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A continuous process is provided for the vapor phase nitration of cellulosen a novel reactor having a gas tight housing containing a table with a perforated surface. Cellulose in porous sheet form is continuously passed into the reactor over the perforated table while continuously introducing nitric acid vapor into the housing through the perforations to provide a cushion of nitric acid gas supporting the sheet and forcing nitric acid vapor through the porous sheet. Water vapor formed in the reaction and unreacted nitric acid vapor are continuously removed from the housing, together with the nitrocellulose sheet produced. The rate at which the cellulose sheet is passed through the reactor depends on the rate at which the nitric acid is introduced and the degree of nitration desired. The cellulose can be partially nitrated by the novel process and further nitrated with nitric acid in liquid phase. The process produces a uniform nitrocellulose product suitable for use in propellants.
1. A continuous vapor phase process for the nitration of cellulose to produce nitrocellulose by reaction with nitric acid which comprises
introducing cellulose in porous sheet form into a reactor having a substantially gas-tight housing containing a table having a perforated surface,
passing the cellulose sheet over at least a portion of the perforated surface of said table,
introducing a stream of nitric acid vapor into said housing and through said perforations to provide a cushion of gas supporting said sheet moving over said table and force nitric acid vapor through said porous cellulose sheet,
contacting said sheet with said nitric acid vapor for a sufficient period to nitrate the cellulose to a nitrogen content of at least about 7%, and
continuously removing from said housing unreacted nitric acid vapor and water vapor formed in the reaction and the nitrocellulose sheet thus produced.
2. The process according to claim 1, wherein the reaction is carried out in a series of said reactors.
3. The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cellulose is nitrated to a nitrogen content of about 7% and then further nitrated with nitric acid in liquid phase to a nitrogen content of about 12% to 14%.
4. The process according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cellulose is nitrated to a nitrogen content of about 12% to 14%.
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used and licensed by the Government for Governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalties thereon.
Nitrocellulose, which is processed into various types of propellants, is manufactured from cellulose feed stocks consisting of fine fibers of cotton linters or macerated wood pulp.
The present method used to manufacture nitrocellulose involves the nitration of cellulose with a mixture of nitric acid, sulfuric acid and water. This process requires a purification operation that includes neutralization and stabilization steps which involve long boiling and washing operations, consuming large quantities of water, steam and electricity. Although the resulting product is satisfactory, the process is long and costly and large quantities of contaminated water are produced, causing pollution problems. The method of purification, however, does meet the pollution abatement requirements, but at a high cost.
Research has been conducted in an effort to improve the total process and the purification operation particularly so that they are more efficient and meet the pollution abatement requirements.
Among the difficulties in purifying the nitrocellulose produced by the nitric acid- sulfuric acid nitration of cellulose are the sulfate esters formed during the nitration and the presence of sulfuric acid trapped in the nitrocellulose fibers.
One method used in an attempt to overcome the problem is pressure digestion system. However, this method is unsatisfactory since the resulting product had a low viscosity and thus does not have the proper properties to enable it to be used in a large number of propellants.
Efforts have been made also to develop a process which eliminates the need for using sulfuric acid. It was found that nitric acid without sulfuric acid satisfactorily nitrated the cellulose, but the resulting nitrocellulose was not within the specifications required for use in propellants. However, it was found that if cellulose was nitrated with nitric acid alone in a vapor phase reaction, the problems of hornification and gelatinization are avoided and the nitrocellulose obtained is of acceptable quality. This product is also very easy to neutralize and stabilize when compared to the product obtained by the mixed acids method.
The advantages of the vapor or gas phase reaction because of the absence of sulfuric acid are:
(a) Easy recovery of nitric acid and significant reduction in the volume of nitrating acid required;
(b) Elimination of the expensive and complicated system for the separation, recovery and concentration of the mixed acids;
and (c) Simplification of the purification of nitrocellulose by shortening the boiling time and reducing energy, steam and water requirements.
In addition, the vapor or gas phase nitration process is advantageous in other ways, for example:
(a) The nitration step can be made continuous rather than batch;
(b) The purification step can be made continuous using pressure digestion. This is possible because of the much shorter boiling time that is required to obtain a stable material. Under these conditions, the viscosity reduction of the product below acceptable standards is minimal; and
(c) The quantity of acid handled in the vapor or gas phase process is much less than in the mixed acid process with the result that the process and equipment required are significantly simplified.
The gas phase process for the nitration of cellulose, despite its advantages, has heretofore not been totally satisfactory since the nitrocellulose produced lacked homogeniety as manifested by erratic solubilities which affected propellant mixing. This was caused by a failure of the nitrating acid to reach all reaction sites of the cellulose fibers. The fact that the cellulose fibers can be properly nitrated by a gas phase reaction is demonstrated by a homogeneous product that can be made by a batch process vapor phase nitration of cellulose.
