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Kristin Graham is a sophomore, and already she's fed up with the steep cost of college textbooks.
"I think it's ridiculous," Graham said. "I spent ... almost $400 on books this semester."
Graham and dozens of other University of Northern Colorado students on Wednesday sat at tables on the sunny University Center patio to write to a legislator about the book bill that empties their wallets each semester.
Graham and a couple other UNC students writing letters said they spend $500 to $800 a year on textbooks. One problem, Graham said, is that some professors tell students to buy an expensive book but then don't use the book during the semester.
"It would be nice if they told us that up front," said Graham, a psychology and sociology major. "... I don't mind paying $100 for a book if they're going to actually use it."
Also, she said, when professors require the newest edition, students don't get to save cash by buying an older edition. "I got a few used (books), but mostly I had to get new."
Money from bookstore buy-backs at semester's end is generally paltry -- about $10 to $15 a book, or less -- so students often just keep their expensive textbooks, according to the students. Chris Muscato, a sophomore studying history and anthropology, said he sold two books for a total of $30 last year, after spending $300 on books for the semester.
Mason Smith, student trustee on the UNC board of trustees, said the cost of textbooks has increased four times the rate of inflation since 1994. "It's kind of getting out of control."
He called the letter-writing campaign a "great success." After a few hours Wednesday, about 200 students wrote letters at tables set up by the Student Representative Council -- double the council's goal of 100.
The first batch of letters will go to state Rep. Jim Riesberg, D-Greeley, who stopped by the event and expressed his support; a second campaign later this semester will direct letters to Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Eaton.
Other Colorado colleges are holding similar campaigns, organized by the Associated Students of Colorado, to build both statewide and campus awareness. The letters are part of a wider effort to encourage state lawmakers to carry bills that mandate disclosure and marketing rules for publishers.
For example, Associated Students of Colorado and the UNC student council say publishers should offer the option of unbundled materials as well as bundled ones. The bundled packages often include CD-ROMs and workbooks that hike costs. When the packages are unwrapped, Smith said, they typically can't be resold to bookstores as used materials.
Also, the student groups say publishers should have to provide prospective buyers with lists of all products, wholesale prices and the time periods the publisher plans to keep products on the market.
"We're just trying to increase the market in fairly priced and effective educational materials," Smith said. "... It's just increasing the options."
Those options are especially important at UNC, Smith said, where about 30 percent of students come from households of $25,000 annual income or less.
Also, UNC has relatively high numbers of non-traditional and first-generation students, Smith said. "It's a very unique campus in Colorado. I think there's a lot of our students who feel the pinch from the cost of living."
On the campus side of the issue, Smith said, faculty often get free copies of potential materials and might order a book without knowing the retail price. Without more information exchanged between publishers and faculty about the best-priced books, students have little market power. "Publishers have been able to exploit this broken market to charge higher and higher prices for books," he said.
Smith said the earlier faculty submit textbook lists to bookstores the better, since that gives the store time to stock used copies of the books.
Faculty are not being targeted in the campaign, he said, but "we're just requesting voluntary support for an issue students care about."
Joan Clinefelter, a history professor at UNC, said faculty think carefully about books they order and request used copies whenever possible. "But other than ordering used, we have no way to keep prices down. I have one book I use every year for example, and even used it is nearly $40."
She knows students don't like to buy new editions, but she said professors don't have control on the matter.
"Once a, say, third edition is out, it becomes very hard to find the second edition in large enough numbers for a class, and the third edition will have different material, sometimes very different, so that having students with several different editions really is a nightmare for everyone," Clinefelter said.
While it can be impractical, she said, students can share books or check them out at the library.
"I honestly do not know what legislators could do to limit the costs of books. They do not control the market," she said in an e-mail. "My solution? Have the state increase the amount of financial aid that is available for students by increasing support for higher education."
Lee Anne Peck, an assistant professor of journalism and mass communications at UNC, said students often complained about the high cost of the public relations textbook, which she chose because it was a book they could use again in the future.
"I decided to try a semester without textbooks," she said, noting that it has meant more work for her to create handouts. "This fall, none of my three classes have required texts. ... None of them complained."
* Students spend an average of $900 a year on textbooks nationally. That's about 20 percent of tuition at an average university and 50 percent of tuition at a community college.
* Textbook prices have increased four times the rate of inflation since 1994.
* Bundling textbooks with CD-ROMs, workbooks and other items increases the cost of the materials 10 to 50 percent.
* Publishers keep textbook editions on the shelf for an average of 3.5 years before updating them.
-- Source: Student Representative Council at the University of Northern Colorado and Associated Students of Colorado


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|Application number
|Publication date
|Jan 13, 2004
|Filing date
|Aug 3, 2001
|Priority date
|Aug 3, 2001
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|Otto Fanini, Stanislav W. Forgang
|Original Assignee
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (17), Referenced by (57), Classifications (4), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of induction resistivity measurements for evaluation of potential hydrocarbon bearing formations using downhole induction instruments having reinforced metal mandrel (monitoring while drilling—MWD) or significant amounts of electrically conductive part parts in or around the sensor section. The present invention provides for compensation of eddy currents induced in the tool body which create additive error signals that interfere with resistivity measurements.
2. Summary of the Related Art
Electromagnetic induction resistivity well logging instruments are well known in the art. These induction resistivity well logging instruments are used to determine the electrical conductivity, or its converse, resistivity, of earth formations penetrated by a borehole. Formation conductivity has been determined based on results of measuring the magnetic field due to eddy currents that the instrument induces in the formation adjoining the borehole. The electrical conductivity is used for, among other reasons, inferring the fluid content of the earth formations. Typically, lower conductivity (higher resistivity) is associated with hydrocarbon-bearing earth formations. The physical principles of electromagnetic induction well logging are well described, for example, in, J. H. Moran and K. S. Kunz, Basic Theory of Induction Logging and Application to Study of Two-Coil Sondes, Geophysics, vol. 27, No. 6, part 1, pp. 829-858, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, December 1962. Many improvements and modifications to electromagnetic induction resistivity instruments described in the Moran and Kunz reference, supra, have been devised, some of which are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,837,517 issued to Barber, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,157,605 issued to Chandler et a. and in U.S. Pat. No. 5,600,246 issued to Fanini et al.
