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Schuyler Mansion open for the season
The Schuyler Mansion opened its 2017 season Wednesday. It will now be open for Wednesday through Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm for daily tours. And it has a schedule of special specific topic tours:
"Offered twice per week, this tour focuses on the life of Alexander Hamilton, husband of Elizabeth Schuyler, and his relationship with the Schuyler family. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the site within the current month ONLY. Space is limited - no other tours will be offered during the 2PM hour on these days." Thursday and Sunday at 2 pm
The Women of Schuyler Mansion
"This tour focuses on the women of the household - matriarch Catharine Van Rensselaer Schuyler and her 5 daughters, Angelica, Elizabeth, Margaret (Peggy), Cornelia and Caty. ... Reservations are required and can be made by calling the site within the current month ONLY. Space is limited - no other tours will be offered during the 2PM hour on these days." Saturday at 2 pm
As the historic site's Facebook page notes, daily tours do tend to fill up and it recommends showing up 20 to 30 minutes early and to make reservations for the special tours. The admission for tours is $5 for adults / $4 for students and seniors / free for kids 12 and under (cash only).
There's also a "Farm Day in the City" event May 27:
Experience a farm market atmosphere in the city of Albany! Learn about the types of animals Philip Schuyler would have had on his farm and agricultural practices of the 18th century. Sheep and poultry will be among the livestock displayed on the grounds at Schuyler Mansion. Demonstrations, farm products and gardening techniques will be shared with visitors throughout the afternoon. There will also be pony rides for children and vendors on site. Free to the public. The mansion will be available for open house style (self-guided) tours at the cost of $3.00 per person (children 12 and under are free, but must be accompanied by an adult.
The Schuyler Mansion is at 32 Catherine St in Albany's South End neighborhood. It was the home of the family of Philip Schuyler, a Revolutionary War general and US Senator. (He was also the father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton.) The statute in front of Albany City Hall? That's Philip Schuyler.
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Concert review: Grizzly Bear at Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA June 3, 2009
The first time I saw Grizzly Bear live—at a crowded, stiflingly hot club in Northampton, Massachusetts—was the moment I went from being a casual fan to a mildly obsessed one. These four sweaty, slightly goofy guys put on a dazzling, energetic, virtuosic show, one that transformed the cramped space into a collective religious experience.
Nearly two years later at the Berklee Performance Center, I realized Grizzly Bear are on their way up in the world. Last night's venue was five times bigger, the audience was sitting down, and the band members were cool and collected under a light show in shifting tones of red, blue, and green.
Other than that, though, you'd never know that Veckatimest, one of the most (deservedly) hyped albums of the year, just made #8 on the US Billboard charts. Grizzly Bear's unclassifiable live sound—a blend of four-part harmonies and folky strumming, fifties-style pop hooks and dramatic climaxes—remains as astonishing as ever.
At last night's show, the band turned much of their older material inside out, giving "Colorado" and the rhythmic "Fix It" an added depth and expansiveness. They've probably played "Knife" a billion times by now (as shown by the loud applause that flared up on the first notes) but somehow they made it new.
The band played actual newer stuff, too, including the pretty, piano-driven "Two Weeks," and my favorites "Ready, Able" and "While You Wait for the Others." The new material was a bit more faithful to the album versions, but I'm sure that eventually these songs, too, will sound completely different in a live setting. The only letdown was the relative lack of lead vocals by guitarist Dan Rossen, whose rough-edged voice provides the perfect counterpart to singer Ed Droste's sweeter, more soaring tones.
That's a minor disappointment, though, from what was a truly stellar live show. If you're a fan, try to catch Grizzly Bear in concert as soon as you can; at the rate they're going, two years from now they'll be headlining their first world stadium tour. -Anna Kramer
photo of Ed & Dan by Kate Vacanti
Hear Grizzly Bear's recent full set performed in-studio for NPR at WNYC here.

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sometimes i lose the path, can't see for the fog, am wandering. this, perhaps, is one of those times. and i just have to ride it out.
i'm accomplishing tasks, but it's not the tasks i'm talking about. it's the abiding peace i lack.
i sat at the mechanics today, i risked missing yoga to go get my oil change, and miss yoga i did. i've missed a lot of yoga lately, and i'm feeling it. not just physically, but spiritually.
i sat there, reading a book and trying to be present to the wait at the mechanic's. i needed to take care of my car just as i need to take care of my mind and body. so, i tried to just breathe and be patient. that was tough and i jumped the gun once and told the guy,
it's done.it wasn't. he didn't get irritated, i was grateful.
i went back to sitting and waiting, trying not to complain. trying to just be at peace with where i was at. i don't think one needs a cathedral or a particular setting to enter into a spiritual transaction. i think those are everywhere to be had. the trick is, realizing it.
so i settled back into the ergonomic metal bench and tried to mind my posture. something i thought i was very good about, but realize, since yoga, that i don't have good posture--or great posture. i'm not slouching, but i'm not elongating either. so i stretched my heart up toward the ceiling and felt the curve of my back receive the metal support of the bench and sat there focusing on the words which were also telling me to focus on the moment.
the signs are everywhere, yet i keep trying other roads, different paths. i don't know what it will take to wake me up. i thought i was awake, but now i wonder.
much is ready to change in my life. i'm on a great precipice, and the time is nearing for me to launch out. this is the birth canal. these are scary times in one sense, in that i'm leaving the comfort of a womb i've known, and entering a world unknown. in the best scenario there will be a guide, some motherly figure to ease the transition. but i don't know who that could possibly be. or are some birth canals leading to places where we are unassisted. that can't be right. i think we get the help we need.
today as i walked to the river, greggy, the cat followed me. he rubs up against me as i sit, and i take great comfort from this. i'm not the best cat owner, not the best mom, not the best anything. but i am here, present to the awful and the joyous. alive and free. experimenting and growing. it is the best i can do.
my girl is gone and that is disconcerting to me, but i know these separations, all separations are necessary.
i am trying not to long for reunion but to welcome the discomfort of absence, it helps me to realize what i have when it is in my arms.
so teetering i go, on shaky feet, but going nonetheless. i am trusting that i will know what to do next. that the universe will make a way and provide. with the abandon and openness of a child, i sit with this discomfort and try not to turn away.


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"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." This powerful quote is attributable to Martin Luther King Jr. who popularized it during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Digging deeper, however, it can be traced to the abolitionist, Unitarian Minister, Theodore Parker, an activist who fought against slavery in the 19th century in the United States*. Eritrea does find itself in this moral conundrum that has gone for a quarter of a century now. Therefore, echoing such a quote to highlight the importance of social and political activism that must continue until the system in Eritrea changes for the better is our collective imperative from which we cannot afford to shy away.


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I am not so good at programming, but I am always willing to know or to learn something new about programming. It's natural for me to getting more and more interesting at the open-source and then the hackers' culture. Of course, I'd tried to find some information about ``how to become a hacker'' and the very same sentence made Google bring me the article ``How To Become A Hacker'' written by Eric Steven Raymond.
Raymond's article is delightful and easy to read. Howevr, I didn't read it thoroughly at the first reading, and the following tiny picture, which is called ``glider,'' didn't attract me too much. I just wondered what it was and then forgot it.
One day, I read one of Raymond's article again, and linked to the FAQ to check out what the ``glider'' is. After I realized what is the glider and what is Conway's Game of Life, all I wanted to say was ``Wow! Cool!'' just as that have been mentioned in Raymond's article.
The rules of Game of Life are simple, but the outcome is definitely not simple. You choose random cells' locations, then let the cells ``evolve'' under the simple rules. Just watch the ``evolution'' and it looks so vivid and fun!
$ sudo apt-get install xlife
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Jim Wideman
St Louis, Missouri
I am the founder of this project. When I was young, my best friend died in a car accident in which I was driving. I survived this accident and my life changed after this. Now I'm doing something good with this new life given to me by God. When I came to India, I met Shiva and together we started this organisation.
My friend's name was Pete.
In 2011, I found my teacher Avdhoot Baba Shivanand. I was frustrated and busy like anyone else, but my teacher showed me the way which I am walking now and learning to be a good person day by day, thus helping me burn my bad karma from my past life. I practice the Art of Dying and have a vision to open up a spiritual community of artists where all people can join us and share their knowledge, love and happiness, and a school for village children living in and around Rishikesh.
I put forward my expertise about travelling to fulfill the vision of PETE's school and community. By practising Karma Yoga I believe this is a small gift to my teacher for the way he showed me in this life.
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Seema Katyal
Madhu, our teacher of the Nirvan School and a mother of three, is very hard-working and committed to her work of teaching the children living in the slums, where she also lives together with her family. She gets a salary from our organisation for teaching in the Nirvan School run by PETE which helps her to take care of her children and support her family.
Kusum Banjara - (nomadic tribe)
Born, raised and married in the slums, Kusum had a passion to study from her childhood due to the demise of her father at an early age. She managed to go out of the slums every day which took her nearly one hour of walking to come and go from the school. She also has a passion for teaching, and as a former teacher in the Nirvan School run by PETE, she drew a salary to help her support her family.
Lata Devi Singhania
is a former teacher at the Nirvan vocational school for women. She has done a professional course in beauty skills and stitching, and lives in the slums with her family.
