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The Internet turned 20 this year, by one measure at least. It was in 1994 that Netscape released the first commercial Web browser. Two years later, there were already some 16 million Web users in the world. There are nearly 3 billion of us now, despite the fact that three out of every five of world's people have yet to go online.
Strange to say, a few pigs, cows and footballs may get there before them.
Despite the amazing progress of the past 20 years, the broadband revolution is just getting started. Nothing illustrates that better than the rise of the Internet of Things: devices talking to other devices over the Internet to accomplish some useful aim. I am grateful to Chee Sing Chan, writing in the Show Guide to CommunicAsia in Singapore, for some eye-opening examples.
Two companies, General Alert and 1248, have come up with temperature and chemical sensors for pigs that communicate wirelessly with the Internet. Attached to the skin or embedded under it, they track the many factors that contribute to health or signal the onset of disease: temperature, drinking water flow, feed rate, humidity, CO2 concentration and bodily acidity. Pigs still can't fly but, through these devices, they can provide early warning of diseases like foot-and-mouth that can decimate a drove.
Cows have their own kind of online access. In this case, the companies are using Wi-Fi-connected collars and smart software to monitor when they go into "heat." That may be information cows would prefer to keep to themselves, but it has real commercial value for dairy farmers. Nearly all cows are artificially inseminated, so failed attempts waste money. Impregnating cows also boosts milk production; according to a report by Singularity, missing a cycle of "heat" means lost sales of about five gallons of milk a day.
For World Cup fans, Adidas now has a football (soccer ball to Americans) that contains sensors connected wirelessly to a mobile device carried by players. They track the point of impact of every kick and measure the spin, speed and direction of the ball's flight path. The feedback should help players get more out of the moment when foot, chest or head connects with the ball.
These entertaining examples are just the tiny white tip of one very large iceberg. As Intelligent Communities plan for the future, they do so knowing they must provide a platform for innovations that can hardly be imagined today, and that will demand greater and greater broadband capacity from city square to country farm. Remember: the pigs, cows and footballs of tomorrow are counting on you.
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More often than not, it is the unexpected moments that reveal or confirm a key insight for me. The first insight that was revealed to me during last week's terrific two-day class at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, Building and Regenerating Communities, was that the Triple Helix may well be the most powerful concept currently percolating throughout the lives of our cities and communities. The second is that soccer, because it is so rooted to place, is a great example of why tribes and communities matter.
The class was originated and led by Dr. Rick Huijbregts. Rick is Vice President for Industry Transformation and a lot of other stuff at Cisco Canada. He has been busy at work developing long-term strategies for Smart and Intelligent Community market development around the company's notion of an Internet of Everything (IoE). My new friend has obviously paid close attention to ICF's work over the years and has fused it into a well-planned approach for generating and understanding our "Triple Helix" concept. The Triple Helix, as you might remember, is when the academic, private and local government sectors work closely together toward a common goal inside a community or a region. ICF believes, as do others now, that it is the new strand that will enable cities and communities to remain "future proof" and profitable. It will also produce new innovations in rapid and persistent succession.
Dr. Rick was kind enough to invite me to speak and to provide ICF's global perspective on Intelligent Communities to the group, made up of about 25 folks, many in the real estate, investment and urban planning communities. I thought it would be a good idea to go to Harvard to learn something. So I did the gig.
What I learned is that the depth and range of possibilities generated by both Intelligent Communities and the Helix can impact every sector of a place. And not simply by installing WiFi our routers. That is not the point of this exercise, ultimately. I get that Dr. Huijbregt's approach is a go-to-market strategy for a large technology-driven corporation (and, for the sake of transparency, Cisco an ICF supporter), but I appreciate that it is genuinely designed for the long-term planning of cities and communities. Long-range planning – and the obvious changes in the workforce and our social lives - mandate that both industries and politics be transformed.
Easier said than done, since much of the fruit of this work may not show-up, in full force, until the end of an election cycle or two – or ten. Yet for those who have gone there, or who are making their move now, it has begun to have impact. We heard from Barcelona (a Smart21 Community), Songdo (South Korea), a city built from scratch and Toronto, ICF's 2014 Intelligent Community of the Year.
Toronto, the first Canadian community to be named Intelligent Community of the Year in seven years, is representative of this work. It is also true that in places like Canada, Taiwan, The Netherlands and South Korea we see incorporated successfully many of the elements that ICF demonstrates are necessary for a community to have multi-generational success in the Digital Age. I noted in my talks that the clichéd "Digital Age" had best be more than an era where big corporations, selling big technology tools, prevail. This will lead to more disintermediation and fewer jobs. Rather, it must be an era defined as much for "hi-tech" as for its success (or failure) at returning creative potential to every single member of the workforce and the social economy. This means that the approach must be holistic, collaborative and seeking to blend technology not as the point of the spear, but rather as the handle that allows the spear to reach its target.
In the case of communities, and for the people who design, build and govern them, the target is intelligence. Brain Gain. The excavation and resurgence of enlightened culture that will produce new industries and a form of entrepreneurship that gives people multiple sources of income. "Enlightened Culture" is defined (by me) as one which evokes the best in a people and in a place, and points both toward increasingly diverse, creative and global connections. This was incorporated nicely by Rick as he conceptually layered technology beneath the social and economic goals, and demonstrated from an engineering perspective how they might be reached. Good stuff.
The second insight – the power of place to impact behavior – was very apparent when the class, made up of executives from around the world, especially Germany, which had sent several highly skilled real estate and investment executives to the class, discovered that the soccer match between Germany and the USA was on at Noon on day two of the class. Rick and Harvard accommodated the guests by streaming the game into the room during lunch hour. We even started the morning session early to buy time in the event that the match went long. (It did.)
