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And which one is more effective?
In lens stabilisation contains a servo activated rear element which acts to move the image projected by the lens in order to cancel out the camera shake.
In body stabilisation moves the sensor in order to counter camera shake.
No method is clearly better, and discussion tends to turn into a brand war as Canon and Nikon don't offer (and are not likely to offer) a body based solution, and therefore must adopt/reinforce the view than in-lens is better.
In lens stabilisation:
In body stabilisation
I've seen some tests that indicate the in lens stabilisation can perform better, however you do have to pay for it in every lens, see Image Stabilization Testing on SLRgear. It makes sense to me than in lens could perform slightly better as you're comparing a system designed for a specific focal length to a system that has to try and work in every situation. There's no reason in principle you couldn't have in-body stabilisation and then turn it off and use in-lens for some lenses for maximum performance.
Advantages of having stabilisation in the camera:
Advantages of having stabilisation in the lens:
Another advantage to add to Guffa's list is that when it is in the lens you can see the image stabilization in action through the viewfinder on a DSLR.
Lenses are generally the most expensive part of photography equipment and likely to be kept longer than bodies. Assuming that mounts don't change it may be more cost effective to use cameras with in-body stabilization and take advantage of the certain technological improvements in the body which will occur every few years while keeping an investment in top quality lenses valid. Quality lenses are rarely improved upon quickly.
In-lens stabilisation uses a floating element in the lens that moves to compensate for movement. In-camera stabilisation moves the sensor to compensate instead.
While there is little really noticeable difference in image quality between the two, in-camera stabilisation has the advantages of:
In my (admittedly limited) experience, in-lens stabilization (Nikon D90 + 18-200mm) works a lot better than in-body (Pentax K200D + 18-250mm).
As innovations are made into image stabilisation, there is the possibility of including it in newer lenses, which can then be an advantage to pre-existing camera owners; rather than having to invest in a new camera body.
There are some corrections that will be virtually impossible to do with in-lens stabilisation, that could be achieved with in-camera stabilisation, such as correcting rotations.
Ultimately, Canon, Nikon & their fans are going to advocate in-lens stabilisation, where as Pentax et al are going to suggest in-camera stabilisation is far superior.
In practice it's better to try and avoid the movement in the first place than to manage movement once it's present.
One significant difference that no one else has explicitly talked about is the degree of stabilization possible with each system. As we all learned with the 1/focal length rule for minimum handheld shutter speed (Tv), lenses with longer focal lengths are more prone to blur because it takes much less movement to induce the same amount of blur than when using a wide angle lens.
Lens based Image Stabilization allows the system to be optimized for the focal length of the lens, and many telephoto lenses with IS can compensate for up to four stops with focal lengths in the 200-800mm range. This is the focal length range where it is needed most.
Camera based Image stabilization is dependent upon the speed and distance the sensor can be moved and is most effective with wider angle lenses. The servos needed to move the sensor fast and far enough to compensate for up to four stops with a lens in the 300mm+ range do not exist in a form factor that would fit in a typical DSLR body.


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WATERBURY -- If only the rest of the season can be this good. Here's just a guess: It will.
The Crosby High boys basketball team captured the 40th city jamboree Saturday at Wilby. The Bulldogs beat Kaynor Tech, 28-25, then Kennedy, 27-26, and finally Wilby in the championship quarter, 24-22 — all of them thrillers.
To repeat the line we haul out after every jamboree: OK, it doesn't count. Coaches experiment, try different combinations and send some messages to players. The final scores don't always tell the full story.
Fine, we get it. Now forget it. If used strictly to gauge the quality of what we can expect this season, the gauge says the tank is full and the talent impressive. We've got some great games ahead of us.
The jamboree helps get your compass pointing north, but not this year. It helped us settle some issues, but left others unanswered. For example, after just one day we know which team is the best dressed: The Kaynor Tech boys dazzled us with their fashion style, while the usually dapper coach, Hank Spellman, was in practice duds.
We hoped to discover who is the best guard in the city, but that question is still in doubt. Wilby's Walter Wright and Tech's Terrance Thompson II were in midseason form. Kaynor's Tre'Von Gibbs said it best: "Honestly, I don't know. They are different players, they play two different roles. I give it to both of them."
Good answer from Gibbs, though a bit of spice would have been nice.
The best court shoes were worn by Crosby, no doubt. The Bulldogs sported dazzling red shoes to get the nod, although the pink and grey shoes worn by many of the Wilby players were a close second.
Best uniform goes to Kennedy. The Eagles sizzled in a gray uni with blue and gold trim, designed by coach Armand LeVassuer.
But I am dancing around the main issue: Who was the best team in the gym? And forget any prediction on a Naugatuck Valley League champion for the moment. Who is the best high school team in the city? Sorry, I have no idea. Crosby won the jamboree, but Wilby and Kaynor both looked sensational.
Let me get back to you on that. I need to do about three months of research in what should be a super hoops season.
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After a year as a blonde, Emma Stone has returned to red. The actress had lightened up to shoot Spider-Man 2, but as soon as the movie wrapped, it was back to her go-to fiery shade!
If this color change sounds familiar, it's because Stone pulled the same move after filming the first installment of Spider-Man two summers ago. Despite the fact that she's a natural blonde (yes, really), the star seems to feel more comfortable as a redhead.
"Blondes do have more fun! But sometimes I look in the mirror and still feel like I'm wearing a wig," Stone once told InStyle.
We're pretty sure the actress could dye her hair any shade of the rainbow and still look adorable (and we have a feeling she's fun regardless of her mane color). But we have to agree that red is the hue that suits her best. Maybe it's because we first fell in love with her as a redhead (when she starred in Superbad and Easy A).
Don't get too used to a redheaded Stone, though. Even if she doesn't appear in Spider-Man 3 (tear), this is the year of actresses making major hair changes for roles. So perhaps we'll see Stone return to her roots soon…or go brunette? Or get a pixie? But until her next strand switch-up, we'll be enjoying Stone's bold mane.
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WHEELING - Former police officer Thomas Piccard used an assault rifle and a handgun to pepper Wheeling's Federal Building with more than 20 rounds Wednesday before being shot and killed by police.
Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger identified Piccard as the man who opened fire on the Federal Building at 2:43 p.m. Wednesday, striking and shattering multiple windows. A motive for the shooting remains unclear.
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POLICE?CORDON off a parking lot on Chapline Street across from the Federal Building in Wheeling on Wednesday following a shooting outside the courthouse. Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger identified former police officer Thomas Piccard as the shooter, who fired more than 20 rounds before being shot and killed by police. A motive for the shooting is unclear.
Piccard's body remained at Wheeling Hospital late Wednesday. Schwertfeger said it would be sent to the state Medical Examiner's office in Charleston for autopsy.
Schwertfeger said during a press conference the 55-year-old Piccard resigned from the police department in July 2000. Schwertfeger said he has not yet reviewed Piccard's personnel file, and did not know the circumstances of his resignation.
"As to motive, clearly that's what remains the key investigative component tonight that we continue to work on," Schwertfeger said. "Part of that includes the decedent's vehicle, which remains at the crime scene on Chapline Street, as well as the decedent's residence."
The Allegheny County, Pa. bomb squad secured Piccard's trailer in Bridgeport on Wednesday night "as a precautionary measure," said FBI Special Agent Bob Johnson of the Pittsburgh office. An FBI evidence response team also will search that residence, he said.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting remained unclear Wednesday evening, with Johnson noting agents would be reviewing video surveillance from around the Federal Building. Witnesses at the scene report Piccard stood among vehicles in a parking lot on Chapline Street across from the Federal Building when he fired shots from an assault rifle, changing magazines at least once. He then drew a pistol and continued firing at the building.
"The windows themselves, the bullets did penetrate some of them, and there are shards of glass inside the Federal Building," said U.S. Marshal Gary Gaskins when asked if the glass at the Federal Building was bullet or shatter-proof.
While no motive is known, a number of rounds fired by Piccard struck at least three windows of U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld's office on the Federal Building's second floor.
About 40 percent of Ihlenfeld's staff has been furloughed due to the federal government shutdown and were not in the building during the shooting.
Ihlenfeld recalled that he heard "what sounded like gunshots and then panic within the office. Members of my staff were crawling on the floor or running office to office telling people to get away from the windows."
