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The Tampa Bay Rays spend significantly less on payroll than some of the wealthier teams in Major League Baseball, but get results that are sometimes better than those that wildly overspend. The Tampa Bay Rays success boils down to two things – understanding how to be a hedgehog, and continual application of statistics and analytics into daily processes.
Greek poet Archilochus once said: "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Many interpretations of this phrase exist, but one characterization is the singular focus on a particular discipline, practice or vision.
According to a Sports Illustrated article "The Rays Way", while Major League Baseball teams such as the Los Angeles Angels load up on heavy hitters such as Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton, the Tampa Bay Rays instead have a hedgehog-like and almost maniacal spotlight on pitching.
For example, SI writer Tom Verducci says "The Rays are to pitching what Google is to algorithms." In essence, the Rays have codified methods (on how to raise up young pitchers and injury prevention techniques) and daily processes (including exclusive stretching and strengthening routines) into a holistic philosophy of "pitching first".
But enabling that hedgehog-like approach to pitching is a culture of measurement and analysis. To illustrate, the SI article mentions that pitchers are encouraged to have a faster delivery (no more than 1.3 seconds should elapse between a pitch and hitting the catcher's glove). Pitchers are also instructed to throw the changeup on 15% of deliveries. And while other pitchers try and focus on getting ahead of batters, the Rays have discovered it's the first three pitches that matter, with the third being the most important.
In terms of applying analytics, the Rays rely on a small staff of "Moneyball" statistical mavens that provide pitchers with a daily dossier of the hitters they'll likely face, including they pitches they like and those they hate. And analytics also plays a part in how the Rays position their outfield and infielders to field balls that might otherwise go into the books as hits.
The Rays are guarded about sharing their proprietary knowledge on processes and measurement, and for good reason, as last year they had the lowest earned run average (ERA) in the American League and held batters to the lowest batting average (.228) in forty years. Even better, they've done this while spending ~70% less than other big market teams and winning 90+ games three years in a row. That's nailing the hedgehog concept perfectly!
Seeing a case study like this, where a team or organization spends significantly less than competitors and gets better results, can be pretty exciting. However, an element of caution is necessary. It's not enough to simply follow the hedgehog principle.
The strategy of a hedgehog-like "focus" can be highly beneficial, but in the case of the Tampa Bay Rays, it's the singular focus on a critical aspect of baseball (i.e. pitching), joined with analytical processes, skilled people and the right technologies that really produce the winning combination.
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Tonight, millions of Americans will be glued to their television sets.
They are not waiting to hear another speech about the war in Iraq from President Bush.
Are they waiting to watch Super Bowl XLI? No, because that is still several weeks away.
Its not the Grammy Awards, election night or a re-run of the final episode of "Friends."
Its something more important the sixth season of "American Idol."
Since its debut in 2002, "American Idol" has become more than a hit television series on Fox. Its an American institution.
"American Idol" has launched the careers of its winners -- Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Hicks. Its also made Clay Aiken, Jennifer Hudson and even William Hung household names.
During the first season, I have to admit I never watched the show.
Actually, I didnt understand what all the excitement was about. People were vying for a recording contract in a glorified talent show. Theres nothing new with that concept.
After Clarkson beat Justin Guarini for the title, I thought, "Good for her," and soon forgot about the program.
My views changed a few months later when I started dating the woman who became my wife, Tammy.
Since we started dating at the beginning of season two, Tammy walked me through the entire concept of the show. Basically, it was the start of my "American Idol" education. It started with the tryouts and went until the final battle between Studdard and Aiken.
I didnt realize it at the time, but I became a fan of "American Idol." Even when Tammy wasnt around, I was watching the show and wondering who was going to survive for another week.
You could say I became a closest "American Idol" fan. I may not want to admit it, but I enjoy watching the show. Its one of my guilty pleasures in life, along with watching cartoons.
Granted, I am not as big a fan as Tammy. She never misses an episode and considers herself Clarksons biggest fan. In fact, Tammy has repeatedly said that she "wants to be Kelly Clarkson" when she grows up.
Being an "American Idol" fan must run in Tammys family, as her three sisters and mother watch the program regularly. Last season, one of her sisters actually cried when Chris Daughtry was surprisingly voted off the show.
One doesnt have to look far to witness the popularity of "American Idol."
Morning radio shows and Internet chat rooms will be buzzing about what happened during the previous nights episode. They will offer their takes on who should advance to the next round and who should be given their walking papers.