The conventional geophysical induction resistivity well logging tool is a probe suitable for lowering into the borehole and it comprises a sensor section and other, primarily electrical, equipment for acquiring the data to determine the physical parameters that characterize the formation. The sensor section, or mandrel, comprises induction transmitters and receivers positioned along the instrument axis and arranged in the order according to particular instrument specifications. The electrical equipment generates an electrical voltage to be further applied to a transmitter induction coil, conditions the signals coming from receiver induction coils, processes the acquired information. The acquired data then has been stored or by means of telemetry sent to the earth's surface through a wire line cable used to lower the tool into the borehole.
In general, when using a conventional induction logging tool with transmitters and receivers (induction coils) having their magnetic moments oriented only along the borehole axis, the hydrocarbon-bearing zones are difficult to detect when they occur in multi-layered or laminated reservoirs. These reservoirs usually consist of thin alternating layers of shale and sand and, oftentimes, the layers are so thin that due to the insufficient resolution of the conventional logging tool they cannot be detected individually. In this case the average conductivity of the formation is evaluated.
Thus, in a vertical borehole, a conventional induction logging tool with transmitters and receivers (induction coils) oriented only along the borehole axis responds to the average conductivity that combines the conductivity of both sand and shale. These average readings are usually dominated by the relatively higher conductivity of the shale layers. To address this problem, loggers have turned to using transverse induction logging tools where transmitters and receivers (induction coils) have their magnetic moments oriented transversely with respect to the tool longitudinal axis. The instrument for transverse induction well logging was described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,781,436 issued to Forgang et al.
In the transverse induction logging tools the response of transversal coil arrays is also determined by an average conductivity, however, the relatively lower conductivity of hydrocarbon-bearing sand layers dominates in this estimation. In general, the volume of shale/sand in the formation can be determined from gamma-ray or nuclear well logging measurements. Then a combination of the conventional induction logging tool with the transversal induction logging tool can be used for determining the conductivity of individual shale and sand layers.
One of the main difficulties in interpreting the data acquired by a transversal induction logging tool is associated with its response vulnerability of to borehole conditions. Among these conditions there are a presence of a conductive well fluid as well as well bore fluid invasion effects. A known method for reducing these unwanted impacts on a transversal induction logging tool response was disclosed in L. A. Tabarovsky and M. I. Epov, Geometric and Frequency Focusing in Exploration of Anisotropy Seams, Nauka, USSR Academy of Science, Siberian Division, Novosibirsk, pp. 67-129 (1972) and L. A. Tabarovsky and M. I. Epov, Radial Characteristics of Induction Focusing Probes with Transverse Detectors in an Anisotropic Medium, Soviet Geology And Geophysics, 20 (1979), pp. 81-90.
The known method has used a transversal induction logging tool comprising induction transmitters and receiver (coils). By irradiating a magnetic field the induction transmitter induces currents in the formation adjoining the borehole; in turn, the receivers measure a responding magnetic field due to these currents. To enable a wide range of vertical resolution and effective suppression of the unwanted borehole effects, measurements of magnetic field form the formation can be obtained at different distances between the transmitter and receiver. However, even with these modifications, the data logs obtained with a conventional transversal induction logging instruments can be inconsistent, difficult to interpret, and the problems have been exacerbated while logging through a sequence of layers.
In the induction logging instruments the acquired data quality depends primarily on the electromagnetic environment in which the tool operates. Thus, in an ideal case, the logging tool measures signals induced only by eddy currents excited in the formation by the primary magnetic field of the induction transmitter. Variations in the magnitude and phase of the eddy currents occurring in response to variations in the formation conductivity are reflected as respective variations in the output voltage of induction receivers. In conventional induction instruments these receiver voltages are signal conditioned and then processed using analog phase sensitive detectors or, primarily, algorithmically. The processing allows for determining both receiver voltage amplitude and phase with respect to the induction transmitter current or its magnetic field waveform.
As in an open hole induction logging, the induction instruments currently deployed in monitoring while drilling (MWD) operations typically utilize solenoid-type transmitter and receiver induction coils coaxial with the tool mandrel. These instruments produce a "classical" set of induction measurements in the propagation mode, measuring attenuation and phase shift in the transmitted magnetic field due to the influence of the adjacent formation. Known induction tools utilize two coaxial receiver coils positioned in the center of the mandrel and two sets of balanced transmitter coils on both sides of the receiver coils. This balanced coil configuration, when operating at two frequencies of 400 kHz and 2 MHz, enables the typical known induction instrument to quantitatively evaluate eight directional horizontal formation resistivities for a plurality of investigation depths.
As a general rule for induction tool design, a high degree of magnetic coupling between the tool transmitter and the formation and the tool receiver and the formation is desirable. This high magnetic coupling between the tool transmitter/receiver and the formation facilitates increased instrument efficiency and increased overall signal to noise ratio. However, the presence of conductive bodies typically found in the mandrel of known induction instruments becomes problematic, resulting in appearance of an additional and unavoidable magnetic coupling between these bodies and different sources of electromagnetic radiation reception. Primarily, parasitic magnetic coupling between the transmitter, receiver and formation from one side and the conductive metal parts of the downhole tool from another side creates problems associated with parasitic eddy currents induced on the tool body surface.
The parasitic eddy currents flowing on the surface of the downhole tool produce undesirable magnetic fields that interact with resistivity measurements as additive error components. These induced magnetic fields reduce the overall transmitter moment, couple directly into the receiver coil(s) and create undesirable offsets in measurement signals. Moreover, eddy currents are temperature and frequency dependent that makes their adverse effects difficult, if not impossible to account and compensate for by known methods. Thus, there is a need for a method and apparatus that compensates for the adverse effects of eddy currents.
