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SCADA for Surge Control
Using a SCADA Network to Handle Surge Control in Gas Suppression Systems in Pipelines
By Ahmed Hafaifa, Attia Daoudi and Mouloud Guemana
The most efficient operation of gas and oil installations is subject to many technical and economic constraints. Certain installations cannot stop functioning without incurring enormous financial losses, but technical defects can also harm the quality of their products. The SCADA system can prioritize necessary maintenance activities to prevent inopportune breakdowns, reduce the time fixed assets are under maintenance and optimize their operational life though just-in-time intervention. SCADA systems have successfully addressed numerous industry problems [1], [13], [15], [18] and [19]. In this article, we describe how SCADA systems could be applied to maintenance challenges in facilities of the Algerian oil company Sonatrach.
To illustrate the efficiency of the proposed supervisory schema for the process control, the SCADA system has been constructed as a centralized system using a proprietary control computer and operating system. The use of a SCADA system in a gas compression plant facilitates planning, assigning, supervising and participating in the operation, maintenance and repair of the system, and related work. The disadvantage of this centralized system is that when a facility wants to improve or add some functions, it sometimes has to upgrade the existing computer's memory capacity or replace it with a higher-grade computer.
On the other hand, a recently emerging trend in the development of computer and communication technology has been making it possible to establish open, distributed computer systems. Such technology is also being introduced into SCADA systems in gas compression plants. In this article, we give the experimental results of the use of the SCADA system in a gas compression system for supervision and control and data acquisition. We found that the high reliability, functionality, performance and high-level human interface add to the expandability and flexibility in configuration.
This paper describes tools and techniques that can and have been used to model transient flows and performance, mechanical and control responses, and time-dependent head in compressor systems. The tools used by SCADA control include finite time step programs that simulate control systems, valve actuators and the opening (or closing) rate of valves, with the resulting flows. The volumes and lengths of station piping, scrubbers and coolers, including temperature effects are accounted for. SCADA supervisory control models also track the performance of centrifugal compressors at different speeds, account for the rotation inertia of compressor trains, and evaluate the thermo physical properties of gas streams.
Industrial compression system
Compression systems are used, for example, as part of a gas turbine for jet and marine propulsion or power generation, in superchargers and turbochargers for internal combustion engines, and in a wide variety of industrial processes [4]. In this paper we focus on centrifugal compressors that are used in natural gas pipeline transportation. This type of centrifugal compressor can exhibit a variety of instabilities under different operating conditions. Moore and Greitzer in [20] developed a phenomenological model for rotating stall and surge. This pioneering work modelled the compression system with just three components:
- The first component is the inlet duct that allows infinitesimally small disturbances at the duct entrance to grow until they reach an appreciable magnitude at the compressor face.
- The second component is the compressor itself, modelled as an actuator disk, which raises the pressure ratio by doing work on the fluid.
- The third component is the plenum chamber (or diffuser) downstream, which acts as a large reservoir and responds to fluctuations in mass flow with fluctuations in pressure behind the actuator disk.
In this paper, we are considering a compression system consisting of a centrifugal compressor, valve, compressor duct, plenum volume and a throttle (Figure 1). The throttle can be regarded as a simplified model of a turbine [7], [8], [10]. The system is shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
Figure 2. Anti surge valve
Figure 3: Centrifugal compressor
The model to be used for controller design is in the form:
pp = the plenum pressure
K = a numerical constant
p01 = the ambient pressure
ρ01 = the inlet stagnation density
VP= the plenum volume
m = the compressor mass flow
kt = a parameter proportional to throttle opening
Al = the area of the impeller eye (used as reference area)
Lc = the length of compressor and duct
ηi = the isentropic efficiency
N = the spool moment of inertia
Δh ideal = the total specific enthalpy delivered to fluid
cp = the specific heat capacity at constant pressure,
cv = the specific heat capacity at constant volume
T01 = the inlet stagnation temperature
k = is the ratio of specific heat,
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Parish councillors have rejected a proposal for two dozen new homes because 27 houses are already being built in the village.
The Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, which owns the land, hopes to build 24 houses at Tillingham Hall Farm in North Street, Tillingham.
Robert Harvey, Chairman of Tillingham Parish Council, said "The parish council, in a majority decision, voted against the proposals.
"We are aware that there is a good deal of concern in the village about this."
Resident Tracey Silcock, 44, an event manager, of North Street, said:
"I have to put in planning applications to change anything about my house, how are they able to build 24 new homes, in a conservation area, straight away?"

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Rest does wonders for Swisher's sore shoulder
CLEVELAND -- Nick Swisher believes that a handful of days off did wonders for his sore left shoulder. His state of mind was helped by the fact that the Indians' offense went on a tear when he was forced out of the lineup last week.
"It was nice to be able to get everybody rockin' and rolling through those few days," Swisher said, "so I could afford to take those days off. In situations like that, you can be pressing to get back in the lineup if things aren't going right. But at that time, the guys were doing their thing. It was nice just to be able to fully relax and not even think about pinch-hitting or anything."
Swisher was held out of the lineup with the soreness in the shoulder -- moving back and forth between first base and right field is believed to be partially responsible -- for the first time on Tuesday. He returned on Saturday following a period of four days (three games) off. In those three games, Cleveland outscored its opponents, 27-8.
On Monday, when the Indians began a four-game series with the A's, Swisher's shoulder was feeling greatly improved.
"It's awesome, bro," he said. "It's feeling great."
Through 25 games, Swisher has hit .253 with three home runs and 10 RBIs. The shoulder issue affected his swing, especially during his 1-for-5 showing against the Royals on April 29, one day after he had nine at-bats in a doubleheader in Kansas City.
"That last game in Kansas City," he said, "I [told manager Terry Francona], 'I don't know what to tell you, man. My goal was to play 162 games this year.' But he said, 'We've got some guys that can get in there and get it done.' ... That's a great feeling to have, when a manager says, 'You've got to do what you've got to do to get ready.' I was able to take those couple of days off."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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'We lost a real good player and competitor in Spacek. We didn't think Montador would fill the same role as Spacek, but he is a grittier No. 5 or No. 6 defenseman who could add something to our game. But the replacement Spacek on the offensive side and in terms of minutes has been (rookie) Tyler Myers. Sometimes you get lucky. We thought we had a player in Myers, but we weren't sure.'
