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This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/551,019 filed Oct. 31, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,681,452.
The present invention relates to a continuous process for producing synthetic crude oil from oil shale or tar sands and an apparatus for its practice. More specifically, the present invention uses three vertical reaction tubes that are arranged parallel to one another and are continuously loaded with shale or bitumen and are operated in sequential and contiguous predetermined time periods to render the process continuous. The invention also relates to soil and construction compositions based on the spent shale or tars sands and their use.
The processing of oil shale and bitumen (tar sands) to produce commercially viable products has long been desired. However, existing shale or bitumen technology for recovering viable petroleum products contained therein is not economically feasible. In addition, spent shale or tar sand is a waste material that has not been constructively used.
An exemplary process for recovering oil from oil shale involves retorting oil shale so that the kerogen molecules are cracked. Inorganic matter of the shale must be separated from the heavy, highly unsaturated, highly viscous components. These fluidic components must be further processed by cracking, hydrocracking, hydrogenating, or by other processes.
FIG. 1 shows a known fixed bed process for treating oil shale. The temperature conditions and flow rates of the materials described are only provided for illustration and are not intended to be limited to those values. According to the process of FIG. 1, oil shale from a mine 10 (180,000 tons/day or 7,500 tons/hour) is conveyed via a bucket elevator 12 to a feed hopper 14. Raw shale in feed hopper 14 is maintained at about 60� F. and is charged through feed valve 16 into a pressure equalizer 18. The shale is then conveyed through valve 20 into reactor 22 where hydrogen at 600 psi is introduced into reactor 22 at several locations.
Reactor 22 may be of any conventional design and, in particular, has a diameter of about 12 feet and a height of about 100 feet. Hydrogen is conveyed through line 26 and controllably introduced into reactor 22 via control valves 24. The hydrogen in line 26 comprises recycle and make-up hydrogen at a temperature of approximately 910� F. The shale is processed in the reactor to produce synthetic crude, bi-products, hydrogen for recycling and spent shale.
Shale is discharged from reactor 22 through line 28 at a temperature of about 900� F. and at a rate of about 6,750 tons/hour. Synthetic crude, bi-products and recycle hydrogen at 850� F. are discharged from reactor 22 through flow line 30. The products in flow line 30 are conveyed to and introduced into heat exchanger bank 32 concurrently with make-up hydrogen plus recycle via flow line 72, whereby heat is transferred from the process products in line 30 to the hydrogen from line 72.
Cooled products from exchanger 32 are conveyed to cooler 36 and are thereafter introduced into a condensate drum 42. The bottoms from the condensate drum 42 include synthetic crude and bi-products that are removed and sent to a syncrude stripper 48 concurrently with a stripping hydrogen stream in line 70 from hydrogen source 66. The products from stripper 48, e.g., syncrude, are removed via line 49 at 180,000 barrels/day. A top product from stripper 48 is conveyed via line 50 to a bi-products recovery plant 52.
In bi-products recovery plant 52, elemental sulfur is produced and removed through line 58. Anhydrous ammonia (NH3) is also produced and removed via line 60. A hydrogen stripping stream is produced in plant 52 and is removed via line 62 and thereafter introduced into line 72 for recycling and use in exchange bank 32. Hydrogen that is produced in plant 52 is removed through line 54 and thereafter introduced into line 72. In addition, all the product streams from plant 52 are processed in a manner known to those skilled in the art to remove sulfur compounds to obtain useable products. The disadvantage of the process described by FIG. 1 is that it is not a continuous process.
In another known process for converting kerogen of oil shale to oil petroleum products, U.S. Pat. No. 4,153,533, a mixture of oil shale and hydrogen is subjected to wave energy in the microwave range to obtain oil.
In these and other oil shale and tar sands processes, the feed material must be mined. As a result, the sites that are mined/excavated to produce the feed for these processes are left untreated, resulting in depleted and non-usable land.
Thus, a need exists to provide a continuous process for treating oil shale and/or tar sands that is economical. A need also exists for practical use of spent product wastes that are generated from these processes. The present invention eliminates the drawbacks and limitations of batch or fixed bed type oil shale or tar sand conversion processes, as well as, the problems encountered when dealing with waste materials from these processes.
The present invention relates to a continuous process for converting oil bearing material, e.g., oil shale or tar sands and an apparatus for its practice. The oil bearing material is continuously introduced into first, second and third discrete vertical reaction zones that are parallel to one another and form a triangular configuration. The three reaction zones are operated during contiguous and sequentially arranged time periods to provide a continuous process.
Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention is to provide a continuous process and an apparatus for its practice where oil bearing material such as oil shale or bitumen (tar sands) is continuously treated.
Another object of the present invention is to reclaim mined or excavated land that results from mining oil shale or bitumen.
A still further object of the present invention is the preparation of an agriculturally acceptable soil replacement from spent oil bearing material, garbage and cellulosic waste.
A further object of the present invention is the preparation of construction materials, e.g. cement, gypsum based upon spent oil bearing material.
These and other objects will become more apparent in view of the following detailed description and annexed drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a conventional process for processing oil shale with hydrogen in a fixed bed mode.
FIG. 2A schematically shows a single hopper feeding 3 oil shale calcining reactors according to the present invention.
FIB. 2B shows a variation of FIG. 2A where a single chute is used to continuously feed oil shale.
FIG. 2C shows the placement of the 3 calcining oil shale reactors on an equilateral triangle according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows a reactor that is fed with hydrogen that has been heated to two distinct temperatures for calcining oil shale according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows a fluid bed heat exchanger for use in the present invention.
