If you applied for a promotion but didn't get it, you may feel disappointed, angry, or even embarrassed. But there are a few ways to respond to the rejection that will earn you respect and help prepare you for the next opportunity. Start by asking for feedback, then work on improving your skills and experience. You should also take steps to get your hard work noticed around the office. If you feel truly stuck, it may be time to start looking around for another position.
Sleep on it before talking to anyone. Rather than busting into your manager's office as soon as your hear the news, finish out your day quietly and go home to unwind. The disappointment may be too fresh to have a productive conversation about why you didn't get the promotion.
If your boss or the hiring manager tells you in person that you didn't get the promotion, thank them for taking the time to interview you. Avoid asking questions until you've had time to process the rejection.
Be mature and understanding about the outcome. If anyone asks you how you're feeling, simply say, "I'm disappointed. I really wanted it, but I'll try again next time." Even if you're not feeling understanding, show that you can be mature in the face of disappointment.
Avoid gossiping and venting your frustrations with coworkers. It could get back to management that you weren't being gracious.
If the other candidate comes up in conversation, try saying, "They really deserved it," or "They were really qualified."
Work to understand the reasoning behind the decision. Elizabeth Douglas, CEO of wikiHow, advises: "The best thing to do in the case that you don't receive a promotion is to gather as much information as you can about why, and take time to understand the reasoning. Then, see if there's a path for you to get promoted through improving those areas that held you back."
Be gracious toward the person who got the promotion. Offer your congratulations the next time you run into the person who was promoted. Treat them the way you'd want to be treated if you'd gotten the promotion. Be friendly rather than standoffish or dismissive, since others will take note of these behaviors.
Ask for feedback from the hiring manager. When you come into work the next day, ask the hiring manager if there's a good time to discuss the reasons you weren't promoted. To leave a good impression, set a friendly, conversational tone for the meeting. Don't get defensive or interrogate them. Just ask what skills or experience the selected candidate has that earned them the promotion.
Ask a trusted coworker how others perceive you. Unfortunately, promotions are often based on how you're perceived around the office. Find someone you trust to be honest with you, and ask them what people say about you. This might be hard to hear, but it's important information that can help you improve your image.
Ask if anyone has ever said you're difficult to work with. While you may not think this is true, you can make an effort to be more flexible in the future.
Talk to your manager about your career goals. Even though you didn't get this promotion, there may be other advancement opportunities for you within the company. Discuss your career goals with your manager so that they can connect you with future opportunities that interest you. They may also be able to give more personalized advice about improving your chances.
Work to improve your skills. Did the other candidate have more experience with certain computer programs? Ask your manager if you could be put on a project where you'd gain experience using that program. Or ask if your manager knows of any training sessions or coding boot camps that you could attend.
Was the other candidate really good at leading a team? Ask if there are any small-scale projects coming up where you could lead a couple people to get some practice.
Get credit for your work. Don't let others get all the praise for your hard work. Be on the lookout for ways to have your name or face associated with work you've done. Ask your manager if you can have bylines on things you've written for the company website, or volunteer to make presentations for projects you've worked on.
Pitch new ideas to management. Show the people in charge that you're interested in moving the company forward. Brainstorm ideas to improve the company's bottom line or appeal to a new demographic. Then schedule a time to pitch these ideas to your manager. Even if nothing comes of it, you've set yourself apart as innovative and proactive.
Only pitch ideas that you truly believe in. Don't advocate for new concepts just for the sake of being innovative.
Attend workplace social events. Your employer may think you're not a team player if you don't regularly attend happy hours, holiday parties, or other social events held outside of work hours. Make an effort to go to these events as often as possible to show you enjoy socializing with your coworkers.
Look for learning experiences outside of work. If your manager didn't have a way for you to gain experience while on the job, look around your community. Is there an adult learning center or community college where you could learn coding, accounting, or a foreign language? Take advantage of any resource you can find to improve the skills you were lacking.
Ask yourself why you wanted the promotion. Did the duties of the new job truly appeal to you? Or did you want the promotion mostly for the pay raise? If the money was the biggest factor, let go of any resentment over not getting the job since it might not have made you happy anyway. Spend the next few months taking on extra duties and spending a little more time at the office. Then present your case for a pay raise.
Contact a headhunter for advice. If you feel you're undervalued at work, reach out to a headhunter to find out what your skills are worth. Search online for recruitment companies in your area and call or email them to discuss your situation. They may tell you someone with your skills or experience should be getting paid more, in which case you'll know it's time to start looking around for other jobs.
Don't use this as a bargaining chip with your current employer. It will seem like an ultimatum, and they likely won't respond well to it.
If they say your salary is appropriate for your skill level, ask them which skills you should focus on learning in order to become more valuable in the job market.
Reach out to your network for job leads. Send a few emails to old colleagues to see if they know of any job openings that you might be a good fit for. Select people you know aren't in direct contact with your boss, just in case you decide to stay where you are.
Look for job descriptions that specifically mention timeframes for raises or evaluations, such as at three months, six months, or one year.
Companies that mention built-in training programs or tuition reimbursement are probably interested in helping you grow and move up in your career.
You are expecting promotion just by spending years in the company?
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Frederick Douglass' Irish Book Tour
Black History Month is coming to a close, and many, including me, wonder why the month of February was chosen to celebrate it. Well, it's because the birthdays of the great black abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln fall during this month.
Speaking of Frederick Douglass, I found an interesting article in The Irish Examiner that discussed his lecture tour in Ireland back in 1845 to promote his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. I never imagined him going on a book tour, let alone to Europe!
Irish author Colum McCann used this part of Douglass' life in his novel TransAtlantic, a National Book Award Winner. Here's more from The Irish Examiner:
The renowned Irish novelist Colum McCann emigrated to the United States in the mid-1980s. He spent almost two decades publishing big, imaginative novels about characters like ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev as well as the high-wire artist Philippe Petit in his masterpiece Let The Great World Spin before returning to write about Ireland and its history in his novel, TransAtlantic.
At the heart of TransAtlantic is Frederick Douglass's story. Douglass visited Ireland for several months on a lecture tour to promote his best-selling autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, and to raise awareness and money for the abolitionist movement in the United States. The timing of his visit is noteworthy – Douglass arrived in Ireland in autumn 1845, just as the Great Famine was sweeping through the country.
"I thought it was an incredible story – and one we needed to hear, especially in Ireland," says McCann about the spark for his novel. "Here was the story of a man, 27 years old, a visionary, an abolitionist, yet still a 'slave', arriving in Ireland just as the Famine began to unfold. He had already published his memoir but there was an Irish edition forthcoming. And he landed among the gentry of Ireland, largely the Anglo-Irish. He toured around the country. His few months in Ireland were among the happiest in his life. 'I breathe,' he said, 'and lo! the chattel becomes a man.' "
Douglass, who was born in 1818, escaped a live of slavery in Maryland by making a break for the north where he became an anti-slavery activist. Interestingly in later life, he was on the ticket as a vice-presidential nominee for one of the candidates in the 1872 US presidential election race, a century and a half before Kamala Harris became the first person of colour to get the job.
His Irish lecture tour was a success: he spoke to packed crowds in several cities, including Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Waterford.
In Cork, he spoke at the Imperial Hotel to an audience that included John Francis Maguire, the founder of this newspaper (The Irish Examiner). The hotel has a plaque commemorating his visit. Douglass did not, however, critique the handling of the Famine during his lectures, which is perhaps a surprise given he was a human rights activist.
"At first I was surprised that he did not speak out about the Famine and the conditions that the Irish were forced to suffer under British rule," says McCann. "He remained largely silent about it. But gradually I began to understand why – he was in Ireland in order to further the cause of the three million of his people still enslaved in the United States."
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I found this fascinating! Did you know Frederick Douglass toured Europe to promote his autobiography? Thanks for visiting and have a great week!
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Labels: Colum McCann, Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, TransAtlantic
The History of Presidents' Day
Happy Presidents' Day! Hope you're enjoying a day off. My two college students are not. But they're managing to cope.
If you've ever wondered about the history of Presidents' Day, here's some information from History.com:
Presidents' Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called "Washington's Birthday" by the federal government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22—Washington's actual day of birth—the holiday became popularly known as Presidents' Day after it was moved as part of 1971's Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation's workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents' Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present.
For more on the history of Presidents' Day, click here.
Are you off for Presidents' Day? Thanks for visiting and have a great week!
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Labels: Presidents' Day, Washington's Birthday
How Did You Meet the Love of Your Life?
Happy Valentine's Day! Ah, February, the month of love. If you're a romantic like me, I'm sure you enjoy reading about how people met and fell in love. My story sounds like fiction, but it really happened! I'll share in a moment, but it wasn't until after I got married that I became an author, and my marriage is what inspired me to begin writing in the first place.
I create tales of forbidden love, and my next book, Escape, due out this spring, is a story about a slave girl who is helped to escape from bondage by a young abolitionist who falls in love with her. I came up with the story idea when I began thinking about how sad it would have been if my husband and I had fallen in love 200 years earlier. Then, we wouldn't have been able to marry, because he's white, and I'm black.
Interracial love isn't forbidden nowadays, but sometimes it still tends to be a sticky topic, so let me tell you how I met my husband.
I started running in 1993. It was a little hard at first, but I finally built up my endurance. After a few months I was running 5-7 miles every day after work. About a year later, my future husband Richard, noticed me.
But he'd only see me one day a week, and that was Thursday mornings, when my work schedule (as a librarian) was 12 noon to 9 p.m. On those days I'd run at 7 a.m. He couldn't figure out where I'd come from, and he'd only see me sporadically.
Then one Friday evening during the summer, Richard was on his way to meet friend. He saw me running and took that opportunity to pull over his car and talk to me. "Excuse me," he said.
I assumed he needed directions, but instead Richard said, "I've seen you running." Well at that remark, I figured he was some know it all jock who wanted to tell me my technique was all wrong. I was prepared to thank him and be on my way. I'd read Jim Fixx's book on running, and I knew all I needed to know about running (Jim Fixx died while running, so we won't go there). The next thing Richard said caught me completely off guard. "I just want to tell you that I think you're extremely attractive, and I want to ask you to lunch."
The eyes are the mirror to the soul. Richard has beautiful green eyes and they look honest, plus he's handsome (okay, he's hot) and having just met him, he seemed like a genuinely nice person (and he is). But despite all this I joked, "Okay, as long as you're not a rapist or an ax murderer." He adamantly assured me that he wasn't.
After two dates, we really liked each other. His mother, who lived three hours away, asked what I looked like. To this Richard replied, "She's an—extreme brunette," and left it at that.
We met in July, and by September we were talking about getting married. Now, around this time, he'd gotten information about his 10th high school reunion and he'd invited me to go. This meant I'd get to meet his parents. However, he still hadn't told them everything about me, like that I'm black, for instance.
So, unbeknown to me, the day before we were to arrive, Richard called his parents. "By the way," he said, "More than just Maria's hair is extreme brunette—she's black." I'm sure there were a few long moments of stunned silence, but whatever else he said must have put their minds at ease, because our first meeting was a very pleasant one!
Richard and I met in July of 1994 and married in July of 1995. In addition to a wonderful husband and two amazing kids, my interracial marriage has given me a brand new career as a writer!
How did you meet the love of your life? Thanks for visiting and have a great week!
Labels: Escape:Book One of the Unchained Trilogy, interracial dating, interracial love, interracial novels, romance
I'm working on my second Tracy Black Black Ops Detective Agency Mystery and couldn't help but think about one of my favorite showslong ago. I loved the P.I. series Mannix that starred Mike Conners as private investigator Joe Mannix, and Gail Fisher, who played his trusty secretary Peggy Fair.
Gail Fisher was one of the first black women to have a substantive part in an American TV series, and for her role in Mannix, she won two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. Mannix aired from 1967-1975, and perhaps one of the reasons I enjoyed watching it was because of Gail Fisher. I was just a kid back then, and there weren't too many women who looked like me on television.
If you're not familiar with the series, here's some information from Wikipedia:
Mannix worked on his own with the assistance of his loyal secretary Peggy Fair, a police officer's widow played by Gail Fisher. He also has assistance from the L.A. police department, the two most prominent officers being Lieutenant Art Malcolm (portrayed by Ward Wood) and Lieutenant Adam Tobias (portrayed by Robert Reed). Other police contacts were Lieutenant George Kramer (Larry Linville), who had been the partner of Peggy's late husband, and Lieutenant Dan Ives (Jack Ging).
While Mannix was not generally known as a show that explored socially relevant topics, several episodes had topical themes, starting in Season Two. In Season Two alone, there were episodes featuring compulsive gambling, deaf and blind characters that were instrumental in solving cases in spite of their physical limitations, and episodes that focused on racism against blacks and Hispanics. Season Six had an episode focusing on the effects the Vietnam War had on returning veterans, including the effects of PTSD.
Joseph R. "Joe" Mannix is a regular guy, without pretense, who has a store of proverbs to rely upon in conversation. What demons he has mostly come from having fought in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, where he was initially listed as MIA while he was a prisoner of war in a brutal POW camp until he escaped. Unfortunately, over the length of the series, a sizable percentage of his old Army comrades turn out to have homicidal impulses against him, as did his fellow running back from his college football days.
During the series, it is also revealed that Mannix worked as a mercenary in Latin America. Like the actor who plays him, Mannix is of Armenian descent. Mannix was shown to speak fluent Armenian during the series, as well as conversational Spanish. Mannix is notable for taking a lot of physical punishment. During the course of the series he is shot and wounded over a dozen separate times, or is knocked unconscious around 55 times.
Mannix frequently took brutal beatings to the abdomen; some of these went on quite a long time, particularly by the television standards of the era. Whenever Mannix gets into one of his convertibles he can expect to be shot at from another car, run off the road by another car, or find his vehicle sabotaged. Nevertheless he keeps his cool and perseveres until his antagonists are brought down.
The excitement was non-stop! Did you watch Mannix and enjoy it as much as I did?
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Labels: Gail Fisher, Mannix, Mike Conners