A responding Wheeling police officer and a Federal Building security guard shot and killed Piccard, Schwertfeger said. The Wheeling officer was placed on administrative leave pending a review of the shooting.
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trans X: 1.542
trans y: 3.319
trans z: -1.821
rot X: 117.882
rot Y: 2.189
rot Z: 154.074
scale X: 1
scale Y: 1
scale Z: 1
What is the formula for converting this to a 4 x 4 transformation matrix?
I have been given the following Maya camera data:
trans X: 1.542
rot X: 117.882
scale X: 1
What is the formula for converting this to a 4 x 4 transformation matrix?
The matrix I'm using is a row-major matrix used by OpenGL. Here's what it looks like:
What you have is actually three matrices: a rotation matrix, a scale matrix and a translate matrix. This is because virtually any 4x4 matrix can be broken down to two or more matrices that together form the original matrix. A matrix concatenation looks like this:
So let's get down to business. First, we have the scale matrix:
The rotational matrix can be further broken down to a matrix on the x-, y- and z-axis.
Rotation over x-axis:
Rotation over y-axis:
Rotation over z-axis:
So our final rotation matrix becomes:
Finally, the translation matrix:
Putting it all together:
If you want, you can write out all the concatenations and get a valid matrix. But I believe it's easier to keep it in either separate matrices like I've done or in matrix operations (
Assuming you know how to construct the individual matrices, I believe the correct order of transformations - going from a node's coordinates to its parent's coordinates - is scale, then rotation in X, Y, Z order, then translation.
Depending on whether your system uses row vectors or column vectors, that will be S * Rx * Ry * Rz * T, or T * Rz * Ry * Rx * S, respectively.
A note on rotation order: Maya doesn't have a concept of "roll", "pitch", or "yaw". It deals with rotations just in terms of axes, and assumes that rotations are always applied in X, Y, Z order. So the natural interpretation would be X = roll, Y = pitch, and Z = yaw.
I don't have time currently to give a complete answer here, because it's fairly in-depth and I'm short on time, but the information I do have time to give is too much to fit in a comment, so I'll give what I can, for whatever it's worth.
First of all, it appears that Rot X, Y, and Z are in euler angles (degrees rotated around an axis). It would depend on which way that rotation goes (clockwise or counterclockwise). And it depends if Maya represents the degrees between 0 and 360, or -180 and 180, if it's -180 to 180 then just add 180 to whatever output Maya gives.
You'll need to convert degrees to radians for each of them by multiplying them by PI / 360. Then convert the radians to an euler angle to determine the rotation's fwd, up, and right vector's. The forward will be represented by Z in most coordinate systems, right represented by X, and up represented by Y, although if you're exporting for a different coordinate system this may differ.
Once rotation is represented by three vectors, it becomes the first three columns (or rows in some systems) or your 4x4 matrix.
The 4th column is the position/translation vector.
Depending on the system using the matrix, I believe the entire matrix's diagonal can be used for scale, or sometimes just the Translation's W coordinate.
An identity matrix would look something like below, giving a rotation in which an object's forward is along Z, its right is along X, and its up is along Y, and it's at position (0, 0, 0).


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Avernum: Escape From The Pit is an open-ended game which gives you freedom to go wherever you want, right from the start of the game. However, some areas have monsters that will one-shot your entire party if you head there too soon. This can be difficult to tell without a lot of trial and error, and after completing a dungeon it's often hard to tell which level-appropriate one to do next, particularly if you are playing on Torment difficulty.
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The Kennedy High gymnasium will be dedicated in honor of longtime coach Jack Taglia in a ceremony Wednesday at 5:45 p.m.
Taglia was a Waterbury educator for 35 years, a basketball coach for 33 and the head coach at Kennedy for 31 seasons. His teams won 354 games and three Naugatuck Valley League championships.
Following the ceremony, the Kennedy boys will play Holy Cross at 7 p.m. For more information, call Kennedy athletic director Dave Rossi at 203-574-8335.
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Trenchard Triumphant In Round #4 Of WWMS At CGS
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Thursday July 24th would see the Wild West Modified Speedweek visit the Cottage Grove Speedway for the fourth race of the 2014 tour. Twenty-four entries would sign in on the sheets representing the states of Oregon, California, Nevada, and North Dakota.
In the first four laps of the feature there would be four lead changes with Nick Trenchard of Klamath Falls eventually securing the position. Trenchard, driving for car owners Rich and Nicky Biehn, would establish a decent sized lead before running into some heavy lapped traffic on the long green flag run.
Trenchard would make some decisive moves as he cut through the slower traffic trying to stay in front of the fast company behind immediately him. The only thing to really slow down the Biehn Racing/Natures Images/Air Gas/Lithia Dodge-Toyota of Klamath Falls #54N Shaw, of Trenchard, was a lap twenty-seven caution. This would bunch up the field one final time as only eight laps remained in the feature.
Trenchard would master the restart and cruised to pick up his first career Wild West Modified Speedweek victory. Trenchard also became the fourth different winner in as many nights for the 2014 Mod Speedweek.
Jesse Williamson of Coburg would put the Dustin Comer owned S.D.M.F. Race Cars/Mid Valley Metals/F.M. Jones & Sons Quality Trucks and Autos/K.C. Race Engines #ZERO S.D.M.F. in second followed by the Stanford Chopping/Golden Memorial Insurance/Borba Ranch/Precision Chassis Development #98 Precision of Alex Stanford from Chowchilla, California in third. The rest of the top five would consist of Cory Sample from Winnemucca, Nevada in his Dakota Diesel/Susan River Reality #00 Razor in fourth and the Ireland & Ireland at Law/Privateer Racing/Klecker Knives and Tools/Applebee Aviation #8 Dirt Works by Jerry Hoffman of Banks native Rob Ireland was fifth.
The victor in the B-Main would be the Esterlee Motel of Lincoln City/Dr. Mary Harada Breast Cancer Specialist/Debra Herndon Family Nurse Practitioner/Big Sky Landscaping/Drager Performance #25 Rocket by Ruhlman of Craig Cassell from Albany while earning the win in the Last Chance Qualifier was Cottage Grove's Kinzer Cox in his Robert Howell Logging/Geo Synthetics/Razor's Edge Graphics/Jerry Dills Trucking #1K Loose Gruff.
The Wild West Modified Speedweek will continue at Willamette Speedway on Friday July 25th with racing scheduled to get underway around 6:30 PM. For ticket prices and more information log on to www.trophymotorsports.com and click "Track Info".
Race Summary:
Wild West Modified Speedweek Round #4
Thursday July 24th, 2014
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
A Feature: 1. 54N-Nick Trenchard; 2. ZERO-Jesse Williamson; 3. 98-Alex Stanford; 4. 00-Cory Sample; 5. 8-Rob Ireland; 6. SW-Collen Winebarger; 7. 5-Braedon Hand; 8. F1-Monte Bischoff; 9. 5M-Jake Mayden; 10. 33C-Craig Hanson; 11. 25-Craig Cassell; 12. 6P-Travis Peery; 13. 85-Ricky Ashley; 14. 77-Kreg Britton; 15. 24-Curtis Towns; 16. 68-Jesse Bailey; 17. 11-Steven Sturdevant; 18. W6-Kelly Williamson; 19. 1K-Kinzer Cox; 20. 11X-Tom Berry Jr.
