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Holocaust survivor Dorothy Greenstein comes to CSUB to tell her story of survival and how she got away from the Nazis.
Our interview with Holocaust survivor Dorothy Greenstein.
Professor Steve Campagna-Pinto and Holocaust survivor Dorothy Greenstein talking before she gave her talk to the public at CSUB.
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Students from schools all around Kern County came to CSUB to hear Dorothy speak about her story of survival.
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Interviewing professor Steve Campagna-Pinto who is responsible for bringing Holocaust survivor Dorothy Greenstein to CSUB to talk to the public about her experience.
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Boonville — Local logger and Catskill Forest Association board member, Jake Rosa competed in the Game of Logging competition in Boonville on August 15. He was able to participate in this event as a result of winning the Game of Logging competition held at the Catskill Forest Festival on July 26 in Margaretville.
AND THE WINNER IS — Jake Rosa of Arkville participated in the Game of Logging competition in Boonville last week. Rosa bested his competitors in nine events to score the winning total. His win allows him to advance to national competition.
Margaretville — As part of on-going county-wide narcotics investigations, a 66-year-old Margaretville woman has been arrested by Delaware County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigators and charged with a number of felony drug trafficking offenses.
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There's a new principal at Margaretville Central School (MCS) and he plans to do a great job and stay there.
Colin Clark, the former MCS guidance counselor has replaced Linda Taylor, and he says he loves his new job.
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Clark is a small town, upstate New York man. He grew up in Old Forge in the Adirondacks, went to school and later worked there.
Margaretville Central School welcomes a new building principal and five other faculty members for the 2014-15 academic year.
NEW FACULTY — New staff joining the Margaretville Central School team this year include, from left: Amy Koral, Kayla VanValkenburgh, Jen Sobas, Dove Karn and Kathleen Mayfield. — Photo by Dick Sanford
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Several residents appeared at the Fleischmanns Village Board meeting Monday night with questions about the proposed biomass heating system now being studied and at the same time demanded that the project be put to a referendum vote rather than have the village board of trustees make the decision.
At the meeting, Joanie Merwin was the unofficial spokesperson for what is said to be a large group of residents who do not want their names revealed at this time.
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The Margaretville Central School Board of Education has filled most of the school's staff vacancies, however ,the position of superintendent, which will be vacant in less than two months, has not been filled, nor is it likely to be anytime soon.
That is because the board wants to consider its options and took a bold step which neighboring schools are interested in discussing. Near the end of last month's MCS Board of Education meeting, Board President Terry Johnson read a letter addressed to the presidents of the Andes and Roxbury school boards.
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For the second time in just four months, state Route 42 has been closed to traffic as work crews attempt to handle the aftermath of a large rockslide that occurred in mid May.
The road, which closed Monday, is expected to be closed for the entire week. Detour signs have been set up directing traffic to Route 214 in Phoenicia, where drivers can go to get to Route 23A in the Greene County Town of Hunter.
Delhi — The staff of the Delaware County Office for the Aging has announced that Town of Roxbury Supervisor Tom Hynes has been selected for its "Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen" award.
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This award has been given annually since 1983 and recognizes a Delaware County senior citizen who has been active in improving the quality of life for the county's elder residents.
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The moose is loose in Fleischmanns. Two area residents watched a young bull moose wander down Main Street around 10 p.m. Monday night, make a left turn on Bridge Street and disappear into the night. And, they've got video to prove it.
Steve Witte, owner of the Colonial Inn in Pine Hill told the News that he and Cassie Merwin, a student at SUNY Delhi, who also works as a bartender at the Colonial Inn, had just left La Cabana Restaurant in Fleischmanns and were driving east on Main Street when they first spotted the moose in the parking lot of Community Bank.
By Joe Moskowitz
An old garage building that was part of the VW Parts Inc. complex at the intersection of Wagner Avenue and Main Street, Fleischmanns was gutted by fire late in the afternoon on August 26.
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Leh, India-administered Kashmir - On August 6, 2010, a cloudburst triggered sudden rains and flash floods, leading to untold devastation all across Ladakh, the remotest part of India-administered Kashmir.
Tucked in the Himalayas, the cold arid desert plateau is situated close to the eastern Line of Actual Control (LAC) - dividing India-administered territory from Chinese-administered Aksai Chin.
Even after four years, the ruins in Leh - the administrative capital of Ladakh and one of the worst hit areas - remain as a haunting sign of loss and grief.
A cloudburst is a sudden weather event, with extreme precipitation and the rate of rainfall can be higher than 100 millimetres per hour.
One night of flash floods killed more than 250 people including six foreigners.
The storm lasted an hour around midnight, but the sudden downpour caused mudslides coursing down the jagged mountain peaks; buildings collapsed, burying scores as they slept and rendering thousands homeless.
The village of Choglamsar, 8km from Leh, was one of the worst hit areas. The people have been resettled to nearby areas, but the crumbled and abandoned houses continue to show the scars of the disaster.
(***)It was the saddest night for all Ladakhis,(***) says Thinley, a resident of Leh.
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Rainfall is very scarce in the Ladakh region, which is situated at an altitude of more than 3,353 metres. Houses are not built to sustain such heavy rains.
The inside of a house that was damaged in the village of Choglamsar. The floods tore through parts of the town during the night, damaging houses and government buildings.
A river of rocks and mud ripped apart houses and flattened most of Leh which is popular with foreign tourists seeking adventure and interested in high-altitude trekking and river-running.
