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Google Inc., owner of the world's most popular search engine, acquired social-gaming company Slide Inc., part of an effort to keep pace with Facebook Inc. by offering social networking and entertainment.
The acquisition will help Google make its services more "socially aware," the company said in a blog posting. While terms weren't disclosed, the price was about $200 million, according to two people familiar with the deal. They declined to be identified because the agreement is private.
Google faces mounting competition from Facebook, owner of the world's largest social-networking site, and Twitter Inc., the microblogging service. Both rivals are attracting a growing number of online advertisers, threatening to siphon Google's main source of revenue. To keep pace, Google is making more acquisitions and adding social features to existing services.
"For Google, the Web is about people, and we're working to develop open, transparent and interesting (and fun!) ways to allow our users to take full advantage of how technology can bring them closer to friends and family," David Glazer, engineering director at Google, said in the blog post.
Google, based in Mountain View, California, fell $7.88 to $500.22 at 4:30 p.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The shares have fallen 19 percent this year.
Slide's applications, including "SPP Ranch!" and "SuperPoke! Pets," are available on Facebook and other social networks.
'Shared Vision'
"Google is committed to building new, open and better ways for users to connect with others," Max Levchin, chief executive officer of San Francisco-based Slide, said on the company's site. "Given our shared vision and values, this is a tremendous opportunity for the two companies to come together to change the way people socialize on the Web."
Levchin co-founded payment provider PayPal Inc. in 1998. The company was acquired by EBay Inc. in 2002.
Slide, founded in 2005, raised $50 million from investors that valued the company at more than $500 million, BusinessWeek.com reported in 2008. The backers included T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Fidelity Investments.
Slide, which has about 125 employees, lets users care for online pets or send virtual gifts to their friends.
The TechCrunch blog reported on the Slide purchase earlier this week, pegging the price at as much as $228 million.


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Carlo Petrini
Senior Researcher
Telephone: +39 +39 06 4990 4021
Viale Regina Elena 299
00161 - Roma (I)
Head of the Bioethics Unit, Office of the President, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)
Delegate of the President of the ISS on the National Bioethics Committee
Vice-Chair of the Ethics Committee of the ISS
Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Author of several hundred publications, most of which in internationally rated scientific journals and several of which have been awarded prizes. A full list of publications is available at: www.carlopetrini.eu (section: Publications)
- Born in Turin, 1965
- Degree in Biological Sciences, 1988 (110/110 with honour and mention. Prize Sgaravatti)
- Qualification to the Biologist Association, 1990
- Post-university specializations: Bioethics; Communications Sciences
- Cours Universitaires de langue, lettres et civilisation françaises (Université de Paris Sorbonne), 1984 (with honour)
- Prize Superior School of Journalism in Venice Mestre - Centre Kolbe
- Prize Atheste - Education Superintendency of Padua
- Since 2005: Senior researcher, ISS
- 1993-2005: Research assistant, ISS
- 1988-1993: Scholarships and contracts, ISS
- Since 2004: Head of the Bioethics Unit of the ISS
1) Appointment from the Minister of the Health:
- Since 2011: Member of the Working Group of the Italian National Health Council Platelet gel from placental blood
- Since 2007: Member of the Committee on hematopoietic cord blood stem cells (Decree of the Minister of the Health, 20 February 2007)
2) Appointment from the Pontifical Academy for Life:
- Since 2011: Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life
- Since 2010: Member of the Working Group Cord blood biobanks: ethical, juridical, social and cultural implications
3) Appointment from the President of the ISS:
- Since 2016: Responsible for the Ethics area of the Website of knowledge of the ISS
- Since 2014: Representative of the ISS on the Medicines Utilization Monitoring Centre (Italian Medicines Agency)
- Since 2013: Delegate of the President of the ISS on the National Bioethics Committee
- Since 2011: Member of the Panel of Experts of the Italian National Health Council
- Since 2009: Member of the Commission for the Definition of Kidney Allocation Criteria (Italian National Transplant Centre)
- Since 2007: Member of the Ethics Committee of the General Hospital Fatebenefratelli
- Since 2006: Member of the National Commission for the Program of Crossover Kidney Transplant
- Since 2006: Member of the Interdepartmental Commission on Oncology of ISS
- Since 2005 to 2010: Member of the Ethics Committee of the Neurological Institute Casimiro Mondino
- Since 2005: Member of the Working Group on the living donor crossover kidney transplant (Italian National Transplant Centre)
- Since 2004: Member of the Ethics Committee of ISS (since 2014 also Vice-Chair)
- Since 2004: Member of the Ethics Committee of the Mediterranean Institute of Haematology
- Since 2004: Advisor of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the disciplinary area: Bioethics
4) Appointment from the President of the Joint Commission National Bioethics Committee National Committee for Biosecurity, Biotechnologies and Life Sciences (Presidency of the Council of Ministers):
- Expert for the Joint Commission (2009-2010) (Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers 17 February 2009)
- Member of the Commission on standardized informed consent for the storage of biological samples in biobanks (2008-2009)
5) Appointment from the President of the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (now: National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)(ENEA):
- Since 2003: Member of the Bioethics Committee of ENEA
6) Appointment from the Director of the Italian National Transplant Centre:
- Since 2009: Member of the Advisory Committee for the authorisation of autologous-dedicated conservation of cord blood (Decree of the Minister of the Health 18 November 2009; Decree of the Minister of the Health 23 November 2012)
- Since 2007: Member of the Permanent Technical Council for Transplant
7) Appointment from the President of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples:
- Since 2011: Member of the Ethics Committee of the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
8) Appointment from the Director of the Italian National Blood Center:
- Since 2013: Member of the Working group on hyperimmune blood plasma
9) Other institutionary appointments:
- Since 2016: Member of the Ad hoc working group on the prohibition of making a financial gain from the human body of the Council of Europe
