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Volume 59, Issue 12 - Dec 2010
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Reliability Assessment and Transmission Capability Calculation in Power System using Well-being Method
Son, Hyun-Il ; Bae, In-Su ; Kim, Jin-O ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 841~846
Reliability in electrical power system refers to normal operation for schedule time in some system that action consists. It means that if there is no contingency of electric power supply decrease or load curtailment, reliability of the system is high. In this paper, a method for evaluation of transmission capability is proposed considering reliability standards. Deterministic and probabilistic methods for evaluation of transmission capability has been studied. These researches considered uncertainty of system components or N-1 contingency only. However, the proposed method can inform customers and system operators more suitable transmission capability. Well-being method using state probabilities of system components proves to be a more effective method in this paper comparing with calculation of LOLE(Loss of Load Expectation). The length of calculation is shorter but it can give more practical information to the exact system operators. Well-being method is applied to IEEE-RTS 24bus system to evaluate reliability in case study. The result is compared with a existing way to evaluate reliability with LOLE and it shows that transmission capability connected with adjacent networks. This paper informs system operators and power suppliers of reliable information for operating power system.
Effects of Reclosing for Insulation Coordination in 345kV Combined Transmission Lines
Lee, Jong-Beom ; Jung, Chae-Kyun ; Lim, Kwang-Sik ; Kang, Ji-Won ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 847~853
This paper describes switching surge analysis for reclosing decision in 345kV combined transmission line with XLPE power cable. Reclosing operation should be decided based on the detailed technical analysis in combined transmission line because this line includes power cable section which is week on insulation. Insulation of power cable can be breakdown at the week point in case of reclosing moment. Therefore the detailed analysis has to be carried out by considering several conditions such as length ratio of power cable section, arrestor, inserting resistance, charging rate, grounding resistance, etc.. On the other hand sheath voltage on IJ(Insulated Joint) is analyzed to check dangerous condition on cable cover. Analysis is performed by EMTP/ATP. Analysis results show that reclosing can be operated as the single line-to-ground fault occurs on overhead line in 345kV combined transmission line, if the inserting resistance is considered before the operation of main circuit breaker.
An Auto-drawing Algorithm for the Single Line Diagram of Distribution Systems
Son, Ju-Hwan ; Lim, Seong-Il ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 854~859
Distribution Automation System(DAS) is designed to improve operational efficiency by acquisition and control of remote data using its components such as central computation units, communication network and feeder remote terminal units. A conventional human machine interface of the DAS adopts a schematic diagram which is made by drawing power equipments on the geographic information system map. The single line diagram is more useful than the schematic diagram for the main tasks of distribution system operation such as protective relay coordination, service restoration and loss minimization. Since the configuration of the distribution line is changed according to the relocation of the open tie switches, the auto-drawing algorithm based on the connection between the sections and the switches is an essential technique. This paper proposes a new auto-drawing algorithm for a single line diagram of distribution systems based on tertiary tree and collision avoidance method. The feasibility of the proposed algorithm has been testified for various cases using practical distribution system with 12 feeders.
Analytical Analysis of PT Ferroresonance in the Transient-State
Kang, Yong-Cheol ; Lee, Byung-Eun ; Zheng, Tai-Ying ; Kim, Yeon-Hee ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 860~865
When a circuit breaker is opened, a large capacitance around the buses, the circuit breaker and the potential transformer (PT) might cause PT ferroresonance. During PT ferroresonance, the iron core repeats saturation and unsaturation even though the supplied voltage is a rated voltage. This paper describes an analytical analysis of PT ferroresonance in the transient-state. To analyze ferroresonance analytically, the iron core is modelled by a simplified two-segment core model in this paper. Thus, a nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE) for the flux linkage is changed into a linear ODE with constant coefficients, which enables an analytical analysis. In this simplified model, each state, which is either saturated or unsaturated state, corresponds to one of the three modes, i.e. overdamping, critical damping and underdamping. The flux linkage and the voltage in each state are obtained analytically by solving the linear ODE with constant coefficients. The proposed transient analysis is effective in the more understanding of ferroresonance and thus can be used to design a ferroresonance prevention or suppression circuit of a PT.
Harmony Search Algorithm for Optimal Placement Problem of Distributed Generations
Rhee, Sang-Bong ; Kim, Kyu-Ho ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 866~870
This paper presents a application of Harmony Search (HS) algorithm for optimal placement of distributed generations(DGs) in distribution systems. In optimization procedure, the HS algorithm denotes the searching ability for the global optimal solution with simple coding of the iteration procedure, and shows the fast convergence characteristics for getting solutions. The HS algorithm is tested on 9 buses and 69 buses distribution systems, and the results prove its effectiveness to determine appropriate placement points of DGs and reducing amount of active power without the occurrence of any mis-determination in selection of its capacity.
Analysis of Loss Compensation Efficiency Factor in the Uniform Price Market
Hahn, Tae-Kyung ; Kim, Jin-Ho ; Park, Jong-Keun ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 871~881
In the uniform price electricity market or bilateral electricity market, the energy transactions in which the network is not considered and ISO's system operation costs which ISO try to minimize are settled separately. In this paper, transmission loss, one of the ISO's system operation costs, was dealt. The conventional marginal loss allocation method gives economic signals but three aspects have to be considered; excessiveness, arbitrariness and cross-subsidy. In this paper, marginal loss compensation efficiency method was suggested which consider those aspects of the conventional marginal loss allocation method. Also the characteristics of the marginal loss compensation efficiency were analyzed in the appendixes. And simple 2-bus system and IEEE 14 bus system were used to explain these characteristics.
Development of Three Phase Optimal Power Flow for Distributed Generation Systems
Song, Hwa-Chang ; Cho, Sung-Koo ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 882~889
This paper presents a method of finding the optimal operating point minimizing a given objective function with 3 phase power flow equations and operational constraints, called 3 phase optimal power flow (3POPF). 3 phase optimal power flow can provide operation and control strategies for the distribution systems with distributed generation assets, which might be frequently in unbalanced conditions assuming that high penetration rate of renewable energy sources in the systems. As the solution technique for 3POPF, this paper adopts a simulation-based method of particle swarm optimization (PSO). In the PSO based 3POPF, a utility function needs to be defined for evaluation of the degree in operational improvement of each particle's current position. To evaluate the utility function, in this paper, NR-based 3 phase power flow algorithm was developed which can deal with looped distributed generation systems. In this paper, illustrative examples with a 5-bus and a modified IEEE 37-bus test systems are given.