The present invention provides improved measurement capabilities for induction tools for formation resistivity evaluations. The present invention provides electromagnetic transmitters and sensors suitable for transmitting and receiving magnetic fields in radial directions that are orthogonal to the tool's longitudinal axis with minimal susceptibility to errors associated with parasitic eddy currents induced in the metal components surrounding the transmitter and receiver coils. The present invention provides increased effective tool surface impedance by increasing self-inductance of the paths in which induced eddy currents flow on the surface of the multi-component induction instruments.
The present invention enables downhole tool designers to build more effective and better-protected radial induction arrays for existing and future downhole instruments operating in the frequency and/or time domains. In this case the array measurement results contain information primarily about the formation's vertical resistivity. The present invention makes it possible to combine radial arrays with coaxial arrays that conventionally measure horizontal formation resistivity. This combination enables obtaining a full resistivity tensor to evaluate formation resistivity anisotropy.
In one aspect, the present invention provides a composite non-conductive housing to reduce or even avoid the effects of parasitic eddy currents flowing on the tool surface. In another aspect, the present invention provides a non-magnetic housing that is conductive which reduces the effects of conductive materials near coils and, primarily, the receiver. In another aspect of the invention, a non-conductive coating is placed over the housing to prevent high frequency eddy currents from leaking from the housing in the conductive mud of the adjacent wellbore and returning to the housing.
FIG. 1 illustrates circumferential direction of eddy currents that will flow on the surface of the conventional induction MWD instrument with a longitudinally-oriented transmitter magnetic field propagating along the longitudinal axis of the tool body;
FIG. 2 illustrates a preferred embodiment with a coil that is wound around a tool body inside of collar and has a magnetic moment directed along the tool longitudinal axis body;
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are side views of a preferred embodiment illustrating radial and longitudinal ferrite inserts to minimize eddy currents on the tool surface flowing due to a radial transmitter filed;
FIG. 5 is an illustration of a conductive housing interfering with a transmitted magnetic field in the case when tool housing contains ferro-magnetic inclusions;
FIG. 6 is an illustration of a ferrite insert inside of a coil shaping the magnetic flux outside the instrument and in close proximity to a tool surface;
FIG. 7 is an illustration of a preferred collar surrounding a coil;
FIG. 8 is an illustration of a preferred collar surrounding a coil;
FIG. 9 is an illustration of a preferred collar surrounding a coil; and
FIG. 10 is a cross sectional area of the coil and collar of FIG. 9.
The transmitter and receiver coil geometric areas together with the transmitter current define a total magnetic moment of an induction tool. By design, these coils are built preferably with an effective geometrical area sufficiently large to achieve the maximum possible random noise-free measurements while using conventional amounts of electrical power available to MWD equipment. A coil geometric area would be sufficiently large when non-productive losses that may occur while generating the primary magnetic field or detecting the secondary magnetic field flux induced from the formation are either adequately compensated for or properly accounted for. In many circumstances these limitations can be evaluated from the basic physics principles, i.e., from boundary conditions for the magnetic field being in a close proximity to a conductive and/or ferromagnetic materials or propagating along these parts.
It is known from the electromagnetics field science that if an externally generated alternating magnetic field has been radiated normally to the surface of a conductive body, it will induce eddy currents on this surface. These currents, in turn, produce their own magnetic fields that, in vector sense, oppose to the external field. Generally, the opposing field magnitude increases with increasing material electrical conductivity and decreases with increasing distance to the source. These result in the fact that an integral magnetic flux in a close proximity to a highly conductive metallic surface becomes negligible. For those who are skilled in the art it should be understood that similar effects present in induction MWD instruments having transmitter and receiver coils wound in a close proximity to the metal tool body.
Hence, when a transmitter induction coil is positioned right above a conductive tool surface, the magnetic field of eddy currents induced on the surface opposes the primary source and thus decreases the integral flux radiated into the formation. Conversely, if a receiver induction coil is positioned above a conductive surface, the magnetic field of eddy currents induced on this surface due to formation response will decrease an effective flux crossing the coil. Both processes substantially distort receiver output voltage and, consequentially, lower the tool signal-to-noise ratio.
In the most practical tool designs, the wavelength of the transmitter field is significantly longer than the electromagnetic skin depth of the tool body material or the coil linear dimensions. This fact allows for neglecting active electromagnetic losses in the tool body materials, disregarding phase shifts between surface eddy currents and the driving magnetic field, etc. Surface eddy currents decrease coil geometrical areas, however, when operating frequencies are too high to ignore coil dimensions and/or the tool body material losses, the eddy currents effect becomes more complex and should be analyzed separately for every logging case.
Turning now to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 illustrates the direction of the eddy currents flowing on a tool surface with transmitter magnetic fields are oriented and propagating along the longitudinal axis of the tool body. As shown in FIG. 1, a longitudinal magnetic field 110 is generated by transmitter and longitudinal magnetic field 120 is received by the receiver oriented along the longitudinal axis of the tool 100. Surface parasitic eddy currents are generated in the mandrel 105 and circulate on in a circumferential path along the direction 130, as shown in FIG. 1. Non-conductive ferrite inserts 107 in the transmitter collar 109 and receiver collar 111 are utilized for two purposes. The inserts under the transmitter coil 107 increase electrical impedance of the tool surface to allow for a larger flux leak from the coil to be radiated in the formation. Inserts under the receiver coil 107 effectively increase the external field penetration through coil cross-section allowing for larger signal to be measured. Both effects occur due to known behavior of the induction coil wound fully or partially around a ferromagnetic solid. The inserts 107 reduce the effect of circumferential eddy currents on magnetic fields in collars 109 and 111.
