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Move over Kanye, Jay-Z and all the other contenders to the throne: Nas is the king of hip-hop in 2008.
That's ironic, given that the rapper was the one who famously proclaimed that "Hip Hop is Dead" with the title of his 2006 album. Yet, Nas (born Nasir Jones) now ranks as arguably the single best reason to keep listening to the genre.
It's exciting to see a major artist perform at the peak of his career, when everybody in the venue seems to know that it's "his time." It's even more of a rush when that musician capitalizes on the moment and delivers a concert that justifies all the attention and acclaim.
That's what happened when Nas performed on Saturday at the Rock the Bells festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. His set was so richly powerful that it eclipsed everything else on the mostly solid bill, which included anticipated outings by De La Soul, Rakim, the Pharcyde, Mos Def and headliners A Tribe Called Quest.
In all, the day-long event was an unqualified success. Everything appeared to run smoothly and the 12,000-strong crowd was as well-behaved and well-mannered as what you'd expect to find at a jazz fest.
I mention the latter because the rap on hip-hop shows is that they can get out-of-hand. The annual Rock the Bells trek, however, is a different kind of hip-hop tour, promoting good will and understanding through rhyme instead of greed, guns and gangs.
Almost every act that performed on the festival's two stages — the regular Shoreline bowl hosted the major names, while a smaller second stage featured lesser-known talents — was worthy of fans' attention.
The Grammy-winning De La Soul put smiles on faces by playing such fun, groovy tunes as "Me Myself and I," from the band's landmark debut, 1989's "3 Feet High and Rising." Method Man and Redman were definite fan favorites, working harder than any other act to connect with the crowd. A Tribe Called Quest delighted with such alt-hip-hop classics as "Bonita Applebum," "Jazz (We've Got)" and "Oh My God," though the quartet, in retrospect, had no business following Nas.
The only weak link that I saw on the main stage was rapper-turned-actor Mos Def, whose lackluster offering was the musical equivalent of his film "Be Kind Rewind." In other words, I'm giving it two thumbs down.
The festival's low point was immediately followed by its defining moment, as Nas took the stage and began dishing out tunes from his newly released ninth album. Officially, the record is untitled. Nas reportedly intended to use the "N word" as its name. When word of that decision leaked last year, from Nas himself, it sparked protests by civil activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton as well as from Fox News.
That controversy didn't hurt sales — the album, released in mid-July, sold more than 187,000 copies during its first week on shelves and debuted at No. 1 on the charts. Fortunately, this might be Nas' strongest collection of songs to date, a hypothesis that was further strengthened during his Rock the Bells set.
The rapper was an electrifying presence as he tore through the new album tracks "Black President" and "Sly Fox," a ruthless cut on what Nas called "the worst TV network in the country." His delivery was flawless and his passion was undeniable. He made us put our hands in the air (but not to wave them like we just don't care). His rhymes were full of poignant social and political messages, all of which struck firmly with the crowd.
Without a doubt, Nas' time has come. He's currently delivering the kind of music that should help keep hip-hop alive and well for the foreseeable future.
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In recent years, expectations for the 49ers have taken on the feel of kids squirming in the back seat of the car. Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Whenever the team looks as if it's about to arrive — a 7-9 here, an 8-8 there — that breakout season keeps disappearing around the bend.
Are the 49ers there yet?
The defense got there a long time ago. Led by All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis and underappreciated defensive end Justin Smith, the 49ers held opponents to 10 or fewer points seven times last season, tying the New York Jets for best in the NFL. The 49ers were the only team to finish in the top eight in scoring defense (17.6 per game, fourth) and not make the playoffs.
Getting to the postseason for the first time since 2002 will require quarterback Alex Smith and the offense to show a new level of competence. All of Smith's obstacles — some call them excuses — are cleared from the roadway; it's time for him to deliver. The quarterback is 100 percent healthy, has an improved receiving corps (including a full season of Michael Crabtree), a talent infusion along the offensive line (thanks to first-round picks Anthony Davis and Mike Iupati) and the same offensive coordinator over back-to-back seasons (a career first for Smith).
Are the 49ers there yet?
Addressing season-ticket holders at the team's state of the franchise address this week, team president Jed York acknowledged that being pretty good is getting pretty old. He recalled that after reaching 8-8 a year ago, avoiding a seventh consecutive losing season, there was no backslapping in the locker room, no celebrating in the front office.
"That isn't the standard of the 49ers," York said. "The standard for the 49ers is winning championships."
The team will try to emerge from a watered-down NFC West starting today, when rookies report for duty. The first practice kicks off Sunday morning. These are the five most pressing issues heading into camp:
1. Is Smith a playoff-caliber quarterback?
Smith threw a career-high 18 touchdown passes over the final 11 games last season, and registered the first 300-yard game of his career (vs. Seattle on Dec. 6). Still, that dramatic improvement got him only to the middle of the pack: Smith's career-best 81.5 passer rating ranked 19th in the NFL. Of the quarterbacks to make the playoffs, only one had a lower rating, the Jets' Mark Sanchez (63.0).
Smith and the 49ers envision another big leap this season, thanks to some long-awaited stability at offensive coordinator. Jimmy Raye is back for a second season.
"We really have the foundation set and we are able to build on it now," the quarterback said. "We don't have to start from square one. "… Just being able to cover everything in so much more detail is the big thing, I'd say."
The 49ers are 16-24 in Smith's career starts.
2. Can the offensive line grow up fast?
After the final snap of a disappointing season, coach Mike Singletary met with his staff to establish offseason priorities. Singletary recalled this week that the overwhelming conclusion was that, "If we say we're going to be a physical football team, we have to make sure we have an O-line with teeth that can bite."
The 49ers found the logical long-term solution by investing both first-round picks on behemoths up front. Davis is a 323-pound offensive tackle from Rutgers, and Iupati, a 331-pound guard from Idaho.
But Davis doesn't turn 21 until Oct. 11; Iupati is 23. If they start, there could be growing pains. This training camp marks their first NFL work in full pads. "You can see the natural athleticism they have and that they don't back down," Raye said. "Hopefully, when their feet hit the fire, they'll continue to go forward."
Much faith will be invested in new offensive line coach Mike Solari and his new assistant, Ray Brown. Winning with two rookies up front can be done: The Jets made the playoffs in 2006 after spending their first-round picks on tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson and center Nick Mangold.
3. Is the pass defense passable?
The 49ers ranked 21st against the pass last season, surrendering six 300-yard games. The secondary could use a fountain-of-youth season from cornerback Nate Clements, 30, who said he feels rejuvenated after dedicating himself to training in the wake of a season-ending shoulder injury Nov. 1.
The starters remain the same, but Singletary said he feels better about the depth in the secondary with the addition of rookie safety Taylor Mays (a second-rounder from USC) and the additions of veteran corners Will James and Karl Paymah.
A consistent pass rush will be key. The 49ers haven't had an individual player with double-digit sacks since Andre Carter in 2002, but balanced contributions last year helped them tie for third in the NFL with 44 sacks. Only the Vikings (48) and Steelers (47) had more.
4. Is this team ready to fly?
The 49ers like having five prime-time games this season, as well as a trip to London for a "home" game against the Broncos at Wembley Stadium. But the international exposure comes at a price: No team comes close to the 35,219 air miles the 49ers will rack up this season. (Seattle is next at 25,192. Cincinnati will travel only 6,688 miles.)
