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Able Astronaut 1.3
The classic game of space invaders in a new guise, with colorful graphics, bombastic sound effects and spectacular explosions. And at the end of the level you will meet a powerful boss, and you must find the key to its defeat. This take is far more complicated than the old space invaders on NES. This game for the real hardcore player.
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FreeGamia Grand Piano 1.0
Grand Piano is very easy to play and at the same time an interesting application. Now you have the opportunity to play and compose music on your computer! The program is not only a piano, but many other instruments including an organ, violin, flute, accordion, acoustic guitar, harp, drum, and so on. Play by pressing keys on the keyboard or clicking the mouse.
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FreeGamia Star Hour 2 HD 1.0
Second part of the wonderful logic game. Christmas style and new logic idea. Help to the little penguin collect all gift boxes and put them under the christmas tree without fall in the ice-hole. Many fascinating episodes with pleasant music and high quality graphics. The christmas adventure is waiting You. It is Your Star Hour 2!
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FreeGamia The Maze 1.0
Can you collect all the keys without getting lost? The Maze is a game in which you have to look for clues. The keys are at the end of the mazes, which grow increasingly complicated. At the beginning of each there is a chart that can help guide you. Solve all of the mazes, find all the keys and you will find yourself in a room with a big surprise!
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FreeGamia Running Bird 1.0
Little bird has broken wings and cannot fly. Help the bird to escape from an evil pipe. You must guide him to jump at the right moment, so that she will be saved.
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FreeGamia Penguin Dash 1.0
The center's completely frostbitten penguins are transported to the Central Park Zoo in New York, and are successfully developing here. Their life is full of interesting events and funny situations. Plucky team is led by an impartial and loony penguin.
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FreeGamia The Christmas Adventures Of Santa Claus 1.0
On Christmas Night penguins accidentally bitten through the bag of Santa Claus. Now Santa to collect gifts and deliver them under the tree until the end of Christmas.
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Escape 3 Island 1.0
Escape 3 is a continuation of the long-awaited shooter AAA. In this new addition, things are completely insane as the whole island is affected by horrible neo-Nazi experimentation. You are Jack Scott, a human guinea pig, who awoke in a lab and must escape this horrible island. You'll need luck on your side but press on!
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Mediapurge 5.61a
Easy 5 Step cleanup tool for your media stock. Mediapurge guides the user in 4/5 simple steps through any cleanup functions for your media files. Whether you want to edit tags, sort files on hard disc or find duplicates. Create file names out of the media tags, edit tags and file names, sort files on hard disk, search for duplicate files (full automatic, audio compare using acoustic finger print) and much more. Just one easy Software is needed.
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Fir Tree Circle 1.0
This story is about an old man who lives alone, and in anticipation of the new year he wants to make a real celebration. We have to help him, and under the strict guidance of your main character you'll collect a unique gift for each inhabitant of the forest and put it under the Christmas tree.
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FreeGamia Fast Road 1.0
You are driving along in a scooter. The aim is to be careful as you squeeze into a traffic jam. Collect bonuses; tires. Open up new levels. Each level is distinguished by its design and complexity. A total of 4 types of game trails beckon you.
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FreeGamia Portals Crasher 1.0
The goal is simple; destroy alien portals before they destroy yours. Under the strict guidance of your will is a modest turret. It cannot be destroyed, but is stunned upon collision with the enemy. Firing all out is not enough to achieve victory. Even when you are winning, monsters can slip into your portal. One can soon turn into ten. Also, new portals teleport new monsters.
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FreeGamia Frozen Island 1.0
Seek adventure in a dangerous world disguised as a beautiful frozen island! Explore every nook and cranny of this mysterious island to find out what happened to our hero and how he got here. Fight with hideous monsters, futuristic robots and other enemies, but do not forget to keep track of your ammo and health.
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FreeGamia Invasion 1.0
We present to you a classical scroll-shooter with action taking place in space. By guiding a spaceship you will struggle through hundreds of enemies only for one goal - to see the ashes of the destroyed world under your feet. Amazing gameplay dynamics along with easy-to-use controls will give you lots of pleasure moments when going through the game.
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dArt North Pole vol.1 1.01.5
dArt North Pole vol.1 screensaver shows you off a photo-realistic views of north nature. Watch north nature scenes such us white bears, penguins, seadogs, icebergs, cold ocean surface and snowy landscapes. Launch this screensaver and surprise yourself and your friends with crisp pictures and wonderful image transition effects that use the full 3D power of your computer. Relaxing music takes you deep in the heart of the North Pole.
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PDF to JPG 3.2
PDF to JPG is used to convert PDF to JPG, PNG, BMP, TIF, GIF, PCX and TGA images in batch mode. It works without Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader, and has Command Line Interface (CLI), fast and accurate conversion ability, friendly GUI, small size. It retains the original appearance of PDF files in the output jpg/png/bmp and other images. Also, supports converting the password-protected PDFs, setting resolution and colors, and specifying page range.
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FreeGamia Xolon 1.0
Platformer - shooter with a robot in the leading role. Clear levels, blowing up and destroying all in your path. Use powerful rockets and lasers which you can improve in an upgrade-booth. There are some levels in which it is necessary to use special tactics and manual dexterity to destroy the enemy. Councils: 1. Additional life for each 10,000 points scored. 2. Shoot guided missiles when allowed.
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FreeGamia Guitar Chords Library 1.0
Guitar Chords Library. Novel tool for people who want to learn to play guitar. With this program you can create sheets based on your favorite songs and melodies. Store and unpack the collections at will. The program visually displays and stores tabulations which can be used by a novice. Beginners can learn to play chords and melodies. This full version supports Russian and the English languages, no registration required!
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FreeGamia The Jumper 1.0
You play for a cyborg who has a sudden yearning for freedom. Enough with being an iron guinea pig. To escape, it is necessary to pass from one room of experiences to another, and escape all of them. A small lamp and an artificial jumping limb helps to advance. But there is more to come... You also need to keep track of time given to pass each level, as well as your level of health which is restored as you pass through each room.
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FreeGamia Back To Down 1.0
After an ordinary day for the young lawyer of a planet Kare, he comes home. He lives deep underground and it's not easy to find his lair. Help him get home. Use dexterity to guide the character precisely in the right direction, as the chamber is in motion. But there are also bonuses which may temporarily freeze the chamber's motion. Among other things, it is possible to meet enemies not invited in by the character.
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Traffic Conductor 1.4
Rush hour is coming! It's time to be a good traffic conductor! Your mission is to guide cars to the right lane to reach destination safely. Drag cars to switch lane, and tap on cars to stop moving. Watch out bus stops in some places!
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dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server 2.0
dbForge Data Generator for SQL Server is a powerful GUI tool for a fast generation of large volumes of SQL Server test table data. The tool supports all column data types and allows to define tables and columns for data generation, set value ranges, customize parameters for each column data type, preview data before generation, edit and save data generation scripts for the future use.
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FreeGamia Traffic Conductor 1.0
Rush hour is coming! It's time to be a good traffic conductor! Your mission is to guide cars to the right lane to reach destination safely. Drag cars to switch lane, and tap on cars to stop moving. Watch out bus stops in some places!
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GUI SDK Linux 1.0
The GUI SDK Linux is a cross platform GUI development SDK ships with the libraries which are related to Windows, Linux. The GUI SDK provides various common controls, such as dialog, static label, button, progress bar, slider bar, tab control, edit. And it also provides special controls, such as led clock, virtual keyboard for mobile, map panel for navigator.