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Students broaden their studies with Summer Fellows program
A select group of Muskingum College students are spending their summer studying in a variety of different academic disciplines as part of the college's 2006 Summer Fellows program.
The program allows students and faculty to immerse themselves in the pursuit of highly specific and challenging areas that the students study during the regular school year.
To be considered for a fellowship, students must write a detailed proposal of what they intend to study and what they hope that study will achieve. This is done in tandem with the faculty members with whom they intend to work, and who must provide the formal nomination for the fellowship. Proposals are then considered by the office of the vice president of academic affairs for approval.
The following students and faculty are working together this summer:
Meredith Bowman '07and Alicia Seng '07 are working in collaboration with Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. William Kerrigan on a pictorial and oral history of Jefferson Township and Salt Fork Lake.
Ashley Campbell '08 is doing an internship at the Audubon Center for Research on Endangered Species in New Orleans. She is working with Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Jim Dooley.
Adam Cirone '07 is working in collaboration with Professor of Biology Dr. Danny Ingold on the impact of vegetation structure and plant species compositions on grassland bird abundance on a reclaimed strip-mine in southeastern Ohio.
Jennifer Sorrell '09 is working in collaboration with Instructor of Geology Shelley Judge to analyze data from one or two marine isotope stages from the Expedition 306 site, with contains samples for the past 1.5 million years.
Jason Tarbert '08 is working in collaboration with Associate Professor of Geology Dr. Stephen VanHorn to assemble a GIS base map of The Wilds from aerial photographs and "ground-truthing" the data.
Kevin Triskett '07 is working in collaboration with Professor of Speech Communication and Theatre Dr. Jerry Martin to do primary research investigating the social impact of new music on various strata of American society.
Jessica Turner '09 is working in collaboration with Associate Professor of Biology Dr. James Dooley on continued investigation aimed at further elucidating the nature and magnitude of West Nile disease prevalence among kestrels living at the Wilds.
Valerie Weaver '07 is working in collaboration with Professor of Education and Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs for Teacher Education Dr. Vicki Wilson to research Immigration and English Language Learners in southeastern Ohio.
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FIREFIGHTERS are urging people not to leave their tumble dryer unattended after a blaze at a Stourbridge house today (Friday).
The fire that broke out at a property in Arundal Road at 10am caused significant damage to a ground floor room.
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Following the incident, a spokesman from Stourbridge Fire Station tweeted: "Please empty your filters after every use and never leave it on when no one is home."


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S-1, Cisplatin, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IIA, Stage III, or Stage IVA Esophageal Cancer That Can Be Removed by Surgery
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as S-1 and cisplatin, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving radiation therapy together with more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.
PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving S-1 and cisplatin together with radiation therapy works in treating patients with stage IIA, stage III, or stage IVA esophageal cancer that can be removed by surgery.
|Esophageal Cancer
|Drug: cisplatin Drug: tegafur-gimeracil-oteracil potassium Other: cytology specimen collection procedure Procedure: endoscopic biopsy
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|A Phase II Trial of a TS-1/Cisplatin Based Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Resectable Esophageal Cancer
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- To evaluate response rate in patients with stage IIA-IVA resectable esophageal cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy comprising S-1, cisplatin, and radiotherapy.
- To evaluate overall survival of these patients.
- To evaluate progression-free survival of these patients.
- To evaluate toxicity in these patients.
- To correlate initial squamous cell carcinoma antigen and C-reactive protein with response and survival in these patients.
OUTLINE: Patients receive oral S-1 twice weekly, cisplatin IV over 2 hours on day 1, and undergo radiotherapy 5 days a week in weeks 1 and 2. Treatment repeats every 3 weeks for 2 courses.
Tumor tissue samples are collected by esophagoscopy with biopsy and brushings for analysis of initial squamous cell carcinoma antigen and C-reactive protein correlation with response and survival.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed for 6 months.
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Histologically confirmed carcinoma of the esophagus
- Stage IIA-IVA disease
- Resectable disease
- Measurable disease, defined as at least 1 measurable lesion by RECIST criteria
- No known brain metastasis
- ECOG performance status 0-2
- Life expectancy > 3 months
- ANC ≥ 1,500/uL
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL (transfusion correction allowed)
- Platelets ≥ 100,000/uL
- Creatinine < 1.5 mg/dL
- Total bilirubin < 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- ALT/AST < 3 times ULN
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Able to take oral medication
- No active peptic ulcer disease
- No known hypersensitivity to study drugs
No serious uncontrolled systemic intercurrent illness, including the following:
- Poorly controlled diabetes
- Active infection
- No history of significant neurological or mental disorder, including seizures or dementia
- No malignancy within the past 5 years, except carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or nonmelanomatous carcinoma of the skin
- No active cardiac disease uncontrolled by therapy
- No myocardial infarction within the past 12 months
- No interstitial lung disease or extended fibrosis of lung
- No prior chemotherapy or radiotherapy for esophageal cancer
- No prior surgical procedure affecting absorption
- No concurrent flucytosine or other fluoropyrimidine-group anticancer drugs
- No concurrent systemic chemotherapy, investigational drug, or radiotherapy
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00659113
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Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage IIA esophageal cancer
stage IIB esophageal cancer
stage IIIA esophageal cancer
stage IIIB esophageal cancer
stage IIIC esophageal cancer
stage IV esophageal cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Esophageal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Esophageal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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For over 100 years, San Francisco Law School has been providing a quality legal education to a diverse student body – many of whom also work and have family responsibilities while attending earning their law degree, the Juris Doctorate.
San Francisco Law School offers an evening part-time legal program (JD).
The part-time program spans four years with classes held four nights a week – Mondays through Thursdays. Moot Court, Bar Examination preparation classes and some other courses are offered in the summer. Electives are often offered on the weekend.
Students at San Francisco Law School are instructed in all subjects tested on the California Bar Examination.
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As the oldest, evening law school in the western United States, San Francisco Law School
- was incorporated in 1909
- is one of the first law schools to be accredited by the State Bar of California and has enjoyed continuous accreditation since 1937
San Francisco Law School is committed to delivering a quality legal education and creating opportunity for legal students in California.
- With an inclusive culture and continuous commitment to diversity, San Francisco Law School was one of the first in California to actively seek out and enroll women and minority students.
