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Dominance Games / Politics
We know that government is war and that the thought of governing with respect to any parts of the population with which one disagrees is a thought for those who do not understand the rules of seventh grade recess.
Also we know that it is a nice joy of politics to indulge in visceral hates and polemics and that this joy is afforded to those who have the time and the ease to do such things…there is nothing else of paramount importance pressing uopon their ripe little selves.
There is no cost for being vacant pond scum and strident screamer in this land of ours as the rewards are for the circus masters and the costs are never felt by anyone who can be hurt.
There are only the self infatuating dreams of the lame to fuel the casino that pays off in points of immature snark.
The beasts of burden are the ones who are slaves to and must carry the weight of the overloaded pleasures of politic America. That is those who must have their lives be affected by the holes in the souls of what parades before us.
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The dumb …… the honored creed.
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UNICOI — A light rain fell on the grounds of Farmhouse Gallery & Gardens Saturday, but that didn't seem to slow down the caravan of cars entering through the covered bridge drive, eager to listen to some bluegrass music.
The 18th Annual Fiddlers and Fiddleheads Festival got under way around 10 a.m., but by noon visitors were sprawled out in different areas, peering at the selection of old cars that were lined up outside as the musicians were busy pickin' away underneath tents, inside on the stage area and on the porches.
Mayor Johnny Lynch of the town of Unicoi was hanging around one of the groups playing outside on his land Saturday and said despite the weather, they had a pretty good turnout.
"It's become one of the more popular fiddle festivals in this area ... and it's a very laid back event," Lynch said. "We've got just loads and loads of talent in this area –– young and old –– and so this is just an opportunity for all of them to get together and have a nice laid back, easygoing day of just sitting around picking. These people are into bluegrass and they're going to come out even when it rains."
He said while most of the groups seen playing around the festival are impromptu, informal gatherings, some of the musical acts scheduled to perform Saturday included the gospel group Headed Home and The Fiddlin' Carson Peters Band.
Lynch said the festival volunteers were a mix of friends of his from Charleston, S.C., he knew from the art show circuit, as well as hikers off the Appalachian Trail who are brought into the area each year to gather supplies and to see the area.
"They'll come down and they'll help park and one guy is in there keeping the stoves fired," he said. "There's about a dozen of them (who) pitch their tents back here and camp. They do that every year."
New York native Justin Lamannna, along with his dog, Taj, were visiting the festival for the first time Saturday since coming off the Appalachian Trail last year.
"I'm here for the fest. I started driving for (Uncle Johnny's Nolichucky Hostel and Outfitters) and ... we took a shuttle up here and (we're) just trying to get the hikers some music," Lamanna said.
Lamanna said he was enjoying the music and said that there's "some great bluegrass in these hills."
Aside from musical entertainment, the festival housed an art show with unique and colorful paintings, a variety of food ranging from barbecue, cabbage soup and desserts, as well as the creative and fun setup from James H. Garland.
"I do things with gourds. I make toys, musical instruments. I have some things pertaining to the old days of living –– dippers and clocks," he said.
Garland said he had been coming to the festival since the first one 18 years ago, but said he always enjoys coming back each year.
"I like to have fun, see people laugh," he said. "I enjoy the music ... the good barbecue they have and the fellowship with the people."
Other newcomers to the festival included Johnson City resident Heather Miller and her son, Thomas Beam, who were watching two women flat-foot to one of the outdoor bands.
"There's so much. The music is great. Great storytelling up with the gourds," Miller said. "We like going to local things, supporting our local community. We have a lot of great talent locally."
Lynch said past fiddle fest's have been known to last long into the night, with a variety of musicians coming together randomly to play.
"It's an opportunity for them to network. You may see one banjo player that might play in three different bands," he said. "It's so typical of the demeanor of East Tennessee people. We're mountain people. It's ... part of our heritage and folks around here are just laid back and this type of music fits this area so well because it started here. It's from here."


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Rev. John R. Schmidtke will address graduates at Concordia University, St. Paul's 2013 Adult Undergraduate Programs Commencement Saturday, May 11 at 10 a.m. in the Gangelhoff Center. In addition, Pastor Schmidtke is receiving an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Concordia.
Pastor Schmidtke has served the Lord as Pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Mo., since 1989. An urban congregation, Bethlehem Lutheran aggressively reaches into the Hyde Park neighborhood of inner-city North St. Louis through an extensive effort of youth programs, music ministries, athletic teams and programs that strengthen families.
Pastor Schmidtke has been instrumental in leading Bethlehem in two unique urban ministry directions. In 2000 Bethlehem introduced a new not-for-profit housing ministry called Better Living Communities that has already built 56 new homes with an additional 40 presently under construction. The ministry has served as the catalyst for an additional 125 units of new housing through partner housing developers. A second pioneering project consists of coupling a public charter school to educate children during the formal school day with a "Christian after school academy."
A graduate of Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.) in 1983, Pastor Schmidtke received his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) in 1987. He has been married for 30 years to his wife and ministry partner, Sharon, and is blessed with four children.
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In order to sell the Fitbit at $99 to customers, a lot of work goes into low-cost design: picking the most cost-effective components that can meet the requirements and also developing a mechanical design that is cheap to manufacture and assemble in high volumes.
While some of the assembly, primarily the circuit board (PCB) and the components that go onto the board, can be automated by machines, a lot of the assembly of the Fitbit still has to be done by hand. In order to keep the manual labor costs low, we decided to assemble the Fitbit overseas in Singapore and Batam, Indonesia.
Eric and I made our first trip to Singapore in mid-October to meet in-person with our manufacturer and to visit their factories in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. It was a great educational trip where we learned a lot about the manufacturing process and the machines and people that go into creating a high quality product. I did get horribly sick at the end of the trip and I blame Eric :), since he made me drink some poorly prepared sugar cane juice, which I suspect did me in.