York said it's worth the trade-off, arguing that a world stage can prepare a team for the rigors and pressure of a playoff atmosphere. The past three games in London have yielded at least one playoff team, including the Super Bowl champion New York Giants in 2007. The flip side is those three teams were all the "road" teams. The three teams giving up home games went a combined 12-36.
5. Will the special teams improve?
The 49ers lost five games last year by less than a touchdown, including a trio of losses by three points each. As Singletary is fond of saying, the 49ers' fate for 2010 depends on doing better with the details.
He's especially concerned with boosting a special-teams unit that ranked dead last in punt return average and 23rd in kickoff returns. Sixth-round pick Kyle Williams, a jitterbug out of Arizona State, showed some speed during minicamps and looks to have an inside track on the punt-return job. Ted Ginn Jr., acquired in a trade with Miami, offers an explosiveness lacking from last year's roster. Ginn had touchdown returns of 100 and 101 yards in the same game last year.
"Special teams this year for us are going to be huge because there will be some close games," Singletary said. "I would like for there not to be (close games), but there will be. And we want to come out on the other side of that thing with a win. In order to do that, special teams will have to come up big."
For more on the 49ers, see Daniel Brown's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers.


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Huge areas of drought spread across the United States, while heat and wildfires add to climate woes.
More than 2,000 heat records were broken last week around the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…
"You know, as time goes on, we always expect to set new records, but there should be an equal number of highs and lows. And in the 1950s and the '60s and '70s, that was the case. But by the time we got to the 2000s, the ratios of highs to lows was about two-to-one and this year so far it's running at about a ratio of ten-to-one. And so clearly this is just not natural variability anymore."
More than three quarters of the area of the lower 48 states is in drought and dry conditions, apparently the most since weekly detailed drought mapping began in 2000. The National Drought Monitor map and analysis as of July 3, by the National Drought Mitigation Center, shows areas suffering "exceptional drought" to "abnormally dry" conditions in every state except Vermont and Maine. Areas of "extreme" and "exceptional" drought range from the Four Corners in the Southwest and across most of Colorado and western Kansas, in the Ohio River valley, and across Georgia and adjoining southern states. The area affected by drought and abnormal dryness is double what it was in the blazing summer of 2011 (although less area now is in the most extreme categories experienced across the SW last year).
According to an email response from Brad Rippey of the US Department of Agriculture, it appears that "contiguous U.S. records have been set for the portion of the Lower 48 in drought…. Of course, this is a short data set, from 2000 to present." Rippey reported that this week's 76.33 percent of the lower 48 in drought beats "the former record of 71.85% … set on July 23, 2002." Including Hawaii and Alaska, which also have dry conditions, the 50 states are more than 70 percent in drought/abnormally dry conditions now.
Over the past century heat waves and droughts were the greatest cause of death from weather events in the US. More than 15,000 people were killed in the 1980 and 1988 droughts. Until Hurricane Katrina, droughts were also the most expensive disasters. Current dryness does not yet compare with the widespread severity of droughts in the 1930s, 1950s and 1980s. Furthermore, droughts in North American pre-history were much worse: Research by scientists at Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory revealed "unprecedented megadroughts over the past millennium that clearly exceed any found in the instrumental records." North American droughts appear tied to Pacific Ocean temperatures and the ENSO cycle, which are affected by and can accentuate climate change effects. Current trends show more droughts and heatwaves are occurring worldwide.
The drought today is both a symptom of climate-driven moisture changes and a contributing cause of record elevated temperatures and wildfire. In these combined events we are seeing the kinds of effects of climate change which have long been predicted by accepted atmospheric science. Speaking on NPR on July 4, Dr. Kevin Trenberth of the climate analysis section of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, said these are the "consequences of the climate change influence that has exacerbated the drought and the heat waves." Speaking of the record high temperatures, Trenberth said, "You know, as time goes on, we always expect to set new records, but there should be an equal number of highs and lows. And in the 1950s and the '60s and '70s, that was the case. But by the time we got to the 2000s, the ratios of highs to lows was about two-to-one and this year so far it's running at about a ratio of ten-to-one. And so clearly this is just not natural variability anymore."
From AMY GOODMAN
Climate Change: 'This Is Just the Beginning'
Evidence supporting the existence of climate change is pummeling the United States this summer, from the mountain wildfires of Colorado to the recent "derecho" storm that left at least 23 dead and 1.4 million people without power from Illinois to Virginia. The phrase "extreme weather" flashes across television screens from coast to coast, but its connection to climate change is consistently ignored, if not outright mocked. If our news media, including—or especially—the meteorologists, continue to ignore the essential link between extreme weather and climate change, then we as a nation, the greatest per capita polluters on the planet, may not act in time to avert even greater catastrophe.
More than 2,000 heat records were broken last week around the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the government agency that tracks the data, reported that the spring of 2012 "marked the largest temperature departure from average of any season on record for the contiguous United States." These record temperatures in May, NOAA says, "have been so dramatically different that they establish a new 'neighborhood' apart from the historical year-to-date temperatures."…
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I am a B.E first year student. My result has come and I got reappear in one subject.
I asked university to send me the photocopy my answer sheet for that paper. University send that paper too late. I found that university had not checked my answer sheet. So please let me know what legal action could be possible in this regard. my email is amritpalmittal[email protected]
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By too late, do you mean that you already reappeared for that one subject again ? Do you mean to say that the University failed you in that one subject without checking and evaluating your answer sheet and giving you "zero" marks in that subject. It is highly unlikely that the University will commit such a blatant glaring error. You can go and meet the University Registrar and request them to address the issue and act accordingly.
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After a break of quite some time, Saga returns with a new issue for the first time since July. The break is a bit jarring and it seems that Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples anticipated this by jumping forward in time. Essentially, it doesn't matter if you don't remember exactly where things left because most of Saga #31 takes place well after that. It's a good issue centering on Hazel, who is no longer a baby, though I did miss seeing all of the great characters the series has developed.
There is one important element from the previous issue that Saga #31 references, and that is the attempted kidnapping of Hazel and her grandmother Klara by a bunch of terrorist outlaws. That doesn't go very well for anyone, and Hazel and Klara end up in a home for prisoners of war. The bulk of Saga #31 jumps forward to Hazel's early years of schooling, where she has learned to hide her bi-species nature from her classmates. Klara and a returned Izabel look out for her, but they cannot be present when Hazel is at school. After meeting a sweet and sympathetic teacher, Hazel decides to reveal her nature to her, and the teacher's shock leads to some unfortunate circumstances.
The things that are rewarding about Saga #31 are also the things that are a little frustrating. It's pretty daring that Vaughan and Staples give an entire issue to Hazel, especially after a long break, knowing that fans are wondering what's going on with her parents Marko and Alana. It's pretty interesting to see how Hazel is doing, considering she is without her parents and essentially in some sort of public housing. She doesn't seem to have many friends at school. The jump forward is a nice tactic by the creators to make Hazel more of a real character with felt emotions rather than just a cute toddler.
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Fiona Staples has an opportunity in Saga #31 to create some new characters, and she has some sharp-looking designs. Hazel's teacher is some sort of bug woman, and there are the fellow residents of the war prisoners' home. Even Hazel is a slightly different look since the jump in time makes her older. Overall, Staples provides some strong art, including one action sequence that picks up the showdown that occurred after the attempted kidnapping in Saga #30.