Clothes and personal items lay scattered among destroyed houses.
After the floods, residents tried to salvage some parts of their homes. Broken furniture is still seen among the ruins.
The flash floods occurred at night catching the residents by surprise. Though many lost their lives, the state police and the Indian army were quick to launch rescue operations.
A newly built residential complex for the flood-affected people.
The cloudburst affected 71 towns and villages, impacting around 9,000 people directly, in this mountainous Buddhist-dominated region.
In Choglamsar village, people have started rebuilding their damaged homes, but most of these houses still remain abandoned.
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Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said Tuesday that when Nebraska joined the conference he wasted a couple of days drawing up his ideal plan but had no input. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said conference leadership has handled past expansion well and believes adding Maryland and Rutgers will pay off.
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The Davie-based manufacturer of a hip and knee replacement surgical robot (NASDAQ: MAKO) saw its shares fall $9.80, or nearly 40 percent, to $14.81 by noon. It briefly traded at a 52-week low of $13.82.
By the end of the day, shares of Mako Surgical were down $10.60, or 43 percent, to $14.01. The trading volume was 21.7 million, compared to the daily average of 1.8 million for that stock.
Both Goldman Sachs and Summer Street downgraded their ratings on Mako Surgical to "neutral" from "buy."
This came after the company's late Monday announcement that it sold nine of the Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic (RIO) systems in the second quarter. That's up from six in the first quarter, but still below prior expectations. The company lowered its 2012 guidance to 42 to 48 RIO sales from 52 to 58 sales.
Mako Surgical has been losing money, and its plan to become profitable is based around selling so many RIO systems that it generates enough revenue from surgical procedures to cover its expenses. If it misses its sales targets, the company's losses could drag on longer.
It is already dealing with a shareholder class action lawsuit filed in May over its disappointing first quarter sales results.
Now, with Mako Surgical's second quarter not showing much improvement, Stephen Simpson wrote a Seeking Alpha column, questioning whether hospitals feel they can generate a return on investment by purchasing a RIO system. He also noted that other medical device companies could prove to be tough competitors for Mako Surgical.
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By Jenny Sedlis
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I note that Michael Winerip has chosen to use data about Harlem Success Academy's student body as the central piece of factual evidence in his reply to Steven Brill.  Harlem Success Academy had 9.5% English Language Learners in 2009-10, not the 1.5% that Michael Winerip reported.  The statistics are publicly available (as a ZIP file) in the section NYSESLAT Annual Results*: Source: NYSED School Report Card Database 2009-10 URL: http://www.nystart.gov/publicweb-external/SRC2010.zip
Even if there were vast differences in the demographics (which there are not) Harlem Success Academy 3rd graders scored in the top 1% in New York State on the ELA in 2009-10, while PS 149 3rd graders scored in the bottom 2%, a difference that cannot be attributed to demographics.  Winerip is correct that Harlem Success Academy has advantages over PS 149 that makes comparisons less valuable.  We can hire and fire. We can provide 8 weeks a year of professional development. Our principals are instructional leaders who are there to support and develop teachers. The composition of our student body is not the determining factor in our success. It's the quality, training, passion, effort, and drive of our teachers, leaders and network staff.
*All English Language Learners take the NYSESLAT test.  The number of test-takers in a school reflects the number of English Language Learners.  The demographics section in the database is incorrect.  It pulls data from the City's ATS database before the NYSESLAT results were included.
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Steve Brill notes: This is the data that I was attempting to explain to Michael Winerip of the New York Times (even though the Harlem Success people had also pointed him to it) when he told me he 'Äúdid not have time for this'Ķ.'ÄĚ and hung up on me.
A model with principles and senior educators assisting and developing teachers, curriculum and teaching techniques is essential. Change is rapid in the 21st century. Environment, culture, relative health and wealth of a society are also critical factors to consider when educating our young. A group approach by educators sharing their observations without reprisal(success' and failures )in order to assist and grow as educators is wholly welcome in my view. School boards and politicians must find away to give educators the freedom needed to implement such a system.


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perhaps you are confused. Senator Sanders is not a republic, he is an independednt who votes with the democrats most of the time. Infact he is not a democrat because he is excessively liberal.
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Get ready to defend your home as a mob of zombies is about to invade your town! Those undead creatures are back, and it's up to you to keep them brainless. Use your finger to tap on the zombies to smash and eliminate them before they break down your door.
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The Doctor has amassed enormous zombie armies and has begun unleashing them on the world. The world has plunged into crisis. Our species is facing extinction!
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19 different weapons to use in your quest to rid the planet of the walking dead!
6 different characters with 5 different skills to develop and upgrade. Upgrade your character in different ways to make the adventure unique.
3 World maps! 21 classic scenes! 126 levels! A truly global adventure! Sweep away all zombie enemies in the chaos of time and space.
21 different zombie enemies! Pick up your weapon to smash them to atoms!
Thrillingly tough BOSS battles! More challenges and better rewards if you have the skills to conquer them!
Completely free! Endless free gold and level clearance rewards will make you enjoy the game without paying anything!
Put on your earphones and relax to a symphony of gunfire while you take the Earth back for humanity!
Zombie World War
The virus spread like wildfire and those infected became the walking dead. With so much panic, society quickly crumbled and governments soon lost control . Now, survivors such as yourself are the last line of defence for the human race.
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It's up to you to battle your way through 126 levels and 21 scenes in this worldwide adventure to reclaim our world.
Use all of your skills to stem the tide of zombies and battle your way to a final victory!
