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Hello Bill,
Thank you for your extremely speedy reply, next time I come across some panos in my travels I definitely will take your advice and shoot them.
Hello Bill,
Thank you for your extremely speedy reply, next time I come across some panos in my travels I definitely will take your advice and shoot them.
I am saving my pennies for one of the new rotators for my well used NN3 (I like what I have been reading about those) I don't find much problem with the old rotator, but I have been known to miss a shot or two, which I had always put down to people talking to me in mid shoot. Maybe I will get a "Do Not Disturb" sign too
One question: Where is the Newsletter subscription?
One suggestion: A link to the main Nodal Ninja web site on the menu bar above would be good?
Hello, I received my NN3II about a month ago and love it's quality and functionality. Mauro was very fast and helpfull when answering my newbie questions. I use it with 5D and Sigma 8mm 3.5.. See some of results at http://www.stonesdigital.com/360panos.html
Congrats on 3 years - Looking forward to receiving my first NN3 next week!
ive had a chance to play with mine its wikudd though its only a small one its a rippa =]
NN, et al.,
As I become involved in architectural and real estate photography, I have developed both a desire and need to evaluate the software and hardware for this purpose. My research indicates that the Nodal Ninja is the best value in terms of quality and cost that I have found. I will be seriously be considering this piece of this equipment for my work.
Congratulations on your anniversary!
Hi people:
I´d like to win one of those NN5 package...
It´ll improve my semi-profesional work saving my time. Nice idea those prizes, because I still saving to buy NN5...
Enjoy your pano-photo to every one.
I shot my first panorama in May of 2002, hand-held with a 2MP point-and-shoot Kodak. My, how times have changed!
I now have a 10 MP DSLR and an 8 MP EVF camera, and I typically shoot landscape panoramas in the 100-degree range (I'm not a 360 junkie).
Here's a shot from last fall (stitched from four images): http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~Larry....1-PICT6964.htm I like the house in the valley (barely visible in the clearing lower-right)
My ballhead is great for quick composition, but having a true pano head would be wonderful! I'm on a student budget, so it's a luxury I have had to dream about, but winning a NN would greatly facilitate my pano shooting.
Hello all,
After a month of handheld and a year of 'standard tripod head' pano's I came across the word 'parallax' ...Saving for a Nodal Ninja now
*Maybe I could even shoot foregrounds now...whoo*
I'm very new to panoramic photography although I've been taking photographs for well over 30 years. After reading up on the various panoramic heads I eventually went for the NN 3 MkII thinking "it would do as a starter". I was wrong, it will last me a life time lol.
The design concept and engineering that has gone into the bracket is just outstanding. I tend to shoot single row panoramas using wide angle but recently I wanted to use a 50mm len for some very high resolution panoramas and found that there wasn't a suitable indent ring (the largest being n24) BUT if I fitted the second indent pin supplied as a spare with the n15 ring it gives me 30 steps and overlaps nicely with the 50mm lens. I'm not sure if this is the right way to use the 'spare' pin but it works extremely well showing just how versatile the head is.


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Oni Press announces a new ongoing series called "The Auteur" by Rick Spears and James Callahan, gives updates on future projects from Greg Rucka, their webcomics initiative and more in San Diego.
Augie begins a new series looking at the experiments Marvel took in the early 2000s. This week, he focuses on "Gus Beezer" and "Black Widow." One works much better than the other, but both are worthy experiments.
Meagan Damore gives Greg Rucka and Michael Lark's "Lazarus" #1 4.5 stars, calling the debut issue of the Image Comics series "simple yet profound in its storytelling and style."
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Pro filmmakers Ian McFarland and Mike Pecci go fanboy with "The Dead Can't Be Distracted," a fan film based on Greg Rucka and Mike Chechetto's "Punisher" comics. CBR pesents an exclusive debut of the film's teaser.
Greg Rucka eschews conventional publishing and explores dystopian worlds with upcoming "Lazarus" from Image Comics and the Kicktarter-funded print collection of his steampunk webcomic "Lady Sabre."
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SPINOFF wants a movie version of Greg Rucka's latest novel. As soon as humanly possible.
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Doug Zawisza gives "The Punisher" #10 4.5 stars calling the second installment of "The Omega Effect" by Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto "every bit as enjoyable and approachable as the opener or finale."
Doug Zawisza gives "Avenging Spider-Man" #6 4.5 stars, calling Mark Waid and Greg Rucka's "Omega Effect" opening chapter "a book that is every bit as enjoyable as you can possibly imagine."
Marvel Comics writers discuss the fate of many of Marvel's long-lost and obscure characters, their love of "Marvel Fanfare," what it's like to kill planned story arcs and more at ECCC.
Crime comics heavyweights Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka discuss the history and current state of genre writing in comic books with scholar Benjamin Saunders at Emerald City Comicon.
Marvel has released an early look at "Avenging Spider-Man" #6, the Mark Waid and Greg Rucka co-written first chapter of "The Omega Effect." The Spidey/Punisher/Daredevil crossover kicks off April 11.
CBR News spoke with writer Mark Waid about his plans for "Daredevil" including a two-part Mole Man arc and the three-part "Omega Effect" crossover featuring Spider-Man and the Punisher.
Doug Zawisza gives Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto's "Punisher" #8 4.5 stars, calling the series "some of the consistently best stuff that Marvel is putting on the new comics racks."
What happens when ex-Hydra and AIM agents team up to take down the Punisher? Chaos and blood. Courtesy of Marvel Comics, ROBOT 6 presents an exclusive preview of "Punisher #8," by Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto.
From Grant Morrison's "Multiversity" to J. Scott Campbell's Spider-Man project, CBR runs down the 15 of the 30 most legendary announced-then-never-released comics ever, and the chances of their eventual publication.