B Feature: 1. 25-Craig Cassell; 2. 77-Kreg Britton; 3. F1-Monte Bischoff; 4. 11X-Tom Berry Jr.; 5. W6-Kelly Williamson; 6. 68-Jesse Bailey; 7. 1K-Kinzer Cox; 8. 44-Greg McDonald; 9. 93B-Justin Ryker; 10. 30A-David Day; 11. 28M-Mark Wauge; 12. 85-Ricky Ashley
Last Chance Qualifier: 1. 1K-Kinzer Cox; 2. 85-Ricky Ashley; 3. 44-Greg McDonald; 4. 30A-David Day; 5. 93B-Justin Ryker; DNS 28M-Mark Wauge
Current Wild West Modified Speedweek Points (Top Fifteen):
1. 98-Alex Stanford 366; 2. ZERO-Jesse Williamson 365; 3. SW-Collen Winebarger 330; 4. 6P-Travis Peery 329; 5. 5-Braedon Hand 311; 6. 00-Cory Sample 308; 7. 8-Rob Ireland 302; 8. 54N-Nick Trenchard 281; 9. F1-Monte Bischoff 278; 10. 25-Craig Cassell 268; 11. 27-Mark Carrell 262; 12. 28M-Mark Wauge 232; 13. 11X-Tom Berry Jr. 223; T W6-Kelly Williamson 223; 15. 30-Jeremy Shank 192
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| Lang, T., Wieland-Werke AG, Ulm, Germany; Provost, J., Technip , Paris, France; El-Hajal, J. , Wieland-Werke AG , Ulm, Germany
[heat exchanger]
Dual-enhanced (DE) tubes are widely used in shell-and-tube
heat exchangers (HEXs) in a range of industries. They have
become a standard in multiple clean services for the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI)
over the last 15 years. Yet, operators as well as manufacturers
struggle with the lack of operating data for DE tubes,
especially in fouling type services. This article reports a
successful field test of DE tubes in a quench-water service for
a naphtha-based olefin plant.
Low-finned (LF) and DE tubes are widely accepted as standard
solutions in shell-and-tube HEXs in many industries such as air
conditioning and refrigeration, power, the HPI and machinery
and equipment industry. These applications are considered
clean, and the process conditions are controlled. If necessary,
adequate protection, mitigation and cleaning strategies are
For the HPI, substantial progress has been made in
identifying the qualifications for enhanced heat-transfer
technologies in clean services such as key reboiler and
condenser HEXs both in process refrigeration and thermal distillation processes, e.g., in
natural gas liquefaction and ethylene plants. However,
substantial uncertainty exists in broader applications,
especially under fouling applications.
Besides laboratory testing, field qualification for any
industrial application is needed. A recent field trial with
quench water studied the fouling behavior of DE
tubes.a A tube bundle was installed as a reboiler in
a C3 stripper for an ethylene plant during a plant
shutdown. Quench water provided heating on the tube side of the
In many cases, the limiting factors in using LF and DE tubes
are attributed to the lack of information, especially in
fouling situations. In the HPI, operating conditions can vary
substantially. But, process HEXs must perform efficiently for
extended periods, at least between shutdown cycles. Additional
cleaning of the HEXs contributes to unwanted downtime, lost
production and, in many cases, complex procedures.
Cooling water systems. DE tubes in copper
and copper-nickel are widely used in cooling water systems with
an open cooling tower in the air-conditioning and refrigeration
industries. In these applications, proper functioning of
anti-scaling, particulate fouling and biocides programs are
critical. Extensive studies have confirmed stable operation of
distinct DE tubes with sophisticated internal fin
HPI services. In the HPI, LF tubes have
been applied successfully in fouling services such as refinery reboiler and condensers,
along with crude oil pre-heating trains.57
Most of these references are linked to debottlenecking and
capacity expansion projects. Additional energy
consumption, as well as all related operational costs due to
fouling, are estimated to be 0.25 % of the gross domestic
product of the industrialized countries; the attractiveness to
improve the operability of HEXs and process units is very
Over the last 15 years, DE tubes in carbon steel (CS) have
been applied and used as standard technology in liquefied natural gas
(LNG) and ethylene plants.1, b The primary
applications are for clean refrigeration and separation
processes with clean C2 and C3
hydrocarbons and refrigeration fluids.
To further broaden the application of enhanced heat transfer
technologies, manufacturers are working on using DE tubes for
HEXs handling cooling water as well as quench water in ethylene
plants. For cooling water applications, existing experience and
design information in the air-conditioning and refrigeration
industry can be transferred to designing condenser or gas- and
liquid-cooling applications in the HPI.
In the case of quench water, further testing is required to
qualify DE tubes for reboiler applications. To conduct the
field test, a European operator allowed in one of
the naphtha crackers to replace an existing plain-tube, stab-in
reboiler of a C3 stripping column with a new HEX
equipped with the DE tubes.c The requirement for the
field test was proper instrumentation with flowmeter,
temperature and pressure sensors.
The thermal rating of the stab-in reboiler has been carried
through by an ethylene technology licensor, as shown in
Fig. 1.d The replacement heat
exchanger was fabricated by a local vendor.
The purpose of a naphtha steam cracker is to produce light
olefins such as ethylene, propylene and butadiene. These
compounds are used in the production of polymers, rubber and
other applications.
Naphtha, diluted with steam, is cracked in the cracking
furnaces at temperatures of 800°C to 850°C. The
resulting mixture of steam, hydrogen and hydrocarbons is called
cracked gas. This gas is cooled by several steps before being
compressed in the cracked-gas compressor.
One of the cooling steps includes direct contact with cold
quench water, which is fed to the top of the quench-water
column. The hot quench water leaves the column via the
quench-water settler at 80°C. To improve energy efficiency,
the warm quench water is used in downstream unit operations to
recover heat. Surplus energy from the quench water removed by
cooling water and air coolers, which is then lost to the
The cracked gas is separated via cryogenic operations and
distilled into different fractions, one being the C3
fraction at the top of the depropanizer column. The
C3 fraction contains propylene
(C3H6), propane
(C3H8), methyl-acetylene and propadiene
(C3H4, named MAPD). MAPD is hydrogenated
to propylene and propane with hydrogen coming from the
cryogenic section in the MAPD hydrogenation reactor. This
hydrogen stream also contains methane due to the cryogenic
The purpose of the C3 stripper is to remove light
components, as well as the remaining C2 cut that may
come from external C3 sources such as refinery-grade propylene.
The C3 stripper is reboiled by quench water and
condensed against propylene refrigerant. The reboiler is always
fully submerged in the boiling C3-liquid, and the
boil-up ratio is controlled by the quench-water flowrate. The
C3 stream from a naphtha cracker is usually 95 wt%
propylene with 5% propane and few C4s, which are
separated in the downstream C3 splitters.
Several process parameters are monitored. The flowrate of
the quench water and the sump draw-off are measured by flow
orifices. The inlet and outlet quench-water temperatures are
measured by the PT temperature sensor. Also, the saturation
temperature of the boiling C3 is measured at the
sump draw-off by a PT temperature sensor. The pressure
differential in the quench-water system is measured by membrane
pressure transmitters.
In steam crackers, ethylene is produced by thermal cracking
in furnaces. The cracked gas is rapidly cooled to prevent
product degradation and poor product yields due to secondary
cracking reaction. The final cooling (175°C to 40°C)
before gas compression is achieved by the two towers in
seriesthe primary fractionator followed by a quench-water
tower. The cracked gas is cooled in the quench tower by direct
contact with a closed-loop, circulating quench water in the
tower. The warm quench water is later used as a heating medium,
e.g., for C3 splitting applications such as the
C3 stripper-reboiler.
When evaluating the composition of the quench water, little
accurate data are available. Unfortunately, the best answer
given is: Quench water is quench water. The
composition of quench water will vary depending on several
process parameters, including:
Tables 1 and 2 summarize
data collected on several projects for both gas- and
naphtha-cracking processes. In the case history, a composition
analysis was done on the circulating quench water from the
naphtha cracker operated by the Institut Alpha, as shown in
Table 3.9
The KW-Index covers components of mineral oil between
C10 and C40 with a boiling point between
175°C and 525°C.10 Volatile aromatics are
primarily benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene, also
collectively called BTX. Short-chain hydrocarbons are not
covered by the KW-Index, and they can act as solvents. The
polycyclic aromatics hydrocarbons cover a very wide group of
different components. Table 3 lists the light
polycyclic aromatics. No heavier components indicating the
presence of tar are measured.
The reboiler installed at the bottom of the C3
stripping column, as shown in Fig. 3, is
performing partial vaporization of a mixture made of 95 wt%
propylene and 5 wt% propane with traces of ethane and lighter
products. The reboiler operates at 28°C and 13.5 bara. The
energy to the column is provided by quench water at 78°C
and 4.5 bara. The design duty is 649 kW. This exchanger
operates in pool boiling mode. Commercially available software
was used in the design.11, e
When designing the new DE tube HEX, several factors were
To address first and second items, designers elected to keep
the same shell diameter, connection size and location. They
worked with a HEX manufacturer as recommended by the operator.