- Many students at San Francisco Law School are the first in their families to seek a graduate degree.
- San Francisco Law School's student body welcomes diversity and represents many different professions and aspirations.
Learn From A Faculty of Practicing Attorneys and Judges
- San Francisco Law School has a proud tradition of a faculty of practicing attorneys and judges which allow them to bring realistic considerations into the classroom.
- Students have access to clinical fieldwork and internships in which to gain professional exposure while in law school.
Study at an Affordable Law School
- San Francisco Law School strives to maintain an affordable legal program.
- Financial aid and scholarship assistance is available for qualifying law students
- San Francisco Law School is easily accessible to those who work and live in San Francisco and the Bay Area, as well as in and around San Diego County
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Hello out there to all wrestling fans from around the world and a Happy Early New Year. Another year of Professional Wrestling has come and gone. What a year it was. We had incredible matches, mark-out moment returns, and moments that absolutely took our breath away. With that being said, we now have to ask ourselves, what were THE Best moments of 2012?
Alright hello out there to all wrestling fans far and wide.
I am the one and only T-Hughes35 back today with my latest entry, Presnted by: www.ewrestlingnews.com.
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Greetings all ewrestlingnews.com bloggers and forum members. The 26th Anniversary of WWE Survivor Series is now officially behind us. With that being said, we now have the WWE's go-home Pay-Per-View of 2012. That event being a tribute themed Pay-Per-View to one of the most brutal matches in wrestling history. Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
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No payment may be made from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives (as determined by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives), unless sanctioned by that Committee. Payments on vouchers approved in the manner directed by that Committee shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government.
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(1) the term "applicable accounts of the House of Representatives" means accounts for salaries and expenses of committees (other than the Committee on Appropriations), the computer support organization of the House of Representatives, and allowances and expenses of Members of the House of Representatives, officers of the House of Representatives, and administrative and support offices of the House of Representatives; and
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A favorite of Winston Churchill's, Spain's Vega Sicilia wine is still as coveted and collectible as it was 60 years ago
It is early in the lunch hour at the Hotel Posada Fuente de la Acena, a modern inn with traditional trappings set beside the Duero River in north-central Spain. The restaurant is nearly empty. Waiters talk in muffled tones, but their whispers still pierce the silence. A winemaker and his guest pad up the stairs and settle into seats at a corner table, where a cluster of decanters and open bottles awaits. At that moment, almost as though it were choreographed, the door to the kitchen swings open. The owner of the most important winery in Spain walks through and joins them at the table.
Vega Sicilia's Pablo Alvarez is all too familiar with side entrances and hidden exits. The son of David Alvarez Diez, who founded and still owns the $600 million Grupo Eulen business services company and ranks as one of Spain's wealthiest men, Pablo has long been earmarked for assassination by Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, the violent Basque separatists. These days, he occasionally travels with two bodyguards and spends weeknights at a secure location in the city of Valladolid, not at the plushly appointed apartment he keeps at the winery. It helps explain why he chooses his public appearances carefully, and why his default expression is a grimace of worry.
Since 1982, when his father bought Vega Sicilia from a Venezuelan businessman, the understated Alvarez has served as its public face. (His exact title is general director.) It is the winery—so symbolic of traditional Spain, and a stark reminder of the Franco era—that makes him a target, not his family's vast wealth. None of his five siblings, equal inheritors of the family estate but uninvolved with Vega Sicilia, have received death threats.
In both style and substance, Vega Sicilia is a throwback to another era. Despite the winery's modern accoutrements, the temperature-controlled barrel rooms and the new fermentation tanks, it bears little relation to the time and place in which it exists. It has no neighbors to compare itself with, no classifications to rank its stature. Lafite has Mouton, Antinori has Gaja, Opus has Dominus and Dom Perignon has Krug, but Vega Sicilia stands alone.
For decades beginning with the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, Vega Sicilia was the most renowned wine producer in Spain. While the country was barely exporting table wines, Vega Sicilia's top releases were favorites of discerning consumers such as Winston Churchill. In the 1960s, when Spain's image became tied to package tourism, cheap vacations on the Costa del Sol and Iberia Airline's television ads with castanets clicking, Vega Sicilia carried the Spanish flag as just about its lone brand of distinction in the international marketplace. It was the country's Lalique, Cartier, Givenchy, Rolls-Royce and Dunhill, all in one.
Nearly every aspect of Spanish life has changed dramatically since Francisco Franco's death in 1975, and its wine industry has changed more than most. Formerly known for rustic value wines and oaky Riojas, Spain now entices connoisseurs and collectors with dozens of noteworthy bottlings. Wines such as Dominio de Pingus, which is made in a small garage around the corner from the Posada Fuente de la Acena, command several hundred dollars a bottle upon release. Wine lists from Los Angeles to London are filled with compelling Spanish wines at more accessible prices. In Spain today, half a dozen magazines are devoted to wine, and a new one seems to start up every few months. In Alvarez's words, "The place of wine in Spain has ascended from being merely a product to that of an entire culture."
Concurrent with the change, the business of Vega Sicilia has evolved. A second wine, called Alion and made independently from Vega Sicilia, was created beginning with the 1991 vintage to compete with some of the internationally styled releases being made by wineries in the Duero valley and beyond. A Hungarian Tokay producer, Oremus, was founded the same year and folded into the Vega Sicilia portfolio. A new winery in the nearby appellation of Toro is currently under construction. Bottles of Al Quiriz will hit the marketplace later this year.
Vega Sicilia's existing winery—just off the Valladolid-Aranda highway, a short drive from the Posada—has been completely modernized. Each visitor's passport is still checked at the guard stand, just as during Franco's time, but the entire production and storage facility behind the stately facade is commensurate with the current state of the winemaker's art. Every six months, a complete aromatic profile of the winery is made to insure the absence of bacteria. Several times each year, too, corks are hand-delivered to a laboratory in Bordeaux, six hours away, for a detailed analysis unavailable anywhere in Spain. Harvest dates used to be determined by the feel of a grape between juice-stained fingers, a sweetness on the tongue, a whiff of something in the air. Now it is all meter readings, charts and graphs, as calculated by computer.
With all that, however, Vega Sicilia's essential product —its line of Valbuena, Unico and Reserva Especial wines—has remained virtually unchanged. The technology is there to help the grape-growing and wine-making teams more easily maintain, not alter or update, the character of the wines. "Though we continue to evolve," Alvarez says, "we want that very defined personality to remain."