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CBR News spoke with Greg Rucka, writer of "The Punisher," about the latest campaign in his protagonist's war on crime, which pits the character against a cunning crime ring and a cop obsessed with taking him down.
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| Bhachu, U., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Francis, J., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
This case study documents the performance variables to consider and apply when monitoring and tracking the efficiency deterioration for a steam turbine using DSs in a PI process book.
[steam turbine]
[heat transfer]
Performance measurements of critical turbomachinery are very
important to ensure reliable plant operations. Downtime related
to unavailable critical equipment can cost the facility
millions of dollars in lost production and maintenance.
Steam turbines are one group of the most important prime
turbomachines used commonly within hydrocarbon processing facilities. Overhauling of steam
turbines is normally done during major planned outages and
generally warrants including the original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) expertise. Accordingly, online
performance monitoring and establishing performance indices
(PIs) for steam turbines are crucial when optimizing equipment
reliability and plant
Performance of a steam turbine deteriorates due to various
reasons such as deposition on steam-path components, erosion
and damage to blades, leakage, etc. The American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME) performance test code (PTC 6)
stipulates detail procedures when testing steam turbines.
However, PTC 6 is not a cost-effective method for continuous
monitoring. Online-monitoring systems can be an efficient and
cost-effective way to evaluate machinery performance. A PI
process book capability to create data sets (DSs) and a
built-in steam function library can provide an economical tool
when implementing complex thermodynamic calculations and
defining additional performance variables for continuous
This case study documents the performance variables to
consider and apply when monitoring and tracking the efficiency
deterioration for a steam turbine using DSs in a PI process
book. The PI process book is a powerful online process
application tool used widely in many industries to gather and
analyze static and dynamic plant process data.
In this case history, the equipment focus is a 2,000-kW
back-pressure steam turbine. It drives a barrel-type
centrifugal compressor at 10,000 rpm. This turbine is a
multistage unit with an inlet steam pressure of approximately
4,248 KPa at a temperature of 355°C and an outlet pressure
of 365 KPa and a temperature of 155°C.
From the first law of thermodynamics and steady flow energy
For the steam nozzle Q =
Ws = 0
In the case of the nozzle fouling, the enthalpy drop,
DH, decreases and reduces the nozzle exit velocity,
v2. Result: The turbine
slows down. The turbine responds to this condition by
increasing the steam flowrate to keep the speed
For the turbine (Q = 0). Since the
turbine casing is insulated, the flow process can be assumed
adiabatic (Q = 0)
v1 ¯ v2
DH = Ws
Some critical parameters can be monitored when the turbine
is online. These parameters can provide an accurate picture of
the state of the running machine:
Isentropic efficiency. The internal
efficiency of a turbine is a key indicator of turbine
performance and is termed as an enthalpy drop in the PTC code
6. This is the simplest and the most accurate test. The
requirements are stipulated in the code.
Isentropic efficiency =
Exhaust temperature. The loss in efficiency
increases entropy and, also, higher exhaust temperature
Turbine shaft position. Fouling increases
the wheel chamber pressure, and it subsequently develops an
axial thrust on the rotor.
Turbine active thrust bearing temperature.
The thrust bearing temperature shows an increasing trend when
the wheel chamber pressure increases.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) plant operations
expressed concerns regarding the efficiency of the steam
turbine over issues related to poor steam quality. The solution
entailed either to have the turbine vendor present onsite and
use dedicated instruments to measure and record steam turbine
performance, or to address the issue in-house with locally
available software. CNRL plant reliability engineering was
assigned the task of monitoring and tracking turbine efficiency
and the subsequent evaluation of machinery performance.
The enthalpy drop method from PTC code section 6 was used to
calculate the efficiency drop across the turbine. This involved
determining the isentropic enthalpy drop and the actual
enthalpy drop, and then using their ratio to determine the
stage group (operating) efficiency of the turbine.
Manual calculations, as summarized in Table
1, were initially done using the steam table, as shown
in Fig. 1, to determine the operating overall
turbine efficiency. Gauge readings from the PI online system
(Fig. 2) were taken for the inlet and outlet
conditions. The pressures were converted to absolute for the
case history calculations. The stage group efficiency,
approximated as per the calculations, was determined to be
around 70%.
Fig. 1. Enthalpy/entropy
(H-s) steam table showing the three
points of P, T, H and s.
Fig. 2. PI screen shot of
various s parameters for the entire
compressor/turbine system.
The PI was used to model and track the turbine efficiency in
accordance with the PTC procedures. This information was then
used to trend and monitor the efficiency of the turbine on a
real-time basis within the PI process book. The PI has a
builtin steam table that can be called out functionally by the
use of PI data sets. This provides a powerful and
excellent feature to track and monitor efficiency trends over
long periods without using sophisticated software. The DS
provided a valuable tool in programming equations and other
logic to monitor key machinery parameters. Various other
process parameters such as turbine inlet and outlet pressure
conditions, temperatures, flowrates, etc., can also be
simultaneously plotted along with the efficiency to form an
inclusive view of the turbine.
Performance measurement and analysis can provide valuable
insight into the health status of a given machine. It is
important to ensure data reliability and accuracy prior to
performing any analysis to prevent incorrect conclusions and
misguided decisions.
The steam flow, turbine efficiency and steam-outlet
temperature were trended from the process book. It is evident
from the enthalpy drop (Eq. 3) that an increase in the
steam-outlet temperature, T2, will cause an
increase in the outlet enthalpy of the steam, consequently
dropping the efficiency. This efficiency drop only holds true
when the inlet temperature, T1, and
pressure, P1, are held constant. The
constant inlet pressure and temperature conditions are required
for most operating steam turbines to ensure reliable process
and machinery operation.