The Study of Analysis on Water Vapor Condensation on Automobile Headlamp Using the Numerical Model
Jung, Young-Guk ; Lee, Ju-Han ; Oh, Sang-June ; Seo, Tae-Beom ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 890~896
Increasing styling features for automotive headlamps speed up the focus of understanding condensation at inner surfaces. Water vapor condensation on the inside surface of the headlamp lens is an essential factor that affects secure front view and headlamp life. One of the headlamps of automobile which is one of the most popular in Korea was chosen for the present analysis. In the basis of the experimental data of automobile given by a manufacturer, boundary conditions were defined and free convection of the air inside the headlamp and radiation from the bulb to the other surfaces are considered. As a result, temperature distribution of the inside surface of the headlamp lens are approximately the same as the experimental result.
A Study on the Optimization Strategy using Permanent Magnet Pole Shape Optimization of a Large Scale BLDC Motor
Woo, Sung-Hyun ; Shin, Pan-Seok ; Oh, Jin-Seok ; Kong, Yeong-Kyung ; Bin, Jae-Goo ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 897~903
This paper presents a response surface method(RSM) with Latin Hypercube Sampling strategy, which is employed to optimize a magnet pole shape of large scale BLDC motor to minimize the cogging torque. The proposed LHS algorithm consists of the multi-objective Pareto optimization and (1+1) evolution strategy. The algorithm is compared with the uniform sampling point method in view points of computing time and convergence. In order to verify the developed algorithm, a 6 MW BLDC motor is simulated with 4 design parameters (arc length and 3 variables for magnet) and 4 constraints for minimizing of the cogging torque. The optimization procedure has two stages; the fist is to optimize the arc length of the PM and the second is to optimize the magnet pole shape by using the proposed hybrid algorithm. At the 3rd iteration, an optimal point is obtained, and the cogging torque of the optimized shape is converged to about 14% of the initial one. It means that 3 iterations aregood enough to obtain the optimal design parameters in the program.
The Electronic Ballast Design of Acoustic Resonance Free and Transient Over Current Limit for High Power MHL
Kim, Ki-Nam ; Park, Jong-Yun ; Choi, Young-Min ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 904~911
This paper presents the design of acoustic resonance free and over current limit during transient state consideration electronic ballast for 1.5kW Metal-Halide Lamp(MHL) that employs frequency modulation (FM) technique. The proposed ballast consists of a Full-Bridge(FB) rectifier, a passive power factor correction (PFC) circuit, a full-bridge inverter, an ignitor using LC resonance and a control circuit for frequency modulation. The frequency modulation technique is the most effective solution to eliminate acoustic resonance among other technique. It spreads power spectrum of lamp to reduce the supplied power spectrum under the energy level of eigen-value frequency. Moreover, the proposed ballast is simple and cost effective above conventional ballast. A new PFC circuit is proposed which combines with LCD type and PCSR filter. A new PFC circuit has higher PF and lower THD than conventional LCD type and secure high reliability. Finally, to protected switching components in transient state, the surge current into ballast is limited by increase the switching frequency. Performance of the proposed ballast was validated through computer simulation using Pspice, experimentation and by applying it to an electronic ballast for a prototype 1.5kW MHL.
Estimating for Properties of Insulating Degradation for Cellulose paper with Aging Temperature and Correlation by Statistical Treatment
Kim, Jae-Hoon ; Kim, Dae-Sik ; Han, Sang-Ok ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 912~917
It was known that oil-filled transformer's life depended on insulating paper which was applied to transformers for insulating of transformer. Therefore when paper was aged, its electrical, mechanical and chemical characteristics were changed. Especially if operating temperature was high, paper was quickly damaged. As cellulose paper which was mainly used for solid insulation of transformers was degraded, the cellulose polymer chains broke down into shorter lengths and gases such as CO,
and so on were produced from paper. Also by-product known as furan compounds were producted from paper and it were dissolved within insulating oil. In this paper accelerating aging cell was aged during 60 hours at 100, 150, 180 and
, respectively, so evaluating the chemical characteristics of cellulose paper by thermal. An it were performed analysis such as tensile strength(TS), dissolved gas analysis(DGA) and high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC). Also for analyzing of correlation between insulating degradation characteristics, it was performed linear regression method as statistical treatment.
The Study on Dielectric layer Design and Manufactor for Luminance Improvement of Red Organic Light Emitting Device
Ki, Hyun-Chul ; Kim, Seon-Hoon ; Kim, Doo-Gun ; Kim, Sang-Gi ; Jeong, Haeng-Yun ; Choi, Young-Sung ; Hong, Kyung-Jin ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 918~921
We have proposed an dielectric layer to improve the luminance of red organic light emitting device. Here, we have calculated refractive index of dielectric layer material that was revised refractive index of organic material, ITO and glass. Refractive index of dielectric layer material was 1.711. The structure of dielectric layer was designed in organic material/ITO/dielectric layer/glass. Dielectric material changed thickness that deposited by ion-assisted deposition system. Transmittances of ITO were 95.66-98.85 [%]. Red OLED was fabricated with the structure of TPD(
), Rubrene(
). Turn-on voltage and Luminance of Red OLED were 10 [V] and 5,857 cd/m2.
Surface Plasmon Resonance Based on ZnO Nano-grating Structure
Kim, Doo-Gun ; Kim, Seon-Hoon ; Ki, Hyun-Chul ; Kim, Hwe-Jong ; Oh, Geum-Yoon ; Choi, Young-Wan ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 922~926
We have investigated the grating coupled surface plasmon resonance (GC-SPR) sensors using ZnO nano-grating structures to enhance the sensitivity of an SPR sensor. The GC-SPR sensors were analyzed using the finite-difference time-domain method. The optimum resonance angles of 49 degrees are obtained in the 150 nm wide grating structure with a period of 300 nm for the ZnO thickness of 30 nm. Then, the ZnO nano-grating patterns were fabricated by using laser interference lithography. The measured resonance angle of nano-grating patterns was around 49 degrees. Here, an enhanced evanescent field is obtained due to the surface plasmon on the edge of the bandgap when the ZnO grating structures are used to excite the surface palsmon.