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Grand Piano 2.5
Grand Piano is very easy to play and at the same time an interesting application. Now you have the opportunity to play and compose music on your computer! The program is not only a piano, but many other instruments including an organ, violin, flute, accordion, acoustic guitar, harp, drum, and so on. Play by pressing keys on the keyboard or clicking the mouse.
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I will admit it: I am late to join in on this competition. I had every intention to join, but like my weight over the years, I just could not face reality. So needless to say, I am not so much joining in to win as I am joining in to be involved to encourage and be encouraged.
My goals for the month of April include:
1) Completing 3 weekly training sessions for the Couch to 5K program
2) Getting into bed each week night by 10:30 pm.
3) Drinking water, lots of water, to the tune of 100 oz per day.
4) Counting calories daily and honestly to create a plan for May
5) Read my bible each day for 10 minutes
My weight is something I have struggled with for years. I was always the chubby girl in school. I remember receiving birthday gifts from friends and being horrified that my mom had revealed to others what clothing size I actually wore. Ugh!
It was my freshman year of high school that I finally lost the weight, traded glasses for contacts, and found my self esteem. Unfortunately, it was the year that a wedge was placed between my parents and me, which drove me replace my relationship with my parents to a relationship with a boy.
It was August of my sophomore year that I found out I was expecting – a baby having a baby…
I gained 77 pounds that year. I delivered at 217 at age 16. The weight came off slowly; it took 2 years to drop the 50 pounds to get back down to a healthy weight. From food to boy to exercise. I just traded the fix. I became addicted to exercise, spending 2 hours a day working out, jogging, following exercise tapes. Two years later I traded the exercise for another boy. I was in too deep. Again, I found myself expecting and announced the news at my 21st birthday.
And so the weight returned. From exercise to boy to new baby. My role evolved from single mom of one daughter to single mom of two daughters. The pressure of completing a college degree, making ends meet financially, and finding my way spiritually continued to break me down. Slowly I found a balance of raising two daughters. I mastered the act of educating myself while working full time.
In April 19, 2003 I recommitted my life to Christ. Such a glorious day!
Fast forward to November 2004. A new season was beginning; I met my soon to be husband and fell – hard. Of course, it's also marks the season of weight gain. I think back now and wonder how it was that put on weight so quickly after keeping it off for more than two years. Since that time, I've put on nearly 100 pounds. As of January 2010 I had 100 pounds to lose.
Fast forward to April 2010. A new season has begun, a new chapter, possibly a new book. I have lost the weight I gained while pregnant with my fourth child, a son born in January 2010. Ideally, I would like to lose 80 pounds to get back down to a healthy and comfortable weight. I'll still have more to lose if I want to find comfort in the scale. Until then, I'm setting small goals that are not driven by the number on the scale. Rather, I'm more interested in recreating a healthy lifestyle to include activity, food awareness, and spiritual growth.
Here is to a new month, year, chapter in life!

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we glide high
above the trees
in the breeze,
my best friend n' me.
we swing our legs
and make our plans
just like we always do.
there is no one
i'd rather sit with,
shop with, text with,
sing with, dance with,
drive with, eat with,
laugh with, be with.
just my best friend n' me.
oh, hello friend.
i love marta's blog! she is so sweet. such lovely words, to go along with the photo..
xo. danni
09-29-09 » 8:13 pm »
Simply Mel
This post made me grin from ear-to-ear! Love the image and the words!
09-29-09 » 8:54 pm »
just discovered your blog through marta's, and i must say i love it!
09-30-09 » 3:51 am »
Melissa A.
I love Marta's blog too. What a great poem for this picture. I like the title of your posting project as well.
09-30-09 » 4:37 am »
I came to check out Marta's poem and ended up checking out your blog. Both are great!
09-30-09 » 5:24 am »


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Streamlight, a leading manufacturer of lighting tools for police, recently honored Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) as it celebrated its 25th anniversary. The company increased its 2009 contribution to COPS by serving as the platinum sponsor of the organization's gala dinner held May 14 at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C., and through added financial support of key COPS programs aimed at survivors of fallen officers. The COPS gala was held during National Police Week, May 10-16 in Washington, an annual event honoring fallen officers and their families. In honor of the event, Streamlight also donated more than 1,000 Stylus penlights with a blue LED as gifts of remembrance for attendees, including survivors and police officials. "As the lighting tools brand of choice by law enforcement professionals who put their trust in our products in the line of duty, we are steadfast in our commitment to COPS and National Police Week for the support they provide survivors of fallen officers," said Streamlight president Brad Penney. "We share a deep commitment to law enforcement, and are proud to increase our sponsorship of COPS programs that help the families of fallen officers re-build their lives. I encourage other corporations with ties to law enforcement to support this fine organization, which provides such valuable services not only to survivors of fallen officers, but also to the law enforcement community in general." Streamlight also was a sponsor of the COPS Police Week Luncheon, held during the week-long observance in Washington.In addition to its sponsorship activities during National Police Week observances, Streamlight's commitment also extends to increased support of COPS Hands-On Programs that take place throughout the year. Among the programs are COPS Kids Camp and COPS Outward Bound, as well as hands-on programs including the COPS Siblings Retreat, Surviving Spouses Getaway, Parents Retreat, Adult Children Retreat, In-Laws Retreat and Fiancées and Significant Others Retreat. The company also will support the Traumas of Law Enforcement training program for police officers, a series of three-day sessions conducted across the country. The program helps agencies prepare for and handle the trauma of law enforcement death. For more information about COPS, and the programs it offers, visit www.nationalcops.org.For additional information, please call Streamlight at (800) 523-7488 or visit www.streamlight.com.
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I am a PhD student at the Department for International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am also a Research Associate with the DfID-funded Justice and Security Research Programme and hold a PhD scholarship with the ERC-funded Security in Transition Research Programme. I gratefully acknowledge support from Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.
My research interests include civil conflict, violence and security. More specifically, I do research on the (proposed) link between conflict and natural resource abundance, on how conflict and/or security is quantified and on media in conflict-affected situations, using quantitative methods. Within the first theme, I focus on how to establish whether there is a causal relationship between natural resources and (aspects of) violence and if so, what mechanisms connect the two, knowledge of which could benefit policy making in this area. With regard to how to quantify conflict, I aim to investigate ways to quantify conflict as it impacts individuals and human capital. Lastly, I am interested in whether any evidence can be found for the popular assertion that media can contribute to peace-building or state-building.


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Openings such as the pores of a permeable subterranean earth formation are plugged by inflowing a slurry of fine solid particles suspended in an aqueous emulsion that contains a dispersed oil-phase solution of a polyepoxide, an aminosilane, and a tertiary nitrogen-containing amine which is capable of causing the polyepoxide to polymerize while causing the particles to become oil-wet.
1. A process for plugging openings within a region into which fluid can be flowed, comprising:
compounding an oil-phase liquid solution of a polymerizable polyepoxide and a relatively water-soluble tertiary nitrogen-containing amine that is capable of both catalyzing the polyepoxide polymerization and oil-wetting a solid surface;
dispersing the oil-phase liquid solution in an aqueous liquid to form an oil-in-water cationic emulsion which is capable of wetting solid surfaces with a resin-forming solution which will subsequently form a solid resin;
mixing the emulsion with solid particles, which are at least about as finely divided as a silt, and with an aminoalkoxy silane which is capable of enhancing the oil-wetting of the surfaces of those particles with the oil-phase liquid component of the emulsion; and
flowing the resultant fine solids-containing suspension into and keeping it relatively static within the openings to be plugged, until the resin-forming components have formed a solid resin.
