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A separate peace study guide
Book: A Separate Peace
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A Separate Peace- Study guide Chapter 1: What two locations- which he describes as "fearful'- does the narrator visit? How does he describe each? The narrator describes the marble staircase and the tree as "fearful" sites, he describes the marble staircase as being "unusually hard" and "not very deep" (3), and the tree as having "certain small scars rising along its trunk' and as the tree being "the giants of your childhood" (6). What is suggested by the tone of the opening section of the novel? The opening section of the novel uses diction like "fear", "lifeless, "self-pitying", which conveys a negative tone, which informs the eader that the author (Gene) has a fear and is terrified of the Devon school. What is implied when the narrator considers "how far (his) convalescence had gone"? When the narrator sais "how far (his) convalescence had gone", he's implying that he's been injured and is going through the process of his body repairing itself. Consider the narrator's reflection that, "Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence. " What do all of the clues provided most likely suggest? When the author said that "not even a death by violence", he's suggesting/ foreshadowing the death of a character in the story.
How do the weather and the time of year emphasize the mood of the opening section? The author describes the time of year as "a raw, nondescript time of year, toward the end of November", it was "wet", and "icy", which emphasize how dull and dark the mood is, reflecting the author's feelings of "fear". World War Two is introduced as a factor in the novel, as Devon is preparing them for being drafted into the war at the end of their senior year. The significance of Finny's name is that it's traces back to Phineas from Greek mythology, who is a blind man, and the significance of the meaning is that Finny is too blind to see that Gene envy's im. When Gene and Finny are walking back to the dormitory it illustrates that they were "best of friends at (the) moment" (10), and that they enjoy each other company. Knowles emphasizes the distance of war from their lives by saying that they use "illegal radio(s), turned too low to be intelligible", that was "brocrasting the news" (12), which demonstrates the isolation that is between Devon and the war, because there quietly listening to the news, when they're not supposed too, in a way Devon is sheltering and nurturing them from the war. Chapter 2
The primary purpose of the short chapter is to introduce the character of Phineas, by describing him as "true and sincere" (16), and that he "could get away with anything" (18), and is a "charm(ing)" (21) young man. Phineas' ability to say "what he happened to be thinking" stunned people, because everything "he said was true and sincere" (16). Finny wearing a pink shirt indicates that he likes to draw attention, and he's capable of getting away with anything, since he could've been beat up for such a
fashion statement. Gene envies Finny because "Phineas could get away with anything" (18), from wearing a pink shirt, o wearing a tie as a belt, and talking his way out of punishments. The structural and thematic significance of this chapter, is that Finny saved Gene's life, when Gene is over here complaining about how "sleek" (19), and "sharp" (19) he is, when he should be thanking him, but what if it were the opposite situation, would Gene do the same thing, and save his best friend's life? Finny has a friendly love towards Gene, but Gene doesn't. Finny and Gene climb up the tree, to jump off the same time, but in a short second, Gene lost his balance and Finny extended his arm and catch him and "practically saved (his) life" (24), Gene tarts to catch up with his feelings of envy, and starts to regret ever doubting his friendship with Finny. Chapter 3 1 / 7 Gene's sentiment from the previous chapter was grateful, and in the beginning of chapter three Gene said that he "wouldn't have been on that damn limb except for him", he said he "didn't need to feel any tremendous rush of gratitude toward Phineas", almost as if he's taking back ever feeling grateful for him in the first place. The Invention of bliztballs demonstrates that Finny is the dominant leader, and wants to establish rules, and have everyone follow him.
Gene is starting to build an inner jealously towards Phineas, for example, on page 32 he said that "Finny could shine with everyone, he attracted everyone he met" (32), which demonstrates that he envies his look and his ability to appeal and captivate everyone's attention. Finny refuses to let it be acknowledge that he broke the school's swimming record because he just wanted to see if he could do it, he wanted to do it for himself, and he makes it seem as if he's too good for rivalry. Gene's response to Finny calling him his best friend by not returning the compliment, which ndicates that he appreciates and acknowledges the approval but he doesn't feel the same way, as if there was something him back. Chapter 4 Gene fails his first test and starts to realize that if he "was the head of class and won that prize, then"(44), he would be even with Finny, since he has his sports and Gene will have his academics. Finny reacts to Gene failing his test by saying that he works "too hard" (43) and that he knows that Gene " want(s) to be head of class, valedictorian, so (he) can make a speech on Graduation Day" 43), this contributes to Gene's inner turmoil by considering that if he were "head of class", then they "would be even" (44) with Finny, which makes him realize that maybe Finny is trying to sabotage his grades with "the nightly meeting of the Super Suicide Society" (45). The culmination of Gene's growing hatred comes to end when Finny and him climb the tree "together" (51), and Gene "bent" his "knees", and "jounced the limb", and caused Finny to fall "and hit the bank' (52). Chapter 5 Gene puts on Finny clothes because he misses him, and wearing his clothes comforts him in the spect that he's gone and is trying to forget what happened "and even who (he is)" (54), wearing his clothes gives him an "intense relief", and he become a different person (Finny). Knowles leaves the issue of Gene's intent in causing the fall ambiguous because he wants the reader to choose a side, and make the novel even more mysterious, by believing or not that Gene caused Finny's fall. A revelation that Gene has in the hospital room is that he burst out crying mostly "because of kindness"(56), he didn't expect or want to have hurt Finny or taken away the ability for him to play ports. Also, Finny doesn't remember what happened at time of his fall, which deliberately saves Gene from telling him from what really happened, but Finny said he "did have (an) idea", and sad that he was "sorry about that feeling (he) had" (58). The significance of Gene's admission at the end of chapter 5 is that he lies to Finny by saying that he's not going to follow the rules, when in reality he is, he said "that was the most false thing, the biggest lie of all"(63). Chapter 6 Chapter 6 introduces the second half of the novel by beginning the season of "Fall", and
saying that peace has deserted Devon", because the fun and games of the summer session are gone, and particularly because Finny is absent from the story because he's home in Boston. On page 64, the author said, "fall had barely touched the full splendor of the trees" (64), initiating the start of school and season of Fall. The thematic significance of the hymn they sing at the Winter Session's first chapel service is that "the same hymns were played, the same sermon given, the same announcements (were) made" (65), in which the "continuity" is stressed, which demonstrates that now that the summer session is / 7 over the students need to reinforce the rules in their lives. The hymns sung were "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind Forgive Our Foolish Ways", which connects with Gene's actions of causing Finny to shatter his leg and all the wrong doings of the summer session. A new features that Gene introduces in chapter six is that the "maids have disappeared" (65), and Devon's physical relationship with the "maids" are that there considered a luxury and now there gone, "for the Duration". The Devon River is beautiful and clean, and the Naguamsett River is ugly, gross, and dirty. The hematic purpose is that Devon isolates (separates) the boys from the bad things in the world particularly the war. Gene signed on as assistant crew manger because they needed help, on page 69, Quackenbush said that he's got "to have some real help around here", since the "crew is going to win the New England scholastics", so with that said, Gene took up his "duties as assistant senior crew manger" (69). The significance of the fight between Gene and Quackenbush, is that Gene stepped up and "set in the role" to be "Finny's defender", but later said that he "had done it for himself" (72).
Gene's and Quackenbush plunge into the river was a result of fighting and arguing with one another, and earlier plunge into the Devon river was because they were looking for an adventure and a fun time. Quackenbush reflects Gene's inner feelings because he's "ignorant" and "indignant" (70), which represents Gene's inner feelings because he didn't process or didn't put in mind how hurting Finny would effect his life. Chapter 7 In a Separate Peace Brinker is a foil for Leper because he represents the positive sense of responsibility, where as Leper is a human naturalist and a lone wolf.
Brinker is a foil to Finny because he wields a power comparable but opposite to Finny's, and Finny is spontaneous, mischievous, and vibrant, where Brinker is solid, politically inclined, and is conservative. Basically Brinker starts joking about how Gene orchestrated the entire situation to have the whole room to himself. Gene jokingly plays along, and suggests going to the "Butt Room", where this whole trial begins against Gene's involvement in Finny's accident. Everyone starts playing along and accuses Gene of pushing Finny out of the tree; Gene of course feeling uncomfortable about verything starts playing and said, "Sure, yeah, I did it", and afterwards left. The boys in the "Butt room" reacted in the case that one of the boys "uncoiled tensely from the couch", and they believed in every single word Brinker said, because of his dominant influence. Gene said the reason he had to play along and make up a story about his attempt to murder Finny is because he didn't want anyone to suspect that he was being "sincere" about a joke, he had to take part in it, or he would loose control. The purpose of the episode in the "Butt Room" is to demonstrate to the reader that the characters nd boys in Devon are noticing how Gene being and personality is changing which makes them infer and suspect that he had something to do with Finny incident. The new conflict that is introduced is how Gene is going to have to erase his marking from the crime scene (aka Finny fall), so no one else would ever suspect of him again. When an early snow comes to Devon, the boys volunteer to help out the war effort by digging out train tracks, which escalates the presence of war. The significance of these tasks makes Genes realize that they are merely "children playing among heroic men" (89), when he observes troops not uch older than he and his friends pass by. Knowles uses diction and imagery to describe the soldiers as being "not much older", were "recruits", "clean and energetic", "new and good", which emphasizes that there not far away from the war, and makes them realize that the drafting is closer than it might seem. Enlisting is such as appealing option for Gene now since Finny is gone there is really nothing to focus his attention on, and he contemplates the matter further, like why bother to get an education 3 / 7 when the war is "slowly chipping away" at the peace of Devon. On page 92, Gene said that there's always something deadly lurking in anything he wanted", so maybe war is what he's been looking for all along. A significant reversal that occurs at the end of chapter seven, is that when Gene returns back to his dormitory from digging snow off the train tracks, he finds Phineas in his room. This will affect the plot in the aspect that Gene will redraw from enlisting into the war, since Finny is back. Chapter 8 Gene's and Finny's relationship in the opening of chapter eight is forgiving, they're both just trying to
move along and forget about the whole incident, basically they're accepting everything and just ontinuing with their lives. Finny convinces Gene to give up his idea of enlisting because Finny really needs him and is depending on him to help him move around and settle into Devon once again. The significance of the wave imagery used on page 101, informs that reader that the war is growing and getting more powerful, and it foreshadows that something terrible is going to arrive at Devon when Gene said that "another even larger and more powerful", "tide is coming in"(101). Finny is bothered with the absence of maids, because he essentially doesn't believe in the war, and loosing such a "luxury' upsets him.
Knowles uses words such as "dull green", "brown and gray", "lost hope and triumph", "smell of the human body after it had been used to the limit" and "exhaustion", which creates a poignant tone because it's describing how depressed and morose Finny is feeling because of his absence to play sports ever again. Two psychological events that take place in the gym, is that Finny reveals to Gene that he believes that there is no war taking place, that a bunch of "fat old men" (107) have been plotting the whole thing, and the other psychological event that takes place is that Finny mentions that he has suffered" (108), which creates a very awkward atmosphere because both of them know what caused him to be there in the first place, and it just reminds them of the odd situations they've had in the past, so once Finny said that, they try to forget it ever happened. What Finny means when he said that he has "suffered", he basically trying to say that he's been punished by the world (Gene) and that because he has suffered he has the right to know the truth about the war and the rest of world can "be in the dark" (108), mainly because Gene has taken way his life, his ability to play sports, the only thing he lived for and was exceptionally wonderful at. Gene and Finny establish a partnership to train Gene for the 1944 Olympics because Finny was currently training for them before the incident, he decides that since he wont be able to participate because of his disability, perhaps Gene can step up and represent that part of him. Chapter 9 Gene informs the reader of Leper's enlistment by saying that it was his "turning point in life" (116). Leper also said that he was "almost glad that this war came along" because "it's like a test" and the only things and people who've been evolving the right way survive" (117). Leper is excited with a recruiter from the ski troops arrive at Devon because his attracted to skng and everything doing with nature and the outdoors, so he's immediately taken in. Leper's impact that he left on the life at Devon for the first few days were "unimaginable" and they didn't mention it at all until Brinker was reading this magazine from Hitler's life, and started making jokes
about how everything going on in the war all directly involved Leper, which was a fun activity of course for the boys at Devon.
Imagery used to emphasize the world the boys inhabit is how " the sky is an empty hopeless gray and gives the impression that this is its eternal shade" and how the winter "grows careless in its watch", which emphasizes how dull and boring the winter session really is. The winter carnival is the highlight of the season because there's never anything to do, so when 4 / 7 Finny suggest that the boys plan it everyone agrees to go along. The "separate peace" the boy's achieve is different from the summer sessions "separate peace" because in the summer session they had no rules and Finny got hurt, and now in the winter session he rules have been established and to have fun in a way that they won't get caught. The reversal end that is reveled at the end of chapter nine is that Leper has "escaped" the war and is currently hiding out "at Christmas Location", and this dispels the festive mood because now Gene has to worry about he's going to reach Leper without revealing his secret. Chapter 10 Knowles maintains suspense about Leper in this chapter by making him act like a crazy, psychotic person, with jumpy and unpredictable actions. Before Leper enlisted he was a lone wolf, human naturalist, and easy going person, but after the ar he stated to have psychotic visions and ultimately turned crazy because that's what happened when innocence is suddenly overwhelmed by experience of reality, and Leper was choose to be the object of this lesson because of how untouched and peaceable he was before he left. Knowles is suggesting that the war changes you; it roughens you up, and essentially turns you to a more mature and different person. Leper said that he always knew that he was "a savage underneath" (127), which suggests that he knew all along, and that he knows him better than anyone else in the book.
Gene of course doesn't want to hear what Leper has to say, so he reacts by pushing Leper violently towards the ground, which suggest that he still has the capacity to lash out at people for nothing, like he did with Finny (he has no self control). Leper considers himself to be pretty close to Gene, for him to be the first person he contacted to help him when he escaped the war. Gene reacts that way he does because he' unstable and unpredictable when faced with the truth, this introduces the theme of appearance vs. reality because Gene is constantly refusing to nderstand his own nature. Thematically, Leper stands for what happens to innocence when its suddenly overwhelmed by experience of reality (war). Leper and Gene are similar because Leper's present personality (insane) represents Gene's inner self. Chapter 11 Knowles connects this chapter with the trial chapter, when Brinker was investigating Gene's part in Finny's incident in the "Butt Room". The brief conversation between Finny and Gene foreshadows Finny breaking his leg again, because
on page 147, Gene complains to Finny to be careful and not "break" his leg again, and Finny esponds by saying that "isn't the bone supposed to be stronger when it grows together over a place where its been broken once? " which informs the reader that later in the story there's going to be an altercation that results in him breaking his leg again. The significance of Finny saying that "Sure. There isn't any war", informs the reader that Finny's fantasies are over, and that he now believes that there really is a war going since "If a war can drive somebody crazy, then it's real all right". On page 147, the foreshadowing of Finny breaking his leg is showed, when Finny said that "isn't he bone supposed to be stronger when it grows together over a place where it's been broken once" (147), which intensifies the wave scene fro, chapter eight. Everything at Devon is being taken over by the war; training programs are rising along the campus, which informs the reader that the students are spending more and more time thinking about their military futures. The trial at the assembly room precipitates the climax, and we know that this is going to be the climax because Finny is finally going to know the truth about Gene's partake in his incident.
Leper gives the testimony that condemns Gene, he said, "the one holding on to the trunk sank for a second, up and down like a piston, and then the other one sank and fell. " (168). 5 / 7 This chapter end by Finny falling down the stairs, because he was upset of the whole situation because in reality he doesn't care in Gene did it because he loves him, this event was foreshadowed by the opening section of the novel when Gene revisited the marble staircase and describes them as being "unusually hard" (3). Chapter 12 Gene's initial role in Finny's first aid is to go to infirmary because he' s an extension from Finny's wn being. When Gene goes to the infirmary to see Finny, he's pretty upset, he said, " You want to break something else in me! " and doesn't want to hear anything he has to say, so Gene left and fell asleep against the stadium wall. Gene trier o console himself by helping Finny by bringing him some clothes to infirmary, and visits Finny. Gene doesn't cry at the infirmary because he said that it was his "own funeral, and you do not cry in that case" (186), also because Gene was basically a part of Finny, and when he died, that part of him left with him. Chapter 13
The war was literally moved onto the campus because Devon gives the use of the Far Common to the war effort. Gene watches the troops and jeeps unload the equipment being brought in, for a Parachute Rigger's School being established there. When Gene said that he "would not talk about Phineas in any other way" (189), than his death he means that he's not ready to open up with other people
about the whole situation, when Finny died, a part of him died too, and he's trying to keep it private and personal, for that's what Finny wanted. Gene says he has already killed his own enemy, and therefore has gotten rid of his hate and his ear. Gene's enemy must have been himself, or at least the part of himself that was so quick to lash out and hurt other people. He believes that he has buried his darker side, and from what the reader can tell, maybe he has. Brinker's father reaction to his decision to join the Coast Guard is very disappointing, he expected more from him, he even said "You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it's the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment" (191), he wants him to got to the battlefield and die for a real cause, and not just be a wimp and sign up for the "Coast guard" to ave fun and avoid death. Gene plans to serve by joining the "Navy", he's made the decision he has because if he waited to be drafted they would have put him in the "infantry", which is the "worst branch of all", and to avoid death he decided to enlist in the navy. When considering Gene's and Brinker decisions about war, it's suggests that the graduating class of Devon, were aware of the effects the war can have on someone's life, for example, Leper is psychotic, and they've noticed how cruel and lonely the war is, so they all enlisted in things that were fun and safe, to avoid all the other risks. Mr.
Hadley's attitude towards the war is very patriotic, he believes that the "greatest privilege, (is) to serve your country" (192), and he constantly pushing Brinker to do "a lot more". Brinker's reaction suggest that he's tired of being told to be better, that he's already "enlisting", but that will never be good enough for his father. The realization that Gene is suggesting when he said " wars are made. by something ignorant in the human heart" (193), is that he finally realizes that his jealously and envy began inside of him where he was to ignorant to observe that Finny was pure and really loved him, but jealously can ake someone blind and that's what happen to Gene. The significance of Gene reflection that " All others at some point found something in themselves pitted violently against something in the world around them. When they began to feel that there was this overwhelmingly hostile thing in the world with them, then the simplicity and unity of their 6 / 7 characters broke and they were not the same again", signifies that he realizes and understands that there was a point in his life where he didn't feel like he belonged and started "pitt(ing) violently gainst something in the world around them" like Finny and from their own he was "not the same again". The Maginot line was a
defensive line along the German border prior to the 2nd World war; it was an impenetrable maze of bunkers, trenches and natural terrain. The metaphorical significance of this reference is that people when they see they have an enemy they tend to build a wall that separates the two, but Finny didn't. Finny was different in the aspect that he never "hated" anyone, or was "afraid", the final paragraph suggest that the enemy is within oneself, not between. Powered by TCPDF (www. tcpdf. org) 7 / 7
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Dianne & Elisabeth Brunch
by Ann Louise
A good brunch is hard to come by in my neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen. There are a ton of great bars for after-work drinks, sure. But when it comes to brunch, most options aren't memorable or exciting. Enter Dianne & Elisabeth. A bit of a trek over on 10th Ave., this wine bar had been featured in a handful of must-try brunch lists, and I opted to try it for myself before catching a movie one Sunday.
While a tad cramped, the restaurant has an industrial chic look with whitewashed brick walls, Edison light bulbs, and sleek, simple furnishings. We were only the second table in the place when we first arrived around 11:30 a.m., but the tables quickly started to fill up and the room was nearly packed by the time we left.
On top of a classic American brunch menu (with a few twists here and there), Dianne & Elisabeth's offers a bottomless drink option at $19 per person for 90 minutes. You can alternate between unlimited Bellinis, mimosas, Bloody Marys, Screwdrivers, and Moscow Mules.
My fiancee, Fields, opted for a few rounds of Moscow Mules, taking full advantage of the fact that this beverage is rarely found on your typical bottomless brunch menu. I started with a few Bloody's, then switched to Bellinis. All of our drinks were fine–the celery salt in the Bloody Mary particularly stood out. Our service could have been a tad more attentive, but there were only two people working as the place quickly filled up.
We agreed to start with a few things on the healthy(ish) side, before really indulging in our sweet tooth. The Caeser salad looked beautiful, and tasted just as good as it looked. The dressing was fairly fishy, which we didn't mind, and was a vinaigrette rather than your traditional, heavy cream dressing, which made it seem lighter. However, we would have preferred Romaine lettuce instead of butter lettuce, just for the added crunch. The thick croutons were essentially a combination of garlic bread and your traditional crouton, and the Parmesan crips were a nice touch for texture.
The beau was in a savory mood and insisted we try the Chicken Paillard, which honestly would not have been my first choice. Traditionally, Paillard is a French way of cooking, where thinly pressed meat is grilled or sautéed very quickly. The chicken was indeed thin, served over a bed of mixed greens with buttermilk ranch dressing and roasted carrot chips. While it was meticulously seasoned and had a nice flavor, we felt it belonged under the salad section of the menu since it was served over lettuce, rather than under the entree section. But Fields loved it and scarfed it down, as he was nursing a bit of a hangover and wanted something on the lighter side.
We'd never seen lemon meringue waffles on a brunch menu, and immediately ordered those–along with the maple sausage corndogs–to round out our meal. The corndogs were the perfect iteration of sweet and savory. The breakfast sausage and syrup combo worked really well together and was executed in a really innovative way.
The waffles were absolutely decedent. What appeared to be dollops of whipped butter on top was actually mini meringues–the cutest! The lemon sauce was the perfect consistency and it tasted like freshly-zested lemons–no bottled lemon juice here. We didn't feel the need for the syrup, as the sauce was slightly sweet. To be fully transparent, I could have eaten this entire dish on my own, with no help from Fields.
The Bitches say: B+. Dianne & Elisabeth offers inventive takes on classic brunch dishes and a killer bottomless brunch deal. While not every dish blew us away, they were all executed nicely.
Dianne & Elisabeth is open for brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Ann Louise
Dianne & Elisabeth
Neighborhood Hell's Kitchen
Good For Bottomless Brunch