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Simulated seasonal temperatures 850–2005 for the seven PAGES 2k regions derived from the CESM last millennium ensemble
Katarina Lashgari
Simulated surface air temperature data derived from the Last Millennium Ensemble with the Community Earth System Model (CESM) version 1.1, for the period AD 850-2005, extracted and averaged over the seven continental-scale regions and seasons defined by the PAGES 2k Consortium. These regions (and seasons) are: North America (annual mean), Europe (June-August), Arctic (annual mean), Asia (June-August), South America (December-February), Australasia (September- February), Antarctica (annual mean). Simulated temperatures are available separately for each of following types of climate forcings: solar, orbital, volcanic, land-use, greenhouse gas, all forcings combined, and no forcing. The simulated data can be used, for example, for comparison with temperature reconstructions from proxy data, in order to study how different climate forcings may have affected past temperature variations.
Atmosphere Temperature Climate model Ensemble simulation Last millennium Temperature
Fetisova, E., Moberg, A., Brattström, G. 2017: Towards a flexible statistical modelling by latent factors for evaluation of simulated responses to climate forcings: Part III. In: Fetisova, E. 2017: Towards a flexible statistical modelling by latent factors for evaluation of simulated responses to climate forcings. Doctoral thesis, Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University. http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1150197&dswid=9303
The dataset is provided in one zip file containing individual files (ascii .dat) for each combination of region/season and forcing type; separately for each ensemble member. For each region/season, the following transient ensemble simulation data are available: solar forcing (four members), orbital forcing (three), volcanic forcing (five), land-use (three), greenhouse gases (three), all forcings combined (ten). The dataset also includes a segment from an unforced control simulation for each region/season, having the same length as for the forced simulations. Each time series has a resolution of one temperature value per year. Time series plots for all records are also included as pdf files.
To construct the current dataset, data fields of monthly mean surface air temperature, from the CESM1 Last Millennium Ensemble, were dowloaded from the Climate Data Gateway at the National Center for Atmospheric Research at https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ucar.cgd.ccsm4.CESM_CAM5_LME.html. These monthly data fields were then used to create area-averaged time series that match the domain and seasonal window of each of the PAGES 2k regional reconstructions, exactly following the description by the PAGES 2k-PMIP3 group, 2015: Continental-scale temperature variability in PMIP3 simulations and PAGES 2k regional temperature reconstructions over the past millennium, Clim. Past, 11, 1673-1699, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1673-2015. Alistair Hind (formerly at Department of Physical Geography and Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University) performed this data processing.
The CESM1 Last Millennium Ensemble simulation is described by Otto-Bliesner, B.L., E.C. Brady, J. Fasullo, A. Jahn, L. Landrum, S. Stevenson, N. Rosenbloom, A. Mai, and G. Strand, 2016: Climate Variability and Change since 850 CE: An Ensemble Approach with the Community Earth System Model. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 735–754, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00233.1
The principal investigator has changed her name from Ekaterina Fetisova (author of the doctoral thesis for which this dataset was created) to Katarina Lashgari.
Part III of the thesis (Fetisova et al. 2017) can be found at:
http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1150165/FULLTEXT01.pdf (main text)
http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1150165/FULLTEXT02.pdf (supplement)
anders.moberg@natgeo.su.se
Anders Moberg
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University
Earth science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric temperature > Surface temperature
A statistical framework for comparing paleoclimate data and climate model simulations. Swedish Research Council grant C0592401.


