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Hopefully Bruce Bowen won't do this at the Parade of Homes.
If you haven't checked out the Parade of Homes yet, your time is running out. The event wraps up this weekend.
If you're on the fence about this whole ogling at million dollar homes thing, maybe a little Bruce Bowen will get you there.
On Saturday, the parade organizers are holding a raffle for kids to win 15 minutes with Bruce Bowen. All morning you can enter the contest, and the drawing will be held at 1 p.m.
I see no better way to spend a Saturday morning than the potential combination of man caves and time with a Spurs forward.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children. The gates open at 8:30 a.m.


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Then came the night of the burn.
As I write this blog, seven years later, it still seems like a weird and strange experience.
Something 'out of this world'.
And very soon, it became even more strange.
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A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said the Minister of State for Petroleum and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, was right to say that the present fuel crisis will tarry till May.
In a statement posted on his Facebook account, Okupe said he knows Kachikwu by reputation, stating that he has noticed a high level of professionalism and candour in the oil sector since the minister assumed office.
He said: "The Minister of State for Petroleum is a Nigerian I know by reputation only. When he was appointed, I actually wondered why on earth will a man in his exalted international position and pedigree come into the murky arena of the Nigerian oil business. It can only be patriotism.
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The Controversy of Teen Titans #20
[An Article from Comic Book Artist Magazine #1, 2000]
Unpublished Nick Cardy Pages from TEEN TITANS #20:
The Battle Over Jericho
While the entire nation was undergoing a transformation of conscience, debating the vast issues of race, poverty, war, consumer consumption, gender equality, pollution, and the Vietnam War, DC Comics was undergoing its own tumultuous changes, foremost the effects of a loss of readership to Marvel Comics. To survive the competition of TV, comics had to speak to kids in their own language and DC couldn't seem to find a sincere voice. In an effort to win back the fleeing readers, DC sought to establish a niche with readers as the relevant comic company-but sometimes the very issues they exploited would come back to bite the company.
Filling the void left by the writers' purge, the new generation of creators contributing to DC was part of the same activist, protesting generation that questioned the pushbutton issues of the day. Sometimes these (usually) liberal beliefs were contrary to DC Management's and an inevitable generation gap developed. No incident better expresses the tense division of ideology between the new wave and the old guard than the events surrounding Teen Titans #20-but the issue may not be, if you'll pardon the expression in an article centered on race relations, so black-&-white.
Marv Wolfman and Len Wein were looking to do stories with impact that went beyond "funny books" and they decided to deal with a perennial American crisis-the shame of bigotry and racism-in the pages of Teen Titans. "Len and I, being young liberals," Wolfman explained, "didn't understand why there were no Black super-heroes-though neither of us were Black-but we lived in the real world and there were certainly Blacks all around New York. So we proposed a story featuring a Black super-hero. Dick Giordano, the editor, loved it. At that time, the company was still being run by the original owners and Dick gave this story to Irwin Donenfeld, Vice President of the company, who also loved it."
Donenfeld has no recollection of the incident and Giordano recalls little about the pitch, though he did give the go-ahead on the script. Wolfman and Wein delivered a story that Giordano remembers "was a little preachy, if memory serves." Wolfman described the tale: "The story was about the Mob taking advantage of Black anger by using and manipulating a teen gang. Somebody goes against the gang and tries to stop them. He preaches the Martin Luther King line that people can't resort to guns and violence. At the end it turned out the masked super-hero is the brother of one of the gang kids."
Neal Adams remembers the story had a heavy-handed agenda. "It was full of racist remarks, reverse racism, with a tremendous amount of lashing out by young, White liberals- 'I'll fix those three hundred years of racism, you White honkies!' type stuff. It was simply too much!" Wolfman sees the tale differently. "At the time it was a very controversial story, though when I read it now I can only think, 'Gee, our writing wasn't very good."'
But, according to Wolfman, Donenfeld saw potential and said, "'Make this a two-parter and make it even more hard-hitting. Go all the way.' He understood that the market and the world was changing." And production went ahead:
Nick Cardy penciled 23 pages and began to spot ink the story entitled "The Titans Fit the Battle of Jericho." Carmine Infantino describes the work as "Gorgeous!" and Wein concurs, saying, "It was one of the best art jobs that Nick Cardy had ever done." Wolfman says Cardy "really worked hard on it because he thought that it was an important story." Cardy said, "After all these years I really don't remember [events surrounding the incidents]." But a problem arose not because of the art, but the choice of controversial subject matter.