Fantastic graphics and sound put you in the heart of the action.
19 weapons at your disposal including AK-47, M4, RPG and Gatling Gun.
A dynamic character development system that allows you to enhance your skills in different areas.
A true world war with 3 world maps, 126 levels and 21 scenes.
Three difficulty settings for you to survive. Do you dare try Nightmare mode?
21 different zombie enemies will test your skills to the limit and keep you on your toes.
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Zombie Fire
This is a world full of zombies – the graveyard of human.
With the spreading of virus, vaccine and you are the last hope of the world..
You must kill all zombies and monsters for survival.
Go all out sending them to completely death.
Bring your weapons, have a try!
★★★★★Various weapons
★★★★★Differed upgrade strategies
★★★★★Multi-types of monsters
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Zombie Death Shooter
Feel like a real gangstar shooter! A zombie group has occupied city.
Attack the zombies to save the civilians!
Turn your android phone into a battle field and snipe all your enemies.
- Third Person control
- Brilliant vehicle and physics
- HQ graphics
- Endless Mode
- EASY CONTROLS (Tap to shoot)
- 3D Graphics
- Improve your skills
- Layout fully optimized for smartphones and tablets!
This game is still in beta release and needs improvement. Please let us know if you want more features or even help us by reporting bugs.
Judge Dredd vs. Zombies
You must protect Mega-City One from a zombie invasion! Arm yourself with a Lawgiver pistol and three other devastating, upgradable weapons. Fight four deadly zombie archetypes in thirty levels of game play. Choose from seven special upgrades to give you an edge over your undead foe!
Earn stars and commendations based on performance. Ensure your Law meter is kept to maximum at all times by eliminating zombies, collecting shields and avoiding damage. Watch your ammo count as you blast through waves of attacking undead. When the going gets tough, upgrade your Lawgiver or try the Spitgun, Scattergun or Hi-Ex Launcher. Immerse yourself in a future world where the extreme is the norm!
Judge Dredd vs. Zombies features:
- Simple to learn and use 'Single-Stick' controls
- Four upgradeable weapons
- Seven equipment upgrades, from Body Armor to Iron Will – each gives a different combat advantage
- Three episodes and thirty levels of game play, with high replayability
- Star and Commendation system reward skilled gameplay – are you good enough to earn a Commendation?
- 16 achievements to collect!
Zombie Craze
Double-joystick control allows you to control your weapons very easy!
Drag the button on the lower left to move as you wish.
'+' on the right side screen can bring back part blood for you.
Blue button is for firing! If you choose auto aim, just tap it to fire continuously.
The delicate special effect is the most amazing part of this game!
Bullets flying, bombing and blood spattering will make you very impressed!
3 modes for you to play-
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Not to mention the various kinds of weapons!
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Pro Zombie Soccer
No one ever needed an excuse to go out and kill zombies. Or to kick a soccer ball around. But if you want an excuse to kick a soccer ball into space, realign an orbital weapons platform and launch a death-ray to explode the heads of the zombies sneaking into your soccer field – then THIS IS IT!
Pro Zombie Soccer's intuitive control system offers a torrent of incredibly deep, satisfying and addictive zombie-blasting action, from free kicks to full orbital assault! This is high-quality mobile gaming at its best.
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High-resolution visuals, fluid animations, and all the gore you'd expect from a zombie game! Incredible characters, environments and comic-style set-pieces draw you into a surreal, immersive world.
Beautiful graphics and addictive gameplay are accompanied by a full, powerful new soundtrack from Badolatomusic.
Unlock achievements, see how you stack up on global leaderboards, and play with friends!
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Girl vs Zombies
Feel like a real gangstar girl shooter! A zombie group has occupied city.
Attack the zombies to save the civilians!
Turn your android phone into a battle field and kill all your enemies.
- Third Person control
- Brilliant vehicles and physics
- HQ graphics
- Endless Mode
- EASY CONTROLS (Tap to shoot)
- 3D Graphics
- Improve your skills
- Layout fully optimized for smartphones and tablets!
This game is still in beta release and needs improvement. Please let us know if you want more features or even help us by reporting bugs.
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Try to fly maximum distance to gain as much XP as possible! Some items in the shop are only available after you
reach a sertain XP level. Some actions, such as exploding the sheep cloud or hitting the tree really hard will give you zombie eggs which you spend in the shop to get new equipment, which is more powerful or has special abilities.
Ninja Turtle vs. Zombies
In November 2093 AD, because of human beings' excessive exploitation of natural resources and unreasonable kill creatures on the earth of without discrimination, aliens who have entered the stage of higher civilization decide to punish human beings by destroying them. They formulate a virus for human gene and spread it all around the world. This virus is spread through blood. Once people are infected, the mortality is 100%. What's worse, dead people will be resurrected after death, however, they become horrible zombies without any thoughts.
Heroes who own dual genes of human being and tortoise save themselves from this catastrophe because of their special genes. Also, due to their outstanding physical qualities, they can fight with those zombies with their bare hands. As a result, they decide to take up the important task to save human beings.
Heroes' master investigate it and, by accident, find that because the interstellar law require aliens to aliens to offer a chance to live for any punishment against any species in order to reserve a few outstanding individuals of this specie, those aliens save the antibodies of the virus. They hide these antibodies in eight places and they are guarded by particularly strong zombie monsters. Our heroes must try to find out these lifesaving antibodies as soon as possible.
Players, let us assist our heroes and save the world from the purgatory now!