2. The process of claim 1 in which the finely divided particles are substantially clay-sized siliceous particles.
3. The process of claim 2 in which the aminoalkoxy silane is gamma-aminopropyltriethoxy silane.
4. The process of claim 1 in which the resultant suspension is substantially free of any particles significantly larger than silt-sized particles.
5. The process of claim 1 in which the suspension contains sufficient particles of significantly larger size to provide a pore-bridging mixture of particle sizes.
6. The process of claim 1 in which the tertiary nitrogen-containing amine is dimethylaminomethylphenol.
7. The process of claim 1 in which the aqueous liquid is water that has been viscosified with hydroxyethyl cellulose.
8. The process of claim 7 in which an oxidizing agent is added to the viscosified aqueous liquid to reduce its viscosity in a time delayed fashion.
9. The process of claim 8 in which ammonium persulfate is the oxidizing agent.
10. A process for plugging openings within a near bottom portion of a well, comprising:
compounding an oil-phase liquid solution of a polymerizable polyepoxide and a relatively water-soluble tertiary nitrogen-containing amine that is capable of both catalyzing the polyepoxide polymerization and oil-wetting a solid surface;
dispersing the oil-phase solution in an aqueous liquid to form an oil-in-water cationic emulsion which is capable of wetting solid surfaces with a resin-forming solution which will subsequently form a solid resin;
mixing the emulsion with solid particles, which are at least about as finely divided as a silt, and with an aminoalkoxy silane which is capable of enhancing the oil-wetting of the surfaces of those particles with the oil-phase liquid component of the emulsion;
adjusting the concentration of the suspension relative to the time-temperature exposure of a fluid into a near bottom portion of the well within a dump bailing device capable of discharging fluid within a well;
circulating fluid into the well bottom and out of the well top to the extent necessar to
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 631,774 filed Nov. 13, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,000,781, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 571,195 filed Apr. 24, 1975, now abandoned.
The invention relates to a process for consolidating and/or plugging a mass of the particles or permeable material in a location that is relatively remote and hot, such as a region in or around the borehole of a well. The invention is particularly useful for emplacing a formation-strengthening plugging material within a permeable structure such as a subterranean reservoir.
Treatments for consolidating a mass of particles in a relatively remote location, such as an unconsolidated reservoir or a sand or gravel mass within the borehole of a well, comprise known and commonly used procedures. The present invention relates to a particularly advantageous type of such a treatment, one completed by contacting the particles with a single aqueous liquid.
Resin-forming mixtures of polyepoxides and amines of the types used in the present invention have been used or proposed for use in prior processes such as the following. The process of Havenaar and Meys U.S. Pat. No. 3,294,166 permeably consolidates a subterranean sand by first displacing water away from the region to be treated and then injecting an oil-phase liquid solution of a resin-forming mixture from which the solidifying resin is precipitated. The process of the E. A. Richardson U.S. Pat. No. 3,339,633 is similar except for using a more concentrated solution of resin-forming materials and over-flushing to ensure permeability. The process of the Bruist-Hamby-Simon-Tuttle U.S. Pat. No. 3,621,915, and also that of U.S. Pat. No. 3,857,444 form permeable resin-consolidated sand or gravel packs by coating the pack grains with oil-phase liquid solutions of resin-forming components in polar solvents, suspending the coated grains in liquids that are partially, but incompletely, miscible with the solutions of resin-forming material and then pumping in the suspensions. The process of the Knapp and Almquist U.S. Pat. No. 3,933,204 plugs plus (and consolidates) a permeable subterranean formation by injecting an aqueous emulsion that contains dispersed oil-phase liquid solutions of both acrylic and epoxy resin-forming materials and polymerization rate controlling materials and forms a relatively solid gel throughout the volume occupied by the emulsion.
A process for manufacturing a low cost construction material was described by A. S. Micheals in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, September 1960. In that process a resin-forming mixture of polyepoxides, an amine and an organic solvent was mixed with an aqueous slurry of sand grains. The so-treated sand grains were then strained free of liquid, pressed together, and cured at about 340° F., to form a construction material said to have high strength, high bonding efficiency, and good water repellency.
The present invention relates to plugging openings, such as the pores of a permeable earth formation, in a remote location into which fluid can be flowed, such as a subterranean location in or around the borehole of a well. A polymerizable polyepoxide mixed with a relatively water-soluble tertiary nitrogen-containing amine which is capable of both catalyzing the polyepoxide polymerization and causing the oil-wetting of solid surfaces, is dissolved into an oil-phase liquid solution. The oil-phase liquid solution is dispersed within an aqueous liquid, to form an oil-in-water cationic emulsion that is capable of wetting solid surfaces with an oil-phase liquid solution of resin components which subsequently form a solid resin. Very fine solid particles and an amino-alkoxy silane are mixed with the emulsion, to form a suspension of fine solids wetted by the oil-phase liquid solution. The suspension is flowed into the openings to be plugged, in the form of a succession of portions each having a composition that is no longer affected by a formulation change at the compounding location. Within the openings to be plugged the inflowed suspension is kept relatively static so that the suspended solids become resin-bonded to each other and to the walls of the openings.
The invention is, at least in part, premised on the following discovery. An oil-phase liquid solution of epoxy resin-forming components can be formulated and applied to solid surfaces so that it wets the surfaces and resin-coats them in the presence of an aqueous liquid. In order to do this, although substantially any polymerizable polyepoxide can be used, the curing agent should be a tertiary nitrogen-containing amine which is relatively water-soluble and is capable of both catalyzing the polyepoxide polymerization and oil-wetting a solid surface. The composition and concentration of the oil-phase liquid solution components can be arranged so that the rate of polymeration is relatively low at substantially normal atmospheric temperatures (e.g., from about 40° to 110° F.), but becomes high enough in a relatively hot location (e.g., at from about 80° to 350° F.), to cause the resin to solidify within a few hours. Solid surfaces can be coated with the resin-forming solution by contacting them with a cationic oil-in-water emulsion of the solution with the pH of the emulsion at a value that causes the emulsion to break while it is in contact with the surfaces to be coated. The order of component mixing can be varied as a matter of convenience. And, such coating treatments of solid surfaces can be arranged to substantially completely plug the pores of a permeable material.
In the present resin-forming oil-phase liquid solutions and suspensions, the amine is a tertiary nitrogen-containing amine which is relatively water-soluble and is capable of functioning as an oil-wetting surface active agent. The polyepoxide and amine dissolve to form or become an oil-phase liquid solution in which the polyepoxide is polmerizing. The rate of the polymerization is affected by the composition and proportion of the components and the temperature of the solution. When the oil-phase liquid solution is mixed with an aqueous liquid, the proportion of the amine that remains in the oil-phase solution (where it is available to catalyze the polymerization within the oil-phase liquid) is affected by the amount of amine that was initially present, the water-solubility of the amine, and the neutral salt content and pH of the aqueous liquid. In such a mixture, the liquids and their components become partitioned so that, among other things, some of the amine is dissolved in the aqueous liquid and some of the aqueous liquid is dissolved in the oil-phase liquid. Within the aqueous liquid an equilibrium exists between the amount of the amine that remains as such and the amount that becomes converted to substituted ammonium ions (which form when protons in the aqueous liquid combine with molecules of the amine). Decreasing the pH of the aqueous liquid increases the proportion of substituted ammonium ions and also increases the amount of the amine that can be dissolved in the aqueous liquid. Both of these effects decrease the proportion of amine available for catalyzing the polymerization within the oil-phase liquid solution.
