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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Publication date
|2 Jan 1968
|Filing date
|25 Jun 1965
|Priority date
|25 Jun 1965
|Publication number
|Bearden William G, Howard George C
|Original Assignee
|Pan American Petroleum Corp
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (34), Classifications (14)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Jan. 2, 1968 e. c. HOWARD ET AL 3,361,204
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING AN UNDERGROUND FORMATION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 WILLIAM G. BEARDEN GEORGE C. HOWARD INVENTORS.
Filed Jun 25, 1965 ATTORNE Y.
Jan. 2, 1968 G. c. HOWARD ET AL 3,361,204
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING AN UNDERGROUND FORMATION 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 25, 1965 FIG. 4
United States Patent 3,361,204 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING AN UNDERGROUND FORMATION George C. Howard and William G. Bearden, Tulsa, Okla, assignors to Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Tulsa, Okla, a corporation of Delaware Filed June 25, 1965, Ser. No. 467,041 5 Claims. (Cl. 166-35) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Apparatus and method for use in treating a formation penetrated by a well bore. Means are provided whereby an annular portion of the well bore adjacent the formation to be treated is isolated. A tubular member having a window is suspended at the lower end of a string of tubing adjacent the isolated annulus. A perforating gun is lowered through the tubing string until it is in the tubular member. Orienting means are provided to orient the gun in relation to the window in the tubular member. The gun is then fired with the bullet penetrating the casing and the formation. Treating fluid is then injected through the tubing in the isolated space so that it passes through the perforation just made and on into the formation.
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for use in treating a formation penetrated by a well bore. It relates especially to a tool which can be used in a well bore and through which a treating agent is injected such as into an unconsolidated underground formation to bond the loose particles together.
Many oil and gas wells produce from incompetent or unconsolidated formations. By this it is meant that the sand particles are not strongly bound together and that as fluid moves from such formations into the well, the smaller particles of sand, clay and the like are carried into the well. The removal of these particles from the formation enables other larger particles to shift their positions. In some instances, these larger particles are also carried into the well. The moving of such larger particles removes support for additional smaller particles so that they too migrate toward the well. The matter of sand production can become a very serious problem. In some instances the sand particles cause mechanical damage to the well completion equipment to the extent that it must be replaced. This, of course, is costly. However, sometimes the damage is even more costly. In some severe cases where an excessively large amount of the formation has been removed, the damage is so great that the well casing itself is sometimes damaged or collapsed to the point where the well must be abandoned.
Many means have been suggested for relieving this sand production problem. For example, gravel packs are sometimes placed opposite unconsolidated zones to filter the solids out of the fluids moving toward the well. Various agents have also been used to consolidate the sand and other loose particles in place into a rigid mass to prevent this movement. One method of injecting treating agents into the formations to be consolidated is described in Patent No. 3,189,091 issued June 15, 1965. That patent describes one particularly desirable Way of consolidating a formation. In a preferred method in that patent a pliant or elastic material, such as an aromatic polyisocyanate, is deposited on the particles in the formation whereby they are cemented together in a soft or rubbery mass. The cementing material used is one which is activated and caused to deposit by Water in the formation. In that method, the cementing material is injected into the formation in a solution with a solvent which is miscible with both water and the organic petroleum residue near the well. The product produced by the water activating the material is insoluble in the formation fluids and is preferably pliant. When the particles are cemented together with an elastic material, the formation yields a slight amount and fluid flows therethrough without releasing particles.
In some cases, one of the problems with treating an unconsolidated formation with a consolidating agent is the proper placing of that agent. That portion of the formation immediately surrounding the well bore to which fluid is to be produced, e.g. all of the formation within 1 or 2 feet of the perforation through which formation fluid is produced, should all be contacted with the treating agent. If some of such portion of the formation is not thus contacted it is likely that the formation fluid such as oil or gas will be produced through such uncontacted portion. Such production will cause sand particles to be entrained and carried into the well bore. Thus it is seen that it is most important that the treating agent be properly placed within the formation.
Acordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide means whereby the treating agent is placed in the portion of the formation adjacent the perforation in the casing through which fluid is to be produced. In a preferred embodiment means are provided whereby an annular portion of the well bore adjacent the formation to be treated is isolated. A perforating gun is lowered through the tubing string until it is adjacent the isolated area. The gun is then fired, the bullet penetrating the casing and into the formation. Means are provided whereby treating fluid can then be injected through the tubing and the isolated space so that such treating fluid passes through the perforation just made and on into the formation. This assures that the portion of the formation adjacent the perforation through which formation fluid, such as oil, is subsequently produced has been contacted by the treating agent. Thus, for example, if an unconsolidated formation is being treated by a bonding agent, the critical portion of the formation is bound together to prevent production of sand or other particulate matter. The perforating tool can be reloaded and the isolated area moved to a second or other locations in the well bore and the treatment repeated.
Various other objects and a better understanding of the invention can be had from the following description taken in conjunction with the drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 illustrates a preferred embodiment of the apparatus of this invention supported in a well bore without a perforating gun located therein;
FIGURE 2 illustrates a section along the line 22 of FIGURE 1;
FIGURE 3 illustrates a section along the line 33 of FIGURE 1;
FIGURE 4 illustrates the apparatus of FIGURE 1 in which a perforating gun has been positioned; and
FIGURE 5 illustrates a perforating gun useful in the device of FIGURE 1.
Attention is first directed toward FIGURE 1 which illustrates a casing 10 set in a borehole which penetrates an underground formation 12 which is to be treated. Positioned within casing 10 and adjacent that portion of formation 12 to be treated is a tubular member 14 which is enclosed at the lower end as by cap 13. Tubular member 14 is suspended from the surface by a tubular means or tubing string 11 to which tubing 14 is connected such as by threads 15. An annulus 16 is formed between casing 10 and the tubular members (including tubing string 11).