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Saudi air defense forces shoot down Houthi ballistic missile over Najran
Saudi air defense forces shoot down Houthi ballistic missile over Najran /node/1280206/saudi-arabia
Houthi militia gather in Sanaa, Yemen, during a festival. (AP file photo)
Updated 07 April 2018
The missile attack on Saudi Arabia was the third in April
Saudi-led Coalition forces have asked the UN to condemn the Houthi missile attacks on civilian areas
Jeddah: Saudi air defense forces have intercepted and destroyed a Houthi militia-launched ballistic missile heading toward Najran, the Coalition supporting Yemen's legitimate government said on Saturday.
Col. Turki Al-Malki, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said in a statement that at 09:32 on Friday evening, Coalition air defense forces have monitored that a ballistic missile was launched from Saada, inside Yemen, toward the southern city of Najran
It was subsequently shot down by the Kingdom's Patriot missile defense system before it could hit land. The splinters of the missile scattered on residential neighborhoods, but there were no reports immediate reports of injuries or damage to property, he said.
The attack was just the latest on Saudi Arabia by the Iran-backed Houthis.
On March 25, the militia launched seven missiles toward Riyadh and other Saudi cities, all of which were shot down by air defense forces. Officials have said an Egyptian driver was killed by falling debris from an intercepted missile.
On April 2, Houthi militias fired a ballistic missile toward civilian areas in the border town of Dhahran Al-Janoub in Jazan province, close to the southern border with Yemen. Al-Maliki said the missile fell on wasteland in Yemen two kilometers from the Saudi border.
On April 3, Houthis attacked a Saudi oil tankers in international waters west of the port of Hodeidah, but the attempted attack was foiled after a quick intervention by one of the alliance's naval vessels.
"The tanker suffered a minor injury but completed its navigational line and sailed north accompanied by one of the naval coalition ships," Al-Maliki had said.
Houthi militia forces again launched a missile toward Jazan province on Wednesday at 9:31 p.m., but caused no casualties or damage.
Topics: Houthi militia Najran Saudi Air Defense Forces Col. Turki Al-Malki Patriot Missile
Iran backed Houthi attack on tanker in Red Sea is a terror act — Coalition spokesperson
Saudi Arabia calls on Security Council to condemn Houthi attack on oil tanker
Houthi missile targets Dhahran Al-Janoub, falls short near Saudi-Yemeni border: Arab Coalition


