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Im really bored right now, and I needed a small thing to draw. Listening to : Everything Burns by Anastacia I might make a picture inspired by the song. Be gentle with comments and ratings, this is simply practice.
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Very colorful and looks like stained glass alittle...LUV IT!!!
its crazy how u did the bubbles :D I likes it!
soo kyut!!! 5 stars!
AWWWWWWWW sooooo cute! 5/5 Nice gallery. and by the way death note rockz
whats up with the eyes? one eye is green but the other is gold... whatever i love the picture anyways
I really like this draw!The colours are great and the pose is awesome.
Cute!! I love it
although the water droplets and the fox ( or wolf?, i could never tell) are in different style. but the outcome of putting two things together looks really nice
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Grace of Stripes & Sequins makes the prettiest DIY jewelry and this DIY Tulle Tendril Bib is no exception. It is the perfect statement piece to wear with a dress or blouse on Valentine's Day next week! Made with our rhinestones, the necklace is bold and beautiful. Make sure to, also, check out our selections of organza, lace, and grosgrain ribbons, if you want to make your own version!
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DIY Rope & Crystal Necklace by Stripes and Sequins
We started swooning over this DIY rope and crystal necklace as soon as we saw it on Grace's blog, Stripes and Sequins. She got the gemstones, velvet ribbon, rhinestone trim, and cord from M&J Trimming, and combined them to make this ultra chic necklace. Wouldn't this be such a perfect fall accessory? Stop by Stripes and Sequins to see the full tutorial so you can make it yourself!
DIY 4th of July Necklace by Stripes + Sequins
We're totally obsessing over this DIY Chevron and Chain necklace by Grace of Stripes and Sequins. Wouldn't the red, white, and blue version be perfect for the 4th of July? Head over to Stripes and Sequins to see the full tutorial.
Top 5 DIY Clutches
The weather is warming up, so we know everyone is gearing up for those summer weddings and events. This means we're in serious need of some fun clutches, so we rounded up the best clutch DIYs. Check out our list below (in no particular order) and let us know which one is your favorite!
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3. DIY Sequin Collar Necklace by Stripes + Sequins
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You may contact the Fuller Office of Admissions to learn more about the DMiss program and the application process:
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The Doctor of Missiology degree program is right for you, if...
...you are an in-service leader.
The Doctor of Missiology (DMiss) is designed for Christian leaders who are currently serving in missional ministry contexts and who have a minimum of 5 years of significant missional experience.
...you aspire to affect change in your context.
The DMiss assists you in conducting missiological research that will address a problem or opportunity arising in your current ministry. From your research you will suggest practical and concrete application steps to see change in current ministry practices. Your work done in the DMiss will apply directly to the work and ministry in which you are engaged.
...you prefer to study part-time.
The DMiss is designed to be completed in 4 years. Because you will remain in your current ministry role, you will work through the DMiss program on a part-time basis and can expect to spend an average of 12-15 hours per week on DMiss coursework.
...you want to stay where you are.
The DMiss degree program allows you to remain fully engaged in your current ministry context and leadership role. You will be required to attend one 2-week intensive course on campus each year, while completing coursework and conducting research from your current location.
...you enjoy learning in a community of peers.
As a Dmiss student you will join a cohort of 8-12 peers, which is a collaborative learning community in which you will dialogue with, learn from, and critically engage other members as guided by the cohort faculty mentor(s). While much of your coursework and research will be completed independently, you and your cohort members will interact on a regular basis.
...you desire further equipping for transformational missional practice.
As a DMiss student you will: -forge new paradigms of missional engagement. -uncover new ways for directly impacting practical ministry, and -maximize leadership potential within your ministry.
The DMiss program is designed for leaders with a minimum of five years of missional experience.
The following are requirements for completing the application process.
Application deadlines for upcoming Doctor of Missiology cohorts may be found by clicking here.
Earning a DMiss is an investment in your future. We want to help you see more concretely what it costs to pursue a degree at Fuller, as well as the kinds of support available to you to potentially offset that cost. Click here to find average tuition for each of our programs, a cost estimator to help you calculate your approximate total expenses, and several questions and answers about your financial aid options with links to more information.
1. Ministry Experience Statement
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Provide a resume listing your professional
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title of your position, a brief description of duties, and years of employment.
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and are actively engaged in a leadership role.
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If fluent in a language other than English,
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using the language(s) in a cross-cultural setting.
2. Focus Statement
The DMiss is a cohort-based doctoral degree
program designed for in-service leaders. The program assists students in
conducting missiological research that will address a problem or opportunity arising
within their context of ministry. Students' research should be collected from
relevant literature, their communities, and their organizations, and
dissertations designed and written to propose practical and concrete
application steps to accomplish positive change in their respective
organizations, ministries, or churches.
Please provide a 500-word Focus Statement describing what you seek to address through the DMiss program. The Focus
Statement should include the following items:
3. Writing Sample Assignment
Applicants are expected to demonstrate graduate-level writing
competence via a writing sample of English work that is 15-30 pages in length
and demonstrates an applicant's ability to:
Ideally, the writing sample should reflect current writing and interests. It
may include one of the following:
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4. Ten-Page Paper/Essay Based on
Three Assigned Books
Bosch, David J. 1991. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology
of Mission, American Society of Missiology Series, No. 16.
NY: Orbis.
Glasser, F. Arthur, Charles E. Van Engen, Dean S. Gilliland, and
Shawn B. Redford. 2003. Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God's Mission
in the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.
Hiebert, Paul G., R. Daniel Shaw,
and Tite Tienou. 1999. Understanding Folk Religion: A Christian Response to
Popular Beliefs and Practices. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.
NOTE: These titles are currently all available online, in Kindle as well as print versions.
Respond to the below in a 10-page, double-spaced paper, answering
in as complete a manner as your reading, background knowledge of missiology,
and experience enables you.
Include appropriate citations. You may draw on your own missional experience
and/or anticipated doctoral study for examples of missiological principles; however, please note that this paper should demonstrate an applicant's
ability to:
The DMiss Preparatory Status enables master degree applicants who do not meet the prerequisite requirement in graduate-level coursework for direct admission to the Doctor of Missiology degree, to apply and have their application reviewed. The Admissions Committee will make recommendations on any outstanding prerequisites in missiology and/or theology, which the applicant is welcome to take at Fuller or any other accredited institution. Under this status applicants are afforded the knowledge of future acceptance to a DMiss cohort once any prerequisite master level coursework has been successfully completed* Once this is confirmed, the student's status becomes a regular admission and the student may begin the program with an upcoming cohort.
* Preparatory Status Admit students must successfully complete the prerequisite coursework with a GPA of 3.4 or higher within 2 years. Failure to do so will cause the conditional admission to the DMiss program to be revoked.
Tuition for one year of study in the DMiss program (12 units) in the Summer 2015-Spring 2016 academic year is $6420. Travel and lodging for the two week cohort intensive and purchasing books are the students' responsibility. A rough estimate of 1 year of study in the program (including travel, lodging and books) is $9,000 USD.