You will love this game so much that you cannot bear to part with it!
# 68 colorful levels.
# 8 different style worlds.
# 20 sorts of zombies.
# Physics engine in the world.
# Smooth simple operation.
# Fresh and beautiful visual style.
# Collect bullets to kill zombies, or jump to zombie's head to kill them.
# Collect coins, 100 coins can be exchanged for a life.
# Get power ups, including run faster, jump higher, armor, and get more time.
# Notice the use of the terrain, sometimes need use wall jump to go up and sometimes have to rely on the rope glides over a wide ditch.
# Remember to collect the stars, you can get more bonus points.
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Bomber Friends
Collect powerups to get more powerful bombs! Use the explosive bombs to blast your friends from across the map!
And don't worry if you get blasted, then the fun has just begun! Dead bombers can haunt the living players and make their play harder with curses!
Game Features:
- Online multiplayer for 2-4 players! Challenge your friends or play against random opponents.
- Classic Bomberman gameplay, with controls polished for touchscreen!
- Collect powerups and watch out for evil curses.
- Customize your character with cool hats, taunts, and greetings!
- The best bomber man or woman collects the most in-game coins.
- Includes google play achievements and leaderboards.
- Bomber Friends is MOGA-Enhanced! Available at major retailers, carrier stores and online at www.MOGAanywhere.com (Universal game controllers also supported)
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- Great fighting action!
- Lots of different opponents
- Develop your character to earn the black belt!
- Find and learn new smashing moves!
- Incredible new swipe based control! Easy to learn, hard to master
- Beat your opponents on many awesome locations!
- Free to play
- A cool mobile fighting game in the style of Street Fighter and Tekken, but also suitable for anybody looking for a casual fighting game
- Log in with Google+ to enable achievements and global leaderboards.
Bubbles Touch
The idea is to create a group of at least three bubbles to explode them. Bubbles that are not attached to anything get dropped. Each dropped bubble gives you an extra bubble to shoot! Drop special balls to get extra features like the chainsaw ball!
Game Features:
- Puzzle and arcade mode
- Global high scores
- Precise shooting (tap to shoot, or keep your finger pressed for direction arrow)
- Beautiful graphics and superb gameplay!
Stunt Car Challenge
Complete the Arizona levels, to open up San Francisco levels! Beware of the trolley cars in San Francisco though.
Finally, you can start destroying other vehicles in the Monster Truck levels!
Now the game comes with sensor control option for the air control!
Version 1.02 has improved Arizona graphics, and 7 new Monster Truck levels filled with fun mayhem!
Monster Car Stunts
Collect coins and destroy cars in a beautiful Arizona environment! Enjoy the monster stunt car mayhem, develop your car and get new cars to run with!
Monster truck games have never been this much fun. Perform amazing loops and jumps with the wrecking havoc and destruction of scrap cars in many levels of pure fun and joy.
- 30 fun to play levels.
- 3 cars to play with.
- Upgradable cars.
- Breakable environments, destructable scrap cars, exploding boxes, breakable trailers.
- Moving trucks to jump over.
- Different loops on tracks to have fun with.
- Collectable coins you can use to upgrade the cars.
- Long jumps.
- Powerful monster trucks.
- Challenge other players, using Gumbler.
Stunt Car Challenge 2
*Destructible muscle cars!
*Loads of fun and challenging tracks with jumps and obstacles!
*Upgrade your car to perform even better!
*Earn coins by doing flips in the air!
*Cool slow-motion jump!
*Fires and destructible tires!
Stunt Car Challenge 2 is the best stunt car game available, with upgradable and destructible muscle cars!
Play different locations across the US, starting in sunny Florida, then on to California, Arizona and Vermont.
Start playing the fun tracks right now, and challenge yourself to get three stars on all levels!
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Slice Ice!
- 165 Levels in eleven different worlds of slicing fun!
- Slice ice in any shape and size!
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- Various achievements and powerups.
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The best game of the Doodle Jump, Abduction and Donkey Jump type of games, with the best features added from Mega Jump and Hyper Jump type of games!
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A system for gathering and recording seismic data. The system provides cable sections having takeouts at predetermined locations for connection to a string data module and attached sensor string. Additional data strings can be connected to vary the sensor orientation and spacing at different positions within a seismic array. Data is collected by sensors attached to each sensor string and is transmitted through the corresponding string data module and to an intermediate data manager. The data is transmitted at a high delivery rate to a master recording unit. Transverse data managers can be connected in large arrays between intermediate data managers and the master recording unit to provide additional control or data processing attributes, and local recorders can provide data processing and transmission attributes before the data is transmitted to the master recording unit. The system architecture contains multiple levels of data paths each having successively higher data rates. Multiples of lower paths feed into the higher paths and multiples of these paths feed into successively higher data paths. Each level of the data path architecture can stand alone such that each level provides line transmission functions asynchronously to the other levels.
1. An apparatus for collecting seismic data, comprising:
a cable section having at least two takeouts at selected locations along said cable section;
at least one string data module attachable to one of said takeouts, wherein said string data module includes electronics for transmitting data through said cable section;
a first sensor string having one end attached to said string data module; and
at least one sensor attached to said sensor string for generating seismic data for transmission through said string data module and said cable section.
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a plurality of cable sections each having at least two takeouts at selected locations along said cable sections;
a plurality of string data modules each attachable to selected takeouts, wherein each string data module includes electronics for transmitting data through said corresponding cable section;
a sensor string having one end attached to each string data module, wherein each sensor string includes at least one sensor for generating seismic data for transmission through said corresponding string data module and cable section; and
an intermediate data manager linked with said cable sections for receiving said data.
