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Historic NNU delegation to G20 protests in Europe
By Jill Furillo, RN
November 3, 2011
NNU has entered a new era in becoming part of an international campaign to advocate on behalf of not only our patients and Main Street communities at home, but people in crisis around the world, and to hold Wall Street and other global financial institutions accountable to heal our nations.
Activities by an NNU delegation to the G-20 summit of world leaders in France November 3 capped the final leg of three days of international actions, organized by an unprecedented number of trade union, environmental, NGO, student, and anti-poverty organizations, all protesting the G-20 summit and the global economic crisis. Nurse organizations from four continents, at the initiative of NNU, were front and center in these actions.
Our year long campaign calling for a tax on Wall Street financial transactions to help raise needed revenue to fund programs like healthcare for all, good jobs, quality public education and other social needs to address the plight of American communities has converged incredibly with global efforts by the international labor community, and non-governmental (NGO) organizations like Oxfam and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to pass a "Robin Hood" financial transaction tax (FTT) to address needs including poverty and social development.
Jill Furillo, RN and other NNU nurses march in Cannes, France to urge
international support for a Financial Transaction Tax. See more images here.
On Tuesday, November 1, an international delegation of nurses, including RNs from France, Korea, Ireland, Australia, and the US (NNU) lead the contingent of the CGT, a trade union confederation representing over 700,000 French workers, in a massive march through the streets of Nice, protesting the G-20.
NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro addressed the crowd from a flatbed truck, calling upon the G-20 countries to pass the FTT to fund social services throughout the world, and was loudly cheered by environmental, trade union, and community groups – all ecstatic that we were all fighting the same fight.
On Wednesday, our delegation participated in an a.m. press conference in a large hospital in Cannes, organized by the CFDT – another huge trade union federation representing over 825,000 workers in France. Together, all of the nurses spoke in support of the French nurses and healthcare workers who are fighting the austerity plans of French President Sarkozy, who proposes to cut 10% of healthcare services, eroding staffing standards and harming the national healthcare system.
An international group of nurses and Oxfam spokesman and actor Bill
Nighy during a press conference at the G20 summit in Cannes, France
promoting a Financial Transaction Tax. See more images here.
Each group spoke to the importance of solidarity in our commitment to push for the FTT in the international arena. Our group participated in several discussions with these unions about strategies for future actions and shared stories of our recent actions that have built this movement in our respective countries to date. We met simultaneously with NGO's from numerous countries on collective strategies to move the FTT forward.
On Thursday, we gathered with representatives from Public Services International, which represents 20 million public service workers in 150 countries, the International Trade Union Confederation, the umbrella federation representing the labor movements in all the G-20 nations, WWF, and well known British actor and Oxfam Global Ambassador Bill Nighy, to host a press event. It featured a spirited skit displaying the unique role nurses are playing in advocating for the FTT, as a first step in funding social services, healthcare, a healthy environment, and jobs and education programs.
Nurses present more than 300,000 petition signatures to staffers of the Senate
Finance Committee in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 3 as part a global day of action
in support of a Financial Transaction Tax. See more images here.
Our actions garnered extensive press. We were also invited to address an international gathering of the ITUC who applauded our leadership in building momentum for passage of the FTT. We also had a great meeting with the leadership of the Robin Hood Tax group who frankly, love the nurses.
These events have placed NNU at the center of the international movement to pass the FTT. Many of the groups mentioned above have been watching our work on this issue in the United States with our Main Street Contract campaign, our marches in front of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in May, our large rally on Wall Street in June, our Sept. 1 events in front of 60 Congressional offices, and our work in supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement – including providing first aid to occupiers while bringing the message of the FTT to that movement.
As we concluded the international events on November 3, nurses rallied simultaneously in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and Los Angeles, again, garnering national and international press coverage.
Nurses march in Los Angeles as part of a global day of action November 3
to push political leaders to support a FInancial Transaction Tax. See more images here.
Our work on this issue is respected and admired globally, and we will continue to engage in the international arena because it will take international solidarity to hold Wall Street accountable and pass the FTT.
Building these international relationships will be fundamental to ensuring our success in challenging global corporate giants, from the banks to the healthcare industry, to change national and international priorities, and ensure that policies are implemented throughout the world that put protect our communities.
Jill Furillo, RN, is the National Bargaining Director for National Nurses United


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The first M-Frame Fitted with Schrado Industries signature Armored Pilot Block.
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This is the First M-Frame AEGAKS to be equipped with an Armored Pilot Block (APB). The Durandal was originally a standard AEGAKS that was sent to the NAARA to help them develop their own AEGAKS forces. The original pilot was killed in a skirmish and the pilot block was too damaged to salvage, so the scientists of the NAARA fitted it with a newly designed APB.
The Durandal was designed for one thing. To fill the air with as many projectiles in the shortest amount of time as possible. To accomplish this, it is equipped with a pair of fully automatic AEGAKS assault rifles and a SAW pack with two quad-barreled Gatling guns. When the enemy closes to melee range, the Durandal attaches its rifles to its hips and unsheathes its broadsword.
A shot of the Durandal at rest, with no weapons drawn. The claws on the arms were shamelessly stolen from qwerty 10's AEGAKS 801 M-Rd 'Entox'.
Durandal's claws extended. These scratchers are super sharp, and they utilize the same system as the Cerunnos' claw and the Shinigami's Scythe, which enables them to cut through energy shields. The overly large shoulders hold the energy supply for the aforementioned system, ensuring that it doesn't run out of power at a critical time.
The Durandal's onboard weaponry, consisting of two Heavy Assault rifles, a set of claws, a SAW pack, and the AEGAKS Broadsword. The Broadsword also utilizes the system found in the claws, but it feeds off of the main power cell, which drains rapidly. To combat this problem, the Durandal was given a larger power cell than most other M-Frames.
Just a shot of the back, not much to see here aside from the SAW Pack.