The present invention relates to a process for continuously processing oil bearing material, such as oil shale or bitumen (tar sands), a system for its practice, and a process for land reclamation. According to the present invention, oil bearing material is continuously introduced and loaded into first, second and third reaction zones respectively during first, second and third sequential, predetermined time periods. The three reaction zones form the apexes of a triangle, preferably an equilateral triangle.
The first, second and third predetermined time periods are respectively defined as the first eight hours, the second eight hours and the third eight hours of a day, and run consecutively of one another. The introducing and loading steps are continuously repeated so that the first, second and third predetermined time periods run continuously and sequentially with one another. As a result, oil bearing material is (1) always being loaded; (2) always being calcined; and (3) always being discharged. Initially, oil shale or bitumen is loaded into a first reaction zone during the first pre-determined time period, i.e., hours 1-8. During the initial start-up, the second and third reaction zones remain unused. However, when the system is in full operation, the second and third zones will respectively be in discharge and calcining modes during the first predetermined time period.
Immediately after loading the oil bearing material into the first reaction zone, a second predetermined period of time begins to run, i.e. hours 9-16. During this second predetermined period, the previously loaded oil bearing material in the first reaction zone is calcined. In the present invention, calcining, i.e., hydrocracking, involves both an endothermic cracking reaction and an exothermic hydrogenation reaction. During this initial (i.e., start-up) second predetermined time period, oil bearing material is concurrently loaded into the second reaction zone while the third reaction zone remains unused. When the system is in full operation, the third reaction zone will be in the discharge mode.
Immediately after the oil bearing material in the first reaction zone is calcined, a third sequential predetermined time period begins, i.e., hours 17-24. Spent oil bearing material and products produced in the first reaction zone are discharged during this third predetermined period of time. This discharging operation includes an initial depressurizing procedure followed by a fluidized discharge. During this same third predetermined time period, previously loaded oil bearing material in the second reaction zone is calcined and oil bearing material is loaded into the third reaction zone.
These three steps, loading, calcining and unloading, are continuously repeated so that the first reaction zone is reloaded with oil bearing material after material has been discharged therefrom during said repeated first predetermined time period. While the first reaction zone is being reloaded with oil bearing material, the second reaction zone is unloaded and the oil bearing material is calcined in the third reaction zone. The process continues whereby the second reaction zone is reloaded, the spent material and products in the third reaction zone are discharged and, the reloaded oil bearing material in the first reaction zone is calcined.
After initial startup, the continuous operating procedure involves (1) loading the reactors or reaction zones, (2) calcining the oil shale or bitumen, and (3) unloading the reactors of its contents. The contents that are unloaded include hydrogen and the spent shale or spent bitumen (tar sands).
The sequence of an exemplary daily cycle is as follows:
TABLE I______________________________________Daily No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 DailyHours Reactor Reactor Reactor Hours______________________________________1st Loading Depressuring Calcining 1st2nd Loading Depressuring Calcining 2nd3rd Loading Unloading Calcining 3rd4th Loading Unloading Calcining 4th5th Loading Unloading Calcining 5th6th Loading Unloading Calcining 6th7th Pressuring Unloading Calcining 7th8th Pressuring Unloading Calcining 8th9th Calcining Loading Depressuring 9th10th Calcining Loading Depressuring 10th11th Calcining Loading Unloading 11th12th Calcining Loading Unloading 12th13th Calcining Loading Unloading 13th14th Calcining Loading Unloading 14th15th Calcining Pressuring Unloading 15th16th Calcining Pressuring Unloading 16th17th Depressuring Calcining Loading 17th18th Depressuring Calcining Loading 18th19th Unloading Calcining Loading 19th20th Unloading Calcining Loading 20th21st Unloading Calcining Loading 21st22nd Unloading Calcining Loading 22nd23rd Unloading Calcining Pressuring 23rd24th Unloading Calcining Pressuring 24th______________________________________
The invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 2A-2C, 3 and 4.
The shale loading system 200 is shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, where oil shale from a mine is conveyed to shale preparation unit 218 containing a shale crusher 226, a 4 inch by 4 inch screen 224 and a small shale collection zone 222. Shale that is too large and does not pass through screen 224 is recycled through line 220 for recrushing in crusher 226. Collection zone 222 is located on the ground floor where crushed shale is conveyed to a bucket elevator 228. Shale is conveyed and loaded via bucket elevator 228 into hopper 201 located approximately 28 feet above the vertical, parallel reactor tubes 212, 214 and 216.
The capacity of the hopper 201 is sufficient to load the vertical reactor tubes 212, 214 and 216. The loading hopper 201 is 8 feet in diameter with a cylindrical shell portion 202 and a 60� conical bottom 203. The cylindrical shell 202 extends 15 feet above the top of the cone 203 that is 8 feet in diameter at its top. The cone 203 extends 8 feet below the cylindrical shell 202. FIG. 2A also shows that the bottom cone 203 is connected to a transfer conduit and flow valve 204 which regulates flow of the oil shale to lines 206, 208 and 210. Alternatively, the cone 203 can communicate directly with an 8 inch diameter "swing-tube" 205 (FIG. 2B) that is used to load the 2 foot diameter vertical reactor tubes 212, 214 and 216 that are 100 feet in height. In FIG. 2C, each reactor tube 212, 214 and 216 has a longitudinal axis that passes through an apex of an equilateral triangle.
The first predetermined time period lasts 8 hours and starts within the first hour at reactor 212. The second predetermined time period also lasts 8 hours when reactor 214 is loaded during the 9th to 16th hours and, then the third predetermined time period begins in the 17th hour when reactor 216 is loaded. Loading of reactors 212, 214 and 216 is a continuous operation day in and day out and includes about 6 hours of loading with shale and 2 hours of pressurizing with hydrogen.
