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CRM, or Customer Relationship Management, is a system for tracking and managing an organization's interactions with clients and potential clients. Primarily, it is a tool used to track, and hence improve and increase, sales. That said, CRM today encompasses a range of interactions, from hours-long in-person meetings to 140 character social media messages and everything in between. The experience of CRM has evolved into an immersive, colorful interface that translates across many types of screens.
The Heavyweight Champ, so to speak, of CRM is Salesforce, formed back in 1999, with the goal of moving CRM software from on-premise to the cloud, and in many ways has helped the entire CRM market move in that direction. Along the way, it has added a number of related services, and combined them with easy to remember domain names like Data.com, Desk.com, Work.com, and Do.com. As with any champion, new challengers emerge to take them on. One such competitor is SugarCRM, a service founded in 2004. SugarCRM, also known as just "Sugar," started as an open-source project, designed to take advantage of the large community of developers, each adding and testing features to the project. Since 2014, SugarCRM has moved away from open-source and concentrated more on their proprietary versions.
Both providers offer a range of impressive features to empower agents to make the most sales and develop the best relationships, as well as communicate internally within the organization. They confidently promise to increase sales and build healthy relationships with customers. Salesforce suffers from a reputation of being expensive, but SugarCRM lacks the cachet that Salesforce possesses. Let's take a look at how the two providers stack up.
|Core Features
|Pricing w/12 Month Contract
|Sugar Enterprise, $60/user/mo
|Professional, $65/user/mo
|Max # of Users
|Unlimited, 5000 Chatter profiles included
|Free 7-day trial
|Free 14-day trial
|Hosted or on-premise
|Data Storage
|60 GB for data or documents
|File Storage
|60 GB for data or documents
|Mobile App
|iOS, Android, BlackBerry
|iOS, Android, BlackBerry
|Email Templates
|Mass Emails
|Lead Capture
|Lead Scoring
|Document Attachments
|Maximum Size of Documents to Upload
|Content Library
|Task Tracking
|Multiple Campaign Management
|Workflow Automation
|Opportunity Tracking
|Multiple Currency
|Sales Forecasting
|Social CRM
|Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
|Web-to-lead Capture
|Standard Dashboards
|Customizable Dashboards
|Standard Reports
|Custom Reports
|Order Management
|Role Permissions
|Territory Management
|Competitor Tracking
|Quote Management
|Google/Gmail Integration
|Microsoft/Office Integration
Salesforce is only available as a cloud service. Sugar is available as an on-premise solution, a solution hosted by Sugar, a solution hosted by a Sugar Partner, a solution in the public cloud, or a solution managed by Sugar in a private cloud. Each solution gives you a number of options in terms of your own level of control and your choice of subscription fees.Verdict: Salesforce wins, for keeping it simple and easy to understand. Pricing:
Sugar has three tiers, and Enterprise, the middle tier, is $60/user/mo, with a minimum annual subscription starting at $7,200/year, including 10 user licenses. Salesforce has four tiers, and Professional is the second lowest, as $65/user/mo. It also requires a 12-month contract. Although both providers have tiers called Professional and Enterprise, for this matchup will be comparing Sugar Enterprise to Salesforce Professional, which have similar prices. At $5 savings per user per month, Sugar would seem to be a better deal, but you have a minimum requirement of ten users. Salesforce has no such requirement.Verdict: Sugar wins, as long as you have more than 12 users. Mobile App:
No business tool would be worth its salt if it didn't have a comprehensive mobile support. Salesforce has the Salesforce1 Mobile App, and SugarCRM has its Sugar Mobile. You can use the app to get location-based sales and support, read and edit documents, and access your CRM on the go. Both CRM systems allow you to save data to your phone so you can go to an area with no connection and continue working. At this time, SugarCRM and Salesforce both support BlackBerry, Android and iOS. Sugar also has a version specifically tailored to the larger screen of the iPad.Verdict: Tie Social CRM:
One of the new ways that business is improving is through the use of social networking. SugarCRM integrates with Citrix GoToMeeting for online conferencing, and integrates with Twitter, Google, Microsoft, and Lotus. It is designed to take content posted to multiple social networking sites and move that information to SugarCRM.
Salesforce, rather than using others' platform, developed their own social network from the ground up, called "Chatter." Anything posted on Chatter can be seen by others internally, but it is not open to the public. It is used to share files, give information about an upcoming meeting, or even brag about a big sale. Like Facebook, you have private messages and wall posts, file sharing, and activity feeds. One free Chatter profile is included with each user license, and you can get the premium Chatter Plus with more sharing tools for an extra $15/user/app/mo.Verdict: I believe there should be a line separating business social networking from personal social networking. Salesforce Chatter is a great way to push out messages either between peers or from the upper levels downward. Final Thoughts:
There's no question that this price point has a crowded field. SugarCRM and Salesforce are both looking to win on features here. They both match up very evenly when it comes to features. They both have app exchanges brimming with free and paid apps to boost sales. They also both lack 24/7 technical support and launch help, something which is afforded the highest tiers.
One of the few categories where there is a clear winner is in storage. Salesforce gives users 1 GB for data and 11 GB for documents. If you go over that, you are subject to fees, and in a few rare cases, subscribers have been known to pay more for data storage than for their CRM subscription. Sugar gives a very generous 60 GB that can be used for either data or document storage.
SugarCRM also takes a very slight edge in reliability. SugarCRM gives an SLA-backed uptime of 99.5%, Salesforce does not offer an SLA, but they boast "99.9+ % reliability." Since "+" is not a number, we can assume the reliability is between 99.001% and 99.999%. Both CRM providers post their service status online.
But coming ahead on one or two categories isn't enough to crown a real winner. Salesforce hits big. They have gobs of features, due in large part because of their acquisitions of other companies. SugarCRM, no lightweight itself, benefits from the contributions of ten years of open-source developers. I see the winner being determined by the personal preferences of the user interface more than any one particular set of features. I like the "Facebook in a business suit" approach that Salesforce offers, but many others would prefer SugarCRM's collaboration tools. I view this one as a tie.


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Hatsukoi Canvas (First Love Canvas) by Samamiya Akaza
I remember reading this oneshot in a volume of Asuka a LONG time ago. I didn't realize it had been given an extension! So imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon Hatsukoi Canvas while browsing on amazon.jp!
Just like with Sun-kissed, Sakurako is a cinnamon roll, too pure for this world. Literally, you want to hold her to your chest and protect her from the evils around her ^^
The first chapter is as I remembered – Sakurako is self-conscious about her art because people think its cursed. She meets Akiharu who helps her realize that's stupid. The second expounds a little bit on the relationship progress between Sakurako and Akiharu (don't expect much ^^ They're slow bloomers like the leads in Hibi Chouchou) and also shows us more of two side characters that had 3 pages in the original short before disappearing forever. Chapter 3 focuses on the female side character Hotaru and Akiharu's uncle. The fourth chapter focuses on the youngest character of the group -Yukinojou. The last chapter pretty much cements Sakurako and Akiharu's relationship x3 It ends enough that you know where they're going but it's open in that maybe another chapter could be slipped in if the manga were to get extended again.
Overall, I enjoyed Hatsukoi Canvas. Was fun re-reading it again. And it's nothing like the weirdness of Torikago Syndrome, if you're all hesitant to read Hatsukoi Canvas because of her other work. Hatsukoi is just pure shojo – put it this way, I wouldn't have blinked twice if I saw this published in Margaret. That's how shojo it is.