Pressure drop (over design specifications) will occur across
the nozzle (for impulse type) or across the turbine blades (for
reaction type) due to steam path fouling issues such as deposit
build up across the nozzles or turbine blades (Figs.
3 and 4). This condition must be
compensated by an increasing steam flow, which is achieved by
an increased opening of the governor valve to maintain constant
turbine speed. In this case, it was observed that the
steam-flow input to the turbine had increased over time to
maintain constant speed and that a gradual decrease of
efficiency was observed due to steam-path fouling issues. After
the governor valve opens to 100%, a fully open condition, then
the speed of the turbine begins to decrease.
Result: The turbine is unable to meet the
required compressor demand. Eq. 4 shows the general
flowpressure relationship for all turbine stages:
w = Flowrate,
Cq = Flow coefficient
An = Nozzle flow area, ft2
(stationaryblade flow area)
γ = Ratio of specific heats
P1 = Stage inlet pressure, psia
P2 = Pressure between rotating and
stationary blade rows, psia
g = Acceleration due to gravity, ft/sec2
v1 = Specific volume at stage
Fig. 3. A decrease in the
isentropic efficiency causes an
increase in the exhaust temperature
Fig. 4. An increase in the
steam mass flowrate is followed by a
decrease in the turbine isentropic
As per Eq. 4, most stages, including the first and last
stage, operate with a constant pressure ratio under the
changing governor valve setting, throttle flow, throttle steam
conditions and condenser pressure (for condensing type
turbines). However, when the governor is fully open (w
at its maximum), there is a reduction in the nozzle area,
An, as a result of steam fouling. The
pressure ratio, P2/P1,
begins to change, and this is indicative of a loss of turbine
power to maintain the required load demand. Trending the
pressure ratios of the input and output steam could also
provide valuable information on the turbine status.
It was determined, based on the data and analysis mentioned
previously, that the steam turbine was experiencing fouling due
to steam quality issues. These results initiated a follow-up
investigation on steam quality and, subsequently, control.
The online performance analysis coupled with trending of the
governor position, provided a good measure of the
turbines health. Reasonable predictions were possible on
the reliability of the turbine. It is important to ensure that
proper instrumentation signaling is maintained into the
distributed control system to acquire reliable data for such
analysis and subsequent decision making. Plant reliability
personnel can use similar strategies coupled with the
functionality of their online monitoring system to determine
the condition of critical turbomachines during plant operation.
Accurate data monitoring, understanding and avoiding
complacency during the decision-making process can help save
the plant millions of dollars and affect the bottom line in a
positive manner. HP
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME PTC 6S
Report, Procedure for Routine Performance Tests of Steam
Turbines, New York, New York, 1988.
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Cape Town Stadium from above – Flickr pic of the day
This photograph of Cape Town Stadium was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Lee Stanbury aka Leehaspix.
Lee says: "This picture was taken during the World Cup and it is really special to me. I picked up my first camera when I was 14 and have, with the exception of the past few years, been taking pictures ever since. This was my first successful picture since the transition from film to digital.
"Thanks to Wendy and Graydon who froze while I was taking this and special thanks to the man that has revived my soul and my spirit with the Canon EOS 450D. Shaun, you rock!"
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Lester takes pride in his team's accomplishments
EAST HARTFORD — When senior captain Tyler Lester was asked to talk about his undefeated Ansonia High football teammates, he couldn't help but smile.
"I am real proud of what the team has accomplished this season, but I am not surprised," said Lester Monday at the CIAC luncheon for the eight state finalists.
Lester will join his fellow captains, Jh'mel Trammell, Andrew Matos and Hezekiel Duncan Jr., for the coin flip Saturday when the Chargers (13-0) meet North Branford (11-1) for the Class S final at 10:30 a.m. at Rentschler Field.
But once the game begins, Lester will return to the sidelines, where he spent the entire season due to an injury.
He was in line to be the starting quarterback this year until he sustained a season-ending injury, a broken left tibia on July 12 during a 7-on-7 drill at the Southern Connecticut State University camp.
Lester has taken the injury in stride.
"I'm happy to be along for the ride," said Lester. "Once I came to grips with what happened, I knew I had to move on. I've been there to give my teammates moral support. I've tried to be there for them and support them anyway that I can."
At Monday's luncheon, Ansonia coach Thomas Brockett said that if not for the injury, he believed Lester would have potentially earned All-State honors this year.
Lester will to be able to start working out soon and is expected to attend prep school, possibly Milford Academy.
Saying thanks: Former Norwich Free Academy standout and current coach Jemal Davis played football at UConn from 1990-1994.
Davis spoke of the impact of watching how perennial state powers Ansonia (17 state titles), Daniel Hand-Madison (10 state titles) and Xavier- Middletown (three state titles, two in a row) have set the standard.
"You've been an inspiration for us," said Davis. "We look to be (that type of program). Without you, we wouldn't be here."
Immediate impact: Ex-Cheshire High assistant coach Greg Ferry joined Xavier's staff in the summer and Falcons' head coach Sean Marinan put him to good use.
Ferry coached the linebackers this season and, more importantly, is the special teams coordinator.
"Greg is so passionate about coaching and has been a huge help to our team," said Marinan. "He has such a knack for coaching special teams."
Xavier, the two-time defending Class LL state champions meet Norwich Free Academy on Friday night at 7:05 at Rentschler Field.
Other tidbits at the Rent:
Quote of the day by a coach: "Being here should not be taken for granted. It's a not a given that you will be back here next year." — Hillhouse coach Tom Dyer.
Quote of the day by a player: "It's a privilege and honor to be playing for Ansonia High." — senior linebacker Ephraim Collins.