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Turkish Airlines has been awarded a silver medal by the Stevie Awards in the category "The Best Internal Recognition/Motivational Event". THY was recognized for the March 15th event held at the Turkish Technic Hangar in Istanbul.
At the event, Turkish Airlines unveiled a newly painted B-737-800 that was covered with the photos of roughly 17,000 of the airline's employees. The aircraft was given this special livery to acknowledge the dedication of its staff as the airline has grown and won numerous awards for excellence. There were 1,500 staff present at the unveiling and the aircraft is now in line service, carrying its message of staff service and quality across the network.
In 2012, there were over 3200 nominations in all categories and the winners were chosen by a panel of over 300 executives from around the world. The awards will be presented to winners at a gala 9th Annual awards banquet to be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on 15 October.
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The Homeworld series, launched in 1999 by Relic Entertainment and Sierra Entertainment, is considered by many to be the birth of the modern 3D real time strategy game. Homeworld: Cataclysm was released the following year, with Homeworld 2 following in 2003.
Today, development house teamPixel wants to license the Homeworld franchise, liberating it from the THQ bankruptcy, and create two new games: Homeworld Touch, a remake of the Homeworld game with a new, modern, touchscreen interface for iOS and Andriod, and Homeworld 3 for Mac and PC, to extend the game to new frontiers and new audiences. They'd also like to bring the older, legacy Homeworld games to Steam and Good Old Games. All they need is your support with their Kickstarter project.


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A fascinating exploration of an ancient system of beliefs and its links to the evolution of dance.
From southern Greece to northern Russia, people have long believed in female spirits, bringers of fertility, who spend their nights and days dancing in the fields and forests. So appealing were these spirit-maidens that they also took up residence in 19th-century Romantic literature. Archaeologist and linguist by profession, folk dancer by avocation, Elizabeth Wayland Barber has sleuthed through ethnographic lore and archaeological reports of east and southeast Europe, translating enchanting folktales about these "dancing goddesses" as well as eyewitness accounts of traditional rituals - texts that offer new perspectives on dance in agrarian society. She then traces these goddesses and their dances back through the Romans and Greeks to the first farmers of Europe. Along the way, she locates the origins of many customs, including coloring Easter eggs and throwing rice at the bride. The result is a detective story like no other and a joyful reminder of the human need to dance.
©2013 Elizabeth Wayland Barber (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
"Great book But..."
Terrible narrator. Robotic and monotonous voice. Very unfortunate but the contents of the talking book made up for it.
Barber is one of my favorite authors writing about myth, history and anthropology. But the narration is very very difficult to listen to. As much as I am fascinated by the content, I've tried to get through this and the narration just is too distracting.
Cross-cultural comparisons
Read without expression. It is easier to listen to "text-to-speech" than this.
Very disappointed. I'd planned to make a quilt while listening to this and will have to find a different title.
Please have someone else record Barber's book "Women's Work"
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the woman reading this sounds like a robot. If you can get past that, you'll enjoy a fabulous book.
"Love this author's research and perspectives"
When I don't have time to read print, I always hope there is an audible version of the book. I never dreamed there would be an audio version of one of my favorite authors who works in the fields of culture and anthropology, but I checked, and I found this one!
Elizabeth Wayland Barber's perspectives and research are always fascinating and academically-sound. I found the section on calendars to be most intriguing.
The narrator has a great voice. At times, the intonations seem to fall into a distracting and repetitive pattern that can detract from the content (for me), but on the whole, I liked the narration.
Each "page" provides wonderful new subjects and relevant contexts. She brings history and culture to life.
I hope Audible continues making books like this available to those of us who are busy researching our studies and don't always have enough time to sit down and read. I've searched online for more audio book versions of equally interesting academically-sound works, and they seem to be hard to come by even though they must be in demand.
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GLENDALE, Ariz., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Martin Hanzal scored the go-ahead goal with 26 seconds left in the middle period Thursday and the Phoenix Coyotes held on to edge Atlanta 4-3.
The Coyotes won their sixth straight to maintain a narrow lead at the top of the Pacific Division. Going into Thursday's action, the five teams in division were separated by a single point.
Andrew Ladd and Rich Peverley scored during the first half of the second period to give Atlanta a 3-2 lead.
Lauri Korpikoski tied it on a tip-in and Hanzal's wrist shot produced the final goal of the game.
Ilya Bryzgalov made 10 of his 33 saves in the third period to protect the lead. He has been in goal for every game during the current Phoenix winning streak.
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Currie and Stirling County banished the spectre of relegation and produced some of their best rugby of the season with a combined total of 108 points to beat Watsonians and Peebles respectively.
Currie, fresh from their 40-point cup win over Kelso, delivered a rampaging first half against Watsonians to lead 40-3 at the interval and then saw the opposition find their scoring touch to win the second half 24-14.
The 54-27 result, with a bonus point and two games still to play, means that Currie are close to ensuring they stay in the First Division next season.
Former professional Gareth Flockhart was unstoppable in the back row of the powerful Currie pack, collecting three of eight tries.
Outside-half Greg Rutherford scored two tries for 24 points with seven conversions. The others came from Stuart and Graeme Moffat and Dan Baikie.
Watsonians finally found their form in the second half with tries by Alastair Rowe, Colin Gregor, Bernie Hennessey and Jamie Blackwood, with Hennessey adding two conversions and a penalty.
Stirling County's 54-31 win over Peebles made certain that the Borderside would slip back into the Second Division but, having completed their programme, Stirling must now wait to see if GHK can win their three outstanding games and avoid the drop.
Peebles put up a spirited fight, scoring five of the 12 tries but Stirling's stronger forwards and sharper midfield backs carried the day.
Brian Archibald, the Scotland Under-21 full-back, scored 19 of Stirling's points, put over three penalty goals and converted five of the seven tries scored by Chris Harris (2), Shaun Renwick (2), Colin Eadie, Craig Reid and Ian Jordan.
Winger Dave Whiteford collected two tries for Peebles, the others coming from Keith Nisbet, Cam Twigley and James White.


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Westminster Cycling Campaign meeting on Mon 14 Oct 2013
LCC Westminster website »
LCC Westminster discussions index »
Do you cycle in the City of Westminster?
Join us at our meetings to have your say on the issues that affect you and other cyclists.
Who are we?
Westminster Cycling Campaign is the local group of the London Cycling Campaign. Our group is open to any London Cycling Campaign member who lives, works, studies or cycles in the City of Westminster. The majority of our 270 members are Westminster residents. When we write to our local councillors, we are writing to Westminster's councillors.
What are our aims?
Encourage people to cycle
Improve conditions for cycling
Raise the profile of cycling
What do we do?
Respond to consultations on proposals such as highway, parks or canal improvements
Raise issues that affect cyclists and suggest where improvements can be made
Work with authorities including Westminster City Council, Transport for London, the Royal Parks and the Canal & River Trust
Organize events such as led cycle rides and Dr Bike events with cycle mechanics, maps and leaflets
Encourage considerate cycling
How are we organized?