For the sake of transparency (again), I was more interested in the results of the Yankees baseball game than in how my nation performed against Germany. I watched not the match but the people as they watched the match. What I saw was a completely different group of people than the one I'd been exchanging questions and answers with. The focus and passion for their countrymen was not surprising, of course, but the intensity on their faces; the degree of concern when a play or an official's call went bad was so palpable. This – this connection to HOME – was real stuff. Tribal. It again revealed why communities and cultures matter. We are hardwired to them, and if we do not have the means to take positive shots on goal, to get places planned well and done with an open architecture, we will not score. We will, in fact, be speared.
That is what I learned in my class at Harvard!
June 23, 2014 – Global launch of the latest book by Robert Bell, John G. Jung and Louis Zacharilla
"But one of Mayor Coleman's first acts was convene a group of local business leaders and lead them on a mission to Toronto, Canada. He wanted them to see first-hand what that city had done to make itself a magnet for immigration, and the positive impact the new citizens had had on its economy. The Mayor believed that immigration, properly channeled, was a key to Columbus's economic future and the re-energizing of its culture. He was persuasive enough that the business leaders – who were to form the core of a permanent public-private policy group called the Columbus Partnership – returned home convinced of this vision and ready to work on its implementation. Back at home, Mayor Coleman established a program called the New American Initiative, which aimed to give all immigrants living in Columbus access to services that would improve their lives. Its programs are designed to tackle the challenges of language, education, affordable housing, healthcare and employment." Excerpt from Brain Gain, by Robert Bell, John G. Jung and Louis Zacharilla.
The story about Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman and dozens upon dozens of others in Taichung, Eindhoven, Toronto, London and many other global communities are at the heart of a new book launched on June 23, 2014 by the Intelligent Community Forum in New York. Stories. Brain Gain is all about stories.
That is one of the things that differentiates this book, third in a series by Robert Bell, John G. Jung and Louis Zacharilla from any traditional book on economic development, strategic planning and community development in our cities.
For instance, learn how Stratford, Ontario Canada's iconic Stratford Festival was created with a mere $125 investment. Back in 1952, Journalist Tom Patterson proposed to Stratford City Council that he could convince legendary British director Tyrone Guthrie to come to Stratford to establish a summer Shakespeare Festival in a tent in the park. It was obvious to Patterson that no one could resist attending Shakespeare in the park on the banks of the Avon River in a town called Stratford… now come on; doesn't everyone agree? And besides, that was $25 more than Patterson originally asked for. His council offered the extra amount because New York City in 1952 was considered very expensive. Today, Stratford is a well-known Intelligent Community that excels in the arts and also now has a digital media focus at its University of Waterloo Stratford campus. Stories such as these penetrate Brain Gain as it explores the most important issues facing cities today - how to attract and retain talented people and secure and retain investment that creates and sustains jobs for the citizens of these cities. By citing stories, Brain Gain becomes an effective teaching tool illustrating Intelligent Communities' successful relationships and results that might not have been recognized before in concepts or professional presentations. These stories become memorable insights into the way communities solved their problems and hopefully will inspire others.
According to Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos who studies Intelligent and Smart cities at the Urban and Regional Innovation Research Centre in Greece, "Brain Gain offers the authors' latest insights from more than a decade of research into the most Intelligent Communities on the planet. These cities have found ways to prosper from the relentless rise of Information Technology (IT) and connectivity that, in other places, is destroying jobs and making whole industries obsolete at an unprecedented rate …The book explores these issues, not in theory or at the global level, but through the experiences of cities and regions that have faced challenging problems and found imaginative solutions." Furthermore, David Brunnen of Europe's Groupe Intellex, writes: "ICT-inspired job growth is widely reported but for many folk the reality is the opposite – job destruction. Brain Gain considers how to manage the balance between Drain and Gain… More than any other book, Brain Gain rams home the reality that 'collaborative advantage' is the new 'competitive advantage' – and the winners will be those community leaders who best apply these global insights to their own local economies. This book could not have been written without the global insights that bubble up through the long-term knowledge sharing programs of the Intelligent Community Forum."
We all know that change is inevitable. What this book does is to put these concepts into context and builds on the positive narratives of citizens, leaders and change agents in communities as diverse as Columbus, Toronto and Taichung, each home to millions of people as well as communities such as Stratford, Pirai and Mitchell, home to thousands of people. These centers, have benefited from the application of connectivity and IT to give their businesses, many of which are SME's, a global competitive edge resulting in significant new employment for each of them. Through compelling insights and stories about communities as well as institutional and private sector champions, Brain Gain looks at how robust high speed connectivity is enabling and often driving global economic change and the shifts in our societies' cultures and well-being. But no other city at this time can provide stories about its Intelligent Community better than Toronto. It is now the leading model in the world having been named on June 4, 2014 as this year's Intelligent Community of the Year, succeeding Taichung, Taiwan. We will hear more about Toronto over the course of the year. Other success stories in Brain Gain come from the Intelligent Communities of Chattanooga, Eindhoven, Oulu, Riverside and Waterloo.
Each previous book has followed a theme. The theme of Brain Gain is all about talent, investment and jobs that are created, attracted, retained, but also those that may be disrupted. Pulling on a future theme, "Community as Canvas", you will also read about Intelligent Communities that look differently at their communities and their culture that is built on rich and colourful lives and experiences. These Intelligent Communities are creating something new using new tools and ideas, but also by taking risks and accepting risk as necessary in an innovation ecosystem. The mayors and community champions in our 126 Intelligent Communities are the new entrepreneurs. The social capital that they generate will be returning on their investment 10-20 years from now. Intelligent Communities are the story of our era and Robert, Lou and I have the privilege to tell their stories. Brain Gain available in book or Kindle format at Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.