Mumtaz comes from a Bihar community, which is one of the communities living in the Kathputli slums. She is a teacher at the Nirvan stitching school, where girls and women from age 14 to 40 years come to learn stitching and embroidery. Mumtaz holds a certificate from a government institute as a teacher to give the stitching and embroidery classes.
Vikas Singh
Vikas is the caretaker and volunteer coordinator at our rural mountain project, Nirvan Commune. He comes from the village where our Nirvan Commune Project is located.
One of the largest problems we face in our world today is ignorance. Uneducated people go through the motions of life doing the best that they know how to do. However, they are hindered by their lack of knowledge of the vast world around them. Many people head to work each day with the hope that they will earn enough money to eat for the day. Living hand-to-mouth is the only option for a large population of our fellow people. This option proves to be the only option for the entire lifespan of millions. A number of this social group will become victims of crime and are forced to make unthinkable decisions as a result of their circumstances. Most of the children living in poverty are forced down unimaginable roads of hardship. The vicious cycle of this plague of poverty needs to be eradicated.
The goal of Providing Education to Everyone (PETE), our non-profit organisation, is to establish a school system and teach children the basic principles of reading, writing and arithmetic. Students will be guided in the understanding that 'knowledge is power'. To teach a subject is to understand the subject, so 'make your knowledge contagious' will be an important virtue of the school. Upon successful completion of primary school training, students will receive assistance through guidance and scholarship in deciding what option is in their best interests for the next phase of their lives. Throughout the process, we will also provide clean water and basic nutrition for the students and neighboring communities. India will be our first destination.
One of the most important aspects of the entire program will be training educated individuals of the communities to teach their fellow citizens. Through observation during the school day and evening classes, we will train our appointed staff on how to be effective teachers. MYKC/PETE teacher academy will be available for the selected members of the community and will accept applications for enrolment. On-the-job training will be a paid position so expectations will be high.
Community members will play a vital role in our schools. Community members that have the desire to teach will have the option of applying to our teacher academy. Adults and students alike will share their knowledge and will work simultaneously to spread their knowledge to everyone. Community service projects will also be conducted in the area. The goal of sharing knowledge and offering time to others will benefit each community.
Our vision is to build a team of teachers that are completely passionate about spreading knowledge and understanding to every person and child in their presence. If we can build a strong team of teachers that love to share their ideas and are willing to start schools to spread the wealth of knowledge, then we have succeeded. To teach children the importance of knowledge and help find the passion for sharing their knowledge will be one of the most important aspects of the entire mission. "Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity", according to Socrates. Every person in the world will need to know how to be an effective teacher because an effective teacher makes an effective parent. The vision is to educate everyone to a higher level, and achieve a level of passion, appreciation, respect, determination, and eventually peace of mind for everyone.
Mission Statement
The mission of the PETE school system is to develop each student to be an independent thinker and life-long learner who will live as a messenger of knowledge and to make their knowledge contagious. 'Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences' -Plato
Location and Cooperation
Providing Education to Everyone will work in direct cooperation with Make Your Knowledge Contagious, an American based group that will help fund PETE.
In our efforts of this organisation, we will 'ensure effective delivery of quality education and drive entrepreneurship to break the vicious cycle of poverty in rural areas' and slum areas of India (ISF, 2006).
The absolute destination lies behind the doors of the future. The ultimate goal is to supply all of the children of the world the basic right of fresh water, basic nutrition, and high level education.
Competitive analysis
There are organisations that are currently offering education to the poor sectors of India. Most of the schools are privately funded and require that students pay tuition. Even in the poor sectors parents pull together enough money to send their students, despite what the family then goes without, because the importance of education is not taken for granted. Many of these schools are ineffective and face issues of teachers having such little regard for their work that they simply do not show up. According to the action research of ISF, 'The poor must develop social and entrepreneurial skills that require a complete mind shift about their own potential and self worth, especially in rural areas where the caste system is still prominent.'
Providing Education to Everyone, along with Make Your Knowledge Contagious, will offer rigorous education to children so that they may achieve complete peace of mind. However, "it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well." (Descartes). The approach will be systematic and effective in each community. Community schools and their teacher leaders will be evaluated by a member of the education board on a weekly basis for the first two years of service. The teachers will be evaluated by the building principle weekly to ensure quality education. The building principles will be evaluated and trained by area supervisors that will oversee 5 buildings each. The area supervisors will meet with the PETE Board of Education weekly for the first year to ensure high quality education. After the first year, we will move to bi-monthly meetings. PETE will keep an eye on the prize of quality education for everyone, and the passion will linger within us all.
To say that there is competition from one school to the next defies the entire mission. This is a non-profit mission, not a conglomerate. Education for everyone is an attainable goal providing the proper resources such as human resources and financial support.
The entire mission for Providing Education to Everyone, and Make Your Knowledge Contagious, will focus on areas of educational need. We will focus on slum areas and rural areas to establish our first buildings. The organisation will search for land that can be donated by private owners or government officials.
As we teach the students about the basics, we will also be in search of student-teachers. Student-teachers will be chosen by our staff to attend the school day as an assistant and also to work in the evening to learn key strategies of effective teaching. We will train the student-teacher until we feel he or she is ready to lead a classroom to success. The teacher leader will possess the facets of passion, rigor, patience and direction. All teachers will be held to strict guidelines. The main expectations of the teacher leader (also known as principal) will be to lead the teachers down the path of effective and passionate teaching, and to ensure that every teacher is following the rigorous expectations.
All students and teachers of the PETE/MYKC Foundation will continually learn about the importance of sharing their knowledge with others. The members of the organization will be expected to share their knowledge with the less fortunate.
Service to the Community
Besides going to school 6 days a week, the members of our school will be asked to help with community projects. The needs for each location will vary so the specifics of the community projects will be determined on site.
Each school building will not only contain the domain of education but also a kitchen to supply nutritional needs to students and the community. The PETE organisation will continually support the basic human needs prior to educating the community. The human mind cannot function properly if malnutrition is a concern.
The schools that are established by PETE/MYKC will follow the established curriculum of NCERT.
The Indian division of NCERT bases the educational process around personal experiences and societal needs. Students are treated with utmost respect because NCERT promotes human-to-human harmony as well as human-to-nature harmony. Students are taught the skills of language and math in a direct real life and manner. The mathematics education is based on fundamentals of arithmetic and leads up to algebra and geometry. The language curriculum is based heavily on non-fiction material such as community problems, human rights and conservation of resources. However, students also study works of fiction, prose and poetry. Students will provide evidence of knowledge acquisition via examinations every 4 weeks.
The expectations are high for students and teachers. Students are taught the values of dedication and knowledge. The curriculum promotes harmony, patience and rigorous examinations. However, examinations are most frequently tasks that the students need to accomplish such as role play of real-life situations. Examinations require the students to provide evidence of learning through problem solving and decision-making.
Creating the financial plan
For approximately $1 per day a child can receive basic nutrition and a high level English medium education.
Detailed financial records will be available online at our website:www.peteindia.org
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We're working hard the next version of the Geocortex Essentials installer and it is progressing really well. We're building a reusable installer framework that will make it easy to recreate not only the Essentials installer can be used for future Latitude products as well.
An important part of our installation framework is a post install step - an application that is run after the program is installed so that the user is able to configure various aspects of the newly installed application. The post install step is mostly user interface - the one thing that I claim complete incompetence at. It's not that I don't enjoy working on UI but there are so many others that are better at it than I am. I've always felt that it is important to bloom where you're planted. My roots are firmly planted firmly in server-side dirt.
I've had the pleasure of working with a very good, technically competent graphic artist at Latitude but not as much as I'd like to. Like all good people, he is about 150 percent over committed and not always available, no matter how much I beg. When I do get to work with him, he always makes me look really good. My question up until today has been "What do I do when he is not available?". I think I found the answer in the form of an excellent book on UI design called "Designing Interfaces" by Jenifer Tidwell.
The content in "Designing Interfaces" is presented in a format very similar to the seminal book on Object Oriented Design Patterns by Gamma, Helm, Johnson and Vlsside. Readers who are programmers will immediately appreciate this approach. For those of you not familiar with design patterns, a design pattern is a reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem. One example of a UI design pattern is "One-Window Drilldown" which shows how to allow easy navigation within your application when your screen real-estate is limited. Another is "Wizard" which explains how to help less than technical users complete a series of complicated steps with a high probability of success. An important aspect of this book is that it explains when not to use a UI design pattern even though you might be tempted to. For example, sophisticated users are often put off by "Wizard". Interestingly there is also very good coverage of patterns that we often use in GIS applications including "Data Tip" and "Local Zooming".
I just discovered this book the other day but I really believe that it will become an important resource on my bookshelf.


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I was asked to be a guest designer for My Creative Scrapbook for May. I designed using the Creative Kit...it is so cute. I just love the new Echo Park Springtime Collection and there's also a little bit of LYB's Elizabeth Park Collection in there too. I was able to make some very bright and cheery pages. Here's the link to check out all the amazing kits and DT gallery My Creative Scrapbook
My first page is of my daughter and youngest son playing on a tire swing. I used a Martha Stewart border punch and decorative scissors to make the border.
