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@Alan16248 said:
I don't know why the EBU don't like the standard, very >common usage of Forcing to Game without specific points or >controls.
When you play bridge you have an absolute right to know your opponents' agreements. What you call Standard is nothing like standard because different people have different ideas. People have been known to open an Acol 2C with
and say that since had nine playing tricks that is good enough. Of course it is bad Bridge but that is not the point. They do not tell their opponents that this what they do and their opponents fail to realise that they do not need top card strength.
If you are going to play this game fairly you must not hide your agreements from opponents.
Furthermore you cannot just play whatever you like but you must follow EBU rules as to what you play. Opening 2C on that hand by agreement means you are playing an illegal method.
Of course a lot of club players do not follow the rules. But that is ignorance. Once you know what the rules are, not following them is far more serious. Over the last few years a large number of club players have started playing illegal methods because of a change in approach, and quite possibly poor teaching. Opening artificial two openings on pre-emptive hands and calling them strong is a major problem and needs to be controlled to stop such players gaining an unfair advantage.
I can't comment on the large number of players you speak about. I play about four times a week and a 2C opening is still VERY rare.
I also find your example an even rarer occurrence. I would not open 2C on this hand and would not expect most players to do so.. but I don't see any problem in considering this strong enough to merit a game forcing bid. I use the word Strong here to mean strong, not what the EBU calls strong.
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Because what the EBU say is so strange and because it conflicts with everything I have learned as a player, I am trying to understand it as a player before attempting to understand what the EBU expects me to do as a Director.
No one ever asks me what forcing to Game means for 2C but if asked I would say it's probably at least 8 or 9 playing tricks or at most 4 losers. I would never assess such a hand by points or what the EBU calls controls.
When someone describes a hand as "strong" I expect it to be strong by the rules of the game, i.e. 16+ points or 5+ controls with 12+ points. As mentioned earlier, you can open a hand at the two level with any agreed strength but you must appraise your opponents of what they are facing. Simply having 8+ playing tricks doesn't make a hand "strong" by the rules, it is simply that it has eight playing tricks and the opponents are entitled to know that you might have an n-card suit to the top honours and nothing else. You might view it as a strong hand, which it is on offence, but it's just a one-suit pony.
As a game, Bridge is defined by its rules, which change from time to time. As players, we are obliged to abide by the rules or face rectification for damage done to the opponents' scores by our violations of them. Some players are unhappy with the current definitions of "strong" but they are the rules by which we play. As a player, it's fine to tell opponents that your 2C bid is 8 or 9 playing tricks or at most 4 losers but you must also inform them whether your agreements permit opening with a hand which is not currently defined as "strong". The laws further state that if the hand is a one-suit pony and you open 2C then the suit must not be clubs.
About 15 years ago, I joined Bluejak's IBLF forum. At that time I'd been playing club bridge about 10 years. The same arguments were being made by senior TDs at that time, and I didn't understand them. I'd never heard anybody expect a Benji 2C to be a "strong" hand, just a hand with playing strength, and I thought the arguments about disclosure rather weak. The opposition did know what was going on. But I was relatively inexperienced and had to accept it.
But now, I am one of the more experienced players in my club. Every Benji player (i.e. almost everyone) who has come into my club game for over 25 years knows how they play these bids. Everyone more experienced, of course, knows what they are playing against. I agree that disclosure for hands that should be preempts can sometimes be inadequate, but it is only the poor players who do it; even so, you still know their exact offensive potential to a trick or so, and that's not hard to defend against. What might have had an element of truth (although I doubt it) 15 years ago has no validity now. Our (non-EBU) teaching programme is Benji based and being successful in getting new players into the clubs, but they are social players, and this regulation is one way of potentially losing them again; after all, there's plenty of non-EBU bridge for them to play in where they don't have to jump through incomprehensible hoops.
Why exactly is it that, because Acol Strong 2s were played a certain way back in the 70s, Benji 2s have to be played the same way in the late 2010s? Things have moved on and that's how ordinary club players want to play. Our newer players don't know the first thing about Acol 2s - they are ancient history. Frances (IIRC) said somewhere (maybe this thread, maybe another, maybe even another forum, I can't be bothered to check) that the new regulation came in because players didn't understand the previous ER25. The reason players didn't understand that regulation is not that it was technically too difficult, but because the philosophy behind it is completely incomprehensible to them. It's not the game they want to play. I'm not sure if it's more accurate to describe the L&EC as dinosaurs or ostriches, but I think they should think again, and think about it from the perspective of a club player, not a serious tournament player, or even the sort of player experienced enough to write to the L&EC and complain. If you want club bridge to survive, given its age profile, you have to bend to the players who make up the numbers.
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Well if I was a club player who decided not to call because I was told that the opponent's hand was strong - and found out that our side had 28 points and missed a game contract then I would be a bit unhapy myself.
But I have never once been told an opponents hand is strong. I have always been told it has 8 playing tricks, which is almost invariably true. That is the case in almost 25 years experience. It is only the regulation makers who tell me that I have been told it is strong. (And for a Benji 2D, I have always been told 23+ points or game-forcing - the worg "strong" is never used.)
I have looked into the Blue Book and I am now quite clear how to treat this as a Director.
I will continue to assume that 'strong' means 'strong' - and 'forcing to game' means 'forcing to game'.
If someone explains a 2C bid as meaning strong in the strange EBU sense when it isn't, this could be a valid reason for a judgement call - but I don't expect this to happen.
If they just say 'strong' then anyone who leaps to the conclusion that it has the EBU meaning would be well advised to ask for clarification. I would probably rule against any claim to have been misled without asking further.
Well they should never say 'strong' - if natural then 'strong-forcing' or 'strong not-forcing' but the Blue book makes clear that you must state that the high card points may be less than traditionally expected for a strong bid - even when the hand might be 'strong' as defined by the EBU
The EBU rule about players protecting themselves is often misunderstood. It doesn't say 'every call that could have an alternative meaning' - it says
"It is only experienced players who are expected to protect themselves. If such players** receive an explanation which is implausible**, and they are able to protect themselves by seeking further clarification without putting their side's interests at risk (e.g. by transmitting unauthorised information or waking the opposition up), failure to do so may prejudice the redress to which they would otherwise be entitled."
The EBU also say that
"Partnerships may agree that an artificial opening.... may be made with a hand that would not historically have been considered worthy of a forcing opening... This must be disclosed clearly. For example the opening could be described as "Either a strong hand or eight playing tricks in a major". This applies even if the minimum agreed strength is in line with [12+ HCP with at least 5 controls]
I think the Blue Book (7C1(1)) puts the onus on the bidders partner to make clear that the hand might not be strong by current definitions after a 2C opening.
"A 'Benji' 2 or 2 opening (or any other opening with a similar meaning) which may have 'eight playing tricks' in any suit must by agreement satisfy (a) above. An agreement to make such a bid on a hand with many playing tricks but limited high card strength , or on a (semi-)balanced hand with fewer than 18 HCP, must be clearly disclosed."