"American Idol" talk will not be limited to the airwaves, as it will be a hot topic in your office breakroom and around the water cooler. These discussions should be entertaining because almost everyone will want to put their two cents in about the previous nights episode.
But the most-important opinions will not come from the fans. Judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul will set the tone for the show by picking which contestants will advance to the next round in Hollywood, Calif.
Once the list is pared down to 12, it will be up to America to choose who will become the next "American Idol." When it gets to that point, anything is possible.
But we still have several weeks before "American Idol" gets to that point. Until then, its best to sit back and enjoy the good, bad and ugly associated with the tryouts.
When the theme music starts, Ill be one of the millions of Americans watching at home pondering the same question, "Is that person the next 'American Idol?"
We wont know that answer for a few more months.
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The juvenile's mother, Janet Lyons, was called to come to the school to take custody of her son and to discuss the incident. When she arrived at the principal's office, Chief Gann said he noticed there was an odor of intoxicants on her breath and she appeared to be intoxicated. Chief Gann walked Ms. Lyons out to the parking lot of the school and gave her a portable breath test which confirmed that she had been drinking, he said.
Chief Gann then attempted to place Ms. Lyons under arrest for public intoxication; however, she resisted and a brief struggle ensured on he parking lot of the school. During the struggle, Lyons kept telling her son to take her purse and leave with it, Gann said. The chief said he ordered the boy to remain where he was and not to move.
Lyons was eventually subdued and placed in the back seat of the patrol car. Chief Gann checked her purse and located a white rock-like substance wrapped in a piece of tissue paper. The substance tested positive for methamphetamine.
Lyons was transported to the Sharp County jail where she was incarcerated on the charges of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), class C felony; public intoxication, class A misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct, class C misdemeanor. She appeared before Sharp County District Judge R.T. Starkin on Feb. 5 for a bond hearing.
On Jan. 31 at approximately 10:50 a.m., Gann traveled to the Ericka Schales residence, located at 205 E. Spring Street in Cave City, to assist Department of Home Services representatives on a home visit.
Upon knocking on the door, a white male identified as David West opened the door and informed Chief Gann and the DHS representative that Schales was not home. While speaking with West in the living room, Chief Gann observed suspected marijuana and drug paraphernalia in plain view. A subsequent search of the residence was conducted and Schales was found hiding in the bedroom closet.
Schales, 28, of Cave City, was placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), class A misdemeanor, and transported to the Sharp County jail where she was incarcerated.
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The 32-year-old donned a set of bewitching black panties and a black bra, showing off her perfect curves, running her fingers through her hair and flirting with the camera from a balcony.
With the year 2013 drawing to a close, people all around the world are eager to head out to ring in 2014.
Celebrities such as Britney Spears and Adele took to Twitter today (December 31) to share their thoughts and plans for the big night ahead. See what they had to say below!
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Just accidentally I've discovered this image:
taken, as everyone can see, by a Nikon D610 with a 70-210 f4 lens. I didn't bother to calculate how much the gear costs.
Now please see this image taken with our beloved camera SX50 by our mentor Tony:
The Tony's image is clearly better (just watch the bird feathers) !
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Saskatchewan Mounties were the cat's meow Thursday following a car crash north of Regina.
The early morning rollover on Highway 6 left a man and a woman with minor injuries.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Oct 14, 1986
|Filing date
|Apr 29, 1985
|Priority date
|Apr 29, 1985
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Gary S. Leonard
|Original Assignee
|Carrier Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (33), Classifications (18), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to a refrigeration system employing a motor driven centrifugal compressor having a diffuser with a movable wall and, in particular, to controlling the positioning of the movable wall to continually maintain the compressor at or about optimum operating conditions as the load thereon changes.
Variable speed centrifugal compressors have been used in the art to control the amount of refrigerant flowing through heating and cooling systems using the carnot cycle. These variable speed machines, although working quite well in practice, are relatively expensive to build and oftentimes difficult to maintain. Accordingly, these machines have not found wide spread use in the industry. Most centrifugal compressors that are presently in use are arranged to turn at a fixed operational speed and control over the machinery is achieved by adjusting the positioning of guide vanes located at the entrance to the impeller wheel.