- Since 2016: Member of the Technical and Scientific Committee of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Register of the Region Lazio
- Since 2015: Expert of the Animal Welfare Monitoring Committee of the ISS
- Since 2015: Representative of the Ethics Committee of the ISS on the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)
- Since 2015: Advisor on the Ethics Committee Lazio-2
- Since 2015: Member of the Ethics Committee for Scientific Research of the Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA)
- Since 2013: Ethics adviser of the Front Door of the Italian Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure (IATRIS)
- Since 2012: Member of the Working Group Disposal of Hematopoietic Stem Cells of the Italian Society of Hemapheresis and Cell Manipulation (SIdEM)
- Since 2012: Member of the Ethics Committee of the Health Agency Rome-C
- Since 2012: Professor at the Master in Professional responsibility of the physician and of the odontologist, Justice and Health Association (Associazione Giustizia e Sanità) Italian Supreme Court of Cassation
- Since 2011: Member of the Working Group on Ethical Issues of Alzheimer Europe
- Since 2011: Member of the Working Group Proposal of a regulation for research biobanks and of criteria for sample donation of the Italian Node of BBMRI: Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure
- Since 2011: Ethics Advisor of the project The impact of DEmographic Changes on Infectious DisEases transmission and control in middle/low income countries, DECIDE (European Research Council and Bocconi University, Dondena Centre)
- Since 2010: Member of the Advisory Board of the project Italy and its regions, Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia Treccani
- 2010: Member of the technical commission of the prize Alesini - Cittadinanzattiva - Amgen Good practices in the patient-centred care
- Since 2009: Member of the Advisory Board of Clinical Trial Magnifier
- 2009- 2010: Member of the International Advisory Board of the manual Reviewing clinical trials: A guide for ethics committee (Clinical Trials Centre, University of Hong Kong; Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Projects Protection Programs, Washington DC)
- Since 2000: Scientific director of courses of the ISS on the ethics of: clinical trials, public health, environmental and health risks
- Member of the Editorial Board of:
+ Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs
+ International Journal of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnosis
- Since 1996: Researches in bioethics
- 1991-2000: Researches in bioelectromagnetism
- 1988-1991: Researches in virology
- Speaker and chairman to congresses and conferences on bioethics
- Reviewer for international journals (bioethical issues)
- Author of the book "Bioetica, ambiente rischio" ("Bioethics, environment, risk". I edition: 2002, 448 pag. - II edition: 2003, 557 pag.). The book received the International Prize Peccei
- Contributor, on bioethical issues, to LOsservatore Romano
1) Scientific responsibility:
- Participating Unit "Bioethics", Project "Nosographic revision of vegetative states: application of behavioural analysis methods in the study of subjects in coma and vegetative state" (Ministry of Health; 2010-2012)
- Working Group "Bioethics", Program 1 of "Alleanza Contro il Cancro" (Alliance Against Cancer) on: "Reduction of disparities in the patients access to diagnostic and therapeutic resources", work package 5: "Establishment of a national information service on cancer" (2008-2010)
- EuroPHEN - European Public Health Ethics Network (Convention ISS/European Commission; Scientific responsible since 2003)
2) Partnership:
- RD-CONNECT: An integrated platform connecting registries, biobanks and clinical bioinformatics for rare disease research (since 2012)
- BBMRI: Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (since 2010)
- The Network of Italian Oncologic Banks (RIBBO) of "Alleanza Contro il Cancro". Cooperating Unit 1: Bioethics (since 2009)
- EATRIS - The European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicines (since 2007)
- AD Care - Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and antipsychotics: a long term, multicentre, double blind, randomised clinical trial (member of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board; since 2007)
- EUROCAN+PLUS - Feasibility Study for Coordination of National Cancer Activities (since 2006)
- Bioethical issues in clinical experimentation or techniques utilizing ionizing radiations (since 2001)
- Retrieval and diffusion of information in the field of the bioethics by means of an integrated electronic system (since 1999)
3) Collaboration:
- Ethicsweb: Inter-connected European information and documentation system for ethics and science: European Ethics Documentation Centre (since 2008)
- Since 2010: Professor at the International Master in BioLaw. Research Institute Biogem
- Since 2002: Professor at the Master in Environmental Sciences of the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum University and, since 2006, of the European University of Rome
- Since 2002: Member of the Ethical Core of the project Genome-wide analyses of European twin and population cohorts to identify genes predisposing to common diseases
- Since 2001: Professor of Environmental Ethics and of Public Health Ethics, Faculty of Bioethics - Pontifical Regina Apostolorum University
- 2001-2002: Professor of bioethics, Faculty of Medicine - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- 1999-2013: Entrusted of the section Ethics of the Biology of the journal Biologi Italiani
- Supervisor to thesis of degree and doctorate in bioethics
- Teacher in various courses of bioethics
- Advisor on bioethical issues to:
+ European Commission
+ Italian Data Protection Authority
+ Italian National Blood Centre
+ Italian National Transplant Centre
+ Italian Superior Council of Magistracy
+ European Science Foundation
+ Ministry of Health
+ Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
+ Senate of the Italian Republic
- Since 2010: Italian Society for Safety and Quality in Transplant (SISQT)
- Since 2009: Italian Society for Organ Transplantation (SITO)
- Since 2009: The Italian Society of Environment and Health
- Since 2008: European Public Health Law Network (EPHLN)
- Since 2000: Italian Society for Bioethics and the Ethics Committees (SIBCE)
- Since 2000: Association of Scientists and Technologists for the Ethics of the Development (STES)
- Since 1995: European Countries Biologists Association
- Since 1990: Directive of the International Communication Society"
- Since 1990: Scientific committee of the journal Innovazione, Comunicazione, Sviluppo


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Hospice of the Western Reserve Promotes Awareness During National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
Coping with a loved one's serious illness is not easy. Navigating the maze of healthcare services and patient needs can be overwhelming.