Dropping down to S: Ansonia played in Class M last year, but was slipped down to Class this season. Teams are classified by the schools' total boys enrollment, and Ansonia missed being in Class M by just one.
The enrollment figures are based in advance and as of Oct. 1, 2011, and are given to the Connecticut Department of Education and the CIAC verifies the numbers, according to Paul Hoey, the assistant executive director of the CIAC.
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This is a great overview, Mark. It covers many different features of SP 2010 so I'd suggest breaking it down into relevant sections. I didn't have the 1 hr to watch the entire show (and my brain only handles so much).
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The 5 Most Terrifying Diseases That Doctors Can't Explain
We tend to trust that doctors are on top of this whole "getting sick" phenomenon -- when we visit the hospital, we know that someone is going to be able to tell us what's wrong with us and how to fix it. But then there are some particularly unusual diseases out there that have medical professionals throwing up their arms and declaring "Shit, we guess it's witchcraft." Things like ...
#5. The Sleeping Sickness
Imagine your spouse comes down with what you assume is a bad cold. But after getting worse over the next few days, she suddenly freezes like a statue, eyes blank and vacant, mouth contorted in a silent scream. She just lies like this, motionless, in a hospital bed. Then finally she wakes up, and acts like she's possessed by a goddamned alien body snatcher -- she's emotionless and distant at first, then starts gouging at her eyes and/or violently sexually assaulting people.
"I told you not to mix NyQuil and Ambien!"
It's not the first act of a horror movie, but a real, baffling disease that had doctors puzzled at the beginning of the 20th century. It's called encephalitis lethargica, or the sleeping sickness, and it struck the world as an epidemic just after the Spanish flu died down. Nobody has any idea where it came from or where it went.
It began with victims complaining of a sore throat, right before it escalated into a goddamned living nightmare, the victims afflicted with hallucinations and madness before their bodies ultimately locked up. While sufferers appeared to be asleep, they were actually fully conscious but unable to move. Many died during this stage, but for those who recovered, the nightmare was far from over.
"After discussing what a pain in the ass recovery will be, his father and I have decided to pull the plug."
Survivors of the sleeping disease suffered horrifying behavioral problems for the rest of their lives, becoming excessively violent and -- regardless of gender -- somewhat rapey. On top of all this, they became emotionally indifferent, unable to recognize, for example, the beauty of art. Ten years after the epidemic struck, new cases suddenly stopped appearing, its only legacy being the alien clones it left behind.
Nearly a century later, doctors still don't know what the hell was going on there, although they realize it was some kind of brain thing. One hypothesis is that the bacteria that caused the sore throat triggered an immune response that also destroyed parts of the brain, but many scientists still think a virus is the more likely culprit.
Graham Colm
Seems a little lazy, Science.
In the meantime, the occasional case still crops up, to the scratching of many heads. Now try not to think about this the next time you get a cold, you poor bastard.
#4. Jumping Frenchmen of Maine
Due to either a healthy sense of humor or an absolute lack of imagination, neurologists have settled on "Jumping Frenchmen of Maine disorder" to describe the bizarre condition first documented in the northern parts of Maine by George Miller Beard in 1878. That's when Beard noticed that a lot of the French Canadian lumberjacks of the region were, uncharacteristically, jumping and screaming like little girls at the slightest provocation.
"Here's where the t- HOLY PANTS-SHITTING CHRIST!"
And even weirder, victims dealing with Jumping Frenchmen aren't just easily spooked -- sufferers will enact basically any simple command, as long as you shout it at them suddenly, like "throw that beer" or "kick that stool" or even "punch that guy." It's apparently due to some heightened state of suggestibility, combined with an overactive startle reflex that turns victims into short-term robot slaves. And no, this is not a good thing to have when you are frequently found holding a giant axe.
"Kill? HolyshitOK!"
The absurdly specific disease appears endemic to parts of northern Maine, and is largely restricted to those French Canadian lumberjacks, which suggests that it may be genetic, or else it's environmental, or somehow psychological, which all together rule out practically nothing. Some victims also display signs of echolalia (automatically repeating sounds they hear), which led some to believe that they suffered from either a form of Tourette's or being a giant parrot in a human-skin suit, but investigations show it doesn't appear related to either condition.
#3. Nodding Syndrome
Around 2010, a mysterious disease came to the attention of medical professionals when it cropped up in East Africa, which is saying something, because there are so many awful diseases out there that it can be difficult to track them all. It's called nodding syndrome, and for good reason: Victims are struck by an uncontrollable head-nodding, as if they are forever enjoying a catchy song that only they can hear.
"What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me ..."
The condition was actually first described in Tanzania in the 1960s, but little attention was ever given to it, doctors having probably written it off as an outbreak of extreme enthusiasm. But in recent years, the disease has returned in epidemic proportions, and despite the large number of cases, doctors are pretty much stumped.
In addition to the nodding, the disease also stunts children's growth somehow so that they can appear much younger than they are. And the nodding thing is most often triggered by cold temperatures or eating. The fact that people afflicted by this condition often become malnourished is for obvious reasons -- imagine trying to eat while uncontrollably nodding.
"Carrots were a mistake."
The best guess about the origins of nodding syndrome is that it has something to do with a parasite common in the area, but this doesn't explain why most people who get the parasite don't get the nodding part.
Many of the locals, on the other hand, believe that the disease is caused somehow by Joseph Kony, the brutal warlord made famous by that viral video earlier this year. Hey, why not?
He's also implicated in the housing bubble and the NFL replacement refs.


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Judge Matt Baker is firing back at the Warren County Fiscal Court in the ongoing Beech Bend Road dispute.
The fiscal court declared a disputed 1/2 mile stretch of Beech Bend road to be county property at a hearing on December 19, but Judge Baker maintains the road is his private drive.