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Scott loved living out in the country. He had bought the old farmhouse a couple of years ago and had just about finished the remodeling projects he had wanted done.... Actually, the house was warm and inviting. A place where you could relax and get away from all the pressures of day to day life. It was Friday evening and the beginning of a long weekend. That was always nice having several days off to do things that he really enjoyed or just being able to kick back and watch the corn grow...
This particular evening however, his plans for the weekend were rapidly being changed. A freak winter storm was blowing in and frigid temperatures would prevail until Wednesday according to the weather report. "Just my luck" Scott muttered to himself as he clicked off the television.... "Four days off and I will have to be stuck inside because of the snow." With this disappointing news, he began to build a fire. That always made him feel somewhat better, the den had a huge fireplace on one end and complete with the bear rug in front of the hearth... and the fire always added a rosy warm glow to the room..
Once the fire was burning, he fixed himself a drink and planned to spend some time on ICQ when he heard a knock at the door. Wondering who in the world could be out there in that storm as he made his way to the front of the house..... There before him was a young woman, wet, shivering with cold huddled against the door frame.... "Please excuse my intrusion, but my car slipped off in the ditch a ways back and I have been walking for quite a while..." she said. He immediately let her in, and told her they would have to get her into something dry before she got sick.... There was a bathroom close to the front door and Scott told her he would be right back with something for her to put on.
Racing up the stairs, his mind was replaying her looks. Petite, shapely, from what he could see under her coat. Long darkish hair and big blue eyes. In the master bath, he picked up a robe for her to put on while her clothes dried. Back down the stairs in a flash, he got just a glimpse of her stepping into the shower. Calling out to him, she said, "I hope you don't mind me taking a hot shower, but I am just about frozen" Mesmerized by the stolen look, he just shook his head in agreement, and then realized that she wouldn't be able to hear a head shake and told her to help herself..... Leaving the robe, he went into the den and fixed himself another drink and poured her one as well.
In a few minutes, she entered the den, and immediately went to the fireplace. Taking the drink Scott offered her she sat down on the rug and fanned her hair out behind her to dry. She began to tell him how nasty the weather was turning outside and how she wound up on his doorstep. Scott could help studying her features as she talked. Her hair he noticed wasn't that dark as it began to dry. Her name was Misty and she was from Florida.
Wanting to make sure she was comfortable, Scott offered her some dinner, and they decided to eat in front of the fire. During dinner, the wind was howling threateningly outside and they could see the snow falling thickly as well. "I am really glad I found your house before it got really bad out there," Misty said with a mischievous glint in her eyes. Once they had finished eating, she poured them both another drink and brought the bottle with her as well. Sitting there on the rug, they soon found that they had a lot in common. Laughter was in the air as they exchanged road trip stories, jokes and people they had met on the internet...
The evening continued comfortably in front of the fire, and drinks were flowing freely as well. Misty leaned back a bit and was looking at Scott. She liked what she saw, and with the intimate surroundings her mind began to drift towards sensual thoughts. Scott had been studying her as well, his mind having long since turned to sensual fantasies... Her long blonde hair framed her face and hung down her back.... The robe was open at little at the top, just enough to give him a glimpse of her breasts whenever she moved. He also couldn't help but noticed that the way she was leaning back now that he could almost see her crotch. Not quite, but the sight of her long shapely legs were making him feel quite warm.
So caught up in his thoughts, he didn't hear her last remark, and when she touched his shoulder, he realized that he had been very very deep in thought about those incredible legs. He had been looking at the fire again to keep from blatantly staring at her. When he turned to look at her, he realized the robe was open slightly, but enough for him to see her breasts, down her flat, firm stomach and just a peek of her mound... Knowing he was staring with his mouth open, she opened the robe further and then let it drop in a heap around her feet. The only source of light in the den was coming from the fireplace and it cast a golden glow on her body.
She dropped to her knees right beside him and began to rub her nipples, asking him if he could give her some assistance. He couldn't believe the luck he was having. She had an incredible body with perky breasts and nipples that were already hardened nubs and her mound was covered with light blonde hair so fair and fine that he could see her lips just peeking out at him. Her enormous blue eyes had a pleading look in them, when she brushed her nipple against his lips. As he sucked her nipple into his mouth, she placed herself in his lap facing him. The heat radiating from her pussy was extreme. Scott could feel her hands in his hair, stroking his head as he feasted on her gorgeous breasts... Her pussy was so wet that he could feel his pants getting damp while she was rubbing herself against him.... But every time he tried to leave her breasts, she would guide his head right back to them.....
"We have all night, so there is no need to rush things, Scott." His fingers did make their way to her cunt and began to stroke her. He could tell she was enjoying herself very much and then to his surprise, Misty stood up which put her cunt right at mouth level for him... But her hands kept him from getting close enough to touch her pussy lips... All he could do, was savor her aroma of her arousal. He could also get a very good look as well. Her pussy came closer to his lips and then brushed against them..... "Lick me Scott" and her hands guided him even closer to her..... As his tongue slid against her outer lips, he could hear the intake of breath and felt her body stiffen in anticipation. Excited as well, his tongue probed deeper into the folds of flesh, savoring her juices. When he found her clit, it was already swollen and peeking out from its protective hood. Begging to be kissed. Sucking it into his mouth, Scott grazed it a couple of times with his teeth, and then circling it over and over with his tongue.
Misty pulled herself away from him and laid down on the rug..... with her legs spread wide, he could see all of her cunt. It was glistening with her wetness and his saliva... "I want you to make me cum with your mouth first, Scott" she murmured..... Still clothed, Scott buried his face between those luscious thighs and began to excite her.... At first, he just let his breath caress her lips and the sensitive flesh on the inside of her thighs. Knowing she was already hot and excited, this inflamed the passion fires of them both. Then he teasingly, let his tongue lightly lick the outer lips before delving further into the folds. Blowing on her engorged clit, made her moan and writhe in pleasure...... then he finally let his tongue lick the slit of her cunt.... This made her cry out with extreme desire and need. She began to lift and buck her hips trying to get his tongue inside her hot wet hole.... But Scott was enjoying her cunt to much to hurry... he was going to make her remember the night of the storm....
Misty couldn't believe her luck. Finding a man out in the middle of nowhere that could eat pussy like this? It was just fantastic, she could feel her orgasm building and getting closer. She could feel him opening her pussy lips and sucking her clit into his mouth...... between the feel of his hot tongue and the little nips with his teeth, she was going over the edge in a big way. The white hot pleasure waves began crashing down and all over her body, starting at her clit. At that very moment, there seemed to be nothing around but her clit and his mouth..... once she came back to coherent thought, she sat up and began to undress him. Eager to see and touch all of him and of course to give him back the pleasure he had just given her. Excitement was thick in the room as she began unzipping his jeans while he removed his shirt..
