to save energy, reduce costs and improve
the environment, more innovative ways will be pursued to
deliver more benefits to customers. FCC hot gas expander technology has grown significantly
from the 1960s to the present, and it now offers state of the
art machinery that can be incorporated into the refinery process without impacting
plant reliability or efficiency. The huge
economic and environmental benefit of this energy recovery
solution proves that FCC hot gas expanders are a significant
contribution in the drive for green applications in
the oil and gas industry. HP
1 US Environmental Protection Agency Executive
Summary, 2008 Sector Strategies Performance Report,
Executive summary, http://www.epa.gov/ispd/
2 Bloch, H. and C. Soares, Turboexpanders and
process applications, First Ed., Gulf Publishing Company,
3 Conroy, C.F and D. H. Linden, Successful
Application of Stand-alone FCCU Expander / Generator
Sets, International Symposium on Turbomachinery,
combined-Cycle Technologies and Cogeneration IGTI-Vol.1.
Greenhouse Gas.
4 Carbonetto, B. and G. L. Hoch, Advances in
Erosion Prediction of Axial Flow Expanders, Proceedings
of the 28th Turbo machinery Symposium, Turbomachinery
Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas,
pp. 17, 1999.
5 Equivalencies Calculator, 2009. US Environmental Protection Agency, (
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I have a fully working project (lets say its called "mygame") on disk which contains multiple activities. The activity which gets called first is called "launcher". I wish for the project to be called "com.mycompany.mygame", but when I do an import project in eclipse and select the root directory of my project, a dialog appears stating that the project that is located at this directory is "com.mycompany.mygame.launcher" with no way of changing it. My question is, what is eclipse using to determine that my project has the name "com.mycompany.mygame.launcher"? Is it something in the manifest?
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I think the eclipse takes the class name which extends Activity. Because when u extend any other package like the Fragment etc., it won't create the by default Launcher for that particular class. So whenever the Class name with manifest point to launcher will get imported along Or it will attach the class name. with the package name
Did you mean the project name changed? If that, you can check the
Similar to your problem, when I try
For those who commented and were confused about the question, what is happening is that Eclipse imports the project as the name of the first activity (including the namespace).
It imports the project as com.company.app_name.first_activity_in_the_manifest
I have been having this problem for a while. I found the solution for my project. Because it is a git repo, I have to do
Then it imports correctly, and doesn't have the side effect of some solutions mentioned here, importing existing code into a new project (which would probably remove my link to the git repo).
in eclipse, right click your project Android Tools -> Rename Application Package , change the name to com.mycompany.mygame
Why are you using eclipse 'import existing project to workspace' feature?
You should use 'New Android Project -> Create Project From Existing Source' feature.(I don't know how these options exactly appear in your eclipse, so you'l have to find them) In this way you can rename it to anything.
Your Second option could be: Import existing project to workspace (as you are doing already). Leave the name of the project as it is, then after completing the import process, you can rename the project to whatever you want.
In your manifest file the name attribute in manifest tag will show the package name.Also the package explorer view in eclipse will show the package name.For example if your pkg name is com.cmpny.game,then your src folder will contain src>com>cmpny>game> foldersa and inside it will be your code saved.
In every Project there is file called
The name ADT displays in the Package Explorer may not be the name in the .project file. To change this, right click on the name -> Refactor -> Rename. Change the name with "Update References" checked. Make sure the name you want is unique to your Package Explorer listing.
I think it is because of directory structure followed for all applications of same types, as all the application contains some files/folder on the root folder that is the name of our application e-g android project contains files like
In the projects directory there is .project file created by eclipse ! when we import the project is searches for this file and collects the project related information from this file. That's how its done. If u delete this file just for the purpose of checking eclipse will no more recognize that directory as a project !


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Where's the bridge? The 7 Biggest Things Ever Stolen
#3. A Church
In what is perhaps the biggest simultaneous dick-slap to the face of both God and the legal system, an entire church was stolen. In--hold on, let's see which country this was here...
Oh, right: Russia, again.
According to reports, a local businessman came by and offered villagers about four cents a brick for the church. We'll theorize he actually meant a lump sum for the building, but was rather surprised to open his door one morning to hundreds of Russian villagers with their arms full of bricks.
The theft of the church apparently happened over the course of less than a month, and officials believe that the bricks in question were re-purposed to build other local buildings which we're assuming are all hugely cursed. This in mind, they offered a reward for the return of the church. We like to imagine a large group of Russians huddled over a trashcan fire trying to determine which bricks the nearby McDonald's doesn't actually need to stay upright.
#2. A Fully Loaded Oil Tanker
While Somalian pirates can only hijack oil tankers and hold them for ransom, others just steal these gargantuan, slow-moving boats outright.