If you are an American and have not read "The Immigrant Advantage" by Anand Giridharadas, do yourself a favor. This editorial in The New York Times will take you four minutes to read and it may help you make sense of your own country.
The editorial concerns Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant from Bangladesh, who was shot by Mark Stroman, a self-proclaimed 9/11 avenger, in the convenience store where Mr. Bhuiyan worked. It is a sad story of ignorance and rage playing out on an innocent victim – but one with a surprise ending. Mr. Byuiyan, who lost the sight in one eye in the attack, was moved to learn more about his attacker's life. What he learned changed his view of himself.
Mr. Bhuiyan realized that he was among the lucky Americans. Even after the attack, he was able to pick up and remake himself, climbing from that convenience store to waiting tables at an Olive Garden to six-figure IT jobs. But Mr. Bhuiyan also saw the America that created Mr. Stroman, in which a battered working class was suffering from a dearth of work, community and hope, with many people failing to form strong bonds and filling the void with escapist chemicals, looping endlessly between prison and freedom. Eventually, Mr. Bhuiyan petitioned a Texas court to spare his attacker's life because he lacked his victim's advantages: a loving and sober family, pressure to strive and virtuous habits.
The story of two nations in one is not just American. Wherever you live, as the broadband revolution reshapes our economy, those with the skills and virtuous habits to compete live in one version of your nation, while those without live in another. And in every nation, the immigrants are there to point up the distinction.
In our new book, Brain Gain, we note how strange it is that most of us believe immigration is a bad thing. A 2013 international found that 64% percent of Britons think immigration makes their country a worse place to live, followed by 60% in Spain, 57% in Italy, 49% in the US and 44% in Germany.
That is truly impressive – because by every objective measure, immigrants make tremendous economic contributions to their new homelands. They create more jobs and wealth, have greater educational attainment, commit fewer crimes and use fewer social services than the native-born. But down in our unreasoning souls, we know that these objective facts are wrong. We know that immigrants are criminals or "welfare tourists" shopping for a new homeland offering the best deal on public assistance. We know they try to force their foreign ways onto us in the form of signs in shop windows, new kinds of foods in the grocery store and new ways to worship. It is the oldest of human impulses to fear and distrust the stranger and we are still at it today.
And yet, there are Intelligent Communities that have made the attraction and integration of immigrants the foundation of their success. Toronto, our 2014 Intelligent Community of the Year, is one. Columbus in the US state of Ohio is another. So are the Eindhoven region of the Netherlands and the cities of Hsinchu and New Taipei City in Taiwan.
In all of their nations, these cities are beacons of hope, places where the "facts" that our unreasoning souls know are proven false. By working hard to open themselves to the world, they ensure that their people, native and immigrant, reap the benefits of a global economy.
I saw something that I have never, ever seen during an ICF awards announcement: I saw people from a new Intelligent Community of the Year crying on the stage. Congratulations to Toronto, Ontario, Canada on its success Thursday night, as well as for its successes on the 364 days and nights before then. Toronto has become our new standard bearer and articulates what is possible in our cities and towns. I can tell from your emotional outbursts, Toronto, that this really means something to you. All of your citizens should be happy today, and I am sure most are.
I sensed what was going on emotionally the moment after Mayor Rob van Gijzel of Eindhoven and I announced Toronto as the successor to Taichung. The Toronto table at Guastavino's erupted, and there were shrieks and roars. There was a large delegation from many sectors of the city, as well as fans of Toronto living in New York, who were cheering.
To be fair, most communities have that reaction when I call out their name. Taichung did last June. Eindhoven did in 2011. And in 2012 Riverside, California – the epitome of West Coast USA-laid-back-cool – jogged to the stage and began tweeting! But as one of Toronto's bright lights, City Councillor Michael Thompson, began reading his acceptance remarks, which he had typed in advance ("How's that for confidence?" I whispered to Taichung's representative on the stage), I looked around me and saw people (I will not name names) crying or trying to hold back the tears.
What I sensed were tears of joy and relief. Toronto was celebrating what it has been for the past year, which is a city that is using broadband effectively to move its economy forward, and its creative and academic capacity to give knowledge workers and start-ups the tools to build the city's future. It is a place that has been on a roll of accomplishments and economic expansion, but has been getting attention for the wrong reasons. Most people know what this is, but I am betting that Mayor Ford, who is struggling and who I hope overcomes his own personal suffering, is also celebrating and honoring the fine work for which his community has been recognized by the universal body of communities and jurors.
ICF's fifth criteria for assessing candidate communities is "Advocacy." This means the degree to which a community markets itself publicly to the world for the purposes of attracting inward investment, joint venture partners and media coverage. It also means the degree to which it communicates internally to its citizens and its youth with regard to its plans for the future, its strengths and its weaknesses.
In 2014, the oxygen needed from the media and Internet to get the story out was often unavailable, and the Intelligent Community leadership in Toronto had to do what my mom and dad said I needed to do if I was ever going to be recognized for doing anything worthy with my life: work hard and trust that in a free and fair society, merit ultimately tips the scale in your favor. Toronto proved to an international jury and an evaluation company in India that with our six factors weighed in the balance, the degree of difficulty for the Advocacy criteria was high and yet was overcome by performance.
That is the simple story of Toronto being named the first Canadian Intelligent Community of the Year since 2007. To some degree, I suppose, Toronto was seeking its redemption and wanted, finally, for the story that they have been struggling to get out to the world for the past two years to be told. It was. And we now know who leads Toronto into the future: a collaborative body of political leaders, a rich academic and entrepreneurial community, as well as folks such as the leaders of Regent Park, the Daniels Spectrum and Waterfront Toronto. Anecdotally, what made Toronto appealing to the majority of ICF's jurors (the majority of whom are from outside North America) was the intensity of its collaboration and its absolute commitment to achieving an economically and socially diverse and fair place for all to live.
