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Mark Webber excluded from qualifying
Apr 13, 2013, 5:30 AM EDT
Mark Webber has been excluded from qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix after his car failed to return to the pits due to a fuel shortage.
The Red Bull driver was forced to stop out on track during Q2 due to a fuel shortage, although he did manage to qualify 14th thanks to the time he had already set. However, Webber will now start from the back of the grid following the ruling from the FIA.
Cars are required to produce a fuel sample at the end of each session for the FIA, and the governing body has ruled that Webber would not have been able to supply this had he returned to the pits.
The team have confirmed that his car was under-fueled due to a technical problem.
"A fuel browser problem caused an incorrect fuel measurement to be delivered to Mark's car," the team revealed on Twitter.
This is a similar problem to the one Sebastian Vettel faced at last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where he received the same penalty as Webber has today.
However, Webber was well aware that he could face such a sanction.
"It was a lack of fuel pressure so I couldn't get back, so we stopped the car and qualifying was over before it started really," he explained to the media.
"We'll see what the rules are. I'm sure we'll go through the process. It may be a double whammy."
Webber will be able to start on fresh tires tomorrow, but the Australian driver did not hide his disappointment over the result.
"I think everyone's in a similar boat saving tires. The option is not really the tire for this track. It's completely wrong."
To make the situation all the more painful for Webber, he believes that he could have challenged the front runners for pole position, which was eventually claimed by Lewis Hamilton.
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- manchestermiracle - Apr 13, 2013 at 9:57 AM
How does Red Bull ever win a race with this level of incompetence? I really hope Webber finds a different ride next year, he deserves better.
- icemanpjn - Apr 13, 2013 at 2:29 PM
He can't do better. Red Bull is still probably the best place that he can be, regardless of blunders like this. All the major teams have dropped the ball from time to time. A few years back, McLaren and Ferrari failed to go out in qualifying until after rain came and they got knocked out early on, which was just plain stupid on their part. McLaren blundered pit stops by the boat-load last year and failed to adequately fuel Lewis, getting him demoted from pole to the rear. Blunders aside, Red Bull is still probably Webber's best chance for wins.
- chaparral2f - Apr 13, 2013 at 4:25 PM
Incompetent? The only thing incompetent is your comment. Do you really think that RB is such a terrible team? Lewis wanted to drive for them and Kimi has indicated he would consider it, so they couldn't be too bad. I agree that Webber should be in a different ride next year. Perhaps Marussia would suit the level of talent that he has…
- apexassassin - Apr 14, 2013 at 1:12 AM
Webber doesn't deserve better, but I see your point. RBR often makes terrible mistakes/poor decisions during the races… Interlagos last year, ferrari did every thing right but RBR still took the title.
I suspect the fuel rig failed, though I didn't see that in print anywhere.
- chaparral2f - Apr 13, 2013 at 4:23 PM
Oh, the Red Bull conspiracists will have a field day with this one. They will trot out their incessant nattering that RB is hamstringing Webber intentionally, despite the fact that RB wants a WCC even more than a WDC. As for our man from Manchester who feels RB is incompetent, why would every other driver on the grid trade places with Webber if they could? We saw that Lewis begged Bernie to help me get a ride at RB. Kimi has indicated that he wants to go there as well. Guys like Webber have always been around and they for whatever reason, seem to attract bad luck like fleas on a dog.
- apexassassin - Apr 14, 2013 at 1:14 AM
Lol, Mark Webber. Just slightly better than Nick Heidfeld.
- apexassassin - Apr 14, 2013 at 1:14 AM
That ought to teach Mark to stay in his place and keep his mouth shut. Can't wait until he's out of RBR and would love to see Kimi take his place.
- thefranklinsgotoindia - Apr 14, 2013 at 4:12 PM
Webber does not deserve any better. I reject the conspiracy theory, and simply pin the blame on RBR. As the commentators say, he does do well in qualifying. HOWEVER, that's because he's got a running start. He can't start a race to save his life. He probably couldn't start a manual transmission car on a hill. Webber's time is done.
- techmeister1 - Apr 14, 2013 at 11:34 PM
It's naive to believe that Red Bull isn't plotting against Webber constantly. They want him to finish second to Vettel so that they get maximum points, but they don't want Webber to win if they can help it. Obviously in Malaysia he was faster all race than Vettel and that's why at the end of the race they imposed "multi-21″ which Vettel violated because he's an egocentric meathead, in spite of being a competent driver.
For red Bull to not fule Webber's car properly and not tighten the when nut properly shows incompetence and/or a clear effort to not outshine Vettel as Webber did in Malaysia. Vettel is unable to deal with the reality that Webber is as fast or faster on any given day with the same equipment that Vettel has.
If you look back on how many times Webber's car has had KERS or DRS issues compared to Vettel, it's obvious he isn't getting equal equipment most of the time. And then when they take parts off of Webber's car and install them on Vettel's car after he crashes and damages the front wing, it's obvious that Red Bull is shafting Webber for all the world to see.
The sad reality is that Webber's best chance of winning the past few years is by being in and Adrian Newey designed car. Red Bull certainly did not have a fast car in China however so the other teams may be gaining ground on Newey. If it were not for Newey Red Bull would be lucky to run mid-pack as they simply don't have their act together.
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Twelve-hour gaming convention and Halloween celebration sponsored by the Comic Monstore of Salisbury, NC. Come play your favorite games or learn a game you've never played before. The Tabletop Gaming Spooktacular will feature Magic the Gathering and Yu-gi-oh card games, Hero Clix and Star Wars: X-Wing miniatures, Cthulhu Dice, Fluxx, Mage Wars, Munchkin, Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan (and other Mayfair Games), and different Pathfinder sessions. Admission is free for kids 11 years of age and under, $10 for everyone 12 and up. A first of its kind for Salisbury, NC, this event will be a must attend event for all gamers in North and South Carolina this fall.
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Sat, Apr 28, 2012 (09:30 AM - 10:30 PM)
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Marlo Hampton Says the Smalls Aligned to Attack NeNe Leakes
The battle between the Smalls and the Talls has been raging since the beginning of Season 4 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and it carried us all the way through the reunion.
Even though Marlo Hampton isn't a "real" housewife she hasn't been shy about vocalizing her support for the Talls. In her latest blog for BravoTV.com, Marlo criticizes the Smalls for their behavior during the reunion.
Marlo writes, "The Smalls had clearly been holding a lot inside. Though there were moments when they seemed to stand apart, in their attacks on NeNe they aligned from the start."
At times it did seem like the Smalls were ganging up on NeNe Leakes, but some of NeNe's behavior this season was so questionable, that we can't say we blame them.
Marlo also expressed her surprise that the children of the h'wives were discussed on the reunion.