Regarding the third and fourth items, the heat-transfer area
was defined considering the flow regime inside the tubes and
the risk of fouling.
The existing HEX is a B-U TEMA type, i.e., a B-type head for
quench-water distribution with U tubes. Table
4 is the design comparison of the tube bundle for both
the plain and DE tubes. With the four-pass design, the
quench-water velocity inside the tube is of 0.31 m/s. The
recommended water velocity should be in the range of 1 m/s to
2.5 m/s to ensure sufficient heat transfer and to limit
fouling.d Since the operator allowed for a higher
pressure drop, the four-pass tube-side design was replaced with
a six-pass design. The new design with DE tubes yielded a water
velocity of 1.5 m/s.c
Since the C3 mixture is a clean product, no
fouling is considered for the external enhanced area.
Nevertheless, quench water is a fouling fluid; so, internal
fouling resistance was kept and applied to the internal
enhanced surface. However, with the enhanced surfaces on both
sides, the overall heat transfer increased substantially,
thereby increasing the contribution of the fouling resistance
to the overall heat-transfer resistance.
This result of the thermal design spurred motivation for a
field test. In comparative quench-water services of reboilers in
C3 separation sections in olefin plants, the typical
fouling resistance for the quench water is 0.00034
m2K/W to 0.0006 m2K/W, as summarized in
Table 5. Such large resistances dominate the
design of these HEXs and results in both large heat transfer
surfaces as well as an increased number of shells per
The tube pitch was also increased to homogeneously
distribute the tube arrangement on the tubesheet and to manage
the increased vapor rate from the high effectiveness of the
tubes, as listed in Fig. 4, for tubesheet
layout comparison.
While in operation, data were recorded every two hours for
approximately 11 months (October 2012 to September 2013):
Tube side:
Shell side:
Two methods have been used to determine the fouling
heat-transfer resistance and are described here. The
measurement results from Fig. 5 show both the
saturation temperature of the hydrocarbon mixture and the
quench-water flowrate. Fluctuations are due to the change in
service conditions for this unit. The possibility of relating
fouling due to pressure drop of the quench water was
investigated. Unfortunately, this information could not be used
since the pressure sensor is located upstream of the
flow-control valve. It resulted in a combined value of the
pressure drop at the valve and from the tubes.
The duty of the HEX can be determined based on the
inlet/outlet temperature difference and mass flowrate of the
quench water as:
Q = Mw × Cp ×
(Twi Two
) (1)
The duty can also be expressed as:
Q = Uo × Ao ×
The overall heat transfer coefficient,
Uo, corresponds to:
and the wall thermal resistance is:
Assume that there is no fouling on the shell side. In this
case, Eq. 3 can be expressed as:
The overall heat transfer coefficient, Uo,
can be calculated from Eq. 2. The thermal wall resistance,
Rw, can be determined from the tube
geometry and thermal conductivity of the tube material.
Further, the heat transfer coefficients on the shell side,
ho, and on the tube side,
hi, are obtained from laboratory
measurements with water and pure propane. The weak point of
this method is related to the slight difference between
laboratory and plant process-fluid qualities.
Here, it is assumed that the HEX is clean at startup. In
this case, the overall heat transfer coefficient,
Uclean , yields:
When fouling begins, the overall heat transfer coefficient,
Uf, is expressed as:
Only the experimental data for which the saturation temperature
is between 23°C and 28°C is considered. Fig.
5 shows that only a few points at startup (32 over
1,355 points) were not in this range. Based on the actual heat
flux analysis and laboratory measurements of the heat transfer
coefficient shell side, it can be considered that the heat
transfer coefficient shell side is constant for all measured
data. Also, assume that there is no fouling on the shell
When the tube-side heat transfer coefficient,
hi, is the same for the clean and the
fouling cases, i.e., the same velocity, Eq. 6 is subtracted
from Eq. 7 to yield:
Consequently, the tube-side fouling factor is:
At this stage, the tube-side fouling resistance is determined
for the clean overall heat transfer coefficient,
Uclean. Fig. 6 shows the
overall heat transfer coefficient vs. Reynolds (Re) number. The
data points (blue dots) were taken during the first 190 hours
after plant startup and are considered to be clean conditions.
The data after 190 hours of operation are shown (green
For the first 190 hours, there was an excellent agreement
between the overall heat transfer coefficient and the Re
number, as shown in Fig. 6. For a given Re
number, this linear fit will give the overall heat transfer
coefficient considered under clean conditions,
There is some uncertainty in the measurements since the
instruments and their corresponding accuracy were selected to
monitor the process and not to measure the fouling thermal
resistance. The quench-water inlet and outlet temperatures are
not measured directly at the inlet and outlet of the HEX but a
few meters away, as illustrated in Fig. 3. In
Fig. 7, the fouling thermal resistance is
described by the two methods described previously.
The fouling thermal resistance calculated with the first or
the second methods has the same behavior with some shifting in
the absolute value. The rapid changes in the fouling thermal
resistance values over time stemming from transient operating
Negative fouling thermal resistance, which is not possible,
is related to the way the reference line with a linear
regression is calculated. Even under fouling conditions, the
fouling thermal resistance is smaller than 0.00015 m²K/W.
The ethylene operator is completely satisfied by the
performance of new equipment.
Field-test data on quench water behavior was collected to
improve the knowledge regarding the behavior of DE tubes in
such services. Today, the full production of an enhanced HEXs
is possible due to more than 18 months of operations experience
to confirm the suitability of DE tubes. It has been shown that
the fouling level for the quench-water side can be reduced by a
factor of three, and thereby, allowing for a substantial design
and efficiency improvement in such fouling
services. HP
Quench water heat capacity,
Tube outside diameter,
Tube inside diameter,
Heat transfer coefficient
shell side, W/m²K
Heat transfer coefficient
tube side, W/m²K
Wall thermal conductivity,
Log-mean temperature
Wall thermal resistance,
Fouling factor shell side,
Duty, W
Quench-water inlet
temperature, °C
Quench-water outlet
temperature, °C
Overall heat transfer
coefficient, W/m2K
Overall heat transfer
coefficient, clean condition, W/m2K
Overall heat transfer
coefficient, fouling condition, W/m²K
Hydrocarbon molecule with 2
C atoms
Hydrocarbon molecule with 3 C atoms
The authors thank the operator of a naphtha cracker for the
acceptance of these field trials. Due to company policy, the participation of the
partner could not be mentioned officially. The authors
appreciate and acknowledge the excellent support throughout the
whole project.
a Technip and Wieland tested the DE tubes in
industrial conditions, thanks to a well-known European olefin plant
b Wielands enhanced GEWA-PB and KS tubes
in CS have been applied in LNG and ethylene plants.1
c DE enhanced GEWA-PB tubes
d Technip is the ethylene technology licensor.
e HTRI software was used for the design using
correlations for the GEWA-PB tube developed by Technip France
Heat Transfer Department and Wieland-Werke AG.11
1 Ploix, B. and T. Lang, Application of
dual enhanced Wieland tubes for ethylene and LNG
services, 2010 AIChE Spring National Meeting, San
Antonio, March 2125, 2010.
2 ANSI/AHRI Standard 550/590 (I-P), Standard for
performance rating of water-chilling and heat pump
water-heating packages using the vapor compression cycle,
Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute, 2011, www.ahrinet.org.
3 Webb, R. L. and N.-H. Kim, Particulate
fouling on enhanced tubes, National Heat Transfer
Conference 1989, Philadelphia, August 1988.
4 Hays, G., E. S. Beardwood and S. J. Colby,
Enhanced heat exchanger tubes: Their fouling tendency and
potential cleanup, ECI Symposium Series, Vol.
RP2, 6th Int.l Conf. on Heat Exchanger Fouling and Cleaning,
Kloster Israel, June 510, 2005.
5 Webber, W. O., Does fouling rule out using
low fin tubes in reboilers,
Petroleum Refiner, Vol. 39, pp. 183186, Gulf
Publishing Company, 1960.
6 Moore, J. A., Fintubes foil fouling for
scaling services, Chemical Processing, August
7 Miller, E. R., Performance of low fin tubing
in asphalt service, Heat Transfer Proc. Int. heat
Transfer Conf., 7th, Vol. 6, pp. 409414, 1982.
