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The high in Phoenix will reach near or hit the 120-degree Fahrenheit mark on Tuesday and/or Wednesday. The city typically experiences a high in the middle to upper 100s during the last half of June.
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Highs in the 100s will scorch the spine of California's Central Valley. Even locations as far north as Salt Lake City will approach the century mark by midweek.
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Relief from the heat will be hard to come by even after the sun sets. In Phoenix and Las Vegas, overnight lows will barely dip below 90 through midweek.
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|Compressional/shear wave separation in vertical seismic profiling
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|Method of avoiding aliasing in slant stacking of seismic data
inputting selected seismic data in the form of a plurality of spatially related traces having known offset x and time t;
defining a sampling grid of slope p for the range 0 to Δt/Δx in terms of Δpn =(1/2)n Δt/Δx wherein slope p is a variable value that changes with the value of n through a progression of n data iterations;
evaluating first slant stacks of successive pairs of 21 traces through time t for slopes 0 and 1/2Δt/Δx to establish basic interpolation weights of 1 and 1/2:1/2 relative to the sampling grid;
merging data from adjoining groups of 21 slant stack traces into groups of 22 slant stack traces having a sampling grid that is summed from the basic interpolation weights of 1 and 1/2:1/2;
repeating said merging step for successive adjoining groups of 22 through 2n slant stack traces through a total n interations whereupon sufficient refinement of the sampling grid is attained; and
outputting a p-tau display of said selected seismic data.
deriving weights of 1 at the grid points and 1/2:1/2 for points halfway between grid points of the slopes p0 and p1.
the interpolation weights for Δpn+1 are a linear combination of weights from Δpn.
the interpolation weights for Δpn+1 are a linear combination of weights from Δpn.
inputting a multiple of groups of 2n spatially related traces and processing through repeated iterative mergings.
said multiple of groups of related traces are serially aligned.
shifting each successive input trace by at least one sample per trace thereby to extend the total range of p values of said sampling grid.
shifting each successive input trace by one sample per trace so that the fast slant stack p-tau display gives p values in the range of Δt/Δx to 2ΔtΔx.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to a computer process for fast slant stacking of seismic data for transform to a p-tau output format, such method enabling a considerable reduction in computation time thereby to enable slant stack of data much more economically.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The prior art includes a number of different programmed methods for carrying out the full slant stack operation in transform of seismic data for p-tau presentation. The prior methods each function to carry out a total slant stack which requires a very great amount of computer time. The inordinate amount of computation time and the attendant expense has considerably lessened the availability of slant stack data operations which are known to be a useful tool in making certain seismic data evaluations.
The present invention relates to a computational method for performing fast slant stack of seismic data which enables output of a p-tau display of data with a reduction in computation time from N3 to something proportional to N2 log N, where N is the size of the transform. The slant stack method computes partial slant stacks over small groups of traces and then iteratively merges them to give partial slant stacks over successively larger groups of traces. Sampling of the trace data is effective at predetermined grid points of a preselected sampling grid and linear interpolation is used to establish interim grid point data.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for fast slant stack that can be considered for use in data analysis in a vastly improved economic setting.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a p-tau transform that is fast in terms of number of numerical calculations required.
It is also an object of the invention to provide a fast slant stack program that can perform slant stack on seismic data shot profiles a considerable number of times faster than previous slant stack programs.
It is still further an object of the present invention to provide a fast slant stack program that is favorably considered for use in combination with other specific seismic data analyses due to the greatly increased economy of operation.
Finally, it is an object of the present invention to provide a novel numerical manipulation for deriving p-tau seismic data from seismic shot profile data with specific grid size.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will be evident from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention.
FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view in idealized form of an earth section showing seismic shot ray paths as they might occur;
FIG. 1B is an x-t display in idealized form of received energy as detected in FIG. 1A;
FIG. 1C is a p-tau display in idealized form of the data indicated in FIG. 1B;
FIG. 2 is an x-t display of seismic data;
FIG. 3 is a p-tau display after slant stack of the data of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4A is an illustration of grid points and stacking weight distribution for one grid pattern used in the present invention;
FIG. 4B is a grid pattern and stacking weight distribution for another grid array of the present invention;
FIG. 4C illustrates a grid pattern and stacking weight distribution as may occur in the method of the present invention; and
FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of the basic fast slant stack process.
The seismic data slant stack is a Radon transformation which transforms record space data as a function of offset x and arrival time t into the domain of ray parameter or slope p and intercept time tau. Such slant stacks may be referred to variously as p-tau transforms, plane wave decomposition, or slant line or wave front synthesis. The advantage of slant stacks is that while each trace represents a one-dimensional problem, the multi-dimensional information contained in the data is still available in the slant stack as a whole. That is, slant stacks allow the possibility of using simple one-dimensional techniques while retaining information that is only available from multi-dimensional data. Two examples of this are (1) multiple reflected energy, which is periodic on all slant stack traces as opposed to being periodic only for the zero-offset trace in record space, and (2) methods which separate the velocity and density profiles from the acoustic impedance. In recent years, numerous ideas for applications of slant stack have been suggested, as will be further described below, and such further applications become more readily attainable in view of the present invention.
A slant stack per se is a transformation from record space where data is described as a function of offset x and travel time t, to a description in terms of ray parameter p and intercept time τ. Mathematically, it is a Radon transform of the general form u(p,τ)=∫dxu(x,τ+px) (1)
In the simplest case of transforming over one variable in a two-dimensional cartesian coordinate system, the slant stack is just the Fourier F-k (frequency-wave number) transform evaluated at k=ωp.
The data slant stack has the following properties:
(1) Data with linear move-out (for example, direct arrivals and head waves) are collapsed into a single p-tau point.
(2) The normal move-out curve in p-tau space is an ellipse.
(3) The inverse transform is itself a slant stack.
(4) The slant stack corrects for geometrical spreading.
(5) For flat plane layers, the primary ellipses do not cross, and multiples are periodic in tau for all p.
It should be noted that the slant stack can be applied to any data, (shot point, mid point, point source, line source, flat layers, dipping layers, or such) in order to obtain a dip intercept decomposition of the data which has a well-defined inverse. However, to obtain simple one-dimensional results based on a plane wave interpretation, one must use a slant stack which is appropriate for the geometry of the problem. One well-known form of equation will remove cylindrical spreading and would be appropriate for a line source in a layered medium. Still other slant stack equations are effective for removal of cylindrical spreading and would be appropriate for a point source in a layered medium.