Our group is led by a Management Committee, elected at our annual meeting.
We meet six times each year.We usually meet at 7pmat the rear of the Cleveland Arms, 28 Chilworth Street, W2 6DT. Food, alcoholic and soft drinks are available.
1.Introductions and apologies for absence
2. LCC campaigns: AGM on Sat 19 Oct 2013, Westminster City Council elections 2014
3. Westminster City Council Cycling Strategy, Cycle Superhighways and Quietways
4. Safer Lorry Charge andOut-of-Hours Delivery Trials
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COLLOIDAL MINERALS Overview Information
Colloidal minerals are taken from clay or shale deposits. Historically, some Native American tribes used clay as medicine. The medicinal use of clay-based products in modern days was first encouraged by a southern Utah rancher. Now colloidal minerals are widely promoted.
Despite safety concerns, colloidal minerals are used as a supplemental source of trace minerals and as a dietary supplement to increase energy. They are also used for improving blood sugar levels in diabetes, treating arthritis symptoms, reducing blood cell clumping, reversing early cataracts, turning gray hair dark again, flushing poisonous heavy metals from the body, improving general well-being, and reducing aches and pains.
How does it work?
There isn't enough information to know how colloidal minerals might work. Despite claims that colloidal minerals are more usable by the body than other minerals, there isn't any evidence to support this idea.
COLLOIDAL MINERALS Uses & Effectiveness
Insufficient Evidence for:
- Mineral deficiencies.
- Low energy.
- Diabetes.
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- Reducing blood cell clumping.
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- Flushing poisonous heavy metals from the body.
- Improving general well-being.
- Reducing aches and pains.
- Other conditions.
COLLOIDAL MINERALS Side Effects & Safety
Colloidal minerals is POSSIBLY UNSAFE for use. The content of these products varies, depending on the source of the clay. Some products might contain metals such as aluminum, arsenic, lead, barium, nickel, and titanium in potentially harmful amounts. There is also concern that some products might contain radioactive metals.
Special Precautions & Warnings:Pregnancy and breast-feeding: It is POSSIBLY UNSAFE to use colloidal minerals if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. There is concern about the metals some products might contain. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.
Too much iron in the body (hemochromatosis): Hemochromatosis is an inherited disorder. If you have this condition, taking colloidal minerals might make it worse.
Inability to use copper (Wilson's disease): Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder. If you have this condition, taking colloidal minerals might make it worse.
COLLOIDAL MINERALS Dosing
The appropriate dose of colloidal minerals depends on several factors such as the user's age, health, and several other conditions. At this time there is not enough scientific information to determine an appropriate range of doses for colloidal minerals. Keep in mind that natural products are not always necessarily safe and dosages can be important. Be sure to follow relevant directions on product labels and consult your pharmacist or physician or other healthcare professional before using.


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D'Arcy set for Leinster comeback
March 30, 2010
Gordon D'Arcy is set to return for Leinster © PA Photos
Gordon D'Arcy has recovered from a groin strain to be named in Leinster's squad for their Magners League showdown with fierce rivals Munster at Thomond Park on Friday.
The centre had targeted the game for his return after picking up the injury in Ireland's Six Nations defeat to Scotland on March 20 but as expected Brian O'Driscoll will not be fit to make his return after suffering a medial ligament strain. The Irish skipper has been aiming for the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Clermont Auvergne on April 9 as a likely platform for his comeback.
Jamie Heaslip and Cian Healy have been included in the squad, with Scotland lock Nathan Hines also returning, after sitting out last weekend's narrow victory over Connacht.
"There's no doubting that we didn't reach the standards that we demand of ourselves against Connacht last Saturday," head coach Michael Cheika said. "Credit to Connacht, they played particularly well and having analysed their recent performances, it was probably the best I've seen them play over the last few months.
"Even though we scored a good try where [Rob] Kearney made a good line break, we didn't get an awful lot going in terms of our attack, so that's an area that we need to improve upon this week. The players themselves weren't happy with how things went, so we will take the positives from Saturday's game and approach this weekend's challenge positively after welcoming back a few more players into training."
Munster have also been boosted prior to the fixture with hooker Jerry Flannery returning to the squad as his ban for kicking France wing Alexis Palisson during Ireland's Six Nations loss in Paris has now expired.
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Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA)
Army National Guard: Retired
Benefit Fact Sheet
The FY 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Public Law 112-81, enacted 31 December 2011, authorized the military services to offer early retirement to Service members who have completed at least 15 years of active service. This is a discretionary authority and not an entitlement. The Army has elected to use this limited program as part of a comprehensive force management strategy to shape the force. It does not apply to Service members of the Army National Guard or the U.S. Army Reserve.
TERA does not apply to Service members of the Army National Guard.
Additional Information:
U.S. Public Law 112-81, Section 504, FY 2012 NDAA, 31 DEC 2011U.S. Army ALARACT 281/2012, DTG R 091426Z OCT 12
Access the MyArmyBenefits calculator to calculate your retirement pay: http://myarmybenefits.us.army.mil/Home/Benefit_Calculators/Retirement.html
For more detailed information on retirement pay, please visit Army Retirement Services Office (RSO) at:
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Headquarters Summer Internship
Sigma Chi Fraternity International Headquarters is an excellent place to learn and hone your professional skills while advancing the interests of our Order. Here you will find brotherhood, opportunity, responsibility, challenge and reward. This year, the Fraternity is offering the opportunity for exceptional brothers to work as summer interns at Sigma Chi International Fraternity Headquarters in Evanston, Ill. There will be two different terms offered. The first term will begin June 12, 2017 and continue until August 9, 2017. The second term will begin July 17, 2017 and continue until August 9, 2017. All interns will accompany the staff to Bowling Green State University and assist with on-site logistics while Balfour LTW is in session. Interns will have the opportunity to be involved with almost every aspect of the Fraternity's operations and will receive travel, housing and eating allowances, as well as ample time to enjoy the sights and sounds of Chicago. In addition, each intern will receive a scholarship for his services.
Headquarters is looking for brothers with a deep personal commitment to the Fraternity, excellent organizational abilities, exemplary verbal and written communication skills, a team-oriented philosophy with a good sense of humor and the ability to meet deadlines. Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel spreadsheets, database, etc.) and having the ability to juggle multiple projects at once is a plus.
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Triad Arts provided interviews and insight into the Piedmont Triad's rich artistic community from 2004 to 2016. Archival episodes from 2013-2016 can be found below. Triad Arts stories broadcast prior to 2013 are stored in the WFDD Archives.
8:40am Feb 07, 2013Arts Arts
A Dynamic Season with High Point TheatreHigh Point Theatre has a dynamic new season in store with jazz, comedy, Celtic, Broadway, magic and much more.
12:00am Feb 06, 2013Arts Arts
Yadkin County opens new Willingham Theatre
Yadkin County is the proud home of a new 10,000 square foot arts center which opened in 2010.