The tanker, called the MV Asterious, was moored at an oil field in Ghana, and was being guarded by the Nigerian navy. Now, two things: one, we suspect the Nigerian navy isn't all that impressive; two, the MV Asterious had an all Russian crew. The boat happened to be chartered by two different oil companies, GNPC and Lushann Eternit, who both blamed each other when they clearly should have been blaming the Russians.
The Nigerian Navy.
The boat was never recovered and no suspects or leads have been reported. Later, in the same year, two more tankers were also stolen overnight, futher insulting the Nigerian navy. One tanker, the MV Jimoh, was found repainted. While that works great on cars (at least in the Grand Theft Auto universe), we doubt it has the same effect on ships.
"The missing ship has been arrested," navy commander Kabir Aliyu said, which without checking further we are going to assume that involved slapping a pair of comically oversized cuffs on the boat and putting it into ship prison wearing an enormous striped uniform.
#1. The Empire State Building
Yes, you read that right. The Empire State building was stolen, and it only took 90 minutes. Let us repeat that: The Empire fucking State Building was stolen in 90 minutes. Though you may be disappointed to learn that the actual theft did not involve a massive underground drill or a super-sized Superman villain helicopter.
No, instead, the building was stolen by the New York Daily News. Through an elaborate (see not that difficult) process of forgery, the news agency managed to create documents for a bill of sale and other undisclosed legal documents convincing enough to make the New York City Office of the City Register transfer the title of the building to Nelots Properties, LLC. You noticed it too, huh? That Nelots is 'stolen' backwards? Oh you didn't? Don't worry, neither did the Office of the City Register.
You know what else they didn't notice? Some of the important names on the documents, like the witness the notary, who happened to be Fay Wray (the original King Kong star), and Willie Sutton (the famous bank robber).
NYC's notary clerk.
In all fairness, the stunt was designed to draw attention to a flaw in the system in which the clerks are not required to verify any information. In the article they brought attention to actual cases of this kind of entire house theft where the thieves would take out mortgages on the house, and leave the actual owners stuck to pay off the mortgages while thieves pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Unlike the above mentioned assholes, the Daily News returned ownership of the building to Empire State Land Associates. We like to think we would have done the same. In exchange for a pile of money exactly the size of the building.
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And for more real world insanity, check out 6 Insane Prison Escapes That Actually Happened and 6 Insane Discoveries That Science Can't Explain.
And you can visit the Internet's new home at Cracked.com's Top Picks, because we stole it. That's right, the whole fucking thing. Bitches.


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initialize function in the class system
the sencha docs http://docs.sencha.com/touch/2-1/#!/guide/class_system doc does not talk about the initialize function at all yet most custom components use it.
why is it not in the docs? should I use it when I build a custom component? also whats the difference between constructor and initialize function?
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These links might help:
Additionally I will say that chapter 3 of the book Sencha Touch In Action goes much more in depth into the component lifecycle. I have purchased the early access edition and I have found it worth it. More info here:
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Goodguys Nats in Columbus - Hit of the Season - Expanded CoverageWritten by on November 5, 2007 Contributors: The Rod & Custom Staff The Goodguys Nats in Columbus
There's one thing you may have noticed about Rod & Custom: We make the rounds. Just like many of you, we go to a lot of car shows. By the middle of the summer, we've been north, south, east, west, and central-walking the aisles, visiting the vendors, scouring the swap meets, eating the corn dogs, listening to the classic rock, talking to you guys, and checking out literally thousands of great rods and customs.
With so many Goodguys events to choose from every year, we try to break up the schedule from season to season. If we get to Des Moines, Indy, and Charlotte one year, then maybe we'll hit Nashville, Kansas City, and Spokane the year after.
There is one event, however, that we've been going to every single summer. It's the Goodguys PPG Nationals, held in July at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus.
Maybe it's the sheer number of cars that show up. Maybe it's the consistently high quality of those cars. Maybe it's the nightly parking lot parties at the headquarters hotel that are now a traditional part of this event. For whatever reason, Columbus is a high point in our summer-the hit of the season.
This year was no exception. Great cars and acres of 'em. As you'll see from these photos, especially from our Top Tin picks, the greatness isn't restricted to Fords and Chevys.
We'll be back in Columbus next summer. In the meantime, we've got these photos to remind us of the fun we had in 2007. Wanna see more? Visit the R&C Web site.
