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In the age of the Internet, a few good demos can go a long way. When Wavves frontman Nathan Williams released his home-recorded slacker-punk songs into the blogosphere in 2008, it was only a matter of months before he'd signed a deal with Fat Possum Records, gotten the attention of Pitchfork and toured Europe.
Even in this new world, though, some bands still do things the old-fashioned way. Take Thee Oh Sees, for example: In 15 years, they've gradually gained a reputation as one of San Francisco's best garage-rock bands, thanks in large part to a busy touring schedule, prolific output and a killer live show.
Like Wavves, they've also gotten a leg up from hip online tastemakers. But keyboardist / singer Brigid Dawson doesn't place a high premium on media buzz.
"I don't think you really need to do that much publicity," she says, speaking by phone from her home in San Francisco. "What you need to do is play good gigs. If you aren't doing that, then you have a problem."
While some buzz bands spend time cultivating their image with non-musical pet projects—a video game, say, or an Urban Outfitters clothing line—Thee Oh Sees spend a lot of time just, you know, making music. They've released more than a dozen records, including two in 2011. A new album, Putrifiers II, will come out on Sept. 11 via In the Red Records.
One of the most potent garage bands around today, Thee Oh Sees hark back to the vintage bands of the Nuggets compilation series, but they push everything to giddy, brain-frying extremes. "It just makes you want to wiggle and twitch and make bug-eyed faces in the mirror with your tongue wagging," writes journalist Rauol Nilsson on TerrorEyes.tv.
Each of their albums has a distinct feel. On last May's Castlemania, frontman John Dwyer handled almost everything himself, offering up LSD-friendly bubblegum pop with infectious hooks and freaky, chipmunk-style vocals. For November's Carrion Crawler / The Dream, the band recruited a second drummer—Lars Finberg from L.A. punk-weirdoes The Intelligence—to dish out carnal, Krautrock-style psych jams.
With Putrifiers II, Dwyer takes a lead role again, Dawson says, but also works with vocalist Heidi Alexander of San Francisco's The Sandwitches. The result is characteristically freaky: While "Wax Face" and "Flood's New Light" are all about fuzzy guitar licks, upbeat rhythms and kooky vocals, "So Nice" has a Velvet Underground vibe—a tom-tom funeral march guides a druggy haze of string-driven drones.
Thee Oh Sees—Dwyer, Dawson, guitarist Petey Dammit and drummer Mike Shoun— started as Dwyer's solo bedroom project back in 1997. They've gone through several evolutions and names in the years since. Dawson joined the band in 2004, when they were called OCS and played low-key freak-folk.
"People would sit down and rest their chins in their hands and kind of check it out quietly," she says.
Today, they have the kinetic energy of Coachwhips, Dwyer's old noise-punk band. And though Dawson says she liked their old style, she adds, "There's something really satisfying about playing a gig where everyone at the end of it is completely wet, and maybe they got a microphone bumped into their mouth and they bled a little bit."
This must-see live show helped take the band to new heights of popularity. Now that they're playing international dates and getting media attention, Dawson no longer needs a day job to get by.
Dwyer and Dawson are both in their late 30s, and Dawson says she feels more situated than a young musician might be if they'd seen the same levels of fame.
"You take it exactly for what it is," she says. "No one's going to tell you what to do or how to make your music or how it should sound, how your record should look. You're in control of all of that. You're not a pawn."
She recently found herself in an uncomfortable position when the band got paid to play a free show that was put on to promote a certain product. (She asked that the company not be named in print.) As part of the deal, she sat down to do a video interview; at the end, without being warned ahead of time, she was asked to read a tag line mentioning the product.
"I did it because that paid all of our rents for the month," she says. "But they snuck it up on me. … I felt very—almost ashamed. My parents are these English lefties. It was a thing that I could never tell my parents that I had done. I felt really bummed out about it for, like, a month afterwards."
She says she's learned her lesson, though. And in general, she's not worried about PR.
"Every one of us would be bummed if we played a shitty show, but I would never be too sad if I looked terrible on camera," she says. "I'm not going to worry about that part of it too much, because I don't think that's really important."
Thee Oh Sees play with Sic Alps, Wild Wild Wets and Thanksgiving at Bar Pink on Monday, Sept. 10. theeohsees.com
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Below is the poem entitled Silence's Shout which was written by poet
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Silence's Shout
My bones are poisoned by the thirsty soul
Darkness is added for the busy mind covered by the emptiness
Soak by choke to inhale the breath
Silence alarms the quietness to explode
Lifting my spirit to create chaos
But the conscience counts the beat of my veins every part…
I see N and O every time I step my feet in the gate
The house of refining sin with the anointed sounds invites my presence
Meet the cleaned hands but not at all
'cause the trouble wakes up the inner story
From the place hits slowly the strength to feeble
My left is mocking to my weak faith
Yes my right!
Dance suicidal pointing out my fellows quite innocently assassin
Looking innocently but the hallo of an angel is lost!
Hence, I look grotesque in their eyes
Criticizing out of their deeds yet unknown
For them the red flag is mine
Talking without knowing the root from the trees
Various fruits are made in one family
Yell quietly!
Keen the knife!
Promulgate your inner to naïve!
Take your pride, use your power!
Make me nude unconnected sister!
Finally, the mask is over
Your slimy tongue made you in trouble
The words that you spread to the thirsty ears
Hence, you are thirsty for a little drop of attention
Everybody heard your moaning cry
'coz you sow rock heart
To tame your chaotic consciousness
You put others into hot spot
Feel your burned spirit
With the gnashing teeth
Tell me!
How far our gap? How long your thread?
Yes I know how lofty you are!