In a refrigeration system utilizing a fixed speed centrifugal compressor, the mass rate of flow delivered to the compressor impeller is typically varied to meet the changing demands placed on this system. Under maximum flow conditions, the amount of refrigerant leaving the impeller blades is sometimes more than the diffuser section can handle and the flow thus becomes choked at the diffuser entrance or throat. At relatively low flow rates, the refrigerant flow moving through the diffuser section becomes unstable and a partial reversal in the flow pattern takes place. This, in turn, produces a good deal of noise and a dramatic reduction in machine efficiency. Ultimately, a complete reversal in the flow pattern is experienced whereupon the compressor will stall or surge. The flow rate spread between a choked condition and a surge condition generally defines the operating range of the machine. In a fixed speed compressor, wherein the inlet guide vanes are used to maintain flow control, this operating range is typically very narrow.
In a copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 531,019, filed Sept. 12, 1983 in the name of Kirtland, there is described a centrifugal compressor having a diffuser in which one wall is movably mounted so that the width of the diffuser opening can be varied to meet different load conditions placed on the system. In a later filed U.S. Pat. No. 4,503,684, which issued to Mount et al, there is described a control system for use in conjunction with a variable width diffuser for monitoring the lift and the load placed on the compressor and adjusting the movable wall position to hold the machine at or close to optimum operating conditions. The load is determined by measuring the current flow through the compressor motor while the lift is determined by comparing the temperatures of the water leaving the evaporator and the condenser of the refrigeration system.
The Mount et al control system works exceedingly well in practice but requires the use of a minicomputer to track both load and lift. The present invention recognizes the many advantages of the Mount et al control system and provides a method by which the diffuser width can be varied using less equipment thereby reducing the cost of the refrigeration system without significantly sacrificing operating efficiency.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to improve refrigeration systems.
It is a further object of the present invention to simplify the controls used to vary the diffuser width in a centrifugal compressor used in a refrigeration system.
A still further object of the present invention is to reduce the equipment costs in a centrifugal compressor which utilizes a variable width diffuser.
Another object of the present invention is to reduce the amount of equipment needed to control the positioning of a diffuser wall in a compressor utilizing a variable width diffuser.
These and other objects of the present invention are attained in a refrigeration system that utilizes a motor driven centrifugal compressor having a moveable wall positioned in the diffuser that permits the width of the diffuser passage to be varied to meet changing load conditions within a desired operating range. The percent of full load current drawn by the compressor motor is continually monitored and provides an indication of the percent of full load capacity at which the compressor is operating. A desired condenser water schedule curve that relates motor current to the width of the diffuser opening is derived by plotting optimum lift to optimum load for the desired temperature range. The diffuser wall position is changed in response to changes in measured compressor motor current to hold the wall at an optimum operating position for the measured load.
For a better understanding of these and other objects of the present invention reference is had to the following detailed description of the invention which is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a refrigeration system embodying the teachings of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional side elevation taken through the motor driven centrifugal compressor shown in the refrigeration system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a valve actuated control unit employed in the present invention for repositioning the diffuser wall and thus changing the width of the diffuser opening;
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram showing the method of positioning the movable diffuser wall utilized in the practice of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a graphic representation showing a condenser water-load schedule in which the percent wall for optimum operation opening is plotted against the measured compressor motor current;
FIG. 7 is an electrical diagram showing circuitry used in the repositioning of the diffuser wall in response to changes in sensed motor current; and
FIG. 6 is a compressor map for the present centrifugal machine wherein optimum lift is plotted against optimum load within a specific condenser water temperature.
Turning now to the drawings, and specifically to FIG. 1, there is shown a refrigeration system generally referenced 10 which is used to chill water or the like within an evaporator heat exchanger (water chiller) 11. The water to be chilled is circulated through the evaporator unit by means of a flow circuit 12 whereby energy (heat) is drawn from the water and absorbed by refrigerant thereby cooling the water. The heated refrigerant is caused to evaporate or partially evaporate in heat exchanger 11 and the refrigerant drawn from the chiller unit by means of a motor driven centrifugal compressor, generally depicted at 15. In operation, the compressor serves to pump refrigerant to a higher temperature and pressure thereby slightly superheating the refrigerant vapors. The refrigerant leaving the compressor is passed through a condenser heat exchanger 18 where the superheat and latent heat of vaporization is removed by transferring the energy to cooling water that is passed through the unit by means of a flow circuit 19. Refrigerant leaving the condenser is flashed or throttled to a lower temperature by means of an expansion valve 20 before being once more delivered to the inlet of chiller 11 unit thereby completing the refrigeration loop.