In the lawsuit, Baker makes three allegations:
- 1.) That the fiscal court's decision was "predjudiced" and "prejudged," and alleges that Beech Bend Park owner Dallas Jones improperly influenced one or more magistrates before the Dec. 19 hearing.
2.) That the fiscal court overstepped its bounds by declaring the road as county property.
3.) That the fiscal court violated Baker's constitutional rights by illegally taking away private property.
Fiscal court magistrates refused comment citing the pending legal action, and Warren County Judge Executive Mike Buchanon was out of town Thursday.
Beech Bend Park owner Dallas Jones, who is a co-defendant in the suit, said the charges are "totally false and incorrect."
Attorneys for Jones and Baker were in court in Danville Thursday for pretrial motions for a civil suit filed in June by Jones, attempting to determine legal ownership of the road. That trial is expected to get underway early next week.


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Someone told me that mean reversion can be implied by the different valuations of bermudan swaptions when using different methods for volatility calibration. Does anyone know what this means?
Bermudan swaptions (often on interest rates) are typically valued with a model that incorporates mean-reversion parameters. This might be as naive as Black-Karasinski, but more often is somewhat more sophisticated, for example Generalized Vasicek.
Calibrating the model involves choosing model parameters that "best" fit the observed bermudan swaption prices. Since one of those parameters is a mean reversion term ($\mu$), after your fitting process you end up with a market-implied risk-neutral estimate of mean reversion rate $\mu$ within that model.
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Trojans Blank Coker, 9-0February 22, 2014
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – After suffering three straight setbacks to begin the season, Anderson University women's tennis earned its first win of the season with a 9-0 shutout of South Atlantic Conference newcomer Coker Saturday afternoon at the Coker Tennis Courts.
The blanking is AU's first 9-0 win since defeating nonconference opponent Converse on April 14, 2013 and snaps a four-match losing streak, dating back to the 2013 season.
With the match beginning with the singles round, five of the six Trojans won in straight sets as junior Lindsay Gregory and sophomore Nikkola Wichenko posted 6-0, 6-0 victories at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. Sophomore Alexandra Ebner missed matching Gregory and Wichenko's score by dropping a single game in the second set, but cruising to a 6-0, 6-1 win at the No. 3 spot.
Senior Karen Ching earned a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 1, while sophomore Lauren Howard claimed a 6-1, 6-0 victory at the No. 6 position in her first appearance of the 2014 season.
In the doubles round, Anderson swept the Cobras without dropping a game in all three positions posted an 8-0 victory.
The Trojans continue SAC play on Sunday when they return to the Max Grubbs Memorial Courts to face Tusculum. That match is slated for 1 p.m.


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I'm just curious. Has anyone noticed changes everywhere since SO became huge? For instance, one change I've seen that straightly reminds me of SO is Youtube's comment upvoting system. Has anyone else seen such changes to big websites that make it more closely resemble Stack Overflow?
What is meta?
- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
The "Internet" as a whole, no. I don't think it had much of an influence on other sites. Voting is not really a thing the SO family invented.
What it did change though, is by giving the Internet a welcoming place for people to ask programming/server/user/unicorns questions, and get fast answers.
These questions are more and more populating search results from regular search engines, which means that it's becoming easier to find solutions to problems, without having to spend yet another hour scrolling countless useless forums to find what someone already found, in some hidden corner of the Internet (or having to take your credit card because people are telling you that "experts" found the solution, but you can't see it yet).
Yes, but not in the way you mean. I think it's changed it by providing a better resource for web developers, such that a lot of mistakes and security issues that would have gone to production were instead avoided.
There are ~650,000 questions on StackOverflow. At least a third of those relate to web developement; probably more. Of those, maybe another third could not have been solved as well by older forums or resources. So by my pull-it-out-of-the-air estimate that's at least 72,000 places and counting where the internet was made better, not to mention all the questions that were never asked in the first place because you learned something reading stackoverflow earlier.
Yes, I definitely think so, and the YouTube example is very good. It's changed the way I want things, I can't handle pages and pages of forum quotes with no way to find the answer easily. I'm just a lot more frustrated with forums, and just want to see the answers immediately.
One of the big problems is the default skins of forums, there's too much fluff and no-one took the time to redesign the standard forum look and feel. Stackoverflow did and they are being rewarded for that.
yes - the internet now has 47% more ponies, 32% more unicorns, and 78% more waffles.
It has made a change in search engine results, for sure. I've done various searches in recent times on various tech-related topics, and the SOFU sites have been coming up in the results. They now seem to have eclipsed the annoying ExpertsExchange results.


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WHEELING - Linsly coach left the ball in her players' court.
Either end the season as the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference 3A champions (beating Fort Frye in the title game Feb. 8) or play a makeup date with city rival Wheeling Central.
The vote was unanimous.
Linsly played the game Monday night and the Cadets 54-48 win allowed Linsly set a new school record for wins with 20 and end the season on a 20-game win streak.
Freshman Jazzie Orth led the way with 19 points and 14 rebounds as Linsly ended the season 20-1.
"I asked the girls, 'Do you want to end the season as OVAC champions and let that be it, or do you want to stick around for another week?'" coach Erica Hall said. "They were determined to stick it out, even though I told them it wasn't just going to be a fun time. We were going to practice hard, we were going to run. Wheeling Central is a good team and we knew they were going to come in here and battle and play hard. That's exactly what they did."
Indeed they did, led by their own sparkling freshman Cate Calissie, who had 18 points.
It took a late run for the Linsly to pull it out, after Central led 20-19 after the first quarter and 33-30 at the half.
The game was tied after three, but the Cadets went on a 9-0 run in the fourth to open up a 50-43 lead.