"I was shocked that anyone would try to use children as a line of attack. Isn't that bad etiquette to try to embarrass someone's child?," she writes.
"Though NeNe read her [Sheree] nicely, it should still never have come to that. Seems dangerous ground to tread when your own children are still young. Who knows what the future might hold for them?," Marlo continued.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 1997 The Golden Knights -- the Army's parachute team -- released its performance schedule for 1997.
The team, headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C., will appear at 62 events in 31 states this season. It will also make one international appearance, performing at the Ottawa Air Show in Canada.
The unit tours in two teams -- Black and Gold. Since 1959, The Golden Knights have performed over 9,000 live aerial demonstrations throughout all 50 states and 45 foreign countries. The team also produced nearly 100 national and 22 world champions.
Golden Knights 1997 Schedule
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The success of Harley Quinn seems to have taken everybody by surprise – including DC Comics, who suddenly finds itself with one of the most successful female-led ongoing series on the stands. Written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, with art (mostly) from Chad Hardin and colorist Alex Sinclair, letters by John J. Hill, Harley Quinn has proven to be a huge success with readers and retailers. And with volume one collected and out now in hardcover, it seemed like a good time to look back across the first nine issues and get a look at what all the fuss has been about.


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The "Joint actions to raise awareness on overexploitation of Danube sturgeons in Romania and Bulgaria" project aims to tackle overfishing, the main threat to their survival. It sets out to stop the overexploitation of the critically endangered Danube sturgeons in Bulgaria and Romania and to secure the long term survival of these species with their high natural and economic value.
"The project represents a major contribution to European biodiversity protection," said Angelo Salsi, head of LIFE Nature unit at the European Commission's Directorate-General for the Environment. "This proposal was not initially accepted, but after being submitted again in the following call for proposals, it was named as the best in 2011 out of all three strands of the programme."
Currently quantitative information on Danube sturgeon populations and their spawning and overwintering sites is not available due to patchy monitoring. With the WWF project "at least 50,000 young restocked sturgeons will be tagged, released in the Danube and monitored. The release of tagged sturgeons will not only contribute to strengthen the very low populations in the wild, but it will also ensure the quality of future restocking programmes because the origin of individuals taken for reproduction will be easy to track and inbreeding will be avoided," says freshwater expert Stoyan Mihov of WWF Bulgaria. It carries out the work in coordination with the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water and the Executive Fisheries Agency at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
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A Duluth dock company owes nearly $4.7 million for repairs and lost profits to the owner of a coal freighter that partially sunk in the Duluth-Superior Harbor.
The Duluth News Tribune reports the jury made the decision Thursday, after a trial that began Feb. 5.
In a 2009 lawsuit, American Steamship Co. claimed negligence by Hallett Dock Co. and Fraser Shipyards Inc. of Superior, Wis. caused the 1,000-foot-long Walter J. McCarthy Jr. to sink in January 2008. The McCarthy hit a submerged concrete structure, which tore a hole in the hull, causing it to take on water.
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8 reasons we're entering self-publishing's golden age
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Over at XinXii (it's sort of a German Smashwords with a little bit of Scribd thrown in), self-publisher and book designer Joel Friedlander has published an optimistic look at today's marketplace. He thinks it's a golden age, and he lists eight reasons why.
You can check out the full article at XinXii for details, but here are his reasons. What do you think of them?
- The playing field is leveling.
- Access to tools and professionals is easier than ever.
- Social media makes effective marketing affordable.
- Digital publishing eliminates production risk.
- Industry prejudices against ebooks and self-publishing are waning.
- The definition of a "book" is not only changing, but expanding to make room for new ideas and products.
- The Internet provides a global marketplace for authors.
- Mobile technology is accelerating the adoption of ebooks.
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I largely agree with his reasons, with 2 comments: Regarding #5, I'd say industry's prejudices against ebooks and self-pub may be waning, but slowly… it's public prejudices against ebooks and self-pub that are waning even faster; and I might add point #9, that Competition has driven us to the homogenization stage, finally whittling down many incompatible formats and systems to just a few more manageable formats and systems, making the entire industry more efficient.
I would agree, but self-publishing's golden age does not equate to publishing's golden age. When everyone can grab a megaphone, it doesn't mean that everything gets better. It just means that everything gets louder. I freely admit to being someone who has not changed my own reading habits in response to the rise in self-publishing, even though I do 95% of my reading on my Kindle these days. I freely admit that there may be many "just as good" writers who are self-publishing, but I'm just not willing to divert reading time to hunting/gathering time. People enthusiastically talk about the new review sites popping up to focus on self-published/indie books, but then I have to investigate the *reviewers* (do they have a financial interest in recommending the book [e.g. trading good reviews], do their reviews show that they actually know anything about writing and craft, can they put the book into any sort of context with similar work, etc) to know whether to take them seriously. Not interested. I wish this didn't sound like I'm carrying water for the publishing industry, because I'm not. I think the industry needs re-working from the ground up (starting with authors getting 80-90% and the publishing industry surviving on the rest, rather than the reverse). But I'm not yet feeling that giving everyone a printing press is a path forward.
It's all about marketing and I'm not altogether sure social media is 'effective' marketing. Just ask any musician. Without effective marketing, the remainder of the reasons are meaningless to an author.


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TOP: Very large fluid collection with an air-fluid level within the right hemithorax with near complete collapse of the right lung. Gas bubbles within the fluid portion of the collection suggests complexity. Differential considerations include an intraparenchymal lung abscess as well as an empyema.
Based upon the CT findings, a right-sided chest tube was inserted (above).
The patient had a prolonged hospital course after admission from the emergency department. He had persistent collapse of the right lung and a decision was made to take the patient for video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). He had three more chest tubes placed in the operating room and was unable to be extubated for several days post-procedure, due to persistent hypoventilation. The patient's blood and pleural fluid cultures did not grow out any bacteria. Legionella antigen testing, fungal cultures and mycobacterium testing were also performed and negative. The infectious disease team was consulted on the floor and expressed concern for an anaerobic organism as the cause of infection although no organism was ever identified on culture. A PICC line was placed and the patient was discharged to a SNF after 12 days in the hospital with one chest tube still in place. The patient was continued on Unasyn, as an outpatient, and after five weeks his last chest tube was removed.
