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Today, two different types of turbines dominate the market, both employing a three-bladed rotor with a horizontal axle of rotation. The first uses a mechanical transmission to transfer the slow-turning shaft of the turbine rotor into a higher rotational speed to drive a generator. The second doesn't require mechanical transmission — a huge generator directly uses the high torque and converts it to electrical energy. In both cases, the generator's rotation — and, therefore, the frequency of the electricity produced — are coupled with the turbine.
A major issue with these designs is that the turbine's variable rotation speed requires a frequency converter to connect each turbine to the power grid. Other issues include reliability problems with mechanical gearboxes and the weight of the directly driven generator due to increasing turbine sizes.
A new concept — transferring power via a hydrostatic drivetrain — combines good efficiency and grid stability with high reliability and low costs. In a research project funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety of Germany, the Institut für Angewandtes Stoffstrommanagement (IFAS), Hamburg, developed a prototype of a hydrostatic transmission for 1-MW power-class wind-energy plants that's intended to replace the commonly used gearbox and the frequency converter.
The basic design employs a slow-turning pump connected to the turbine shaft to transfer the power into a high-pressure oil flow. Hydraulic motors then convert the oil flow back into mechanical power to drive a generator. The high transmission ratio needed in a turbine can easily be achieved by the displacement ratio of the pump and motor. Using a variable-displacement motor allows varying transmission ratio so that the generator runs at constant speed.
A key requirement when scaling a transmission is to have good efficiency at rated power as well as in partial load, which is where the turbine operates most of the time. The rotor also influences the total power output because energy captured from the wind can be optimized by adjusting the turbine's rotational speed to the actual wind conditions. Figure 1 (over wind speed and over rotational speed) shows that a specific rotational speed maximizes the captured power at each wind speed. At the same time, these points of operation are not at maximum torque. To achieve peak power production of a wind turbine, the drive train should be designed for the optimum points of operation while using a control strategy to ensure operation in these points. Therefore, a compromise must be found between steady-state operation and controllability.
Transmission design
The initial point for dimensioning of the hydrostatic transmission was to select a wind turbine that provides a torque curve over wind and rotation speeds. Previous simulations proved that switching a hydrostatic transmission's single pumps and motors increases the overall efficiency in partial load. Subsequently, different combinations of pumps and motors were analyzed, which led to the creation of a new transmission design, Figure 2.
Two radial-piston pumps, with a total displacement of 66 liter/rev, drive three variable-displacement motors and one constant-displacement hydraulic motor. The four motors are mounted to two generators. In partial load, the pump with 80% of the total displacement can be switched off by opening a valve to low pressure. Because a reduced flow rate is available to the motors, three of the motors are switched off at this point in operation.
Not all component data for the simulation was available for this project. Therefore, a test bench was built to measure and validate static and dynamic parameters of individual components as well as the entire transmission, Figure 3. A hydrostatic power feedback was installed to operate the test bench efficiently as well as avoid a 1.2-MW electric motor and 1-MW generator. It allows using the output power of the transmission to drive the slow-turning input shaft.
Two electric motors, powering two axial-piston pumps (A1 and A2), feed in losses of the transmission and the drive. A radial-piston motor (A3) represents the wind turbine and drives the slow-turning shaft. Output power from the transmission is fed back to the electric motors. In this way, the electric power consumption is only 400 kW (2 × 200), whereas 1 MW can be applied on the turbine shaft.
Rotational speed and torque at all transitions of power across the system boundaries of the transmission is measured to evaluate the overall efficiency. In steady-state measurements, rotational speed is controlled by the transmission's hydraulic motors, and the test bench drive applies a specific torque based on the displacement of the two axial-piston pumps.
Efficiency results
Initially, the transmission's overall efficiency was measured in the point of operation of the turbine marked with the line in Figure 1. However, due to the possibility of adapting the transmission to the transferred power, measurements also were performed in a different configuration.
Overall efficiency from the slow-turning shaft to the output of the hydraulic motors was plotted versus turbine rotation speed, Figure 4. When activating both pumps and all motors, overall efficiency at maximum rotation speed is 85%. A decreasing rotational speed also decreases the transferred power, and constant losses in the system reduce overall efficiency.
Figure 4 indicates that when turbine shaft speed drops below 16 rpm, it's best to switch off one of the generators and use only two motors. At even lower speed and much lower torque, one pump can be set to idle mode, leading to an increased system pressure and improved higher efficiency.