Calcining of shale or tar sands begins in reactor 212 at the 9th hour, the onset of the second predetermined time period. It ends in reactor 212 at the end of the 16th hour, but continues during hours 17 to 24 in reactor 214, the third predetermined time period. Once the process is online, calcining will occur in reactor 216 during hours 1-8, the first predetermined time period. As a result, calcining is also a continuous process in reactors 212, 214 and 216, day in and day out.
The calcining reactor used in FIGS. 2A-2C is shown in greater detail in FIG. 3. In reactor 300, calcining, i.e., hydrocracking, involves cracking which is an endothermic reaction and hydrogenation, which is an exothermic reaction. Shale or tar sands at about 60� F., density of 50 lbs/ft3 and 7500 tons/hr is loaded into reactor 300 through inlet 304. Spent shale powder at 900� F. is withdrawn through outlet 346 at 6750 tons/hr. The two hydrogen streams 308 and 310 respectively at temperatures of 820� F. and the other at 950� F. and, having a pressure of 600 psi, are used to control the temperatures in reactor 300. Cracking of the shale is preferably conducted at temperatures of about 800� F. to about 840� F.
Hydrogen (fresh or recycled) is conveyed to reactor 300 through valved flow lines 308 and 310. Recycle hydrogen from a products recovery unit, such as unit 52 of FIG. 1, is conveyed through line 306 and split into two streams flowing through lines 308 and 310. Flow lines 308 and 310 extend into and pass hydrogen through furnace 302 having a convection section 340, a bridge wall 342 and radiant section 344. Hydrogen in flow line 308 is heated in furnace 302 to 950� F. and is introduced into the bottom of reactor 300 through valved flow lines 312 and 314. Hydrogen in line 310 is heated in furnace 302 to about 820� F. and is introduced into reactor 300 through flow lines 316, 318, 320, 322, 324 and 326, respectively having flow valves 338, 336, 334, 332, 330 and 328. Products are removed from reactor 300 through outlet 301.
The following table provides, for illustrative purposes only, the temperature and residence time for the reactor of FIG. 3.
______________________________________ RESIDENCE TIME APPROXIMATE (SEC./FT. OFREACTOR ZONE TEMPERATURE (�F.) REACTOR HEIGHT______________________________________I 1.3 to 1.42II 780� 1.42 to 1.65III 800� 1.65 to 1.88IV 810� 1.88 to 2.11V 830� 2.11 to 2.34VI 820� 2.34 to 2.57VII 900� 2.57 to 2.80VIII 900� 2.80 to 3.03______________________________________
Calcining the oil shale or tar sands (bitumen-sands) is a very sensitive operation. It his highly important to maximize the yield of oil and if the temperature of calcining is too high a substantial part of the oil product will be cracked to gas. It is apparent that calcining oil shale and tar sands must be done at temperatures between 800� F. and 840� F., preferably nearer 800� F., in order not to further crack the large fragments of hydrogenated kerogen and bitumen. Gas yields must be held to a minimum so as to maximize transportation liquid fuels. Yields from a calcining operation that is conducted under excessive temperature conditions is shown in the analysis below.
TABLE 2______________________________________EXPERIMENTAL HYDROCRACKING OF NEW ALBANYSHALE FROM KENTUCKY______________________________________Shale Composition______________________________________Organic Matter--Wt - %Carbon 13.4Hydrogen 1.2Oxygen 0.3Nitrogen 0.4Sulfur (organic) 1.0Mineral Carbonate Wt. - % CO2 0.5______________________________________ANALYSES ACTUAL CORRECTEDMajor Product: Target Oil Gas Oil Gas______________________________________Oil, gal/ton 25 9 35.6 42.1Gas. SCF/ton 1800 5100 10.0 10.0(methane equivalent)Carbon Recovery, % 84 84 99.5 99.5______________________________________
Data correction was obtained using the following factors:
379 cu. ft.=one lb mole-16 lbs of methane
Oil at 33.50 API=7.41 lbs/gal.
Maximum yield of gas=10 cu. ft./ton of shale.
Hence, by allowing the temperature to get high, excessive cracking of oil product occurred.
Correcting the gas yield from 1,800 to 10 cu ft. resulted in the oil yield being increased from 25 to 35.6 gal/ton of shale. Recovering 99.5% vis-a-vis 84% of organic matter increased the oil yield further to 42.1 gal/ton.
After the calcining operation is completed in a given reactor tube, that reactor tube must be unloaded. Spent shale or tar sands is discharged from reactors 212, 214 and 216, i.e., reactor 300, through outlet 346 and the contents are conveyed to a heat recovery system, e.g., heat exchanger, shown in FIG. 4. The three reactors, i.e., reactors 212, 214 and 216 are respectively unloaded after the 16th, 24th and 8th hours of a daily cycle.
Initially, each reactor containing 600 psi, 900� F. hydrogen is depressurized after each calcining step. The pressure in the given reactor is monitored in a manner well known to those skilled in the art and the 600 psi hydrogen is removed (i.e., depressurized) with hydrogen recycle pumps (compressors). When the monitored pressure in a given reactor is within 5 psi of zero gauge pressure, the reactor contents (spent shale or spent tar sands) are fluidized.