Numerically, the slant stack is the sum along lines of slope p and intercept τ. The maximum contribution to the slant stack sum will be along lines which are tangent to the x-t curves, i.e. along lines with slope p=dt/dx (2)
and intercept τ=t-px (3)
Thus, data with linear move-out are collapsed into a point in p-τ space. For normal (hyperbolic) move-out, the x-t curve is ##EQU1## so that p=x/tv2 and τ=t-px (5)
These can be solved for x-t in terms of p-τ and inserted into the normal move-out curve (Equation 4) to give ##EQU2## Thus, the normal move-out curve in p-τ space is an ellipse, and it may be noted that the zero-offset and zero-ray parameter times t0 and τ0 are identical, both being the normal incidence times.
The slant stack or transformation of seismic data into the p-tau domain can be effectively utilized in many forms of seismic data interpretation, as will be further described below. However, one use that is particularly illustrative is shown in FIGS. 1A, 1B and 1C wherein the slant stack tool is used in a process for separating out certain interfering seismic data such as multiples, ground roll and the like for subsequent muting and inverse transformation thereby to clean up a seismic profile.
FIG. 1A illustrates a section of earth 10 with surface 12 having an upper stratum V1, and a lower stratum V2. A seismic energy source at point 14 provides repeated seismic energy input into surface 12 as a receiver array 16 receives seismic energy coming from the earth below. The seismic energy detector 16 would normally be moved systematically along surface 12 as indicated by the dash line 18 denoting offset x.
Outgoing seismic energy from source 14 is essentially omni-directional and travels through various paths. Thus, a deep-going primary reflection 20 is refracted through interface 22 for reflection from next deeper interface 24 and upward return to detector 16. A quantum of energy will also travel a direct reflected or primary path 26 for reflection from interface 22. Other secondary or seismic waves of interfering nature would consist of a refraction wave 28 which refracts and travels along interface 22 until subsequent release upward toward detector 16, as well as a multiple reflection seismic wave 30 entrained in a reverberative mode within the V1 stratum. Finally, there will be present a low velocity ground roll or airwave 32, as well as a direct arrival wave 34 traveling in the earth surface weathering layer.
FIG. 1B illustrates a detected energy display in offset x versus travel time t of the various waves of FIG. 1A as a series of seismic source energizations is received by detector 16 as moved across a selected portion of offset x. Thus, ground roll 32r (response) is very slow and distinctly displaced from the bulk of the remaining seismic energy. The direct arrival response 34r is of increased constant velocity and exhibits greater x/t ratio. The refracted wave 28 will show up as a straight line response 28r extending from the x critical dash-line in increasing, straight-line x/t progression. Finally, the remaining reflected events will show up as hyperbolic progressions, i.e. shallow reflection 26r, deep reflection 20r and multiples reflection 30r.
The x-t print out of FIG. 1B can then be transformed via slant stack, in this case by the novel fast slant stack of the present invention, to further delineate or separate the various reflection types thereby to enable extraction of the desired reflection indications. Thus, FIG. 1C shows a p-tau transform which positions the various data indications in easily separable position. The air wave 32t (transform) is disposed completely out of the main activity as is also the direct arrival 34t, a point indication. The primary reflections 26t and 20t are disposed in ordered and identifiable progression as the straight line critical refraction 28t is isolated at one point, and the interfering multiples 30t are well distinguished. Given this information, certain inverse transformation techniques may then be applied with mute of the interfering waves thereby to provide a final x-t seismic profile of only desired seismic response; and, this display too is subject to further massaging and interpretive procedures.
FIGS. 2 and 3 provide an illustration using synthetically compiled data for a marine seismic model. Thus, FIG. 2 is an x-t display of the marine model showing the primary reflections as well as the fluid reverberations and other multiple and interference reflections. FIG. 3 then shows a slant stack of the data of FIG. 2 as primary events at 36, 38, and 40 are distinguished from the remaining clutter of multiples, mode conversion waves and the like.
Even though the slant stack of data in the p-tau domain can be a valuable tool in interpretation and processing of seismic data, it receives very limited usage due to the extreme expense involved in carrying out a normal type of slant stack. The full slant stack transform is so expensive to compute by the standard method of summing along all lines of constant slope that many applications are not considered within the economies of the operation, and this tends to prevent interest in further development of slant stack applications. The full slant stack method requires a number of computer operations proportional to N3 for any array of N by N data points. The Fast Slant Stack of the present method requires only a number of operations proportional to N2 log N for the same number of data points. This obviously can represent a very great cost savings if N is large.
The present method is based on regular sampling of data, space sampling of Δx and time sampling of Δt, and upon linear interpolation. Rather than doing straight sums on the data for a given value of the ray parameter p, the Fast Slant Stack method iteratively constructs groups of 2n traces, having ray parameters on a grid ##EQU3## from two smaller groups of 2n-1 traces, having ray parameters on a grid ##EQU4## This step may be repeated from any desired, arbitrarily small, ray-parameter grid size.
Given data u(x,t), the ordinary slant stack u(p,τ), given by Equation (1) is calculated by stacking u along lines t=τ+px for any desired intercept time τ and slope or ray parameter p. If u is sampled on a grid x=kΔx and t=tΔt, then τ+px will not necessarily fall on a grid point at a given x and some type of interpolation will be required. A natural unit for p is Δt/Δx, as for this value of p, τ+px=jΔt+kΔxΔt/Δx=(j+k)Δt (9)
always falls on a grid point with no further interpolation required. However, p values much smaller than Δt/Δx are generally needed which require interpolation.
The present method of Fast Slant Stack is based on choosing the grid in p as Δpn =(1/2)n Δt/Δx (10)
and on using linear interpolation, i.e. an interpolation which gives the correct answer for linear functions. There are two consequences of this choice of Δp that allow the Fast Slant Stack to work. First, for a given n, the positions relative to the grid points where the trace is evaluated will repeat every 2n traces. This is illustrated for n=1 in FIG. 4A, which shows straight lines of slope ##EQU5## The relative weights for the interpolation are shown at the grid points. In this case, the traces are evaluated either at the grid points or halfway between grid points, and the weights are 1 for the former and 1/2:1/2 for the latter. For the case n=2 (FIG. 4B), the traces are only evaluated at the grid points or 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 of the way between. These correspond to weights at the grid points of 1, 3/4:1/4, 1/2:1/2, and 1/4:3/4, respectively. The situation is similar for larger values of n.
The second consequence occurs with choice of Δp as illustrated in Equation (10) since the interpolation weights for Δpn+1 are a linear combination of weights from Δp. This is shown in FIG. 4B where the stacks at p=0Δp2, p=1Δp2, and p=2Δp2 over 22 =4 traces are calculated from the smaller stacks at p=0Δp1, and 1Δp over 21 =2 traces as shown in FIG. 4A. Note that the p=1/4Δt/Δx slant stack is calculated by adding together four previously calculated numbers rather than the five multiples and six adds that are required to interpolate and stack directly from the original data grid.
The Fast Slant Stack is compiled by iterating on this procedure any desired number of times. A general statement of the method is set forth below.