Compressor 15 utilized in the present refrigeration system is a single stage machine design to operate at a constant speed. However, it should be obvious to one skilled in the art that a multiple stage compressor may be similarly utilized within the system without departing from the teachings of the present invention. As disclosed in the noted co-pending Kirtland application, the compressor as shown in FIG. 2, includes an axially aligned inlet 23 that directs incoming refrigerant into the blades 27--27 of a rotating impeller wheel 24 through a series of adjustable inlet guide vanes 25-25. The impeller wheel includes a central hub 26 which supports the blades so that they form passages 28--28 for directing refrigerant through the rotating assembly. Refrigerant moving through the blade passages is turned radially and is discharged into a diffuser section generally referenced 30. The diffuser assembly surrounds the impeller wheel and serves to bring the refrigerant leaving the impeller blade tips into a toroidal-shaped volute or collector 31. Under the combined action of both the diffuser and the collector, kinetic energy stored within the refrigerant is converted into static pressure as the refrigerant expands under controlled conditions. The hub 26 of the impeller wheel is coupled to an electrical drive motor 36 (FIG. 1) by means of a drive shaft 35. The drive motor is arranged to turn the impeller at a constant operational speed.
The flow of refrigerant through the machine is regulated by adjustably positioning the inlet guide vanes in a manner well known and used in the art. The position of the vanes is selectively adjusted by use of a cable and pulley mechanism depicted at 43 which is arranged to change the position of each blade simultaneously in response to a control signal from a flow control unit 44 (FIG. 1). The diffuser section of the compressor contains a radially disposed stationary wall 45 that forms the back of the diffuser passage 46. A movable wall 47 is located on the opposite or front side of the passage. The movable wall is radially extended in regard to the center line 48 of the impeller wheel and is arranged to move axially towards and away from the fixed wall so as to alter the width of the diffuser passage. By varying the width of the diffuser passage, the flow of refrigerant passing through this critical section can be closely controlled to avoid surging at reduced flow rates and thus improve the operating efficiency over a relatively wide operating range of the machine. As will be explained in greater detail below, by continually monitoring the current flow through the compressor motor, it is possible to maintain the machine at an optimum operating point close to or near the surge line without encountering stall.
The movable front wall of the diffuser section is secured to a generally annular carriage 49 that is slidably contained within the compressor between shroud 50 and the main machine casing 51. The movable wall is secured to the carriage by any suitable means so that the two members will move in concert towards and away from fixed wall 45 of the diffuser section. A series of diffuser vanes 32--32 pass through the movable wall into the diffuser passage and are held in biasing contact against the fixed wall by means of springs 52--52. The carriage, as illustrated in FIG. 2, is shown retracted against the machine casing thus bringing the diffuser passage to a fully opened condition.
Carriage 49 is, in turn, secured to a double acting piston by threaded connectors or the like. The piston is reciprocally mounted in a cylinder 34 formed between the shroud and the machine casing so that it is able to be driven axially in either direction. A first flow channel 53 is arranged to bring hydraulic fluid into and out of the front chamber 55 of the cylinder. A second flow channel 56 is similarly arranged to carry fluid into and out of the rear chamber 57 of the cylinder. A pair of control lines 59 and 60 connect the two flow passages with a control unit 62 (FIG. 1). Hydraulic fluid is selectively exchanged between the control unit and the two chambers of the piston containing cylinder to drive the piston, and thus the movable diffuser wall, in a desired direction.
The control unit 62 is shown in greater detail in FIG. 3 and includes a pump 64 and a hydraulic sump 65 which are connected by means of two flow lines 66 and 67. Flow line 66 contains a pair of solenoid actuated valves 68 and 69 while flow line 67 contains a similar pair of solenoid actuated valves 70 and 71. By electrically controlling the positioning of the valves, hydraulic fluid can be selectively routed into the piston cylinder to move the wall to a desired position. To initiate travel of the piston in either direction requires energization (opening) of one pair of the four solenoid actuated valves. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3 by the arrows, energization of valve pair 68 and 71 will cause hydraulic fluid to be fed via line 59 into the front chamber of the piston cylinder while, at the same time, fluid is drawn from the rear chamber of the cylinder and exhausts it to the sump 65 via line 60. As can be seen, this selective energization of the valves causes the piston to move in a wall closing direction. Energization of the opposing pair of valves 69 and 70 will cause the hydraulic fluid flow pattern to be reversed and the wall will thus be moved back towards a more fully opened position.