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It wasn't until we left it grow here at Bluebird Cove that I realized how much of a wildlife food it is. I enjoy the plants because they growing so wildly and produce huge amounts of large berries. One of the things I like about Virginia is the many vineyards. There's something about looking at grapes growing that reminds me of Jesus' words telling us that He is the Vine and we are the branches and the branches and fruit will not last without the Vine. Never having lived where I could view grape vines, it's been a delight to pass by vineyards remembering that and other parables that Jesus used to teach us wisdom.
The poke berries hanging down remind me of grapes and I think that's why I delight in having them. They've been dropped into various areas of Bluebird Cove and the deer have enjoyed the leaves and berries, while the birds enjoy only the berries, and they produce so much fruit that there is always plenty to go around.
I didn't know that it was such a wildlife plant since poke berries are toxic to humans. I discovered birds liked the berries when a family of bluebirds landed on the plants outside our breakfast area window and jumped from branch to branch eating till they were full. Apparently the mom bluebird was showing her young one of the Bluebird Cove dining selections. I was so excited since we certainly want bluebirds to feel welcome here at Bluebird Cove.
I did some research on Poke Weed and birds and found that poke berries are also eaten by cardinals, finches, woodpeckers, orioles, mockingbirds and other fruit-eating birds. These plants as they mature can grow up to 10 feet high so they can provide a heavy production of berries.
The flowers don't seem to attract bees or butterflies at all. At least I've not seen them. The flowers are white and very small as you can see from the photo.
Those berries are processed through the birds and may be deposited where you don't want them. We have to remove some seedlings from areas where we don't want Poke Weed growing. The nice thing is that they are easily identified and easy to remove with the young roots not yet anchored in and there are not many of them for the immense amount of berries it provides.
The plant is also known as Inkberry because the berries were boiled and used for dyes. One identifying feature is the deep burgundy color of the main stalk/trunk. The older the plant is the harder and larger the trunk is, and it's very fibrous, almost like bamboo when you trim it.
At the end of the season all we have to do is cut the trunks and branches to the ground and wait for Spring when they will come up again. A most prolific producer of bird food and very little maintenance. They have grown here at Bluebird Cove in sunny areas and those with only a bit of morning sun. It seems to make no difference to their berry production rate. They make it through droughts without any complaints. We've had a very dry year and it's now August after a week of higher than usual temperatures. We like having mainly native plants so when we don't have enough rain, they continue to do well and survive as they would in the wild.
The birds have already been eating them and it's only August. Poke weed has become one of my favorites now that I see how much they provide for wildlife. I like having this "take care of itself" plant at Bluebird Cove.
You can also harvest the young leaves for Spring greens, but only the young ones. Here's a post from a website forum from somebody using them in NC: "In the south, a lot of people eat the greens; I certainly do. They are a little strong-flavored so I usually boil them awhile, pour the water off, and then start again with fresh water and seasonings. Cut them off to the ground when they are quite young and tender, before any berries appear, at about a foot tall or less. They are delicious."
From a USDA map, it appears that Pokeweed can be found in all states except these: NV, ID, SD, ND, WY, MT, UT, CO
PLEASE NOTE: Many parts of this plant are poisonous, so do your homework before attempting to use any.


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Zero to 60mph in 2.5 seconds. Zero to 124mph in 7.2 seconds. A lap of Germany's 12.1-mile Nürburgring in 6 minutes 57 seconds, an unofficial record for the circuit. Nearly 900 total system horsepower.
What the numbers don't communicate is how pretty the thing is. After four years of very public development, Porsche's plug-in hybrid hypercar still looks as slippery and sculpted as anything on road or track. Wind tunnels are supposed to lack consciousness. They have no sense of aesthetics. The 918, a taut collection of sine waves rendered in carbon fibre, challenges that logic.
Three-way tests with the equally hyper McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari may eventually underline the 918's faults (gripes about numbness in the electrical steering rack have already trickled through). But no slalom course or braking test can disqualify a car from idol worship.
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Several automakers have teased us with all-electric supercar concepts, but Mercedes-Benz was the first to make one real. Long after petrol-powered exotic cars have been consigned to history, the $570,000 SLS AMG Electric Drive, with 740 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque, will be remembered as the supercar that (re-)started it all. – Matthew Phenix


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You can't spend much time with me at all without being offered a few cookies I just baked. This you know, either from experience or hearing it all the time. Truth is, I like giving people cookies more than almost any other food. And, armed with my birthday KitchenAid mixer, I've been baking cookies so much lately, you'd think I'd run out of places to send them. But with cookies, you can really only bake too many when you run out of people you know and, well, people you don't know.
I've recently joined Operation Baking Gals, an organization that was started by Susan of DoughMESStic as a way of encouraging her cousin, who was away from his wife and new baby. It's now grown to something of a blogging phenomenon, with several groups of several bakers, all sending baked goods to soldiers who need to be reminded of home. The premise is simple: each month sees a few volunteer leaders who post about their chosen soldiers. Bakers sign up, and, during the same scheduled week, everyone blasts the military with cookies.
I really like this idea because I really like our military men and women. There's something so admirable and selfless about sacrificing your time, your energy, your safety for a cause bigger than yourself (i.e., your country). Sometimes, when life is going very well and calendars are very busy, when the table is filled with good things to eat and friends to share it with, when, overall, things are good, it's easy to forget how it all got that way. At least, it's easy for me. It's easy to overlook freedom, the byword of American politics, easy to forget that it was argued over, fought for, died for.
As a kid, I was never very attached to history class, always learning just what I needed to get the right answers on tests, never catching the point that the names were real people, just like you and me.
But somewhere along the line, that changed, maybe when history happened before my eyes with September 11 or when I started to know people who were fighting overseas, maybe when I read a few historical fictions or saw war movies. The idea of war, of fighting in it or of losing someone you love to it, is still very removed from my immediate life; in fact, most of the time, I don't really think about it.