A resin-forming polyepoxide suitable for use in the present invention comprises substantially any polyepoxide that contains a plurality of reactive epoxy groups and polymerizes in the presence of conventional amino curing-agents for causing epoxy resins to form cured (solid) epoxy resins. Examples of suitable polyepoxides are described in the book, "Epoxy Resins" by H. Lee and K. Nevill, McGraw Hill, New York, 1957, and/or in the U.S. Pat. No. 2,633,458, or the like. Particularly suitable polyepoxides comprise those available from Shell Chemical Company as EPON 815 or EPON 828, or the emulsifiable nonionic surfactant containing "epoxies" or epoxy resin-forming materials available from General Mills as Genepoxy M200, M205 or TSX-679 emulsion or the like.
Tertiary nitrogen-containing amines suitable for use in the present invention are equivalent to tertiary-amines which are relatively free of pluralities of nitrogen atoms to which hydrogen atoms are attached, are capable of catalyzing the polymerizations of poly-epoxides, are relatively water soluble, and are oil-wetting surface active materials. Examples of suitable curing agents include dimethylaminomethyl phenol (available as DMP-10 from Rohm and Haas), 2,4,6-tri(dimethylaminomethyl) phenol (available as DMP-30 from Rohm and Haas), the tri-2-ethylhexoate salt of 2,4,6-tri(dimethylaminomethyl) phenol (available as Curing Agent D from Shell Chemical Company), and the like. Other suitable organic acid salts of such tertiary amines are also useful, e.g., the benzoates, acetates, propionates, butyrates, isobutyrates, valerates, isovalerates, caproates, caprylates, caprates, laurates, myristates, and oleates. Other suitable tertiary amines include benzyldimethylamine and alpha-methylbenzyldimethylamine. Another suitable class of tertiary nitrogen-containine amines are the imidazoles such as imidazole, and 2-ethyl-4methyl imidazole (EMI), and the like. Such tertiary-amines can be used in the form of mixtures in which properties such as a high water-solubility but a low catalytic activity of one can be balanced by an opposite arrangement of the magnitudes of those properties in another. Pyridine and its derivatives (such as the picolines and pyridones), butyldimethylamine, and triethanolamine, etc., can be used and can increase the water-solubility of a mixture because of their relatively high water miscibility and solvent characteristics. The related triethylamine, which is only slightly water soluble, may be useful for its catalytic activity. The di-polyethoxylated aliphatic tertiary-amines such as the Ethomeens (Armak Chemical Company) have less water solubility, but are known to be good hardeners or curing agents for epoxy resins.
An aqueous liquid suitable for use in the present invention can comprise substantially any relatively fresh or potable relatively soft water or aqueous liquid solution. In general, such aqueous liquids preferably contain less than about 10,000 parts per million total dissolved solids, and less than about 1,000 parts per million multivalent cations.
The aqueous emulsions of the present invention are oil-in-water emulsions in which the dispersed oil-phase components consist essentially of the polyepoxide and the tertiary-amine. The aqueous liquid polyepoxide and amino curing-agent can be mixed together in any order. However, it is generally preferable to first form an aqueous emulsion containing the polyepoxide and then combine that emulsion with the amine.
Such emulsions can advantageously contain a small amount of a water-thickening agent, such as a hydroxyethylcellulose ether, to improve their stability at normal atmospheric temperature. The emulsions preferably contain an emulsion stability-enhancing-amount (e.g., 1-2% by weight) of a nonionic surfactant, such as a sorbitan polyoxyethylene monolaurate available as TWEEN 20, a sorbitan monolaurate available as SPAN 20, polyoxyethlene-lauryl alcohol condensates available as BRIJ 30 and BRIJ 35, the PLURONIC polyols available from BASF Wyandotte, etc. The preferred particle size for the epoxy emulsions is one micron or less.
In the parent application it is disclosed that the emulsions of the present invention can, where desirable, contain relatively small proportions of silanes or other silicon compounds which are reactive with epoxy groups. Such silicon compounds may function as bonding agents that increase the bond strength between the resinous materials and sand grains or other particles. Examples of silicon compounds which may be suitable for use in the present invention include the hydroxy or amino group-containing silanes of the type described in the T. F. Mika U.S. Pat. No. 2,843,560. The patent describes silane-containing polyepoxy polymers which form resins having increased coating and bonding strengths. The suitable silicon compounds also include the silanes described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,150,116 relating to silane-modified epoxy resins formed from polyepoxides which contain a plurality of hydroxyl groups. Other suitable silicon compounds include the amino-propyltriethoxy silanes such as the gamma-aminopropyltriethoxy silane which is available from Union Carbide under the name SILANE A-1100, and epoxide group-containing epoxyalkylsilane ester, such as beta-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl) ethyltrimethoxysilane, which is available from Union Carbide as SILANE A-186. Preliminary tests are generally desirable to determine whether a given silane is advantageous in a given situation. Situations have been observed in which a particular silane is detrimental relative to allowing the epoxy to spread on the silica surfaces. Wetting may occur, only with very large contact angles. Also certain silanes have been observed to be incompatible with otherwise suitable water samples. Other situations have been observed where a particular silane is beneficial and necessary.
Where a relatively large proportion of very fine particles is mixed with such an emulsion, particularly where the particles are siliceous materials, the presence of an aminoalkoxy silane is uniquely beneficial. For example, where the composition of the emulsion is analogous to one containing about 88% of the polyepoxide emulsion, about 9% of a tertiary-amine catalyst, about 2% of a pH-adjusting aqueous acid and about 10 lbs per gallon of substantially clay-sized silica sand particles, the mixture tends to become substantially solid and unpumpable if no silane is present; or if the only silane present is an epoxyalkyl silane ester, rather than an aminoalkoxy silane. On the other hand, where the aminoalkoxy silane is present, such a relatively concentrated suspension is pumpable and, where desirable, can be diluted and made less viscous by adding additional aqueous fluid. And, when particles suspended in an amino-alkoxy silane-containing emulsion are kept static within a relatively concentrated portion of such a suspension or are filtered out on the face of or within the pores of an earth formation, the particles become consolidated into an integral mass of surprisingly high compressive strength and low permeability. The compressive strengths of such masses can be in the order of 3000 psi and their permeabilities can be as low as 0.01 md.
Various procedures can be used for flowing the very fine particle-containing suspensions of the present invention into the openings to be plugged. For example, the suspension can be injected into a permeable earth formation (in fluid communication with a subterranean portion of a wellbore) so that some of the solids penetrate into the pores of the earth formation and some are compacted into a filter-cake on the face of the formation. In fractures within an earth formation, after the suspension has been displaced within the fracture, it can be kept static so that the particles will become bonded to each other and the fracture walls. Then, when more fluid is injected into the fracture, the so-bonded particles will tend to remain in place (on one wall or the other) while the walls are separated by hydraulic pressure, and the plugging effects of successive injections into a fracture will be cumulative. When the present type of suspension is flowed into the pores of a weak or unconsolidated permeable earth formation, the pore-plugging mass into a rigid structure, rather than a relatively deformable structure, such as is formed by most resins or gels. In sealing surface soils, pits, earthen dams, or the like, the present suspensions can advantageously be flowed or sprayed over the soil or used in conjunction with a permeable fabric, for example by procedures such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,939,662.