Vega Sicilias taste like no other wines because no wines are made in quite the same way. The blend of Tinto Fino, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec and occasionally some white Albillo grapes is unique. The vines are old; the original Merlot and Malbec plantings were Iberia's first. The Vega Sicilia cooper still constructs some of the winery's barrels from oak that has been air-dried on premises for as long as three years.
Each wine is held back from release until it is deemed suitable to drink, a practice that has been abandoned most everywhere else in the world. Unicos are released with no regard to chronology, just readiness. The 1970 Unico hit the market in 1995; the current Unico release is the 1989.
More to the point, the latest releases still taste much like Vega Sicilia's wines did half a century ago. No accommodation has been made for stylistic shifts, numerical wine ratings, or the evolution of the industry in Spain and beyond. To change, Alvarez believes, is to undermine the winery's greatest asset. "Vega Sicilia is a special phenomenon, because the personality of both the wine and the winery is so great," Alvarez says. "It is what sets us apart."
The emergence of the cult wine phenomenon in Spain has meant that lately Vega Sicilia has been forced to share, and often even cede, the spotlight. In some years, the emergence of a new micro-cuvée or a Vino de Autor—a wine that purports to represent an artistic vision, like the films of a Coppola, Scorsese or Polanski—seems to render the latest release of an Unico all but irrelevant.
To many, Vega Sicilia is a vestige of a Spain gone by. Like bullfighting, it belongs in a sepia-toned era, not the fast-moving dot.com world of today. Yet bullfighting happens to be more popular than ever in today's Spain, and once the annual hype for the various new releases has dissipated, a bottle of Unico still offers more excitement at the table than any of the new wines, the exalted Pingus included.
It might not score as well in the blind tastings, but that isn't what Unicos are made for. "The difference between Vega Sicilia and some of the other great wines of the world is not a qualitative difference, but a stylistic difference," says R. Michael Mondavi, the president and chief executive officer of the Robert Mondavi empire. "It's 'Do you like Renoir, or Picasso?,"
These are not wines for Master Sommelier candidates to sniff and swirl, identifying component tastes with each sip. You can find notes of cherry and blackberry, cigar box and perhaps a little tar, but each Vega Sicilia transcends its component parts. "The greatness of it is elegance, longevity and complexity," says California wine collector Bipin Desai, who periodically gathers consumers, wine professionals and other collectors for tastings of the world's best wines. "In every sense, it needs time to be appreciated."
In January 2000, Alvarez, winemaker Xavier Ausas and export manager Rafael Alonso flew to Los Angeles for Desai's three-day tasting of every significant Unico since the 1940s. Desai, who has "about ten" different vintages of Unico in his personal cellar, had drunk comparatively few in his life. He came away amazed at the depth and complexity of the wines. "Many collectors have never had a chance to taste these wines, so they remain somewhat underappreciated," he says.
They also don't have the raw power of many of today's favored wines. A bottle like the stately 1981 Unico that has been poured into a decanter and sits before Alvarez now is not to be tasted and quantified or described in notes. "It is a wine meant to live for a while with you," Alvarez says. "It is not meant to be tried, but to be enjoyed. The tasting is a moment, but a wine like this is another plate in the meal, to be drunk throughout the meal."
As he sips from the 1981 Unico, he seems less the CEO of an important business than the steward of a Spanish heirloom. He agrees with the assessment. It is a weighty responsibility, he says, and he feels it every day of his working life.
The estate originally called Pago de la Vega Santa Cecilia y Carrascal has been producing wine under various names since 1864. The first bottles of Vega Sicilia came from the 1915 harvest, even as most of the fermented juice was still being sold off in bulk to wineries in the Rioja region. By then, the winery was owned by Ignacio Herrero Velazquez and his brothers, Luis and Felix. Bottles of this new wine were used as gifts for friends of the Herrero family. Anyone showing up at the winery looking to buy a bottle was quoted an exorbitant price, to make sure the gifts didn't lose their cachet. Many paid it. The price has remained exorbitant, and the cachet has endured.
Vega Sicilia began winning medals in national and international competitions soon after. (Several honors from the 1920s are still advertised on the print-heavy label today.) Only a few thousand bottles of Unicos were produced in any year, and demand far exceeded supply.
In 1952, just as the winery was gaining prominence in the world, the Herreros sold it to Prodes, a seed company. Businessman Miguel Neumann Swaton purchased the winery in 1966 and held it until 1982.
David Alvarez, who is now 76, had founded Eulen as a janitorial service in 1962. He was the sole proprietor and the only employee. He grew it into a complete business services company that does everything from landscaping to security for its clients in Spain and South America. Today it employs more than 50,000 people across two hemispheres.
Like most Spaniards of his generation, David Alvarez was a wine drinker, but his interest in wine didn't extend much beyond what he found in a glass in front of him. He didn't buy Vega Sicilia because he wanted to own a winery, but for its position at the forefront of Spanish consumer goods. "It represented not merely a business, but something more," Pablo Alvarez says now. "It was the prestige and the quality that attracted him."
Pablo Alvarez was charged with maintaining that prestige, and he has made it his life's work. That he didn't grow up in the industry may be something of an advantage. He has been able to learn about wine without preconceived notions. "Because of the way he got involved in the business, Pablo didn't have the anchor of the tradition weighing him down in the way some of the French and Italians did," says Mondavi. "When you ask him or his winemaker, 'Why are you doing this?, you will not get the answer, 'Because this is the way we've done it for five generations.'"
Unico is made only in better vintages, perhaps four to six times a decade. Alvarez guards the equity so zealously that the selection of which years are worthy of the wine is even stricter than before he ran the estate. The production varies from 48,000 to 70,000 bottles, less than a fifth of that produced by each first-growth Bordeaux. A percentage is shipped to England, the European continent and the United States; individual clients—including Spain's royal family— buy up much of the rest.
That means most consumers, even in Spain, never have the chance to taste one of Vega Sicilia's premier wines. It remains a luxury for the elite, which further explains its allure for radical nationalist groups that seek to disturb the existing order. Beyond that, too, the winery maintains little contact with the outside world. Its employees exchange greetings with those of the other properties that have proliferated along the highway, perhaps over a strong coffee and a slice of Spanish tortilla at the Hostal Sardón a few miles to the west, but their special status in the community creates a distance with the others that is difficult to bridge.