Calissie had a 3 pointer and Mackenzie Michaels a deuce to cut the lead to two, 50-48, with 32 second left but Orth and Vivian Allison (14 points) ended it with back to back baskets late.
"In most games this year we had the lead in the fourth quarter and we made some mistakes down the stretch that cost us," Wheeling Central coach Penn Kurtz said. "We made some mistakes that we feel like we can fix so this game is going to help us. It's all about practice and getting better."
Central earned the top seed in the section and will have a bye in the opening round.
For Linsly, it was the beginning of what could be a bright future, with only two seniors on the squad.
"We had a great season," Hall said. "We are excited about the future and we had a season that these girls will remember the rest of their lives."


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GEARY COUNTY, Kan. – Curriculum in Geary County schools is getting a major boost thanks to a $2 million federal grant.
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Educational Partnership awarded a $2 million grant to the Geary County School District through the FY 12 Grant Program.
The funds are geared towards improving achievement in the areas of science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) at public schools with military connections.
The funds will be used for grades 6-12 at Junction City High School, Junction City Middle School and Fort Riley Middle School.
"Many of our young people have moms and dads who are deployed. Keeping a young person focused on what they might like to do the rest of their life is really important and the more we can involve students in actually carrying out hands on learning, the more likely they are to stick with it even when they're worried about mom or dad being somewhere else," said Patricia Anderson, Associate Superintendent of USD 475 and the Director of Curriculum for the school district.
"USD 475 is proud to team with the Department of Defense Education Activity in the form of the STEM grant with the goal of transforming science education," said Ronald P. Walker, Superintendent, Geary County 475 in a press release. "We will use the latest technology and research as we work with Kansas State University, the National Science Foundation and other research-based institutions to provide our students with the greatest science experience in America!"
New technology will be infused into the curriculum. For example, biology classes are being designed on electronic tablets.
"These young people will be able to access information, they'll be able to record data as they conduct actual research, they'll be able to communicate with experts across the country and throughout the world. They'll be participants and practicing in science instead of just reading from a book... The kinds of things that they'll be able to do and called upon to do are really the kinds of things will increase the likelihood that some part of this foursome of science, technology, engineering and mathematics might become part of their lifetime," Anderson added.
On top of the $2 million grant, the school district also received a $250,000 grant from The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) for a new foreign language program at Spring Valley Elementary School.
DoDEA awarded more than $35 million in grants this year. The grants were awarded to 26 military-connected public school districts to strengthen family-school-community relationships and enhance student achievement for military connected students.
To be eligible for participation in the grant, the district must have an active military-connected student population of 5% or more, with a population of 15% or more military-connected students at the school level. Although funding levels are related to military student enrollment, the proposed programs will serve all students at the target schools.
DoDEA consists of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools located overseas, and the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools located in the U.S. and its territories and possessions. DoDEA provides education to eligible DoD military and civilian dependents from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. DoDEA also provides support and resources to Local Education Activities throughout the U.S. that serve children of military families.


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WEIRTON rue21 is going to base its new e-commerce division at its distribution center in the Three Springs Drive business park, a company official told members of the Rotary Club of Weirton Wednesday.
Tom Winters, senior director of distribution for rue21, told Rotarians the new unit will be online by fall and means about 40 more jobs in Weirton.
"Right now, all our sales are brick-and-mortar," he said. "By September or October we'll have an e-commerce channel, and the decision was just made to base it in Weirton."
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NEW JOBS — Retailer rue21 will house its new e-commerce division in its Weirton distribution center, creating roughly 40 new jobs by the end of the year. -- Linda Harris
LAYING OUT FUTURE PLANS — rue21's Tom Winters updates members of the Rotary Club of Weirton Wednesday on plans to base the chain's new e-commerce division at its 380,000 square foot distribution center in the Three Springs Drive business park. -- Linda Harris
rue21 has had a presence in Weirton for the past 13 years.
"It's been a great experience," he said after the luncheon meeting, adding the quality of the workforce combined with Weirton's location make it a smart fit.
"Weirton is actually a very good location for outbound shipping to consumers," he said, noting its proximity to FedEx and UPS hubs. "It's very attractive from a shipping standpoint and will allow (a great deal of) cost control."
From a shipping standpoint, "we can hit our entire chain within 2.5 days, so it's a great location for us," he said.
Winters said the near 400,000 square foot distribution center currently employs 150 people, though that number was already slated to grow by about 20 this year. It serves 890 retail stores in 47 states, but has the capability to do nearly twice that number.
He said the board of directors has a "really aggressive timeline" for adding the online component to their business.
"They decided two weeks ago to put the unit in Weirton, and it's got to be ready by August to test," he said.
The Rotary Club meets for lunch each Wednesday at noon at Williams Country Club.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Riley County police are searching for several suspects who attacked a pizza deliveryman in a northwest Manhattan neighborhood.
It happened Monday night around 11:30 PM at a home on Trevelyan Avenue, not far off of Kimball Avenue. Police reports indicate that the house may be vacant.
Officials say James Crosby, 30, a Pizza Shuttle employee, was delivering a pizza at that location when he was approached by four people in the front yard of the house, beaten and robbed of his personal items. Crosby cited a loss of $45. He was treated at the scene for facial injuries.
The suspects are described as: a light-skinned Hispanic female, 5'6", 110 lbs. with brown hair, a Hispanic male, 5'10" with short dark hair and a tall black male with short wavy hair. A fourth suspect, a male, was also involved officials said Tuesday but a description was not available.
The attack is being investigated as an Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Battery and Burglary. Police do not believe weapons were used in the incident. Crosby, they say, was beaten with physical force.
