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15 Photos for 15 Years at PCC
August 5, 2002. My very first day working at PCC, Janice Parker took my photo, at my desk. With a Polaroid camera, no less! She was the one who took these photos of all the new hires at the office at the time. I still wore all-black a lot more frequently back then – when I was still 26 years old. I also wore nicer pants than jeans the first week, until I realized after observing everyone else that it wasn't necessary at all. I've seen other new hires go through that same process through all of my years here. Every day is Casual Friday at PCC!
April 16, 2003. The first of two major historic, health-related markers in my life that year: Elin took this photo of me with her cell phone, on the day I got my braces – which I'd had on for two and a half years – removed. My teeth had been seriously crooked before this, and I paid out of pocket at the time because I had no insurance in 2000: it cost me $5000, and I always regarded it as the best five grand investment I ever made. It's my Five Thousand Dollar Smile! Also my hair was a lot longer then.
This was taken in the office Elin shared for many years with Jeff – if I remember correctly, that was a really old photo of him taped to the door. I was sitting in a chair next to Elin at her desk when she took this photo.
The second major historic health-related marker in my life that year? When a passed out at work, hitting my head on a filing cabinet as I fell, and Jennifer insisted on taking me to the emergency room. I passed out again at the office in 2016. Good times!
The vast majority of the people I worked with when I started in 2002 are no longer here, including Shauna (to the right in this photo), and Stephanie, for whom the above image was made. (Kibby, by contrast, also had her 15th work anniversary this year.) The photo itself was taken just after noon on the 4th of July, 2005, with the help of George Guy from Graphics, in the parking lot behind our two-story office building. I still have all 61 photos from that photo session, but the above shot is the only one that sufficiently served the purpose I was going for: a very "Charlie's Angels" pose, wielding produce-like weapons.
"Steiny's Angels" was what Stephanie Steiner used to call the three of us when we sat in three cubicles in a row just outside her office. I mocked up this design as a framed 8 x 10 poster and gave it to her as a gift for her birthday that year, which means she did not see it until the following November. I made a copy for myself, though, and have had that one hanging on my bedroom wall at home ever since. In fact, Shobhit knocked it off the wall and busted it so I had to buy a new frame for it just a couple of months ago.
Fun fact! I hated how far my belly was sticking out in this photo, and I edited it back to make myself look thinner.
December 10, 2005. Office Holiday Party, Seattle Aquarium. I used to have long hair – Marianne used to have short hair! I felt compelled to include her in this collection because she was my very first point of contact at PCC – I never would have even known about the open position if not for her. We used to sing together in the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus; that's where I met her. And when I lost my job at the Seattle Gay Standard due to it folding in late 2001, I emailed the chorus list to ask that anyone let me know of any job opportunities. Networking, people! Marianne later emailed me a link to the PCC web page about the job. I came in for a pre-interview with Rita; had a regular interview with Jennifer and Stephanie together; the rest is history. All three of those who interviewed me no longer work here, by the way – Rita and Stephanie have long since gotten other jobs and Jennifer retired in 2013.
When it was still 2002, incidentally, I took Marianne up on her offer to give me a tour of all the PCC stores, of which there were seven at the time. Even after 15 years, of those seven, I think the Kirkland store is the only one I've still only been to that one time. I've been to the View Ridge store at least twice. That tour would have even included the old Fremont store, which moved to its current location a block away in 2003. That old Fremont store was the only familiarity I had of PCC at all at the time. I used to go in there to buy veggie jerky – a brand called Vegi-Deli that I still miss but disappeared years ago.
December 13, 2006. It's too bad the late, much loved and dearly departed Gary, Director of IT, is not in this photo, because it harkens back to my fondest memory of him. The Merchandising and IT departments had a pizza lunch together (you can see Jennifer, then-Director of Merchandising, in the background), part of which was to celebrate our finally being able to use a new sign printing program and move on from that much-maligned, constantly malfunctioning Zebra printer, from which we used to print our herb and spice jar labels. I long said I wanted to smash the thing, the way the guy in Office Space smashes his printer. Gary promised me he would bring his sledgehammer from home so I could do that – and then on the day, forgot about it. So what did he do? He went to Hardwick's Hardware Store across the street from our office and bought a new one, just so I could smash this printer!
The above photo was totally posed, but we then went to the parking lot outside and I did use that sledgehammer to smash the printer to pieces. To this day I have its front panel on my desk as a trophy.
As for Gary, he can be seen, all smiles, in the mid-distance behind me and to my right in this photo.
September 29, 2008. Setting a precedent: a grateful broker sends me eight boxes of one of my all-time favorite products: Late July Organic Cheddar Cheese Sandwich Crackers. This kind of thing has now happened many times over the years by several different brokers, including but not limited to regular bags of chocolate bars, and even large boxes of frozen meals by the likes of Amy's Kitchen or naan pizzas by Tandoor Chef. I even once got an Indian food-themed gift bag because the broker knew my husband is from India.
December 22, 2008. Exterior of the office building I worked in for almost fourteen years exactly – our last day in this godforsaken building (which had such poorly circulated air that I caught seven colds in my first 15 months) was Friday, July 29, 2016. The above shot was taken during the longest and most intense succession of snowstorms Seattle experienced in all the years I've lived here – something like four systems in the space of a week and a half, snow on the ground continuously for some ten days. For Seattle, that's unheard of. But I went to work every day! I could walk, 3.4 miles there from home, so why not?
We've had one snow day since moving to the new office building, incidentally, and a much prettier photo of that can be seen here.
August 21, 2010. Healthy Living Fair at the Edmonds store, which I went to just because I'd never gone to one before. Ricardo took this picture of me while I was there, and I've always loved this shot. PCC celebrates all families! *Cue fruitcake.*
April 20, 2011. A gift from Jenny, who also happens to be Elin's daughter, at the Kirkland store: bulk peanut Sundrops – the natural foods equivalent to peanut m&m's – which I had complained to Elin were not carried at the Fremont store, which was my shopping store until Greenlake Village opened in 2014. Jenny then sent me this coffee bag filled with them in the courier from her store.
There's a bit of backstory to the "flavor" and "bin number" she wrote on the bag. Jenny used to say "Sexy Hot Pants!" first thing every time she called me at the office. I cannot for the life of me recall how that started. And then, when I asked to get my extension changed from 142 because people in the office kept accidentally paging me due to forgetting to press "outgoing" before dialing 1+425 for 425 area code phone numbers, IT changed my extension to 187. Jenny told me that was the police code for murder, so from then on every time she called me she would start by saying, "Murrrrderrr!" (Now that we use Internet-based phones at the new office location, we no longer have extensions at all but dedicated full phone numbers. No more 187s for me.)
August 7, 2012. Ten years later: another photo taken by Janice! Here in between Elin and Scott, for my 10th anniversary celebration. (August 5 fell on a Sunday, and I didn't work Monday the 6th because my niece was visiting.) They brought me a cake, Congratulations Matthew, 10 Years at PCC was written on it; I got the requisite anniversary pin and anniversary mug; and was even gifted a case of a new flavor of Zevia Soda I was very excited about (strawberry, which in the long run actually proved not to be one of their best).
June 11, 2013. PCC wedding party for Shobhit and me, three days before we finally got for-real, legally married – on the 9th anniversary of our first date. Sara Walsh took this shot of us from the opposite end of the table. Jennifer had asked me what we'd like PCC to get us as a gift, and I was like, "We don't need any gifts. But a new set of pots and pans would be nice!" So that's what we got! And we still use them regularly, for the record.
August 2, 2014. The Edmonds store is one I've been to several times just due to its proximity to the Edmonds-Kingston ferry, which I take every so often. Here I stopped with Shauna, who worked with me at PCC between 2002 and 2008 (when she was replaced by Jared) and then drove me to go grocery shopping every two weeks between 2011 and 2016 while Shobhit lived in Los Angeles, to get lunch before heading for a day trip to Port Townsend. In my hands, what was once my favorite item in all PCC Delis: Smoked Mozzarella Pasta. Not anymore! Someone decided the cheese should be shredded and not cubed anymore and it just isn't the same. That's it, I'm shopping at Whole Foods! Someone tell the PCC Deli to get their shit together.
May 11, 2015. My fourth and final desk at the old office, which I was moved to in March 2013 and worked at until we moved offices 16 months later: what literally was once a supply closet full of filing cabinets, now cram packed with three desks. I loved telling people I had to work in a closet, but it had its benefits: it was much quieter back in that corner of the building -- which I took to calling Narnia -- and the Accounting department was just outside the door to the room, where they often had goodies set out. (Not that it's hard to get goodies from all corners of this place.) Also, my desk now has a line of sight to the water of Puget Sound, and it was totally worth the wait.
August 4, 2016. Fourth day at the new office, on the waterfront. Gathering on the patio, then not yet furnished, to observe the practicing Blue Angels. This spot quickly proved to yield many great photo opportunities.