The House of Lost Souls... anyone read it?
The Blurb » The Blurb Library » General Book Discussions » The House of Lost Souls... anyone read it?
Anyone read it and want to discuss?
oooooh whos is that y?
Hadn't heard of him/her before, but this book was recommended to me and it was really good.
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I wrote and recorded a new vocal song. This track is all produced by me. I feel that It's a real challenge to record my own voice.
I am mainly a guitarist therefore most of my time in music has been spent playing the guitar. Most likely my vocal skills have not been on a really high level. Tough i like singing a lot.
I handled all the instruments and the production myself. That was very challenging,because i am never 100% satisfied with anything I do. Because i am a real perfectionist. When I am in the studio I firstly have have to make up my mind about finishing up the track!
When I have unlimited amount of time my own studio, I'll easily end up overdubbing and doing re-takes for weeks on just one song!
My choice of DAW is Cubase. I've been using that for about five years now. I used my Taisto guitars V25 Fr Henri Aalto for all electric guitar parts. It was used through three different amps and cabs: H&K Tubemeister 18 with a Blackstar cab. JCM 900 with a LANEY 4 * 12 cab. A 70's Carlsbro boosted with a RAT distortion pedal through a Marshall cab.
The vocals were recorded with a RODE NT-2 mic. The keys were played with a Yamaha moxf 6 synthesizer.
Soon the autumn will be here again! Wishing you all the best !
Thank You Rusty! I am glad that yoy found it useful!