Alvarez wants it that way. Veteran winemaker Mariano Garcia Fernandez, who had started with Vega Sicilia in 1968, was found five years ago to be aiding his family property, Mauro, in the production of its wines. He was summarily fired. Such moonlighting is a common practice in Spain, but not, Alvarez believes, for the winemaker of Vega Sicilia. Such exalted duty should be occupation enough.
For years, Vega Sicilia was the only winery of note between Valladolid and Aranda de Duero. Now it sits in the midst of the Ribera del Duero appellation, along what has been officially designated a wine route. Nevertheless, it continues to exist as it did three decades ago, when only the occasional car would rumble past on the rudimentary highway. If a visitor arrives without an appointment, or during October when the grapes are being harvested, he will not be welcome.
But if he has taken the time to write ahead and inform the winery of his sincere interest in its wines, and he arrives punctually at the appointed time on the appointed date and shows his passport at the guard house, he will be treated to a tasting and a tour. His host will either be Alvarez, the owner, or Ausas, the winemaker. There is no reception staff.
When Alvarez was given control of Vega Sicilia in 1982, he had never tasted most of the world's great wines. Given the chance to travel in the most rarified circles of the wine world, he completed an informal post-graduate education.
He had his first Latour, his first Lafite, his first Romanee-Conti. He journeyed to America for tasting events and sampled the best of the emerging wines of California. He didn't say much, just sipped and
listened. "Visualize a duck swimming across a pond," Mondavi says. "On the surface, it doesn't look like the duck is moving, but underneath, those feet are churning real fast. Pablo's wheels are moving very fast."
Alvarez brought home an understanding of what the most
forward-thinking wineries in the world were doing. Then he set about implementing many of those innovations at his own winery. In 1993, he helped form an international group called the Primum Familiae Vini, or First Families of Wine. These were wineries of extremely high quality that were owned by families, not corporations, which faced similar challenges in the modern world.
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Because Antarctica is one of Earth's pristine, isolated regions, the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties have developed measures to protect the environment and conserve living resources; in response, the United States has created laws and regulations to implement these measures. Anyone participating in the USAP must work within these regulations. The USAP promotes strict adherence to the Antarctic Conservation Act, which protects Antarctic native plants, animals, and their habitats. You can read about this effort on the following web pages.
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Hi, It has been 7 months since I have had reconstctive breast surgery. This was done because of cancer. Healing was difficult. My doctor used my back muscles for this as well as the V flap. Last week my right breast started to swell and icing it helps just a tiny bit. If I use my arms eg sweeping it swells more. Can you help me understand what is going on? There is little pain in my breasts, but a lot in my back. Thank you so much.
More information is needed to answer your question. Is the problem in the reconstructed breast? If so, this question needs to go to a Plastic or Reconstructive surgeon to answer. If the problem is in your own breast (non-cancer side), then send the question back with additional information and I will answer.
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Energy Price Outlook
WTI finally broke out from its tired sideways direction yesterday and posted strong gains, although Brent still appears mired in its three-month consolidation. The higher trend in WTI could continue in the near-term, with support offered by improving economic data, bullish flows in the commitment of traders data, weakness in the dollar, accommodative Fed policy, and production declines in Saudi Arabia. Potential drags to the uptrend will come from questions regarding the possible forward pull of springtime economic activity into the warm winter, delayed effects of Hurricane Sandy, and the upcoming debates over the debt ceiling, sequestration, and continuing resolution. We still like WTI over Brent and favor holding the June WTI-Brent trade entered on Jan 4th at -$14.25 with a target at -$8.00 and a stop at -$14.00. We would also anticipate a shrinking of the WTI futures contango and a narrowing of Brent's backwardation.
WTI finished $1.25 higher yesterday while Brent advanced $1.42. Prices traded gradually higher throughout the overnight hours after Spain witnessed another successful auction and after dovish comments were made by a Fed member. Spain's €4.5B auction of debt spanned in maturity from 2 years all the way to 28 years and witnessed strong demand. On Tuesday, Fitch suggested that the country may not need to have the OMT buy its bonds at all this year, as confidence has been restored to some degree. Apparently the knowledge that the OMT is available to buy Spain's debt is helping to keep rates low. Support also came from the suggestion by Fed Pres Kocherlakota that monetary policy is currently not accommodative enough. That ran counter to growing speculation that the Fed would halt its buying program before its 2015 target.
The rally didn't stop despite a weaker-than-expected Philadelphia Fed index, likely because the stock market kept advancing. There seems to be a sense in both markets that the impact from Hurricane Sandy has already been discounted, as the Philadelphia Fed would have been one sign of that impact. Perhaps Wednesday's passage of the $51B Sandy relief package helped to cushion the impact. Stocks continued to move to the highest levels in five-years as the day progressed, with support from improved housing starts and initial jobless claims outweighing the Philadelphia Fed. Although global demand for oil has weakened somewhat and production is due to outpace demand in 2014, the oil market feels like it wants to trade higher. The commitment of traders data shows this too, as non-commercials have added 48,439 contracts to their net long since bottoming four weeks ago (chart below). Managed money accounts have shown a similar condition, with their net long increasing 77,652 contracts in the same four week period.
Natural Gas
Yesterday's trade began the day on the downside by 2-6 cents but recovered after the inventory number and settled 5.9 cents higher. Inventories fell 148 bcf on the week, which exceeded the estimates provided by all analysts in the Bloomberg survey. Inventories are 326 bcf above the five-year average compared to 320 bcf above it last week. The market ended near the high of the day and failed to create any technical signal that bearish activity is in store. The Dec 21st high at $3.532 was held on a closing basis and there is still resistance from the 50-day MA at $3.55 to contend with, however, a close at the day's low rather than at the day's high would have been a clearer signal that there is potential downside in store. A positive bias is in order at least until the $3.55 level, until the potential for bearish action presents itself again.