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Eric Peratt at Pinkee's Rod Shop keeps building amazing, up-to-date, traditionally styled hot rods. The fendered '32 three-window built for his dad, Bill, is deceiving-the clean look, simple painted steelies, bumpers, and external hinges give the coupe a simple look, but every corner of this Deuce has been rebuilt, and the chassis itself is a work of art. The engine is a Corvette small-block.This '54 Plymouth Plaza business coupe was called a total loss when Milburn Hubbard found it in 1965. Look at it now, rebuilt to show-and highway-condition with a 385ci GM Fastburn engine, breathing through a Street & Performance EFI system. The five-spokes are Streamliners from Billet Specialties.Talk about a fresh-looking '50. Roger Petschauer made some great-looking mods to his sky blue shoebox, starting with the '54 Ford grille, continuing with '63 Ford side trim, and ending with the '58 taillights. In between is a beautiful white traditional interior. With a Ford 302 mill, C4 transmission, and Fatman IFS underneath, it's a great package.If Dwayne Fietzer's '23 T looks like something out of the '60s, it should. Dwayne's dad first built the car in 1964. Dwayne had his chance at the T, rebuilding the chassis during his lunch hours. In between the Kelson body and the suicide frontend and spindle-mounted 16-inch Americans is a Ford 289 Hi-Po engine.This beautiful '34 coupe underwent a restoration in the '80s, but it's hard to imagine it looking nicer than in full hot rod trim. Gary Hatfield kept a vintage look with a '57 283 engine with four Deuces on an Offy manifold and early Cal Custom valve covers. The chassis is from Pete & Jake's. The interior is finished in tan and white, matching the scallops. Those hubcaps are from a '54 Oldsmobile.Just about everything except the trademark portholes was shaved from the body of Gary and Barbara Rhynold's '48 Buick Super Sedanette, which sits at just the right height thanks to an Air Ride Technologies system and a heavy-duty Mustang II-style frontend. Pleated white seats fill the interior, and a 502 Ram Jet fills the engine compartment.The lines of Ann Bechtel's '49 Chevy custom make it look like its about to launch, and the Buick grille teeth are a great modification. The big Chevy sits on a Fatman IFS, and features power brakes and power steering, as well as Vintage Air A/C. That plus the 350 small-block and TH350 automatic guarantees perfect road trips. Turn to page 18 for the full story on Ann's Chevy.Sure it's elegant, but Lyle Handsor's '40 convertible might be the toughest-looking LaSalle around, thanks to a few hot rod elements, like shaved sheetmetal and a down-low airbag profile. The ragtop, which was once a coupe, has a Camaro subframe and is powered by a '97 Cad Northstar engine.In addition to a Top Tin award, Jeff Eischen's 302-powered '31 touring won the Traditional Homebuilt Heaven prize. All three of those words accurately describe Jeff's personally fabricated rod. It would've won best use of SO-CAL pin-drive knock-off wheels with big 'n' little bias-plies, cool suede Magnum 5-inch I-beam axle, and awesome use of rivets, if such an award existed.
This '29 Tudor looks like it could've popped out of a photo of the dirt oval races of the '50s. Tracy gave his sedan a 4-inch chop and 4-inch channel and laid it over a frame he built himself. The Tri-power small-block is a 350, and the Firestone dirt-track tires from Coker roll on Wheel Vintiques rims.We met Brett Bunker a few years ago rolling around this same show in a custom '61 LeSabre. This year, he came to Columbus with this traditional chopped and channeled '30 Model A five-window, rolling on some serious big 'n' little pie-crust tires. The 283 small-block is topped with three two-barrels.The '54 Chevy Bel Air that Chip Foose built for collector Wes Rydell was a spectator magnet all weekend. Chip added a new Corvette LS1 with LS6 heads, late-model Eldorado seats, and Corvette suspension components. There must be a million low-key modifications in the sheetmetal alone.Wires and wide whites, plus some eyeball-burning red paint call attention to Jerry Hirschberg's beautiful '53 Buick Roadmaster. The black top and interior break up the bright body color. A Buick 322 V-8 is planted under the hood.Mike Ogden's chopped and channeled '30 Model A Tudor is a return participant at the Columbus Nats. A pair of Holley 2V carbs on an Offy manifold tops the small-block. We also like the red tinted glass and cheater slicks.After being stored indoors for 21 years, it was time for a full restoration on this maroon pearl '40 Ford convertible, owned by Ron and Mary Schmidutz. A Barry Grant SixShooter setup feeds the stroked 383.George and Melanie Duryea added Watson-style scallops to their just-finished, and much-driven, chopped and dropped '55 F-100 pickup. Custom elements include the '61 bumper, '57 Plymouth grille insert, and '56 Chevy hood blisters. The engine is a 360 Dodge. Finished in April 2007, it had already rolled more than 10,000 miles by the middle of July.This cantaloupe-colored '32 Vicky was homebuilt by John McCue. The original steel body sits on a Lobeck chassis. We sure like the contrasting dark red on the solid steel wheels. It runs a 350/350 engine and transmission combo. The dash came out of a '34.