The basic procedure defines a first slant stack over a first group of 2n offset traces at the given slopes p=kΔpn as An (kΔpn,iΔτ) (12)
where k=0, 1, - - - , 2n and Δpn =(1/2)n Δt/Δx; and, a second slant stack over an adjacent group of 2n offset traces is defined by Bn (kΔpn,iΔτ) (13)
for the like trace k and slope p values.
Given these values, the Fast Slant Stack (FSS) over the combined group of 2n+1 traces is given by An+1 (2kΔpn+1,jΔτ) =An (kΔpn,jΔτ)+Bn (kΔpn,(j+k)Δτ) (14)
and An+1 ((2k+1)Δpn+1,jΔτ) =1/2[An (kΔpn,jΔτ)+An ((k+1)Δpn,jΔτ)+Bn (kΔpn,(j+k+1)Δτ) +Bn ((k+1)Δpn,(j+k)Δτ)]
where k=0, 1, - - - 2n and Δpn+1 =1/2Δpn.
This process may then be repeated interatively until any desired Δp grid is achieved. That is, until the desired diminution of the Δp sector slices within each unit grid boundary such that the data will yield a satisfactory transform of p-tau response.
For a Fast Slant Stack of 2n traces, the slant stack is complete after n iterations giving 2n slant stack traces for p values between 0 and Δt/Δx as sampled at Δp=(1/2)n Δt/Δx. The flexibility of the Fast Slant Stack method can be increased by several different adjustments. First, the input data can be processed in small groups. For example, if there are 96 input traces, these can be processed as three groups of 32 traces (25) or six groups of 16 traces (24). Also, groups of traces can be padded with blank traces up to a total of such as 128 traces and processed as one group of 128 traces (27) or two groups of 64 traces (26). Each of these options will give a different p grid.
The multiple groups may then merge with no further interpolation into a final slant stack or p-tau display. Also, the range of p values can be extended by shifting the relative positions of the input traces. That is, if each trace is shifted by one sample per trace, then the fast slant stack will give p values in the range of Δt/Δx to 2Δt/Δx. Still further, the input data can be resampled to a different grid to completely change the basic unit of p. In fact, Δt and Δx could be adjusted in the field so that optimum use of Fast Slant Stack processing could be made for a given survey application.
Finally, there is one point on the accuracy of the linear interpolation that needs to be mentioned. While the Fast Slant Stack will always give an exact interpolation if applied to a linear function, it does not always give the best interpolation for a non-linear function. That is, it sometimes will give a linear estimation based on more than just two adjacent grid points. For an exact function with constant curvature, this will always give a less accurate result. In the presence of noise, the better interpolation is a statistical question. One situation where such interpolation may occur is for p=3/8Δt/Δx as shown in FIG. 4C. On two of the eight traces, the 4 and 6 columns, the correct 7/8:1/8 weights are replaced by 1/8:5/8:2/8 weights. Thus, the interpolated value will be estimated from the three nearest neighbors rather than just the two adjacent points. It is conceivable that this very small error could spread in large group fast slant stacks; however, the method at present has been run on a number of different large stacks and no visual difference has been observed in the output sections.
FIG. 5 illustrates the basic flow diagram for the Fast Slant Stack process. The initial stage 50 sees inputting of the trace data for whatever the selected terrain of interest. This would be a line of related seismic data that is preprocessed for certain dynamics and normal moveout through common depth point stacking to provide continuous, related traces. Flow stage 52 allows for selection of all of the input traces that are of interest for the particular procedure and these would be selected in multiples of 2n since the Fast Slant Stack effectively operates on groups, multiples, or sub-multiples, of 2n seismic traces. For example, processing of 128 continuous traces could be effected with n=7, i.e. 27 =128, or the processing could proceed through n=6 and two groups of 64 traces, n=5 and four groups of 32 traces, etc.
Flow stage 54 effects input of data relative to selection of slope p in terms of Δt/Δx. In this case, p is a variable value that changes with the value of n through the progression of data iterations. In flow stage 56, there is a first evaluation of slant stacks for successive pairs of traces to establish a grid of basic interpolation weights for slopes of p=0 and p=1/2Δt/Δx. This establishes the basic interpolation weights as one and 1/2:1/2 as illustrated in FIG. 4A. These basic interpolation weights are then summed variously through the following procedures to establish the additional interpolation combination schemes within the unit weight.
Flow stage 58 illustrates the next merging of data step, the n=2 step, wherein two pairs of adjoining traces are merged into a group of four traces and the summation slope is again adjusted in the manner as shown in FIG. 4B. Referring to the case for p=1Δp2, it can be seen that summation of base values taken from the FIG. 4A assemblage are readily constructed into a slope p grid having weights at the grid points of 1, 3/4:1/4, 1/2:1/2, and 1/4:3/4, respectively.
The flow stage 60 illustrates the next phase of iterating the data merger for groups of traces progressing through the exponential powers of 2 until a sufficient number of iterations have been carried out to effect good slant stack resolution. In each case, as the exponent n increases, the slope p will further diminish the range of grid values in the sampling grid such as to make a more finite slope angle determination. Finally, all calculated and iterated data is output at flow stage 62 to form a display of the p-tau data parameters for further interpretive consideration. The p-tau output data has a number of applications wherein it is a useful tool for use in low velocity noise filtering, velocity analysis, deconvolution, removal of multiples, modeling and a number of other seismic data processing techniques that seek to define further specified parameters or effects within an earth structure.
The foregoing discloses a novel data processing technique that enables compilation of a slant stack of seismic data without undue expense due to exhaustive computer operations. The Fast Slant Stack method performs p-tau slant stack with a much reduced number of computer operations by means of establishing a basic sampling grid having p values specifically related to Δt/Δx and thereafter iteratively merging additional trace data and slope grid values until a sufficient slant stack data indication is constructed. The process is much faster in operation and serves bring the fast slant stack data compilation into favorable use as a seismic data interpretation tool.
Changes may be made in combination and arrangement of elements as heretofor set forth in the specification and shown in the drawings; it being understood that changes may be made in the embodiments disclosed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.


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Via Vaudeville! is an exploration of where the practices of Blue Firth and Tomas Chaffe meet, working in symbiosis with other individuals, organisations and disciplines to realise its projects.
Formed in Nottingham in 2005, Via Vaudeville! began as a reflection of the lack of multi-disciplinary events that unite the traditional and the contemporary and a genuine interest in experience and engaging a wider audience for artistic activities. Positioning itself outside and within the established parameters Via Vaudeville! endeavour to create new methods for the dissemination of art.