The difference now, though, is that I recognize that feeling—that ability to enjoy life and all its pleasures without fear of immediate threat or harm—is the very thing our military fights for. It's what we have when they're doing everything right. It's what thousands of WWII soldiers gave their lives for. It's been purchased with self-sacrificing courage. And that's why they're heroes.
For this care package, I wanted to send the very best, so, of course, I made the New York Times chocolate-chip cookies again. I put together the dough (with the chocolate discs this time, found at my local grocery store randomly) Thursday night and waited until Sunday to bake them. Also, because a few of you insisted it matters, I purchased a container of sea salt and made that the finishing topping instead of kosher. I tasted them, and, yeah, they're amazing.
Along with the chocolate-chip cookies, I made a batch of Martha Stewart's Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies, which are soft and tasty, with a hint of lemon from some zest. Sprinkled with sugar (I didn't have sanding, so granulated worked fine), they're beautifully sparkly. Two layers of sugar cookies and two layers of chocolate-chip cookies filled my tupperware container, which I stuffed into a flat-rate box, along with bubble wrap and other stabilizing stuffings.
I hope my team's soldier loves all his packages and feels very appreciated. If you're interested in joining a future Baking Gals team, click here.
Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Very slightly adapted from Martha Stewart Cookies
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest, plus 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup unsalted butter, (2 sticks), softened
- 2 large eggs
- Additional sugar, for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, sift flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
Put sugars and lemon zest in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed 30 seconds. Add butter; mix until pale and fluffy, about 1 minute. Mix in eggs, 1 at a time, and then the lemon juice. Reduce speed; gradually add flour mixture, and mix until just combined.
Scoop dough using a 2-inch ice cream scoop (*I prefer the cookies a bit smaller and just used a tablespoon); space cookies 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Flatten cookies slightly with a spatula. Sprinkle tops with sugar.
Bake cookies until golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks for 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks using a spatula; let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.
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a. i need to spend more time with you.
b. what an amazing project to be a part of.
Thanks again for being apart of our team! Your cookies look great!!
savvymode sg
how yummy. i can't bake from scratch at all. something always manage to go wrong. : )
amy: I agree!
Lyndsay: Thanks for hosting our team. Glad to help!
Savvymode: I promise: if I can, you can.
that is such a wonderful idea!!
Dear Shannalee-
FINE! i will do it. i will come home late tonight from the restaurant, turn on some crime show or lord of the rings and make these beautiful chocolate chip cookies you've been talking about. my soldier will receive them and if they're as good as you're promising them to be, i will consume the rest. thanks a lot.
LOL, Lan. You'll love them!
Cathy Sain
Thanks for baking for my grandson Zachary Sain, stationed in Iraq ! He loved them and so did everyone else too. Thanks again !
I just made the sugar cookies and THEY ARE SO COMPLETELY AMAZING!! I only made a few changes: I left out the lemon zest because the only lemon I had was in my fridge, already zested, and I replaced 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar with brown because I ran out (I'm unprepared). I also found that they were done after 10 minutes, not 15. They didn't need any icing or anything, they're just really, REALLY good cookies.


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Below is the poem entitled THE FRAGRANCE OF VIRTUE RISES TO THE HEAVENS which was written by poet
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The blissful flower landed on the earthly dirt
And rooted its seeds on the bosom of mankind.
The flower blooms only in fruitful pure heart
Which grazes its petals like one hungry hind.
Virtues are the atoms of God, the holiest one.
The more we attain it, the more we appear near
To Him, His being, Virtues and godliness anon
As our soul drenches with immortal holy tear.
The earthy flower blooms, dies in perched air
With a fragrance that melts, melts, melts away.
But the fragrant flower of Virtue is always fair,
Its fragrance rises towards heavenly stairway.
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What do you get when you cross a yummy chocolate chip cookie with a classic cupcake (p.s. not a trick question)? A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CUPCAKE!!! And yes, it is as delicious as it sounds. I got some very good reviews on this one; I've been told that it is a "must try." Just keep in mind, in the video, I used double the amount of buttercream called for in my recipe to create those beautiful swirls. However, that makes it too sweet. If you follow the ingredients list listed below, it should come out to just the right amount. Just keep in mind while you pipe your buttercream to not pipe as much as I did. Happy baking!
P.S. This recipe makes 24 cupcakes.
Step 1: Gather the Ingredients
This is a no brainer. How do you make cake without any stuff?
For the cookie dough portion of this recipe, you're going to need...
- 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Cup Butter
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Egg
- 2 1/4 Cup Flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 2 Cups Chocolate Chips
And for the actual cake part...
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 1/2+ Cup Flour
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/4 Cup Heavy Cream
- 1/4 Cup Whole Milk
- 1/4 Cup Water
- 1/8 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Nuts (Walnuts or Pecans)
- 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips
And for the buttercream topping...
- 2 Bars Butter
- 4 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- Up to 2 Tbsp Heavy Cream
- Red/Green Food Coloring or Cocoa Powder (Opt.)


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Non-participating royalty interests ("NPRI") are extremely common in the oil patch, and it is imperative that every land professional be familiar with the basic NPRI attributes and rights. The shale boom has spurred an unprecedented movement in landowner education, and NPRI owners have become more and more sophisticated. Therefore, it is important to understand the bargaining power and goals of the sophisticated NPRI owner.