Anyways, I uploaded some photos from our visit to our Flickr photostream.
I would have paid more to have it made in the US. If you have been to the factory what are the working conditions and ages of the workers?
I also would pay more to have it made in the United States. Think of the advertising "plus" that being able to say, "Made in USA" could create!
I am happy with where every you all choose to produce this. I am an American Expat living in Dubai, but Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore are all part of the area that I cover. I find that the working conditions there are very acceptable to the people there and that the money that they can make is a welcome influx to their pockets. Finding out what the average worker is paid in Jakarta was one of the most shocking experiences I have ever had, and being able to pay above the market wage to get great people was a great experience too.
Way to think globally and do what was best for your product over all. Mine will be shipped to my family in the States and brought to me when they come to visit.
Hello James,
I would pay more as well if is it made in the USA especially in this economy we should support US.
Hi James,
I understand the sentiment expressed by other readers about producing in the USA, but I strongly believe that you made the correct decision by choosing an outsourced Asian manufacturer. If FitBit achieves commercial success, then so-called "fast followers" are likely to emulate you and bring their own product to market. If they pursue a cost focus strategy that includes outsourcing production to Asia and you are producing in the USA, then it would be very difficult for you to remain competitive. Good luck! And,
Best regards,
Sean M. Hackett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management
Drexel University – LeBow College of Business
Having ordered fitbit for myself and my 2 daughters for last Christmas,
was wondering if u still have my info, we still want the product…
but how will we know if there will really be a product?
Not trying to add to your stress level, just really wondering if
I should go out and purchase them something else:)
Indonesia is growing though. They got one of best technology Institute in South East Asia. Institut Teknologi Bandung. One spin off of this campus, is designing WIMAX RF chip for Toshiba. Other spin off designs motherboard for Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer. Most lecturers are US/ EU Doctoral graduates. Their academic works are well-known as well.
As for the geology and mining, here is the expert. Since Indonesia got the most abundant geologic formation in Asia, most geologist expert in company like Schlumberger, Total, Exxon, etc are coming from this campus.
come and see the transformation by yourself.


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Orta Wins Again, Captures 5,000-Meter Title at SEC Indoors
Feb. 26, 2012
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - University of Kentucky distance runner Luis Orta did it again. Less than 24 hours after winning the men's 3,000-meter run at the 2012 Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, Orta ran a fantastic race in the men's 5,000m at E.J. Nutter Field House to capture his second SEC Championships title in as many days. Orta becomes the first SEC athlete to win both the 3K and 5K in the same championship since Georgia's Ian Burrell in 2007.


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To make up for Becton's 10-day delayed opening due to construction, the official school calendar is now Sept. 18 through June 26, with a week added to June, half days of school for Martin Luther King and Presidents days, a half day on Dec. 20 and student day on Oct. 14, which was staff development day. Three snow days will remain, school officials said. Meanwhile, officials announced the project is already $1million over budget.
The Becton Board of Education approved the calendar, fielded questions and addressed criticism from more than two dozen parents who attended the Sept. 4 board of education meeting in Trailer 5.
Board member Larry Bongiovanni noted that construction would continue into January 2014, and construction officials confirmed that despite the delayed school opening, work is on schedule for the 24-month construction period completion. Students will be using trailers for science labs until then.
"It's not going to be done anytime soon, and we're looking at end of year or beginning of next year," Bongiovanni said.


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Monday, July 9, 2012
A worker at the Lakes at Litchfield met with deputies June 28 and reported a 91-year-old resident had been slapped by another employee.
The alleged assault occurred June 21 and, according to the complainant, another worker witnessed the incident.
The victim was reportedly heard screaming dont hit me again and then the accused woman exited her room.
The accused was questioned and denied striking the woman. She said what the other workers heard was not slapping sounds but her dropping the emergency buzzer on the floor.
The worker was terminated, the report states.
Hammock Shops theft
An employee of Pawleys Island Mercantile in the Hammock Shops reported a shoplifting June 28.
The worker said a man walked into a dressing room with four items and soonafter walked out with only two items. The man then left the store and drove away.
The woman said the man took two shirts, valued at nearly $100.
The employee said she saw the man grabbing items so she asked if she could place some of the things he was holding on the counter as he continued to shop. She said the man acted scared and then asked to use the dressing room.
She said the man exited the dressing room too quickly to have tried anything on.
The man handed the worker two items and said he would pay after he returned from getting his credit card from his vehicle.
He never returned.
Womans arrest difficult for deputies
A deputy had a difficult time placing a 30-year-old Pawleys Island woman under arrest June 30.
The woman had been taken to Waccamaw Community Hospital to get help for her drinking problem, the report states. While there, the woman got upset and started cursing at the doctor and pulled an IV out of her arm, causing blood to go on the floor.
When the deputy arrived, the woman was calm at first but then started using profanity again. The deputy told her to calm down, but she continued to cause a disturbance so she was told she was being arrested for disorderly conduct.
The woman resisted by holding onto the bed railing and then threw her self on the floor. The deputy notes she hit her head on the floor and he had to grab her neck to keep her from hurting herself.
Once the cuffs were on, a second deputy arrived and had to help carry the woman to the patrol car because she refused to walk but was continuing to curse inside the ER.
As she was being put in the car, she kicked at the deputy and refused to place her legs in the car.
The two officers struggled to get the woman in the car. At one point, passersby were stopping and were asking if they could help get her in the car.
They were told the officers would handle the situation.
After more struggle with the woman, the deputies were finally able to get her in a vehicle but once at jail she threw herself on the ground and had to be carried to a holding cell.
She is also charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.
Information is subject to change as the investigation proceeds. Individuals arrested and/or charged have not been convicted.