Spaced from and above cap 13 is a port 22 in the wall of tubular member 14. Surrounding tubular member 14 and especially in the vicinity of port 22 is a sleeve element 18. Sleeve element 18 together with tubular member 14 forms an annular space 30 therebetween which is in fluid communication with the annular space 16 between the tubing string and the casing. A pad 2%, surrounding port 22, supports sleeve 18 from tubular member 14. Pad 2% completely surrounds and seals ports 22 and 26 from communication with annular space 36. Member 20 has a port .14 and together with ports 22 of tubing member 14 and port 26 of the sleeve 18 form a port means or window communicating the interior of tubing member 14 with the space 33 between sleeve 18 and casing 11}. (It is through one of these windows that a perforating gun is fired.) Space 33 is isolated from the remaining part of annulus 16 by upper packer 32 and lower packer 34. These packers are preferably of a cup type which will expand outwardly and seal with the casing upon fluid pressure being injected through ports 22, 24, 26 into isolated space 33.
Means are provided establishing fluid communication from below packer 34 to above packer 32. In this regard, pads 2% do not go circumferentially around tubing member 14. As can be shown in FIGURE 2 there is space 39A between the pads so that there is free communication between annulus 16 below lower packer 34 and that part of the annulus 16 above packer 32. The portion of annular space 30 which is above pad 2th is in free fluid communication through passage 30A with that portion of such annular space 30 which is below pad 20. Annular space 30 and passage 30A together form a passage between that portion of annular space 16 above packer 32 and that portion of such annular space 16 below packer 34.
Means are provided so that fluid can be circulated down through the tubing and back up annulus 16 and annulus 30. This includes a port 46 which is provided in the wall of tubular member 14 near its lower end and below port 22. A pressure relief tube 40 having port 44 aligned with port 46 is provided in the lower end of tubular member 14. Pressure relief tube 40 has exterior longitudinal passageways 42. Mounted immediately above pressure relief tube 40 within tubular member 14 is a gun orienting device or sleeve 36 which is provided with gun guide slots 38. The thickness of the wall of orienting device 36 is less than the radial dimension of longitudinal slot 42 of pressure relief tube 40. Pressure relief tube 40 and perforating gun orientating device 36 can be securely fastened to the interior tubular member 14 by conventional means such as by welding.
Attention is now directed toward FIGURE which shows a conventional casing perforating gun 43 which has been modified to meet the requirements of this invention. Shown is a perforating gun having a directional k charge 60 which is oriented 90 from tubular orienting pegs 58. Pegs 58 are spaced below gun 6t) and are adapted to fit into guide slots 38 of gun orientating device 36. As shown in FIGURE 1, the lower end of slot 38 is a distance H below the ports 22. This is the same distance which orienting pegs 58 of the perforating gun is below the directional charge 60 as shown in FIGURE 5. As also shown in FIGURE 5, a sealing nipple 52 is fastened to the perforating gun at its lower end. This sealing nipple is provided with an upper sealing means 54 and a lower sealing means 56 which can for example be O-rings. The size of sealing nipple 52 is such that sealing members 54 and 56 provide a firm seal with. the interior of pressure relief tube 40 when inserted therein thus closing ports 44 and 46. Slot 42 of the pressure relief tube 40 causes equal pressure to be exerted on the upper and lower surfaces of the gun so that it can be easily withdrawn from the tubing.
Having described the main structural components of this device, attention will now be directed toward its operation. The device shown in FIGURE 1 is secured to the lower end of a string of tubing 11 and lowered into position such that the window of the tool is at the depth which is to be treated. When the tool is lowered into the well bore no fluid pressure is applied to the tubular string 11 and thus cup packers 32 and 34 are in a relaxed position and the tool moves easily down the well bore. When the window is adjacent the depth of the formation to be treated, the perforating gun is lowered by cable 59 in a conventional manner. Cable 56 also contains conductor lines for actuating the perforating gun. When the perforating gun is lowered down the interior of tubing string 11, at first it is not yet lowered to where it seats or seals within pressure relief tube 40. At this time, the desired treating agent is forced downward through tubular string 11 until essentially all the drilling mud or other well fluid is displaced from within the tubular string. This well fluid is displaced out primarily through ports 44 and 46 at the lower end of tubular member 14 and up annulus 15 through passages 30 and 36A.
At this time, perforating gun 48 is lowered so that sealing nipple 52 i in pressure relief tube 41 When orienting plug 58 of the perforating gun is in the lower end of orienting slot 38 of the orientating device 36, sealing nipple 52 is positioned such that seals 54 and 5s; prevent fluid from within the tool passing through ports 4. 4 and 46. The interior of tubing 14 is then in isolated communication with isolated space 33. When continued pumping of fluid to tubing string 11 causes build up of pressure in the tubing string, it is known that the sealing nipple is in the pressure relief tube and that the orienting nipple 58 is in an orienting slot 38. If there s no build up of pressure, and assuming no failure of the seals, it is known that the perforated gun is not seated. When there is a pressure build up, it is further known that directional charge 66 is oriented opposite one of the windows of the tool and is thus in position to be fired. The perforating gun, after proper seating, is then fired through the window of the tool causing a perforation 62 in the wall of casing 10 and into the formation 12. After the perforation has been made, treating fluid is continued to be pumped down drill string 11 through perforation 62 and into the formation. Suitable treating fluids for consolidating a formation are described in the above mentioned US. Patent 3,189,091. Such treating fluid causes the formation adjacent perforation 62 to become consolidated. Of course, this apparatus and method can be used for treating fluids other than those for consolidating a formation.
If it is desired to treat another interval of the formation at a different depth the device is moved vertically in the well bore to such new location. This can conveniently be done by releasing the pressure on the tubing string 11. which causes packers 32 and 34 to relax. They can then be moved fairly conveniently by movement of tubing string 11 in a conventional manner. The spent perforating gun is removed and a recharged perforating gun is lowered into the tubing string. Then the above described operation is repeated.