A shot of the Frame with the Pilot block, energy cell, and weapons. The Assault Rifles, like most weaponry from Schrado Industries, utilizes the VAT (Variable Ammunition Types) System.
A shot of the legs from behind, you can see the boosters on the thighs; these increase the running speed of the Durandal.
A shot of the Pilot block.
Open Pilot Block. The pilot of the Durandal is Hector Grey. If one word could describe a person, the word for Hector is: Confident. He is confident to the point of arrogance in the abilities of himself, his mech, and his team. He is mostly talk, but he has the piloting skill to back it up. Hector comes from a military family, so it was a given that he would Join the NAARA. When Command asked for volunteers to pilot the rebuilt Durandal, he was the first one that did so. Hector provided covering fire for many small transports that escaped the NAARA's destruction, and he only just managed to get aboard the last transport with the Shinigami Squad before it took off. He helped keep Robot drones at bay on the way to Sentai Province as well. He and Garret Ward, Pilot of the Cerunnos don't get along well, and it may be only a matter of time before they come to blows.
Creator's Notes
I hope you enjoyed the Durandal, it is probably my last AEGAKS for some time, due to a lack of vital pieces and an unwillingness to tear apart any of my creations. Credit for the Frame and AEGAKS theme goes to Jason Dominguez. Credit for the extending claws goes to qwerty10.
P.S. my next MOCS will be instructions for the SHINIGAMI System Core and Armored Pilot Block.
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Liam Covey
September 4, 2011
Don't know how I overlooked this one... Fantastic build. The colors are great, and the weapons are pretty sick too. Awesome platform, definitely one of your better Mecha.
I like it
Andrew AKA Hump-Free
April 12, 2011
How Did I Miss This, Very Nice Work On This Rai, I Really Like The Balanced Arsenal And The Broadsword Is My Favorite Of The Weapons, Really Suiting Color Scheme As Well. Nice Work. Also, If You Don't Mind, It Would Be Awesome, If You To Check Out My Updated First Mech,
I like it
Jonathan Ladner
January 20, 2011
Awesome! love the sword
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ccy 8086
January 9, 2011
I like the pilot block you design for it. Also the black and white color make it looks pretty good.
I like it
CEO Luiz Camargo
January 9, 2011
Keith and Neil, you said everything I had to say...
I like it
Chris Kruining
January 8, 2011
good job, it its a nice aegaks again, onely the old man look again
I made it
Rai Schrado
January 8, 2011
Quoting Mike Johnson
Definitely one of your best mechs. The body and the various guns are top notch. The only component I would change is the broadsword. It just doesn't match the rest of the build. Maybe if it was a shield with built in missles or an exrta gun would work better. That's just my opinion though, take it for what's it worth.
The Broadsword was my favorite part of this mech. I thought about adding another, bigger gun, but it already had four of them, and only the claws for close range. so I thought, "Why not a sword?" Though you may be right about the shield. I could work that into a V2 or another mech entirely if I get more joint pieces or tear apart one of my other AEGAKS.
I like it
Mike Johnson
January 8, 2011
Definitely one of your best mechs. The body and the various guns are top notch. The only component I would change is the broadsword. It just doesn't match the rest of the build. Maybe if it was a shield with built in missles or an exrta gun would work better. That's just my opinion though, take it for what's it worth.
I like it
Jason Dominguez
January 8, 2011
Very nice M Frame, and I felt that the way you tied your unique style to mine was ingenious. I see that you're a fan of my "Wings of Death." Good color and great pulling together of techniques. I did want to adress the issue of "the old man syndrome". The hunch look of the back is actually kind of standard to the style of the pilot block. Rai's only looks so pronounced because is more verticle than most. All said, very good "missing link" moc.
I like it
Neil Dynamo
January 8, 2011
This is probably my favourite of all the mechs you've put up. Pretty much everything about this mech I absolutly love; the colour scheme, the big sword, the little arm-swords, the guns, the more guns... everything!
I like it
Keith Johansen
January 8, 2011
I think this one, by far, is my favorite now. Epic color scheme, epic weapons, epic everything! I hope my MAS Division never has to fight the AEGAKS army because they'd probably flat-out lose (well, maybe not, I'd have to do the math first :P)
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From The Brown Betty Cookbook (Wiley), these maraschino cherry-dotted sugar cookies are simple to make and super-cute for the holidays. Of course, you don't have to wait until December to whip up a batch. They're an all-year-round type of treat.
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Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
7 tablespoons vegetable shortening
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon regular salt
4 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 large egg yolks
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
2 large egg whites, stiffly beaten
10 maraschino cherries, stemmed, halved
1. Arrange the oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together into a medium bowl.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and shortening on medium speed until fluffy and creamy. Slowly add the sugar, beating until light. Add the egg yolks and beat until fluffy.
4. Reduce the mixer speed to low and alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk, beating after each addition. Stir in the vanilla and almond extracts. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
5. Using a little less than 1/4 cup of dough for each cookie, drop the dough about 3 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets. Flatten the cookies a little with a spatula. Bake for about 7 minutes, then place half of a cherry in the center of each cookie. Return the cookies to the oven and continue to bake about 5 minutes longer.
6. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for a couple of minutes before transferring them to wire racks to cool completely.
Makes 18 cookies
Excerpted with permission from the publisher, Wiley, from The Brown Betty Cookbook by Linda Hinton Brown and Norrinda Brown Hayat. Photography by Alison Conklin. Copyright © 2012.
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As the Minnesota Vikings return from their bye this week, it's worth circling back on a weapon that should work to their extreme benefit as long as tailback Adrian Peterson is running at his current pace.
The Vikings' play-action game dipped inexplicably at midseason, coinciding roughly with three losses in four games, but the team revived it with a near-perfect implementation Nov. 11 against the Detroit Lions. As the Vikings put up a season-high 34 points, quarterback Christian Ponder completed eight of nine play-action passes for 60 yards and the first touchdown of the game.