This page is pretty simple, but I loved this page so much...I just had to use it. I just added a few extra clouds with foam square to give it some extra definition.
This is a picture of my daughter last Spring. I could never find the right papers to match this photo, until now. The pale yellow and pink went perfectly.
I did a little fussy cutting on the diecut to put over the corner of the picture. And I fussy cut the trees and some of the flowers. The flower pack that came in the kit is so cute.
I had a lot of fun making this page. I love the bright pink paper...it matches the photos so well. This is a picture of Alexis (my daughter) blowing bubbles. She had been begging me to buy her the new Crayola Bubbles...the colored ones. Oh my goodness it's like paint, it got all over her shirt and jean. I washed her clothes right away and luckily they came clean. I think if I would have waited for the bubble solution (paint) to dry, it would have never come out.
I did a few different things with this page. I did some stitching with my sewing machine...which I am horrible at...I can't believe I didn't ruin my page...lol. I threaded some ribbon through the punched border. And to make the circle border, I punched out a lot of little circles, inked them and adhered them to the back of the big circle.
And last but not least, Alexis letters. It was actually her idea to use the kit to decorate the letters. It was very time consuming to make these, but to see the look and her face when they were done was worth it.
Thank you for stopping by my blog to have a peek;)


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The Memory Project is a unique initiative in which art students create portraits for children and teens around the world who have been neglected, orphaned, or disadvantaged. Given that kids in such situations tend to have few personal keepsakes, we're aiming to provide them with special memories that capture a piece of their childhood - portable pieces of their personal history. As much as possible, we also want to help the kids see themselves as works of art.
To do this, art students receive photos of kids on our waiting list and then work in any medium to create the portraits (drawing, painting, digital art, collage, etc). Next, we deliver the portraits to the kids as gifts. We also take photos of the kids holding the portraits so the art students can see the delivery in action.


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Sunday, April 3, 2011
World faces oil supply crunch by 2015, warn British business leaders
The rate at which oil is produced risks hitting a peak by 2015, sparking a surge in crude prices and living costs, said a report from the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security (ITPOES), of which Branson is a member.
The report, entitled 'The Oil Crunch - a wake up call for the UK economy', urged the formation of new organisation to address the issue, with members representing the British government, businesses and consumers.
"The UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (ITPOES) finds that oil shortages, insecurity of supply and price volatility will destabilise economic, political and social activity potentially by 2015," the report said.
"Peak oil refers to the point where the highest practicable rate of global oil production has been achieved and from which future levels of production will either plateau, or begin to diminish.
"This means an end to the era of cheap oil," added the report from the taskforce, whose members include British tycoon Branson and Ian Marchant, head of Scottish & Southern Energy.
ITPOES forecast global oil output would reach a plateau at fewer than 95 million barrels per day potentially by 2015. That compared with 2008 global production of 85 million bpd.
"The taskforce states the impact of peak oil will include sharp increases in the cost of travel, food, heating and retail goods," the report added.
"It finds that the transport sector will be particularly hard hit, with more vulnerable members of society the first to feel the impact."
With Britain facing a national election by June, the grouping also warned that any new government must deal with the looming oil crunch.
"The taskforce warns that the UK must not be caught out by the oil crunch in the same way it was with the credit crunch and states that policies to address peak oil must be a priority for the new government formed after the election."
It added: "Unless we do so, we face a situation during the term of the next government where fuel price unrest could lead to shortages in consumer products and the UK's energy security will be significantly compromised."
Supply-side constraints - lack of construction capacity, oil rigs and skilled manpower - would all contribute towards peak oil, according to the taskforce.
The group also called for the development of alternative methods to powering transport.
Branson, founder of Virgin Group, added that businesses and the government must work alongside each other.
"Working together, we must ensure that the government takes action to address the impact of the oil crunch and ensure the UK is better prepared to withstand higher and more volatile oil prices," Branson said.
"UK competitiveness will be hampered unless we can develop viable, affordable and secure long term sources of alternative energy."
In recent years, oil prices have been extremely volatile, spiking to record heights above 147 dollars per barrel in July 2008, before plunging to 32 dollars per barrel as a global recession slammed energy demand.
World oil prices have since recovered ground to trade between 70-80 dollars as the market was boosted by signs of global economic recovery. - AFP/de
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Japan Will Drill for Methane Off Its Shores
By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF
Japan will attempt to tap frozen methane gas deposits off its southeast coast by drilling a series of deep-sea test wells early next year, the Guardian newspaper reported on Monday.
The project will assess the commercial viability of tapping the deposits, called methane hydrates, which lie below thousands of feet of seawater and sediment. The drilling will be done by the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, in association with the Japanese government. The Japanese Ministry of Trade has requested more than $1 billion for the project, slated to begin in the spring.
Methane hydrates form in cold, high-pressure environments and are found throughout the world's oceans and beneath the frozen ground of high-latitude countries. Methane is a clean-burning fuel, but is also a powerful greenhouse gas, with roughly 21 times the heat-trapping potential of carbon dioxide.
The energy content of the Earth's methane hydrates — sometimes called "fire ice" or "ice that burns" — is vast, possibly greater than that of all other fossil fuels combined, according to the United States Department of Energy.
The gas deposits have yet to be tapped successfully on a commercial scale, but Japan, which lacks much in the way of domestic energy supplies and imports more than 99 percent of its oil, is at the forefront of efforts to do so.
In 2008, Japanese engineers extracted methane from hydrate deposits nearly a mile beneath the Canadian tundra, in what was hailed as a major breakthrough in the field. The Japanese government has declared its intention to commercially tap methane hydrates by 2018.
India and China have discovered huge frozen methane deposits off their own coasts, and both countries are seeking ways to develop the finds into commercially exploitable energy sources.
The environmental risks posed by undersea hydrates alarm some scientists and environmentalists, however. Potential dangers involve inadvertently setting off undersea landslides, which could wipe out nearby seafloor life, and uncontrollable methane leaks from destabilized gas and hydrate formations.
Massive eruptions of methane gas from melting or collapsing undersea hydrates have occurred naturally in the distant past as a result of rapid climate warming, studies have shown.
Yet engineers involved in the hydrate exploration projects and some energy experts discount the possibility that drilling could trigger massive accidental releases of methane.
"Can environmental disaster happen by gas hydrate production? The answer is no," Koji Yamamoto, a project director for the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, told The Asia Times in December 2009.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Halliburton 2010 GeoTap® IDS Sensor
This is the Halliburton Sperry Drilling 2010 spotlight on new technology.
To obtain fluid samples while drilling the well. Only available on wireline before, formation fluid sampling is now possible using LWD technology. The GeoTap® IDS sensor revolutionizes the industry by allowing downhole capture, identification and surface recovery of representative fluid samples on LWD. Built on the acclaimed GeoTap® formation pressure tester platform, the GeoTap IDS sensor delivers real-time reservoir characterization and helps eliminate the time and cost of wireline sampling.
GeoTap IDS Sensor Benefits:-
-Can reduce uncertainly in complex reservoirs
-Helps improve economic performance in high-cost deepwater environments
-Can eliminate costly wireline trips and associated rig time
-Get data within hours, not days, through reduced pump-out time
-Improve geo-correlation accuracy and geosteering capabilities
one trip down to the hole to get reservoirs data in realtime save time which is equal to save money, an innovative product also a value added product.
GeoTap® Sensor
With Sperry Drilling services' GeoTap® LWD formation tester, it is possible to obtain real-time direct pore pressure measurements, with accuracy and precision comparable to that of wireline formation testers. The GeoTap service bridges a critical gap in drilling safety and optimization, providing early and reliable measurements of reservoir pressure and mud density.
Helps improve formation evaluation.
-Obtain real-time fluid gradients and fluid mobility (permeability/viscosity indicator)
-Identify fluid contact points, and determine reservoir connectivity/compartmentalization, and depletion
Can increase safety of operation.
-Determine optimal mud weight and manage equivalent circulating density
-Know of pressure changes when they occur, not after it's too late
-Continuously update wellbore stability assessments
-Reduce formation damage
Helps increase drilling efficiency.
-Determine precise overbalance for maximizing ROP
-Continuously monitor hole cleaning effectiveness with Pressure-While-Drilling, while reducing formation damage due to swab/surge
Save time, money
reduce rig down time associated with wireline testing
Friday, November 5, 2010
Swell Packer by Easy Well Solutions
In a mature North Sea field, North Cormorant, operated by Shell UK a through tubing drilling campaign was ongoing. The operations required zonal isolation from along the reservoir due to multiple intermittent layers with water and oil. Cementing these reservoirs was a challenge because of the small pipe diameters, ambitious drilling targets and high pressure contrasts. The operator performed a detailed analysis and found that Swell Packer would enhance the operations. No problems were associated with the installation. The packers provided better zonal isolation properties than cement. Perforating was avoided. By simplifications of the well design, the system has saved close to 50 percent of the total well cost.
In a shallow, viscous oil development in Alaska, U.S., an operator drilled multilateral wells to drain four zones. The bottom lateral was drilled undulating between two zones with five penetrations of the mudstone separating the zones. Previous wells have been plugged within a month after onset of production. To avoid this mudstone to mobilize and spread to plug adjacent slotted liner, a Swell Packer was positioned just above and just below each of these mudstone intervals. No plugging related production impairment has been seen in these wells.