The above demonstrates that there is a need for a reactor which will permit a continuous gas or vapor phase reaction of nitric acid and cellulose to produce a nitrocellulose which is homogeneous and suitable for use in propellants.
This invention relates to the production of nitrocellulose from cellulose by nitration in the gas or vapor phase with nitric acid and the reactor for carrying out the reaction. More particularly this invention relates to the nitration of cellulose in a continuous vapor phase reaction carried out in a reactor which is basically a large table enclosed in a rectangular box shaped housing. The table has perforations which allow the reaction gases to form a cushion of gas for the cellulose in sheet form to rest on as it passes through the reactor. The reactor has provision for heating or cooling the gas used in the reaction.
The reactor can also be used as a continuous dryer for cellulose or other materials if hot dry air is used instead of a reacting gas such as nitric acid.
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view in section of the reactor of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a top view of the reactor taken along line 2--2 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic flowsheet of a vapor phase nitration reaction and apparatus of this invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic flowsheet of a multiphase nitration process consisting of a vapor phase nitration followed by a liquid phase nitration; and
FIG. 5 is a schematic flowsheet of a vapor phase nitration using a series of reactors linked in series.
The present invention is based on the discovery that nitration of cellulose can be conducted in a continuous reaction in the gas phase using as the reactor a table reactor within a rectangular box shaped housing wherein the table reactor has therein a means for causing the cellulose in sheet form to move over a gas cushion as it runs through the reactor. The reactor also has means to heat or cool the gas which can be either a reaction gas or a drying gas. In addition there is a perforated surface which provides means for the gas to contact the sheet of cellulose as well as provide a cushion of gas for the cellulose sheet to move on as it passes through the reactor.
The degree of nitration of the cellulose and homogeneity of the nitrocellulose produced depend on a number of interrelated variables, notably, concentration and rate of flow of the nitric acid gas, reaction temperatures, thickness, porosity and rate of feed of the cellulose sheet, and size and density of perforations. These variables can be adjusted in a suitable manner to achieve the desired degree of nitration and homogeniety of the nitrocellulose product.
The reactor can be used for any continuous gas phase reaction or as a continuous dryer for materials which can be made into porous sheets and moved through the reactor.
The reactor can be made of any suitable material which is inert to the reaction being conducted. Thus, if the reactor is intended to be used for a nitration reaction, it can be made of aluminum or stainless steel.
Referring now to the drawings, the reactor 1 depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2, is a generally rectangular box-shaped housing 14 having a removable cover 13.
Inside the housing 14 is disposed an air table 4 extending somewhat less than the length and width of the housing 14 and having therein a heater/cooler 5 which heats or cools the gases used for reaction or drying. The top of the air table 4 contains perforations 6 for the gases to escape and form a cushion for the sheet 3 being reacted or dried.
The gases enter the air table 4 through a duct 7 in the bottom thereof. The water of reaction and unreacted gases escape through the duct 8 which is in the bottom of the housing 14 remote from the gas intake duct 7.
The ends of the housing 14 have gas seals 10 and 11 through which the sheet of cellulose linter or pulp or any other material which is to be dried or treated with gas, enters and leaves. The gas seal 10 at the left is the inlet and the gas seal 11 at the right is the outlet. The sheet 3 is passed over the air table 4 and is held up by the gas cushion so it floats. Two guide rollers 2 are installed at each end of the reactor 1 to keep the sheet 3 in motion and under constant tension. The rate at which the sheet 3 moves depends on the time required to insure proper nitration.
A series of small rollers 12 are placed in the reactor housing 14 so they can hold the sheet 3 down onto the gas cushion as it passes through the reactor 1.
Liquid acid collectors 9 can be installed near the top of the reactor housing 14 to prevent the liquid acid from falling back onto the sheet 3 being nitrated.
The nitration reaction which is typical of those which are suitable for the reactor 1 of this invention will be described to illustrate the invention.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a sheet 3 of cellulose linter or pulp enters the reactor 1 at a gas seal 10 in the housing 14, is guided between guide rollers 2 and underneath the hold down rollers 12 where it is moved by the guide rollers 2 over the air table 4 at a rate that will insure the desired nitration. The sheet 3, which is porous so the gas can reach all its active sites, is held up by a cushion of nitric acid gas which enters through the perforations 6 in the top of the table 4. The gas enters the air table 4 through the inlet 7 from a pressurized gas source, not shown, passes over the heater, if needed, and out the perforations 6. The gas is forced through the cellulose sheet 3 at a suitable rate and the nitration takes place. The degree of nitration sought will depend on whether a vapor phase nitration alone or a multiphase nitration is carried out. This will also determine the retention time of the sheet 3 in the reactor 1. If vapor phase nitration is used only, then about 12% to 14% by weight of nitrogen is added to the cellulose. If a multi-phase reaction is used then about 7% by weight of nitrogen is added to the cellulose in the vapor phase reaction. This 7% nitrogen product is insoluble in concentrated nitric acid which is used in the succeeding liquid reaction phase, thus, hornification and gelatinization does not take place in the liquid phase reaction.