Yesterday's strong close will combine with the Climate Prediction Center's long-range update and signs of improving demand to offer support in the near-term, while technical factors will remain in the negative column. The CPC's outlook showed temps in the month of February holding below-normal in the northern Plains and Great Lakes states (right). Its Feb-Mar-Apr forecast also brought in an area of below-normal temps in the northwest and shrunk the area of above-normal temps in the southeast (below). Potential demand increases could come from possible diversion of LNG cargoes, where Chinese coal consumption is strong due to cold weather and increased economic activity. There have been several reports recently regarding growing pollution levels in China, which is a signal that economic demand for raw materials is increasing. PMI data from the country have been improving since bottoming in August.
The bearish case will focus on technicals, where the 50-day MA offers resistance at $3.55. That's backed up by the 50% retracement of the Nov 23rd-Jan 2nd downtrend at $3.56, and the Dec 21st high at $3.53. These could combine with a lack of growth in open interest during the past week's rally as well as few signs of short position liquidation by non-commercials and managed money accounts.
Global Economic & Dollar News
» Spain successfully auctioned €4.5B in 2-, 5-, and 28-year debt yesterday.
» Fed Pres Kocherlakota said that "monetary policy is currently not accommodative enough. Historical evidence suggests that as long as unemployment remains above 5.5%, the medium-term inflation outlook will stay close to 2.0%.
» U.S. Housing Starts were +12.1% to 954K vs. 890K expected and 851K previously (revised down from 861K). Building permits were +0.3% to 903K vs. 905K expected.
» Initial Jobless Claims were 335K vs. 369K expected and 372K previously. They reached a five-year low. A Labor Dept analyst said that seasonal factors may have played a role in the decline. Continuing claims were 3.214M vs. 3.127M previously (revised up from 3.109M).
» Philadelphia Fed Index was -5.8 vs. +5.6 expected and +4.6 previously.
Energy News
» The Algerian Gov't attacked a convoy carrying 15 terrorists and their 42 hostages yesterday. All 15 terrorists and 35 of the hostages were killed, while only 7 hostages survived.
» Enbridge's Spearhead Pipeline was shut on Wednesday for about 11 hours for maintenance. The line was pumping around 183,000 b/d. The pipeline carries crude oil from Cushing to Flanagan Illinois.
» Natural Gas Inventories were -148 bcf vs. -136 bcf expected. The decline put inventories at 316 bcf above the five-year average vs. 320 above last week, but still expanded on a percentage basis, where they were 11.08% above compared to 10.68% above last week.
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Jan 28-29 - Iran and World Powers hold Nuclear Talks
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Normal urine is sterile. It contains fluids, salts, and waste products, but not bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Cystitis , more commonly known as a bladder infection, occurs when microorganisms, such as bacteria from the digestive tract, cling to the opening of the urethra and begin to multiply and irritate the lining of the urinary system.
Bladder infections are generally much less common in men than in women. This is because men have a longer urethra, the tube that drains urine from the bladder and out of the body. This makes it more difficult for bacteria to reach the bladder and cause infection. Although urinary tract infections in men are not common, they can be very serious.
When small amounts of urine remain in the bladder, this creates a perfect environment for bacteria to multiply and cause infection. In men, this poor emptying of the bladder is often due to an enlarged prostate, called benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Because BPH commonly develops as men age, bladder infections occur more frequently in men over the age of 50.
Other risk factors of bladder infections in men include:
The symptoms of bladder infection vary from person to person and can range from mild to severe. Symptoms may include:
If the infection is severe enough to inflame the bladder wall, it may also cause blood in the urine and leave it looking cloudy. If you have symptoms of a bladder infection, it is important for you to see your doctor so it can be promptly treated.
Treatment depends on the complexities of the infection. It typically involves taking an antibiotic for one week. Antibiotics may be needed for 2-4 weeks if fever or prostatitis (infection of the prostate) is present. Most men feel better within a few days of beginning the antibiotic. It is important to take the full course of antibiotics prescribed, even when you are feeling better, to make sure the infection is completely treated. Your doctor may recommend further testing if you have other symptoms, like a fever and a recurrent infection.
Certain conditions have similar symptoms to those of a bladder infection. If you have recurring infections or if no infection can be found, your doctor may look for one of the following conditions:
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EBSCO DynaMed website. Acute cystitis in adults. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated November 20, 2013. Accessed January 14, 2014.
Urinary tract infection (lower)—men. Clinical Knowledge Summaries website. Available at: http://cks.nice.org.uk/urinary-tract-infection-lower-men. Updated January 2010. Accessed January 14, 2014.
Urinary tract infections in adults. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse website. Available at: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/KUDiseases/pubs/utiadult/index.aspx. Updated May 24, 2012. Accessed January 14, 2014.
Urinary tract infections in adults. Urology Care Foundation website. Available at: http://www.urologyhealth.org/urology/index.cfm?article=47. Updated March 2013. Accessed January 14, 2014.
Your urinary system and how it works. National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse website. Available at: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/KUDiseases/pubs/yoururinary/index.aspx. Updated June 29, 2012. Accessed January 14, 2014.
Last reviewed January 2014 by Michael Woods, MD
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I used both sharp and sweet paprika (and I prefer Szeged Paprika, but any Hungarian paprika will be good.) You can probably get by with only sweet paprika, especially if you're making it for kids. This soup freezes especially well, and I like to pull a container of it out of the freezer on a cold night, heat it up, and serve with a big dollop of sour cream!
Finely chop 2 cups of green cabbage and add to the simmering soup.
(Makes 4-6 servings, recipe created by Kalyn)
2 onions, cut half both ways, then in thick slivers
2 tsp. finely minced garlic
1 T olive oil
2 T sweet Hungarian Paprika (I recommend Penzeys)
1 T hot Hungarian Paprika (I recommend Penzeys)
1/2 tsp. crushed caraway seed (optional)
4 cups homemade beef stock (or 3 cans, 14 oz. each)
3 cups roasted tomatoes or 2 cans(14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
2 cups finely diced cabbage
1 lb. lean ground beef (ground chuck is best)
1 jar (12 oz.) roasted red peppers, diced into 1 inch pieces
sour cream for serving (I use light, do not use fat free sour cream with added sugar)
After one hour, add diced red peppers and simmer one hour more. Serve hot, garnished with sour cream. This freezes very well.
