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The sun really did come up Sunday morning in Cleveland for the University of Notre Dame men's basketball team
Troy Murphy Honored Today in Greensboro as ACC Legend
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An unrelenting work ethic earned the two-time BIG EAST Player of the Year the respect of his teammates.
AS A SOPHOMORE: A consensus first-team All-American, the first at Notre Dame since Adrian Dantley in 1974-75 and 1975-76...named first team All-America by the Associated Press, United States Basketball Writers Assocation and Basketball Times...named second team by The Sporting News and the National Association of Basketball Coaches...was named to the John Wooden All-American team...the 1999-2000 BIG EAST Conference player of the year and a unanimous first-team all-conference pick...finished his sophomore season with 1,358 points, the 16th-highest total in school history....scored his 1,000th career point in win vs. St. John?s (Jan. 29) when he had 30 points and career-high 18 rebounds...became the second-youngest player in terms of age to reach 1,000 points at Notre Dame and fifth-fastest in terms of games at 48...scored a game-high 32 points vs. Michigan (March 15) in first round of the NIT, had 21 against Xavier in the second round (March 20) and 19 vs. BYU in quarterfinals (March 22)...scored 18 points in the NIT semifinal vs. Penn State and had 20 vs. Wake Forest in the final...was named to the NIT all-tournament team....one of 30 final candidates for the John R. Wooden Award and a finalist for the United States Basketball Writers Assocation player-of-the-year award and the Naismith Trophy...named all-district by the National Association of Basketball Coaches...was named the BIG EAST player-of-the-week six times ? tying the league record set by John Wallace of Syracuse in 1995-96...earlier in the year won the award four times in a row (Dec. 20-Jan. 10) ??one short of the conference record (five by Wallace in 1995-96)...in NCAA statistics, was the only player to rank in the top 10 in both scoring and rebounding as he finished 10th in scoring (22.7) and ninth in rebounding... only player in conference history to lead the league in both scoring and rebounding in the same season in both overall and conference games...his 839 points this season were the fourth-highest total in school history, his 38 blocks tied for fourth in single-season school history, his 261 free throws were first, his 323 attempts were first, his 380 rebounds were tied for 10th, his 274 field goals were tied for seventh and his 537 attempts were seventh...scored a team-high 25 points vs. Rutgers (March 8) in Notre Dame?s win in first round of the BIG EAST tournament...tied a career high 35 points against Seton Hall (Feb. 19)...established a career high with 35 points vs. St. Francis-Pa. (Nov. 21)...had a career-high five assists vs. Loyola Marymount (Jan. 2)...scored in double figures in all 37 games and had 20 double-doubles, most in the BIG EAST and tied for fourth nationally...scored 20 or more points in 24 games and 30 or more in nine contests...has now played in 64 collegiate basketball games, scoring in double figures in all but one and posting 32 double-doubles...has scored 20 or more points 34 different times and 30 or more points 12 times...was named to the Preseason NIT all-tournament team after averaging 24.8 points per game in four games in the event...was named a finalist for the United States Junior National Team in the summer of ?99...had to withdraw from the trials due to a hernia, which required surgery on July 13...was one of three Irish captains along with Skylard Owens and Todd Palmer...named Notre Dame National Monogram Club MVP.