Once she had him free of his clothing, Misty took his cock in her hand and began to stroke it. Precum was glistening on the tip. She bent down and lightly licked the tip tasting him. Then she began letting her long silky hair tease his cock and balls while she stroked him... Soon Scott could feel her hot wet tongue lapping at his balls, and then sucking one into her mouth and then the other one.... This really had an affect on him.... Then that hot tongue started flicking its way up the length of his shaft really driving him crazy. Once at the head, she took her time, sucking it, and circling it with her tongue....... Scott's breathing was beginning to get rapid as she suddenly went down on his cock.... He could feel her lips at the base! Then her tongue stretched out and licked his balls a bit, while she was stroking them. Feeling the tightness of her throat around his cock, he thought he would cum right then and there, but she began pumping his cock with her mouth...... He was fascinated with the expertise in her deep throat abilities..... His balls began to tighten with the warm familiar feel of an orgasm on its way..... Misty could feel it too and began to increase the tempo of her sucking and when he began to cum she took him all the way down and began milking his cock with her throat muscles... She was pleased with the way he just seemed to cum and cum and cum some more.... Afterwards she took great pleasure in licking every drop of his cream of the head of his cock.
Still nude, she poured both of them a drink and began to rub herself against him, enticing him to fuck her..... Scott could see her breasts in the firelight and wanted to lick those luscious globes again..... Pulling her closer to him, he began to lick and tease her nipples.. Misty pressed them into his face in such a way that it was hard for him to breathe, but he continued his oral assault on those perfectly shaped globes with their hardened nubs.... in doing so, he could feel himself getting hard again and she began to stroke and tease him to his full length..... "Fuck me, Scott" was all she could say..... begging and pleading to be filled with his cock.... "I want to fill me with your cock..." and then she pulled away and got on her hands and knees with her pussy and ass facing him.... His cock was very hard and when it jumped it thumped his belly. She was a sight to behold.... Ass and glistening wet pussy right there with in reach..... she started backing up to him, telling him how much she wanted him to fuck her.... But first, he wanted to get in a few more licks especially with the easy access he had to all of her now.
As his tongue began its journey over her slit she tensed a bit and began to moan and groan.... Grabbing her hips, he began to tongue her hot hole. She began to buck and grinding her hips against his mouth..... and constantly begging him to fuck her .... When Scott thought she had begged enough, he began to rub his cock on her slit, making her squirm and plead with him even more...... Finally, he couldn't take it any longer either, he drove his cock deep within her. He was shocked at how tight and hot she was. The silky smoothness of her pussy was closed all around him the muscles gripping as he slowly eased back until just the tip was still inside before sliding back into her. Grabbing her shoulders his pace quickened as he began grinding his hips against her ass....harder and harder as he impaled her over and over again...... She was moaning a lot now and her pussy began to pulse around his cock, and clamping down even tighter...... Scott began to feel his own cum squirting deep within her pussy and continued to pump into her......
Finally both of them spent and relaxed, they laid together on the rug, watching the fire and getting their breathing to normal again...... and thinking of the next round of play.
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Yes, this the famous Riga Art Nouveau Walking Tour, you are welcome to make a reservation for you or your group. Surprising to many, the Art Nouveau architecture is actually one of the best and most sought after attractions in the whole of Riga. We will be showcasing the Art Nouveau architecture on our Art Nouveau walking tour. You will be given the opportunity to view it in all its glory and beauty. We will be conducting a two-hour walking tour that will be nothing short of a marvelous experience. Especially for people who are history and architecture enthusiasts.
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Riga is a world famous city which has been made so popular due to its rich architectural heritage and composition. One of the most outstanding structures in the city is the beautiful Art Nouveau style buildings. Art Nouveau, with origins and bases in English and French, became popular during the peak of the Latvian economic prosperity at the end of the 19th century. Also known as Jugendstil in Germany, Stile Liberty or Stile Floreale in Italy, Modernismo in Spain and Sezessionsstil in Australia.
On our tour, you will also get the chance to see Mikhail Eisenstein, the architect who was responsible for the brilliant and awe-inspiring design of the Art Nouveau. Each building is special and with a very distinctive look, history and purpose. We can guarantee that seeing each building is definitely going to be worth your while.
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In Riga Art Nouveau architecture (also known as Jugendstil architecture)is visible almost everywhere. With a total of 750 buildings, Riga is the Art Nouveau capital of the world.
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A while ago this building was briefly abandoned after Latvia gained her independence. However, it was later reopened and converted into an exquisite hotel (Neiburgs). It is a very popular building with an enormous woman's head hovering above the entrance. Built in 1903, it is massive and painted bright yellow.
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Claudia Moore tops the Equithème Leading Pony Showjumper of the Year Qualifier at Bishop Burton College
Monday 09 July 2018
Defeating thirty-six others, Claudia Moore took the winning spot in the Equithème Leading Pony Showjumper of the Year Qualifier at Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire on Sunday.
All of the starters were focused on picking up one of the three qualification tickets on offer for the Championship Final which will be held at Horse of the Year Show later this year. From the initial starting field, only four were able to access the jump off.
Thirteen year-old Claudia from Brentwood, Essex headed the class on Elando Van De Roshoeve, a 14 year-old bay gelding owned by Katrina Moore. They made their journey up the country worthwhile when they secured a double clear in a super quick time of 45.00 seconds.
The riders and ponies that finished in first to fourth took home the chance to compete in the Equithème National 148cm Championship at the British Showjumping National Championships.
Bishop Burton College – Sunday 8th July 2018
Equithème Leading Pony Showjumper of the Year Qualifier
1st Claudia Moore & Elando Van De Roshoeve – 0/0 – 45.00 seconds
2nd Perdita Digby & Kayleighs Star – 0/0 – 48.16 seconds
3rd Holly Truelove & Rexter D'Or – 0/4 – 43.87 seconds
4th Vicki Selby & Bay Friend – 0/4 – 45.53 seconds
NB: Qualifications will be updated pending grading of results.
The Horse of the Year Show 2018 will take place from the 3rd – 7th October at Birmingham's NEC. The British Showjumping National Championships 2018 will take place during the 7th – 12th August at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre (NAEC), Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
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Alesis Pro X Hi-Hat
The Alesis Pro X Hi-Hat is a dual cymbal hi-hat controller that allows for natural hi-hat playability and feel to Alesis DM10 and DM8 drummers. Hi-Hats are often the most un-natural part of playing an electronic drum kit but with the Pro X Hi-Hat they provide a wide range of trigger samples such as open, closed, half-open, chick and splash sounds which wouldn't be possible on a regular hi-hat pad.
The Alesis DM8/10 modules require the latest firmware update for optimal operation with the Pro X Hi-Hat.
Alesis Pro X Hi-Hat Features:
- 12" single-zone top and bottom cymbals
- Dual-cymbal continuous hi-hat controller
- Natural hi-hat playability and feel
- Create open, half-open, closed, "chick," and splash sounds
- Compatible with standard hi-hat stands
- Includes top cymbal, bottom cymbal, clutch, cables, and position sensor
- Integrates seamlessly with Alesis DM10 and DM8 drum kits
- Top Cymbal Pad
- Bottom Cymbal Pad
- Position Sensor
- Clutch with No-Spin Adapter
- (2x) 1/4-inch TRS Cables
- (2x) Velcro Strips
- User Guide
- Safety & Warranty Manual
Alesis Pro X Hi-Hat Specifications:
- Dimensions: Diameter: 12" (30.5 cm), Height: approximately 6" (15.2 cm), depending on clutch position
- Weight: 3.05 lbs. (1.38 kg)
- Additional Information
Additional Information
Manufacturer Alesis SKU SALEPROXHIHAT Model PROXHIHAT GTIN 0694318014578 Single or Pair N/A