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Projeto da disciplina de LES

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Q: Prevent browser from reloading main page after mouse event I have a web page that allows me to send serial commands to serial port on my raspberry pi. Main page is in html and its have images in it, and when i click on image javascript calls cgi file that sends command to serial. Everything is works fine on desktop browser, when i press on image im staying on the same page, but when i do it on iphone or ipad its redirecting me to location of cgi file.
Here is my code
1. HTML
<img src="img/sound.png" alt="sound" id="sound_b" ontouchstart="changeImageSound(), sound()" ontouchend="changeImageSound()">

2.JavaScript
function sound() {
document.location="helpers/sound.cgi";
}

3.cgi
#!/usr/bin/python
print "Status: 204 No Content"
print "Content-type: text/plain"
print ""
import cgi
import serial
import time

# Open a serial connection to Roomba
ser = serial.Serial(port='/dev/ttyUSB0', baudrate=115200)

# Assuming the robot is awake, start safe mode so we can hack.
ser.write('\x83')
time.sleep(.1)

# Program a five-note start song into Roomba.
ser.write('\x8c\x00\x05C\x10H\x18J\x08L\x10O\x20')

# Play the song we just programmed.
ser.write('\x8d\x00')
time.sleep(1.6) # wait for the song to complete

# Leave the Roomba in passive mode; this allows it to keep
#  running Roomba behaviors while we wait for more commands.
ser.write('\x80')

# Close the serial port; we're done for now.
ser.close()

A: You just add this to your Javascript code,
event.preventDefault();

A: you can add the javascript code mentioned below to the sound function but it would require the event object inside it. else u can have it in the ontouchstart directly
event.preventDefault();

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BURLINGTON, N.C. -- After hazmat crews responded to a Burlington shopping center for reports of "haze" in the buildings, crews did not detect any hazardous material.
"We really weren't getting a whole lot of readings, which is good news, we're only looking at five different gases here, but our oxygen level in the air can tell us if something else is present," said Justin Hite, a member of the Regional Response Team.
The Regional Response Team, which is headquartered in Greensboro and staffed with Greensboro Fire Department's personnel, assisted the Burlington Fire Department in responding to a call from 1801 S. Church Street.
Around 8:30 a.m., Aldi employees noticed haze in the building and said they had scratchy throats.
Other tenant spaces reportedly had haze in them as well.
The entire shopping center, which includes Harbor Freight Tools, Big Lots and Office Depot, was evacuated and closed to the public until the afternoon.
Crews remained on the scene until close to 1 p.m. It was around this time that the shopping center re-opened. Aldi's did not open immediately.
Although crews did not find any hazardous substances, the source of the haze was not immediately clear.
"The only thing that we've been able to determine is possibly having something to do with the humidity in the grocery store. That's not confirmed, that's just something that's a possibility," said Michael Willets, public information officer for the Burlington Fire Department.
Shopping center tenants were told that if they see the haze again to notify the fire department immediately.
However, crews are confident that all precautions were taken and there is no public danger.


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Gearing up for daytime Link
By Joe Schlosser
Just when it appeared the Weakest Link
advertising blitz was over—get ready for more Weakest Link
ads to hit the airwaves. These, though, will be for the new syndicated version.
Last week, NBC Enterprises executives gave stations signed up for the daytime version of the quiz show a taste of what's to come as the studio gears up for the syndicated launch on Jan. 7.
There will be plenty of Weakest Link
one-liners like "Whose traffic light is stuck on red?" and "Who here is all bun and no burger?" in the nearly two-month-long marketing campaign designed to get the show attention at the local-station level.
The one-liners, made famous by host Anne Robinson in the UK and on NBC's prime time version, will be delivered by the show's syndication host, George Gray. Gray, the former host of The Learning Channel's Junkyard Wars, has taken over Robinson's gig and apparently her all-black wardrobe as well.
Gray and company have already taped more than 20 episodes of Weakest Link, which will feature six contestants (the prime time version has eight) in a shortened half-hour format. The promotional campaign kicks off this week and features everything from TV and radio spots to merchandise and Web sites. The campaign has several stages. The initial phase, called "Obsessed," highlights how popular the prime time game has become.
"The strategy for the campaign is simple, since we have a show that is already a proven winner," says John Miller, head of NBC's in-house advertising division. "We simply need to let the viewer know it will be on five days a week, which got us to the line, 'Five days of Weak.'"
Most of the campaign will feature the "Five days of Weak" slogan, rather than the familiar Robinson line, "You are the weakest link, goodbye." And there will be plenty more like "Whose tree of knowledge is out of fruit?" when the show launches in syndication.
Weakest Link no ratings weakling
Successful network debut spurs plans for syndication spot
Fear returns at Link 's expense
Link, Justice debut
UPN, Fox link taking shape
Weblet proceeds with programming plans as media giants determine its future ownership
Link offers 15 more minutes of fame
Link , Justice post identical ratings
Survivor host up for Weakest Link
Gray is syndie Link's meanie


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Kim Byung-chul to head Korea University
By 황주리
Published : Jan 3, 2011 - 17:29 Updated : Jan 3, 2011 - 17:29
Kim Byung-chul, a professor at the Division of Biotechnology and Food Science at Korea University will head the school as its 18th president, the university board announced Dec. 28th.
The new president earned his bachelor's degree in 1976 from Seoul National University in zootechnics, and a master's degree in the same field at Korea University. He also received a master's degree at the University of Goettingen in Germany.
Kim Byung-chul
Later he served as administrative provost at Korea University, dean of the Division of Life Sciences and Biotechnology and vice president of academic affairs.
His career history also includes positions as president of Korean Animal Science and Technology, vice president at the Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources, a member of the livestock products hygiene examination committee at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and a non-permanent director at the Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corp.
The newly appointed president will serve his four-year presidential term at the university beginning in March and the ceremony will take place on Feb. 28th at the university.
(jurie777@heraldcorp.com)


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    QDialog(parent),
    ui(new Ui::settings)
{
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#ifdef ENGLISH_PL
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#endif
}