Preferably, the tool body is made of non-magnetic but conductive material to reduce often non-liner magnetization effects of this material on the flux transmitted and received by the tool. The tool body can alternatively be made of non-conductive composite material to completely eliminate eddy currents flowing on the tool surface. In this design case, having ferrite inserts 107 under the transmitter coil 109 becomes unnecessary. Having the inserts 107 under receiver 111 would still be desirable for attracting more external flux lines to penetrate through its cross-section.
Turning now to FIG. 2, coil 202 is shown wound around a tool body 100 inside of collar 109 (or collar 111). Ferrite inserts 107 are shown embedded in the tool surface 105 and within coil winding 202. The tool transmitter radiates in a direction along the tool longitudinal axis and, therefore, induced eddy currents 206 travel circumferentially around ferrite inserts 107 as shown in FIG. 2. The ferrite inserts effectively increase the eddy current travel path and forces this path to exhibit a substantial inductance. The increased effective impedance encountered by the eddy currents flowing through this travel path, around the ferrite inserts, will reduce magnitude of the currents and, respectively, downscale their parasitic effects on effective magnetic fluxes.
Turning now to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated which provides for placement of induction coils 310 for radiating a transmitter magnetic field in the formation or receiving respective signal from the formation. The magnetic moment of each of these coils has been perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tool 340 to support induction measurements from the radial direction. While operating, both primary, i.e., transmitter and secondary, i.e., formation fields mainly induce longitudinal eddy currents 330 on the surface of the tool 340. The present invention increases the tool surface impedance not only within transmitter and receiver coil projections on the tool surface, but outside of these projections on the tool body, as well. As shown in FIG. 3, high magnetic permeability inserts 320 are provided within the coil and outside of the coil 310 along the mandrel to reduce the effect of eddy currents 330 having different travel directions.
Thus, referring to FIG. 3, two major currents are induced by the magnetic field of the radial coil and flowing in opposite directions. A first current is contained within the projection of the coil winding on the tool metal surface and the second current flows outside of this projection. The present invention reduces the influence of longitudinal current streams on the measurement results by providing segment type ferrite inserts 320 arranged coaxial with the tool's longitudinal axis and located primarily within the coil projection on the mandrel surface as shown in FIG. 3. Longitudinal ferrite inserts 360 are similarly placed along the mandrel primarily outside the coil projection area on the mandrel surface, as shown in FIG. 4. These longitudinal inserts extend the path and also increase the effective impedance for circumferential streams of eddy currents traveling outside of the coil projection on the tool surface. That is, FIG. 4 demonstrates the principle of the surface eddy current suppression by means of increasing the tool surface inductive impedance. The ferrite inserts being embedded in the surface forced currents to flow in multiple loops, simultaneously increasing inductance of these loops and their impedance to the current circulation. Preferably, a plurality of longitudinal inserts are provided instead of a single insert on each side of the coil. By applying similar consideration, those who are skilled in the art would find that in the case of the receiver coil used per the present invention ferrite inserts within the coil projection on the tool surface effectively increase the coil area.
In a preferred embodiment, a non-conductive coating 360 is placed over tool 340 to restrict eddy currents 330 from leaking into conductive fluid filling the wellbore surrounding the tool 340.
Effectiveness of the non-conductive coating depends on coating thickness and the coating complex electric permittivity. The coating effectiveness will also operate in converse with the tool operation frequency and, therefore, the coating, coating thickness and frequency should be selected properly. A good engineering practice would require a capacitive impedance introduced by this coating between the tool surface and borehole fluid to be at lest an order of magnitude higher than the integral inductive impedance the surface eddy currents experience to. For those who are skilled in the art would see that these two reactive impedances may present a series resonance circuit that could destroy measurement phase stability and quality, primarily in boreholes filled with high conductivity fluids.
It is known that a ferromagnetic body placed in a less magnetic volume "filled" with magnetic flux lines acts as a flux concentrator, i.e., the flux lines are distorted in a way that a majority of the lines pass through the ferromagnetic body. The analogue to this effect can be found in an electrical current (flux) flowing through the circuit and selecting the minimal electrical (magnetic) impedance to flow. In accordance with this analogue, volumes containing ferromagnetic inclusions are known as having smaller "magnetic" impedance to the flux lines routing. For downhole MWD applications this means that improper coil position within close proximity to the ferromagnetic tool parts and components (such as a tool body) might significantly change MWD transmitted and received magnetic fluxes. Moreover, for some embodiments this can create an effect completely compromising the above mentioned advantages. Thus, it may result in suppression of magnetic field transmitted to and received from the formation as shown in FIG. 5.
FIG. 5 illustrates a negative effect of a tool pressure housing 402 built from magnetic material. As shown in FIG. 5, a transmitter coil 410 has been wound on the ferrite core 412 that has been positioned inside the tool metal housing and connects both external MWD surfaces 400. Depending on the ratio of magnetic permeability of the ferrite 412 to the housing 402 one, the magnetic flux 420 can be partially or fully trapped inside the body and never leave the tool.
As shown in FIG. 6, applications of ferrite inserts 510 in the transmitter or receiver coils 500 would have different meanings. Thus, in case of receiver coil it results in the increased magnetic flux density 520 inside the coil's core compared to the external field to be measured. If the transmitter coil current is set (as with supplying it with a "current" source), however, the presence or absence of the ferromagnetic core does not practically affect the radiated field except for some increased flux line concentration per unit of cross sectional area in close proximity to the coil. Thus, the ferrite inside of the transmitter coil serves primarily as a "container" that does not allow transmitter field flux lines to leak inside the instrument. In the case where ferromagnetic inserts are used for the receiver coil, they work as both a "container" and magnetic flux density magnifier.