AS A FRESHMAN: The 1999 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year...was named to the Basketball News national all-freshman team...was named the BIG EAST newcomer of the year by Basketball News and BIG EAST Briefs and named to the national all-freshman team by College Hoops Insider...his 519 points set the Notre Dame freshman scoring record, previously held by Adrian Dantley with 511 in 1973-74...was the leading scorer and rebounder for the Irish at 19.2 points per game and 9.9 rebounds in ?98-?99...was named the Notre Dame National Monogram Club Most Valuable Player...was named the BIG EAST rookie of the week eight times ? Nov. 17, Dec. 14, Dec. 21, Dec. 28, Jan. 11 as he shared the award and again on Feb. 1, Feb. 8 and shared the award again on March 1 ... the eight awards were good for second place in BIG EAST history ... finished the season with a 19.2-points-per-game average in BIG EAST league games, second highest in conference history behind Allen Iverson?s mark of 19.8 in 1994-95 for Georgetown ... was the first freshman in BIG EAST history to lead the league in rebounding at 10.3 per game in conference playing BIG EAST statistics in overall games, was third in scoring (first among newcomers), first in rebounding, first in field-goal percentage, ninth in blocks, first in defensive rebounding and seventh in offensive rebounding...in conference games, was third in scoring (first among newcomers), first in rebounding, first in field-goal percentage, fifth in blocked shots, first in defensive rebounding and sixth in offensive rebounding ... recorded a double-double in 12 games (to lead the BIG EAST) and had a double-double in eight league games to lead BIG EAST ... returned to the Irish starting lineup Jan. 27 vs. Boston College after missing the three previous games due to a sprained ankle...when he returned, had double-doubles in seven of the final 10 games of the season ...started the first 17 games of the season...missed the Villanova, Seton Hall and Rutgers games due to a sprained left ankle suffered in practice on Jan. 14 ... returned to the Irish starting lineup against the Eagles and had 17 points with 11 rebounds and then had 26 points and 12 rebounds vs. Providence (Jan. 29) and then added 22 points and 13 rebounds in win over Seton Hall (Feb. 6)...also had 15 points and nine rebounds vs. Georgetown (Feb. 10), a career-high 32 points with 16 rebounds vs. West Virginia (Feb. 14) and added 17 points and 11 rebounds in win over Mountaineers (Feb. 21)...had 17 points and 12 rebounds in regular-season finale vs. Boston College...was named the BIG EAST rookie of the week in final week of season with performance against Boston College and 22 point-seven rebound effort vs. St. John?s (Feb. 24)...scored 28 points with 15 rebounds in BIG EAST tournament first round vs. Seton Hall...tied his then-career high by scoring 30 points in win over Pittsburgh (Jan. 5 ... first BIG EAST rookie-of-the-week honor came after opening week of season after scoring 19 points in collegiate debut vs. Miami of Ohio (Nov. 13) and 16 points vs. Yale (Nov. 15) ...second honor came after scoring 30 points with 11 rebounds in Notre Dame?s BIG EAST Conference-opening win over Providence (Dec. 8) ...the 30 points vs. the Friars tied a BIG EAST record for most points by an individual in first career conference game ...tied record of Allen Iverson, who also scored 30 points vs. Providence on Dec. 7, 1994 ... was eight-of-15 from free-throw line vs. the Friars, but made four straight free throws in the last 15 seconds of the contest... third honor came after scoring 27 points vs. Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 19) ... fourth honor came after averaging 19.0 points and 8.0 rebounds in wins over Stetson and St. Francis ...the fifth honor came after the Pittsburgh game and scoring 17 points vs. Villanova (Jan. 7) and 13 in win at Miami (Jan. 9) ... was the first BIG EAST player to score 30 or more points in two different conference games in freshman season and did it three times ... scored double figures in first 12 games, becoming the first Notre Dame freshman ever to score in double figures in first 12 career games since freshmen became eligible in 1970-71 ... had 21 points and 17 rebounds vs. Alaska-Anchorage (Nov. 27), 23 points and 16 rebounds vs. Indiana (Dec. 10), 27 points and 14 rebounds vs. Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 19), 30 points and 10 rebounds vs. Pittsburgh, both Providence, West Virginia and Seton Hall games and the Boston College game.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Was named the most valuable player for his team at the prestigious Capital Classic in Washington, D.C., after the high school season as he scored 18 points with 21 rebounds in the postseason game...played for Delbarton High School in Northern Hills, N.J., for head coach Dan Whalen...was named honorable mention All-America by Street and Smith?s...has high school records for most points in a game (53) and career (1,892) and most rebounds in a game (23) and career (950)...team went 20-6 during senior season and advanced to state quarterfinals...averaged 33.0 points per game as a senior to lead the state of New Jersey in scoring...also averaged 14.8 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game...shot 56.8 percent from the floor (320 of 563), which included a five-for-17 mark from three-point range...was named the Morris County player of the year by the Newark Star Ledger...is third in Morris County history in career scoring...averaged 20.5 points per game as a sophomore with 11.8 rebounds to earn first team all-county honors...averaged 23.5 points and 10.5 rebounds as a junior...named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team for the 1999-2000 school year...full name is Troy B. Murphy...born 5-2-80...a sociology major who was enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters.