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[0001] The invention relates to the field of seismic exploration. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved system for collecting and recording seismic data.
[0002] Seismic exploration generates seismic source energy. The energy propagates downwardly through subsurface geologic structures and is partially reflected from interfaces between geologic structures. The reflected signal impulses travel upwardly and are detected with sensors at the surface.
[0003] Seismic exploration is often performed in areas difficult to traverse such as jungles, swamps, mountains, deserts, and populated areas. Movement of equipment in such areas is complicated because seismic data processing requires a seismic line cable system capable of gathering data from an extremely large number of field electronic units and seismic sensors. Large seismic spreads simultaneously deploy hundreds of thousands of sensors. Digital data generated by such sensors must be moved quickly and efficiently through ground equipment and recorded for future analysis and processing. One technique for communicating seismic signals to a recording unit was disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,798 to Siems and Scott (1997), entitled �Hierarchical Telemetry System for Seismic Acquisition�.
[0004] A seismic data gathering system preferably distributes the data paths and direct control units through a hierarchy of data path levels. Each level typically operates at different data rates and over different transmission distances to provide optimised data paths. Path definition is dependent on the quantity of data and next destination of the transmitted data packets. The physical layout of equipment for each survey typically changes depending upon the anticipated geology, data requirements, and physical topography.
[0005] Current system designs provide interconnected line cables manufactured in lengths dedicated to match the separation distance between adjacent electronic stations or sensor stations. The configuration of conventional deployment systems is limited by the cable and position of takeouts along the cable. Accordingly, conventional design requires manufacture and purchase of multiple cable sets having different lengths sufficient to address each possible survey configuration. If cables of the required lengths are not available a seismic crew must purchase additional cables and other equipment to perform the specific survey.
[0006] Where shorter survey cable lengths are required for a particular survey but a crew only possesses longer length cables, the extra unnecessary cable weight increases the survey cost, slows production rates, and increases the risk of injury to ground equipment handlers. Dependence upon conventional cable equipment further limits field changes or adjustments because of the remoteness and equipment handling requirements of seismic equipment.
[0007] One form of multiple-choice cable system has been used in seismic operations with analog type cables. This system is limited to six or fewer channels or stations per cable, is heavy due to the requirement for separate wires per station, and is troublesome due to extremely low level of the signal being handled. Signal amplitudes in the micro volt region are common with analog systems and cause inherent problems with inter-channel crosstalk and degradation of the desired signal because environmental moisture creates extremely small amounts of stray signal paths within the cable.
[0008] A need exists for an improved seismic data collection system capable of permitting efficient deployment of seismic equipment and of facilitating the collection, transmission and processing of seismic data. The system should be configurable in different arrangements and should facilitate deployment of large seismic spreads containing hundreds of thousands of sensors.
[0009] The invention provides an apparatus and system for collecting seismic data. The apparatus comprises a cable section having at least two takeouts at selected locations along the cable section, at least one string data module attachable to one of the takeouts, wherein the string data module includes electronics for transmitting data through the cable section, a sensor string having one end attached to the string data module, and at least one sensor attached to the sensor string for generating seismic data for transmission through the string data module and the cable section. More than one sensor string can be connected to modify the number and distance of sensors providing data to the string data module.
[0010] In other embodiments of the apparatus, an intermediate data manager can be connected to one end of the cable section for receiving the data transmitted through the cable section, and a master recording unit can be linked in communication with the intermediate data manager for receiving and recording the data. A transverse data manager can be linked between the intermediate data manager and the master recording unit, and a local recorder can be linked therebetween for the purpose of selective data storage before such data is retrieved manually or is transmitted to the master recording unit.
[0011] The system of the invention comprises a plurality of cable sections each having at least two takeouts at selected locations along the cable section, a plurality of string data modules each attachable to selected takeouts wherein each string data module includes electronics for transmitting data through the corresponding cable section, a sensor string having one end attached to each string data module wherein each sensor string includes at least one sensor for generating seismic data for transmission through the corresponding string data module and cable section, and an intermediate data manager linked with the cable sections for receiving the data.
[0012]FIG. 1 illustrates a cable section having multiple takeouts.
[0013]FIG. 2 illustrates a string data module attached to a sensor string.
[0014]FIG. 3 illustrates multiple string data modules and attached sensor strings attached to a cable section.
[0015]FIG. 4 illustrates a parallel connection between adjacent intermediate data managers, and FIG. 5 illustrates a series connection therebetween.
[0016]FIG. 6 illustrates a 3D spread having four transverse data managers linked with a master recording unit.
[0017]FIG. 7 illustrates a 3D spread having 180 channels.
[0018]FIG. 8 illustrates multiple transverse lines for a 180 channel spread.
[0019]FIG. 9 illustrates a system having local recorders.
[0020]FIG. 10 illustrates a system configuration for 388,800 channels.
[0021] The invention provides a unique seismic collection and recording system structure for seismic equipment deployed in a multi-level structure. The invention provides multiple choice options for the distance separating individual field electronic sensor stations, operating from a single line cable length, with a number of pre-defined separation intervals that may be selected for use. Such flexibility permits the same seismic assets to be used in multiple configurations having various separation intervals, and permits field modification of the separation intervals at discrete positions within a seismic sensor array.
