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Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas vol.81 no.185 Medellín maio/jun. 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/dyna.v81n185.37598
Thermodynamic analysis of R134a in an Organic Rankine Cycle for power generation from low temperature sources
Análisis termodinámico del R134a en un Ciclo Rankine Orgánico para la generación de energía a partir de fuentes de baja temperatura
Fredy Vélez a, Farid Chejne b & Ana Quijano c
a CARTIF Centro Tecnológico, España. frevel@cartif.es
b Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Medellín, Colombia. fchejne@unal.edu.co
c CARTIF Centro Tecnológico, España. anaqui@cartif.es
Received: March 26th, 2013. Received in revised form: December 23th, 2013. Accepted: January 14th, 2014
This paper reports the main results of a thermodynamic study realized on the use of a low temperature heat source (150°C as maximum) for power generation through a subcritical Rankine power cycle with R134a as working fluid. The procedure for analyzing the behavior of the proposed cycle consisted of modifying the input pressure, temperature and/or discharge pressure of the turbine with working fluid at conditions of both saturation and overheating. Results show that the efficiency of the cycle for this fluid is a weak function of temperature, i.e., overheating the inlet fluid to the turbine does not cause a significant change in the efficiency. However, when the pressure ratio in the turbine increases, it is much more efficient, and also, as the input temperature to the turbine rises, the efficiency increases more sharply. Furthermore, the effect of adding an internal heat exchanger to the cycle was analyzed, giving as a result a maximum efficiency of 11% and 14% for the basic cycle and with an internal heat exchanger, respectively.
Keywords: Energy efficiency; organic Rankine cycle; power generation; waste heat; renewable energy.
Este trabajo presenta los principales resultados del estudio termodinámico realizado sobre el uso de una fuente de calor de baja temperatura (150°C como máximo) para la generación de energía a través de un ciclo Rankine subcrítico con R134a como fluido de trabajo. El procedimiento para analizar el comportamiento del ciclo propuesto consistió en modificar la presión y temperatura de entrada y/o descarga de la turbina, con el fluido de trabajo en condiciones tanto de saturación, como sobrecalentamiento. Como resultado, se puede indicar que la eficiencia del ciclo con este fluido es una débil función de la temperatura, es decir, sobrecalentar el fluido a la entrada de la turbina no causa un cambio significativo en la eficiencia. Sin embargo, cuando la relación de presión en la turbina aumenta, la eficiencia incrementa, y también, conforme la temperatura de entrada a la turbina aumenta, la eficiencia aumenta pronunciadamente. Además, se analizó el efecto de adicionar un intercambiador interno de calor que aumentó los valores de eficiencia obtenidos, dando como resultado, una eficiencia máxima del 11% y 14% para el ciclo básico y con el intercambiador interno de calor, respectivamente.
Palabras clave: Eficiencia energética; ciclo Rankine Orgánico; generación de energía; calor residual; energías renovables.
The use of fossil fuels (e.g., oil and coal) as an energy source has many negative environmental impacts, such as the release of pollutants and resource depletion. A high consumption rate of fossil-fuels will result in an increase in environmental pollution during the next century, due to the emission of CO2 and other gases that cause global warming through what is known as the greenhouse effect [1]. In order to reduce CO2 emissions and oil dependency, each country in the world is responsible for improving the quality of its energy sources [1]. One of these improvements is the use of waste heat or low temperature sources (such as some renewables) [2], being the organic Rankine cycle "ORC" a promising technology for their conversion into power [2-5]. The ORC principle of operation is equal to the conventional Rankine cycle, with the difference of using an organic agent as working fluid. However, unlike the conventional Rankine, the change of fluid allows the energy recovery from low enthalpy sources for work or electricity production. Thus, one of the main research lines realized on this issue is the selection of a suitable working fluid due to its great influence in the design of the process [2-4], [6-10]. Depending on the application, the heat source and the temperature level, the fluid must have optimum thermodynamic properties at the lowest possible temperatures and pressures, and also satisfy several criteria such as being economical, nontoxic, nonflammable, environmentally-friendly, allowing a high utilization of the available energy from the heat source. If all these aspects are considered, a few fluids can be used [2,4-6] and therefore, after an extensive literature review, a preliminary comparison of the previous aspects and the thermodynamic performance obtainable for heat sources up to 100°C with different fluids, R134a was chosen as working fluid. This selection has been done on the basis that R134a: is a nontoxic and nonflammable fluid (belonging to the group A1 based on ASHRAE 34) and its Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) is zero; there is wide experience of turbomachines and heat exchangers using this fluid; R134a has a high molecular mass (chemical formula: CF3CH2F, MM=102kg/kmol), so that turbines work with low enthalpy drops and low mechanical stresses; it has a temperature and critical pressure of 101.1°C and 40.6 bar, respectively, allowing its use in the temperature range of interest, and the condenser operates at a higher pressure than atmospheric, and therefore air in-leakages do not occur. Several researchers have investigated the application and performance of ORC with R134a as a working fluid. In [8], the efficiency of the ORC using benzene, ammonia, R134a, R113, R11 and R12 was analyzed, last two fluids obtaining greater efficiencies, however they are also substances of limited use [11]. An analysis of a regenerative ORC based on the parametric optimization, using R12, R123, R134a, and R717 as working fluids superheated at constant pressure was carried out in [12-13]. Results revealed that selection of a regenerative ORC during overheating using R123 as working fluid appears to be a good system for converting low-grade waste heat to power. In [14-15] a low-temperature solar organic Rankine cycle system was designed and built with R134a as working fluid that works between 35.0°C and 75.8°C for reverse osmosis desalination in Greece. The results showed a system efficiency of about 7% and 4%, respectively. Other studies that have analyzed the use of R134a as working fluid in the ORC cycles for reverse osmosis desalination at an experimental level [16], and also as a theoretical manner [17-22] have presented similar efficiencies as ones previously mentioned. In this same field, [23] showed a simulation to estimate the increase in the efficiency and the energy available for desalination of an upper ORC coupled with a lower ORC with R134a, obtaining an efficiency for the latter of 4.2% and a global of 3%. Other cycles with R134a for applications for geothermal sources are reported by [24-26] and in bottoming cycles with internal combustion engine in [27]. A thermodynamic screening of 31 pure component working fluids for organic Rankine cycle is given in [4] achieving an efficiency of 7.7% with cycles that operate with R134a and temperature of 100.0°C, whereas in [6] from the 20 fluids studied and reported, R134a was found to be the most suitable in terms of yield. Other works that have analyzed the use of R134a as working fluid in ORC cycles of low temperature have been realized by [9] and [28-31].
In view of what has been stated, there is a great interest in the use of this fluid for energy use of sources below 150°C. However, we detected a discrepancy in the literature about the best thermodynamic conditions for its use, because while some studies like those presented in [6,12,13] do not find its overheating interesting, others such as [21] see a positive impact working under this condition. Therefore, this paper has been developed to show in an exhaustive manner, the effective thermodynamic difference with the use of this fluid at saturated and overheating conditions. In addition, the influence of the input temperature in the turbine (in the range of 60°C-150°C) and therefore, the influence of the energy source on the performance and on the net specific work in a basic system and in a system with an Internal Heat Exchanger (IHX) has been studied.