There's always plenty of cool stuff in the swap meet section of the Goodguys Nats, including what could be the starting point of a pretty cool '60s show rod project. According to the hand-lettered sign, this old A was built back in 1966 or 1967 by hot rod builder Dave Puhl.There's more than one way to build a '32 Ford pickup. Judy Appleman's gold highboy shows the early '60s influence, expressed through the wheel selection and hairpins. The 283 small-block is hooked to a two-speed Powerglide.Larry McCauley took a different angle, keeping the fenders and bumpers on his two-tone truck, and choosing wide whites on reversed steel wheels. The powertrain includes a Flathead with a four-barrel, and five-speed.Bruce Capen channeled his truck and kept the finish natural. This stroked 283 is topped with six two-barrels and runs a four-speed, spinning cheater slicks.John Reddinger's '57 Olds 88 Holiday hardtop is what you'd call a study in contrasts. The screaming orange paint is toned down as soon as it hits the top and rear sheetmetal, finished in conservative grey. The fully dressed exterior makes the 454 Rat motor hiding under the hood a surprise.This green '32 was one of the most talked-about Lobeck roadsters at the show. Gina Adams' hot rod is the Deuce that wants to be a Mustang, judging from the Cobra wheels, faux side vent and trim (repeated on the valve covers), and the 302 engine.Steve Lucas bought his '56 Merc a couple years ago and got the upholstery done just in time for Columbus. The shaved bright blue sheetmetal, quadruple Packard taillight treatment, and tail-dragger posture all adds to the Merc's appeal.This low-key shade of green looks great on Don Bunch's chopped '50 Merc, built with classic 'sled touches, such as the DeSoto grille and bumpers, flush skirts, Lincoln taillights, and '54 Merc side trim. A 330-horse Chevy crate motor powers Don's custom.The thing we like best about Jason Graham's '30 Ford five-window is the profile-long, low, and channeled to within inches of the ground. The next best thing is the Merc Flathead, built with Offenhauser heads, an Eddie Meyer Hollywood intake, Lincoln Zephyr V-12 carburetors, and those short, straight pipes.


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I've learned how to add two 1/2-spins, which you can do with C-G-coefficients. There are 4 states (one singlet, three triplet states). States are symmetric or antisymmetric and the quantum numbers needed are total spin and total z-component.
But how do you add three 1/2-spins? It should yield 8 different eigenstates. Which quantum numbers do you need to characterise the 8 states?
It is not as easy as using C-G-coefficients and the usual quantum numbers as for the total momentum the doubly degenerate 1/2 state and quadruple degenerate 3/2 state can describe only 6 or the 8 states. You will need an additional quantum number for the degeneracy.
So how do you get the result?
(I actually tried out myself with a large 8x8 matrix. The total spin 1/2 is each doubly degenerate. For the additional quantum number I chose the cyclic permutation. Spin 1/2 states are neither symmetric nor antisymmetric. But what is the usual way to derive this?)


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Many players have complained how easy it is to get farmed by more advanced player. And how easily reinforcements and botting can be abused. That is why following features have being requested often:
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The 7 Creepiest Places on Earth (Part 3)
Even the best Hollywood set dressers in the biggest budget horror movie can't outdo real life. As part of our continuing effort to find real-world locations that you wouldn't want to spend a night in regardless of the number of shotguns and Bibles you were allowed to bring, here are some of the creepiest places on Earth. In case you missed them, here are Part 1 and Part 2.
#7. The Abandoned Takakonuma Greenland Park, Japan
Takakonuma Greenland Park in Japan today stands abandoned not only by people, but also by joy, hope and the foolish belief that life ends in anything but lightless hollow death.
The amusement park first opened in Hobara in 1973 but abruptly closed only two years later. Some say it was because of poor ticket sales, but local lore insists the park was forced to shut down after its rides were responsible for a number of accidental deaths.
We don't know for certain because there's virtually no official information available on Takakonuma, a fact which, when paired with the images below, arouses no suspicion of any kind.
We're sure the final wail of a fading life never echoed against this twisted metal skeleton.
What we know for certain is that the park opened again in 1986 and remained operational for 13 years, at which point it closed down for good. Nowadays the derelict attractions stand there alone in the middle of nowhere, gathering rust and being slowly consumed by the encroaching forest.
Jens of Japan
The trees here are nourished by souls.
By the way, we mean that "middle of nowhere" part literally, as Takakonuma can no longer be found on any official maps. It just isn't there.
In addition to willing itself off of charted Japanese territory, Takakonuma seems to occasionally will itself out of existence entirely with a thick fog that periodically rolls in and completely swallows up the park, providing excellent cover for anyone with a monster mask to Scooby-Doo the living shit out of hapless wanderers. This is provided they can stomach the radiation, seeing as Takakonuma is located just a few dozen miles north from Fukushima, whose nuclear power plant had a spectacular meltdown earlier this year in the wake of the tsunami.
Really, it would be insulting if you came here and weren't eviscerated by ghosts.
#6. The Ghost City of Fengdu, China
The Bridge to Hell is shorter than we expected.
So you're taking a boat ride along the Yangtze River in China, for some reason, and you come across this, sticking out of the water:
Well, that's clearly going to come alive at Ragnarok and fight the gods.