In many water chiller applications, the temperature of the water leaving the chiller (evaporator) remains relatively constant, however, the condenser water temperature will vary in response to changes in load and outdoor air temperature conditions. Accordingly, any drop in the condenser water temperature will reflect a corresponding drop in the compressor load. A compressor map, such as that shown in FIG. 6, can be developed for a given system in which changes in load are plotted against lift. Lift can be expressed in terms of entering condenser water temperature while load can be expressed in terms of the amount of current drawn by the compressor motor. Curve 40 represents the envelope or boundaries of the system on the map while curve 41 represents a typical load line within the envelope for a condenser having an operating range between 60 F. and 85 F. Using American Refrigeration Institute (ARI) standard for rating and testing refrigeration systems, any number of load lines similar to line 41 can be generated for describing a desired lift in terms of load for the most efficient operation of the system. As is typical, this relationship is relatively linear whereby the load drops uniformly for every degree of condenser water temperature that is lost.
The optimum lift (head) for the compressor thus has a specific relationship to the load placed on the compressor. Since the optimum or desired diffuser width is also a function of lift and load, it is possible to express passage width in terms of one of these two-ply parameters. In the present invention, load in terms of the current drawn by the compressor motor is used to determine the desired width of the diffuser passage to hold the machine at, or close to, optimum operating efficiency as the load demands on the system change.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a wall positioning unit, generally referenced 86, for positioning the movable diffuser wall in response to changes in the compressor motor current flow to provide for efficient operation of the compressor over a wide operating range. The wall positioning unit forms part of the overall control unit 62. For purposes of explanation, it will be assumed that the condenser follows the load line shown in FIG. 6. A current sensor 85 is connected over the compressor motor 36 as seen in FIG. 1. The sensor monitors the motor current and provides an output signal indicative of motor current via line 83 to the diffuser wall control module 87. A second input signal is also furnished to the control module by a linear feedback potentiometer 90.
The feedback potentiometer is arranged to sense the position of the movable diffuser wall and provide an output signal indicative of the sensed position. The potentiometer assembly includes a sensing rod 92 that is coupled to a bellows 93 and adapted to ride in biasing contact against the movable wall carriage 49 (FIG. 2). The rod is connected to the potentiometer input by an arm 91 whereby the output signal changes linearly in response to changes in the wall position.
The diffuser wall control module includes a pulse shaping circuit 98 and a pair of comparator units 94 and 95 as shown in FIG. 7. The output signal applied to the module from the motor current sensor is initially passed through the shaping circuit and is applied to one of the input terminals of the two comparators. The shaping circuitry is arranged to adjust the gain of the current sensing signal at various breakpoints so that the output signal applied to the comparators follows a relatively smooth curve. The output signal of the wall potentiometer is applied to the second input of the two comparators. As can be seen, the comparators are thus both provided with a first input signal indicative of the desired optimum wall position based on motor load and a second input signal indicative of the actual wall position.
As shown in FIG. 5, condenser water schedule curves may be generated from the previously noted ARI operating characteristic curves described in reference to FIG. 6. The curve depicted at 101 describes a typical schedule at the low lift design point while the curve depicted at 102 describes a typical schedule at high lift design point. Schedule curve 99 has been developed from the ARI load line 41 shown on the compressor map and relates the motor load to the optimum wall position for operating points along the load line. The comparator units, through this known relationship, are thus able to compare the actual wall position to the desired wall position. Comparator 94 is adapted to send an actuating signal to solenoid actuated valves 68, 71 in the event the diffuser passage width must be increased to meet changing load demands. The comparator is arranged to only provide an output signal if the load demands are increasing and will not output if the load demands are decreasing. Similarly comparator 95 will send an activating signal to solenoid actuated valves 69 and 70 in the event the width of diffuser passage must be decreased. Here again the comparator is arranged to only provide an output signal when the load demands are decreasing.
As should now be evident, the comparators are adapted to compare the actual wall position related signal with the desired wall position related signal and instruct the solenoid actuated valves to take appropriate corrective action necessary to bring the wall to a desired optimum operating position. As can be seen, by relating the centrifugal compressor motor current to an optimum condenser water schedule as herein explained, the proper diffuser wall setting can be rapidly and accurately implemented without the need of extensive hardware and complex control equipment. The present method of controlling the positioning of the diffuser wall is thus relatively inexpensive but yet effective in holding the compressor within a desired operating range.