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                       QFont editorFont,
                       bool isDemoMode,
                       int codeModelUpdateInterval,
                       QString standardModulePath)
{
    ui->chkShowXYInRunWindow->setChecked(isDemoMode);
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                            bool &isDemoMode,
                            int &codeModelUpdateInterval,
                            QString &standardModulePath)
{
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    //ui->fontComboBox->setCurrentIndex(0);
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Rubio Urges Google CEO to Abandon Plans for Censored Search Engine in China
Washington D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) urged Google CEO Sundar Pichai to abandon plans for Dragonfly, a censored version of its search engine in China. In the letter, Rubio states that if Google moves forward with their plans to build a censored search engine, the company will become "bedfellows with the Chinese people's oppressors, rather than with those who are oppressed."
In August, Rubio led a bipartisan group of Senators who raised concerns to Google CEO Pichai about the company's Dragonfly plans in China.
The full text of the letter is below.
Dear Mr. Pichai:
In an August 2018 letter, I led a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators in expressing our alarm about Google's reported plans to launch Dragonfly, a censored version of its search engine in China that would prohibit websites and search terms deemed objectionable by the Chinese Government and Communist Party. Such plans, we warned, risk making Google complicit in human rights abuses in China, including the government's onerous censorship regime and authoritarian surveillance state that targets its own citizens with the aims of crushing dissent, free expression and any perceived threat to the Chinese Communist Party.
As the Congressional-Executive Commission on China recently heard harrowing testimony from a young Uyghur woman who survived the so-called "political reeducation" camps in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region—where the Chinese government has forcibly interned a million or more Uyghur and other ethnic minority Muslims in what, I believe, amounts to crimes against humanity—news reports emerged that Google, under your leadership, excluded the company's security and privacy teams in key meetings about the then-nascent Dragonfly project and sidelined "a privacy review of the plan that sought to address potential human rights abuses." Indeed, it appears that Google leadership has evaded for months critical and legitimate questions about the implications of its Dragonfly search engine plans for human rights and human lives in China, even despite the growth of withering criticism from your own employees who worry that Google will compromise core values to do business in that country. While the lure of China's 1.4-billion-person market is strong, I hope that your commitment to Google's stated values and founding ideals is even stronger.
In your response to the August 2018 Senate letter, you wrote: "We are committed to promoting access to information, freedom of expression, and user privacy, as well respecting the laws of jurisdictions in which we operate. We seek to strike a balance in each context." But what if a balance is, quite simply, impossible?
The specter of history looms large. In 2007, the late Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), then-Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress, convened a hearing on human rights in China with testimony from Yahoo's CEO and general counsel. The hearing came after the Chinese government jailed journalist Shi Tao for ten years based on information on his pro-democracy efforts that Yahoo! Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited had turned over to Chinese authorities. At one point in the hearing, Yahoo's general counsel stated: "I cannot ask our local employees to resist lawful demands and put their own freedom at risk, even if, in my personal view, the local laws are overbroad." His sentiments seemingly echo your own—that the laws of jurisdiction, no matter how "overbroad" or, frankly, evil they may be, nearly always prevail in such situations. Accordingly, if Google moves forward with the Dragonfly project as reported, you will most assuredly find yourselves similarly compromised—bedfellows with the Chinese people's oppressors, rather than with those who are oppressed.
Eleven years ago, the late Congressman Lantos voiced scathing criticism in response to the moral equivalency voiced by Yahoo's executives, lamenting: "While technologically and financially you are giants, morally you are pygmies." We urge Google not to follow this same worn path bereft of any moral compass in pursuit of the bottom line. The stakes are simply too high.