Another measurement in the plot shows that when the smallest motor is in operation, and another one is still connected to the generator shaft, it causes a constant amount of drag losses. In this case, the overall efficiency is worse compared to activating the motor and using two motors at a much lower displacement. For component scaling, this means that the rated power of the generators should be adjusted to the size of the pumps. Thus, a pump and a generator can be activated simultaneously to avoid drag losses of idling motors.
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Control via variable displacement
Besides overall drive train efficiency, the effectiveness of capturing wind power dramatically influences the total power production. To achieve this goal, the blades' optimal rotational speed must be adjusted by the drive train to the actual wind speed, again, as shown in Figure 1.
The turbine's rotational speed can be adjusted by varying the displacement of the hydraulic motors. Because the generators operate at grid frequency, their rotational speed must be constant. Moreover, the motors' swashplate angle can define the system's flow. On top of that, the pumps have a constant displacement, leading to a proportional correlation of flow rate and rotational speed.
When opting for this strategy, the controller would have to use the actual wind speed and specify the optimal rotational speed according to the characteristics of the blades. The motors would then adjust for the desired rotational speed.
However, two major challenges arise with this approach. First, the actual wind speed is difficult to measure on a real wind turbine. The blades cover a large area in which the wind varies in speed and direction. A single wind-speed sensor mounted on top of the nacelle can hardly detect all these effects, so it will deliver only approximate values. The second challenge concerns the large inertia of the turbine itself, which makes it difficult to change the rotational speed in response to fluctuating wind speed and direction. Each short gust of wind would lead to a short acceleration of the turbine initiated by the controller. In this phase, all of the incoming power would be stored in the rotor's inertia, leading to interrupted power production. After the gust, the controller would decelerate the rotor again and have an increased power output for a short time.
These fast load changes are possible with the hydrostatic transmission, but it complicates adapting the system to the actual load. When using the switching strategy presented in Figure 4, each harsh change of the braking torque involves the switching of several components. This type of operation must be avoided in order to maintain system reliability.
Control of transmission load torque
The wind turbine's rotational speed also can be adjusted by controlling the braking torque of the transmission. If the rotational speed is too high, a defined amount of additional braking torque could be added to decelerate the turbine. However, the controller needs information about the actual wind speed to define the optimal rotation speed.
One way to avoid wind-speed measurement is to determine the wind situation according to the turbine's acceleration. Such a method is used in a control strategy where the controller of the hydrostatic transmission applies a braking torque to the turbine based on the actual rotational speed (assuming an optimal point of operation). Figure 5 shows the torque equilibrium on the inertia of the rotor. The braking torque applied by the transmission on the right is independent of wind speed. When wind speed is higher than assumed, it captures more torque than discharged by the transmission, which accelerates the turbine.
The left side of Figure 6 represents turbine operation, which was accomplished by maximizing both plots in Figure 5. A groove between the two surfaces occurs in which the turbine will operate in steady state. The marked arrows in the plot show the reaction on a gust of wind. Whenever a fast gust occurs, the captured torque will accelerate the turbine. As rotation speed increases, the transmission also increases the braking torque of the drive train. Once the gust fades, the braking torque becomes too high, which decelerates the turbine to the groove again. By varying the parameter of the torque curve deposited in the controller this groove can be adjusted to the optimal point of operation in which the overall efficiency of turbine and drivetrain is optimal.
The two plots on the right in Figure 6 show a simulation result of the controller. The upper curve describes the applied wind speeds on the simulated turbine, leading to the points of operation marked below. All points accumulate around a straight line defined by the groove shown on the left.
Unlike the motor-displacement-based control strategy, the torque-based control strategy makes power production smoother because the turbine's inertia is used as flywheel to store peak power from the wind. No problems are encountered when switching between different transmission configurations since the braking torque can only change as fast as the rotation speed. Most importantly, the strategy is based on the rotation speed of the turbine, which can be measured precisely and cost effectively.
Validation of dynamic behavior
To verify the controller's simulation results on the test bench, the tests must include the inertia of the turbine. Of course, it's impossible to install such a huge flywheel directly on the test bench; therefore, it's done virtually in a real-time simulation. Figure 7 shows how the simulated inertia is coupled to the test bench. The initial point is a torque signal that's applied on the model of a flywheel. The inertia's rotation speed is sent to the test-bench drive, where a rotation-speed controller sets the same rotation speed on the test bench.