January 1, 2017. Cause for celebration! This is the view of the Space Needle from our new office location, which means it's where I intend to be every New Year's Eve until . . . indefinitely. I was amazed no one else from the office came for this, although to be fair few other people live as close as I do (now two miles from the office). My parents came up from Olympia, and my friend Danielle joined Shobhit and me to view the fireworks show from here, for the first time observable from a dry and warm indoor location. Something tells me some more PCC employees might come for this in years to come.
. . . I went through the office staff list a couple of weeks ago, and only about a third of the people currently working in the office were here when I started! Who wants to place bets on whether I outlast the lot of you?
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Jaycee and Matt. A Minneapolis Engagement.
"As we lose ourselves in the service of others we discover our own lives and our own happiness." Dieter F. Uchdorf
It's raining in Minnesota today. Again. The rain is cold. The sky is grey. BUT, the grass is greener and the trees are really starting to bud. The rain can really be an inconvenience but I am trying really hard to see the silver lining, the good in a not so great situation. So, instead of seeing the grey today I am choosing to see the blooms. Instead of the seeing just the cold I am choosing to be thankful for sweatshirts and coffee.
I feel in todays world we are so quick to jump to the negative. We are so focused on what others aren't doing, where people aren't going, how people don't line up with our views and somehow that makes THEM the problem. Instead why don't we start focusing on the good we can do. The people we can love and the way WE can make the world a better place. Let's start SERVING others and see how happy we can be.
Introducing Jaycee and Matthew. Two people that truly make the world around them a better place. Their hearts to serve others is so beautiful and I so enjoyed my session exploring Minneapolis with them. Not only do these two change the world around them but they also yearly go on a trip specifically to SERVE others. They lead a group of teenagers to different parts of the world for service projects. They teach those kids what life is really about-serving others, loving others, and seeing beyond themselves. It is an honor to know Jaycee and Matt-here is just a glimpse into their world.

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CEBS Guidelines on Remuneration Policies and Practices
10 December 2010
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published today its final Guidelines on Remuneration Policies and Practices.
In revising the Guidelines, CEBS benefited from the views gathered from a wide spectrum of market participants and from academia. Input was provided through 39 responses to a public consultation and through a public hearing held at CEBS premises. Furthermore, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) rendered an opinion which placed particular focus on the scope of the guidelines and on the proportionality principle vis-à-vis firms providing investment services.
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In this post, we'll note all major projects - each of them is interesting in its own way. October 2018 was incredibly rich in games, and for all platforms at once.
In this post, we'll note all major projects - each of them is interesting in its own way. October 2018 was incredibly rich in games, and for all platforms at once. Visit this link & Get the latest updates in your mailbox. You can also connect with us on Facebook & Twitter.
1: Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Release date: October 5, 2018
Developer / Publisher: Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft
Genre: Pseudo-historical action-RPG in the open world
Platform: Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch (Japan only)
Brief Summary: Paint over all the icons on the map, not forgetting to kill the hordes of identical enemies, pumping yourself to be able to play the next story mission.
The new part of the Assassin's Creed franchise came out just a year after the previous one, so it's not surprising that Odyssey looks like Origins like two peas in a pod of water. Moreover, the action of Odyssey occurs in ancient Greece, and Origins - in Hellenistic Egypt, that is, the differences in architecture are not so strong.
We have not personally got acquainted with the game, however, critics praise the storyline, cool graphics with HDR support, and a much greater bias in the RPG than before. From the historicity, however, not a trace remains.
However, Ubisoft RPG perceives the genre in its own way - for them, it is, first of all, an abundance of tierod in pumping. If this is to your liking, then you will most certainly enjoy the game.
Especially if you like to perform the same type of tasks for the sake of the disappearance of all task markers from the large open world map.
By the way, to activate many of the plot tasks you need to reach a certain level, for which the player has two possibilities. The first is the grind: killing enemies, passing third-party quests. The second is that you can just pay. Yes, a microtransaction store is built into the game.
It is particularly interesting that the game was released not only for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 but also on the Nintendo Switch, which is clearly too weak for such a game. The assassin on the Switch was delivered using cloud technologies (the picture of the game is streaming to the console) and for some reason only in Japan.
However, enthusiasts from other countries can also try out this version using VPN and Japanese Nintendo and Ubisoft accounts, but of course, you can't guarantee that you will get the same convenience as from Japan.
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2: Starlink: Battle For Atlas
Release date: October 5, 2018
Genre: Space Action Arcade
Developer / Publisher: Ubisoft Toronto / Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
Brief Summary: Assassin's Creed Odyssey in space, and instead of in-game purchases, real plastic figures (but you can play without them).
Starlink: Battle For Atlas looks like a game about space and travel between different planets, but, in fact, the game is completely different and there is almost no similarity with No Man's Sky.
The game takes place in the Atlas system, and, briefly, you need to enlist the support of the local population, for which you will have to carry out their instructions on an industrial scale.
In short, in fact, Starlink: Battle For Atlas is a typical Ubisoft game about painting the icons on the map. Only cards you have here 7 - by the number of planets.
To the credit of the developers, the planets are still different and diverse. Contrary to the teeth-stained "every planet is homogeneous across its surface," level designers still diversified landscapes, so even if you are stuck on one planet for a long time, you will not be bored with the same types.
However, the main feature of the game is plastic figures, which are mounted directly on the console gamepad (the game is not available on the PC) 😠 using a special nozzle.
All figures fit any console, the only difference is in the nozzle itself. Also, on the PlayStation 4, players will have to connect this entire structure to the console using a USB cable, and on the Xbox One and Switch, there is only a wireless connection.
Ubisoft hopes to make a fortune by selling these figures as add-ons, but you can also buy regular DLC in online stores of consoles.
The main platform for the game, oddly enough, it is the Nintendo Switch. There is a lot of exclusive content with Fox Fox in the lead role (known from the Star Fox series of games), and indeed, the graphics seem to have been specifically designed with Switch in mind. Even on Xbox One X, you get only 30 fps (frames per second), which is clearly not enough for such cartoon graphics.
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3: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Release date: October 19, 2018
Genre: online first-person shooter
Developer / Publisher: Treyarch / Activision
Platform: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
Brief Summary: "Kolda" without a single passage, but with the royal battle
Exit CoD: Black Ops 4 divided the fans into two camps. Some shout out that there will never be a download from the torrents without a plot, others have bought a limited edition for the consoles and ask puzzledly: "Well, was there ever a plot mode in Call Of Duty?".
We talk more about this game later, but, on the whole, we do not expect any surprises. Judging by the reviews, this is far from the worst part of Call Of Duty, although Treyarch has never failed projects in this series.
The main feature of Black Ops 4 is the "royal battle" mode, in which the game retained an honest 60 fps (frames per second) on consoles, however, sacrificing graphics (in this mode).
Well, after PUBG this fact alone is already interesting, add to this the lack of a construction mode, as in Fortnite - it turns out a very serious bid for the best "royal battle". But it's up to you, of course.
Another "Kolda" became a bit more similar to Destiny, turning the use of additional weapons (such as the same grenades) into skills with a reload time (cooldown).
Well, a bold approach, in the end - it's time to seriously change something in the series, but not in the direction in which Advanced Warfare was moving.
Recall, just in case, that on Xbox One you can still play CoD: Black Ops 2 with the Xbox 360 and there is still very active online - opponents for team battles are searched in seconds.
4: Soulcalibur VI
Release date: October 19, 2018
Genre: Fighting with weapons
Developer / Publisher: Bandai Namco
Platform: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
Brief Summary: One of the best fighting games from the point of view of the gameplay
The Soulcalibur series of fighting games is quite ancient, but for many players, SC remains in the shadow of Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and Tekken. And in vain.
After all, even though we don't really understand where the Japanese fighting games are doing all the performance they demand (the basic PlayStation 4 cannot produce 1080p here, although the overall picture is average), the gameplay here stands apart.
Firstly, all the characters in SC VI are really different. Find similar techniques with them is almost impossible.
The tactics of the struggle are also different for everyone - for example, take the Korean Son Mean, who is armed with guandao, an ancient Chinese weapon that is a long stick with a short sword at the end.
The stick is really long, and therefore Son Mina can attack, unlike most characters, from a distance. Soffit, the Greek heroine, is opposite a very short sword, but she has a shield.
Secondly, colorful parries with time dilation and other effects make it clear why they even added weapons to the fighting game. It is not here for beauty. And, it turns out, fighting him is much more fun than swinging his legs by performing the same techniques for all characters (Hello, Mortal Kombat).
At the same time, the plot mode in Soulcalibur VI was clearly written "for a show" and consists of static pictures with unvoiced text.
All the more strange that these two modes: in one you play the script for each of the characters in the game, and in the other you create your character.
The game editor allows you to create real monsters, but in reality, they will simply be a "skin" for a character from the standard game catalog.