Where desired, for example in order to increase the ability of the emulsified resin-forming components to flow into a relatively low permeability formation such as a tight reservoir, the polyepoxy components and/or other oil-phase materials used in the present emulsions can be diluted with a polar solvent. This makes a "softer" emulsion in which the dispersed droplets of the oil-phase components are less viscous and can more readily be deformed as they are being displaced through tight openings or capillaries within the reservoir. Suitable solvents comprise substantially any liquid polar organic solvent for polyepoxides. Examples of suitable solvents include alcohols, esters, ethers, ketones, or the like, such as methylisobutyl ketone, 2-(2-ethoxy)-ethanol, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, etc. Polar solvents that are relatively miscible with both oil and water may be desirable in enhancing the miscibility between the oil-phase liquid solution of the resin-forming components and any aqueous liquid that surround solid surfaces which have been wetted by the resin-forming solution. For example, when sand grains have been wetted with the solution of resin-forming components, suspended in an aqueous carrier fluid and screened out against a reservoir formation, the presence of such a mutually water-and-oil miscible solvent in the solution of resin-forming components tends to keep the outermost layers of the coatings on the grains somewhat soft and miscible so that the coating components on one grain tend to mix with and become bonded to those on an adjacent grain. Particularly suitable oil and water miscible solvents include acetone, the lower alcohols, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, etc.
The pH of an emulsion of the present invention is preferably correlated with respect to the composition and concentration of the amino curing-agent and the surface charge properties of the particles to be coated. For example, water-wet silica surfaces exhibit a negative charge where the pH of a surface-contacting aqueous liquid is above about 2.2. Because of such a surface charge effect, when a cationic emulsion is flowed into a siliceous sand, the emulsion breaks and the grains are coated with the material that constituted the dispersed phase of the emulsion. This phenomena is commonly used in applying asphalt emulsions to sands and gravels for road construction.
In the emulsions of the present invention, the amino curing-agents are oil-wetting surface active materials that cause a surface attraction between the dispersed droplets of polymerizing polyepoxide and the particles to be coated, and also cause the curing of the resins that are being formed by those polymerizing resinous materials. For a given amino curing-agent the strength of the attraction between the oil-phase droplets and the surfaces of the particles can be controlled by adjusting the pH of the emulsion system. For a given curing-agent the surface attraction increases as the pH decreases. In addition, pH usefully controls emulsion break time and resin gel time.
The particle sizes of the droplets and fine solids that are dispersed in the present emulsions are preferably correlated with permeability of the mass of particles into which the emulsion is to be flowed. When the size of such particles is more than about 1/3 of the size of the pores within a mass grains, the particles tend to bridge across the plug the openings. For in-depth invasions, particle sizes smaller than about one tenth the pore size are preferred. The opening-plugging droplets can only be pushed on by deforming them so that they undergo a viscous flow. In the present emulsions, relatively small particle sizes are readily obtainable. The epoxy emulsion TSX-679 (available from General Mills) contains about 50% by weight of polyepoxide emulsified in water and stabilized by a nonionic surfactant. Such emulsions may also contain small amounts such as 1/2% by weight of hydroxyethyl cellulose ether, or other water-soluble thickeners to improve the emulsion stability. The mean particle size in such an emulsion is about 1 micron, with about 11.8% of the droplets being less than 0.5 micron. The attainment of small particle sizes can be aided by mixing devices such as colloid mills or other mixing devices that generate shearing energy. Further, a small particle size emulsion can be obtained by the use of an emulsion inversion technique in which the oil-phase liquid solution of the polepoxide and amine is sheared by a device such as a Cowles® dissolver as water is gradually added, until the emulsion inverts to a water continuous system. The ability of the emulsions to penetrate fine pores can be further enhanced by diluting the droplets with a polar solvent in order to reduce their effective viscosity.
In general, the fine particles used in the present process can be substantially any which are at least as fine as a medium silt, i.e., less than about 40 microns in diameter, and have surfaces which are adapted to be oil wet, water-insoluble minerals such as silica and the various silicates, carbonates, sulfates, and the like are generally suitable. Substantially clay-sized silica particles containing significant proportions of particles with average diameters of less than about 4 microns are particularly suitable. Such particles are commercially available under the trade name IMSIL A-10 from Illinois Mineral Company; SYLOID Silicas from Davidson Division of W. R. Grace Company, and the like. Where it is desirable that the particles flow through the pores of an earth formation, gravel pack or the like, the average diameters of the largest suspended particles should be less than about 1/3 the average diameters of the pores. For in depth invasion particle sizes less than about one-tenth the pore sizes are preferred. Alternatively, where it is desirable to form a filter cake on the face of the earth formation such fine particles should be mixed with larger particles to cause a bridging across the opening of the pores and the buildup of a filter cake on the upstream side of such bridges. If desired, such larger or bridging particles can be precoated with a resin-forming liquid, as described in the parent patent application, before being added to a suspension of very fine particles prepared in accordance with the present invention.
The following exemplifies a preferred procedure for compounding a suspension of very fine particles in accordance with the present process. An emulsion, such as one containing about 88% of polyepoxide, 9% of tertiary amine catalyst, 2% of pH-adjusting aqueous acid, and 1% of aminoalkoxy silane, is placed within a mixing device. Substantially clay-sized silica particles, e.g., IMSIL A-10, are added while mixing the emulsion with the proportion of silica particles to emulsion being about 10 ppg. This provides a relatively concentrated slurry having a mixable viscosity of about 3,500 centipoises. The mixing is continued until a sample of the emulsion (while being kept substantially quiescent at the temperature at which the emulsion is being mixed with the silic begins to break into separate aqueous and oil-phase liquids. At about this time the concentrated suspension is preferably diluted to a readily pumpable viscosity by adding additional aqueous liquid. The suspension can then readily be pumped into a well, or otherwise flowed into the openings to be plugged. Particularly suitable pumpable slurries contain about 1 to 3 pounds of coated silica fines per gallon of carrier fluid.
The carrier fluid used in the present process can be substantially any fresh water or relatively low salinity brine or such a water or brine containing a water thickening agent. The compressive strengths of plugs formed by such suspension have been relatively high where the concentrated suspensions of coated fines were diluted with an aqueous 1% potassium chloride brine, an aqueous 3% sodium chloride brine, or a gelled aqueous 1% potassium chloride brine containing from about 60 - 80 pounds per 1,000 gallons of hydroxyethyl cellulose. A thickened carrier fluid is recommended for such suspensions when larger particles are added to the suspension to ensure bridging and filter-cake formation. Where the only solids are substantially clay-sized particles, the carrier fluid can advantageously be an unthickened aqueous solution. From such a diluted suspension of very fine particles the settling is relatively insignificant. Where a thickened suspension of clay-sized particles is desired an aqueous liquid containing from about 20 to 40 ppg of a cellulose ether water thickener is preferred. Where it is desired for the thickened solution to be self-thinning such a cellulose ether water-thickening agent is preferably mixed with an oxidation or reduction type of breaker, and ammonium persulfate is particularly suitable.