8 Müller-Steinhagen, H., M. R. Malayeri and A.
P Watkinson, Recent Advances in Heat Exchanger Fouling
research, Mitigation, and Cleaning Technologies, Heat
Transfer Engineering, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 173178,
9 Institut Alpha GmbH & Co. KG, Dornstadter Weg
15, 89081 Ulm -Jungingen, Germany.
10 Heat Transfer Research, Inc.
11 ISO 9377-2:2000 Water quality, Determination of
hydrocarbon oil index, Part 2: Method using solvent extraction
and gas chromatography.
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Having pocket aces in good position I make a reasonable bet so as not to blow everyone out of the pot, and get a lot of callers which I wanted. There is some betting on the flop but not enough to convince me that I was beat. I was low on chips since this was 1st good hand in about 3 hours so I went all in to drive out anyone with connected or suited. I was pretty much advertising my aces and everyone went out except someone with a pile of chips, who needed to complete a 4 flush or a set. As it turns out he completed the set and sent me packing. I'm kind of new to NLHE so I couldn't tell you what his pot odds were but the pot was probably 4 times my all in raise. So - what are the odds that pocket aces will lose to 4 flush or a set after the flop? IOW: was this a good bet on his part?
There are tools available that will compute this exactly for you. I used a freely available tool, PokerStove, to compute your so-called "hot/cold" equity assuming you had 2 black Aces, your opponent had suited 34 in Hearts, there were two Hearts and one diamond on board. You are about a 2:1 favorite in this scenario:
Text results appended to pokerstove.txt
But you don't need PokerStove to compute this for you, and you can't use PokerStove at the table. You should be able to do this yourself, at the table. Here's how.
First, figure out how many outs your opponent has. This will be an estimate, based on the range of hands he could hold. In the case above, there are 9 cards that can come that will make your opponent's flush -- so he has 9 outs.
Now, compute you're opponent's equity in the hand expressed in terms of the chance that he will win. Your equity will simply be
So, when the flop is Kh7h2d and you go all in, your opponent has 9 outs, and he has a (9x4) = 36% chance ow winning the hand. Now suppose you waited until the turn, when the board was Kh7h2dQc. He still has 9 outs, and he has a (9x2) = 18% chance of making his hand. So, conversely, on the flop you have a 67% chance of winning, and on the turn you improve to a 82% favorite.
These values are approximate, and don't account for backdoors (such as trips and straights) -- but the result is close enough to be useful at the table, and it's easy to remember and compute.
If I compute the odds of a hand like 8c 7c for your opponent on a 8d 3c 2c board vs your pocket Aces, I get basically 49/51, so from looking purely at the odds, it's a coinflip...
Now to know if it was a good call from your opponent, we have to take several things into account including: the pot odds he's getting and how his hand fares versus your range (because your opponent cannot be sure you have aces).
Not only is he getting very good odds (4:1) but also his hand will do very well versus your range of possible hands.
Seen that it's a tournament, we could also take into account ICM computation (Independent Chip Model) computation... But we'll leave that for another poker.stackexchange.com question :)
If I understand your question correctly, you were all-in and your opponent did call. So you question could be rephrased as: "Was it a good call on his part seen the odds?"
He's getting about 4:1 on his call (you wrote that the pot probably had about 4 times what you did bet all-in) and according to your description, he has both a flush draw and a pair. That's a very good hand.
So even if you're not giving very precise numbers, it's safe to say your opponent did make a good call.
EDIT As 'Jeffrey Blake' commented, improving to flush or a set is not the only way for your opponent to improve his hand. In the example I made up above, he could hit a seven for two pairs. On the real board, he may even have had another option: a straight draw or a backdoor straight draw. All this is taken into account by equity calculator like PokerStove.
First of all, if someone has one 8 in hand and two 8s on the board, they are called TRIPs, not a set.
If he has a SET (of two 8s in hand and one on the board), your Aces are ALREADY beaten. But that's not the case here.
Here, you have A-A, and your opponent has an 8 of say, spades, which pairs with a non-spade 8 and matches three other spades.
The chances of a fifth spade coming by the river for the flush to beat your A-A are about 35%.
The chances of a third 8 coming by the river for the rips to beat your A-A are 7%-8%.
If he gets an 8 on the turn, you have a (4%) "redraw" to a SET of As on the river to beat his trip 8s. You also have a 4% draw to a third A on the turn to head off the trips he may make on the river.
This 4%-draw will not beat a spade flush unless you get runner-runner A-A for QUADS.


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Let $j:U\to S$ be an (open) immesrion; let $P_U$ be a perverse (\'etale, though my question makes sense in the topological setting also) sheaf on $U$. Then I would like to say that the intermediate extension $j_{!*}P$ is 'based at' $U$. Note here that for any closed immersion $i:Z\to S$, $Z$ is disjoint from $U$, the zeroth perverse cohomology of both $Ri^*P_U$ and $Ri^!P_U$ is $0$.
In particular, if $P$ is a constant sheaf on a (connected smooth) variety $U$, I would like to say that $P$ is supported on any dense subvariety of $U$ (or at the generic point of $U$). Did anybody introduce something like this notion of 'base' for a perverse sheaf? The discussion Is there a 'classical' definition for the support of a perverse sheaves. made me think that the word 'support' is not appropriate here.


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ST. CLAIRSVILLE - Brandon Michael Phelps, 20, 1281 Birch St., Bellaire, appeared before Judge Jennifer L. Sargus on a status conference where his defense claimed the death penalty should be taken off the table.
Phelps and Devin Wayne Fuller, 19, 3567 Franklin St., Bellaire, are charged with four counts of aggravated murder, committed in the course of rape, of aggravated burglary, of burglary and of trespassing. Each count carries a death penalty specification. Both face two additional counts of trespassing.
Phelps' defense put forward numerous motions including the appropriation of funds for a defense mitigation expert, requests to clarify the sharing of information between prosecution and defense, forbidding officers to discuss the case with Phelps, and permitting Phelps to appear in civilian clothing in court.
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BRANDON Michael Phelps, one of two people accused of the murder of a Bellaire woman, appeared in court Thursday. Phelps' attorney challenged the constitutionality of the death penalty.
These motions were sustained with some provisions except in cases where it was noted that the procedures were already covered by law. Sargus overruled a motion to close further pre-trials on the grounds that publicity could prejudice a jury. She noted the jury selection process has consistently excluded prejudicial jurors.
Among the motions was a challenge that the death penalty was unconstitutional.
"He recently filed a motion providing the death penalty in the state of Ohio was unconstitutional. Obviously, we do not agree with that," said Prosecutor Chris Berhalter. His office would issue a full response within 14 days.
Phelps will appear at another conference March 4 at 1:30 p.m.
Fuller is set to appear before Judge John M. Solovan II Friday at 10 a.m.
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Paolo Nutini
Following production duty on the Wild Beast album "Present Tense". Co-writes and production on Karl Hyde's (Underworld) "Edgeland". Peacefrog Music are proud to announce that Leo Abrahms has co-written 3 songs on Paolo Nutini's forthcoming 'Caustic Love' album.
The songs include "One Day", "Superfly" and "Fashion" (a duet with visionary R&B vocalist Janelle Monae).
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This was never a problem with ArcGIS 9 but it appears that in 10.0 Esri has added small horizontal lines as the default when including color ramps in legends. I want to get rid of these annoying lines, but I haven't figured out how to. Anyone else run into this problem?
you can try this :
. click change symbol . click edit symbol. in symbol property editor window , choose gradient fill symbol for type . . you can change style, interval etc.
I think I see what you are talking about (see screenshot below), and no, I do not think there is any easy way to get rid of the tic marks along the color ramp.
About the only two things you can do is use ArcObjects to set the color ramp symbol's
Perhaps the best course of action would be to post this request on ArcGIS Ideas and get people to upvote it.


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I have seen the Enderman pick up grass blocks but I want to know is what blocks they can pick up and what block they can't pick up.