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By Cary Ammons, Antlers Public School Superintendent
May is here and with it comes exciting times for public schools across our great state. Not only does May mean the end of school is drawing close, but also that many Seniors will be graduating and taking the next step in their lives. What does this next step mean? For many students, they will be preparing for college and for others, they will enter the work force. I want to take a minute to congratulate all Seniors on a job well done and good luck on their future endeavors.
During the month of May, Teachers Appreciation Week will occur. This will be May 7 through May 11. I feel Antlers Public School has a wonderful teaching staff that wants only the best for each of their students. This is displayed by their caring attitude, tireless efforts and endless service to the students of this community. We have several employees with years and years of service, many with 20 plus years. I feel this is a testament of the great things happening and will continue to happen at Antlers. I encourage parents, community members, and other stakeholders, to thank their child's teacher, or just simply tell them that you appreciate all they do for our students.
In closing, many activities are being finalized, such as assemblies, banquets and graduations, please visit our website or contact the offices to find out dates, times and locations. The summer is fast approaching, but I want to remind everyone that school is in session and we all mush finish this year strong.


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This pack has a slim profile so you don't get that turtle look, but you can put a grip of stuff in it. I'm pretty petite and it fits me well, except the shoulder straps could be a little thinner. I have small shoulders though so it prob fine for most girls. I got the black cherry and it's a straight black color with a nice texture, and the lining is turquoise. Cute!
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SABIC: Cuts in Selkirk total 23
SABIC Innovative Plastics says 23 people are being laid off at its Selkirk factory. The company had previously said that between 25 to 30 people could lose their jobs at the facility, which employs 475 and makes plastics used in a variety of industries, including autos manufacturing. The layoffs will take place April 9. SABIC […] [Read More]
Kadant to lay off 32 production workers
Kadant AES, a company that makes cleaning equipment used in paper manufacturing, will eliminate its manufacturing operations in Queensbury. The move will result in the loss of 32 jobs at the facility, which will retain 35 sales, customer service, engineering and research positions. Kadant AES is part of Kadant Inc. of Westford, Mass. Kadant spokesman […] [Read More]
Big Brothers Big Sisters cuts staff by a third
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region said the slumping economy and dwindling financial support forced it to cut 11 jobs locally, reducing its staff to 20 people from 31 previously. The organization matches children living in poverty in single-parent homes with adult mentors. The goal is to help the children avoid violence and substance abuse and […] [Read More]
SABIC may cut about 30 jobs in Selkirk
SABIC Innovative Plastics, which employs 475 people at a factory in Selkirk, may cut between 25 and 35 jobs in response to the economic downturn. A SABIC spokeswoman said those numbers are only a very rough range, and no decisions have been made. However, the company expects to begin notifying affected employees by mid-March. Spokeswoman […] [Read More]
Retirement plan publisher Newkirk cuts 30
Newkirk Products, an Albny-based publisher for retirement plans, has cut 30 jobs locally in response to the economic recession. That's 10 percent of the local workforce. The company now has roughly 270 local employees. Ray Newkirk, who founded the firm in 1972 with his brother Pete, says that since fewer companies are hiring, there is […] [Read More]
Time Warner Cable eliminating 30 local jobs
Time Warner Cable, which employs 1,100 people in its Albany division, says it is eliminating 30 media sales jobs at its operations center in Latham as it consolidates those positions in Charlotte, N.C. Time Warner Cable spokesman Peter Taubkin said the cuts will occur in the third quarter of the year. Impacted employees will have the […] [Read More]
Nixon Peabody downsizes
Nixon Peabody, a law firm with offices in 19 cities including Albany, says it will downsize its staff, cutting 20 attorneys and 36 other staff. No lawyers working in Nixon Peabody's upstate New York locations — Albany, Rochester and Buffalo — are being laid off, said Allison McClain, director of media relations. She said the firm would […] [Read More]
More Journal Register shutdowns
A week after closing The Independent, a bi-weekly that served Columbia and southern Rensselaer counties, the troubled Journal Register Co. has shuttered seven weeklies in Dutchess County. That's relevant locally because Journal Register also owns two dailies, The Record in Troy and The Saratogian in Saratoga Springs. The company has been closing or selling many of […] [Read More]
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Shively, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1857-1916
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Shively, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1857-1916
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The Exploratorium
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- Time to Spend: Half Day to Full Day
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If you're looking for a rainy day activity — something that will keep both parents and the kiddos interested — The Exploratorium is a great option. With 600 indoor and outdoor exhibits that cover subjects like outer space, the human body and science, this "learning laboratory" encourages visitors to don their thinking caps. Some traveler favorites include the Tactile Dome, where you'll use your sense of touch to navigate through the pitch-black sphere; the shadow room, where flashes of light project your shadowed figure onto a wall; and the toothpick sculpture that carries ping pong balls through some of the city's most notable landmarks.
It's the interactive nature of The Exploratorium's exhibits that really entertains visitors. "[D]esigners of this establishment have done a brilliant job to make science interesting and entertaining, every exhibit invites you to control it and see how your involvement influences the outcome," according to one TripAdvisor user.
The Exploratorium (located on Pier 15 along The Embarcadero at Green Street) is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours on Thursday until 10 p.m. for those 18 and older. Tickets cost $25 for adults and $19 for seniors and children ages 6 to 17; children 5 years old and younger can enter for free. The F Market street car, the BART train and several Muni Metro light rails and bus lines stop within walking distance of The Exploratorium. There are also parking garages nearby. For more information, visit The Exploratorium's website.