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October 26, 2012 at 8:11 pm #17363
Has anybody managed to get fotomoto working on their website? I have managed to get it working on the prettyphoto gallery popups, but I am trying to get the buttons onto images on the actual portfolio pages as well (so people don't have to open up the prettyphoto gallery to buy the picture).
does the support team have a solution for this?October 28, 2012 at 1:01 pm #95204
I've never used fotomoto yet. Perhaps someone else knows about it.
NickOctober 30, 2012 at 6:21 am #95205
Is there a way to disable the prettyphoto plugin, or control which pages it should be used and which pages shouldn't.
The issue is that in my portfolio, I was told to disable my prettyphoto plugin (for fotomoto to work on the page).October 30, 2012 at 1:14 pm #95206
i found another post in here which said to told me to remove the following in avia.js:
//activates the prettyphoto lightbox
but this is not doing the trick. It removes the overlay pop-up frame, but the image still pops up over the existing page. There must be something else I need to deactivate?October 30, 2012 at 2:18 pm #95207
Actually it is possible to remove all links from your images. Open up sentence/js/avia.js and replace following line at the very top:
jQuery('.slideshow a').find('img').unwrap();
This will remove the link from the slideshow images.October 30, 2012 at 2:31 pm #95208
Ok… So far so good. This enables the fotomoto buttons on the portfolio now *yay!
but it removes the image as a clickable button on the portfolio page (we have to click on the text to enter the portfolio) :(
any chance to make that clickable ?October 31, 2012 at 5:17 am #95209
Hi Dude… just realised that code you gave it only works on Firefox and not on Chrome, or IEOctober 31, 2012 at 5:58 pm #95210
1. Ok… got the code working (deactivating prettyphoto plugin) on Firefox, chrome & safari… but not on IE.
2. Still can't make the images clickable in the portfolio page :(November 1, 2012 at 8:17 am #95211
Try following code instead – this will solve issue 2)
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sorry… didn't work :(November 1, 2012 at 10:17 am #95213November 1, 2012 at 11:25 am #95214
spot on. Thanks peter.
Please let me know if you are able to come up with a solution on IE (deactivating prettyphoto in IE).November 2, 2012 at 7:24 pm #95215
hummm, i've just uploaded a couple of new photos, and opened the website up in safari. In the portfolio page (http://photography.kevintrinh.com/portfolio-item/birdwomen/) on first load up and mouse over the image it displays the dots, and left-right arrows (thinking that it is a slide show when its not). I have to press shift+reload mouse click (fresh reload) then it loads properly (the fotomoto buttons appear below).
Could there be another area where we need to disable it for IE and Safari? Currently having as it is cuts half my audience because majority uses IE and safari on the ipad, iphone :(November 4, 2012 at 7:59 am #95216
No, but it seems like these browsers are a bit buggy when it comes to the unwrap() jquery function. However I'm not aware of an (easy) alt. solution.
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all good. thanks anyway peter.
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A team turning the ball over 21 times and being forced into a 33.3 percent shooting in a game involving the Coronado girls basketball team isn't unusual.
What was unusual on Saturday was the fact it was the Lady Mustangs who had the offensive problems. And it cost them a chance to defend their ABC Holiday Caprock Tournament title, losing 60-49 to Randall.
Coronado found it difficult to get a shot off against a sticky Randall defense. And when CHS did manage to get a look at the basket, more often than not, the ball clanged harmlessly off the rim.
''We're running a little more zone defense this year and the kids are getting where they run it pretty well,'' said Randall head coach Jim Willcoxon, whose team held Coronado to 16-of-48 shooting.
Coronado's difficulties were particularly evident in the fourth quarter after pulling within 43-40 on a Lindsey Rambo 3-pointer two minutes into the period. Any chance of gaining more ground was ruined, however, when the squad committed seven turnovers in the next six minutes and connected on just four more field goal attempts.
''It was real important to cause those turnovers because Coronado likes to run fast breaks and they run the floor really well,'' said Randall's Jennifer Arenas, who scored a game-high 28 points. ''I think it was important to cause turnovers in order to disrupt their offense.''
Coronado's offense seemed disrupted from the beginning of the game when the normally high-scoring squad managed just 10 points in the first quarter. Still, despite hitting just 5-of-18 field goal attempts in the first half, the Lady Mustangs only trailed 28-23 thanks to a sub.-500 free throw performance from Randall.
CHS also managed to score the first four points of the second half, both on Paige Diggs shots, to narrow its disadvantage to 28-27.
Randall's defense clamped down on Coronado again, though, and held it to just two more field goals and six points for the remainder of the quarter. It enabled the Raiders to build a 41-33 lead going into the final quarter.
The Lady Mustangs once again appeared ready to make a serious run, however, scoring seven of the quarter's first nine points to pull within three. But a combination of tough defense by Randall and an seemingly endless parade of Raiders to the free throw line, ended Coronado's chances.
''We like to run and jump on defense and that caused a lot of problems for some people,'' Arenas said. ''It also seems to cause a lot of turnovers.''
D'Nika Romero scored 16 points and teammate Candace Clenney had 15 to lead Coronado. Keelie Sherrod and Amy Trevino both added 10 points for Randall.
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THIEVES are raiding bins at Canvey's Thorney Bay Caravan Park in a bid to steal residents' bank details, it is claimed.
A security guard on the site said colleagues were having to chase off the crooks. It is thought they want to sell on identity details. But the site owner said this was only an issue around Christmas and had stopped.
The guard claimed last week a man was seen trying to sell a police ID card for £500. He said: "It's getting out of control.
It is a massive problem. Almost every day we have to see the crooks off.
They have even stolen a policeman's ID and tried to sell it.
"It's happening all over the park.
Residents have complained, but whatever we do the crooks keep coming back.
We report it to police, but nothing has been done."
A 43-year-old woman resident said: "I often see people going through the bins, taking things. When I moved here, people warned me about not putting letters in the bins because people go through them. It is really worrying."
However, park owner Jeff King denied there was still a problem. The millionaire said: "I get a report from the guards every week and we had a couple of incidents around Christmas, but I'm not aware of any since. When we've caught these people, they claim to be looking for scrap metal. But if they are looking for documents they're not going to tell our security. It never really became a problem because we quashed it. We have security on site 24/7 so I am confident it is not a problem."
Chris Wood, district inspector for Castle Point, said he was not aware of the issue, but urged residents to take care with disposal of documents.


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|Número de publicación
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|25 Jul 1972
|Fecha de presentación
|6 Ene 1970
|Fecha de prioridad
|6 Ene 1970
|Número de publicación
|Gerald W G Mcdonald
|Cesionario original
|Commw Oil Refining Co Inc
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ly 1972 G. w. G. MCDONALD FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKING APPARATUS AND PROCESS Filed Jan. 6, 1970 PRODUCT RECOVER Y PRODUCT RECOVERY l5 FLUE GAS REGENERATION FEED ttl INVENTOR GERALD WG. MC DONALD United States Patent 3,679,576 FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKING APPARATUS AND PROCESS Gerald W. G. McDonald, Summit, NJ., assignor to Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc., New York,
Filed Ian. 6, 1970, Ser. No. 964 Int. Cl. B01j 9/20; C10g 11/18, 37/02 US. Cl. 208-74 11 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to an apparatus and process for fluid catalytic cracking. In particular, this invention relates to an improved riser reactor type catalytic cracker and to a fluid catalytic cracking process wherein the catalyst serially contacts hydrocarbon feeds to achieve maximum conversion with the minimum of coke formation.