While this invention has been described with specific reference to the structure disclosed herein, it is not necessarily confined to the details as set forth and this application is intended to cover all modifications and changes that may come within the scope of the following claims.
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|Ecoair Corporation
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Apr 29, 1985
Owner name: CARRIER CORPORATION 6304 CARRIER PARKWAY SYRACUSE,
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|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Oct 16, 1994
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Dec 27, 1994
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
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|By Jeremy Geelan
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|March 15, 2009 10:00 AM EDT
Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz has been reviewing Sun's three major strategic imperatives, and the company's progress going in to its next fiscal year. As industry blogs go, the three entries he's produced so far are miniature masterpieces. A fourth and last one is on its way.
The first in the series, titled "Understanding Sun in Three Easy Steps," kicks off with the bright and breezy intro:
"We're approaching the end of our fiscal year, and given all the swirl in the economy, I thought it worthwhile to restate where Sun's headed as a company, to let customers, partners, employees and investors see and understand where we're headed. Clarity's always useful, doubly so in times of uncertainty."
But it isn't long before Schwartz shows us how he's earned his reputation as one of the industry's most insightful bloggers, with a natural ear for a ringing phrase:
"I'm neither worried about the role information technology will play in the economy, nor am I worried about the relevance of Sun's offerings. I'm not worried about the future, I'm focused on its arrival date." [emphasis added]
In his second post. Schwartz gets down to his real message, namely Sun's strategic imperatives.
They are, in order, he says:
1. Technology Adoption
2. Commercial Innovation
3. Efficiently Connecting 1. and 2.
and it is in the course of his further explanation that perhaps the best passages in the three blogs published so far occur.
At one point, for example, he seeks to explain "positive option value." It strongly bears reproduction in full:
"Not to dip into finance 101, when the net present value of a lifetime revenue cycle exceeds the value of a one time purchase, a product or service that initiates the payment stream is either freely distributed (if it has no marginal cost, like software), or subsidized (if it has a hard cost). That's why you see so many free credit cards, free checking account, free mobile phones, free month's rent, free social networking, etc. In the technology world, free is the new black.
Free Markets
That's also why the internet's most valuable brands are *all* free - Amazon, Google, EBay, Skype, Yahoo!, Facebook, Hi5, MySpace, Baidu, TenCent, etc. Those brands reach more and have greater affinity than just about any other consumer brands. And in the technology marketplace, Linux, Java, MySQL, Firefox, Apache, Eclipse, NetBeans, OpenOffice.org, OpenSolaris, the same applies - free is a universal price, requires no currency translation, and reaches the longest tail of the market.
Now, could Amazon charge you to shop? Could your bank charge you to open an account? Google charge you to search? Could Sun charge people to download MySQL or OpenOffice.org? Sure, we could also destroy those brands in a matter of days. If you're not free, by definition you miss serving those that can't afford, or aren't ready to pay - which means your audience is capped, or destroyed if your competition is already free.
Microsoft's the only company I didn't include in the above list - and although I consider them a stupendously great brand, they're the only company that can really approximate free while making money on the distribution of their products. The fact is they're bundled on almost every PC across the planet, and appear "free" to the users who use those PC's - they've amassed immense power with their distribution, and few users believe they're paying for Windows when they buy a personal computer.
Thus, to developers (Sun's target market) with Windows PC's, Microsoft's product are, in effect, already free. (As an aside, notice Microsoft inexorably moving toward free distribution, too, to reach new users - at some point, you can't bundle every product on every computer, it'd be like printing a Sunday edition of the newspaper every day of the week).
This is exactly why we freely distribute our key software assets all over the world - if we didn't, users and developers might pick someone else's free product (or simply use the one they assume to be free). And if they picked someone else's product on which to build their business or their application, Sun becomes a reseller - which isn't our mission or business model. It's a free market, in every sense."
In his third blog entry, Schwartz nails Sun's business model even more succinctly: "We offer utterly exceptional service, support and enterprise technologies to those that have more money than time," he notes. Adding, "It's a good business."
"When Free is Too Expensive
One of my favorite customer stories relates to an American company that did nearly 30% of its yearly revenue on Christmas Day. They were a mobile phone company, whose handsets appeared under Christmas trees, opened en masse and provisioned on the internet within about a 48 hour period. When we won the bid to supply their datacenter, their CIO gave me the purchase order on the condition I gave him my home phone number. He said, "If I have any issues on Christmas, I want you on the phone making sure every resource available is solving the problem." I happily provided it (and then made sure I had my direct staff's home numbers). Christmas came and went, no problems at all.