To date, more than 250 Swell Packers have been installed in a multitude of downhole environments in different areas of the world. The installations has been with water control, open hole fracturing, sand control and many different applications. All installed packers have performed to expectation and no sealing failure has been detected.
Halliburton Swell packer link:-
Baker Oil Tools' REPacker™
Reduce operational, HSE, and wellbore damage risks; cut overall cost
We offer several types of reactive element packers that are triggered by contact with well fluids. Our packers will cut your overall costs and reduce HSE and wellbore damage risks.
Our Baker Oil Tools' REPacker™ is a self-energizing, reactive-element, swelling-elastomer packer that provides a long-term barrier to annular flow around tubular assemblies in either open or cased-hole. No cement is required. It is ideal for deviated wells.
The highly reliable packer has no moving parts and is available in oil- and water-reactive, non-reversible elements. There is no risk of elastomer shrinkage if fluids are changed after swelling. Deployment and installation are simple and do not require running tools or specialized personnel.
The packer is a sealing device built on a casing pup that matches the mechanical properties of the liner. The activation methods for annular sealing are the swelling properties of the rubber element reacting with wellbore fluids. This packer can be used in openhole or perforated casing to isolate unwanted formation production.
The FORMpac™ expandable packer with reactive element technology eliminates annular flow around liner assemblies. It is a sealing device built on expandable solid pipe technology. The primary activation method for annular sealing is expansion of the solid pipe mandrel. The secondary activation method is the swelling properties of rubber in all hydrocarbons except very lean, single phase gas. This thermodynamic absorption expansion is continuous.
The tool can be used in openhole or perforated casing to isolate unwanted formation or production. The FORMpac packer provides a simple and effective method to eliminate the linear annular flow of fluids in cased and open holes with maximum pass-through ID. It will isolate troublesome shale in openhole completions. The packer can be used with both standard and expanding liners and sand control screens.
Our RCPacker is used in openhole wells to isolate unwanted formation production. When used together with our EQUALIZER™ inflow control device, it can efficiently manage flow in the annulus. The reactive core (RC) packer uses non-cement inflation media for permanent isolation in openhole completions.
A swelling reactive core is protected by an inflatable element. The initial seal provided by the inflatable element is less affected by downhole pressure and temperature changes after the core of the packer system has reacted with its inflation fluid. The element uses our XTremeZone™ technology for enhanced run-in capabilities, along with internal metal reinforcing on either end to provide high differential capability.
The REBarrier uses a self-energizing swelling elastomer to reduce the annular flow of fines and other wellbore debris in open or cased-hole. The packer is a sealing device built on a substrate that can be easily installed on your casing. The activation methods for annular sealing are the swelling properties of the rubber element reacting with the wellbore fluids.
Our REFlex™ field-installable reactive element packer is installed onto nominal API base pipe. The primary purpose of the tool is to add flexibility in deployment and further simplify your completions. The REFlex packer is built with a rigid steel cage that is surrounded by a proprietary Baker Hughes reactive element rubber matrix.
Expandable Liner Hanger System
The Baker Hughes TORXS™ liner hanger system is the only expandable liner hanger system that can be run and installed conventionally, without requiring a critically timed high-pressure plug bump as the primary activation method for the hanger or packer, or for release of the running tool.
TORXS eliminates dependence on a plug bump, because all hydraulic activations, including tool release, occur with pressure acting on a positive seal in the running tool. This minimizes the risk of poor quality liner to cement bonding that can occur when a liner is ballooned with a highpressure plug bump.
The TORXS liner system—run on the TORXS liner running tool—can be run the same as any Baker Hughes premium liner system.
Upon reaching setting depth, the liner can be circulated and conditioned. A setting ball is dropped from the surface and landed on the extrudable ball seat in the running tool. Applied pressure actuates the hydraulic anchor along with the swage mechanism on the running tool causing the hanger body and slips to expand outward making permanent contact to the casing string. Circulation is again established and cementing of the liner can be performed.
This is Halliburton Expandable Liner Hanger link.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
News:- Double Blow for American Oil Dependency Hopes
The last few days have seen a double blow to American hopes for reducing its heavy dependence on imported oil.
1st, on Tuesday the U.S. Geological Survey cut by 90% its estimate of the undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves beneath the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska's North Slope–the richest region for onshore oil production in the country.
2nd, one of the largest oil and gas producers in the American, Royal Dutch Shell, revealed that the Deepwater Horizon accident and subsequent drilling moratorium will significantly reduce for several years its oil output from the Gulf of Mexico–the richest offshore area in the American It also unveiled its third quarter results.
Already unrealistic hopes that the American could mitigate the profound economic and security implications of weaning itself off foreign oil by dramatically boosting domestic output are more remote than ever.
The news from Alaska is actually even worse than its seems on first reading. The USGS cut its oil reserve estimate for the NPRA from 10.6 billion barrels of oil to 896 million barrels, because new wells show that much of what was assumed to be oil reservoirs in fact contain gas, which has a lower energy content.
Of course, gas reserves have value, but their development can be very difficult to justify in such remote locations. Two major Alaska oil producers, ConocoPhillips and BP, have been debating for years how to monetize the huge gas reserves they hold in North Slope oil fields, but have so far failed to find an economic solution. Their plans to build a $35 billion pipeline to carry the gas to towns and cities in the lower 48 states are being reassessed and may never come to pass.
The reappraisal of the NPRA also raises questions about how much oil really lies beneath the perennial bargaining chip in the contest between environmentalism and energy security, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
On Thursday, Shell revealed that the moratorium on drilling imposed on the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster will have an impact on its ability to produce oil from the region for several years.
The company's output is already 10,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) a day lower than it would have been without the moratorium, because it has been prevented from doing development drilling to boost output at existing fields. That shortfall will be at least 40,000 boe a day in 2011, a fall of 15% from the expected level, and could rise further because of anticipated delays in the issuance of new permits now that the moratorium has been lifted, said Shell's Chief Financial Officer Simon Henry.
Other companies have yet to disclose whether they will also suffer a 15% cut in their potential production from the region, but everyone has suffered similar effects from the moratorium.
The impact of this on the American economy could be profound. The Gulf of Mexico produced 1.6 million barrels of oil a day in 2009, almost 30% of total American crude oil production.
Shell's operations in Alaska have also taken a hit. Its plans to drill in the promising Beaufort Sea off Alaska's north slope are on hold for at least 12 months after permits to drill this year were withdrawn after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Applications have been resubmitted, but the process may take longer than expected, Henry said.
Shell has not even resubmitted its even more contentious applications to drill in the neighboring Chukchi Sea.
The prospects of a dramatic boost in domestic American oil production look slimmer by the day. If the country is serious in its intention to wean itself off foreign oil, it's time to switch the focus from billion-barrel reserves to miles per gallon.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Blowout preventer
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
What Is Fracking or hydraulic fracturing?
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Electric Submersible Pumping system (ESP) - weatherford
ESP is in secondary plan for recovery oil.
The link here is a web site from baidu's document upload that shown Halliburton BDMI on ESP.
Gas Lift Technology
Oil and Gas Recovery Demonstration (The secondary recovery plan.)
What is "well completion"?
who are those Well completion companies?
company like:- smith international, Baker huge, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Weatherford and BJ services
How the Oil and Gas well been drill?
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Their mission is very simple: Delivering cost-efficient solar electricity.
Leveraging recent science in nanostructured materials, we have developed a critical mass of engineering advances that profoundly change the cost efficiency and production scalability of solar electricity cells and panels.
Founded in 2002, They are building the world's largest solar cell factory in California and the world's largest panel-assembly factory in Germany.
Nanosolar's 507,000 sqft manufacturing site near Berlin, Germany
Water Fuel Technology
Picken's Plan
T. Boone Pickens, founder and chairman, BP Capital Management, is principally responsible for the formulation of the energy futures investment strategy of the BP Capital Commodity Fund and the BP Capital Equity Fund. With more than $4 billion under management, BP Capital manages one of the nation's most successful energy-oriented investment funds. Pickens frequently utilizes his wealth of experience in the oil and gas industry in the evaluation of potential equity investments and energy sector themes. He has not been shy in predicting oil and gas prices and — more often than not — has been uncannily accurate.
Pickens is also aggressively pursuing a wide range of other business interests, from water marketing and ranch development initiatives to Clean Energy, a company he founded and is the largest shareholder. Through Mesa Water, Pickens is the largest private holder of permitted groundwater rights in the United States. Clean Energy is advancing the use of natural gas as a cleaner-burning and more cost-effective transportation fuel alternative to gasoline and diesel.
Boone grew up in Holdenville, a small eastern Oklahoma town. His father was in the oil business, and his mother ran the Office of Price Administration during World War II, rationing gasoline and other goods for four counties. Boone attributes much of his success to his mother and father.
Boone graduated as a geologist from Oklahoma State University in 1951 and started work with Phillips Petroleum Co. in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. After three and a half years, he struck out on his own as an independent geologist. Pickens was founder of Mesa Petroleum in its various forms beginning in 1956. Mr. Pickens' career at Mesa spanned four decades. Under his leadership, Mesa grew to become one of the largest and most well known independent exploration and production companies in the United States; Mesa produced more than 3 trillion cubic feet of gas and 150 million barrels of oil from 1964 to 1996.