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It's a pity I didn't get to visit this temple. I arrived late in the afternoon when the temple was closed after walking quite a distance to find it from JR Horyuji station. The pagoda was prominent from the outside and very beautiful. I wish to return here again to explore the inside of the temple.
The admission fee is 1,500 Yen and includes admission to 3 major sites in the temple area. You will see temple buildings, a pagoda, small gardens from the outside and you will go into a museum where statues, paintings, garments and pottery from this site are displayed. I have been to many temples and museums in Japan and to me,... More
A beautiful temple set in spacious raked gravel gardens. It has a feeling of ancient austerity that contrasts with the busier, more florid style of later temples in Nara and Kyoto. The fact that it is off the beaten track probably makes a difference, meaning that it is less crowded, though there were school parties being led through when we... More
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This is the oldest wooden temple in the world, dating to the 7th century, and it has many forms honoring the first Buddhist emperor Shotoku. The complex includes a pagoda, the kondo, lecture hall and the octagonal building shown here. It is very simple in forms, without the colors of the shogun temples later on. Yet there is something of... More
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People around the world have been celebrating today's release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. A Nobel Peace Prize winner and practicing Theravada Buddhist, Aung San Suu Kyi was elected Prime Minister of Burma/Myanmar in 1990 but has been detained by Myanmar's military government for around fifteen of the twenty plus years since.
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"I welcome the release of fellow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and extend my appreciation to the military regime in Burma. I extend my full support and solidarity to the movement for democracy in Burma and take this opportunity to appeal to freedom-loving people all over the world to support such non-violent movements."
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|May 30, 1978
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|Jun 24, 1976
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______________________________________30 to 70 microns 50 to 55%20 to 30 microns 10 to 15%10 to 20 microns 10 to 15%up to 10 microns 20 to 30%.______________________________________
This invention relates to a process of producing weighting materials for drilling fluids (mud fluids) from solids which contain mainly iron oxide.
Drilling fluids are used in deep-well-drilling operations to carry off the rock which has been detached by the drilling tools, to cool the rotary drill and to limit entry of fluids into the hole. In large depths, the formation pressure increases so that the drilling fluid must be weighted with materials having a high specific gravity. Known weighting materials are, e.g., baryte, quartz, iron oxides and lead oxides, zinc dust (U.S. Pat. No. 2,099,825). The Opened German Specification No. 2,362,712 teaches a process in which non-magnetic materials which contain iron oxide and have a specific gravity of at least 4.2 are produced in that iron ore is calcined at 927° to 1121° C under oxidizing conditions and the burned material is subsequently quenched. The resulting product is intended for use as a weighting agent in drilling fluids.
It is also known to use calcination products of sulfide ores as a weighting agent in drilling fluids. German Pat. Specification No. 2,139,952 teaches a process in which pyrite is recovered by flotation and subsequently calcined in a fluidized bed and the calcine is used in a specific particle size below 75 microns. The Soviet Union Pat. Specification No. 70,794 teaches a process in which weighting materials for drilling fluids are produced by burning calcined pyrites at 700° to 800° C and then cooling them. The magnetite pyrite which is thus formed is subsequently separated and ground for use as the weighting material.
In accordance with U.S. Pat. No. 2,276,075, magnetic materials in a particle size below 44 microns are used as weighting materials. These materials consist, e.g. of artificial magnetite, which has been produced by a calcination of non-magnetitic iron oxides under reducing conditions.
The advantages of the use of magnetic weighting agents are seen in that they can easily be separated by a magnetic separator from the drilling fluid which has been contaminated with drilling detritus.