More than 1.5 million people get help from hospice and palliative care providers each year. The philosophy is all about improving quality of life so patients can focus on living as fully as possible in spite of illness. Leaving a legacy by creating ethical wills and completing life closure work is just one benefit hospice care offers patients and their families.
"As a community leader and one of the top 10 hospice organizations in the country, Hospice of the Western Reserve's non-profit status enables us to support patient services that are not reimbursable,"
The agency also offers a pediatric palliative care program serving children with life-threatening or chronic diagnosis. The program eases children's pain, fulfills their desires and tends to their comfort.
"Caring for Veterans is another focus," Finn said. "We have a Peaceful & Proud program that provides our staff and volunteers training in post-traumatic stress disorder, issues such as anxiety and substance abuse. The program honors Veterans for their service, while helping them with ethical wills, storytelling and counseling."
Many are unaware of the scope of services offered, or that hospice care can improve quality of life for months, rather than just weeks. For more information on National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, services available or ethical wills, visit hospicewr.org/
About Us: Hospice of the Western Reserve is a community-based, non-profit agency providing comfort and emotional support to patients and their families. The agency cares for people in a variety of settings including the home, hospital, long-term care facility, at David Simpson Hospice House overlooking Lake Erie or at its inpatient Hospice Care Center in Olmsted Township. Opening soon will be the Ames Family Hospice House in Westlake. For more information, visit hospicewr.org or call 800.707.8922.
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Guys' FAQ About Puberty
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What Is Puberty?
Puberty is a time of sexual growth and development. It's a time when your body starts to change and you begin to look more like a grown-up. Boys start to look like young men. Girls start to look more "womanly."
Puberty is a normal and natural event. It's an important step towards becoming an adult.
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Your mom, dad, or your doctor may say you are "going through" puberty. That's because puberty actually refers to several changes that happen over a few years. Sometimes, people say you have "hit" puberty.
When Will I Start Puberty?
Everyone is different, but puberty usually starts in boys between the ages of 10 and 14. You and your friends may not start puberty at the same time. That's normal.
In boys, puberty is considered "precocious" -- or early -- if it begins before or about age 9. Puberty is considered "delayed" when there are still no signs of sexual growth or development by the time a boy reaches age 14.
What Causes Puberty?
Puberty begins when your body starts to make a lot of chemicals called sex hormones. This flood of hormones causes the changes you notice during puberty.
In boys, the main sex hormone is testosterone. This hormone is made in your testicles, which are inside the loose sac under your penis. Testosterone helps fuel puberty. Your testicles also produce sperm cells, the cells that make it possible to get a girl pregnant.
What Happens During Puberty?
The changes that occur in puberty happen in boys over a period of several years. Here are some of the changes you can expect -- and the average age when they happen.
But remember, these are just average ages. The exact schedule you follow may be different than it is for other boys you know.
- Testicles start to grow, usually between the ages of 11 and 12.
- Pubic hair -- the hair around your penis and testicles -- often starts to appear when a boy is 12.
- The penis starts to grow in size often around age of 13.
- Also around age13, you may notice a temporary growth in the size of your breasts.
- A boy's voice starts "cracking" around the age of 13.
- You may have a growth spurt at about 13 1/2.
- When you're 14, you may notice hair growing in your armpits.
- Also at age14, boys often start having wet dreams. That's when semen comes out of your penis while you sleep.
- The average age for a boy to get his "adult" voice is 15.
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Health Briefs: Park Ridge Health events
Published: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 12:27 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 12:27 p.m.
Park Ridge Health events
Park Ridge Health is offering the following support groups and seminars in May and June:
u Oncology Community Support Group
Friday, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Burchard/OB Conference Room
100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville
Call 828-681-2917.
u Myth Buster: Eating Healthy Doesn't Have to be Expensive
May 15, noon-1 p.m.
Duke Room at Park Ridge Health
Park Ridge Wellness Coordinator Julie Palmer will bust the myth that eating healthy is expensive. She will share reasons why this isn't true, and why anyone can eat healthy on a budget with a few simple guidelines. Seminar is free. Pre-registration is required by Friday.
u Self-Defense Class Lunch & Learn
June 1, noon–1 p.m.
Duke Room at Park Ridge Health
Monica Howard, lead telecommunicator and rape defense aggression instructor from the Hendersonville Police Department, will focus on the four risks of personal safety. This free event is for women only.
The Baby Place Events
To register for classes or for more information on Spa Services, call 828-681-BABY or visit parkridgebabies.com.
u One-Day Childbirth Class, $65 per couple
May 14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Health Adventure
800 Brevard Road., Suite 620, Asheville
Bring three pillows, a blanket and a baby doll or stuffed animal to class.
WOW health screenings
u Free Cholesterol Screenings
Lipid and glucose profiles by finger stick, along with blood pressure and body mass index screening. For best results, fast overnight.
Thursday, 8-11 a.m.
The Xcel Sportsplex, 37 Maxwell Drive, Fletcher
PSA and bone density screenings:
No appointment required. PSA blood test for men 50 or older; age 40 if father or brother had prostate cancer. Cost: $10.
Free bone density screenings for osteoporosis will be offered to women and men. Wear shoes and socks that are easy to slip off.
u Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Ingles, 1705 Brevard Road, Laurel Park
For additional information, please visit parkridgehealth.org or call 855.PRH.LIFE.