PRIOR ART In the fluidized catalytic cracking process, a charge stock is contacted with a fluidized catalyst under conditions such that substantial portions of a hydrocarbon feed are transformed into desirable products such as gasoline, liquified petroleum gas, alkylation feedstocks, middle distillate blending stocks, and the like. During this process various undesirable side products are also produced. The principal undesirable side product is coke which deposits on and contaminates the catalyst. When substantial quantities of coke are deposited on the catalyst, the catalyst activity is reduced and the proportion of deleterious side product increases. This coke contamination of the catalyst requires the periodic removal of the catalyst from the reaction zone for regeneration. The process of the prior art can he carried out in equipment of the riser reactor or transfer line type, fluidized bed type or a combination of the two.
It has been found advantageous in the art to contact feeds of different physical properties with the catalyst for different times so that each feed is cracked at optimum process conditions. The successive dual contact is usually achieved in the prior art by contacting one feed in an efiicient riser reactor (also called a transfer line reactor) while the other feed is contacted in a dense or fluid bed reactor. In the riser reactor the catalyst gas-oil mixture moves at a velocity of at least five feet per second. The velocities in the dense bed reactor are less than five (5) feet per second, therefore the contact time between catalyst and hydrocarbon in the dense bed reactor must be longer to achieve the same degree of conversion. This longer contact time results in higher coke production. Such an apparatus and method is demonstrated by Bunn et al. in U.S. Pat. 3,448,037 patented June 3, 1969. Bunn et a1. discloses a system wherein catalyst fed from a regenerator contacts a feed in a riser reactor called an elongated reaction zone by Bunn et al. The fluid mass is then discharged into a separating zone above a dense bed reactor wherein the product is removed through a cyclone separator and the catalyst falls into the dense bed reactor. A second riser carries catalyst from the re- 3,679,576 Patented July 25, 1972 generator and a second hydrocarbon feed directly into the dense bed reactor. Catalyst is constantly removed from the dense bed reactor and returned to the regenerator.
A similar system is shown by Lacroix in US. Pat. 2,996,354 patented Aug. 15, 1961, wherein an apparatus is shown for moving bed reactions using a combination of transfer line reactors and dense bed reactors.
In a pure transfer line reactor system, as illustrated by Smith in US. Pat. 3,041,273 patented June 26, 1962; Peet in US. Pat. 3,158,562 patented Nov. 24, 1964; or Sharp et al. in US. Pat. 3,246,960 patented Apr. 19, 1966, the catalyst and feed pass once through the reaction zone and then catalyst returns to the regenerator. This type of system does not make a full and efficient use of the catalyst before regeneration. Friedman in US. Pat. 3,182,011 patented May 4, 1965, attempts to improve the efliciency of the riser reactor by introducing diiferent feed stocks at different levels in a single riser reactor. 1
SUMMARY OF INVENTION It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an improved method for the catalytic conversion of hydrocarbon feed.
Another object of this invention is to provide a method for the fluid catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feed wherein the hydrocarbon feed is contacted with catalyst possessing maximum activity under selective conditions providing maximum recovery of products with minimal formation of undesired material.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide a method of increasing the ratio of catalyst feed contact passes to catalyst regeneration passes.
A still further object of this invention is to provide a novel riser reactor wherein the catalyst is serially contacted with hydrocarbon feeds of the same or different composition.
An additional object'is to provide a novel riser reactor apparatus wherein a plurality of riser reactors are connected in series.
Yet another object provides an apparatus wherein the catalyst is at least partially stripped when being passed from one reactor to a successive reactor.
Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description.
The invention contemplates a novel method for serially contacting oil feeds of the same or different composition with catalyst under riser reactor conditions. The invention also contemplates a novel riser reactor apparatus adapted to the serial process.
PROCESS ASPECTS In the process aspect of the invention a catalyst feed is fed from a regenerating zone to the base of a first reaction zone where the finely divided fluidized catalyst feed is mixed with a hydrocarbon material and moved upwardly through this first reaction zone under cracking conditions. The catalyst and hydrocarbon material are then discharged into a first separation or disengaging zone wherein reaction product is removed from the catalyst feed and the catalyst is passed downwardly at a lower velocity to the lower portion of a second reaction zone where a second vaporous hydrocarbon material is fed into the stream. If desired, additional fluidized catalyst can be added to the stream at this point and the resulting mass is again passed upwardly through a second reaction zone under cracking conditions and discharged into a second disengaging zone again separating the reaction products from the catalyst. The successive passes in the reaction zone and catalyst transfers can be continued until the optimum efiiciency of the catalyst deteriorates at which time the catalyst is cycled to the regeneration zone. In actual practice it is preferred to have 2-5 reaction passes for every regeneration pass.
APPARATUS ASPECTS In the apparatus aspects of the invention a. catalytic converter system is provided which includes a regenerator which supplies catalyst to a plurality of vertically disposed riser reactors. Each of the riser reactors terminates in a chamber which serves as a disengaging zone. The individual riser reactors are connected in series through the chambers or disengaging zones by vertically disposed spent catalyst transfer conduits. At the base of each riser reactor, there is a feed inlet for introducing vaporized or liquid hydrocarbon feed to the riser reactor. In the last of the riser reactors in the series, a transfer conduit is provided with baflles and stripping gas inlets to operate as a stripping zone. A return conduit is provided from the stripping zone to the regenerator. The base of each reactor is provided with a conduit connection to the regenerator so that additional catalyst can be added to maintain desired temperatures in the reactors. The base of each reactor can also be provide with gas inlets so that steam or other gases can be introduced into the base of the riser reactor to increase the rate of flow of the reaction mass thongs the reactor or to control temperature therein. In an alternate embodiment, the catalyst transfer conduits are provided with bafiles and stripping gas inlets so that the catalyst may be at least partially stripped before entering the next successive riser reactor in line.
Now having generally described the processes and apparatus of this invention, reference is made to the drawings to describe a specific embodiment of the invention which is illustrative of the apparatus when two riser reactors are in line.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 represents an elevational view of the entire apparatus, partly in section, showing two riser reactors in series.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged detail of FIG. 1 showing an alternate embodiment of the present invention.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION Referring to the drawings, regenerator is a conventional regenerator vessel such as has been described in the literature, Preferably regenerator 10 is of the down-flow type where the catalyst is regenerated in a dense bed by burning off the non-volatiles, including coke. In such instances regenerator 10 is provided with a regenerating gas feed 11, an internal cyclone separator 12 having a drip leg 13 wherein combustion products are removed from the regenerator 10 through plenum 14 and flue gas line 15.