While only one preferred embodiment of the above invention has been described in detail, various modifications can be made thereto without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore it is desired that the scope of the invention be defined only by the following claims.
We claim:
1. An apparatus for use with a perforating gun having a directional charge used to perforate a casing set in a. well bore which comprises:
a hollow member having a window therein and adapted to receive said gun;
upper annular sealing means above, and lower annular sealing means below said window and supported exterior of said hollow member for sealing engagement with said casing to form an isolated space between said sealing means;
a passageway establishing communication of space exterior of said hollow member below said lower sealing means and that space above said upper sealing means;
means within said hollow member for orienting the directional charge of said perforating gun with said window of said hollow member; and
means establishing fluid communicating between the interior of said hollow member and the exterior thereof below said lower sealing means, which means is closed by the lowering of said perforating gun into said hollow member.
2. An apparatus including: a perforating gun in which said perforating gun has a sealing nipple extension carrying an upper ring seal and a lower ring seal and a pair of diametrically opposite orienting plugs exterior of said gun, and a charge oriented 90 from said orienting plugs;
a tubular member having diametrically opposite ports spaced from its lower end and a pressure relief port spaced longitudinally between such ports and the lower end of said tubular member, said tubular member extending to the surface;
cap means enclosing the lower end of said tubular member;
an orienting sleeve mounted in said tubular member below said ports and above said relief port and having diametrically opposite slots for receiving said orienting plugs of said perforating gun, said slots being oriented 90 from said ports of said tubular member, the longitudinal distance from the lower end of said slot to the center of said port means being the same as the longitudinal distance from said orienting plugs on said perforating gun to said shaped charge;
a pressure relief tube fixed within said tubular member below said orienting sleeve and having a port in the wall thereof aligned with the relief port of said tubular member, said pressure relief tube having a longitudinal passage in the well thereof, the interior diameter of said pressure relief tube being of a size to sealiugly receive said sealing cap of said perforating gun;
a sleeve surrounding said tubular member and extending above and below said ports and having ports aligned with the ports of said tubular member;
support pad means surrounding said ports of said tubular member and filling less than a full circumferential part of the annular space between said sleeve and said tubular member; and
an upper sealing means and a lower sealing means carried by said sleeve respectively above and below said window.
3. An apparatus for use with a tubing string and perforating gun having a directional charge and used to perforate a casing set in a well bore which comprises:
a hollow member having a window and adapted to be connected to a string of tubing;
annular sealing means supported by said hollow member for isolating a portion of the annulus between said hollow member and said casing, said isolated portion being in fluid communication through said window with said hollow member;
a passageway supported by said hollow member establishing fluid communication between the annulus above and below said isolated portion;
means within said hollow member for orienting the directional charge of said perforating gun with said window of said hollow member; and
port mean in the wall of said hollow member establishing fluid communication between the interior of said hollow member and the annulus between said hollow member and said casing and below said seating means, said port means being closed by said perforating gun when said gun is lowered into said hollow member.
4. A method of treating with a treating agent an underground formation behind a casing in which a tubular member is suspended which comprises:
(a) isolating a portion of the well bore adjacent the formation to he treated, said portion being in fluid communication with the interior of the tubular member;
(b) displacing well fluid from said tubular member through the lower end of said tubular member by injecting said treating agent through such tubular member;
(c) then closing said lower end of said tubular memher;
((1) after said displacing step, perforating said casing through said isolated portion while maintaining said isolated portion in fluid communication with the interior of the tubular member, said tubular member extending to the surface; and
(e) injecting said treating agent through said tubular member and isolated portion through said perforation into the formation to be treated.
5. A method as defined in claim 4 in which formation fluid is thereafter produced through said perforation.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS CHARLES E. OCONNELL, Primary Examiner. IAN C. CALVERT, Assistant Examiner.
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Shelley Poncy, in John Grimsley's recent production at Le Petit, solved this delicate problem in much the same manner that Alexander the Great dealt with the famous Gordian knot; she simply became Serafina. It was a joy to watch.
The story has two basic strands. One is Serafina's struggle to accept her daughter's coming of age. The other is more complicated. It involves Serafina's illusions about her dead husband -- and the way her sense of her own worth is tied up in that illusion. Her "glory" as a woman has to do with the sexual combustion she shared with this gypsy/Prince Charming of a man. However, as we learn, he brought his fire to other women as well. An amorous gypsy he was, but no Prince Charming. Real love comes to Serafina in the unglamorous form of Alvaro Mangiacavallo, "the grandson of the village idiot," the "eater of horses." It comes not with the heady fragrance of attar of roses, but with the humble odor of hay and manure. Stripped of all the exotic lyricism, The Rose Tattoo is a fable about the nature of love. If La Fontaine had written it, the title might be "The Horse Eater and the Rose."
Michael Arata gave us a boisterous, ingratiating Mangiacavallo that made Serafina's dilemma -- as well as her eventual reawakening -- believable. Mary Rennekamp's Rosa, the daughter, was charming and plucky. James Mykris showed the likable earnestness of Jack Hunter, Rosa's sailor boyfriend.
Luis Barroso, Sharon Clement and Adella Gautier (as a witch and a stogie-smoking, tough-guy salesman!) were among the notable supporting players. Daniel Kahn provided an evocative underscoring on accordion. Bill Walker designed the effective abstract set.
Concurrently, over at Le Chat Noir, Pat Bourgeois and Dane Rhodes were creating late-night havoc with I Didn't Raise You That Way. Bourgeois wrote the play, a comic confection that deals with a young novelist trying to keep her mother and aunt in the dark about a novel she's written, since they appear as characters in it. Rhodes directed -- though a more accurate term might be "deconstructed" -- the production, which bore a relation to the text not unlike chopped meat bears to sirloin: all the same stuff is there, but it now can get pushed into a hundred different forms. It got pushed all right.