Pardee honored on stroke issues
Pardee Hospital has been designated as the first and only Stroke Capable Hospital in Henderson County by the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services.
Early stroke treatment may decrease the amount of permanent damage to brain cells, decreasing the amount of disability. This special designation is only granted to hospitals that meet specific, enhanced care capability requirements related to the effective treatment of stroke patients 24 hours a day.
The designation means that patients with symptoms of an acute stroke that require emergency medical intervention can be brought to Pardee Hospital and will not have to be transported by paramedics out of the county.
"During my career as an emergency physician, I have personally treated and seen the disability-sparing results of rapid, aggressive stroke management. Organizations that make this commitment save lives and change lives in their community," said Dr. Robert Kiskaddon, chief medical officer at Pardee Hospital.
Asheville Sleep Center accredited
Asheville Sleep Center at Parkway Medical Group in Asheville recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
To receive a five-year accreditation, a sleep center must meet or exceed all standards for professional health care as designated by the AASM. The accreditation process involves detailed inspection of a center's facility and staff, including an evaluation of testing procedures, patient contacts and physician training. Additionally, the facility's goals must be clearly stated and include plans for positively affecting the quality of medical care in the community it serves.
"This is a significant milestone in our sleep center's development, and we are gratified at the recognition of the center's excellence and of our staff's training and expertise," said Daniel Hey, medical director of the Asheville Sleep Center. "The most enjoyable part of sleep medicine is seeing that improvement in something so basic to life — the quality of our sleep — also leads to such immense improvement in overall quality of life."
Asheville Sleep Center offers diagnosis and treatment of the full range of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, leg movement disorders and REM sleep behavior disorders. The center features an on-site sleep lab for overnight studies, on-site sleep study interpretation as well as on-site availability of CPAP equipment for the treatment of sleep apnea.
For more information, visit www.ashevillesleep center.net or call 828-298-0333.
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Dubstep Floor Fillers 2012 Vol.1
- Artists Nanoo, Derek Ryan, Charmy, Kye Shand, Cassie Reid, RawR, Longshanx, Nanoo, Snatch & Grabb, Jarvis (UK), Oshy, Konnekt, Long ShanX, Illerstate, 10DIN, Imba, Alex Boy, IdelFingerz, Perkulator, Dirty Talk, Oscillator Z, GNDRTRON, JayKode, Mom Is Not A Terrorist, Diverse, Mr Bonez, Project Blubook, Kristoffer Elmqvist, Christoffer Delfs, Skullazy, KTD, Mike G, Chemical Language, Jagermonster
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Our 51st Season!
Featuring Five Great Shows!!
The Foreigner
By Larry Shue
November 6 – 15, 2015
At the Lancaster Opera House
Click here to see photos of this production!
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by Barbara Robinson
December 11 & 12, 2015
At the Village Meeting House in Williamsville
Click here to see photos of this production!
Finnegan's Farewell
by Kevin Alexander and Chuck Santoro
March 17 – 20, 2016
At Ripa's Restaurant on Walden Ave. in Lancaster
Our 14th year performing the dinner theater hit!!
The Dining Room
By A.R. Gurney
April 15 - 17, 2016
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Lovers and Other Strangers
By Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna
May 13 – 22, 2016
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Patent application title: Stationary slick line pumping method
Aaron Mathew Hunter (Midland, TX, US)
IPC8 Class: AE21B4300FI
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Class name: Wells processes producing the well
Publication date: 2009-02-19
Patent application number: 20090044952
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An alternative apparatus and pumping method for retrieving liquids from a
wellbore without the use of a pumping unit as customarily used in oil
field operations.
1. An apparatus for recovering liquids from a well containing a tubular
member having an inside and extending from an earth surface to penetrate
a liquid producing subterranean formation, the apparatus comprising:a) a
body having a body top and a body, a round exterior surface, openings in
the body top and a valve in the body;b) a flexible support member
extending from a system for releasing and retrieving the flexible support
member in the wellbore and connected to the body top
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the valve is a ball valve.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the valve is a flapper valve.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the tubular member is a production tubing.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the body top includes at least one hole.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the flexible support member comprises at least one of a braided wire line, slick line and polymer line.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the clearance between the outside of the body and the inside of the tubular member is a tight mechanical tolerance such that minimal fluid will pass by the outside of the body.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein seals are positioned on the exterior surface of the body to reduce leakage of fluids between the outside of the body and the inside of the tubular member.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the tubular member is a casing.
10. A method for producing fluids from a well containing a tubular member having an inside and extending from an earth surface to penetrate a fluid producing subterranean formation, the method comprising:a) positioning an apparatus comprising a body having a body top and a body, a round exterior surface, openings in the body top and a valve in the body in the well;b) connecting the apparatus to a flexible support member to lift and lower the body;c) producing liquids from the well by raising the body; and,d) lowering the body into the well.
11. The method of claim 11 wherein the fluid comprises at least one of petroleum, distillates, water and natural gas.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the well is a low fluid production well producing at least petroleum, natural gas, distillates and water.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein the tubular member is a production tubing and wherein liquids are produced by lifting the body through the production tubing.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein the tubular member is a casing and wherein liquids are produced by lifting the body through the casing.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein the well is a low pressure gas well which also produces liquids wherein the liquids are removed to enable the production of gas.
16. The method of claim 11 wherein the body is lowered by opening the valve and allowing liquids to flow into the body and out of the body through the valve and at least one hole in the body top.
17. The method of claim 11 wherein natural gas is produced from the well by periodic removal of liquids.
18. The method of claim 11 wherein the flexible support member comprises a wire line, slick line or polymer line.
[0001]The present invention relates to an alternative apparatus and pumping method for retrieving liquids from a wellbore without the use of a pumping unit as customarily used in oil field operations. This unit is primarily targeted for gas well deliquification and/or low fluid volume oil or condensate wells.