Nearby Things To Do
Ferry Building Marketplace0.6 miles away
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Ok Im not too sure if anyone feels this way but!!!!! This show is totally rediculous!!!!!!! They say they want daughters to know that they do NOT have to suffer,These 4 woman have money , Beautiful Homes, always out to breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and expensive places at that! They walk around in the best of clothes, furs etc!!!!! My ex husband was in and out of prison from the time my daughter was 9 months old she is now 21!!!!! The damage that was done to both my kids is terrible thank Goodness for me I did and still continue to do everything in my power to make sure they at least have a roof over their heads! Has anyone of these Mob wives ever had to go down to Bay street and wait there for hours for $60 a month?????? I clean houses and I suffer from a very serious illness Systemic Lupus!!!! Yet I have no new car no furs no home nothing at all we suffer every single day and I keep it all together at all times My ex is doing better now but was in and out of prison for many many years this show disgusts me!!!!!
The way Graziano feels and entitlement as to who she is? what on earth is she thinking? Drita who is albanian not even Italian yet they all have so many issues her biggest problem is when her husband will come home?? Carla is ok pretty much smarter than the others she doesnt complain and feels an entitlement to anything To be perfectly honest I seem to like Karen the best although she was in trouble she went along with her dads pill empire she deserved more than 3 yrs probation for that but hey it is what it is
I watch this show and every episode makes me sicker than the one before what on earth is Grazianos father thinking about this woman and her ex husband? how mortifying? Then there is this poor kid AJ??? wow what a nice kid its so embarrassing to have a mom like that ,the power she feels she has ?? WTF???????????????????? SICKENING when these woman have to beg borrow for their next meals then make a show about the trials and tribulations of MOb Wives Daughters whatever!!!!!! The Phycological turmoil that children of these men who continuously do wrong go through should be what this show should be instead its about 4 woman who all think they are the MOB! What a damn Shame!!!!!! I think all us woman who have had to suffer from our husbands and kids fathers have gone thru the real truth lets get together and make our own reality show and see what everyone thinks Disgraceful!!!!!!!


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A. Leo Oppenheim and his wife Lilly left Vienna in 1938, and arrived in the United States in 1941. Dr. Oppenheim's sister and her husband also managed to escape Austria. Their elderly parents – Alfred and Johanna Oppenheim – remained behind.
Upon his arrival in the United States, Dr. Oppenheim worked to secure his parents safety. He obtained visas to Cuba for them, but the entrance of the United States into the war in December 1941 made it impossible for the Oppenheim parents to leave Germany. They were sent to Theresienstadt.
Dr. Oppenheim's efforts to secure his parents' release continued long after their deaths. In 1945, he attempted to have them included in a prisoner exchange for Palestine, not knowing that they had perished in Theresienstadt the year before.
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ATHENS, Ga. — Tennessee turned blowout to shootout at No. 5 Georgia on Saturday, but the Volunteers' final three shots were blanks.
Freshman running backs Keith Marshall and Todd Gurley combined for 294 yards rushing and five touchdowns and Georgia's defense gathered itself in time to end Tennessee's final three drives with turnovers as the Bulldogs held on for a 51-44 victory.
Georgia (3-0, 5-0) rushed for 282 yards and passed for 278, and big plays continued to gash the Vols' defense.
Marshall rushed for a 75-yard TD midway through the first quarter. Gurley's 51-yard touchdown run gave the Bulldogs a 27-10 lead with 11:48 left in the first half.
"We've obviously got a lot of issues on defense stopping the run, you know, we've gotta correct in this open date or we're not gonna beat anybody," said UT coach Derek Dooley, whose team fell to 0-2 in the SEC and 3-2 overall.
Tennessee looked like a more gutsy team than the one that wilted in a 37-20 home loss to Florida two weeks ago.
In fact, after falling in the 17-point hole against Georgia, the Vols battled back to take a 30-27 lead on Tyler Bray's 10-yard TD pass to Rajion Neal with 42 seconds left in the first half.
It capped a 20-point spurt in a span of 3:11. Sophomore linebacker/Wildcat engineer A.J. Johnson, who grew up 30 minutes away from Athens in Gainesville, helped ignite the turnaround. He scored from a yard out in the Wildcat and Derrick Brodus' PAT made it 27-17 with 4:53 left in the half. Two plays later, Johnson recovered an Aaron Murray fumble at the Georgia 8-yard line that was forced by Herman Lathers' sack.
Bray found Zach Rogers for a 4-yard TD pass on 3rd-and-goal, and the Vols were within 27-23 (Derrick Brodus hooked the PAT) 2:55 before intermission.
Georgia fumbled again a minute later when Curt Maggitt forced one from Marshall and UT recovered at the Bulldogs' 17, setting up Neal's TD catch.
Fittingly concluding a wildly entertaining first half that included two missed PATs and UT safety Byron Moore's 35-yard interception return for a TD, Georgia's Marshall Morgan tied the score at 30 with a 50-yard field goal on the final play of the half.
The Bulldogs scored TDs on their first two drives of the second half — each were TD passes from Murray to Michael Bennett — and led 43-30 after UT's Daniel McCullers blocked the PAT on the latter one.
Volunteers receiver Cordarrelle Patterson made a good decision and an even better run for a 46-yard score that made the score 43-37 with 4:13 left in the third quarter. It was supposed to be a reverse flea-flicker to Justin Hunter, but the safety recognized it and Patterson tucked it and ran. He must have covered 120 yards while running from one of side of the field to the other and back en route to the end zone.
"It was supposed to been a little pass play but Justin — they had dropped back and covered him pretty good," Patterson said. "So I was just keeping it and running it and see what I could do with it."
Of course, Marshall answered 67 seconds later with a 72-yard TD run and a back-shoulder conversion pass to Marlon Brown made it 51-37.
Neal, who never flinched while running hard for 104 yards on 23 carries, concluded the scoring when his 9-yard TD capped a 13-play, 60-yard drive with 8:56 left in the game.