The writer was played by the ever-buoyant Lara Grice, who bobbed charmingly to the surface each time the text was capsized by a veritable tempest of contretemps and confusions (including that great "no-no" that the English call "corpsing," or laughing out of character). The mother and aunt were Roch Eshelman and Rudy Rasmussen in drag, lovely old biddies both. They stepped into the parts on short notice, and it became standard practice, to press-gang a member of the audience to act as prompter, since the actors invariably lost their way in the script.
By the end of the play, when a flaming queen of a society editor had been played by three different actors in succession (including Jason Knobloch, the tech director), no one onstage or off seemed quite sure where we had drifted to -- but, by this time, it was nearing midnight, everyone had had a drink or two more than they intended, and a mood of genial nuttiness seemed just the thing.
Everyone clearly had a good time in this free-for-all, anything-goes atmosphere, which benefited enormously from the cabaret intimacy of the Chat. Sometimes the show was intentionally funny. Sometimes, it was unintentionally funny. Sometimes, it fell flat. But not often and not for long.
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CANTALICE, Lucicleide Maria de and OLIVEIRA, Katya Luciane de. Reading strategies and textual comprehension among university students. Psicol. Esc. Educ. (Impr.) [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.2, pp.227-234. ISSN 2175-3539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-85572009000200004.
In this study we explore the reading and understanding of texts by university students. We used the metacognitive reading strategies considering students' age. We work with one hundred and ten students from Psychology course at a private University located in the State of São Paulo. We apply reading metacognitive strategy scale and a text containing 250 words prepared according to Cloze technique, which is characterized by omitting every fifth word. The work was developed with the students who accepted to take part in the investigation. The data were submitted to inferential statistics and revealed the relation existing between the punctuation of reading metacognitive strategies scale and the Cloze's scores. It was also possible to evidence the differences in the university students' reading comprehension according to their ages.
Keywords : Reading; Cloze testing; College students.


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Waining lands Topham treble
Always Waining remarkably won the John Smith's Topham Chase over the big Grand National fences for the third year in succession for trainer Peter Bowen.
The 11-year-old rarely shows much sparkle for the majority of the season but come Aintree in April, the veteran springs to life.
Once again jumping with aplomb, the 11-1 chance was one of a small group vying for the lead rounding the turn for home and Fistral Beach looked to be travelling strongest, but it was Always Waining who got away from the final fence quickest and he ran on strongly to score by four and a half lengths.
Chance Du Roy grabbed the runner-up spot from Fistral Beach, with Aimigayle taking fourth.
Winning jockey Tom O'Brien said: "He's absolutely amazing. He gives everyone who rides him a great spin around here and I'm delighted with that. He hears the crowd and he just takes off.
"I knew Chance Du Roy would take some passing as I won on him last time. It's hard to win big races these days. It's amazing to get a big one on the board."
Bowen added: "This has made our season. Our horses have been coughing and they've not been right for a while. We worked him last week and thought he was in real good form. We took him out of the National because of the ground. It's some achievement to win three Tophams."


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Look at it this way, A barrel starts out with nice sharp areas of the corners of the rifling . Along the way you build a big fire in it a few thousand times and it burns the corners off. Now take a barrel that to break in you put an abrasive on a patch and run it in and out. The result is that you take the corners off the rifling so that all that fire which would have started with sharp rifling is now starting with rifling that is thousands of rounds old. Which means that a lot of the life is gone. A lap always cuts more on each end where the compound reverses direction as it starts back through the barrel which means that it is enlarging the bore at each ends of the barrel. And last picture a patch riding along the barrel with abrasive on it. It is removing material at a given rate. It comes to a place where there is copper fouling and it rides over it cutting the same amount that it was cutting before it came to the copper. You continue until all the fouling is gone and what have you done? You have put the came contour in the barrel steel that was in it when it was metal fouled. It would not be as bad if it were used on a lead lap but I ask why would you want to abuse the barrel when you can accomplish the same thing without the bad side effects. There is Sweats, Otters foul out or just a good daily cleaning with a good bore cleaner till the fouling is gone. To top this off I will relate a true happening. I built a bench rest rifle for a customer and as usual I fired 5 groups of 5 shots and calculated the aggregate. It was good enough to see that the rifle was capable of winning the Nationals so I shipped it. I got a call from the new owner saying how happy he was with it the way it shot. About 4 weeks later the rifle showed up with a note saying it wouldn't shoot. Sure enough when I tested it it was shooting groups three times the size if the ones I had shot before I shipped it. When I bore scoped it the barrel looked like a mirror and the rifling wasn't square it was half round. From that time on I put a flyer in each gun saying if any abrasive was use in it voided the Warrantee.
Now I am not trying to stop you from doing what you want but just inform you what is happening when you use JB. Brass brushes are softer than barrel steel and does no harm. S/S brushes are harder than barrel steel is definetly a no no. Nylon may surprise you to know is very abrasive If you doubt this look at the carbide eye on yout fishing rod where nylon line has worn groves into it.
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For last night's Days of Y'Orr Pregame Show, I had a feature all set up where we looked at how much each Bruins cost per point scored, with cha-ching sound effects and everything, and then my Internet went and shit the bed. We were able to finish the DOYLive show but I had to cut the feature for time sake.
But I didn't want the graphics to go to waste.
So after the jump we look at who the most expensive and bargain offensive scorers for the Boston Bruins at the quarter-season mark.
Note: I didn't include defensemen since they're not expected to put up offensive numbers like forwards, and I only counted Paille for the Merlot Line since he's had more ice time with the top three lines.
Double Note: These numbers are from before last night's game against the Islanders.