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Q: Formatting React Stack Trace in the browser as a component? I'm trying to come up with a way to render a React stack trace error message in the browser, with all the formatting and layout that React does in the terminal.  As an example, below is the stack trace error that shows in terminal, and I want to output this with the same formatting to a React component
SyntaxError: unknown: Expected corresponding JSX closing tag for <Tabss> (23:0)

  21 |   <TabItem value="orange">This is an orange �</TabItem>
  22 |   <TabItem value="banana">This is a banana �</TabItem>
> 23 | </Tabs>
     | ^
  24 | <Tabs
  25 |   groupId="test"
  26 |   defaultValue="orange"
    at Object._raise (C:\Users\Me\Documents\Projects\docs\node_modules\@babel\parser\lib\index.js:790:17)
    at Object.raiseWithData (C:\Users\Me\Documents\Projects\docs\node_modules\@babel\parser\lib\index.js:783:17)
    at Object.raise (C:\Users\Me\Documents\Projects\docs\node_modules\@babel\parser\lib\index.js:777:17)
    at Object.jsxParseElementAt (C:\Users\Me\Documents\Projects\docs\node_modules\@babel\parser\lib\index.js:4721:16)

The best way I've found so far is to save the stack trace as part of a json object, do a split on the line breaks, and then output that to React via the ansi-to-react component to handle the colours.
Whilst this gets me close to the above, it removes all white space, so the arrows pointing to the error etc do not line up.
Does anyone know of a way to achieve this or a library that will enable this?

A: So the way I solved this was as follows:
Pass the serialized error message to React, and then deserialize it.  Pass it to StackTracey and clean it.  Then use ansi-to-html and dangerously set the html with the output.  Then map over the items and return the message:
import Convert from 'ansi-to-html';
import StackTracey from 'stacktracey';
const convert = new Convert({
  newline: true,
  escapeXML: true,
  fg: '#000',
});

function Error({error}) {
  const e = deserializeError(error);
  const stack = new StackTracey(e).withSources().clean();
  const msg = convert.toHtml(error.message);

 return (
  <>

  {stack.items.map((e, i) => {
    return (

{e?.beforeParse}

    )
  }
  </>
)}

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Holy Hip Hop Movie (DVD) Release Coming To Retail and Video Stores, ( March 21, 2006), Distributed Worldwide By Maverick Entertainment, Hosted by Chistopher 'Play' Martin
Director and producer Christopher Martin professionally known as 'Play' from the rap and acting duo Kid 'n Play is the feature's host and invites you to meet some of Holy Hip Hop's trail blazin artists and Ministers of the Gospel, who are a part of a movement that began in the late 1980's and thrives today worldwide as one of the fastest growing music genres today, with over 2000 active emcees and thousands of fans worldwide.
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Director and producer Christopher Martin professionally known as 'Play' from the rap and acting duo Kid 'n Play is the feature's host and invites you to meet some of Holy Hip Hop's trail blazin artists and Ministers of the Gospel, who are a part of a movement that began in the late 1980's and thrives today worldwide as one of the fastest growing music genres today, with over 2000 active emcees and legions of fans worldwide.
Peep this video and see what these souled out souljahs for the LORD are doing to change the face of music for generations to come with powerful lyrics and bangin beats. A must see video for any ardent lover of music who wants to be tuned in to the cutting edge, whether you are within or outside the four walls of the Church. What you will experience is sure to make you bob your head and stomp your feet!!!
Just when we thought we've seen it all, it's time to experience Holy Hip Hop where He, no doubt, Saved the Best for Last! James 5:20. Amen.
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Watch The Holy Hip Hop DVD Trailer (Windows Media and RealPlayer Formats):
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For A List of Retail and Video Stores, where 'Holy Hip Hop' (DVD) will be available for purchase or rental, Click Here: http://www.holyhiphop.com/Press/HHHPress100-dvd.htm
Label: Maverick Spirit
Director: Christopher Martin
5.1 Surround Sound, Interactive Menus, Scene Selections, Trailers
Holy Hip Hop Breaking News