The multi-phase reaction is preferred because the resulting product of nitrocellulose possesses all the properties which enable it to be acceptable for all types of propellants.
The water of reaction and unreacted gases escape through the outlet 8 at the bottom of the reactor housing 14. These materials are collected and dried. The dry nitric acid vapor is recycled into the reaction through the inlet 7.
The speed with which the sheet 3 moves through the reactor 1 depends on the gas rate and the degree of nitration desired as explained above.
The nitrated material coming out of the nitrator as shown in FIG. 3 is about 12% to 14% nitrogen. If a multi-phase reaction as depicted in FIG. 4 is used, the material coming out of the first vapor phase nitrator has about 7% nitrogen. This material is then further nitrated in a liquid nitric acid bath as shown in FIG. 4. The nitrogen content is regulated to be between about 12% to 14%.
If a single gas phase nitration process is used, a longer nitrator is built or, as shown in FIG. 5, a second or third or if desired more smaller nitrator reactors are added to the first in series. Traces of nitric acid are removed from the nitrocellulose sheets by the use of a dry gas or air in the collectors as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. The dryers shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are used to dry the cellulose to remove water to the extent possible so that it will not interfere with the vapor phase reaction and cause unsatisfactory products to result. Once the nitrocellulose product is collected and dried, it is purified in conventional purifiers, not shown, and recovered.
The multi-phase nitration process depicted in FIG. 4 is the preferred method because the low nitrogen level of the nitrocellulose from the vapor phase nitration presents less safety hazards and the final nitrogen content is more easily controlled by nitration in the liquid phase.
This invention has been described with respect to certain preferred embodiments and modifications. Variations in the light thereof will be suggested to persons skilled in the art and are to be included within the spirit and purview of this application and the scope of the appended claims.
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Internist, Cardiologist (heart)
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I have a very strange problem, but only at production server.
I was using this Gem in my Gemfile.
gem "omniauth-facebook", "~> 1.4.1"
But suddenly started getting the following error on production, works fine at local.
heroku[router]: at=info method=GET path=/auth/failure?message=invalid_credentials&strategy=facebook host=www.myapp.com fwd="22.214.171.124" dyno=web.1 queue=0 wait=0ms connect=1ms service=90ms status=302 bytes=95
Searched around different forums and people says, a temporary solution is just to revert back to 1.4.0 version i.e.
gem "omniauth-facebook", "1.4.0"
It also works fine at local but started getting another error message at production.
OmniAuth::Strategies::Facebook::NoAuthorizationCodeError (must pass either a `code` parameter or a signed request (via `signed_request` parameter or a `fbsr_XXX` cookie)):
this link says to upgrade again to this version 1.4.1
Seems to a be deadlock/looping situation here. Can anybody faced/fixed this issue?
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It's fair to say that Feis Ile aka That Boutique-y Whisky Company On Tour 2013 was a rip-roaring success! Enjoyment was had by all, 3 fantastic Competitions were run and entered into with rabid enthusiasm. And nobody died, either! Great success.
From our Distillery Dog Peaty getting lost (and getting found again) to our Message in a Bottle Islay Treasure Hunt, to loads of you literally flagging us down with the signal, you (yes, you) all made this our best Fèis Ìle yet! We're already hard at work planning next year's shenannigans...
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The day ended with a game of Islay-opoly where three people landed on Caol Ila at the same time at one point (apt).
That morning we had headed over to Port Askaig, to that very distillery, to continue the search for our lost dog Peaty...
Have you seen him?
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Bruichladdich Day had a Hawaii Five-O theme, with Laddie Five-O celebrating Jim McEwan's 50th year in the whisky business! A themed day! Fantastic, let's get involved!
Now, how does one go about dressing as Hawaii Five-O?... 1970s suits?... It struck us that there was another Hawaii-based investigator with a fantastic theme tune who would provide some much more satisfying fancy dress...
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You may have already heard the exciting news that The Glenlivet have launched a brand new expression without revealing any tasting notes or cask details – even the bottle is blacked out so that you can't see the whisky until you first pour some out into your chosen glass! It's a totally blind release, the first of its kind and it will take a chap of steel to unravel its mysteries.
The Glenlivet Alpha is available now from Master of Malt, and with only 3,350 available worldwide (600 in the UK), make sure to grab one before it's too late – we expect these to sell at a colossal velocity. Once you have your bottle you can begin The Glenlivet's interactive sensory journey to discover its secrets, testing yourself or learning more about Single Malt Scotch Whisky along the way.