I think the problem with saying "you can play what you like, so long as you disclose it properly" is that most casual and club players don't know that their 2 !c opener could be made on pre-emptive hands, so they can't disclose it in advance. They just think it's "eight playing tricks", as they (think they) were taught by their bridge teacher. Then they pick up Bluejak's hand:
and think "I can't open that 1 !s, partner might pass, it's got eight playing tricks, so they open it 2 !c. Afterwards, they forget about it, and it doesn't register in their minds that their 2 !c openers aren't necessarily strong. They'll do it again if a similar hand comes up, but it's no good expecting them to disclose this on their card or in answer to questions. It's just the way these players' minds work. Only system nerds and players who take the game seriously actually think about this kind of distinction. It's no good railing against improper disclosure with these people - you're never going to win.
If they judge this as eight playing tricks and disclose it as such they would be right.
Similarly for : forcing to Game.
In practice club players are very bad at describing 2C bids. Sometimes they announce rather than alert and comments are something like.. strong, our strongest bid, or Acol 2 Clubs. I have never known anyone ask for further clarification.
There have been a few people in this thread who say I consider strong means ... That is exactly the wrong attitude. Bridge is meant to be an open game where your opponents know your agreements. If you say something is strong by your own personal ideas with no worries at all how the opponents will take it then you are misleading them and playing unfairly.
You are also looking at the weak players from one side only. If they are told that their opponents play Benji they assume it is a strong hand in points. Then they pick up 10 points and seven hearts and decide to open 2C or something. Illogical? Sure! inconsistent? Sure! Somewhere in the last twenty years or so there has come a fear amongst a large number of not so good players of opening one of a suit with a seven card suit so they look for an alternative.
Another points is that if a weak pair is cheated out of a game by what their opponents bid and what they tell them it never occurs to them that anything is wrong. If they have 28 points and their opponent opens 2C they will quite possibly miss game because of the "strong" opening.
So how do we solve this? Well, there is no easy solution. The ideas of some people in this thread to misinform opponents and it does not matter and to let them play what they like and it does not matter and that introducing rules will drive them away from duplicate bridge is all hogwash.
Maybe the EBU solution is not best but whatever they decide people will say it is wrong, so live with the current solution. First they have defined "strong" in a way that people do understand when they are not looking at the relevant hand, namely strong in high cards with some possibility of being a bit weaker with some distribution. Second they have rules as to how you can play artificial two bids that purport to be strong and clubs, teachers, magazine writers and experienced players should teach other people what they are. Third they have pointed out that you can play a wider range of opening natural twos and announce them as "Intermediate to strong" and again players should be taught that.
And finally, remember that explanations you make are not for your benefit and should not use terms that you define your own way but make explanations for your opponents to understand.
That is a long and patronizing comment that ignores the majority of ordinary players. Perhaps its most glaring misstatement is the idea that the EBU:
"... have defined "strong" in a way that people do understand"
I certainly do not understand it.
We can assess our cards by any method - HCP, playing tricks or losers - as long as it actually means HCP and a very strange definition of controls, for a nebulous incomprehensible definition of strong.
I would never say strong for 2 Clubs. I say 'forcing to game.'
I have recently used the expression 'strong but not in the ridiculous way it's defined by the EBU.'
I still don't understand their definition, or the need to use it, or what the EBU are trying to achieve by their almost incomprehensible Blue Book rules about strong 2 bids.
I must say I don't think I've ever read a book about Acol or indeed any other 2C system that doesn't use the word "strong" in explaining the 2C opening or other strong bids. Often the phrase "hand of power and quality" is used too, but it's the fact that this is overlooked by some players that has led to a need to define "strong".
Bridge is a game and, as a game, is defined by its rules. One of the reasons I became a TD was to make myself more familiar with the rules of the game. I accept that many players don't have the will to make such an investment but, as bluejak states, they are not being fair to their opponents if they effectively hide a preempt inside a "strong" bid. Yes, they can say something along the lines of "eight playing tricks" but the rules also require them to let the opponents know if the hand could be weak. The rules also require that a 2C opener isn't an otherwise weak hand with long clubs. If they say that the hand is strong then it should be.
@Alan16248 said:
I would never say strong for 2 Clubs. I say 'forcing to game.'
I have recently used the expression 'strong but not in the ridiculous way it's defined by the EBU.'
I still don't understand their definition, or the need to use it, or what the EBU are trying to achieve by their almost incomprehensible Blue Book rules about strong 2 bids.
IMHO what they are trying to do is to limit (at level 4) the permutations available for 2-level bids. Isn't there a note about those with no defined suit as being particularly hard to defend against?
One level bids are restricted (must have 8+ points and obey the rule of 18 in 1st and second position, other restrictions apply), so why not restrict 2 (and 3) level bids?
Basically the 'ridiculous way' (which was decided upon after much deliberation) was chosen so that people would know that if they entered the auction over such a call then they risked incurring a substantial penalty. Not defining strong in such a way meant that they had no idea whether they risked incurring a substantial penalty or that the opener could have a hand that was useless in defense.
The actual definition is easy - provided you can count to 16 and know what a 'control' is.
I suspect you can use the phrase "A hand that is strong offensively, but which may have limited defensive capabilities" to explain an alerted 2-bid (provided that your agreement complies with the BB) - However you cannot make an announcement like that - you only have the 4 options (or combinations) specified. The EBU is quite clear that you must ensure opponents know that your hand may not be as strong as tradition would have it.
Opener holds:
And opens Two ♣'S which is described when asked as 'A Benji Two ♣'S holding twenty one or or twenty two High Card Points with eight playing tricks'. Asked further if Two ♦'S had been bid it would of meant twenty three high card points and be Game forcing.
Directly over Opener they hold:
I'm not going to reveal the rest just yet, but what do you good folk think?
I'm just concerned that with this kind of hand being deemed as 'Strong 21/22 High Card Points or with Eight Tricks in Spades is not really acceptable as strong. There is room for they who bid next to have the remaining Spades in the pack and an actual strong hand, meaning declared could potentially only win four tricks - doesn't seem to me in any way shape or form a strong hand in that case. The description was not satisfactory either.
It is my understanding and forgive me if I'm wrong, that that Two Club opener should have "eight clear cut tricks".
The regulation was changed last year and is now less restrictive, so this hand conforms to one of the possible requirements, namely that it has five controls and at least 12 hcp.
http://www.ebu.co.uk/documents/laws-and-ethics/blue-book/blue-book-2017.pdf 5C3
What is not accurate is the way the bid has been described, which seems to suggest requirements for their strong, artificial opening bids that are not fulfilled by the hand in question.


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I was actually writing a bug report very similar to this issue when HLO went offline and kicked me out of the bug reporting screen. And unfortunately, the issue is complicated enough that that means I just lost a fairly long email
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In the paper 'The Challenge of realistic music generation: modelling raw audio at scale', researchers from DeepMind have embarked on modelling music in the raw audio domain. They have explored autoregressive discrete autoencoders (ADAs) to enable autoregressive models to capture long-range correlations in waveforms.
Autoregressive models are the best while generating raw audio waveforms of speech, but when applied to music, they are more biased towards capturing local signal structure at the expense of modelling long-range correlations. Since music exhibits structure at many different timescales, this issue is problematic; thereby making realistic music generation a challenging task. This paper will be presented in the 32nd Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS 2018) to be held at Montréal, Canada this week.
Challenges when music is symbolically represented
Music has a complex structure by nature and is made up of waveforms that spans over different time periods and magnitudes. Therefore, modelling all of the temporal correlations in the sequence that arise from this structure is challenging.