In the present process the amount of resin-forming components needed to provide a strongly-bonded mass of fine plugging particles is surprisingly small. For example, where an emulsion contains (in volume percent) about 88% TSX-679 polyepoxide emulsion, 9% DMP-10 tertiary-amine curing agent, 2% concentrated HCl, 1% A-1100 gamma-aminopropyltriethoxy silane, and IMSIL A-10 clay-sized silica particles in a proportion of from about 10 pounds of silica per gallon of emulsion, the weight proportion of the resin-forming components is only about 4.5 ppg. This provides a ratio of silica particles to resin-forming components of about 2.22 pounds per pound. When a similar emulsion is used to coat a 20 - 40 mesh gravel (as described in the parent application), the emulsion preferably contains about 2.5 pounds of resin-forming components per gallon, and is used to coat 41 pounds of gravel per gallon. That provides a silica to epoxy ratio of about 16.4 pounds per pound. And, since in a preferred procedure for so-coating a gravel, about 20% of the resin components are removed in a washing step, the resulting silica to epoxy ratio becomes about 20.5 pounds per pound.
In view of the difference in these ratios, it is somewhat surprising that good compressive strengths are obtained with silica fines in a silica to epoxy ratio of about 2.22. The fines have a much larger surface area and thus the coating on their surfaces is much thinner. By calculations based on the particles being generally spherical the coating thickness is about 0.41 microns for the fines and about 7.8 microns for the 20 to 40 mesh particles. In comparative tests of the strengths of the so-consolidated masses, the compressive strengths of the consolidated fines was about 3000 psi, while that of the consolidated gravel was about 1000 psi. It appears that such a relatively high strength for the thinly coated fines may be due to the vast number of contact points. A mass of IMSIL A-10 particles contains more than 1010 particles per gram while a mass of the 20 - 40 mesh gravel contains only about 104 particles per gram.
In the present process, the rate of polymerization of the resin-forming components is, as in the parent process, controlled by the pH of the emulsion. As described in the parent application, this can advantageously be used to control the time available for inflowing the fines-containing slurry into the opening to be plugged.
In the present slurries of resin-component coated fine particles the viscosity of the slurry increases as the resin-forming components react and the polymerization continues. Where the suspension is relatively quiescent it subsequently becomes a porous solid or gel. Table I shows the porosity and compressive strengths of suspensions which have been allowed to gel and become substantially completely cured. The suspensions were formed by diluting to the indicated proportions of IMSIL A-10 silica particles to carrier fluid after coating the particles at 10 ppg in an emulsion containing (in volume percent) 88% TSX-69 polyepoxide emulsion, 9% DMP-10 tertiary amine, 1% A-1100 aminopropyl silane, and 2% of aqueous 38% by weight HCl. It should be noted that a relatively high compressive strength of about 2900 psi was obtained with a relatively highly porous gelled sample having a fractional porosity of 0.522. The permeability of such a gelled and cured material is about 1 md.
TABLE I______________________________________IMSIL A-10/CARRIER COMPRESSIVEFLUID RATIO STRENGTH FRACTIONALLB/GAL PSI POROSITY*______________________________________0 0 1.01 10 0.9162 35 0.8453 75 0.7854 200 0.7325 300 0.6866 600 0.6457 1200 0.6098 1900 0.5779 2600 0.54810 2900 0.522______________________________________ *Fractional carrier fluid volume. Resin component volume included with silica particles volume. Silica particles to epoxy ratio: 2.22 lb/lb.
A test was made of plugging a Berea core with a suspension containing about 1 ppg of resin component coated IMSIL A-10 silica fines in water (prepared by the preferred procedure described above). The core, which had an initial permeability of about 40 millidarcies, was plugged to a permeability of 0.02 millidarcies by injecting the suspension and allowing it to cure for 65 hours at 140° F. An aqueous 1% potassium chloride solution was then backflowed through the core in opposite direction and this caused the permeability to increase to 0.1 millidarcies. The near-inlet-face location of the plugging material within the core was indicated by cutting off 0.31 centimeters from the upstream end of the core. The permeability of the remaining portion of the core was found to be 10 millidarcies. A consolidated filter-cake of silica fines, having a thickness of about 1/16-inch, was apparent on the inlet face of the core.
The plugging and consolidating effect of injecting a fines-containing suspension of the present invention into an unconsolidated sand pack was tested. The sand pack was formed from Clemtex No. 5 sand (a 80 to 100 mesh silica sand available from Clemtex Ltd.). The initial permeability of the sand pack (relative to an aqueous percent potassium chloride solution) was about 3400 millidarcies. The suspension used was prepared by the preferred procedure described above and contained about 2 ppg of IMSIL A-10 and 60 pounds per 1,000 gallons of hydroxyethyl cellulose. The sand pack was about 1 inch in diameter and 21/2 inches long. The suspension was displaced into the pack and allowed to cure for 36 hours at a temperature of 148° F. This reduced the permeability of the pack to about 7 millidarcies. When aqueous 1% KCL solution was flowed through the pack the permeability rose to and became stabilized at about 30 millidarcies. A second portion of the suspension was displaced in the pack and allowed to cure for 65 hours at 148° F. This reduced the permeability of the pack to 0.6 millidarcies.
Stress-strain measurements were made on the central portion of the Clemtex sand that was consolidated by the present suspension. The compressive strength of this portion was 3700 psi. During the increasing of the applied stress from about 250 to 2800 psi, the strain increased along a substantially straight line from 0 to 0.01 inch per inch. As the stress was increased to 3700 psi, the strain increased at a slightly higher rate until, at 0.02 inch per inch, a brittle failure occurred.
Comparative measurements were made on a portion of a similar Clemtex No. 5 unconsolidated sand that had been consolidated with the epoxy/acrylic gel plugging solution of U.S. Pat. No. 3,933,204. In this case, while the applied stress rose from about 0 to 95 psi the strain increased from 0 to about 0.03 inch per inch. From this point on the sample exhibited plastic deformation with no evidence of brittle failure.
In general, the larger the particle size of the silica flow (or the smaller its surface area per mass unit) the greater the silica to coating emulsion that can be used. Typical examples of particle size and preferred silica to coating emulsion ratios are: 2.4 micron, 10 lb/gal; 15 micron, 15 lb/gal; 100 micron, 25 lb/gal; and 500 microns, 41 lb/gal. The coating emulsion formulation can be reduced in epoxy concentration by the addition of dilution water. The polymerization kinetics can be usefully controlled by changes in the coating emulsion pH. The preferred pH range of the formulation is pH 7.5 to pH 8.5. The polymerization kinetics can also be changed by changing the epoxy to curing agent ratio. Useful changes are obtained by changing this ratio by about 20 percent in either direction from the preferred formulation.
The test of the present invention was conducted in a high water cut oil well in which it was desired to plug two lower sets of perforations below a main 25-ft. sand member at a depth of about 5600 feet below the surface. It was suspected that the water was entering the lower sets of perforations from two lower sand stringers. All three sand bodies were being produced through a common gravel pack and screen so that a conventional plug back (using cement) would have included the costly operation of removing the gravel pack and then reinstalling it.