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Seems we all love Spudnuts! Check out this story about what Sarah Palin says about our local Spudnut Shop! Former vice presidential candidate Palin brought the local landmark up during a Wednesday night interview on Fox News.
She was sharing her views on President Obama's State of the Union address, in which he urged the nation to aspire to "Sputnik moment(s)."
Obama alluded to the Soviet Union's 1957 launch of the first satellite to go into orbit, which shocked Americans and spurred the nation to step up efforts in the race to space.
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Ghirardo's daughter, Val Driver, bought it from her father in 1999 and continues to run it.
Once a big chain, Spudnut franchises have dwindled to about three dozen nationwide. All take their name from the potato flour used in their doughnut dough.
"(Palin's comment is) good publicity for Richland and the Tri-Cities," customer Bob Armstrong said. A self-proclaimed Palin fan, he said Palin's call to foster small business was a "wonderful idea."
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"All the waitresses are really friendly," Barb added.
Dyson said he comes to Spudnut about five times a week, even though he has to limit his Spudnut consumption because he is diabetic.
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It's that sense of familiarity that makes the shop a special place to frequent and to work, said waitress Sheree Klug.
Her mother worked there for decades. She has worked there about 10 years. Her daughter, Hannah Schultz, started working there in high school, then left to go to college and start a family. She's now back behind the brown laminate counter.
Schultz's two children are next in line, Klug said with a smile.
"You can come in here and you know you'll see the same people every day," Klug said. "It's like family-oriented."
The owner, Driver, treats the staff like family too, she said. "Val treats each and everyone of us like she wants to be treated, like people, not like numbers."
Dyson values the doughnut shop's noncorporate atmosphere as well.
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Letter: She's getting taxed right out of her home, she says
TO THE EDITOR: "Shout Out" to Isabelle Township.
Is anyone else concerned about the 13.5 percent increase in property taxes? Equalized Land Value has gone up because of the sand mine I am told, but the actual value of your property has dropped substantially.
Where will this end and what benefit are we as the taxpayer getting out of this? I am paying more a month for property taxes than I am for my mortgage.
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I enjoy it when they treat whining children like actual whining children, who pick and choose which part of a blue response they want to respond to or take it entirely out of context.
Not really.
They look like regular agitated people who are paying too much attention to window lickers.
I'm not going there to die. I'm going to find out if I'm really alive. I have to.
I'd rather the CM's be interesting rather than boring. So personally, I think it's all good.
It's fairly laughable when someone with a post history of being rough on other people becomes all-of-a-sudden thin-skinned when confronted with something. Frankly, they need to do a lot more of it.
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Blues "biting back" would be better if Tseric were around.
"There is a pervasive myth that making content hard will induce players to rise to the occasion. We find the opposite. " -- Ghostcrawler
"Almost every time I have gotten to know a critic personally, they keep up with the criticism but lose the venom." -- Ghostcrawler
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." -- Samuel Johnson
People need to realize that Blues are Community Managers, they are not customer service representatives. Their conduct as of late if they were Customer Service would call for immediate removal. But they are not. They are community managers, they need to be down to earth, they need to operate in a way that puts them on our level, not above.
If blues were Customer service and were treated the way they are by some of the posters on the official forums, where they blatantly are being attacked sometimes. Any sort of upper management would have that 'customer' removed because it is now an unsafe environment for their employees. However they are not customer service, their job is to be a part of the community and being attacked is part of that, they accept that, and respond in kind.
I've seen waiters get fired for being rude to customers. There also was a Blizzard CM fired for going on a rant and bashing players on the official forums. Google: Tseric.


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|Publication date
|31 Jul 2007
|Filing date
|10 Nov 2004
|Priority date
|10 Nov 2004
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Bill Rouse, Ken Miller, Jeffrey Bode
|Original Assignee
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (30), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (7), Classifications (15), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a wellscreen, more particularly, to a slip-on screen with an expanded base pipe.
2. Description of the Related Art
The problem of reliably removing particulates from liquids or gasses (production fluids) exists in many types of wells including oil and gas wells, water wells, geothermal wells, and wells for ground remediation. Typical particulates needing to be filtered out are sand and clay including unconsolidated particulate matter, also known as "formation sand". A major problem in producing hydrocarbon fluids from unconsolidated formations is the intrusion of formation sand, which is typically very fine, into production fluid and equipment. The presence of sand in production fluid often leads to the rapid erosion of expensive well machinery and hardware.
Subterranean filters, also known as "sand screens" or "wellscreens", have been used in the petroleum industry for years to remove particulates from production fluids. They are generally tubular in shape, comprising a perforated inner member or pipe, at least one porous filter layer wrapped around and secured to the pipe, and an outer cover. The wellscreens are used where fluid enters a production string. For example, a common way to achieve the filtration is to mount a wellscreen in the production string near the area of fluid production such that the produced fluid must pass through the filter layers and into the perforated pipe prior to entering the production string and being pumped to the surface.
One type of filter is a screen manufactured from wrapped wire. Two typical types of wire wrap screens are slip-on screens and direct-wrap screens. A slip-on screen is manufactured by wrapping a screen jacket on a precisely machined mandrel. Then the jacket is later slipped on the base pipe and the end of the jacket is attached to the base pipe. The slip-on screen allows for precise slots to be constructed, but is inherently weaker than direct-wrap screen because of an annulus between the screen jacket and the base pipe. Differential pressure usually exists across the screen when in service. This pressure, if sufficient, will cause the wires and the rods to be bent inwardly into contact with the base pipe. Such a collapse will result in a shifting of the coils of wire forming the screen and reduce or destroy the ability of the screen to serve its intended purpose.
The direct-wrap screen is constructed by wrapping the screen directly on the perforated base pipe, resulting in a stronger screen by eliminating the annulus between the screen jacket and the base pipe. Variations in the base pipe, however, result in a less precise screen slots.