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Born as a girl,a flame,not
a doll for your past time.
I lit the lives of many in
short span,accept me
as part of your self.
Million times they aborted
me in my mothers womb.
Strove recurrently to endure
amidst the ambitious minds
to live as a free bird like him.
As i bloomed, filled your
garden with the fragrance
of my love and brighten life
with vivid colors of my rainbow.
I wish to live fearless and unbarred.
Don't judge me with the color,
length or types of attire i wear.
My conduct not to be assessed
based on the costumes i drape.
I want to glide and kiss the sky.
Not a play dough to knead
and throw me out as you wish.
Neither a sexual toy to molest
or rape me during any phase
of my life from birth to death.
I will fight this war for
my existence,courageously,
against the social,religious,
cultural taboos laden since
thousands of years religiously.
Money can't buy me,invaluable
treasure I'm as the future lies
in myself and in my heart.
Not a burden in your life,but
a sharpened sword to fight.
Advancement shall begin in
the narrow minds of the macho
domain,where a girl shall live
liberating herself from the
factitious rings in her life.
(My tribute to all the girls and women in the world,proud to be one )


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20 July, 2011 - 14:14 By News Desk
The quoted company, which supplies life science tools to global researchers, is one of Cambridge's 15 £billion companies, with a current market cap of £1.81bn.
It has announced plans to build a new 100,000 sq ft headquarters at Cambridge Biomedical Campus, moving its 450 local staff from three current sites to one flagship building and doubling its footprint in the process.
The new HQ will house the group's UK innovation and manufacturing capabilities, laboratories, logistics, sales, marketing and corporate functions and will be the company's European distribution hub.