Table of Contents
- 1 Recap of Parts One and Two
- 2 Overview of NPRI's and Community Lease Concepts
Recap of Parts One and Two
NPRI's Part One:Fundamental Characteristics
- Royalty Only: a right only to royalty, independent of a lease;
- Executive Negotiates Lease: the holder of the executive right (usually the mineral interest owner) negotiates the associated lease
- Two "Sizes:" NPRI's can be in two sizes, fixed and floating;
NPRI's Part Two:Pooling, Allocation and Ratification
- Pooling: While an NPRI owner is bound to most of the lease negotiated by the Executive, an NPRI cannot be pooled without his own consent;
- Option One: Not Pool:
- Can wait until a well is drilled, then decide whether to pool his interest;
- Non-pooled interests are not diluted, and can therefore be much larger;
- CATCH: non-pooled interests only receive royalties if well is located directly on his/her property;
- Option Two: Pool by Ratification:
- An NPRI owner can pool his interest by ratifying the oil and gas lease;
- This authorizes all subsequent pooling under terms of lease;
- Option Three: Selective Pooling:
- NPRI owner can execute Pooling Agreement;
- Can allow for limited pooling authority;
- Often allows NPRI to selectively decide, well by well, whether pooling or not pooling is most beneficial for his interest.
Overview of NPRI's and Community Lease Concepts
In Part Three, we're going to skim the surface of a somewhat "advanced" concept. NPRI's can cause issues under the "community lease" doctrine. Generally, an NPRI will fall under the "community lease" doctrine when the NPRI is owned upon only a portion of the land covered by an oil and gas lease.
Basics of Community Lease Principles
Before we can understand the implications on NPRI's, we must first understand what a community lease is.
Community Lease Definition: A community lease is one in which the owners of two or more tracts join in the execution of a single lease covering those tracts.
Effect of Community Lease: Unless the lease contains a provision to the contrary, a community lease pools the interests of the multiple executing lessors. Thereafter, their interests will be "apportioned," meaning they will share the royalty on an acreage basis, pro rata, no matter which of the covered properties a well is drilled on and no matter which of the covered properties is included in a pooled unit. [1]Parker v. Parker, 144 S.W.2d 303 (Tex. Civ. App.–Galveston 1940, writ ref"d); French v. George, 159 S.W.2d 566 (Tex. Civ. App.–Amarillo 1942, writ ref"d).
Community Lease Principles and NPRI's
Texas courts have held that community lease concepts may apply to NPRIs, reasoning that the execution of a community lease is the equivalent of an "offer to pool" made to the NPRI owners, of which the NPRI owner can accept or reject. [2]Ruiz, 559 S.W.2d at 843. Therefore, an NPRI will fall under a "community lease issue" where the NPRI is owned upon only a portion of the land covered by an oil and gas lease.
When the community lease principles were originally created, the courts probably believed that the community lease concepts would only apply where it was plainly obvious: multiple lessors and multiple tracts of land. However, as many land professionals can attest, mineral owners often have no idea their interest is burdened by an NPRI. Therefore, it is not uncommon to see an Oil and Gas Lease where an NPRI burdens only part of the land covered by the lease. And this situation may cause the lease to be a community lease! Why: again, we have multiple owners, multiple tracts, and a single lease.
So why do we care? Two basic reasons. First, if you have a unit which includes the lease, but not the NPRI portion of the lease, then you still may have to allocate royalties to the NPRI owner even though his interest lies entirely outside the unit. Second, a typical title examination and curative effort applies only to the land covered by the lease. When land professionals are required to open their examination to lands outside the unit, costs can substantially increase.
Avoiding Application of the Community Lease Principle
There are two common methods of avoiding this consequence of the community lease. First, lessors can sign separate leases for each tract of land. Second, parties can include an anti-communitization (aka anti-apportionment or anti-entireties) clause in the lease. An anti-communitization clause, essentially, states 'if this lease covers multiple tracts, it shall not be treated as a community lease, and no pooling or unitization is hereby intended."
However, Texas courts have refused to enforce anti-communitization clauses in leases in relation to NPRI's, without the direct agreement of the nonparticipating royalty owner. [3]London v. Merriman, 756 S.W.2d 736 (Tex. App.–Corpus Christi 1988, writ denied) (holding that the ratification of a lease containing an anti-communitation clause still effected a communitization of the NPRI, under the concept of a community lease being an "offer to pool").
The result is that an NPRI owner, even though his tract lies outside of a unit, but within a lease included in that unit, may be able to ratify the lease, thereby communitizing his interest, and thereafter be entitled to his share of royalties from the unit. This is an incredible power afforded to NPRI owners! An NPRI can "force" its way into an apportionment of royalties even though these "community leases" can often times be unintentional, and even where there is a direct effort to avoid communitization.
Curing the Community Lease "Issue"
As stated above, these community lease principles can be somewhat burdensome to land professionals, because: (1) they can cause the need to examine title outside the unit, (2) they can cause the need to cure title outside the unit, and (3) they can cause a dispute or strained relations with the lessor.
Operators have attempted several different "curative" measures aimed at preventing these burdens. Many of these are questionably effective, and some could, in my opinion, subject an attorney recommending these measures to malpractice liability. If you are faced with a community lease issue that you would like to "cure," I suggest you speak to a licensed attorney who will examine the specific lease and chain of title in question to develop a recommended game plan. Potential measure include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Partial release; [4]Duffy v. Callaway, 309 S.W.2d 853 (Tex. Civ. App.–Eastland 1958, writ ref"d), and Callaway v. Duffy, 337 S.W.2d 388 (Tex. Civ. App.–Eastland 1960, no writ).
- Top-leasing followed by bottom lease release;
- DISCLAIMER: I'm not discussing the effectiveness or legality of any of these curative measures, but I can't keep my mouth closed on this one. I have seen this curative requirement all over the place. I personally believe the recommendation of this curative requirement would subject an attorney to potential malpractice risk. Why? What happens if there is a pre-existing top lease? You've just released your bottom lease! Here's the deal: you've already negotiated or purchased a lease, and there is no reason to go back and completely rehash the deal. Additionally, I wouldnt' be surprised if a court saw this as a breach of duty owed to the NPRI owner.