Shortly before Toronto was called to the stage, our 2014 Visionary of the Year, Suneet Singh Tuli, the CEO of Datawind, received a standing ovation for his simple, straightforward claim that he had built the world's cheapest computer not because he was a "visionary," but because it was simply and "obviously" the right thing to do.
In the razor-thin margin that raised Toronto to the top of the group of seven true champions, it is obvious that oxygen is returning. Well done and congratulations.


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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season 6, Episode 2
Room Service (29 Sep. 2005)
An up and coming movie star is found dead in his hotel room after partying with groupies. In another case, a dead cab driver leads the team to a string of deaths involving immigrant workers.
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Oakland Raiders running back Darren McFadden is picking the Seahawks to beat the Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX.
The NFL announced on Friday it is investigating the New England Patriots for deflating footballs prior to the AFC Championship.
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DotRoot technologies is a six man startup founded in 2013. All founders hail from different backgrounds and carry a multitude of expertise. This is why DotRoot is a melting pot of innovation, rapid idea generation and, most importantly, efficiency. With a diverse pool of talents, DotRoot is a premier provider of all forms of IT solutions especially in the field of multimedia and mobile applications.
DotRoot Technologies is a Start-up company specialising in Mobile application Development for both the Android and iOS platform. The company also offers wide range of multimedia solution such as Graphic Design, Video editing for Corporate Advertisement & Events, and as well as Web Development. The development team of the company has already successfully developed a number of applications such as the Wadihah Haji Umrah e-book for Haji and Umrah Pilgrims and Safe Safar application for DST. Our expertise in Mobile application development enables us to be versatile in any mobile application project development either for the company itself or as an outsourced medium for anyone wishing to develop an application. The key members of the company include newly graduates and an experienced entrepreneur. Our past projects helped hone our skills and we continue to strive and innovate for success and to find our niche in local and international. Our home grown product, FoodFuel, is available for the public to use on the Playstore and the App store. Along with our software portfolio, we are also sole distributors for the Moment 3D printer for the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei market.
Our product portfolio is built around the concept of globalizing local talents. They are meant to push the envelope in terms of what local Bruneian IT companies can do. We hope to contribute to the development of Brunei Darussalam through the internationalization of its IT industry. We hope to attract international interest and to be a bridge between the local IT industry and those outside.
As a young company, DotRoot has had the privilege of working with some of the biggest companies in the sultanate. One of the biggest projects to be awarded to us was mobilising the entire food ordering mechanism and creating the registration mechanism for the DST Carnival, the nation's largest telecommunications provider. DotRoot has also been active in inspiring and motivating the younger generation through holding motivational talks and camps in schools to spark their interest.
FoodFuel is the brainchild of all founders of DotRoot Technologies. It is an innovative approach the traditional meal planning conundrum. Gone will be the days where orders are placed through telephone and queues. Via FoodFuel, users can order their meal on the go, and accumulate fuel points to fill their 'FuelBar' and earn rewards, discounts and many other benefits.
EventLoop is a platform whereby it can identify unique hash tags from users on Instagram. With EventLoop, it can moderate the content posted by users. Any content with the unique hash tags (e.g. #DotRoot) specified with EventLoop can be moderated before they are viewed on screens as the posts are sent to the platform first. The platform, together with time sequence and looping, function shows all the posts on Instagram. With EventLoop admin can identify and moderate all photos related hash tags on Instagram posted by users. This is useful for corporate brand posts identification on social network such as Instagram. Time and date of posts can be seen it is on livefeed. EventLoop can also integrate with other Social network accounts such as Facebook and Twitter.
EventLoop can provide a 360 degree view of your business or product from customer user experience, users can post on social media and the posts can be advertised to a larger audience. The posts act as digital testimonials and add value to your product.
DotRoot believes that Brunei is ready to explore 3D Printing especially because Design and Technology has now become a core part of our national curriculum. It is the right time for DotRoot to distribute the Moment 3D Printer. The Moment 3D Printer is one of the cost-effective and efficient 3D printers in the market. As a desktop printer that works with Mac and Windows it allows easy access to anyone looking to explore 3D Printing. The software is easy to use, and the printer itself is easy to manage.
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Room of the Day 2-27-13
It looks really mistmatched. I like the space and can see it as a breakfast table for us (if we had the space) but this looks like a couple with different styles brought in their own furniture and items and one said "I'll take the top half of the room and you take the bottom half of the room."
This would be a very cute breakfast nook. The table would have to be larger for a dining room. All in all, I really like it.


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Our Mississippian Lime wells have been costly to drill sometimes taking up to 70 days. We have to make short trips and extra reamer runs to smooth the hole. Not many companies ream while drilling in the Miss Lime but I think it may save some some time and money. What are your thoughts? thanks
A first for Thailand: Buying property with a 20-year visa
In what is the first initiative of its kind in Thailand, one property developer has joined forces with Thailand Elite to offer a 20-year visa for purchases at its Pattaya condominium.
Purchasers at Kingdom Property's Pattaya Southpoint development will be entitled to a 20-year visa, which amounts to five-year multiple-entry visa that is renewable every four years.
The visa will entitle its holders to benefits that include fast-track immigration clearance, assistance with driving licences, discounts and a bilingual helpline.
Nigel Cornick, Chief Executive Officer of Kingdom Property (pictured), said: "The long-stay solution will overcome many of the barriers that we see when selling our properties overseas. Generally unless you have a business visa, retirement visa or marriage visa, you are not permitted to stay for any length of time.
"This exciting partnership is akin to Malaysia's My Second Home (MM2H) program and has massive potential."
The visa will come as part of the purchase of a unit at Southpoint and the owner can sell the unit and the visa together, if he or she so wishes.
"The target demographic for this initiative is very wide," added Cornick.