Therefore, there exists in the art a need for a wellscreen that has the mechanical properties of a direct-wrap wellscreen and the precise slot tolerance of a slip-on wellscreen.
To wrap the wire 14 on the mandrel 10 and rods 12, relative rotation between the mandrel and rods and the wire feeding means is necessary. Usually, the wire feeding means is fixed and the mandrel 10 and rods 12 are rotated. At the same time the mandrel 10 and rods 12 are moved longitudinally at a speed which along with the speed of rotation provides the desired spacing between the adjacent coils of wire 14. This spacing is commonly referred to as the "slot". Alternatively, as shown in the Smith Patent, the wire feeding means can be moved longitudinally of the pipe and rods while the pipe and rods are rotated.
Welding electrode 16 is positioned to engage the wire 14 as it is wrapped on the mandrel 10 and provide a welding current that causes the wire and the rod it engages to fuse together. The welding electrode 16 is disc-shaped and rolls along the wire 14. To complete the circuit, means are provided to connect the rods 12 to ground a short distance ahead of the wrapped wire 14.
Means are provided to resiliently urge the contact surface 22 c of each contact 22 toward the rod 12 it engages to hold the rod in contact with the mandrel 10. In the embodiment shown, coil spring 30 is positioned between the back of U-shaped housing 24 and engages leg 22 b adjacent its upper end. The spring urges the contact 22 to pivot around pin 32, which mounts the contact in the housing 24. This in turn urges contact surface 22 c of the contact 22 into firm engagement with the rod 12 it engages and, in turn, holds the rod in groove 26 and against the outside surface of mandrel 10. As the mandrel 10 and rods 12 are rotated, the rods tend to move and flop around. So the contacts 22 through the resilient force of springs 30 and grooves 26 also serve to hold the rods 12 from lateral movement and guide the rods as they move under the wire 14 and welding electrode 16 so that they will have the proper spacing under the wire.
Ground electrode assembly 18 including contacts 22 should be made of a material having good electrical conductivity, such as brass. This reduces the tendency for any welding to occur between the contacts 22 and the rods 12. The rods 12 are generally made of steel, often stainless steel. Housing 24 for the contact assembly 20 as well as the mounting plate 28 should also be made of a material having good electrical conductivity. The ground electrode assembly 18 is mounted for rotation with the mandrel 10 and the rods 12. A commutator or the like (not shown) connects the ground electrode assembly 18 to ground.
The best welds are obtained between the wire 14 and the rod 12 by providing an electrical welding circuit wherein the major resistance in the circuit is the contact between the wire and the rod to which it is to be welded. The circuit between there and ground should be substantially lower in resistance. Therefore, ground electrode assembly 18 is preferably positioned so that contact surface 22 c on each individual contact 22 is positioned as close to the welding electrode as possible to reduce the distance the electrical current has to flow down the rod to the ground contact. Also, the contacts 22 can do a better job of guiding the rods 12, the closer the contacts are to the point of welding the wire to the rods. Preferably, the contacts 22 are spaced less than one inch from the welding electrode.
Mounted on the back of mounting plate 28 of the ground electrode assembly 18 are means for engaging the outside surface of the mandrel 10 to hold the contacts 22 of the ground electrode 18 equally spaced from the longitudinal axis of the pipe. In the embodiment shown, four wheels 36 are positioned at 90 degree angles from each other to extend between the rods and engage the surface of the mandrel 10. These wheels 36 serve to hold the individual contacts 22 of the ground electrode assembly 18 equally spaced from the mandrel 10, i.e. the electrode is centered relative to the mandrel.
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a wellscreen and a wellscreen that have the mechanical properties of a direct-wrap wellscreen and the precise slot tolerance of a slip-on wellscreen.
In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a wellscreen for use in a wellbore is provided. The method includes disposing a filter subassembly on a base pipe sized so that there is annulus between the base pipe and the filter subassembly. The filter subassembly includes a length of wire wrapped and welded along a plurality of rods so that a slot is defined between adjacent coils of wire. The method further includes expanding the base pipe so that the slot is not substantially altered, thereby substantially reducing or eliminating the annulus.
In another embodiment, a wellscreen for use in a wellbore is manufactured by a method. The method includes disposing a filter subassembly on a base pipe sized so that there is annulus between the base pipe and the filter subassembly. The filter subassembly includes a length of wire wrapped and welded along a plurality of rods so that a slot is defined between adjacent coils of wire. The method further includes expanding the base pipe so that the slot is not substantially altered, thereby substantially reducing or eliminating the annulus.
So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
After manufacture, the filter subassembly 215 is removed from the mandrel 10 and disposed on the perforated base pipe 210. The base pipe 210 is sized so that there is an annulus 220 between the base pipe 210 and the filter subassembly 220. The filter subassembly 215 may be temporarily coupled to the base pipe 210 so that the filter subassembly does not move longitudinally or radially relative to the base pipe prior to expansion of the base pipe. The base pipe 210 may then be placed in a press (not shown) where a first end would be supported for expansion and a second end would receive the expansion tool 100.
While the foregoing is directed to embodiments of the present invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims that follow.