"The problem was that after we did the script," Wolfman said, "after it was accepted, after it was penciled, inked, lettered and colored, Donenfeld left and there was a new publisher." "I remember looking at it and I rejected it totally," Infantino explains. "Giordano had okayed the job, I believe, but after it was done, I thought it was so terrible that I wouldn't print it. It was simple as that. I don't remember any specifics about it now, but I know that I just didn't like it so I had to use my best judgement."
Giordano also forgets some aspects: "I really don't remember what irritated Carmine, but Neal was right across the hall from me and, with the offices not that big, Carmine would come to the doorway-without coming in-and say something like, 'Richie, I looked at that book, I don't like it and we're not going to publish it. Get a new story.' And he walked away.
Wein recalls, "At the last minute Carmine got gun-shy and was afraid that we wouldn't be able to sell the book in the South and that all these terrible things would happen. So he just pulled the issue and said, 'Nope, we're not going to do it.' This was less than a week before the book was supposed to ship to the printer." And, Giordano said, "The cover was already done and printed so it had to have 'Jericho' in the title and something to do with the action on the cover."
Something had to be done. Fast. "Neal across the hall hears all of this and comes in," Giordano says. "We both had this wonderful relationship at DC in being able to communicate without talking-sometimes you almost had to do that. So after Carmine had thrown the art back in my lap, Neal came in and looked at them. He said, 'What are you going to do?' I said, 'I don't know. I'm going home and I'll think about it. Tomorrow, I'll decide.' I came in next morning and there were seven pages. He had stayed up all night, penciling them."
"I was sought out by individuals as the 'defender of the faith,"' Neal explains, "and I was handed the script by an irate Len and Marv with the request to read it and see if there was anything wrong with it because Management was being crazy and they stopped the job. I read it and felt that it was going way overboard in that it offended White people just as People of Color had been offended for hundreds of years-this was not cool; I could defend it, but not in the face of total rejection. This was a comic book medium and this was the Teen Titans!… [the story] was simply too much! First I offered to edit it down to try and save it, but my edit was rejected."
Wein remembers, "They wouldn't accept a new version of the script and they ended up doing an entirely new thing that came out in place of what we had done." Adams "volunteered to rewrite the entire job," Wolfman recalls. "He did and it was still killed. At that point we all understood that it wasn't being killed because of bad writing, but because it had a Black super-hero in it." Adams says he went to Management to plead for the salvage job: "I said, 'Look, why don't I do this? I will rewrite the story (use as many pages as I can) and let's agree that the guys went overboard, but this is not a reason not to ever give them work again."
"Basically what Editorial was saying," Adams says, "was not to give them any more work because they could not be trusted. I said, 'This was simple enthusiasm, so let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. I will rewrite this story and I will pencil it. The situation has gone too far so let's just back off. I'll patch up the story."
The issue was now getting the job out, so Giordano says he asked Adams, "Can you finish it in time? Carmine is breathing down my neck." Whether Adams stayed up all night writing to salvage Cardy's art or drawing the beginning of an entirely new story is debatable, but one aspect is not in contention: The future of writing team Wein and Wolfman was in serious jeopardy at DC. "I spoke to Len and Marv but they were riled up," Neal said. "I said, 'I'm going to redo the story and we're going to take those references out.' They went, 'What do you mean!? Come on, Neal, don't you think it's unfair?' I said, 'Guys! Yes, you're right, but they don't want to give you any more work in the future because of this. This is very serious business! I need you guys to back off for now.' They said, 'Oh, that's not fair! This is just bullshit!' I was trying to make peace and it didn't seem to be working.
I wanted those guys to work at DC in the future and I couldn't let it go on, so I had to make an arbitrary decision and follow through with the offer I made to DC. So I indeed finished it and gave it to Cardy to ink. Carmine finally accepted it and it wasn't long before Len and Marv began writing again for DC." But some of Cardy's original pages did make it into the final version. "They used about five pages including the cover," Wolfman said, "but they threw a blue tone over the Black characters on the cover so you wouldn't know necessarily that they were Black- though if you look carefully, you can see that they are."