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ConocoPhillips Co. is pulling back on plans to sell its Canadian oil sands assets after it exceeded its target for raising capital by divesting energy properties elsewhere in the world.
The oil and gas major had been looking to find buyers or partners for 50 per cent of its mostly undeveloped oil sands holdings as part of its quest to pocket between $8-billion (U.S.) and $10-billion by selling assets around the world. The Houston-based company has exceeded this amount, allowing it to relax its plans in Alberta.
ConocoPhillips is the latest energy company to hold on to assets it planned to divest amid a disappointing environment for selling Canadian oil reserves. Extracting bitumen in northern Alberta is largely the purview of experienced companies with deep pockets. It is politically and technically challenging, particularly as shortages of skilled labour continue to hurt energy producers in Western Canada and a rush of new supply from U.S. oil fields has forced Alberta producers to sell crude at a sizable discount to the North American benchmark.
Further, now that the federal government has restricted state-controlled energy companies from acquiring majority stakes in the oil sands, the pool of potential buyers is smaller. Some observers have warned that the rules, announced in December, would depress the value of oil sands projects, although ConocoPhillips executives declined to draw a link between the new policy and their decision.
The company has marketed the oil sands assets and while buyers have shown interest, the process is on "pause," Ken Lueers, the president of ConocoPhillips' Canadian division, said in an interview. "We're not in any hurry. We don't need to. Our balance sheet is very strong so it is not something we need to go and actively pursue."
The properties, however, have not been yanked off the auction block. "We're being very thoughtful about the ways in which we extract the most value from that effort," he said. "It caused us to not have to go and rush in to any kind of effort with regard to what we were trying to go and do on Canadian oil sands."
The international company set out its plans to sell assets in late 2009, and proceeded to find buyers in Nigeria, Algeria and Kazakhstan. It was considering selling stakes in six Alberta oil sands properties producing about 12,000 barrels a day from an estimated 30 billion barrels of bitumen in place.
A trio of energy companies from India bid $5-billion for some of the assets but a deal never surfaced, according to media reports last year.
Other companies have pulled oil sands assets off the block over the past year when offers lagged their expectations.
In May 2012, Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it intended to jettison its Orion steam-driven development in Northern Alberta, a 5,000-barrel-a-day project that some analysts had pegged as being worth about $200-million.
"We received a number of offers for Orion but none that reflected its value and so ended sale activities. We continue to operate this valuable asset," Shell spokesman David Williams said.
Koch Industries Inc., the private U.S. conglomerate owned by the billionaire Koch brothers, put interests in six undeveloped oil sands holdings up for sale in June, 2012. The properties were said to contain 2.9 billion barrels of recoverable bitumen and the production potential was pegged at a hefty 300,000 barrels a day. At the time, Koch Oil Sands Operating ULC, the Calgary-based unit, said it was looking to attract partners with various development capabilities. However, a deal for just one of the properties, in the Cold Lake area, was made public, selling for $120-million to Baytex Energy Corp. in October.
Indeed, the company elected to hold on to many of the assets, Paul Baltzer, spokesman for the Wichita, Kansas-based parent company, said.
" Some of the properties were sold and we have elected to retain the balance for further development," Mr. Baltzer wrote in an e-mail.
Would-be investors, such as foreign state-owned companies or domestic players expecting to eventually sell out to them, are now shying away from starting capital-intensive projects from scratch as economic and political risks have grown.
"I think they just have better places to put their money," said Jim Hall, chairman and chief investment officer with Mawer Investment Management Ltd. in Calgary.
"People are looking at prospects for these projects and saying, these are single-digit return-type projects. They've got lots of operational risk. And they've got to overlay that on the heavy oil differentials. I'm not sure I want to tie myself into a 50-year project at an 8-per-cent return.
"With all those risks stacked up, I might allocate capital elsewhere."
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Dec 09, 2017
Farmington, Maine – UMaine-Farmington men's basketball fell to Thomas College on Saturday afternoon in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) action at Dearborn Gymnasium.
- Senior Eric Berry led the Beavers in scoring with 16 points on 6-12 from the floor with two threes and two free throws with four rebounds, one assist and two steals.
- Riley Robinson scored 11 points with seven rebounds and one assist while Milani Hicks scored 10 points with seven rebounds, two steals, and three blocks.
- Carlos Gonzalez led all scorers with 18 points on 6-8 from the floor and six free throws to go along with seven rebounds and three assists.
- Angel Gonzalez and Zach Mackinnon each had 16 points with a total of eight rebounds combined while Jon Morgan finished with 11 points and eight rebounds.
- The Beavers shot 31.8% from the floor (21-66), 32% from three-point land and 66.7% at the free throw line. UMF added 27 rebounds, 12 assists, eight steals and three blocks.
- The Terriers 54.3% (25-46) from the floor, 50% from behind the arc and 62.1% from the charity strike. Thomas College added 45 rebounds, 14 assists, three steals and six blocks.
The Beavers will be on the road to face Bowdoin tomorrow with tip-off set for 1:00 PM.


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Four months after a white nationalist killed Heather Heyer by running her over in the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, neo-Nazi radicals continue to terrorize her mother, Susan Bro.
These are some of the same anarchists that Donald Trump touted as "very fine people" after they went on a violent rampage under the guise of protecting Confederate war memorials.
Today, the location of Heyer's ashes must remain at an unmarked, undisclosed, "completely protected" location out of fear of extremists. "It's a symptom of hate in society that you should have to protect your child's grave, for Pete's sake," Bro tells the Daily Beast. "So, I'm protecting my child now."
Since Heyer's death, hatemongers have told Bro that her daughter deserved to die and suggest she wasn't actually killed by the neo-Nazi's speeding car. They have also threatened her life.
"It's kind of stupid," she said. "You threaten the mother of someone you already killed because she dares to speak up."
Heyer was killed after being struck by a car while protesting against white supremacists on Aug. 12. Many counter protesters alongside her were injured. The tragedy shocked the nation and provided stark evidence of how dangerous and depraved the white supremacy movement is in America.
And how mainstream it has become.
Trump immediately sprang into damage control mode, blaming "many sides" for the violence in Charlottesville and accusing the "left" of "violently attacking the other group."
Trump's appalling attempt at false equivalency quickly became a defining point of his failed president and drew rebukes from every conceivable corner — from beauty pageant contestants, to the United Nations and European allies. Former Klan leader David Duke, however, applauded Trump's comments.
After hearing Trump's remarks, Bro refused to take his phone call. "I thought, 'Well, screw him, I'm not dealing with this.' I'm not talking to him," she told the Daily Beast. "I have no need to go through this charade of pretending to be nice and happy."
Four months later, her opinion of Trump has fallen even further:
He disrespects everybody, Heather's not special in that regard," Bro says of the president. "He disrespects Native Americans, black people, history, everything. He has no respect for anybody. Having seen him pre- and since the election, it's not surprising. He has never changed who he was. This man is not about respect. He never was, he never will be. It's who he is.
Heather's killer now faces a first-degree murder charge for speeding his car into the crowd of counter protesters with the intent of maiming people.


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Transitional dentures are dentures designed to transition a patient from one oral condition into the next. Transitional dentures are temporary appliances that will ultimately be replaced and discarded.
The need for this type of treatment arises when a patient is faced with the extraction of some or all of their remaining dentition, but does not want to be "toothless" while they heal and recover post-surgery.
One of the options patients can consider is an immediate denture. This is a denture that is fabricated prior to extractions and placed immediately after the natural dentition has been removed. In most cases, patients are still under the effect of local or general anesthetic. The denture is designed in a manner to fit over the swollen tissues and provide some degree of aesthetics (teeth) while they recover. Some four to eight weeks later after tissues have fully healed, a reline procedure is performed to restore and reshape the appliance to accommodate the final shape of their ridge.
The down side with immediate dentures is the appearance issues are often compromised as no wax try-in, a sort of preview process, can be performed during the construction as the denture must be completely fabricated prior to extractions. Large or bulky fit are common complaints with immediate dentures, and although relines can help reshape some of the acrylic, the tooth positions are generally unalterable.
Transitional dentures are constructed in a similar fashion and are inserted immediately post extraction. The significant difference is once a patient has healed rather than attempting relining and refitting, the appliance is simply replaced by a conventional denture. When conventional dentures are fabricated, the advantage of accuracy and ability to accommodate any patient desire around appearance can be accomplished. The denture is now being built on what the ridges ultimately present post healing rather than an approximation pre-extraction. No relines will be necessary as the fit will be accurate.
Ask you dental provider about transitional/conventional options. Often the cost is the same or very similar to doing an immediate denture followed by a reline. The benefit of a more precision denture process can make for a happy and easy transition to a new smile.