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|Filing date
|Publication date
|17 Oct 1963
|27 Sep 1966
|Wilson Hill D
|Method and apparatus for manufacturing well screens
|11 Jul 1967
|30 Sep 1969
|Smith Co Howard
|Apparatus for making well screen
|12 Feb 1979
|2 Feb 1982
|Houston Well Screen Company
|Method and apparatus for making well screen
|18 Jun 1997
|8 Jun 1999
|Pall Corporation
|Method of repairing a damaged well
|11 Jan 2000
|5 Mar 2002
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Filter for subterranean wells
|10 Oct 2000
|16 Apr 2002
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Flow control apparatus for use in a wellbore
|5 May 2000
|1 Oct 2002
|Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
|Expandable well screen
|4 May 2001
|28 Jan 2003
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Apparatus and methods for utilizing expandable sand screen in wellbores
|20 Jun 2001
|3 Jun 2003
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Expandable sand screen and method for installing same in a wellbore
|30 Jul 2001
|2 Sep 2003
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|25 Apr 2001
|11 Nov 2003
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Flow control apparatus for use in a wellbore
|9 Jan 2001
|2 Mar 2004
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Apparatus and methods for use of a wellscreen in a wellbore
|24 Sep 2001
|6 Apr 2004
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Well screen
|9 Aug 1999
|20 Apr 2004
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Connector for expandable well screen
|30 Nov 2000
|1 Jun 2004
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Apparatus for preventing erosion of wellbore components and method of fabricating same
|29 May 2002
|1 Jun 2004
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Method of expanding a sand screen
|7 Jan 2002
|15 Jun 2004
|Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
|Methods and apparatus for gravel packing, fracturing or frac packing wells
|17 Jan 2003
|21 Dec 2004
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Apparatus and methods for utilizing expandable sand screen in wellbores
|29 May 2003
|22 Mar 2005
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Expandable sand screen for use in a wellbore
|18 Apr 2002
|12 Sep 2002
|Wetzel Rodney J.
|Intelligent well system and method
|13 Jun 2001
|19 Dec 2002
|Nguyen Philip D.
|Methods and apparatus for gravel packing or frac packing wells
|7 Jan 2002
|19 Dec 2002
|Nguyen Philip D.
|Methods and apparatus for gravel packing, fracturing or frac packing wells
|29 May 2003
|23 Oct 2003
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Expandable sand screen for use in a wellbore
|24 Jul 2003
|12 Aug 2004
|Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
|Flow control apparatus for use in a wellbore
|21 Feb 2003
|26 Aug 2004
|Jeffrey Bode
|Screen assembly with flow through connectors
|17 Jun 2003
|23 Dec 2004
|Rouse William T.
|Automated optical inspection of wire-wrapped well screens
|24 Nov 2003
|17 Feb 2005
|Lauritzen J. Eric
|Screen for sand control in a wellbore
|Title not available
|27 Oct 2004
|19 May 2005
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Downhole screen manufacturing method
|7 Dec 2004
|7 Jul 2005
|Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
|System and method of constructing wire wrap well screens
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|Publication date
|18 Dec 2006
|12 Jun 2012
|Schlumberger Technology Corporation
|Method and apparatus for completing a well
|18 Nov 2009
|19 Feb 2013
|David K. Adamson
|Well drilling wash down end cap and method
|30 Mar 2010
|9 Jul 2013
|Conocophillips Company
|Compaction tolerant basepipe for hydrocarbon production
|2 Oct 2014
|6 Sep 2016
|Baker Hughes Incorporated
|Subterranean screen assembly manufacturing method
|18 Dec 2006
|19 Jun 2008
|Rytlewski Gary L
|Method and apparatus for completing a well
|26 Jul 2007
|27 Nov 2008
|Schlumberger Technology Corporation
|Downhole screen assembly
|30 Mar 2010
|30 Sep 2010
|Conocophillips Company
|Compaction Tolerant Basepipe for Hydrocarbon Production
|U.S. Classification
|166/277, 166/384, 166/233, 166/206, 166/232
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|10 Nov 2004
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BALTIMORE — A Johns Hopkins University student armed with a samurai sword killed a suspected burglar in a garage behind his off-campus home early yesterday, hours after someone broke in and stole electronics.
Some shocked neighbors said they heard bloodcurdling screams in an area just blocks from the university. Police held the student, a junior chemistry major who turns 21 Sunday, for several hours, but he was not charged with any crimes yesterday, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
Around 1:20 a.m., the student heard noises behind the home and noticed a door to the garage was open, Guglielmi said. He grabbed the sword and confronted the intruder — identified by police as Donald D. Rice, 49, a habitual offender who had just been released from jail.
Rice was crouching beneath a counter, police said. The student asked him what he was doing and threatened to call police.
"When he said that, the suspect lunged at him, kind of forced the kid against the wall, and he struck him with the sword," Guglielmi said.
Rice's left hand was nearly severed — Guglielmi described it as "hanging on by a thread" — and he suffered a severe cut to the upper body. He died at the scene.
On Monday, two laptops and a Sony PlayStation were stolen from the student's home, which he shares with three other students, but police were not sure whether Rice was responsible, Guglielmi said.
There was a pool of blood yesterday morning in the brick courtyard between the back porch of the home and the garage. The courtyard was strewn with debris, including what looked like broken glass.
Rice's criminal history includes more than two dozen arrests for burglary, breaking and entering and auto theft. According to court records, he was charged in 2007 after he pulled a gun on a police officer, though prosecutors placed those charges on hold because the officer was on military leave.
Rice was convicted in 2008 of unauthorized removal of property and sentenced to 18 months. He was released Saturday from the Baltimore County Detention Center.


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Angel Broking is bullish on State Bank of India (SBI) and has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target of Rs 2486 in its May 21, 2012 research report.
Angel Broking is bullish on State Bank of India (SBI) and has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target of Rs 2486 in its May 21, 2012 research report.
"During 4QFY2012, SBI's reported standalone net profit of Rs4,050cr as against Rs21cr in 4QFY2011, which was ahead of ours as well as street estimates. Sign of improvement witnessed on the asset quality front, with decline in both gross and net NPA ratios on sequentially lower slippages, was the key positive from the result. We recommend a Buy on the stock with a target price of Rs2,486."