"We're better in a lot of areas, but we've gotta shore up this … stopping the run issue," Dooley said. "They're a great running team, but we're a lot better than what we showed, and it was frustrating. And then when they get in the secondary we've got no ability to get the guy down, which is really disappointing. …
"I've always believed these guys have some fight in them. It's everybody else who didn't. But you've gotta go out there and prove it. Hey, we got hit by a freight train early in the game, now. They were ready and we were on our heels. But we just kept playing, and you find your way back in the game."
UT's defense did force four Georgia punts in the fourth quarter. But Bray was intercepted on a first-down throw at the 50 with 5:55 remaining and turned it over on a fumble at the Georgia 31 with 1:22 left on another first-down play.
The final turnover was a tipped ball after UT had taken over at its 35 with no timeouts and 15 seconds remaining.
"It's nice to have a gut check and come out on top," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "A lot of things in the first half deflated us, but we realized where we were, we knew we had to play another 30 minutes, and we rose to the occasion when we needed to."
Bray shouldn't be faulted for final turnover, but the previous two miscues were weighing on him.
"I was … trying to do too much," said the 6-foot-6 junior, who finished 24 of 45 for 281 yards two TDs and three interceptions.
Murray was 19-of-25 passing for 278 yards, two TDs and one interception.
Tennessee is off next week, and visits Mississippi State on Oct. 13. Georgia visits South Carolina on Saturday.


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In yestserday's New York Times, Gretchen Morgenstern explained one reason Why All Earnings Are Not Equal. Corporate managers have lots of elbow room as to whether an item is an expense or an investment, and some push the limits of discretion.
More puzzling to me is why businesses are not permitted to account for social capital (such as know-how, relationships, and talent) which makes up more than half of their value. Hey, financiers, this emperor has no clothes!
Verna Allee is the only person I'm aware of who has a viable solution for describing and monitoring the role of intangibles in value creation.
Verna sees organizations as value networks. A value network is a web of relationships that generates economic value and other benefits through complex dynamic exchanges between two or more individuals, groups, or organizations. Any organization or group of organizations engaged in both tangible and intangible exchanges can be viewed as a value network, whether private industry, government, or public sector.
Rather than counting accounting's funny-money, Verna directly tracks the flow of value through the organization's circuitry. Her Value Network Analysis is the missing link that unites the formal organization, business process modeling, asset management, and social networks.
Let me take another run at what Verna does: She evaluates an entity as a living system. Every living system is a self-renewing network. Its structure is its best description. The focus is on the people, who are the nodes in the network. Verna connects the nodes with arrows (for direction) and labels (describing exchanges of matter, energy, and ideas between the nodes). Each node is linked to a scorecard that tallies the value of its exchanges. She uses the system map to spot bottlenecks and relationships that need improvement; managers need to focus on the white space between the nodes.
Emerge, converge, and know.I captured a few minutes of Verna leading a workshop on Value Networks last fall:
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Last week, the New York Times published a series of letters in response to an op-ed by Deborah Lipstadt, a professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory University, entitled, "Why Jews are Worried," which examined the resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe.
One of the letters caught my eye. It blamed the rise of anti-Semitism on Israel and seemed to hint that Jews themselves are to blame for their support of Israel. Here is the letter in full:
Deborah E. Lipstadt makes far too little of the relationship between Israel's policies in the West Bank and Gaza and growing anti-Semitism in Europe and beyond. The trend to which she alludes parallels the carnage in Gaza over the last five years, not to mention the perpetually stalled peace talks and the continuing occupation of the West Bank. As hope for a two-state solution fades and Palestinian casualties continue to mount, the best antidote to anti-Semitism would be for Israel's patrons abroad to press the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for final-status resolution to the Palestinian question.
The author of the letter is Bruce M. Shipman, the Episcopal chaplain at Yale University.
The firestorm initiated by the letter has spread far beyond New Haven. Rabbi Shua Rosenstein, from Chabad at Yale, released the following statement, transposed here by David Bernstein at the Washington Post's Volokh Conspiracy blog:
Reverend Bruce Shipman's justification of anti-Semitism by blaming it on Israeli policies in the West Bank and Gaza is frankly quite disturbing. His argument attempts to justify racism and hate of innocent people, in Israel and around the world. One can and should study the Israeli policies regarding human rights, and the honest student will realize the painstaking efforts undertaken by Israel to protect innocent civilians. Hamas, ISIS and other radical groups make it their mission to torture, rape and kill as many civilians as possible. Yet, no moral person however, would attempt to justify blatant global anti-Moslem hatred in light of these atrocities. I call upon Bruce Shipman to retract and apologize for his unfortunate and misguided assertion. Instead of excusing bias and hatred against others, he should use his position to promote dialogue, understanding, and tolerance.
Shipman at first responded to the controversy by doubling down but, when the controversy continued, issued what can best be called a non-apology apology.
Let's assume Shipman is sincere in wanting to walk back the crisis. That's fine, but what he omits–even days into the controversy–suggests he is wrong on any number of levels. He appears ignorant of Hamas's founding charter which promotes genocide against Jews. While Nazi analogies are sometimes overused, they are relevant to Hamas or Hezbollah, both of whom make no secret that they seek to target not only Israel, but also Jews. On October 23, 2002, for example, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah encouraged all Jews to gather in Israel, thereby saving Hezbollah "the trouble of going after them worldwide." The land dispute between Palestinians and Israelis is secondary to these movements. He also seems to forget that the occupation of Gaza ended nearly a decade ago and, as with the Oslo Accords and the withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Israel's compromises were met with a massive increase in Israelis killed at the hand of terrorists.