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text: Sarah Brightman to visit International Space Station Culture 11 October 12 by Elizabeth Howell Nasa Internationally renowned UK soprano Sarah Brightman plans to visit the International Space Station in the next few years.Brightman will fly on a Russian Soyuz spaceship through an arrangement with Space Adventures, a United States-based company that previously flew space tourists including Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, and entrepreneur Dennis Tito. Brightman will be the eighth space tourist to fly with Space Adventures.At a press conference in Moscow on 10 October, Brightman spoke of her dream of space, which began when as "an incredulous child" she saw television coverage of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the Moon for the first time in 1969."A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine," said Brightman, adding, "Believing something should be out of reach should never stop us stretching for it. The journey should be as rewarding as meeting the destination."Most of the details of the spaceflight are still being worked out. The flight will take place sometime after Brightman completes a worldwide tour for her latest album, Dreamchaser. The tour takes place in 2013, and then Brightman has six months of spaceflight training ahead of her in Russia. This means she would likely fly no earlier than 2014.The timing is also contingent on the international partners working on the space station, which include the European Space Agency, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Nasa. Brightman has passed a preliminary medical assessment for her flight.While in space, Brightman plans to leverage her role as Artist for Peace for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Her goal, she said, is to promote the goal of sustainability through activities such as concerts and multimedia."I want to engage people, particularly younger people, to think about how we manage our resources," she said. "Sustainability is about meeting our needs today while respecting the needs of future generations."The singer's work in space will also include a heavy emphasis on education, particularly for girls and women in developing countries. The agenda will be released at a later date, she added.Brightman's purchase price for a ride into space was not disclosed; in media reports, Laliberté (the most recent Space Adventures' client) is said to have spent about £22 million."The price of the flight is confidential, but it is a round-trip ticket," quipped Eric Anderson, founder of Space Adventures, at the news conference.The singer's brief stay on the ISS will be the first one for Space Adventures since 2009.Seats on the Soyuz spacecraft that Space Adventures use have been limited since the shuttle programme concluded in 2011. As the Soyuz is the only certified way that American astronauts can reach the space station at the moment, most of the seats are occupied by government personnel doing extended missions on the station.Brightman, who was trained as a dancer, rose to fame through starring performances in the musicals Cats and Phantom of the Opera. She has released several solo albums and received awards in more than 40 countries.This will be the ninth flight for Space Adventures, which has been supplying flights to clients since Tito to space on a Soyuz in April 2001.Tito was followed Mark Shuttleworth, a South African entrepreneur (April 2002), Amercian Greg Olsen (October 2005), Anousheh Ansari (September 2006, the first Iranian astronaut), Charles Simonyi (April 2007 and a second in March 2009), Richard Garriot (October 2008) and Laliberté in September 2009.While Tito is the first person to pay for space travel out of his own pocket, there were other private ventures in space in the past.The first privately funded spaceflight occurred when Japanese television reporter Toyohiro Akiyama joined the Soyuz TM-11 mission and spent eight days aboard the Mir space station in December 1990. That was organized in a deal between Japan's Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) and the Soviet Union.Further, a number of British companies funded Helen Sharman for a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station in May 1991.Original story (c) Sen. More space content from sen.com. Follow sen on twitter: @sen Edited by David Cornish Comments "The singer's work in space"Work in space? This seems more like a holiday tbh. Tom Oct 11th 2012 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk


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- Monte Carlo model for multiparticle production at ultrarelativistic energies (1994)
- The Monte Carlo parton string model for multiparticle production in hadron-hadron, hadron-nucleus, and nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energies is described. An adequate choice of the parameters in the model gives the possibility of recovering the main results of the dual parton model, with the advantage of treating both hadron and nuclear interactions on the same footing, reducing them to interactions between partons. Also the possibility of considering both soft and hard parton interactions is introduced.
- Observable consequences of chemical equilibration in energetic heavy ion collisions (1994)
- The quantum statistical model (QSM) is used to calculate nuclear fragment distributions in chemical equilibrium. Several observable isotopic effects are predicted for intermediate energy heavy ion collisions. It is demonstrated that particle ratios for different systemsdo not depend on the breakup density-the only free parameter in our model.The importance of entropy measurements is discussed. Specific particle ratios for the system Au-Au are predicted, which can be used to determine the chemical potentials of the hot midrapidity fragment source in nearly central heavy ion collisions. Pacs-Nr. 25.70 Pq
- Physics of high-energy heavy-ion collisions (1994)
- This a review of the present status of heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies. The main goal of heavy-ion physics in this energy regime is to shed some light on the nuclear equation of state (EOS), hence we present the basic concept of the EOS in nuclear matter as well as of nuclear shock waves which provide the key mechanism for the compression of nuclear matter. The main part of this article is devoted to the models currently used for describing heavy-ion reactions theoretically and to the observables useful for extracting information about the EOS from experiments. A detailed discussion of the flow effects with a broad comparison with the avaible data is presented. The many-body aspects of such reactions are investigated via the multifragmentation break up of excited nuclear systems and a comparison of model calculations with the most recent multifragmentation experiments is presented.
- Intermediate mass dileptons from secondary Drell-Yan processes (1998)
- Recent reports on enhancements of intermediate and hight mass muon pairs producedin heavy ion collisions have attracted much attention.
- Equilibrium and nonequilibrium effects in nucleus nucleus collisions (1999)
- Abstract: Local thermal and chemical equilibration is studied for central AqA collisions at 10.7 160 AGeV in the Ultrarelativis- . tic Quantum Molecular Dynamics model UrQMD . The UrQMD model exhibits strong deviations from local equilibrium at the high density hadron string phase formed during the early stage of the collision. Equilibration of the hadron resonance matter is established in the central cell of volume Vs125 fm3 at later stages, tG10 fmrc, of the resulting quasi-isentropic expansion. The thermodynamical functions in the cell and their time evolution are presented. Deviations of the UrQMD quasi-equilibrium state from the statistical mechanics equilibrium are found. They increase with energy per baryon and lead to a strong enhancement of the pion number density as compared to statistical mechanics estimates at SPS energies. PACS: 25.75.-q; 24.10.Lx; 24.10.Pa; 64.30.qt
- Critical review of quark gluon plasma signatures (1999)
- Noneequilibrium models (three-fluid hydrodynamics and UrQMD) use to discuss the uniqueness of often proposed experimental signatures for quark matter formation in relativistic heavy ion collisions. It is demonstrated that these two models - although they do treat the most interesting early phase of the collisions quite differently(thermalizing QGP vs. coherent color fields with virtual particles) - both yields a reasonable agreement with a large variety of the available heavy ion data.


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I once was in a shopping mall in California (Sears, I believe), and read a screen t-shirt that was soooo hilarious to me that I took a picture of it. It said (and I quote), "Muffins are just ugly cupcakes". It had a picture of this beautifully conceited cupcake staring down its low-esteemed muffin companion.
I know - pretty mean - but I had to laugh!
Now of course, I view it as "Cupcakes are just pretty muffins with hats on", but that is neither here nor there.


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There is disclosed a method for oil or gas drilling or the drilling of a geothermal well and the like in which a compressed inert gas, produced by the non-cryogenic separation of air is delivered to the drilling region of the downhole.