"During 4QFY2012, the bank's net advances grew by 14.7% yoy driven by healthy growth in segments such as International, Agricultural and SME. Overall deposits accretion remained moderate, registering a growth of 11.7% yoy. The reported domestic CASA ratio stood at 46.6% (47.9% in 3QFY2012 and 49.8% in 4QFY2011). The bank's NIM contracted for both domestic (down by 11bp qoq to 4.28%) and foreign operations (down by 24bp qoq to 1.53%). Consequently, overall NIMs for the bank contracted by 16bp to 3.89%. The banks' non-interest income (excl. treasury) grew strongly by 18.1% yoy mainly on account of healthy 13.0% yoy growth in fee income. On the asset-quality front, the bank's annualized slippage ratio for the quarter came at 2.3%, significantly lower than 4.3% in 3QFY2012 and 4.2% in 2QFY2012. The NPA ratios improved sequentially with both gross and net NPA levels decreasing on an absolute basis by 1.1% and 15.9%, respectively. The PCR (incl. technical write-offs) also improved by 558bp qoq to 68.1%. The bank restructured accounts worth Rs5,134cr during 4QFY2012, which included Air India's Rs1,215cr, thereby taking its total restructured book to Rs42,744cr. The slippages from the restructured book during 4QFY2012 stood at Rs1,361cr."
"At the CMP, the stock is trading at 1.2x FY2014E ABV (adjusting for value of subsidiaries 1.1x FY2014E ABV) vis-à-vis its historic range of 1.3–2.3x and median of 1.7x. Also, considering the bank's dominant position and reach, high fee income, superior earnings quality and recent signs of improvement in asset quality, we recommend a Buy on the stock with a target price of Rs2,486," says Angel Broking research report.
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by James Brumley | March 20, 2013 11:26 am
Are you looking to get short on gold after the recent bounce because you think the longer-term downtrend is still intact?
I can't say I blame you — I'm a gold bear myself — but I don't know that I'd be taking on bearish gold positions just yet. I do know where I would start to mull entering a new bet against gold, however, and it's not too far from where we are now.
To give credit where it's due, the bulls held the line where and when they needed to most following the February plunge in gold prices.
The $1,556-per-ounce mark was and still is a major support level that extends all the way back to September 2011, and though the sellers tested that line last month, they didn't cross it. (There's another big floor at $1,530 that wasn't even tested at all.) In fact, the support at $1,556 ended up being a pushoff point for the current rally. The question is, how much more upside is left to unfurl now that gold's floor held up? Answer: About another 4.2%, or roughly $70 per ounce. That would put gold prices back somewhere in the vicinity of $1,680.
Click to Enlarge That's not a number I randomly pulled out of a hat. That's near a couple of key technical resistance lines that, like it or not, do matter.
The first ceiling is the key 200-day moving average line, which currently is at $1,670. As you can see on the nearby chart, although not every major top or bottom for gold has formed at the 200-day line, too many have to dismiss it as a resistance level now.
Click to Enlarge The other big ceiling that could cap this rally effort is the Fibonacci retracement level around $1,692. That's a 38.2% retracement of the big pullback from 2011's peak of $1,944 to 2012's low of $1,537. It might seem a bit arbitrary, but Fibonacci lines do a surprisingly good job at figuring out the market's natural "uncle" points. We shouldn't dismiss their effect.
Between the Fib line and the 200-day line, there's plenty that could get in the way around the $1,680 mark. Thing is, there's not a lot that could stop the rally between here and there.
Click to Enlarge Oh, and if you're not a futures trader or prefer something more conventional like an ETF, then the technical ceiling for the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE:GLD[1]) ETF is around $162, where its 38.2% Fibonacci retracement line and 200-day MA are close to intersecting.
All that being said, though the technical look might seem like a short-term one, this is ultimately part of a long-term look at gold's changing fundamentals. And those long-term fundamentals still are leaning bearishly.
When it's all said and done, gold prices are mostly driven by the U.S. dollar. If the U.S. dollar's value rises, gold slumps. If the U.S. dollar slumps, gold prices rise. There are other factors that push and pull gold prices (like inflation, and consumption), but by and large, gold is driven by the greenback.
Click to Enlarge Care to guess what has not been falling the last couple of weeks even though gold's been on the rise? If you said the U.S. dollar, you're right.
The U.S. dollar index actually is higher now than it was a couple of weeks ago, and is close to new multimonth highs. For all intents and purposes, this is backward.
One could argue that gold actually is leading the dollar, meaning sooner or later, the U.S. dollar index will fall to reflect the rise in gold's prices. That's a very stretched assumption, however, mostly because that's rarely the way it happens.
And yes, the dollar is more likely to keep rising than to fall again.
The so-called currency war that began about a month ago is ultimately designed to make other currencies weak, which makes the U.S. dollar relatively stronger. At the same time, there's nothing in the United States' current fiscal policy that's likely to put downward pressure on the dollar's value anytime soon. Translation: There's nothing the Fed could plausibly do from here that would actually push the U.S. dollar index lower again, especially given how intent other nations — especially in eastern Asia — are on keeping their export business strong by keeping their currency weak.
Bottom line: Gold is in a long-term downtrend, but you still want to pick and choose your spots.
As of this writing, James Brumley did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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As with any other proposal from Hennessey, it all starts with a heavy tuning of the SRT Viper's 8.4-liter V10 engine, which in stock form, delivers 640 horsepower and 600 lb.-ft. of torque to the rear wheels via a 6speed manual gearbox.
Hennessey will offer two performance packages for Chrysler's finest sports car.
The first is called the Venom 700R and it lifts output to 725hp and 695 lb-ft (941Nm) for a 0-60mph (96km/h) time of 3.1 seconds, a 1/4 mile run in 10.7 seconds and a top speed of 218mph (351km/h).
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Fiction / Step Into the Labyrinth
In his mysterious and haunting third novel, Frederick Reiken interweaves the lives of seemingly perfect strangers
Day for Night
by Frederick Reiken. Little, Brown, 323 pages, $25
Picture a prism. Light bends from angle to hidden corner through the center and back again, creating a rainbow of refracting rays with no starting point, and no end. Now imagine a story structured this way, in which one character's life bends toward another's; their pasts overlap or their futures are headed for collision, the intersecting moments part of something bigger than the two of them alone. This is akin to what Frederick Reiken masterfully creates in his third novel, "Day for Night," in which he strings together 10 vignettes, each told from the perspective of a different character, illuminating from one chapter to the next how powerfully the lives of perfect strangers can be connected.