There was lasting damage to the writers' reputations at DC. "From this point, Len and I were both blacklisted at DC for about two years," Wolfman says, adding, "Later on, I used the name Jericho as a Titan in the New Teen Titans. While it had nothing to do with the original Jericho story, I was determined to use the name." But occasional jobs made it into their hands from sympathetic editors. "I was able to write the origin of Wonder Girl [and some Mystery tales], for instance," Wolfman said, "because Dick and Joe Orlando would give us short stories under the table."
Neal saw a more positive repercussion: "I think this incident later sparked the decision editorially to accept the Black Green Lantern, and maybe we should have dedicated that story to Len, Marv and Joshua."
A fair assessment of the controversy-even if there was a "right" or "wrong" in this incident-can't be made until the entire story (either Cardy's pages and/or Marv's script) is found and published. Did Marv and Len go "overboard" with virulent racist dialogue, or was management "gun-shy" about dealing with the racial issues (and what would have been DC's first Black super-hero) in comic books? It is our sincere wish that the owners of the "lost" pages will come forward and share their treasures with the rest of us. CBA hopes to publish the complete story when they see the light of day.
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Hi friends! Can I just say that for the record, I am always blown away by the wisdom and insight that my readers possess? Granted I'm not surprised in the slightest since I know you are all incredibly intelligent, but your comments about disconnecting from the virtual world in my last post were really sensational. I will be responding to each of you today – I love this topic of conversation!
I've been making a lot of revelations with my food choices lately and am planning to have a big post about that and some other "food for thought" later this week. For today, I'd like to introduce a Power Monday through a fabulous Guest Bender! You're not going to want to miss Diana's genius creation – Power Toast. It takes what we know and love about oatmeal creations to a quicker, toastier new frontier!
Plus, her pictures are mouthwatering Take it away, girly!
Power Toast: Diana from The Chic Life
As a healthy eater, I love how easy it is to turn oatmeal into a powerhouse of nutrition with lots of yummy mix-ins and toppings. However, as a busy, working, city girl, I don't always have the time I need to cook up oatmeal in the morning. So, I started making something different for my busier days…
Power Toast!
What is Power Toast? Power Toast is toast amped up with healthy toppings. The concept is simple. Oatmeal is a like a blank canvas to which we add various toppings to add flavor, texture, and nutrition. A good piece of whole grain bread can also serve as a blank canvas for delicious and healthful toppings. Power Toast is a lifesaver for my busiest mornings since I can get a great breakfast in a snap.
I like to start with a great base of whole grain bread. Personally, I prefer buying bread from a local bakery. Hubby and I get our weekly bread from Great Harvest Bread Company. We really love Honey Whole Wheat, Flax Oat Bran, Dakota, and Oat Bran because they are all whole grain based. Whole grain serving – check!
Next, I like to add a nice nut butter spread to create the perfect pair of whole grains and protein to give me energy and help keep me full all morning. My favorite nut butter is Barney Butter (crunchy).
Here's the fun part. In the same way you would add toppings to oatmeal, you can add toppings to your toast: dried fruit, jam, jelly, nuts, flaxseeds, chia seeds, hemp seeds, goji berries, chocolate chips – whatever you want. Get creative.
Here are some of my favorite combinations:
Coconut-y Toast – Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat Toast
- Barney Butter (about 2 – 2 1/2 tbsp)
- sunflower seeds
- flaxseeds
- organic unsweetened coconut flakes
Dried Fruit + Seeds – Great Harvest Dakota Toast
- Barney Butter
- Earthfare fruit & nut mix (cranberries, raisins, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds)
- And, of course, HEMP SEEDS! (Have you tried these yet? You should! They are good for you.)
AB+J Seedy Toast – Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat Toast
Toppings (AB+J = almond butter and jelly):
- Barney Butter
- Earthfare organic pomegranate jelly
- sunflower seeds
- hemp seeds
- sesame seeds
Now, who's ready for some breakfast?! What will you put on your Power Toast?
Thanks, Diana! Now I'm officially hungry and off to make breakfast. I wonder what I should have…
Tell us, what would you put on your Power Toast?!
Have a POWERFUL Monday, everyone!