1. A method for drilling for oil or gas or a geothermal well in which a compressed inert gas is delivered to a drilling region within a downhole, the improvement comprising:
(a) removing at least a substantial portion of the oxygen contained within a feed stream of air at the site of said drilling to produce an inert rich gas and an oxygen enriched waste gas; and
(b) delivering the inert rich gas to the drilling region within the downhole.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the inert rich gas is nitrogen rich gas.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein step (a) comprises passing a feed stream of air through a membrane which preferentially separates nitrogen gas from the other gaseous components of air.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of removing at least a substantial portion of oxygen comprises passing a feed stream of air through a pressure swing adsorption unit containing an absorbent which preferentially adsorbs oxygen and other gases contained within the feed stream of air to form the nitrogen rich gas.
5. The method of claim 2 wherein the nitrogen rich gas contains at least 85 volume percent of nitrogen.
6. The method of claim 2 wherein the nitrogen rich gas contains at least 95 volume percent of nitrogen.
7. The method of claim 2 further comprising raising the pressure of the nitrogen rich gas to at least 1,000 psig before delivering the nitrogen rich gas to the drilling region.
8. The method of claim 2 wherein the pressure of the nitrogen rich gas is raised to about 1,000 to 2,000 psig.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising varying the oxygen content of the inert rich gas prior to the delivery of the inert rich gas to the drilling region within the downhole.
The present invention is directed to a method of drilling for oil, gas or geothermal wells and the like which employs an inert gas in the drilling region to remove drill cuttings. The inert gas, typically nitrogen gas, is supplied on-site by the preferential separation of air using a non-cryogenic source of the inert gas such as a membrane or a pressure swing adsorption system.
In the drilling for oil or gas or geothermal wells and the like, the drilling apparatus requires a fluid in the drilling region around the drill bit to remove the drill cuttings. One such drilling fluid is drilling mud which is often used when large flows of water are present in the downhole (i.e. the region where drilling takes place below ground level). It has also been found that the injection of gas into the downhole results in faster drilling rates when substantial amounts of water are not present in the downhole.
Air has been used as the principal downhole drilling fluid for low water content drilling. Straight air drilling requires only that air be compressed and circulated such that drill cuttings are lifted from the downhole free of liquids. The air can be combined with a surfactant, foaming agent, water and/or mud for different applications.
The selection of air drilling systems over mud drilling systems is based on the feasibility of drilling the hole (e.g. the presence or absence of a substantial amount of water in the downhole as well as economics). The primary advantages of straight air drilling are greatly increased penetration rates, greater bit footage and fewer downhole drilling problems.
Downhole drilling with air, however, does have a number of disadvantages, one of the most important of which is the occurrence of downhole explosions or fire due to the presence of high levels of oxygen in air. Efforts have been made to reduce the hazards of air drilling by lowering the temperature of the air or by replacing air with an inert gas.
For example, J. Q. McGuire, Jr., U.S. Pat. No. 3,612,192 discloses a process for air drilling in which the air is cooled to cryogenic temperatures. The frozen air not only reduces the threat of downhole combustion but also freezes the ground to prevent the influx of water. As is well known, cooling to cryogenic temperatures is costly and requires additional heavy equipment which may not be readily available, particularly when drilling takes place in remote locations.
Another approach to eliminating the hazards of using air as a drilling fluid is to employ an inert gas. Such systems are disclosed for example, in N. C. Wells, U.S. Pat. No. 2,786,652 and J. G. Jackson, U.S. Pat. No. 3,286,778. While the source of the inert gas (e.g. nitrogen gas) used in these systems is not set forth, it is common to use liquid nitrogen as the source of gas. Liquid nitrogen, however, is disadvantageous because it is considerably more expensive to use than air and difficult to obtain in remote locations.
An effort has been made to come up with alternative sources of nitrogen gas for use as a drilling fluid. H. E. Mallory, et al, U.S. Pat. No. 4,136,747 discloses a method of drilling in which nitrogen gas is obtained from the exhaust gas of engines. While such methods are of interest, they have not been commercialized on a large scale because of the high cost, difficulty in implementation, and technical problems such as the corrosive nature of the products of combustion.
It would therefore be desirable to devise a method by which an inert gas, typically nitrogen gas, may be conveniently and efficiently supplied to the downhole of a drilling operation in a manner which eliminates the problems associated with cryogenic nitrogen and other sources of nitrogen gas.
The present invention is generally directed to a method for drilling for oil and/or gas or a geothermal well and the like in which a compressed inert gas is delivered to the downhole. The inert gas is obtained from an on-site non-cryogenic source. In particular, the source of the inert gas is air which is preferentially separated into an inert gas rich fraction and an oxygen waste gas fraction such as by membrane separation or by pressure swing adsorption or the like.
The following drawings in which like reference characters indicate like parts are illustrative of embodiments of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention as encompassed by the claims forming part of the application.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the invention showing an above surface apparatus for generating a nitrogen rich gas from an air-separation membrane to be delivered to a drilling region;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view similar to FIG. 1 in which a nitrogen rich gas is generated by a pressure swing adsorption unit;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a two bed pressure swing adsorption system for generating a nitrogen rich gas;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a surface equipment installation for delivering the inert gas to the drilling region; and
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a downhole drill stem arrangement showing the delivery of the inert gas to the drilling region.
The present invention is directed to the on-site non-cryogenic production of an inert gas, typically a nitrogen rich gas and its delivery as a drilling fluid in the drilling of oil and/or gas or geothermal wells and the like. As used herein the term "nitrogen rich gas" shall refer to a gas containing predominantly nitrogen gas and no more than 10% oxygen gas by volume. The nitrogen rich gas is produced from air by a number of different methods including membrane separation, pressure swing adsorption, vacuum swing adsorption, fuel cells and the like.
Referring to FIG. 1 there is shown an above ground installation for producing a nitrogen rich gas using membrane separation and for delivery of the nitrogen rich gas to the drilling region. A feed air compressor 2 includes an intake port 4 for receiving ambient air and a compressor 6 for pressurizing the air to a suitable pressure, typically in the range from about 100 to 350 psig.
The compressed air is sent through a conduit 8 to an air separation membrane system shown generally by numeral 10, such as the high performance air separation membrane system manufactured by Generon Systems of Houston, Tex.
The membrane is composed of bundles of hollow fiber, semi-permeable membranes which are assembled parallel to a central core tube. The bundle is placed into an outer case to form an air separation module. The air is divided into two streams; a nitrogen rich stream and a stream rich in oxygen and water vapor.