The main contributions of the present paper are based on the scarcity of information and research leading to show the influence of the input temperature and pressure in the turbine (and therefore the energy source), as well as the inclusion of an IHX for the power cycle with R134a as working fluid in low temperature heat sources for power generation. The results show that the efficiency for this fluid is a weak function of temperature, i.e., overheating the inlet fluid to the turbine does not cause a significant change in the efficiency. However, when the pressure ratio in the turbine increases, much larger values of efficiency are obtained, and also, as the input temperature to the turbine rises, the efficiency increases more sharply. Furthermore, the effect of adding an IHX to the cycle was analyzed, giving as result a maximum efficiency of 11% and 14% for the basic cycle and with IHX, respectively.
2. Description of the power cycle
The ORC operation principle is the same as the conventional Rankine cycle. A pump pressurizes the liquid fluid, which is injected into an evaporator (heat source) to produce a vapour that is expanded in a turbine connected to a generator. Finally, the output vapor is condensed and sucked up by the pump to start the new cycle. An IHX can be also included to make even better use of the energy from the expanded vapor, preheating the pump fluid that will enter the evaporator as it is shown in Fig. 1.
According to the state points displayed in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 shows the power cycle in a T-s-diagram plotted with [32] data. As an example, an ideal cycle process is shown by segments, which are built from the state points 1, 2is, 3 and 4is marked with (O). The line segment 1-2is represents an isentropic expansion with a production of output work. Heat is extracted from 2is to 3 along a constant subcritical pressure line. Then, an ideal compression of the saturated liquid from pressure at state point 3 to state point 4is. Finally, the segment 4is-1 represents the heat addition at constant subcritical pressure to the highest temperature of the cycle at state point 1.
The previous case, but operating under conditions in which the expansion process as well as compression process have a certain efficiency, is represented by the segments built from the state points 1, 2, 3 and 4 marked with (O) in the same Fig. 2, which are also related to Fig. 1. In order to increase the process efficiency, an IHX is introduced (as it can be seen in Fig. 1), in which a portion of the rejected heat, represented by an enthalpy drop from 2 to 2IHX at constant subcritical pressure, is transferred back to the fluid, raising its enthalpy from 4 to 4IHX at constant subcritical pressure. Net heat rejection is indicated by the enthalpy drop from 2IHX to 3 at constant subcritical pressure. State point 3 is at the lowest temperature of the cycle and above the temperature of the heat sink. Net input heat to the cycle occurs from 4 (or 4IHX) to 1 at constant pressure. Net output work is the difference between the output work from state points 1 to 2 and the input work pump from state points 3 to 4.
3. Modelling of the process
The equations used to determine the performance of the different configurations are presented in this section. Using the first law of thermodynamic, the performance of a Rankine cycle can be evaluated under diverse working conditions. For both configurations, the analysis assumes steady state conditions, no pressure drop or heat loss in the evaporator, IHX, condenser or pipes, and the constant isentropic efficiencies of 75% are assumed for the pump as well as for the turbine. The cycle's total energy efficiency is:
Where is the power out from the turbine; is the power input in the pump defined as:
and the is the heat input in the evaporator defined as:
An input temperature of the condensation water T7=15°C and a minimum working fluid condensation temperature of T3=25°C have been considered. Otherwise, a pinch point of 10°C is maintained between T3 and the output temperature of the condensation water (T8) for both configurations. In the heating process, the overheating of the inlet fluid to the turbine (T1) is considered from the condition of saturated steam up to its critical temperature. The minimum discharge pressure of the turbine (P2) is equal to the saturation pressure of the fluid in liquid state (P3) to the temperature T3=25°C.
The thermodynamic analysis of the cycle was performed using a process simulator HYSYS® (Hyprotech Co., Canada). This simulator is useful for thermodynamic analysis, especially at steady state condition, and it has the advantage of including fluid properties and ready to use optimization tools. Its predictions have been compared with the ones from [32] and the results are very similar. The simulation flow diagram is the same as the one presented in Fig. 1, and the method for resolving all the components is widely described in [3,10].
This section presents the results obtained in the simulations done with R134a fluid using the method described in section 3. As it was commented in the introduction, this fluid is of interest for the temperature range under study because of its good environmental characteristics, safety and thermophysical properties (temperature and critical pressure, boiling point, etc.).
Furthermore, it must be taken into account that the ideal working fluid for a Rankine cycle is that whose saturated vapor line is parallel to the line of expansion of the turbine. As a consequence, a maximum efficiency is ensured in the turbine when this works in the area of dry steam (as it is shown in Fig. 2). This fluid has a slight negative slope in the saturation curve, and therefore the expansion process can be very close to the line of dry steam.
The procedure for analyzing the behavior of this subcritical cycle consisted of varying the inlet temperature or pressure to the turbine and/or the discharge pressure of the turbine, until these conditions do not allow the fluid to be in the gaseous state neither in the input nor in the exit of the turbine. The results obtained for saturated and overheating conditions are presented in the sections below.
4.1. Saturated conditions
Fig. 3 has been realized to analyze the influence of the P1/P2 ratio (in various conditions of saturation) on the efficiency of the cycle for this fluid. The discharge pressure P2 at five different saturated conditions were studied (7, 10, 15, 20 or 30 bar) maintaining both the inlet temperature to the turbine (in saturated conditions) and the pressure P1 constant (the latter undoubtedly corresponds to the condition given by saturation temperature), for each curve. Fig. 3 shows that the highest efficiency is achieved when the inlet and the discharge pressure are the highest and lowest respectively, making higher the pressure ratio (i.e, making Dh greater and therefore producing more work). It is interesting to note that for the same pressure ratio, higher efficiencies are obtained for lower temperatures (or what it is, lower pressure P1); especially in the range from 77°C to 101°C, e.g., for a T1 of 77°C the efficiency was approximately 1.5% more than for a T1 of 101°C. For lower temperatures this influence begins to be unappreciable.
4.2. Overheated conditions.
Figures 4 to 8 present the results obtained when the influence of the P1/P2 ratio is analyzed with an overheated fluid at constant temperatures of 101°C, 95°C, 80°C, 70°C and 60°C, respectively. The inlet temperature to the turbine, T1, was kept constant for all the curves, but varying the discharge pressure P2 and for each of the inlet pressures to the turbine P1 of 15, 20, 25 and 35 bar, (i.e., analyzing the influence of the P1/P2 ratio with the fluid in overheating conditions on the overall efficiency of the cycle). Also the behavior of this cycle with each one of the saturation conditions presented in Fig. 3 was compared to the new conditions of overheating.
Firstly, it can be inferred from Fig. 4 to 8 that the behavior is similar to that discussed for Fig. 3, i.e., higher efficiency is achieved when the inlet and the discharge pressure is the highest and lowest respectively, (with higher pressure ratio, i.e., higher Dh and therefore more work is produced). In addition, for the same pressure ratio higher efficiencies are obtained for lower P1 (especially in the range of 25 to 40 bar), e.g., the efficiency for a P1 of 25 bar was approximately 1.5% more than at saturated conditions for a T1 of 101°C. For pressures less than 25 bar such influence was not very significant.
Also Figs. 4 to 8 show the condition of overheating causes a slight increase in efficiency compared to that achieved at saturation conditions. This occurs because the inlet temperature to the turbine has a wide range of effects on the efficiency of the system depending on the slope of the isobaric curve in the region of overheated steam on the T-s diagram. If a fluid has a significantly steeper slope in the region of high pressure isobaric curve than in the region of low pressure, the system's efficiency increases as the inlet temperature to the turbine increases, otherwise it decreases. In our case, given that the R134a fluid analysis shows a slight negative slope in the saturation curve (Fig. 2), a slight overheating causes a slight increase in h, whereas, when the ratio P1/P2 increases, much higher values of this efficiency are obtained and in addition as T1rises, such h increases more sharply.