By the way, Geralt from Rivia added to the list of characters in SC-VI. Yes, yes, the same witcher. Moreover, Geralt even carried on the cover of the game. However, this is not the first time in the SC series.
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5: Red Dead Redemption 2
Release date: October 26, 2018
Genre: Adventure action in the open world
Developer / Publisher: Rockstar
Platform: Xbox One, PlayStation 4
Short Summary: GTA in the Wild West with noticeable influences from The Witcher and Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, and also partly Kingdom Come: Deliverance
At the end of the month, the most anticipated game of the year, Red Dead Redemption 2, came out. As in the first part, you can only play it on consoles, and we would not count on a PC port. In any case, the first RDR on computers never came out.
But on the Xbox One in the first part, you can play in backward compatibility mode, and if you have an Xbox One X, then also in 4K resolution.
So, RDR2 is a Western from the developers of GTA. This is an important clarification, because if you played GTA, then you already imagine the mechanics of numerous quests and random encounters, as well as how the open world works as a whole.
In RDR2, there is a large map on which you can move on foot, by horse, by train or by stage. At the same time, the stagecoach can be managed by yourself (you can even steal someone's carriage and sell it to a certain person later), or you can use the stagecoaches standing in cities as a sort of "fast travel", as an analog taxi. Is that fast-travel does not work anywhere in the world, but only in open cities.
In short, most of the game you will ride somewhere on a horse and you will come across various adventures and interesting characters on your way. Or will not.
The main difference between RDR2 and modern Ubisoft games is that the open world does not try to entertain you every second, and some characters (say, the man who was bitten by a snake and where you need to suck out the poison, and then give the unfortunate medicine) every 100 meters, and once.
Otherwise, you will have to lead the typical life of a gangster (noble or bastard - you decide as the game progresses), "rob caravans", and sometimes worry about it.
And you can (sometimes even need to) get drunk in saloons, shave, wash, change dirty clothes, catch and tame horses, hunt animals and cook food from them, and so on.
Despite the status of the most anticipated game of the year, RDR2, frankly, is not for everyone. For example, if you get tired when nothing happens in the game for 5 seconds, then play Assassin's Creed Odyssey better.
Red Dead Redemption 2 - for players who are ready to penetrate the atmosphere of the game world, sometimes even just stopping on a hillock and enjoying the scenery.
Moreover, the scenery here is very cool. Stunning graphics (4K on the Xbox One X and 1920x2160 on the PS4 Pro), a variety of animation, realistic weather and a lot of high-quality voice acting.
6: Super Mario Party
Release date: October 5, 2018
Genre: Party game
Developer / Publisher: NDcube / Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Brief Summary: Gather friends to play a board game with cubes combined with many arcade mini-games
Those owners of Nintendo Switch, who do not live in Japan and do not want to cheat with their accounts, on the same day, on October 5, could get acquainted with the long-awaited exclusive party game Nintendo.
The fact is that all previous games of this genre on the Nintendo Switch were either not sufficiently "party-friendly", like 1-2-Switch (which you would have to give out for free along with the console), or not diverse enough (such as Overcooked or Super Bomberman R - the games are good, but there are obviously fewer types of gameplay in them).
The Super Mario Party returns to the roots of the series, in which, by the way, there are already 11 games, not including purely portable ones (15 with them).
4 players play, if there are fewer people in the game - the rest are replaced by artificial intelligence (bots), each player goes on his own, throwing a die. What number fell on the cube - on so many steps he can move around the map.
Depending on the cell on which the player got, various events occur.
Almost every turn, a mini-game is launched, the winner in which receives the most coins, for which then it will be necessary to buy stars on the same map.
After all the players have gone a given number of times (selected at the beginning of the game, the minimum number of moves is 10, which is about an hour of the game), the winner of the whole game is announced, who has scored the most stars.
There are 80 mini-games in the Super Mario Party, which are divided into several types: each for himself, one against three, two for two and all four players - one team.
In addition to the card passing mode, there is a purely cooperative rafting mode, a rhythm game, a desktop mode where you can connect several Nintendo Switch, and online multiplayer.
With the latter, however, it did not work out - online offers a rather boring mode of passing the same five mini-games in a circle.
The set of these games changes after a while, but the pleasure is, frankly, so-so. Moreover, in the network often there are various failures that lead to jerks in the game.
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If your management could only let you choose one of these technologies with which to optimize your next well, which would it be?
Norwegian Firm Adds Smarts to Offshore Coring
Coring is essential to offshore exploration programs—but sometimes cores are taken from the wrong formation or return to surface in poor condition. One firm thinks it can solve these costly issues with a first-of-a-kind coring device that uses logging instruments that add accuracy and integrity.
The Dawn of MEMS Sensors for Directional Drilling
Sensor technology in the oil industry changes infrequently. Improvements in MEMS sensor technology are creating rapid momentum toward the use of tiny, rugged, and inexpensive sensors to replace larger, costlier, and more fragile legacy-technology sensors in directional drilling.
Leaching Study Conducted on Phenolic Novolac Resin-Coated Proppants
Prompted by concerns about possible leaching from phenolic novolac resin-coated proppants (RCPs) during operations, Fairmount Santrol conducted analysis that showed no leaching of free formaldehyde or free phenol from its phenolic novolac RCPs.
Swellable-Nanogel-Injection Pilot in Mendoza Norte, Argentina
Experimentation reveals that swellable nanogels increase their size faster than expected or produce aggregation leading to serious blocking problems at the sandface. This paper studies if the addition of a surfactant can help improve injectivity.
Well Construction Performance Service Bridges Planning-Execution Gap To Boost Efficiency
A new holistic approach to optimizing wellbore economics is bridging the gap between planning and execution and bringing well construction into the digital era to improve data use, enhance collaboration, boost efficiency, and increase safety.
Horizontal Shale Well EUR Determination Focused on the Permian Basin: An Integrated Method
Big-data mining techniques can help determe the type-curves and the resulting estimated ultimate recovery of an asset being evaluated for acquisition.
Industry Q&A: Physics-Based Reservoir Simulation for Enhanced Data Analysis and Risk Evaluation
Indy Chakrabarti, senior vice president of product management and strategy at Emerson Automation Solutions talks about developments in software solutions for the oil and gas industry.
Improving Corrosion Management by Using a Micelle Detection Technology
Corrosion inhibitors are often the first line of defense against internal corrosion, and effective mitigation relies on proactive monitoring and management of these inhibitors to allow for regular feedback and dose adjustment.
Enhanced Gas Recovery: Benefits Seen in Downhole vs. Wellhead Gas Compression
Extensive analysis has led to the conclusion that downhole gas compression provides a greater increase in gas production than wellhead gas compression because of the additional drawdown created.
Big Data for Advanced Well Engineering Holds Strong Potential To Optimize Drilling Costs
Considering the significant weight of drilling costs in upstream ventures, saving even a few hours of drilling could lead to substantial cost savings on the overall capital expenditures (Capex). Thanks to the big data revolution, cost optimization still has strong potential in drilling operations.
Joint Industry Project To Develop Downhole X-Ray Technology
ConocoPhillips and Statoil Petroleum have signed a joint-sponsorship-development agreement with Visuray Technology to fund development of a downhole cement-integrity-evaluation technology that will have the capability of evaluating cement integrity even behind multiple casing strings.
Multiphase Compressor Eliminates Need for Wellsite Separation of Gas, Liquids
A newly developed compressor undergoing field trials could significantly change, and bring substantial cost savings to, the way wellsites are designed.
Cybersecurity for Upstream Operations
Optimizing the design, function, and benefits of the logical cyber-representation of physical asset environments is an evolving trend for the oil and gas industry to gain operational efficiency.
System Cuts P&A Cost by Creating Rock-to-Rock Barrier in One Trip
Archer's Stronghold Barricade well decommissioning system leaves the casing in place, while perforating, washing, and cementing the annulus to create a cement barrier in a single trip.
Ultra-Low-Invasion Fluid Technology Enables Enhanced Drilling, Reduced Formation Damage
A fluid technology has been developed to deposit a thin, impermeable barrier over the pores and microfractures of weak, underpressured, and otherwise troublesome formations to maintain wellbore stability and reduce formation damage.
Lowering Adoption Barriers to MPD—Land and Sea
In the past, most wells have been drilled using conventional methods, but the landscape is changing as economic pressures have forced the drilling industry to refocus.
New Antifoam Additive Shows Superior Ability To Reduce Air Entrainment in Cement Slurry
Zonal isolation is a critical part of wellbore construction. To achieve zonal isolation, cement must be properly mixed before pumping downhole.
Tool Enables Complete Cased-Hole Formation Evaluation, Reservoir Saturation Modeling
Schlumberger's new multifunction spectroscopy system builds on previous innovations to offer the first complete cased-hole formation evaluation and reservoir saturation monitoring capability that provides openhole-equivalent logging measurements.