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Feis Ile is almost upon us once again and to celebrate our third visit to The Islay Whisky Festival, we will be running 3 Competitions (count 'em) for all those souls lucky enough to be joining us on the Hebridean island between 24th May and 2nd June 2013!
We will also be releasing a brand new bottling from That Boutique-y Whisky Company: a Caol Ila! Schwiing! This new release will be up for grabs on Islay as well as other prizes. To see how you can get in on the action, read on...
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After poring over the entries from our recent caption competition, wherein the winner was promised a full bottle of Clynelish whisky from That Boutique-y Whisky Company, we were a bit stumped (or chimped).
We struggled to choose just one entry; there were so many outrageous images to choose from (some more so than others)! We finally caved and decided that though there can only be one champion, there were a few entries that deserved honourable mentions (and drams). Still, there can only be one, and there was one that was truly more evolved (wink!) than the rest.
So, without further ado...
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Excellent work: many of you successfully infiltrated The Competition! You completed all of your objectives and only a bare minimum of innocent bystanders were horribly crushed to death during your tank shenanigans!
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That's right, folks. Those crafty chaps from Caskstrength announced today their new bottling! Due to launch on 25 March 2013, the third instalment in the much-celebrated Alphabet Series is indeed a Cutty Sark, Neil and Joel undertook the herculean task of blending their own whisky, and the result is sure to be interesting!
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I'm sure you'll all remember the frankly fantastic couple of bottlings launched by the irrepressible duo from Caskstrength Neil and Joel in the past year or so?
First up was an Arran – a delight of a whisky with a frankly absurdly low outturn of only 92 bottles. This astonishing bottling rapidly sold out, and is now changing hands for hundreds of pounds on auction sites.
Second was an astonishing Benriach, matured for an impressive 16 years, and finished for 4 of those years in a Pedro Ximenez cask. This too, sold out in incredibly short order.
After 'A' for Arran, and 'B' for Benriach, must come 'C'.
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You bought loads of Highland Park for Christmas, and each of you who did earned a chance to win an amazing trip to the Highland Park Distillery in Orkney! Now that you've cracked open the bottle (or gifted it to a loved one) to enjoy while drafting your resolutions for 2013, it's time to announce the lucky chap (or chappette) who's going to Orkney.
Drumroll, please…
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"The NDP Caucus is saddened by the news of Farley Mowat's passing. He was one of Canada's most prolific and iconic writers.
Mowat's work has been translated into 52 languages and sold 17 million copies around the world. His novels captured the Canadian landscape like no other author.
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2-year-old boy has weight loss surgery
Updated On: Sep 20 2013 09:26:04 AM CDT
A 2-year-old Saudi Arabian boy has become the youngest weight loss surgery patient on record.
The boy weighed 73 pounds at the time of his stomach-stapling surgery, according to Australia's News Network.
At 14 months, he already weighed 47 pounds and suffered from sleep apnea. His legs had also started to bow in.
Efforts to keep the boy's weight in check weren't working (although doctors weren't certain his parents had stuck to their strict diet), so surgeons opted to remove the outer part of the boy's stomach in 2010, according to a report published in the International Journal of Surgery Case Reports.
In just two months, the boy lost 15 percent of his body weight.
At age 4, he weighed around 53 pounds and has a normal Body Mass Index.
Obesity experts called the case "shocking" and warned such surgery could cause vitamin deficiencies and impact future growth.
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Recently, McKinsey & Company released an article entitled Protecting information in the cloud which discussed the increased use of cloud computing by enterprises of a variety of sizes and industries and the benefits and risks cloud usage entails. The article recognizes that many organizations are already using cloud applications and realizing the efficiency and cost benefits and, in fact, most are looking to increase their usage of the cloud in 2013 and beyond in both private and public environments. But there are issues that are inhibiting adoption, such as risks associated with data security and concerns around privacy and compliance.
The McKinsey article rightly points out that allowing perceived risks to bar further adoption of the cloud is not a realistic option for most organizations, given the many compelling benefits offered. Enterprises must determine ways to embrace the cloud while also being able to satisfy important questions concerning security, compliance and regulatory protection that are hampering aggressive movement to the cloud.
The benefits of choosing either a public or private cloud option over the traditional on-premise deployment are clearly laid out by McKinsey. They conclude that the solution for many enterprises will be a hybrid approach of public and private cloud and, therefore, the primary question becomes which applications belong in which environments. This is where the article begins to fall short in its analysis of the issues surrounding cloud adoption, because it does not fully consider all solutions available, including Cloud Encryption Gateways.