Thus, the following section 4.3 discusses how the inlet temperature to the turbine T1 influences the efficiency of the cycle, at various constant P1/P2 ratios.
4.3. Influence of the input temperature to the turbine T1 on the efficiency of the cycle.
In Fig. 9 the results on the h of the cycle by increasing the T1 at a constant P1/P2 ratio are presented. It is obvious that when the P1/P2 = 1.5 (which is the lowest of those studied, see Fig. 9) the efficiency, h, increases with T1. However, it should be noted that h is a weak function of temperature for the case of the fluid studied (as it was
reported in the section 4.2), i.e. overheating the inlet fluid to the turbine does not cause a significant change in h. However, much higher values of h are obtained when the P1/P2 ratio increases and also as T1 rises, h increases more sharply as it is shown in Fig. 9.
4.4. Comparation of basic ORC vs. other with IHX
Finally, Fig. 10 presents the results of simulations realized with a basic and with an IHX ORC (Fig. 1). The inlet pressure varies from 7 bar up to its critical pressure at four constant inlet turbine temperatures: 150°C, 120°C, 90°C and 60°C. Also, a pinch point of 5°C is maintained between T3 and the output temperature of the condensation water (T8) and a temperature difference (DT) between T2 and T4 of at least 5°C for the cycle with IHX. In the heating process, the overheating of the inlet fluid to the turbine (T1) is considered from the condition of saturated steam up to its critical temperature.
In Fig. 10, the blue tendency lines and the open blue symbols indicate the energy efficiencies of the simple cycle, the green tendency lines and the green bold symbols point to the energy efficiencies of the cycle with IHX and the discontinuous red lines represent the net specific work (wne). On the other hand, symbols represented with a triangle (▲), square (■), circle (●) and rhombus (♦) are linked with the analyzed temperatures of 150°C, 120°C, 90°C and 60°C, respectively.
Fig. 10 shows a behavior where both the h and the wne at all four temperatures increase. There are several reasons for this: noting firstly, that the input temperature and the discharge pressure of the turbine are fixed; second, we assume that the work produced by this device is that given by equation (2); third, if the Mollier diagram of this fluid is analyzed, it can be seen that, for a constant temperature, when the pressure increases, Dh rises, and along with it, which ensures the increase of both h and the wne of the cycle. It is interesting to note how, for a same inlet pressure to the turbine P1, there is no appreciable increase in h with increasing temperature in the case of the basic cycle. However, for the cycle with IHX, the difference is more representative, both in the same cycle with IHX at different temperatures, as compared to the basic cycle at the same T1, except in the latter case, for temperatures of 60°C and 90°C, in which it is not very noticeable the inclusion of an IHX. This occurs because as was mentioned in the preceding sections, in the case of the basic cycle, the overheating of the fluid does not cause an appreciable increase in h, except for pressures close to the maximum allowed by the T1 studied (i.e. to higher pressure ratios), where this effect starts to be noticeable. As an example for illustrating this, considering an inlet pressure to the turbine of 20 bar, an increase of the inlet temperature to the turbine from 90°C to 150°C, caused a raise in the efficiency of 2.5% for the case of cycle with IHX. For this same pressure and inlet temperature to the turbine of 90°C, the inclusion of the IHX caused an increase in the efficiency of 0.8%, approximately, with respect to the basic cycle.
On the other hand, for the same inlet pressure to the turbine P1, there is an appreciable increase in h with increasing temperature in the case of a cycle with IHX due to the recovery of energy. As a consequence, the amount of energy required from the heat source decreases and the overall cycle efficiency increases, as can be seen in the same eq. (1).
Based on the simulations carried out, the system's efficiency proposed is a weak function of temperature, because overheating the inlet fluid to the turbine does not cause a significant change in the overall efficiency of the cycle. However, when the pressure ratio in the turbine increases (obviously limited by the temperature of the heat source), much larger values of efficiency are obtained (≈5% more as maximum for the same temperature T1) and also, as the inlet temperature to the turbine rises, the efficiency increases more sharply (≈1% more as maximum for the same pressure ratio P1/P2). Furthermore, adding an internal heat exchanger to the cycle increases significantly the efficiency values obtained (≈3% more as maximum).
Moreover, considering the energy analysis carried out, it can be concluded that the ORC with R134a as working fluid is suitable for the production of useful energy using low enthalpy heat, as it is possible to operate in relatively low temperature ranges. In addition, many of the aspects taken into account nowadays in these processes, such as environmental issues, safety and efficient and rational use of energy have been satisfied.
Authors acknowledge all the invaluable comments by Eng. Cecilia Sanz M. from CARTIF. Fredy Vélez. thanks the scholarship awarded by the "Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo", CYTED, CARTIF Technological Center and University of Valladolid in order to carry out his doctoral thesis, on which this paper is based.
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Fredy Vélez. Ph.D in Energetic and Fluid-Mechanical Engineering by University of Valladolid (2011). MSc in Engineer -Emphasis in Chemical Engineering- (2007) and Chemical Engineer (2004), both by Colombian National University, where he was also an Associate Professor at the Energy and Process School. He started to work as researcher in the field of renewable energies in 2004. Since 2007 he is actively working in Energy Department of CARTIF in RTD projects about energy efficiency and integration of renewable energy (solar, geothermal, biomass) for the production of heating and cooling and/or electricity generation in buildings (to achieve zero emission buildings and near-zero energy balance) and industrial processes. He has experience in national and international (European and Latin American) projects, and has published many papers in peer review and technical journals and contributions in conferences about these themes. ORCID 0000-0003-0764-1321
Farid Chejne is a post-doctoral researcher at University Libre of Brussels (1997). He earned a PhD in Energy systems at Technical University of Madrid (1991). BSc in Physic (1989) by University of Antioquia and Mechanical Engineer by University Pontificia Bolivariana (1983). From 1983 to 2002, he worked as Full Professor in the Thermodynamical department in the University Pontificia Bolivariana, starting his career in National University of Colombia in 2002 where he currently continues his work as Full Professor. His research interests includes: modeling and simulation of processes, analysis of energy systems, advanced thermodynamic, energy resources, optimization and rational use of the energy, new technologies, combustion and gasification, management and technology. Furthermore, he has carried out projects for different companies within the power and industrial sectors. He has participated in multiple national and international research projects, contributing in addition in the publication of a large number of publications, including papers in peer review and technical journals, contributions in conferences and books about these themes. He has organized several international workshops, scientific sections and panels at international conferences and conducted various theses.
Ana Quijano. BSc in Environmental Science (2003) and MSc in Research in Engineering for the Agroforestry Development (2010), by the University of Salamanca and University of Valladolid, respectively. She has been working in the Biofuels Area of CARTIF during 2005-2012, leading and participating in several National and European R&D projects on technologies for energy valorisation of biomass. She was nominated as Member of the Action COST "Innovative applications of regenerated wood cellulose fibres" in 2012 for her trajectory in the field of biorefineries. In 2013, she was incorporated to the Energy Area, specializing the execution of FP7 Projects in the field of efficiency and renewable energy generation systems in buildings. Furthermore, she is co-author of 4 articles in scientific journals, 6 articles in dissemination journals and 12 contributions in conferences.