From its inception, Mesa was at the forefront of change and innovation. Mesa's fitness program is a good example. Boone has long understood the benefits of physical fitness. Mesa's fitness program has become a model for corporate America, and Mesa was the first company to be accredited by the Institute for Aerobics Research.
Throughout his professional life, Pickens has been a generous philanthropist, giving away almost one half of a billion dollars. In 2006, he contributed $175 million to a wide range of causes and the formation of the T. Boone Pickens Foundation. He has appeared multiple times on The Chronicle of Philanthropy's list of top U.S. philanthropists. The T. Boone Pickens Foundation is improving lives through grants supporting educational programs, medical research, athletics and corporate wellness, at-risk youth, the entrepreneurial process, and conservation and wildlife initiatives.
The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc. selected Pickens as a recipient of the 2006 Horatio Alger Award, which epitomizes those who overcome adversity and humble beginnings to achieve success. It is but one of many honors awarded to Pickens for his achievements, including Trader Monthly's 2006 Trader of the Year award, the Texas Business Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
Pickens lives in Dallas and is married to Madeleine Ann Pickens. He has five children and 12 grandchildren.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
What is Fusion power?
Fusion Power maybe the next generation power source for man kind. Plasma is very useful in this Fusion Power, it shield the heat from the nuclear fusion.
Fusion between the atoms is opposed by their shared electrical charge, specifically the net positive charge of the nuclei. In order to overcome this electrostatic force, or "Coulomb barrier", some external source of energy must be supplied. The easiest way to do this is to heat the atoms, which has the side effect of stripping the electrons from the atoms and leaving them as bare nuclei. In most experiments the nuclei and electrons are left in a fluid known as a plasma. The temperatures required to provide the nuclei with enough energy to overcome their repulsion is a function of the total charge, so hydrogen, which has the smallest nuclear charge therefore reacts at the lowest temperature. Helium has an extremely low mass per nucleon and therefore is energetically favoured as a fusion product. As a consequence, most fusion reactions combine isotopes of hydrogen ("protium", deuterium, or tritium) to form isotopes of helium (³He or 4He).
Perhaps the three most widely considered fuel cycles are based on the D-T, D-D, and p-11B reactions. Other fuel cycles (D-³He and ³He-³He) would require a supply of ³He, either from other nuclear reactions or from extraterrestrial sources, such as the surface of the moon or the atmospheres of the gas giant planets. The details of the calculations comparing these reactions can be found here.
Diagram of the D-T reaction
D-T fuel cycle
Diagram of the D-T reaction
The easiest (according to the Lawson criterion) and most immediately promising nuclear reaction to be used for fusion power is:
D + T → 4He + n
Deuterium is a naturally occurring isotope of hydrogen and as such is universally available. The large mass ratio of the hydrogen isotopes makes the separation rather easy compared to the difficult uranium enrichment process. Tritium is also an isotope of hydrogen, but it occurs naturally in only negligible amounts due to its radioactive half-life of 12.32 years. Consequently, the deuterium-tritium fuel cycle requires the breeding of tritium from lithium using one of the following reactions:
n + 6Li → T + 4He
n + 7Li → T + 4He + n
The reactant neutron is supplied by the D-T fusion reaction shown above, the one which also produces the useful energy. The reaction with 6Li is exothermic, providing a small energy gain for the reactor. The reaction with 7Li is endothermic but does not consume the neutron. At least some 7Li reactions are required to replace the neutrons lost by reactions with other elements. Most reactor designs use the naturally occurring mix of lithium isotopes. The supply of lithium is more limited than that of deuterium, but still large enough to supply the world's energy demand for thousands of years.
Several drawbacks are commonly attributed to D-T fusion power:
It produces substantial amounts of neutrons that result in induced radioactivity within the reactor structure.
Only about 20% of the fusion energy yield appears in the form of charged particles (the rest neutrons), which limits the extent to which direct energy conversion techniques might be applied.
The use of D-T fusion power depends on lithium resources, which are less abundant than deuterium resources.
It requires the handling of the radioisotope tritium. Similar to hydrogen, tritium is extremely difficult to contain and is expected to leak from reactors in some quantity. Estimates suggest that this would represent a fairly large environmental release of radioactivity.[1]
The neutron flux expected in a commercial D-T fusion reactor is about 100 times that of current fission power reactors, posing problems for material design. Design of suitable materials is underway but their actual use in a reactor is not proposed until the generation after ITER. After a single series of D-T tests at JET, the largest fusion reactor yet to use this fuel, the vacuum vessel was sufficiently radioactive that remote handling needed to be used for the year following the tests.
On the other hand, the volumetric deposition of neutron power can also be seen as an advantage. If all the power of a fusion reactor had to be transported by conduction through the surface enclosing the plasma, it would be very difficult to find materials and a construction that would survive, and it would probably entail a relatively poor efficiency.
D-D fuel cycle
Though more difficult to facilitate than the deuterium-tritium reaction, fusion can also be achieved through the reaction of deuterium with itself. This reaction has two branches that occur with nearly equal probability:
D + D → T + p
→ ³He+ n
The optimum temperature for this reaction is 15 keV, only slightly higher than the optimum for the D-T reaction. The first branch does not produce neutrons, but it does produce tritium, so that a D-D reactor will not be completely tritium-free, even though it does not require an input of tritium or lithium. Most of the tritium produced will be burned before leaving the reactor, which reduces the tritium handling required, but also means that more neutrons are produced and that some of these are very energetic. The neutron from the second branch has an energy of only 2.45 MeV, whereas the neutron from the D-T reaction has an energy of 14.1 MeV, resulting in a wider range of isotope production and material damage. Assuming complete tritium burn-up, the reduction in the fraction of fusion energy carried by neutrons is only about 18%, so that the primary advantage of the D-D fuel cycle is that tritium breeding is not required. Other advantages are independence from limitations of lithium resources and a somewhat softer neutron spectrum. The price to pay compared to D-T is that the energy confinement (at a given pressure) must be 30 times better and the power produced (at a given pressure and volume) is 68 times less.
p-11B fuel cycle
If aneutronic fusion is the goal, then the most promising candidate may be the proton-boron reaction:
p + 11B → 3 4He
Under reasonable assumptions, side reactions will result in about 0.1% of the fusion power being carried by neutrons. At 123 keV, the optimum temperature for this reaction is nearly ten times higher than that for the pure hydrogen reactions, the energy confinement must be 500 times better than that required for the D-T reaction, and the power density will be 2500 times lower than for D-T. Since the confinement properties of conventional approaches to fusion such as the tokamak and laser pellet fusion are marginal, most proposals for aneutronic fusion are based on radically different confinement concepts
History of research
The idea of using human-initiated fusion reactions was first made practical for military purposes, in nuclear weapons. In a hydrogen bomb, the energy released by a fission weapon is used to compress and heat fusion fuel, beginning a fusion reaction which can release a very large amount of energy. The first fusion-based weapons released some 500 times more energy than early fission weapons.
Civilian applications, in which explosive energy production must be replaced by a controlled production, are still being developed. Although it took less than ten years to go from military applications to civilian fission energy production,[2] it was very different in the fusion energy field, more than fifty years having already passed[3] without any energy production plant being started up
Saturday, November 24, 2007
What is Gas Hydrate?
Gas Hydrates will be the coming future generation new source of energy.
It also called Natural Gas Hydrates.
some even called Clathrate hydrate.
Clathrate hydrates (or alternatively gas clathrates, gas hydrates, clathrates, hydrates etc) are a class of solids in which gas molecules occupy "cages" made up of hydrogen-bonded water molecules. These "cages" are unstable when empty, collapsing into conventional ice crystal structure, but they are stabilized by the inclusion of appropriately sized molecules within them. Most low molecular weight gases (including O2, H2, N2, CO2, CH4, H2S, Ar, Kr, and Xe), as well as some higher hydrocarbons and freons will form hydrate under certain pressure-temperature conditions. Clathrate hydrates are not chemical compounds. The formation and decomposition of clathrate hydrates are first order phase transitions, not chemical reactions.
Clathrates are believed to occur in large quantities on some outer planets, moons and trans-Neptunian objects, binding gas at fairly high temperatures. Clathrates have also been discovered in large quantity on Earth, e.g. in giant natural methane clathrate deposits on the deep ocean floor (e.g. in the northern headwall flank of the Storegga Slide, which is a part of the Norwegian continental shelf) and in permafrost regions (e.g. the Mallik gas hydrate field in the Mackenzie Delta of northwestern Canadian Arctic). Hydrocarbon clathrates are a problem for the petroleum industry, since their formation inside gas pipelines frequently leads to plug formation in the latter. Deep sea deposition of carbon dioxide clathrate to remove this greenhouse gas from the atmosphere has also been proposed.