Conduit 16 is provided to feed regenerated catalyst from regenerator 10 and under the control of slide valve 18 to the base of riser reactor 17. Vaporized or liquid hydrocarbon feel enters base 19 of the reactor 17 from feed line 20. The reacto'r17 terminates adjacent a large generally cylindrical shell 21 which has an upper chamber 22 and lower chamber 23. The upper chamber 22 is of a relatively larger cross-sectional area than the lower chamber 23. The reaction mass is passed by means of conduit 24 from reactor 17 to a rough-cut cyclone separator 25. This separator 25 functions as a disengaging zone and is situated within the upper chamber 22 of shell 21 and is in open communication with upper chamber 22 through outlet 26. Reaction products separate from the catalyst and pass through the outlet 26 into upper chamber 22 and are removed through cyclone separator 27 into plenum 28 and subsequently to product recovery line 29. The catalyst passes from separator 25 to stand pipe 30. The top portion of stand pipe 30 is provided with a funnel or sugar scoop? structure 43 which is in open communication with chamber 22 where the catalyst is de-gassed before passing into the stand pipe 30. Stand pipe 30 is provided with slide valve 31 to control the rate of flow of catalyst from stand pipe 30 into conduit 32. Conduit 32 is in communication with base 34 of the second riser reactor 35 and can communicate with regenerator 10 through slide valve 33. By the use of slide valve 33 an amount of regnerated catalyst can be added to the spent catalyst when necessary to maintain the proper catalyst temperatures in the second riser reactor 35.-A second-feed line 36 introduces a vaporous or liquid hydrocarbon feed to the base 34 of riser reactor 35. Riser reactor 35teminates in a perforated, fan-shaped distribution grid 37 which is positioned in the upper chamber 22 of shell 21. The upper chamber 22 of shell 21 functions as a disengaging zone.
The upper chamber 22 is provided with cyclone separae tion 27 through which reaction product is removed. The cyclone separator 27 is provided with a dip-leg 38 which returns catalyst fines to the main mass of catalyst. The length of the dip-leg 38 is not critical but it is preferred that it extends to a level below the sugar scoop 43.
Catalyst emerging from the perforated distribution grid 37 falls to the lower chamber 23 of shell 21. The lower chamber 23 of shell 21 envelops the upper portion of reactor 35 and is provided with a plurality of baflles 39 and at least one stripping gas inlet 40. The inlet 40 is positioned near the lower end of chamber 23 below the baflle plates 39. The riser reactor 35 extends into and is surrounded by the shell 21 and terminates in the upper chamber 22 thereof. A transfer conduit 41 is provided at the base of chamber 23 to remove catalyst from the lower portion of chamber 23 and cycle the catalyst under the control of slide valve 42 to the regenerator 10.
An alternate embodiment is shown in FIG. 2 wherein the upper portion 130 of stand pipe 30 below the sugar scoop de-gasser 43 provided with a castellated rim is provided with bafiles 139 and at least one gas inlet 140 positioned at the lower periphery of the baflles 139. The gas inlets 40 and 140 can terminate in distribution plates (not shown) or other means known and used in the art. The edge or rim of the sugar scoop 43 can be of any design know to the art which will improve its function.
The above catalytic converter can be used in the cracking of hydrocarbons in the following manner.
A catalyst is fed from the regenerator 10 to the base of I a riser reactor 17 The catalyst can be any suitable cracking catalyst of the solid refractory metal oxide type known in the art, such as acid treated clays of silica, alumina, magnesia, titania or mixtures of these. Also of importance are the synthetic gel-containing catalysts such as the synthetic and semisynthetic gels supported on a carrier such as natural clay. Zeolites or other synthetic catalysts are also used. The most popular catalysts in use are silica alumina, silica magnesia and silica alumina-magnesia catalysts. The silicaalumina catalyst may contain up to about 50% alumina. The catalyst should have a particle size of between 20 and 120 microns with most of the particles being between aromatic fresh feeds and recycle stocks which are refrac tory. Such feeds are gas oils, heavy naphtha, reduced crudes or heating oils. Typical'stocks are light and heavy gas oils obtained by primary distillation, vacuum distillation or coking from crude oils of various sources and 7 reduced crudes. The boiling range of these stocks may vary The reaction mass moves upwardly through the reactor 17 at a linear velocity of at least feet per second preferably between about and 50 feet per second and most preferably between about 12 and feet per second.
The resident time of the catalyst in the reaction zone is about 1-10 seconds and preferably about 2-6 seconds.
The reaction zone in riser reactor 17 is maintained under cracking conditions with the temperature from about 850 F. to about 1050" F. preferably 875 to 1000 F. The catalyst and hydrocarbon are fed to the reaction zone in a catalyst to oil ratio of 5:1 to 35:1, preferably 5:1 to 15:1, and most preferably 6:1 to 12:1.
From the reaction zone of riser reactor 17 the mass is discharged into a disengaging zone in cyclone separator 25 or a similar separator means wherein the linear velocity of the mass drops below the fiuidization velocity for the catalyst employed. The catalyst separates from the reaction products by falling downward while the reaction products rise and are removed from the system through product recovery line 29. The recovered products are passed to other steps in the refinery process. The catalyst is first degassed in scoop structure 43 and then is passed through transfer means 30 to the base of a second riser reactor 35 where the catalyst is again contacted with a second feed at inlet 36 which may be the same feed as injected at 20 or a different hydrocarbon feed. The feed can be of a heavier or lighter fraction than previously used or can be recycled material from other steps in the refining process. The hydrocarbon feed itself fluidizes the reaction mass and, if desired, additional catalyst can be added from the regeneration zone to control temperatures within the reactor. The reaction mass is then passed upwardly through the reaction zone of the second riser reactor 35. The reaction zone conditions are dependent on the type of feed employed in the second reaction zone. The reaction mass is discharged from the second reaction zone into upper chamber 22 which functions as a disengaging zone wherein the linear velocity of the mass again drops below that in the reaction zone causing the separation of products and catalyst. From the upper chamber 22 the separated catalyst drops down to lower chamber 23 which functions as a stripping zone where the major portion of entrained and adsorbed hydrocarbon material is displaced from the catalyst. The catalyst is then removed from the stripping zone of lower chamber 23 and cycled to regeneractor 10 wherein the catalyst is regenerated and recycled to the above-described apparatus and process.
In an alternate embodiment, the useful life of the catalyst before regeneration can be extended by providing each transfer conduit with a stripping system wherein a stripping gas, such as steam, is fed through baifie plates of the system counter-currently to the flow of the catalyst. The stripping gas, preferably steam, is fed through the system at a superficial velocity of between 0.5 and 2 feet per second and displaces at least a portion of entrained and adsorbed hydrocarbon material from the catalyst.
The vaporous reaction products of this apparatus and process are passed to fractionators or similar equipment wherein the useful products such as gasoline and other grades of motor-fuel are separated.
The desired end product on which the efiiciency of the apparatus and method is calculated is the yield of 400 F. end-point gasoline produced by the reaction. Depending on the feed percent conversion and catalyst the converter of this invention has an efficiency of between 65 and 75% calculated on the gas oil charge converted. 'Ihe converter of this invention provides an advantage of having a ratio of transfer line reaction passes to regeneration passes of at least 2:1.
Although the invention has been particularly disclosed for an apparatus employing two riser reactors in series it is to be understood that the invention is equally applicable for an apparatus having more than two riser reactors in series. The catalyst mass can be serially passed through successive transfer and reaction zone passes until the optimum efliciency of the catalyst falls below acceptable standards. It is also obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art that the foregoing is presented by way of example only and the invention is not to be unduly restricted thereby since modifications may be made in the device without departing from the spirit thereof.