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Week Ending November 30th 1996
2Pac	The Prodigy	Queen	Belinda Carlisle	Atlantic Ocean	Sheryl Crow	Mory Kante	Skunk Anansie	Louise	Fugees	Mark Owen	Kim English	2 Funky 2	Red Hill Children
1 BREATHE (Prodigy)
They had some stiff competition beneath them but the Prodigy cling on for a second week at the top and are now chasing the three week spell of Firestarter at the start of the year. They will do well to do so with both the Fugees and Mark Owen looking strong beneath them and with the Christmas rush well and truly poised to begin. There was a time in the late 1980s when the last week in November was the calculated moment to release your assault on the Christmas market, the four week gap giving just enough time for a single to climb the charts to land at the top nicely for Christmas. These days of course the closer to the date itself the better given the likelihood of going straight in at Number One. Expect a great many new entries very near the top over the next few weeks.
2 NO WOMAN, NO CRY (Fugees)
So near and yet so far, the Fugees this week came very close indeed to rounding off their spectacular year with a third Number One single. Past trends suggest that they might just manage it, their last single Ready Or Not doing something rather unusual and climbing to Number One after entering at Number 2 the week before but the odds still look fairly long. As is typical of the group, their new hit is a modern day spin on a classic single. This one may raise almost as many eyebrows as their version of Killing Me Softly as they join Stevie Wonder and Annie Lennox as one of the few acts to successfully cover a Bob Marley song. Purists will cry in agony at this recording, however. No Woman No Cry is one of the classics of reggae music. Unusually for a song its definitive version is the live recording that became his first ever hit single back in 1975 when it reached Number 22. Upon his death it was reissued, reaching Number 8 in June 1981 and to this stand stands as one of the most beautifully moving reggae tracks ever released. Hence one must always apprach a cover version with a sense of apprehension. True to form the Fugees take their own approach to the song and present us with a stripped-down, acoustically based track that stays true to the lilting flavour of the original but gives it a modern day feel at the same time. Few people seems to have minded as this near-miss at the top of the charts indicates but if you listen very closely you can probably just make out the sound of Bob Marley spinning in his grave.
3 CHILD (Mark Owen)
As virtually anyone will tell you, the most famous pop group ever were the Beatles. Their achievements were plain for all to see and even after their demise in 1970, few had any doubts that the individual members would continue to have success in the music industry. Such predictions proved to be correct as all four had Number One hits in America whilst only Ringo Starr failed to match this achievement at home. Since then there have been many other bands whose members have gone on to have solo Number Ones after having also done so with their groups, people like Eddy Grant, Boy George, Freddie Mercury, George Michael and Michael Jackson spring readily to mind but no other group has ever had more than one member chart with a solo Number One. If any band were going to break that jinx the smart money would have been on Take That. When the pop superstars split up at the start of this year several of them pledged to continue to make music and record deals were issued all round. First off the mark was Gary Barlow who found little difficulty in shooting straight to the top in July with Forever Love. Eyes then turned to maverick Robbie Williams who released his cover of George Michael's Freedom a month later. It peaked at Number 2. Now comes Mark Owen with his first solo release. Mark was always one of the more lower-profile members of the band although he did take lead vocals on a number of occasions, most famously on their 1993 Number One hit Babe. His first solo release is also a ballad, and quite a ballad at that, an epic tune that seems oddly reminiscent of John Lennon at times, despite sounding like no Lennon track ever recorded. The pre-release buzz that surrounded the release of the track caused many to predict an instant Number One for it but to the surprise of many that has not arisen. Instead the track follows the apparent law of diminishing returns for solo Take That singles, landing at Number 3 and with a lot of ground to make up if it is to progress any further. So the Beatles remain the only group ever to top the charts to see more than one solo member repeat the feat in later years. Take That are by no means the only other act to have several members notch up solo hits, the Jacksons and the Rolling Stones are just two of the others. The record is still there for the taking, and with further releases from Barlow and Williams due very soon there is still a chance that one of the few unique crowns still held by the Beatles could be about to be shared.
9 ONE KISS FROM HEAVEN (Louise)
The reinvention of sweet Louise from Eternal into one of the year's hottest sex bombs has to go down as one of the most startling transformations of the year. Ever since last November's release of the seasonal ballad Light Of My Life her costumes have become ever more skimpier, the videos ever raunchier until now she is at a stage where virtually every men's lifestyle magazine going is proud to proclaim her as one of the sexual icons of the year. Such an image is hardly likely to damage her record sales of course and so here she is with her fifth solo hit and third Top 10 smash of the year, following hot on the heels of pop classics such as Naked and Undivided Love. She may not have the most powerful singing voice in the world but the quality of her material speaks for itself. One of the most genuinely successful pop stars of the year.
12 EVERYDAY IS A WINDING ROAD (Sheryl Crow)
The commercial revival of Sheryl Crow continues. The one-hit-wonder tag that she was in danger of being landed with after the all-eclipsing success of All I Wanna Do was dented recently with the Top 10 appearance of If It Makes You Happy and to all intents and purposes it is now destroyed for good with the release of this track. If anything this insistent, driving track is better than her previous single and a strong set of TV promotional appearances have helped to propel the singer-songwriter into the Top 20. It is her sixth Top 40 hit.
13 I AIN'T MAD AT CHA (2 Pac)
Two new entries in the Top 20 this week are posthumous hits. The first of these is this release from the late Tupac Shakur, recent victim of the gangland lifestyle his records so often portrayed. The track becomes his third Top 20 hit of the year, a year in which he had transcended the chart ghetto in which gangsta rap usually lives in this country and was starting to eclipse the likes of Ice Cube and Snoop Doggy Dogg in the race to become a genuine commercial star. [If this had remained 2Pac's one and only posthumous hit record it would have gone down as a classic. Yet the parade of releases would shortly become relentless].
17 YOU DON'T FOOL ME - THE REMIXES (Queen)
It can have escaped the attention of few people that last week marked the fifth anniversary of the untimely demise of Freddie Mercury. Many events were held to mark the occasion in aid of the Mercury Phoenix Aids Trust and to coincide with this is the release of this single. It is the fifth single lifted from Made In Heaven and matches all the others in making the Top 20. In actual fact even without the reminiscing, You Don't Fool Me would have been a smash anyway. Far and away one of the best tracks on the album the insidious, insistent tone of the record ranks it among some of the classic Queen tracks. It's popularity is helped by the remixes that accompany the single, and whilst the concept of a set of dance mixes of a Queen record may seem anathema to some, the effect is at times quite magical - this is one track that it would be impossible to ruin. The word is that it is more than likely that this will be the last ever official Queen single. The album has been milked of hits and so subject to some 'long-lost' recordings resurfacing in the future the curtain has finally been drawn on the career of one of the great rock bands of chart history. The first Queen single was Seven Seas Of Rhye which made Number 10 in March 1974 and paved the way for an astonishingly consistent string of hits. In all the band have had 47 chart hits, 24 Top Tenners and five Number Ones.
20 LOVE IN THE KEY OF C (Belinda Carlisle)
The loveliest cheekbones in pop makes her third Top 40 appearance of the year, following hot on the heels of In Too Deep and Always Breaking My Heart, both of which gave her her first Top 10 hits for six years. It is something of a shame that this new single should chart slightly lower, had it been ten places higher it would have marked the first time she had had three consecutive Top 10 hits since her first three releases back in 1988.