The regeneration of molecular sieves is the most crucial step in temperature swing adsorption (TSA) processes. It determines the performance and operating cost of molecular sieves over a given lifetime. It is well known that molecular sieves age with each regeneration cycle. The adsorption process on the molecular sieve is a complex phenomenon and often poses challenges for the design and operation of the units, due to a number of parameters that govern the efficiency of such processes.
Poor design decisions and deviations from design conditions can cause a wide range of operating issues in a molecular sieve unit. Most of the damage from these upsets or deviations from design conditions usually occurs during the regeneration step. If not addressed properly, these upsets can result in reduced lifetime, increased pressure drop across beds, loss of product quality, formation of hydrates, increased system corrosion or increased plant downtime—all of which have cost implications. It is, therefore, important to properly design and operate the regeneration phase of molecular sieves.
The main design principles and recommendations for the regeneration step in TSA processes are presented here, along with ways to address key issues concerning troubleshooting, optimizing and adapting plant operations under different constraints. Part 1, published in the January/February 2018 issue, focused on the general design philosophy and key operating parameters. Part 2 concentrates on the regeneration gas and contaminants.
Type of regeneration gas and flow. Different types of gases can be used to perform regeneration. In natural gas applications, the product gas is often used as the regeneration gas that is recycled upstream of the process. In petrochemical and refinery units, the regeneration gas (e.g., fuel gas, H2, CH4, N2, tail gas, residue gas, offgas, C2/C3/C4, etc.) can be used.
Physical properties of regeneration gas—including molecular weight, heat capacity, temperature, pressure, density, viscosity and, sometimes, the contaminants present in gas—are important to determine flow.
For gas streams, the regime should not be more than 7,000 lb/hr-ft2 (maximum velocity around 5 m/min).
For liquid streams, the turbulent flow plus maximum velocity should be approximately 0.6 m/min–0.8 m/min for good contact between the liquid and solid phases.
A good design ratio of height to diameter (H/D) is also important to optimize pressure drop and regeneration gas flow requirements. As a general rule, an H/D ratio of 0.7–3 for gas application, and of 1.5–5 for liquid application, is recommended.
The flow direction is equally important. To optimize the vessel diameter and the flow pattern, adsorption is generally performed downflow for gas feeds and upflow for liquid feeds. Heating is always preferred as the countercurrent of the adsorption to prevent the bulk water desorbed from the equilibrium zone from entering into the mass transfer zone (MTZ). This setup provides the lowest residual loading at the end of regeneration and ensures a low outlet impurity content during the adsorption phase.
Cooling is also a preferred countercurrent of the adsorption to minimize piping and instrumentation, unless some impurity is susceptible to adsorption; in this case, cooling can be co-current to avoid adsorption in the MTZ. For liquid applications, heating is performed by a gas or vaporized dry product flowing downward. The cooling flows downward also, unless liquid is used to cool the bed or the cooling gas contains some impurity that is susceptible to adsorption.
In some cases, a higher flowrate is required. For example, a higher flowrate may be needed if the regeneration is performed at high pressure, or if the residence time needs to be reduced to minimize the coadsorption of certain impurities or side reactions (e.g., if ethylene is present in the regeneration gas).
The design and operation of the regeneration phase will govern whether the residual water remains stable or increases with time, thereby affecting the capacity for adsorption during the adsorption phase and, therefore, affecting the lifetime of the molecular sieve. Regeneration flowrates are significantly lower than the feed flowrates during the adsorption phase and are more susceptible to fall into the channeling regime. As a result, sufficient flowrate and pressure drop per length are crucial to avoid channeling in the bed during the regeneration phase, which can avoid rapid residual water buildup. In gas applications, channeling can occur if the pressure drop per unit length is below 0.01 psi/ft. On the other hand, lifting of the bed can occur if the pressure drop per unit length is greater than 0.25 psi/ft.
Channeling is less critical during the cooling phase; however, if present during the heating phase, channeling can lead to incomplete regeneration. This may result in high localized and overall residual impurity content inside the bed at the end of regeneration, which will affect the performance and lifetime of the unit.
FIG. 10. Influence of channeling (low gas flowrate) on residual water after regeneration.
A case was studied using a CFD model,14 wherein the breakthrough time of aged molecular sieves was compared with a case where the regeneration flowrate was 10 times lower (in the channeling regime). Fig. 10 shows the influence of a low gas flowrate (leading to channeling) on the residual water content on the molecular sieve bed after regeneration. In the first case, a higher gas flowrate (0.13 m3/sec) is used, which results in an average residual water content of 2% (kg of water/100 kg of molecular sieve) and a maximum of 3.8% (usually observed near the wall, due to the radial temperature gradient).
In the second case, a lower gas flowrate (0.013 m3/sec) is used with a longer heating time. This results in an average residual water content of 2.6% and a maximum of 8.5% (usually observed near the wall, due to the temperature gradient). It can be deduced that using a lower gas flowrate (in the channeling regime) not only leads to a higher residual water content, but also widens the gap between the maximum and minimum residual water content across the bed that can adversely impact the performance (i.e., outlet impurity specification).
FIG. 11. Channeling during regeneration phase.
Fig. 11 illustrates three breakthrough curves. The red curve represents the fresh molecular sieve, the green curve represents the regenerated molecular sieve with the appropriate flowrate, and the blue curve represents the molecular sieve regenerated with a low regeneration flowrate in the channeling regime. As expected, the residual water buildup with the lower regeneration flowrate was significantly higher as compared with the base case; the breakthrough time decreased by approximately 1 hr. Note: With this low regeneration flowrate (corresponding to the channeling regime), sometimes no significant reduction in residual water is seen, even with a longer heating time, especially when the regeneration pressure is very high, as shown in Fig. 10.
The obvious impact of a decreased adsorption time, which leads to an increased number of cycles, is an approximate 10% decrease in the lifetime of a molecular sieve. An approximate 5% increase of regeneration duty (due to increased heating temperature and heating time) was required to limit the impact, although not significantly.
In adsorption, if premature breakthrough is seen on only one vessel out of several vessels in parallel, it may be due to unequal flow distribution resulting from the bed configuration. Possible contributing factors are differences in bed loading amounts or dates, coking, liquid carryover, grid failure on a bed or fluidization. Unequal flow distribution can also be detected through the pressure drop across the vessels in adsorption. Fig. 12 shows a three-vessel configuration with two vessels in adsorption in parallel. The pressure drop across Vessel A is shown to be lower than that across Vessels B and C.
FIG. 12. Unequal flow distribution shown by difference in pressure drop.
Presence of olefins. As previously mentioned, the molecular sieve ages with time, and its capacity decreases slowly. One of the main reasons is that the porosity is partially fouled by carbonaceous components. These compounds, often referred to as "coke," are caused by either heavy hydrocarbons (HC) present in the feed and which sometimes remain in the bed along the cycles, or by olefins (e.g., ethylene, propylene, etc.) that polymerize in contact with the molecular sieve to form long-chain polymers.
As a result of fouling, the MTZ is lengthened and the overall porosity is decreased. Normal fouling is taken into account in the unit design, among other factors that define the product aging rate. However, in some cases, fouling is more significant than anticipated, leading to premature breakthrough. The real issue is that a part of the deposit is not removed during regeneration and is subject to cracking and "polymerization." It ultimately forms heavy, growing carbonaceous deposits that build up in the porosity,15,16 especially at zeolite acidic sites.
This problem is quite common in cracked gas drying applications, where olefins (especially ethylene) are not only present in feed, but also sometimes in the regeneration gas. The use of 3A (3-angstrom-pore) molecular sieves in such applications is, therefore, mandatory to selectively adsorb water and minimize ethylene coadsorption and the side reactions resulting from it.
In spite of this precaution, fouling of the molecular sieve still occurs, especially when ethylene is present in the regeneration gas. When ethylene comes into contact with the polar surface of the molecular sieve at high temperature, it has the tendency to open its double bond and combine with other molecules, leading to long-chain polymers. This is why the molecular sieve often appears greyish/black at the end of its lifetime in cracked gas drying applications, as shown in Fig. 13.
FIG. 13. Molecular sieve with coking.
The heating procedure can be adapted in such cases, depending on the concentration of ethylene in the regeneration gas. For an ethylene concentration of less than 0.5 mol%, no particular precaution is required. For a concentration between 0.5 mol% and 1 mol%, the coking damage is limited, and it is sufficient to take some design margin on the adsorption capacity during the design process. Sometimes, a decrease in regeneration temperature from 230°C to 210°C can also be helpful.
For a concentration above 1%, which tends to occur when one or two expanders are down, resulting in an ethylene concentration of 0.5%–5%, the heating procedure should be adapted. If the deviations last for only a couple of cycles, then it is recommended to regenerate at 170°C–180°C. This process will limit the ethylene reaction to polymers, but at the same time give a high residual water content in the molecular sieve bed at the end of heating. It will also reduce the adsorption capacity in the consecutive adsorption cycle, and water will continue to accumulate during approximately two more cycles. At the end of a couple more cycles, when the ethylene concentration is back to normal, an exceptional regeneration should be performed at high temperature (230°C) and a longer time. This can be repeated until all residual water is removed and the unit returns to normal operating conditions.
However, if the concentration lasts above 1 mol% for a longer duration (or, in some cases, 2 mol%–2.5 mol% can be present throughout the lifetime), in those cases, a multistep heating, as illustrated in Fig. 14, is recommended. The first step, at 100°C–120°C, is done to prevent retrograde condensation. The second step, at 170°C, lasts for the majority of the heating time and removes the bulk of the adsorbed water. The third step, at 230°C, lasts for 1 hr–2 hr and is the finishing step to decrease the residual water, especially from the MTZ, to respect the outlet specifications.
FIG. 14. Multistep heating to minimize side reactions and maximizewater desorption.
Fig. 15 illustrates the water concentration (Xi = Initial, Xe = End) inside the molecular sieve bed, in equilibrium, in the MTZ and in the fresh zone, for a new sieve (A), after adsorption (B), after heating at a high temperature of 230°C (C), after heating at 170°C instead of 230°C (D), and after multistep heating at 170°C followed by 230°C (E).
FIG. 15. Water concentration in molecular sieve as a function of the heating temperature profile.
It can be seen that, for the new sieve, very little water is present (typically less than 0.5%) when it is delivered from a molecular sieve supplier (Case A). After the first adsorption cycle (when the adsorption capacity is at a maximum), the water content in the sieve is approximately 23%, with the equilibrium zone completely saturated (Case B). This sieve, when heated at 230°C, will desorb most of the water, and the residual water after heating is about 3% (Case C). The outlet specifications of 0.1 ppmv–1 ppmv can be easily obtained.
However, if the heating was performed at 170°C instead of at 230°C, then the higher residual water is left both in the equilibrium as well as in the MTZ, with the bed average at about 5% (Case D). This bed, when switched to adsorption, may not be able to meet a stringent specification of 0.1 ppmv–1 ppmv, and the adsorption time will decrease due to the lower adsorption capacity. This will increase the number of regenerations and reduce the lifetime.
To avoid this scenario, multistep heating is preferred, with the majority of the heating step at 170°C followed by a finishing step at 230°C. Here, the residual water is decreased both in the equilibrium and in the MTZ (more importantly in the MTZ, as the heating time at 230°C is short), giving a bed average of 4% (Case E). The advantage of this step is that the ethylene reactions are limited at 170°C, while the bulk of the water is removed. When heated at 230°C for 1 hr–2 hr, even though ethylene reactions take place, the residual water is decreased significantly, at least from the MTZ, to continue respecting the stringent outlet specifications. Fig. 16 shows the evolution of residual water in the molecular sieve over time for the preceeding five cases.
FIG. 16. Evolution of residual water in the molecular sieve, with time as a function of the heating temperature profile.
Presence of oxygen. The presence of O2, especially in natural gas from a pipeline, is sometimes reported (generally at low levels in the range of 10 ppmv–50 ppmv, but sometimes as high as 100 ppmv–1,000 ppmv). The reasons for the presence of O2 are not always obvious, and several possible explanations related to processes or equipment (e.g., compressors, pipe maintenance) are found. O2 can be present in the feed and/or in the regeneration gas, which often have the same origin.
O2 has two potential negative effects. The first includes oxidation reactions—i.e., the partial or complete combustion of HCs.17 In natural gas drying, the regeneration gas is mainly composed of methane; most of the time, a slipstream of the dried gas is used. When passing through the heater, iron oxides—which cover the steel surfaces, and are favored by the presence of O2—can catalyze the oxidation of the HCs at typical regeneration temperatures (250°C–300°C).
Once initiated, and if O2 is present, the combustion reactions continue and propagate in the vessel. Methane and O2 form water and carbon dioxide, which impact the desired final specifications by increasing the residuals in the reactivated bed. Reactions involving heavier HCs are more complex and can lead to intermediates, such as oxygenates and olefins, which ultimately form heavy coke deposits. As a result, the MTZ length and the overall adsorption capacity of the molecular sieves are rapidly affected. In serious cases, pressure drop can rapidly and significantly increase. It has been shown that up to 50% of the O2 can be converted, and that significant problems start with O2 concentrations in the feed as low as 15 ppmv–20 ppmv.
The second effect is that, in the presence of sulfur compounds like hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and even at ambient temperature, O2 forms sulfur dioxide and water, and, ultimately, elemental sulfur. This elemental sulfur is deposited in the porous structure, and clusters can form and partially block the flowrate, leading to channeling, high pressure drop and, eventually, premature breakthrough.
If O2 content in the regeneration gas is lower than 20 ppmv–30 ppmv, then no specific action or design margin/provision is required because the effect is not significant.
A multistep heating procedure, with most of the time spent at a temperature of 170°C, that prevents O2 conversion but allows most of the water to be desorbed. It should include a 1 hr–2 hr finishing step at the end at a higher final temperature. This will allow some of the O2 to convert, but it is still necessary to desorb water from the sieve down to low residuals that are compatible with the LNG specification.
The use of a 3A molecular sieve is recommended because it minimizes the residual "O2 origin" water pickup on the sieve during regeneration, and also because 3A generally shows lower catalytic behavior compared to any other type of sieve.
Some design margins need to be taken with regard to the vessel diameter (to allow a slightly higher pressure drop evolution) and the length of the MTZ.
High values of 100 ppmv–1,000 ppmv often come from pipeline specifications. However, in reality, the values are significantly lower. These measurements can be ascertained only through analytical measurements. In the case of high values, the same recommendation must be applied. However, the total number of regeneration cycles over the lifetime should be reduced during the design process.
Presence of methanol. The presence of methanol during the adsorption phase not only generates competition for water by extending its MTZ due to the coadsorption of methanol, but it can also potentially damage the molecular sieve during the regeneration phase, as methanol has a strong tendency to form coke at a high temperature.
The recommendation for the design of the adsorption phase is to take into account the coadsorption of methanol and the eventual reduction of the MTZ for water. For the regeneration phase, two precautions need to be taken: (1) The temperature ramps need to be further decreased to 1°C/min–2°C/min, and (2) the intermediate heating step should be performed at 80°C–100°C, instead of at 100°C–120°C, for the case where only water is present.
Fig. 17 shows two cases—a lean gas and a heavier one—with the corresponding phase diagrams (also known as the "PT envelope.")15,23 It shows that a heavy gas at HC dewpoint, when operated at high pressure, can be subject to HC condensation when the pressure is decreased. For such a gas, liquids can be expected to form due to the pressure drop across the bed (see the dashed arrow in Fig. 17).
FIG. 17. PT envelope for natural gas.
Although this can be numerically simulated, it is difficult to accurately estimate how much liquid is formed and stays in the molecular sieves' porosity. The HC deposit blocks access to micropores, and therefore extends the MTZ, which results in an overall decrease in adsorption capacity. In addition, the heavier HC can crack and polymerize during the regeneration, thereby building up and worsening the problem. Pressure drop increases, and channeling may appear. For such gases at HC dewpoint, the most efficient solution is to preheat the inlet stream by 3°C–5°C and adapt the regeneration pressure, if required.
COS formation. When "sour" natural gas containing H2S and CO2 comes into contact with a molecular sieve, COS and water are formed.15 Normally, COS should be avoided or minimized as much as possible, with the main concern being if it converts back to H2S in the presence of water in some downstream processes, it causes corrosion problems. The higher the concentration of H2S and CO2, the higher the COS formation. The COS formation also increases with increasing temperature, pressure and residence time. However, the COS formation rate is reduced in the presence of water.
To minimize COS formation, temperature and pressure should be kept as low as possible. Lower regeneration temperature will also result in high residual water and less COS formation. This reduced temperature can be compensated by increasing the gas flowrate, which will eventually decrease the residence time and reduce COS formation. Furthermore, during the adsorption phase, the maximum bed should be utilized for water adsorption. Ideally, this is a breakthrough time operation instead of a fixed adsorption time operation. Finally, proper selection of the molecular sieve type can also reduce COS formation.
Other contaminants. A number of other contaminants15 and process deviations, like water carryover, amines carryover, acid attack, caustic attack, salts (NaCl), oils (typically from compressor lube systems), amine-based corrosion inhibitors, heavy sulfurs, glycols, etc., can potentially impact molecular sieve performance. However, little can be done to adapt the regeneration procedure when the issue needs to be addressed elsewhere in the upstream process.
Takeaway. Molecular sieves are an efficient, reliable and proven separation/purification technology. However, the adsorption and regeneration phases are complex and require precaution during design and troubleshooting. This article series focuses on the TSA processes, used in the majority of units in the oil and gas industry, where the regeneration is performed by increasing temperature.
Regeneration is the most crucial step that determines the performance and the operating cost of molecular sieves over a given lifetime. The main design principles and recommendations for the regeneration were discussed. Major parameters, including temperature, time, pressure, regeneration gas type, flow-related issues and contaminant-related issues, were addressed, along with how these parameters can be adapted under process deviations.
The recommendations in this article series will help not only EPC companies in designing new projects, but also natural gas, petrochemical and refinery operators in optimizing and troubleshooting existing units to increase their lifetime, control pressure drop, control product quality and decrease plant downtime, which will bring significant CAPEX and OPEX savings.
14Jain, S., T. Boucheres, L. Gomes and A. Ghoussoub, "Use of CFD modeling to optimize capital and operational costs of molecular sieve units," GPA Europe Annual Conference, Athens, Greece, May 2016.
15Terrigeol, A., "Molecular sieves contaminants: Effects, consequences and mitigation," GPA Europe Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, May 2012.
16Wang, B., "Zeolite deactivation during hydrocarbon reactions: Characterisation of coke precursors and acidity, product distribution," PhD Thesis, University of London, UK, December 2007.
17Bancroft, W. G., K. R. Clark and G. Corvini, "Beware of oxygen during gas drying," Hydrocarbon Processing, 1975.
18McIlroy, C. et al., "Successful mitigation of oxygen and higher hydrocarbon presence in treating pipeline natural gas for North American LNG projects," Gas Processors Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 2015.
19Eguren, R. R., "Molecular sieves operational challenges," 62nd Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, February 2012.
20Trent, R., "Dehydration with molecular sieves," 51st Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, February 2001.
21Rastelli, H. and J. Stiltner Shadden, "Extending molecular sieve life in natural gas dehydration units," Gas Processors Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, March 2007.
22Maddox, R. N., J. H. Erbar, "Low-pressure retrograde condensation," Oil & Gas Journal, July 1977.
23Rojey, A., et al., "Le gaz naturel production, traitement, transport," Publication de l'institut Français du Pétrole, 1994.
Sandeep Jain is a Global Technical Sales Manager at Arkema Group. He joined Arkema Group in 2009 and spent 6 yr in the acrylics business as a Process Engineer and a Projects Coordinator. He joined Arkema's CECA Molecular Sieve Department in 2015 as Market Manager, Oil and Gas. He is now Global Technical Sales Manager for CECA's worldwide oil and gas project activity. He is also the Global Technical Manager and Area Manager for sales in Africa. Dr. Jain's experience includes sales, marketing and project management. Also, his strong engineering and research and development (R&D) background has led to the publication of more than 30 articles, chapters and patents. He holds a PhD in process engineering, an MS degree in process engineering and a BS degree in chemical engineering.