Tomas Chaffe
1980 Born in Nottingham
2003 BA (Hons) Fine Art Manchester Metropolitan University
2013 MA Konstfack
Lives and works in Stockholm
Blue Firth
1979 Born in Nottingham
2003 BA (Hons) Fine Art Loughborough University
2010 MA Royal Academy Of Art
Lives and works in London
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Where There's Smoke, The Charter Of The Forest, Chambers Wood, Lincolnshire
The Dust on the Moth, Sideshow 2010, Attic, 1 Thoresby Street, Nottingham
Via Vaudeville!'s Folly, Benjamin Carter Hall, Wilford Village, Nottingham
Transitional Thatch, Extreme Crafts, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Proposal - Publication Of Proposals,
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The trip to Haddock was out of his way.
But Richard Reid enjoyed the camaraderie much more than the drives bothered him. In fact, because of the company he was keeping, the longtime basketball coach didn't mind the travel at all.
Every March, Reid would make that drive to Haddock to pick up a teenage Grady Smith from his family's cattle farm. Along the way, Reid would collect a few others, and the group would make its way to the Macon City Auditorium for the GHSA state basketball tournament. Reid, who had just taken a head coaching job at Stratford at the time, made the long circuit every year of the 1960s for the basketball tournament.
"It meant a lot that he would go out of his way to come out and get me," said Smith, who is now the athletics director at Stratford. "He was a fun person to be with, and I enjoyed any time I could spend with him."
The two have been linked together for most of their lives, as student and teacher in Jones County, as fellow coaches at Stratford and as rival coaches at Stratford and Tattnall Square. They will be linked again today when Tattnall dedicates its basketball court to Reid, whose Trojans will play Stratford at 6:30 p.m.
The dedication comes two weeks after the 76-year-old Reid officially earned his 1,000th career win against Macon Area Christian and two weeks before Reid attempts to chase down a state championship for the seventh consecutive decade. It also caps an emotional year for Reid, who returned to coaching last season, fought off colon cancer in an especially tough battle and now leads a favorite to win a championship.
"It should be a special night," Smith said. "I think it will be great for Stratford and Tattnall to be playing (today) because of the history he has with both schools. And Coach Reid has meant so much to so many people. I think there will be a lot of people there on Tuesday for that."
Finding a mentor
Smith and Reid cultivated a relationship much earlier than their long trips together when Smith was a 10-year-old basketball fan and team manager for his sister Cathy's Jones County girls basketball team. As Smith got to know Reid better, the two would fish between 10 to 12 times during the spring and summer months at the Smith's pond. Reid would help Smith fertilize the pond and would take groups fishing in Monroe County.
They eventually became a golfing team, playing in tournaments at local courses around Middle Georgia.
"Richard Reid is one of the greatest athletes to come out of Macon," Smith said. "Anything he competed in, he was good at it."
Current Tattnall head boys coach Paul Brooks can attest to that.
He and Reid had a day off from school in the mid-1980s because of an election day. They got together and headed out to Lake Sinclair, where they caught about 115 white perch in an afternoon.
"He can fish, play golf," Brooks said. "He used to beat out grounders to the shortstop in softball, and he was about 50 years old then. He was a 16-foot pole vaulter in the Army; he almost made the Olympics."
Reid featured both tremendous athleticism and an uncanny ability to build relationships with fellow athletes and later the players he coached.
Reid was a standout player at Mercer from 1950-54 following a state championship run as a player at Lanier in 1950. A self-professed pass-first guard, Reid managed to score 1,246 career points at Mercer, which was good for second all-time when he graduated. Reid is now 14th on the list. Reid was inducted into the Mercer Sports Hall of Fame in 1973.
Finding his calling
Following his career at Mercer, Reid took over as the basketball coach at Jones County. Reid won the 1958 GHSA Class C state championship in his first year with the Greyhounds with a 37-36 win over undefeated Toombs Central in the title game. He had never seen a girls basketball game before that year.
Telegraph State News Editor George Landry wrote that Reid was known for his "smoothness and cucumber-coolness" during that first championship season. It was the temperament that many basketball fans have seen during the past seven decades.
"I guess I stay pretty calm," Reid said. "I'm old as dirt now, so I can't get too excited. But I never have been that kind of coach."
The Greyhounds won another state championship in 1960 and continued a string of 20-game winners before Reid left for Stratford in 1964.
At Stratford, Reid had his best year in 1970, right before Stratford left for the GISA. He led both the boys and the girls to the state tournament, taking the boys to the quarterfinals and girls to the championship game, where they lost to Taylor County.
Reid led the Stratford boys to a state championship in 1971, the school's first year in the GISA. Meanwhile, his protege Smith was racking up four state championships with the girls in the 1970s.
"It was an unbelievable resource to have Coach Reid here," Smith said. "I went to him a lot for advice. And I watched how he coached. He carried himself like a gentleman. He was always calm, and he was one of the best bench coaches I've ever seen. He just had this ability to make adjustments during a game."
Brooks developed that same teacher-student relationship with Reid when the two were paired together at Tattnall. Brooks first met him as a player at Gordon Ivey on a Reid-coached all-star team in 1971. They coached together for two years at Tattnall before Reid asked Brooks if preferred coaching boys or girls. Brooks said boys, so Reid handed him the head boys job.
"I have a tremendous respect for Coach Reid," Brooks said. "He has been like both a father and a brother to me. We have a tremendous bond, and it meant a lot when he gave me that opportunity."
Reid took the Trojans on a remarkable run in the 1990s. He led the girls to state championships in 1990, 1992, 1997 and 1998. That run included an improbable 1998 championship that saw the Trojans enter the region tournament game with a 7-15 record.
"That was certainly the most unexpected state championship," Reid said. "I knew from the beginning we had a better than our record. But everything fell into place."
Reid stepped away from basketball in 2001 — he gave it up one time before he went to Tattnall in 1978 — but he won a boys golf state championship that same year.
Back again
Like the days of traveling to the City Auditorium, Reid could be found in gyms almost every night there were games scheduled until he returned to help Brooks. The Trojans made it to the state semifinals in 2007 with Reid on the bench.
"He just keeps everybody so calm and relaxed and loose," Brooks said. "The kids love him."
And Reid loved coaching, so when the head girls basketball job came open in 2008, Tattnall headmaster Barney Hester and athletics director Jeff Ratliff went straight to Reid.
"I think he really wanted to get back into it, and I wasn't going to tell him no," Hester said.
Bolstered by Reid's return and the transfer of two promising guards from Westside, the Trojans rebounded from a two-win season in 2007-08 to go 11-15 last year. With all of his experienced players returning, Reid was looking forward to the 2009-10 season as soon as last year ended.
But even getting to this season wasn't easy.
Reid discovered he had colon cancer during the 2008-09 season. He battled through chemotherapy during the season, keeping the medicine in a pack on his waist.
"I was tired, but it didn't really get me," Reid said. "It didn't hinder me during the season. But I got sick right after."
Reid said the cancer treatment went sour, perhaps too much chemo too quick. His vital signs dropped, and he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance after a particularly bad episode last March.