Turning now to FIG. 7, a preferable solution is shown which provides a nonconductive collar 600, which, in the case of induction measurement instruments is preferably not a load-bearing collar. A preferred embodiment as shown in FIG. 8 comprises a simple hollow composite cylinder 650 mounted coaxial with the instrument on the tool external surface with the coil 640 buried inside the composite collar. In this case the thickness of the collar introduces a gap between the collar 650 surface and external surface of the central pipe 620. This arrangement enables the magnetic flux 630 to penetrate in coil leaking through the gap, i.e., between coil wires and external surface of the metal pipe.
Moreover, the composite filling the gap further comprises embedded ferromagnetic fibers 635 oriented normally to the collar surface, as shown in FIG. 10, thereby increasing the coil effectiveness (primarily for the receiver). An inner cylindrical composite 652 is added with ferromagnetic fibers oriented along a circle in a plane perpendicular to tool axis. The fibers in this inner cylindrical composite part guide magnetic flux lines around a central structural metallic MWD component 620. To facilitate this aspect of the tool implementation, the central structural metallic MWD component 620 is made of a non-ferromagnetic metallic material.
In a preferred embodiment, all radial the coil windings are preferably symmetrical with respect to the external tool surface; longitudinal coil windings have the same axis of symmetry as the tool itself by design. The overall benefits of symmetrical windings in induction tool are known in the art and have been supported by numerical modeling results and experimental field data. In case of MWD instruments, in particular, the asymmetrical windings cause non-symmetric eddy currents traveling in different locations in the instrument. Being parasitic, the magnetic fields due to these currents are almost impossible to cancel, that is, using asymmetrical windings would result in unwanted signal pick-up and cross-talk between coils, distortion of the tool's calibration and introduce the data interpretation difficulties.
In a preferred embodiment, the radial transmitter and receiver coil are each wound around the tool surface, having an even number of turns and symmetrically wound, that is, half of the coil windings going on one side of the tool and the other half—on the opposite side. In this case the radial coils provided inside of the collar, are symmetrically wound so that their total magnetic moment in the axial direction is substantially equal to "zero".
The above example of a preferred embodiment has been provided for illustration purposes only and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention which is determined by the following claims.
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Milk was a Bad Choice has long been seen as one of the most fun teams in Recesstime, but could never quite dress the part. We are hoping to raise $2500 to help define our future look - we plan on getting professionally redesigned full jerseys, shorts, socks, and hats. We will have a tent that will be used for the raining days - as always, other teams will be welcome to join us. We will also be supporting a local artist who creates kick butt sound systems so that we can dance in our new uniforms.
Our team name is of course from the really cool Hollywood movie about newsmen down in San Diego.
Well, with any fashion upgrade, there is always the risk that we will still look ugly and dysfunctional. However, we will hope to overcome this by drinking more water the night before games and being ready in our new uniforms for the start!Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Documents obtained by the ABC expose a culture of sexual and physical abuse in the Defence Forces dating back half a century.
Explosive documents obtained under Freedom of Information by the ABC have tonight lifted a lid on a decades-old culture of sexual and physical abuse in the Defence Force.
A report prepared for the Defence Department and obtained by the 7.30 program suggests recruits aged as young as 13 were subjected to routine abuse going back to the 1950s.
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Ten householders slapped with £307,000 repair bill for leaky roof by bungling council hit by property scandal
A council bill for a roof repair has soared an incredible 440 times from £700 to more than £300,000.
Ten owners in an Edinburgh tenement were given the original quote to repair a leak in a flat roof.
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The University of Michigan is paying lawyers up to $725 per hour to work on an external review of a six-month lapse in the reporting of child pornography found in an employee area at University Hospital and allegedly tracked back to a pediatric medical resident.
The tab for the external investigation of the reporting lapse and a separate review of hospital security procedures could exceed a half-million dollars, according to documents obtained by AnnArbor.com through the Freedom of Information Act.
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Grab your shopping bags, call a friend, and join us for the fun. Come and enjoy the 100+ talented artisans and antique dealers that live here in the Northwest. Be inspired by their creative displays of handcrafted garden and home decor, vintage treasures, unique jewelry, artwork, gourmet treats,
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March 17th-19th at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden.
Lattes and lunch available in our Garden Cafe.
Thursday & Friday 10-8 and Saturday 10-5
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The websites of two Israeli medical centers as well as several other public Israeli websites, were hacked.
The websites for Tel Hashomer and Assuta medical centers, among the largest in central Israel, were down Wednesday morning.
The hospitals' security systems held back the assaults and patient information was not compromised, according to the hospitals.
Following the attacks on the hospital websites, the websites for the Dan Public Transportation company, the Israel Festival, the Cinematheque and the Haaretz newspaper were simultaneouly attacked in the afternoon.
The Israel Festival website was changed to read "Free Palestine, death to Israel." The other sites read "Jew = Nazi."
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Fabulous comedians including Omid Djalili, Sarah Millican, Reginald D. hunter, Rich Hall, Jimmy Carr and Love Middlesbrough ambassador Patrick Monahan, The Band of the Yorkshire Regiment in a free performance, gorgeous world-class classical music, our coverboys The Maccabees, a roof-raiser from the Wildcats of Kilkenny and Cattle & Cane, Shelby Lynne, Bob Geldof, Brendan Cole: live & Unjudged for you Strictly fans, Hansel & Gretel and so much more!
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GRAY COUNTY - "Kevin!"
Two mourning doves were zipping across the summer-burnt grass, dodging and weaving toward the windmill where we'd taken stations.
Kevin Von Netzer was already well hidden, but was scrunched down a little lower as the birds bore down on him.
In one motion, Kevin stood, swung and double-clutched his 12-gauge pump. Both doves folded in a puff of feathers, falling almost to his feet.
As Kevin's big three-legged black lab Jake hopped off to retrieve the birds, I glanced toward my son Will, guarding the other side of the windmill. Will was suddenly "on-point," then suddenly stood and swung his 20-gauge. At the crack of the Winchester, a dove dropped behind him.
After a slow start to the opening day, it looked like the doves were coming alive.