You've stumbled across Fengdu. It's a famous Chinese ghost town (allegedly the only ghost town in the entire country) with a creepy, nearly 2,000-year-old history. So, you climb the hill and come across a series of ancient temples. Oh, look, it's some old statues ...
That's not how you use a saw. That's not how you use a saw!
You see, Fengdu is believed to be a link between this life and the afterlife, and where demons live. This is real-world Chinese hell. So, you've got your souls being tortured:
No one ever says the ancient Chinese had no imagination.
And your massive stone demons:
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"OK, OK, I look ridiculous. I'll go change."
Fengdu is also full of tourist attractions like Nothing-To-Be-Done Bridge, Ghost Torturing Pass and Tianzi Palace. Another attraction is the Last Glance at Home Tower, where spirits consigned to hell could take one last look at their families.
If none of that seems quite haunted enough for you, the locals will let you know that the area used to be a Taoist graveyard ... but most of the site got sunken under water due to the building of the Three Gorges Dam. So the hill with its sacred temples and nests of demons is now an island, surrounded by water and presumably the drowning cries of the outraged dead.
Who have kind of a man-boob problem.
#5. Matsuo Ghost Mine
This is exactly the type of place where we'd go looking for our supposedly dead wife.
Matsuo Kouzan in northern Japan used to be the biggest sulfur mine in the Far East, but it closed in 1972. Today, the only things that remain of it are the abandoned apartment complexes that were used by the mine's workers, cut off from the rest of the world high in the mountains. Those abandoned buildings, however, are not what make the Matsuo mine truly creepy -- it's the fact that you can't even see them through the ghostly mist that envelops the place like an ethereal death shroud.
Legends say that if you wander into the mist, you'll stub your toe something wicked.
At one time 15,000 people lived here. Now it's deserted. It seems that despite having been closed down, the Matsuo mine is still pretty operational, though instead of sulfur it now produces a tingling feeling of dread clawing out from deep within your immortal soul.
They package that up and release it on people who accidentally tune in to The Big Bang Theory.
It has become famous among urban explorers for the ebb and flow of the mist, which is thick enough to completely conceal the entire makeshift town where the mine's workforce once lived. We're talking about a giant complex of 11 four-story buildings just totally disappearing from sight, which is pretty disconcerting when David Copperfield isn't involved.
And also ripe for the filming of at least one movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme is hunted for sport.
Some people have spent up to an hour simply trying to locate the town while wandering through the mist, and towns are generally things that stand out in the middle of an empty goddamn mountaintop. Once you finally find the place, though, it's just a typical abandoned town in a secluded region surrounded by inexplicable terror mist.
"Ventured into village, was ripped apart by otherworldly creatures. Pretty standard small town experience."
The fact that the Matsuo mineworker town used to have an acid river nearby just ratchets up the horror level, considering that means the only other available liquid for bathing and drinking would've been the blood of the fallen. And blood won't eat through your clothes, so ...
#4. The Bird Suicide Grounds of Jatinga
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In Assam in northeastern India sits the quiet little village of Jatinga, population 2,500. At first glance, it might not seem like much, but the village has become a real hit with visitors who fly in to Jatinga all the time during the monsoon season. Many of them just drop in and never leave, completely falling for the place. What we're getting at here is that birds smash themselves to death in the streets of Jatinga.
This is an extraordinarily tactless sign.
For reasons that are still not fully understood (though almost certainly involve the Thuggee cult and the theft of a sacred stone), around September and October a whole bunch of birds just come plunging down from the sky to their deaths.
The most bizarre part of it all, however, is how precise the whole thing is. The "suicides" always occur between 7 and 10 p.m. and only around a specific mile-long, 200-yard-wide strip of land. The process has gone on like clockwork for roughly the past 100 years.
"You wanted full custody of the eggs, Martha? YOU GOT IT!"
So far, 44 species of migratory birds have been identified as part of the phenomenon, which we reiterate is something scientists still can't fully explain. Some have blamed it on the village's lights, claiming that they confuse the birds and cause them to crash (which would make sense if Jatinga were the only place in the world that had lights, but research indicates this is not actually the case). Other, more sense-making theories suggest the presence of weird magnetic fields and very specific weather conditions, but there's still nothing that the science community fully agrees on.
They do all agree that picking up the birds and using them as feathery missiles is super fun.
While that debate continues, the government of Assam is planning to cash in on the suicides by setting up viewing platforms where tourists can enjoy watching a bunch of wild animals brutally killing themselves for no conceivable reason.


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I'm using Kubuntu 12.04 (64bit). The Ubuntu repos contain gpt fdisk 8.1 which is not the latest. The latest version is 8.4 and it contains some bug fixes I want to have.