Properties of Electrical and Optical for OLED using Zn(HPB)q as Electron Transporting Layer
Kim, Dong-Eun ; Park, Jun-Woo ; Kim, Byoung-Sang ; Lee, Burm-Jong ; Kwon, Young-Soo ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 927~931
Recently, high luminance and high efficiency were realized in OLED with multilayer structure including emitting materials such as metal-chelate complexes. We synthesized a new luminescent material, namely, [2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)quinoline] (Zn(HPB)q) which has low molecular compound and emitted in yellowish green region. The ionization potential(IP) and electron affinity(EA) of Zn(HPB)q were measured by cyclic-voltammetry(CV). As a result, IP and EA of Zn(HPB)q were calculated 6.8 eV and 3.5 eV, respectively. We fabricated the devices and observed the possibility of Zn(HPB)q as electron transporting layer. We have obtained an improvement of luminance and decrease of turn-on voltage using Zn(HPB)q as electron transporting layer.
A Study on the Improvement of Decomposition Efficiency of Organic Substances Using Plasma Process and Catalytic Surface Chemical Reaction
Han, Sang-Bo ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 932~938
This paper proposed the effective treatment method for organic substances using the barrier discharge plasma process and catalytic chemical reaction followed from ozone decomposition. The decomposition by the plasma process of organic substances such as trichloroethylene, methyl alcohol, acetone, and dichloromethane carried out, and ozone is generated effectively at the same time. By passing through catalysts, ozone easily decomposed and further decomposed organic substances. And, 2-dimensional distribution of ozone using the optical measurement method is performed to identify the catalytic surface chemical reaction. In addition, CO is easily oxidized into
by this chemical reaction, which might be induced oxygen atom radicals formed at the surface of catalyst from ozone decomposition.
Fabrication and Operation Testing of an Air-cored Pulse Transformer for Charging a High Voltage Pulse Forming Line
Jin, Yun-Sik ; Kim, Young-Bae ; Kim, Jong-Soo ; Ryoo, Hong-Je ; Cho, Chu-Hyun ; Rim, Geun-Hee ; Lim, Soo-Won ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 939~944
A high voltage air-cored helical strip/wire type pulse transformer has been fabricated for charging of a high voltage pulse forming line. As a primary coil, copper strip of 25mm width was wound helically around a MC nylon cylinder. For a secondary coil, copper enameled wire of 1mm diameter was wound around conical cylinder in order to provide insulation between two windings. The coupling coefficient of 0.53 was obtained when two coils were combined coaxially in the insulation oil filled chamber. Voltage gain and energy transfer efficiency were investigated by varying the parameters of primary and secondary circuit. Test results shows that the voltage gain increases up to 17 with increasing the primary capacitance up to 200nF. And highest energy transfer efficiency of 44% was obtained when the dual resonant operation condition was nearly satisfied. The pulse transformer developed in this study can be used for charging the middle conductor of a Blumlein pulse forming line.
A New Robust Variable Structure Controller for Uncertain Affine Nonlinear Systems with Mismatched Uncertainties
Lee, Jung-Hoon ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 945~949
In this paper, a systematic design of a new robust nonlinear variable structure controller based on state dependent nonlinear form is presented for the control of uncertain affine nonlinear systems with mismatched uncertainties and matched disturbance. After an affine uncertain nonlinear system is represented in the form of state dependent nonlinear system, a systematic design of a new robust nonlinear variable structure controller is presented. To be linear in the closed loop resultant dynamics, the linear sliding surface is applied. A corresponding control input is proposed to satisfy the closed loop exponential stability and the existence condition of the sliding mode on the linear sliding surface, which will be investigated in Theorem 1. Through a design example and simulation study, the usefulness of the proposed controller is verified.
A MIMO VSS with an Integral-Augmented Sliding Surface for Uncertain Multivariable Systems
Lee, Jung-Hoon ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 950~960
In this paper, a multi-input multi-output(MIMO) integral variable structure system with an integral-augmented sliding surface is designed for the improved robust control of uncertain multivariable system under the matched persistent disturbance. To effectively remove the reaching phase problems, the integral augmented sliding surface is proposed. Then for its design, the eigenstructure assignment technique is introduced to. To guarantee the designed performance against the persistent disturbance, the stabilizing control for multi-input system is also designed to generate the sliding mode on the integral sliding surface. The stability of the global system together with the existence condition of the sliding mode are investigated and proved for the case of multi input system in the presence of uncertainty and disturbance. The reaching phase is completely removed in proposed MIMO VSS by satisfying the two requirements. An example and computer simulations will be present for showing the usefulness of algorithm.
On the Design of a Finite Time Reduced Order Observer
Lee, Kee-Sang ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 961~965
A reduced order observer with finite time convergence characteristics is proposed for linear time invariant systems. The proposed finite time reduced order observer(FTROO) is a dual observer scheme in which two reduced order Luenberger observers with asymptotic convergence characteristics and a finite time delay element are employed. The FTROO can be constructed so as to converge in the designer specified finite time independent of the eigenvalues of the reduced order observers. A numerical example is given to show the finite-time convergence characteristics of the proposed FTROO.
Adaptive Observer for a System with Sinusoidal Disturbance in Measurement Output
Son, Young-Ik ; Kim, In-Hyuk ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 966~971
An adaptive state observer is presented for a class of LTI systems that have a sinusoidal disturbance in the measurement output. Adaptation rules are developed for identifying the unknown sinusoidal disturbance signal from the system output. For the application of the identification result to the state estimation problem, the sinusoidal signal with arbitrary initial phase has been considered in this paper. In order to test the performance of proposed algorithm, comparative computer simulations have been carried out with an existing robust observer. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed method.