The sound of whistling wings spun me around, as a pair of doves drifted into range, almost hanging in the air.
"Hot dog! An easy one!" I chortled to myself.
I jerked the old 12 in front of the lead dove and slapped the trigger.
Blam. Blam. Blam.
It was a miracle.
Two stone-dead doves kept right on flying. They calmly banked their wings, turned a tight circle and landed next to the water's edge.
After a few moments, they flushed. The far dove whipped by Kevin. He was kind enough to miss it the first time, then dumped it from the sky on the second shot.
The boys were making me look bad.
And so it went for the rest of this opening day. Will and Kevin shot doves. Jake retrieved doves. And I missed doves.
It wasn't a gun-barrel-melting opener. While there were plenty of doves in the country, they were scattered. Although we certainly had enough shots to fill several limits.
I did hit a few. By the end of the afternoon, I had a half dozen doves in my bag - and a huge mound of empty shotgun hulls.
On analyzing my experience, I decided I'd gathered enough experience at missing doves to write detailed instructions on the subject. After all, you've probably read plenty of tips on hitting doves. Face it, doves are hard to hit. They dodge, weave, dip and just don't fill too much sky.
And with almost a million Texans afield this weekend for their annual dose of humility, it seems a good time to review the subject.
So, here goes.
1. Don't practice.
Whoever said practice, practice, practice regarding shooting, obviously intending to hit something? My young companions opening day had spent some time on the sporting clays and trap range, and it showed. I hadn't picked up a shotgun since the end of quail season.
A few pre-hunt rounds of skeet or sporting clays will do more to improve your dove-hitting performance that anything else you can do.
2. Keep moving.
If you get too settled in one hunting spot, you'll probably start to pattern the dove flight patterns. That would allow you to pick a spot to intercept those easy incoming loafers. Those are difficult to miss. If our mission is missing, best keep moving. That way you're sure to be caught off guard - often. And your chances for lots of those screaming, hard-away angled shots will increase.
3. Take all comers.
Ever really watch those folks that leave the field early, with a limit of doves and lots of shells left? They'll pass up more shots than they take, waiting for the high-percentage shots they know they can make.
If you want to miss, take a crack at anything within 50 yards. Not good sportsmanship, offers the chance to lose some doves, but great for missing.
4. Stay in plain sight.
Wearing camouflage clothing and hiding behind or in front of a fence line, post or mesquite tree will dramatically reduce the chances that doves will see you before they're in range. If they don't see you, they won't flare away at marginal range. And they'll probably be easier to hit.
5. Don't follow through.
We all learned to shoot a shotgun with a swinging gun, following through just like with a golf club. But early-season excitement teases us into "poking" the muzzle in front of birds, instead of starting behind, swinging through, slapping the trigger and continuing the swing. Poking equates to missing.
6. Choke up.
It's tempting to drag out the old duck gun, with that super-tight full choke, to "add more range." It'll improve your chances of hitting a dove at 45 yards, but almost ensure that you'll miss lots of close shots. There are very few times when a dove hunter needs anything more than an improved cylinder choke, or a modified at the most.
I once spent a maddening afternoon in a red-hot dove field, missing bird after bird with my 12-gauge turkey gun. Only back at home did I realize that I'd left the turkey extra-full choke in the gun, which meant that I was shooting a 90-percent pattern no bigger than a dinner plate. I might as well have been using a .22.
6. Finally, here's a tip on protecting your ego and reputation.
When you head to the dove field, carry a camera, preferably a big and expensive-looking one.
Then, when your compadres ask "How many'd you get?" you can look very disdainful and reply:
"Aw, just a few, but I wasn't really hunting that hard. I was shooting pictures. ..."
Works every time. Just hope they don't ever ask to see the photos.
Watch for more tips, coming soon, on how to miss ducks and pronghorn antelope.
Lee Leschper is outdoor editor of the Globe-News and chairman of the board of the Texas Outdoor Writers Association.
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Scout.com: What were your honors last year?
Adam Uptegrove: "2nd team all-East valley region."
What is your official height and weight?
"6-1 302lbs."
What is your greatest football memory?
"Moving up to varsity as sophomore."
What are your goals for the upcoming season?
"All state honors and bench 455 lbs."
How are you preparing for the upcoming season?
"Lineman training with coach."
Who are some teammates we should watch out for?
"Our d-line."
Name a teammate you respect and why?
"Anthony Smith and Kolten Molina."
What are your goals regarding playing football in college?
"To start my sophomore year."
Who is currently recruiting you?
What would your early top 5 be?
"ASU, UofA, NAU, MCC, SCC."
Who is the best player you ever played against?
"Covaughn Deboskie (Hamilton RB)."
Name one opponent who you really respect and why?
"Glenn Love (Hamilton safety that signed with UCLA)."
What other sports do you play?
What are your best max lifts in the bench, squat, power clean and 40 yard dash?
"BP:405lbs, SQ:495lbs, PC:245lbs and 40:5.8."
How do you think your coach would describe you as a player?
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a player?
"Strengths: size/strength/speed. Weakness: feet."
Who is your favorite athlete?
"Jamal Williams he is a big monster DT like me."
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
"Don't ever quit."
Tell us what can we expect from your team this season?
"Undefeated state champs."
What can a college program expect from you as a player?
"High intensity and a hard worker."
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What will the main factors be when you choose a school?
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The show will feature local stylists, makeup artists and fashion trends from local retailers.
There will be a competition for best overall look, with Miss Vermont Jeanelle Achee.
All proceeds will be donated to the United Way.
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|The Teddy Bear Museum lives up to its name, boasting quite an impressive variety of stuffed bears that have been loved for more than a hundred years the world over. Inside the two galleries you can view teddy bears from various countries. You can also enjoy yourself at the museum shop, café, restaurant or the outdoor park offering views of the spectacular Jungmun Sea.