New SCADA Systems Help Operators Fulfill Potential of the Digital Oil Field
Supervisory control and data acquisition systems no longer simply monitor operations and produce large volumes of data in static displays, but now collect production data from all operation data sources and contextualize and present them to workers in real time as meaningful, actionable information.
Data Aggregation and Distribution With Human Factors Incorporated
Researchers have developed a drilling-data-aggregation and -distribution system that seamlessly integrates all forms of data, file types, and communication protocols and incorporates human-factors engineering in the design.
Bakken Case Study: Fracturing-Plug Drillout Performance With Task-Built PDC Bit Design
A new line of specialized polycrystalline-diamond-compact bits have been tested in a series of Bakken wells. The bits' integrated design allowed significant increases in drilling rate and the number of plugs drilled.
Research Progresses on Improving Subsea Produced Water Measurement Sensors
Widening the use of subsea separation and produced-water reinjection or discharge systems to unlock oil resources depends on improving subsea water-quality measurement.
System Adds Reliability, Efficiency to Attaching Well Construction and Completion Tools
A new attachment system overcomes the limitations of traditional methods for securing tools and accessories to drilling and completion strings.
Real-Time, Single-Run CT System Provides Selective Perforating and Activation
A coiled-tubing selective perforating and activation system that transmits critical downhole data and measurements in real time is enabling well interventions that previously could not have been executed.
Conductor Anchor Node Optimizes Efficiency of Riserless Deepwater Exploration Drilling
The conductor anchor node (CAN) technology was introduced as part of the architecture for Centrica's Ivory deepwater exploration well in the Norwegian Sea to optimize efficient operations for the well's riserless section.
Integrated Software Tool Brings Speed, Reliability to Reservoir Modeling on Barents Sea Project
A fast, integrated reservoir modeling tool used by Eni at Norway's Goliat field generated an ensemble of models that helped confirm the location of previously identified infill drilling targets and identify several new infill locations.
Adjustable, Supramolecular Viscosity Modifiers as Displacement Fluids in EOR
We report a novel type of viscosity modifier relying on the supramolecular assemblies that have pH-adjustable viscosities and robust tolerance against high temperatures and salinities, and are resistant to shear-induced degradation.
Dynamic-Positioning Software Allows Improved Maneuverability for Marine Vessels
As the number of tankers on the open sea remains high, a new motion-prediction software aims to increase vessel safety.
OTC 2017 Announces Spotlight On New Technology Award Recipients
Winners of the OTC 2017 Spotlight on New Technology Awards are announced. Winning technologies showcase the latest and most advanced hardware and software that are leading the industry into the future.
Electrokinetic Deposition of Asphaltenes Studied Under Dynamic Conditions
Asphaltenes represent the heaviest fraction of crude oil, which are known to precipitate when the crude is added to aliphatic solvents such as n-pentane or n-heptane and yet remain soluble in light aromatic solvents such as benzene or toluene.
Single-Trip Subsea BOP Test Tool Saves Big Money
A new tool enables variable bore rams and shear rams to be tested in one run, cutting rig time significantly.
Retrofitting MPD Systems to Deepwater Rigs Aids Drilling, Efficiency, and Process Safety
The unique properties of deepwater formations pose significant challenges to the capabilities of conventional drilling rigs. Using automated drilling equipment, including MPD, efficiency and cost savings can accompany safety.
Conductor Anchor Node Adds Stability, Cuts Tophole Costs in Subsea Wells
When the industry discusses subsea wells, the tophole construction gets scant attention. The Norwegian company NeoDrill believes it can create a more structurally stable foundation, greater efficiency, and reduced cost by using a conductor anchor node.
Preventing Emulsions by Mitigating Solids
Approaches to integrated investigative testing and root cause identification are discussed to prevent solid emulsions from stabilizing to impair flowlines and other field infrastructure.
New Method Adds Value to Wolfcamp Porosity, Organic-Matter Measurements
A new technique that analyzes scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of formation samples has been used to measure porosity and total organic carbon (TOC) in the Wolfcamp Shale of the Delaware Basin in west Texas.
Fit-For-Purpose Sand Screens Address Cost-Benefit Balance
Operators continue to look to prolific high-permeability, clastic reservoirs in basins around the world. The use of high-deviation and horizontal well trajectories in these fields improves productivity but increases the challenges of sand control.
A Holistic Approach To Controlling Torsional Dynamics in the Drillstring
Understanding drilling dynamics, the downhole shock and vibration that occur while drilling, is a crucial step to improving drilling efficiency and reducing nonproductive time (NPT).
New Intelligent Completion System Enables Compartment-Level Control in Multilateral Wells
Although early inflow control devices and intelligent completions (ICs) were introduced almost 20 years ago, completion technology has not kept pace with advancements in drilling technology.
Completion Methods Analyzed in Two US Unconventional Plays
Openhole multistage (OHMS) systems are more cost-effective than the cemented casing plug-and-perf (CCPP) techniques for increasing production and reducing development costs.
New Tool and Sealant Technology Expedites Annular Isolation Tasks
A new well intervention tool can solve annular isolation problems using a proprietary epoxy sealant placed at predefined locations, which can result in significant rig time savings. Field trial results are shared in this article.
Biocide Treatment Program Reduces Premature Coiled Tubing Failures
A study done to find the root cause of coiled tubing string failures in Montney indicated microbial-induced corrosion, leading the CT service provider to create a biocide treatment program.
Mature Flood Surveillance Using Streamlines
With the recent drop in oil prices, operators are shifting to optimization of existing assets with minimal costs. For mature floods (water, chemical, and CO2), one low-cost optimization strategy is the intelligent adjustment of well-rate targets.
New Perforating Gun System Increases Safety and Efficiency
Achieving greater efficiency in perforation systems can help lower operating costs, particularly when completing long horizontal wellbores in unconventional plays.
Encapsulated ESP Handles Multiphase Flows To Extend Run Life and Boost Oil Recovery
Electrical submersible pump (ESP) systems are critical to achieving the maximum production rates and reservoir pressure drawdown that improve ultimate recovery. But variable volumes of gas in unconventional wells can pose challenges for performance of the ESP.
Custom Biological Produced Water Treatment Yields Fast Oil Recovery Boost in Waterflood
This article describes how the use of a biological EOR technique that applied produced water for reservoir flooding in a mature field led to rapid and substantial increases in oil production.
Leveraging Subsurface Insight, Screening, and Diversion Technology in Refracturing
A challenging commodity price environment has forced operators to seek methods for sharply lowering recovery cost per barrel of oil equivalent (BOE) in unconventional plays.
Magnetic Resonance-While-Drilling System Improves Understanding of Complex Reservoirs
Reservoirs consisting of heterogeneous carbonates and shaly sands pose formation evaluation challenges for conventional logging-while-drilling (LWD) measurements. Magnetic resonance techniques hold promise for improving understanding of these reservoirs.
Flexible, Single-Skin Completion Concept Meets Well Integrity, Zonal Isolation Needs
As deeper and more complex well designs proliferate throughout oil and gas fields, well completion methods are challenged and new technologies are emerging to ensure safe, cost-efficient, and optimized completions.
Ambient Seismic Imaging Throughout the Unconventional Field's Life Cycle
Newly developed ambient seismic imaging methods provide valuable information throughout the life cycle of an unconventional field.
Balancing Artificial Lift, Chemical Injection To Achieve Production Goals Over Life of Well
Production engineers are often asked to manage both the artificial lift (AL) system and the upstream chemical injection program for a project.
Sequenced Refracturing Technology Improves Economics in Unconventional Plays
Under current market constraints, many operators and service companies are trying to determine how to efficiently and cost-effectively refracture declining and/or underperforming shale wells.
Using Schematics for Managing Well Barriers
Well integrity and well barriers have been part of the exploitation for oil and gas for nearly a century, with the introduction of the blowout preventer (BOP) in the 1920s.
Acoustic Wireless Telemetry Reduces Uncertainty in Deepwater Drillstem Tests
The drillstem test (DST) is one of the oldest methods used to test a formation's capability to produce hydrocarbons.
Drilling Data Provide Solution to Horizontal Well Log Costs
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Riser Life Cycle Monitoring System Undergoes Initial Research Phase
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) supports a wide range of research and development (R&D) projects to develop technology for enhancing deepwater capabilities and improving safety and protection of the environment.
Remediating Platforms by Raising Topsides
The design of fixed offshore platforms requires a minimum clearance from the mean water level to the topsides structure. This clearance is generally referred to as an air gap.
Maximize Recovery by Minimizing Production Delays and Shut-ins
The greatest challenge facing the oil and gas industry, particularly in this low-price environment, is to increase recovery rates.