21 WATERFALL (Atlantic Ocean)
It is an astonishing week for dance music. Once again what is supposedly the most progressive and forward-looking of musical genres shows it can at times become a bit lazy as no less than four different tracks are reissued to make the Top 40 this week. The first of these lands at Number 21, Atlantic Ocean's trancey instrumental classic Waterfall. The Dutch-made instrumental was first released in February 1994 when it made Number 22. Since then the track has become something of a producers dream, popping up as a backing track on countess TV shows and adverts. As a result it is a tune that most people are familiar with but which few could actually name, hence this timely re-release (complete with a couple of new mixes of course) which leads to the track beating by one place its original peak of just over two years ago.
26 TWISTED (EVERYDAY HURTS) (Skunk Anansie)
A good consistent year for Skunk Anansie with three straight Top 20 hits and now they round it off with this new single to give them their fifth Top 40 hit.
28 YEKE YEKE - 96 REMIXES (Mory Kante)
Some hits are destined never to die. They simply go on, and on, and on. Mory Kante was the singer from Guinea who had a huge Euro smash in the summer of 1988 with Yeke Yeke. Topping the charts all over the continent, it surprisingly struggled to find an audience in this country and could only stagger to Number 29 a month or so after the holiday season ended. The distinctive sound of the record was revived briefly by Clubhouse the following summer when they merged it with a remake of Chicago's I'm A Man and had a Number 69 hit for their pains. Fast forward then to the spring of 1995 when the track was resurrected with a new set of remixes. Like all little projects of that nature it gained enough exposure to chart, the song reaching Number 25 in March last year to eclipse its original chart peak. For some bizarre reason this still was not enough, so here comes another re-release with yet another set of mixes, the track by now bearing only a scant resemblance to the original Euro classic. For the third time it makes the Top 40 although clearly destined never to break into the Top 20 - until next years remixes maybe.
35 NITE LIFE (Kim English)
In a curious chart coincidence, two long-lost club classics make new Top 40 appearances at consecutive chart positions. The first of these is Kim English who first released Nite Life in July 1994. Although a sizeable club hit it never set the charts on fire the way it should have done and could only peak at Number 35. Now this reissue, complete with new mixes returns the disc to the chart, spookily landing it at exactly the same chart position.
36 BROTHER AND SISTERS (2 Funky 2 featuring Kathryn Dion)
Hot on the heels of Kim English's hit comes another lost club classic. This time the track is three years old, the UK made Brothers And Sisters was first released commercially in November 1993 but it could only peak at Number 56. Continuing demand for the track has led to this inevitable reissue and with a 20 place improvement on its original peak the track makes its first Top 40 appearance.
40 WHEN CHILDREN RULE THE WORLD (Red Hill Children)
Last weekend saw the broadcast of BBC Television's annual Children In Need Telethon. The event, something of a national institution, always inspires a frenzy of fundraising activity across the country and from time to time various ancillary projects designed to help raise more money. Occasionally this takes the form of hit singles, the first of which was O My Father Had A Rabbit, a nonsense rhyme recorded by the late Radio Two presenter Ray Moore. This year the telethon adopted When Children Rule The World as a theme and the song featured heavily in programme trails and the marathon broadcast on the Friday night itself. Consequently the record lands a place in the charts this week, all proceeds going to the appeal. That is not quite the end of the story as the song itself was written for a totally different purpose. The combination of Jim Steinman and Andrew Lloyd-Webber may seem a curious one but incredibly enough the two have been collaborating - working on a new musical of the famous film 'Whistle Down The Wind'. The film is one of the timeless classics of British Cinema, all about a group of children who find an escaped convict in a barn and mistake him for Jesus. A perennial Christmas favourite, it is notable for starring the then child star Hayley Mills, mother of Kula Shaker's lead singer Crispin. When Children Rule The World is the first single to be released from the new musical version with I suspect many more to come [well yes, but oddly enough not for another two years, such was the time it took to actually get the musical in production. During which time many people forgot this single ever existed]. Interestingly enough both authors have been behind a recent chart hit apiece. Lloyd-Webber of course wrote Madonna's You Must Love Me from 'Evita' which made Number 10 whilst Steinman wrote and produced Celine Dion's recent hit single which is still on the chart, 11 places above this hit.

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Travellers have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to Portishead Football Club after setting up an illegal camp on its ground.
A group of five caravans moved onto Portishead Football Club, on Bristol Road, on Friday (July 14) evening.
The group stayed on site – trashing its facilities – until yesterday before they were moved off by bailiffs and police.
The travellers caused thousands of pounds of damage to the facilities at the ground, kicking through the wall between the mens' and ladies' cubicles in the public toilet block.
They also stuffed the toilets with loo paper, rendering them unusable.
They also broke into the club's changing rooms by kicking in the doors. The doors and frames will now have to be replaced.
Once inside the building they also used the kitchen area and broke into the referees' changing room.
The group also left excrement, toilet paper, baby wipes and nappies over the pitch along with food waste.
They dug several large rectangular holes – around a foot deep - in the main first team pitch, leaving it unusable.
The arrival of the unwelcome guests also meant the club house had to close over the weekend, losing thousands of pounds in revenue.
It is understood an event at the club on Saturday night also had to be cancelled.
And a football match planned at the ground over the weekend had to relocate to Clevedon Town at the Everyone Active Stadium.
As well as being used by the club's four senior teams, under 18s team and two ladies teams, the complex is also home to Portishead Junior Football Club which has 700 members.
Portishead Cricket Club also play at the complex and was forced to cancel a game on Sunday because of the travellers.
Club bosses now face a major clean up and repair bill and say it will be a race against time to get the main pitch repaired in time for the start of the football season on August 5.
Club chairman Adrian Green said: "This has come as a nasty blow at the wrong time of the season.
"The travellers have caused a lot of hassle and mess.
"We have not been able to open since they arrived on Friday which means we have lost all the revenue we would have expected to generate from the bar.
"The repair and clean up bill is likely to run into thousands of pounds.
"There has been serious vandalism to our public toilet block and where they broke into the changing rooms, all the doors and frames will have to be replaced.
"There is also rubbish and human excrement strewn across the pitch.
"The holes in the pitch are quite large.
The land is owned by Portishead Town Council and leased to the football club.
The town council instructed bailiffs – supported by the police – to move the group on yesterday afternoon.
However the travellers just drove half a mile down the road before cutting the locks on the flower show field at Clapton Lane and moving onto there.
The group were again moved on by town council staff and bailiffs.
Portishead Town Council clerk Jo Duffy said: "There were contractors working on the flower show field at the time.
Security will now be increased at the football club site to prevent further encampments.
It is understood the group has now moved onto the Strode Road playing fields in Clevedon.
The playing fields – also used by sporting clubs in the town – are owned by North Somerset Council.
Council spokeswoman Zoe Briffitt said: "We visited the encampment this morning and have concluded our health and welfare investigations. We have now served a direction requesting the group to leave by 9am tomorrow morning. If the group are still on site after this time we will request a court hearing for an order to remove them."
North Somerset has been deluged with groups of travellers over the last few weeks. There have been encampments at Worle Recreation Ground and Locking Road car park in Weston-super-Mare.
There is also a group parked up at the Beach Lawns in the seaside resort which is due to be evicted by North Somerset Council today.
Another group has also parked up at Hutton Moor Playing Fields. The council is due to go to magistrates court today to get an order to move the group off.


A long term illness or extended hospital stay brings a host of concerns that are often confusing and frightening. What if you had someone in your corner to help navigate treatment options or deal with insurance companies? Here's everything you need to know about working with a patient advocate.
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Whom does your advocate work for?