I downloaded the latest deb package from here: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/srs5694/xUbuntu_11.10/amd64/gptfdisk_0.8.4-1_amd64.deb
When I tried to install it initially, I got an error that dependencies could not be satisfied. So I installed the version from the repos first, then tried to install the latest version over that. Now I get the error below.
# dpkg -i gptfdisk_0.8.4-1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package gptfdisk.
(Reading database ... 90031 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gptfdisk (from gptfdisk_0.8.4-1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing gptfdisk_0.8.4-1_amd64.deb (--install):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man8/cgdisk.8.gz', which is also in package gdisk 0.8.1-1build1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
How can I install 8.4 of gpt fdisk?


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Here is some good news for tech lovers hoping to grab the Tablet S Android tablet!
Faced with stiff competition in the tablet market, electronics manufacturer Sony has slashed the price of its recently launched Tablet S by $100.
According to Engadget, a technology blog, Sony is offering 16GB model for $400 and for 32GB variant for $500.
The move follows a $50 price cut, which Sony announced on Dec. 15.
Many manufacturers of Android tablets are cutting prices in order to compete with Apple's iPad which dominates 61 percent of the tablet market worldwide.
Features of Sony tablet S
The tablet S has a 9.4-inches display screen with 1280 x 800 screen resolution.
It is powered by the Nvidia Tegra2 moblie processor and infrared technology so that it can be used to control multiple home entertainment equipments such as Satellite boxes, TV's, Blu-Ray Discs and cable boxes.
The device provides users with 1GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage.
It comes equipped with a 5 megapixel rear camera and a VGA front camera. The tablet supports a 5000mAh Li-ion battery that has a life of up to 8 hours.
This Sony slate is currently running on Android 3.1 Honeycomb, but is expected to get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
It also has Bluetooth 2.1 and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n connectivity options.
Manufacturers cut price to remain afloat
Many manufacturers of Android tablets are cutting prices in order to compete with Apple's iPad which dominates 61 percent of the tablet market worldwide.
Research in Motion (RIM), creator of the Blackberry line of products has been selling its Playbook for as low as $199.
The 10-inch Android tablets such as the 16GB Lenovo Idea Pad K1 Tablet (Wi-Fi only) and 16GB Acer Iconia (WiFi) are currently priced at $319.99 and $359.99, respectively at Best Buy.
The 16GB Toshiba Thrive (WiFi) and the 16GB Asus' Eee Pad Transformer (Wi-Fi) are both listed at $400.
In addition, the 7-inch models from Amazon and Barnes and Noble are priced at $199 and $249, respectively.


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I've a slightly technical question about the Yangian which I'm hoping an expert out there can answer.
Recall that the Yangian $Y(\mathfrak{g})$ is a Hopf algebra quantizing $U(\mathfrak{g}[z])$. Drinfeld, in his quantum groups paper, explains that the algebra of integrals of motion of certain integrable lattice models can be described in terms of the Yangian, as follows.
Let $C(\mathfrak{g})$ be the algebra of linear maps $$l : Y(\mathfrak{g}) \to \mathbb{C}$$ with $l([a,b] ) = 0$. In other words, $C(\mathfrak{g})$ is the linear dual of the zeroth Hochschild homology of $Y(\mathfrak{g})$. The product on $C(\mathfrak{g})$ comes from the coproduct on the Yangian, and the existence of the $R$-matrix implies that $C(\mathfrak{g})$ is commutative.
Question 1: Is there an explicit description of the algebra $C(\mathfrak{g})$?
Let $C'(\mathfrak{g})$ be the classical analog of $C(\mathfrak{g})$, defined by replacing $Y(\mathfrak{g})$ in the above discussion with $U(\mathfrak{g}[z])$.
One can compute that $C'(\mathfrak{g})$ is the algebra of $\mathfrak{g}[z]$-invariant formal power series on $\mathfrak{g}[z]$ (invariant under the adjoint action).
Question 2: Is there a PBW theorem for $C(\mathfrak{g})$, stating that $C(\mathfrak{g})$ has a filtration whose associated graded is $C'(\mathfrak{g})$? (This is equivalent to asking if part of the spectral sequence computing Hochschild homology of the Yangian from Hochschild homology of $U(\mathfrak{g}[z])$ degenerates).
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lufthansa us8216392 and Gas T. E. us7445677 is very close to eachother and I assume there is an infringment. If you search lufthansa cyclean pictures and patent drawing of us7445677 you will see that it is almost same. I know drawing doesnt mean patent but claims are also very similar. So I think that Lufthansa or GTE infringing or there is a licence agreement between them.
Interesting thing about these two patents is that the '392 patent was filed first - giving it the priority date, but the '677 patent was examined first because the applicant filed a request for accelerated examination. This becomes tricky because the first-filed application does not become prior art until it publishes. However, once it publishes it will count as prior art as of its priority filing date. Here, the owners of the '677 patent were able to slip through the PTO without consideration of the earlier patent because the accelerated examination was completed prior to the publication of the '392 patent.