- Seeking express partial acreage ratification from the NPRI owner;
- Obtaining execution of separate anti-communitization agreements with each of the nonparticipating royalty owners in a community lease prior to beginning development. [5]Cummings, supra n. 12, at 35. Note also that a distinctly separate set of issues is presented by the inclusion of an entireties clause within a lease, which apportions royalties once tracts are divided after the execution of a lease.
DISCLAIMER: The effectiveness or legality of each of these methods is outside the scope of this article.
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|Parker v. Parker, 144 S.W.2d 303 (Tex. Civ. App.–Galveston 1940, writ ref"d); French v. George, 159 S.W.2d 566 (Tex. Civ. App.–Amarillo 1942, writ ref"d).
|Ruiz, 559 S.W.2d at 843.
|London v. Merriman, 756 S.W.2d 736 (Tex. App.–Corpus Christi 1988, writ denied) (holding that the ratification of a lease containing an anti-communitation clause still effected a communitization of the NPRI, under the concept of a community lease being an "offer to pool").
|Duffy v. Callaway, 309 S.W.2d 853 (Tex. Civ. App.–Eastland 1958, writ ref"d), and Callaway v. Duffy, 337 S.W.2d 388 (Tex. Civ. App.–Eastland 1960, no writ).
|Cummings, supra n. 12, at 35. Note also that a distinctly separate set of issues is presented by the inclusion of an entireties clause within a lease, which apportions royalties once tracts are divided after the execution of a lease.


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In seismic exploration, an improved synthetic acoustic log is produced from seismograms by combining band limited reflectivity and velocity functions, both of which are obtained from the seismograms. The reflectivity function is obtained by deconvolving the field seismograms, transforming the reflectivity function so obtained into the frequency domain, and filtering the frequency domain representation to suppress frequencies below the seismic band. The velocity functions is obtained by applying a velocity spectra technique to the field seismograms to produce an acoustic log, transforming the acoustic log into the frequency domain, filtering to suppress all frequencies in the seismic pass band and converting back into the time domain.
1. In seismic exploration wherein field seismograms represent the reflection of seismic energy received as a function of time at spaced locations along a line of exploration, the method of producing an improved synthetic acoustic log from said seismograms comprising:
deconvovling said field seismograms to form a reflectivity function;
transforming said reflectivity function into a frequency domain representation of reflection amplitudes as a function of reflection frequency;
filtering said frequency domain representation to suppress all freqencies below the seismic pass band whereby a band limited reflection function is formed;
generating from said field seismograms velocity spectra representing the signal power of said reflections as a function of acoustic velocity;
generating from said velocity spectra an acoustic velocity log representing the acoustic velocity of the earth as a function of time;
transforming said acoustic log into a frequency domain representation of amplitude as a function of frequency;
filtering said last named frequency domain representation to suppress all frequencies in the seismic pass band, whereby a band limited velocity function is obtained;
transforming said band limited reflectivity and velocity functions into the time domain; and
combining the time domain representations of said reflectivity and velocity functions to form a synthetic acoustic log.
2. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising:
compositing said field seismograms to form a stacked seismic section representing the reflection of seismic energy as a function of said time and distance along said line of exploration; and
thereafter performing said steps of deconcolving, transforming and filtering to form said band limited reflectivity function from said stacked seismic section.
3. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising:
generating an average velocity log from said velocity spectra;
generating an interval velocity log from said average velocity log; and
thereafter performing said steps of transforming, and filtering to form said band limited velocity function from said interval velocity log.
4. The method recited in claim 1 further comprising:
integrating and exponentiating sand band limited reflectivity function prior to combining.
This invention relates to synthetic acoustic impedance logs and more particularly, to obtaining synthetic acoustic impedance logs having improved characteristics below the seismic pass band.
Acoustic logs are widely used in geophysical exploration. Well logging tools such as the one shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,312,934--Stripling et al traverse a well bore to obtain logs of the acoustic velocity characteristics of the earth as a function of depth. Alternatively, the logs represent the acoustic impedance which is the product of acoustic velocity and density. As used herein, the term acoustic log means either acoustic velocity or acoustic impedance.
When there is not a well bore in the vicinity of the area being explored, synthetic acoustic logs have been obtained from seismograms which are shot from the surface of the earth. U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,076,176--Lawrence and 3,076,177--Lawrence et al describe the production of synthetic velocity logs from seismograms.
More recently, velocity spectra techniques have been used to obtain acoustic velocity from seismograms. U.S. Pat. No. 3,611,278--Guinzy and Ruehle, is an example of a velocity spectra technique which can be used to obtain an interval velocity log from seismograms.
Recent advances in the processing of seismograms have greatly improved the signal-to-noise ratio of the seismograms. In particular, common depth point shooting and processing techniques have greatly improved the appearance of reflections from common reflection points. In this procedure the field seismograms which contain reflections from common points are composited, or stacked, so that the reflection signals are emphasized relative to the noise.
Synthetic acoustic logs have been obtained from common depth point seismograms. However, these acoustic logs do not have good characteristics at frequencies below the seismic pass band.
It is an object of the present invention to produce synthetic acoustic logs which do have good characteristics at frequencies below the seismic band.
In accordance with the present invention, an improved synthetic acoustic log is obtained from seismograms by combining a reflectivity function which is band limited to those frequencies in the seismic pass band and a velocity function which is band limited to contain only those frequencies below the seismic pass band.
In carrying out the invention, the field seismograms are deconvolved to form a reflectivity function which is transformed into the frequency domain. This frequency domain representation is filtered to suppress all frequencies below the seismic pass band. The field seismograms are also processed by a velocity spectra technique to obtain an acoustic log. This acoustic log is transformed into the frequency domain and filtered to suppress all frequencies in the seismic pass band. The band limited reflectivity and velocity functions obtained in this manner are then transformed back into the time domain and combined to produce the improved synthetic acoustic log of the present invention.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be better understood from the following more detailed description and appended claims.