Reid spent eight days in the intensive care unit, and many close to him thought he might not survive.
"It was really scary," Brooks said. "At one point, I told my wife that I didn't know if he would ever make it home."
But Reid did bounce back. He regained a sense of appetite that he lost with the chemo treatments and he started to regain the 35 pounds he lost during the ordeal.
"I never did lose sight of what was going on," Reid said. "I never thought I was going to die."
The episode did, however, give Reid a renewed sense of life. He went into the summer leading a team that he thought was good enough to compete for a state championship. The Trojans got off to a great start and are now 20-3, although they have lost two of their past three games.
"I think we are a very good basketball team," Reid said recently. "I think we are a contender. You never know with high school kids, but we're a contender."
Reid said he isn't sure if this will be his last season as the head coach. Tattnall hired former Central Fellowship and Covenant girls coach Todd Whetsel to serve as a coach-in-waiting. The Trojans should have a very good team next year with the return of standouts Faren Harris and Shanice Stanley.
Reid said he knows he'll reach a point in life where he has to give up coaching. He said he hasn't reached it yet, "but I know I'm getting there."
"I really believe being around the kids keeps you young," he said. "If I didn't have anything to do, nowhere to go. I'd be in bed at noon watching 'The Price Is Right' and withering away."
Reid said his brother, Tommy, retired from a successful career in the clothing business, but then he health went quickly after the retirement.
"I don't know why I would want to go away," Reid said. "I love doing this, and I could still do it. It keeps me alive. I know I don't have 10 more years in me."
If this is Reid's final season with the girls, Brooks might have a hire in March.
"No matter what happens with the girls, I would love him to be my assistant," Brooks said. "He loves this school, and we need him. I think he needs us too."


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The little girl who always wanted to get into the fashion industry grew up to be Fortune India's one of the top 50 most powerful women. Who else could it be apart from Anita Dongre!
Anita Dongre is not only a designer but a lady with a sharp business mind and the same has worked wonders to help her build her own fashion empire. Her designs, her persona, and her expertise altogether are so inspiring that we could not help but go on and on knowing her better at the Vogue Wedding Show 2016.
Read on to know more about Anita's empowering personality and of course her magnificent bridal collection.
Bandbaajaa - Pick out your favorite bridal color for this wedding season.
Anita – I love red as it complements Indian brides in the most obvious yet stunning manner. My collection does play around with hues of red but for the ongoing wedding season, I am also crushing on Rani Pink and Orange. So these three I would say are my favorite!
Bandbaajaa - What is special about showcasing your collection 'Epic Love' at the Vogue Wedding Show?
Anita - The best part about the Vogue Wedding Show is that there are hundreds of brides here. Be it the newly-weds or the brides-to-be, they come and hug me, thank me, appreciate my designs and I feel all of this is so gratifying. It's also such a pleasure as I am with a woman on the most important day of her life making her feel confident in my designs. The Vogue Wedding Show in all is just precious to me.
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Bandbaajaa - Which type of bride is your all-time favorite?
Anita - Even though I love every characteristic in a bride but a Bohemian bride pleases me the most. Also, brides who come back to me two years after purchasing their bridal lehenga and are open to customizing it in order to reuse it for some other event are the coolest. There's nothing wrong with pairing an ethnic bridal lehenga with a contemporary top or adding some quirky changes so that the lehenga can be worn to another family wedding.
Bandbaajaa - Which is that one 'Anita Dongre' exclusive style advice every bride-to-be should swear by?
Anita - It is very important to be your own self on your special day. Look at yourself, analyze your likes and dislikes and accordingly choose the color and style of your bridal outfit. It is good to take cues from ongoing trends but avoid getting carried as in the end, you will feel comfortable wearing what you always wanted to.
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Bandbaajaa - The world affectionately calls you the 'Queen of Pret.' Do you agree?
Anita – Of course I'm the 'Queen of Pret' but can't I be the 'Queen of Couture' too? (laughs) I love designing bridal couture as I try and have as much fun as I can to create something unusual and something that my brides will love. Also, it's a refreshing change to design an outfit for a woman's most important day. All this just makes me enjoy the process even more!
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Chen Lizra is an Israeli-Canadian change agent. Chen is bestselling author, business consultant, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, life coach, seminar leader, and professional dancer. In 2010 she published My Seductive Cuba – which became an Amazon US and Canada best-seller, and won the prestigious IPPY book award in NYC. In 2012 she walked onto the TED stage and delivered a powerful talk that showed seduction with a 180 degrees twist. She's since developed the men and women's programs of the Art of Allure & Human Connection. –"I've gotten where I am today because I leave myself only one option – success. Every time something fails I just consider it a temporary setback and try to figure out how to do it right."
Chen, your TED talk is on the benefits of seduction as a social skill in our everyday lives – what is your definition of seduction?
You are right to ask this question because many cultures have a filter when it comes to seduction, tinted by past experiences. Most cultures see seduction as a negative thing, as a form of manipulation, taking away something from someone, associated with being slutty or cheap, pick up artists, and so on. The way I view seduction, the way I got to experience it as a positive life skill, is a way to tap into our innate power as men and women, which is part of our true nature. It is an ability to use our Social Charm in a business context in order to connect deeper, and to draw to us, to attract, but also in our personal lives. It is about creating a win-win and not win-lose. This is your measurement of success – whether the other side wishes to interact with you again and again or not. If you focus on giving and not taking and you leave the other side with great energy and a desire for more, then a deeper connection will be formed and you will notice reciprocity and a desire to continue building something together. Seduction gives us more influence power in the best sense of the word.
Seduction has been over-sexualized over the years – how would you distinct seductiveness and promiscuity, and how are they both related to self-esteem?
Pure seduction has nothing to do with promiscuity. According to Wikipedia promiscuity is the practice of having casual sex frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners. Seduction doesn't even have to do with sex. It has to do with self-love, the way I mean it. It has to do with knowing your boundaries, having healthy ones, first feeling good about yourself, and then learning how to exude. When I work with people who have low self-esteem via the Art of Allure & Human Connection I begin with working on their vulnerability, trust and boundaries. I focus on cleaning up the internal mess and getting them to love themselves first. The sabrosura (from Spanish – tastiness, enjoyment and delightness) is the female sensuality that mesmerizes others. It's inside all of us – men and women alike – and where we feel our own magic. It feels so special because it sits on self-love, but not the kind that's narcissistic. Seduction has to do with our internal process and self-worth and finding our own internal beauty, and then turning to the outside to form deeper connections and memorable engagements, some of which are driven by our Social Charm. When you have self-worth you can seduce and attract, but you also feel certain classiness. Seduction, in the process that I have created, has to do with coming back home to the body and to ourselves, to our true nature, to where we feel simple happiness.