Alright. Let's do this, counting down the most costly Bruin per offensive point.
1. Rich Peverly
Good ol' Raptor Jesus has the speeds and skill to put pucks in the net for Boston but this year he and the third line are struggling. And his points to cap hit ratio makes him the most expensive Boston Bruins (non)producer of the first quarter of the season.
2. Chris Kelly
Cage Face finally got his first goal of the year over the weekend. Hooray! He's making $1million dollars per goal and a bit less per point. Of course, Kelly is also making what he's making for more than just goal scoring. He's a solid defensive forward and great on the PK. Gotta remember that when looking at the following graphic, but it'd be nice if he produced a bit more offensively, too.
3. Patrice Bergeron-Cleary
We love Bergeron. The dude can do it all. Score, play defense, win big-time face offs in any zone. He even has a mean south paw hook. But this year he's a little slow on the scoresheet, which is amazing because of how on fire Marchand is.
4. Milan Lucic
Lots of people bitched and moaned after the Bruins re-signed him to a big time contract. Not that they didn't like Looch, just didn't like the numbers. He's not far off pace with the other top Bruins scorers and, like with Kelly and Bergy, it's important to remember Looch's "intangibles" such as his grit, physical play and his ability to drop the gloves (though that's a rarity these days).
5. Nathan Horton
Looch's linemate is right behind him. Horton can be physical but he's not really expected to be at the same level as Looch. Boston got Horton to score goals and big time goals Horton delivers. At the quarter-season mark, Horton is the mid-way point in terms of cost/point.
6. David Krejci
All three members of the Bruins top line in a row. Krejci is the team's current point leader, slowly but surely wracking up point after point after point. He can snipe a goal but he's really good at setting up his teammates. Remember when some fans wanted him traded? Good times.
7. Tyler Seguin
Seguin's not big on goal scoring this season so far for Boston. He blew his goal scoring load while in Europe we guess. Maybe he just needs the golden helmet? Anyways, he's playing solid defensive hockey, too, so he's finding other ways of helping the Bruins win. And if you're wondering why he's not higher up on this list it's because he's getting some assists (setting up his heterosexual lifemate Brad Marchand) and he's also on his last year of his Entry Level deal, so he's still cheap for Boston. Not next year.
8. Daniel Paille
Pie is the only fourth liner we're putting on this list since he occasionally gets shifted up the lines. He gets so many break-a-ways his cost per point could be even cheaper for Boston, but alas… Let's also remember that he's great on the PK which is the best in the NHL.
9. Brad Marchand
The Little Ball of Hate is putting up big ball numbers… wait… yea we'll just go with that. Marchand's the team's leading goal scorer and when you take into account his other attributes he's a steal for the Bruins.
10. Chris Bourque
Love him or hate him, Raymondson is the best bang for Boston's offensive buck. He's not wracking up points, but he's super cheap and he's tied with Krecji for PPP. He's also second on the team with registered hits (27).
There you have. Any surprises or disappointments so far?


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CHURCH of England leaders last night rejected plans to introduce women bishops – despite backing for the historic proposal from the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
Senior clergy in the region said the decision had left the Church of England looking ridiculous.
The proposal needed two-thirds in each of the governing General Synod's three houses – bishops, clergy and laity.
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The votes were 44 for and two against in the house of bishops, 148 for and 45 against in the house of clergy, and 132 for and 74 against in the house of laity, meaning the laity vote fell just short.
The Very Reverend Michael Sadgrove, the Dean of Durham, said last night he was utterly dismayed by the decision.
"It leaves us looking ridiculous – we will be laughed at," he added.
"I think there will be people who will simply leave the church because they can't see a future in a place where women aren't given senior positions."
Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, vicar of Belmont and Pittington, near Durham City, has been a prominent campaigner for women bishops.
She described the decision as insane.
She said: "I'm very disappointed.
We will continue the debate and waste another five or ten years – I would have thought the Church of England had better things to do quite frankly. It's flabbergasting."
Before the vote, the Bishop of Durham – the next archbishop of Canterbury – Justin Welby – made an impassioned plea to the General Synod to approve the legislation, insisting the Church of England must finish the job on female ordination, but promising to protect those who remain opposed.
He said: "It is time to finish the job and vote for this measure.
"But, also, the Church of England needs to show how to develop the mission of the church in a way that demonstrates we can manage diversity of view without division.
Diversity in amity; not diversity in enmity."
Referring to the additional code of practice which would have been drawn up to allow alternative episcopal oversight for those who do not want women bishops, he added: "I am personally deeply committed – and believe that fellow bishops are also – to ensuring as far as I am able that what we promise today and later in the code of conduct is carried out faithfully in spirit as well as in letter."
Yesterday's vote was seen as Bishop Welby's first major test.
Last week, 325 traditional clergy signed an open letter warning that allowing women bishops would severely prejudice their ministries and lead irrevocably to deep fractures within the Church.
However, more than 1,000 clergy and senior laity signed an open letter published by Rev Dr Threlfall- Holmes, in which she urged the Synod to back the change.
Controversy had centred on the provisions for parishes opposed to women bishops to request supervision by a stand-in male bishop. The vote was seen as the Church of England's most important decision since allowing women priests 20 years ago.
The Right Reverend John Packer, Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, said: "I am bitterly disappointed by the Synod result.
"I believed we had evolved a piece of legislation which was both positive in affirming women and their ministry as bishops, but which at the same time made proper provision for those who in all conscience could not accept this."
He added: "I want again to affirm the excellent ministry of women in our own diocese and my own absolute belief that they ought to be considered for episcopal roles."
Asked for his message to women who were thinking of leaving the ministry following the vote, Dr Williams said: "I would say first of all that I can well understand that feeling of rejection and unhappiness and deep perhaps disillusion with the institutional Church that many women may be feeling.
"I would also say it is still your Church and your voice matters and always will be heard and it is important therefore not to give up.