The Design of Optimized Fuzzy Cascade Controller: Focused on Type-2 Fuzzy Controller and HFC-based Genetic Algorithms
Kim, Wook-Dong ; Jang, Han-Jong ; Oh, Sung-Kwun ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 972~980
In this study, we introduce the design methodology of an optimized type-2 fuzzy cascade controller with the aid of hierarchical fair competition-based genetic algorithm(HFCGA) for ball & beam system. The ball & beam system consists of servo motor, beam and ball, and remains mutually connected in line in itself. The ball & beam system determines the position of ball through the control of a servo motor. Consequently the displacement change of the position of the moving ball and its ensuing change of the angle of the beam results in the change of the position angle of a servo motor. The type-2 fuzzy cascade controller scheme consists of the outer controller and the inner controller as two cascaded fuzzy controllers. In type-2 fuzzy logic controller(FLC) as the expanded type of type-1 fuzzy logic controller(FLC), we can effectively improve the control characteristic by using the footprint of uncertainty(FOU) of membership function. The control parameters(scaling factors) of each fuzzy controller using HFCGA which is a kind of parallel genetic algorithms(PGAs). HFCGA helps alleviate the premature convergence being generated in conventional genetic algorithms(GAs). We estimated controller characteristic parameters of optimized type-2 fuzzy cascade controller applied ball & beam system such as maximum overshoot, delay time, rise time, settling time and steady-state error. For a detailed comparative analysis from the viewpoint of the performance results and the design methodology, the proposed method for the ball & beam system which is realized by the fuzzy cascade controller based on HFCGA, is presented in comparison with the conventional PD cascade controller based on serial genetic algorithms.
Structural Design of FCM-based Fuzzy Inference System : A Comparative Study of WLSE and LSE
Park, Wook-Dong ; Oh, Sung-Kwun ; Kim, Hyun-Ki ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 981~989
In this study, we introduce a new architecture of fuzzy inference system. In the fuzzy inference system, we use Fuzzy C-Means clustering algorithm to form the premise part of the rules. The membership functions standing in the premise part of fuzzy rules do not assume any explicit functional forms, but for any input the resulting activation levels of such radial basis functions directly depend upon the distance between data points by means of the Fuzzy C-Means clustering. As the consequent part of fuzzy rules of the fuzzy inference system (being the local model representing input output relation in the corresponding sub-space), four types of polynomial are considered, namely constant, linear, quadratic and modified quadratic. This offers a significant level of design flexibility as each rule could come with a different type of the local model in its consequence. Either the Least Square Estimator (LSE) or the weighted Least Square Estimator (WLSE)-based learning is exploited to estimate the coefficients of the consequent polynomial of fuzzy rules. In fuzzy modeling, complexity and interpretability (or simplicity) as well as accuracy of the obtained model are essential design criteria. The performance of the fuzzy inference system is directly affected by some parameters such as e.g., the fuzzification coefficient used in the FCM, the number of rules(clusters) and the order of polynomial in the consequent part of the rules. Accordingly we can obtain preferred model structure through an adjustment of such parameters of the fuzzy inference system. Moreover the comparative experimental study between WLSE and LSE is analyzed according to the change of the number of clusters(rules) as well as polynomial type. The superiority of the proposed model is illustrated and also demonstrated with the use of Automobile Miles per Gallon(MPG), Boston housing called Machine Learning dataset, and Mackey-glass time series dataset.
Hybrid Retrieval Machine for Recognizing 3-D Protein Molecules
Lee, Hang-Chan ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 990~995
Harris corner detector is commonly used to detect feature points for recognizing 2-D or 3-D objects. However, the feature points calculated from both of query and target objects need to be same positions to guarantee accurate recognitions. In order to check the positions of calculated feature points, we generate a Huffman tree which is based on adjacent feature values as inputs. However, the structures of two Huffman trees will be same as long as both of a query and targets have same feature values no matter how different their positions are. In this paper, we sort feature values and calculate the Euclidean distances of coordinates between two adjacent feature values. The Huffman Tree is generated with these Euclidean distances. As a result, the information of point locations can be included in the generated Huffman tree. This is the main strategy for accurate recognitions. We call this system as the HRM(Hybrid Retrieval Machine). This system works very well even when artificial random noises are added to original data. HRM can be used to recognize biological data such as proteins, and it will curtail the costs which are required to biological experiments.
VLC Wireless Data Transmission of High Luminance LED Irradiated by the High Dose-Rate Gamma-Ray
Cho, Jai-Wan ; Choi, Young-Soo ; Hong, Seok-Boong ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 996~1000
In order to apply VLC (visible light communication) in harsh environment of nuclear power plant in-containment building, the high luminance LEDs, which are key components of the VLC system, have been gamma irradiated at the dose rate of 4 kGy/h during 72 hours up to a total dose of 288 kGy. The radiation induced coloration effect in the high luminance LED bulb made of acryl or plastic material was observed. In the VLC wireless data transmission experiment using the high luminance LEDs irradiated by high dose rate gamma-ray, the radiation induced coloration effect of the high luminance LED bulb extended the communication distance compared to non-irradiated LEDs.
Nonlinear ANC using a NPVSS-NLMS algorithm and online modelling of an acoustic linear feedback path
Seo, Jae-Beom ; Nam, Sang-Won ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 1001~1004
Acoustic feedback and background noise variation can degrade the performance of an active noise control (ANC) system. In this paper, nonlinear ANC using a non-parametric VSS-NLMS (or NPVSS-NLMS) algorithm and online feedback path modeling is proposed, whereby the conventional linear ANC with online acoustic feedback-path modeling is further extended to nonlinear Volterra ANC with a linear acoustic feedback path. In particular, the step-size of the NPVSS-NLMS algorithm is controlled to reduce the effect of background noise variation in the ANC system. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach yields better nonlinear ANC performance compared with the conventional nonlinear ANC method.
Filter Calibration using Self Oscillation of Biquad RC Filter
Ahn, Deok-Ki ; Hwang, In-Chul ;
The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 59, issue 5, 2010, Pages 1005~1009
This paper presents a digitally-controlled filter calibration technique for biquad RC filter using self oscillation. The biquad RC filter is converted to a fully-differential ring oscillator by changing its resistor connections, where the oscillation frequency reflects the cut-off frequency. The proposed calibration circuit measures the oscillation frequency by counting with a fixed higher-frequency clock and then tunes it to a desired frequency with a digital frequency-locked loop including a PI controller. Because the proposed circuit directly measures the cut-off frequency of the filter itself and calibrates it with the small area digital circuits, the area and the power consumption are much small compared with conventional works. When it is implemented in a 65nm CMOS process, the calibration circuit except the filter consumes the area of 80um X 50um and power consumption is 443uA at 1.2 V supply voltage.