You talk a lot about Social Charm – what does this skill look like, can it be cultivated and developed and what or who is its worst enemy?
Social Charm is in all of us – we are born with it. The best way to know this is to observe young kids – they find out really quickly that one thing in their personality that gets them the results and they start to use it with their parents and the adults around them, to activate them to give them what they want. It's innate. But as children grow older they get conditioned to stop using their Social Charm and to start using less effective means of communication. Adults start to treat Social Charm as a negative thing and as a form of manipulation. In our minds if we are activating the other person and getting, because of it, what we want, without asking for permission first, then it must be wrong. I've observed Social Charm in Cuba, and I'm certain it's true in other parts of the world as well, in these places children aren't necessarily outgrowing this skill. Why is that? Because giving ourselves permission, or not, to use it, rewarding the behavior or punishing for it, is cultural conditioning that we can change. Cuba exposed me, for the first time, to the concept that as we move from childhood to adulthood we don't have to lock up our social charm, in fact, quite the opposite. They don't disconnect from the very thing in their personality that makes them so enrolling and gets them the results. I believe that it has to do with the mentality in the Western World where we believe that we have to "grow up." And we pay the price.
So, you are saying that every person, no matter of age, sex, nationality or intellectual capacity, has the ability to be socially charming?
Cultures affect our Social Charm because they have cultural rules of what is acceptable or not, yet we can break away from the herd if we choose to. Some cultures are looser like in Brazil and some are more reserved like in Canada. Yet it's important to also remember that social charm Social Charm looks very different from person to person – being shy, funny, seductive, authentic and so on. Bringing it out can come easily to some people and is harder for others. Some of us are shy while others are outgoing. We all have the ability to activate it but it requires a different amount of effort depending on our personality. If you are an introvert then you will find it harder because it makes those who are shy feel exposed emotionally. You can even emotionally block it just by thinking "I can't do it, I can't do it…". When I work with people who are introverts some of them get stuck because it goes against the grain for them, it requires a lot of courage for them to come out. If it's easy for you and you love it, then it's coming out of your passion and you are probably doing it naturally. Some extroverts even know what it is and activate it at will and it becomes their special ingredient and part of their success; it opens doors for them. Others tell me that they hide their Social Charm on purpose and pull it out only at important situations, out of fear of being judged as being manipulative. One way of bringing out or Social Charm is by speaking about something that we are passionate about. When we speak about something that we are passionate about our Social Charm gets released naturally.
Bulgaria is ranked by various research and studies among the saddest and most dissatisfied countries. e.g. Eurostat ranked Bulgarians the least satisfied nation in the European Union. What do you consider happiness and what is the way of getting there?
Well, here is the thing – there is the root cause of unhappiness and then there is how we meet the circumstances. So first of all we need to understand where this is coming from. This is important for us in order to own it. For example, if the problem is war, government, unemployment, attitude in the patriarchal approach that dominates and so on. Knowing what it is, I can either change the circumstances or not. If I can, it's an easy solution. If I cannot, then we move on to how we meet the circumstances and accept that we cannot change them. Cubans have been under financial difficulties for over 50 years and they are the happiest people I have ever met. Israel is in war for over 60 years and Israelis know how to live life full out. Both cultures have this positive attitude of seeing the half that's full. There needs to be a change in attitude towards life, to experience fully that simple happiness so that the body will know that it's possible. I do this in the programs I teach. Then the tricky part is to sustain it by practicing it so that you will not get sucked back into the old patterns. It's really about what Gandhi said – be the change you want to see in the world. It's about daily practice of the lifestyle we want. It's just like going to the gym. It's possible to make this change and to sustain it but you have to experience it first and then remain committed to it.
You lead coaching sessions and seminars, and meet hundreds of people from around the globe on a daily basis. Based on your experience, what lies at the core of unhappiness and low self-esteem?
What I see a lot is unresolved issues that affect self-worth and self-love. They are usually linked back to things that happened in our past that linger. Also, people not really going after what they want in life and doing things that they don't love because they are afraid of changing the status quo, afraid of taking a risk. There is a lack of satisfaction. I taught in Turkey, NYC and Israel lately and felt that women felt lost as women in the world. I think that in today's world the focus has shifted to non-stop achievement and the media is constantly busy with perfection. Inside of this world we get treated and we feel like we are not enough. It's in TV shows, in newspapers and it's in people. If kids in school that gain weight are casted out, then what does it tell them – that they need the perfect body to be loved? Parents are not available to give love, they are too busy chasing careers. Kids don't know their own worth if they are faced with difficulties and their parents are not there to envelop them with love. The culture which has been created in the past few decades is horrible for self-worth, it's all about immediate gratification. If our parents feel like they are not enough, if they don't have their full self-love, then how can they teach us? We need to do a 180° turn as a global society and realize that we are focusing on the wrong things. The sabrosura sits not only on healthy self-love, but also on taking pleasure, on allowing ourselves to enjoy what we do and who we are. That enjoyment is so critical to happiness. If we were to live through this sabrosura lifestyle then we will have happier societies. Cubans, as a byproduct of their regime have focused for years on the deep connections, Social Charm and sucking the juice out of every interaction and experience. This is why this country has become the inspiration for my project because we can go and see what life used to be like 50 years ago. It's a strong mirror into what we lost in the world that we cannot live without that affects our happiness. This is also why I lead the tours.
Read more about Chen and her deeply inspiring work on her website.
You can also get in touch with Chen on her Facebook webpage .
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The only way to keep her happy on her belly these days - when she's asleep!
Oh, this baby girl! Oh, how she has stolen the heart of our family. Her smile...those dimples...her coos. Not since Evelyn have I had a baby that has talked this much to us, telling us how "good" (ah goo) she is and drawing out a long and dramatic ah-ah-ah-ah-ah when she really has something to say. I see the light in her eyes - she wants us to know all about it. I cannot even tell you how much that excites me for her potential future. Evelyn kept us endlessly entertained as an early talker, and I miss having a funny toddler like that around. :) But...I think I'm getting ahead of myself.
Charlotte is still happy and easy going, still sleeping like a champ day and night (and believe me, I'm waiting for the day my luck runs out on this one!) and still a healthy little girl. Goodness gracious did we ever luck out with her. She is nothing but a blessing to us, and I make sure to tell her so every single day. Grace remains Charlotte's most enthusiastic "babysitter" and those two just get a kick out of each other. Grace proudly introduces her everywhere we go as "our baby Chawlotte Wose." :)
For the first time in the history of our family we actually never did end up calling her by a shortened name or nickname. In fact, she has the longest name of all. It might as well be hyphenated, because we call her by her full name more than half of the time. She is our little Charlotte Rose. Beautiful in every way.