Website Link: http://www.kingdomproperty.com/20-year-visa/
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What's Been Missing from the Macondo Explanations?
On April 20, 2010, the loss of control of the Macondo well led to the loss of Deepwater Horizon (DWH) and the lives of eleven contractors and crew members. The resulting oil spill would cause the greatest ecological damage in the Gulf of Mexico since the blowout of Pemex's well Ixtoc-1 in 1979.
In a series of technical papers, Ron Sweatman and several industry colleagues, among them Juan García, formerly director of global drilling at Exxon, and Robert Mitchell, former Halliburton Technology Fellow, came to a new understanding of the root cause of the Macondo accident—that is, the original reason why formation fluids entered the wellbore several hours after the cementing operation.
This new understanding uncovered a technology gap in drilling and completion operations. Neither in 2010 nor at present, has there been a downhole tool or software program that could have alerted the mud crew that disaster was ahead. In 2015, with similar well conditions, both drilling and completion crews are as much at risk for the loss of well control as they were in 2010 in relation to the root cause of the Macondo accident.
Long before 2010, it was known as a general fact of fluid mechanics that all fluids to some extent are compressible and can shrink or expand; that is, changes in pressure or temperature will result in changes in density.[1] It was known that a drilling fluid called synthetic-based mud (SBM) is highly compressible with a much higher coefficient of thermal expansion compared to water-based mud.
The oil industry had been aware that during drilling operations with SBM (which was used as the drilling fluid on the Macondo well) shrinkage could occur; but there was no way to differentiate actual shrinkage from the static loss of circulation, or "top-level fallback," that occurs when fluids have leaked into the formation that surrounds a well. In either case, the correct response would be to insert mud into the wellbore. If the mud crew fails to make this response during drilling or cementing operations, the risk of a blowout is created, as shrinkage brings with it a loss of hydrostatic pressure. During cementing, a loss of density compromises the integrity of the cement during the curing phase of 14-21 hours.
In 2010, the science that explains the need for an open fluid column during the curing phase was only partially understood. Missing then was a precise understanding of the effect that changes in wellbore temperature have on volume, hydrostatic pressure and density. In API's standards today, an explanation of the need to maintain an open fluid column during curing is only minimally presented; readers are left with the mistaken impression that hydrostatic pressure would be unaffected by isolating the wellbore from the riser.
On Macondo, the installation of the casing seal at the wellhead shortly after the placement of the cement created a closed system, which meant that the hydrostatic pressure would now respond to changing conditions in the wellbore. These changes would be undetectable by the crew.
The higher temperature of the rock formation affected the properties of the fluid: As the SBM in the casing cooled, a thermal-induced shrinkage led to a loss of density which, in turn, led to a loss of overbalance pressure in the trapped fluid column (from the wellhead to the hydrocarbon-bearing formations).
When, during the first two hours in which the cement was still a slurry, the equivalent density, or hydrostatic pressure, became less than the pore pressures in the rock formations, creating an underbalanced condition. Formation fluids, brine, oil and gas, penetrated the wet cement, creating flow channels into the weak zone below.
Over time, the flow channels grew larger, eventually building up sufficient pressure to penetrate the shoe track and enter the casing from below.
During this process, the DWH crew received no data or warning that the cement would not serve as a barrier. Today, there still is no commercial software product that would enable the thermal modeling of the behavior of drilling fluid in cases like this where geothermal gradients could affect fluid temperatures and pressures; nevertheless, there are measures that may be taken to cancel the effect of temperature. For example, the fluid's temperature vs. the geothermal gradient may be made more stable by a complete top-to-bottom conditioning of the mud, a precaution not taken on the DWH. In some cases, mud temperatures may be adjusted on the rig to lessen the downhole effects. In addition, the setting of the casing seal should be delayed until after the cement sets hard enough to create a pressure barrier.
Looking back, neither drillers nor operators understood the importance of knowing about the changes that the formation can induce into the drilling fluid. They did not appreciate the danger that such changes could lead to an underbalancing of the well. It was this undetected change that occurred at the Macondo well that, combined with subsequent mechanical and human failures, led to the blowout and loss of the rig.
Looking forward, commercial software is needed to allow for routine thermal modeling in which the undetectable changes in the fluid properties are calculated as the fluid temperature equalizes with the surrounding formation temperature.
With the aid of such software, profiles over time may be plotted that show the effect for formation-induced changes on the properties of the drilling fluid. Such profiles would tell you if such changes induce the heating or cooling of the fluid. At Macondo, it was the cooling effect that led to the compromise of the integrity of the cement barrier.
In the meantime, the curricula of training schools, plus API standards, need to be updated to include instruction and guidance from this poorly understood risk to drilling and cementing operations.
Just like throwing an object in to a pool of water the things we do effect those around us. Who would be effected if we were injured? Family? Coworkers? Friends? Who else? No one that cares for us wants to see us hurt. Depending on the severity of the injury, the ability to interact with our loved ones with all of our senses could be compromised. What if we could not work anymore and were unable to provide income for our families? How would their lifestyles change? How would creditors and items we borrowed money to purchase be effected? Would the lenders just feel compassion for you because you were injured and let you continue without making payments or would they start repossessing those possessions that were financed? How long could you survive before you had to start selling other possessions just to make ends meet? How well could you survive on Government assistance such as food stamps and other programs?
Every action has a reaction or consequences. Those consequences are up to us to decide upon. It is your decision to work and be safe or take to chances and jeopardize your health or life. Nothing is more selfish than taking chances that could lead to that phone call to tell your loved ones that you are not coming home. How cruel is it to consider taking a short cut that takes away the father or mother of a child that counting on them for everything.
Nobody ever plans to get hurt. That is why it is so important to develop plans to ensure everyone we interact with returns home the same way they left. Their future and the quality of the future of everyone that relies on them depends on this fact.