Deep sorrow after church announces its vote
"SUPPORTERS of the failed legislation to ordain women bishops said they were devastated last night with many saying they felt they had been betrayed by the lay members of the General Synod who voted against it.
At St Matthew's Church, in Westminster, where many of those who had taken part in the vote gathered afterwards, there was a sense of disappointment.
Sally Barnes, of campaign group Watch, said: "My initial reaction is one of deep sorrow at the missed opportunity, especially as we know that the House of Bishops really wanted it to go through."
She said those who were against the proposal had failed to appreciate the enormous generosity of a large number of women priests that supported them in making concession after concession in the draft legislation.
April Alexander, a lay General Synod member from Southwark Diocese, said: ''It is the very essence of discrimination."
The Reverend Canon Robert Cotton, from Guildford, said: "There is a lot of fury that we are letting people down."
Sources close to Culture Secretary Maria Miller, who is also equalities minister, said: "While this is a matter for the church, it's very disappointing as we seek to help women fulfil their potential throughout society."


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Man dressed as woman steals steaks in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Deputies in Augusta are looking for a man who dressed as a woman and stole steaks from a grocery store.
Deputies say employees at a Kroger grocery store reported Thursday that a woman dressed in purple tights and a black jacket concealed packages of meat in her clothing. One package fell out of her shirt as she was exiting the store and she ran away with four rib-eye steaks valued at $45.
The August Chronicle reports that when deputies reviewed the store's surveillance footage, it showed the suspect was actually a man in woman's clothing.
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Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti. Our friend Mike makes the best.
We met Mike Lamp through our mutual friends, Greg and Cauleen and got to know him at gatherings at their house. Gatherings like the annual New Year's Day pork and sauerkraut celebration, the Halloween night chicken pot pie event, and the annual Easter egg hunt and ham extravaganza. All of us invited bring something to add to the meal, and it's always a treat to see what Mike brings. He has a knack of picking something impressive and creative which he crafts perfectly leading all of us to quickly gather round the platter for the traditional viewing and the culinary explanation behind his creation.
I rest my case with this photo of his swoon-worthy chocolate dipped candied orange peel that he brought one holiday. And this past January he showed up with a container of homemade biscotti. Loaded with dried cranberries and pistachios and spiked with the zest of an orange and almond exract, it was hands down the best biscotti I've ever tasted. Mike revealed that the recipe came from Williams and Sonoma, but I couldn't find a link to lead to the recipe. Let's take a look.
Biscotti is a fairly uncomplicated project, combining flour and butter, fruit and nuts and shaping into logs before baking.
Biscotti gets it's signature texture from a double bake. After they come out of the oven, use a serrated knife and slice on the diagional. Lay the pieces flat and pop them back into the oven for a 2nd bake.
Cool biscotti on a wire rack and then store in air tight containers for two weeks worth of treats to enjoy with your morning coffee. This recipe was easy enough for even me the non-baker to make. Thanks for tip on a great recipe Mike.
This photo comes from the CPR web site. Mike Lamp is an award winning journalist and currently the morning host of Colorado Public Radio's news service. He produces interviews heard on "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered".
You can always tell a good recipe by it's tell-tale wear and tear use. Cauleen shared her copy with me.
Mike Lamp's Pistachio and Cranberry Biscotti…It's What's for Coffee…


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|14 Aug 1934
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|Markosek Frank J
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|Markosek Frank J
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Aug. 14, 1 934. F J, MARko EK 1,969,852
INFRA-RED RAY CONVERTER Filed July 6, 19 32 5 Sheets-Sheet l Invenlor F. J. MARKOSEK INFRA-RED RAY CONVERTER Aug. 14, 1934.
3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 6, 1932 /I Home y By flaw 1934- F. J. MARKOSEK 1,969,852
INFRA-RED RAY CONVERTER Filed July 6, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 4 Home y L Patented Aug. 14, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE i I 1 Claim.
This invention relates to a-novel device or appliance to be hereinafter referred to as an infra-red ray converter.
The devicehasmore Specific reference to a structure of appropriate proportions, dimensions and material specifically constructed tobe used in conjunction with an infra-red ray generator of a well known type, the device to be used either as an accessory or attachment or, if desired, as an integral part of the aforesaid generator.
The purpose of the invention is to provide simple and efiective means of rendering an object or objects visible in fog or smoke, whereby a structure which may be used successfully in 7 connection with aircraft, motor vehicles, marine conveyances and the like, particularly for military purposes.
Briefly stated, the preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a casing or enclosure provided with a suitable lens to intercept, converge and amplify the infra-red rays from the generator, the converging rays being projected on a special primary mirror and from the primary mirror to a secondary mirror which latter mirror is located in alinement with the observers eye lens.
The explicit details selected for accomplishing this important result will become more readily apparent from the following description and drawings.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a rear elevational view of a structure developed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.
Figure 3 is a central vertical sectional view, and
Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken approximately on the plane of the line 4-4 of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a view illustrating one application and use of my invention.
The casing or housing which may be of appropriate materials and proportions is generally designated by the numeral 5. It is here shown as in the form of a hollow rectangular box having a sight opening in its front wall. Surrounding the marginal edge of the opening and attached to the box is an appropriate retaining frame made up of inner and outer sustaining rims 6 and '7 for a double convexed intake lens 8 of appropriate proportions so that it will have the property of converging the intercepted light rays to the requisite or predetermined degree. The rear wall of the box is provided adjacent its bottom with a horizontally elongated neck 9 in which the receptive or observers lens 10 is adjustably mounted. This lens is mounted in a suitable frame l1 having a threaded lug or ear ment with thelens 8 and mirror 14 in alinement with the lens 10. The mirrors are arranged in superposed vertically spaced relation with respect to each other with their reflecting faces in opposed parallelism. Both of the reflectors are provided with journals or studs 16 extending through and beyond bearing openings in the end walls of the box and terminating in knurled knobs or finger grips 17. The numerals 18 merely designate lock nuts carried by the threaded portion of the journal for holding the mirrors in adjusted position.