Most of the work in music generation has focused on symbolic representations. This method however has multiple limitations. Symbolic representations abstract away the idiosyncrasies of a particular performance, and these nuances abstracted away are often musically quite important, impacting a user's enjoyment of music. The paper states an example of the precise timing, timbre and volume of the notes played by a musician do not correspond exactly to those written in a score.
Symbolic representations are often tailored to particular instruments, reducing their generality, thereby leading to a lot of work being applied to existing modelling techniques to new instruments. Digital representations of audio waveforms retain all the musically relevant information. These models can be applied to recordings of any set of instruments. However, the task is challenging as compared to modelling symbolic representations. These generative models of waveforms capturing musical structure at many timescales requires high representational capacity, distributed effectively over the various musically-relevant timescales.
Steps performed to address music generation in the raw audio domain
- The researchers use autoregressive models to model structure across roughly 400,000 timesteps, or about 25 seconds of audio sampled at 16 kHz. They demonstrate a computationally efficient method to enlarge their receptive fields using autoregressive discrete autoencoders (ADAs).
- They explore the domain of autoregressive models for this task, while they use the argmax autoencoder (AMAE) as an alternative to vector quantisation variational autoencoders (VQ-VAE). This autoencoder converges more reliably when trained on a challenging dataset.
To model long-range structure in musical audio signals, the receptive fields (RFs) of AR models have to be enlarged. One way to do this is by providing a rich conditioning signal. The paper concentrates on this notion which turns an AR model into an autoencoder by attaching an encoder to learn a high-level conditioning signal directly from the data. Temporal downsampling operations can be inserted into the encoder to make this signal more coarse-grained than the original waveform. The resulting autoencoder uses its AR decoder to model any local structure that this compressed signal cannot capture.
The researchers went on to compare the two techniques that can be used to model the raw audio: Vector quantisation variational autoencoders and the argmax autoencoder (AMAE).
Vector quantisation variational autoencoders use vector quantisation (VQ): the queries are vectors in a d-dimensional space, and a codebook of k such vectors is learnt on the fly, together with the rest of the model parameters. The loss function is as follows:
LV Q−V AE = − log p(x|qj) + (qj − [q])2 + β · ([qj] − q)2.
However, the issue with VQ-VAEs when trained on challenging (i.e. high-entropy) datasets is that they often suffer from codebook collapse. At some point during training, some portion of the codebook may fall out of use and the model will no longer use the full capacity of the discrete bottleneck, leading to worse results and poor reconstructions.
As an alternative to VQ-VAE method, the researchers have come up with a model called the argmax autoencoder (AMAE). This produces k-dimensional queries, and features a nonlinearity that ensures all outputs are on the (k 1)-simplex. The quantisation operation is then simply an argmax operation, which is equivalent to taking the nearest k-dimensional one-hot vector in the Euclidean sense.
This projection onto the simplex limits the maximal quantization error. This makes the gradients that pass through it more accurate. To make sure the full capacity is used, an additional diversity loss term is added which encourages the model to use all outputs in equal measure. This loss can be computed using batch statistics, by averaging all queries q (before quantisation) across the batch and time axes, and encouraging the resulting vector q¯ to resemble a uniform distribution.
Results of the experiment
This is what the researchers achieved:
- Addressed the challenge of music generation in the raw audio domain autoregressive models and extending their receptive fields in a computationally efficient manner.
- Introduced the argmax autoencoder (AMAE), an alternative to VQ-VAE which shows improved stability for the task.
- Using separately trained autoregressive models at different levels of abstraction captures long-range correlations in audio signals across tens of seconds, corresponding to 100,000s of timesteps, at the cost of some signal fidelity.
You can refer to the paper for a comparison of results obtained across various autoencoders and for more insights on this topic.
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The Daoist Seal - Chapter 54
Angry for Her
Chills ran down the onlookers' backs upon hearing the scream of agony.
Jiang Xiaofan's stomp on the young man was ruthless. Even Ying Tianyang, whose cultivation was at Phantom Saint, had sustained grave injuries from his attacks, let alone some young man who had just reached the Realm of Dust. His physical nature was incomparable to Jiang Xiaofan's.
Wang Ao's complexion instantly paled. Despite his Shixiong, "the Young Spirit Channeler", having already reached the Realm of Dust and excelling in advanced cultivation methods and combat techniques, he could hold not Jiang Xiaofan at bay. Wang Ao's heart rapidly raced. He was extremely fearful of Jiang Xiaofan.
Jiang Xiaofan stood at the side and peered at the young man who had just been smashed to the ground. Without gesturing his hands, he jeered, "Get up. It's only a few broken ribs. That shouldn't be a big deal to a Realm of Dust cultivator, yeah?"
This was the truth after all. There was a vast difference between a cultivator and a mortal. Even if one was a Micro Realm cultivator, a couple of shattered ribs wasn't an issue worth concerning over. The ability to channel spiritual energy was what mattered more. As long as the cultivator did not suffer from continual ferocious attacks, he or she could resume fighting.
The onlookers wanted to vomit blood after hearing him speak and inwardly cried at the thought of a Micro Realm cultivator lecturing a Realm of Dust cultivator. What's wrong with this guy?! He's so savage!
He stopped and gave the young man ample time to recover. Jiang Xiaofan only had one purpose in doing this and that was to trigger his own fighting potential. He needed to battle this young man, "the Young Spirit Channeler" seriously.
Combat was the best and simplest way to advance one's cultivation.
The young man coughed out another mouthful of blood. He appeared disheveled with his green-robed smeared with wet dirt but stood up nonetheless and stared daggers at Jiang Xiaofan. Rage boiled in his eyes as if he couldn't wait to devour him.
Jiang Xiaofan shook his head and calmly stated, "You don't need to look at me like that. It won't do you any good. So those with cultivation at the Realm of Dust are called spirit channelers? Well then, just show me how spiritual you really are. I will assess for myself if a Realm of Dust cultivator is really that powerful."
Not long ago, he had already witnessed the so-called spirit channel during his duel with Ying Tianyang. At that time, all he could think about was beating Ying Tianyang until he couldn't get back up. He didn't have the time nor energy to contemplate spirit channeling.
This time, he needed to confront it. In other words, rather than relying on his speed to avoid the attack of a spirit channel, he needed to counter it. This was his opportunity for a breakthrough into the Realm of Dust.
Ye Yuanxue wanted to comment but could only angrily exclaim, "I knew that he would be going for a breakthrough! Argh, how annoying! He creates troubles wherever he goes! Next time when he comes to the Heavenly 'Maiden Peak, I'll ask the other sisters to sic Little Black on him!"
The spectators were quite startled because they couldn't understand why Jiang Xiaofan was so focused on spirit channeling. The Realm of Dust cultivators were strong because they could use the spirit channeling technique, and this was common knowledge among all cultivators. Especially in large sects, their mystical cultivation methods were even more distinguished. As a result, their spirit channels were more powerful. Almost no one was willing to challenge them.
However, they had no words to describe the man before them. He had shocked them all. He had twice knocked the Ziyang Sect's disciple to the ground but did not finish him to conclude the battle. Rather, he wanted to challenge his spirit channeling!
"Since you seek death, then death shall come to you!"