It's important to note, a patient advocate shouldn't be discussing any information, whether it is test results or treatment options with your doctor or other healthcare professionals without your permission. "As a physician, I have spoken to patient advocates directly about a patient's care. However, this can only be done with the permission of the patient to share medical information, in order to protect the patient's privacy," says Dr. Toks. It's Dr. Toks' practice to speak with the advocate and patient present so the patient can be involved as much as possible. Make the most of your doctor appointment with these tips.
When you have a serious illness or will be hospitalized for a length of time, it's important to have a doctor that you trust and feel comfortable with. When you're not happy with your doctor, a patient advocate can help. "The PA can try to help a patient decide to them what is important. It can be something like age, gender or the wait time but whatever it is, it should always be about the patient and what the patient wants," says Ilene Corina, president, Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy. A patient advocate can have the conversations most of us would like to avoid and help resolve the issue or in some cases, help find another doctor for the patient. If your doctor does this, you need to find a new one.
When you're ill, sedation or lack of energy makes it difficult to communicate with the hospital staff about safety issues. Or maybe you don't want to ruffle any feathers and complain about things like cleanliness of your room or staff washing their hands before they treat you. A patient advocate should be aware of things like room cleanliness, nurses responding to bells, and introducing themselves or answering questions, especially when you can't speak up for yourself. "Our goal is to keep patients safe when hospitalized or using the doctor," says Corina. "Is the patient understanding information? Are the nurses explaining the medication? Are the staff asking the name and birth date and washing their hands? These are things I personally look for," says Corina. Here's what you need to do to make your next hospital stay more comfortable.
Taking prescription meds is serious business, especially when a disease or long-term illness requires multiple medications. A patient advocate can help with concerns about allergic reactions, fear of meds becoming addicting, or interacting with other meds. "A common reason that patients do not follow their physician's advice concerning medications is related to fear, and the fear is often due to insufficient or incorrect information," says Rachel S. Boggs, RN, clinical consultant, HMC HealthWorks, a healthcare management company who offers patient advocates called a Care Advocates. A patient advocate may retrieve more info from the doctor or pharmacist so the patient doesn't have to conduct hours of research or spend time on the phone trying to get answers. Be sure to ask these important questions before taking prescription meds.
It's scary enough to learn you have a specific health issue that requires a specialist, but now you also have the daunting prospect of finding a specialist that's right for you. Your doctor may give you a few recommendations, but how do you choose one that's right for you and in your benefit network? You can spend hours reading reviews but that's time-consuming. A patient advocate can help. 'Not only can the HMC care advocate gather information to help with identifying the specialist, but the care advocate can schedule the appointment too, if that would be helpful to the patient," says Boggs. This is how you know you can trust your doctor.
A trial can be a shining light of hope when you're facing a serious illness but the light grows dim when you don't understand the many facets of it. Ariella Chivil, a former patient turned advocate was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010 and is now cancer free thanks to participating in a clinical trial. "My introduction to clinical trials was guided by my oncologist, who acted as my advocate alongside my nurse," says Chivil. "Once I exhausted the options at my hospital, I had to act as my own advocate in order to navigate the clinical trial landscape. I had to determine for myself which protocols I would prioritize based on my own research and decision criteria." Now, as a patient advocate, Chivil guides and supports patients by translating the often confusing world of clinical trials. "I help them figure out if they might qualify for the trial or what questions they should ask their oncologist to figure out if they qualify for the trial. I also take some time walking them through the steps of the clinical trial sign up process as well as helping them pick the trial site that best meets their needs." These good deeds help cancer patients the most.
Whether you're participating in a clinical trial hours from home or need transportation to your doctor appointment, a patient advocate has the inside scoop on how to help with the costs. Chivil helps her patients find alternative ways to pay for travel and accommodations when the clinical trial site is far from home. "Usually a nonprofit specific to a patient's disease type can provide some financial resources or a group like corporate angels can give them a seat on a flight for free," says Chivil. Errors in billing or filing insurance claims can be passed to the patient advocate as well. They are keenly aware of how to appeal the hospital for billing mistakes and how to get a lower overall cost for care. For routine appointments, patient advocates know what insurance plans may offer reduced or free transportation. Some hospitals, like MedStar Health are partnering with Uber to make it easier for patients without transportation to get to their appointments. In some cases, the cost is covered by insurance and Medicaid. Ask your doc these questions first and save big on prescription drugs.
When don't you need a patient advocate?
If you have a loved one out of town who requires frequent medical care as a result of injury or illness, a patient advocate could step into the role of a trusted family member or friend. "There is no need for a professional patient advocate if a person is able to process information and make informed medical and care decisions and if there are family members or close friends available nearby to assist with the logistics of the person's health care management," says Kline. Keep an eye on your aging parents with this technology.


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Home News Briefs McKeown Joins Juniperus as CEO
McKeown Joins Juniperus as CEO
Juniperus Capital Holdings, which is backed by Aquiline Capital Partners, said Monday that Chris McKeown has joined as CEO effective immediaqtely. Marsh & McLennan Cos. in April took a minority stake in Juniperus. McKeown succeeds Phil Lotz, who will remain executive chairman. McKeown was recently Vice Chairman of North America Broking at Guy Carpenter.
Juniperus Capital Holdings Limited ("Juniperus"), a Bermuda-based insurance asset manager focused on collateralized reinsurance and catastrophe insurance-linked securities, today announced that industry veteran Chris McKeown has joined the firm as Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Aquiline Capital Partners LLC ("Aquiline"), a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services, acquired Juniperus in January of this year to capture growing investor demand for insurance-linked securities. In April of this year, Juniperus announced that Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE:MMC) had taken a minority partnership stake, joining existing partners Aquiline and the company's management team.
Mr. McKeown has over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry and has recently served as Vice Chairman of North America Broking at Guy Carpenter, a leading global risk and reinsurance intermediary. Prior to joining Guy Carpenter, Mr. McKeown was President and CEO of CIG Reinsurance Ltd. and New Castle Reinsurance Co. Ltd., companies founded in 2004 and 2005, and capitalized by investor funds managed by Citadel Investment Group LLC. Between the two companies, Mr. McKeown and his team deployed over $1 billion of investor capital dedicated to the reinsurance market.
In conjunction with this new sponsorship and a broader vision, Juniperus has announced plans to rebrand itself as Pillar Capital Management in the coming weeks.
"I am excited to lead Juniperus in our next phase of growth. The existing management team and I look forward to partnering with Aquiline, Marsh & McLennan Companies and investors to participate in the collateralized reinsurance and catastrophe insurance-linked securities market," said Mr. McKeown. "The collateralized reinsurance market has grown significantly since 2004, and Juniperus is well-positioned as an independent asset manager dedicated to reinsurance risk."
Mr. McKeown will succeed Phil Lotz, who will remain with the company as Executive Chairman.
"We are very excited for Chris to join our team as he will be a tremendous asset in this new chapter of the company's growth," said Mr. Lotz. "I look forward to collaborating with Chris and our partners."
Jeff Greenberg, Chief Executive of Aquiline, said, "Chris brings a unique blend of operating experience and underwriting expertise in the alternative reinsurance space. I believe he is ideally-suited to lead Juniperus. With Chris at the helm, we hope to create an industry leading platform to satisfy varying investor appetites to deploy assets in the reinsurance arena. I look forward to working with Chris and the management team going forward."