A year later, he was issuing a purchase order to Sun for several of our software products. To have a little fun with him (and the Sun sales rep), I told him before he passed me the purchase order that the products were all open source, freely available for download.
He looked at me, then at his rep, and said "What? Then why am I paying you a million dollars?" I responded, "You can absolutely run it for free. You just can't call me on Christmas day, you'll be on your own." He gave me the PO. At the scale he was running, the cost of downtime dwarfed the cost of the license and support. Numerically, most developers and technology users have more time than money. Most readers of this blog are happy to run unsupported software, and we are very happy to supply it. For a far smaller population, the price of downtime radically exceeds the price of a license or support - for some, the cost of downtime is measured in millions per minute. If you're tracking packages or fleets of aircraft, running an emergency response network or a trading floor, you almost always have more money than time."
Great blogging by Sun's CEO. Keep it coming!
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Level 44 is the ninth level in Chocolate Mountains and the 12th ingredients level. To pass this level, you must collect 1 hazelnut, 2 cherries and score at least 78,000 points in 50 moves or fewer. When you complete the level, Sugar Crush is activated and will score you additional points.
- Liquorice locks are the most worrying things in this level.
- However, as there are holes in this level, bringing down ingredients can be simple and quick if you make the right moves.
- The ingredients are worth 30,000 points.[1] Hence, an additional 48,000 points is required to earn one star.
- You must unlock the liquorice locks that are in your way and combine colour bombs with striped candies.
- Start from the bottom once all the liquorice locks have been freed and bring down the ingredients using vertical striped candies or other combinations.
Earning More StarsEdit
- The presence of five colours makes it easy to create special candies.
- The ingredients are worth 30,000 points. Hence, an additional 63,000 points for two stars and an additional 90,000 points for three stars have to be earned through matching of candies.
- The player is required to earn an additional 1,260 points per move[2] for two stars and an additional 1,800 points per move[3] for three stars.
- The odd board layout combined with the liquorice locks make it hard to drop the ingredients quickly. The liquorice locks can be quite hard to clear due to their positions.
- Vertical striped candies or colour bomb + striped candy combinations are essential to dropping the ingredients in as few moves as possible. They are easy to create with five colours.
Board Info
- Green line(s) show where the candies and ingredients spawn.
- Blue line(s) are the hidden teleporter entries.
- Pink line(s) are the hidden teleporter exits.
- The hidden teleporters having identical numbers indicate where the entry and exit is.
Elements Info
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|Candy Town
|Candy Factory
|Lemonade Lake
|Chocolate Mountains
|Minty Meadow
|Easter Bunny Hills
|World Two (81-170)
|Bubblegum Bridge
|Salty Canyon
|Peppermint Palace
|Wafer Wharf
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|Pastille Pyramid
|World Three (171-260)
|Cupcake Circus
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|Crunchy Castle
|Chocolate Barn
|Delicious Drifts
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|Candy Clouds
|Jelly Jungle
|Savory Shores
|Munchy Monolith
|Pearly White Plains
|World Five (351-440)
|Fudge Islands
|Pudding Pagoda
|Licorice Tower
|Soda Swamp
|Rainbow Runway
|World Six (441-530)
|Butterscotch Boulders
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|Cherry Chateau
|Meringue Moor
|Ice Cream Caves
|Sour Salon
|World Seven (531-620)
|Sticky Savannah
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|Biscuit Bungalow
|Gummy Gardens
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|World Eight (621-710)
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|Crumbly Coast
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|World Twelve (936-980)
|Minty Meadow
|Cookie Crossing
|Soda Swamp
|World Thirteen (981-1025)
|Candy Clouds
|Caramel Keep
|Tasty Treasury
|World Fourteen (1026-1070)
|Luscious Lagoon
|Mellow Marshmallow
|Siberian Sorbet
|World Fifteen (1071-1115)
|Cloudberry Creek
|Bubblegum Hut
|Pastry Palace
|World Sixteen (1116-1160)
|Raspberry Races
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|Barking Boutique
|World Seventeen (1161-1205)
|Banana Beach
|Snack Shack
|Fungi Forest
|World Eighteen (1206-1250)
|Marmalade Moon
|Wonky Wonderland
|Drizzly Dale
|World Nineteen (1251-1295)
|Bonbon Bistro
|Diamond District
|Butter Rum Reef
|World Twenty (1296-1340)