The young man roared at Jiang Xiaofan. Another blaze appeared on his body which radiated fluctuations of scorching spiritual energy, and a second circle of flames danced passionately around him. He looked like a frightening sprite from Inferno[1].
"Sword of Incinerating Sun!"
His eyes lit up like flares. The fire surrounding him then transformed into dozens of three-inch-long curved knives of roaring flames.
"Such overwhelming energy!"
"That's a sword of fire!"
"It's Ziyang Sect's fire spirit channel!"
Someone gasped in shock upon recognizing the young man's newly displayed technique. Many spectators began to retreat in fear of the spirit channel's might.
Only Jiang Xiaofan and the young man stood in their fighting area, fifteen meters apart and facing each other.
Looking at the flaming knives hovering in midair, Jiang Xiaofan furrowed his brows. He could feel their energy fluctuations. It was energy that came from Heaven and Earth and was indeed powerful enough to the point where he felt threatened. With dozens of flaming knives coming down on him, green-light radiated from his longsword and he welcomed each knife by parrying. However, the attack power of the knives suddenly increased. His blade was subsequently bent out of shape and rendered useless.
Jiang Xiaofan was dumbfounded by what had just happened. He then prepared himself again and grew more cautious. His opponent's flaming knives were much fearsome than the crescent-shaped sword qi released from Zhu Youwei's Qingyun Sword. The Sword of Incinerating Sun was on another level.
"Hahaha! You bastard! Do you think you have what it takes to challenge Shixiong's fire spirit channel? You're merely courting death!"
The young man's expression turned icier and more morose. He had been injured twice by Jiang Xiaofan. As a Realm of Dust cultivator, the fury within him reached to an unprecedented height. After conjuring a seal, more flames appeared in midair and the heat intensified.
Jiang Xiaofan was now trapped in a difficult situation. He finally understood just how powerful the spirit channeling was. It was indeed a mystical, combative technique, and its might was beyond what a Micro Realm cultivator could handle. He didn't dare to fend off the flaming knives with his body alone.
After noticing that Jiang Xiaofan was in a predicament, Wang Ao became spirited once more. He looked at Jiang Xiaofan with smug written on his face as if he was the one who pressured Jiang Xiaofan into this state.
Jiang Xiaofan glanced at Wang Ao with cold eyes.
Ye Yuanxue knitted her brows and scowled at Wang Ao. "Hey scumbag! If you talk nonsense again, I'll roast you!"
Little One also angrily chirped at Wang Ao as if Ye Yuanxue and it had a tacit agreement. They were both highly vexed by Wang Ao's taunt.
Meanwhile, everyone else trembled in fear and their hearts skipped a beat after they had heard Ye Yuanxue's declaration. They had previously witnessed Ye Yuanxue's might during their search for the Sea of Heart. Those who used their spiritual energy to fly in the sky without any mode of transportation, undoubtedly, had cultivation at the Realm of Dust or higher.
Wang Ao's face became gloomy. He shot an angry look at Ye Yuanxue and replied, "I only showed you slight affection because you possessed some charm, and I wanted to introduce you to a core disciple of Ziyang Sect. However, you're nothing but ungrateful, and you dared to challenge me. You're just a flower vase[2]! What are you so cocky about? Hmph! You and that bastard can go take a dive in the sea afterward!"
Everyone sucked in a breath and subconsciously took a step back. Is a disciple of Ziyang Sect really so imperious? Imperious to the extent of reaching the cosmos? How could he say something like that?!
Jiang Xiaofan instantly grew irate, and his eyes fogged up with killing intent. He was by no means a narrow-minded person. When Wang Ao had first ridiculed him, Jiang Xiaofan dismissed his words as a fart in the wind and did not seek vengeance. Even when Wang Ao had ridiculed him again, all Jiang Xiaofan had done was merely give him a beating. However, the moment that Wang Ao had insulted Ye Yuanxue, he had not only crossed the line but far exceeded Jiang Xiaofan's threshold.
He would never forget how after he had arrived on this planet, Ye Yuanxue was the one who had taught him many things about the way of this world and had bought him his first set of clothes. Because she was afraid that he would feel lonely, Ye Yuanxue did not immediately seek her out sister to reunite with her. Even the clean set of clothes currently lying in his spatial ring was specially prepared for him by Ye Yuanxue.
In today's world, she was the most important person to him and the one whom he desired most to protect. Nobody was allowed to harm her, not even vocally.
Right now, he was like a dragon who had just been prodded in his inverted scale[3]!
Jiang Xiaofan suddenly vanished from the battlefield like a ghost. Green rays of light exploded from his fist which violently shook the air. His agility stunned everyone who watched. Before Wang Ao could even react, a fist had already landed on his face.
Jiang Xiaofan channeled all his anger and strength into this attack. Even a Phantom Saint cultivator, such as Ying Tianyang, had difficulty in enduring his punch. A small fry like Wang Ao had no chance of withstanding the full brunt of his force.
Wang Ao's face was instantly deformed. Blood profusely streamed down his nose and mouth. A mouthful of teeth fell out, and his nasal bones were smashed into bits. He immediately fell to the ground, writhed in excruciating pain, and released a muffled cry of torment.
Without any change in expression, Jiang Xiaofan unhesitatingly and forcefully stomped his foot on Wang Ao. The force of this stomp was even more unrestrained than the one exerted on Wang Ao's Shixiong. The ground beneath him split open. Jiang Xiaofan's strength was unimaginably terrifying.
Wang Ao screamed even louder this time. Three of his ribs broke. They were all fragmented, and some of his bones punctured his organs. Blood bubbled from his mouth as he stared at Jiang Xiaofan with unspeakable horror in his eyes.
Wang Ao's Shixiong barked at him. His flames burned even brighter and lit up bigger in size, nearly covering half of the sky. Intimidating energy fluctuations emanated far and wide. As the flames flickered intensely, the sky appeared distorted like an illusion. This was the mighty power of spirit channeling.
To everyone's surprise, a flame that aimed for Jiang Xiaofan suddenly changed course, headed towards another direction, smashed into a giant boulder, and melted everything on impact.
Ye Yuanxe flew over to Jiang Xiaofan's side. She then blushed, tugged him on his sleeve, and whispered, "Perverted Wolf, don't fight anymore. He's going to die."
Jiang Xiaofan coming to her defense made Ye Yuanxue very happy; however, she was nevertheless a kindhearted girl and did not wish for his hands to be stained with blood.
Jiang Xiaofan looked back to eye her. He eventually complied with her wish but not before giving Wang Ao one last kick into the air. He then turned around, caressed Ye Yuanxue's delicate face, and smiled. "My darling Xiao Xue'er is so compassionate. Very cute."
Ye Yuanxue quickly slapped his hand and chided, "Pft! You big pervert! Who's your darling?!"
Jiang Xiaofan shamelessly chuckled, "Sooner or later, you will be."
The young man's complexion turned ashen, but he was more so confounded by what had just happened. I'm certain that my flame was aimed at him, so why did it veer off course? Can it be that I haven't fully mastered my spirit channeling?
The spectators were astounded as well. Of course, what astounded them was Jiang Xiaofan's speed and body strength. If he were to make a move against the Ziyang Sect's disciple with the same insane speed, that so-called "Young Spirit Channeler" would have little success in defending himself against Jiang Xiaofan's attack unless he condensed all his flames as a body shield. Even then, he would still be at the mercy of Jiang Xiaofan's pummeling.