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I have a new piece in the journal Flow today, entitled Film, Nostalgia, and The Digital Divide, which begins with these words:
"A few days ago, I was watching Kathryn Bigelow's excellent film The Hurt Locker (2008) – on DVD of course – and I was suddenly struck by the fact that it may be one of the last movies to be actually shot on film; in the case of The Hurt Locker, Super 16mm film, with 4 handheld crews working at once, piling up roughly 200 hours of footage to be eventually edited down into a 130 minute film. With its rough, raw look, its smash zooms and its hectic intercutting, mirroring battlefield news photography from the Vietnam war, The Hurt Locker has a visceral reality, especially in its nighttime sequences, that seems to me to be intrinsically tied to the filmic process. You could have the same images in video, of course, but I somehow don't think the same level of textures and contrasts would be available to you; you'd get a perfect, pristine, scratch free image, but a certain richness to the images would be missing. Digital technology simply doesn't have the same spectrum of tonal possibilities, and even though it can mimic millions of different shades of color, the end result is cold, artificial, distant. There's something unreal about it.
When you're making a film, so to speak, it would be nice to have a choice as to whether or not to use film, or to go with digital. But it seems that the choice has been made for you. Aesthetic issues aside, film is being swept into the dustbin of history. As Richard Verrier reported in the Los Angeles Times, Birns and Sawyer, the oldest film equipment rental house in Hollywood, has thrown in the towel on film — everything's gone digital. Responding in the shift to all-digital production, the company auctioned off all its film camera equipment, both 35mm and 16mm, though 16mm has been a dinosaur for some time. But now 35mm film is going out the door, too. It's just like The Jazz Singer in 1927, when films converted to sound; digital is now the only way to go. And it's happening fast."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Long lines in Jacksonville and around the state during and after last week's election are still drawing criticism, but Gov. Rick Scott is not taking the blame.
Some like Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown are pointing fingers at the governor and other state Republicans who made changes to early voting. The mayor says instead of taking away days, more should be added.
"That voters in Florida could maybe do early voting for maybe three weeks, allow them to vote from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for three weekends," Brown said. "With a ballot that was so long this election, I guarantee the lines would have been shorter and we would have been able to to count the votes in a timely matter, and people would not view Florida as the laughing state and can't get it right."
Scott said more people cast votes in this election than any other in state history, and he blames the long ballot and says his decision to limit early voting days had nothing to do with the problems. Still, he wants an investigation.
"I think we ought to be looking at it, make sure we don't have the long lines," Scott said. "A lot of it was caused because we had 11 statewide ballot initiatives, but I want to talk to the supervisor of elections, talk to the secretary of state, understand what we can do to improve it because I want to make sure everybody gets to vote."
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Tomblin expands Medicaid
Editorial: Hurrah CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Calling it the state's best option, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced Thursday that the state will expand its Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act."Although we may not agree with every provision of the ACA, I must make a decision for West Virginia based on the circumstances presented to me," Tomblin said during a press conference Thursday. "At the end of the day we have weighed the options and believe expanding Medicaid is the best choice for West Virginia."Medicaid eligibility requirements will be expanded to include state residents who make up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.Under the expansion, Medicaid coverage would be extended to include a family of four making up to $32,500, or a single person making up to $15,856.Under the ACA, the federal government will pay the total costs of expansion for the first three years. After that the federal government's share would gradually drop to 90 percent.State officials say if the federal government goes back on the promise of funding, the state "may be forced to discontinue providing health-care benefits to the expansion population." Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said he feels "absolute, sheer happiness" about the expansion of Medicaid.He praised the time and diligence the governor took to reach that decision.Rockefeller said Tomblin is right to question the federal government's commitment to funding."Why would a governor necessarily believe what the Congress says?" Rockefeller said. "And so he's quite proper to take the caution and to review again, but we're not going to fold on that one. "This is a commitment to the American public which makes so much financial sense," he said.Tomblin's office had been waiting on the results of an actuarial study about the state's cost of expansion.According to that study, expanding Medicaid will provide insurance coverage to about 91,500 state residents."Behind all the numbers discussed today are thousands of West Virginians who will benefit greatly from Gov. Tomblin's action. It is the waitress who serves us lunch today, the man working for a small roofing company, the women working at a child care center, the aide at a nursing home," said Perry Bryant, head of West Virginians for Affordable Health Care."These are hardworking West Virginians who struggle without health care. Now they will get the coverage they deserve thanks to the leadership of Governor Tomblin," Bryant said in an emailed statement to the Gazette.The state's costs for expansion will be about $375.5 million from fiscal year 2014 through fiscal year 2023, and will mean an additional $5.2 billion in federal funding for the same time period, according to the actuarial study.To help with the state's costs for Medicaid, Medicaid recipients will be assessed co-payments according to their income.The state can make up the money for expanding Medicaid in several ways, officials say.For instance, the state spends $12 to $15 million each year on uncompensated care, which is the amount that hospitals pay to treat patients who don't pay for care. With Medicaid expansion, the amount the state spends will decrease, officials say. A recent audit of the state's Department of Health and Human Resources identified more than $50 million in savings that can be used for the state's share in Medicaid, officials say.New Medicaid recipients also will be required to use a managed care organization. These companies are similar to health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and agree to provide most Medicaid benefits to people in exchange for a monthly fee from the state, according to Medicaid.gov.Enrollment in the expanding Medicaid program will begin Oct. 1 and coverage will begin Jan. 1, 2014.Reach Lori Kersey at email@example.com or 304-348-1240.


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Category: Marilyn Monroe
In honor of the Academy Award nominations announced yesterday, one of our favorite bloggers, Abby Sandel, creator of the always informative and witty appellationmountain.net, continues the tradition she started last year with boys' red carpet names, and has again searched through the annals of Oscar history to come up with some great lists of award-worthy female winners' and characters' names.
Ava, Audrey, Natalie, Grace, Olivia. Is it my daughter's kindergarten class roster, or a round-up of Hollywood screen legends? With so many parents turning to Tinsel Town for inspiration, no wonder I'm confused.
Despite the popularity of borrowing a name from the big screen, plenty of appealing choices remain underused. Here's a short list culled from Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominees and winners, and the characters they played, from the 1920s through today.
Some of these are easy to imagine on a girl born today, while others might not be quite ready for a comeback. All of them offer at least one glamorous namesake.


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I used a 7A and it came out dark brown. I wanted to cry because my hair is a dark blonde color.
I've only washed with low poo once a week since I did it about three weeks ago and it has faded much closer to my natural color.
It was much more gentle to my hair than permanent colors with strong developers I had been using.