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Journal of Petroleum Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 803706, 8 pages
A Field Study on Simulation of CO2 Injection and ECBM Production and Prediction of CO2 Storage Capacity in Unmineable Coal Seam
Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
Received 22 August 2012; Revised 18 November 2012; Accepted 22 November 2012
Academic Editor: Serhat Akin
Copyright © 2013 Qin He et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
CO2 sequestration into a coal seam project was studied and a numerical model was developed in this paper to simulate the primary and secondary coal bed methane production (CBM/ECBM) and carbon dioxide (CO2) injection. The key geological and reservoir parameters, which are germane to driving enhanced coal bed methane (ECBM) and CO2 sequestration processes, including cleat permeability, cleat porosity, CH4 adsorption time, CO2 adsorption time, CH4 Langmuir isotherm, CO2 Langmuir isotherm, and Palmer and Mansoori parameters, have been analyzed within a reasonable range. The model simulation results showed good matches for both CBM/ECBM production and CO2 injection compared with the field data. The history-matched model was used to estimate the total CO2 sequestration capacity in the field. The model forecast showed that the total CO2 injection capacity in the coal seam could be 22,817 tons, which is in agreement with the initial estimations based on the Langmuir isotherm experiment. Total CO2 injected in the first three years was 2,600 tons, which according to the model has increased methane recovery (due to ECBM) by 6,700 scf/d.
1. Introduction
Fossil fuels are currently playing a significant role in the whole world's energy supply. However, its damage to the environment, especially the CO2 emission resulting in the green house effect, has gotten more and more attention. At present, several geological CO2 sequestration technologies, such as CO2 injection into saline aquifer, CO2-EOR, CO2-ECBM, and so forth, have been studied to minimize the CO2 release into the atmosphere, and these projects have been operating all over the world [1–6]. Studies have shown that unmineable coal seams (seams too deep or too thin to be mined economically) are pretty attractive as one of the promising options for CO2 sequestration because of their large CO2 sequestration capacity, long time CO2 trapping, and extra enhanced coal-bed methane (ECBM) production benefits [1, 7–10]. Field experience with CO2 injection into coal seam is limited, although field tests are planned or are being conducted in the USA, Canada, Poland, Australia, and Japan [3].
However, unlike conventional reservoirs, gas flow in the coal seams can cause the cleat permeability and porosity variation during the injection/production process. Once gas is injected and adsorbed on the coal matrix, the matrix will swell, and correspondently decrease the cleat permeability and porosity [11, 12]. Due to its special features and the nature of gas retention in CBM reservoirs, simulating the production and injection will have more complexity compared to conventional resources.
Similar to conventional naturally fractured reservoirs, coal is characterized as a dual-porosity system consisting of matrix and cleat, in which majority of the gas is stored within the coal matrix by a process of adsorption and a small amount of free gas exists in the cleats or fractures [13]. Once CO2 is injected into the coal seam, it will be held by coal surface because of its higher affinity to the coal matrix than methane, and then displaces the methane to boost extra natural gas production. Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of the CO2 sequestration-ECBM process. It is estimated by laboratory measurements that this process, known as CO2-enhanced coal bed methane, can store twice as much CO2 as the methane desorbed or even more [14].
The entire gas flow mechanism can be summarized in three steps: desorption: once free gas or water is produced from fracture systems in coal seams, pressure starts to be released, then the adsorbed gas will be desorbed from the matrix surface, which can be described by Langmuir isotherm equation; diffusion: due to the gas molecular concentration difference, gas will diffuse from matrix surface to cleats/micro-pores; Darcy's flow: gas in the cleats and natural fractures will flow to the wellbore by Darcy's flow [15]. Recently, the numerical reservoir simulator have become the most popular tool to predict coal seam performance and provides a good understanding of gas flow from the reservoir to the wellbore [16].
1.1. Langmuir Isotherm
The gas adsorption/desorption process can be described by the typical formulation of Langmuir isotherm:
As shown in Figure 2, Langmuir volume () is the maximum amount of gas that can be adsorbed on a piece of coal at infinite pressure. Langmuir pressure () is the pressure at which the Langmuir volume can be adsorbed. is the amount of gas at different pressure, also known as gas content (scf/ton). Whenever the Langmuir volume and Langmuir pressure are known, the adsorbed gas amount can be calculated at any pressure.