The gallery is grouped into three sections: the History Hall, the Art Hall and the Project Exhibition Hall. In the History Hall, you can witness the 100-year history of teddy bears including famous scenes, popular teddy bears of different eras, and antique teddy bears. The Mona Lisa teddy bear and the teddy bears of "The Last Supper" (Leonardo Da Vinci) will especially catch your eyes. The Art Hall features the latest artwork of world famous designers, and you will also find animation characters beloved by children.
A section not to miss is where you can find the smallest Teddy Bear in the world at the size of 4.5mm. In the project exhibit hall you can meet teddy bears grouped to suit the theme of each exhibition. You can dine or drink coffee at the museum cafe or bar while appreciating the beautiful landscape of Jeju Island.
The museum bar is a luxurious space only for adults, which is open in the summer. But there are other places besides the fancy cafe or bar. At the museum garden, you can meet the marvelous teddy bear sculptures and models. The garden decorated with various themes such as the Korean Black bear family and the magical pond is also a great site to behold.
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J.B. Holland was a captain in the Army Air Corps, a prisoner of war and a mayor of Childress.
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For three years, the volunteers hosted pancake suppers, gradually raising the $5,000 needed to erect a memorial on a wall in the hospital lobby. The Tree of Life features hand-carved wood and copper leaves on Plexiglas.
Holly Atchley Holcomb, the coordinator of home care services for the hospital, said the tree was dedicated last Thursday.
The hospital's hospice program began in November, 1996, Atchley Holcomb said. Every year about this time, hospice families, volunteers and employees get together to memorialize those who died in the previous year. This time, they remembered all 58 former hospice patients. Their names are engraved on the tree leaves.
"We wanted to honor the ones we had served and their families," explained Dory Dugan, the president of the hospice's volunteer board of directors.
Walter Payton's death made the front page of most newspapers.
Thanks to the tree, the public may also note the passing of Elisabeth Dickens, who loved to sew and crochet; A.Y. Proffitt, who loved to fish; and E.E. Puckett, a farmer and cattleman, who painted on glass.
The Childress-area hospice volunteers, 32 of whom have been through a 30-hour training program, also host fund-raisers for hospice patients who are still in there fighting. One patient had only one pair of pajamas and little means of support. The volunteers bought him some slippers, an extra pair of pajamas, a bunch of food, and a pan to cook it in.
Little things like that usually are done quietly, and nobody ever knows about them.
The Tree of Life is designed to attract attention.
Of course the names won't mean much to those who never met the people. And so maybe this will help:
L.L. Baker was a master mason.
Homer Compton loved to fly.
Maria Garcia was a mother of nine, with a large collection of knickknacks.
Earnest Love worked 49 years for Burlington Northern Railroad.
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I love to read. When we were kids, we had one tiny B&W TV and my parents let us watch only 30 minutes a day.
So, while my brothers were outside making toys out of scrap wood, I had my nose stuck in a book.
I love to read so much, in fact, I majored in English literature in college. A degree I knew I'd be able to do nothing with, but they say follow your passions, right?
As I've gotten older and moved toward doing this crazy thing called running two businesses, it's been more and more difficult to read.
Sure, I still read, but I also have a little help for business books.
That help?
My friend Steve Cunningham created this site a couple of years ago in order to help busy executives stay on top of all of the really good business books out there.
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- Act on what you've learned
You still spend some significant time (I say an hour or two, but they say it can be done in 10 minutes) with each book, but it's like super-amped Cliff's Notes for busy people.
And the books aren't shabby, either. They're books such as Brains On Fire, Crush It, Engage, Steve Jobs, and Moneyball.
There are several pricing plans for the site, from free and up. The free membership gives you only a summary of the book, but for $30 you can have everything I describe above.
That said, Steve has graciously offered to let Spin Sucks readers try it for free.
If you click here and enter your email address, ReadItForMe is yours.
Let me know what you think!
In full disclosure, I get nothing out of this deal…not even a glass of wine (cough, cough Steve!). But you? You get to try a $30 program for free. If you feel like bestowing gifts on me for this, I'll gladly accept them. My shoe size is 5 1/2.
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62 Comments on "A Business Book Reading Tool"
I fear any shoes that came your way via my generosity would ultimately become a burden rather than an enjoyable gift. Unless of course, you're a big fan of Rebok pumps. Now those were some classy yet functional sneakers. All the cool kids had them.
Definitely interested in checking out the site. Thanks, Gini.
@JamesDBurrell2 I can always use running shoes!
You're childhood sounds a lot like mine. I might be among the last to get a nook or kindle, and I don't listen to audio books, but THIS sounds like something that I might want to try. Thanks!
@KenMueller I love my Kindle. LOVE. Mostly because I travel so much and it's A LOT lighter than a book.
@ginidietrich Oh, I'd love to have one. And I'm sure I'll adapt well, just like i do with everything else.
@KenMueller Yes, you'll adapt very well.
@ginidietrich well, now you know what to get me for Christmas!
@KenMueller@ginidietrich For $79, you really can't go wrong. My consumption rate of reading has increased significantly since I got my iPad earlier this year (I use the Kindle app).
Great post! I have never heard of this service/site. I'm going to test it out and see how I like it.
@MeGiantInc Let me know what you think!
Heh, small world. I was a literature & history major as an undergrad. Lots of Renaissance and Medieval in my program. 🙂
@jasonkonopinski There are really only a few things you can do with a degree like that…
@ginidietrich Don't I know it. My graduate work was in cultural studies which dovetails very nicely with social media, community building/management and web anthropology. 🙂
@jasonkonopinski What did you want to do with that degree…before you realized you'd make no money?
@ginidietrich Academia.
@jasonkonopinski Why didn't you do that?
@ginidietrich I did for a few years when I was wrapping up my graduate work; the level of entitlement coming from first-year students was enough to sour me completely on teaching full-time. I'd happily pick up an adjunct appointment though for one or two courses per semester.