[0002]In typical oil field operations, when liquids are recovered from oil and gas wells, the wells are equipped with a pumping unit which reciprocates sucker rods upwardly and downwardly in the well to activate a down-hole pump which pumps liquids, such as oil, water and mixtures thereof, to the surface. The maintenance of such equipment is relatively expensive, as is the equipment itself. Further in relatively low production wells it is continually necessary to adjust the speed and run time of the pumping unit, and the like to keep the level of the well liquids above the top of the pump. It is detrimental to operate a pump above the level of the liquid.
[0003]In many instances, it is desirable to remove liquids from a wellbore by a different approach. The different approach is desirably one which does not require the use of the expensive equipment or the continued adjustments based upon the level of liquids in the well.
[0004]Accordingly, a continuing search has been directed to a method for effectively removing liquids from such wells.
[0005]According to the present invention, such liquids are readily recovered by an apparatus for recovering liquids from a well containing a tubular member having an inside and extending from an earth surface to penetrate a liquid producing subterranean formation, the apparatus comprising: a body having a body top and a body, a round exterior surface, openings in the body top and a valve in the body; a flexible support member extending from a system for raising and lowering the flexible support member in the wellbore and connected to the body top.
[0006]FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art pumping system for recovering liquids from a subterranean liquid producing formation;
[0007]FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
[0008]FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a further embodiment of the present invention;
[0009]FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a body used to lift liquids according to the embodiment of the present invention;
[0010]FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an alternate and larger embodiment of the body to use to lift liquids according to the embodiment of the present invention;
[0011]FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a further alternate apparatus for producing liquids; and,
[0012]FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a system useful for raising and lowering a slick line, wire line, copper tubing or the like into and retrieving the line from a well.
[0013]In the discussion of the Figures, the same numbers will be used throughout to refer to the same or similar components.
[0014]In FIG. 1 an embodiment of a prior art apparatus for the production of liquids from a subterranean formation is shown. A well 10 is shown extending from an earth surface 12 through an overburden 14 to a liquid bearing formation 16. The well includes a casing 18 which is cemented into place by cement 20 with the casing having an inside 19. Perforations 22 are positioned through casing 18 in the liquid producing formation and a pump 24 is positioned to pump fluids to the surface based upon reciprocal motion of sucker rods 26. The fluids are produced through a production tubing 28 having an inside 30 through which the liquid is pumped and discharged through a production flow line 32. A liquid level 34 is desirably maintained in well 10 above the top of pump 24 for operations. The well may include a tubing anchor catcher and centralizer at a position in the lower portion of the tubing. Such a tubing catcher and centralizer are shown at 39.
[0015]In FIG. 2 an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The pump 24 and sucker rods 26 are no longer needed however a seal 38 is positioned in the top of production tubing 28 to permit the entry and movement of a flexible slick line 40 or the like through the seal. "Slick line" refers to a flexible solid wire which may be used to raise and lower apparatus in a production casing or in a production tubing. Other equipment which could be used for such purposes comprises wire lines, braided steel line, plastic line, and other various materials. The use of the term "wire line" is used to refer to a wire like flexible material which may comprise a plurality of strands.
[0016]The present invention comprises a body 42, which is shown positioned beneath the liquid level 34. The body is connected via a slick line 40 to a system for raising the body in the production tubing. The body 42 includes a top 44 and a bottom 46. The body is lowered to a position near the bottom 52 of the well. Desirably the body is lowered to a position beneath perforations 22 into subterranean formation 16. Further it may be desirable that seals (not shown) be positioned around the outside surface of the body to minimize the amount of fluid that will leak between the body 42 and tubing 28.
[0017]In the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 2, liquids are shown to have accumulated to a level 34 in well 10. These liquids may be petroleum, petroleum distillates, water, mixtures thereof and the like. It may be desirable from time to time to recover these liquids. Especially if the well is a relatively low production well, it may not be feasible to maintain a pumping unit at the well so alternate methods of producing these liquids are necessary if the well is to be produced at low, although profitable, levels. The body is positioned so that when raised by the slick line it moves liquids in production tubing 28 upwardly through the well for production through the production flow line 32.
[0018]The body in its raised position is shown in FIG. 3 with the well having a reduced level 34. The body may then be lowered into well 10 and is adapted to readily sink into production tubing 28 through the liquid for retrieval to remove additional liquid from the well.
[0019]An embodiment of the body 42 is shown in FIG. 4 and, as shown, includes holes 72 in its top through which liquid can flow as shown by arrows 85. Liquid flow into the body is shown by arrow 84. A slick line wire is shown connected to a connector 70 on the top of body 42. As the body 42 is lowered into the liquid, pressure under the ball 50 forces the ball to un-seat from the ball seat 48. The action between ball 50 and seat 48 acts as a ball and seat valve. Liquid can thus flow into and through the body to permit readily lowering the body through a liquid level. If unusual or extreme conditions exist within well 10 rubber or plastic seals (not shown) would be placed in the machined grooves 78 on the outside of the tool 42. The top 44 and bottom 46 of the body 42 are connected by the threaded section 47 at the top of part 46. Machined channels 49 allow for wrenches to tighten part 44 to part 46 without affecting the close tolerance of the tool 42 and the tubing 28. FIG. 5 is an alternative embodiment of FIG. 4 in that it is a larger diameter tool for use in larger diameter tubing.