Fluidization of the spent shale or spent tar sands in the given reactor is provided by 850� F. flue gas from a compressor that is injected through jets distributed around the reactors so they can be used effectively to fluidize the spent contents into a fluidized bed. Automatic fluidization can occur by opening small valves that permit fluidizing flue gas to pass through the jets (not shown) in the lower portion of the reactor. The spent shale or tar sands is fluidized so that the reactor contents can be discharged as a freely flowing stream when the bottom of the reactor is opened.
Preferably a slight positive gauge pressure of 1 to 2 psi is maintained in the given reactor during fluidization with flue gas, to enhance the discharge of the spent contents to flow out rapidly, or even gush out. When the appropriate pressure in the depressurizing cycle is obtained, the bottom of each reactor is opened so the fluidized high temperature (900� F.) bed will flow freely out of the reactor to the fluid bed heat exchanger to transfer its sensitive heat to recycle hydrogen. The recycle hydrogen stream will be heated from 100� F. to 700� F. and the spent shale or sands will be cooled from 900� F. to 200� F.
To facilitate the continuous process, remote controlled motor driven valves or cocks (not shown) are used at the bottom of each of the reactors and upstream of the associated heat exchanger. The activation of each remote control valve or cock may be done manually or it may be automatically controlled by pressure near the bottom of each of the reactors.
The discharged spent oil bearing material is conveyed to a heat exchanger of the design shown in FIG. 4. The heat exchanger 400 contains sections 402, 404 and 406 maintained at 800� F., 500� F. and 200� F., respectively. Spent shale at 900� F. is introduced into heat exchanger 400 through line 408. Recycle hydrogen at 100� F. is injected through line 409. Flue gas is injected into heat exchanger 400 through flow lines 410 and spilt into individual streams 412, 414 and 416, having flow valves 422, 420 and 418. Spent shale is respectively transferred from sections 402, 404 and 406 via flow lines 428 and 430, each having slide valves 432 and 434. Spent shale at about 200� F. is removed through flow line 436 and slide valve 444. Heated recycle hydrogen at 700� F. is removed through flow line 442 and introduced into flow line 306. Hydrogen is conveyed from one section to the adjacent section through flow lines 424 and 426. Exhaust and flue gasses are withdrawn from sections 402, 404 and 406 respectively through flow lines 444, 440 and 438.
Existing oil shale processing systems, such as that of FIG. 1, can be retrofitted, as with the arrangement of FIGS. 2A and 2B. As a result, the intermittent operation of FIG. 1 for producing 180,000 bbls/day, is converted to a continuous operation.
For example, three seven foot diameter vertical reactors each 100 feet in height are used. The loading hopper for the retrofitted FIG. 1 system, would be similar to that shown in FIGS. 2A or 2B, except that shell 202 would be 20 feet in diameter and extend downward 35 feet to be welded to a 60� cone 203. The cone 203 would extend downwardly 20 feet. The apex of the cone bottom would connect to a 12 inch swing tube 205 of sufficient length to conveniently reach the inlet feed ports, i.e., 304, in the top of the reactors. The spacing of the 7 foot diameter vertical reactor tubes would be such that their center lines would pass through the apexes of a 10 ft�10 ft�10 ft equilateral triangle. Adjacent center lines would be ten feet apart. The capacity of the loading hopper would be sufficient to load the three 7 foot diameter vertical reactor tubes. The sequence of Table 1 above is then followed to continuously produce oil.
The spent oil bearing material produced in this or any oil shale process is used to improve the land from which the oil shale was mined/excavated. This has great environmental benefit. A major portion of the spent shale is mixed with waste organic material from nearby cities and created into top soil to eliminate the scars made on the terrain during the surface mining.
As a result, use of spent shale will,
1. provide the highest grade fertile topsoil for farm land;
2. provide a disposal site for certain garbage and waste paper from the cities by landfills; and
3. provide good use for the solids collected in the sewage disposal plants of the cities. Consequently, approximately 75-100% of the spent shale can be used for topsoil that will make excellent farmland.
The topsoil mixture prepared from spent oil bearing material and waste organic material can be augmented with synthetic fertilizer to give the precise nitrogen, potassium and phosphate balance needed. The hydrocracking process for oil recovery shown in FIG. 1 produces anhydrous ammonia which can provide the needed urea and ammonium nitrate fertilizer for nitrogen to balance the spent oil bearing material-organic waste soil replacement.
Spent shale from the present invention is used as raw material to make Portland Cement which is a calcarious, argillaceous, siliceous mixture of minerals all of which are available in the spent shale. In this case, spent shale is discharged from the reactor 300 at 900-920� F., through outlet 346 and is fed directly into a rotary kiln (not shown) where it is heated to 3000� F. until it is vitrified. The clinker is cooled, and pulverized into a greenish gray powder and used to make concrete and paving materials. The chemical composition of Portland Cement is 3CaO SiO2 3CaOAl2 O3.
Although the invention has been described in conjunction with a specific embodiment, it is evident that many alternatives and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description and annex drawings. Accordingly, the invention is intended to embrace all of the alternatives and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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In October, 2013 WR Justin Wyatt made his verbal commitment to Ohio University.
Since making his decision, the Collins Hill (GA) receiver has seen a boost in his recruitment. Wyatt says he now holds offers from six programs including Ohio, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Troy.
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George Crackel
George F. Crackel, Jr.
Mr. George F. Crackel, Jr., 92, of Marysville, passed away on September 29, 2013 in Port Huron Hospital with his family by his side.
He was born on November 15, 1920 in Port Huron, son of the late George and Luella Crackel.
George married Lorna June Miller on November 29, 1942, she passed away on April 30, 2002.
He served in the United States
. He was the longtime owner operator of Topper Cabinets. George was a member of Sturges Memorial Congregational Church,
, American Legion and the Port Huron Power Squadron. He also enjoyed fishing.