This is no longer relevant for the current version of Minecraft, but in Minecraft Beta 1.8.1, Endermen were able to pick up and any solid, entirely cubic block except the following:
They can, however, pick up the following blocks which are not entirely solid cubic blocks:
Notably, tilled farmland is not a full height block and the Endermen cannot pick it up, but if they walk on it, turning it back into a dirt block, they can pick up that dirt block. Likewise, Endermen cannot pick up stairs (any type), half slabs (any type), fences, doors, gates, iron bars, cobwebs, beds or cake.
Endermen cannot pick up things attached to blocks, such as buttons, ladders or redstone wire. However, they can pick up the block it is attached to, which will cause the attached thing to drop as if the block was destroyed.
Endermen can pick up both naturally occurring blocks and blocks placed by players. In the Minecraft 1.8 pre-release they were able to move bedrock, but as of Minecraft 1.8.1 this was no longer possible. They cannot pick up water or lava.
(Sources: Sir_Tiffy on Reddit, MrPixelTech on Youtube, testing in Creative mode, and the swiss cheese pattern of Ender-holes in my monster grinder)
As of MineCraft 1.7.4, the following are the only things Endermen are allowed to pick up:
Source: Looking at the source using Minecraft Coder Pack (MCP) for MineCraft 1.3.2, and the MineCraft wiki for later versions.
Endermen from what I've seen and heard can pick up most types of blocks including natural and player-placed blocks, chests, furnaces, noteblocks, mob spawners, obsidian, and bedrock. There appear to be some types that they cannot pick up, but there is not yet any final list of these.
A user on the Minecraft forums gives an account of an Enderman picking up his chest, causing the items to burst out everywhere (as I commented extensively on Sir_Tiffy's Reddit thread, chests cannot be moved with their contents intact for the same reasons pistons cannot push them).
I'd post more links but the spam prevention won't let me since I don't have any rep yet.
Endermen will only pick up and move certain blocks, regardless of whether they were natural or placed by the player. They will pick up blocks horizontally and vertically nearby, within a short reaching distance similar to the player's (3 layers). Endermen will not drop the block they are holding when enraged or slain. It will simply disappear,
According to http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Enderman an enderman can only pick up:
grass blocks, dirt, mycelium, sand, gravel clay, dandelions, rose, brown and red mushrooms, cactus, pumpkins, melons, and TNT.
Endermen cannot pick up entities, such as boats, minecarts, primed TNT, and mobs.
Enderman can pick up any full block, except obsidian. They cannot pick up transparent blocks such as glass, glass panes, stairs, half-slabs, etc.
Enderman can pick up simple items like dirt, stone, brick, ores, ect. I have seen them carrying flowers, but they are mostly spotted with dirt or, when in caves, stone. They can not pick up obsidion or bedrock, and they do get mad at blocks that they can not pick up. Clearly, enderman are the smartest mobs , and can actually outsmart steve. they can see up to 64 blocks away.
To summarize as well as I can from everything I've read, Endermen can pick up any NATURALLY SPAWNING block. It does not pick up blocks that exist only if a player has created it (I.e. any blocks that must be crafted with the crafting bench).


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I suppose I should introduce myself first, seeing as how this is my first post on this blog. My name is Heather Nielson and I'm a Cat 2 road racer for Touchstone Climbing. I'm also a Cat 3 on the Track and CX. I'm originally from Utah (mostly southern) and moved out to Northern California ~2 1/2 yrs ago to chase my
delusions of grandeur dream of racing 'Pro'. I knew that Northern California was the best place to be for chasing that dream. Yes, I currently have a day job as a lab chemist but I also have my USAC Level 2 coaching certification and am actively involved in the cycling community.
I was invited by Michael and Kurt to be a guest blogger here and I jumped at the opportunity. They expressed their desire to have someone who is a local cyclist talk about cycling from a racers perspective. My first thought was to try and generate a dialogue between myself and the readers about questions/thoughts *you* might have about racing in general. I'm not sure if that will work, but feel free to comment on my posts or contact me at nielson.heather (at) yahoo.com and we'll go from there.
I thought I'd start off with that question that you may have already, especially if you're mainly a recreational cyclist: 'Do I want to race?' And, 'Why should I?'
First of all, let me make it clear that I don't think there's anything wrong with being (only) a recreational cyclist! If that's what you want and you find yourself satisfied with that, then that's perfect. There's no right or wrong path to take while you're pedaling, it's your journey and only you can answer those questions for yourself. I don't believe in forcing anyone to race; and when I talk to potential clients or beginners just starting out riding, I'm always trying to find out why it is they wanted to start riding a bike in the first place. Riding a bike is an expensive hobby by nature; and racing is a whole other level. The 'over-head' required to race – entry fee, travel, early morning weekend-wake-up calls, the minimum amount of training required to even survive, gear, food, time away from other things like a personal life etc. can be enough to shy most people away from the sport of bike racing. What's the point right? It's not like a sport like basketball, soccer, football, tennis, etc. where your chances are quite literally 50% to win (whether you're on a team or not). In bike racing, you're going to LOSE BIG many more times than you'll win. Have I talked you out of it yet? Let's see if I can do better…..
Allow me to paint the picture. Wake up call: 6:00 am. You're already nervous. You go through the motions and your check-list, you've done this 100 times before. You make breakfast, pack your car with all the necessary equipment, and get your bike ready. You start your ~2 hr drive to the race start during which 1,000 things run through your mind about who your competitors are, what their fitness is like, the course and whether it suits you or not, your team and the role you're expected to play, the weather, whether your training has been sufficient, how tired you are from your nervous night of sleep all the while your 'race appropriate' music is blaring inside the cabin of your vehicle. You get there, are directed to the parking space, sign in and get your race number. You talk with your fellow racing friends and your teammates, go back to your car and set up your bike, water bottles and get your kit on (by this time your nerves are causing you to be clumsy with just about everything). You check your watch and do the mental count-down to race start. You begin your pre-determined warm-up, with music blaring through your iPod, finish your warm-up and get to the race start. You're on the start-line, your heart-rate is 20 bpm higher than it should be for anyone just standing around. You listen to the instructions of the officials, although you're not sure if you actually heard anything they said. The whistle blows……
Your nerves disappear and you feel like you've become this indestructible machine that inherently knows exactly how to race. 'I need to move up-why are they going so slow?-Who's at the front?-Okay someone attacked-Let the pack bring them back-Don't waste your energy this soon-(the hammer goes down)-your breathing louder than you'd ever admit to doing-your tongue is practically hanging on the top tube-they're gapping!-close that gap!-don't lose that wheel-move up!!-another attack-I need to be closer to the front-the screech of carbon and metal and a nervous cry echoes around you-a crash behind you-stay calm-a lull in the race-PERFECT!-you move up-you're reading the race-you already know what's going to happen before it happens because you have those racing instincts-you also know what your 'job' is for your team-no matter how bad it hurts or how fast you're going when the person in front of you attacks who you know is a threat to the team-YOU GO-you pump out more watts while answering that single attack than you thought you were capable of-you sit down-a quick glance behind and you know you've got a gap-LET'S GO!-It's you and the break and a solid TT effort for X number of miles in the slim chance that you'll stay away-It's 5 K to go and the group hasn't caught you-For some reason you believe that you can actually win this race as you look around at who's left in the break-2K to go-The cat and mouse game starts-You already know where you're going to attack before the final turn into the finish because you know you can't out-sprint so & so-Like a cat that knows exactly when to pounce on its' prey you attack at the perfect spot-You sit down-Look behind you-IM AWAY!-The balls to the wall effort for the next 3 min will make you suffer more than you ever thought you could-50 meters to the finish and you can hear them behind you-Your mouth is wide open gasping for every available molecule of oxygen left in the ether surrounding you-You throw your bike across the finish line and through blurred eye-balls you notice that the gap between you and the next wheel is only a few millimeters'…….and for that moment in time the clouds part and you believe in that competitive athlete that you know you already are.
The very few times that happens while you're a bike racer for some reason makes you 'tick.' You know, that all those miles, all the time in the saddle, all the sacrifices you made, the money you spent was about more than just those few millimeters. The journey to those millimeters across that finish line taught you more about yourself, pushed you more than you thought possible, humbled you, strengthened you, built some incredible relationships and helped you discover yourself over and over again.