"All indications are that the call for a pizza was a set up for the robbery," said Riley County Police Department spokesman Lieutenant Josh Kyle.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police. Anonymous tips can be left with the Manhattan/Riley County Crime Stoppers at 785-537-7777 or toll free at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Or you can visit the Crime Stoppers website for other options: www.manhattanrileycountycrimestoppers.com.


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Previously, I provided several options for organisations wanting to update their current Windows XP environment to a free and open source (FOSS) environment rather than a more recent Microsoft platform when Microsoft officially abandons its venerable Windows XP in April 2014.
Exploring different desktops is a good thing. I've recently converted to GNOME 3 ("hallowed be its Name in all the earth, etc.") and I admit freely to enjoying it (a lot). I also have to admit that part of the reason I'm enjoying it is because it's a change.


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Let's say I'd like to run a campaign inspired by David Lynch's Twin Peaks, and would like to learn a bit about the everyday life of such towns outside what's been presented on the show - as a first step, by getting to know what people do for a living in such areas.
Is there a list of (usual) occupations for small northern US towns (like Twin Peaks) that I could familiarize myself with (and build NPCs on)? (For extra kudos, any recommended literature? (Preferably fiction or rpg sourcebooks.))
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Chili Dogs
Posted by Vegan Dad at 8:21 PM
Labels: fake meat, TVP, Vegan Mofo
28 comments:
- Jodie said...
Those look SO good!
- October 20, 2008 at 9:32 PM
- Veg-a-Nut said...
Love your chili dogs! I just saw this Earth Balance Peanut Butter at the store today. I was very excited because it is made with agave. Can't wait to see your review.
By the way, we once again had your Cream of Broccoli soup. DH hate cooked broccoli, but loves your soup. Thanks!
- October 20, 2008 at 9:37 PM
- Jamie said...
What's your favorite veggie hot dog brand? I haven't found any that i really like. Do you boil or grill them?
- October 20, 2008 at 9:49 PM
- Alicia said...
I find this happens to me all the time. There are so many things I never wanted before I was vegan and all of a sudden I want the vegan version like a Reuben, the thought of one before I was vegan was disgusting but now I love them.
- October 20, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- Bianca said...
Oh, I love chili dogs! My grandma has a family Halloween party every year and we always have chili dogs. Of course, I get a veggie dog with canned vegan chili with everyone else eats meat chili on meat dogs...but it's still fun sharing a light-hearted meal with my family.
- October 21, 2008 at 12:44 AM
- Jeffrey said...
Thank you for veganizing this recipe! I've been craving Skyline for quite some time now.
- October 21, 2008 at 6:55 AM
- Virginia said...
oooh now i am craving chili dogs....and peanut butter...but not together obviously! simple and classic "junk food".
- October 21, 2008 at 8:30 AM
- Candice said...
They look so delicious! What kind of "dog" did you use? I'm still looking for a really good veggie dog.
I just discovered your blog, and I love it!!
- October 21, 2008 at 9:16 AM
- carrie said...
Vegan Chili Dogs ROCK!!!! I never ever ate chili dogs before I was vegetarian, but have made and enjoyed them several times since going veg. Not exactly healthy, and with the sh*ty week I've been having so far, they may be just what I need!!!
- October 21, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- Claire said...
Perfect- I had been craving A&W chili dogs with onions for a couple months, but never got around to fufilling that craving. And now I can try it with Cincinnati-style chili and use up that TVP hanging around in the pantry.
- October 21, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- sherriet said...
Great minds think alike - we had chili dogs last night, too.
I just gave you an award!
- October 21, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- Lisa -- Cravin' Veggies said...
- October 21, 2008 at 10:14 AM
- Susan G said...
They look great. What brand dogs do you use? I haven't found one I like yet.
- October 21, 2008 at 11:28 AM
- Laura said...
oh i've been looking for something, anything, to approximate the taste of my beloved Skyline. I haven't had it in over a year since I went vegan but I have actually missed it a lot. I can't wait to make this :) thanks VeganDad!
- October 21, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
To all who asked,
I use the Yves Veggie Dogs. They are not great, but they are what is available around here for a good price. I usually boil them to heat them up. In the case of the chili dogs, they provide the right texture and taste.
As for the Skyline chili, I have never had it so I am not sure this recipe tastes like it. There are several copycat recipes out there, so I just went with those.
- October 21, 2008 at 11:40 AM
- christinasveganversion said...
i just have to say it here, this blog has inspired me to try cooking! ever since i've become vegan (almost a year! i'm totally having a celebration for myself) i've loved to bake but seeing how you are able to cook easy foods without fancy schmancy toppings or crazy ingredients, i realize that i can do it just as easily. my fav recipe is your faux mac 'n cheese -- thanks so much!!!
- October 21, 2008 at 11:56 AM
- Brittney said...
I've never had a chili dog, but those look really tasty!!
- October 21, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- Kim and Dean said...
These look so good! I have been craving these also.
- October 21, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- Kelly said...
Those look really close to the real thing. Yum. I am always jealous when bloggers get fun presents. That peanut butter looks amazing and if I am making out the fine print correctly it sounds like it includes flax seeds. Bonus!
- October 21, 2008 at 4:05 PM
- JohnP said...
The next time my nieces want "hot dog dinner" this is what they are getting!
- October 21, 2008 at 4:45 PM
- allularpunk said...
chili dogs are soo good.
- October 21, 2008 at 6:36 PM
- shelby said...
I've never had chili dogs as an omni but those vegan ones look delicious!
- October 21, 2008 at 7:57 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
- October 22, 2008 at 9:30 AM
- Molly said...
Love it! I added a chopped chipotle pepper in sauce, two cans of diced green chiles, a can of kidney beans and a a can of pinto beans, and a few diced potatoes. Just add some extra water (veggie broth) and prepare to cook the chili longer to allow for the potatoes to cook. Thanks for the recipe!