Dissolvable Plug and Perf System Eliminates Mill-Outs in Multistage Stimulations
Of all the technologies that have propelled the unconventional boom in the United States over the past 15 years, plug and perf (P&P) remains the No. 1 method for stimulating multistage wells
Digital Reamer Enhances Drilling Efficiency, Economics, and Safety
Expandable reamers were developed to improve efficiencies and reduce risk while drilling through problematic formations in deep water and other offshore wells, where wellbore stability is a major challenge.
X-ray Imaging Method Improves Well Intervention Diagnostics
Poor well performance and downhole failures have a significant effect on operator profitability. To combat this, operators spent nearly USD 10 billion in 2013 on time-consuming and costly well interventions to retrieve and repair completions hardware.
Dual-Drillpipe Method Shows Success in PMCD Wells With Cuttings Return
The Reelwell Drilling Method (RDM) is a new technology developed to solve certain drilling problems and improve the operation margin for various applications.
High-Definition Logging-While-Drilling Microimages Provided in Real Time
The development of conventional reservoirs has typically involved minimal logging-while-drilling (LWD) technology, usually consisting of survey, gamma ray, and possibly resistivity tools.
New Microbial Method Shows Promise in EOR
Tertiary oil recovery technologies can extend the economic life of maturing waterflooded reservoirs. This article describes the results from a biologically based EOR technology that has improved waterflood efficiency by increasing oil production and decreasing the decline rates.
Rethinking Gas Lift Intervention
Gas lift is an artificial lift technique used in wells in which the natural reservoir pressure is insufficient to deliver fluids to the surface in the initial production stage or has depleted to the point of being incapable of bringing fluids to the surface.
Directional Hybrid Drill Bit Pushes Performance Standards
It is inspiring to look back to 1909 when Howard Hughes Sr. and Walter Sharp introduced the roller-cone bit.
MPD Widens Offshore Drilling Capabilities
Approximately one-half of all offshore conventional oil and gas resources are known or thought to be undrillable with conventional, open-to-atmosphere circulating fluids systems for safety, economic, and/or technical reasons.
Managed-Pressure-Drilling Advances Expand Options of Onshore Drillers
This is an update on several managed-pressure drilling (MPD) technologies and downhole drilling performance-enhancing tools in use onshore and is the first of a two-part series. The second article on offshore MPD technologies will appear in the February issue of JPT.
Distributed Fiber-Optic Technologies Drive New Intervention Applications
Downhole data acquisition by fiber-optic technology, particularly distributed fiber-optic (DFO) sensing, has gained rapid acceptance. Compared with conventional data acquisition, DFO provides a much better understanding of well and reservoir behavior.
Nanochemistry Drives New Method for Removal and Control of Wax
Paraffin wax precipitation and deposition is one of the pervasive nuisances in oil industry operations worldwide, with wax deposits creating problems from the wellhead to the refinery.
New 3D Ultrasonic System Tests Pipeline Integrity
As the technologies adopted by the industry to optimize drilling campaigns have evolved, the equipment used in the pipeline testing process has improved as well.
Economic Optimization of Horizontal-Well Completions in Unconventional Reservoirs
This paper presents methods for production forecasting that give reasonable post-treatment predictions that have been found to be useful for economic planning.
Visualizing Low-Salinity Waterflooding
Low-salinity waterflooding has recently attracted considerable interest from governments, researchers, and oil companies, who are evaluating the method's potential to increase oil recovery.
Borehole Imaging Technology Visualizes Photorealistically in Oil-Based Muds
To estimate reserves, optimize well recovery, and place future development wells more accurately, operators require increasingly detailed understanding of complex oil and gas reservoirs.
New Cement Spacer Chemistry Enhances Removal of Nonaqueous Drilling Fluid
An efficient removal of drilling fluid is essential to successful cementing operations.
Controlling Post-Completion Flow in Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Wells
The rapid growth of unconventional oil and gas production in the past decade is largely a result of advances in horizontal drilling techniques that allow longer laterals to reach deeper into the formation.
Using Sedimentological Prior Information To Control Realism in Reservoir Models
University Geological parameters within reservoir models define the geometry of the reservoir and the distribution of reservoir properties such as porosity and permeability.
Effects of Ambient Temperature Change on Diagnostic Fracture Injection Tests
In some operating areas, the change in ambient temperature from day to night can exceed 50°F. This cyclic temperature change can cause false pressure responses in low-quality pressure gauges and significant pressure responses in the wellbore.
Analyzing Well Events To Increase Oil Recovery
The human mind, presented with a series of time data, will generally look for common features, label them as events, and seek correlations against other timelines. This approach is fallible because questionable data might be selected in attempting to find supporting evidence for a perceived pattern.
Mapping-While-Drilling System Improves Well Placement and Field Development
Safety, efficiency, and accuracy are fundamental goals of well construction. But as the search for new oil and gas resources pushes into deeper waters and increasingly complex reservoirs, meeting these goals has become more challenging.
Liner-Based Stimulation Technology Without Fracturing Proven in Field
Efficient production in many fields requires reservoir stimulation. Some of the challenges with hydraulic fracture stimulation are reservoir-related, such as consistently stimulating all targeted intervals.
Technology Could Cut CO2 Cost Sharply for Enhanced Oil Recovery
As oil fields throughout the world are reaching maturity and requiring the use of secondary and tertiary recovery techniques, oil companies are looking for new processes and technologies to extract more oil from these aging fields.
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Welcome to this stunning infill in the heart of Crestwood, one of Edmonton's most sought-after communities. Walking distance to top performing schools, parks, river valley trails, shops & all other amenities. This brand new home is artfully designed: spacious, bright, and luxurious. Through the front entry is stunning flooring, tons of closet space, & an open concept kitchen and living/dining room. Oversized windows w built in automatic blinds brighten the space, showcasing a beautiful fireplace and generous living area. Dining room space can accommodate a large table: room for the whole family. Luxury kitchen w/ tons of storage overlooks backyard. Upstairs: spacious master bedroom with double walk-in closets & deluxe ensuite. 2 more ample bedrooms + laundry. Basement is fully finished! Featuring maintenance free acrylic stucco, 30 yr shingles, high end appliances, designer LED lighting, triple pane windows, fingerprint scanning smart-locks, and professionally engineered 'silent' flooring- Smart Home Technology!


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Common complications of inflammation include the development of an intestinal obstruction, pus-filled pockets of infection (abscesses), and abnormal connecting channels (fistulas). Fistulas may connect two different parts of the intestine. Fistulas also may connect the intestine and bladder or the intestine and the skin surface, especially around the anus. Although fistulas from the small intestine are common, wide-open perforations are rare. The most common complication is blockage of the intestine (also called a bowel obstruction). Blockage occurs because the disease tends to thicken the intestinal wall with swelling and scar tissue, narrowing the passage. Crohn's disease also may tunnel through affected bowel into surrounding tissue such as the bladder, vagina, rectum, anus or skin. These tunnels, called fistulas, are common and can become infected. Treatment may involve medication and sometimes surgery.
When the large intestine is affected extensively by Crohn's disease, rectal bleeding commonly occurs; after many years, the risk of colon cancer (cancer of the large intestine) is greatly increased. About one third of people who develop Crohn's disease have problems around the anus, especially fistulas and cracks (fissures) in the lining of the mucus membrane of the anus. Crohn's disease may be complicated by certain disorders affecting other parts of the body—such as gallstones, inadequate absorption of nutrients, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and deposits of the protein amyloid in several organs (amyloidosis).
When Crohn's disease causes a flare-up of gastrointestinal symptoms, the person may also experience inflammation of the joints (arthritis), inflammation of the whites of the eyes (episcleritis), mouth sores (aphthous stomatitis), inflamed skin nodules on the arms and legs (erythema nodosum), and blue-red skin sores containing pus (pyoderma gangrenosum). When Crohn's disease is not causing a flare-up of gastrointestinal symptoms, the person still may experience inflammation of the spine (ankylosing spondylitis), inflammation of the pelvic joints (sacroiliitis), inflammation inside the eye (uveitis), and inflammation of the bile ducts (primary sclerosing cholangitis).
An important complication that patients develop quite commonly is osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a condition in which the bones become porous, increasing the risk of dangerous bone fractures. This condition is increased in both men and women with Crohn's disease, especially in smokers or those who have been on steroid medications (such as prednisone). Osteoporosis can be detected by a simple test. Patients with Crohn's disease should be tested periodically for osteoporosis because it may develop at any time and can be treated.
In children, gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea often are not the main symptoms and may not appear at all. Instead, the main symptom may be slow growth, joint inflammation, fever, or weakness and fatigue resulting from anemia.


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Please Join Us!
What: #MTtalk
Where: Twitter
When: Friday, February 2 @ 1 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. GMT/11:30 p.m. IST)
Topic: The Impact of Mental Health Issues at Work
Host: @Mind_Tools
"Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves, how can we expect the world to give it to us?"