When the compressed air is introduced to the feed side of the membrane fibers, the air travels down the bore of the hollow permeable fibers. Oxygen, water vapor and other "fast gases" pass through to the outside of the fibers. The oxygen-rich gas stream then flows through the fiber bundle to the periphery of the outer case of the separator system where it is discharged as a by-product.
While all but a small fraction of the oxygen passes through the membrane material to the exterior of the hollow fibers, most of the nitrogen present in the feed air is contained within the hollow fiber membrane. As a result, the nitrogen rich gas is effectively separated from the feed air and exits the membrane system 10 via a conduit 12 for entry into an optional booster compressor 14.
The booster compressor 14 is employed to elevate the pressure of the nitrogen rich gas. The pressure of the gas obtained from the air separation membrane system 10 is from about 100 to 200 psig. The booster compressor 14 is capable of raising the pressure of the nitrogen rich gas up to or exceeding 4500 psig and even as high as about 10,000 psig, but typically in the range of from about 1,000 to 2,000 psig. The highly compressed nitrogen rich gas leaves the booster compressor 14 via a conduit 16 and is sent to a surface equipment installation 18 of the drilling operation as explained in detail hereinafter.
The nitrogen rich gas may also be produced by a pressure swing adsorption system in accordance with the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, there is disclosed a pressure swing adsorption unit 20 having two beds "A" and "B". It should be understood, however, that the present invention is applicable to pressure swing adsorption units having an alternate construction such as a greater number of beds.
Referring to FIG. 3, air from a source (not shown) is fed to a compressor 6 to raise the pressure of the air, to accumulate compressed air during the non-production phase and to output compressed air during peak loading of the beds. The compressed air is fed to a storage vessel 22. The compressed air is then fed via the conduit 24, 26 to an outlet 28 leading to bed A and an outlet 30, leading to bed B. Each outlet 28, 30 is controlled by respective valves 32, 34. When valve 32 is opened, allowing the compressed air to reach bed A, valve 34 remains closed so that bed B may undergo regeneration during the depressurization phase of the pressure swing adsorption unit 20.
The compressed air enters the bed A through the open valve 32 via a conduit 36. The bed A contains at least one adsorption material capable of preferentially adsorbing oxygen and other waste gases. The preferred adsorbents are selected from molecular sieves and silica gel. As a result, substantially pure nitrogen passes out of the bed A through a conduit 38, a valve 40 and into a nitrogen storage vessel 42 via a product line 44 for passage via a conduit 82 to the optional booster compressor 14 shown in FIG. 1.
While bed A is producing nitrogen gas, bed B is at atmospheric pressure. Upon completion of the nitrogen production cycle in bed A, the system undergoes equalization to raise the pressure in bed B to an intermediate pressure. This is accomplished by closing the nitrogen product valves 40, 46 and the compressed air intake valves 32, 34. Thus, the input of compressed air and the output of nitrogen product are temporarily suspended.
Equalization is accomplished by passing a portion of the pressurized gas from the top of the bed A via a conduit 38, valve 50, a conduit 52, restrictive orifice 54, through a conduit 56 and into the top of the bed B. In addition, pressurized gas is passed from the bottom of the bed A via the conduit 36, a valve 58, a conduit 60, a restrictive orifice 62 and a conduit 64 into the bottom of bed B.
Once equalization is completed so that bed A and B are at similar pressures, bed A undergoes regeneration by depressurizing to atmospheric pressure to remove the oxygen enriched waste gases. This is accomplished by closing the equalization valves 50, 58 and opening a regeneration valve 66 for the bed A. The waste gas is then vented to the atmosphere through a conduit 68 and a restrictive orifice 70. As a consequence, the bed A is regenerated.
Further cleansing of the bed A may be made by passing a purge gas, such as substantially pure nitrogen gas, from a source 72, through conduits 74 and 76, respectively, a valve 78 and into bed A via the line 38. When the bed B is further cleansed, the purge gas passes through the conduits 74 and 76, respectively, a valve 80 and the conduit 56. After purging, the adsorbents are ready for adsorbing waste gases in a new nitrogen production cycle.
Since the pressure in bed B has been raised to an intermediate pressure, it is ready to receive compressed air. The compressed air is provided through the valve 34 and the conduit 64. It may be necessary, in order to get sufficient compressed air to quickly load bed B up to operating pressure, for the compressed air feed generated by the compressor 6 to be supplemented by compressed air already stored in the storage vessel 22.
Once bed B has been loaded, the valve 46 is opened, allowing product gas to enter the product line 44 via the conduit 56 from which it enters the storage vessel 42. A distribution conduit 82 extends from the storage vessel 42 to provide a flow of nitrogen rich product gas to the booster compressor 14 shown in FIG. 1.
After nitrogen production in bed B is completed, the valve 46 is closed as is the valve 34 to stop the compressed air feed. The equalization circuit is activated by opening valves 50, 58 and the pressurized gas is fed from the top and bottom of bed B to bed A to raise the pressure therein to an intermediate pressure level. Bed B is then depressurized by eliminating the oxygen rich waste gases which are sent via the conduits 64, 84 through a valve 86 to the atmosphere via the conduit 68 and restrictive orifice 70.
Thereafter, compressed air from the compressor 6 and the storage vessel 22 is fed to bed A through the valve 32 via the conduit 36 to raise bed A to the desired operating pressure thereby commencing the nitrogen production cycle from bed A which passes into the booster compressor 14.
The nitrogen rich gas, after compression up to as high as 10,000 psig in the booster compressor 14, is sent to surface equipment installation shown in FIG. 4 then to the drill stem arrangement shown in FIG. 5.
Referring to FIG. 4, the high pressure nitrogen rich gas obtained from the booster compressor 14 is sent to the surface equipment 18 via a conduit 90 through a main block valve 92. The flow rate of the nitrogen rich gas is typically measured by an orifice meter 94. The metered nitrogen rich gas is sent through an adjustable choke 96 and a pressure shut off valve 98 before entering a standpipe 100. Mud can be added to the standpipe 100 through a conduit 102 should drilling mud or aerated mud be required for downhole circulation or occasionally to create sufficient hydrostatic pressure head to terminate circulation, or "kill" the well.
The nitrogen rich gas is fed through a Kelly cock or swivel 104, through a Kelly string 106 and into a Kelly packer 108. The Kelly string is a square or hexagonally shaped pipe which can readily be rotated in the rotating Kelly packer 108. This causes the entire drill stem assembly 124 and the drill bit 138 (see FIG. 5) to rotate during drilling operations.
The nitrogen rich gas continues to flow until it reaches a drill stem assembly 124 which is typically connected in lengths called pipe stands. The drill stem assembly 124 is fed through the well head assembly (shown generally by numeral 110) which may contain a series of pipe rams, vents and choke lines. As will be explained hereinafter, there is provided an outlet 112 which is connected to a blooey line for discharging the exhaust nitrogen gas and drill cuttings.