The braking torque of the hydrostatic transmission is measured at the slow-turning shaft and transmitted into the simulation to be applied on the inertia as load torque. In the measurements described below, all units of the hydrostatic transmission will be in operation. However, two different setups are used: The first has all motors set to a constant displacement; the second activates a controller for the braking torque (discussed previously).
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Scalable NREL rotor properties
Accurate rotor data is notoriously hard to come by, since turbine manufacturers are reluctant to disclose detailed information, particularly for publication. That said, for the purposes of this research, the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) offshore baseline turbine — a fictional turbine — was used. It's become the standard reference turbine for numerous studies, mainly due to the fact that its properties are freely available. Some of its parameters were arbitrarily selected using engineering judgment; others were selected to match those of a 5-MW turbine developed by REpower Systems SE, Hamburg, Germany.
The properties assigned to the NREL turbine represent the current state of the art for offshore wind turbines. This infers that its principal components are a conventional drivetrain with a three-stage gearbox and an asynchronous high-speed generator. For more information, see the NREL technical report.4
The nominal line pressure for dynamic loads on the hydrostatic transmission is set at 220 bar. This translates directly to a nominal torque of around 230 kNm. Maximum possible speed is approximately 31 rpm. These two conditions represent the limits for the operational range of the rotor simulation. When scaling down the rotor properties of the NREL turbine to match the transmission capability, the relation between power coefficient, CP, and tip speed ratio, λ, stays the same.
The maximum allowable rotor diameter is found by setting the torque and speed limits as rated power conditions of the wind-turbine rotor. Figure 8 shows the resulting optimal torque versus speed curve. Table 1 compares the rotor properties of the original NREL turbine with the version adapted to match the hydrostatic transmission.
Bladed wind-turbine-model simulation software
Obtaining a realistic response of the hydrostatic transmission requires accurate simulations of the aerodynamic rotor and wind conditions. In this regard, the multi-body dynamics software package "Bladed" from energy consultancy GL Garrad Hassan (Hamburg, Germany) is the industry-standard integrated software package for the design and certification of onshore and offshore turbines.5
One drawback when using Bladed involves creation of the transmission input; the software isn't suited for interactive use, i.e. hardware-in-the-loop. As a result, the drivetrain's braking torque can't be fed back into the program, which produces an unrealistic coupling between the simulated input and the transmission response. To make the coupling more realistic, the rotor-control settings are set to fixed-speed operation, Figure 9. This fixed speed is predetermined using the optimal tip speed ratio, λ, where the wind speed is the average taken from the wind file corresponding to the load case.
A wind file is required to run a simulation in Bladed (the software also creates these files). The nature of a wind file is determined by a number of user-selected settings, such as the mean wind speed, turbulence intensity, turbulence seed, yaw misalignment angle, inclusion of tower shadow (plus how it's modeled), and the type of wind-shear profile. For more information on how this is achieved, see the Bladed manual.5 Output parameters of interest are the torque and angular velocity of the low-speed shaft versus time.
Adapt Bladed model results to a 50-m rotor
Results obtained from bladed model are scaled down to create the transmission's input. They have to be translated from results of scaling from a 126 to a 50-m rotor diameter. Only steady-state relations are considered in this scenario, maintaining the same tip speed, vtip, and power coefficient, CP:
(1) vtip = ω1 × R1 = ω2× R2
(2) CP = Protor/Pwind = (T1 × ω1)/(½ρ u3 × π R12) = (T2 × ω2)/(½ρ u3 × π R22)
where ρ = air density, kg/m3;
CP = power coefficient;
Pwind = wind power through rotor area, W;
Protor= wind power extracted by rotor, W;
T = torque (N-m).
These result in the following translations for speed and torque:
(3) ω2 = ω1 × R1/R2
The standard deviation of the torque with respect to the mean value is the same for both the original and the scaled rotor. This translation's outcome doesn't account for dynamic influence from changes in the rotor mass moment of inertia, dynamic stall, dynamic inflow, or Reynolds numbers.
Figures 10 through 13 reveal the scaled results from Bladed for fixed-speed simulation of NREL's offshore baseline turbine for an extreme gust and wind with turbulence intensity of 16.3%.