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Violence In Video Doesn't Make Kids More Violent In Real Life It has been argued there is generally a lack of quality studies which can be relied upon and that the video game industry has become an easy target for the media to blame for many modern day problems. However, several major studies by groups such as The Harvard Medical School Center for Mental Health, The Journal of Adolescent Health, and The British Medical Journal have shown no conclusive link between video game usage and violent activity. There is need for much research as the topic has no conclusive evidence to support either argument. In this writers opinion violence in video games does not have any correlation to violence in real life. Violent juvenile crime in the United States has been declining as violent video game popularity has increased. The arrest rate for juvenile murders has fallen 71.9% between 1995 and 2008. The arrest rate for all juvenile violent crimes has declined 49.3%. In this same period, video game sales have more than quadrupled. The small correlations that have been found between video games and violence may be explained by violent youth being drawn to violent video games. Violent games do not cause youth to be violent. Instead, youth that are predisposed to be violent seek out violent entertainment such as video games. Video game players understand they are playing a game. Their ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality prevents them from emulating video game violence in real life. In 2005, the US had 2,279 murders committed by teenagers (27.9 per million residents) compared to 73 in Japan (3.1 per million). Let me show you some of my research So Do They? By David Zumbo They Shouldn't Be Age Restricted To The Degree That They Are Things That Don't Hurt You Shouldn't Be Restricted Violence in Video Games Doesn't Make Kids More Violent In Real Life Per capita (for each head) video game sales were $5.20 in the US compared to $47 in Japan. This example illustrates that there is no correlation between violent behavior and playing video games. "They're Waiting For You Gordon, In The Test Chamber..." "That thing you burnt up isn't important to me. It's the fluid catalytic cracking unit. It made shoes for orphans. Nice job breaking it, hero." One possible explanation of the still unproven correlation between video games and violence is that it isn't the video games that make the children more violent but that more violent youth is drawn to a more violent video game. Citations http://www.ehow.com/facts_6778915_violence-video-games.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16099971/ns/technology_and_science-games/t/does-game-violence-make-teens-aggressive/ Playing violent video games reduces violence in adolescent boys by serving as a substitute for rough and tumble play.
Playing violent video games allows adolescent boys to express aggression and establish status in the peer group without causing physical harm. Playing violent video games provides a safe outlet for aggressive and angry feelings. A 2007 study reported that 45 of boys played video games because "it helps me get my anger out" and 62 played because it "helps me relax." When research does show that violent video games cause more arousal and aggression, it is because the comparative game is less exciting.
A short-term increase in arousal and aggression does not mean a child is going to leave his or her house and commit a violent act. "The problem is, many people who have done violent crimes such as school shootings were all depressed, and people quickly point out that they possessed some sort of a violent video game. But it doesn't matter since video games are common household items. In the homes of these school shooters, you probably have found Grand Theft Auto, Toothpaste, and Twinkies. Strangely enough, nobody is blaming the toothpaste."
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I recently had my Lennox MDP-4035CPM (propane) cleaned by a professional and the guy checked the incoming gas pressure. He said it was low, about 10 psi when it should have been 12 psi. He thought this might have been the issue with it causing soot. He also thinks I should replace the gas valve (about ~$2) and another 1-2 hrs labor, about $4 total. This after a cleaning bill of almost $5.
My questions are
- Do you agree that a low gas pressure could cause the soot problem? (It seems to me that it would have nothing to do with the viability of the flame, rather it would govern how high the flame was in the firebox).
Do you agree that a gas valve that runs a little low is a danger and should be replaced?


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Last Friday I hopped a ferry over to Seattle and headed to the Experience Music Project museum for the Gear of War 2 All Fronts Collection Event Extravaganza that Microsoft and Epic were throwing. I had a bonesaw blood covered blast!!
The Gears of War 2: All Fronts Collection is the ultimate Gear of War 2 expansion pack but it is bit of an odd duck at retail at July 28th. It is only going to be in stores as a card that you will plunk down $19.99 for and then take it home and enter the download code in your Xbox and the good stuff will automatically download over a series of tubes called the internets. There are a lot of question as to why they are only selling these cards online instead of selling the DLC over Xbox Live without having to physically find a card. I mean you have to use the Xbox Live to download and play these maps? It keeps big retail stores happy I guess.
The All Fronts Collection includes the deleted campaign chapter "Road to Ruin". In "Road to Ruin" Dom and Marcus cosuplay as Locusts to sneak in the Hollow. You can play it all sneaky like or you can just blast your way through it.
There are seven new multiplayer maps: (Description from the Press Release)
Allfathers Garden: Honor the sacred grounds of the Coalition founders in this explosive map, where powerful weapons catalyze fast and furious action at this COG landmark.
Memorial: Set near the Eternal Flame, which pays tribute to the fallen soldiers on the battlefield, a hard-fought battle ensues at the Tomb of Unknowns. Put your flank formation and evasive skills to the test as you fight to control the Boomshot.
Sanctuary: Once a peaceful ground for reflection and remembrance, all that remains of the Sanctuary is the chill of death. Feast your eyes on the arsenal of weapons available as you make your way through the tight paths and blind corners of the Locust-damaged temple corridors.
War Machine: In the abandoned train station that once served as a hub for travel, you will need to master the Longshot, Mulcher, and Boomshot weapons to advance the fight while evading fire from the platforms above.
Highway: Take the fight deep into Locust Hollow in the complex passages of this underground highway system brimming with enemy vermin. Stick together, separate the enemy and have an exit strategy ready or it'll be a one-way trip.
Way Station: Sitting in limbo between death and "processing" are Locust way stations filled with fallen COG soldiers. Tread lightly and practice patience as it's better to sacrifice firepower for stealth while navigating this minefield of hidden grenades.
Nowhere: Set in the middle of what was once a destination for weary desert travellers, the land is now barren and devoid of life. Pick off your enemies with the Longshot sniper rifle and make your way to the stairwell with a well-fortified team during this intense firefight
But wait there is MORE! All previous Gears of War 2 map packs are thrown in for good measure, that means the Flashback Map Pack, Combustible Map Pack and Snowblind Map Pack.
I was not able to get an official response as to how much space all this DLC goodness is going to take on your Xbox 360 hard drive but it will at least be over a Gigglebyte. Now would be a good time to make some room if you still have a 20-gigglebyte Xbox 360 hard drive.
There is a bunch of extra stuff in the pack such as a fold out poster with game play tips and Gears of War lore and history on the back, an introduction video from Cliff Blesninski, and an exclusive Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 NXE Premium Theme.