With the start of summer vacation we've already taken on a new dynamic around here, and I can especially see a change in our son. What a STINK. He's super cute, but he derives his pleasure from terrorizing his big sisters. Knocking down their toys, jumping on them for a good wrestle session. You can see it in his mischievous little grin. He is up to no good, and he knows it. :D This kid is ALL boy! He still has his little habits and favorites, and he has moved on to Mickey Mouse this month. He loves that mouse. I'm pretty sure he has very little memory of our Disney trip, because he sees our pictures and videos and acts shocked and surprised to see himself in them every time. :)
Gracie is still growing up right before my eyes, but with that comes a whole new level of attitude. :) She knows what she knows, and what she knows you better know, too. "This is what's going to happen...." That's a common starting phrase for her. And if you don't agree with her idea, you are a "Liar!" I'm not sure that she really understands what a liar is, because so long as you are doing something she doesn't think is right you are "lying," haha. It's so hard not to laugh at the tiny tyrant within her. She is taking that strong will of hers and trying to assert it in all new ways. Unfortunately for her, we have her number...but it's pretty entertaining watching this whole thing play out. She is feisty, but ooooh so sweet, too!
I am happy to announce that Evelyn is back to her old self again - bubbly and cheerful. Not only do I think this is because school is out, but the whole last week of school (after I had a meeting with her teacher) seemed to be good for her. She was suddenly talking about friends again and she got a bit of her spark back. Now she is totally goofy and loud and full of laughs - just like we know her to be! At this point in time we are leaning towards putting her in school next year. There are so many selfish reasons why I don't want to do this, but...with the right teacher I think she will do just fine. I just continue to pray for a good friend for her in her class! I think that would make a world of difference for our oldest one. :)
The month of May was a little trying for our family. I may be able to share soon a small part of why that has been. But let's just say, I've been on my own a lot, through no one's fault, that's just the way life is sometimes. We ALL miss our normal schedule and we can't wait for things to settle down. Eric is away even as I type. We're totally excited at the prospect of having our family consistently together again! But we still had some really great moments. Eric graduated - woot! The kids wrapped up the school year, we celebrated Mother's Day, my sister came home for a visit, and we made plenty of memories.
We have a big month coming up. Both Eric and Evelyn will be celebrating their birthdays in June. If Eric can sneak away from work we hope to get some day trips in. Parades and picnics, funnel cakes and fire trucks...June is always a great one - possibly my favorite month of summer! Hope you'll stick around with us for the fun. :)


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Condominium sales are sagging in many parts of the country, and so are prices. Many of you who bought condos for an investment are chewing your nails and wishing you had a single-family house.
Not that house prices have been so great, either. Since 1978, their average value has fallen behind inflation. Millions of homeowners are sitting in houses that are worth less, in terms of purchasing power, than they paid for them.


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Field Guides Association of Southern AfricaBushwise is an accredited member of The Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA) which was formally established in 1992. It is a non-profit organisation representing individual field guides, trackers and organisations involved in offering professional field guiding services to members of the public. FGASA aims to promote a culture of professional guiding based on a strong ethical well-informed, safety conscious approach to provide the visitor to the African bush with a pleasant and memorable experience.
Field Guides Association of Southern Africa
Please note that FGASA accreditation applies to the Field Guide Courses only
The Function of FGASA
- Quality-assure and moderate nature guiding qualifications
- Endorse and quality-assure training providers and trainers of nature guiding unit standards
- Quality-assure and develop qualified nature guide assessors and moderators
- Enhance the credibility of field guiding and tracking in Southern Africa
- Encourage guides to achieve higher levels of professionalism, and thereby improve the quality of service to, and safety of, the visitors both local and international
- Keep members abreast of developments in the industry via regular communication in its magazine and other mediums.
FGASA Promotes a Standard of Excellence Through:
- Promoting the development of guiding skills and the progressive levels of professional qualifications
- Promoting the tourist guide qualifications in the national qualifications framework
- Encouraging a professional ethical code of conduct
- Providing a set of professional guiding principles
- Quality assurance of nature guides, trainers and assessors
- The endorsement of tracker and nature guide training providers
- A training syllabus and an evaluation system that promotes the development of nature guides in the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)
- The requirement of a valid, recognised First Aid Certificate
Skills Development
FGASA promotes the training of nature guides through the endorsement of training providers who conform to the FGASA and national training standards. FGASA's philosophy is one of promoting the guide and tracker on the ground in terms of skills development, recognition of existing skills and creation of job opportunities within the tourism industry. FGASA is fully committed to the development and implementation of the national qualifications, promoting the development of all tourist guides, including previously disadvantaged individuals as guides, trainers and assessors as part of South Africa 's transformational process.
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"I have found the Bushwise students to be highly professional in their approach to both guests and the environment and in addition it is always a pleasure that the students have an above average knowledge of not only the larger mammal species but a broad base on everything important within a wildlife environment."
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Ecological interest
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and renew the stock of oxygen in our atmosphere. Through the mechanism of photosynthesis, they produce carbohydrates, the main constituent of plant material. That is why it is customary to assume that the carbon released during combustion of biomass is neutral globally. If we think in life cycle, wood leads according to ADEME, less CO2 emissions than conventional fossil fuels. The agency has determined that the use of wood logs results in the emission of 40g of CO2 per kwh returned while the use of oil emits 466g of CO2/KWh. Specifically consumption of 4 cubic meters of wood to replace one ton of oil prevents the emission into the atmosphere of 2.5 tonnes of CO2.
Remember also that wood is a renewable energy that renews itself about a million times faster than fossil fuels such as coal or oil. According to ADEME, if its management is reasonable, it can at the same time ensure the renewal of the forest and meet the needs of men each year in France, the annual timber harvest (52 million m3 in 2003) is less to organic production forest (125 million m3). The wood energy sector is also a great way to reuse by-products and waste from the timber industry. It also participates in the sound management and maintenance of forests, thus including the quality of the landscape and reducing the risk of fire.
social interest
Harvesting, processing and utilization of wood energy are powerful factors in the development of employment, especially in rural areas. According to the National Federation of Wood, wood energy creates an average of three times more local employment than fossil fuels. This is explained by the need to mobilize the wood from the maintenance of natural environments or from commercial, industrial and craft activities, collect and process raw materials, fuel, deliver the wood boiler, exploit boiler and recycle ash in agriculture or forest. Assuming an increase in the share of wood 50% in the assessment of the final energy consumption in France, FNB believes that the number of additional jobs could exceed 20,000.
economic interest
The wood fuel is not or little affected by cyclical changes in the price of oil, the ETF is convinced that wood energy is a way to control the cost of energy in the long term. She explains that in the case of a conventional boiler, the fossil fuel alone accounts for 80% of the heating load of the user. With a wood boiler, wood fuel accounts for only 25% to 30% of the final cost of the heat, the rest of the bill relating to the amortization of equipment, staff costs and maintenance of the boiler and that the fossil energy used in booster (gas or oil). According to ADEME, the price of electricity produced from wood amounts to 3.50 cents in the case of logs sold € 60 stere against the average 7.00 € ct per kWh of natural gas, 9.60 € ct per kWh of fuel and € 11.00 ct electric kWh.