[0022]FIG. 1 illustrates cable section 10 having multiple takeouts 12 and end connectors 14. Although the length of cable section 10 can be varied, and the number of takeouts 12 can be varied, and spacing between takeouts 12 within cable section 10 can be nonuniform, a preferred embodiment of the invention uses a uniform number of takeouts 12 along a standard length of cable section 10 with equal and uniform spacing between adjacent takeouts 12. The purpose of such preferred uniformity is further described below.
[0023]FIG. 2 illustrates a single string data module (�SDM�) 16 attached to sensor string 18. SDM 16 comprises an electronic data command and processing module connectable to a takeout 12 along cable section 10. Sensor string 18 comprises a circuit containing numerous motion or pressure sensors 20 distributed along a relatively short length of cable. Sensors 20 are preferably spaced at equal intervals along sensor string 18, however the spacing can be varied as described below. A convenient length of sensor string 18 is twenty-five meters, however such length can be varied as described below. Each sensor string 18 can contain electronics to digitise the incoming signal waveforms such as conventional analog transducers or may comprise a selected quantity of digital signal transducers. Connector 22 is attached to the end of sensor string 18 opposite SDM 16 for permitting connection of connector 22 to another SDM 16 attached to a secondary sensor string 18. In this manner the length of sensor string 18 can be extended by the simple connection of an additional sensor string 18 having additional sensors 20. The sensor strings 18 and SDMs 16 connected together can be recorded individually or summed together within integrated line electronics and can be recorded as an extended single sensor array. By providing these design capabilities the system extends geophysical receiver design options beyond the line cables dimensions.
[0024] Each sensor 20 produces data which can be transmitted in a data packet through sensor string 18 to SDM 16. Sensor string 18 provides power from cable section 10 to electronics within each sensor 20 and further provides a return path to move the digitised data packets back �up stream� through SDM 16. SDM 16 can provide a low level of data processing capability such as the capability of summing data from individual sensors 20 or sensor strings 18 into a single data word. Each SDM 16 preferably comprises a �smart connector� connected to takeout 12 in that SDM 16 contains a passive circuit to identify the particular SDM 16 and the location of such SDM 16 along cable section 10. SDM 16 can also include or can be connected to a GPS receiver for the purpose of identifying geographic location for SDM 16 at each point in time. An intermediate data manager (�IDM�) 24 can determine the sequence and position in the sequence of an SDM 16 within its control through measurements of line power IR attenuation down the line, and/or time delay of communication data response with each SDM 16.
[0025] The sequence of SDMs 16 and position of each SDM 16 along cable section 10 may be determined electronically after connection to cable section 10 and is no longer determined by the cable's physical length and construction. This feature of the invention permits automated field configuration assessment and confirmation before data gathering operations are commenced and after such operations are concluded, thereby reducing system error and increasing system reliability.
[0026] More than one cable section 10 can be connected together before an IDM 24 is positioned, thereby permitting flexibility in designing and constructing the location of IDMs within a seismic array. Such design flexibility coupled with the unique data processing and transmission capabilities of the invention permit greater distance between SDMs 16 and IDMs 24 than is utilized in conventional seismic data gathering systems.
[0027] Although SDM 16 and connected sensor string 18 comprise the basic building block of a distributed electronics system, each SDM 16 and connected sensor string 18 can be selectively attached to takeouts 12 along cable section 10 as shown in FIG. 3. Each end of cable section 10 or a series of similar cable sections 10 is attachable to an IDM 24 which comprises electronics and software to manage and control the gathering of data from lower levels of electronics within sensors 20. IDM 24 can provide multiple capabilities such as the capacity to guide sensor 20 tests, can provide testing and data processing of data packets collected by SDMs 16, can provide temporary data storage buffers and can provide line cable testing within cable section 10 or within individual sensor strings 18. In addition to these capabilities, IDM 24 can provide reception and transmission of data packets on both the lower level with SDMs 16 and on the intermediate level with other IDMs 24 or to one of another higher level module as described below. IDMs 24 also provide a source of operating power downstream by converting an input external power source, such as a battery, or other suitable portable power source, into a regulated power of suitable voltage level for use by SDMs 16 downstream.
[0028]FIGS. 4 and 5 provide schematic variations for wiring combinations between adjacent IDMs 24. High data rate wire pair 26 is capable of transmitting data directly between adjacent IDMs 24. In addition, FIG. 4 illustrates a parallel circuit for a low data rate bus topology data path linking port connectors in ten places with five sensors (�X�) and five terminators (�T�). FIG. 5 illustrates a series circuit linking port connectors in ten places with five sensors (�X�) and five terminators (�T�).
[0029]FIG. 6 illustrates a typical 3D seismic spread having multiple cable sections 10 and multiple SDMs 16 and IDMs 24 configured therein. Each IDM is attached through a cable section 10 to a transverse data manager (�TDM�) 30, which in turn is linked through lines 32 with master recording unit 34. Lines 32 can comprise a wire line cable, fiber optic cable, or radio link. Each TDM 30 provides a high data path across lines 32 carrying data towards master recording unit 34. Each TDM 30 can manage multiple electronic data paths including (i) the lower level with IDMs 24, and (ii) the higher level with other TDMs 30 units or with master recording station 34. Each TDM 30 can provide large temporary storage data buffers, can provide command control of selective IDMs 24 or SDMs 16, can provide select data processing capabilities, and can provide operating power from an external portable source to be converted and regulated for cable section 10 to pass down the line.