[0020]In FIG. 6 an alternate embodiment of the body shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 is shown. This embodiment is shown in a position for lowering the body into a liquid. Further, seals not shown in this embodiment are slightly different and comprise seals similar to o-rings seated in grooves 78 in a wall of the body 42
[0021]A variety of seals of different configurations can be used with equal success. The seals shown are considered to be illustrative of the use of seals and it should be noted that the drawings are not drawn to scale. In a preferred embodiment, the mechanical clearance between the outside of body 42 and inside 30 of production tubing 28 is maintained at very close tolerances. This permits the withdrawal of the liquid effectively by the use of the body without respect to the seals.
[0022]In some applications, it is desirable to have seals rather than closer tolerances since it is considered that the seals can be more effectively lowered into the liquid layer than can a very tightly toleranced body. Typically when no seals are used it is desirable that the clearance between an outer surface of the body 42 and the inside surface of the production tubing be such that a very small amount of liquid would flow past the body 42. Somewhat larger tolerances between outer surface and the inside of the production tubing may be used when seals are used since the seals will facilitate prevention of leakage of liquids past the body.
[0023]In FIG. 7 a system is shown for lowering the slick line into the well. Slick line 40 is passed over a roller and mounting bracket 56 and accumulated on or discharged from a slick line drum 58. As indicated previously, wire lines, polymer lines and the like may be used in lieu of the slick line. The wire line drum is supported on a support 60 and includes a pulley 62 which is driven by a belt 68 from a motor 64, which is preferably an electric motor, which is supported on a stand 66. The stand 66 is either mounted to a cement foundation or directly to the ground. Other configurations can be used for this operation as well known to those skilled in the art.
[0024]The operation of the apparatus of the present invention is effective to lower the body into a well through a layer of liquid and to withdraw the body upwardly through the well to discharge liquids through a recovery line. This permits the recovery of significant amounts of liquids from wells which may not produce enough liquid to justify maintaining pumping unit equipment at the well. Further it does not require extensive control of the level since if the level rises too high it will simply be recovered through the recovery line 32 and the well can then be emptied using the slick line and the body at intervals as desired. The alternate pumping system of the present invention can also be used to operate wells of higher production but more frequent operation of the recovery cycle is necessary. Further the recovery cycle can be automated to run at selected intervals with only infrequent attention from the operator although it is anticipated that the operator of the well will periodically operate the well manually as required. This application also allows the operator of low liquid volume wells to set this application below perforations 16 if desired to further lower the bottom-hole pressure. Currently with most other forms of artificial lift, it is not recommended to set the pump intake below the perforations.
[0025]A further application of the present invention is the removal of liquids which may accumulate in low pressure gas wells. In such wells, the gas may be produced at a pressure sufficiently low that it will not flow upwardly through the liquid layer. In such instances, lowering the liquid layer to a sufficiently low level is crucial to the production of the natural gas. Accordingly, it is clear that the apparatus of the present invention and the method of the present invention can be used for a variety of purposes such as the operation of recovery from a relatively high producing well to recovery of liquids from a relatively low producing well or for the removal of undesired liquids from low pressure gas wells.
[0026]Furthermore this application lends itself to be powered by a standard electricity source such as power lines, or by alternative energy sources such as solar power, wind generators or any other alternative energy source that generates clean reliable energy.
[0027]While not discussed above, it will be understood that the apparatus of the present invention could also be used inside a casing as it is used inside production tubing. In such instances, the body must be configured to suitably interact with the inside surface of the casing. In other respects the operation is the same as discussed above for operation of production tubing. This may also be desirable in some wells since it may be used in wells which are not fully completed or from which the tubing has been withdrawn. In some instances it may be desirable to limit the amount of liquid which is positioned for removal by the slick line withdrawal. Weight considerations may require that the amount of liquid which could be moved upwardly by the body be limited to the weight lifting capacity of the slick line.
[0028]The liquids recovered are typically petroleum, petroleum distillates, water, brine, and mixtures thereof. The gas recovered typically comprises natural gas. The recovery of these valuable materials is facilitated by the use of the present invention in instances where it is not desirable or feasible to use a pumping unit with a submersible pump and the like.
[0029]While the present invention has been described by reference to certain of its preferred embodiments, it is pointed out that the embodiments described are illustrative rather than limiting in nature and that many variations and modifications are possible within the scope of the present invention. Many such variations and modifications may be considered obvious and desirable by those skilled in the art based upon a review of the foregoing description of preferred embodiments.
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The Wauwatosa Common Council is considering an ordinance that would ban chain restaurants from the east end of North Ave.
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Al Jazeera America, the first all news cable network since Fox News Channel debuted in 1996, begins broadcasting at 2 p.m. Tuesday. But shortly before its debut AT&T U-verse announced it would not carry the channel in a contract dispute, according to The Wrap.
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Addis Ababa, April 17, 2013 (WIC) - IATA Africa Aviation Association is marked in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia focusing to drive the benefit of Aviation across the continent on 16 March, 2013. African Airlines Association celebrates the day in cooperation with International Air Transport Association.
The Day talks about African aviation safety strategies, financing aviation infrastructure, fuel impact on air transport in Africa and driving benefits of African aviation.
In a press conference held at the sidelines of the Aviation Day CEO of Ethiopian, Tewelde GebreMariam said despite the growth opportunities for Air travel in the continent, African Aviation is suffering of high fuel costs, which is double of the price of air fuel in Europe, "The price of fuel in Europe on average is around US$3-3.5 per liter, but here in Africa air fuel is costing as US$ 6 per liter on average. The causes may range from huge tax on air fuel to additional transport costs on fuel in landlocked countries."
More than 6o per cent of Ethiopian's flight is in Africa and the fuel factor is hitting Ethiopian much harder in that regard.
Talking about growth prospects for the airline industry in Africa, he reckoned, it is time for African countries to stop seeking to have flag carrier as it doesn't make sense in business terms. "Many flag carriers in Africa are ending being subsidized by their governments as they fail to make profits. This is happening for they are established just to hold their national flag on their tails."