George is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer (Larry) Garrow of Boynton Beach, Florida; son and daughter-in-law, George F. (Lori) Crackel III of Applegate; son-in-law, Lloyd Hitchings of Marysville; six grandchildren: Kelly Marsh, Larry and Jeffrey Garrow, Carla Robinson, Christopher and Benjamin Crackel; ten great-grandchildren: Samantha Ofeno, Bethany Marsh, Christa and Shayna Robison, Joshua and Benjamin Owings, Stephanie and Kaitlyn Garrow; Nichols Garrow and Chase Robison and a great-great-grandson, Mason Ofeno; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Hitchings in April 20, 2012 and a sister, Dora Stuller, who passed away in 2013.
Funeral services will be held 12:00 p.m. Friday in Sturges Memorial Congregational Church, 2729 Ravenswood Road, Port Huron. Pastor Rob Harrell will officiate. Burial will be in Riverlawn Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be held Thursday 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Jowett Funeral Home, 1634 Lapeer Ave. at 17th Street, Port Huron and Friday 11:00 a.m. until the time of services in the church.
Pallbearers will be Jeff Robison, Jeffrey Garrow, Larry Garrow II, Christopher Crackel, Benjamin Crackel and Ted Marsh.
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I'm conserned about my LO...I feel like he's behind in a lot of areas. He's not crawling (although he sleeps with his knees curled under him with his butt in the air...SUPER cute) And he has zero interest in putting any weight on his legs. However he sits up REALLY well now. That's all he wants to do. He hasn't figured out the sippy cup idea or the finger food thing. Am I just worrying too much?? It seems like all of your LO's are so much more advanced than Zach is.
not crawling or putting weight on legs
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I wouldn't worry about the sippy or the finger food, but does he seem uncomfortable putting weight on his legs? That'd be my only worry. If he's sitting, I don't think he's behind, necessarily...but definitely ask about it at his 9 mo appt :)
My daughter sounds similar to your son :). She sits great for a while now and is very content to play with what is within her reach. She scoots on her butt in a circle now! She doesn't mind tummy time and flails her arms and legs, but no movement/crawling, she can't get that belly up! I say keep practicing with him! We encourage her to move and prop her knees up, she laughs at us!
My DD also does not bear weight on her legs very well, something I am a little concerned about, but I try not to worry (my instinct tells me she is just fine, just delayed there) - again, we practice and she has gotten stronger/better at it, but we will talk to ped at 9mos visit on 1/20 to see what he thinks? I think with the food/sippy, it's just exposure and practice - he'll get it when he's ready!!
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we were putting him in his jumperoo and that seemed to help but early Dec. he had surgery and we couldn't put him in there anymore...and we just started putting him in it again. So I think we lost momentum because of that. Maybe?
he doesn't seem to be uncomfortable with it - just doesn't seem interested.
AND he still won't roll from his belly to his back & that worries me too. But he can roll from his back to his belly like a pro.
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Reckless driving conviction left off application of Deltona firefighter charged with rape
Published: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at 5:24 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 9:50 a.m.
A Deltona firefighter in jail and accused of rape by multiple women neglected to tell his employer he had a reckless driving record when he applied for the job and months later sent a letter to the human resources director saying he was not trying to lie, personnel documents show.
Deltona Firefighter Timeline
These are significant events in the case of Terry Freeman II.
March 10, 2011: Freeman is hired as part-time firefighter with Orange City Fire Department
May 30, 2011: Freeman meets a 38-year-old Lake Mary woman at her workplace and invites her to his house for Memorial Day. He serves the woman wine and immediately starts attacking her, takes her to his room and rapes her, investigators say.
Jan. 24, 2011: Orange City police say Freeman takes a wallet from an 18-year-old woman after workout at a gym and has her follow him home. At his home, Freeman tells the woman the wallet is in the bedroom and when she goes to get it, deputies say he rapes her.
Jan. 6, 2012: Hired by Deltona Fire Department
Nov. 1, 2012: While working as a server, Freeman meets a 42-year-old woman and the two go out to eat the next day. When the couple returned to Freeman's home, he calls the woman to his bedroom under the guise he wants to show her something. The woman enters the room and Freeman then attacks and sexually assaults her.
Nov. 20, 2013: Freeman tries to rape a 27-year-old classmate at a school not disclosed by deputies. The woman goes to Freeman's Deltona home to study but Freeman calls her to his bedroom and grabs her by the hair and tries to rape her, officials say. The woman escapes.
Dec. 17, 2013: Freeman meets 38-year-old Orange City woman at her workplace and asks her for a date but she declines because she is in a relationship. But when the woman breaks up with her boyfriend, she agrees to go out with Freeman. Freeman brings the woman home and rapes her, deputies say.
Dec. 27, 2013: Meets 25-year-old Altamonte Springs woman at a Sanford furniture store and agrees to meet at restaurant for a date. He takes her home where he rapes her, deputies say.
Sources: Volusia County Sheriff's Office, Orange City Police Department, city of Deltona, city of Orange City
By then, Terry Freeman II, 32, had also been investigated for sexual battery in Orange City.
On Wednesday, investigators filed another sexual battery charge against Freeman after a 42-year-old Ormond Beach woman reported earlier this week that she'd been assaulted by the firefighter in 2012, Volusia County sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.
So far, 10 women have accused Freeman of sexual battery or attempted sexual battery, investigators said. He has been held in the Volusia County Branch Jail with no bail allowed since the first of the charges were filed Dec. 31.