While nearly every chapter is strong enough to stand on its own as a short story, it is the ways these tales are interwoven that packs the book with its ultimate punch. The localized suspense within each world always has implications for the larger story being told.
As we navigate through characters' relationships and experiences, Reiken adeptly takes us around the world - from Florida and Utah to Eastern Europe and the Negev - and to various points in time, via poignant flashbacks.
Beverly Rabinowitz, a divorced mother of two, is the center around which the book's interconnecting stories revolve. In 1939, at the age of 5, she and her parents fled their small village outside Warsaw, ending up in Lithuania, where mother and daughter had to part ways with the father, who promised to catch up with them shortly. Beverly and her mother continued to the United States and never saw her father again. All evidence points to his murder by the Nazis - but the story of two men who escaped from the slaughter has allowed her to hold on to hope of his survival. It is this longing for Beverly's lost father that propels the novel forward, as various characters, often without even realizing it, help bring her closer to the truth she has been searching for nearly her entire life.
We first meet Beverly in her late 40s, while she is visiting the west coast of Florida with her boyfriend David, a marine biologist, and his son Jordan, 13,whom they are taking snorkeling in a river filled with manatees. Their river guide is Tim, a 20-something in love with his bandmate Dee, whose "history of childhood trauma," as she puts it, continues to seep into her dreams. And so, as we move from one character to the next, the thread of Reiken's tale begins to unspool. Certain characters' purpose in the story or connection to Beverly is not always readily apparent, and Reiken can at times veer off into seemingly unrelated tangents and anecdotes, but he is a storyteller to be trusted, and the bigger picture eventually reveals itself.
The recollections of Miriam, Beverly's childhood friend and her self-described "unofficial archivist," who saved her "poems, drawings, photographs, and transcripts of her dreams ... whatever she decided to entrust to me," offer the reader a glimpse into Beverly's life growing up in Brooklyn. Miriam, clearly envious of the young Beverly, the "enchanted" girl every boy was in love with, also helped Beverly analyze her dreams - many of which were about her father, or about fleeing from Red Army soldiers through the fields and forests of eastern Poland.
Jennifer, Beverly's teenage daughter, who takes the helm of another chapter, is confused by her mother's mostly untold story. Haunted by the unknown (in dreams that resemble those that haunted her mother decades earlier ), Jennifer discovers four letters in her mother's bedroom, each from a different person or organization Beverly had contacted in the hope of finding her father. Jennifer reads and rereads the letters, before she finally summons the courage to confront her mother.
Among the other superbly drawn characters encountered throughout "Day for Night" are Sachs, an FBI agent who's been tracking the same mysterious woman for the better part of 13 years; Max, a 94-year-old widower, and his second wife Doris, Beverly's aunt and an Auschwitz survivor, who reveals her deepest secrets only on her deathbed. There's also a 30-year-old veterinarian, Vicki, who moves to a Negev kibbutz after purchasing a home in Massachusetts plagued with problems; Dee's brother Dillon, who is in a coma after crashing his motorcycle near the Dead Sea; and Amnon, a Six-Day War vet working at the Hai Bar nature reserve in the Arava valley.
Tricks up his sleeve
In offering such a variety of perspectives, Reiken displays impressive range. And as we get inside these people's heads, he makes the transition almost effortlessly between backstory and present adventure, his controlled storytelling and poetic, fluid prose allowing the book to move forward steadily and purposefully, albeit often heartbreakingly. Both book and writer pick up steam as the plot advances, leading to the exceptional feat Reiken pulls off by the end - not only in terms of the surprise in store for Beverly, but also the web he has woven to bring us there.
With regard to narrative style, Reiken has many, sometimes too many, tricks up his sleeve, including journal entries, letters, and oral and written testimony. One character, a neuroscientist in California, even acknowledges, in what feels like a metafictional, Borgesian wink at the reader: "I do not always speak this way. In fact, I do not believe I ever speak this way, but when notating a case study, this is the narrative voice that of its own accord seems to emerge."
It's difficult to classify this work as belonging to any particular genre, though Reiken certainly excels at building suspense. Dee, for example, taunts Tim with a letter about her childhood, which he believes holds the key to getting close to her; she changes her mind several times about whether to let him read it - ultimately taunting the reader as well. Reiken also builds suspense in the steady pacing of Sachs' debriefing after the FBI agent has a close encounter with the fugitive he is seeking, and the process by which the truth is uncovered about a videotaped run-in between Amnon and a Palestinian boy in Gaza further demonstrate the author's ability to build suspense. His book's most powerful moment comes when Doris slowly shares the painful wartime betrayal she's been hiding for decades.
Reiken succeeds in making the reader identify closely with his characters. You become haunted the same way they are haunted. Just as they seek comfort in others, you don't want to reemerge alone from the wounded world Reiken has built. While this is a novel about interconnectedness, it is also very much about the power of loneliness. Many characters are trapped in their subconscious and confronted by demons in their sleep, giving the entire book a kind of eerie, dreamlike quality.
Reiken's characters are human and flawed. He doesn't romanticize the Holocaust survivor. "I am called a survivor," Doris says, "but I survived only because I did not care. Because this made it harder for them to torture me. Because they knew that living was my torture." Nor does he sugarcoat the Israeli soldier. Meir, a reservist on duty in Gaza in the mid-1980s, recounts tormenting a Palestinian at a checkpoint in front of the man's children. When a disgusted Amnon tells him he deserved to be jailed, Meir's response is: "An Arab is not a man."