He encourages African countries to consider economic sense of the industry and to seek to work in cooperation like Ethiopian and ASKY do to meet much needed connectivity and commodity demands of the traffic.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleets of Ethiopian will resume flights as soon as they meet the satisfaction of the American authority, may be in a week time or so. We have so far received 4 such Dreamliners; they are technologically advanced and ahead of the fleets in service over the world. Besides, 787 Boeing aircrafts are fuel efficient, environmentally friendly and highly comfortable for travelers, Tewelde reaffirmed the journalists in attendance.
According to ERTA, like any technology in the World, new innovations need time to mature and that is what is happening with Boeing 787 fleets, the CEO of Ethiopian reemphasized the confidence he has on Boeing new advanced fleet which Ethiopian is the first to own in the continent.
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If the hard disk works correctly on another machine, then it is likely to be ok, however, the disk controller on the motherboard may have developed a fault.
You could try...
1) reflashing the bios
2) adding a new disk controller (disabling the one on the motherboard - check this is possible).
3) replacing the motherboard
4) placing the disk in a USB box (if the motherboard can boot from USB).
Of course, I am assuming that the master/slave setting is correct and the power supply is ok.
You can't expect to install Windows XP on one machine and run the disk on another machine. Most likely too many driver differences.
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Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief: Epistemology in South Asian Philosophy of Religionby Dan Arnold
Pub. Date: 02/18/2008
Publisher: Columbia University Press
In Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief, Dan Arnold examines how the Brahmanical tradition of Purva Mimamsa and the writings of the seventh-century Buddhist Madhyamika philosopher Candrakirti challenged dominant Indian Buddhist views of epistemology. Arnold retrieves these two very different but equally important voices of philosophical dissent, showing them to/i>
In Buddhists, Brahmins, and Belief, Dan Arnold examines how the Brahmanical tradition of Purva Mimamsa and the writings of the seventh-century Buddhist Madhyamika philosopher Candrakirti challenged dominant Indian Buddhist views of epistemology. Arnold retrieves these two very different but equally important voices of philosophical dissent, showing them to have developed highly sophisticated and cogent critiques of influential Buddhist epistemologists such as Dignaga and Dharmakirti. His analysisdeveloped in conversation with modern Western philosophers like William Alston and J. L. Austinoffers an innovative reinterpretation of the Indian philosophical tradition, while suggesting that pre-modern Indian thinkers have much to contribute to contemporary philosophical debates.
In logically distinct ways, Purva Mimamsa and Candrakirti's Madhyamaka opposed the influential Buddhist school of thought that emphasized the foundational character of perception. Arnold argues that Mimamsaka arguments concerning the "intrinsic validity" of the earliest Vedic scriptures are best understood as a critique of the tradition of Buddhist philosophy stemming from Dignaga. Though often dismissed as antithetical to "real philosophy," Mimamsaka thought has affinities with the reformed epistemology that has recently influenced contemporary philosophy of religion.
Candrakirti's arguments, in contrast, amount to a principled refusal of epistemology. Arnold contends that Candrakirti marshals against Buddhist foundationalism an approach that resembles twentieth-century ordinary language philosophyand does so by employing what are finally best understood as transcendental arguments. The conclusion that Candrakirti's arguments thus support a metaphysical claim represents a bold new understanding of Madhyamaka.
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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On the Rational Reconstruction of South Asian PhilosophyPart I: Buddhist Foundationalism1. Dignaga's Transformation of Buddhist Abhidharma2. The Problems with Buddhist FoundationalismPart II: The Reformed Epistemology of Purva Mimamsa3. Nobody Is Seen Going to Heaven: Toward an Epistemology That Supports the Authority of the Vedas4. Are the Vedas Are Intrinsically True? Prima Facie Justification and the Mimasaka Critique of Buddhist FoundationalismPart III: The Metaphysical Arguments of Madhyamaka5. A Philosophical Grammar for the Study of Madhyamaka6. Candrakirti Against Bare Particulars: An Expression of Madhyamika Metaphysics7. Is It Really True That Everything Is Empty? Candrakirti on Essencelessness as the Essence of ThingsConclusion: Justification and Truth, Relativism and Pragmatism: Some Lessons for Religious StudiesNotesReferencesIndex
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Hostetler: (laughing affectedly) It's not everyday we get the chance to sit down with members of such an influential family. Eh, your father has a reputation of being sui generis.
Holmes: My father is a Lovecraftian horror who uses his money to bludgeon his way to evermore obscene profits.
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Rev. Ngoy D. Mulunda-Nyanga and Archbishop Desmond Tutu pictured celebrating the release of Mulunda-Nyanga's first book entitled The Reconstruction of Africa: Faith and Freedom for a Conflicted Continent (All African Council of Churches 1997)
Alumna of American University's dual master's program in International Peace and Conflict Resolution and Theological Studies with the Wesley Theological Seminary, Mulunda-Nyanga now serves as Executive Secretary for International Affairs of the All Africa Conference of Churches based in Nairobi, Kenya.
The end of the cold war was seen by many oppressed Africans as an opportunity to revisit issues related to justice and human rights. Released from the cold war parameters, the African continent exploded giving expression to deep rooted and protracted conflicts. From North to South, from East to West, there were cries of death, destruction and genocide. Nor were the churches spared from violence. The killing of more than 500 Christians in Liberia in 1990, the use of churches as sites of massacre in Rwanda, the killing of church ministers in conflict situations challenge the churches to take seriously the ministry of peace making and conflict resolution.