12:25pm Feb 05, 2013Arts Arts
Music for a Great Space presents The Red Clay Saxophone Quartet
12:12pm Feb 01, 2013Arts Arts
The Performing Arts Series Continues at Appalachian State University
9:17am Feb 01, 2013Arts Arts
Triad Arts Weekend: February 1, 2013
9:04am Jan 31, 2013Arts Arts
Festival Stage and Wake Forest University present 33 Variations
2:05pm Jan 30, 2013Arts Arts
Centenary United Methodist Church presents Faith in Films
6:16pm Jan 24, 2013Arts Arts
Triad Arts Weekend: January 25, 2013
On Triad Arts Weekend (1:00 p.m.):
1:32pm Jan 23, 2013Arts Arts
Twin City Stage presents Lend Me a Tenor
5:59pm Jan 17, 2013Arts Arts
Triad Arts Weekend: January 18, 2013
4:17pm Jan 16, 2013Arts Arts
Triad Arts Weekend: January 11, 2013
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Houstoned Ballz blog readers respond to "Sure, Phil Garner and Tim Purpura Are Out, and Cecil Cooper and Tal Smith Are In, But None of That Matters So Long As Drayton McLane Is Still Around..." by John Royal, August 28
Fan site: Nice photo of Drayton and Garner. Didja pull that off PhilGarnerIsFullofCrap.com (which has been a very entertaining site)?
kevin whited
union-busting schools
Bass-ackward: Drayton has done something that probably needed to be done. But once again he has set up things bass-ackward. It's obvious Cecil will be the manager of the future, so the new general manager doesn't have his own say as manager.
Hate to bring up the race card, but the 'stros have been incapable of bringing up or in any African-American Major League talent, so they created a position for Jimmy Wynn and now have Cecil as a figurehead.
The Wynn thing was throwing a bone, but the Cooper deal is a legit hire; unfortunately, the hire was by the owner instead of the GM.
Vernon Guy
He's out: Another event in a long tradition of boneheaded professional sports ownership in Houston. Historically, teams with stability in the manager's office have won — the Dodgers with Alston and Lasorda, the Braves with Bobby Cox, the Yankees with Joe Torre.
Phil Garner could have won in Houston, but the problem wasn't talent. The problem was having McLane do something very few humans can do: look over the manager's shoulder while at the same time having his head up his backside.
I won't be following the Astros much anymore. Forty-five years of idiot ownership is enough.
Bill McCormack
Houstoned blog readers respond to "Miss Pop Rocks: Ohmygawd, It's Totally Carolyn Farb," by Jennifer Mathieu, August 27
Temper tantrum: Please shut up, just shut up. Write something that can be digested, something that gives something back, but until then shut up!
Friend of Farb: Jennifer, I forwarded this to Carolyn — she's a longtime friend of mine, and we met up at the Billy Joe Shaver show. You should be aware that Carolyn is as generous, friendly and down-to-earth as they come, and is one of the nicest people in Houston, in my opinion.
Byron Hood
From our lady herself: Loved your article — of course, I love Billy Joe. About all the highway work, you flatter me as I am a natural girl. It's just living in Texas and being inspired every day.
Carolyn Farb
All-righty, then: It was especially inspiring to hear the would-be murderer sing "I'm Gonna Live Forever." I'll be watching you swim in your bloody river forever from inside the gate.
Sig Nugg
What work? I've known Carolyn for many years and she had never had any "work" done...please don't drink and write...someone could get hurt!
Dawn Koctar
Popping in: My word, I had no idea Carolyn was all natural. You have to forgive me...she looks pretty damn delicious for her age! Or for any age!
Special message to mortified...why be a hater? No one's forcing you to read, you silly goose. Go listen to NPR. I hear they're real serious over there. Tee hee.
Miss Pop Rocks
Online readers comment on "Mean in Aldine," Hair Balls, by Richard Connelly, August 23
Crappy: Wow, great reporting on the teacher's union story. What a joke. Has the Houston Press always had such "excellent" standards when it comes to reporting? Yeah, this lady is at a school, illegally parked, refusing to move or show identification. Get her the hell out of there. With all the crap going on at schools these days, who does she think she is? What a moron. It's a wonder she achieved any sort of position within the union. Oh wait, I forgot — it's a union.
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The article is slanted and doesn't get information from both sides, aside from the official statement. If the official statement was all you could get, how is it properly disputed, aside from what this lady says? Were there no other witnesses you could call up? I've seen better tripe in a newspaper put together by fifth graders. Keep up the crappy work!
William Greene, Comma Billy
Crime scene: Nice to know that Aldine has no qualms about violating federal law. Union activities are protected under the National Labor Relations Board Act. It is a federal crime to interfere with organizing activities. Both the officer and the school officials should be charged by the U.S. District Attorney. Teaching children to openly flout the law is just not right.
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Just found this forum.
To make a long story short. I am looking to bring my 1200+ record collection back into the house (the long story). I will not be using my main system to listen (only the TT). I will be using my Linn LP12 (Lingo, Ittok, K18II) as the source, into a phono preamp(???)(This is where you come in). This will feed via AudioQuest Sky 72V into an Antique Sound Labs, MG-HEAD OTL MKIII, to a pair of audio-technica ATH-W5000 headphones.
I know, this should be posted to a headphone forum (Head-fi and the like). But, I am really looking for an audiophile look at this.
I am looking for a phono preamp for my system above. I would like to spend up to $1000-$1200 (new/used). I looked at the Linto (high on the list), but I would have to make the jump to MC (which I will be doing later). I first want to start listening to my LP music again. So, I would like to have something that I could start with my current setup (MM), that could also be used when I switch over to MC in the future.
I am open to many options.
So even if there is a stop-gap solution as well, please advise. That being, putting something in for a MM preamp for a couple hundred bucks that would fit the bill for now, and then replace it with a higher end preamp when I am ready to move over to the MC.
The lines are open....
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Finnish game developer 10tons Ltd. announced today support for Apple's latest iPhone hardware and software. 10tons will update many popular titles to support the iPhone 5's new four inch Retina screen and the new social features.
The list of games to be updated:
Azkend 2: The World Beneath
Boom Brigade 2
Joining Hands
Heroes of Kalevala
The updates will be implemented as a rolling process expected to be completed within weeks.
A concrete benefit gamers can expect when running the updated games on iPhone 5 is that the full screen area is used to display gameplay graphics as opposed to black bars.
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Age of Conan - Updated Impressions @ Gamespot
Gamespot has a preview of Age of Conan with their updated impressions of the game.
Age of Conan is currently undergoing a closed beta test, so a limited number of outside testers have been playing the game and offering feedback. Based on that input, a notable change has been made to how soon you'll be able to start playing with other players. Age of Conan is different from a lot of massively multiplayer online role-playing games in that you can play it as a single-player game, and then once your character hits level 20 experience, you can start playing it as an online game with others. This lets you create a powerful character on your own terms before you venture into the online fray. However, if you're starting the game over again with a new character, you might want to get into the multiplayer action faster so you won't be restricted to level 20 if you want to jump into the online play sooner.