In the process taught in U.S. Pat. No. 2,298,984, a weighting agent is made by burning calcined pyrite at temperatures of at least 980° C in a preferably oxidizing atmosphere and in the presence of accelerators consisting, e.g. of alkali metal salts. This treatment serves to eliminate sulfur to a residual content of about 0.2%. In the last-mentioned prior publication, apparently no significance was attached to the magnetic properties of the weighting agent because it was stated that the ignition can be effected in a neutral or reducing or oxidizing atmosphere and presumably the product is the usual ferromagnetic oxide.
It has previously been believed, as a rule, that ferromagnetic weighting agents consisting of iron oxides, such as magnetite, are the most suitable weighting agents, presumably because they can be more easily separated from spent drilling fluids.
Where calcined pyrite has been proposed as weighting agent, the highly magnetically susceptible magnetite contained therein in general as a result of the production processes has been tolerated or even desired. It has, however, been recognized (U.S. Pat. No. 3,867,128) that magnetic properties are disadvantageous.
Various solid iron oxides have different magnetic susceptibilities H, namely
______________________________________Magnetite up to 90,000,000 × 10-6Magnetite pyrite up to 150,000 × 10-6Hematite up to 13,000 × 10-6Limonite up to 2,800 × 10-6______________________________________
It has been found that the use of drilling fluids which are weighted with ferromagnetic iron oxides or iron oxides having a substantial ferromagnetic content produce undesired results and disturbances in the inductive monitoring of the position of the drill pipe in the hole.
It is an object of the invention to provide a weighting material which contains iron oxide in a simple and economical manner and is virtually free from magnetic constituents and free from water-soluble salts and does not flocculate to destroy the stability of the drilling fluid.
This object is accomplished by the invention in a process of producing weighting agents for drilling fluids in which solids consisting mainly of iron oxide are fixed at temperatures above 1200° C in an oxidizing atmosphere and subsequently cooled. In accordance with the invention, the solids are treated at a temperature of 1210° to 1400° C in an atmosphere which contains such a surplus of oxygen that the oxygen partial pressure is in excess of the equilibrium oxygen partial pressure of the iron oxide at the temperature at which the solids are fired, and the solids are subsequently slowly cooled to 780° C in an oxidizing atmosphere.
We have found that the lower temperature limit of 1210° C is critical for effective transformation, in the aforementioned oxygen-enriched atmosphere, of any magnetitic component to oxides of substantially lower magnetic susceptibility. At temperatures above 1400° C, the effect is no longer significant.
Furthermore, the temperature of 780° C to which the solids are slowly cooled, whereupon the cooling rate can be increased or quenching can be carried out, is likewise critical to maintain the transformation of the magnetitic component or oxide components of highly magnetic susceptibility to components of low magnetic susceptibility. When quenching is used, for example, from the higher temperature range so that the cooling is sudden, the desired phenomenon of low magnetic susceptibility is not obtained.
Preferably the cooling rate is from 1° to 40° C per minute with best results being obtained with a cooling rate between 10° and 30° C per minute.
The existence of an oxidizing atmosphere during the cooling is also essential to the present invention and this atmosphere can be atmospheric air or atmosphere air enriched with oxygen. The degree of enrichment can range from say 5 to 50% oxygen, i.e. the oxidizing atmosphere can contain 20% to about 70% by volume oxygen.
The oxidizing atmosphere at which the firing is carried out is of course, also critical and must have an oxygen partial pressure of the iron oxide at the temperature at which the solids are fired. This result can be obtained by simply enriching ambient air with oxygen so that the atmosphere contains a preponderance of oxygen, or by simply adding oxygen or changing the atmosphere as required so that the oxygen in the presence of the heated solids never falls below say 5% by volume. Consequently, if the oxidizing atmosphere is ambient air, it can be passed over the solids so that the exhaust gases contain a minimum of 5% by volume oxygen. Alternatively, the atmospheric oxygen can be enriched with 5% to 50% by volume oxygen so that, upon contacting the solids, the atmosphere contains between 20% and 70% by volume oxygen. In no case should the oxygen content of the atmosphere be less than say 5% by volume oxygen.
While we do not fully understand the effects of the abovedescribed treatment, we can note that there appears to be a transformation of the more highly magnetically susceptible material into oxides of low magnetic susceptibility and a modification of the physical structure of the product to improve its utility as a weighting material.