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Doggie daycamp at Bark Avenue is a fun place for your dog(s) to participate in activities, interact with other dogs and be cared for by highly skilled professionals.
About Daycamp at Bark Avenue
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Doggie daycare at Bark Avenue is a fun place for your dog(s) to participate in activities, interact with other dogs and be cared for by highly skilled professionals. Doggie daycare is for dogs four months (or as soon as they have all of their vaccines) and older of any breed or size. The highly trained staff will use their training techniques to maintain order and control to ensure a safe and stress free environment for all the daycare attendees.
Many of our daycare clients bring their dogs here to get them the exercise they otherwise might not get. Most dogs need more than a walk or two a day to fully expend all of their energy and daycamp is a way for them to do that while having a great time. Also, may of our clients have full time jobs, family, and other demands on their time so it's a relief to know they can bring their dog(s) to us and we will take good care of them during the day. By the time they pick them up at the end of the day, everyone is ready for a relaxing evening at home.
All first time doggie daycare clients must complete a free evaluation to ensure daycare is a good and safe environment for them. Call us today at 630-289-8470 to set up your appointment.
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Nigel Farage Is Getting Fined...• http://www.businessinsider.com, Mike Shedlock
If you are seeking an amusing yet disconcerting diversion from QE talk, please consider Lawmaker fined about $4,000 for insulting EU chief.
How much does it cost to tell the one of the EU's top officials he has "the charisma of a damp rag?" About €3,000, or close to $4,000, as a European member of Parliament has discovered.
In 2010, Nigel Farage, an anti-European Union member of the EU Parliament, rose following a speech by Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council. As Van Rompuy listened, Farage, a Briton, added that the former Belgian prime minister came from "pretty much a non-country."


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According to the owner, SoonDaeYa is the one and only restaurant in Malaysia serving soondae (at the time of writing). The restaurant has only been in operation since earlier this year, but while we were having our dinner there, we could see that it was very popular amongst the Koreans. The ambience is very casual and you will even find lots of graffiti on the wooden walls.... apparently, the owner encourages his customer to doodle or scribble or write something on the wall to leave their mark at the restaurant. I think it looks pretty cool!
On each table, there are two huge tubs of kimchi just waiting to be devoured. The kimchi here is not too sour, just enough to whet our appetites.
We started off with some complimentary pajeon. Pajeon is a type of Korean pancake made primarily with green onions and a batter of eggs, flour, and rice flour. The version here is not too oily and was lovely eaten with the chilli dip. Pajeon is traditionally paired with makgeolli (rice wine) which we got to try here too.
Soondae is usually made by boiling pig's intestines that are stuffed with various ingredients. Here, the pig's intestines are stuffed with beancurd, noodle, pork and vegetable and comes in three different flavours -- Meat Soondae, Vegetable Soondae and Kimchi Soondae. Hubby said that the soondae here reminded him of haggis, the famous Scottish delicacy made with sheep's intestines. Surprisingly, we enjoyed this dish very much and was good eaten on its own without any condiments. Out of the three, I would say that my favorite is the meat soondae.
Another specialty here is the Bo-Ssam, pork belly boiled with Korean ginseng, bay leaves and bean paste. The pork belly was melt-in-the-mouth and simply awesome. It was hard to stop eating once I started, but had to remind myself that I would put on A LOT of weight if I didn't :P This was served with some sweet kimchi and fresh lettuce, and the way to eat it is to place the pork belly on a piece of lettuce and top it with the sweet kimchi. Or you can just eat it on its own.. just like that.
The Soo-Yook platter consists of various pig's "spare parts" such as small intestine, heart, head meat boiled with bay leaves, bean paste and Korean ginseng. I couldn't really identify all the different parts since I'm not usually a fan of spare parts, but I quite liked the one with the crunchy cartilage (which my mum thinks is the pig's ear...eeeek!). So far I'm getting the impression that Koreans eat very healthily since all the dishes we've eaten so far are boiled or steamed with Korean ginseng.
We enjoyed some makgeolli (rice wine) and soju with the meat. I prefer the makgeolli since it is sweeter. We drunk it from metal bowl, just like how the elderly Koreans in Korea do it.
It seems that the Koreans love their pork.. judging from the menu here, almost 80% of their dishes have pork. We also tried some Korean stews / soups, which seem to be rather popular among the other diners. The soup is a milky colour as a result of being boiled on low heat for 40 hours. The soup that is served to us has not been seasoned, so it tastes rather bland on its own. But on each table, there are three types of condiments -- gochujang (red pepper paste), pepper or scallions which you can add to the soup and season to your liking.
Seol-Leong Tang - Korean traditional soup made from beef, ox bone, spring onion, and noodle in hot plate. The noodles reminds me slightly of eating mee sua.. I kinda like this one.
So far, all the food we have eaten has been pretty mild in taste. But not the Sogogi-Guk, a fiery beef soup made with hot pepper sauce in hot plate served with rice. My tolerance for spicy food is not that high, so this was too hot for me, but a fellow diner seemed to enjoy this very much.
The King Donkatsu was one of my favorite dishes, a huge pork cutlet which has been deep fried and served with a special brown sauce and sesame seeds. The pork was crispy and very delicious!


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OAP couple locked in cupboard by masked gang in terrifying knifepoint house robbery
Four raiders burst into the home brandishing a knife demanding cash and jewellery from the terrified pensioners
A TERRIFIED elderly couple were robbed in their home at knifepoint by a masked gang and then barricaded in a cupboard.
The victims have spoken of the harrowing ordeal in Timperley, Cheshire, when four men wearing balaclavas smashed their patio door and burst in.
One raider waving a nine-inch blade forced the 69-year-old man to open a safe after holding the knife to his face.
After stealing cash and jewellery on Wednesday evening, the petrified couple were bundled into a tiny cupboard under the stairs and blocked in.
The man said: "It was so scary, the worst experience of my life. I heard noises coming from the living room but before I knew it they were in front of me with this huge knife.
"I just didn't want them to hurt us.
"And we didn't know what they were capable of or how far they'd go.
"My wife was shaking and crying she was so scared. She can't sleep now, neither of us can."
The raiders piled furniture in front of the cupboard and stole the couple's phones before fleeing.
The homeowner, who has two children and two grandchildren, eventually used an umbrella to prise the door open.
He said: "They tried to tie me up with my wife's scarf at first but then one of them said 'no put them in here' and pushed us into the cupboard
"It was pitch black, we had no phone and no way of letting anyone know. It took at least ten minutes to free the door. I'm just glad neither of us was hurt."
It's one thing being burgled and broken into when you're not there, but to put us through that is just evil."Homeowner
Cops are investigating the raid in Somerville Gardens and want to speak with anyone who saw a group of men in Henley Drive or Moss Lane before the incident.
Anyone with information can call police on 101, quoting incident number 2112 of 08/03/17, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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I was watching the clock in a waiting room. I got annoyed. You know those times. You check your watch. You tap your fingers. You check your watch again. And so it goes, until you are called in. Why was I wasting my time?!? Think about it – visualize that clock. That moment or hour will never be here again. On the back of my checkbook there is a little blurb: "Life Races By" Its your life. It only goes around once.
In the Bible, God tells us in Ecclesiastes 3:1,2a: "To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die."Don't waste your time between the two.
If you were going to do something nice for someone, don't wait, DO IT NOW!
If you were going to tell someone you love them, don't wait, DO IT NOW!
If you were going to tell someone about Jesus Christ, don't wait, DO IT NOW!
You only get one go around – do it well.