Three different load cases show the effects of the control strategy, Figure 14. Load Case A is a simple torque step from 100 to 150 kNm. Case B is the torque curve of a gust of wind, also called a "Mexican Hat." Case C is a 50-sec segment of real operation. The data for the two last files was generated in the Bladed software.
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Measurement results
Torque step load case — Figure 15 illustrates the measurement results with an applied torque step. The two upper diagrams present the behavior of the hydrostatic transmission with constant motor displacement. The first graph plots the applied torque step and the resulting load torque measured for three different inertias of the turbine.
It can be seen that after the torque step occurs, the measured torque on the test bench also rises and oscillates to the new value. Due to the turbine's increased inertia, the resonant frequency of the drivetrain decreases.6
The second plot from the top presents the effect on the rotational speed of the turbine. Rising pressure in the transmission increases the leakage, leading to slightly increasing turbine rotation speed. The higher the turbine's inertia, the more energy that's stored in the flywheel (with the slight change of speed).
The two lower plots display the same measurement, but in this case a torque-controlled transmission is employed. Here, the torque step leads to higher applied torque than braked by the transmission and, consequently, a rising rotational speed. The load torque on the test bench rises proportionally to the rotation speed until the equilibrium of torque is set again.
Gust-of-wind load case— The measurements performed in the torque step load case also were used in the Mexican Hat load case, Figure 16. With a constant motor displacement, only a short delay occurs between applied and measured torque. The rotation speed can only rise slightly. Therefore, the peak power delivered by the wind must be transferred by the transmission. Due to the elasticity of the hydraulic drivetrain, the measured torque on the test bench is even higher than the one applied on the inertia.
As with the previous load case, torque was measured on the test bench using a torque-controlled transmission (lower portion of Figure 16). Here, the turbine can speed up about 2 rpm and, thereby, store most of the peak energy of the gust. The maximum torque measured on the test bench is 120 kNm lower than the applied load. When this torque decreases, rotational speed also decreases, extracting stored energy in the flywheel and reverting to constant operation.
Real wind conditions load case —In this load case, all usual effects such as the tower shadow effect, short gusts of wind, and a changing wind speed in the long term were considered. Figure 17 shows the measured torque and rotational speed behavior with the two different control strategies.
If the motor displacement is set constant, the measured torque follows the applied torque and smooths out torque peaks with a short delay. Activating the torque controller enhances the power smoothening thanks to a changing rotational speed. The short oscillations of this torque signal show that the transmission controller must be optimized.
A wind turbine using a hydrostatic transmission can be controlled in one of two ways. Of the two, the torque-based control strategy delivers a good compromise between ensuring optimal rotation speed and guaranteeing continuous power production.
Results obtained by IFAS engineers from dynamic-behavior test-bench measurements support implementation of the control strategy. In a simulated load from an extreme gust, an uncontrolled response resulted in an amplification of the rotor torque. The hydraulic drivetrain can cope and the response quickly dampens, but the scenario is undesirable. On the other hand, a controlled response severely reduced the effect of the gust. The turbulent wind load case shows, although less apparent, that the controlled response presents a more smooth response. The smoothness of the drivetrain's response to dynamic loads contributes significantly to the quality of power delivered by a wind turbine.
The next phase of the project, again funded by the Fluid Power Research Fund, will bring together the different controller modules (with all required safety functions) switching the components and controlling the rotation speed. In parallel, all needed peripheral systems, such as cooler and supply pumps, will be installed at the test bench. An improved aerodynamic model that can run in the real-time simulation at the test bench will make it possible to apply direct data from wind measurements. Thus, the transmission will act as if it's installed in a turbine. At the end of this project, the transmission will be ready to be installed in a pilot plant.
Johannes Schmitz, Nils Vatheuer, and Hubertus Murrenhoff are with RWTH Aachen University, IFAS, Aachen, Germany. Niels Diepeveen, is with Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. For more information, visit www.rwth-aachen.de.
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Will Legendary Pictures' new Godzilla be a return to awesomeness for the O.G. kaiju, or another disappointment like the Emmerich fiasco? We saw a smidgen of concept art back at Comic Con 2010, but nothing since then.