The McKinsey article recommends applications such as Customer Resource Management (CRM) and Human Capital Management (HCM) are logical choices for public cloud deployment, but from my experience, many companies face barriers to even these types of applications for a variety of reasons, including the need to retain full control of any personally identifiable information (customer or employee) or to protect regulated data that may be subject to sector-based compliance requirements (think ITAR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, etc.). These important compliance and security concerns frequently force enterprises down an on-premise path (either a traditional enterprise software implementation or via a private cloud deployment).
In these situations, a Cloud Encryption Gateway can be used to keep the control of sensitive data in the hands of the organization that is adopting the public cloud service. These gateways intercept sensitive data while it is still on-premise and replaces it with a random tokenized or strongly encrypted value, rendering it meaningless should anyone hack the data while it is in transit, processed or stored in the cloud. In addition, some gateways ensure that end users have access to all of the cloud application's features and functions such as the ability to do standard and complex searches on data, send e-mails, and generate reports - even though the sensitive data is no longer in the cloud application.
Applications McKinsey believes should be located on a private cloud include enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management, and custom applications. McKinsey recommends a private deployment option for this class of application largely due to the sensitivity of the data that is processed and stored in them. But private clouds, while a nice improvement over legacy on-premise deployment models, unfortunately cannot approach the TCO and elasticity benefits that true public-cloud SaaS offerings offer enterprises. So, just like with CRM and HCM, the real opportunity for this class of applications is to figure out a model that marries the data security of a private cloud deployment with the unique TCO and elasticity value propositions of public cloud.
Here again Cloud Encryption Gateways can play a critical role. As described earlier, enterprises would be able to move these sensitive applications onto a public cloud resource with a Cloud Encryption Gateway that would directly satisfy any corporate concerns regarding data security, privacy and residency requirements.
Of course, not all cloud encryption gateways are created equal, so please refer to this recent paper, which provides important questions to ask when determining which gateway is the right fit for you or learn more about the PerspecSys Cloud Protection Gateway.
PerspecSys Inc. is a leading provider of cloud data security and SaaS security solutions that remove the technical, legal and financial risks of placing sensitive company data in the cloud. PerspecSys accomplishes this for many large, heavily regulated companies by never allowing sensitive data to leave a customer's network, while maintaining the functionality of cloud applications. Based in Toronto, PerspecSys Inc. is a privately held company backed by investors that include Intel Capital and GrowthWorks.
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Leysin American School is an exclusive, private boarding school located in Leysin, Switzerland. Leysin selected an OpenStack-powered, private cloud as a service to manage multiple applications and provide development environments for students across the institution. Seeking to meet rigid data sovereignty and data integrity requirements while offering flexible, on-demand cloud resources to users, Leysin identified OpenStack as the clear choice to round out the school's cloud strategy. Additional...
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com...
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from ha...
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Docker offers a new, lightweight approach to application portability. Applications are shipped using a common container format and managed with a high-level API. Their processes run within isolated namespaces that abstract the operating environment independently of the distribution, versions, network setup, and other details of this environment. This "containerization" has often been nicknamed "the new virtualization." But containers are more than lightweight virtual machines. Beyond their small...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and asse...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, a...
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40w, 6dI Cavd In10 comments · 281 views
So, I finally got a phone.
Also, Gameloft pony game is best game ever. Add me? Name's RavenDagger sans the S
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So, I've been spending a fair bit of time here. It's a site for writers, similar to Fimfiction, but a tad more... general.
While there, I found threads where people needed help with various things, from summaries to blurbs to whatever. And I love helping them. While showering today, the thought crossed me, why was I helping them instead of the people here? This is my home on the internet and these are my ponies. This is the place I should be helping.
So, with a thin, thin layer of egotism wiped off, I decided to drag the thread here.
Post your summary/description/blurb below and I'll tell you what I think.
DO NOT post links, DO NOT post an entire chapter and DO NOT ask me to read your entire story. If I like what I see, I'll check it out on my own terms.
I don't want anything in return. The responses will be quick, but if it gets busy, please give me a few hours to post back to you. I do have stories of our own, and, on occasion, enjoy a leisurely amount of sleep.
Thank you and post away!
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So, My friend Malus did a thing.
You're not obliged to, but if you feel like it, take a gander. It's a letter, of sorts.
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I've been writing for a little over two years now, both as a terribly time-consuming hobby, and for work. When I started, I thought that rereading, editing and drafting were sins. They were wastes of my precious time. Now, after many a mistake, my views have changed.
Editing is a big, if not the biggest, part of the writing process. It's the final step before publication and maybe the most important. It's also thanks to editing that I've found some of the greatest people and that I've learnt the most about writing.
I was curious, fellow Fimfic-ers. (need a word for that) How do you go about polishing up your stories?
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I have a story that I've written.
Short, about 7K. And I've no idea how to end it.