The surface installation may optionally include an injector manifold 114 for injecting chemicals, such as surfactants and special foaming agents, into the nitrogen rich gas feed stream to help dissolve mud rings formed during drilling or to provide a low density, low velocity circulation medium of stiff and stable foam chemicals to cause minimum disturbance to unstable or unconsolidated formations.
Extending below the surface of the ground into the downhole is the drilling stem arrangement which provides a pathway for the flow of pressurized nitrogen rich gas to the drilling region. There is also provided a second pathway for the flow of nitrogen gas and the drill cuttings out of the downhole and away from the drilling operation.
Referring to FIG. 5, the drilling stem arrangement shown generally by numeral 120 includes a surface pipe 122 and casing 123 and the drill stem assembly 124 running concentrically with and spaced apart from the surface pipe 122 and casing 123 to define a pathway 126 for the return nitrogen rich gas and the drill cuttings. The center of the drill stem assembly 124 provides a pathway 128 for the flow of nitrogen rich gas to the drilling region. At the end 130 of the drill stem arrangement 120 is the drilling region 132 which includes a conventional tool joint 134, a drill collar 136 ad a drill bit 138.
In operation, the nitrogen rich gas produced by the air separation membrane system 10 or the pressure swing adsorption system 20 or other non-cryogenic system typically has a nitrogen content of at least about 85% by volume, preferably at least about 95% by volume, and an oxygen content of no more than 10% by volume, preferably less than about 5% by volume. The nitrogen rich gas is sent to a booster compressor 14 where the pressure is raised to as high as 10,000 psig or more, typically in the range of about 1,000 to 2,000 psig. The pressurized nitrogen rich gas is sent to the surface installation equipment 18 where it is monitored and metered into the downhole through the pathway 128 within the drill stem assembly 124.
Because the nitrogen rich gas is under pressure, it swirls around the drilling region 132 with sufficient force and velocity to carry the drill cuttings upwards into the pathway 126. The drill cutting containing stream then exits the outlet 112 of the surface installation equipment 18 where it is carried to a blooey line and eventually discarded into a collection facility, typically at a location remote from the actual drilling site.
The production of a nitrogen rich gas in accordance with the present invention and its delivery to the downhole is less costly and more reliable than conventional systems using cryogenic nitrogen and the like.
The flow rate of nitrogen rich gas to the drilling region of an oil and/or gas well or a geothermal well can vary over a wide range depending on the size of the downhole, the depth of the well, the rate of drilling, the size of the drilling pipe, and the makeup of the geologic formation through which the well must be drilled.
A typical drilling operation will require the production of from 1,500 to 3,000 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) of nitrogen gas from an air separation system which can be anyone of a number of conventional systems including an air membrane separation system or a pressure swing adsorption system.
The purity of the nitrogen gas may vary, but is nominally set at no more than about 5% by volume of oxygen. The resulting nitrogen rich gas is then pressurized up to a pressure of from about 1,500 to 2,000 psig before being passed to the drilling region.
An average drilling operation will take about two weeks, although difficult geologic formations may require several months of drilling. The nitrogen rich gas delivery system is designed for continuous operation and all of the nitrogen rich gas is generated on-site without the need for external nitrogen replenishment required for cryogenically produced liquid nitrogen delivery systems.
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It's one of those moments,
the guy in you grabs the micro
starts talking on and on;
mine is often sarcastic,
from high school to career,
spinning around the questions starting with why,
no escape from responding.
It's like life itself, which is always to blame;
and which you can not do away with.
In that moment you go through a mental trance.
Next, a piece of music wakes you from your journey.
It does not matter who it is,
be it Ravel, Brahms or,Rachmaninoff;
But, mostly it's Pachelbel knocking at my door.
in that moment, lightnings thud in my world,
just as my internal lights are dead blind.
The dried, barren soil kisses the wild stream
through cracked lips,
A mom presses her toddler into her chest,
that moment, life leaps into joy
stripped of mournful sorrow.
It feels like seeing the smile on the kid's face
who made her first step;
it feels like being picked up by
the Baroque tune in "Canon In D".
To some others,
it feels like waking up to Miles Davis.
People keep pouring through the streets,
no matter what happened last night;
it's like life itself,which is always to blame
and which you can not do away with.
Next, my eyes get blurry
they see the loved one behind
the foggy hills of my mind.
it feels like covering her naked body with blanket,
shielding off the morning breeze
slipping through our ajar window
as bed sheets smells of our sweat of bliss.
That moment, it feels like sensing life
running through your veins.
So, you show interest in these verses
partnering with me in that moment
don't be intimidated with sharing it
It feels like being a single body, united
with all of our good deeds and sins.
Afar, The Sun sends her last rays
down the snow capped mountains of my heart
that moment, my ears are cozily stuck with
the arias of Andrea Bocelli, warm and gripping
it feels like my dad's still alive and smiling
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Seth's most important book about the art of marketing
The practical sequel to Purple Cow
An instant bestseller, the book that brings all of Seth's ideas together.
Why the internet works (and doesn't) for your business. And vice versa.
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The latest book, Poke The Box is a call to action about the initiative you're taking - in your job or in your life, and Seth once again breaks the traditional publishing model by releasing it through The Domino Project.
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A long book filled with short pieces from Fast Company and the blog. Guaranteed to make you think.
Seth's worst seller and personal favorite. Change. How it works (and doesn't).
All for charity. Includes original work from Malcolm Gladwell, Tom Peters and Promise Phelon.
Top 5 Amazon ebestseller for a year. All about web sites that work.
A short book about quitting and being the best in the world. It's about life, not just marketing.
Seth's most personal book, a look at the end of the industrial economy and what happens next.
"Book of the year," a perennial bestseller about leading, connecting and creating movements.
More than 3,000,000 copies downloaded, perhaps the most important book to read about creating ideas that spread.
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1.2 million albums sold, $8 each, no middleman, one week: Radiohead Kicks the Middleman to the Curb.
The thing to keep in mind is this: the value of the permission. The fact that the group now has more than a million people they can go make music for is worth many times over what these people already paid. If they're smart, they'll continue to change the way they work. Paying for their mp3s should get you into a club, a club with continuing benefits.
Fiona wrote in to ask what the alternatives were to being outsourced, to having a job where you're very good at following a manual that someone else might be able to follow for a lot less money.
Here's a starter list:
The folks at mashable do absolutely amazing work. In addition to a useful news feed about what's up online, they regularly put together lists of stuff to make you more productive.
To make it easier for you to find the best lists, I put together this votable list of lists. The only problem is that you won't have enough time to discover all the great stuff. Thanks, Pete!