FIG. 1 shows the process of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows an acoustic velocity log obtained by a logging tool traversing a bore hole;
FIG. 3 shows a reflectivity function produced from seismograms obtained in the same vicinity as the well bore hole of the FIG. 2 log;
FIG. 4 shows an interval velocity log produced by a velocity spectra technique from the same seismograms;
FIG. 5 shows the band limited velocity function obtained from FIG. 4; and
FIG. 6 shows the synthetic acoustic velocity log produced in accordance with the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the CDP sets of field seismograms are stacked as indicated at 11 in accordance with well known procedures. The stacked sets are then deconvolved as indicated at 12 to produce the reflectivity function which is denoted r(t). There are many well known deconvolution procedures. The deconvolution procedure referred to as "flatiron" and described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,689,874, Foster, et al is suitable for use.
The reflectivity function is transformed into a frequency domain representation of reflection amplitudes as a function of reflection frequency, this step being denoted by the reference numeral 13. This operation has become known in geophysical exploration as a FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM (FFT). One suitable procedure is described in Cooley, J. W., Tukey, J. W., AN ALGORITHM FOR MACHINE CALCULATION OF COMPLEX FOURIER SERIES, Mathematical Computation, Vol. 19, 1965, pp. 297-301. The frequency domain representation of the reflectivity function is R(f). This function is band pass filtered at 14 to suppress all frequencies below the seismic pass band. The band limited reflection function R(f) is formed. This is applied to the FFT 15 to convert it back into the time domain representation of amplitude as a function of time which is denoted r(t). In order to convert this band limited reflectivity function into an acoustic impedance log it is integrated and exponentiated as indicated at 16 to form the band limited acoustic impedance derived from the reflectivity function, and denoted Z.
The field seismograms are also applied to a velocity spectra process to produce an interval velocity log. This includes the steps of generating velocity spectra indicated at 17, determining average velocity indicated at 18 and producing an interval velocity log, indicated at 19. These steps are fully described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,611,278--Guinzy et al and 3,696,331--Guinzy et al. The output of the step 19 will be an interval velocity log such as that shown in FIG. 9 of Guinzy et al U.S. Pat. No. 3,611,278. This interval velocity log is transformed into the frequency domain by the FFT indicated at 20. The frequency domain representation of the interval velocity log is filtered by the band filter 21 to suppress all frequencies in the seismic band. In this way, the band limited velocity function Z(f)is obtained which has a good representation of the low frequency components of the acoustic impedance log. These low frequency components are present because the interval velocity log, obtained from the velocity spectra processes, has good low frequency characteristics.
The band limited velocity function is converted back to the time domain by the FFT 22. The band limited velocity and reflectivity functions are combined as indicated at 23 and the resultant signal is plotted at 24 to produce the synthetic acoustic logs of the present invention.
An actual example of the results of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 2-6. FIG. 2 is a log of acoustic velocity obtained from a well bore. This well traverses a thick gas containing layer which is represented on the acoustic log by the portion between the dashed lines. Seismograms obtained from the same area contained an amplitude increase at approximately the same depth. These seismograms were stacked and deconvolved to produce the reflectivity function of FIG. 3. The field seismograms were also processed by the VIP/DIP process of the aforementioned Guinzy et al patents to produce the interval velocity log of FIG. 4. Inspection of FIG. 4 will show that the predominate spectrum will be at F=0 and up, with small contributory high frequency terms. We limit the spectrum of FIG. 4 to have only the low frequency terms which have been removed from FIG. 3. The interval velocity log of FIG. 4 was transformed into the frequency domain, band limited to suppress frequencies in the seismic band and, transformed back into the time domain which is shown in FIG. 5. The band limited reflectivity function, FIG. 3, and the band limited velocity function, FIG. 5, were combined to produce the synthetic acoustic log of FIG. 6. FIG. 6 shows good correllation with the well log of FIG. 2. This example shows that good synthetic logs can be obtained and used in areas where no wells exist to identify formations of interest such as the formation between the dashed lines.
The foregoing can be better understood from the following description of the underlying theory. For convenience to those skilled in geophysical processing, a precise mathematical description is given below. It will be understood that while mathematical expressions are used to precisely define the various steps of the invention, these steps are physical steps which are performed on a digital processor or other apparatus commonly used in seismic processing. The terms "deconvolving", "transforming", "filtering", and "combining" as used herein mean the operations performed on this apparatus. The reflectivity function is related to the acoustic impedance Z by the following: ##EQU1## When lnZ represents the natural logorithm of Z. The frequency domain representation of reflectivity is: ##EQU2## In digital processing, the reflectivity function is represented by a series of frequencies as follows: ##EQU3## For the purpose of the present invention, these frequencies are divided into two groups, one below the lower limit of the seismic band and the other above: ##EQU4##
r(t)=R1 +R2 (5)
These two components are related to acoustic impedance as follows: ##EQU5## The components in the seismic band are represented by: ##EQU6##
The components below the seismic band are represented by: ##EQU7##
The synthetic acoustic log of the present invention is represented by: ##EQU8##
One example of a computer system which is suitable for use is supplied by Control Data Corporation and includes a Cyber 175 central processor with one or more peripheral processors, extended core storage and tape drives. The specific programming required will be apparent from the foregoing, from the users' manual for the particular computer system used, and from Simpson, TIME SERIES COMPUTATIONS IN FORTRAN AND FAP, ADDISON, TIME SERIES ANALYSIS WITH DIGITAL COMPUTER PROGRAMS, Holden-Day, San Francisco, 1967.