The problem is not just Shipman. In 2011, Yale University shut down the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism after it had been in operation for only six years. Professors complained that the program's consideration of contemporary anti-Semitism was too political and not academic enough. This charge, of course, was nonsense as the program attracted the foremost scholars in the field to its conferences and colloquia. Perhaps—with Yale University actively seeking donations from and partnerships with Arab governments as well as a predominant attitude on campus encapsulated by Shipman—the idea of the study of contemporary anti-Semitism simply hit too close to home amongst the Yale faculty, many of whom might not like to consider the uncomfortable questions such study might encourage.


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WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 Iraqi soldiers and police rescued three kidnap victims, and coalition troops captured nine terrorists in operations in Iraq today, U.S. officials reported.
Iraqi soldiers and police teamed up with U.S. soldiers to rescue the three Iraqi kidnap victims in Mosul. A local citizen's tip led Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division; Iraqi police; and U.S. soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade to a house in Mosul. The combined force entered the house and found three Iraqis chained to the wall of the basement. The joint force freed the hostages. No one was injured during the rescue.
"Recent tips from Iraqi civilians have led to the discovery of kidnap victims, suspected terrorists and weapons caches and have shown the increased trust and confidence in the security forces around northern Iraq," U.S. military officials said in a release.
Elsewhere, coalition forces raided several buildings in Yusifiyah, capturing nine terrorists and killing one in a location known for enemy activity and safe houses. During the troops' initial search, several terrorists fled from one building into another in an attempt to evade the assaulting force. Coalition forces shot and killed one before he entered the adjacent structure and demanded the others exit peacefully; several willingly complied.
Coalition forces assaulted the hideout and detained the remaining terrorists, shooting one. The injured terrorist was medically evacuated to the field hospital at the Abu Ghraib prison. All who complied were detained without incident.
The troops conducted a thorough search of the identified safe houses, discovering AK-47 rifles, grenades, material for improvised explosive devices, and ammunition throughout the buildings. Three days prior in this area, coalition forces had captured two terrorists involved in hostage taking, officials said.
A day earlier, in Hit, Iraq, soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division, and coalition troops detained one person and found a cache while on patrol April 4. Troops detained the military-aged man for suspected insurgent activity. The cache included one Dragonov sniper rifle, one sub-machine gun, one propane tank filled with black powder, a British-made smoke generator, 1,000 rounds of 25 mm ammunition, and an assortment of artillery rounds, blasting caps, and other bomb-making components.
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David Levine made a lot of mistakes training for his first marathon. Now he helps others avoid his errors.
The Toledo-area native is a certified marathon coach who recently co-authored his first book, "The Complete Idiots Guide to Marathon Training."
"There are so many things about endurance athletics that are completely contrary to what one might think," said Levine, who now lives in Los Angeles. "I can honestly say I was an idiot about everything. Oh God, there were so many things. I know people who have done 20 marathons and they are still completely ignorant of how to train for a marathon."
Levine got involved with the book project through his day job in the finance department at Sony Pictures Entertainment, when co-author Paula Petrella, a friend from Sony and fellow runner, needed a coach to address the technical aspects.
The lessons from his first marathon experience were the start of the training program Levine developed, which appears in the book.
The method, backed by the success of college and elite runners who follow it, emphasizes logging weeks of low heart rate, low-intensity miles before ramping up workouts.
"The biggest mistake is people think they need to beat themselves up to do a marathon. You need to build yourself up, not beat yourself up," Levine said. "If you find yourself struggling mentally, something is physiologically wrong. It's really just your mind telling you you started wrong."
Starting slowly builds an important physiological foundation most runners never get, Levine said.
"First you have to become efficient, then start raising the bar," Levine said. "Speedwork later in the season is essential and of crucial importance, but you're never going to be as fast or as strong until you have the aerobic, low heart rate base first."
Levine said most people have the ability to run a marathon.
"I could take almost anyone and get them to a finish line," he said. "The only reason I say it's not for everyone is people tend to beat themselves up over it or just get bored with it or say it's just not for me. It's more of a psychological thing rather than a physical or physiological thing."
The 55-year-old Levine, who graduated from Sylvania High School and the University of Cincinnati, was in college before he started distance running and was 41 when he ran his first marathon, prompted by a former girlfriend.
"She ran one and stopped; I kept going. I could help her a lot now," said Levine, who has now run 13 marathons with plans for No. 14 this fall. He has also completed three Iron Man races — a 2.4-mile swim and a 112-mile bike ride followed by a marathon.
He has come a long way from his early mistakes.
"I had brand new, very nice shoes," Levine said of his first marathon. "I had worn them in, like I had heard, but then I get to starting line and everyone had the dirtiest, torn, worn, blood-stained, loathsome shoes and mine were beaming white."
He also realized the shoes were tied too tightly just as the signal came to start the race. Not wanting to lose time, he started running anyway.
Crossing the finish line hours later, he had tears in his eyes — because he had accomplished his goal but also because his feet were throbbing.
"I love the simplicity of filling my lungs with air and breathing and feeling alive," Levine said. "Crossing a finish line is not the easiest, but it's the quickest victory you can have in life. And I love the camaraderie. There is such a community in running and it's a fun community to be part of."
His No. 1 rule is to have fun.
"When you find yourself saying 'Oh my God, when is this going to end?' you are going too far, too fast, or are doing the wrong workout," Levine said. "Rule No. 2 is if you're not having fun, fix it so you're having fun."
He never tires of witnessing lives transformed by crossing the marathon finish line.
"They get the idea in their head that if I could do this thing I never thought I could do before, what are the other things I thought I never could do? And suddenly they are doing them," Levine said. "They get a new heightened sense of anything's possible."
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A heater is disclosed, the heater comprising: a heating element effective to generate radiant energy; a casing surrounding the heating element separated from the heating element; and support material between the casing and the heating element wherein the support material comprises a granular solid material that is translucent to radiant energy in the peak wavelength of energy which is radiated by the heating element at operating temperatures. The translucency of the support material is such that at least 50% of the radiant energy emitted by the heating element is radiated to the casing.