Godager gave us a quick tour of various aspects of the game, from the early stage when you create a character to some of the later stages. You'll start the game as a galley slave on a sailing vessel. If you create a male character, you'll be one of the poor saps who has to row all day long, while female characters are consigned to some of the quarters. But don't worry; you won't be a slave for long. After you finish creating your character, you'll escape and find yourself washed ashore with nothing but a broken oar as your weapon; from there, you'll be able to determine your own destiny.
Information aboutAge of Conan
SP/MP: Massive
Setting: Fantasy
Genre: MMORPG
Platform: PC
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There are so many rules being broken here that it's hard to keep track. So let's just say that a Buffalo Bills' mascot launching himself over the offensive line to land on a Pee Wee football quarterback is just wrong on many, many levels. Not sure when this happened, but it popped up on Reddit today and it's just mesmerizing (No. 40 can hardly believe what he's seeing). Also:
* Why is the Phillie Phanatic playing defensive end, or football for that matter?
* What's the deal with the grey bear who has no apparent team affiliation? Is this a mascot pickup team?
* I think I see the Blue Jays' mascot … so this must have been during one of the Bills' games in Toronto. No way American laws would allow this.
Anyway, I think we've found the next team to make the trip to North Korea. They could take on a squad of communist mascots to celebrate Kim Jong Un's next birthday, and Billy could give a rambling, drunken interview to CNN.


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The consumer behaviour is also experiencing a transition with trends like online shopping, he said at an event organised by FICCI. With consumer awareness improving dumping of cheap goods from neighbouring countries is slowing down, he added.
"The Indian retail market is poised to reach USD 1.3 trillion by 2020 and therefore it will provide a tremendous growth opportunity for retail and FMCG players alike," Thomas said, a week after government relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms in multi-brand retail.
The Indian FMCG industry is growing at 11 per cent annually. The current retail market size is USD 500 billion.
Thomas said they have "a responsibility" to keep consumer confidence by providing quality goods and services at affordable prices.
"....I would expect the Indian industry to live up to the expectations of people who look up to you for goods and services at price they can afford," he said, adding that the industry should serve consumers in such a manner that the regulators' activities become redundant.
The minister said a high-level committee on internal trade reforms has been set up to see how laws could be streamlined to ensure vibrant market is in place for all stakeholders.
Last week, the government relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) norms in multi-brand retail. It diluted mandatory 30 per cent local sourcing norms for multi-brand retailers and permitted states to include cities with population less than 1 million for allowing such retailing.
Emphasising that India's huge consumer base of more than one billion is an opportunity for the FMCG sector, Thomas said the industry should take advantage of this and invent new products with superior technical prowess and intelligence.
At present, global players are taking benefit of this situation. They are shifting to India to manufacture their goods as the country has cheap labour and the big market to exploit, he said.
He also mentioned that the domestic industry should "seriously" take into account huge decline in the number of families living below poverty line (BPL).
Consumer Affairs Secretary Pankaj Agrawala said, "We are moving towards a complex market. Consumers are ill-equipped and we have to play a proactive role."
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Montreal Canadiens fans are going to be protesting outside the Bell Centre tonight to protest hockey violence.
Obviously this is just a coincidence that one of their own was injured. This protest against hockey violence was planned way in advance because of the slew of other hockey hitting related injuries…
…oh wait, it wasn't? Ah shit.
According to The Canadian Press:
The league decided not to penalize Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara, who got a game misconduct from a referee after hurling Pacioretty into a stanchion during an on-ice incident last week.
So we've gone from Chara trying to decapitate Pacioretty to Big Z picking Pac up and hurling him into the turnbuckle. Good to know; not sure which is worse.
We love to hate him but Bruce Boudreau had some nice quotes this afternoon on TSN.ca:
"You don't like it, don't come to the games. Listen, I don't want to get into any controversy, but if that was Hal Gill that hit David Krejci, I don't think there'd be a protest going on here tonight. I think the players realize that they could get hurt. They don't want to do it, but unless you've played and see what goes on and at the speed of the game, you're not going to be able to argue with it."
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These photos by John Cooke capture some of the action of the second day of sessions Tuesday at the 2013 GAC in Washington, D.C.
Mortgages, providing them and buying them, along with business lending and compliance issues were on the agenda Friday at the Congressional Caucus.
During the first five months of 2011, CUNA's political action committee received $502,266 in contributions toward its efforts to influence the outcome of political campaigns, and NAFCU's fundraising efforts netted $53,669, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Trades report contributions to congressional lobbying efforts.
Easter Break over, lobbying resumes to delay or halt the new cap on interchange fees.
Credit unions and other opponents of the Federal Reserve's proposed rule capping debit interchange fees received good news last week when bills to delay the rule's implementation were introduced in the Senate and House.
Saying that that more information is needed on the unintended consequences of capping interchange fees, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito last night introduced legislation that would delay the implementation of the Fed's interchange rule by one year.
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) plans to introduce later today a bill that would delay the implementation of the Federal Reserve's debit interchange rule by one year.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman-Elect Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) will speak at CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference, the association announced.
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TOKYO {AP} Since its defeat in World War II, Tokyo has abided by a pacifist constitution that bars it from offensive military action.
However, the annual defense report it issued Tuesday makes clear that Japan has the right to defend itself including the use of military strikes to prevent likely attacks.
Such talk would have been taboo just a few years ago.
Tokyo has long been extremely cautious about taking a stand on defense, as any sign of militarist revival generally draws nervous protest from its Asian neighbors.
The 500-page defense report, Japan's longest ever, came amid the country's efforts to redefine its security role in an increasingly tense Asia.
Under pressure from the United States to take more responsibility for its defense, Japan's parliament passed a new set of security guidelines in May that allow Japanese forces to provide greater assistance to American troops in Asia and give the United States greater access to air- and seaports here.
But it was a North Korean missile launch last August that shocked Japan into re-evaluating its national defense.
The rocket flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean, proving that the communist nation could strike any part of Japan.
"Along with suspicions regarding its nuclear weapons development, North Korea's missile development concerns not just Asia, but the international community as a whole," the defense report said.
Japan should continue to pursue development of a missile defense system with the help of the United States, the report said.
Recent intelligence reports show North Korea may be preparing to test-launch another missile one that could possibly reach the U.S. mainland.
After the missile launch, tensions between the two countries remained high.
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Jean Clair, director of the Musée Picasso in Paris and widely respected both as scholar and art critic, has for some years been out of sympathy with contemporary art. When he and I shared a platform in the Netherlands a year ago, he spoke of a new aesthetic marked, in his view, by repulsion, abjection, horror and disgust. I have been brooding on this ever since, and particularly on disgust as an aesthetic category. For disgust, in Jean Clair's view, is a common trait, a family resemblance of the art produced today not only in America and Western Europe but even in the countries of Central Europe recently thrown open to Western modernity. We do not have in English the convenient antonymy between goût (taste) and dégoût (disgust) that licenses his neat aphoristic representation of what has happened in art over the past some decades: From taste…we have passed on to disgust. But inasmuch as taste was the pivotal concept when aesthetics was first systematized in the eighteenth century, it would be a conceptual revolution if it had been replaced by disgust. I have never, I think, heard "disgusting!" used as an idiom of aesthetic approbation, but it would perhaps be enough if art were in general admired when commonly acknowledged to be disgusting. It is certainly the case that beauty has become a ground for critical suspicion, when its production was widely regarded as the point and purpose of art until well into the twentieth century.