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package org.pentaho.test.util;

import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.pentaho.di.core.KettleEnvironment;
import org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException;
import org.pentaho.di.core.plugins.PluginRegistry;
import org.pentaho.di.core.plugins.StepPluginType;
import org.pentaho.di.trans.SingleThreadedTransExecutor;
import org.pentaho.di.trans.Trans;
import org.pentaho.di.trans.TransMeta;
import org.pentaho.di.trans.step.StepMeta;
import org.pentaho.di.trans.step.StepMetaInterface;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

/**
 * This is a base class for creating guard tests, that check a step cannot be executed in the single-threaded mode
 *
 * @author Andrey Khayrutdinov
 */
public abstract class SingleThreadedExecutionGuarder<Meta extends StepMetaInterface> {

  @BeforeClass
  public static void setUp() throws Exception {
    KettleEnvironment.init();
  }

  protected abstract Meta createMeta();

  @Test( expected = KettleException.class )
  public void failsWhenGivenNonSingleThreadSteps() throws Exception {
    Meta metaInterface = createMeta();

    PluginRegistry plugReg = PluginRegistry.getInstance();
    String id = plugReg.getPluginId( StepPluginType.class, metaInterface );
    assertNotNull( "pluginId", id );

    StepMeta stepMeta = new StepMeta( id, "stepMetrics", metaInterface );
    stepMeta.setDraw( true );

    TransMeta transMeta = new TransMeta();
    transMeta.setName( "failsWhenGivenNonSingleThreadSteps" );
    transMeta.addStep( stepMeta );

    Trans trans = new Trans( transMeta );
    trans.prepareExecution( null );

    SingleThreadedTransExecutor executor = new SingleThreadedTransExecutor( trans );
    executor.init();
  }
}