― Debbie Ford
About This Week's Chat: Words We Think We Understand
I have concerns about how we use words. It's probably because I love words and books and reading. To me, listening to a well-crafted speech is like "listening" to a beautiful painting.
Being a word-lover, I listen very closely to how people speak. Mindful Listening reveals how people use words, avoid certain words, and what meanings they attach to words. Sometimes, we use words sloppily, often without realizing how they sound, or even what they really mean.
Loose Language and Self-Diagnosis
Recently, I've become aware of how loosely people use medical mental health terms in conversations with friends and work colleagues. Here are some typical examples:
- "I'm so OCD about my desk. If my notebook isn't where I left it, I want to totally freak out."
- "He's so withdrawn sometimes. He just sits in his 'cave' and doesn't talk to anyone. It's as if he becomes another person. I swear he's schizophrenic."
- "Who's that nerd that never talks to us in the pause area? He looks psycho to me."
- "I'm so moody lately, I feel completely bipolar."
When did it become fashionable to describe yourself or others using medical mental health illness terms? Seasoned professionals don't use these words lightly, and they go through lengthy, methodical processes to ensure accurate diagnoses.
Remember, Words Are Powerful!
Trying to self-diagnose a mental health issue – or to call it that when it's a personality quirk – makes light of other people's (often difficult) reality. It's as if you want to give yourself a badge for an illness that you don't have, while people who really do have it would give anything to be rid of it.
Words are powerful, and the things we say can do much harm, intended or not. Insensitive talk about mental health issues – especially when it's combined with ignorance, erroneous beliefs, or prejudice – is one reason why many people are still reluctant to talk about their mental health.
The Impact of Mental Health Issues at Work
So, how likely is it that you have a colleague, friend or family member with a mental health issue? If you consider the following statistics, it's very likely.
According to a February 2017 report from the World Health Organization, more than 300 million people worldwide live with depression. The same report shows that anxiety disorders affect more than 260 million people. And depression and anxiety disorders are just two of more than 200 recognized mental health illnesses.
With these statistics in mind, it's clear that we need to change the way we talk about people who live with mental health issues – and how we refer to their conditions.
The Fear of Discrimination
In our Twitter poll this week, we asked you what you think is the biggest reason why someone won't disclose a mental health issue at work. The result was overwhelming: more than 40 percent of participants said that they fear discrimination!
It's also interesting that 14 percent of participants said they simply don't know how to do it. Click here to see all the options and results.
In Friday's chat, we're going to discuss "The Impact of Mental Health Issues at Work." We'd love you to participate, and the following questions may spark some thoughts in preparation for it:
- How much could/should a manager accommodate the mental health issues of an employee?
- As a manager, how honest should you be with your team if you have a mental health issue?
- What would you value most from your manager if you had a mental health issue?
- How do you handle it if your mental health issues are caused by work?
- How can organizations support employees with a mental health illness?
- If you (or someone you know) had a mental health issue that sometimes impacts your ability to work, how might you raise this with your manager?
- As a manager, what can you do to support an employee with a mental health illness?
- What can you do in your workplace to help to destigmatize mental health issues?
To help you prepare for the chat, we've compiled a list of resources for you to browse:
How to Manage a Team Member With PTSD
Understanding the Dark Triad
7 Ways to Combat Anxiety
Coping Under Pressure
Albrecht's Four Types of Stress
Working With Seasonal Affective Disorder
Overcoming Fear of Failure
The Breaking Point
What Is Anger?
How to Join Our Chat
Follow us on Twitter to make sure you don't miss out on any of the action this Friday! We'll be tweeting out 10 questions during our hour-long chat. To participate, type #MTtalk in the Twitter search function. Then, click on "All Tweets" and you'll be able to follow the live chat feed. You can join the chat by using the hashtag #MTtalk in your responses.


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Mariah is not only the eldest dolphin in her pod, but the leader as well. Mariah plays an important role as the friend of Nere.
Pod Edit
Mariah's pod consists of Densil, Kona, Pani, Mali, Nika, Ricca, Sokya, Hali, Mona,Laki and Tisi. There are quite a few humans whom she considers to be a part of her pod. Those humans are Nere, Tobin, Bria, Robry, Lena,Thom, Kalli, Ree, Penn, and previously Kyel and Gillian Hanson. It is not clear if Dai and Ton are what she considers her family, due to the size of Ton, which intimidates a few of the aforementioned dolphins.
Relationships Edit
Pod- Mariah's pod is her family. All of the members of the dolphin species in her pod are related to her by blood. The humans were introduced to her by Nere Hanson, Robry Cruz, and Lena McFadden.


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Now available for Digital Download
Sisters of the Revolution
Now back in rotation!
The self-titled album Sisters of the Revolution is now back and rotation! Sisters of the Revolution was first recorded in Southern Oregon in 2002 and addresses issues around environmental and social justice, the radical act of love and with a touch of sanskrit cosmic yogic mysticism. This album features songs such as Real Revolution, Hannuman and Jane.
Sisters of the Revolution was one of Becky White's previous bands which was formed in 2002 and toured with the grassroots activist group The Oxygen Collective. This album includes 10 of White's original songs and compositions and a medley of sanskrit chants. The album features Diane Baker on Bass and vocals, Natalia Newman on Percussion and Becky White on Vocals and Guitar.


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Dunlop CryBaby GCB95 Original Wah
Dunlop CryBaby GCB95 Original Wah
This is the original. The famed CryBaby that was rocketed to popularity by Jimi Hendrix is available and most likely at your nearest music store. If you want that classic, vintage, legendary sound, go get this pedal.
External Control: None
Cost: $
HornFX Review
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Interface: 4/5
Incredibly simple, just plug this baby in and go!
Versatility: 1/5
Do not use this pedal if you want a bunch of sounds. This pedal does the same, singular thing it has done since its invention, and it does it well.
Clarity of effect: 3/5
The GCB95 definitely thins out the sound of the trumpet, taking away a lot of the low end. It has a similar effect on sax. While some people may not care about their tonal integrity once a pedal like this is activated, this is not the go-to for those looking to be able to maintain their sound even through the sweep of a wah.
Live application: 4/5
Although feedback can be an issue in certain situations, this pedal is a classic whose fantastic live performance has been proven over many years.
Original vintage effect
Ultraheavy-duty durability
Smooth operation and easy control
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Digta Scan 407
• bar code reader as plug-in module for the "Digta 7" series
• scanning of a bar code provides safest and quickest character entry
• unambiguous allocation of patient or client data to dictations
• reads all common 1D-bar codes
Article number: GCC4070
Box contents Digta Scan 407
Mix-up of data is avoided as the characters are securely enteredScan all common 1D barcodes clearly and quickly with the barcode reader Digta Scan 407 from the "Digta 7" series. Dictations are assigned exactly to one patient or client file thus increasing process security. Errors during typing the long case numbers in the secretary are excluded. No queries have to be cleared concerning similar or identical names.
Fast and easy scanning
The Digta Scan 407 barcode reader was especially developed for the Digta 7, allowing easy introduction into the scanner slot. A retaining clip holds it in position.
Barcodes can be scanned quickly with the ergonomically perfectly positioned barcode reader Digta Scan 407. A clear script display of the scanned data immediately appears on the display. Each successfully terminated scanning causes the device to emit an acoustic signal.


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Using an iPhone in car - free PSD mockup
Woman with mobile phone in hand, riding in car. Use this elegant, high resolution Apple iPhone mockup to showcase your app in a casual environment. Place your own design on the screen via the smart object and your work will be done in moments.
Licence: CC0
You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.


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How to select nice cheap modern curtains
A beautiful curtain can make your house look more beautiful, but can also dress up different style of decoration. But the modern drapes are very expensive. Then how to select nice cheap curtains?
Curtain and curtain rod between the convergence there are many ways : directly on the fabric perforated, easy pulling back and forth ; forms the outer bag, the front looks beautiful, but because of the friction between the fabric and the big stick, especially bag when the diameter of the rod almost more difficult to pull back and forth ; straps form is very simple, suitable for relatively thin fabric ; lacing not pull the same way for just usually do not often move from decorative windows. It would be best to buy curtain rings, so easy to turn on and when it is convenient detachable wash.
When selected fabrics, we must take into account its own window facing. South-facing windows, the light is good. Tulle, silk fabric padded or more appropriate. North of the room, often cold and dark, you should choose warm feeling and some heavy Modern Curtains, increasing temperatures. If the home has windows facing east or west, it is the most important uses of shade curtains. Both shade curtains block the glare, but also to maintain the brightness of the room, full use of natural light to illuminate the room. Close to the downtown district of the window, allmodern curtains, billboards light is also very b, in order to have a good night's sleep, you need thicker curtains blocked.