About Juniperus Capital Holdings Limited
Juniperus Capital Holdings Limited is a Bermuda incorporated investment manager focused on investing in insurance related instruments. Juniperus seeks to identify opportunities in traditional (re)insurance instruments and financial market instruments whose performance is driven by underlying non-life insurance risk. The objective of Juniperus is to create portfolios with attractive risk-reward characteristics and low correlation with other asset classes, utilizing the extensive reinsurance and capital market experience of the principals of the Manager ("Management Team"').


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Home Archive Search People Enver Charles Cury
Nickname: Ed
Service Number: 13054628 / O-670027
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Bombardier
Awards: Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters Distinguished Flying Cross with 1 oak leaf cluster Purple Heart World War II Victory Medal Croix de Guerre (French) European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze stars
Enver Charles Cury
Object Number - UPL 52672 - 1st Lt Enver C Cury, 401BG.
Enver Cury was Bombardier on board B-17 42-40002 'Breezing Home' of 401st Bomb Group / 615th Bomb Squadron on the 19-Jun-44 mission to the Bordeaux-Mérignac airfield. Hit by Flak, the Fortress had one motor on fire, two other ones out of action, leaking oil. Cury and the 9 other crew members bailed out and all managed to evade. Cury landed near Lesparre-Médoc in the Gironde Department (France) and was helped by French citizens and Underground members and was liberated in Périgueux on 1 September 1944. Enver Cury's Escape & Evasion Report is E&E #1845. See his page at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fcuryec.html with links there to his evading comrades' individual pages.
Enver "Ed" Curry (sic) is quoted in "Ghosts: Vintage Aircraft in WW II" (1987) : "The Bombardier operated the chin turret in the B-17. Sitting there one felt terribly exposed. The nearest thing to it is the dream where you are walking down the road with no clothes on. That was what it felt like being there when the battle began. You knew that the glass around you wasn't worth ten cents for protection. The smallest round or fragment would go clean through it. The man at the front had the best view of what was going on, but he had to pay for it."
After his discharge from active duty in 1945, Enver C. Cury served in the Army Reserve. He authored the book "Time out for War" (Rainbow Press, Florida - 1988)
He earned the caterpillar pin for the parachute saving his life upon bailing out and the silver winged boot as a successful evader while in enemy territory.
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Service Numbers: 06966455
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
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Service Numbers: 15131018 / 0-690672
Role/Job: Navigator
Jack Leonard MacKey
Role/Job: Radio Operator
John Edward Schaffer
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Breezing Home
Deenethorpe
Known as: Benefield
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States 23 March 1921 Son of Charles B. and Minnie G. Cury
Philadelphia, PA 4 March 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Evaded
Lesparre-Médoc, France 19 June 1944 - 1 September 1944 Helped by French citizens and Resistance members, he managed to evade capture and was back in England on 9 September 1944
Boca Raton, Florida, United States 11 October 1996
Deenethorpe 19 June 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.
Date13 Apr 2022 08:59:36
ContributorED-BB
https://www.evasioncomete.be/fcuryec.html
Updated www.evasioncomete.be website address
Contributordecwriter
Updated awards and bio section.
Date31 Oct 2021 09:53:26
ContributorAl_Skiff
https://www.fold3.com/image/28653034
https://www.fold3.com/image/542522156
https://www.fold3.com/record/83766496/enver-c-cury-wwii-army-enlistment…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=959
Date4 Dec 2015 09:25:35
Research for http://www.evasioncomete.org/fcuryec.html
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1845
Date29 Dec 2014 19:35:07
Contributorcall0031
http://articles.mcall.com/1996-10-13/news/3124073_1_army-reserve-silver…
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Out-For-War-Cury/dp/0425126579/ref=cm_cr_pr_…
Quotation from "Ghosts: Vintage Aircraft in WW II" (1987)
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6001 / MACR 6001,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=959">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=959> / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Enver Charles Cury: Gallery (1 items)
Object number: UPL 52672 - 1st Lt Enver C Cury, 401BG.


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2011 Veteraniya este un asteroid din centura principală, descoperit pe 30 august 1970 de Tamara Smirnova.

Legături externe

 2011 Veteraniya în JPL Small-Body Database
 2011 Veteraniya în baza de date a Minor Planet Center
 Diagrama orbitei asteroidului 2011 Veteraniya (JPL)

Obiecte astronomice descoperite în 1970
Centura de asteroizi

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After backing up a 1 TB hard drive onto two 4TB hard drives using this software, I lost so much; I don't know what to do. I lost 28,000 pictures from a trip to India, over 8,000 mp3's. That is just some of what I lost. I have tried disk drill, I have tried everything to recover these files, only to have given up hope.
I have no way to recover all of this; I am lost without hope. The 1 TB hard drive was given to a friend after I verified the files were there and working, now on both 4 TB hard drives, the data is corrupted. Same folders, Same files, at the same time. They are not in Raid 1; they were never in a Raid. I just used this program to back them up, and they got corrupted.
I can see the files, I can see their sizes, all correct, but I can't open them, I can't do anything with them. The file names are all correct. I just lost all of it.
But, some files in other parts of the drive are fine, no issues. I don't get it. It just randomly failed. Now I could take this if it happened to 1 drive, but two drives? Same files? And only common thing among them was that I used this program to back up the data.
So now, I am about to send off my hard drive to a company, that at the low end will cost $600.00 to try and recover the data. I don't know what to do, just be careful backing up your data with this program.
You said you "backed up" the 1 TB drive. Did you try to "restore" it to another drive? A backup is an image file of what you backed up and is meant to be restored. It is not a copy of what you had. And exactly what did you back up. The whole drive or just files? Don't give up hope just yet. When we know what you did, we can go from there.
Disk Clone is what I used I believe. And yes, up until I wiped and got rid of my 1TB hard drive all the files were uncorrupted on it. And the files did work at first. But now on both drives I used the disk clone to back up to ensure I wouldn't lose the data are corrupted sporadically some files are good, the majority are bad.
If the files were good after you cloned them then it appears Aomei worked as advertised. So what you have now may be a Windows problem. You could try to run a repair on the drives by running chkdsk. Google that and you'll find many examples of how to do it. The easiest way to start is to open Windows Explorer, right click on the problem drive and under Tools, you see a way to check the drive for errors.
It's too late now but why did you use a clone function to copy "files" to another drive? You could just have copied them. I'm only saying this to get a better picture of what you were trying to do and did. It is somewhat confusing as your first post refers to backing up the drive. But in any case, see if you can use repair function under Tools in Windows Explorer and see what you get.
I used close, as I would drag the files over, but not all would copy. I wanted all of them. I have used the repair, nothing. I find it weird that it happened over two drives. One drive I could chalk up to a "windows error" but two drives? The he only commonality was this product was used on both. Hence why I have narrowed it down to that.
It doesn't make sense. It would not have had both drives effected in the same way, the same files if it was a Windows issue I doubt both drives would have been effected in the same way. I even did another back up to a Portable 4tb, and just checked it, it has not been used since the clone at all, and guess what, same issure.
I wish I could help you more with this, but I still don't understand what you did. Your terminology might be the problem. You say you backed up the drive. Then you say you cloned the drive. Then you say you dragged and dropped the files. All of these actions are different and all would have different courses of action to rectify a problem.
If you "backed up" a drive, you'd have an image file you could restore. If you "cloned" a drive, you'd have an identical copy of that drive and it would be used to replace the original. If you copied the files, then you should have an identical file where you copied to.
Was the drive you gave to your friend the system drive or a data drive? You really need to be a little more detailed on exactly what you did.