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Live Edge Walnut Table
Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)
I went to visit my Dad and a logger buddy, Brownie, of his was there visiting also. Eventually the talk turned to woodworking. I mentioned that was looking for walnut crotch for a chest of drawers project. Brownie told me of a piece of wood that he had been hoarding for six years but he might be willing part with. After seeing the pictures he sent me, I saw it didn't have the feather crotch I was looking for but it looked like the grain had lots of figure.I told my wife that it looked like a table top to me and if she wanted it for a table, I'd make it for her but that I didn't think I would buy it for my chest project since it wasn't just what I wanted. We made arrangements to go look at the slab. My wife was supposed to give me a discreet head nod if she wanted it.Brownie poured water on the slab and the grain came alive. A glance to my wife and her head stretched as far up and down as anyone has ever nodded. A quick negotiation and I had a table top to make.The base was hand forged by Ian Hart of Cloven Hoof Iron and Wood in Virginia. His work is amazing. He patiently worked through the design process with me and the end result is exactly what I wanted & what he had drawn. Plus Ian kindly delivered it to me since I was recovering from a knee replacement surgery. I think the base really makes the table.Finished with BLO hand rubbed, black epoxy for the couple narrow cracks, bow ties on the bottom to stabilize the cracks, 5' 6 long, 28 at the waist, 30 & 33 at the ends, 30 tall.
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Andreas Oblasser Christian Deimbacher
Christian Waldner Dietmar Westreicher
our history
foundation of the ensemble, first concerts
Competition "Musik in kleinen Gruppen" (competition for ensembles in Austria)
– 1. Prize – highest score
first tour – concerts and church concerts.
composition for the euphonium-tuba quartet by Jack Stroeher. World premiere
of the piece "Philidorian Jazz Suite" in congress-hall in Innsbruck and in Obergurgl.
Live recording of the Philidorian Jazz Suite:
1. Part: Mr. Adams
2.Part: Cafe de la Regence
3. Part: The sacrifice of Stefen K.
CD-production "Blow" – great success and fantastic feedback by television and
radio. Christmas concerts in St. Johann and Carinthia and Tirol.
Interview of the Fat-Lips with Hermann Pallhuber ORF Radio Tirol.
new programm "007": changing in to a 6-part-tuba ensemble (3 euph, 3 tub).
concerts in Bad Häring, Thaur, Kematen, Innsbruck.
production of the new CD "lipt the world"
International competition of brass ensembles – prize of the european town Passau
– final round and "Förderpreis"!!
ITEC 2012 – International Euphonium and Tuba Conference in Linz (Austria)
International competition of brass ensembles – prizep of the european town Passau
– final round and "Förderpreis" (hervorragend)!
….but there's another (true) story of the beginning of fat lips ….
A long time ago, there was a F-Tuba with 4 perinet valves and one rotary valve.
One day the lonesome F-Tuba met a ES-Tuba with 4 perinet valves. First the
F-Tuba couldn't believe that the ES-Tuba sounds so great. And so they played
a little bit together. Hmmm, that was really very fine. But in these years it was
very boring playing in a Duo and on one day the F-Tuba met an Euphonium.
This Euphonium could play higher than the Tuba. So the F-Tuba thought:
"Why don't we play in a threesome! That could be funnier. In the beginning
the tree horns had a lot of fun. The Euphonium could play so high it wants.
Great time. But the two tuba were too powerful and always too loud.
Now the Euphonium was verý sad. It wanted to have partner.
The Euphonium put now an advert in the paper. A lot of Euphoniums wanted
to play with the sad Euphonium, but it was very choosey. One of these days
the Euphonium was together with a other Euphonium.
Now the 4 played together.
……… and it was really perfect. So the Tubas weren't to loud, and the
Euphoniums could play so hight and fast they want.
They had a lot of fun……….
10 – years – jubilation: Many concerts, concerts and concerts 🙂


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There were storm clouds in the mountains; a thing all up there fear,
so we picked up the pace a bit, can't wait for this to clear.
Amid the rain we felt the sting as hailstones lashed our skin
we knew that somewhere up ahead was a pile of bark and tin
held up by spindly bush poles, twisted wire holds them fast;
a common way of building in times now long since past.
The sort of hut the drovers built or the miners long forgot
and though we knew 'twas flimsy, it was the safest spot.
For the men who built it lived here, survival ruled their day;
if they didn't keep the weather out it'd suck their life away.
These days we all head to them; hiker and the drovers too
and most folk know their story and how their legend grew.
And one thing I can tell you, as you wander cross the plain
treat them like your own home cos from them we all gain.
When the cold comes in icy blasts; that'll soon turn hail to snow
and the treachery of that blanket all who come here know.
Head to the safety made by Bushmen who once walked here too
and hunker by the fire and keep your Billy near to you.


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When you have the most adorable and loving kids and a dedicated husband, everybody thinks you have it all. But do we really?? Judge me all you want, but there are things that were once a part of me and now they aren't and I have no shame accepting that I miss them. It was… Continue reading I am a MOM but… What have I left behind??
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Being a SAHM – Using all my senses with a filmy twist
Disclaimer - This isn't an educational post. All experiences mentioned are real life and any resemblance to any one else's experience has my deepest sympathy.. When I decided to be a homemaker and a Stay at Home Mom, I had absolutely no clue what I was getting into. There are so many incidents that sometimes… Continue reading Being a SAHM – Using all my senses with a filmy twist
5 tips to get through those scary days in NICU
When I was informed about having an emergency cesarean, my biggest fear was having our baby stay in the NICU, since I was only 34 weeks along. Once she was there, I was anxious to get her home as soon as possible but I had to wait till the doctors thought it was safe for… Continue reading 5 tips to get through those scary days in NICU
Plan is to plan the unexpected
Exactly a month back at 6 pm, I had no clue my life would change completely in the coming 12 hours. I was 34 weeks along and what started as braxton hicks in the evening soon turned into full on contractions. We rushed to the hospital at 1 am and were informed that I will… Continue reading Plan is to plan the unexpected
When they start school…
Most of you started reading this to find out what happens once the big change starts and your toddler turns into a pre-schooler.. Whether it's an easy transition or a tough one. Will they settle fast or bring the house (in this case - school) down. Let me answer that for you. NOOOOOOO!!! This post… Continue reading When they start school…
Farewell 2015
After taking a break from blogging for 7 months, I decided to pen down my thoughts from this year before we bring in another one. This year has shown me a lot of ups and downs and literally transformed me into a whole new person. The year brought with it a bundle of happiness which… Continue reading Farewell 2015
Open Letter
So off late I have been hearing so many men giving me grief about being a homemaker. Why?? Because I am JUST a homemaker. An open letter for them - Sweetheart, Let me explain this to you in the language that you understand. I am not JUST a homemaker. This is my job which pays… Continue reading Open Letter


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Melton Hill Park
I love love love love this family. Over 3 years ago when we moved to Knoxville from Nashville, I also made the transition to being a full time wedding photographer. I immediately started trying to build close, personal friendships in the photography industry. It's hard, you guys. Especially as an introvert. That's right…I said it…an introvert. If you've ever seen me on a wedding day, you would think for sure I was an extrovert, but I'm 100% not. So, making friends is hard, but I put myself out there. I scheduled coffee dates, went to group meet ups, joined all the Facebook groups, and started following all of my fellow Knoxville photogs on all the social media platforms. Those friendships never happened. I looked and looked and looked, and it just didn't feel natural. I kept waiting for it to just unfold so organically, but it kept feeling so forced. So, I just went back into my turtle shell. That's what we introverts do when the whole friendship thing doesn't work out. Then, I met Alison. Alison with one L, and FINALLY…this girl was real. She didn't judge or compare or be super sneaky and secretive. She was just herself. We found ourselves going weeks without talking then spending hours gushing all our deepest secrets to one another. She spoke more truth into my life in those early days of being an official professional photographer than anyone, and I can never thank her enough for that. When she asked me to meet her at Melton Hill Park to take photos of her sweet, precious family, it was without a doubt, such an honor. This evening ended up being on of the most BEAUTIFUL sunsets I've ever seen at Melton Hill, and all that golden light just danced around this happy family. They've been through some things since little baby Jack was conceived, but we are praising Jesus for all the glory. Alison is back to being healthy, Jack also has officially been diagnosed HEALTHY, and there is a reason to celebrate, ya'll. Join me in lifting those prayer hands and shouting thank you to the Father because He is so good for so many reasons and bringing Alison into my life is just one of the tiny ones!