While a particular embodiment has been shown and described, modifications are within the true spirit and scope of the invention. The appended claims are, therefore, intended to cover all such modifications.
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The Senate votes Thursday on the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Health and Human Services Secretary, replacing Kathleen Sebelius. Burwell was running the Office of Management and Budget.


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"Living out my weird fantasy of what prom would be like in my head…"
Following on from her VMA performance of Boom Clap this weekend, British pop singer Charli XCX is set to release her new single, Break The Rules, on 5 October.
The single is taken from her upcoming album, Sucker, which is released two weeks later, on 20 October.
The official video. The video features American actress Rose McGowan, and portrays Charli XCX as a bad and care-free schoolgirl who rejects the rules of school and instead breaks out into cool dance moves and goes partying and shopping with her girlfriends, on their way to the school prom, where Charli offers a rocking performance in contrast to the lacklustre prom band.
Charli said: "I was inspired by movies like Jawbreaker and Carrie for the Break The Rules video. I never went to prom when I was at school so this was kind of living out my weird fantasy of what prom would be like in my head. I asked Rose McGowan to be in the video and I never ever thought she would say yes, but she did… so she came to prom too… and she kind of trashed it ;)".
The release of Break The Rules is set to follow the release of Charli XCX's hit single Boom Clap has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and has hit 3 on the US Top 40 chart, establishing the singer firmly as one of the UK's biggest breakthrough acts of the year. The video to Boom Clap can be seen here.
Break The Rules is, like Boom Clap, catchy, rebellious and infectious and is sure to become one of this autumn's most-played club tracks. While not as original or inspiring as some of her previous work, it is nonetheless a solid track that is sure to resonate with rebellious youth.
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Office of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
Washington D.C.
Laela Barre '10
Gardener's Supply Company
Burlington, Vt.
Jeffrey Davis '10
Black Diamond Media
Southbury, Conn.
Patrick Mahoney '10
Erasmus Hall
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Herley Pellew '09
Center for Sustainable Development
Poultney, Vt.
Laura Restrepo '09
Research on sustainable community development issues and website design & development for the center.
Connecticut Underwriters Inc.
Middletown, Conn.
Michael Parker '08
The White House
Washington D.C.
Douglas Abbott '08
FINCA Project
Copa Buena, Costa Rica
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The Nature Conservancy
West Haven, Vt.
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Boston Scientific
Glens Falls, N.Y.
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Village of Poultney
The office management intern for the village of Poultney gains a broad array of experiences in the management and administration of various village functions. These include basic accounting of town-wide tax revenue, planning, and marketing associated with local economic development initiatives. The Intern works closely with the village manager and the town select board.
New York Department of Environment Conservation
The environmental management intern assists with forest inventory, timber marking and saw tallying. In addition, the intern works with the department on their New York forest tax law program and assists them in the administration of the program.


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The Courtauld Institute of Art is the foremost centre in Britain for the study of art history and conservation and enjoys an international reputation. The Courtauld is based in the central London location of Somerset House, one of the capital's grandest and most famous neo-classical buildings, which was designed by Sir William Chambers in the late eighteenth century. The Courtauld's rooms are rich in historical associations, being originally designed for, and inhabited by, the Royal Academy and other learned societies.
The world-famous Courtauld Gallery collections range from the thirteenth century to the present day. Best known for its outstanding collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, the Gallery also includes medieval ivories, 14th-century gold ground paintings, Italian Renaissance paintings and wedding chests, beautiful examples of the work of Lucas Cranach and Pieter Bruegel, and a significant collection of paintings and drawings by Pieter Paul Rubens, as well as sketches and paintings by Tiepolo, Goya and Gainsborough. Moving into the 20th century, the Gallery has an important collection of Fauve and German Expressionist paintings on long term loan, and owns examples of work by the Bloomsbury group, by Walter Sickert, Ben Nicholson, Graham Sutherland, Anthony Caro and Richard Long.
From 19 June to 21 September 2014, The Courtauld Gallery will present the second of its new series of special Summer displays which showcase aspects of the The Courtauld's outstanding permanent collection. The Summer Showcase 2014 will exhibit a selection of some thirty particularly remarkable examples of The Gallery's large holdings of master prints. This selection spans more than 500 years and encompasses a variety of printmaking techniques in superb examples by artists including Andrea Mantegna, Pieter Bruegel, Jacques Callot, Stefano della Bella, Giovanni Antonio Canaletto, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Edouard Manet, Paul Gauguin, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Lucian Freud and Chris Ofili.
In addition, the East Wing Collection, a biennial thought-provoking exhibition of contemporary art curated by a group of our students, is on view throughout The Courtauld.
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Apple's next version of the Mac OSX operating system, dubbed Mountain Lion, will adopt a variety of features now offered in the company's iOS software for the iPhone and iPad, CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal in an interview.
Mountain Lion will include the message service, notifications app, gaming center, sharing features and iCloud integration now offered in iOS.
Cook told the Journal that Apple will make an early version of the software available to developers on Thursday, and will start selling it in late summer.
Cook did not rule out the possibility that iPhones, iPads and Macs could eventually run on the same microprocessor.
The company is also changing the name of some Mac apps to those used on the iPhone. The Address Book becomes Contacts; iCal becomes Calendar.
The Journal reports that a new security feature called "gatekeeper" allows users to specify what kinds of apps can be installed on their computers, including an option to only install apps from Apple's Mac App store.
Also new: a feature called AirPlay Mirroring that allows users to view what is on the screen of their iPhone or iPad, or a television screen connected to an Apple TV.
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The Peninsula is located in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, a popular tourist area on the Kowloon Peninsula with high-end shopping and entertainment. It's near to transport systems and within walking distance of harbor and its ferry service.