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Oraciones con la palabra "inauspicious"
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Inauspicious en una oración (en ingles)
But inauspicious is bad.
Shugden, but his experience of inauspicious signs and hal ucina-.
Founded by Li Yuan, the Tang Dynasty got off to an inauspicious start however.
I take this as an inauspicious omen and hurry to finish my journey's final leg.
If this was to herald inauspicious tidings for her girls, she alone wished to be the one to receive the news.
If any thing could add to the gloom and sicken the mind under the prospect before us, it is the inauspicious conjunction of events.
Only this time, my tears would be made of water and salt, the way they were that inauspicious night in 1749 when I had been fed on for the very first time.
He said the time was very inauspicious for commencing an undertaking of such magnitude as the building a navy, which could be of no use in the approaching contest.
Finally, Karan was asked to leave by Kiara as it was time for Mehendi and he was told that now he will get to see her only at the wedding altar as it was considered inauspicious.
After an inauspicious start, his headmastership of the school had blossomed in the wake of academic and sporting success, and for fifteen years he had filled the staffroom with kindred spirits.
It was considered inauspicious and downright dangerous to go much near Wolf-skull Cave these days, what with the stories of lights and unexplained disappearances related by several in Solitude.
Indeed, he knew there was still a slight possibility that their visiting the suspects at such an untimely hour and under such inauspicious circumstances would reveal a critical piece of evidence, especially since none of them would probably expect an intrusion now.
I should view her downfall as an inauspicious event; consequences might result from it which I will not undertake to estimate; but I hope that the expectation never will be encouraged from this Hall, that Great Britain can or will receive any terms from us other than such as are fair, honorable, and reciprocal.
No one who had seen the magistrate at this moment, so thoroughly unnerved by the recent inauspicious combination of circumstances, would have supposed for an instant that he had anticipated the annoyance; although it certainly never had occurred to him that his father would carry candor, or rather rudeness, so far as to relate such a history.
And surely all this ought to appear strange and wonderful indeed to those who have been deluded into the idea that, when Great Britain was struggling, gasping for existence, the same thing was impossible: that has with ease, and under more inauspicious circumstances, been accomplished, which the men now in power pretend they have attempted in vain.
These considerations required the arm of Government, and at this inauspicious period, when the clouds which had so long threatened and darkened our political horizon gathered to a thick and horrible tempest, which now seemed about to burst upon our devoted nation, the embargo snatched our property from the storm, and deprived the thunderbolt of its real calamities.
Sinónimos para inauspicious
inauspicious unfortunate ill ominous adverse untoward
Inauspicious definiciones
1. Not auspicious; boding ill
2. Presaging ill fortune
3. Contrary to your interests or welfare
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BG=`cat /setup.dat | sed '1q;d'`
SETUP_SCRIPT_LOCATION=`cat /setup.dat | sed '2q;d'`
TESTSYSTEM=`cat /setup.dat | sed '3q;d'`
INSTALLHEAD=`cat /setup.dat | sed '4q;d'`
source /arch_func.sh

PKGS="wine wine-mono wine_gecko winetricks giflib lib32-giflib libpng lib32-libpng libldap lib32-libldap gnutls lib32-gnutls lcms2 lib32-lcms2 libxml2 lib32-libxml2 mpg123 lib32-mpg123 openal lib32-openal v4l-utils lib32-v4l-utils libpulse lib32-libpulse alsa-plugins lib32-alsa-plugins alsa-lib lib32-alsa-lib libjpeg-turbo lib32-libjpeg-turbo libxcomposite lib32-libxcomposite libxinerama lib32-libxinerama ncurses lib32-ncurses ocl-icd libxslt lib32-libxslt lib32-ocl-icd cups dosbox"
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install_packs "$PKGS"
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Earnings Calendar Oct & Nov 2019: Gaming, Media & Tech Companies
October 23, 2019 DomsPlaying
Back again. Earlier in the week it was sales, now it's all about earnings.
'Tis the season. For company reporting and executive conference calls, of course. Lots of numbers and some jargon on top. Plus, reactions from yours truly as I plan to write in depth about select events.
To help us navigate this latest quarterly earnings season, I've gathered up notable reporting dates for companies across the gaming, technology and media sectors.
Above in the image, below in Google Docs. Then some quick hitters on three notable names I'm watching in the next few weeks. Let's a go.
Working Casual Earnings Calendar Oct & Nov 2019: Gaming, Media & Tech Companies
Microsoft (MSFT): Wednesday, October 23rd
Last month, Microsoft announced a handful of updates to its investor reporting standards. The most noteworthy of these is the introduction of "year-over year percentage revenue growth for Xbox content and services" as opposed to the inclusion of dollar sales from its gaming segment within its earnings press release and presentation slides. As noted in the excerpt above, content and services includes Xbox Live, software sales and third-party game royalties.
The unfortunate part is the new metric is merely growth as opposed to a raw amount, the latter of which is always preferable. Upside is that Microsoft will still report overall gaming revenue, it's just that it will only be included in its quarterly or annual filings with U.S. regulators. Which are usually published a day or so after its earnings press release. So we won't know the dollar amount from content and services, though we'll still see the revenue figure. After a bit of patience.
Capcom (9697): Tuesday, October 29th
Capcom's rejuvenation continues with its recent announcement that Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, the latest expansion for its best-selling game ever, moved an impressive 2.5 million copies within a week of its release back in September. In its integrated report for 2019, the Japanese developer and publisher also expressed an intent to utilize dormant IP and remakes after successful launches of titles in the Resident Evil and Devil May Cry franchises.
While the company has been.. hm, beasting over the past couple years, the main notable game in its upcoming slate is the spin-off multiplayer title within the Resident Evil universe dubbed Project Resistance. How will its forecasting look this quarter? Does it indicate a new mainline entry in one of its properties, maybe at the launch of next generation? My guess is Capcom will look towards the fighting game genre next, a segment in which it used to excel, since both Street Fighter V and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite were underwhelming at best.
Activision Blizzard (ATVI): Thursday, November 7th
Blizzard, one half of major domestic publisher Activision Blizzard, has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons after suspending a professional Hearthstone player for speaking out in support of Hong Kong protesters then fumbling through the aftermath. It's been a public relations nightmare for the developer of Warcraft, Diablo and Overwatch.
Its annual Blizzcon event will be over by the time the earnings call happens, though I've got a feeling it won't be the last of this latest news cycle and I expect at least a couple analysts to ask executives to address this situation. Especially with rumors swirling that Diablo 4 and a sequel to 2016's hero shooter Overwatch could be revealed at the event.
On the Activision side, the obvious subject of interest will be any indication of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare forecasting with its release happening later this week. I anticipate the game will be the best-selling console title of 2019, plus has a chance to set a record for launch dollar sales in the franchise (which would be anything above a $550 million opening weekend). Expect management to be extremely bullish on its prospects, because anything else would be newsworthy on its own.
Thanks friends for stopping by, though check back often in the coming weeks. I look forward to writing more about individual companies during this season plus chatting about it on Twitter like usual!
Sources: Company Investor Websites, Kotaku, GameSpot.
Categories: Working CasualTags: Calendar, Earnings, Gaming, Media, Technology
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Early evening on Sunday 14th July 2019. Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Something unprecedented had just happened: England had won the Cricket World Cup for the very first time since the tournament's inception in 1975. At the epicentre of England's historic triumph was Ben Stokes, the talismanic all-rounder with an insatiable appetite for The Big Occasion. He contributed a critical 84 runs off 98 balls when England batted, a seemingly nerveless innings of discipline and maturity. Thrillingly, it was enough to tie the scores at 241 runs each, so the match reverted to a Super Over - just six balls for each side to bat in the ultimate in sporting sudden-death. Stokes and Jos Buttler saw England to 15 runs off their over. When it was finally confirmed that Martin Guptill had been run out off the very last ball of New Zealand's Super Over with the scores level once again, England had astonishingly won on the boundary count-back, and the nation could finally breathe again.
Early evening on Sunday 25th August 2019. A sun-drenched Headingley in Leeds. Having been bowled out for just 67 earlier in the Third Test, England were facing the prospect of failing to regain the Ashes. In their second innings England were still 73 runs short of victory with a solitary wicket remaining. Australia were near certainties to retain the Ashes there and then. Cue one of the most amazing innings ever witnessed as Ben Stokes thrashed the Australian bowlers to all corners of the ground, in the process scoring 135 not out, driving England to a barely-believable one-wicket victory, and keeping the series very much alive. The nation took another breath.
On Fire is Ben Stokes' brand new book, and in it he tells the story of England's electrifying first ever Cricket World Cup triumph, as well as this summer's momentous Ashes Test series. It is the ultimate insider's account of the most nerve-shredding but riveting three-and-a-half months in English cricket history.
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