If you want to change the safety culture of your people, don't just tell them what to do to be safer, teach them why being safe is important for them and how it effects the ones who love them. Just like a pebble thrown into a pond, the effects of that single action continue outward affecting untold numbers of people and events encompassing our lives.
Judge Barbier's 153-page report did not consider the chain of events set in motion by the placement of the casing seal assembly just 17 minutes after the placement of cement.
The cited "Field Test 2" in the 2013 SPE/IADC paper entitled "Modeling Reveals Hidden Conditions that can Impair Wellbore Stability and Integrity" is actually about the Macondo well (an important detail that is hidden from the reader).
Speaking with one of the authors this morning, he recalled,"We wrote the paper in a way so that the lawyers who were still worried about liability wouldn't understand it. Otherwise, they wouldn't have let us publish the data."
Since April, I have been collaborating with the author to get the data and a new narrative of the root cause of the accident into English. The short story is that the Macondo well began to migrate (flow) within minutes of the setting of the casing collar which took place 17 minutes after the end of the cement job.
For the past month or so I have been stuck in trying to explain to myself how the coefficient of expansion of a drilling fluid can affect wellbore stability. Any guidance would be appreciated.
The paper is copyrighted by SPE/IADC and is not available on the internet, making the story even more hidden from public view.
Attached are 22 pages that are extracted, bookmarked, highlighted (and commented) from the section of the BOEMRE report of 2011 that concerned cementing at the Macondo well. I was looking for, but did not find, a clear explanation of why formation fluids entered the wellbore.
What I did find was speculation about why the float collar conversion may have failed to take place; but this fact is unimportant to any argument about why the formation fluids entered the wellbore.
The surprise was at the end of the section, where it reads: "Since the Panel concluded that the cement in [the] annulus did not fail . . . ."
Let's see: cement is the 1st barrier (nmero uno) that is designed to isolate formation fluids from the wellbore. If reservoir fluids reach the 2nd barrier (float collar) or the 3rd barrier (BOP), it means that the 1st barrier failed.
How, why and when it failed are matters that I am reviewing with a former member of the Presidential Panel on the Macondo Accident. A report is to follow.


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Review and swatches: Manhattan Naughty Nails LE
This week Manhattan Naughty Nails LE is coming to our stores.
Whole limited edition is dedicated to nails and consists of 5 color polishes, base&top coat in one and glitter top coat:
You probably already guessed which one is my favorite polish from Naughty Nails collection … Manhattan 78V of course.
First layer is watery, but second covers up the visible nail line. This is medium light slightly muted blue. 2 layers + top coat.
Manhattan 81T caught my eye on the promo material so I was looking forward to trying it out. Light green polishes always walk on the thin line with me – either I love them or hate them. 81T had yellowish undertone and looks quite playful and elegant on me. Application was very similar to those of 78V – second layer gives full coverage.
Manhattan 61V stands out from Naughty Nails collection. While other shades are lively and pastel like, this one is brownish-grayish purple. This is the kind of color I use when I want clean look that doesn't stand out too much. 2 coats + top coat.
Last two shades apply little bit patchy, so I can't say the formula is my favorite.
Manhattan 31L comes in nice peachy coral shade that actually looks good on me. I used 2 thicker layers + top coat.
Manhattan 51T is light pink … the color I'm not crazy about but a lot of you swear by it. This is the only polish from Naughty Nails LE that I didn't wear as full manicure.
Manhattan Pro Shine Glitter top coat consists mostly from silver shimmer – possibly smaller glitter, but it doesn't leave scratchy surface and is not so difficult to remove so I would say this is shimmer. I applied it over other polishes from Naughty Nails LE:
I personally like the combo with peachy and blues polish the best. The most visible effect would be if I layered it over darker shades … I'll have to try out other combos.
I need more time to test Manhattan Pro Shine Base & Top Coat out. My first impression is that this is not one of those super fast drying top coats, but not one of those super slow either. It does give nice shine though.
Manhattan started to name polishes in their newest LE Hands Up!. Now they just have to add names on the bottles and I'll be in 7th heaven. I simply can not remember the combo of numbers and letters … in short – I'm never really sure which polish are we talking about.
So, are you favorite colors similar as mine or …?
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Če niso predragi si kupim 61V, trenutno sem res zaljubljena v takšne rjavkasto-vijolične odtenke
Gorgeous shades! Love them all, especially the 1st and the 3rd one!
such pretty colours :D
Barve me niso pretirano navdušile. Moder mi je padel v oko, morda se za tega odločim (bom videla ko bom stala pred stojalom ), rjavkast je preveč podoben ostalim na to vižo, ki jih imam doma. Sicer so mi ti doma zelo všeč, ampak malo morje jih pa ne rabim, ker jih povečini nosim samo takrat, ko rabim/sem pri volji za bolj umirjen odtenek, kar pa ni ravno pogosto. :) Me pa zeeelo zanima tale Pro Shine Glitter! Verjetno si ga privoščim. Super prispevek!
I love the first 4 shades!
Vsi so mi všeč ampak zelenko ne gre k moji polti tako da on odpade, pri ostalih bom pa prvo preverila da nimam že kakšnega podobnega doma…
omg, they're lovely!! can i find them at muller? price? :)
All the colors are beutiful, but 78V & 81T are my favorite :)!
61V is my favourite, but I'm soooo predictable.
I like: 61V, 31L and 51T. :):)
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Patients may want to replace self-injury with alternative behaviors. But if they lack the necessary skills, they will be unable to do so. Conversely patients who have skills but lack motivation will continue to self-injure, Dr. Comtois said.
Treatment includes psychoeducation, pharmacotherapy, and concrete skills training to help patients develop new responses to the emotions that previously triggered the behavior. Treatment also includes dialectical behavior therapy.