We have given the requisite oxygen level in terms of partial pressures since varying compositions can use oxidizing atmospheres with different minimum oxygen contents and the partial pressures serve as a convenient guide for the mean oxygen level in the atmosphere. The results, however, can also be used as a guide, e.g. the oxygen level of the atmosphere in contact with the solids can be increased during the heating thereof until the magnetic susceptibility of the products falls below say 10,000 × 10-6 and preferably below 5,000 × 10-6. Still better results are obtained when the susceptibility is reduced below 1,000 × 10-6. Of course, if the oxygen level is maintained sufficient high, one need not be concerned that the desired vapor pressure relationship will not be reached.
The starting materials used in the process according to the invention consist mainly of iron oxide and have a specific gravity of at least 4. These materials include, e.g., iron ores, such as hematitic ores or siderite, or calcinated sulfide iron ores, e.g., calcinated fine pyrites or pyrites recovered by flotation. It is also possible to use calcines which have previously been treated for a recovery of specific valuable substances, e.g., subjected to a clorinating calcination for a recovery of non-ferrous metals.
The surplus oxygen is required during the ignition in order to prevent a formation of ferromagnetic constituents or to keep the content thereof below a disturbing level. This content, e.g., magnetite, can easily be determined by a measurement of the magnetic susceptibility, which must not exceed 1%. The ignition is generally carried out a temperatures of 1210° to 1400° C.
The firing under oxidizing conditions in a gas stream which contains an excess of oxygen may be carried out in any desired equipment. Depending on the equipment employed, e.g., a rotary kiln on a fluidized-bed furnace, the firing is performed for 10 to 180 minutes. The treatment in a circulating fluidized bed has proved particularly desirable and economical.
The firing of, e.g., calcined pyrite at 1210° to 1400° C oxidizing conditions results in a material which has paramagnetic properties and in a thermal decomposition of the water-soluble salts which are inherently contained in the calcine, particularly as sulfates, so that the produce is entirely free of sulfur. The cationic components of the salts, such a manganese, zinc or calcium, are combined as insoluble ferrites, so that there is no need for a washing step to remove these salts.
The produce of the process according to the invention has a specific gravity of at least 4 to 5.2. The ignition results also in a sintering of the porous surface of the fine-grained material, particularly if it contains iron oxides formed by a roasting of sulfide ores.
The material which has been ignited at temperatures up to 1400° C in an atmosphere that contains a surplus of oxygen consists mainly of iron oxide and is subsequently subjected to a slow cooling, also in an oxidizing atmosphere, so that any small amounts of magnetite formed at elevated temperatures are re-oxidized. Such small amounts of Fe3 O4 may have been formed by a thermal elimination of oxygen. The cooling to a temperature of 780° C is generally accomplished within several hours. Because of the iron oxide is paramagnetic below a temperature of 780° C, the material can quickly be cooled to ambient temperatures from 780° C.
The iron-oxide containing material which has been ignited and cooled is subsequently ground and classified to a particle size below 75 microns for use as a weighting agent. The particles below 10 microns should not be in excess of 50%. Such particle size distribution of calcined pyrite for use as weighting agent is known per se. Weighting agents of the kind stated have suitably the following particle size distribution:
______________________________________50 to 55 % 30 to 75 microns10 to 15% 20 to 30 microns10 to 15% 10 to 20 microns20 to 30% up to 10 microns.______________________________________
The process according to the invention has several important advantages. The undesired ferromagnetic properties of iron oxide-containing solids, particularly calcined pyrite, are eliminated. The weighting agent produced by the process according to the invention has a magnetic susceptibility H below 1,000 × 10-6. The ignition removes also the watersoluble salts and decreases the surface area of the product, e.g., in the case of calcined pyrite from about 1.5 to 2.5 m2 /g to about 0.6 m2 /g (measurement BET). This decrease in area and physical change of the surface has an excellent influence on the rheologic properties of the finished product when used in drilling fluids. Such drilling fluids have a much lower apparent viscosity than drilling fluids which contain commercially available barite and known calcined pyrite. The gel strength and the water loss, two additional important parameters of a drilling fluid, are also much lower than those of drilling fluids which contain barite or conventional calcined pyrite. Contrary to drilling fluids weighted with barite, the properties show only small changes when the drilling fluid is subjected to a temperature change test.