1.2. Diffusion
Diffusion is the fact that particles move/spread from high concentration to low concentration region. Diffusion of gas out of the coal matrix can be expressed by a simple diffusion equation. The diffusion process in coal seams can be described by either diffusion coefficient or coal desorption time input in the simulator [16]:
1.3. Coal Shrinkage and Swelling
One of the unique characteristics of coal seam is the phenomenon of pressure dependent permeability. As the production from the reservoir takes places, two distinct phenomena occur. First, the reservoir pressure declines, which causes the pressure in the fractures to decline as well, which in turn leads to an increase in the effective stress within the cleats causing the cleats to be more compactable, so the cleat permeability will decrease. At the same time, the gas that has been desorbed is coming out of the matrix, which causes the matrix to shrink and the cleats to open-up; thereby the cleat permeability will be increased. As a function of the pressure drop, compressibility dominates in early time and shrinkage dominates in the late time [16]. Palmer and Mansoori model [17] is used to simulate the permeability change process during production/injection in this model:
2. Project Description
From 2009, the CO2 sequestration with ECBM production project began in Marshall County, West Virginia. The objective of this project was to help mitigate climate change by providing an effective and economic way to permanently store CO2 in un-minable coal seams. In advance of CO2 injection, four horizontal coalbed methane wells (MH5, MH11, MH18, and MH20) were drilled into the un-minable Upper Freeport coal seam, which are 1,200 to 1,800 feet below the ground. These wells have been producing coalbed methane since 2004. The center located wells (MH18 and MH20) have been converted to CO2 injection wells since September 2009 [18]. 20,000 short tons are planned to be injected through well MH18 and MH20 in two years.
Several questions come with this project and need to be investigated: how much CO2 can be stored in this coal seam? How long does the injection process take? Which parameters affect the injection and production the most? These questions could be answered by an effective coal seam model, which was represented by a dual-porosity system to show the fluid flow through both matrix and cleat under the particular conditions in this site. The following assumptions were considered for the modeling and simulation purpose.(1)The initial seam pressure is hydrostatic pressure, which is 0.28 psi/ft after water is produced.(2)The flow in the coal seam is single phase including only CH4 and CO2.(3)The fluid flow in the cleat system is a laminar flow due to the larger pore size and it is governed by Darcy's Law, while the flow in the matrix is a diffusional flow due to smaller pore size and governed by Fick's Law.(4)Palmer and Mansoori equation is used to allow the natural permeability and porosity to vary as a function of pressure.
In most cases, the actual in situ seam data is unavailable, which leads to the requirements of some assumptions on certain parameters, such as, in this case, matrix/cleat permeability, matrix/cleat porosity, geo-mechanical properties (Young's modulus, Poisson ratio), and so forth. Table 1 summarizes the initial physical parameters in the model.
3. History-Matching Results and Discussion
As indicated before, the CO2 sequestration-ECBM production project went through three stages: primary methane (CBM) recovery, CO2 injection, and secondary methane (ECBM) recovery. MH18 and MH20 were firstly performed as production wells from January 2005 to July 2007 with a following two-year shut in period; thereafter, they were transferred into CO2 injection wells since September 2009. MH5 and MH11 keep on methane production from the all the way from beginning to present. All well productions and injection were simulated starting from the start day until the date the most updated data have been recorded and reported (August 2012 in this paper).
However, different performance of MH18 and MH20 in different time periods introduced a lot of complexity on the history matching process. A key factor should be respected in the history matching: either for initial methane production or the following CO2 injection, well properties (MH18 or MH20) must stay the same in the model; thereby what was changed is only the operation type.
The results of sensitivity analysis were very valuable in back and forth model parameter adjustment. Sensitivity analysis is known as the study of how the variation (uncertainty) in the output of a mathematical model can be apportioned, qualitatively or quantitatively affected by the change of different variations in the input of the model [19]. Sensitivity analysis of coal modeling properties is widely studied and is addressed that it will be an important tool in future decision making [19–21]. In this case, related coal parameters, including cleat permeability, porosity, CH4 desorption time, CO2 desorption time, CH4 Langmuir volume, CO2 Langmuir volume, and Palmer and Mansoori parameters have been tested in the model. The comparison of coal physical property influences can be concluded based on the study result as: Young's modulus and Poisson ratio have little effect, while sorption time, cleat permeability, strain, and Langmuir isotherm are the key parameters that affect CH4 production and CO2 injection most.