I claim:
1. An apparatus for catalytic conversion comprising first and second vertically-disposed, serially-connected riser reactors adapted to receive a fluidized catalyst and a charge stock;
a first and a second separation chamber positioned at the termini of the first and the second riser reactor, respectively, said second separation chamber being larger than said first separation chamber, and said first separation chamber being situated within and in communication with said second separation chamher; and
a catalyst transfer means communicating with said first separation chamber and said second riser reactor, adapted to receive separated catalyst from said first separation chamber and to transfer the separated catalyst to said second riser reactor.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said second separation chamber is an elongated generally cylindrical shell disposed above and annularly of the terminus of said second riser-reactor and the lower section thereof is disposed below the terminus and annularly of said second riser-reactor, and defines a stripping zone.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a regenerated catalyst transfer means is provided from said regenerator to the said second riser reactor and a vertically extending catalyst transfer means is in communication with said regenerated catalyst transfer means and a feed means for said second riser reactor.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the vertically-extending catalyst transfer means is provided with baflie plates and a steam inlet, said steam inlet being disposed below said bafile plates to provide a flow of stripping gas counter-currently of the flow of catalyst.
5. Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the terminus of said second riser-reactor is a distribution grid.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 additionally comprising a regenerator, a transfer line for conducting regenerated catalyst to the first vertically-disposed riserreactor; a first gas-oil feed means in communication with said first reactor; means for passing catalyst from said first reactor to the first separation chamber; a distribution grid terminating the second vertically-disposed riserreactor and extending into said second separation cham her; a vertically-disposed stand pipe in communication with said first separator means and the second verticallydisposed riser-reactor; a transfer line in communication with said regenerator, said stand pipe, and said second reactor; a second feed means in communication with said second reactor; said second separator means being a generally cylindrical shell having an upper and lower section, the upper section of said shell being of larger crosssectional area than the lower section of said shell and receiving the distribution grid therein, and the lower section of said shell being provided with bafile plates and stripping gas inlets below the bafile plates; a transfer conduit in communication with the lower section of said shell and the regenerator; and a product removal means in communication with the upper section of said shell.
7. An apparatus according to claim 6 wherein each of said transfer lines to and from the regenerator and said stand pipe is provided with a valve means to control the rate of flow of material in the respective line.
8. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the stand pipe is provided with a stripping means.
9. A catalytic cracking process which comprises passing a first vaporous hydrocarbon material and a finely-divided fluidized catalyst upwardly through a first reaction zone under cracking conditions; separating catalyst from reaction products produced in the first reaction zone in a first disengaging zone; transferring the catalyst from said first disengaging zone to a lower portion of a second reaction zone; passing a second vaporous hydrocarbon material and transferred catalyst upwardly through the second reaction zone under cracking conditions; separating catalyst from reaction products produced in the second reaction zone in a second disengaging zone; commingling the reaction products; serially continuing successive transfor and catalyst feed passes until the optimum efliciency of the catalyst deteriorates; and then passing spent catalyst to a regeneration zone.
10. A process according to claim 9 wherein steam is passed countercurrently to the catalyst flow during transfer from the upper portion of one reaction zone to the succeeding reaction zone, at least partially stripping said catalyst.
11. A process according to claim 9 wherein the catalyst is at least partially stripped before passing to the regeneration zone.
8 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 'DelattreaSeguy 20874 Kanhofer 20874 Munday 208164 X Luckenbach 208164 Arveson 20874 X Bonnell 20874 Marshall et al. 20874 Luckenbach -1 208164 X DELBIERT E. GANTZ, Primary Examiner 15 G. E. SCHMITKONS, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.
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So far in Saskatoon, there's an on-ice public relations war being waged among the highly-skilled players to see how can score the most gorgeous goal, become TV's highlight of the night and make the play that racks up the most YouTube views.
Portland's Ty Rattie has scored jaw-dropping toe-drag goals in consecutive games. Max Domi's London Knights lost to the Winterhawks Monday night, but his between-the-legs pass to Bo Horvat was the talk of the town.
"For a bit, it looked like an all-star game," Rattie the Canadian world junior forward, said. "My move and then (London captain Scott) Harrington's snipe and then Domi's move. It was a fun game to play in."
Halifax forwards Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin are capable of the sublime at any time. London head coach Dale Hunter thought the Domi play was one more example of the eye-popping creativity found in all special players.
"It was a great play. You don't see that very often," he said. "That's what top-end skill does. Playing around (in practice), they do that when they shoot. It's a split-second decision. He could've pulled it to his backhand to do it but it might have gotten knocked off.
"He protected the puck by putting it through his legs."
Even Portland coach Travis Green was impressed, though begrudgingly at first since it came against his Winterhawks.
"You don't appreciate it much when you're on the other bench but when you watch (the Domi play) at night time after a win, it's a lot easier to watch," he said. "It was a high-end play that you're not going to see very often. Ty, we tend to expect that from him. We've seen him score a lot of nice goals over the years. He's one of those guys. He has a real nose for the net."
Rattie's toe-drag is so devastating, he still fooled the Knights with it after doing it against Halifax on Saturday.
"Pretty much the same move," the said. "A little bit more of a toe drag on (Scott) Harrington there. I know Harrington. I roomed with him at world juniors. I know how good he is and I can guarantee that move won't work again on him or probably any other defenceman.
"I don't think that's going to work again."
But they'll come up with something, because they're big-game players able to relax on this stage and let their talent take over.
"We're a little more loose coming to this tournament from last year," London sniper Seth Griffith said, "and we can make those plays. Next year, we'll be even that much more comfortable being there three years in a row (at home in London)."
Rattie also considers London to be a storied junior hockey franchise and was inspired to show something special against the back-to-back OHL champs.
"I grew up thinking London's the team to beat," he said. "It was a surreal feeling playing against the London Knights. Growing up watching the Cup, you feel like London's always in there. I remember watching Corey Perry's team in there (2005) and watching them last year. My dad's always been a Dale Hunter fan. Dale Hunter walked by my dad and said 'Hi' (Monday night) so it was pretty cool."
The players don't just watch video of other great goals. Rattie's Portland teammate is rookie Dominic Turgeon, whose dad Pierre was famously crunched from behind by Hunter while celebrating a playoff goal 20 years ago.
"We pulled it up and watched it," Rattie said with a grin. "That was pretty funny. I know Pierre. He's a real great guy and hockey player and his son is going to be a very good hockey player, as well. Kinda funny (the Hunter hit), but Dominic doesn't think it's that funny."


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Samsung Galaxy S4 Specs: Device to Feature Octa-Core Processor and Flexible Display
The Samsung Galaxy S4 specs are still unknown at this time, however, there is a small possibility that the new device will feature state-of-the-art technology that was debuted by Samsung at CES.
The Korean electronics giant introduced the public to the Exynos 5 Octa, which is actually an 8-Core processor. Samsung confirmed that this new processor will be featured on some of its upcoming products that will be released this year.
Samsung believes that the processing power offered by this new chip will allow smartphone and tablet users to perform many tasks simultaneously, such as playing a game, watching an HD movie, and searching for a restaurant or business, all without lag.
"Level of pure processing power, never seen before in mobile devices and more detailed damage to cards, then ever before," said a Samsung executive.
Samsung also stated that the new Exynos processor has twice the graphics performance of anything that its currently available on the market, but that it is also very frugal, for up to 70 percent power savings. It uses Cortex-A7 cores for the mundane tasks, and Cortex-A15 ones for the more sophisticated ones.
Samsung re-introduced the public to its YOUM flexible display at CES, which could also end up being used when the Galaxy S4 is built.
Samsung's goal with the new flexible displays is to allow users to fold their tablets and phones for storage purposes. The company could also take advantage of the technology by having a smartphone with a screen extending to the sides where the notifications can be displayed even when the handset is lying down on a flat surface.