If the '677 patent is ever enforced, the '392 patent will probably be the first-line of defense in an invalidation campaign.
Just to be clear - patents can not infringe patents. Products being made, sold used, or imported can infringe patents.


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Android-leader Samsung puts iPhone 5 on notice
Android phonemaker Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (
) is scary successful. Its rivals have tried -- and failed -- to use lawsuits to slow its sales. It's so wildly successful that even partner Google Inc. (
) is reportedly
getting a little nervous
The South Korean firm has risen quickly through the ranks, passing Nokia Oyj. (
) in smartphone and featurephone unit sales, and creeping closer to Apple, Inc. (
) in profitability. Tonight in New York City, just blocks from one of Apple's busiest stores at the Radio City Music Hall, Samsung unleashed
its latest flagship mode
l in its best-selling.
With the Galaxy S IV's U.S. launch, its first American launch event for its flagship phone series, Samsung takes another step in its push to shift its marketing, engineering, and management towards the U.S., the world's most lucrative electronics market.
I. Specs
Currently Apple is
sits at the top of U.S. smartphone sales
, but the Galaxy S IV could soon change that.
Here's a breakdown of the phone's specs, versus the phone's chief competitor, the
iPhone 5
(The only items not revealed at the launch event were the price and GPU of the Samsung device.)
Clearly the Galaxy S IV has a much more powerful set of hardware, while being only narrowly heavier/and larger. The
1080p screen
is the real star of the show, although the inclusion of
, the higher resolution camera, microSD, and a removable battery are other niceties.
When comparing the GSIV and its chief competitor, the iPhone 5, the only remaining questions are battery life (given the more powerful CPU) and buyer preference with regard to screen size (while the iPhone screen is lower resolution, some buyers do prefer smaller screens). Clearly some will prefer the slick metal/glass body of the iPhone 5 to the plastic-type case of the GSIV, as well.
II. What's New
Samsung's Head of Mobile Communications, J.K. Shin calls the Galaxy S IV a true "life companion" bragging, "Innovation improves the way people live every day. For each of us, life is a journey. What you want is a device that can help us on the journey. Ladies and gentlemen, the Samsung Galaxy S4."
The device is loaded with proprietary apps -- Knox (a BYOD technology), home sync (which connects various in-home Wi-Fi devices, S Translator (9 language speech-to-text, text-to-speech), and S Health.
The S Health is particularly cool -- it uses the built in accelerometer to track steps taken/calories burned when you're carrying the device, plus features options to track your meals and sleep. S Translator should be handy too; it supports Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portugese, Spanish, and English. The app even can attempt to translate text on signs/printouts using the cameras. The app has mild offline support, with canned phrases.
Samsung Air Health [Image Source: AnandTech]
Home Sync allows you to tap your phone with compatible Samsung NFC devices, like televisions, to pair it. You can then transfer photos wirelessly. The images are uploaded to a 1 TB cloud storage account, which is free for GSIV buyers.
Knox is essentially identical to BlackBerry Ltd.'s (
) recently announced
multi-mode feature in BB10
. The phone can be placed into either a work or a home mode.
TouchWiz on the Galaxy S IV has been glistened up, with a translucent menu bar and other graphical perks.
One are of the UI/firmware that Samsung spent a lot of time on is the camera UI. There's new editing features, and an ability to select still shots from a burst of frames (100 in 4 sec.) -- similar to rival HTC Corp.'s (
) much-advertised technology. There's a new "dual camera", which allows you to simultaneously use both cameras on the device for photos or video; there's composite merging of photos; and there's a new AirView touch-friendly gallery app.
There's also been big improvements on the control side. While Apple and other rivals are still largely confined to static touch on the screen, the GSIV introduces air gestures, via the infrared and proximity sensor. If your hands are dirty or full, you can do a rough gesture over the screen surface to get the phone to perform basic actions.
Air Pause/Scroll [Image Source: The Verge]
The 2 MP front camera also tracks your eyes for both scrolling purposes ("Air Scrolling") and to pause video if you look away ("Air Pause").
As with its tap-to-share technology Samsung has clear differentiating technologies that its competitors lack.
III. The Impact on Apple and Google
Apple is clearly a bit nervous about the Galaxy S IV. Analysts are saying interest in the iPhone 5 has "cooled off". Apple is firing back,
calling the Android ecosystem "fragmented"
, accusing it of being lacking in out-of-the-box service experience, attacking its low pricing, and
calling the OS outdated
But for all the bold talk
Apple's stock
trends, versus Google's tells a different story:
Apple has seen its momentum halted by the
death of its iconic leader Steven P. Jobs
(in 2011) and then by
disappointment over the iPhone 5 sales growth
and hardware. Google, meanwhile has surged as Apple's court bid to ban Android stalled [
], and as its OEM parteners pounced on Apple in terms of hardware offerings.