|Hoax Hollow
|Honey Hut
|Brulee Bay
|World Twenty-One (1341-1385)
|Candied Cliffs
|Candy Keep
|Syrupy Circus
|World Twenty-Two (1386-1430)
|Festive Forest
|Peppermint Party
|Mount Chocolympus
|World Twenty-Three (1431-1475)
|Flavor Field
|Divine Diner
|Dessert Desert
|World Twenty-Four (1476-1520)
|Delicious Dynasty
|Precious Pond
|Lullaby Lake
|World Twenty-Five (1521-1565)
|Candy Canyon
|Biscuit Bay
|Wacky Waterhole
|World Twenty-Six (1566-1610)
|Scrumptious Studio
|Vanilla Valley
|Toffee Teasprings
|World Twenty-Seven (1611-1655)
|Sundae Stables
|Milky Marina
|Marzipan Mine
|World Twenty-Eight (1656-1700)
|Honey Highlands
|Taffy Treetops
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Knockaround Guys Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper
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Gemcitabine and docetaxel in metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer†
Results from a phase 2 trial
Article first published online: 4 OCT 2010
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25457
Copyright © 2010 American Cancer Society
Volume 117, Issue 4, pages 752–757, 15 February 2011
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How to Cite
Garcia, J. A., Hutson, T. E., Shepard, D., Elson, P. and Dreicer, R. (2011), Gemcitabine and docetaxel in metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Cancer, 117: 752–757. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25457
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Presented at the 2006 American Society of Clinical Oncology Prostate Cancer Symposium; San Francisco, California; February 24-26, 2006.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 3 FEB 2011
- Article first published online: 4 OCT 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 3 MAY 2010
- Manuscript Revised: 29 APR 2010
- Manuscript Received: 2 MAR 2010
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- castrate-resistant prostate cancer;
- chemotherapy;
- gemcitabine;
- docetaxel;
- prostate-specific antigen
Docetaxel is the standard of care for patients with metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Gemcitabine is a nucleoside analogue with broad antitumor activity. In a phase 2 study of combined docetaxel and gemcitabine, the authors assessed its safety and activity in patients with chemotherapy-naive, metastatic CRPC.
Eligible patients had untreated, metastatic CRPC with radiologic and/or biochemical evidence of progression after antiandrogen withdrawal with castrate testosterone levels, an Eastern Cooperative Oncology performance status (ECOG PS) of 0 to 2, and adequate organ function; no previous chemotherapy was permitted. Patients received gemcitabine (800 mg/m2) Days 1 and 8 and docetaxel (75 mg/m2) on Day 8 every 21 days for a maximum of 6 cycles. Response was evaluated using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) for measurable disease. A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response was defined as a decline ≥50% in baseline PSA level.
Thirty-five patients with chemotherapy-naive, metastatic CRPC were enrolled. The median age was 67 years, and 60% of patients had an ECOG PS of 0. PSA responses were observed in 49% of patients. Among the patients who had measurable disease (n = 25), 3 patients (12%) had a confirmed, RECIST-defined partial response (PR); 4 patients (16%) had an unconfirmed PR; and 15 patients (60%) achieved stable disease. The most common adverse events included grade 1 and 2 fatigue (69%), alopecia (80%), and nausea/vomiting (54%). No treatment-related deaths were noted, but an unusually high incidence of grade 3 and 4 neutropenia was observed.
The efficacy of combined gemcitabine and docetaxel in metastatic CRPC was similar to that observed with single-agent docetaxel. In contrast to single-agent docetaxel, the combination was moderately toxic and had an impact primarily on bone marrow reserve. Cancer 2011. © 2010 American Cancer Society.


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will you cover deadspin basically calling fangraphs garbage?
"OK. I'm starting a thread down here because it seems like people are taking what I wrote the wrong way. I'm not indicting sabermetrics or saying DIPS isn't revolutionary and brilliant. (And I'm not trying to say Fangraphs is worthless.) I love stats. What I am saying is that Aaron Cook (who is having one hell of an oddball statistical season, in a small sample size so far), because of a special talent he has, may not necessarily fit on the DIPS curve. Buehrle and Glavine and others before him didn't. We'll know more after 30 innings, obviously, but the model is way bearish on Cook's 2012, and that has a lot to do with his strikeout rate, and, perhaps, because of his skills, he doesn't need strikeouts as much as everyone else does. That's all. Sorry for the misunderstanding."
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