Samsung confirmed that the technology is almost ready to be used and should appear on upcoming smartphones and tablets.


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The ultimate in Epiphone Les Pauls. The Midnight Special is an absolute beast of a guitar. They're incredibly hard to find as only 500 were built and I scoured the planet until I found one. One of the best guitars I've ever owned. I'm a guitar collector as well as a semi-professional musician and out of all the brands I've owned (and occasionally endorsed,) such as Schecter, ESP, Ibanez, Fernandes, PRS etc, this is one of the best guitars I've ever encountered. The only two instruments I've… Read Full Review
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This Guitar is amazing in every way. Out of all my guitars this is by far my favorite. If you are ever given the opportunity to buy one you should take full advantage of it!!… Read Full Review
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The Epiphone Les Paul Custom Limited Edition "Midnight" is good for clean sounds or for rhythm. it is a monster of a guitar and u will be hard pressed to find one as chunky and dark sounding. mine is tuned to drop B and the combination of the Active pickups and the solid mahogany body make it sound chunkier and heavier than pretty much everything ive played. is just as good as an equivilant gibson for a third of the price and is made very well. i rate the hell out of this guitar and if you like… Read Full Review
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I have this guitar the emgs on it are amazing I wasnt sure how 2 emg81s would some but they were very nice is built like a tank and its one of the nicest looking guitars, I've played many gibsons and I would choose this guitar over a lot of them the grovers are also nice keep in tune very well… Read Full Review
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I agree with this review because mine is sounding just the same - from metal to classical Les Paul. Rock on - greets from Joe :-)
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U.S. Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) has announced he plans to retire from Congress at the end of his current term.
Studies indicate that companies with female board members experience stronger performance.
See who graced the stage on the second full day of CUNA's GAC.
CUNA and NAFCU both throw their support behind credit union supporters like Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Long-time credit union supporter will return home to Southern California where he is raising his grandchildren.
WOCCU's Global Women's Leadership Network launches initiative to get more women on credit union boards.
The fight between the City of Richmond, Calif. and 624 mortgage lenders continues, as the city attempts to obtain the loans through eminent domain.
If the three largest state-chartered credit unions in California were to convert to federal charters, the state's regulator would lose $1.7 million of its $7.2 million budget, leaving small and midsize state-chartered credit unions to subsidize that loss.
This preview from our Sept. 4 print edition looks at a new state law that should lower disproportionate fees for the largest credit unions in the state.
San Diego board veteran helped lead North Island, Central, Camp Pendleton and WesCorp credit unions, as well as WOCCU, CUES, CUNA DCUC and CCUL.


text: Google just bought the search help software company, Apture. Besides a new crop of millionaires in Apture's engineering department, what does this mean? First let me explain what the software does: you can highlight anything on a website and a kind of picture-in-picture window pops up with search results for that word or phrase. Are you seeing what I'm seeing? According to Read Write Web, Google plans to integrate this technology into the Chrome browser. "Google emphasized that the literal product itself is not going to be placed directly into Chrome, but said that Apture was being shut down so the team could focus on building 'more things like it' as a part of Chrome."


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Blogging Vogue Living: Gene Expression
It's about that time when we start to crave color, light, the sun, with a vengeance that resists quenching (and results in an excess of yellow and hot pink purchase choices we'll notice in the summer). Carpet designer Gene Meyer must know something about it, being a transplant from New York to Miami, from haute couture and menswear (black, anyone?) to colorfully daring rugs.
The interiors are shots of Meyers' 1940s Miami home, where plenty of DIY and low-budget cred can be found: tiles made from painted woven mats and curtains from Urban Outfitters he over-dyed.
His rugs are available for purchase < href="http://www.modernrugs.com/GeneMeyerarearugsDesignercarpet.htm">here and here.
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These days, smartphones seem to be less like phones and more like everything else. They're for taking pictures, reading, playing games, watching video content, listening to music, and so many more ways of of communicating than two-way voice. New apps and products serve to add additional features to this already omni-device.
So how about using your smartphone as a universal remote for your entertainment system? It should already be within reach, and now you can have more consolidated power right in your palm.
With AnyMote Android and iOS devices transform into a universal remote, capable of controlling TVs, consoles, receivers, DVD players, and so much more. Almost any device you own, that came with an IR (infrared) remote, can be operated with just a smartphone or tablet. While AnyMote may not have been the first, it's the latest that is truly wireless.
Since AnyMote connects via Bluetooth 4.0 and runs off of just two AA batteries, there is no restriction on placement. The 360 degree IR emitter design allows for better direct line-of-sight to all equipment within a room. And if you ever wanted to bring it with you, there are no cables to unplug.
The AnyMote app steps users through a few questions to add each device. It's database knows of over 800,000 compatible remotes with more being added daily. That's pretty comprehensive. Not only can you set how you want your mobile remote to work, AnyMote can automate tasks through user-created macros.
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A guest post written by Robert Clark, media spokesperson and legislative advocate for Christian Science in Florida
"Be grateful; it's good for you," my mom used to say.
As it turns out, scientific research supporting this simple parental directive is piling up.
Dr. Michael McCullough at the University of Miami and Dr. Robert Emmons at the University of California at Davis have been researching the health benefits of gratitude for well over a decade now.
From their landmark 2003 study, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology:
"In a sample of adults with neuromuscular disease, a 21-day gratitude intervention resulted in greater amounts of high energy positive moods, a greater sense of feeling connected to others, more optimistic ratings of one's life, and better sleep duration and sleep quality, relative to a control group."
"In an experimental comparison, those who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better about their lives as a whole, and were more optimistic about the upcoming week compared to those who recorded hassles or neutral life events."
Emmons tell us: "Scientists are latecomers to the concept of gratitude. Religions and philosophies have long embraced gratitude as an indispensable manifestation of virtue and an integral component of health, wholeness, and well being."
A husband and wife team from Texas, Drs. Blair and Rita Justice, have done parallel research. Blair Justice is professor emeritus of psychology at The University of Texas School of Public Health. Rita Justice is a psychologist in private practice in Houston. In November 2007 they co-authored an article in the UT Health Leader titled "Gratefulology". They reported the following:
- "How about the healthy heart benefit? University of Connecticut psychologist Glen Affleck's research showed that the explanation a person fashions for why he or she has had a heart attack has implications for future cardiac health. He and colleagues at the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care found that cardiac patients who blamed their heart attacks on others were more likely to suffer another heart attack within the next eight years. On the other hand, perceiving benefits and gains from an initial heart attack, including becoming more appreciative of life, was related to a reduced risk for subsequent attack."
- At the University of Pittsburgh, a study of 119 heart transplant patients found "thankfulness and appreciation as an aspect of religious faith was positively related to their perceived physical and mental health at one year post-transplant."
The Harvard University Medical School newsletter from November 2011 included an article titled "In Praise of Gratitude." Prefacing its list of practical suggestions were these words of wisdom, "Gratitude is a way for people to appreciate what they have instead of always reaching for something new in the hopes it will make them happier, or thinking they can't feel satisfied until every physical and material need is met. Gratitude helps people refocus on what they have instead of what they lack."
The newsletter reports that thankfulness grows stronger with practice, and includes these suggestions:
- Write thank you notes to others and to yourself.
- Thank someone mentally.
- Keep a gratitude journal.
- Count your blessings.
- Pray.
- Meditate.