A lot of the content has been released in previous map packs and if you can't get the All Fronts Collection the Dark Corners Add on will be on Xbox Live Market Place for 1600 points AKA 20 bucks the same price as an All Fronts Collection card. Now if you have the previous packs don't worry about it you are still going to be out twenty bucks either way and it is worth it cause Gears 2 is fun and you probably spent more money on junk food this year. Personally I love the idea of good DLC expansion packs extending the life and your enjoyment of a game that you already invested your money on. It can keep things fresh between major game releases.
Reading between the lines I got the impression that this collection is probably the last batch of Map Packs and expansion stuff for Gears of War 2 before the busy bees at Epic move on to other "Post-Gears of War 2 projects"
If you have never been to the EMP it is one of the best museums of 20th and 21th century music and it is on top of the Science Fiction Museum. If you don't know what I am talking about there is this really weird artsy blob at the bottom of the Space Needle that stands as a testament that why all major architects should be drug-tested.
Not only did I get to see the new maps but I got to meet some of the folks from Xbox. There were some Xbox Live sceenster alumni like Chris Paladino that I have not talked to in person since last year's Penny Arcade Expo. I saw Pink Sage, KikiKat and others. It was THE Xbox Live bash to attend (in the greater Seattle area on that particular night).
The real stars of the night were the networked Xbox 360 units with the new Nowhere map. I played the Horde mode on Nowhere and manned the mortar launcher. When I fired a volley I would yell "Fire in the hole" as a favor to my teammates but they still seamed to run the blast zone after I had let loose the dogs of war. The Nowhere map and Horde mode go together like peanut butter and jelly.
I got to sit in on a panel discussion with Gears of War series writer Josh Ortega, Epic Games President Michael (the Doctor) Capps moderated by the man himself Major Nelson.
Josh Ortega and Michael Capps worked the crowd and stayed until the wee hours of the night signing stuff and talking to the Gears of War fans. They love their jobs and they love their fans.
At the start of the panel they threw out some interesting gears of War figures.
There have been:
42 Million games played online
3 Billion kills
79 Billion rounds of virtual ammunition fired in Gears of War 1 and 2.
Now the folks at Epic love gears of War and they are also big nerds so the biggest factor in deciding what licensing products they do is basically what the folks at Epic want. They love cool action figures so there are cool Gears action figures, they love comic books so there is a cool comic book series, they love T-shirts and there is a line of spiffy T-shirts. The action figures are just what they wanted for their desks. It is gravy that it makes a profit for them and the fans love the Gears stuff too. They also personally tested the Gears of War boxer shorts. The Headshot Locust Drone is their favorite figure.
Now the comic book is written by Josh Ortega and he considers it the prequel to the sequel. The comic takes place between Gears 1 and 2 and it is completely canonical. The back story in the Gears of War books by Karen Traviss will be considered cannon in future Gears of War projects.
The head of Epic games and the main writer of Gears said "We have always planned this to be a franchise". Basically Gears of War 3 is unofficially confirmed.
They could not officially say that they were working on Gears of War 3 but there is a big team at Epic Games and they are probably working on a new action packed game (doubt they are making a dating sim or interactive pony adventure). Gears 1 and 2 were major best sellers and Microsoft is very happy with them. Now Epic can't go and announce Gears of War 3 without Microsoft doing it since they are 2nd party developers for Gears. When they had the fan question section everyone pretty much asked about a Gears of War 3 but they said that they couldn't say yet. Epic, Microsoft and the fans all love the first two Gears of War games. There is no way in God's green Earth that I could believe that they are not already in the planning process or technical specs for Gears of War 3. There is no doubt in my mind that they are making Gears of War 3 and I fully expect to be playing it on Thanksgiving 2010.
They said that there is going to be a 4th title update eventually but they can't say when (this is also due to the Xbox title update approval process)
The other big thing they unveiled that there is going to be a Gears of War "Emulsion" Energy drink. It is light yellow like the Emulsion. No word if it mutates you and turns you into an explosive monster but it tastes good and gives you quite a bunch of pep. Mountain Dew GamerFuel take note because Gears of War is going to have gamers exclaiming "Look at ALL that JUICE!"
I asked a question about what are the improvements in the Unreal Engine since gears of War 2 shipped that they are looking forward in using in a future game. They said the new lighting tools. Everyone that asked a question got a toy and Major Nelson personally handed me a Marcus action figure. I am soo going to be putting this on my desk at work.


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Have you ever been to an OTE meetup? No? Why not?
If you have fun on this blog day in and day out, and are the type who likes to mix and mingle with semi-strangers, you may want to check out one of the many OTE meetups. They're fun, and always full of laugh-out-loud-funny conversation. Plus, there's usually some really good food involved.
If you are worried about going solo, don't be. I've always gone on my own, and 99 percent of the other attendees do that, too. (One reader came with his wife and another sometimes brings her boyfriend).
The group has three more events planned for January. The CiCi's pizza party on Monday, January 17; a sushi gathering on Saturday, January 22 (these are always the best) and "drinking, bumping and grinding with strangers" at Jillian's on Saturday, January 29.
The details for all three events, and others, are here.


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I know there is a thread for this, but I'm posting here because I spend so much time on this thread. I know that there are greater needs than my request. I'm not going through the emotion of having lost a loved one or a desperately ill family member, BUT... PLEASE PRAY that it doesn't flood our house again. Our city has just put out a Flood Warning for our area. Our home has been flooded twice in the last four years.
The first one totaled our two used vehicles [they were in our garage] and we had to rip our house out to the studs...flooring and walls and everything. We lost so much and had to live with my sis and her husband for months till we moved back into our home. I had to toss TONS of stamping supplies because of the flood waters. We had insurance on the structure, but not our contents.
We are older now and do not want to have to go through this again. Three of the homes on our street have had their foundations raised by cinder blocks FOUR HIGH in order to protect them from flood waters. The next street over has had five homes raised and two homes razed. Know what I mean?
We can't sell our home, no one wants to live here. The first one was what they called a "100 year flood." Well, they just keep happening, probably because of all the building going on in our county.
Oh, dear...I'm rambling. The river is supposed to crest on Wednesday morning. I'm going to log off and go try to clean up my stamp room and get everything off the floor. LOL...that will take all morning. PLEASE pray for a hedge around our city and that the rain will disappear. I don't want anyone to have to go through this again.