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Seems they couldn't save the cheerleader if this latest trailer for Heroes Reborn is anything to judge by. And that's clearly given HRG (Jack Coleman) a renewed mission in life. "Forget about the past, save the future." Heroes Reborn will premiere in the States on 24 September on NBC. A UK broadcaster has yet to be announced.
• Heroes Reborn: New Episodic Pics And Class… sorry Cast Photo
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This would have to be my favourite place we visited last weekend in China! It was called Lingnan Tiandi, in Foshan. It is a recent mixed use outdoor development that consist of retail and food in the repurposed historic buildings and new buildings that mimic the more traditional buildings. It was honestly one of the most beautiful places. With the quietness, the canopy covering trees and people walking around carrying colourful umbrellas because of the misting rain, it made for a gorgeous evening.
We were there for over a couple of hours and we just explored and this is also where the Hello Kitty Cafe from my last blog was located. There were so many shops, some cafes and lots of restaurants and bars. And despite so many people being there, it was still so nice and peaceful. Possibly because it felt like a little European traditional village and pedestrian strips, without the noise and hassle of all the cars. I think it added to the whole feel of the place and made it so much more enjoyable.
I was so obsessed, I took so many pictures, and these ones on the blog are not even all of them haha. 😛
I'm not really a person to buy souvenirs as such, but towards the end we walked past this really nice shop, that had small cute little gift presents or even just some nice home decorations. We went in and I was so tempted to buy all the 100 different types of terrariums they had. If only I could take some back home! But I looked around and they had amazing jewellery holders, makeup mirrors, ring holders, notebooks and diaries and so many other things. I fell in love with a textured baby pink and ivory photo frame and I knew I needed it for when I re-decorate my room. So that is sort of my souvenir from China and hopefully it will remind me of my visit to Foshan.
Anyway, there is still more to come from China… Stay Tuned 🙂


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David Walliams' award-winning book will come to life on stage for children aged 6-12 years (and their young-at-heart adults) when this charming original Australian adaptation plays at the Seymour Centre in February.
It all starts when Chloe, just about the loneliest girl in the world, makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Sure he smells a bit, but he's the only person who's ever been nice to her. So, when Mr Stink needs a place to stay, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed. Now Chloe\'s got to make sure no one finds out her secret, but she's about to learn that some secrets have a way of leading to disaster. And speaking of secrets, there just might be more to Mr Stink than meets the eye… or the nose…
Recently nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Production for Children, Mr Stink is heading to the Seymour Centre as part of a national tour following its 2016 Sydney Opera House premiere. This heart-warming and comical adaptation will enthral and amuse audiences of all ages.
From the team that brought you Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and The 13- 26- and 52-Storey Treehouse live on stage, get ready for this touching, twisted and hilarious, and very smelly tale… hold on to your nose!


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1. Introduction
For offshore structures or ships, the surface roughness mostly has a negative effect. In particular, the roughness of the hull surface increases the resistance, thereby causing an increase in fuel consumption and in carbon dioxide emissions. It is difficult to accurately predict the resistance of a ship considering the roughness of the ship surface, even though many studies regarding this have been made over the last half century. The ship surface is smooth after surface painting. As the ship is operating in sea water and over time as shown in Figure 1, surface roughness is increased due to the fouling phenomenon caused by various marine organisms, and partial damage of hull painting surface such as erosion, thereby increasing frictional resistance.
When Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is used to simulate the behavior or phenomena of the ocean structure in consideration of the surface roughness, various effects such as the height of the surface roughness, its distribution, or other factors should be considered. If modeling is performed considering the actual surface roughness, it may be difficult to get converged solutions along with the increase of the computing time due to the excessive number of meshes. Therefore, the surface roughness value can be predicted by considering it as a surface roughness function in a commonly used wall function.
Since the thickness of the boundary layer becomes thinner as the Reynolds number increases in the flat plate boundary layer flow (), it is necessary to distribute the elements more closely in the adjacent region of the wall surface, thereby increasing the number of elements, simultaneously degrading the mesh quality. The wall function is used as a practical method to solve these problems and to compute efficiently. In the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence model such as the k- model simulated by a wall function, ε it is generally known that the value of the first mesh height from the wall is relatively well predicted when located in the log-law layer.
Many studies concerning the high-Reynolds number turbulent boundary layer have been carried out and substantial results were obtained. Schultz (2004) studied the effect of coating roughness and fouling for ship resistance. Candries (2001) showed the drag and roughness characteristics of marine surface. Candries et al. (2003) measured drag characterics for various coatings. Flack and Schultz (2014) studied roughness effects in the turbulent boundary layer experimentally. Choi and Kim (2010) simulated velocity profile in the boundary layer for various y plus values. Dassler et al. (2010) proposed a model of roughness-induced transition and validated developed model by applying flat plates. Chatzikyriakou et al. (2015) carried out direct numerical simulations (DNS) and large eddy simulations (LES) to study the effect of roughness elements on the wall layer structure. Park et al. (2013) investigated the turbulent boundary layer with wall functions for a ship using open source libraries, and compared the results with a commercial CFD code. However, the correlation between the mesh height and the surface roughness height, in various Reynolds numbers (especially in the high Reynolds number), was not studied.
In this paper, CFD open source libraries (OpenFOAM ver 4.0) were used to simulate the surface roughness of the plate and submerged body (Coder, 1983) depending on various Reynolds numbers, and analyzed the effect for various surface roughnesses in the wall function. For this purpose, simple plate and submerged body (Coder, 1983) were used to analyze the correlation between the velocity law of the velocity distribution in the boundary layer and the height of the first grating and surface roughness in the law of wall logarithm.
2. Surface Roughness
2.1. Surface roughness function
Schoenherr (1932) proposed the following equation by gathering, summarizing and fitting the results of the friction resistance test of the smooth flat plate:(1)
where CF is the friction coefficient, and Re is the Reynolds number. This curve is called the 'Schoenherr curve' or 'ATTC 1947 curve'.
Considering surface roughness compared to smooth flat plate, flow analysis of the plate using the wall law reduces the moment profile and increases the surface frictional resistance by reducing the velocity profile. The general wall function for the mean velocity profile in the interior region of the turbulent boundary layer can be expressed as:(2)
where U+ is the dimensionless velocity, κ is the Von Karman constant and is usually 0.41. y+ is the dimensionless distance from the wall, B is the correction constant of the wall function at the smooth wall surface, and generally uses a number of about 5.45. The dimensionless velocity (U+) is reduced by the influence of the surface roughness function (ΔU+), as shown in the following equation:(3)
where the surface roughness function (ΔU+) is defined as the surface roughness Reynolds number (). Here Uτ is the friction velocity. Uτ is expressed using the free stream velocity (Ue) and the Reynolds number (Walderhaug, 1986).(4)(5)
In order to calculate the resistance considering the boundary layer thickness depending on the Reynolds number during the operation of the ship in which the ship attachment occurs, this equation is used in the present paper. The definition of the Reynolds number used is given:(6)
where x is the length of the plate and longitudinal length of the submerged body (Coder, 1983).
2.2. Characteristics of surface roughness function
To consider the surface roughness, the surface roughness function is applied according to various Reynolds numbers to fit the surface scale. The surface roughness can be considered as the roughness Reynolds number (k+). The surface roughness has the following characteristics according to the size of the roughness Reynolds number.
That is, in the case of small surface roughness Reynolds number (k+<5), it can be defined that the interference due to roughness is considerably small and slowed by the viscosity of the fluid and is called "smooth". On the other hand, as the surface roughness Reynolds number (k+) increases, the viscous force is no longer reduced by the formation of eddy. In this case, the shape resistance and the viscous resistance are related to the total surface resistance. This transition region of the surface roughness is known to 5<k+<70. If the surface roughness Reynolds number increases further, the surface friction due to the shape resistance of the surface roughness and the Reynolds number becomes an independent mechanism and the shape resistance of the surface roughness plays a much larger role.
2.3. Wall function
Pope (2000) formulated the production of turbulent kinetic energy in the turbulent kinetic energy equation, as follows(7)
where τw is the wall shear stress, ρ is the density, k is the turbulent kinetic energy, and yp is the distance from the wall surface to cell center. Cμ is the empirical constant of 0.09. This production of turbulent kinetic energy is formulated in OpenFOAM as the name of "kqRWallFunction." Park et al. (2013) was proposed the modified wall function to simulate rapidly changed flow around the bulbous bow of a ship. Therefore, this study selected the wall function proposed by Park et al. (2013) and Park (2014) to simulated the 3D submerged body. The wall function (Park et al., 2013) is expressed as(8)
3. Numerical Methods
3.1. Roughness description
The height of the surface roughness (ko) considered is 12 (k1), 500 (k2), 5000 (k3), 10000 (k4) and 100000 (k5) as the surface roughness height, and the CFD analysis results were compared and analyzed with the smooth case ignoring the surface roughness.
3.2. Numerical methods
OpenFOAM is a tensorial approach to computational continuum mechanics. It contains various tensor fields and tensorial derivatives required in the FVM technique. The code syntax can be written very similar to the partial differential equations one wish to solve. This paper used 'simpleFoam' solver, which is an incompressible flow solver of 'OpenFOAM 4.0'. The computations are performed to solve mass-conservation, momentum-conservation, and turbulence model equations. The velocity and pressure are coupled using the 'SIMPLE' algorithm. The realizable k- model (ε Shih et al., 1995) is selected for the turbulence model. The convection term is discretized using the Van Leer (Van Leer, 1979) limiter in the Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) scheme, and the diffusion term is discretized using the central difference scheme. The Algebraic Multi-Grid (AMG) method (Weiss et al., 1999) is used to increase the convergence of the algebraic equations, and the algebraic equations are solved using Gauss-Seidel iteration.
4. Results and Discussion
For a submerged body, Series 58 body is selected due to axisymmetric shape. The submerged body has a central parallel part and a sharp tail shape as shown in Fig. 2. Due to the axisymmetric shape, axi-symmetric computations are performed. The length of the body (L) is 6.283 m and the free stream velocity is 15.9 m/s, thus the Reynolds number is 1.0 × 108 . The domain extent is set to 2L in the nose, 5L in the tail and 3L in the lateral direction, respectively (Song and Park, 2017). For the case of the y+ value of 10, about 720,000 meshes are used in the computation. the grid number with y+ values from 10 to 5000 is represented in Table 1.
The simulations with the Reynolds number of 108 for various y+ values are carried out. As the Reynolds number increases, y+, which satisfies the log layer, increase. Fig. 3 shows the wall shear stress distribution along the body with existing experimental data (Coder, 1983). The y+ values from about 30 to 500 are included in the log law layer, thus the wall function (Park et al., 2013) is used. A somewhat different result is obtained at the larger y+ values above 5000. On the other hand, ordinarily, the y+ uses the wall function above the value of 13. Therefore, in this simulation, when the value of y+ is 10, the result is ambiguous as shown in Fig. 3. However, the result of this computation is not significantly different from other y+ values.
Fig. 4. Friction resistance coefficient for various y+ values. The global friction resistances with the Reynolds number of 108 coefficients are almost the same. However, at a y+ value of 5000, the result is large, indicating that care must be taken when determining the y+ value. As the Reynolds number increases, the thickness of the boundary layer decreases and the coefficient of friction resistance decreases.
Fig. 5 shows the x-velocity and turbulent kinetic energy contours when y+ are 100 and 5,000. For the case with large y+ value, the boundary layer is depicted thick and the turbulence energy are also excessively generated. Thus, it is known that the wall shear stress is excessively predicted.
The simulations with the Reynolds number of 108 for various roughness heights are carried out. Fig. 6 shows the wall shear stress distribution along the body. The roughness heights are varied from 12 to 1,000,000 μm. As the surface roughness increases, the wall shear stress increases. In the plate, the results of 12 μm and smooth surfaces are the same, but in the submerged body, the result with 12 μm is calculated to be large. This is presumed to be a form factor by 3D shape effect. It can be seen that the 3D effect appears largely in the nose where the 3D shape starts. Also, when the roughness is more than 5000 μm, it can be confirmed that the wall shear stress distribution converged. In the completely rough region, the roughness is not important.
Fig. 7 shows the friction resistance coefficient for various surface roughnesses. As the surface roughness with the Reynolds number of 108 increases, the frictional resistance increases. The friction resistance coefficient shows the same tendency as the wall shear stress. As the Reynolds number increases, the thickness of the boundary layer decreases and thus the coefficient of friction resistance decreases.
Fig. 8 shows the x-velocity and turbulent kinetic energy contours for the smooth and rough (k2= 500 μm) surfaces. In the case of large roughness, the x-velocity at the wall decreases and thus, the boundary layer becomes thicker. As the result, the turbulence energy at the surface of the body is predicted to be large.
5. Concluding Remarks
In this paper, CFD simulations for simple plate model and submerged body are performed by setting the height of the surface roughness inside the wall function model provided by the open source libraries (OpenFOAM 4.0).
The 3D submerged body, Series 58 body, is simulated. Considering the influence of the y+ value, it is confirmed that the friction resistance coefficient is not computed well when y+ value is 5000. However, it is confirmed that there is no significant difference in the overall frictional resistance values. When y+ value is constant, it is confirmed that the coefficient of the friction decreases as the Reynolds number increases. For the case with large y+ value, the boundary layer is depicted thick and the turbulence energy is also excessively generated. Thus the wall shear stress is excessively predicted. As the surface roughness increases, the frictional resistance of the surface increases and then converges to a constant value. The friction resistance with the small roughness is different from the result with the smooth surface, which is presumed by the influence of the form factor. As the roughness increases, the boundary layer becomes thicker and the turbulence kinetic energy on the surface increases. The change of resistance according to the surface roughness is considered to be the basic data that can be applied to real scale ships and offshore structures in the future.