Though "disgusting" has a fairly broad use as an all-around pejorative, it also refers to a specific feeling, noticed by Darwin in his masterpiece, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, as excited by anything unusual in the appearance, odor or nature of our food. It has little to do with literal taste. Most of us find the idea of eating cockroaches disgusting, but for just that reason few really know how cockroaches taste. The yogurt that sports a mantle of green fuzz–to cite an example recently mentioned in a New Yorker story–may be delicious and even salubrious if eaten, but it elicits shrieks of disgust when seen. A smear of soup in a man's beard looks disgusting, though there is of course nothing disgusting in the soup itself, to use one of Darwin's examples. There is nothing disgusting in the sight of a baby with food all over its face, though, depending on circumstances, we may find it disgusting that a grown man's face should be smeared with marinara sauce.
Like beauty, disgust is in the mind of the beholder, but it is one of the mechanisms of acculturation, and there is remarkably little variation in our schedules of what disgusts. So disgust is an objective component in the forms of life that people actually live. The baby is very quickly taught to wipe its face lest others find it disgusting, and we hardly can forbear reaching across the table to remove a spot of chocolate from someone's face–not for their sake but for our own. What he speaks of as "core disgust" has become a field of investigation for Jon Haidt, a psychologist at the University of Virginia. He and his associates set out to determine the kinds or domains of experience in which Americans experience disgust. Foods, body products and sex, not unexpectedly, got high scores when people were queried on their most disgusting experiences. Subjects also registered disgust in situations in which the normal exterior envelope of the body is breached or altered. I was philosophically illuminated to learn that of fifty authenticated feral children, none evinced disgust at all. But I am also instructed by the fact that my cultural counterparts are disgusted by what disgusts me, more or less.
This overall consensus encourages me to speculate that most of us would unhesitatingly find the characteristic work of the artist Paul McCarthy, largely live and video performance, disgusting. There may be–there doubtless is–more to McCarthy's art than this, but whatever further it is or does depends, it seems to me, on the fact that it elicits disgust. It may, for example, debunk a false idealism McCarthy regards as rampant in Hollywood films, advertising and folklore, as one commentator writes. But it achieves this just so far as it is disgusting. It may relentlessly and rigorously probe the airbrushed innocence of family entertainment to reveal its seamy psychic underpinnings, to cite another critic. So it may show what really underlies it all, the way the worm-riddled backside of certain Gothic sculptures whose front sides were of attractive men and women were intended to underscore our common mortality. But that does not erase the fact that maggots count as disgusting. So possibly McCarthy is a kind of moralist, and his works are meant to awaken us to awful truths and their disgustingness as a means to edificatory ends. That still leaves intact the revulsion their contemplation evokes. Disgust is not something that can easily be disguised. Beautiful art, Kant wrote, can represent as "beautiful things which may be in nature ugly or displeasing." But the disgusting is the only "kind of ugliness which cannot be represented in accordance with its nature without destroying all aesthetic satisfaction."


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Professional Diversity Network Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering of 2,625,000 Shares of Common Stock
Mar 04, 2013, 18:58 ET from Professional Diversity Network, Inc.
CHICAGO, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Professional Diversity Network, Inc., a developer and operator of online networks dedicated to serving diverse professionals in the United States, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 2,625,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $8.00 per share. The gross proceeds to Professional Diversity Network are expected to be $21,000,000 before underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. The Company has granted the representative of the underwriters a 45 day option to purchase up to an additional 393,750 shares of common stock from the Company. The shares are expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "IPDN" on March 5, 2013. The offering is expected to close on March 8th, 2013 subject to customary closing conditions.
Aegis Capital Corp. is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering.
Merriman Capital, Inc. is acting as a co-manager for the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities was declared effective as of March 4, 2013 by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from: Aegis Capital Corp., Prospectus Department, 810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10019, telephone: (212) 813-1010, email: firstname.lastname@example.com or Merriman Capital, Inc., Prospectus Department, 600 California St., 9th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108; telephone: (415) 248-5683.
The prospectus and the final prospectus, when it is available, may also be obtained through the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.
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About Professional Diversity Network
Professional Diversity Network develops and operates online networks dedicated to serving diverse professionals in the United States. To date, we have been particularly focused on Hispanic-American and African-American professionals and recently launched additional websites dedicated to other diverse segments, including women, Asian-American, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender), differently-abled and military professionals. We currently have over two million members and more than 3,000 companies and organizations, including 60% of the Fortune 500 companies, have listed job postings on our websites.
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Lenovo has been busy today, putting no less than five new laptops up for sale, as well as bringing back one model that was seen for only a short amount of time.
Starting with the classic ThinkPads, you can now buy the new ultraportable X220 and X220 Tablet models. Both offer the new Sandy Bridge platform, but incorporate it in a new 12.5-inch chassis. Perhaps the most surprising detail about the new X Series is the battery life: up to 23 hours on the X220 and 18 hours on the X220 Tablet. This is achieved through the use of an optional slice battery, which clasps to the bottom of the laptop. The ThinkPad X220 deal starts at $806, while the X220 Tablet will run you $1124 with a multi-touch screen.
Fans of the ThinkPad Edge lineup will be happy to know there is a slew of new models for you to choose from. The premium Edge E420s was previously listed and subsequently taken out of circulation, but it has now returned with its smaller 12.5-inch sibling, the E220s. Both of these are premium models, with thinner chassis' and soft-touch surfaces, among other improvements. The 14-inch Edge E420s is available for $664 with a Core i3 or you can go smaller with the Edge E220s Core i5 for $711.
On the more mainstream side of things, we see the Edge E420 and E520 replacing the prior Edge 14 and 15 models. Everything runs on Sandy bridge and we also see a new chassis with these models. They seem to be a bit thinner and sleeker than the previous generation, and the E520 gets a dedicated number pad as well. Both the ThinkPad Edge E420 and ThinkPad Edge E520 start at $521 with a Core i3 processor.
All of these machines have a 5% discount today and free shipping, with 10% off for models priced above $899. Each has "instant savings" which will get you even more than that 5-10%.


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Speech at Work
I'm interested, among other things, in the relationship between speech and equality. The Supreme Court recently grappled with this relationship in the workplace context in Crawford v. Metropolitan Gov't of Nashville. There the Court considered the scope of Title VII's antiretaliation protections, which (among other things) bar employers from discriminating against workers who have "opposed" an illegally discriminatory practice. The Court held that workers engage in protected "opposition" not only when they challlenge job discrimination on their own initiative, but also when they respond to questions during an employer's internal investigation.