So the above image is a good sign, we think. It's the work of sculptor Hector A. Arce, and apparently it's a sculpt of Godzilla he did a few years ago. The sculpt impressed Legendary so much, they hired Arce to work on the design team for the movie, and inside sources tell the website Infamous Kidd that the final version of Godzilla in the movie won't be too different from this look. And they report that Godzilla will be more rubber suit, less CG.
You can see more of the sculpt at Arce's website.
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Obviously, we need to take this with a few grains of salt — we do know that Arce sculpted this, because it's on his site. We don't know, however, if it's true that he's working on the film or that his design will be used in the film. We've reached out to him for comment, and we'll update if we hear from him. [Infamous Kidd via Comic Book Movie]

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Review Insurance to Ensure Proper Coverage/ September 16th, 2013
Insurance coverage can ease financial hardship when life gets complicated, unpredictable, and expensive. For that reason, you should review and adjust your coverage regularly. But when and why to review? Here are a few suggestions.
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Install a security system and you may qualify for a premium discount.
Concerns, confusion, and renewal can be prompts"When your agent tells you about a certain [specific] product, be sure that the product they are trying to sell you is suitable to your insurance needs," says Cline. If the agent doesn't answer all your questions, contact your state insurance department for answers. It's a good source for company and agent licensing data and other information. If your agent isn't able to answer most of your questions, consider switching to a more knowledgeable agent. When the premium notice arrives, use it as a reminder to shop around. Comparisons are easy to obtain online. If you don't understand your policy, review it. According to an NAIC survey, only 45% of Americans feel confident making insurance decisions, and more than 60% failed to correctly answer basic questions about insurance coverage, including:
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The the Gerber Daily Carry Hook Knife is a itty-bitty, reliable, discrete little sucker that fits right into a sheath you can keep on your keychain. When extracted, it can cut you out of some restrictive clothes or a seatbelt in an emergency. Admittedly, that's not all that likely to happen, so in the meantime it can handle things like envelopes or freezer bags, or wire-ties.
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independent oil and gas operator, and the current market price of oil and gas, the industry is facing very
difficult times that will halt drilling activity, end most maintenance work and ensure layoffs of thousands.
The aforementioned budget proposes $31.5 billion in new taxes on the independent producer. These new
tax increases include repeals of the expensing of intangible drilling costs, of percentage depletion, of the
marginal well tax credit, of the enhanced oil recovery credit, and of the manufacturing tax deduction.
These policies would ensure that more Oklahoma marginal wells will be shut in or plugged.
The Oklahoma oil and gas industry employs more than 76,000 workers, provides more than 322,000 direct
and indirect jobs in the state of Oklahoma, and generates more than $2 billion in taxes to the state of
Oklahoma. The independent oil and gas operators contribute 68% of American oil production and 82% of
the overall American natural gas production. In the state of Oklahoma, 68% of all oil production comes
from marginal wells and $1.08 billion in gross production tax comes from marginal wells.
James M. Revard'
Txecutive 'Director
'Brad Jfenry
State of Okfalioma
Commission on :Marginaffy Producing o«and (jas WefLS
The survey further supports the importance of the tax credits currently allowed. If President Obama's
proposal passes, it will greatly impact the state's economy while crippling the Oklahoma oil and gas industry. We
hope that this study demonstrates that the marginal well operator is already working with very slim profit margins
and any new tax burden will signal the end of these hard working American businesses.
The Oklahoma Marginal Well Commission thanks all the individuals who work in this industry to supply
Oklahoma and our entire nation with energy. Wewill continue our efforts to educate the public of the importance of
the independent oil and gas producer.
Kind regards,
James M. Revard
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'Executive 'Director
'Brad :Jfenry
State of Okfalioma
Commission on :M.arginaffy Producing oaana (jas WeftS
On behalf of the Oklahoma Marginal Well Commission, I would like to thank all the survey
participants and also Spears & Associates for committing their time and resources to the 'Marginal
Well Break-even Analysis'.
This study is important on many levels and helps better align the Marginal Well
Commission to its purpose of protecting and promoting our state's rroduction of crude oil and
natural gas and to serve the state by making sure that our most vita resource is continuously
produced and not prematurely abandoned. One of our main responsibilities is to serve the public
as an information source regarding the importance of the industry to their lives and the state in
which they live.
This study is a great tool to help us do all these things as well as assisting the Marginal
Well Commission to carryout one of our vision statements; to inform the public and the state
legislature of the importance of marginal production in Oklahoma and the nation by helping
facilitate studies of economics and demographics of the industry. It is our hope that this study will
do just that: Serve as a tool to help in the creation of laws and public policy that promotes and
protects our state's most valuable resource.