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EBay CEO John Donahoe's pay plunges
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That's how much eBay CEO John Donahoe's total pay shrank last year. His cash incentive bonus was paid at 82 percent of target because eBay fell short of its 2013 financial goals and fell short of targets relative to its peers. Donahoe has been under fire from activist investor Carl Icahn, who wants eBay to spin off or sell its PayPal business.
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Andreas Antonopoulos, chief security officer for Blockchain.info, which hosts online wallets for bitcoin storage, on the $28,000 that's been donated to Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto. The 64-year-old physicist denied a report last week that identified him as creator of the virtual currency. Nakamoto's naming drew outrage from bitcoin supporters, who say it is a violation of his privacy and evidence of news media bias against the nascent currency.
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The Hogwarts Express Arrives At Universal Orlando!
Universal Orlando Resort recently welcomed The Hogwarts Express! The iconic train has now made its home on the tracks between the two theme parks. Just like in the books and films – guests will be able to board the Hogwarts Express and travel between The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade, which opened in June 2010 at Islands of Adventure, and 'London' when The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley opens at Universal Studios Florida next year.
gWhat a fun and interactive way to bring another aspect of the film and books to life! Leave it to Universal Orlando. We'll have more coverage from the park in the coming weeks so stay tuned!
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Racial criticism, age questions fuel Miss World Fiji fiasco; judge claims contest was rigged
SUVA, Fiji (AP) ' A beauty pageant in Fiji has turned into a fiasco involving race, age and even a claim that the contest was rigged.
Torika Watters was named winner of the Miss World Fiji pageant last month and was expected to represent the island nation in August at the international competition in China. But the mixed-race 16-year-old was quickly hit with online criticism that she looked too Western to represent Fiji.
Watters says a pageant official later told her she was too young to compete, though she claims the same official previously said her age was not a problem. That official did not answer his phone Wednesday.
Watters stepped down and another winner has been announced.
One of the six judges says the panel had been pressured to pick Watters from the start.


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RALEIGH, North Carolina — Tomas Hertl's confidence with being the Sharks' third line center seems to be growing with each passing game.
Hertl played arguably his best all-around game of the season on his 23rd birthday Saturday. He won nine of 12 faceoffs and had the primary assist on Marc-Edouard Vlasic's second period power play goal as the Sharks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 for their third straight win.
Hertl finished with 18 minutes and 27 seconds of ice time, most for any Sharks forward, as he played in all situations and was relied on to win key faceoffs deep in the Sharks' zone.
"I think he's been outstanding," Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said after Saturday's game. "He's heavy, he's hard. I thought he was all over the puck tonight in all three zones. He's playing on the power play, he's killing penalties for us. He's playing great hockey."
The Sharks are 6-3 since Hertl was moved from the top line to the third line after a 3-0 loss to Detroit on Oct. 22.
He's stayed there for the most part, jumping up to the top line again for a brief time when the Sharks played the Pittsburgh Penguins. After that 5-0 debacle on Nov. 5, Hertl was once again playing center, right beside Patrick Marleau. DeBoer was confident the move made the Sharks a better team and more difficult to match up against.
The two haven't lit up the scoresheet together, as Hertl's assist and Marleau's goal Saturday snapped a four-game points drought for both players. But they feel they can create a greater number of quality chances with each game they play.
"He's a big, strong boy on pucks and he's highly skilled as well, so it's good to play with him," Marleau said. "We've only played a handful of games, but I feel like we can build some chemistry there and if we play like we did tonight, keep getting those chances, they'll start going in."
Hertl said he and Marleau communicate quite a bit on the ice, and is finding that their styles complement each other quite a bit.
Asked how he feels about his play at center, Hertl said, "I like it. Every game it's a little bit better on faceoffs. I'm feeling more comfortable and I just with it stay with it and keep going. With Patty, we talk a lot he he's getting a lot of chances, too."
• The Sharks had the day off Sunday so there was no update on the health of Melker Karlsson, who blocked a Victor Hedman shot 3:10 into the first period of Saturday's game. Karlsson took five more shifts in the first period, picking up an assists on Tommy Wingels' goal at the 10:04 mark. But he did not play in the second or third periods.
The Sharks are scheduled to practice at PNC Arena on Monday. Karlsson has four points in 15 games, but is one of the team's leading penalty killers and shares the team lead with a plus-minus rating of +3.


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Thomas Coleman shares this stone with Lydia K. Coleman. See the index for these individual names and links to photos of their stones.
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Work the Shell - Function Return Codes and Daylight Calculations
Last month, I explored exit codes and how decent error correction in your shell scripts always should include testing the value of $? after each meaningful command. Writing bulletproof shell scripts also involves generous use of the test command too, a typical sequence being something like this:
if [ ! -d $DIRECTORY ] ; then echo "Error: Directory $DIRECTORY doesn't exist." exit 1 fi date > $DIRECTORY/$file if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then echo "Error: failed with error $? trying to create $file" exit 1 fi
That reminds me, I talk about the test command, but you don't see me actually using it above. Actually, you do. It turns out, for reasons of coding clarity, there's a file called [ in your filesystem that's a link (a hard link) to the test command:
$ ls -l /bin/{[,test} -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 63184 May 18 2009 /bin/[ -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 63184 May 18 2009 /bin/test
Old-school script authors use if test <condition>, and you'll sometimes see that show up, but it's rare nowadays.
This month, I want to finish this discussion by exploring how the return command within your shell scripts allows you to send information back from functions within the script itself.
Let's say you're busy programming some sort of game and find that you want to be able to ascertain whether it's daytime or nighttime when the program runs. Perhaps you have a graphical background that changes, just as Gmail has some themes that change based on your local weather.
"Aha!" I can already hear you saying, "figuring out daytime is trickier than you think, Dave!" You're right, of course, but I'll get to that in phase two. In the first phase of this function, let's create a stub that dumbly assumes that 8:00am–6:00pm is daytime, and the rest of the day is nighttime.
This can be implemented easily enough:
hour=$(date +%H) if [ $hour -ge 8 -a $hour -le 18 ] ; then yes, it's daytime else no, it's nighttime fi
That's fine, but how do you communicate that with the rest of your script without having the entire script live within some big, ugly, if-then-else statement? More important, what about when you want to make the test far more sophisticated, where it's getting sunrise/sunset times from the Internet for the current date and location?