This siwhat my history looks like. this is what I did.
On the Partition Clones, are they all different partitions or the same one? Where did you clone them to? The 4TB drives? If you cloned data files and you were able to navigate to the cloned location and the files were able to be opened, then the Clone worked and it makes no sense why they wouldn't open now.
Is the image file of your Disk Backup from 7/10/2018 still there? If so, you can mount it and if it contained the data files you lost, you should be able to copy them and paste to a new location. If you have it, there are directions for mounting in the help files but if you're having trouble, post here again.


There are plenty of people who think they can survive a zombie apocalypse. But can they? Come take this zombie survival quiz and find out once and for all if you have the odds to survive.
Do you think you will be able to survive a zombie apocalypse right now? If so then take this zombie survival quiz and see if you are as prepared as you think you are.
What style of housing do you live in?
Do you own a garage?
Is your garage attached to your house?
Are you good at improvising?
Do you have canned food?
How much canned food do you have?
Do you have enough wood and nails to board up all exits?
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I have seen them on t.v.
If you saw 10 zombies chasing 3 of people what would you do?
Shoot the zombies then help the survivors.
Use a blunt object to kill the zombies then help the survivors.
Throw a firearm to one of the people then leave them to there fate.
Distract the zombies long enough for the people to escape.
Run into the zombie horde after setting yourself on fire.
How do you kill a zombie?
Kill them just like humans.
Destroy the brain or sever the head.
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I have seen every zombie movie made.
I have only seen a few.
I have read a comic once.
I have never heard of a zombie.
When you shoot at a target, how is your aim?
I hit near what I am aiming at.
I never hit what I want.
I have never shot a firearm.
What is the first thing you do after switching clips?
Make sure the barrel isn't pointing at anyone.
Take your finger off the trigger.
A little longer than an hour.
What style of clothes do you wear?
What style of hair do you have?
If you don't have a home to protect, where would you go?
If a close friend or family member got bitten what would you do?
Chain them up and wait for a cure.
Wait for them to get better.
Give them a firearm then leave.
What type of firearm do you prefer?
Would you go to a hospital for medical supplies?
How many firearms do you own?
How much ammo do you have?
Have you ever killed an animal before?
Do you travel at night or day?
How many people would travel with you?
If you thought the store in front of you was deserted, what would you do?
Run in and grab food.
Ask if anyone is there.
Sneak in grab what you need then get out.
Send someone else in and be the look out.
While getting supplies from a store what would you grab?
Medical supplies, water, and canned food.
If you had to use a melee weapon, what would it be?
Do you have any martial arts training.
Do you have a dog/dogs.
Go out looking for zombies.
You are already ready, because you have been waiting for this day since "Night of the living dead".
After you have your house barricaded you go to an gun shop.


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College Basketball Pick: NC State Wolfpack at #10 North Carolina Tar Heels
Tar Heels Try to Get Back on Winning Track Versus Rival Wolfpack
pmroczkaLast Updated: January 27, 2018
It's a noon tipoff between Atlantic Coast Conference rivals as the NC State Wolfpack (14-7 Overall, 4-4 ACC) visits the #10 North Carolina Tar Heels (16-5 Overall, 5-3 ACC) at noon today. The two teams will play at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. NC State is seventh in the ACC. They're four games away from the first-place Virginia Cavaliers. North Carolina sits in fifth place in the conference, three games out of first and tied with the Clemson Tigers. Our NC State plays North Carolina 2018 ACC basketball pick has the Tar Heels at either -12.5 and the over/under at between 156 and 158.
Over their past five games, NC State has alternated between wins and losses going 3-2. They beat #19 Clemson 78-77 on Jan. 11 and then lost to #3 Virginia 68-51 on Jan. 14. That was followed by a 72-63 win versus Wake Forrest, an 86-81 loss to #25 Miami, and a 72-68 win on Jan. 24 against Pittsburgh. It should be noted that on Jan. the Wolfpack beat #2 Duke 96-85.
The Tar Heels are coming off a very bad 80-69 loss to Virginia Tech on Jan. 22. Prior to that loss, on Jan. 3 and Jan. 6, they lost to #24 Florida State (81-80) and #8 Virginia (64-49) and then ran off a string of four wins, which included an 87-79 beating of #20 Clemson on Jan. 16.
In general stats, these two teams are close, as SC State is averaging 80.4 PPG and UNC 82.0 PPG and the Wolfpack are holding teams to 72.5 PPG and the Tar Heels 71.7 PPG. NC State's field goal percentage is .458, while North Carolina's is .468. The Tar Heels are about +6 on rebounds and +2 on assists. However, the Pack is +3 on steals. A major factor could the threes, as the Tar Heels dominate in that area 37% to 32%.
For the Wolfpack, seven-foot, sophomore center Omer Yurtseven (13.7 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 1.8 BPG) is a tough guy to shut down. He's hitting 62% from the field and 54% from beyond the arc. Look for major contributions from senior guard Allerik Freeman and junior guard Torin Dorn. Both are good for 14 PPG. Dorn is grabbing seven rebounds per game. Freshman guard Braxton Beverly is a fine playmaker, averaging 4.2 APG and 9.8 PPG.
Two big-time players anchor the Tar Heel squad, junior forward Luke Maye and senior guard Joel Berry II. Maye leads the Tar Heels in points per game with 18.0, rebounds per game with 10.4 and shooting percentage with a mark of 52%. He's also good on 49% of his threes. Berry is averaging 17.6 PPG. Senior forward Theo Pinson is dishing off 4.5 APG.
NC State Plays North Carolina 2018 ACC Basketball Pick
The Wolfpack are a very fine basketball team and should give North Carolina a good battle. The spread seems a big large here. For that reaspn, our NC State plays North Carolina 2018 ACC basketball pick is NC State at +12.5. We like the over at 156.0
Summary Wolfpack at Tar Heels Picks- NC State at +12.5and over 156.0
2017-18 College Basketball Pick ACC Basketball NC State Wolfpack North Carolina Tar Heels
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Brand new compact light model. Wich can be used with normal torch batteries (1.2 V ) or rechargeable Ni-Cd batteries ( 1.2 V / 5 Ah ).
Removable battery pack and quick charger / discharger.
Battery life approx: 1.5 hrs with the 20 W bulb. (Astra with rechargeable battery pack ) ; approx. 12 hrs with 10 W bulb ( Basic Astra model with standard 1.5 V batteries ).
Batteries ( available separately ) can be charged more than 500 times.
Ring nut and pentagonal shape means that the torch can be positioned horizontally on flat surfaces.
Xenophot xenon bulb, capacity 10-20 W.
Adjustable beam ( with Cressi?s exclusive adjustable crown ).
Lens cover comes in the same thermo-plastic material used in cars headlights. ( both models ).
Both models come with double O rigns to ensure a safety watertight.
Faceted aluminium dish increases angle of emission for a better distribution of light.
It can be used at depths of up to 60 metres.
Charger included , to your choice, can be intelligent with fast charging.
Batteries pack ( chargeable model ) NiCd 5 Ah.
Autonomy : over 90 minutes ( chargeable model ).
Autonomy of the standard model: 12 hours.
Xenophot bulb ( both models ). 20 W and 3400 degrees Kelvin for rechargeable model and 10 W for the standard one.
Maxium depth : 100 metres. ( both models ).
Now recommended CRESSI TORCH RECHARGEABLE ASTRA WITH XENOPHOT BULB 20W if you purchased it, your opinion will be important for other customers.