Since the relief patients achieve with self-injury is enormous, therapists may find it difficult to motivate clients to remain in treatment. Make sure the treatment matches the patient's goal, Dr. Comtois advised. …


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Re: Urban outs the villain. Maybe.
My theory:
*The nuTrek creators (except for Abrams) are avid Trek fans (most of the series)
*They enjoy putting in "Easter eggs" and other homages (Tribbles, Admiral Archer's prize beagle in the first film)
*Cumberbatch's villain is A) wearing a Starfleet uniform and B) can withstand being hit by Spock...HARD...as well the Vulcan nerve pinch.
*This movie's scale has been touted as being much more expansive than the previous movie.
So I take that info and interpret it to mean not Khan, not Gary Mitchell, but...
...Trelane 2.0.
He's wearing a Starfleet uniform because he's posing as a human being and wants to manipulate the crew of the Enterprise.
And Trelane wearing a Starfleet uniform would be a nice homage to Q's frequent donning of Starfleet uniforms.
I'm going with my theory until proven otherwise...
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Stats: 151 (didn't take any course, just study on my own for few weekends), 3.37, NOT URM, Florida Resident, Average Law Student Age (23-26), few honors awards, few jobs here and there. Here is my list of schools (All Tier 1 and Tier 2 with the exception of Stetson, a Tier 3) with the 1 meaning first choices, 2 meaning second choices, etc. Law School Reasons1 Florida State University (Instate, great reputation in FL, close enough to Atlanta that I might get a job there too if I want)1 University of Georgia (Great reputation at South, low cost of living, great location, close enough to Atlanta, possible job opportunity in FL if I choose to)1 University of Florida (Instate, great reputation in FL)2 Univerity of Tennessee (Great reputation in TN, good reputation at South, hear great things about the location and cost is not that bad)2 George Mason University (VA is a beautiful state. George Mason is ranked pretty high and it's on the rise)2 University of Arkansas ACCEPTED with 1/2 tuition scholarship (Read that Fayettevill is an awsome/beautiful place to live. The cost for me to go to UA is comparable to go to FSU or UF. Possible job opportunity at the legal department of Wal-mart).3 Georgia State University (It's in the South...but I don't really want to live in Atlanta DURING law school because of the size of the city and the higher cost)3 University of Mississippi (Great reputation in MS, but..the lack of diversity(hispanics, asians) of the school and the entire state concerns me) 3 Stetson University (It's in the South..close to home...good repuation in central FL...but it's a Third Tier and the tuition is high)4 Saint Louis University (I applied there because it was free application)4 Louisiana State University (I want my money back!!..seriously..um..the cost of attending is low compare to lots of schools..it's in the south...but..Louisiana's law is slightly different from other states and that concerns me a little...and the environment in LA is not that great from what I have heard/read)4 Washington and Lee University(I applied there because it was free application) and it's located in VA. I was accepted to University of Arkansas (Tier 2) immediately after my file was completed with an index number of 196 (along with scholarship). Minimum for in-state is 199 and for out-state is 205. They claim that they only accept about 20 applicants each year with lower than the indicated index numbers. I wouldn't mind going to UA, but I would love to get into my 1st and 2nd choices. Since UA accepted me so soon even with such low numbers, do you think I have a good chance of getting into my 1st and 2nd choices? Any thought/opinons on my choices?Thanks.
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"The very term 'faith film' may conjure up different images for different people," writes Brad J. Silverman, director of Grace Unplugged. "For some it may mean a Biblical epic such as 'The Ten Commandments' or more recently Mel Gibson's 'Passion of the Christ.' Most, however, would likely envision one or more of the trending human drama stories in which the struggles of the characters are met with a decidedly and unapologetically Christian solution. It is this latter category that will be addressed. So off we go! Here are five things you don't know about this category of faith films."
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The last time Mike Aviles played the outfield was in 2002 when he played for the Newburgh Generals of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League.
But he will be in right field in Fenway Park against the Yankees on national television today.
Lefthanded hitters are .183/.242/.232 against Yankees starter CC Sabathia, so Josh Reddick was bumped out of the lineup. Darnell McDonald is a righthanded hitter but he is 1 for 10 against Sabathia. Aviles is 5 for 10 against Sabathia and was willing to give right field a shot.
"I've been out there doing my fly balls. Just working on it. I think it's something I just have to go out and do," Aviles said. "I feel good. We'll see how it goes."
When the Red Sox acquired Aviles from the Royals last week, Terry Francona asked him what he thought about trying the outfield.
"He came right back at me and said, 'One thing you need you need to know about me. I'm arrogant and I'm confident,' " Francona said.
Then the Red Sox worked him out and liked what they saw. Aviles has speed and is a good athlete.
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Anytime you can throw out these guys its a plus for the company. Bharti an expert at bleeding public companies by giving himself and other execs excessive management compensation while doing nothing for the share price or business.
Goodwood on the other hand has proven they take care of shareholders first, case in point - the sale of Jevco by WED. Shareholders received nearly all of the 530 million $ that WED received for Jevco in a special .75 per share payout.
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Remote shutdown windows computer:
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In memory of her sister Irma, Betty Villegas shares the influence that genetic testing had on her family's choices regarding breast cancer.
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US Supreme Court decides 6-3 in favor of Affordable Care Act help with premiums.
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quick reply (cydia app) like function with new google mobile app?
location: macrumors.com - date: January 17, 2010
Is there a way to reply from the new gvmobile app without leaving the app you're in, similar to "quick reply" cydia app? thanks
post reply | video help | read moreQuick Reply App for iOS 6 ( Besides BiteSMS )
location: macrumors.com - date: March 19, 2013
Pretty simple, looking for a cydia app/tweak that gives me quick reply. I used bitesms for a while until I found out it can cause battery drain. Any help guys? Thanks in advance.