I was wondering if any of you felt suisidal enough to give it a read and your opinion on what sort of ending this fic would need? It's for a contest outseide the pony fandom, which means no pony. But plenty of Cyberpunk and the likes!
It's going around, and someone's going to link you to it eventually. Might as well be me, eh?
Brilliant story, mate... huh, never got the first comment before... not sure what else to say...
Co-written with the brilliant The Descendant.
The art was provided by ALinaTF... Those eyes...
A collab from two of the best authors!!! My brain has exploded with awesomeness!!!!
Well, I have seen some very strange pairings on this site, the strangest being Blueblood x Twilight!!!
I have never, ever seen a Big Mac x Roseluck. To be honest, I think I've only read one fic where she is even
mentioned, and it's only the once!!!
Allong the remaining branches, the leaves that were crippled and warped unfolded, regaining a glint of bright green.
Do be a dear and fix that, won't you, Dag?
Roseluck and Big Mac shipping? Sounds good. Co-written with The Descendant? Sounds great!
I do love me some earth pony magic.
It was the most hilariously over-exaggerated play on her sympathies he could imagine,Might want to change that to a 'she'. Other than that, good story so far. Likeing the idea and happingly waiting to see where this ends up.
Me, or Descy? (He's the handsomer of the two)
You'd think that at least Granny Smith would know of the deeper ways of Earth Pony Magic....
I do believe that this is the first story I have ever read about Roseluck. Or at least the only one that seems legitimately good.
Background ponies need more attention, and you certainly delivered. She seems quite believable, the quiet sort who likes tending to plants.
I will keep an optic on this one.
And bonus points for a potential pairing that is straight, and completely new.
I wish I could correct image source links like I do on derpibooru
Hrmm, a RoseMac ship? Or would it be BigLuck? Needs ship name.
RoseMac sounds right.
BigLuck is too... vague.
I think I'm inclined to agree with RoseMac, as all the other names either sound off or are just plain weird. Regardless; disregard sleep, read RavensDagger story.
Not sure if I profit, but, profit!
Is this a reupload or something? I see it up in the "recently updated" section of the feature box, not the "new stories" section.
Tagged to be read later, once a few more chapters are out. I usually avoid any hint of romance, but seeing as this is a collab between two authors I generally really like, I'll give it a shot.
First time upload, I've no clue why it's there, but I don't mind one bit!
So these two gentlemen have come together to bless the world of pony fanfiction with yet another excellent piece of literature?
I say! Who is the mastermind behind this brilliant concept?
Typically I'm not a fan of Big Mac ships (ironic given a thing I'm doing) but since the CMC are involved this should be good.
I hate shipping....but I like you....I'll read it! But later...
Since nopony else commented on this, I will, and I'll feel like an idiot too.
Several times in the fic, the "magic of the earth ponies" is brought up. I was under the impression that earth ponies had no magic. Am I wrong?
Sorry if I offended anypony.
I'm supposed to be studying for my Accounting test! How DARE you write a story good enough to distract me?! That's just mean, and rude, and.. And... OH PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF CELES AND LULU, MOAR! I'M SO BORED OUT OF MY BRAIN STUDYING FOR THIS DAMNED ACCOUNTING TEST! ; ;
Big Mac...Roseluck...my 2nd favorite shipping that is finally being written about?
...AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH-*Explodes from happiness*
...*Explodes again*
Co-write between two popular authors? No wonder this made featured so fast.
Well, great for you RD.
But yes, this story really deserved it. It's amazingly written. I'm sure EqD will take you without a second glance as well.
>>1579768 Newsworthy This story's actually a pretty good one that semi-features Roseluck
And I love the story so far. I'll be following it
>>1583569 Thanks mate, it's on my read later list now!
- Shup up, Rainnydrop!
- Oooh, poor Roseluck. Just when it's going so good.
That's.... that's actually quite the compliment coming from a cynical person like you...
You had me at the title. Brilliant title by the way.
>>1583824 Yeah, sorry for all the cynical comments, they just sort of happen.
But yes, I very much so like this story. I think it's the first think that has gotten the featured box that actually deserved the featured box in like a month.
This is brilliant!
I have never read about Roseluck or Big Mac in that light before, and you get across Roseluck's feelings really well without it feeling forced.
The only thing that tripped me was "How couldn't I know who you are?" - It just seems a little clumsy "How could I not know who you are?" instead perhaps?
[Yes it is a tiny, tiny thing, and I am always brought up on my prose but Hey]
A story about best background character? Yes please! I've never seen a Roseluck-centered fic before so this is definitely getting tracked for that alone. Will read the chapter later.
Quick!!! We need someone to make awesome fan art for this story!!!
this is interesting. I have to say I have not seen a pairing like this. All the luck to you friends and I hope this turns out great.
They have magic in fanon. Not exactly canon... but, well, how else could they be so much stronger than other breeds/species?