Here, the defendant employer asked the plaintiff whether she had witnessed a particular manager engage in any inappropriate conduct, only to fire her after she described several incidents of sexually harassing behavior by the supervisor in question. Rejecting the Sixth Circuit's view that the statutory meaning of "opposition" refers only to "active, consistent" resistance initiated by the plaintiff, a unanimous Court held that the term also encompasses a plaintiff who simply discloses her views in response to an employer's prompt. The Court explained its decision as consistent not only with the plain meaning of the statutory language, but also with the antiretaliation clause's objective of remedying and preventing job discrimination by protecting employees who identify and challenge workplace bias (citing Debbie Brake's excellent article on employees' legitimate fears of retaliation).
So far, so good. But what struck me as most interesting — and potentially most troubling — was the concurring opinion filed by Justice Alito and joined by Justice Thomas. They wrote separately to emphasize their understanding "that the Court's holding does not and should not extend beyond employees who testify in internal investigations or engage in analogous purposive conduct." Justice Alito emphasized his fear fhat the Court's decision would "open the door to retaliation claims by employees who never expressed a word of opposition to their employers" — for example, an employee who "expressed opposition while informally chatting with a co-worker at the proverbial water cooler or in a workplace telephone conversation that was overheard by a co-worker" or in a conversation "after work at a restaurant or tavern frequented by co-workers or at a neighborhood picnic attended by a friend or relative of a supervisor."
But why shouldn't such speech be protected (assuming that the plaintiff can meet her burden of proving causation: that her employer punished her because of her private opposition)? Workers' conversations with their colleagues, friends, and family — both at work and away from it — often offer the best opportunity to share information about and test perceptions of possible discrimination, consider options, and gather courage in figuring out what to do about the problem. Indeed, such speech furthers the goals of Title VII's antiretaliation protections by encouraging employee efforts to identify, address, and deter discriminatory behavior. Justice Alito doesn't explain his reasoning, other than to note his concern about "the increasing number of retaliation cases filed with the EEOC" in recent years. But this strikes me as an area in which protecting a broader swath of employee speech is key to ensuring workplace equality.


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Jon Stewart Fires Latest Shot in Feud With Paul Krugman
On Saturday, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman had some harsh words for Jon Stewart after "The Daily Show" host mocked his trillion dollar platinum coin debt solution on his Comedy Central program last week.
In a blog post titled "Lazy Jon Stewart," Krugman said that Stewart was "ruining his brand" and that "it's obvious that nobody at TDS spent even a few minutes researching the topic. It was just yuk-yuk-yuk they're talking about a trillion-dollar con [sic] hahaha." Then he added the ultimate insult: "Hey, if we want this kind of intellectual laziness, we can just tune in to Fox."
Never in a million years would Stewart not respond to a comparison involving himself and Fox News. So on Monday's "Daily Show," he fired back at the economist, addressing Krugman's blistering attack while also reiterating his earlier criticism of the trillion dollar coin suggestion.
"First of all, I'm pretty sure that is my brand. And second of all, if someone's ruining their brand with the trillion dollar coin idea, I don't think it's the non-economist," Stewart said, adding that the coin was still a "stupid fucking idea."
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|2 Oct 2001
|Filing date
|19 May 2000
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|19 May 2000
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|Willem A. Wijnberg, Pete Howard, Ramon Hernandez-Marti
|Original Assignee
|Schkumberger Technology Corporation
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|Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (36), Classifications (5), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to multi-conductor electrical cables of the type used in oilfield wireline logging cables.
Once an oil well is drilled, it is common to log certain sections of the well with electrical instruments. These instruments are referred to as "wireline" instruments, as they communicate with the logging unit at the surface of the well through an electrical wire or cable with which they are deployed. Such cables are used for transmitting power and for telemetry. Since down hole temperatures and pressures can reach, for example, 500� F. and sometimes up to 25,000 psi, the cables must be designed to withstand extreme environmental conditions.
2. Description of the Related Art
A standard cable in the oilfield industry is a seven-conductor design called a "heptacable." As shown in FIG. 1, the heptacable 2, generally 0.38-0.55 inches in diameter, includes six conductors 4 symmetrically wrapped around a center conductor 6. These types of heptacables are used extensively in the oilfield wireline logging industry, for the purpose of lowering and retrieving sensors and instruments capable of measuring acoustic, nuclear, resistivity, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) properties of freshly drilled downhole rock formations and their fluid content. Other uses of the heptacable include cement analysis, perforating, PVT and fluid sampling, and other electro-mechanical services that may be required in oil and gas wells.
We have developed an improved wireline cable construction that, while enabling a high degree of backwards compatibility with prior heptacables and the instruments they service, can provide an advantageously high current-carrying capacity while maintaining standard voltage ratings, leading to a substantial increase in the power delivery capacity of the cable, without any increase in its nominal diameter.
The wireline cable of the invention can provide high power delivery capacity during operation while maintaining good data transmission, e.g., high signal-to-noise ratio and low attenuation. By using heavy gauge (i.e., large diameter) primary conductors, more conductive material, e.g., copper, can be packed into a given cross-sectional area of the cable. Thus, the cable can provide increased power delivery capacity and improved data transmission characteristics when compared to a standard heptacable. The cable includes secondary conductors that allow it to be backward compatible with existing standard heptacables. The improved power capacity is especially advantageous for current and future downhole applications requiring higher power, while still meeting environmental, packaging, and flexibility requirements.
In one aspect, the invention features a flexible electrical wireline cable defining a longitudinal axis and having four insulated primary conductors, at least one insulated secondary conductor of a wire gauge smaller than the primary conductors, and an armor shield. The primary conductors extend along the cable and define interstices between adjacent primary conductors. The secondary conductor extends about the longitudinal axis of the cable and is at least partially nested in one of the interstices. The armor shield surrounds the primary and secondary conductors.
Embodiments of the invention may include one or more of the following. The primary conductors are arranged in a cross pattern about the longitudinal axis. The cable has at least three secondary conductors for a total number of at least seven conductors. The cable has an overall diameter, including the armor shield, of less than about 0.55 inch. The cable has a minimum bending radius of about 4 inches. The cable has five secondary conductors. The secondary conductor extends along the longitudinal axis of the cable. The primary conductors are twisted together about the secondary conductor. The cable further includes a non-conductive filler rod extending about the longitudinal axis of the cable and at least partially nested in the interstices formed by the primary conductors. The cable further includes a non-conductive filler rod extending along the longitudinal axis. The primary conductors are twisted together about the filler rod, e.g., made of a fluoropolymer.
The cable further includes a plurality of secondary conductors arranged symmetrically about the longitudinal axis. The primary conductors, the secondary conductor, and the armor shield define interstitial voids, and the cable further includes a semi- or non-conductive material, such as a cross-linked polymer, disposed in the voids. The secondary conductor has a wire gauge of between 24 AWG and 20 AWG.