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Jazz, electronica and a pizza box—our live music series returns for 2015.
These sorts of creative collisions define the group. Schwarz is a German electronic artist known for his records on Innervisions and his live shows in clubs; Wesseltoft is a Norwegian jazz pianist whose career began in the early '90s; Berglund is a Swedish jazz bassist who has been performing and recording for the past 20 years. Together they play a soft-spoken fusion of jazz, classical and electronica in a style that none of them could have conceived on his own. Later in the video, they explain their belief that analogue and digital both sound better when they're blended together, something that's easy to believe watching their Sessions film. Across two tracks and 20 minutes, electronic and acoustic sounds mingle beautifully. It's also the first Sessions film in which a musician plays a pizza box.


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Mountain biking.
Sounds easy, right?
It can be at times ... riding a bike up and down the gentle slopes of a mountain through a pristine forest is pretty easy. But true practitioners of the sport seek the challenge and stoke of barreling down a steep two-to three-foot wide single-track trail inches away from boulders, tree trunks and cliff edges.
Speaking from experience, most of the thrill from this type of ride is forcing your mind and body to be completely dialed into the ride when everything just flows ... it really cuts the chatter in your mind so that your body is focused on putting you and the bike exactly where it needs to be at the right speed at all times to make the next steep climb or avoid a wipeout. When you achieve this altered "flow state," things start to move in slow motion and the ride is pure joy. If your mind wanders at high speeds, you are almost guaranteed to be out of position for a climb or worse — disaster in the form of a separated shoulder or broken hand (again speaking from experience).
After recently wiping out after failing to brake early enough going into a turn, it got us thinking about braking in terms of investing. Of course, braking at the right time to correctly position yourself for a turn is an extremely important skill and quite possible when riding a mountain bike. But when you are investing, you never know when the turn is coming (no matter what any financial pundit says). Brake too early when the market is rising, and you can miss out on big future gains in the market; brake too late after the market falls, and you can lose a lot of money.
Equities dominate most investors' portfolios and get the most attention, especially now since the year-to-date move has been very strong (global equities are up over 14% as of July 31st). But the market can correct at any time. According to a recent Bloomberg article, "...it's certainly been a while since anything bad happened in the U.S. [equity] market. An AB [AllianceBernstein] study shows that while 5% declines have occurred on average every 10 weeks since 1928, you have to go back 56 to find the last one. Ten-percent corrections usually happen every 33 weeks, compared with more than 75 today. Bear market drops of 20% occur every 127 weeks. The last one of those came in early 2009."
Our approach to investment portfolio construction — diversified asset allocation — helps to brake when necessary and keep your "speed" and equity market corrections under control. By adding additional asset classes that are not correlated to equities, such as fixed income, real estate and infrastructure to a portfolio, any correction in equities will not necessarily cause a wipeout because the non-equities should behave differently and allow you to safely take the turn!


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Welcome to the
"Moonlight on Mahinerangi"
24hr & 7hr Rogaines
(incorporating the NZ Championships)
Have you experienced a 24 hour Rogaine?
Whether you identify as a hiker, walker, tramper, orienteer, off-road runner, multisporter, adventure racer, or any other moderately fit outdoors aficionado, come join the challenge.
The Moonlight on Mahinerangi Rogaine is to be held in an area west of Dunedin over the weekend of 24th - 25th November, 2012. This is your opportunity to participate in a classic 24 hour rogaine.
Who is it for? - Although the 24 hour event is billed as a championship event this rogaine is for everybody. Top teams will be on the move for the full 24 hours but other people can enjoy a more relaxed approach returning to event headquarters for food (supplied), socialising, rest, and probably a sleep, before heading out again. Everybody is welcome we encourage you to join us.
For those seeking a shorter event there will be a 7 hour non-championship rogaine as well.
Terrain and Location the terrain is a mix of open farmland and tussock country with intricate streams and drainage patterns. There are a few woodlots and some pine plantations. The altitude range is from 350m to 1000m. You will get to visit some early gold-mining relics. The base is a 75km drive from Dunedin (35mins from Dunedin airport) and will be at a woolshed with an adjacent camping area.
Competition Categories in both the 24 hour and 7 hour events there will be the usual Men, Women, and Mixed classes in the Open, Junior, Veteran and Superveteran categories.
Organisation the New Zealand Championship is the only annual 24 hour Rogaine held in New Zealand so dont miss it. It is being organised under the New Zealand Rogaining Association umbrella by an enthusiastic Dunedin-based team under the leadership of Bob Cunninghame.
Embargo area the area within a radius of 14km of the Waipori Station Homestead, except for public roads, is embargoed to all intending competitors from now (July 2012) until after the events.
What is a Rogaine
A rogaine is an endurance orienteering event. It involves competitors travelling on foot in teams of a least two and at most five people, visiting designated sites shown on a topographical map, for which they accumulate points. Sites have differing points value. The skill is in choosing a route that maximises the points gained for effort expended, while returning to the finish on time. Rogaines appeal to trampers, orienteers and endurance athletes.
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Courtney McBath – Norfolk, Virginia
For the past 24 years, B. Courtney McBath has worked diligently to realize an ever-expanding vision for ministry in Hampton Roads and beyond. In 1998 McBath founded Calvary Alliance of Churches and Ministries, an organization that serves Bishops and leaders in the U.S., Africa, India and the Caribbean. He is also the current President of the Hampton Roads Ecumenical Council of Bishops (HRECB), an organization established by the late Bishop Barnett K. Thoroughgood, to provide accountability and fellowship for members of the episcopacy and promote unity in the body of Christ. McBath has dedicated his life to teaching the truth of God's Word so that all who hear can understand their significance in the Kingdom of God. His heart is to see people enjoy a vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ and walk in God's will for their lives.


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Bill Shorten has been re-elected as Labor leader after no other contender put their name forward for the position.
Chief opposition whip Chris Hayes said Mr Shorten's was the only name when nominations closed at 5pm on Friday.