This... is amazing, I can't wait for more!


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THEORY TIME: The water he falls down on was polluted with the venom that the koopas have, thus falling on it guarantees death for him. The other water is still from a world full of magic, so it might as well make people still breathe while underwater due to magic.


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I'm on the train home after spending two days in a beautiful place, with great people who are going through something so sickening and shattering that it almost defies imagination.
I'm tired and kind of numb, but fatigue and numbness will fade for me, likely not so much, at least not soon, for the kids of Hokie Nation. Virginia Tech is a big school, 25,000 plus — and many of the students did not personally know any of the victims of Cho Seung-Hui's tsunami of carnage. But all of them surely felt violated, how could they not? What's the most used, perhaps overused word, since September of 2001? Terror. Terrorism. Well if this doesn't qualify, I don't know what does.
So the last thing I wanted, absolutely, was to contribute in any way to VT's violation. We got into Roanoke late Monday night, 2:30 on Tuesday morning, after a two-hour train ride and then a four-and-a-half-hour drive south in fierce nighttime winds — sadly appropriate for the real life horror movie that had been visited upon that part of the state earlier in the day. We were up early and on the Blacksburg campus by 8 a.m. And while I was expecting a media circus — not like this, easily 50 satellite trucks surrounding the alumni center-turned-media center, sort of a high-tech county fair.
There's Matt Lauer and the 20-person "Today" crew live in a prime location. Wolf Blitzer in the men's room. Terry Moran of ABC checking out NBC's exclusive on the killer's "multimedia manifesto." Anderson Cooper at the front desk of the hotel where our production office was stationed. Paula Zahn next to my producer on the plane ride home. They were all there, dispatched as the enormity of this tragedy became apparent on Monday. As was I.
We've never tried to — or been especially interested in — competing with the big boys of hard news when it comes to a breaking story of these proportions. What we do try to do is to bring our own take to the narrative — to tell stories that other people don't, in ways that they wouldn't. Hopefully we were able to do that in our short time at Virginia Tech. Hopefully we did the story justice. But more importantly, to me at least, is that we respected these kids. We were in their home, guests in their home, a house that had already been violated beyond belief. Proceed with caution and consideration. Do that and you're usually OK.
That's how we met Justin, a VT student who had just gotten his first-ever tattoo, a black-and-maroon ribbon of remembrance with the inscription "We are Virginia Tech" — inspired by professor Nikki Giovanni's convocation address a day earlier. Justin had always wanted to get some ink, but never knew just what to get. On Monday, he knew.
(See Justin and other students on the Blacksburg campus open up about the tragedy in "MTV News Presents: Voices From Virginia" and "More Voices From Virginia.")
I think for a lot of people at VT this week covering this story, there was a moment that it "hit you." You get there and you are so in the moment, so preoccupied with getting stories shot, getting a script written, getting it on the air that it doesn't sink in. It happened for me when we were hanging out with Bryce Carter, the freshman blogger who began making his posts about the shooting and its aftermath public, and he took us to his dorm. This is a freshman guys' dorm, just a few weeks before the end of their first crazy year of freedom away from home — and you could hear a pin drop. Guys walking around quietly going about the business of getting ready to go attend a convocation service in memory of 32 of their peers and professors who had been gunned down. How f—ed up is that? Hopefully they were alright with me being there. I felt kind of like an intruder.
I know that plenty of people did appreciate us being there, 'cause they came over and said so. I will always remember the girl who came over to me at the memorial of candles and flowers and condolence boards and 32 Hokie stones set up on the Drillfield — only yards from Norris Hall where the majority of the shooting took place. (And don't think the weird coincidence of that building name hasn't been sitting with me all week.) Anyway, this girl whose name I don't know just wanted to thank us for being there, said that it "meant a lot". We were honored to. Even Ayden and Chris — the guys at the campus radio station, WUVT, who had a "Die, MTV, Die" bumper sticker on the studio glass — were cool with us.
There are probably 25,000 different reactions across the VT campus to the surreal events of this week. I saw kids walking in a daze, I saw Sway's interview with this brokenhearted girl Heidi, who just lost it, and I saw our student PA for a day, Tanner, saying he was doing alright and that working with us had actually helped get his mind off of the insanity. Classes are supposed to resume on Monday (see " 'Things Will Get Back To Normal': What's Next For VT Students" ). It will be a long time till things are "normal" no doubt — but it will happen.
I live in downtown, hipster, East Village New York — where, honestly, the default attitude when it comes to things like school spirit is more likely a sneer than a cheer. Where notions like "Hokie Pride" are often treated as, well, hokey.
I went to New York University — about as urban and anti-traditional a big school as you can find in America.