Again, we thank you for your assistance with the Marginal Well Commission on this study!
This analysis is clearly a great benefit to the industry and our state and nation.
Rick Torix
Oklahoma Marginal Well Commission
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Primary author:
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Breakeven Oil Price
Breakeven Price of Oil
Survey of 100 MidContinent Oil Producers
-$45 average breakeven price
Spears and Oklahoma's Marginal Well Commission
asked -100 E&P companies active in Texas, Oklahoma,
Kansas and Arkansas about their breakeven price of oil.
The sample included producers with 5 wells and
producers with thousands of wells.
We let each company define "breakeven", but the intent
was to discover the price of oil that producers needed to
SUSTAIN their current business, but not necessarily to
EXPAND their business through additional drilling.
The chart to the right plots the responses by oil price
range. For example, one operator said that his
breakeven price of oil is $11-15 per barrel while two
operators reported that breakeven is $76-80 per barrel.
We believe this to be a normal distribution.
Average breakeven oil price is $44.73 per barrel.
Current Cushing WTI Spot Market oil price is -$48,
which suggests that well over half of these oil producers
are losing money.
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The sample included producers with 5 wells and
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necessarily to EXPAND their business through additional
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range. For example, two operators said that breakeven
price of gas is $2.01-2.50 per MCF while four operators
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 28 MIT remained undefeated in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference men's tennis play this afternoon as the Engineers scored a 7-2 win over Springfield College. MIT took the top four singles flights in straight sets to clinch the victory and move its record to 10-3 (3-0 NEWMAC) for the season.
MIT won all three of the doubles matches to take control of the match early. The Engineers saw their No. 1 and No. 3 teams of junior Matthew Skalak (Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.)/sophomore Edwin Zhang (Falls Church, Va.) and seniors Robert Wheeler (Denton, Texas)/Biafra Ahanonu (Tucson, Ariz.) each pick up 8-2 wins. The Engineers completed the sweep with the No. 2 pairing of juniors Larry Pang (Torrance, Calif.)/Tymor Hamamasy (New York, N.Y.) defeating Doug Nickerson/Jesse Boyd by an 8-5 margin.
MIT kept it rolling in singles play, deciding the outcome with straight sets victories in the first four slots. At No. 1 senior Elia Harmatz (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) took a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kyle Mersereau, with sophomore Vlad Firoiu (Westford, Mass.) also dropping just three games in his 6-1, 6-2 victory over Nickerson. Junior Brian Oldfield (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) was a winner at No. 2 with a 6-4, 6-3 decision over Benjamin Burnap, while sophomore Curtis Wu (Yorba Linda, Calif.) completed the scoring for the Engineers with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 3 over Zach O'Leary.
MIT will host Emerson College in its next match, taking on the Lions on April 19 at 4:00 p.m.


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In August of 2012, my son's Scout troop planned a backpacking trek across the Spanish Peaks, a unit of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Southwest Montana. You can read the photo essay here.
This trek was an interesting one for me. It was one where I observed the boundless enthusiasm and excitement of crossing a rugged mountain range by one group of boys (the ones that attempted it) and the cynicism and disdain for trekking by others who had no intention of participating in a hike like this.
I struggle to develop a strong thesis for why this is (although I'm rather sure our forum members will rapidly come up with one following the publication of this article!). However, I can't help but reflect on how our changing culture might be inhibiting backcountry participation by kids:
- Lack of a mentor who is excited about it, and who can take them.
- Lack of family members who do it.
- Competition from other activities that might be less expensive, less hard, and more – how shall we say this lightly – beneficial for self esteem? (I find that wilderness is the ultimate smackdown for a teenager's inflated ego!)
- A culture of entitlement that keeps kids from pursuing activities that cause discomfort.
- Peer influence that redirects time to other activities (mall shopping, video games, lift served skiing…)
- Single parent families where the time constraints of work-parenting-life lessen time spent outdoors.
This certainly isn't an exhaustive list.
I have no delusion about having all the answers, or solving what is probably not the biggest problems in boys' lives.
I'm not even sure I have the desire to see "all teenage boys go into the backcountry." But the topic makes an interesting study nonetheless, especially in the context of two roles that I'm playing today: a parent and a Scout leader of teenage boys.