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Whitley library was built in 1935 in the classical and confident municipal style of the time, and is a stand-alone building in smart red brick, with a lovely scrolled Bath stone cartouche at the top with "LIBRARY" written on it. It stands on Northumberland Avenue next to a roundabout at the heart of south Reading. There is a very similar library building in Palmer Park and the style does seem to project a pride in civic life, education and the burgeoning welfare state with that glorious dawn of the National Health Service just a war away.
Just a few years after this building was opened, the locals would be involved in a desperate struggle for our nation's very existence. The library was an ARP (air raid precautions) warden post in 1940 and several Whitley residents were killed or injured in the air raid on the town in 1943. A library in these times would have been a very important peaceful refuge and the ordered symmetry of this building would have stood out as the architecture of hope. As Churchill once said "we shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."
The building will soon be emptied and the library absorbed into a newly refurbished community centre on Northumberland Avenue, which is a building of a similar style from the same era. The community centre itself once housed a remarkable group of large paintings, which I hear are now near Darwin Close, painted by Italian prisoners of war (nearby Rabson's Rec. was once divided between Italian and German POWs). Wouldn't it be an amazing thing to see them restored and back on the walls after the refurbishment?
I will be sad to see the library move, but I can see the logic and the new place is virtually over the road. The Community Centre is having a real resurgence and the good works of the Café, Social Club and Whitley Museum are making a difference in the area. Having the library there as well would be provide a handy central base and access for all.
I would love to see the Whitley library building kept in the same shape or form whoever its new owner or tenant will be. It would be nice if it was still in public use but, realistically, I suppose it could be sold for a commercial venture. There are not many historic or stand-out buildings in south Reading and we could at least protect the palimpsest of this building by keeping the structure. It is disheartening to live in a town that places more value on bland and unaffordable flats than homes specifically for local families and people on lower incomes.
I often see a small group of fairly well behaved teenagers hanging about outside the Whitley library and I imagine them to be a bookish group of toughs with full library membership defending their literary island with fierce pride, or maybe even a modern day Reading version of the Bow Street Runners.
I sat in the smaller junior room in the 1970s and quietly read the Look 'n' Learn magazines, Commando war strips or comics with stories like Billy's boots, Tupper of the track and Roy of the Rovers. This was the only time I ever was truly quiet! The Guinness book of records was very popular at the time and I was transfixed by things like those overweight American twins on mini-motorbikes, the world's tallest man, Robert Wadlow, and the vocabulary of budgerigars – I couldn't understand why my budgie, called Polly, couldn't get beyond a whistle. I then graduated to the bigger adult room and became a bit obsessed with Sherlock Holmes. I don't think it was until I was 14 or so that I first found out he was a fictional character. I think Conan Doyle was having us all on when he promised us the story of the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant. Groucho Marx once said "outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
My Mum would get her large bundle of Agatha Christies with other whodunnits and detective stories from the library; their lurid covers usually had a cadaver and Cluedo-type weapon on the cover. If the homicide team are ever short-handed or need a lead I would recommend they talk to her, as there can't be anyone more knowledgeable on the subject of murder. I once found a luncheon voucher for 2/6 in old money and some green shield stamps in the leaves of a book. It was quite a place for finding the odd train ticket or note too; although the rumour that spies used rarely-borrowed library books for leaving secret messages seems a bit far-fetched, I did once find a note from someone called Fred asking 'darling' to meet him at the Cowsey for the 'usual' Friday night.
In the 1980s a friend of mine went for job a interview at the Whitley library and he reckoned there were at least six librarians in the small room behind the desk, all furiously stamping books. There always seemed to be standing water in the road outside and I often wondered if it was built over an ancient stream. I must say I do find the present opening hours fairly baffling, but over the years the librarians, some of whom have put in many years of service, have been very friendly and helpful, apart from one period when the incumbent librarian used to pointedly ask me if I wanted anything when I was obviously browsing, as if he was an eager salesman or intrusive shop assistant. He also openly discussed and criticised book choices in front of the lender; surely on every librarian's not-to-do list, he is thankfully now ex-libris.
I have watched the restoration of the Abbey Quarter and follow recent developments at the prison with delight and I am behind any attempt to preserve true heritage in Reading, but history is not just about the medieval times or the rich and famous in their opulent dwellings and vainglorious ecclesiastical buildings. Britain was built at the factory gate as well as Agincourt; there is great history in the suburbs of Reading and not just in the town centre. It was 1980s band the Redskins who sang "it's a crying shame, when our past is buried and our victories go un-named, while our history books talk of kings and men of fame".
I will be asking Reading Borough Council if we can at least preserve the skin and bones of this lovely, tidy, modest, plucky little building which has played its part in the history of our town for the past 80 years. Perhaps if it could at least be locally listed there would be a chance of saving the building or at least exploring other options about its future use. Go and visit this building on an evening or afternoon when the sun is directly shining on the red brick, look on and think on this from architect Louis Khan: "architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a wall."
Matthew Farrall, the author of this article, died on 20 April 2018.
We are grateful to his family for allowing us to continue to display his work online.


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Using Data Analytics to Assess the Impact of Technology Change on Production Forecasting
- Authors
- Frank Male (Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin) | Chastity Aiken (Ifremer, Géosciences Marine - LAD) | Ian J. Duncan (Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin)
- https://doi.org/10.2118/191536-MS
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- Society of Petroleum Engineers
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- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 24-26 September, Dallas, Texas, USA
- Publication Date
- 2018
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- Conference Paper
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- English
- 978-1-61399-572-3
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- 2018. Society of Petroleum Engineers
- Disciplines
- 5 Reservoir Desciption & Dynamics, 2.2 Installation and Completion Operations, 2.4 Hydraulic Fracturing, 5.6.9 Production Forecasting, 2.1 Completion Selection and Design, 2.1 Completion Selection and Design, 2 Well completion, 5.6 Formation Evaluation & Management, 5.4 Improved and Enhanced Recovery, 2.2 Installation and Completion Operations, 1.6.6 Directional Drilling, 1.6 Drilling Operations, 2.5.2 Fracturing Materials (Fluids, Proppant), 7.6.6 Artificial Intelligence
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- Decline Curve Analysis, Completion Optimization, Machine Learning
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The nature of well completions in the oil and gas industry continues to evolve. Although the effects of completions and spacing on initial production are well reported, how they affect ultimate recovery and terminal decline is not well understood. Over the last decade, drilling on multi-well pads has become prevalent, spacing between horizontal wells has decreased, and hydrofracture intensity has increased. These developments have decreased drilling and completion costs, while increasing initial well production. Yet, the impact of the timing, spacing, and intensity of fracturing on terminal decline rates and ultimate recovery has not been systematically investigated.
In this paper, Bakken well production profiles are used to evaluate the impact of differences in completion design on the nature of long-term production decline. To evaluate these effects, production for 12,000 Bakken wells were forecast using a physics-based approach. Using descriptive statistics and advanced visualization, terminal decline rate and ultimate recovery parameters are found to depend upon date of well completion, volumes of proppant and water injected, lateral length, and well spacing. We utilize a tree-based machine learning approach to test predictability of completion parameters on terminal decline rate and estimated ultimate recovery.