And yet I was touched, and moved and, no sh–, inspired by what I saw this week from Hokie Nation. They kept saying what a special place VT was, a place of openness and tolerance and the last place you would ever think something like this would happen. Their spirit and resilience and solidarity is something they can all be proud of. And what made me proud — there, amid the condolences on the Virginia Tech campus, was a hand written poster, in purple ink, reading "NYU stands with you."
God bless you Hokies, and good luck.
Read "Students From Across U.S. Respond To Shootings: 'It Is Beyond Unsettling' " , "On Virginia Tech Campus: 'I Can't Believe This Happened Here' " , "Gunshots 'Sounded Like A Hammer': Virginia Tech Students Speak About Shootings" and " 'People Are Missing': VT Student Reflects On Loss Of Friend" for firsthand accounts from the Virginia Tech campus and additional student reactions.
Go to "Virginia Tech Students Reach Out To One Another" and "Virtual Memorial, MySpace Pages Help VT Mourners Cope Online" to find out how students are coping with the tragedy.
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Nepal army takes control of former Maoist fighters
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal's former Maoist rebels on Tuesday handed over control of their fighters and weapons to the national army, in a move likely to bolster a faltering peace process nearly six years after a civil war ended.
Thousands of Maoist fighters, who battled the Nepal Army during the decade-long civil war, have been housed in camps across the volatile Himalayan republic waiting to join the national army.
Nepal clears China plan for $1.6 bln hydroelectric dam
KATHMANDU, April 2 (Reuters) – A parliamentary panel cleared
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foreign investment programme, Nepali officials said on Monday.
Nepal's Maoist-led government signed an agreement with
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Wounded British soldiers on charity Everest climb
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Five wounded current and former British Army soldiers, including one who lost an arm, depart on Saturday for the base camp of Mount Everest to try to climb the world's tallest peak for charity.
The soldiers are part of a 30-climber British expedition to the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) summit. They will take the normal South East Ridge route pioneered by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953.
Nepal village adopts homey ways to boost tourism
GHALEGAUN, Nepal, March 28 (Reuters) – Gam Bahadur Gurung
sits cross-legged on the clean, hard-packed mud floor at the
family kitchen sipping rice beer.
His wife Tek Kumari, who sits across from him at the
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With monarchy gone, Nepali crown to find new home
KATHMANDU, March 19 (Reuters) – The crown worn by Nepal's
kings, once considered the reincarnation of the Hindu god
Vishnu, will be put up for public viewing at a palace museum, an
official said on Monday, nearly four years after the abolition
of the 239-year-old monarchy.
A specially elected assembly dominated by the Maoist former
rebels abolished the Hindu monarchy in May 2008, turning one of
the world's poorest countries into a secular republic.
Nepal restaurant serves up opportunity for deaf
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – As the diners enter, Ram Babu Kafle strolls over with a notebook and ballpoint pen and stands beside their table at the Bakery café in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu.
He touches his ear and mouth and raises his fingers, signalling the customers to place their orders using sign language because he can neither speak nor hear.
Nepal seeks aid to end China row over Everest height
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal needs money and technical expertise from international donors to measure Mount Everest afresh, officials said on Wednesday, in a move to end a longstanding row with China about the height of the world's tallest mountain.
More than 4,000 climbers have scaled the mountain that straddles the Nepal-China border since it was first climbed by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in May 1953.
Detained Tibetans stage hunger strike in Nepal
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Thirteen Tibetans, detained last week for protesting against China in front of the United Nations office in Nepal, started an indefinite hunger strike on Monday to press for their release, the president of the Tibetan Youth Congress in Nepal said.
The activists, including two women, were demanding U.N. intervention in their homeland after a series of self-immolations against Chinese rule there.
Nepali villager, 72, declared world's shortest man
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Home to Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, the scenic country of Nepal on Sunday added another height-related superlative – of having the world's shortest man.
A Guinness World Records team measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi at 54.60 centimeters (21.5 inches), declaring the 72-year-old even shorter the previous title holder, Junrey Balawing, from the Philippines, who stood at 23.5 inches at the age of 18 last year.
Naked holy men add fervor to Nepali Hindu fest
Hindu holy man Tarkeshwor Giri sat naked at Nepal's biggest annual religious gathering Monday as throngs of pilgrims sought his blessings at a centuries-old temple in Kathmandu.


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PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh acquired outfielder Marlon Byrd and catcher John Buck from the New York Mets.
The Pirates will send New York minor league infielder Dilson Herrera and a player to be named later.
Byrd, 35, is hitting .285 with 21 home runs and 71 RBI this season and will give the Pirates needed depth in the outfield while leadoff hitter Starling Marte recovers from a wrist injury.
Buck, 33, is batting .215 with 15 home runs and 60 RBI. Since the beginning of the 2010 season, Buck's 63 home runs as a catcher rank third in the majors.
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