So, the eye glasses post led to a deluge of useful and kind advice. Please hold off, I'm still working my way through it all! I'll build a summary soon for the similarly perplexed.
But along the way, I realized that glasses are a lot like typefaces.
Here are two books about fonts. There are no books, as far as I can tell, about picking glasses.
I just found out I need glasses. This is a traumatic moment for someone who never before fretted about aging. It's one of the parts of my body that I could always depend on, and then boom, no more.
As I stood in the store looking at the racks and racks of glasses (90% profit margins!) I understood why this business is so lucrative. As Jerry Seinfeld has pointed out, for no good reason, folks treat people with glasses as if they're smarter (and they treat people with hearing aids as if they're dumb...). It's stupid but it's true.
Glasses let you change your brand if you want to. Most glasses just fit in, but some stand out. A hard decision. The hardest since I shaved my head.
If you've got a perfect frame in mind for Seth2.0,
send a link over by email. [I got a lot of responses. A ton. Stay tuned for the winners... and thanks.] How vain is that? Letting your readers pick out your new facelogo...
I don't think you can underestimate how important it is to most people to be right.
People choose jobs, products, partnerships... just about everything... in many ways because it makes them feel right or at least diminishes the chance that they will be 'caught' being wrong.
The customer is always right. When they're wrong, they're not your customer any more, because it's better to flee than be wrong.
My post on wikipedia really hit a nerve with a large number of readers. In many cases, the feedback I got was that the article in wikipedia might be wrong or vandalized. And if the underlying article is wrong, well, then you would be wrong. And being wrong is... bad.
I like being wrong. Not enough to make a habit of it, but enough to realize that I'm actively testing scenarios. Take a fact of dubious authenticity, riff a scenario around it and see if it feels right. That act of scenario building is a key factor in brainstorming, in creativity and in problem solving. If you need the core fact to be guaranteed right and perfect, you're doomed, because facts like that are in short supply.
Are you setting up your customers to be right and to feel right? Or is the risk of 'wrong' holding them back?
[I know, there's a huge need to have right facts and right practice, particularly in jobs where quality of service is essential. Got that. My point is that we're so good at getting those sort of facts right that maybe, just maybe, we need to spend more time teaching people the other stuff. Short version: if your job can be completely written up in a manual, it's either not a great job or it's going to be done by someone cheaper, sometime soon.]
I wonder who the first teacher was who said to his class, "Okay, we have ball point pens now. No need to use class time to learn how to use a fountain pen."
I heard from two people this week (one is 11, the other twice that) who were forbidden to use Wikipedia to do homework.
When I was in b-school, I admit that I discovered a shortcut. I had to write a long paper on Castro. I went to the magnificent Stanford library, found a great book on Castro, opened to the bibliography and found ten sources. Which I then laboriously paged through, spending hours and hours in order to find the facts I needed.
Then, facts in hand, I was able to do the actually useful part... I synthesized some new ideas and wrote a paper.
Apparently, going through the act of finding the books, sorting through them, reading a lot of chaff and eventually finding the facts is an essential skill for an 11-year-old kid. And for a college sophomore. Essential enough to be responsible for 80% of the time they spend on the work itself?
Selecting the facts is an important part of the process. Finding them shouldn't be.
I don't know about you, but when I hire someone, or go to the doctor or the architect or an engineer, I could care less about how good they are at memorizing or looking up facts. I want them to be great at synthesizing ideas, the faster and more insightfully, the better.
Until just recently, law students had to learn a painstaking process to look up cases by hand. No longer. The academy realized that teaching students to be great at Lexis was a smart idea.
Please don't tell me that Wikipedia isn't a real encyclopedia or one that can't be trusted. Perhaps it can't be trusted if you're prepping for a Presidential debate, but it is sure good enough to help me learn what I need to learn--which is how to quickly take a bunch of facts and turn them into a new and useful idea.
Here's what just about every exam ought to be: "Use Firefox to find the information you need to answer this question:" And as the internet gets smarter, the questions are going to have to get harder. Which is a good thing.
Until teachers get unstuck, our kids are going to be stuck and so will we.
I got a note from a college student last week, explaining that his professor told him he couldn't use the term 'viral marketing' in a paper. It doesn't exist, apparently, it's just a new-fangled form of word of mouth.
I found the interaction fascinating ("I'm not certain what benefit is gained by arguing with an instructor" is my favorite quote from his teacher) but I got to thinking about whether the instructor had a point.
"Viral marketing" shows up 2,000,000 times in Google, "ideavirus" shows up 200,000 times. Of course, you could argue that just because millions of people are using a term doesn't make it legitimate (though you'd be wrong).
Viral marketing [does not equal] word of mouth. Here's why:
Word of mouth is a decaying function. A marketer does something and a consumer tells five or ten friends. And that's it. It amplifies the marketing action and then fades, usually quickly. A lousy flight on United Airlines is word of mouth. A great meal at Momofuku is word of mouth.
Viral marketing is a compounding function. A marketer does something and then a consumer tells five or ten people. Then then they tell five or ten people. And it repeats. And grows and grows. Like a virus spreading through a population. The marketer doesn't have to actually do anything else. (They can help by making it easier for the word to spread, but in the classic examples, the marketer is out of the loop.) The Mona Lisa is an ideavirus.
This distinction is vital.
For one thing, it means that constant harassment of the population doesn't increase the chances of something becoming viral. It means that most organizations should realize that they have a better chance with word of mouth (more likely to occur, more manageable, more flexible) and focus on that. And it means, most of all, that viral marketing is like winning the lottery, and if you've got a shot at an ideavirus, you might as well over-invest and do whatever it takes to create something virus-worthy.
And yes, I happen to think that arguing with the instructor is a very good idea.
Of course not.
I heard from a dozen people last night, all pointing me to: I Heart Zappos.
A woman had a touching and memorable experience with Zappos and wrote about it. It's really clear that there was no PR intent at all, it was just one human reaching out to another.
And that's my point. What would the people in your organization do? Are there so many rules and procedures it would never happen? So much suspicion and oversight it never could happen?


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Bud Selig told the Chronicle that he sympathizes with the plight of Astros fans, and why not. The Astros have lost over 100 games for two consecutive seasons and are forecast to do so again as they move to the tough AL West. The team's rebuild (or razing to start over depending on your perspective) […] [Read More]


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Owen Daniels is happy the Ravens will play the Texans next season. Daniels spent eight seasons in Houston. The Texans released the veteran tight end in March, and the Ravens agreed to a one-year deal with Daniels on Thursday.
Yes, Daniels has a bone to pick with his former team.