Freeman, an Orange City resident, applied for a firefighter job with the city of Deltona on Jan. 10, 2011, and did not tell city officials in his application that he had been convicted of reckless driving, a second-degree misdemeanor.
Then after filling out background paperwork in November 2011, Freeman sent a letter to Thomas Acquaro, the city of Deltona's human resources director, clarifying why he did not note the conviction in his application.
Freeman told Acquaro in the Nov. 29 letter that he "was not trying to be deceitful."
"It has been many years ago and I have done my best to change my life in a positive direction," Freeman wrote to Acquaro.
But by then, Freeman also had been investigated by Orange City police over an accusation of sexual battery, a case police said occurred Jan. 24, 2011, only 14 days after Freeman applied for the Deltona job. Orange City police closed the case when the woman, who was 18 then, said she did not want to proceed with charges, reports show.
Acquaro, through human resources employee Sharon Reichardt, referred questions about the firefighter's background to city spokesman Lee Lopez, who did not respond to questions about background checks.
According to the city's discipline policy for firefighters, the city manager makes decisions about the status of an employee charged with a crime, ranging from keeping the firefighter on the job to termination.
Lopez, in an email, said Wednesday that "the City Manager has opted to retain the employee in his current position and place him on administrative leave."
Orange City police reopened their 2011 case against Freeman after his first sex-related arrest Dec. 31.
He was charged then with sexual battery after an Altamonte Springs woman reported Freeman raped her Dec. 27 at his home after a date, according to a Volusia County Sheriff's Office charging affidavit.
In the 2011 Orange City case, the earliest reported sexual assault so far, Freeman is accused of taking the woman's wallet after working out at the gym and making her follow him to his home.
The woman entered the house and Freeman told her the wallet was in the bedroom and when she went in the room, he attacked and raped her, she told Orange City police.
When Orange City police questioned Freeman, he showed police text messages and photos he had exchanged with the woman, claiming the sexual encounter was consensual, police said.
Police made contact with the woman again and showed her the text messages and the photo.
She was embarrassed and did not want to pursue the case, police said.
After the Altamonte Springs woman's case made the news, however, the woman came to Orange City police again, this time with a notarized statement reaffirming her previous report to police, Orange City police said.
That was when Orange City police reopened the case and filed a sexual battery charge against Freeman, said Orange City police Detective Ken Jones.
So far, Freeman has been charged with sexual battery with a deadly weapon or force, three counts of sexual battery with force, attempted sexual battery and false imprisonment, records show.
The charge filed Wednesday comes after a 42-year-old Ormond Beach woman reported she'd met Freeman in late 2012 while she was eating at a Daytona Beach restaurant where Freeman worked as a server, Davidson said.
The woman said Freeman complimented her and wrote his phone number on the bill.
Records show Freeman was hired as a server at Outback Steakhouse in Daytona Beach in November 2009.
Freeman and the woman exchanged text messages and agreed to go out the next day, Davidson said.
The woman picked up Freeman from his Deltona home and the two went to eat at an Orange City restaurant.
When the two returned to Freeman's home, the firefighter went to his bedroom and called out to the woman, saying he wanted to show her something, Davidson said.
Freeman attacked and sexually assaulted the woman after she walked into the room, she said.
The attempted sexual battery and false imprisonment charges were filed Tuesday after a 27-year-old Orange City woman reported Freeman tried to rape her when she came to his house to study, sheriff's investigators said.
In all the cases, Freeman established text message contact with the women and gradually got them to meet him on a date.
He then took them to his home and sexually battered them, investigators said.
One of the woman found a baby sitter to take care of her children and was excited that she was meeting the firefighter, one charging document states.
On Wednesday, Acquaro did not respond to questions about whether the city did a background check on Freeman to determine if the reckless driving conviction or a domestic violence charge in 2002 surfaced.
Freeman's cousin, Rebecca Wilk, an employee with the city's human resources office who explained the job's benefits to Freeman, also did not respond to requests for an interview.
On Wednesday, a woman inside Wilk's Deltona home peeked through a window in the door but did not answer.
An email sent by Acquaro on Tuesday said that Freeman is on paid vacation leave.
In the almost two years that Freeman has been employed with the city, he has accrued 383 hours of vacation time and 180 hours of holiday compensation time, Acquaro said.
"He has enough time to remain in a paid status until on/about March 16, 2014," Acquaro wrote in the email.
"The city manager has the option of terminating or allowing the employee to remain on administrative leave without pay once the employee's accrued time is exhausted."
Meanwhile personnel papers show Freeman dreamed of a career in fire services.
Freeman, who described himself as a 23-year resident of Orange City, said in September 2011 that he was in school in "pursuit of becoming a career firefighter/paramedic."
He made the statement to Orange City officials when he withdrew from a job interview for the position of community service aide, documents show.
Freeman worked as part-time firefighter with Orange City before being hired by the Deltona Fire Department.
In a Deltona job questionnaire, Freeman said he wanted to work with the Deltona Fire Department because he had heard good things about that city's agency.
He said he likes the thrill of responding to calls for service and the brotherhood that exists among firefighters.
When asked which person he admired most, Freeman said his mother, Jeanne Freeman.
"She raised five children on her own," Terry Freeman said in the questionnaire.
Jeanne Freeman could not be reached at her Orange City home Wednesday.
-- Staff Writer Katie Kustura contributed to this report.
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Here in ladyblogger land, my esteemed partner Sady Doyle of Tiger Beatdown and myself know all about the lady issues. But we are just positively pickled by all things manly. Pickled, I tell you! We cannot seem to winkingly referring to our female employees as "perky," successfully manage a bromance, or understand what it's like to live in constant fear of having our balls shaved by militant feminists. That's why we're fascinated with one James Chartrand, the woman who took on a male persona to feed her kids, and managed to master these manly arts—and more!—in her tenure as the very masculine blogmaster at the aptly titled "Men With Pens."