Trekking through Hong Kong is truly a feast for the senses. Much like Times Square and the blinking neon lights of the Las Vegas Strip, Hong Kong could at first be a sensory overload, but areas outside the statuesque skyscrapers showcase the true charm and beauty of the city.
After exploring the city's tightly packed streets and navigating the ever-present stream of traffic, one great place to escape is The Peak, Hong Kong's most popular attraction. Visitors arrive at The Peak via the Peak Tram, which rises 1,300 feat above sea level to provide outrageous views of the city. Once at the top, The Peak Tower offers shopping and dining, and The Sky Gallery displays artwork by local Hong Kong artists.
Another way to take in the sights of Hong Kong is to ride the Star Ferry across Victoria Harbour, one of the world's busiest harbors. It's an essential part of local commuter life, but also an important aspect of the city's tourism. Once at Victoria Harbour's waterfront, visitors can seek the Avenue of the Stars -- Hong Kong's version of Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Avenue of the Stars is accompanied by the Symphony of the Stars, a sound and light show that pays tribute to the city's film industry. Experience thrill rides at Ocean Park Theme Park, or get lost in the magic at Hong Kong Disneyland, which incorporates the different lands of Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Should shopping or sightseeing become tiresome, Hong Kong has several beaches for quiet relaxation outside the city.
The 300-room Peninsula Hong Kong is the city's oldest hotel; built in 1926, it evokes the elegance of the '20s but the modern sophistication of the 21st century. The grand lobby features high, gilded ceilings and stately pillars, and hosts the hotel's popular afternoon High Tea. The European-style rooms are classic and tasteful, if a bit stuffy to some, and marble bathrooms have separate showers and soaking tubs. The amenities are, as expected from such a high-caliber hotel, top-notch: six gourmet dining options, an indoor pool, a full-service spa with stellar city views, and a modern fitness center, also with stunning views. Many people (who can afford it) stay here for the bragging rights alone -- after all, some of the hotel's guests are flown in by private helicopter. The vibe is very upscale, and there's even a dress code that's enforced throughout the hotel (no flip-flops allowed!). The location in the touristy Tsim Sha Tsui neighborhood, near designer shopping and Victoria Harbour, is very convenient.
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After gaining public attention with his witty songs and skits on YouTube at the grand old age of 18, Bo Burnham has become a hit on the comedy circuit, with his irreverent piano ditties winning over the crowds world-wide. Now in his early 20's Bo is still creating and performing, and starring in his own show (Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous) and guesting on Parks and Recreation.
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Classic rock in all its finery - long hair, tattoos, intricate guitar solos, epic sing-alongs and headbanging riffs. With their debut album released only in 2013, The Winery Dogs are a pretty new band and still at that initial stage in their career when you can enjoy their awesome music at gigs in smaller venues. The band's four members aren't new to rock 'n roll by any means though, each accomplished musicians who've joined forces to become The Winery Dogs.
October 16, 2015
Last Comic Standing is back! See your favorite finalists on a hilariously funny new tour, showcasing talents honed in the series, with sketch, improv and side-splitting stand up! The top five contestants from the series (beginning July 22 on NBC) will be featured on this tour - so it really is the cream of the crop!
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The Grateful Dead have been resurrected in the form of Dark Star Orchestra. Formed in 1997, this tribute band came up with the novel idea of recreating complete sets from The Grateful Dead's gigantic list of concerts. They adapt their playing and sound depending on what era of Dead they're tackling on the night, and while they slavishly recreate the sound of the band down to the minutest detail, the band often embark on epic improvisations that would make their heroes proud.
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Achieving a fake tan flawlessly is trickier than it may appear. Extra steps taken pre-treatment can greatly improve the way a spray-on tan rests upon the skin. Remember those annoying dark patches that appear on knees and elbows? If you were to exfoliate prior to self tanning and apply a dab of moisturizer afterwards to those areas where we tend to get a buildup of dry skin then chances are lessened that color will cling to those areas and darken. These kind of tips were the subject in Allure magazine's feature on getting a flawless professional spray tan.
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Green Intelligence Creating Environments That Protect Human Health John Wargo
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We live in a world awash in manmade chemicals, from the pesticides on our front lawns to the diesel exhaust in the air we breathe. Although experts are beginning to understand the potential dangers of these substances, there are still more than 80,000 synthetic compounds that have not been sufficiently tested to interpret their effects on human health. Yale University professor John Wargo has spent much of his career researching the impact of chemical exposures on women and children. In this book, he explains the origins of society's profound misunderstanding of everyday chemical hazards and offers a practical path toward developing greater "green intelligence." Despite the rising trend in environmental awareness, information about synthetic substances is often unavailable, distorted, kept secret, or presented in a way that prevents citizens from acting to reduce threats to their health and the environment. By examining the histories of five hazardous technologies and practices, Wargo finds remarkable patterns in the delayed discovery of dangers and explains the governments' failures to manage them effectively. Sobering yet eminently readable, Wargo's book ultimately offers a clear vision for a safer future through prevention, transparency, and awareness.
John Wargo is professor of environmental policy, risk analysis, and political science at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Department of Political Science at Yale University. The author of Our Children's Toxic Legacy, he has been an adviser to Vice President Al Gore, the U.S. Congress, the U.N. World Health Organization, and other institutions.
"'Wargo's proposed strategy for winning the chemical war is sensible: we need to create an environmentally intelligent society, one that is conscious of the ways in which humanity is transforming the chemistry of the environment and our bodies.... His clear-eyed approach offers transparency and a solution to the frenzy of chemical misinformation in our lives.' Stephanie Wallis, The Ecologist 'Wargo's arguments are empirical, scientifically literate and ultimately convincing... The result is a powerful indictment of a flawed system.' Rob Edwards, New Scientist"
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