@ginidietrich Fun Fact: I can still recite the first 25 lines of Chaucer's General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales in Middle English from memory.
@jasonkonopinski Impressive. I was an English and graphic design double major, then decided to pursue the MFA in creative writing. I thought those things would help me to find a job… @ginidietrich
Hi Gini… very excited to give this a try! I love reading. I always have a book with me. If there's down time, I like to be reading. I think I'm finally going to be jumping on the e-reader bandwagon… hoping Santa brings me a Kindle. 🙂 Do you have a particular e-reader you like?
–Tony Gnau
@T60Productions I have the Kindle app on my iPad. I love it. I also really like the newstand app on the iPhone. Lots of magazines are read there.
I checked this out at your suggestion and I must say this looks like a great service for all of us busy professionals. I mean really, I have had a book sitting on my desk I have been trying to read for two months now. I am finally almost done but geesh, I feel like I could have had it under my belt weeks ago if I just had more time.
This is a great offer and I think I'll check it out. Thanks.
@Anthony_Rodriguez I'm the same way. It takes longer to read business books because we do this all day, every day. For me, when I read, I want it to be something I don't read during the day.
Thank you, I'm excited to try this out! And I thought I had small feet (I'm a 6 1/2)…you take the cake on that one!
@Cision We can almost share shoes!
Okie Dokie.
Yes the 'Mr. I don't read business books' signed up for this.
I love how the site also guarantees to lower my Cholesterol. But hey if only the book side of things works I will pay for the premium service!
@HowieSPM It not only lowers your cholesterol, it makes calories disappear.
Steve, give the woman a box of wine and make her happy. 😉
@TheJackB A box?! A BOX??
@ginidietrich Only the finest wines come in a box. Besides, they are much easier to transport while riding a bike. 😉
Thanks! I will check it out.
@KevinVandever You're welcome!
You were an English major in college? Me, too!
I'll have to investigate this site. I'd like to get some more reading done.
@Erin F. I knew there was a reason I liked you!
This is getting spooky. We both liked Nancy Drew, we both majored in English Lit and we both wear size 5 1/2 shoes. I also used to cycle a lot, but not competitively so I guess that one doesn't count. Thanks for sharing the ReadItForMe offer. I've signed up.
@Shelley Pringle Uh…I was a huge Nancy Drew fan in my younger years. I don't wear size 5 1/2 shoes, and I'm not much of a cycler, though. Phew! 😉
@Shelley Pringle What about Little House On the Prairie? And what's the last book you read?
@ginidietrich Yup, definitely Little House. All my girlfriends read them in grade 5/6 and we used to act out stories in the playground, each of us playing different characters from the books. In the fiction department, I'm reading Help right now for my book club. In non-fiction: Long Road to Freedom (Nelson Mandela's autobiography) and What Would Google Do.
@Shelley Pringle Did you love WWGD?? It made me rethink, entirely, my business model. It's where Spin Sucks Pro was born. In the back of my notebook while reading that book.
The Help is soooooooooooooo good. I'm reading Steve Jobs right now, which is really well done. Have you read The Hunger Games series?
@ginidietrich I've got the Steve Jobs bio on my iPad to read after I finish The Help. I haven't heard of The Hunger Games. Will definitely check that out.
Hey Gini – thanks so much for the love here! I think
Hey Gini – thanks so much for the love here! I definitely owe you a bottle (NOT a box!) of wine.
Thanks to everybody who signed up, as well. I'd love to hear what you think, and if you have any suggestions for new books to cover, I'm all ears.
@stevecunningham I have a new book you should cover! Well, it comes out in May. 🙂
Actually, do you know Humanize by maddiegrant and jamienotter ? I just reviewed it here a couple of weeks ago. It's very good for business leaders wanting to make their companies more human.
@imeldadulcichpr I hope you enjoy!
Wow! This is so cool. Thanks, Gini, for sharing. I watched a vid tonight and will definitely spread the word to those who will enjoy this, too.
@joelfortner03 You'll have to let me know what you think, as you get more into it.
Thanks for sharing such a fabulous idea. Signed up and can't wait to try it out. Oh, and by the way, I'm jealous about your shoe size. I think we're about the same height and my shoe size is a 9 🙁
@JodiEchakowitz The only advantage to having such small feet is that no one wears my size so my shoes are always on sale.
OOOHHH!! Thanks for sharing. Love the link and friends and family discount! Can't wait to try it out. I am so behind on my business book wish list!
@EricaAllison I have to figure out how Steve does this…I can't imagine reading a book a week (or more) and doing the videos and summaries and workbooks too.
Thank you Gini! This is great! And thank you Steve!
Once I learned to read, I didn't want to do anything else.
@jennwhinnem I read your comment and I thought it said, "Once I learn to read." LOL!
Why can't we upload pics here? I had a fabulous pair of size 5 1/2 cheapish white hotel slippers I wanted to send you LOL ;)!
This is brilliant – thanks Gin. It's like frickin' Cliff Notes on crack and then some. I just signed up for the free trial :).
Where was this reading tool when I was in high school and college?!!!
@Griddy I think you know how to find me in other locations, smarty pants.
Wow. You have tiny feet. 🙂
@maddiegrant LOL! It's fun when my nieces get old enough that I can borrow their shoes.
@maddiegrant I'm feeling the same way, with a book coming out next spring. It also hurts me that, if you have a Kindle, you can now borrow books without paying for them. So, like you, I'm torn.
But I also think this kind of stuff creates a huge opportunity for authors to present their material in other ways that make sense for busy people. You and i are in the minority – we still read books. What about everyone else?
I'm going to check out Subtext…social reading. I like it!
Oh and I forgot to mention that as a budding author, I feel the same torn feeling. @maddiegrant @ginidietrich
@Tinu I'm the same way – have to read books I care about. But I have plenty of books sitting here that I *should* read, but that will make no difference in my life. So I like tools like this for those kinds of books.


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