Education: B. Sc (Honor - Very Good) Physics; 1967; Cairo University.
Online Order Processing (OOP): is online shopping system. It places orders for items selected from dynamic menu of components categories and brands. The administrator follows up orders and maintains items catalogue and users tables online. For full functionality of the adminstrator functions email us.
To see a presentation of the adminstrator functions contact us.
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Hotel Marketing Analysis (HMA): is a software used by Hotels Holding Companies and Hotels for analyzing marketing data. The modules installed in Hotel Holdings and Hotels communicate through emails to export and import data between different installations.
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Arabic Grammar Checker Module (AGC): Developed for Microsoft as a subcontractor to COLTEC during the period from March 1996 to May 1999.
Radiography Center Management (RCM): an integrated software for management and operation of radiography centers.
Integrated Production System (IPS): an integrated software for management and operation of Chandelles Factories.
Instructor in the American University in Cairo / Center of Adult and Continuing Education (AUC/CACE) starting from May 1994. Courses include: Systems Analysis and Design; Data Base Design; and Software Management.
Trainer In NCR training center. Courses include: Systems Analysis and Design; Data Base Design; SQL; Strategic Information Systems Planning; and Information Engineering Overview.
Consultant to North Upper Egypt Electricity Distribution Company (NUEDCO), for one month (June 1994), to study the feasibility of procurement of a computer system for issuing the electricity bills and follow up the collection. It continued for three years to establish an Information Center for the company.
Consultant to Misr Travel, from 23/8/1994 to 31/12/1994, to review the deliverables of a contractor who supply a system for managing the visitors center in Luxor. The deliverables include Hardware, System Software, and Application Software.
Consultant to General Authority of Education Buildings (GAEB) , starting from 8/9/1994, for supervising the development of their application systems using AS400 system.
Consultant to Electric Power Systems Engineering Company (EPS), for one month (November 1994) to prepare a proposal for a software development project.
Information systems consultant to North Upper Egypt Electricity Distribution Company (NUEDCO), for one year starting from April 1St., 1995 to plan, control, and supervise activities related to company computers and information systems.
Client: Sirte Oil Company for production, manufacturing of oil and gas; MARSA EL BREGA Libya.
Establishing a project standards and procedure manual.
Defining work packages and deliverables.
Sizing the systems by Function Points.
Measuring product quality through technical review meetings.
Measuring productivity, efficiency and effectiveness of the project using earned value method.
Excel V.4 is used as a metrics tool.
Establishing a filing system for the documents of the information center.
Documenting the resources available (Hardware, Software, Personnel, Budget).
Organizing the members of the information center into work teams.
Starting a procedure for activities reporting and follow up.
Evaluating the services offered by the information center.
Studying the organization structure of the ministry.
Supervising a business study team in preparing a comprehensive list of documents used in all organizational units in the ministry and building document flow models.
Building an abstract model for the overall ministry information system.
Initiating a data analysis activity to build data models for projects follow up and other activities in the ministry.
Planning for enhancement of the information center operation.
Proposing a central procurement committee for information processing systems.
Instructor of Systems Analysis in the American University in Cairo / Center of Adult and Continuing Education (AUC/CACE).
Developing a system for Installation Traceability Management, Maintenance Records and History using Rbase for Minitronics Pty. Limited, New South Wales, Australia.
Developing and maintaining standards for Software Development Process in the following environment: IBM 4341 Model L2; DOS/VSE Operating System; CICS/VS TP Monitor; ADABAS Data Base Management System; NATURAL 4GL Programming Language.
Planning and organizing software teams.
Planning and organizing internal training courses.
Supervising and supporting technical activities (Analysis, Design and programming).
Proposal writing for information systems development projects.
User training on basic concepts of computer systems.
Staff training on structured methods of systems development.
Software Engineering Project management activities like: Task Definition and Breakdown, Resource Definition, Planning and Scheduling, Follow up and Supervision, and Quality Control.
Organizing and documenting a BASIC software library on HP/2000 computer for INPED (Institute Nationale de la Productivite et de Development industrial) / Algeria.
Analyzing, Designing, and Implementing an information system (SISSI - System d\'Information Statistique Secteur Industrial) using CICS on IBM 370/115 computer for ministry of light industry in Algeria.
Training professional staff of INPED/Algeria on analysis and programming techniques.
Training top and middle level managers of Arab countries on the uses of computers in management.
Training systems analysts on analysis and design techniques.
Defining user requirements and needs of information systems and writing proposals for development and implementation of software solutions.
Defining the internal company (team) needs of data processing and evaluating the proposals submitted and selecting the computer.
Developing a MIS for the company (team) using the microcomputer selected (PCC/2000).
Managing the company computer center.
Attending training courses in: Management Consulting, Behavior skills, Personnel and Financial systems.
Participating in the preparation of a national manual for procurement of computer systems. As a member of the procurement committee, I was responsible of establishing guidelines to develop a standards and procedures manual for computer centers.
Participation in developing the logical design of the Data Base for the national identity number project.
Teaching FORTRAN and COBOL Programming Languages.
Cairo/ EGYPT. Supervising a software group to adapt the MASTER LINKS Data Base Management System (DBMS) on the ICL/1906 computer of the National Computer Center (NCC) of Egypt.
Developing an application software package utilizing the MASTER LINKS Data Base Management System.
Educating the programming team Improved Programming Technology (IPT) of IBM: Chief Programmer\'s Team, Structured Programming, Top Down Program Development, HIPO.
Planning the conversion from IBM 360/20 to IBM 370/125.
Developing a production book keeping system for oil and gas production.
Preparing standards and documentation method for use within the computer center.
Participating in the analysis and design of a new accounting system for the company.
Supervising the programming of the graph plotter and other scientific programming.
Developing a software library of common routines in assembler to be used with FORTRAN programs to enhance file management in FORTRAN language.
Attending training courses on PL/I, ASSEMBLER, and RPG/II programming languages as well as DOS/VS, VSAM, and some other courses held in IBM EGYPT.
Designing and programming of an information retrieval system (CONIRS - Consultant Information Retrieval System) for ministry of housing and construction of EGYPT. The programs were written in FORTRAN language utilizing the ICL/1900 machine of military factories.
- In COBOL language: Business applications related to university admission and registration systems.
- In FORTRAN language: Statistical and general tabulation programs. Participating in the analysis of the financial system of the university in its first phase.
Attending a set of seminars on: Operating systems, Systems analysis and design, Data Base Management Systems (DBMS)., COBOL programming.
THE EGYPTIAN SANDENE PROJECT (SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF MEDITERRANEAN DESERT ECOSYSTEMS IN EGYPT).
Adapting the US/Desert Bione Modeling package to the NCR CENTURY©100 computer.
Training project staff on FORTRAN programming language.
Developing anumber of general purpose software packages written in FORTRAN language; like GENTAB(0) - a general tabulation program, RETSYS - a general retrieval system using inverted lists, and TOLPAS.
Writing statistical subroutines in FORTRAN language.
Assisting the research team in flowcharting and programming.
Writing a very large number of scientific applications programs utilizing the ICL/1900 computer of Cairo university and IBM/1130 computer of Ein Shams university during my preparation of the M.Sc. in Theoretical nuclear physics.
Teaching experiments in physics to engineering students and assisting lecturers of physics courses.
Attending post graduate courses in mathematics, theoretical physics, and numerical methods.
Attending FORTRAN programming course in Cairo university.


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The enterprise value of the acquisition is EUR 962 million (USD 1.15bn), including a cash payment of EUR 806 million and the assumption of EUR 156 million in existing net debt. ContourGlobal also agreed to make earn-out payments to Acciona Energia of up to EUR 27 million.
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Welcome to our collection of cool Linux pics! This is not a comprehensive collection of Linux-related images on the net, but it does cover most of the ones that particularly struck the fancy of Greg Roelofs (who originally created these pages in 1995 and maintained them until 1999)--either because they're ray-traced (a weakness of Greg's) or devastatingly clever or just strikingly lovely.
Meanwhile Greg is happy to report that the Linux folks not only rule in elegance of design but also finally have caught up with (and maybe even surpassed!) the OS/2 folks in the cleverness department. Eugene and Garth's Linux crab is still a favorite, of course; Joe Henderson's Linux elf is even better; and Bill Weinman (or would he be the Anti-Bill?) has finally gotten in a lick at everyone's favorite evil software empire -- at least in the pictures department. That extremely amusing X Windows game for Linux is still available too, you betcha...check out the XBill home page at Micros0ft. Yuk yuk. Oops...it's no longer reachable except by IP number! Egad, the evil empire struck back: "Zero Micro Software (MICROS0FT-DOM) ... **Trademark Dispute** ... Domain Status: On Hold Pending Server Activation" (excerpted from InterNIC's whois server). Sigh. XBill is also available from the XBill home site, just in case.
And indeed, the dreaded Letter o' Doom (Greg isn't talking about the fun kind, either) showed up as promised. In a fit of colossal wienerdom, Greg bravely caved in and promised to keep the logo off his web pages, alas. But copies of it are still floating around on the net, and new versions keep getting created (there are now at least five or six, not counting trivial variations of existing ones), so perhaps all is not lost.
In any case, Greg will be back one of these days with something even better (evil cackle...).
Although it's hard to see, the lower part of the Pilsner glass does fade to a ray-traced wireframe. Mike's working on making the virtual part a little more obvious. Cool.
And now on to some "dry" logos.
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Explained in detail. Good article.
Thanks a lot for response. We will be writing more about Telos. And even make videos as time permits us.
Thanks for Vote. 🙂 We need your support.
This is the first article I have seen about the TELOS launch (since it is live, apparently) and to be honest I would have appreciated a more community-minded approach. Maybe give us a bit of an intro to TELOS – links to important TELOS related sites and information. That would be a really helpful addition to your posts.
Thanks – and when I figure out what is actually happening on TELOS I will consider voting you for BP.
Hi guys, what would help in making a decision to vote for you, would be your technical setup, who is in your team, and some background about your funding. Could you give us some info on that?
Why does TELOS governance remind me of EU governance ?