In this edition of Sexist Beatdown: How DID she do it? What would you choose to be your absurdly gendered pen name? (Mine is "Chester der Schninkle Man Man," for some reason!). Are you prepared to reference balls you don't have, a LOT? And most importantly: Can you do it all, and still emerge as a feminist? All your imaginary ball queries, not quite answered, after the jump!
SADY: Helloo! How are you holding up? It is I, Sir Baron von Winkie!
AMANDA: Why, hello, bro! Me here, Chester der Schninkle Man Man. I feel comfortable conversing with you and possibly hiring you in a variety of work situations based on your hyper-masculine name.
SADY: Yes. I congratulate you on having the balls to hire me, and my enormous, hirstute balls, for this purpose! I know I am risking my balls, here, but: balls to that, say I!
AMANDA: I applaud you for putting your balls out in a world full of women ready to shave your balls at every opportunity! BALLS.
SADY: OY. Can I tell you, when I first read the James Chartrand piece, I was really sympathetic? I mean, I know what it is like to create something of a distance between your writing life and your private life! I know what it is like to worry about losing out on opportunities because you are being stereotyped! But one thing I DO not know what it is like is to not only worry about stereotyping, and create a pseudonym (this was seriously going to be a project of mine at one point! To adopt a dudely pseudonym and see how reactions differed from reactions to "Sady") but to TOTALLY VIOLATE ANY STANDARDS OF TRUSTWORTHINESS by creating an entire imaginary life, INCLUDING BALLS, for your pseudonym.
AMANDA: Brave, precious balls!
SADY: And make your imaginary man character a sexist, also. That was a fun choice!
AMANDA: Yeah. I mean, the thing about James, is that she probably was not aware that she was accessing male privilege when she wrote that balls-out post about how feminist mommy-bloggers with their sharpened ball clippers were being so MEAN by totally ignoring her when she posted balls-y comments on their Web sites under a male name. She thought, hey! I'm a single mom! I know exactly what this is like! Why am I not being accepted by them, JUST BECAUSE I APPEAR TO BE A MAN. She felt this was very sexist, and she decided to write a little ball post about it to right those wrongs. I just wonder why, knowing that the rest of the internet was so sexist it FORCED her to adopt a male persona to make money, she didn't work very hard to discuss sexism against women in her posts?
SADY: Ha, yes. Somehow, Imaginary Person James Chartrand, CREATED BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LADIES WHO WRITE ON THE INTERNET, found himself compelled, on the basis of a handful of blog comments, to engage in the time-honored and ridiculous pastime of... complaining about discrimination against DUDES who write on the Internet? Even though Chartrand had concrete proof that such discrimination did not actually exist? I mean, I think on the "why don't you discuss sexism" front, this is the peril of people adopting individualist agendas and slapping the name "feminism" on them. Because Chartrand was getting ahead, even though she had to circumvent sexism in a totally absurd way in order to do so, the goals of Feminism had actually been accomplished and she didn't need to confront sexism or aid women in any real way.
AMANDA: Right, and you know, as much as I sympathize with women who can't get jobs writing, as much as I know that happens, and as lucky as I am to write for a paper where my voice is valued, I just immediately thought something was not quite right with this story. I suspected that Chartrand had some sort of fascination with creating another character for herself, on some level. And that's fine! As long as you don't then turn around and say, after you've been outed, "Uh – it was a feminist act. Had to."
SADY: Right. I mean, I don't know if the "imaginary character" thing sits right with me. At all. And, FULL DISCLOSURE: "Sady" is not the name by which my family and close friends know me. They know me as Sara PleaseDon'tGoogleMeOfficeJobEmployers.
AMANDA: Bah! How could you! You accessed the inherent privilege in having the name "SADY WITH A Y" which is a really cool-sounding name!
SADY: But Sady is also me. As much as I keep private, I think one of the basics of writing is that people can TRUST WHAT IS COMING OUT OF YOUR KEYBOARD. They believe you mean it. Writing things that are substantively composed of lies is not a good way to go.
AMANDA: I sincerely hope you have been privately donating to some sort of fund for Women Named Sara.
SADY: Screw 'em! I'm getting mine!
AMANDA: Yeah, the lying thing also disturbs me. Like, did sexism force you to to spin an absurd lie about how you came to be a man with a knitting hobby? And also, this woman is the owner of Men With Pens. She has several employees at this point. At what point does acting like a strangely masculine weirdo begin to actually directly affect other people?
SADY: Right? Like referring to defender Taylor as the sole woman on staff and getting all wink-wink nudge-nudge... does owning a company CALLED Men with Pens and making objectifying comments about the "only" woman on staff create a certain environment in which female candidates feel discouraged, you think? Because I think! I seriously do!
AMANDA: I also think. And I also really want to hear WAY more from James Chartrand about this, because the act of manufacturing male privilege is extraordinarily fascinating to me. Like, James: How many hours a week were marked away on the Men With Pens calendar to Manufacturing Male Privilege? "Well, Chester der Schninkle Man Man, one thing that most women don't know is that Manufacturing Male Privilege is practically a full time job." I mean, how much time did this woman spend devoting to how masculine she were?