In order to place a slurry of the present type into the lower perforations without impairing the main sand member, a dump bailer technique was used for selective placement. A conventional type of dump bailer containing the slurry was positioned near but above the lower perforations. The bottom of the bailer was then blasted off by a signal from a logging truck. The relatively dense slurry then flowed by gravity out the bottom of the bailer into the lighter brine in the well, while brine entered the bailer through an open window at the top. The bailer was about 40 feet long, had an inside diameter of one inch, and a 2.8 gallon capacity.
The bottom hole temperature of the well was 148° F. The gel time for a four lb/gal slurry (using Imsil A-10 silica flour) was 17 minutes at this temperature. As a check on the time available to get the four lb/gal slurry to the treatment depth, by using the dump bailer, tests were made in the laboratory. During a 75-minute period of time, a sample of the slurry was heated gradually to 150° F. as its viscosity was measured. The initial viscosity was 3000 cp and at 31 minutes the viscosity started increasing rapidly. This data indicated that with a reasonable heat up rate to 150° F. the viscosity of the four lb/gal slurry did not start increasing rapidly for about 30 minutes. The time required to run a bailer to the 5600 feet depth was about 15 minutes. Thus, at least an additional 15 minutes would be available for dumping. The estimated dumping time for a 3000 cp slurry of density 10.4 lb/gal into a nine lb/gal well brine was calculated to be 18 minutes.
Four batches of the slurry were dumped into the well. The first two used 10 pounds of Imsil A-10 and one gallon of the Table II emulsion formulation. The next two used 15 lb of SSA-1 silica flour and one gallon of the emulsion. Each of these concentrated slurries were stirred for about 45 minutes at the 85° F. ambient to coat the silica flour with epoxy. This concentrated slurry was then diluted with 1.5 gallons of HEC gel (60 lb/1000 gal). This gave a four lb/gal Imsil A-10 slurry and a six lb/gal SSA-1 slurry. The viscosity characteristics of these two slurries are similar. For this size treatment, the actual mixing volumes are given in Table II. A Hobart planetary gear electric mixer was used to mix the slurry which had a final total volume of about three gallons.
TABLE II______________________________________DUMP BAILER EMULSION FORMULATIONS______________________________________Component Volume______________________________________TSX-679 3330 ccDMP-10 341 ccA-1100 38 ccHC1(38 percent weight) 76 cc 3785 cc = 1.0 galImsil A-10 10 lbor,SSA-1 15 lbHEC gel(60 lb/1000 gal) 1.5 gal 2.5 gal carrier 3 gal slurry______________________________________
The production history of the treated well indicates that, prior to the treatment, the initial production was as high as 155 BOPD. But, it was accompanied by a water production which increased from 75 BWPD initially to about 720 BWPD. And, as the water production increased, oil production decreased, so that just prior to the treatment the well was making only 9 BOPD.
After the dumping in of four batches of the present slurry the oil production reached 65 BOPD and the water production declined to about 520 BWPD. This level of oil and water production has been reasonably steady for more than a month following the treatment. Thus, it is apparent that the epoxy coated silica flour selectively impaired the water producing zone so that water influx was reduced. This allowed the bottom hole pressure to be reduced and, as a result, an increased oil production was possible.
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I was told that people were baptised naked in the early Christian church. Is this true? If so, could you provide references please? I would like to investigate this for myself.
Quick answer: Yes, nude baptism was practiced in Ancient times.
From A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities p 160 ed W Smith & S Cheetam (1875)
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My understanding from seminary was that, for modesty, women were baptised in darkness. Eventually, for the same reason, the practice fell out of favor.
The Didache: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
The Didache is an early Christian document, probably from around the turn of the 1st century, is a work that contains among other things, detailed instructs regarding baptism. It probably represents what was common practice regarding baptism in Christian communities in the late first century. It speaks about what kind of water to use, what the priest is to say during the ceremony, the person should fast etc. If the Christians of the later part of the first century were performing naked baptisms it would have no doubt been mentioned in this document. Although it is possible that naked baptisms were so incredibly common that the author(s) of the Didache simply didn't think it necessary to mention it, the more plausible explanation is the lack of instructions should led us to believe that they were not preforming naked baptisms at that time.


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In this eighth installment of a weekly series taking a look back at historical moments from various USBC Championship events over the years, we revisit the 1965 USBC Masters, where Billy Welu became just one of two players ever to win the event back to back. The only other player to do so was Dick Hoover (1956 and 1957), and no one has done so again since Welu successfully defended his title 46 years ago. As the defending champion, Welu knew there was much more than mere money on the line when he faced Don Ellis for the 1965 Masters title. History was on the line as well, as it had then been eights years since Hoover's feat in 1957. Click the video below to relive the history he made that day. For more information about the USBC Masters, click here. And if you'd like to take a shot at Masters glory yourself next month, click here to enter this year's event.


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Preparing for a trade show next week and not an avid user of power point.
My question has to do with slides. We are taking a big monitor and was wondering if 3 slides could be shown at once on the screen?
There are only 3 slides and they will not change. They will stay static on screen.


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Halve 2 of the eggplants lengthwise, score their pulp deeply with a sharp knife, being careful not to pierce the skins, and with a grapefruit knife scoop out the pulp, reserving it and leaving 1/2-inch-thick shells. Sprinkle the shells with salt and invert them on paper towels to drain for 30 minutes. Cut the reserved pulp and the remaining whole eggplant into 1/2-inch pieces, in a colander toss the pieces with the salt, and let them drain for 30 minutes.
Pat the shells dry with paper towels, brush them with 1 tablespoon of the oil, and broil them on the rack of a broiler pan under a preheated broiler about 4 inches from the heat for 5 minutes, or until they are tender. In a skillet heat the remaining 3 tablespoons oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it sauté the eggplant pieces, patted dry, stirring, until they are golden. Stir in the onion and the garlic and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring, until the onion is softened. Remove the skillet from the heat, stir in the parsley, the mint, the tomatoes, the Feta, and salt and pepper to taste, and divide the filling among the shells, mounding it. Broil the stuffed eggplants in a large flameproof baking dish for 5 minutes, or until the filling is bubbling and golden.


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COULD astronomers accidentally knock out satellites? That's the worry of the US air force, which restricts the use of lasers that help focus telescopes. Now some astronomers warn they will miss key observations under the rules.
Many large observatories, including Keck and Gemini North in Hawaii, use lasers to determine the amount of turbulence in the atmosphere, which distorts images. Shape-shifting mirrors on the telescopes can then compensate to reduce blurring.
Since a direct laser hit on a satellite could damage its optics, the US air force's Space Command has for years restricted when and where US observatories can fire them, with little impact on astronomy. Then two years ago, just as kinks in the laser technology were being ironed out, the rules were tightened. Now, with astronomers eager to use the lasers more, the restrictions are beginning to chafe.
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Bluewater Productions' Female Force line of comic books has racked up a lot of attention in the United States. Now Bluewater is heading overseas to cover the lives of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and current First Lady of France Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
Female Force: Margaret Thatcher hits stores this July and Female Force: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy will hit comic stores in August.
Written by Thatcher's longtime friend, John Blundell, the Margaret Thatcher comic will trace Thatcher's rise to prominence in British politics and her historic decade-plus as the United Kingdom's prime minister.
Blundell has much experience writing about Thatcher. He is the author of the book Margaret Thatcher: A Portrait of the Iron Lady. Blundell explored not only Thatcher's rise in his book, but also her deep respect and admiration of the United States, something that he included in the Female Force version of Thatcher's story. Robert Bruner draws the story.