The fact that most African Churches are at once identified with certain tribal groups and with western denominations, is a blessing and a challenge to church leaders. Tribal identity serves as a blessing when church leaders use their moral authority to address their respective constituencies and work toward the articulation of a common identity. Identification with a tribe or an ethnic group at this time creates trust and hope among the members of the community. If a priest exercises the prophetic role in this context, African churches, in contrast to churches in other cultures of the world, stand a big chance of being heard and influencing the community of life. The churches function as the engine of the community while the minister represents the people and speaks on their behalf.
Thus the priest's role is both pastoral and representational. It is important to remember that in ancient times the priest served both as religious leader and as civil ruler. In most African communities, the priest is not a trained theologian and a church worker, but a community representative. With this background, it is impossible for the churches in Africa to be indifferent when people die violent deaths and when the church exercises its pastoral care, in times of sorrow and grief, it is most readily heard.
Oussama K. Safa, Country Director - Search for Common Ground, in Morocco, leading a conflict resolution training session for UN Peacekeeping Volunteers in Kisingani, the Democratic Republic of Congo
A field director and conflict resolution trainer for Search for Common Ground's program in Morocco, Oussama has worked on a variety of intervention, training, facilitation and research projects in peacebuilding & development and peacebuilding & education. For the past three years, he has been focusing his efforts on the link between peacebuilding and development and has been involved in many projects in that field.
He attributes his graduate studies at AU (1995) for sparking this interest by allowing him to study human development and conflict resolution. In Morocco, he is working on a community building project which focuses on empowering shantytown dwellers to participate in human development projects and collaborate with various stakeholders. To this end, he uses a variety of techniques and mechanisms including training, facilitation and direct mediation.


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Via ferrata, which means 'iron way', originated in the Italian Dolo-mites to allow locals to traverse steep rocky terrain using a series of iron rungs, ladders and bridges.
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The route then goes through a twisting vertical tunnel and exits via a small window on to the face of the main climbing walls.
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The new do-as-I-say double standard.
Some hypocrisies are apparently more equal than others. If, for example, you are a politician who preaches "traditional values" and you get caught in a hotel with a woman who is not your wife, the press is going to have a field day with your tartuffery.
If, however, you are a pol who piously tells inner-city families that public schools are the answer -- and you do this while safely ensconcing your own kids in some private haven -- the press corps mostly winks.
Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock in Washington, we'll learn if anything has changed. Two groups -- D.C. Children First and D.C. Parents for School Choice -- are holding a rally at Freedom Plaza, just across from the offices of the city government. As their flier explains, "D.C. families deserve the same kind of choices that the Mayor, City Council Members, and Federal leaders with children have."
The precipitate cause of this rally is the Democrats' passage of an amendment tucked into the omnibus spending bill. Sponsored by Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.), the amendment effectively ended the Opportunity Scholarship Program, a lifeline now used by more than 1,700 schoolchildren to escape one of America's most miserable public school systems. Rally organizers say that the silence from local leaders was a big reason the Democratic Congress felt free to kill off the program.
"This rally is the first step in what is the biggest civil rights issue for this community," says Kevin P. Chavous, a former D.C. council member who is one of the organizers. "We intend to show that there is huge support for this locally, that this support is growing, and that we're not going away."
It ought to make for an interesting event. In addition to Mr. Chavous and former mayor (current D.C. council member) Marion Barry, speakers will include former mayor Anthony Williams -- whose leadership played a pivotal role in establishing the Opportunity Scholarships five years ago. Mr. Chavous also says there will be figures from black entertainment, as well as moms and dads and schoolchildren.
As strong as the outright opposition may be, perhaps the biggest problem faced by these parents is the Beltway's complicity in a smarmy double standard. Two weeks ago, the Heritage Foundation highlighted this double standard with the release of a new study showing that 38% of the members of Congress are sending or have sent their children to private schools.
That's more than three times the rate for rest of America. For Democrats especially, their choice of a private school for their own families tends to make them opponents of choice for others. The bargain the teachers unions offer is this: We won't fuss about private or parochial schools for your children, provided you don't help any other kid get the same chance.
For the most part they fall in line. And so we have today's Washington, a city where none of the major players making decisions about the D.C. public schools have any skin in the game:
- President Barack Obama. Though the president talks a good game about putting kids first, and could save the Opportunity Scholarships Program with a few words, he remains silent -- even as his daughters attend the exclusive Sidwell Friends School.
- Education Secretary Arne Duncan. When Mr. Duncan chose a safe suburban school in Virginia for his kids, he explained it this way: "I didn't want to try to save the country's children and our educational system and jeopardize my own children's education."
Fair enough. Mr. Duncan also stated that the children who now have scholarships should be grandfathered. This reporter called his office to ask what, specifically, his department is doing to make that happen. A spokesman said they are working on a budget request -- though the administration has not yet decided whether the funding would be just for their existing schools or stay with them through high school.
- Mayor Adrian Fenty. The mayor nominally favors the Opportunity Scholarships, but he's been an uncertain trumpet -- and his lack of leadership was a green light to a Democratic Congress itching to end the program. Though the mayor has promised that his two sons will go to D.C. public schools come fall, right now they too are in a private school.
- Sen. Durbin. In his floor statement defending his killer amendment, Mr. Durbin admitted he chose Catholic schools for his own children. "If I entrusted my own children to [private education], I certainly believe in it." But he went on to say this choice should be there only for Americans who pay for it.
Hmm. Wonder if Mr. Durbin's voting record reveals a consistent respect for not funding things when Americans can't afford them -- or if this fiscal rectitude is reserved only for programs that rile his friends in the teachers unions?
There's only one institution capable of holding these leaders' feet to the fire: the national press corp. Parents and their children will be rallying just a few blocks from the White House. What are the odds that our networks and newspapers will think it is worth covering?
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