Gas hydrates are created when water and gas combine to form a crystalline substance that looks like ice. This occurs when excess methane is present, and when temperature and pressure conditions are suitable. Gas hydrates are common in marine sediments along the margins of continents, where the methane originates from the decomposition of living things. Off the Oregon coast, the Juan de Fuca plate slides beneath the North American plate in a process called subduction. As subduction occurs, sediments are scraped off the Juan de Fuca plate and form ridges on the edge of the North American plate. This process leads to formation of gas hydrates.
Worldwide distribution of confirmed or inferred offshore gas hydrate-bearing sediments.
USGS fact sheet on Gas Hydrates
Texas A&M University - College of Geosciences. article on:-
Resource Geosciences - Alternate Energy Sources from Deep Water.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Tubing and Casing connection.
Type of tubing connection:-
1) External upset.
2) Non-upset.
3) Flush Joint.
External Upset Tubing.
External Upset Tubing.
The external upset area near a tubing joint must achieve the structural integrity required to safely assemble the tubing string. In some cases, the upset area is used in handling the tubing string by providing a seat for the elevators. However, in many cases, special tubing elevators incorporating slips that engage on the external surface of the tubing wall are used to avoid excessive stresses in the tool-joint area.
Non-Upset Tubing.
Non-Upset Tubing
A non-upset tubing section, a tubular coupling, a connection for non-upset tubing sections, and a method for connecting the non-upset tubing section and the tubular coupling are disclosed. Methods for fabricating the non-upset tubing section and the tubular coupling are also disclosed. In one embodiment, the non-upset tubing section has an outer diameter of about 2 3/8 inches and, in another embodiment has an outer diameter of about 2 7/8 inches. The non-upset tubing section also has an externally tapered threaded surface having approximately eight rounded threads per linear inch. The tubular coupling has an outer diameter of about 2 7/8 inches, for use with at least one 2 3/8 inches OD tubing section, or about 3 1/2 inches, for use with at least one 2 7/8 inches OD tubing section. The coupling also has an internally tapered threaded surface having approximately eight rounded threads per linear inch and having a pitch diameter of about 2.258 inches for use with the 2 3/8 inches OD tubing section or about 2.729 inches for use with the 2 7/8 inches OD tubing section; Each pitch diameter is measured at a plane located about 1.250 inches from a plane located at a face of the coupling. To connect the non-upset tubing section with the tubular coupling, a thread compound is applied to either or both the threaded surface of the non-upset tubing section and the threaded surface of the tubular coupling. The non-upset tubing section is then inserted into one end of the coupling, and either the tubing section or the coupling is turned relative to its mating part until the non-upset tubing section and coupling reliably connect and seal.
Flush Joint TubingA type of tubing connection in which the internal or external surfaces are the same diameter throughout the tubing joint. Internal flush joints are most common, offering no restriction to fluid flow. Externally flush joints are typically used in more specialized applications, such as washover pipe for fishing operations, to allow adequate outer diameter (OD) clearance.
The TPS-MULTISEAL FLUSH JOINT Tubing and Casing connection is a non upset two step integral joint, suitable for use as liners and moderate depth casing. Characteristics:
-14° metal to metal internal pressure seal.
-30° metal to metal internal external pressure seal and torque shoulder.
-Completely flush OD and ID for maximum annular and running clearances.
-Pin and Box threads machined directly into pipe wall, no coupling required.
-Damaged threads can be simply cut off and remachined.
-Two step non tapered buttress type thread form.
-No thread intererence, so no tendency to thread galling.
-Stable two thread flank stabbing.
-Cannot be cross threaded.
-Fast make up.
-Integral connection halves the number of threaded connections (no mill connection).
-External pressure integrity in excess of pipe body.
-Repeatable sealing capability on multiple make and breaks.
Note: Some of the Flush Joint Tubing sometime is good for External sealing OD and internal sealing ID that the moving seal are can able to run thru without any interference on ID and OD but study with care is needed in the dimension.
-Disadvantage of using Flush joint tubing is it has lower tensile strength as compare to other type of tubing joint.
-Not for Hanging heavy hange weight, if really needed then the Well completion engineer have to be assure on the maximum hanging weight and the tensile strength of tubing joint.
-it normally come with thin wall.


text: Hey everyone. I just got my MacBook Pro today, and I wanted to setup F@H, but I am quite confused on how to do this. Is it even going to work right now considering the current builds of F@H are for PowerPC? Also, I know there is a link on the Official thread for FAQ's on how to get both processors working on my dual system, but I can't seem to get this to work. Any help would be great...step by step directions awesome! Thanks in advance.


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Another yr older and hopefully a little wiser..lol
Today I am 26 and Im cool w/ that , Im ok w/ that number ( now when it becomes 29 I might start freakin a little).
It's been a good yr Im blessed and thank God for another yr at life.
Im thankful to still be young and have a whole lot of living to do, there are so many things I want to do and so many places that I want to visit. I need to make a list of things I want to do get accomplished..so here is a start ( hey I should make this into a scrap pg)
In no random order
1. Hawaii
2. get published
3. design for a well know manufacture ( prima would be great)
4. build our home
5. snow ski
4. parasail
5.swim w/ the dolphins ( for real not just a touch encounter)
6. surf
7. have sex on the beach ( and no Im not talking about the drink..lol)
8.own a boat
9. salsa dance
10.take a photography class
11. Niagara falls
12. Yellowstone park
13.New York
14.get a boob job
15. take Summer to Disney
16. water rafting
17. California
18.meet my dad( mainly so I can jack him in the face)
19. scuba dive
20. renew vows on the beach in my wedding dress
well there is a start..random I know..lol
What are some things you want to do in your lifetime?
About Me
- Tina
- I'm 27, a wife, mother of one great lil girl,and part time nurse to many and one avid scrapbooker.I enjoy nature and the outdoors..I can be a girly girl at times but also like to do lots of " boy" things..all in all I just like to live life and my goal is to try and live it to the fullest!
Blog Archive
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
It's My Bday
Another yr older and hopefully a little wiser..lol
Posted by Tina at 6:52 AM


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Second T20: Kiwis win by 17 runs, series drawn
Pakistan won the toss and opted to field first in the T20 match.
Batting first, the Kiwis put up 144-8 in their allotted 20 overs.
Captain Kane Williamson led his side from the front as he scored 32 runs from 31 balls whereas wicket keeper batsman Luke Ronchi scored 31 runs from 19 balls.
Ross Taylor made 26 runs from 22 balls whereas opener Anton Devcich contributed 21 runs from 20 balls for the Kiwis.
Green Shirts skipper Shahid Afridi and pacer Umar Gul grabbed two wickets each whereas Sohail Tavir, Raza Hasan and Mohammad Hafeez took one wicket each.
In reply, Pakistan were all out on 127 runs in 18.5 overs.
Opener Ahmed Shehzad was the top scorer for the green shirt as he scored 33 runs from 36 balls whereas Afridi made 28 runs from 11 balls.
Saad Nasim made 19 runs from 21 balls and Umar Akmal scored 10 runs from 14 balls.
The two match T20 series was drawn 1-1.
Kiwi Pacers Kyle Mills and James Neesham took three wickets each whereas Devcich took two wickets in the match. Matt Henry and veteran spinner Daniel Vettori took shared one wicket each.
Devcich was named the Man of the Match for his all-round performance in the game whereas Ronchi was named Man of the Series.
The five match ODI series between the two sides kicks off on Monday, December 8th in Dubai.


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Applications may be submitted by citizens of the relations listed in and depending on the specific conditions of the Calls for application: Calls for application
Available scholarship types
For the academic year 2018-2019:
- bachelor or master or doctoral semester/partial studies (3-10 months)
- full degree bachelor or master or doctoral studies (36/24/36 months respectively)
- short or long-term research (3 days - 10 months)
- summer courses (2-4 weeks)
For the academic year 2017-2018:
- short or long-term research (3 days- 10 months)
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Should you wish to get more information about scholarships directly from your country/territory, you may contact the local scholarship office which is in general integrated into the national ministry of education or is a separate background organisation of it.
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Accepted applicants are entitled to participate in courses free of charge, as well as to receive a stipend. The stipend may be completed by a supplement, an accommodation contribution, etc. all depending on the type of scholarship.
The stipend is paid either by the receiving institution, by Tempus Public Foundation, or by the sending country, also depending on the type of scholarship.
For details (exact amounts, etc.), please read the Calls for application.
Calls for application
You may read details about the general application conditions, provisions, documents to be submitted, etc. within the Calls for application for the academic year 2018-2019:
- for semester/partial studies (in Hungarian)
- for semester/partial studies (in English)
- for full degree studies (in Hungarian)
- for full degree studies (in English)
- for research (in Hungarian) - relaunched
- for research (in English) - relaunched
- summer course (in Hungarian)
- summer course (in English)
- List of summer courses - 2018
Online application guide (in English) (magyarul)
For the academic year 2017-2018:
- for research (in English)
Deadline for applications
for the academic year 2018-2019:
research - relaunched call: 30 April 2018, 11pm.
summer courses: 06 March 2018, 11 pm.
partial/semester studies: 28 February 2018, 11 pm.
full degree studies: 30 January 2018, 11 pm.
for the academic year 2017-2018:
research: continuous application, at latest 29 March 2018, Thursday, 11 pm. Scholarships may be granted until expiry of budget.
Applications are made online.
In order to apply, you need to register on the website for applications at www.scholarship.hu.