The process according to the invention will be explained more fully in the following Examples. The starting material used in the Examples consisted of pyrite which had been recovered by flotation and then roasted in a fluidized bed and contained 0.7% total sulfur and 9% gangue.
120 kg/h of calcine were reheated in an oxidizing (τ = 1.08 to 1.1) at 1250° C in a directly heated rotary kiln. The residence time amounted to 30 minutes in the kiln and to 15 minutes in the ignition zone. The material discharged from the kiln was cooled in the air to below 800° C within about 20 minutes and was then precrushed in a jaw crusher and was ground to particle sizes below 75 microns in a ball mill provided with a pneumatic separator, through which the solids were circulated at a rate of 230 kg/h.
In a plant operated with a circulating fluidized bed, 50 kg/h of calcine were calcined in an oxidizing atmosphere at temperatures of 1220° C. 5% to 6% oxygen by volume were measured in the exhaust gas.
The material discharged from the furnace was slowly cooled in the air to 780° C and was then quickly cooled further to the ambient temperature. The cooled product was classified to the following particle size distribution:
______________________________________30-75 microns 50-55%20-30 microns 10-15%10-20 microns 10-15%up to 10 microns 20-30%.______________________________________
In the following table, those properties of the products produced in Examples 1 and 2 which are significant for the use and, for comparison, the corresponding properties of a conventional barite weighting agent, are stated. All products had the particle size distribution stated in Example 2.
__________________________________________________________________________ Product of Product of Comparison Product Example 1 Example 2 Barite__________________________________________________________________________Water-soluble salts 0.05% 0.05% ≦0.1%Water-soluble Ca 85 ppm 93 ppm 110 ppmGram susceptibility 5000 × 10-6 cm3 /g 750 × 10-6 cm3 /g ≈0Viscosity in claydrilling fluid 35 cP 35 cP 55 cP(aqueous suspensionsof bentonite)Water loss 4-5 ml/30 min. 4-5 ml/30 min. 7 ml/30 min.After a heating130° C for 24 hours 39 cP 39 cP 60 cPWater loss 9 ml/30 min. 9 ml/30 min. 12 ml/30 min.__________________________________________________________________________
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|May 28, 1937
|Oct 13, 1942
|Nat Lead Co
|Iron oxide weighting material for drilling muds
|Jan 6, 1956
|Jan 21, 1958
|United States Steel Corp
|Method of improving characteristics of iron oxide agglomerates
|Apr 6, 1962
|Apr 12, 1966
|Mcdowell Wellman Eng Co
|Method of indurating iron ore concentrates
|Dec 18, 1972
|Feb 18, 1975
|Hancock Jr James Thomas
|Process for producing high specific gravity material from low grade iron ore
|Aug 3, 1972
|Jun 3, 1975
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|Filing date
|Publication date
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|May 28, 1985
|Halliburton Company
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|May 24, 1985
|Apr 22, 1986
|Halliburton Company
|Environmentally compatable high density drilling mud, cement composition or blow-out fluid
|Nov 13, 1998
|Jan 30, 2001
|Dresser Industries, Inc.
|Weight material for drilling fluids and method of creating and maintaining the desired weight
|Jul 9, 2000
|Apr 15, 2003
|Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
|Weight material for drilling fluids and method of creating and maintaining the desired weight
|Nov 17, 2009
|Jul 1, 2010
|Schlumberger Technology Corporation
|Submersible motor with ferrofluid gap
|Jul 7, 2006
|Aug 12, 2009
|Process for preparing sulfur dioxide by roasting troilite in circulating fluidized bed
|Mar 11, 1980
|Sep 24, 1981
|Volkswagenwerk Ag
|Treatment of contaminated ferrous grinding dusts - in heated fluidised bed recovers material for further use
|U.S. Classification
|423/633, 507/140
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification


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V. L. Brunskill's Waving Backwards is a bildungsroman with a twist; the heroine must find her way forward by finding her way backwards….