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Learn More About Trekking With Scouts
The topics addressed in this film are discussed in depth at Backpacking Light's BSA High Adventure Leader Training Course that we hold each May. Please consider joining us. The discussions we have about boys and backpacking are some of the highlights of our training time. Enrollment is now open for 2013.
About the Author
Ryan Jordan is an Eagle Scout, former Camp Program Director and High Adventure Program Director (Camp Parsons, Chief Seattle Council), former Scoutmaster (Troop 676, Bozeman), Montana Council BSA High Adventure Committee Chair, and a member of the BSA Fieldbook Task Force providing oversight for the next edition.
Read more from Ryan:
- Are You Stealing Opportunity for Character Development From Your Scouts?
- The Scout Patrol Method, and Leadership
- I Just Want To Be With My Friends
- Swimming Slots and Intentional Living
Technical Notes
The video in the rain was shot with a Panasonic TS-1. The rest of the video was shot on a Sony NEX-7 using a Sigma 30/2.8 and a Leica Elmarit-M 90/2.8. You'll see some blobs here and there. We were trekking during a bad fire season and those blobs are ash particles that settled on my image sensor while changing lenses. Most of the video isn't stabilized, so my apologies for the jiggles!


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"Our People. Our Future." Helping One Another Through Service
Guest blog post by Dr. Rebecca Blank, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce
As we head into the inaugural weekend, I'm looking forward to the National Day of Service on Saturday. Four years ago, President-elect Obama asked all of us to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by participating in a National Day of Service. We've made this a tradition in every year since then. The president believes that the strength of our country comes from our people. That's why the theme of this year's inauguration is "Our people. Our future." It is through the combined hard work of Americans in the four years since the president first took office that we're getting back on track. But our work isn't done. There is still plenty of work to be done in our nation and in our communities and the president is asking for our help.
That is why on Saturday, I will be visiting a local elementary school in Washington, D.C. to lend a hand in beautifying the building and improving the learning environment for children who will be America's next generation of leaders. Thousands of fellow Americans in all 50 states will be helping their neighbors by:
- Rebuilding homes destroyed by natural disaster
- Providing guidance on how to start a business or get a job
- Mentoring students
- Cleaning up their local parks
- Providing for the less fortunate among us
- Educating members of their community on medical concerns and resources available
- Serving our veterans and military families in return for their service to us.
To participate in the National Day of Service, go to www.2013pic.org/service and learn about ways to participate. Then, sign up to serve on Saturday, January 19, to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and pledge to serve in your community in the future.
Once you have selected your project, continue the conversation with others in your community and across America on Twitter. The Day of Service hashtag is #iserve and we'd love to hear what you are doing to make our future a brighter one.


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"Knowledge is Power" Energy Conservation Awareness InitiativeFriday, October 31st, 2008
The Facilities Management Department has developed an Energy Conservation Awareness Initiative to help mitigate the unprecedented escalation in energy prices that has occurred globally in recent months.
As we face this challenge, we are calling upon our campus community to support this campus initiative by implementing simple changes in energy utilization behaviors that can positively affect operating costs and the environment while relieving some pressure on institutional resources. We have identified four major awareness components of this program below.


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New York, NY: The Board of Directors of the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) will host its fifth annual New York City reception ¨C a Moroccan hefla ¨C on the evening of Friday, November 6th (7pm-10pm) at the American Institute of Architects New York. Approximately 150 guests, including Moroccan expatriates, returned Peace Corps Volunteers, politicians, business leaders, and academicians, will take part in the evening¡¯s festivities that include Moroccan hors d¡¯oeuvres, a traditional tea pouring ceremony, henna artists, and music.
The event will raise funds for fruit tree planting with rural Moroccan communities, including 20,000 walnut and cherry tree saplings for the Kate Jeans-Gail Tree Nursery Memorial. Since 2003, HAF has planted nearly 150,000 fruit trees, benefitting 20,000 rural people, with the goal of planting one million trees throughout Morocco. Individual tickets are being sold for $100, $75, and $50 ¨C $1 plants one sapling in a community tree nursery. Tickets can be purchased at http://moroccanhefla.eventbrite.com.