That's why I race. Do you wanna? :-)


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Ms. Bouchoux is currently on a leave of absence, serving as Interim Senior Vice President and Chief Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance Officer for Rutgers University.
Ms. Bouchoux earned a B.A. in history from Rutgers College and a J.D. with high honors from Rutgers School of Law–Newark, where she was editor-in-chief of the Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal and a Saul Tischler Scholar. After graduation, she was associated with the New York office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton where her practice areas included commercial litigation and bankruptcy. She joined the law school in 1993 and served as a senior administrator until 2013. As Senior Associate Dean she oversaw student services and served on the admissions committee. She also served as advisor to the Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal and taught a course on Human Trafficking. In 2011, she served as co-chair of the National Association of Women Judges Annual Conference and currently serves as co-chair of the organization's Amicus Committee. She is past vice chair of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts and past secretary of the New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
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Unionized teachers, not administrators, are bullies of Walsh
There certainly is a great deal of bullying and intimidation going on at Walsh Elementary School — not from former Principal Erik Brown and former Vice Principal Marie Zillo, but from dissatisfied teachers and their union.
When the union's enforcement and legislative department, otherwise known as the State Department of Education, came calling with an "audit," these teachers saw their opportunity to throw their weight around. Whether rooted in hurt feelings, job dissatisfaction or just the need to feel in charge, these teachers decided to attack the reputation and livelihood of two people who have dedicated themselves to improving one of the most difficult-to-manage schools in Waterbury.
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pandadeb wrote on Mar 31, 2013 8:27 AM:
I believe that Mr. Brown and Ms. Zillo are still receiving compensation while they are on forced leave of absence. Let's let the investigators do their job and uncover the facts. Rest assured that the administrators at Walsh have not been thrown out of the school unjustly.
If similar accusations were made against a teacher they would be removed from the classroom & given paid administrative leave until a full investigation could be conducted - innocent until proven guilty.
Let's allow the process to unfold as it should and if, in the end, it is indeed the teachers and the union to blame then by all means point your finger at them.
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr. "
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We need God and Country back in our schools. "
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truthbetold wrote on Mar 31, 2013 11:12 AM:
@ conservative1, you may be right in saying that a higher power is needed to improve the test scores.
What is concerning to me, is the fact that in accordance with the March 22nd article, there were no complaints of intimidation appearing in union grievances. This was the reason that the administrators of Walsh were removed.
I fear that this will set a precedent with other unhappy teachers throughout the City of Waterbury.
I guess all Administrators should be on guard from this moment on. "
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- 'First Five' program exemplifies Malloy's fiscal antics
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An official from Duk County in Jonglei state who is among the displaced says 60,000 have likely been forced to flee by the latest outbreak of violence.
Doctors Without Borders says hospitals have been ransacked and patients killed in their beds during the fighting in South Sudan.
Oxfam pulled out its staff from the town in Upper Nile after fresh fighting broke out at the weekend between pro- and anti-government forces, the NGO's country director says.
Pro- and anti-government sides swap blame for clashes in Duk County and Gadiang, both in Jonglei state.
A spokesman for the government says the army pulled back to positions just outside the town after rebels launched an attack earlier this week.
A government official says up to 70 percent of SPLA soldiers have joined the ranks of opposition fighters.
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka calls for women's voices to be heard at peace talks in Addis Ababa, says what they have been through during South Sudan's conflict is beyond her worst fears.
Foreign ministry spokesman says UPDF troops could be pulled out of South Sudan within two months
Fighting broke out in the town between pro- and anti-government forces, and also on the U.N. base where more than 20,000 people are still sheltering.
Even though life in Kiryandongo settlement camp in Uganda is hard, South Sudanese refugees say they will not return home to their still restive country anytime soon.
As violence turns whole communities against one another, locals struggle to bury the dead littering the streets
A spokesman for the army blames opposition fighters for the new round of fighting, which has interrupted the work of at least one aid group in Malakal.
Unexploded cluster munitions found on a road near Bor in Jonglei state are thought to have been air-dropped on the area since unrest erupted in South Sudan in mid-December.
President cites examples of late Nelson Mandela and Rwanda's current President Kagame, urges South Sudanese to lead reconciliation and say no to revenge and 'rage' as the two African leaders did
The members of South Sudan's ruling SPLM party who were held for a month after being accused of being part of a coup plot that triggered six weeks of deadly violence in South Sudan, will be a third-party negotiating team at peace talks in Addis Ababa.
General Gat-hoth Gatkuoth, who rejected the January 23 cessation of hostilities agreement, has reportedly attacked government positions several times in recent weeks.
The fighting near Malakal is just the latest reported breach of a cessation of hostilities agreement signed three weeks ago.
Opposition negotiators lifted a threat to boycott the talks when IGAD mediators assured them that the seven former detainees would be allowed to attend.
Talks are set to resume in earnest Wednesday after the opposition withdraws a threat to boycott the negotiations.
Officials say the former vice president and two others were removed from the ruling SPLM because they have joined a new party set up by Riek Machar.
Continuing insecurity, severely damaged infrastructure and looting that cleaned out food stores leave aid agencies scrambling to feed nearly four million people in need of aid in South Sudan.
Part two of an interview with the former vice president of South Sudan, who fled into hiding after he was accused of organizing an alleged coup bid in December.
Floods that wiped out last year's crop in Twic East county and fighting in the region have combined to create severe food shortages that a county commissioner says has led to deaths by starvation.
UN estimates around 38,000 people are displaced inside Malakal, scene of some of the fiercest fighting between government and rebel forces
The song, called "No More War", will be posted on social media and the group of 10 South Sudanese and Ugandan musicians plans to tour the region to promote their message of peace.
A spokesman for anti-government forces accuses government troops and an allied militia of attacking a strategic, opposition-held position near Malakal.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Toby Lanzer, calls for $1.27 billion to provide food, medicine and other emergency needs for people affected by six weeks of fighting in the world's newest nation.
Machar says he wants peace and development for South Sudan, not the unrest he says has been forced on the country by President Salva Kiir.
A spokesman for the opposition says government troops and rebels from Sudan violated the peace deal signed 11 days ago when they attacked Leer in Unity state and other towns held by anti-government forces at the weekend.
South Sudan in Focus (SSIF) is a 30-minute English-language broadcast and Internet program covering rapidly changing developments in South Sudan and the East Africa region.
South Sudan in Focus airs at 7:30 pm in Juba (1630 UTC) and can be heard on FM stations throughout South Sudan, on shortwave, and on VOA's 24-hour channel in Nairobi at 8:30 pm. The program is hosted by John Tanza in Washington D.C., and a network of stringers around South Sudan, and reporters in Washington, D.C., produce the stories that are heard on South Sudan in Focus.
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When Bellaire residents go to the polls on May 7, members of the Bellaire Local Schools Levy Committee are encouraging voters to remember the following: "your community, your kids, your schools."
And to help see the work being done by the Bellaire Local Schools and students on all fronts, the community is invited to a wide-ranging event Sunday afternoon and evening.
The levy that Bellaire voters are once again considering is 8.25 mils and is 5-year limited. That means the levy can be voted out after the five years should the voters feel the school district has done what it's said was going to do with the approved levy.
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THE BELLAIRE Local Schools Levy Committee will hold a parade and talent showcase on Sunday afternoon. Pictured are some of the middle school students who will be involved in the parade, which begins at 4:30. Front row, from left, are Austen Rejonis, Sydney Purtiman and Abigail Gianangeli. Middle row, from left, are Woody Maupin and Lexie Parker. Back row, from left, are Gabe Rejonis, Mason Badia, Trace Sechrest and Rylie Purtiman.
The levy is a property tax levy. According to the levy committee, if the value of a home is $100,000, the cost of the levy would be $21 a month.
"Most of us spend more than a dollar each day on a cup of coffee or a pop," said levy committee member and Bellaire Middle School teacher Sheri McAninch. "There's a belief out there that people's taxes are going to go up thousands of dollars and that's not the case."
If voters break down the levy, it would work out to just 75 cents a day.
Bellaire Local Schools have been battling financial distress for several years and the voters haven't supported a levy of any sort. This levy will be aimed at four areas should it be approved.
Those areas are technology, transportation, restoration of lost programs such as art, music, physical education and school security, which is a hot-button issue all over the nation.