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irealsms just releases there update allowing sms quick reply. what im suggesting is that someone make a whole app devoted to that one task, to quick reply to any text while in another app. i dont want to install a full sms replacement. in fact i really like the original sms app. i just want an app that can quick reply, so it doesnt interrupt your gaming, video watching, or web surfing. so if any one is up for it, please look into this app request!
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location: imore.com - date: September 16, 2011
In the same way that BiteSMS lets you quick reply to text messages anywhere on the iPhone, is there an app that'll allow you to quick reply to mentions on twitter? ... I have Boxcar which gives me the notification, I also have qTweeter to quick compose ... but if someone mentions me, and I get the Boxcar notification, I still have to open the app and wait for it to load, and then reply from there. Which isn't horrible - but it gets annoying after the 4th or 5th reply in a row. Anyone know of anything? Thanks in advance.
post reply | video help | read moreauki brings iOS 7 style quick reply and more to your iPhone, available in Cydia now!
location: imore.com - date: April 13, 2014
auki is a new jailbreak app for iPhone that packs some serious punch when it comes to quick reply and quick compose. With a great design and features like stealth and silent modes, it could become the new messaging app to beat. Announced at JailbreakCon 2014, auki is available for purchase in Cydia today. Full story from the iMore Blog...
post reply | video help | read moreCouria : Quick reply & compose in stock messages app
location: macrumors.com - date: January 29, 2014
Looks good but after installing half the text is cut away, maybe it's because i'm using a different font!?!? http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/28/couria/
post reply | video help | read moreCydia app to use iPhone as hard drive?
location: modmyi.com - date: May 18, 2011
Hi is there a cydia app I can dl to use my iPhone as an external hard drive for my windows pc?
post reply | video help | read moreWhat is the best iPhone/iPad video out cydia app?
location: macrumors.com - date: November 13, 2010
I'm looking for a video out app that mirrors my whole iPad or iPhone to my tv (or at least shows any app - springboard being shown on the tv is not a necessity). Googled a bit and found numerous cydia apps, but which is the best?
post reply | video help | read moreCydia App development and Sinful.
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Please can someone tell me if I develop an App for Cydia is it possible for the app organisation named Sinful to copy it and place it on Cydia for free as they seem to be able to do with other cydia apps? Also where are the rules and regulations and development kits for app development for cydia? Many thanks! Larry
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Does anything think its weird that cydia doesn't have reviews for the apps like the app store does? This would help with the quality of apps a lot because if the app is buggy or doesn't do what it says, it will get poor ratings. It's kind of crazy that cydia still doesn't have a built in review system yet
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Christian Szymczak emerged as the 2013 Mazda MX-5 Cup Champion following the closest points battle in series history. (Myles Regan photo)
The SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup has announced its calendar for the upcoming year. The campaign will total 12 races over six events. Each event will be a doubleheader, consisting of two separately scored races.
As in years past, the series will be taking part in some of the most noteworthy racing weekends in North America. The season will be bookended by two marquee races, opening the season in support of the 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh from Florida and closing the season at Road Atlanta as part of the Petit Le Mans.
In addition to the 2014 title, the champion will also be eligible to take advantage of Mazda Motorsports Development scholarship funding. The prize is used to help fund talented up-and-coming drivers progress toward the top rungs of American motorsports, while driving a Mazda.
2014 SCCA Pro Racing Mazda MX-5 Cup Schedule
Mar. 12-14, Rounds 1&2, Sebring International Raceway
May 2-4, Rounds 3&4, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
June 27-29, Rounds 5&6, Grand Prix of Houston
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Wouldn't it stand to reason that, with the UFP only a year old, most members would still be using their own fleets? I mean, even 150 years from now, I find it hard to believe there could be an infrastructure so big, that it could build an entire fleet of newly designed ships in just a year. Personally, I always asumed that it took a few years, maybe even a decade or two, to phase out all of Earth, Vulcan, Andorian and Tellarite ships before Starfleet was made up of ships designed and build solely by Starfleet.
Yes, and there's some exploration of the beginnings of that transition in the book. If I get to do more books, we might see more of the process.
It's kind of neat to imagine Vulcan, Andorian, Tellarite, and United Earth ships all painted with the Federation livery. I'm just picturing that TOS-era blocky font on a Vulcan or Andorian ship.
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Whats the difference between "Outside" and "Outside Plus" cabins?
Also where can we see a description of all the cabin grades as the website only details "Suites" and "Deluxe"?
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Topic: Dream Cabins.
12th February 2012, 07:55 PM #1
Dream Cabins.
....what's the magic word?
12th February 2012, 08:45 PM #3
If you want to have more information about particular grades of cabin go to the web site of the cruise line concerned and look at it. If you still don't have enough information ring an agent or the cruise line and ask.
Can't help further. ....Neil
12th February 2012, 08:57 PM #4
I believe that its down to size. Outside plus are simply bigger than outsides and may have a bath rather than a shower? I'll check on it and report back later.,..
12th February 2012, 09:01 PM #5
Outside: 129-140 sq ft and Shower and may have a port hole
Outside Plus: 161-172 sq feet and have picture window.
You are correct Thomsons own website only lists the suites and deluxe. I went onto Iglu or just do a Google search for Thomson Dream Deck Plans
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Dream Outside Plus
I did a video of our cabin on the Dream and put it on youtube.
The link to the video is below The difference is the length of the cabins.
The Outside don't have the settee and table as big as the Outside Plus.
Thomson Dream Outside Plus Cabin - YouTube
13th February 2012, 08:16 PM #8
Thanks for that, Mr T.
Looks ok to me.
Who can recommend a deck with an Outside Plus?
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