1. A heater comprising:
a heating element effective to generate radiant energy;
a casing surrounding the heating element separated from the heating element; and
support material between the casing and the heating element wherein the support material comprises a granular solid material that is translucent to radiant energy in the peak wavelength of energy which is radiated by the heating element at operating temperatures wherein at least 50% of the radiant energy emitted by the heating element is radiated directly to the casing.
2. The heater of claim 1 wherein the diameter of the casing is between about 2 and about 12 inches.
3. The heater of claim 2 wherein the heating element is separated from the casing by between about one to about three inches.
4. The heater element of claim 1 wherein the casing is cemented into a wellbore.
5. The heater of claim 1 further comprising at least one centralizer wherein the centralizer is effective to maintain the position of the heating element essentially along a centerline of the casing.
6. The heater of claim 1 wherein the support material comprises calcium fluoride.
7. The heater of claim 1 wherein the temperature from which heat is radiated from the heating element is greater than about 700� C.
8. The heater of claim 1 wherein the heating element is a hollow tubular containing an electrical heating element.
9. The heater of claim 8 further comprising a thermocouple movably located within the hollow tubular, the thermocouple suitable for obtaining temperatures along the heating element.
10. The heater of claim 1 wherein the heating element comprises an electrical heater element that varies in cross-sectional area to cause heat generated by the heating element to vary according to a preselected heat injection profile.
This application claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/047,214, filed on May 20, 1997.
This invention relates to a high temperature electrical heating method and apparatus.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,640,352 and 4,886,118 disclose conductive heating of subterranean formations of low permeability that contain oil to recover oil therefrom. Low permeability formations include diatomites, lipid coals, and oil shales. Formations of low permeability are not amiable to secondary oil recovery methods such as steam, carbon dioxide, or fire flooding. Flooding materials tend to penetrate formations that have low permeabilities preferentially through fractures. The injected materials bypass most of the formation hydrocarbons. In contrast, conductive heating does not require fluid transport into the formation. Oil within the formation is therefore not bypassed as in a flooding process. Heat injection wells are utilized to provide the heat for such processes.
Heat injection wells can also be useful in decontamination of soils. U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,318,116 and 5,244,310, for example, disclose methods for decontamination of soils wherein heat is injected below the surface of the soil in order to vaporize the contaminates. The heaters of patent '310 utilize electrical resistance of spikes, with electricity passing through the spikes to the earth. Patent '116 discloses heater elements passing through the wellbore to the bottom of the formation to be heated. The wellbore surrounding the heater includes a catalyst bed, which is heated by the heater elements. Heat conductively passes through the catalyst bed to a casing surrounding the catalyst bed, and then radiantly from the casing to the soil surrounding the wellbore. Typical alumina based catalysts have very low thermal conductivities, and a significant temperature gradient will exist through the catalyst bed. This significant temperature gradient will result in decreased heat transfer to the earth being heated at a limited heater element temperature.
Patent '118 discloses a heater well with heater cables cemented directly into the wellbore. The heater well optionally includes a channel for lowering a thermocouple through the cemented wellbore for logging a temperature profile of the heater well. Being cemented directly into the wellbore, a need for a casing is eliminated, but the diameter of the cable is relatively small. The small diameter of the heater cable limits the amount of heat that can be transferred to the formation from the heater cable because the area through which heat must pass at the surface of the cable is limited. A cement will have a relatively low thermal conductivity, and therefore, a greater heat flux at the surface of the cable would result in an unacceptably high heater cable temperature. Multiple heater cables may be cemented into the weilbore to increase the heat transfer to the formation above that which would be possible with only one cable, but it would be desirable to further increase the heat that can be transferred into earth surrounding the heaters.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,732,195 discloses an electrical heater well wherein an "electrically resistant pulverulent" substance, preferably quartz sand or crushed quartz gravel, is placed both inside and outside of a casing of a weilbore heater. The quartz is placed there to reinforce the casing against external pressures, but materials that have significant translucency to radiant energy are not suggested.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an electrical heater element wherein the electrical heater element has a significant surface area at a temperature that is closer the temperature of the electrical resistance element than those of the prior art. This heater element is useful as a well heater for such purposes as thermal recovery of hydrocarbons and soil remediation.
These and other objects are accomplished by an electrical heater comprising: a heating element effective to generate radiant energy; a casing surrounding the heating element separated from the heating element; and support material between the casing and the heating element wherein the support material comprises a granular solid material that is translucent to radiant energy in the peak wavelength of energy which is radiated by the heating element at operating temperatures. The translucency of the support material is such that at least 50% of the radiant energy emitted by the heating element is radiated to the casing. The support material not only provides support for the casing, but can be chosen to prevent shorting of electricity from the heating element to the casing. Support from the support material reduces the wall thickness required in the casing, and therefore lowers the cost of the heater. The translucence of the electrical insulation material enables radiant heat transfer directly from the heating element to the casing. The casing temperature is therefore significantly closer to the temperature of the heating element.
In an application such as a weilbore heater for thermal recovery of hydrocarbons and soil remediation, the casing can be of a significant diameter, such as three to twelve inches. The thickness of the casing at these diameters is not excessive because the granular electrical insulation provides support for the casing and prevents collapse of the casing due to external pressure.
FIG. 1 shows a heating element according to the present invention.
The heater of the present invention comprises a heating element, a casing surrounding the heating element, and support material separating the resistance heating element and the casing. The support material is translucent to radiant energy generated by the resistance heating element so that heat transfer from the electrical heating element to the casing is both radiant, and conductive. Adding radiant heat transfer to the conductive heat transfer mechanism significantly aids the transfer of heat, and thus the difference in temperature between the casing and the resistance element is reduced. Radiant heat transfer enables a casing of significant diameter, for example, 2 to about 12 inches. This greater diameter casing results in increased area for flux of heat from the heating element. The heat that can be transferred from the casing is therefore increased accordingly.