To help spread the word, the Bellaire Levy Committee is welcoming the entire community out for a parade Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The first 100 kids to come and march in the parade will receive a free t-shirt.
"We're hoping businesses, groups and/or individuals will join us for the parade just to show their support," McAninch said.
The parade will begin and end at Bellaire High School. The route will be a mile loop through the community and it will return to the high school auditorium where all of the other events will take place.
There will be a talent showcase and rally held from 5-7 p.m. According to McAninch, there will be nearly a dozen talent acts and some five speakers. Along with the talents, there will also be displays of students' artistic talents.
All of the students who've been honored as 'students of the month' will be recognized and there will also be a meet the team for the baseball, softball and track teams. There will also be free hot dogs and pop.
McAninch has been excited about the amount of support from the community the levy committee has received.
"We're so excited to have more parents getting involved in the planning with this," McAninch said. "We've been averaging around 20 people on our committee and most are parents and concerned citizens. It's exciting to see the positive turn things are taking. We want to help address issues that are keeping people from voting for the levy."
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Anthony Middle School in Manhattan was evacuated Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was discovered inside the school.
Communications Director for Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Michele Jones says the threat was found in a bathroom at the school, located on Browning Avenue, around 9:30 AM. She could not say who found the threat.
Students were evacuated to St. Thomas More Catholic Church nearby on Kimball Avenue.
Parents were notified and students were released for the day at 11:00 AM. Parents could come and pick their children up at the church. Buses were also on hand to transport students home.
Members of the Riley County Police Department are investigating the incident. Officers were on scene searching for anything hazardous but they did not found anything unusual. RCPD officials said the threat was determined to be a hoax.
Jones said the school will resume classes as normal Wednesday.


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Super Special Chicken
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This wonderful chicken dish is a toddler favorite! Everyone will want to know the ingredients in your "secret sauce."
Serves: Serves: 4
- 16 ounces skinned and boned uncooked chicken breasts, cut into 4 pieces
- 1/2 cup Kraft Fat Free French Dressing
- 1/4 cup Heinz Light Harvest Ketchup or any reduced-sodium ketchup
- 1 teaspoon chili seasoning
- 2 teaspoons dried onion flakes
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8-by-8-inch baking dish with butter-flavored cooking spray.
- Evenly arrange chicken pieces in prepared baking dish.
- In a small bowl, combine French dressing, ketchup, chili seasoning, onion flakes, and parsley flakes.
- Evenly spoon dressing mixture over chicken.
- Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Uncover and continue baking for 15 minutes.
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Columbus Day Weekend is one of the busiest weekends for tourism in New Hampshire. In fact, it is traditionally the third busiest weekend of the year, after the Fourth of July and Labor Day. State officials don't expect that to be any different this year, despite the federal government shutdown, as most parks and attractions are either privately owned or run by the state—not the federal government.
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Attendance doubled at the Nebraska City Bridal Show on Sunday and brides had opportunity to dash for a $1,000 wedding dress and other prizes.
Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce reports there were 95 entries in the bride-only prize drawing and many were on hand for the dress give-away sponsored by A Bridal Boutique & Tux in Bellevue.
Rather than drawing a name out of the entries box, wedding outfitter Margie Guy assembled the brides at one end of the room and dumped out the entries on the other side.
The bride who could retrieve her name and present it to Guy first would win the dress. Laura Rumery was first to present her name.
Guy also challenged brides with two $500 gift certificates, a $250 gift certificate and six $100 gift certificates.
There were 38 door prizes, including matching wedding bands won by Bethany Creek of Omaha.
The grand prize drawing had 87 entries, showing they entrant had visited at least 20 vendors while there.
The prize, an overnight stay at the Lied Lodge and Conference Center, was won by Chris Keene. She plans to give the prize to her engaged daughter.
The "Destination Heartland" show included programs on choosing your wedding music by Harris Academy, honeymoon wardrobing by Jockey Person to Person, truth about shopping for a wedding dress by A Bridal Boutique and the importance of skin care by Arbonne International.
Attire for the fashion show was provided by A Bridal Boutique and Pantorium Cleaners.
Rebecca Turner of NCTC said the vendors reported several bookings and were pleased with activity.
Rose Ralstin of NCTC said weddings continue to play an important part of Nebraska City's economy.
In 2012, Table Creek hosted 17 weddings at an average cost of $2,500 for a total of $42,000.
Arbor Day Farm hosted 48 weddings at an average cost of $9,000 for a total of $432,000.
"These are only two of the locations that host weddings throughout the year and both of these are reporting that bookings are on pace to match or exceed these numbers this year," Ralstin said.
She said the average U.S. wedding costs $25,630 and an average of 138 guests attend each one to show the economic impact of the wedding industry.
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The Remington Lady Broncos volleyball team participated in a triangular with Peabody and Berean Academy Tuesday night.
Remington faced Peabody first and needed only two games, winning 25-11 and 25-8.
Madison Janzen had 13 assists and 10 good attacks with 6 being kills. Nicole Minder had 14 good attacks with 6 kills.
Emma Hilgenfeld had 8 good attacks with 3 kills. Deanna Ingalsbe had 10 total blocks with 5 stuffs.
Megan McNeill had 4 good attacks with 3 kills.
The Lady Broncos took on their host the Berean Academy Warriors and won in straight sets with identical scores going 25-17 and 25-17.
Emma Hilgenfeld had 20 total blocks with 9 stuffs and served 9/9. Alyssa Hinz had 4 good attacks and 3 down blocks.
Kristyn Wedel had 4 good attacks with 1 kill.
Jasmine Ingalsbe had 9 good passes and served perfect for the night with 17.
Rose Dollarhide had 20 good sets with 5 assists and had 17/17 serves in the match.
Kylee Schunn had 15 good passes and served perfect for the night.
With the victories Remington is now 21-9 overall this season.
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"Mommy, I did it!" Trevor appears in the bathroom doorway, beaming proudly at his mother. Suzanne looks up from her vacuuming, hardly daring to hope. "You used the potty, Trevor?" she says, turning off the vacuum cleaner and hurrying toward the bathroom. "Let Mommy see!" Suzanne moves past her son to take a look at the bathroom. The scene she confronts is not quite what she'd expected. Toilet paper is draped around the sink, toilet, and potty. The books Trevor was looking at while sitting on the potty are strewn across the floor. Trevor has urinated, Suzanne notes—but on the floor next to the potty rather than in the bowl.
Suzanne takes a deep breath. This is the third such accident in two days, and if there's one thing she doesn't like to do it's clean up after one of these messes. She knows, however, that a positive response is the only productive one, and adjusts her expression before turning to her son. "Pretty good job, Trevor," she says in an encouraging voice. "You tried to pee in the potty, and you almost did it. You just stood up a little too early." She gives him a quick hug.
"Now, help me clean up, okay? Let Mommy show you. . . ."
Whether your child is eighteen months or three years old, eliminating into a potty rather than a more convenient diaper is likely to seem quite strange at first—a big-people's ritual with no obvious benefits aside from a parent's praise and perhaps a small treat.
It is amazing to consider, then, how hard young children try to comply with their parents' need to potty-train them, simply out of a desire to please. At times, their efforts may disappoint, irritate, or even puzzle you. But try to keep your child's stage of development in mind as you respond.
His attempts to cope with this new self-care concept, his natural anxiety over redirecting a natural body function, and his efforts to follow quite a complex sequence of actions are bound to lead to errors now and then. Do your best to applaud his efforts and maintain a sense of humor as he masters this difficult new skill.


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The Land Between the Lakes is making some changes that will benefit users this spring.
The 170,000-acre federal reserve in Kentucky and Tennessee lies between the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers.
Acting area supervisor Brian Beisel says camping will cost less at the Smith Bay and Birmingham Ferry campgrounds because they have been converted to backcountry camping areas.
There will also be another recreational area available. The Northern Nature Watch Area near the Woodland Nature Center is opening 8,500 acres to day use.
Rushing Creek and Jones Creek Campgrounds have been closed to camping and vehicles due to budget reductions in maintenance, but the Jones Creek boat ramp will remain open.


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Weight stacks are located close to the exerciser, making adjustments easy. This is especially useful for exercisers with a limited range of motion.
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