Let's write a function that returns true if it's daytime and false otherwise. Something like this:
function isdaytime { hour=$(date +%H) if [ $hour -ge 8 -a $hour -le 18 ] ; then return 1 else return 0 fi }
You can reference this in your script within an if statement, as follows:
if isdaytime ; then
One of the glitches with this is that you need to use the counter-intuitive return code of 1 for failure and 0 for success. This is similar to using the exit command: you exit with 0 for success and anything else for failure. Another glitch you may recall from last month is that if you are going to be testing the return code, you easily can get messed up if there are any other commands between the invocation and the test—including a friendly debugging echo statement—because the $? will be the exit code of the most recently invoked function or program.
Assuming you want to save the return code for later use, you could invoke the function like this:
isdaytime ; daytime=$?
At this point you may think, "Wait, why not do it like this?"
function isdaytime { hour=$(date +%H) if [ $hour -ge 8 -a $hour -le 18 ] ; then daytime=1 else daytime=0 fi }
Any serious programmer will know the answer. It's bad form to have subroutines or functions set or alter global variables. Why? Because debugging becomes impossible when variables are set or altered anywhere in the script.
Let's seek to be reasonably elegant with our scripting because: a) it's good form, and b) it leads to more easily understood scripts, which is the point of this column, right? So, get serious, and just change the function to return 0 on success and 1 on failure.
Now that you have a function you can expand later and have a way to return a true/false value to the calling script, how might it be utilized?
Here's one way:
if isdaytime ; then echo it is daytime else echo it is nighttime fi
Pretty trivial, but armed with this basic skeleton, let's have another look at the function itself.
Dave Taylor has been hacking shell scripts for over thirty years. Really. He's the author of the popular "Wicked Cool Shell Scripts" and can be found on Twitter as @DaveTaylor and more generally at www.DaveTaylorOnline.com.
Dave -- your "Dealing with
Dave -- your "Dealing with Spaces in Filenames" column in the latest Linux Journal (cover date February 2011) ends by stating you would like to open the issue of spaces in filenames for discussion on the Linux Journal discussion boards.
I came here intending to add a suggestion to such a discussion ... but didn't find a thread specific to that topic.
Is there some place you would suggest I go?
Spaces in filenames
Dave, this is not relevant to this particular article, but rather to the general issue of handling spaces in filenames in bash scripts. A few years ago I was taught a drop-in replacement for the for / in loop that properly handles spaces in filenames. Once you reprogram your brain to use this instead of the for loop, you will be free to enter spaces in filenames at your leisure. Say you want to iterate over the output of the find command, in this case, files that end in .txt:
for f in `find . -name "*.txt" -type f`; do echo "file: $f"; done
A file with a single space will create two different lines. Instead, use the while read command:
find . -name "*.txt" -type f | while read f; do echo "file: $f"; done
A couple nits
The statement
hour=$(date +%H)
should be
local hour=$(date +%H)
Otherwise, you're modifying the global variable $hour, and
any serious programmer knows it's bad form to have subroutines
or functions set or alter global variables.
function daytime
should be
daytime ()
if you care about being POSIX compliant. The former is a bash-ism and is not recognized by some shells (like dash).


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I absolutely love joining in the UK vegan food swap, I mean who wouldn't want a box full of tasty snacks delivered to their door each month? However, I'm taking a break for August while I try to catch up on crafting, blogging and all the other things that have taken a a bit of a back seat during silly season at work.
So on to July's food swap. The confirmation email arrived informing me that I would be sending my parcel to Liz and with her request not to include any liquorice or beetroot I hit the shops. Each month I try to include things I haven't tried before as well as some of my favourites.
The box for Liz contained:
- Oreos - after my recent discovery that they are vegan
- granoVita organic mushroom pate - one of my favourite things, especially on toast
- Biona apricot waffles
- dairy-free mint chocolate
- Organico crisp breads
- nakd banana crunch
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- coconut bar
- dairy-free white chocolate buttons
- Soreen apple and sultana loaf
I was super excited to find that I would be receiving my swap box from Jasmine of Self Sufficient Cafe, I was already familiar with Jasmine's blog where she shares her vegan lifestyle and yummy recipes.
The box from Jasmine was AMAZING and was packed with lots of snacks I'd never tried before. It was perfect timing for the Thunder Run and I saved all the snacks from the box to take with me for the weekend (I was going to need some treats).
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We spent part of the first week of February 2010 at Tranquility Lodge near Punta Gorda. The lodge itself is a great place for birding, and the hosts Sheila and Rusty are extremely helpful in locating and identifying birds and orchids. The accommodations were excellent and clean; the food was delicious. We felt quite at home and were able to do day excursions from here. Sheila and Rusty were able to recommend guides, birding spots, restaurants in Punta Gorda, and other good places to stay in the north. We will be going back!
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We were very well cared for our entire visit. Airport transportation, terrific tours, local information, and thoughtful assistance. That just covers the mechanics of traveling. The room was spacious, clean, and very comfortable. The meals were delicious, and we really enjoyed the enteraining stories and jokes. The Nale's made sure our visit was safe, ecological, educational and very enjoyable. We look forward to bringing our family back to enjoy the peace and quiet and beautiful surroundings at Tranquility Lodge. The plants and grounds and swimming hole provide a fantastic getaway. The hosts were generous in their assitance to provide whatever we needed, TV, Internet, Laundry, and Transportation. The tours they arranged, diving, and local interest sites were smooth and hassle free. We really had a great time in our last days in Belize at Tranquility Lodge, thanks to our hosts, Rusty and Sheila Nale.
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Awww, that's so cute. It's the grinch cat who stole the bows! Hope you're enjoying the season that is upon us, Deidre! I'm still trying to get organized although I have no pets to 'help' me, I'm sure it will get done somehow. ;)ReplyDelete
Hi Lisa! Long about Halloween,I decided I would clear out some of the old holiday stuff we never use anymore. I even purchased clear plastic containers in which to put all the things I'll keep. So far, that's as far as the project has gone - ha!ReplyDelete
I don't have cats anymore but I do have two large dogs who can stir up their share of mayhem. They seem to think that everything is a possible chew toy!
Indeed I am enjoying the season, one of the local radio stations plays nothing but holiday music as I work at my desk and you know, you meet some of the nicest people this time year. :-)
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