The low cost of wood fuel partly offsets the largest depreciation and operating equipment. However, investment subsidies (40-70% depending on the region and the importance of projects) are needed to achieve economic balance or have a slight advantage over fossil fuels.
Ecological constraints
With the development of wood energy the issue of air pollution by fumes facilities has grown in importance. If burning wood turns neutral CO2, however it comes to emissions of other pollutants. In theory, the products of complete combustion of wood are only carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O), but when combustion is incomplete, other products are found in gases: carbon monoxide (CO ), unburned solids (soot, tar, coal, ..), volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins and furans. However, these products are in the minority because even in the case of incomplete combustion fumes are composed of 99% by volume of H2O, CO2.
To better assess the impact of potential pollutant due to the development of the sector, several studies have been undertaken including the Interprofessional Technical Centre for the Study of Air Pollution (CITEPA) and the Ministry of Ecology in partnership with the ADEME, CSTB and the University of Savoie. But according to a paper prepared by the combination of monitoring air quality SFX Rhône-Alpes dated October 2007, it is difficult to assess the impact of wood burning on air quality in terms of many parameters that affect emissions: characteristics of the fuel (gasoline, ash content, moisture content), the nature of home (geometry, air distribution, printing), quality of operation (residence time, excess air load timber, ...) and the parameters related to the installation.
Standards impose maximum emissions for devices according to the association but it is necessary to strengthen the knowledge, such as atmospheric emissions of different materials in actual operation, educate professionals about the importance of design of facilities and especially awareness population on the importance of good combustion and from wood. ADEME also put on the modernization of equipment to reduce emissions. By 2020, emissions would be reduced by 30% for metals, 38% for dioxins, 58% for dust.
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larch wood:
Reconstituted oak log:
It can be seen that all the europe
world rushes on oak.
This is a shame because it is a wood
which takes a long time to grow.
* Dry wood to 20% moisture without vacuum.
8% moisture for oak redialed
The weight of the wood:
Density of the main firewood:
The volume of wood
While it is true that today cubic meter is not a legally recognized for the calculation of the amount of firewood unit use in the forester profession and the lack of equivalent unit , wants it to be still predominant in relation to cubic meter.
Indeed cubic meter calculates a volume of the stacked logs or can not correspond to a volume due to the presence of void therebetween. This is why we speak in the profession of stere remains our reference unit.
Know that your logs are short more than the apparent volume decreases for the same quantity in cubic meter.
example :
My supplier of firewood delivered me X cords of firewood 40 cm.
After placing, the following measures my woodpile:
Length = 8 mètres - Height = 2 mètres - Depth = 0.40 mètre => coefficient = 1.36.
8 m x 2 m x 0,40 m x 1,36 =
8.7 cubic meters
oak recomposed
larch wood
beech wood
elm tree
birch Tree
The woods are classified into two main categories:
- Hardwoods: oak, beech, ash, chestnut, hornbeam, walnut, acacia, fruit trees, poplar, willow, alder, birch, etc..
- The resinous: spruce, fir, pine, larch, etc..
Beech is considered the ideal wood heating because it gives a beautiful flame and good sparks and embers almost has a high calorific value.
The oak has multiple uses. It gives good embers but less beautiful flame. The calorific value is a little higher than that of beech and combustion is the best.
The charm, as well as oak, has a very high calorific value. It gives a beautiful flame and burns longer.
Ash gives the most beautiful flame. It is ideal for fireplaces, because it produces few sparks.
The oak recomposed 100% oak, a moisture content less than 8% allow a calorific value of 5.3 kW / kg and ash content less than 1%. 2 meters / cube is the equivalent of about 6-7 cubic meters of ordinary wood logs, and provide ease and cleanliness unmatched storage.
Species of firewood :
Firewood is now a renewable fuel available in large quantities in Europe. Firewood is a traditional economic energy, ecological, renewable and clean. The firewood is composed of 50% carbon, 42% oxygen, 6% of hydrogen and 1% of inorganic material. Thanks to its high oxygen content, the wood requires little air to burn.
The calorific value (or heat of combustion) of wood varies with species, some more suitable than others to heat his home. With a good selection of wood species for your timber merchant, you get the best firewood.
Here is the table that classifies woods of our regions. The coefficient 10 corresponds to the type of wood that gives the most heat per m3.
Knowing the energy wood!
Compare heat / wood species
The water content
To burn properly, the wood must be dry. During combustion of the wood, a large part of the energy is devoted to heating and vaporizing the water (contained in the timber), the heat capacity and latent heat is particularly high.
Green wood contains more than half of its weight in water. A wood in equilibrium with the ambient air (balance achieved after two years of drying of hardwood logs split) has an order humidity of 20%, provided they are stored in a local particularly dry to avoid moisture absorption.
Calorific value (NCV) of wood:
- Wood Green 40% humidity = 2.7 kWh / kg
- Wood-dry 30% moisture = 3.3 kWh / kg
- Wood dry 20% moisture = 4.0 kWh / kg
- Wood oak logs blended 8% moisture = 5.3 kWh / kg
Combustion :
wood combustion takes place in three phases:
1) An evaporation phase: The wood contains water. During this first phase, the energy produced by the combustion will not be used to produce heat, which is the desired goal, but to evaporate the water contained in the wood. Thus, over a wood is wet, less combustion will heat, hence the need to burn dry wood. The evaporation phase occurs from a temperature of 100 ° C. This drying phase should last at least as long as possible to reach a temperature sufficient to continue burning wood.
2) A decomposition phase: If the wood is heated to a temperature of 240 ° C, it will ignite. This is due to the combustible gases released by the decomposition of wood. This phase is also called wood gasification. Decomposing wood produces combustible gases such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen or hydrocarbon. In the absence of sufficient oxygen (provided by air) and the temperature is too low, the combustion of these gases is incomplete and they leave in the chimney (flue). It is therefore important to have an adequate supply of air for complete combustion of the gases from the decomposition of wood.
3) carbonization stage: From a certain temperature (around 500 ° C) it remains only the incandescent carbon (embers). This produces a carbon oxidation reaction that releases heat. This reaction requires sufficient oxygen and high temperature to complete. Otherwise, there will be unburned gas will escape through the chimney, where a loss of energy and release of carbon monoxide. When this phase takes place, the temperature generated can reach 1500 ° C. The combustion then emerges as CO ² and water vapor.
At the end of the combustion, it is theoretically and ash (approximately 1-2% of the mass introduced).
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