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Nov 7, 2012
Construction Corner | Korky Koroluk
The strides that have been made in the development of robots have been immense during the last two or three years.
Military forces see a need for robots for missions that are simply too dangerous for humans. Search and rescue organizations need robots to send into collapsed structures, again because it is often too dangerous for human searchers. And space programs are finding uses for robots for simple, repetitive tasks that don't need a lot of training.
Now DARPA—the United States Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency — is staging a competition it hopes will yield robots that can work alongside humans at the scene of a disaster, doing many things that a human can, but which — so far — are beyond the capability of robots.
These are not necessarily difficult. They're simply difficult for machines that don't yet have human dexterity.
It includes opening a door by using the handle or doorknob, for example, or climbing a ladder.
Anyone curious about the direction new technologies might take can often get a preview by what the armed forces are doing.
Some of the biggest, early strides in developing energy-efficient communities were taken by the U.S. military on bases around the country, and, increasingly, abroad. Some of the earliest work on alternative jet fuels was financed by the military.
Certainly, there is lots of room for robots in the construction industry.
There is already any number of purpose-built robots for the demolition sector, although these are not autonomous machines. Instead, they are tethered to a remote-control panel carried by an operator just two or three metres away. Robots are also used for interior inspections of pipes of all sorts. Is there any reason why robots couldn't tie rebar? Or install roofing membranes? Or trowel newly poured floor slabs?
There are lots of robots under development, including robotic backhoes that can load trucks without human intervention, and climbing robots used for painting or for spraying insulation in awkward locations.
Don't overlook roadbuilders, who can now buy GPS-based systems that allow robotic graders to work within grade tolerances of just a centimetre or two.
Not much has been written about it, but one of the crew members on the International Space Station is called simply Robonaut.
It's been up there for a while now, helping human astronauts with things like sampling air flows and quality in the station's life-support system.
It's a relatively mindless task that involves standing in front of a vent, measuring the airflow, and taking and analyzing an air sample.
You don't need an astronaut's training for that.
But NASA and DARPA want more.
They are working on a next-generation Robonaut, which is dexterous enough to use many of the tools the astronauts use. For now, Robonaut can only use tools that are specially designed for it. Human astronauts have their own tools, but with shipping expensive and storage space scarce, it would be nice if an astronaut and Robonaut could use the same tools. There is even talk of one day being able to send Robonaut out on a spacewalk to do some of the tasks that are now done by astronauts.
The U.S. defence department wants one day to have robots that can handle steering, accelerating and braking from the driver's seat of a vehicle.
That would mean increased dexterity, of course, but also making judgement calls, which in turn means sophisticated artificial intelligence.
Enough progress has already been made to give us hope that one day somewhere down the line, robotics will emerge as a mature technology that is ready for use in the civilian world as contractors and others look for ways to work better and faster. The present DARPA competition runs through to the end of 2014.
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Close game, good effort, wild last 1 minute of the game.....sucks we lost, but I'm not disappointed.....we did much better then I thought we would.
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Close game, good effort, wild last 1 minute of the game.....sucks we lost, but I'm not disappointed.....we did much better then I thought we would.
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I think everyone who's ever seen a Pacers game knew who that last play was designed for - and I wonder what sense having Foster out there makes with that little time left. A better chance at the end would have been nice, but it was a hard fought loss.
I didn't realize Brandon Roy was a star until tonight. Thanks for showing me the light, refs.
A few notes from this game.
1. The team plays well together when the right combination of players are on the floor.
2. JOB apparently has no idea what that combo is.
3. Refs suck.
Heckuva effort. Hibbert, Ford, Jack, Daniels and Murphy (in the 1st half) played well. Foster was atrocious.
Brandon Roy is good. Portland has a good team, and they'll soon be a very good team pending health and experience.
Good game. The loss stings because they played well enough to win but just couldn't pull it out.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
A great effort, and a great game, it just sucks the game was decided by the refs.
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Check the box score for the story of the game: FT and PF disparity.
How can our big men be called for travel while pivoting in the block and our guards get hacked while driving and not get to the FT line?
Portland fans are going to have a rude wakening when they learn what playoff officiating is.
Seem like Portland pumps a lot of crowd noise and music into their arena?
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Funny how in game 6 of the 98 ECF, Jordan can't even get that call but Brandon Roy could. Great effort, proud of the guys anyway.
I agree with most of this to a T. I don't agree with saying Brandon Roy is good. Brandon Roy is outstanding. And if it's possible, Foster might have been worse than atrocious.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
No arguments from me.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
How so?
Well, O'Brien was just asked what he thought about the foul-call, and immediately said, "It was fine, he got tripped."
If coach isn't pissed, I'm not going to be as pissed.
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But seriously, nothing good came of it at all tonight. And he was embarrassingly slow on defense.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
For those who wondered what a top ten player in the league looks like, we saw it tonight.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Well great game, it was a win. Rasho just did horrible. We would have definently won without him. And if Deiner played, ouch for Portland.
"I keep wondering the same thing. Last week they had the 4th worst record in the league, had an 11.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and were in line to land a franchise type player like Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins. This week? They have a 1.7 percent chance of winning the lottery, have the 8th worst record and are in line to draft Cole Aldrich or Greg Monroe. Way to go Jim O'Brien. Rest Danny Granger the rest of the season (if it isn't too late) and give Josh McRoberts lots of minutes. That ought to do it." - Chad Ford on winning meaningless games
Way to go Jim, you may have just put our franchise back another 4+ years.
yeah he was sitting on the Pacer bench hurt
I was listening to the game on the radio on the way back from recording and we were up 8, lost signal and got in my apartment in time to watch the last five minutes. That last call in Roy's favor and then losing the game, that made me so sick to my stomach I wanted to hurl.
All this foul complaining is funny.
I watched it without reading anything from the board, at first I was like WTF, but after 3 replays it's easy to see he was fouled.
Don't get all the whining.
-- Steve --
So we were running our offense through Jeff tonight?
And the last time I checked, Jeff's winning the race against Roy, Rasho, and Murph... Roy penetrates, we double... leaves Joel open underneath... weakside defense gives up layup or commits foul.
Joel was Foster's man, no?
Not being a jerk about it. He's just too inconsistent for this style of team. Plays a high-effort, good couple of nights, then comes out with a stinker like this one.


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