[0030] Each of the upper level command and processing modules such as an IDM 24, TDM 30 or local recorder 36, can contain electronics to provide electrical operating power for the system electronics communicating down the data conductors within each cable section 10. Electrical power in return can originate from an external source such as batteries or other portable DC power sources. Internal electronics convert the raw input power source to a regulated voltage of a value suitable to be supplied down each cable section 10. Other modules such as SDMs 16 down the line can either supply similar power conversion or can use electrical power supplied from another SDM 16 before such power is transmitted further downstream.
[0031] Master recording unit 34 comprises the final destination for data and can provide the origin of command and control for the entire system. Master recording unit 24 provides recording ability for data transmitted back from individual components, provides command and control functions for system operations, and commands local line components to perform tests of transmission media and the quality of the recorded data. In addition, master recording unit 34 can provides data quality assurance through monitoring of local testing and analysis of data and through visual display of the data by forming a paper plot or video screen display for the data and testing analysis result reporting.
[0032]FIG. 6 provides an example of four seismic lines having ten takeouts 12 connected to each cable section 10, with an IDM 24 between adjacent cable sections 10. A TDM 30 is connected to each seismic line and the four TDMs 30 are linked with master recording unit 34.
[0033]FIG. 7 illustrates another configuration of eight seismic lines each having six phones per each SDM 16, with six SDMs 16 connected to each cable section 10 and associated IDM 24, for a combined total of thirty-six channels for each IDM 24. With the illustrated configuration of five IDMs 24 for each seismic line, the number of channels connected to each TDM 30 is one hundred eighty.
[0034]FIG. 8 illustrates another system configuration suitable for 3D seismic data gathering wherein multiple transverse lines are connected to TDMs 30. The IDMs 24 associated with each TDM 30 provide 1296 channels for a total spread of 19,440 data channels transmitted to master recording unit 34.
[0035]FIG. 9 illustrates another system configuration for a total block spread of 19,440 channels wherein local recorders 36 are selectively connected between TDMs 30 and master recording unit 34. Each local recorder 36 provides command and control down the line to TDMs 30 and also provides one of server functions for transferring data packets being recorded. Each local recorder 36 can provide a local recording media to store large amounts of data within a discrete, defined module until the recorded data is retrieved electronically or the recording media is retrieved and replaced with blank media. When local recording is provided by this embodiment, local recorder 36 can provide command and control down line and quality testing of the data recorded. A low speed transmission provides communications with master recording unit 34 and transmission of quality control data through cable or radio mechanisms back to master recording unit 34. Each local recorder 36 can also provide an option for ultra high speed line transmission to master recording unit 34 through a fiber optic cable assembly, through radio transmission, or other transmission technique. Selection of these options may be determined by local national environment and laws.
[0036]FIG. 10 illustrates another system configuration showing one hundred twenty blocks each having 3,240 channels for a total of 388,800 channels collecting and transmitting data to a single master recording unit 34, or recording at local recorder 36, and passing quality assurance data back to master recording unit 34.
[0037] The structure of the system comprises multiple hierarchy levels which can typically range between three to five with additional levels possible. Each level can have its own data transmission speed, command and control structure, equipment test, quality assurance capabilities, and data processing. The system provides seismic data testing and quality assurance and reporting capabilities, including �wiggle trace� data monitoring and display schemes within the system data transfer rates.
[0038] The system levels each have increasing capabilities for speed and amount of data to be carried at each level, and the distance the date packets are to be transmitted uninterrupted. The system permits asynchronous data transmission in that data can move at different times and at different rates at different points within the network. Because of the system configuration, data transmitted down a cable at any level will not pass through the electronic paths of other levels. Data transmitted from a local SDM 16 to an assigned command controller or IDM does not pass through other SDM 16 sensor units. The invention's separation of the data paths into different levels decreases required transmission speed at lower levels and allows for higher speed dedicated paths for higher levels. Each level further decreases total power requirements for the system by significantly reducing the number of data repeaters in the data path by a factor of several hundred. The reduction is dependent on the number of channels involved and other factors.
[0039] The line cables in the system can contain multiple circuit levels, permitting a slower SDM 16 data path for a number of SDMs 16 to gather data and to pass such gathered data to the assigned IDM 24 down the assigned data path. From an IDM 24 the data is moved up to the next higher level to be transmitted directly to another IDM 24 down the line, or to a higher level units such as a TDM 30 to continue the journey toward either a local recorder 36 or master recording unit 34. The data path level for each IDM 24 provides for separate and higher speed data paths for transmitting data packets uninterrupted over long distances, thereby bypassing local SDM 16 data gathering units along the data transmission path.
[0040] The system ability to transmit SDM 16 communications directly to an IDM 24 and for each of the higher level modules to transmit data without passing through any of the lower unit electronics reduces power requirements and increased the total data rate capability of the system.
[0041] SDMs 16 may be connected directly to the system line at a smart connector, or a number of sensor strings 18 may be connected together end-to-end with a SDM 16 connected to cable section 10 as master SDM controlling the operation of additional SDMs connected downstream. This ability to connect sensor strings 18 together permits standard lengths to be carried into the field, while permitting significant flexibility in the length and number of sensors 20 tied into each takeout 12. Virtually unlimited field modifications can be made to the sensor 20 placement by using standard dimension equipment uniquely linked together by the principles of the invention. These directly connected sensor strings 18 may then be retrieved and recorded as individual sensor arrays or may be summed together in the line electronics (SDM 16 or IDM 24) and sent as a single sensor array of an extended physical length.