Before starting your application, please, read carefully the Online application guide (in English) (magyarul).
Should you need more information, you may contact your bilateral state scholarship officer according to your country of origin.
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Buckingham Art for All -
A Buckingham based Art group which welcomes artists of all abilities and those interested in art to meet, share, learn and above all enjoy art. Monthly meetings are held with a variety of speakers and demonstrations. We hold two annual exhibitions and would love you to join us either as a visitor or a member; spectator or artist!
Our next Bafa Exhibition is
18th & 19th May 2019
@ The cote, The Woolpack PH
Click here for an Entry form
Click here for an uncatalogued work form
Examples of our Members Artwork can be viewed on the Bafa Art Trail Website
We know that many of you were very keen to know the results of the voting for your favourite pictures which took place throughout the exhibition weekend so here are the results.
Novice Winner – Sarah Henderson 'The Watcher'
Novice Highly commended – Laura Walker-Beaven 'Dreaming on the Edge'
Intermediate winner – Jen Davies 'December Snow in Claydon'
Intermediate highly commended – Lesley Passey 'WWI'
Experienced winner – Becky Gouverneur 'The Winter King'
Experienced highly commended – Dilys Benjafield 'No Man's Land'
Best in show – Becky Gouverneur 'The Winter King'
Best in show highly commended – Alan Chown 'Wells Next to the Sea'
Best interpretation of the theme
Winner – Dilys Benjafield 'No Man's Land'
Highly commended – Lesley Passey 'WWI'
Well done to the winner of the children's art competition -
Alice from George Grenville Academy won with Rory (GGA), Teagan (GGA), Sam (BPS) Elsie (BPS), Aden (BMA) and Maria (BMA) all highly commended. Alice's prize, a 2 hour glass fusing session at Vitreus Art, will be presented at school!
Thank you for coming to support our exhibition - we hope you enjoyed seeing the amazing art that was on display. See you in May for the next Bafa Exhibition - Spring @ The Woolpack.
Coming Up...
Bafa Art Cafe -
Thursday 13th December 12pm at The Woolpack, Buckingham -Chat over a cuppa.
Andrew showed us how he has evolved his tight botanical watercolour paintings into a loose varied style full of movement. He demonstrated his style using a door front as well as a vase of flowers. There were many techniques and ideas shared for all of us painters to keep in mind next time we try to loosen up a little!
Except where noted all events are free to members, £5 for non members at Buckingham Well Street United Church from
7.30pm to 9pm
If you want to join our mailing list to get regular notification of what is going on then please just email us with your name and contact details at:
or Subscribe directly by Clicking here
Bafa has been shortlisted for an Epic Award!! The Epic Awards celebrate the achievements of voluntary arts groups across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
We are delighted to inform you that Buckingham Art for All has been shortlisted for an Epic Award! Your project will now go forward to compete for the England award as well as being part of the public vote for the People's Choice Award. Winners will be announced at the ceremony at Richmond Barracks in Dublin on 3 May 2018.
Bafa will be judged in the award for England but also entered into the people's choice award. We now need all Bafa members, friends and family to vote for us in the people's choice awards at
To learn more about the awards please look at the Voluntary arts website. This is a great opportunity to shout from the rooftops about Bafa and all its fantastic members please spread the word.
Friday night found us partying in The Cote to celebrate a milestone in Bafa's short history! It was preceeded by the AGM, and we were thrilled to see so many of you turn up in time to hear our reports, confirm the committee for another year and show your support for the future of Bafa. Our thanks go to Peter Baker and Lindsey Graham for leading the evening with words of how it all started and the help recieved from so many. After the food, Mayor Jon Harvey very kindly cut the cake. Our Patron, John Bercow was due to visit unfortunately he had to cut his visit to Buckingham short due to family circumstances but he sent his good wishes to all of our members on the occasion of our birthday!
Katrina Van Grouw gave a great talk for our first of the year! She gave us the background to her intriguing book 'The Unfeathered Bird'. A labour of love for the past 25 years she has captured such a variety of birds in natural poses but beyond skin level to see the facinating muscle and bone structure of animals we imagine we know the shape of well!
12th December - Due to road and weather conditions we have made the decision to cancel tonight's Quiz and Party. Merry Christmas to all of our members and supporters - See you in the New Year!
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Mel Makinson Young Artist Award 2017 is...
Anna Richardson from George Grenville Academy!
Anna will receive a Glass Fusing Workshop kindly donated by Vitreus Art from Wakefield Courtyard in Potterspury. The winning school will be awarded a selection of Art related books kindly donated by The University of Buckingham Bookshop. This award was voted on by the Public during our Winter exhibition at Buckingham Community Centre.
Friday was a little frantic with the task of hanging/placing 160 artworks in just a few hours before our Preview on Friday night! By 5 o'clock we had completed the task, despite only getting access to the large hall at 1pm and we were ready for our artists, their family, friends and guests.
The exhibition was formally opened by Buckingham University's Dean of Humanities, John Drew and Dr Cathy Morgan of the University's new Medical School. they were pleased with the amount of entries that were focused on Diabetes as part of the theme of Restore, Revive, Renew.
Thank you to everyone who attended the exhibition this weekend. We had a great time with the hall full of appreciative art lovers for most of the weekend! It took quite a time to get all of the votes counted but we are pleased to announce the winners of the weekend long competition below. The results of the Mel Makinson Young Artist Award will be announced here in the next few days.
Thank you to the local busineses that have supported our exhibition by providing us with some great prizes. Some of our raffle prizes for Friday eveing were also given by local traders who support the Bafa Art Trail.
Best Interpretation of the Theme, Prize = £50 framing voucher donated by The Village Framers
Winner - John Whitehead with his painting Restore, Renew, Revive (Big Ben in Scaffolding)
Highly Commended - Charmian Hayes with her painting Feeling Better (Renew) & Becky Gouverneur with her drawing Trust Me.
Novice, Prize = Course and Art Materials donated by Buckingham Art School
Winner - Katie Hallett-Jones with her painting Daisy Chain
Highly Commended - Phil Grainger with his Ceramic Tile Painting Collard Aracari
Intermediate, Prize = £25 Gift Voucher donated by Prego's
Winner - Lucia Pearson-Gee with her painting Spirits Revived
Highly Commended - Nikki Thomas with her painting Aqua Vitae
Experienced, Prize = £25 Gift Voucher donated by Prego's
Winner - Becky Gouverneur with 'Trust Me'
Highly Commended - Charmian Hayes with her painting Feeling Better (Renew)
Best in Show, Prize = £50 Framing Voucher donated by Frame Art Display
Winner - Becky Gouverneur with 'Trust Me'
Highly Commended - Charmian Hayes with her painting First Light (Revive)
Winners of all categories are invited to take part in a sketching day on the terrace of the House of Commons courtesy of our Patron The Rt. Hon. John Bercow MP and Speaker of the House.
Alex gave us a great eveing of unpicking the multiple processes of a reduction linocut. The demo piece of Tulips were a great way of showing the layering of colours and what needs to be cut at each stage. It also went towards Alex's target of making 50 prints in 2017 - this was print 39!
James treated us to a full demonstration of his clay sculpture technique - creating a hare in front of our eyes, in just over an hour! He runs the Pheonix Studio in Towersey, despite starting out as a scientist/conservationist as he followed advice to that Art was too risky. He now combines his love of conservation with artistic flair to lead a variety of day and weekend courses as well as working with local schools.
A wonderful evening hearing about the history of the Public Art of Milton Keynes, which celebrates it's 50th birthday this year. They also shared some Thomas Hetherwick consultation work and informed us about the plans for Milton Keynes to bid to be the European City of Culture for 2023 - which can only be a bonus for us here in and around Buckingham.
November Exhibition Theme Announced!
We have linked up with Buckingham Medical School for our next exhibition. Although the theme, as always, is optional we hope that the recent work of the Medical School with local schools, on Diabetes Awareness, will inspire you!
June 2017 - Dale Devereaux Barker was very inspirational and showed us the many ways in which his printmaking skills and designs have been used in other formats and many innovative uses. Some members even got to have a go at his stencil linoprint technique.
Written by Emily Pool; Photos by Emily Pool
Our biggest entry yet for our Spring Exhibition - we hope that you enjoyed either exhibiting, visiting or both! Thank you for supporting our Macmillan Fundraiser with the sale of the Charity Pictures - we raised over £200!
A great evening hearing about Jackie's journey through art, including being the Artist in Residence on exclusive cruises, as well as living in France for many years! Her sketchbooks were a wonder to see and a wonderful record of her travels. These are her inspiration from where her contemporary watercolours now come, recently building on the idea of how ripping the paper can increase the experience of the artwork.
Written by Emily Pool; Photos by Emily Pool
A wonderful night finding out about the traditional learning process of artists learning the academic art of drawing by attending an academy for 5 years. The premise being that anyone can learn to draw by hours of practice and honing skills. George wowed us with a great sketch using his Sight Sizing Portraiture process using charcoal and alot of patience. Th evening also saw Bafa's first Live Facebook post - enabling members who weren't able to attend the chance to see this precise technique.