"It was often noted that every time she set foot on U.S. soil, there was an extra spring in her step and she lost several years," Blundell said.
The feeling was mutual, Blundell added, with U.S. residents and politicians also becoming admirers of Thatcher during her years as prime minister.
"There is a tremendous amount of interest in Lady Thatcher in the United States and, dare I say it, even love," Blundell said. "As Pres. Reagan once said, 'I could always rely on her wise counsel, her firm support and her loyal friendship.'"
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has also made an international impact. She has become arguably the most famous first lady in France since Josephine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon. She's certainly the most photographed.
And now Bruni-Sarkozy will be immortalized in comic-book form as the subject of Bluewater Production's biographical comic Female Force: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. The comic, written by Dr. Who novelist David McIntee, highlights Bruni-Sarkozy's rise from one of the most famous supermodels of the 1990s to a pop music superstar to the First Lady of France. Heath Foley draws the comic book.
For McIntee, the task of writing a comic on Bruni-Sarkozy posed an interesting challenge.
"It was interesting to try to find an angle from which to cover a real person's story rather than to make one up," McIntee said. "It's a nice little variation on the usual way of writing a comic."
Female Force: Margaret Thatcher and Female Force: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are the latest installments in Bluewater's popular line of biography comics. Female Force offers a broad examination of strong and influential women who are shaping modern history and culture. In past issues, the monthly series has featured Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Stephenie Meyer, JK Rowling, Barbara Walters and others.
"I'm thrilled to see Bluewater go across the pond to feature such prominent subjects," said Darren Davis, president of Bluewater Productions. "Both Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Margaret Thatcher have made an impact that stretches beyond the borders of their respective countries."


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For the next few weeks you can expect a series of Politico pieces, based upon highly orchestrated leaks from "insiders" on the Romney campaign, trial ballooning various candidates to fill the coveted Romney/(Your name here) 2012 slot.
The idea is to let Politico 'get the name out there', let the lamestream media take their best shot at the potential candidate and the Romney campaign can sit back and watch the base play Marry, Fuck, or Kill?
Today they are watching the applause meter while holding their hand over the mulleted head of human snooze button Tim Pawlenty; a candidate so bland he makes Mitt Romney look like a Kenyan socialist Muslim lesbian:
Tim Pawlenty has jumped to the top of the vice presidential shortlist of several Mitt Romney advisers after emerging as the most effective — and well-liked — surrogate for the GOP nominee-to-be, according to several Republicans familiar with campaign deliberations.
The former Minnesota governor has impressed top Romney officials with his winning onstage presence at a grueling roster of Republican events throughout the country and with his low-maintenance personal style that has made him a favorite with the campaign's tight-knit inner circle at the Boston headquarters.
For the record, much like "strapping young buck", this is the first time in the history of the universe that the expression "winning onstage presence" has ever been used in conjunction with Tim Pawlenty.
In contrast to some of their higher-maintenance surrogates, the plain-spoken Pawlenty travels with no entourage — not even the "body guy" that even most House members travel with. Often, a Romney campaign volunteer meets him when his plane lands. But at an appearance for Romney in North Carolina recently, he rented his own car and drove himself to and from the airport. The local reporters were shocked when they followed him out to his car and watched him drive himself away.
When the campaign makes a request that he fly somewhere, according to a person familiar with the conversations, the former governor just says cheerfully: "Send me my ticket."
Shorter Pawlenty: he'll work hard for very little money based upon the delusional belief that one day the rich guy will notice him and reward him with untold riches. Also known as "typical Republican voter who struggles to get by and hates unions and the social safety net".
Historical note: In 2008 Pawlenty came in sloppy second behind Sarah Palin when John McCain made his pick. Technically, Tim came in third since McCain really wanted Holy Joe Liberman … as if the burn of losing out to Palin wasn't bad enough.


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Hrithik Roshan's father and filmmaker Rakesh Roshan got emotional on his son's 40th birthday and said: "My wife and I want Hrithik to be happy and at peace with himself, no matter what."
Rakesh Roshan also reminisced about Hrithik with little-known anecdotes. "Hrithik was just 9 when he did my father-in-law's film Bhagwan Dada. Hrithik was not supposed to do the film. But the child actor who had a pivotal role with Rajinikanth fell ill. My father-in-law director J Om Prakash insisted, 'Let's take Duggu.' I was against the idea. 'Daddy, Duggu can't act!' I protested. I wanted Hrithik to focus on his studies. We'd have never known there was a brilliant actor lurking in him if my father-in-law had not insisted."
Rakesh Roshan vividly recalls nine-year old Hrithik's first shot. "Since along with Rajinikanth and Sridevi I also played the lead in Bhagwan Dada, I was there on the first day of shooting when Hrithik had to give his first shot. It was with Sridevi. I was so nervous and embarrassed that I hid behind a pillar on the sets, just watching my son quietly. I could see him very quiet, not communicating with anybody. I thought he was just not interested. But when he gave his first shot he was perfect! Like Sridevi, my son transformed when the camera was on. That was the moment I realized my son had it in him to be an actor. We already knew he was a natural-born dancer. Before that I thought of him as quiet boy lost in his own world of studies and school. But the way he did his death scene in Bhagwan Dada left me stumped. How could a 9-year old boy who doesn't even know about death, play dead so convincingly? That's when we knew."
Hrithik had already decided he would be an actor. But his father wanted him to finish his studies first. Says Rakesh Roshan, "As per our deal, Hrithik came to me after his studies and said he wanted to assist me. I took him on as an assistant for 5 of my films. I told him I won't launch him until he was 24. He joined acting classes and would come home and act out dramatic scenes, like Raj Kapoor's scene with Lalita Pawar in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anari. The way he did that scene, I was highly impressed. That's when the idea for Kaho Na…Pyaar Hai came to my mind. I knew what he was capable of, so I told a big step for him. I cast him in a double role. I knew he could carry it off. I didn't take Hrithik in Kaho Na…Pyaar Hai because he was my son. I took him because he was a potential star. To this day I work with him because I know what he's worth and …continued »


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TOTAL TIME: 2 hr
Bring 2 quarts water with 2 teaspoons salt to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan. Put bulgur in a large bowl, then pour half of boiling water over it and soak, uncovered, until tender, about 1 hour. Add wild rice to water remaining in pan and simmer, covered, until tender and grains are split open, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
Drain bulgur and wild rice together in a large colander.
Wash leeks in a bowl of cold water, agitating leeks, then lift out and drain in a sieve.
Melt butter in a 3- to 4-quart wide heavy saucepan over moderately low heat. Add leeks, onion, carrots, celery, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in rice and bulgur and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until heated through, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Cooks' note: Bulgur can be soaked and rice can be cooked 1 day ahead. Drain and cool, uncovered, then chill, covered.


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Experiences are greater than material things, or so the thought goes. So wouldn't it follow that memories are greater than money? I love the idea of Speechless Studios' Memory Bank, a place to store all of those fleeting and/or momentous things you don't want to forget.
I use instagram for that, but I love the minimalist piggy!!
Happy Wednesday Hun xoxo
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This would be such a cute way to get your kids to remember things from their childhood.
07-25-12 » 11:09 pm »
I love it. I've been busy designing a repository for just the same reason but it will also include a space for secret memories and a space for unwanted memories. It's great to see this though – feels like feedback that I'm on the right path. (www.memoryrepository.com)
08-20-12 » 2:32 am »