- October 22, 2008 at 12:21 PM
- leslie said...
yum! i crave chili dogs sometimes too...strange because i never liked their non-vegan counterparts...
- November 8, 2008 at 2:35 PM
- Dazy said...
They sound scrumptious and healthy too! Always a winner as far as I'm concerned :) Keeps me pushing to the dining.
- May 26, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- ChadCramblet said...
Made these for dinner tonight because I was craving chili dogs and didn't just want to put canned chili over top. These definitely hit the spot and were absolutely delicious! Thanks, sir!
- July 24, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- Lauren Merriam said...
I'm late to the party but I made these a few days ago. The chili tasted a little too sweet for a chili dog, almost like a sloppy joe. Next time I think I'll leave out the ketchup and add some more heat!
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When playing a clip or a project timeline in kdenlive, the audio/video starts in sync, but drifts out of sync (over a few seconds) until the video is about 1/2 second ahead of the audio. Once it's out of sync by that amount, the problem doesn't get any worse--it just stays out of sync by about 1/2 second. Stopping and starting playback causes it to sync up again (whereupon it drifts again). Other details:
Now, I rather suspect this isn't a general bug in kdenlive or mlt, as it affects almost everything and would have been noticed. Searching for solutions hasn't really turned up anything--most reported sync problems seem render-related--so I was wondering if anybody had ran into something similar or had any ideas as to what might be wrong with my system!
I'm using mlt 0.8.8, kdenlive 0.9.4, ffmpeg 1.1.3. System is a core 2 quad (Q9550), with an Nvidia 7900GS (binary blob drivers), running Arch Linux. This system previously (a year or so ago) ran kdenlive well with no problems. I was inclined to blame ffmpeg, but a nearly identical software config doesn't have a sync problem on a second machine (a old laptop which isn't fast enough to do any real editing.)
Any help would be appreciated!
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 08:08
A good description of problems and distro but no mention of source material. What are you using? Is it particular formats or all formats and codecs you've tried. Is it HD material? If so have you tried proxys?
Kdenlive and MLT currently don't use vdpau unless compiled in as an option, don't know what Pitivi does in that regard, but it may be the reason you see differences in performance.
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 21:21
I have the same problem... I think. I'm using 720p matroska video files, and proxy clips, and a separate MP3 audio file. I think the problem is with the audio file.
This is a major pain because I play the file in Kdenlive, and all the video syncs with the audio exactly as I want it. I go to render and it can be miles off.
For the record, I'm trying to make a music video.
I'm using Kdenlive 0.9.4 on a Kubuntu VM.
Anymore information someone might need?
I got a bit of a workaround. Everytime I think I got part of the video looking exactly as I want it, I render the whole thing and take a look. It's a bit cumbersome.
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 21:57
Check out the last post on this thread, it may help:
And this one, last post by gRufty.
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 08:16
Hmmm... part of me thinks it's a problem with the very newest version, which I just jumped through hoops to upgrade to, since the version in the Kubuntu repositories crashed every time I tried to render.
But this problem isn't with rendering, and the audio doesn't stutter (at least not in my experience). It just floats out of sync with the video in the project preview.
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 09:16
If you're using a Ubuntu based distro then why not use sunabs PPA? or Dan Dennedys daily builds?
Getting the ffmpeg build wrong compared to which ever MLT was tested and compiled against is a big source of frustration, your render crashes previously was probably due to the same reason.
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 06:55
Actually, since you bring it up, it didn't crash when I tried to render. It crashed the moment I pressed the 'render' button. Before the rendering options even popped up.
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 07:35
Yes, I've had that happen for a few months ago, but as I'm using latest git builds from sunabs PPA those sort of bugs from library incompatibilities get fixed quite quickly. Sounds like problem lies in ffmpeg / libav. If you had problems trying to update ffmpeg as you mentioned in an earlier post then stands good chance that's where your sync problem lies like the other 'sync problem' threads pointed to.
Have you tried a PPA or Meltytec build of kdenlive, MLT etc?
Sat, 03/16/2013 - 08:14
I made an inadvertent discovery the other day that may be relevant to this topic.
A while back, I wanted to create a video where events in the video were synced to beats in the music track. To that end, I tried playing the music clip in the clip preview window, and then tapping on the '*' key in time with the music, which should have laid down guides on the beat points. However, it became obvious after a few seconds that the guides were drifting and landing in the wrong place.
Last week I tried to more precisely quantify this problem. So I launched Audacity and created a one-minute-long click track at 120bpm. This had the advantage of having audio pulses that would be extremely visible in the editor timeline, and any misalignment between the pulses and the dropped guides would be immediately apparent. I imported the click track as a clip, played it in the clip previewer, and started tapping on '*' for the length of the clip. I then dragged the clip to the timeline to have a look at it.
The guides started out in sync, but soon drifed to a point about 0.25 seconds out of sync and stayed there. So it looks like some sort of playback buffering is causing some bits of the program to run ahead of others.
But here's where it gets interesting. I opened Kdenlive's Configuration preferences window, and clicked on Playback. In there are several options for setting up how Kdenlive renders to the screen. On a whim, I enabled the one labelled, "Use OpenGL for video display," restarted Kdenlive, and tried the same thing again. (I knew I could get away with this because that particular machine has an NVIDIA card.)
This time... the guides landed in perfect sync! There were occasional one- or two-frame errors, but I put that down to my own poor rhythm hitting the button.
So, at least for my experiment, on my machine, there's something about what Kdenlive picks for video display by default that's drifting out of sync. Maybe you could give that setting a try and see if things improve.
Sun, 03/17/2013 - 11:27
have you tried a daily build, this solved al the problems i was having, the daily builds you just uncompress to a folder and run it from there no install,


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