Matt Reeves' THE BATMAN To Begin Production December 2019!
I've been rather outspoken here at RTF and on Twitter that the DCU film that excites me the most is Matt Reeves' The Batman. Ever since Reeves was announced to write and direct the film back in 2017, I've been wondering just what exactly he had in mind for the Dark Knight. We've heard quite a bit about how Reeves is looking at classic films such as Roman Polanski's Chinatown and several of David Fincher's works, as well as the fact that actor Ben Affleck will not be reprising the role of Batman and be replaced by a younger actor.
Reeves mentioned on Twitter last week that production on The Batman would likely begin at the end of the year and a recent report from Production Weekly points towards an early December 2019 date for the start of filming. Discussing Film was quick to take things a step further and reported on their Twitter that the film is "potentially eyeing" to start filming on December 9th!
Obviously this is only speculation on my part, but I really hope this means that Reeves is looking to depict a more winter-y Gotham City! While there was some snow and ice shown in the latter parts of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, I still feel like fans haven't gotten a proper 'winter' Batman film since Tim Burton's Batman Returns in 1992. There's just something about the idea of seeing Batman swooping around a snow-covered Gotham at night that adds to the mood of the story.
These next several months will be quite an interesting time for Batman fans as the world will eventually find out for sure who Affleck's successor will be, as well as the rest of the cast. Will we see Jeremy Irons and J.K. Simmons return as Alfred Pennyworth and Jim Gordon? Who will play the multiple villains in the film? We have the rest of the year to find out, but I for one am pumped!


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But since I haven't yet retired from my job of writing these columns I will try and say something constructive about what might be done to address the white-on-black police shootings that are causing so much animosity between law enforcement and the black community right now.
First of all, we need to look at the process for hiring and training police officers and make sure we are hiring and retaining the best possible candidates and that they receive the highest quality training. As a rule I don't think we are paying our law enforcers enough, and in some cases they don't seem to be properly trained to handle the myriad of complicated situations that develop while they are engaging the public.
Addressing that problem won't be cheap, so people who live in communities with low-paid, poorly trained police officers should be prepared to open their wallets and pay for improvements. These are people who put their lives on the line for us daily, and if we want to minimize the kind of unfortunate police-involved shootings we've been seeing in the news, we should think of it as a wise investment.
Obviously some of that training would involve learning to recognize one's internal prejudices (we all have them) and how they affect one's dealing with other people. There should also be extensive, hands-on instruction on the use of lethal and non-lethal force and when each is appropriate. Officers who don't exhibit the willingness to put that training into practice in the field should obviously be removed from duty.
That's all well and good as a way to try and reduce the incidence of inappropriate use of deadly force, but there's a bigger problem that the current controversy is masking. The "institutional racism" that some people are blaming for harassment of young black males by the police does not tell the whole story. Far too many black men are attracting the interest of the police because far too many of them are involved in genuine criminal activity. That, unfortunately, is a much bigger and more complicated problem, and one that can't be completely solved by changes to government policy.
That problem springs from things like persistent poverty, lack of education and the absence of fathers in too many homes — things that effect all races but plague African Americans at an especially high rate. Even if we could somehow attain perfect, color-blind treatment of law enforcement in all cases these problems would still cause far too many black men to end up in the custody of the state. But on that subject I am truly feeling overwhelmed, and I hope someone smarter than me has some answers for it.


Lately I have been struggling with life seeming too "normal." I'm comfortable. Complacent. Drifting.
In frustration, I complained about my feelings to a friend, and she admitted to feeling the same way. We commiserated, half-heartedly encouraged, and went on our ways.
And this morning I was so convicted.
I woke up to sunshine (a first in a while- so. much. rain.), drove to the job I love, in my fantastic blessing of a car, and as I was driving… There was a nudge. A reminder to be thankful.
And so me and Jesus had a chat. Just me and Him, in my car, quiet. Me being thankful. Him reminding me of how blessed I am.
I'm always here, you know. We can do this any time.
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Do You Love the Sun
Album Review of Do You Love the Sun by Scud Mountain Boys.
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Scud Mountain Boys
Record label: Ashmont Records
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
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Do You Love the Sun - Fairly Good, Based on 3 Critics
Do You Love the Sun, the first new collection of songs to appear from Massachusetts-based alt-country/Northern gothic folk quartet Scud Mountain Boys since 1996, pretty much picks up where things left off. Warm, weary, and congenially intimate, Joe Pernice, Stephen Desaulniers, Bruce Tull, and Tim Shea have crafted a fine new set of understated anthems for the terminally wistful and forlorn, all of which strut and fret their hour upon the stage in that elusive grey area between melancholic, bottle-strewn, front-porch country and resigned, Sunday afternoon, post-pot roast AM pop. The album boasts its fair share of last-call, midtempo juke joint laments ("Crown of Thorns," "Drew Got Shot," "You're Mine"), but Pernice's pop pedigree, which has been honed over the years through a steady stream of solo and full band (the Pernice Brothers, Chappaquiddick Skyline) releases, muscles its way to the surface on some of the record's better moments, like the lush and languid "Theme from Midnight Cowboy," the weepy "Double Bed," and the cleverly subversive, suburban blues tale "The Mendicant," the latter of which deftly and comically, albeit darkly, provides a rusty bridge between the boys of old and the men they have since become.
Do You Love the Sun is the first Scud Mountain Boys record since 1996, when the band released the excellent Massacusetts and then split up. You could argue, though, that the Scud Mountain Boys were never very far away since all three members stayed busy, with Joe Pernice notably continuing on with solo albums, collaborations with brother Bob as the Pernice Brothers, and a few other projects. Pernice's later work, though, showed more of a pop soul than the country-tinged Scuds records, so those earlier Scud Mountain Boys songs always held a place of fondness in many fans' hearts.
Apparently born of a couple of impromptu on-stage reunions in 2011, the Scud Mountain Boys have returned with their first album since 1996's fantastic "Massachusetts. " So what has changed in the intervening 17 years? Not much; other than an occasional, slight thickening in Joe Pernice's singing voice, the Scuds still sound as they ever did, making understatement the watchword for everything they do, and mining an idiosyncratic vein that issues in several varieties of the slow, forlorn side of country — as in the beautiful lope-and-mope of "The Mendicant" and the acoustic guitar-strum and highline-steel combination of "Double Bed. " The songs are as devotedly bleak as ever, too, even while, typically, remaining as opaque (is the premise of the stream-of-consciousness "Double Bed" a relationship that ended in breakup? In murder? Is "The Mendicant" sketching the self-loathing of a stay-at-home male?).
'Do You Love the Sun'
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Q: gcc-arm linking error: attempted static link of dynamic object I am trying to compile a program with arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc containing neon instructions and executing it over Qemu. The code is,
#include <arm_neon.h>
void NeonTest(short int * __restrict a, short int * __restrict b, short int * __restrict z)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
z[i] = a[i] * b[i];
        }
}

I successfully do it without using -static flag. But Qemu does not execute/recognize an executable if -static flag is not used. So when I use -static to compile and link, I get the following error,
junaid@junaid755:~/code/c$ arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -static -march=armv7-a -mtune=cortex-a9 -ftree-vectorize -mhard-float -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon -ffast-math -mvectorize-with-neon-quad -S neon_test.c
junaid@junaid755:~/code/c$ arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -static -march=armv7-a -mtune=cortex-a9 -ftree-vectorize -mhard-float -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon -ffast-math -mvectorize-with-neon-quad -c neon_test.s -o neon_test.o
junaid@junaid755:~/code/c$ arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -static -march=armv7-a -mtune=cortex-a9 -ftree-vectorize -mhard-float -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon -ffast-math -mvectorize-with-neon-quad neon_test.o -o neon_test
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabi/4.7/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: attempted static link of dynamic object `/lib/ld-linux.so.3'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I have tried the ermine, statifier and other softwares for portable linux applications. But the issue is they work on executables, while in my case the executable generation is causing error.

A: The problem is solved when i installed arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc on my system. Maybe additional packages installed may have resloved the problem. Now I use arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc command instead of arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc. Now the exe file is statically linked. But the problem is not totally solved. On qemu it give segmentation fault now.