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Following Germany's Chancellor Merkel's visit, UK prime minister to make his first official visit to Israel, where he too will give a Knesset speech, meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem and then on to visit Abbas.
By The Associated Press
Prime Minister David Cameron plans to make his first visit as British leader to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week.
Cameron's Downing Street office says he will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and deliver a speech to the Knesset on Wednesday. He also is scheduled to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas during his two-day trip.
Cameron initially planned to visit Israel last month but had to cancel the trip because his government faced emergency flooding in parts of England. Cameron did visit Israel as an opposition lawmaker before his 2010 rise to power.
This trip coincides with rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions and as US-brokered peace talks struggle to make progress before an April 29th dead-line.
Last week, Abbas announced he would never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Meanwhile, Netanyahu's government says such recognition would demonstrate that Abbas' Fatah movement wants peace.
Netanyahu said any peace deal with the Palestinians would take at least another year to negotiate should both sides accept US-proposed principles to keep talks going.
In an Israel Radio interview broadcast on Sunday, Netanyahu reiterated that the framework agreement that US Secretary of State John Kerry is drafting for a future deal is an "American document of American positions."
"I think (the Kerry document) … is a possible path toward moving the talks forward. It will take us at least a year to exhaust these negotiations but I can't say that the Palestinians will accept this document, and I also have not seen it yet," he said.
At the end of February, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and most of her cabinet visited Israel. Merkel met with Netanyahu, and the two cabinets held a joint meeting in Jerusalem.
Merkel was also honored in a special ceremony at the official residence of President Shimon Peres, who was to award her the Presidential Medal of Distinction, Israel's highest honor.
The visit ended on an awkward note after an unfortunately timed photograph of the two heads of state showed Netanyahu pointing at something out of frame, with his finger casting an unfortunate shadow across the German leader's upper lip, evoking an image of a vile predecessor.
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Here's how to avoid heart problems
You must avoid acid-forming foods like alcohol, coffee, legumes, lentils, cornstarch, white flour, dried coconut, cheese, cakes, pastries, pasta, soft drinks, sugar, vinegar and pickles. These items weaken the...health and fitness Updated: Jun 11, 2013 13:47 IST
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Which are the foods that increase the risk of heartburn? What fruits should I avoid?
You must avoid acid-forming foods like alcohol, coffee, legumes, lentils, cornstarch, white flour, dried coconut, cheese, cakes, pastries, pasta, soft drinks, sugar, vinegar and pickles. These items weaken the lower esophageal sphincter and allow the contents to regurgitate into the food pipe. Also, avoid sour fruits like oranges, sweet lime and grapefruit, and their juices. However, food is not the only factor that can cause heartburn. Stress, smoking, alcohol, caffeinated and carbonated beverages may all lead to heartburn.
Is there any home remedy for treating heartburn?
Drink cabbage juice if you have heartburn. Eat three to four bananas a day. A teaspoon of ajwain (carom seeds) boiled in one cup of water with lime juice and a pinch of rock salt also helps reduce gas and heartburn.
After your meal, take a 10 minute walk. Also, avoid lying on the bed for at least three hours after your meal. Eating cucumber, jaggery and drinking cumin seed boiled in a glass of water are also helpful.
Blood clotting is a problem for those with heart issues. What kind of foods can help reduce unnecessary blood clots?
Quitting smoking, controlling obesity and improving your diet can help reduce the risk of problematic blood clotting. People whose diets are low in essential fatty acids, vegetables, fish, nutrients and antioxidants are usually at a higher risk for clots. A healthy diet with high-fibre and low-cholesterol foods, and plenty of fruits and vegetables can help prevent blood clots. In addition, foods as garlic, ginger, onions and turmeric can reduce platelet stickiness and formation of clots.
Cayenne, found in capsicum, raw onion, red wine, black mushroom, fish oils and garam masala are potent blood thinners. Besides food, moderate exercise helps keep off extra weight and improves circulation, both of which help reduce risk factors for formation of blood clots.
What is the difference between bad and good cholesterol and how do they affect the heart? What kind of diet helps maintain the balance?
Cholesterol is a wax-like substance. The liver makes cholesterol and this is carried by proteins called lipoprotein. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is lower in protein density, carries more fatty acids and is therefore more prone to oxidation. It delivers cholesterol to the tissues. If you do not consume sufficient antioxidants like vitamin A, C, E,
selenium, it can get oxidised very fast and starts depositing on the arterial walls, thus increasing risk to heart disease. For this reason, it's called the bad cholesterol.
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, on the other hand, is higher in protein density and carries less fatty acids. It picks up excess cholesterol left by LDL and brings it back to the liver or to the tissues that need it. Hence, it is called the good cholesterol.
When the ratio of LDL is more than HDL, you need to correct your diet. Eat less refined foods, cheese, white bread, sweets, chocolate, cakes, ice creams, whole milk and fried items. Eat fish (not fried), good fats found in rice bran oil, olive oil, ground nut oil, avocados, raw onion, garlic, almonds, complex carbohydrates, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Dr Anjali Mukerjee
is a nutritionist and the founder of Health Total, a nutrition counselling centre.
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Economic expansion and liberty, by Mars Maniac in Chief Ken MMinC., and occasional brilliance and humor by CJ.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Upgraded Falcon Heavy as an alternative to SLS
The counter argument is we need it due to its large payload capability and high-ISP upper stage. The latter is particularly important for anything beyond LEO. An example is the difference in launch capacity to LEO vs. GTO for Falcon 9 and Atlas V; Atlas has a much larger GTO capacity, as a percentage of its LEO capacity, than the F9, due to the high ISP of its LOX/H2 Centaur upper stage. Ker/LOX works well for a launcher, but for in-space use, its lower ISP is a serious drawback.
A better example would be Falcon Heavy vs. Delta IV heavy. Using Falcon Heavy figures from before the Falcon 9 V 1.2 version currently in use (which has oxidizer subcooling, higher thrust engines, etc) because updated figures aren't available, we see 53 tons to LEO, vs 21 tons to GTO (Geosynchronous transfer orbit) so the fraction of Leo capacity to GTO is 39%. For Delta IV Heavy, we see 28 tons to LEO, 14 tons to GTO (50%).
These differences are magnified for interplanetary launches.
Therefor, the argument goes, you need the SLS and its expedition upper stage (essentially an enlarged Centaur) for Mars missions.
However, there's a theoretical alternative; SpaceX's in-development Raptor engine, which uses methane/LOX. That combination does not have the ISP of hydrogen/LOX, but methane is denser, so you save mass in tankage to the point of nearly breaking even. The Raptor would enable a Raptor-based MethLox upper stage for Falcon Heavy.
With such a stage (stretched from the current to allow for increased propellant mass) you'd have a very different beast - a high ISP upper stage with significantly more propellant.
By essentially shifting mass to the upper stage, you do away with much of the motive to crossfeed. You also end up staging at lower altitude and velocity, making recovery is the 3 1st stages easier. And in so doing, you shed a lot of mass earlier - mass you no longer have to use prop to accelerate.
The big impact is on payload; people who can crunch the numbers better than I can get around 129 tons to LEO for this configuration, and it'd have a better LEO to GTO fraction (and thus a better LEO to Mars fraction) than Falcon 9. Not quite as high a fraction as the envisioned version of SLS, but very close.
A further upgrade would entail dissolving hydrogen in the methane (this gives an ISP boost, and methane, like propane, is easy to dissolve hydrogen in).
What you would have at the end of all this is a Falcon Heavy with a Raptor upper stage, with a payload capacity very close to that of SLS's claimed capacity; 130 tons for SLS block II, vs. 123 tons (expendable mode) for Falcon Heavy/Raptor Upper stage with straight methane (dissolving some hydrogen in the methane would boost ISP and thus payload, but I can't find figures on how much).
Falcon Heavy could have its Raptor upper stage within a few years if it's in development now. Compare that to SLS, which won't have the first flight of SLS block I (56 tons to LEO) until about 2020, with Block II waiting at least until (per the budget) 2033.
This Falcon Heavy with a Raptor upper stage may also not be as theoretical as I assume; it negates the need for crossfeed, and I note that SpaceX cancelled its plans to develop crossfeed for Falcon Heavy. Also, the US Air Force is partially funding Raptor development, and the contracts stipulate that Raptor is for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy upper stages.
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- ken_anthony said...
I had never heard of spiking the fuel like that... interesting.
Some think Raptor is on the back burner, but I'm with you.I think we can expect some surprises soon. My concern is Elon seems to focus on too many things.
Good post.
- April 23, 2016 at 4:41 PM
- C J said...
Blending fuels has been around (mainly theoretically) for years, sort of - Aerozine (a blend of hydrazine and UDMH), used in the Titan II, is the only real world example I can think of.
Adding some hydrogen to methane, propane, or even RP1, has been talked about in theory for quite a few years. It offers some interesting theoretical benefits. It's basically the same as subcooling (also called subchilling); reducing the temperature of propellant (such as LOX) so you can put more of it in a given tank volume, plus also allowing higher density into the engines. It was just theoretical talk, because you'd been specialized cryogenic gear plus some significantly modified engines to use it. So, subcooling remained purely theory - unless you're SpaceX, which is using it operationally since last December (that's what the Falcon9 1.2, or Full Thrust, uses).
That's why I suspect that SpaceX might not be averse to looking at adding some hydrogen to their methane for Raptor.
As for Raptor being on the back burner... the air force has already entered into contract with SpaceX to provide some funding specifically for Raptor, so I highly doubt it's on the back burner.
I agree though regarding Musk having so many things to focus on, especially when we count things like Tesla and Solar City.
And heh, your "prove I'm not a robot" app (which I like) decided to present me with a challenge; identify street signs. Some just happened to be in Chinese, which made it a tad tricky. :)
- April 23, 2016 at 8:12 PM


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Ruth Spanjer Leland of Pine Hill Assisted Living, WIndham, NH died April 14, 2018 at the age of 99 1/2. She was born on October 17,1918 in Hillside, New Jersey. She was the daughter of the late Tillie and William Spanjer of Morristown, NJ and St. Petersburg, FL. She lived in Riverside for 20 years, before moving to Barrington, RI. She was the wife of the late Forrest B. Leland. She leaves two daughters, Susan Quinn of Vero Beach, FL and Kathryn Luther of Windham, NH, five grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Ruth graduated from Trenton State Teacher's College, in Hillwood Lakes, New Jersey where she was a member of Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society in Education. She was a prominent member of Bradley Hospital Corporation in East Providence, RI, where she volunteered for 40 years. Ruth helped found a community relations committee that conducted tours to help acquaint the public with the hospital. Her other volunteer activities included: reader and driver for the blind, sorting books at the Barrington Library, driver for Tap In, and was a Girl Scout leader for her daughter's troop.
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