"When you're with a franchise for that long, and then they all of a sudden decide that you're not good enough for them anymore and they want to go in a different direction, that definitely gives you a big chip," Daniels said at his press conference Friday. "We're playing down there this year. (See) what Steve Smith said about playing Carolina."
Smith will see his former team when the Ravens host the Panthers. After being released by the Panthers after 13 years, Smith gave this well-circulated comment to WFNZ in Charlotte.
[MORE: Ravens bring in RB depth]
"I want to make sure that whatever team I go to, wherever it happens to be, they're going to get the best, in shape, 35-year-old guy they could possibly get," Smith told WFNZ. "And if that happens to run through Bank of America Stadium…put your goggles on cause there's going to be blood and guts everywhere."
When the Ravens visit Houston, maybe coach John Harbaugh should let Daniels give the pre-game speech. Ditto for Smith, when the Ravens host the Panthers.


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Nov. 12, 2011
Box Score
BEAUMONT - Lamar University closed out the 2011 volleyball regular season with an impressive 3-1 (25-17, 25-23, 18-25, 25-10) Southland Conference win over Stephen F. Austin on Saturday afternoon at McDonald Gym.
The Lady Cardinals improved to 11-20 on the year and 9-7 in the Southland play to lock up the No. 2 position in the East Division. SFA, which also has qualified for this week's conference tournament in Conway, Ark., fell to 14-17 on the year and 7-9 in league play.
Lamar closed the regular season by winning four of its final five matches. The Lady Cardinals will learn their seeding for the tournament following completion of today's action across the league.
"I feel good about the last three matches," said LU head coach Justin Gibert. "It's nice to get a win here today going into the tournament, for sure. It's nice to just be playing well going in."
Lamar started the match off playing extremely well offensively. The Lady Cardinals pounded down 17 kills in the first set with only two attack errors as they rolled to a 25-17 victory.
SFA looked to be in control of the second set as Leslie Jackson picked up a kill that put the Ladyjacks ahead 23-20. However, SFA committed a service error and an attack error, and when Christina Hobbs picked up one of her 13 kills, Lamar had tied the set at 23.
Wendy Krell then gave Lamar set point with one of her three service aces, and Hobbs and Cynthia McCollum put up a huge block of Mary Catilin Bottles' attack attempt to close the set 25-23.
The Ladyjacks would not go quietly, though, as they put together an impressive .414 hitting percentage to win set three by a 25-18 score.
Lamar left little doubt in the fourth set as the Lady Cardinals won in short fashion by a 25-10 score. The Lady Cards finished the set with 13 kills and a .385 attack percentage, while SFA hit a negative .094 for the set.
"Every time we outhit the opponent, we win," said Gibert. "I thought the key to this win, though, was the 11 aces. That's 11 points where we didn't have to do anything else. Megan was hot tonight. Wendy is a great position server, and that pressure can really disrupt their offense."
Lamar's two middle blockers combined for 26 kills, with Hobbs hitting a sparkling .522 for the match and Krell hitting .333. Hobbs added four block assists, while Krell had two.
"Stephen F. Austin is a defensive team, and it's tough to get kills down," said Gibert. "For her (Hobbs) to hit .500 is great. She was phenomenal, and Wendy as well. We held their middles in check except for game three."
The Lady Cards also got 11 kills from Sierra Whittaker and a double-double of 11 kills and 10 digs from McCollum. Megan Schwartz led all players with 14 digs, while setter Alex Morford finished with 43 assists and 10 digs.
Bailey Smith, Lamar's lone senior, played her final match at McDonald Gym and recorded three digs.
Freshman Jill Ivy was the only SFA player to reach double figures in kills with 12. Taylor Gross added nine kills, and Bottles finished with eight.


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BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington woman left her Beaumont Avenue home Friday and hasn't been seen since. Now police are asking the public for help finding her.
Debra Dianne Sellars told her son she was going out and would be back Saturday morning. She never came back, but Burlington Police Capt. Steve Smith said his officers did find her 2000 Ford Windstar.
"We actually located the car on Friday evening. Somebody called it in as being suspicious," Smith said. "Then again Saturday, we got another call about the car, which was at another location, and this time the license plates had been removed."
Smith said, in his experience, that's odd. It's the same fact that has Sellars' sister Shelia Daye fearing the worst.
"That's when I started wondering, 'Something's got to be going on.' I wonder if she's somewhere in a ditch, in the woods, needing my help and I can't get to her," Daye said.
Her two children, a 25-year-old son and a 16-year-old daughter, are distraught over their mother, who was also their best friend.
"Her kids are hysterical. Her son won't eat. He won't leave be house. I just want my sister to come home," Daye said.
According to Daye, the last time she spoke with her sister Dianne, Sellars told her she was in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend, Rodney Enoch. Enoch is due in court July 18 for a December incident, in which court records say he assaulted Dianne Sellars.
Daye hopes her sister was just getting away from Enoch instead of something much worse.
"That's what I want to believe, but I can't say that because that's something that she's never done," Daye said.
If you have any information, you're urged to call the Burlington Police Department at (336) 229-3500 or call Alamance County Crimestoppers at (336) 229-7100.


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69 East University Way
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5th Annual Symposium Integrating Indigenous
Knowledge, Language, Health, and Environment
September 25-26, 2014
WCU Health and Human Sciences Building
4121 Little Savannah Road, Cullowhee, NC 28723
The 2014 symposium will focus on climate change. Thursday's featured Native keynote speaker will be Mr. Pat Moss (Oklahoma Cherokee). Moss will speak on the importance of climate changes and how we can adapt to them. Friday's featured Appalachia keynote speaker will be Amy Adams from Appalachian Voices. Adams will address the work taking place in Southern Appalachia to help the public better understand the impact on the region. Other symposium features will include the Thursday morning showing of Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, followed by a discussion panel, Mountain Music with Sheila K. Adams and friends on Thursday evening, and a presentation on Friday about the Coweeta Hydrological Research Station Listening Project.
Registration is free for all WCU faculty and staff, and free to all students – WCU and others. Early registration for other participants is $75 if registering before Sept. 12, $125 after.
For more information about the symposium contact:
Dr. Lisa Lefler, 828.227.2164 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Western Carolina University - Educational Outreach - Cherokee Studies – English Department
Sequoya Distinguished Chair
John A. Parris and Dorothy Luxton Parris Distinguished Professorship in Appalachian Culture
Mountain Heritage Center
The Center for Native Health, Inc.
Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River (WATR)
Tom Hatley Consulting
Culturally-Based Native Health Program
The Canary Coalition
The Little Tennessee Land Trust
The Tuckasegee Community Alliance Chapter of the Western North Carolina Alliance
The Wilderness Society
This symposium is dedicated to the memory of two mountain people of Jackson County, NC:
Jean Nations Lefler Dale Nations