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Hazel L. Thiel 1940-2011
Hazel L. Thiel of Emmetsburg died Monday, June 6, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City. She was 71.
Visitation is Friday, June 10, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Emmetsburg. Services will be held Saturday, June 11, 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Emmetsburg. Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Emmetsburg. The Martin-Mattice Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Hazel Lynette Thiel, daughter of Clarence "Bud" and Hazel (Garland) Frisbie, was born February 4, 1940, in Peoria, IL. Her family moved to Emmetsburg where Hazel received her education.
Hazel drove school bus for the Spencer school district and then drove truck for Emmetsburg Ready Mix for over 20 years. She also drove a semi truck and helped build grain elevators. Hazel was a First Responder and very instrumental in the Iowa Share Program.
Hazel was a devoted member of Bethany Lutheran Church and was a member of church circle. She helped at BINGO at the V.F.W. for many years.
Survivors include her children, Gregory Fitzner of Graettinger, Terry and Linda Fitzner of Des Moines, and Charm Fitzner (Terry Wise) of Des Moines; eight grandchildren, Arthur, Howard, Allen, Cory, Brian, Toby, Kellie, and Mike; six great grandchildren; her father, Clarence "Bud" Frisbie of Emmetsburg; and two sisters, Ardyth Shuck of Hartley, and Mary Haffner of Clearfield.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Hazel; and husbands, August "Gus" Fitzner, Roger Thiel, and Lynn Moor.
Condolences can be left at: www.martinmatticefuneralhome.com


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Designated a Tree City in 2003, Arlington is striving to preserve our rich environmental heritage. Some parks and trails offer vistas from which to view the environmentally sensitive areas, fish, and wildlife that make our community so special.
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Cool Math Brutes.io game is set in a dark and creepy land. You will play as a brute. The mission is to become the strongest and biggest player as soon as possible. You can see a crown on your head if you are successful. Run throughout the map and punch all of the enemies in the path to collect kills and rank up. You can obtain points, get bigger, and level up after that. Beat smaller guys to gain more mass. Let's start and find the appropriate strategy!
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I live and have lived my whole life in the beautiful country of South Africa,and are greatly inspired by its natural flora and fauna .I have been drawing and painting from a very young age and spent my childhood years on my Grandmother's farm.On my mother's side her Grandfather was a painter.I exceeded top of my class for art all throughout my school years .I like to think of myself as a self taught artist ,even though i've received some training.I continue my endevour to improve my skill and hope you enjoy my work. Material's of choice :oil paint ,pen and ink,pastels,pencil,canvas Subect matter :figuretive portraits,nature,flora,female faces,feminist issues. Inspired by impressionism,Degas,Cezanne,post impressionism,Renaisance art ,Frida Kalho,surrealism. I believe in the study of science and nature to improve our art and in which all things are made up,aswell as the imagination and power of the human mind.


Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for evenly loading each level of a bed catalyst in a reactor vessel. A cylindrical flow of catalyst particles is divided into one or more annular flow and a smaller cylindrical flow. Each portion of the divided flow is distributed simultaneously to a different radial distance from the center of the vessel so that the catalyst bed is evenly filled at each level. In the apparatus embodiment, a distributor rotor includes a plurality of discs driven by a common drive shaft. Each upper disc is formed with a hub that is radially displaced from the shaft sufficiently to intercept one annular portion of the divided catalyst flow. The upper discs are in each case greater in diameter than the next lower disc so that the peripheral velocity of the disc and the catalyst distributed thereby is greater than the next lower disc. In this way two or more areas are simultaneously filled at each level. This avoids the necessity for changing the speed of a single distributor disc alternately to overfill the vessel at different radial distances from the center and either visually or by calculation determining that the filling is relatively level. Further, it avoids the accompanying problem of radial size classification of catalyst particles.
selectively deflecting the outer annular portion of said cylindrical flow radially outwardly at a first velocity sufficient so that said particles will reach the sidewall of said reactor vessel, and then, deflecting the inner cylindrical portionof said cylindrical flow radially outwardly at a lower velocity so that said particles will reach a portion of said vessel intermediate the center thereof and said sidewall.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said inner cylindrical portion of said cylindrical flow is further divided to form another annular portion and a central portion having a smaller diameter, and said other annular portion is deflected radiallyoutwardly at a velocity intermediate said first velocity and said lower velocity so that said particles will reach two different radial distances in said intermediate portion between said center and said sidewall of said vessel.
selectively deflecting radially outwardly an outer annular portion of said cylindrical body to a first disc on said rotating distributor, the periphera of said disc rotating at a speed to impart a first velocity to catalyst particles so that aportion of said particles will reach the sidewall of said reactor vessel, and then deflecting radially outwardly a central portion of said cylindrical body to at least another disc on said rotating distributor, the periphera of said other disc rotatingat a speed to impart a lower velocity to enable catalyst particles so deflected to reach a portion of said vessel intermediate the center thereof and said sidewall.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said central portion of said cylindrical body is further divided into another annular portion and a smaller central portion by deflecting radially outwardly said other annular portion to a third disc on saidrotating distributor, the periphera of said third disc rotating at a speed to impart a velocity to said catalyst intermediate said first velocity and said lower velocity to enable catalyst particles to reach two different portions of said vessel betweensaid center and said sidewall.
selectively deflecting an outer annular portion of said cylindrical body radially outwardly to a first disc on said distributor, the periphera of said first disc rotating at a speed to impart a first velocity to approach the sidewall of saidreactor vessel, and then deflecting radially outwardly another portion of said cylindrical body to at least another disc on said distributor, the periphera of said other disc rotating at a speed to impart a lower velocity to said other portion of saidcylindrical body to enable catalyst particles so deflected to reach a portion of said vessel intermediate the center thereof and said sidewall.
6. Apparatus for loading solid catalyst particles uniformly over a given level in a catalytic reactor vessel without requiring speed variations of the distributor rotor means which comprises means for positioning a catalyst particle distributorin the central portion of a reactor vessel, said distributor including a catalyst feed hopper having inlet means adapted to be supplied by a catalyst particle supply hopper above said vessel and a catalyst supply tube for guiding a gravity flow ofcatalyst particles from said supply hopper to said feed hopper inlet means, said feed hopper having an outlet opening for flowing catalyst particles therefrom to a distributor rotor, means for driving said distributor rotor including motor means mountedon said distributor and a rotor shaft extending substantially concentrically through said outlet opening, and having rotor means secured thereto and said rotor means having at least a pair of disc members axially spaced on said drive shaft, one of saiddiscs having a hub member radially spaced from said shaft and supported thereon by pin members extending between said hub and said shaft, and the hub of said other disc directly engaging said rotor shaft.
7. Apparatus in accordance with claim 6 with the addition of at least one additional disc member axially spaced intermediate said pair of axially spaced disc members, said additional disc having a hub radially spaced from said shaft, such radialspacing of said hub being intermediate the radial spacing of the hub of said one disc and said other disc of said pair.
8. Apparatus in accordance with claim 6 in which the axial positions of said disc on said rotor shaft may be selectively changed.
9. Apparatus in accordance with claim 8 in which said rotor shaft includes a plurality of axially spaced apart drive connector means and said hubs of said pair of discs are each driven by pin means extending through its hubs and one of saidconnector means.
10. Catalyst distributor means for oriented packing of catalyst particles in a catalytic reactor bed, comprising rotor means rotatable by a drive shaft extending through a catalyst supply hopper to which catalyst particles are supplied forfilling a catalyst bed, said drive shaft being substantially concentric with the outlet means of said supply hopper and rotor means comprising a plurality of annular discs, each of said plurality being greater in diameter and having a hub opening tooverlie a substantial area of the next lower disc, each of said discs being axially spaced from the other discs along said drive shaft, means connecting each of said discs to said drive shaft for common rotation therewith and at least all but the bottomdisc permitting flow of catalyst particles between the hub thereof and said drive shaft, at least some of said discs being frusto-conical in shape with the apex thereof extending upwardly along said shaft and with the angle to horizontal of each of saidfrusto-conical discs being different from that of every other frusto-conical disc.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the angles to horizontal of said frusto-conical discs increase in succession in the downward direction along said shaft.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the uppermost disc is planar.
The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for loading solid particulate materials, specifically catalyst particles, into a fixed bed, such as a reactor vessel. More particularly, it relates to methods of and apparatus foruniformly loading catalyst particles into large diameter reactor vessels using a rotating distributor having a plurality of rotating disc members to assure that each level of the catalyst bed is uniformly raised from the center of the vessel to itssidewall without classification of different sized particles at different radial distances and without mechanical manipulations of the speed of the distributor.
It is a particular object of the present invention to distribute solid catalyst particles uniformly at a given level in a catalytic reactor vessel by feeding particles downwardly in the vessel in a substantially cylindrical flow to a distributerlocated a short distance above the level that is then being filled. The cylindrical flow is then divided into concentric annular flows by a rotating distributor comprising a plurality of disc members vertically spaced from each other along a drive shaftand driven by a single rotor shaft. To form the concentric flows, the catalyst particles pass downwardly around the rotor shaft and shower down upon the rotating distributor discs. At least one of the disc members has a hub member radially spaced fromthe shaft and supported on the shaft by drive pins extending radially between the hub and the shaft. The annular space between the hub and the shaft is selected so that the higher disc has an open annular area through which catalyst particles fall tothe lower, underlying disc and strike a substantial part of the annular area of the lower disc. Where more than two discs are used, the discs are of increasing size from the lower disc to the upper disc of the plurality. Since the discs are rotated bya single shaft at the same speed, portions of the catalyst particles falling annularly upon a particular disc leave the disc at a radial velocity determined by its peripheral radius. The effect is that particles are being thrown varying radial distancesfrom the center of the reactor vessel toward the side wall. This permits the entire level of the catalyst bed to be raised evenly and without classification of particles according to sizes due to creation of annular ridges, as by pile up of catalyst ata given radial distance from the center determined by peripheral speed of a single disc. Further, rotation of the catalyst distributor and the rate of supply of catalyst particles may be held constant without need for mechanically varying the speed of asingle catalyst distributor and constant monitoring of the catalyst bed then being filled.
It is now common practice to fill catalytic reactor vessels having fixed catalyst beds using a catalyst distributor. Such technique has become known as catalyst oriented packing (frequently referred to as COP loading) of vessels. The primarypurpose is to minimize void spaces and consequently local "hot spots" which can occur during exothermic reactions of hydrocarbons with the catalyst particles. Additionally, it increases the bulk density of the solid particulate material, catalystparticles, which in turn improves the throughput of reactants for a given size of vessel. Further, it limits settling of the bed when the reactor is brought on stream due to hydraulic forces of fluid flow in the reactor. In general, catalysts can beloaded in 10 to 15% less reactor volume and increased contacting efficiency permits operation of the reactor at lower reactor temperatures.
In general, previously known catalyst oriented loading apparatus included a single distributor disc either having a plurality of radial blades or fin members on top of the rotating element. In general the distributor is a cone shaped member andmust be driven at different speeds to achieve a form of radial distribution of catalyst particles falling on the distributor disc. The disc flings or casts the particles toward the side walls of the reactor vessel at distances relate to disc speed. Alternatively, the disc may be a flat plate having vanes formed thereon and having a few holes formed in the plate to permit some of the catalyst particles to fall directly downwardly from the rotating member into the center of the reactor vessel.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,804,273 Uhl is directed to apparatus for loading a catalyst bed with a radial distributor having a conical surface. The only method of distributing catalyst across a large diameter bed is to increase and decrease the speed ofthe rotating disc.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,972,686 Johnson et al, discloses a flat disc having vanes and a plurality of slots or holes through which some of the catalyst may fall near the center of the bed; the remainder of the catalyst is thrown toward the side. Thissystem also requires variation in the speed of the rotating disc to cover the entire level of a catalyst reactor bed.
A particular disadvantage of both of the prior arrangements lies in the fact that the catayst is thrown into a circular or annular mound which tends to classify catalyst particles falling on it. The larger particles roll to the bottom andoutside of the mound while the smaller particles stop on the mound itself. While to a certain extent, these difficulties are alleviated by varying the speed of the rotating disc, the interior of such a bed is usually too full of dust to permit theoperator to actually see the catalyst bed from the top while the loader is operating. Accordingly, it is necessary to determine the probable level of distribution by the number of drums of catalyst that have been loaded at a given bed level. Such aprocedure is time consuming and not necessarily accurate to the point of permitting level filling of the bed. In fact, it is generally the practice to fill the bed at the outer edge higher than necessary say 6 to 12 inches and then alternately increasethe height of the center level above that at the outer edge by a similar amount, and so forth, up the reactor as the depth of the bed or beds is increased throughout the reactor.