Although the platinum mirror or reflector plate 15 is necessarily expensive, it is desirable for the purpose intended because of its unusual virtue of atomic activity, thus rendering said mirror 15 susceptible of converting the long infra-red ray waves into the visible spectrum.
In Figure 5 I have shown one manner of use of the invention, and in this figure it will be seen that the automobile A is provided with an infra-red ray generator R suitably mounted at the front of the automobile, while my improved infra-red ray converter is suitably mounted within the automobile and in such a position as to be conveniently used by the operator. The object to be observed may be a post or other such object and is designated by the reference character 0. The use of the invention in this connection will be clear from the following:
The infra-red ray waves 1" from the infra-red ray generator R are, in practice, thrown on the object O desired to be observed and reflected by suitable means through the lens 3, against the platinum plates 15, from the plate 15 to the mirror 14 and then outwardly through the neck 9 and its encased lens 10. This treatment of light rays in the converter serves to render the object visible. In fact it has been discovered that the result will be a magnified version of a well defined outline or image of the object depending on the strength of the light rays generated.
I claim as new is;
The gist of the invention is in the provision of a simple lightproof box having an appropriate convex lens mounted in the side opening in the front wall together with the spaced parallel opposed mirrors located in said box in proper alineand from the mirror 14 to the magnifyingob servers lens 10 mounted in the shielding andprotective neck on the back Wall of the box.
It is thought that the description taken in" connection with the drawings will enable a clear understanding of the invention to be had. Therefore, a more lengthy description is thought unnecessary.
While the preferred embodiment of the in vention has been shown and described, it is to be understood that minor changes coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired. 7
Having thus described my invention, what In a device of the character described, a closed rectangular box, lens means mounted in the front wall of said box near the top thereof and arranged to convey rays reflected thereon from an ordinarily invisible object having impinged thereon rays from a source of infra-red rays, an infrared ray rectifying mirror within said box in the focal plane of said'lens means arranged to rectify the rays conveyed thereto by said lensmeans, a plain mirror below said rectifying mirror, and viewing lens means mounted in the back wall of said box near the bottom thereof, said plain -mirror being in the focal plane of said viewing lens means and said mirror being arranged so that converted rays are reflected to said plain mirror from said rectifying mirror whereby said object said mirrors being pivoted at their opposite ends to theopposite side Walls of said box so asto be capable of being given different relative angu-,
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|23 Aug 1955
|Siemens Ag Albis
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|Bergstad Ralph H
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|Alexander Roth
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Eye-Popping Image of Daddy Longlegs Wins International Olympus BioScapes Photo Competition
Nov 17, 2010, 08:30 ET from Olympus
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A weird, wide-eyed wonder has earned top prize in the 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®, the world's foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and movies of life science subjects. Dr. Igor Siwanowicz of the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology in Munich, Germany captured the image, which showcases the bug-eyed splendor of a Daddy Longlegs, also known as a Harvestman or Phalangium opilio. The photo reveals not only the eyes' lenses (two large ovals), but also the retinas and optic nerves (trailing down at center back) of the artistic arachnid. This stunning depiction, a depth color-coded projection of a confocal microscope image, was selected from about 2000 images and movies to earn First Prize - $5,000 worth of Olympus equipment.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101117/NY00947 )
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20101117/NY00947 )
Now in its seventh year, the Olympus BioScapes competition is the world's premier platform for honoring images and movies of human, plant and animal subjects as captured through light microscopes. Any life science subject is eligible, and entries are judged based on the science they depict, their aesthetics (beauty and impact of the image), and their technical merit. This year, in addition to Prizes 1-10, 59 other images and movies were recognized with Honorable Mentions or Technical Merit Awards. All images and the names of honorees may be viewed online at www.olympusbioscapes.com.
This year's winning images reflect the latest advances in neuroscience and cell biology, including the Second Prize image by Thomas Deerinck of the University of California, San Diego's National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research. His image of a rat hippocampus, part of the brain involved with spatial navigation and memory, resembles a beautiful undulating ocean wave as it might have been painted by an Impressionist artist a century ago.
Third Prize went to an electrifying image of coral captured by James Nicholson, Coral Culture & Collaborative Research Facility, NOAA NOS NCCOS Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research, Fort Johnson Marine Lab, Charleston, South Carolina. The brilliant orange image seems to shimmer with a vibrant, three-dimensional glow.
In addition to advanced research, some of the winning and honorable mention images reflect people's endless fascination with the little things in life such as mushrooms, fish scales, insects, roots, bandages and red wine. One Honorable Mention went to Ralph Grimm of Jimboomba, Australia for a delightful movie showing a water bear walking from underneath, as if it were on a catwalk above. Water bears, which resemble a beloved type of children's chewy candies, are tiny creatures that have legs, claws, eyes, skin and muscles and walk by lumbering from side to side like a bear.
The Top 10 and Honorable Mention images this year came from five continents and many nations including such far-flung locations as Brazil, Canada, Korea, Pakistan, Poland and Spain. Specimens included plants, along with human and animal subjects. For instance, Yanping Wang of Beijing, China earned Ninth Prize for a brilliantly composed image of wildflower seeds, and M. Reza Dadpour of Tabriz, Iran captured Fifth Prize for his poetic image of a flower bud.
"BioScapes images and movies hold a mirror up to the complexity, beauty and grace of the living universe," said Osamu Joji, Group Vice President and General Manager, Scientific Equipment Group, Olympus America Inc. "But even more, they tell stories about some of the most important and compelling research being done today. The BioScapes Competition, with entries representing more than 60 countries, allows Olympus to bring these fascinating science images and stories to the world."