Honorary Event Chairs include H.R.H. Princess Lalla Meryem ¡ñ Aicha Afifi, Former Deputy Chief of Mission of the Moroccan Embassy, Washington DC ¡ñ Carol Bellamy, Former Director of Peace Corps ¡ñ John Entelis, PhD, Director of the Middle East Studies Program, Fordham University ¡ñ Madison Jones, Former Director of Peace Corps Morocco ¡ñ Ambassador Samuel L. Kaplan, US Ambassador to Morocco and Mrs. Sylvia C. Kaplan ¡ñ Mohamed Karmoune, Consul General for the Consulate of the Kingdom of Morocco in New York ¡ñ James Miller, PhD, President of the American Institute of Maghrib Studies ¡ñ Darcy Neill, Former Director of Peace Corps Morocco ¡ñ Jody Olsen, PhD, Former Deputy Director of Peace Corps ¡ñ Driss Ouaouicha, PhD, President of Al Akhawayn University ¡ñ Kevin Quigley, PhD, President of the National Peace Corps Association ¡ñ Tim Resch, President of Friends of Morocco ¡ñ Ambassador Frederick Vreeland, Former US Ambassador to Morocco.
This event is sponsored by the Association of Moroccan Professionals in America (AMPA) ¡ñ Caf¨¦ Medina ¡ñ Green Sahara Furniture ¡ñ Jeanne Beatrice ¡ñ Moroccan Prestige ¡ñ Riverview Restaurant & Lounge ¡ñ SigEp ¡ñ Simon Russell Photography ¡ñ Sintir.
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Warren Bobrow.
I had been invited to join John and travel to Portland where he and Andrew Scrivani, were teaching a class at the International Food Bloggers Conference. Warren was also attending and teaching a freestyle mixology class, and that evening found the four of us dining together at OX.
We had walked several blocks from the hotel, so by the time we were seated, we were ready to eat; appetites made a bit more aggressive by the heady smells of smoky grilling meats sizzling in the open, wood-fired kitchen.
After some very satisfying appetizers paired with lively conversation and a full-bodied red Argentine wine, I was presented with a perfectly charred, beautifully marbled, rib-eye steak. It did not disappoint. Mid-way through the meal, Warren leaned in and asked if I'd ever had mezcal, and then seemed rather delighted to hear I had not.
With noticeable excitement, he had merely to turn around and with one step was at the bar and speaking to the barman, and with another, returning with a shot glass and a bottle of Del Maguey's Chichicapa in hand. Smiling, he gave me a quick crash course on the spirit's background and its industrious founder, Ron Cooper. Warren reveled in revealing a treasure trove of great stories he'd amassed during his adventurous, drinking-related travels. Needless to say, the mezcal and ensuing conversation were a perfect pairing with the rest of my steak.
As I sipped, I remember gazing past his shoulder to a well-stocked, very inviting bar, filled with the usual array of different colored bottles. And for whatever reason, the image shifted slightly, and it made me think of having just opened a large box of crayons for the first time. Each one a different color, with hues both familiar and new, sharp and ready, just waiting to be plucked and drawn out. A spontaneous observation of something familiar, but never seen through mezcal eyes before. This was a magical elixir.
My curiosity has been peaked by this, new to me spirit, and I look forward to buying a bottle to try with barbecue. In viewing Ron's site, I learned of his passion for highlighting specific and single village varieties of mezcal, and that like wine, the terroir imparts its stamp. Same is true for mole, as each region of Mexico is known for its own specialized recipe; the flavors and characteristics reflecting the area where they are produced.
His Chichicapa, produced in the village of Chichicapa, is about two hours south of Oaxaca and the resulting mezcal has elements of smoke enhanced by definitive notes of chocolate on the finish. Which then got me thinking about similar notes of chocolate found in SFQ, and how much fun it would be to pair different mezcals with smoky barbecued meats. Similarities further overlapping in that barbecue also has distinctive regional varieties, so the possibilities are endless.
I'm pulling a quote from Ron's site, "You don't find mezcal, mezcal finds you." And because of that chance meeting, I may find myself seated across from a certain someone, eating a certain smoky piece of meat, and I'll be the one leaning over and whispering, "have you ever tried mezcal?"
For more of Warren's writing, check out "Buffalo Trace and Ribs | On Whiskey" in OKRA, the online magazine of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. His post recounts his pairing of SFQ sauced ribs with a smoky bourbon, among other things.


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