The present invention is particularly directed to apparatus for uniformly filling a reactor vessel at each level with an even distribution of catalyst particles from the center to the outer walls of the reactor vessel (normally circular in shapebut sometimes including internal pipes and the like). It is also directed to filling vessels having a plurality of beds generally three or more, each of which is separated by a deck or separator normally covered by a catalyst retaining screen to preventparticles from one bed falling into the lower bed. This maintains a desired thickness of depth for each of the beds. An opening or manway near the center of each deck permits access to the bed below for filling or removing catalyst. In accordance withthe method of the present invention, the level of each catalyst bed (whether one or more beds are used in the reactor) is uniformly raised at all radial distances from the center of the vessel and without classification of different size particles. Further, such level filling of each catalyst bed is accomplished without substantial variation in speed of the distributor.
In carrying out the present method, a catalyst distributor is positioned at a suitable level above a bed to be filled. Catalyst is then supplied to the distributor so that a cylindrical column falls on a rotor member having at least a pair ofdisc members axially spaced along a drive shaft. At least one of the discs has a hub member which is radially spaced from the shaft to form a central annular passageway and the hub is supported thereon by drive pin members that extend radially betweenthe hub and the shaft. At least another disc member of the pair is substantially continuous from the hub member adjacent the shaft so that a substantial position of the disc lies under but axially spaced on said rotor shaft from the first annular disc. In another form of the invention, a plurality of such discs are used in which each of the discs is greater in diameter and each has a hub that provides a central or annular opening therethrough along the shaft that overlies a substantial area of the nextlower disc. By forming the discs of different diameters and driving each disc at the same angular velocity (RPM), a different peripheral speed is obtained from each of the plurality of discs. In proceeding from the lowest to the highest disc, thevelocity imparted to the catalyst particles, and accordingly the cast distance for particles toward the vessel walls increases. If desired, the discs may be positioned with different axial spacings from each other and the slope or angle of each disc tothe motor shaft may be selected to be from horizontal to nearly vertical to give substantially uniform coverage of bed area at a given level in a reactor vessel, independently of the diameter of the vessel.
Further objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparant to those skilled in the art in light of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention taken in conjunction with the drawings whichform an integral part of this specification.
FIG. 1 is an elevation view, partially in cross-section, of a reactor vessel having a multiple beds wherein a catalyst distributor arrangement in accordance with the present invention, is deployed in a middle bed.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged, vertical elevation, cross-sectional view of a preferred form of the catalyst distributor head arrangement shown in FIG. 1, indicating flow of catalyst particles therethrough.
FIG. 3 is a plan view taken in the direction of arrows 3--3 in FIG. 2 of the upper-most distributor disc.
FIG. 5 is a plan view in the direction of arrows 5--5 in FIG. 2 showing the lower-most distributor disc.
FIG. 6 is a vertical elevation view, similar to FIG. 2, showing means for variable spacing the disc members along the rotor drive shaft.
FIG. 7 is a vertical elevation view, similar to FIG. 2, illustrating several modifications of the disc members useful in the arrangements of FIGS. 1 and 6.
Referring now to the drawings, and in particular FIG. 1, a catalytic reactor vessel 10 is shown in a cross-sectional elevation view, and illustrates the upper portion of the vessel. Vessel 10, typical of such reactor vessels, is generallycylindrical with a relatively large in diameter, say 15 to 25 feet. It includes circumferential side wall 12 and a hemispherical upper end wall 14. Upper end wall 14 includes a top flange 16 through which reaction fluids may enter or leave vessel 10. In the present arrangement it is shown as comprising a manway 18 sufficiently large in diameter to permit personnel to enter or leave of the vessel. Further in the present arrangement, manway 18 is used for introducing and positioning the catalystdistribution equipment, generally designated as 20, suitable for practice of the method of the present invention. As further indicated, vessel 10 is divided into a plurality of fixed beds 24, such as by separators 26, which as illustrated are open grids28 covered by screens 30. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the separator may also be formed by other retainer means however the main purpose of each separator 26 is to support a fixed bed of catalyst and to provide multiple stageprocessing within the vessel. Typically, these stages may include processing arrangements for catalyst-hydrocarbon contacting, quench mixing, and vapor-liquid-mixture redistribution between successive fixed beds 24, as fluids flow downwardly from inletports such as through manway 18 in flange 16. Also in accordance with the method of the present invention, catalyst distribution apparatus 20 is raised to the next higher bed as the vessel is filled from the bottom to the top. For this purpose,separator 26 may include an open passage, also in the form of a manway, designated as 30. In lowermost deck 26 manway 30 is covered by an additional closure member 32, after the low bed is full and the next higher bed is to be filled.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, catalyst distribution apparatus 20 is positioned, as by pivoted hinge bars 34, generally in the center of manway 30 through upper separator 26. To fill each level of bed 24 evenly, in accordance with the method ofthe present invention, a cylindrical flow of solid catalyst particles is formed near the center of the reactor vessel by so positioning distributor apparatus 20 and then flowing catalyst particles downwardly as required through a tube, such as a sockmember 40, from an upper feed hopper 42. Desirably, although not necessarily, control from feed hopper 42 into flow tube 40 may be controlled by slide gate 44 in valve 46.
While not indicated in the drawing, tube 40 may be shortened as required to permit catalyst to be added to each individual bed 24. Thus, apparatus 20 may be drawn upwardly through the vessel as each bed is filled. To obtain uniform radialdistribution of the catalyst particles as the level of each bed is raised, it is important that the catalyst fall fairly evenly over the entire radial distance from the vessel center to side wall 12. Such even distribution avoids the problem ofclassification of different size particles at circular ridges around the top of the bed as it is being filled. For this purpose, and in accordance with the present invention, catalyst flowing through tube 40 enters housing 70 of distributor 20 through aside entry chute section 48. Catalyst then fills hopper 71 which desirably has volume slightly larger than outlet 73. Outlet 73 from hopper 71 is generally concentric with drive shaft 58 and thereby forms the desired cylindrical column flow of catalystto the distributor discs. Cylindrical flow from outlet 73 is then divided into an outer annular portion for distribution of catalyst to the vessel at a first velocity sufficient so that such catalyst will generally reach the outer peripheral wall 12. As best seen in in FIG. 2, this is accomplished by forming upper distributor disc 52 with a hub 72 that is radially spaced from drive shaft 58 by drive pins 82 at right angles to shaft 58. Another annular portion is selectively deflected by disc 54 at asecond velocity sufficient to reach an intermediate portion of the catalyst bed and a third or central portion of the cylindrical flow is deflected by disc 56 at a still lower velocity to reach the generally central portion of the vessel. The number ofdifferent velocities of the individual distributor is of course determined by the total diameter of the vessel. In a larger vessel, more stages of deflection with differing velocities may be desirable. In a smaller vessel, two stages may be adequate.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the selected velocities for deflecting catalyst particles in the annular portions of the cylindrical flow of catalyst is achieved with rotor 50 which comprises disc members 52, 54 and 56. Rotor 50 is driven bya common shaft 58 through an air motor 60. Power for air motor 60 is supplied by a compressed air line 62 from an external source (not shown). As best seen in FIG. 2, the lower portion of shaft 58 is supported in a bearing 59 at the upper wall ofhopper 71 in housing 70.
As particularly distinguished from previously known distributor means for catalyst particles, rotor assembly 50 includes a plurality of cone shaped discs 52, 55, 56. Each conical disc may include blades or fins such as 53, 54 and 57,respectively, on discs 52, 54, and 56. The particular virtue of driving all of the disc members at the same speed is that with increasingly larger diameters from the lower disc 56 to the top disc 52, the peripheral velocity of the individual discs willincrease in direct proportion to their radii. Thus, catalyst particles striking the top of disc 52 and being cast by blades 53 will have a higher initial velocity than those particles being thrown by disc 54 and blades 55. Similarly, particles thrownby blades 55 on disc 54 will have a greater radial velocity than those thrown by solid disc 56 and blades 57. To permit successive deflection of the annular portions of the cylindrical fall of catalysts coming out of hopper 71 through cylindricalopening 73, the hubs of the individual discs such as hubs 72, 74 and 76 decrease in diameter going from hub 72 to 74 to 76. In the arrangement as particularly shown in FIG. 3, the largest hub, such as 72 of disc 52, is spaced radially from drive shaft58 by drive pins 82 passing through holes or keyways 51 in shaft 58. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 4, annular hub 74 of disc 54 is radially displaced from drive shaft 58 and driven by pins 84 also passing through holes or keyways 51 in shaft 58. Desirably, but not necessarily, as in FIG. 5, the lower most disc 56 has a hub 76 which directly engages drive shaft 58.
As indicated in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, auxiliary holes, such as 151 in drive shaft 58 may be spaced vertically apart at differing distances, and if desired, the individual discs moved by withdrawing pins 82 from hub 72 and repositionedthe disc at a different location along the axial length of shaft 58. As also indicated by the drawings, a substantial portion of each of the hubs of a higher disc, such as 72, is radially displaced from shaft 58 sufficiently to permit a significantproportion of the cylindrical flow of catalyst particles to pass through the hub and fall directly onto the upper surface of disc 54. Similarly, hub 74 is displaced from shaft 58 sufficiently so that a significant number of catalyst particles will fallon the top surface of disc 56.
With all of the discs being driven at the same speed, the peripheral velocity of the blades 53 will be greater than those of blades 55 and similarly those of 55 will be greater than those of blades 57. As indicated in FIG. 7, the angle tohorizontal of the top surfaces of discs 152, 154 and 156 may be varied for further control of the peripheral velocity of the discs. Further, as shown the surface of discs 152, 154 and 156 may be from convex to flat. However, if desired the surface mayalso be concave.
With the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the catalyst will be thrown at 3 different rates from the center of vessel 10 toward the side wall 12 thereby permitting the horizontal level of the catalyst bed to be raised uniformly and evenly,completely around the radial distances from the center of the vessel to its side wall. Such uniformly level filling of each bed is thus possible without the necessity of the operator manually varying speed of air motor 60 and visual observation of whatis being distributed in the vessel 10. Further, the present invention makes it unnecessary for the operator to calculate the amount of catalyst being thrown at each individual speed so that he may infer the potential levelling effect of varying thespeed of the rotor. Accordingly, the present apparatus makes possible a fully automatic operation at a single selected speed for air motor 60 and drive shaft 58 for full and uniform filling of the entire surface area at any given level of the bed aseach stage of the vessel is filled.
While not shown, it will be appreciated that the distributor apparatus 20 may be moved progressively upward as each catalyst bed is filled. In the upper portion of each stage, or fixed bed 24, it will be desirable to move the catalystdistributor discs as high as possible toward the separator 26 overlying that particular bed.
Various modifications and changes in the apparatus and in the method performed with such apparatus will become apparent to those skilled in the art. All such modifications and changes coming within the scope of the appended claims are intendedto be included therein.


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