The writer reveals a keen understanding of his characters. For example, Miriam's husband, Howard, tells her, "Seeing [Beverly] ... I thought to myself that if I had met her when I was young I'd want to love her in a difficult way that would not suit me ... I would have tried to be what I am not. I would have failed because what I am is a man who should be with you." Upon first meeting Doris, Max says, he "recognized that, like most of us, she'd been deeply wounded. I sensed that, unlike most, she was aware of it." Beyond the intricate structure Reiken has built, he penetrates inner, emotional complexities, building a trust with the reader over the course of the story's 323 pages.
This is further achieved through his vast knowledge on varied topics - from marine biology to the personality traits of Dungeons & Dragons creatures to the fact that a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania helped thousands of Jews during the Holocaust - each morsel adding depth to the characters' occupations and preoccupations. Beautiful details enrich and sharpen encounters, like when the scientist studying dreams is suddenly visited in real life by the woman who has occupied his own.Yiddish gems are also interspersed throughout "Day for Night." When asked if Beverly had been beautiful in her youth, Miriam answers, "Mayne sonim zoln zayn azoy miyes. My enemies should be as ugly" as she was beautiful.
With all the novel's wonderful characters, though, there is one who appears to exist primarily for the purpose of making the impossible happen. She is a catalyst for miracles, and though this has some beauty to it, it can also feel too easy, and jarring in comparison to the rest of the novel, which unfolds more realistically. Certain details were also distracting in that they didn't quite fit, for example the fact that Reiken had Amnon living in Eilat, when a nearby kibbutz in the Arava would have better suited him and his family's unconventional pets (including a hyena ). I also found myself frustrated by a few loose ends, though it would have been less believable had everything been tied up perfectly at the conclusion of a story that already demands a certain leap of faith.
After passing on Doris' secret, Max says: "When I'd finished speaking, I recognized that I was no longer this story's keeper. Then it was over. I had nothing else to say."
Reiken is the keeper of a great, often tragic, story - one that is yours when it's being told to you, and one you won't soon forget.
Sharon Fishfeld is an editor at Haaretz English Edition.
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I wouldn't worry about focusing on the instruments too much. Rather, try incorporate it into the rest of your review.
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Think the sound engineer geek in me came out and thats why i focused a bit too much on the instruments. Tanx for the suggestion badtaste
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It's time to get clever! A picture is worth a thousand words, but those messages vary from person to person. What are these rascally puppies doing (or thinking)? Offer your thoughts, sayings, or quotes for this funny photo in your comments below, and I'll do a roundup next week of some of my faves.
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July 4, 2011
Hundreds of troops were today engaged in a desperate search for a British soldier kidnapped by the Taliban.
The man – who has not been named – was apparently seized during a fierce gun battle with insurgents yesterday evening in the Babaji area of southern Helmand.
However there were conflicting reports today of how the man disappeared, with suggestions that he had either been 'delivered' to the Taliban by Afghan soldiers or went missing while swimming with them in a river.
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Guide for the Mentally Challenged Dad
What does the new, modern, fully cooperative man/husband/father ask for, other than a little recognition of his willingness, his efforts, his skills?
What does the new, modern, fully cooperative man/husband/father ask for, other than a little recognition of his willingness, his efforts, his skills? I long since gave up any expectation for real expressions of gratitude or a kind word - but I was still hoping for at least a small hint that my better half trusts me after nine years of marriage and raising two young children. And what do I get in return? A twisted version of a treasure hunt, in a house that has become a giant bulletin board for 10 days.
Einat, my wife, decided that Sukkot vacation offered a rare opportunity to embark on a shopping spree in the United States with a female fellow student. By her diabolical calculations I would spend a total of just one day with the kids. That's because she had lined up day camps, day-care centers and other services that, in her telling, actually promised to provide me with a rare dose of high quality of life. Just before her departure, Einat found the time to sift through the clutter, since it's prudent to verify that all systems are functioning, to make sure the nursery school really was open, to double-check when her mother was supposed to return from abroad and when my mother was to get back from one of her periodic cruises devoted to the pleasures of Mizrahi song. You get the picture: I had been abandoned.
The fact that I was left to my own devices during this struggle was really the least of my concerns. The most difficult aspect of this story was Einat's obvious lack of faith in my abilities. If I were to sum up the scenarios that apparently flashed through her head prior to her departure, which she clearly shared with many others, the following 10 days were likely to result in one huge catastrophe: The children were sure to reach the point of malnutrition, the cats would starve to death, the house would be transformed into a pigsty, Omri would flunk his Bible exam, Alma would end up not being able to meet up with any of her friends, the DVD player would go on the fritz from overuse, the level of hygiene in the home would constitute a medical emergency, and our bedroom would turn into a pilgrimage destination for the entire girl population of Israel.
Although Einat was off on a mission to rescue the U.S. from a recession, she had sufficient presence of mind to do everything to ensure that she would still have something of a family to return to. If, 10 years ago, we used to leave one another tiny love notes in random spots, now the house has turned into an office dotted with yellow Post-it notes. Put together, they could comprise a "Complete Guide for the Man/Husband/Retarded Father."
"Food is reheated in the micro" (wow!); "The children have afterschool activities on Sunday and Tuesday" (except when those days fall during Sukkot); "The cleaner comes on Mondays" (and why is this supposed to surprise the person who pays her?); "No eating in the living room" (not clear why this needs to be said, since I'm expected to starve the kids); and "Don't cut Omri's hair!" (obviously, since there's a chance the Beatles may get back together).
I open the oven door, a note. I spot a new tube of toothpaste, a note. I go the medicine cabinet to get something for a headache, a note. I look for the cell-phone number of my vacationing wife, a note. Wait a minute, this one's in my handwriting. What's this, Einat's phone number in Boston? But isn't she in New York? Ah, that's right, this is left over from her trip 18 months ago, when she went to visit her mother, who had moved to Boston for her studies right around the same time my mother decided the time had come for a cruise headlined by Mizrahi singers, for the 100th time. Now I'm insulted.
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