I wrote last week about Lee Smith's excellent bildungsroman Black Mountain Breakdown. In that essay I defended Smith's work, which falls clearly in the realm of what is sometimes unfairly dismissed as "lifestyle fiction" as a work of considerable power and a bildungsroman with a true twist: its protagonist collapses when she encounters her existential moment.
V. L. Brunskill's Waving Backwards is similar to Smith's novel in that its young female protagonist is trying to reach her existential moment, to come to terms with who she is as a person and what being who she is means. It's also similar to Smith's novel in that Waving Backwards might be dismissed as "lifestyle fiction," as another example of what is often described as that peculiarly Southern form of lifestyle fiction called the "Mama and them" book. Such works are invariably coming-of-age tales, usually with female protagonists, that look at the eccentricities of growing up in a Southern family.
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Great writing, sharp and funny with a cool twist half-way through.
The really, really short review: I started this book last night. I was happy to get up this morning because I knew I'd get to finish it over breakfast.
The still reasonably short review:
I'm not feeling very eloquent today, so I thought I'd post a transcript of how I sounded as I read Anya's Ghost:
"Oh, shoot – this is due back at the library soon. Better read it..."
"...wait, what does that say? Oh. That's the Cyrillic alphabet. This girl's mom is very old-country Russian. Cute. But now I want to know what that food is, and I can't even sound it out..."
"I'm liking this. I – whoa, okay, that was kind of scary. Ooh – I'll bet she wishes she'd hung on to that 'fattening' food now..."
"Oh, that is such a guy thing to say. What a maroon. Oh, well – at least he helped her."
"Whoa! Wasn't expecting that! This is getting really good."
"That was pretty funny."
"That was really sweet!"
"Okay, this is getting kind of spooky..."
"Aw! What a great ending!"
"Crap. I wish this book had been longer."
Conclusion: Read this book. Srsly.
I think that the illustrations are absolutely beautiful! Vera Brosgol is a fantastic artist!
I love how the story is all about feeling alone but also deals with immigration and family. It really is the story of a misfit girl in high school who is trying to deal with family and cultural issues.
The story all begins when Anya's walking home from school and falls into a well. When she is down there she meets a ghost. The ghost, Emily, tells Anya that she was murdered almost 100 years ago. Anya befriends the ghosts and then says that she will help figure out her past. From then on things start to go downhill. Now Anya not only has to deal with friends, crushes, and school she also has to deal with a ghost!
[The reason why I gave this graphic novel a 4 is the ending. I felt like there should have been more done with Dima's and Elizabeth's story. I just felt like the story had been cut off before they got a proper ending. ]
Overall, I think this was a great graphic novel with some beautiful art. I would definitely recommend this for anyone interesting in graphic novels!
A refreshing read after all the other fiction books I've read. I love the idea of a ghost counterpart to the protagonist. It's both interesting and spooky. And Brosgol's art style is so so lovely! It's a shame how you can finish a graphic novel in such a short time...
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Anya's Ghost is a wonderful young adult graphic novel that both entertains and contains some important life lessons. There's also some wonderful humor were it pokes fun at some stereotypical YA story lines.
Anya, like so many people, feels like she just doesn't fit in. She has one close friend at her private school, and there's some fun angsty type humor between the two of them. Anya is very self conscious. She's embarrassed by her family, her name, her Russian heritage. She's just not happy and honestly, that makes her like most kids out there. And then, just to make things worse for her, she falls down a well and is stuck there for two days. This could be horrific for any one, but turns out she was not completely alone down that well. She picks up a new companion, the ghost of a girl that died down that very well a long time ago. When she is rescued, the ghost comes with her.
Anya quickly learns both the advantages and disadvantages of having a ghostly companion. They work together to figure out how to make their situation work and Anya starts delving into the mystery of her ghost's death. It is sweet and funny. But the what makes me enjoy this book the most is the how it shows that she is unhappy because she's placing importance on the wrong things. Definitely recommend for anyone looking for a quick and entertaining YA graphic novel that speaks a bit about what is important for real happiness.
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