I've found that many of these ideas resonate in my life. Considering what I'm grateful for and reflecting on divine provision has often made me feel better, mentally and physically.
A few years ago I had a colleague whose husband passed on suddenly and unexpectedly. She took some time off and when she returned to work we all noticed in her a remarkably deep sense of peace. She seemed completely undiminished. In fact she seemed stronger, her joy more deeply rooted than before.
When asked about this she told us that she had kept a "gratitude journal" during her time at home. Her first entry was short, only acknowledging gratitude for being able to breathe and eat. At first her arms felt like lead as she reached for her journal. But as the habit of daily gratitude took shape, she began to look forward to time with her journal.
At the end of several weeks her entries had become much fuller and extended way beyond her own gradually diminishing grief. She began to notice new things in her neighborhood to be grateful for. And then stories in the local news she could appreciate. After that, national and global events began to offer her reasons to be grateful.
The daily discipline of being grateful brought about a gradual and deep change in her perspective. And it healed her grief.
As scientific research on the link between gratitude and health accumulates, empirical evidence may prove what our own experience has already shown us: practicing gratitude is a great way to be and stay healthy. And what better time of year to give it a try.
Bob Clark is a Christian Scientist and health columnist from Belleair.
This post was written for The Miami Herald.


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- Personal Report on the Ottawa International Self-Transcendence 24-Hour Race
By Arpan DeAngelo
Seeing over 50 people running around a 400 metre track indoors for 6 or 12 or 24 hours straight, some with little or no rest, most people may think perhaps that they have stumbled upon an asylum for the mentally challenged. Even `normal' runners who may jog for fitness or even race up to a marathon distance of 26.2 miles, may think that this ultra-long event on a standard track indoors is too extreme and may find it too difficult to grasp.
But there we were, 56 people in all, running and walking up to 24 hours for hundreds of laps, over and over and over. I was one of them and I must say it was quite an uplifting, albeit tiring, experience. Instead of trying to explain in detail what happened from a subjective or even an objective point of view, which you can find on this website: http://ca.srichinmoyraces.org/events/6-12-24-hr
I will offer a different perspective of this type of race experience which almost anyone can relate to, even if they cannot run a mile.
We all have seen surfers in real life, in videos or even in photos as they challenge the power of the ocean waves, not by fighting them but by trying to develop a oneness with them, riding on their powerful natural currents.
Ocean waves have been undulating with the tides, the winds and the lunar forces over and over again for billions of years in stunningly regular fashion. You do not even have to be a surfer to understand this. But those who actually surf the waves have a much deeper and more personal experience of this phenomena by entering into that reality on a more physical and deeply personal level.
Most of us can also look up into the sky and see the sun or the moon or the stars and other heavenly objects that we have no control over but inspire us immensely. They are all part of our natural Universe which we unavoidably inherited as we ourselves became part and parcel of this same amazing Creation.
We also cannot deny the fact that there are Universal forces and principles which guide all these objects that we see and that we ourselves are part of, such as the Earth, the other planets, moons, etc. We ourselves are undeniably part of this most unique planet Earth which has been revolving around our own special star, the Sun, for billions of years. We can also enjoy the light and beauty of our own unique moon which has been doing laps around the Earth for billions of years as well.
We sometimes take this all for granted as we see that the entire solar system as we know it as well as other aspects of this vast Universe are just spinning around and around. Even on the minutest microcosmic level the electrons are spinning around the neutrons to form the atom, one of our main physical building blocks and sources of energy.
If we can be more conscious of this type of unique experience of Universal principles and take part on a deeper personal and physical level just as the surfer enters in the Ocean to ride the waves and experience their power and energy, then we can expand our own oneness with this incredible Universe in ways which cannot be explained adequately in words.
So what does all this have to do with the 24 race in Ottawa? I think most people can see where this leads because that is where it led me many years ago as I started doing very long loop runs and races. Instead of fighting the experience by feeling bored or impatient to get to the end of the race, one must try to feel a oneness with the experience of going around and around, just as the rest of the Universe we live in is doing and has been doing without question for eons.
This is the system we inherited and no logic or emotional approaches can try to explain it. If we just go with the flow, which may be easier said than done, then we can enjoy the ride on the top of the wave and not be destroyed by it if we try to resist it. When one runs these type of very long races around and around it is best to turn off the logical mind which calculates time and space and just meditate on the deeper nature of the experience itself.
When I would at times fall into that mental resistance of thinking how much time is left or how far I have gone or have to go still, I would immediately try to stop my mind through various meditation techniques as I ran or walked. That would immediately allow me to enjoy each and every lap as an important and meaningful experience in itself. It is a way to enter into the moment, the `here and now', as we sometimes hear the enlightened ones talk about.
So although this may just seem to some people like another super-long running race with a bunch of eccentric people with nothing better to do than to run in circles like an experimental lab animal, it can be an opportunity to experience life in this rotating Universe on a very deep and meaningful personal level.
If we can run with the proper attitude and approach, it will not matter how far you have or have not gone, nor whether you came in first or last. Anyone who enters that universal energy field and tries to `go with the flow', as they say, can have a uniquely uplifting experience even as the body and mind may struggle to endure the whole distance or time limit.
If you want to see who ran and how we all finished in relative comparison to each other, then please visit this page from the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Races, http://ca.srichinmoyraces.org/events/6-12-24-hr . But if you want to know what the experience was like on a more personal level and try to understand it more fully, then get on some good running or walking shoes and start training for next year's race.
Or if you do not like running or cannot run then perhaps you can rent or buy a surf board and get out on the waves as you try to expand your oneness with this incredibly powerful and energetic physical Universe.
WARNING: Please learn how to turn off the analytical, logical physical mind while attempting these long events or else it will become much more difficult for you and less enjoyable. After all, if the earth or the moon had to logically consider how many billions of years they have been going around and around and around then they too might just freak out and stop.
Gratefully still moving,
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When we're planning a trip and want to make reservations or still at home and looking for a place to eat, we usually start by visiting the TripAdvisor website. Once on their website we search for what's available, then check the recommendations and experiences of other people.
Although there are many ways of searching the TripAdvisor website, we prefer to start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page. On the Tourism page you'll find a quick overview of the community, with links to restaurants, lodging, flights, rentals and nearby attractions.
While we are unaware of a TripAdvisor Tourism page that is specific to Kupreanof, there are nearby communities that are likely to provide the information that you're looking for. If you want to learn more about those communities, the following map should be of help.
The red map marker shows the location of Kupreanof. In this case, we are unaware of a TripAdvisor Tourism page for Kupreanof.
Clicking on a blue marker will open the TripAdvisor Tourism page for that community. The Tourism page will open in a new browser window.
An index for the markers can be found to the right of the map. As above, clicking on a marker will open the selected Tourism page in a new window. Clicking on the community's name will cause a jump to the Tourism map for that community.
Below is a list of those communities which have a TripAdvisor Tourism page and are relatively close to Kupreanof - within 48 miles [77.2 km].
Our list sorts the communities in alphabetical order. There are 5 communities listed.
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38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the West Northwest (WNW) of Kupreanof
Population: 563
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Less than 2 miles to the East (E) of Kupreanof
Population: 2,920
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Point Baker
40 miles [64.4 km] to the Southwest (SW) of Kupreanof
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Whale Pass
48 miles [77.2 km] to the South (S) of Kupreanof
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37 miles [59.5 km] to the Southeast (SE) of Kupreanof
Population: 2,411
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