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May 25,(globelmedianews.com):
Young hero Raj Tarun 'Raju gadu' will be released on June 1. Recently released songs and film trailer came with special reaction. Raj Tarun with the 'Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam', 'Andhagadu', 'Kittu vunnadu jagratha' as the film was successful citralanandincina A.K entertainments Hiren ramabrahmam under the "Raju gadu" is situated on a huge interest. Sanjana Reddy is directing this movie. Raja Tarun is the heroine of Amirya Dastur opposite Dr. Tarun. Rajendra Prasad will be seen in a key role. The film is being released as a family entertainer with Hilarious comedy. Successful Music Director Gopi Sundar has scored the music. The audio launch and pre-release events will be launched soon.
Cast:Raja Tarun, Amyira Dastur, Rajendra Prasad, Naginedu, Rao Ramesh, Cijuju, Pridhvi, Krishna Bhagavan, Subba Raju, Raja Ravindra, Praveen, Satya, Khayyum, Adurs Raghu, Abhi Fish Venkat, Gundu Sudarsan, Poojitha, Sitara, Meenakumari, Pramodini and othersThe story: ekeentar tainments, the original story: Maruti, the words: veligonda Srinivas songs: Ramajogayya Sastry, bhaskarabhatla, stills, king, makeup, Ram, Costumes: Shiva-Khader, fights the dragon-real Santosh Prakash, Choreography: Raghu-Vijay, Art: Krishna Maya, Chief Co Director: Prasad Dasam, Editor: MR Varma, Cinematographer: B Rajasekhar, Music: Gopi Sundar, Executive Producer: Krishna Ki Garikapati or co-producer Ajay Hiren-dalaksmareddi, producer: Hiren ramabrahmam, screenplay and direction: Sanjana Reddy.


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Published at Tuesday, March 05th, 2019 - 10:33:45 AM. Baby Room. By Geraldina Sauer.
Decorating a baby room is one of the primary concerns as you receive the news of the arrival of a baby. Even as you are still trying to have a baby, thinking of a baby's room is one of the exciting tasks of parenting. Indeed, you must have something in mind when it comes to designing what the bedroom would look like.
Once you have set your budget and made the major decisions regarding the baby room design, it is time to start shopping. Purchasing the baby bedding and furniture first usually works best since they are the two major design elements in the room. Once you have these items purchased, it is easier to pick out paint colors, wallpaper, art work, and other essential items like lamps and window treatments.
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'I need to get my priorities right' is what a client told me the other day.
She had been to see me a year or so ago for neck and shoulder problems and hadn't been back.
Now, a year later and in more pain than when she first came to see me, she realised how important it was to look after her body.
There was also another year's worth of tightness that needed to be broken down and released, effectively taking longer to achieve. But, hey, what do I know?Read More


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Considering a dairy-free diet?/
I struggled with pelvic pain for years, and it was often accompanied by gastrointestinal upset. I thought bloating and nausea were a fact of life, and I blamed my pain medications, birth control, or diet. Yeah, I was a vegetarian, but I ate too many carbs and drank too little water.
After I'd recovered from my pelvic pain by about 95%, I visited with a gastroenterologist to pose the question: "Am I lactose intolerant?" She told me that the true test of lactose intolerance involves drinking a giant container of milk and then testing my breath. However, she warned that it can be pretty unpleasant for those who indeed are lactose intolerant, so she suggested an alternative test: banish dairy from my diet for two months. If my stomach was still bothering me, I should return for a follow-up visit. If I felt better, I could cancel the appointment.
Holy cow. (no pun intended) I felt so much better, and I continued to improve throughout those two months. I didn't have a pregnancy-sized belly bloat each evening, and I no longer woke up feeling nauseous. I'd confirmed that my body strongly disliked dairy, and I felt a substantial relief from my pain as the bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and other gastro issues stopped creating such abdominal pressure and inflammation.
If you're considering a more neutral or anti-inflammatory diet, always check with your provider and a qualified nutritionist or dietitian first. But, if you decide to try an elimination diet (where you remove things from your diet and evaluate any differences in how you feel), and you decide to cut out dairy, here are my favorite non-dairy groceries. I've been dairy-free for three years now and I've never felt healthier. Give these a try, and add your own to the list!
Bread is life.
Rosen's brand bread and rolls (a Chicago favorite!)
Van's gluten free apple cinnamon waffles
Nature's Path flax seed waffles
Udi's gluten free chocolate muffins
Get cheesy.
Miyoko's Kitchen sun-dried tomato garlic creamy cheese
Kite Hill chive cream cheese-style spread
Fill your fridge.
Earth Balance whipped dairy-free butter
SoDelicious coconut milk yogurt (the raspberry flavor is ah-mazing)
Califia Farms almond milk bottled lattes/mochas
Orgain vegan chocolate protein shakes
Daiya creamy ranch dressing
Just Mayo mayonnaise
Snack time.
Hippeas vegan white cheddar chickpea puffs
goRaw pizza flavored snacks
Earth Balance vegan cheddar squares
Way Better Snacks sweet chili chips
Late July jalapeno lime chips
Sweet tooth.
Newman O's cookies (fake Oreos!)
CocoWhip coconut whipped cream
Ben & Jerry's dairy free ice cream
Chocolate Dream dairy free chocolate chips
Dandies vegan marshmallows
BarkThins chocolate bark (try the peppermint flavor!)
Justin's dark chocolate mini peanut butter cups
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibody production, which can eventually lead to immune complex (IC)-mediated organ damage. Due to the stimulation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) by nucleic acid-containing ICs (DNA- or RNA-IC), patients with SLE have an ongoing interferon (IFN)-α production. IFN-α induces a general activation of the immune system that may initiate or propagate an autoimmune process if not properly regulated. Previous studies have shown that natural killer (NK) cells potently enhance the IFN-α production by pDCs.
In study I, the mechanisms behind the NK cell-mediated increased IFN-α production by RNA-IC-stimulated pDCs were investigated. ICs triggered CD56dim NK cells via FcγRIIIA to the secretion of cytokines (e.g. MIP-1β) that promoted IFN-α production. Additionally, an LFA-1-dependent cell-cell interaction between pDCs and NK cells strongly contributed to the increased production of IFN-α. In study II, the RNA-IC-induced regulation of surface molecules on pDCs and NK cells was investigated. The expression of CD319 and CD229, which are two SLAM family receptors genetically associated with SLE, was induced on pDCs and NK cells by RNA-IC. IFN-α-producing pDCs displayed an increased expression of CD319 and CD229, whereas pDCs from patients with SLE had a decreased expression of CD319. In study III, we serendipitously identified an SLE patient harboring autoantibodies to the NK cell receptor CD94/NKG2A. In study IV, sera from 203 patients with SLE were analyzed for autoantibodies to the CD94/NKG2A, CD94/NKG2C and NKG2D receptors. Seven patients harbored anti-CD94/NKG2A autoantibodies, and two of these patient's autoantibodies also reacted with CD94/NKG2C. Anti-CD94/NKG2A and anti-CD94/NKG2C autoantibodies both interfered with the HLA-E-mediated regulation of NK cell cytotoxicity, and facilitated the elimination of target cells expressing these receptors. Furthermore, these autoantibodies were found in a group of severely diseased SLE patients and their titers closely followed disease activity.
In conclusion, this thesis provides insights to molecular mechanisms whereby NK cells regulate the IFN-α production, it further links the SLAM receptors to SLE, and it describes novel autoantibodies to receptors regulating NK cell cytotoxicity. Together these findings strengthen the assumption that NK cells are involved in the pathogenesis of SLE.
Several systemic autoimmune diseases display a prominent IFN signature. This is caused by a continuous IFN-α production by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), which are activated by immune complexes (ICs) containing nucleic acid. The IFN-α production by pDCs stimulated with RNA-containing IC (RNA-IC) consisting of anti-RNP autoantibodies and U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles was recently shown to be inhibited by monocytes, but enhanced by NK cells. The inhibitory effect of monocytes was mediated by TNF-α, PGE2, and reactive oxygen species, but the mechanisms for the NK cell-mediated increase in IFN-α production remained unclear. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms whereby NK cells increase the RNA-IC–induced IFN-α production by pDCs. Furthermore, NK cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were evaluated for their capacity to promote IFN-α production. We found that CD56dim NK cells could increase IFN-α production >1000-fold after RNA-IC activation, whereas CD56bright NK cells required costimulation by IL-12 and IL-18 to promote IFN-α production. NK cells produced MIP-1α, MIP-1β, RANTES, IFN-γ, and TNF-α via RNA-IC–mediated FcγRIIIA activation. The IFN-α production in pDCs was promoted by NK cells via MIP-1β secretion and LFA-mediated cell–cell contact. Moreover, NK cells from SLE patients displayed a reduced capacity to promote the RNA-IC–induced IFN-α production, which could be restored by exogenous IL-12 and IL-18. Thus, different molecular mechanisms can mediate the NK cell-dependent increase in IFN-α production by RNA-IC–stimulated pDCs, and our study suggests that the possibility to therapeutically target the NK–pDC axis in IFN-α–driven autoimmune diseases such as SLE should be investigated.