The cable further includes a bedding layer, e.g., a binder tape and an extruded material, surrounding the primary and secondary conductors. The armor shield includes two layers of contrahelically wound fibers. The armor fibers include a material selected from a group consisting of steel, metals, and non-metals.
In another aspect, the invention features a flexible electrical cable defining a longitudinal axis and having four insulated primary conductors of a common wire gauge twisted together and extending along the cable, five insulated secondary conductor of a wire gauge larger than the wire gauge of the primary conductors, a bedding layer surrounding the primary and secondary conductors, and an armor shield surrounding the bedding layer. The primary conductors are arranged in a cross pattern about the longitudinal axis and define interstices between adjacent primary conductors. Four of the secondary conductors are each at least partially nested in one of said interstices, and the other secondary conductor extends along the longitudinal axis of the cable. The cable has an outer diameter of less than about 0.55 inch.
As used herein, the "longitudinal axis" of a cable is an imaginary axis that extends through the cross-sectional center of the cable and along the length of the cable from one end of the cable to another end of the cable.
The details of one or more embodiments of the invention are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and drawings, and from the claims.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a heptacable;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a wireline cable of the invention having a center conductor; and
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a wireline cable of the invention having a center filler rod.
Referring to FIG. 2, cable 10, defining a longitudinal axis 15, has four primary conductors 20 and five secondary conductors 30. A bedding layer 40 surrounds conductors 20 and 30, and an armor shield 50 surrounds bedding layer 40. The cable 10 has an overall diameter, including the armor shield 50, of less than about 0.55 inches.
Primary conductors 20 are used to transmit power and data along cable 10. Primary conductors 20 are insulated conductors arranged in a cross pattern extending about longitudinal axis 15 and define interstices 90 between adjacent primary conductors. Primary conductors 20 are twisted together around a secondary conductor 30 or a center filler rod 85 extending along longitudinal axis 15, as described below. At a given cross section of cable 10, primary conductors 20 are symmetrically located around longitudinal axis 15 in a square configuration. Primary conductors 20 are made of large stranded copper or copper alloy conductors 55 such that there are two sets of two diametrically opposed conductors 55. The conductors 55 are insulated with a thermoplastic or thermoset material 60 such as, for example, Teflon.
Secondary conductors 30 are also used to transmit power and data when needed and further provide cable 10 with backward compatibility, e.g., with a heptacable. Secondary conductors 30 are five insulated conductors extending about and along longitudinal axis 15. Four secondary conductors 30 are twisted together with primary conductors 20 and are partially nested in outer interstices 90 defined by primary conductors 20. At any given cross section of cable 10, secondary conductors 20 are symmetrically located in a cross pattern with two sets of two diametrically opposed secondary conductors 30. A fifth secondary conductor 30 extends along longitudinal axis 15, wrapped by primary conductors 20. Secondary conductors 30 are made of small stranded copper or copper alloy conductors. These conductors are insulated with a thermoplastic or thermoset material similar to the primary conductors.
Bedding layer 40 wraps around primary and secondary conductors 20 and 30. Depending on the application for cable 10, bedding layer 40 may include a binder tape. Together, bedding layer 40 and conductors 20 and 30 define interstitial voids 90 within cable core, which is filled with a semi-conductive or non-conductive filler 100. Filler 100 is a cross-linkable material such as, for example, nitrile rubber.
Armor shield 50 wraps around bedding layer 40 to provide cable 10 with added strength and a current return path. Armor shield 50 includes two layers of steel wire armor wound in opposite directions, i.e., contrahelically.
Referring to FIG. 3, in another embodiment of the invention, secondary conductor 30 extending along longitudinal axis 15 is replaced with a solid center filler rod 85. The center filler rod is made of thermoplastic or thermoset materials, most commonly fluoropolymers. The filler rod may replace the conductor if the central conductor is not required for backwards compatibility reasons.
A number of embodiments of the invention have been described. Nevertheless, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
For example, primary conductors 20 and secondary conductors 30 can be made of conductors having different gauges. The gauges of the conductors 20, 30 can range from about 24 AWG to about 14 AWG. Cable 10 may include 0 to 5 secondary conductors 30. For example, one cable adapted to be fully backward compatible with a standard heptacable has four primary conductors and five secondary conductors. Smaller conductors may be paired to replace the function of a larger conductor in a standard heptacable.
Depending on application of cable 10 or the need for backward compatibility, one or more of secondary conductors 30 can be replaced with one or more filler strands (not shown). For example, if application of cable 10 requires only six conductors (and no secondary conductor 30 or filler rod 85 along longitudinal axis 15), then two secondary conductors 30 can be replaced with two filler strands. Filler strands help maintain circular cross section of cable 10 and are less expensive than copper secondary conductors.
The bedding layer 40 may be covered with an extrudable material such as Teflon to serve as an armor-bedding layer.
Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.
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1 Debt ceiling: Government officials on Saturday ruled out minting a coin worth $1 trillion to pay the government's bills and avoid a nasty battle with Congress over the debt ceiling. Some of President Obama's liberal allies had been promoting the obscure coin strategy, but the Treasury Department ruled out the unusual - some say absurd - option. By late February or early March, the Treasury Department will run out of ways to cover debts and could begin defaulting on government loans unless the debt limit is raised.
2 Newtown shooting: Vice President Joe Biden, who is leading an administration review of gun safety laws, has offered to talk with families of the Connecticut elementary school shooting victims who would like to speak with him personally, a support group said Saturday. The group, Sandy Hook Promise, has been working to help the families whose loved ones were killed in the Dec. 14 massacre.
3 Flu outbreak: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency Saturday because of the severity of the flu season. His order suspends a state law that allows pharmacists to administer immunizing agents only to adults. Almost 20,000 cases of influenza have been reported in the state this season, about four times more than were reported all of last season. Boston also has declared a public health emergency.
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4 River shipping: Crews have removed bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River, staving off the shipping industry's fears that the channel could close to traffic, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Saturday. Using excavators and explosives, contractors cleared limestone and added two feet of depth to the channel near Thebes, Ill. The corps also has released water from lakes into the Mississippi to raise the river in recent weeks, trying to blunt the effects of the worst U.S. drought in decades.
5 Python hunt: Nearly 800 people have signed up to hunt Burmese pythons on public lands in Florida. The state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is holding a month-long "Python Challenge" that started Saturday to help rid the Everglades of the invaders. The snakes, which became established in the Everglades through the exotic pet trade, are blamed for decimating native wildlife.
6 "Death Star" veto: A "Star Wars"-style "Death Star" won't be a part of the U.S. military's arsenal any time soon. More than 34,000 people signed an online petition calling on the Obama administration to build the spaced-based superweapon to spur job growth and bolster national defense. Under current policy, the White House answers any appeal that attracts more than 25,000 signatures. In a tongue-in-cheek response posted Friday, Paul Shawcross, an administration adviser on science and space, rejected the idea, citing cost - an estimated $850 quadrillion - and policy. "We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it," he said. "The administration does not support blowing up planets."


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