fluidized bed reactor is used in conjunction with a burner to provide continuous coke production. The feed stream is introduced into a scrubber, where it exchanges heat with the reactor overhead effluent and condenses the heaviest fraction of the hydrocarbons leaving the top of the reactor. The total reactor feed, including both the fresh feed and the recycle condensed in the scrubber, is injected into a bed of fluidized coke in the reactor. The coke is laid down on the fluidized coke particles, while the hydrocarbon vapors pass overhead into the scrubber. The reactor overhead is scrubbed for solids removal and the high boiling material is condensed and recycled to the reactor. The lighter hydrocarbons are sent from the scrubber to conventional fractionation, gas compression, and light endsOn January 1, 2011, the NFC West was the laughingstock of the NFL. The 6-9 Seahawks and the 7-8 Rams were one day away from playing a would-be playoff tilt on Sunday Night Football that would determine whether the NFC West would become the first division in league history to send a team with a losing record to the NFL playoffs as its champion, inspiring national discussion as to whether the division was the worst in league history. The Cardinals, two years removed from a shocking trip to the Super Bowl, had failed to recover from the retirement of Kurt Warner and collapsed into one of the league’s worst teams. They were 5-10 heading into the final week of the season, as were their opponents, who might have