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) display an activated type I IFN system due to unceasing IFN-a release from plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) stimulated by nucleic acid-containing immune complexes (ICs). NK cells strongly promote the IFN-a production by pDCs; therefore, we investigated surface molecules that could be involved in the pDC-NK cell cross-talk. In human PBMCs stimulated with RNA-containing ICs (RNA-ICs), the expression of the signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) family receptors CD319 and CD229 on pDCs and CD319 on CD56(dim) NK cells was selectively increased. Upregulation of CD319 and CD229 on RNA-IC-stimulated pDCs was induced by NK cells or cytokines (e. g., GM-CSF, IL-3). IFN-alpha-producing pDCs displayed a higher expression of SLAM molecules compared with IFN-a 2 pDCs. With regard to signaling downstream of SLAM receptors, pDCs expressed SHIP-1, SHP-1, SHP-2, and CSK but lacked SLAM-associated protein (SAP) and Ewing's sarcoma-activated transcript 2 (EAT2), indicating that these receptors may act as inhibitory receptors on pDCs. Furthermore, pDCs from patients with SLE had decreased expression of CD319 on pDCs and CD229 on CD56 dim NK cells, but RNA-IC stimulation increased CD319 and CD229 expression. In conclusion, this study reveals that the expression of the SLAM receptors CD319 and CD229 is regulated on pDCs and NK cells by lupus ICs and that the expression of these receptors is specifically altered in SLE. These results, together with the observed genetic association between the SLAM locus and SLE, suggest a role for CD319 and CD229 in the SLE disease process.
To characterize a novel anti-NKG2A autoantibody detected in a patient with SLE during a severe flare, and in a cross-sectional study investigate the occurrence of such autoantibodies in patients with SLE and primary SS (pSS).
Serum or IgG from patients with SLE, pSS and healthy volunteers were assayed for blocking of anti-NKG2A or HLA-E binding to peripheral blood mononuclear cells or CD94/NKG2A- and CD94/NKG2C-transfected Ba/F3 cells. The anti-NKG2A autoantibodies were evaluated for effect on NK cell degranulation in response to HLA-E-transfected K562 cells. IFN-α was determined by an immunoassay and disease activity by the SLEDAI score.
Anti-NKG2A autoantibodies, which blocked binding of HLA-E tetramers to CD94/NKG2A-transfected cells and impaired NKG2A-mediated inhibition of NK cell activation, were observed in a patient with SLE. The presence of anti-NKG2A autoantibodies was associated with high SLE disease activity (SLEDAI score 14 and 16) and increased serum IFN-α. Of 94 SLE, 60 pSS and 30 healthy donor sera, only the index patient serum contained anti-NKG2A autoantibodies.
The presence of autoantibodies targeting NKG2A is a rare event, but when such autoantibodies occur they may promote excessive NK cell function. This can contribute to the pathogenesis by increasing the killing of cells and the release of autoantigens. Our findings highlight the possible importance of NK cells in the SLE disease process.
Objectives: To investigate the occurrence and function of autoantibodies (autoabs) targeting the CD94/NKG2A, CD94/NKG2C or NKG2D receptors in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Method: Murine Ba/F3 cells transfected with CD94/NKG2A, CD94/NKG2C or NKG2D, and untransfected cells were incubated with sera from 203 patients with SLE and 90 healthy individuals. Binding of immunoglobulin (Ig) to the cells was determined by flow cytometry. Autoabs were characterized with regard to isotype, subclass, λ/κ exclusion and interference with HLA-E-binding. IgG were evaluated for effect on NK cell degranulation in response to HLA-E-transfected K562 target cells, as well as their capacity to induce antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). The frequency and phenotype of NK cells from these patients were determined by flow cytometry and the exons encoding NKG2A (KLRC1), NKG2C (KLRC2) and CD94 (KLRD1) were sequenced. The titers of anti-CD94/NKG2A and -CD94/NKG2C autoabs were determined in longitudinally sampled sera and correlated to disease activity (SLEDAI score) and severity (SLICC/ACR damage index).
Results: Seven patients with autoabs targeting the CD94/NKG2A receptor were identified. Two of these patients' autoabs also recognized the CD94/NKG2C receptor. IgG from six of the patients interfered with the binding of HLA-E to CD94/NKG2A, whereas IgG from one patient increased this binding. Of the two patients with anti-CD94/NKG2C autoabs, IgG from one patient blocked, and IgG from the other patient stabilized the binding of HLA-E to CD94/NKG2C. Anti-CD94/NKG2A autoabs abrogated the HLA-E-mediated inhibition of NK cell cytotoxicity by CD94/NKG2A+ NK cells, whereas anti-CD94/NKG2C autoabs interfered with the HLA-E-mediated increased cytotoxicity of CD94/NKG2C+ NK cells. Furthermore, these autoabs induced ADCC of CD94/NKG2A- and CD94/NKG2C-expressing target cells. No uncommon non-synonymous sequence variations were found in the genes encoding NKG2A, NKG2C or CD94. The titers of anti-CD94/NKG2A and -CD94/NKG2C autoabs were associated to the SLEDAI score.
Conclusions: Autoabs targeting the CD94/NKG2A or the CD94/NKG2C receptor are found in a subset of patients with SLE. These autoabs affects the cytotoxicity of NK cells, mediate ADCC in vitro and their titers are associated to the disease activity and a more severe SLE phenotype. Consequently, anti-CD94/NKG2A and anti-CD94/NKG2C autoabs may contribute to the pathogenesis of SLE and our findings highlight the possible importance of NK cells in the SLE disease process.


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Our Microsoft PowerPoint training course, available in 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Office 365 versions, is a 1-day course, starting with the fundamental components of PowerPoint, and then moving on to the more advanced features. Below is an outline of the course contents:
- A summary of PowerPoint and how it can help you
- Menus, layouts and features
- Creating a slide show
- Including charts, tables, artwork and multimedia
- Transitions and animations
- Using templates and designs
- Delivering presentations
- Annotating slides during a presentation
- Customising slide shows
- Using slides to create handouts
This is a 1-day course which can be delivered in-house at your workplace, or at our venue in Bath. When held at our venue the course runs from 09:15 until 16:30, with tea & coffee provided and a delicious buffet lunch.
The course can be delivered in smaller modules to suit your business needs and availability. The course length and content can also be customised to meet your specific requirements.
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Pepper Lunch , the newest Restaurant in Bacolod , just opened at the Central City Walk-Robinsons Place.Pepper Lunch is a DIY fast food service concept, with more than 200 outlets in Asia. The restaurant promises a dynamic and fresh culinary experience for everyone by presenting the novel concept of sizzling Steaks, Pastas, Curry Rice. Well, I still need to try, but they boast of their signature Pepper Rice.
Prior to its opening,I was honored to have been tapped as a resource person for the team building workshop of their pioneering Staff.
With goal of delighting the customers of this fun resto, all staff were trained to acquire the needed skills, knowledge and attitude to perform this task. Before the team building course, all staff were sent to Manila for a rigorous training so that they can assimilate the Pepper Lunch brand of service.
The team building session turned out to be really fun. As a trainer, I've got the opportunity to interact with each staff, and I can confidently say that they've got what it takes to provide excellent service. I believe that apart from their technical skills, they have a great attitude, necessary to be of great service to the customers.
With the attitude these staff, I am sure that dining at Pepper Lunch – Robinsons would surely be fun.


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A man wearing all-dark clothing and a mask robbed the Gurnee Community Bank on Wednesday evening near closing time and escaped on a bicycle, according to officials.
The suspect was described as a black male 18 to 20 years old or younger with a slender build, standing about 5-feet 8-inches tall and weighing 150 pounds, according to the FBI.
The offender fled the bank on a bicycle and was last seen in the area of Old Grand Road and Depot Road, according to Gurnee police.
The suspect had short black hair and was wearing a dark blue hooded sweatshirt, blue shirt, black ski mask, black gloves, black pants, dark grey shoes and carrying a black backpack, according to the FBI.
It was a non-takeover type robbery in which a offender announces a hold-up, officials said, adding that it occurred around 4:14 p.m. at the bank at the intersection of O'Plaine Road and Grand Avenue. No weapons were displayed or implied, according to Gurnee police.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked by police to contact the Gurnee Police Department at 847-599-7000 or the FBI Media line at 312-829-1199.
Alternately, those with information can anonymously call Lake County Crime Stoppers at 847-662-2222. The organization offers cash rewards for information leading to an arrest or grand jury indictment of a felony offender.


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Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was a prodigious musical talent. By age 13—entirely self-thought—he was a proficient vocalist and expert performer on the violin, cello, harpsichord, and the organ. Regrettably, his father, a successful and prosperous forester did not share his [...] more >>
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