We had a great night on Tuesday with Mike starting the night by giving us a really interesting historical background to the art of Stained Glass. This was followed by Jenny giving us a demonstration of the Copper foil technique of Stained glass that is perfect for artistic and creative designs. She explained that the traditional leading technique is more suitable for items that are for outside locations. The evening concluded with members being given the chance to have a go at cutting glass - no cut fingers to report! Jenny and Mike offer many courses for those wishing to have a go at the whole process.
Photos by Emily Pool and John Credland
For further information contact: 0843 289 7244 or firstname.lastname@example.com number is run by an automatic switchboard and will try and to connect you to a member of the committee who will help with your query.
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Raffle Prizes
We have had a few members enquiring as to where we get our wonderful raffle prizes, month after month. Well the answer is that they are donated by very generous members! We would like to thank those of you who have thought of us, and supported our raffle, when you find such great prizes be it a bottle or art related items and books. All donations to the raffle can be brought along to the monthly meetings.


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List of famous movie actors & actresses who were born in Hertfordshire, listed alphabetically with photos when available. Some of these celebrities weren't necessarily born in Hertfordshire, as in some cases Hertfordshire may only be their hometown and not necessarily their birthplace. If you're from Hertfordshire then your city's claim to fame might be that the actors and actresses listed below are from there as well. There may be a lot of famous athletes, musicians and other famous people that were born in Hertfordshire, but this list highlights only names of actors and actresses.
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This time though I am doing some gardening in between. Today I planted corn and squash and tomato plants. I'm forever hopeful that the critters will let me harvest.
The second tree peony bloomed and is incredibly lacy.. These blooms are about 10" across...
When I fell in love with tree peonies they were extremely expensive.... $75 -$100 a plant and up... Now even though they are still very dear they are much cheaper and $25-$30 will buy one.
My gardening style can best be described as benign neglect. I have always planted what could stand drought, zone 4, deer, heavy clay soil, and neglect and if I planted something and it died, I just planted something else.. eventually I found I had garden of plants of just this type.
Sometimes the plants take matters into their own hands... such as these alliums. I planted ALL of them on the other side of this stone wall. They gradually dropped their seeds over the wall and thrive there....only 2 being left inside the wall. Who am I to argue with an allium..


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DOJ/FBI Admit They May Have Abused Hair Analysis To Convict Hundreds To Thousands Of Innocent People
from the our-doj-at-work dept
So while this following bit of news is horrifying, it's not that surprising: late last week, it was revealed that the DOJ/FBI have more or less admitted that they may have abused microscopic hair analysis in over 2,000 cases, leading to many convictions and a few people already put to death. Apparently over 120 convictions, including 27 death penalty convictions are now seen as suspect due to the questionable analysis -- with more likely on the way.
The main issue was that the DOJ more or less lied about what hair analysis meant, and how accurate it is (it's not that accurate). Also, when the DOJ realized this rather serious issue likely led to many false convictions, it started telling prosecutors only, but not defense attorneys.
The FBI began reviewing a few hundred cases, but notified only prosecutors of flaws, with the Department of Justice claiming they were not required to inform defendants or their lawyers. In more than half of the 250 cases in which errors were initially identified, prosecutors never contacted defendants to inform them of the potentially exonerating evidence. The DOJ since expanded its review to involve thousands of older cases from the 1980s and 1990s.There's been plenty of talk lately about DNA evidence exonerating falsely convicted persons, and according to the Innocence Project, a large number of those false convictions were due to bogus hair analysis by the DOJ:
Of 310 individuals exonerated through DNA evidence, according to an Innocence Project database, 72 were convicted in part because of microscopic hair evidence.Basically, the key issue seems to be that hair is not a unique match -- that is, it's not like DNA or a fingerprint or something. It can suggest some information about the type of person, but that's about it. Yet, the DOJ regularly used it in cases to suggest that it was a "perfect match" implying that hair analysis was no different than, say, a fingerprint.
Some died before they could be exonerated.
While the DOJ has now agreed to review thousands of cases, including informing defendants of the possible flaws, it will also "waive deadlines and procedural hurdles that typically make it difficult to challenge convictions." Finally, the FBI has agreed " to provide DNA testing to every defendant whose case involves evidence deemed flawed by the FBI." That's a pretty big deal, showing that at least someone in the DOJ and the FBI realized just how absolutely massive a screwup this has been for decades.
While the FBI is trying to downplay the significance of this, their actions suggest they realize how spectacularly they screwed up:
"There is no reason to believe the FBI Laboratory employed 'flawed' forensic techniques," FBI Special Agent Ann Todd, a spokeswoman for the bureau, said in an email. "The purpose of the review is to determine if FBI Laboratory examiner testimony and reports properly reflect the bounds of the underlying science."Riiiiight. You don't agree to DNA tests for so many people if you're just confirming that the FBI didn't exaggerate here or there. This revelation is quite the black eye for the DOJ and shows, yet again, how a focus on "winning" over actual justice distorts the incentives.


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If you're not an ANGLE team member, you can contact us on the public ANGLE project Google group.
Task 1: The Try Waterfall
Your most important job is to protect the health ANGLE Try Waterfall. Note that some failures are expected here;
devs might be testing their code to find bugs. Flakiness and unrelated failure, however, should be sought out and
Whenever you see an unexpected failure in your personal code, file a bug, or contact the current
ANGLE wrangler if you're not on duty. If the failure is outside of ANGLE, contact the GPU Pixel Wrangler for
assistance. Refer to build.chromium.org's sheriff list to find the current GPU Wrangler.
NOTE: When everything is broken:
If there is a major infrastructure problem affecting multiple bots, use go/bug-a-trooper.
For filing new bugs, you can file either on the Chromium issue tracker or the ANGLE issue tracker as appropriate.
Task 2: Respond to Bugs
The GPU Wrangler is primarily responsible for the Chromium GPU FYI Waterfall, but often ANGLE bugs pop up here
because of one-off bot configurations (currently the most common are angle_end2end_tests failures in Intel bots
on Windows).
Productivity Tip: Install the Chromium Buildbot Monitor extension.
IMPORTANT: Info to include in bug reports:
HOWTO: Determine the ANGLE regression range on the FYI bots:
The ANGLE auto-roller automatically updates Chrome with the latest ANGLE changes. You have two jobs with the roller:
Task 4: ANGLE Standalone Testing
See more detailed instructions on by following this link: ANGLE Standalone Testers.
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This is where it matters the most. This is what it all comes down to. It's time to race! Every input into the raceplane can be the difference between winning and losing on Race Day. Here's how the Master Class pilots line up for the Round of 14 in Chiba...
Heat 1
Nicolas Ivanoff vs Matt Hall
It's always difficult being the first into the track on Race Day, and today that job falls to Nicolas Ivanoff. After a good performance in the opening Free Practice session, Ivanoff seemed to struggle in the track. He will be looking to put in a clean time and hope Matt Hall makes a mistake. Hall led the timesheet in Free Practice 3 and looked strong in Qualifying. He says he's not pushing his new raceplane as hard as he can, but he looks good to go through.
Heat 2
Petr Kopfstein vs Yoshihide Muroya
Kopfstein's flying has been compared to Paul Bonhomme's in terms of accuracy and smoothness. He is improving with every race, but will he be the villain here and ruin the day for the fans of Yoshihide Muroya? Muroya is full of confidence. He won here last year and won the last race in San Diego. If he can replicate that form he'll be hard to beat.
Heat 3
Juan Velarde vs Kirby Chambliss
This will be the heat to watch. Velarde and Chambliss were only 0.4s apart in Qualifying, but both pilots have had issues with the track. Velarde was given a DNF in Free Practice 4 for an over-G and Kirby collected a DQ for crossing the safety line, but they will both be fighting fit to win this heat – it's make or break for both their seasons.
Heat 4
Mikael Brageot vs Martin Sonka
New Master Class pilot Mikael Brageot impressed with some of his flying yesterday and is making a name for himself. However, he's going to have to be fast, focused and on form to beat Martin Sonka. Brageot has the confidence to beat Sonka, but the Czech pilot looks back to his best. He has the track record and if he flies like that today he'll be unstoppable.
Heat 5
Peter Podlunsek vs Michael Goulian
In Qualifying these two finished 0.066s apart and both have commented on how they like the track, but they have also made mistakes in their flying sessions. Whoever can keep cool in the track will come out on top in this one.
Heat 6
Cristian Bolton vs Matthias Dolderer
Fan-favourite Cristian Bolton is still learning the ropes in the Master Class. He is flying exceptionally well and his determination to win has been talked about a lot. Here though he is up against the World Champion and he's going to have to work hard. Dolderer looked in exceptional form yesterday. He got lost in the track at one point, but he knows what went wrong and how to correct it. His times have been getting better with every flight and he looks like the Dolderer of 2016.
Heat 7
François Le Vot vs Pete McLeod
Le Vot is pleased with his flying, but he knows he is up against it. His raceplane is slow, but the committed Frenchman is flying his lines and performing within the limits of his aircraft. He will be a different competitor when he has his new raceplane in Budapest, but for now it looks like he might not get past the Round of 14. McLeod was one of only four pilots who flew two clean runs in Qualifying and both were quick! He will make sure that he takes that form into the Round of 14.
Chiba 2017 Round of 14 start list