Twenty of the 2010 winning and Honorable Mention images will be displayed at the San Diego Natural History Museum from December 2010 to February 2011. The 2010 winners' tour will continue to venues in New York City, suburban Washington D.C., Providence, R.I., Baltimore and other cities. Simultaneously, other exhibits of winning BioScapes images will tour cities across the U.S., Mexico, South America and Canada throughout 2011.
Olympus selects outstanding authorities in microscope imaging as judges for the competition, which is open to users of any brand of light microscope equipment. This year's BioScapes panel of judges included the eminent Mark Ellisman, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego; Catherine Galbraith, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Anne Kenworthy, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; and Douglas Murphy, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Virginia.
In addition to Igor Siwanowicz (1st and 7th), Thomas Deerinck (2nd), James Nicholson (3rd), M. Reza Dadpour (5th) and Yanping Wang (9th), the other Top 10 winners include: Wolfgang Bettighofer of Kiel, Germany, for his image of living Licmophora juegensii on red alga (4th); Jerzy Gubernator of Wroclaw, Poland, for his image of Spirogyra (6th); Jan Michels of Kiel, Germany, for his depiction of a beetle leg (8th); and Laurie Knight of Tonbridge, Kent, UK, for his image of a weevil (10th).
To view the BioScapes gallery and see all of the winners, 57 Honorable Mentions and 2 Judges' Awardees for Technical Merit, visit www.olympusbioscapes.com. For free access to the images, media members and other noncommercial users may contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Olympus
Olympus is a precision technology leader, creating innovative opto-digital solutions in healthcare, life science and consumer electronics products. Olympus works collaboratively with its customers and affiliates worldwide to leverage R&D investment in precision technology and manufacturing processes across diverse business lines. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.
WINNING PHOTOS AND GALLERY AVAILABLE AT: www.olympusbioscapes.com
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The question we are posing in this article is "Who Cares?" This might be a question that is actually more like a statement, when said by someone who is indifferent about something. Please understand that we are not indifferent about this.
As coaches, who care very much about the success of the people we get to work with, we can clearly see the cost that is paid by people who have an attitude of indifference. What if a simple ingredient to your success and the success of the people you lead is the ability to care and to care deeply? If it is an important ingredient and you care about success, it might be a good idea to step outside of yourself to see if your actions show that you care. It is easier to spot when you are looking at others. When you see someone in the service industry who cares about service or someone who clearly doesn't care about service, both examples stand out. It is obviously very possible to serve others without caring about others or caring about service. When you see someone who doesn't care about the profession they are doing, don't you just wish for them and the world that they would find something they could care about? Conversely when you see someone who clearly cares very much, it is as if they are not just doing something, they are being something. They have a servant's heart! They are "in" service. When someone truly cares about service and truly cares about you, the person they are serving, the experience is very different. What do you care about? Would it be obvious to people who see you from the outside?
We get to talk to club managers, club leaders and staff members from clubs. If you are a club manager we need to tell you this. If you don't care about your staff, or your members, or service, or numbers or anything in particular and you think they don't know, you are probably wrong. If this is the case, it is just a matter of time before your indifference becomes their indifference.
Extraordinary Leaders have a great passion for what they do and deep level of caring for the people they serve and the people they are privileged to lead. Beyond having it, there is an importance to exhibiting the fact that you have it. At a speaking engagement one time, a gentleman in the audience told us that one day his Grandmother asked him if he was happy. He was a little surprised by the question and responded "yes grandmother, I am happy." She said "well you might want to notify your face." Similarly we have met club managers that tell us that they care deeply about their people, yet their people aren't aware of any evidence of the caring.
Let's start with you! What do you care about? Do you care about yourself? Do you care about your health? Do you care about your family? Do your care about your significant other? Do you care about your body? Do you care about your retirement? Do you care about education and continual improvement? Do you care about vacations? Do care about giving time to your passions outside of work? Do you care?
You may care to some extent about all of these things. We would ask that you pick one or two of these things and check to see if it would be obvious that you care if you looked at it from outside of you. It is pretty easy in this industry to view family as the most important thing and then realize that you are not getting much time with them and when you do, it is when you are exhausted and can't truly give the best of you. You can believe that you care about your health and your body and then you can look at your health and your body to check in. The point is that what you truly care about tends to get a lot of attention and tends to get the most results. The other way to look at it is to take note of what you are giving most of your attention to and where you are getting your results and you might find what you really care about. Now we challenge you to do the same exercise at work? Do you care about your job? Do you care about your profession? Do you care about your members? Do you care about your board? Do you care about your staff? Do you care about CMAA and your chapter? Do you care about learning? Do you care about contributing to the learning of others? Do you care about meetings? Do you care about the numbers? Do you care about the facility? Do you care about the future? Do you care about relationships?
There is no right or wrong answer to those questions. There are just answers. If you find yourself realizing that you don't care about a number of those things, you might want to find something or someplace where you do care. If you don't come to this realization, there is a high probability that someone else will help you make the change.
Once you have figured out what you care about and are pretty confident that people outside of you can see evidence of it, here is your next challenge.
Make sure there is evidence that your people care. If we can look at someone and it is not obvious that they care, we may have to play the role of our friend's grandmother and ask the question. By asking it, you are not necessarily accusing them of not caring, but rather trying to point out that the evidence of their caring may be difficult to see.
If you don't care, there may be interest in finding a leader who does. If your people don't care, there may be interest in finding a leader who doesn't tolerate not caring.
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Renowned law professor and attorney Charles J. Ogletree traces the idea of "We the People" from the founding fathers, to Dred Scott, to Lyndon B. Johnson, to Barack Obama.
Ogletree taught the President-elect when he was a law student at Harvard.
Ogletree delivered the keynote address at the Hamline Law School Dean's Dinner last week.