The support material can also be an electrical insulating material. The support material enables the casing to be fabricated thinner than what would be required to support an expected external pressure on the casing. In applications such as heat injectors for injection of heat to an oil shale or diatomite formations, significantly lower cost casing may be used due to the support from the support material.
When the present invention is applied in a well heater, the casing may either be cemented into the formation or not cemented into the formation. Leaving a larger diameter borehole surrounding the heater may result in greater heat transfer to the formation because of radiant heat transfer from the casing. Alternatively, any space between the casing and the borehole may be filled with cement to help support the casing, or may be filled with granular solids such as the electrical insulating material of the present invention to both provide support, and to provide radiant heat transfer through the material to the walls of the borehole.
As is well known in the art, for each temperature, a curve may be found for energy transferred from a black body as a function of wavelength. Chemical Engineering Handbook 5th ed., Perry and Chilton, p. 10-48, 10-52 (1973), describes these functions. These functions will peak, and from the peak will decrease and asymptotically approach zero at great wavelengths. These functions will peak at shorter wavelengths for higher temperatures, and greater wavelengths for lower temperatures.
The temperature from which energy is radiated from the electrical heating element is readily estimated or determined empirically.
The support material is selected so that the material has a translucency to radiated energy of the peak wavelength of the energy radiated from the resistance heating element. Materials that are translucent are generally translucent over a specific band of wave lengths. Quartz (crystalline silicon dioxide) has a band of translucency that extends to a wavelength of about three microns. This corresponds to the maximum on a curve of wavelength vs. energy for radiation at about 730� C. Thus, about half of the energy emitted from a black-body source would be absorbed by quartz for every centimeter of depth. At higher element temperatures, less heat would be absorbed by the quartz. But higher temperatures require extremely expensive materials. Glass (borosilicate) is translucent over the range of visible light, but has negligible transparency to infrared wavelength radiation. Crystals of calcium fluoride are translucent to energy of up to about 12 microns wavelength. Thus, about 95 percent of energy transmitted by a black body source at 730� C. would be transmitted through a one centimeter depth of crystalline calcium fluoride. Calcium fluoride also has a very high melting point (1418� C.) and a fairly high thermal conductivity (0.022 watt/cm/� K at 730� C.).
At a sufficiently high temperature, a high quality crystalline quartz may be an acceptable support material according the present invention, but relatively high heater temperatures would be required, and thicknesses of the support material, and therefore diameter of the casing, would be relatively limited.
The energy radiated from the heater element to the casing can be estimated based on the black body curve of energy radiated as a function of wavelength, multiplied by the total absorption of the electrical insulation over the distance between the casing and the electrical resistance element. Adding this radiantly transferred heat to heat transferred by thermal conduction significantly increases the amount of energy that can be transmitted away from the heating element. Further, the relatively large diameter of the casing provides a significantly greater surface area through which heat is then transferred to the surrounding volume. When the heater is in a borehole, this larger surface area is important because earth surrounding the heating element is generally not a good conductor of heat, so the greater surface area significantly increases the heat transferred to the earth formation.
Referring now to FIG. 1, a heater 16 of the present invention is shown cemented into a formation to be heated 15, the formation to be heated being below a strata that is not to be heated 17. A casing 11 separates the formation from the heater element 12. An upper section of the heater element 18 is of a thicker cross section so that significant heat is not generated in this section. The heater element is shown as a hollow tube, so that a thermocouple 19 may be lowered through the heater by a wireline 20 through a seal 21 at the surface. The wireline can be stored on a spool 22 that is turned by an electrical motor 23. An annulus between the heater element 12 and the casing 11, within the portion of the formation to be heated, is filled with the support material 13. Within the portion of the formation that is not to be heated, the support material may be granular solid that is not the granular solid that is translucent to radiant energy, which may be less expensive.
Cement 14 may be placed around the casing to secure the casing in place. Alternatively, the annular space could be filled with granular solids that are translucent to the wavelength energy transmitted from the casing. This material may be the same as the support material between the casing and the heater element, or it may be different. Because the casing 11 will be at a lower temperature than the electrical resistance element, a material translucent to longer wave length energy may be required. But the material outside of the casing does not have to be electrically insulating.
A centralizer 24 is shown separating the heater element from the casing. The support material may also be electrically insulating, and thereby permitting the surface of the heating element to be a resistance element without electrical insulation around the element. In this embodiment, a plurality of non-electrical conductive centralizers would preferably be utilized. An electrically conductive centralizer may be used near the bottom of the electrical resistive element to ground the electrical resistive element in order to provide a path for electrical energy. An electrical power supply is connected to the heater element at the surface at a terminal 25, and the heater element is electrically isolated from the casing at the wellhead by means such as ceramic insulator 26 at a top seal flange 27.
At the bottom of the casing, the casing may be sealed by a seal plate 28 welded to the casing, or alternatively, the bottom of the casing may be sealed by cement and/or a cement shoe as is typical practice in the art of oil and gas drilling. When the bottom of the casing is sealed by a welded plate, a bellows 29 could be provided to both seal the bottom of the heating element and to provide electrical continuity to ground.
Within the formation to be heated, the heating element may be designed to have a varying heat output. This may be accomplished by providing an electrical heating element with a varying cross section area in order to tailor the generation of heat to a desired profile.
In another embodiment, a retrievable electric heating element can be inserted inside the center tubular. The electrical heating element can consist of a mineral-insulated heating cable or a ceramic bead insulated heating cable.
Although the invention is described in greatest detail in a well heater application, the invention is broadly applicable to other applications. For example, when a heater is to be operated in a high pressure liquid or gas environment.
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