SADY: I, Sir Baron von Winkie von Testicle-Schmidt, almost doubt that it was fully intentional. The male privilege thing, I mean. I think that Chartrand devoted herself to creating a "believable" man, and this guy ended up being almost like a cartoon of a dude (Maxim-y comments about women wanting to shave his balls included) and so the sexism became, maybe without Chartrand's conscious intent, a part of the performance. And certain people have drawn parallels between this and trans men, which I find REALLY OFFENSIVE ACTUALLY, because: the point of being a trans dude is that you were always a dude. You transition, you change your name, your presentation becomes more fully YOU.
AMANDA: UGH. I had not heard that, but that is offensive.
SADY: Chartrand is consciously creating "a dude," a Man with Pen, who is NOT her, and hence... the male privilege and corresponding arrogance, uninformed by life experience and almost reading like it was assembled by studying obnoxious male stereotypes.
AMANDA: And it was a grand success!
SADY: Right! That's the thing! When I first read the Chartrand story, not knowing much about this Chartrand person, I was like, "oh, what a sobering illustration of the continuance of sexism." And then I realized what she did to keep it up, thanks to your take, and I was like, "wow, this is SUBSTANTIALLY MORE SOBERING than I had initially thought, and in more depressing ways."
AMANDA: yeah, it is pretty depressing. i'm sort of putting myself on James Chartrand watch now to see where she goes from here. She doesn't seem to be retiring the pseudonym—she's keeping her given name secret for "personal reasons"—but I wonder if she'll relax some of the masculinity. perhaps it will be revealed to be a little bit silly, now.
SADY: Yeah. That is my hope, as well. I mean, I know having two feminists chat about you critically is often the gateway drug to writing posts about how awful feminists are, or whatever. But I would hope Chartrand would take this moment and run with it insofar as actually exploring the gender question a little more honestly. Or, at least, retiring the objectification and Michael-Bay-ified aesthetics.
AMANDA: And as a show of good faith, I will retire my pen name, Amanda Hess, and reveal my true identity: an olde-tyme prospector by the name of Seamus P. Flannihurtz, a man who could only make it in the sexist prospecting business by posing as a modern-day female feminist blogger. It is a cruel business, olde-tyme prospecting!
SADY: DECEIVER! I myself am motivated to new honesty by this disclosure. I am a long-time tailgater and appreciator of The Babes, by the name of Beefnachos Budweiser McGreenBayPackers. "Tiger Beatdown" is but a launching platform for my new venture, "BikiniInspectors.com." And now you know.
AMANDA: I feel so ... feminist.
SADY: As do I, my friend! As do I! When all female writers are replaced by more manly counterparts, then will the goals of our movement have been truly accomplished.
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Rearing children may well be the most difficult and most rewarding task of a lifetime. To nurture a child from birth to adulthood is no easy task, but if that child arrives with ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), the difficulty is compounded. The first obstacle comes in recognizing the disorder and finding help for the child. That is just the beginning. Societal biases lurk around every corner.
Not only have I spent my career in education, a field that deals with ADHD children everyday, but I have also dealt with the problem in my family. It all started for us when our second child, Jakey, had trouble finishing his homework in second grade. His teacher called.
"Jakey is obviously a bright child," she told me, "but something is keeping him from finishing his work. We need to check this out."
I've always been grateful to that teacher. After extensive testing and what seemed like years of waiting, his test results came back, showing a high IQ and ADD. He did not have the hyperactivity aspect of the disorder. Our doctor put him on Ritalin, which at the time was about the only drug available, and gave us a list of tips for working with him.
"It doesn't matter how smart he is if he can't concentrate long enough to learn," the doctor told us.
Ritalin worked miracles for Jakey. As I learned more and more about ADD, I saw signs of it in other family members. The most common symptoms according to CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) are as follows: fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes; has problems sustaining attention; appears to daydream; doesn't appear to listen even with eye contact; can't follow through on instructions; has no organizational skills and is messy; loses things constantly; is easily distracted; and forgetful. Granted, every one of us has some or all of these problems sometimes, and for that reason, ADHD is hard to diagnose. What teenaged boy isn't messy? Who doesn't drift off when forced to study something boring?
As we investigated, we discovered that the disorder usually is passed through the male genes, and males are most prone to it. My husband, Larry, says he has apologized to all our sons. Now some of the grandsons have it. Through the years we have learned to handle the condition. Some people outgrow it, some learn to cope with it, and others take it on into adulthood. No one knows the cause for this neurological disorder; there is no cure, but management techniques exist. For example, instead of telling an ADD child to go take out the trash, do his home work, and brush his teeth, it works much better to say, "Take out the trash and come back and tell me when you've finished." He then has only one task to focus on. When he returns, he gets the next task.
When children are doing homework, parents should remove as many distractions as possible. No parent should ever let an ADHD child convince him that he works better with the television or music on. If you suspect that your child has ADHD, or some form of it, see a healthcare professional that you trust. There are new drugs on the market, but sometimes drugs aren't needed. Medicating the child should never be the solution if some other one works. It depends on the situation. ADHD is frequently misdiagnosed and has gotten much bad press because of it.
Beware of ignorance, also. I had a teacher-yes, a teacher-say to me once, "I don't believe in ADD. I expect all my students to do their work and follow my rules." Obviously he believed in the one-size-fits-all education, and I'm telling you that it doesn't work.
We hear pejorative comments from people like Neal Boortz, the radio talk show commentator, who calls ADHD a "phony disease." Obviously, Mr. Boortz doesn't know what he's talking about. He's never struggled with homework with Jakey. He's obviously never loved an ADHD child. When the night falls at the end of each day, and we tuck our ADD children in their beds, we—not Boortz or some teacher—are responsible for preparing them for their futures. There is help available. We must be their advocates.
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