[0042] SDMs 16 are connected into the main system with a line system structure that allows for these connections to occur at any of a number of predefined connection points along the length. Takeouts 12 can be positioned at essentially any spacing and orientation along cable section 10, however uniform spacing of takeouts 12 facilitates sensor 20 orientation in an overall seismic spread. One advantage of this system design is that various sensor connections can be made in varying degrees of density and configuration as various takeouts 12 are or are not used in a particular seismic spread.
[0043] The preferred system architecture contains a multiple of levels of data paths, each with successively higher data rates. Multiples of the lower paths feed into the higher paths, and multiples of these paths feed into successively higher data paths.
[0044] Each level of the data path architecture stands alone such that each level provides line transmission functions asynchronously to the other levels. Each level passes its data packets along the length in concert with its own command and control structure. The data packets are passed along within the same level or are transferred to a higher level at the appropriate station. Data is transferred from one storage buffer to the next giving each level the ability to move data in bursts. Equipment at each step can check the quality of the data packet at each station by temporarily stopping data flow for checking, processing, joining with other data packets, and to provide data re-transmissions when the quality is not acceptable. Equipment at each step can generate and pass on commands to other equipment and sensors downstream from the command level.
[0045] Data digitised at the original sensor level may be digitised synchronously with all other digitising stations and transmitted with highly accurate time stamp and sensor position and location information attached to each data packet. This feature of the invention provides real time position and sampling time information necessary for proper sequence alignment of digitised samples, for quality control, and and processing purposes.
[0046] System cables include sensor cable section 12 which can be linked into a single cable and sensor strings 18 attached to each cable section. The design provides the ability to move digitised data from individual sensing stations within a group along a single wire pair through a small, low power, digital processing module such as an SDM 16 temporarily attached to one end of sensor string 19. The other end of sensor string 18 is a connector 38 that allows another SDM 16 to connect to adjacent sensor strings 20.
[0047] Cable section 10 includes sensor connectors such as takeouts 12 connectable to a low data rate transmission pair in cable section 10 that carries the digital data packet down the cable to IDM 24. SDM 16 connections to the pair of a cable section 10, and for a string of connected cable sections 10 linked together, may be in parallel or in series.
[0048] This configuration proposes system architecture to be such that a number of data port connectors such as takeouts 12 will reside at essentially equal intervals along cable section length 10, and that a number of individual port connectors at each connected SDM 16 share a common transmission path within cable section 10. This architecture dedicates the circuit disclosed within cable section 10 the ability to provide digitized data and command and control data packet communication between SDMs 16 deployed along a cable section 10 and the controlling IDM 24. The location of each IDM 24 is selected to stay within specification limits for the number of SDMs 16 and the distance allowed between IDMs 24. This same path carries the data packets from each SDM 16 to a controlling IDM 24 under the command and control of each IDM 24. Line cable section 10 also contains a separate dedicated high speed data path to carry data and command/control between individual IDM 24 units.
[0049] Transverse and higher level cables and other data links are designed to carry very high speed data and command/control signals. These links are available in high speed wire designs, fiber optic cable designs, radio link designs, and other communication paths. Multiple communication paths can operate separately or simultaneously to provide dedicated or shared data transmission capabilities.
[0050] The system architecture contains multiple levels of data paths, each with successively higher data rates efficiently moving data to the next level for eventual collection by master recording unit 34. Multiples of the lower paths feed into the higher paths and multiples of these paths feed into successively higher paths.
[0051] Each level of the data path architecture is stand alone in that it functions asynchronously to the other levels. Each level passes the correlative data packets along its length in concert with its own command and control structure. The data packets are passed along within the same level or are transferred to a higher level at the appropriate station. Data is transferred from one storage buffer to the next giving each level the ability to move data in bursts, to check the quality of a data packet at each station, to temporarily stop data flow for checking, processing, joining with other data packets, and to provide data re-transmissions when quality is unacceptable.
[0052] SDMs 16 can also have the ability to communicate with a deploying person with a hand held communicator so as to receive other information regarding the deployed location via an external GPS receiver or can be manually entered with pre-surveyed location identifiers. SDMs 16 can provide equipment deployment personnel with quality control determinations about the electronics, each cable section 10 of the total connected cable, sensors 20, and the deployment quality of sensors 20.
[0053] The apparatus and system described herein is particularly suitable to land based and transition zone (mixed land and water) environments difficult to access and to large seismic arrays, however the apparatus and system is also useful for marine and marine bottom cable applications.
[0054] Data collected by individual sensors can be stored, processed, and transmitted from different levels within the seismic array, beginning with each SDM 16. The data can then be transmitted at a higher delivery rates from each step to the next until finally received by master recording unit 34. TDMs 30 can be connected in large arrays between IDMs 24 and master recording unit 34 to provide additional control or data processing attributes, and local recorders 36 can provide data processing and transmission attributes before the data is transmitted to master recording unit 34. The system architecture contains multiple levels of data paths each having successively higher data rates. Multiples of lower paths feed into the higher paths and multiples of these paths feed into successively higher data paths. Each level of the data path architecture can stand alone such that each level provides line transmission functions asynchronously to the other levels. The system permits significant flexibility in equipment deployment and further permits asynchronous data transmission from different sensors 20 within a seismic spread.
[0055] Although the invention has been described in terms of certain preferred embodiments, it will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that modifications and improvements can be made to the inventive concepts herein without departing from the scope of the invention. The embodiments shown herein are merely illustrative of the inventive concepts and should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the invention.
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