Our analyses show that pad drilling and increased hydrofracture intensity are apparently associated with small increases in initial production rates but have led to larger terminal decline rates. For example, in the Bakken, the terminal decline rate increases by upwards of ten percentage points for wells with modern completions in multi-well pads. Since production life is dependent upon terminal decline rates, spacing and completions effects must be accounted for in type curves for wells in multi-well pads.
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Griffin, L.G., Pearson, C.M., Strickland, S., McChesney, J., Wright, C.A., Mayer, J., Coleman, B., Roth, M. and Weijers, L., 2013, September. The Value Proposition for Applying Advanced Completion and Stimulation Designs to the Bakken Central Basin. In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Unnamed, Rystad Energy, 2016. Terminal decline observed from actual shale well data is higher than consensus. https://www.rystadenergy.com/newsevents/news/newsletters/UsArchive/shale-newsletter-august-2016/. Accessed May 12, 2017.


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Wrist Ruler
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Wrist Ruler is a leather wristband with engraved inch and centimeter measurements. If you find yourself always needing to measure things when you're on the go, this is the perfect product for you.
Sizes are based on wrapping around your wrist twice (four times for 30"). Give it extra length depending on how loosely you want to wear it. Please allow an extra 1/2 inch for the stud closure.
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If you love the MINI's curves but need extra space, the new MINI Clubman could be the car for you. Compared with hatchback models, the Clubman is wider and longer with plenty of leg room, extra storage, and a decent sized boot.
Ease yourself onto the heated driver's seat and you'll notice the centre console, with its high-res colour display. This controls entertainment, navigation, music, driving information and apps. On the move, the Clubman is smooth, nippy and responsive. As you drive, the MINI Head-Up Display kicks into action, projecting driving data just below your view of the road.
If parking makes you perspire, the Clubman's Parking Assistance feature sizes up available spaces before taking charge of the wheel. All you have to do is apply some gentle throttle and brake. The brakes are also activated whenever you stop, park or make a hill start. So there's no chance of forgetting to apply the handbrake!
With six gears, decent fuel economy and tax set at just £20 a year, the MINI Clubman is stylish, fun to drive and frugal on fuel. According to the Telegraph's Rebecca Jackson, this model ramps up the quality, without losing that essential MINI magic. Check out her review here:
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Dear Martin, thank you for opening the envelope. We know this letter won't be an easy read. But as a loyal supporter, we also know you'll understand why we need to tell the truth about North Korea.
Hea-woo's story
"When I arrived at the camp, I was shocked by the sign on the gate. It said, do not try to escape. You will be killed."
32-year-old Hea-woo was sent to a North Korean labour camp simply for possessing a bible. For three years, she was forced to work on the land. Each 12 hour day began with a few spoons of rice and ended with an evening of ideological training. The conditions were so severe that many of her fellow prisoners died from disease or were executed.
Despite undergoing torture, Hea-Woo's faith and determination helped her to survive and after three years she was released, escaping to South Korea. But many of her friends are still suffering the horrors of the North Korean camps.
A prison nation
Of the hundreds of thousands of Christians in North Korea, around 10,000 are held in high-security camps or banished to remote villages.
Those who remain are under constant threat of being sent to the camps, tortured or even killed. They can't leave and they exist on starvation rations.
Secret support network
Open Door's secret workers risk their own lives to smuggle Bibles, medicines, food and clothing to brave North Korean believers. But they can't do this alone. They need your help.
For every £24 you give, a worker can deliver 3 bibles. And £41 will pay for emergency food, medicine and clothing for a whole family.
Will you partner with us and give hope to Korean Christians like Hea-Woo?
"I'm astonished that God loves me so much that he uses brothers and sisters I don't know to support me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
It would be so easy to ignore Hea-woo's story. To stay at home and practice our faith in safety. But we believe that helping our Christian brothers and sisters is a risk worth taking. We hope you feel the same.
Thank you so much for your support,
Brother Andrew (Founder of Open Doors)
P.S You'll find more about Hea-Woo's story at http://www.opendoorsuk.org
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The Township of Centre Wellington is a thriving and growing community of residents with diverse urban and rural settings. Its close proximity to Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo,diverse economy, active arts community and renowned natural features are among its many lifestyle advantages. To be able to achieve and full fill all goals, we currently have a full time position in the Environmental Services Department.
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3 Reasons You Should Be Taking a Prenatal Multivitamin during Pregnancy
Pregnancy can be one of the best feelings in the world, but don't forget, you need to be aware of the nourishment you are getting for two! For this reason it is always important for you to look after yourself and on top of this you also need to make sure that both you and the baby are getting everything they need to remain healthy.
Baby Benefits!
Multivitamins can help to keep both you and the baby healthy. They can reduce the risk of birth defects, preterm birth and a low birth weight. They can also help to make sure that the baby has enough vitamins and nourishment to fully develop properly, so this is great all-round. These one a day prenatal vitamins contains the exact recommended dose of Folic Acid (800mcg) as directed by the US Department of Health and Human Services. It's easy-to-take as the tablet only needs to be taken once at breakfast so it's not likely to be forgotten and one bottle provides a whole 3-month supply.
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Taking an iron supplement can help to keep your energy levels up after the birth when a lot of effort and energy is needed to look after the baby. Any good prenatal multivitamin should contain a healthy dose of iron.
A Healthier Mindset
Vitamins don't just help to give you a healthy body, because they also help to give you a healthier mindset as well. Supplementing your normal diet with a prenatal vitamin means that you are doing the best for your baby and eliminates the worry that you are not receiving all the nutrients from your normal diet. You'll feel happier, more relaxed and less anxious and worried about the birth itself.
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When you've just given birth, it is understandable that you don't want to go full steam ahead with plenty of exercise, so take it slow. You'd be surprised at how fast you can lose baby weight with a little bit of exercise and this way you don't put as much strain on your body either. Even if you only get half an hour a day, every little helps! If you're pregnant, make sure to consult with your doctor before starting an exercise routine. Instructional videos on youtube can be helpful but it's best to check before you embark on any exercise that may put unnecessary strain on you.
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If you've been craving sugar and carbohydrates while pregnant then you may find it difficult to eat healthily. This is completely understandable so it is always a good idea to take your dieting, one step at a time. Try carrying around with you snacks to keep you going such as carrots, apples and nuts so if you get the munchies you don't automatically reach for high calorie alternatives. Combining your dieting with pure garcinia cambogia extract helps to boost your weight loss efforts and support you in the journey.
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You can use this form to make a claim against the Stroma Certification Customer Guarantee following notification of works completed under Building Regulations 2010 (amended).
The notifiable completed works must be completed by a Stroma Certification Competent Person and notified within 31 days of the works being completed.
In the first instance the Installer must be given the opportunity to rectify the issue and if this is not possible you can make a claim against their insurance. For the Customer Guarantee, claims will be considered if these 2 routes have been followed and suitable remedial action has not been possible.
Claims will be considered when the above routes have been undertaken, where Installer is no longer in business or is unwilling or unable to rectify the work. The Customer Guarantee will cover the rectification of works notified by the Installer on the Certificate of Works only. It will not cover ancillary services such as redecoration or rehousing, these would need to be claimed back through the Installers insurance or through the Small Claims Court.
Where the works have not been notified or have been notified incorrectly, a claim will not be possible against the Customer Guarantee. In these instances you will need contact Trading Standards and make a claim via the Installers Insurance or through the Small Claims Court.
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