For Google, the Galaxy S IV is more good news. For Apple it's a major concern. The soonest Apple will respond is mid-to-late 2013 (with what is being called the iPhone 5S). That gives Samsung potentially 5 or 6 months of uncontested market dominance.
Barring unforeseen events (product bans) expect this launch to help sustain both the upward pressure on Google's stock and the downward pressure on Apple's stock.
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RE: Looks nice ...
I'm leaning 4s but it is definitely not a done deal. With the extra $100 incentive from HTC I might get the One.
I like the aluminum design of the One, but I do like my wife's S3, so the S4 should be the same feel. The metal ring around the phone is very Blackberry or Apple like. With the same hardware and possibly performance it is all up to features.
One has Sense, ultra pixels and aluminum crafting.
S4 has removable battery, SD, larger screen, and extra sensors for health monitoring. There is also a bunch of software features that are usable for me including the Business sync software.
The only negative (other than the aluminum wrap) I have is the camera. It will be a wait and see if the HTC One camera is worth going with the One.
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With the proliferation of touch based devices, many lacking a true D-Pad, I'm wondering if anyone has any resources on how to emulate a D-Pad on a touch screen? I'm specifically interested in XNA and/or Android code examples.
There is an XNA sample of touch thumbsticks here
I would reiterate that a dpad is unlikely to be the right interface for a touch screen like device.
Something like what epic has done with Infinity Blade for the iPhone may give you inspiration Movie Link
Can I discourage you from attempting to emulate a D-pad on a touchscreen device?
The problems with emulating a D-pad on a touch screen are:
A touchscreen device is much more than a device "lacking a true D-pad", as you put it. A touchscreen device allows the player to touch anywhere on the screen and so interact with any visible game element. This gives a wide range of game design possibilities, and these designs are likely to be much more pleasant to use than an emulated D-pad.
I know this isn't the most useful answer, but unless you are porting a project over from another platform, I'd suggest reconsidering on the virtual D-Pad. Most implementations of virtual D-Pads have been poor at best, the lack of tactile feedback make them a poor choice for the platform.
You are far better off looking at building an interface to your game that highlights the platforms strengths instead of building to the platforms weakness.
Like the others have said, it's best to come up with a design that fits the environment, not force the environment to fit your design, but if you do stick with the D-Pad, here's how you might do it:
If you think of the "touch point" as a mouse cursor, you are basically create a "hot spot" that reacts to the cursor movement.
The best/simplest way to do it I think is to make a semi-transparent(remember, you are covering the game screen) box or circle in one of the bottom corners, where the player is most likely to have their finger already. Then you just track the position of the player's finger relative to the center of the hot spot, and that's your input delta value.
I see most people here thinks a D-Pad is a bad idea, and they are right - most of the time. Dungeon Hunter from Gameloft for Android is a great example of a great D-Pad for touch-screens. It is responsive, have a 360 degree direction, an is not "dumb". What I mean that it is not "dumb", is that when you press the D-Pad and slide you finger out from the D-Pad area, it doesn't interfare with what happens on the screen - it just extends. So if you accidentaly slip out of the D-Pad area you won't loose movement.
I think 360 degree direction and out-of-bounds responsivness is important and if you can do that you will have a chance in doing the D-Pad right.
If you want to implement a D-Pad, the easiest way that comes to my head is to create four rectangles (one for each direction of the D-Pad) and then check if the touch location is within the bounds of any of the rectangles.
As the other guys said; think twice before implementing a D-Pad on a touch screen. On the other hand I´ve seen people playing those GBA emulators all day on their iPhones.
It´s up to you ... can you tell us what are you planning to do that involves a simulated D-Pad?


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Carol Pal, history faculty member, has been selected as the winner of the 2013 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize for her book Republic of Women: Rethinking the Republic of Letters in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012). The Kelly Prize is awarded annually by the American Historical Association (AHA) to honor the book in women's history and/or feminist theory that best reflects the high intellectual and scholarly ideals exemplified by the life and work of Joan Kelly. The prize will be awarded during a ceremony at the Association's 128th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, January 2–5, 2014.
Pal's book was selected from more than 70 entries by a prize review committee of AHA members. "Deftly combining biography, social, religious, cultural, and intellectual history, Pal's Republic of Women challenges everything we thought we knew about the supposedly masculine republic of letters," noted Sheryl T. Kroen, the 2013 Kelly Prize committee chair, associate professor of history and interim director of the Center for European Studies at the University of Florida. She continued, "Filling the seventeenth century shelf in Virginia Woolf's imaginary library, she also explains how we came to believe it was empty!"
The Kelly Prize was established in 1984 in memory of Joan Kelly (1928–82) by the Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession and the Conference Group on Women's History (now the Coordinating Council for Women in History).
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