The actual in-seam data for both methane production and CO2 injection in Upper Freeport coal seam were reported daily as shown in Figure 3. The average minimum bottom hole pressure in production wells is 20 psia, and the average maximum BHP in injection wells is 900 psia. The daily injection rate is set as constraint. The trend could be observed in the production; the methane production rate has clearly increased in MH5 and MH11 after July 2009 due to the CO2 injection. A gradual decline trend in injection rate can be noticed in the injection wells, especially in MH18, which can be a consequence of the permeability changes occurring during desorption/adsorption process on coal.
No regular tracking pattern of daily rate was observed because of frequent shut-in operations due to weather, equipment damage, or other unpredictable reasons during the injection process. Therefore, cumulative rates are considered to be the history matching target by setting bottom hole pressure as constraints in the model. History matching was performed for six wells, and final existing reservoir properties, including permeability, porosity, Langmuir isotherm parameter, sorption time, and so forth, as appropriate, were determined by history matching. The history matching results are illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 and the coal parameters are listed in Table 2. It is important to note that the degree of component isotherm and sorption time at any given in-situ condition is directly related to the rank of the coal. Values may change in a large range from different coal seams.
Figure 4 shows the fairly good history matching result of CH4 cumulative production for all production wells. Green line and red line represents the simulated result and actual data, respectively. As shown in Figure 4(a), well5 was shut in from July 2007 to April 2009 and October 2010 to March 2011, which can be seen from two short straight lines in red cumulative curves. 7 × 106 ft3 CH4 could be produced from well5 by August 2012 with a stable increase. As illustrated in Figure 4(b), well11 had a short shut-in period of three months; that is why no production increase is shown in October 2005 and from July 2008 to November 2008. Totally, 2 × 107 ft3 CH4 were produced from well11 by August 2012, a sharp build-up could be observed after the start of large CO2 injection on September 2009, which is because of ECBM production. Figures 4(c) and 4(d) show the cumulative CH4 production of well18 and well20 from January 2005 to July 2007, respectively, before they were shut-in and transferred to CO2 injection well. MH18 produced 1.6 × 107 ft3 CH4, while MH20 had a total of 1 × 107 ft3 CH4 production at the end of production period.
Figure 5 shows cumulative CO2 injection history matching in MH18 and MH20 after they were converted into injection wells. Red dashed line represents actual CO2 injection data from September 2009 to August 2012, while green line shows simulation results for both wells. Certain plateaus could be seen in the curves during the whole injection periods, which is because of the shut-in times resulting from operational reasons, such as weather affects, equipment damage, and so forth. More CO2 was injected through well18 (maximum amount of 2.5 × 107 ft3 CO2), compared to 2.5 × 107 ft3 CO2 injection in well20. The total amount of injected CO2 through MH18 and MH20 has been almost 3,000 tons in the first three years, with an average ECBM increase of an approximation of 6,700 scf/day.
4. CO2 Sequestration Capacity in Coal Seam
There are four main CO2 storage mechanisms in coal seams: (a) stratigraphic and structural trapping, (b) hydrodynamic trapping, (c) mineral trapping, and (d) adsorption trapping. In un-mineable coal seams, adsorption trapping is the main sequestration method. This is the process of accumulation of injected gases which is adsorbed on the surface of micropores within the coal matrix. The adsorption capacity will mostly depend upon Langmuir isotherm factors [22]. Figure 6 illustrates the final Langmuir Isotherm in Upper Freeport coal seam in this case.
Two assumptions have been made in order to simplify the calculation here.(1)No water production data was reported in this case; the coal reservoir was simulated with single phase production with only CH4 and CO2.(2)Adsorption trapping is the main sequestration method in un-mineable coal seam, which was considered as the only storage mechanism without including free gas in the fractures in this study.
The CO2 adsorption capacity in the coal seam can be calculated as where scf/ton, psia, psi/ft × 1200 ft = 360 psi, and = , where, lbs/, = 25,193,558 ft3, 1 ton = 2,000 lbs, Coal tonnage = 85 × 25,193,558/2,000 = 1,069,466 tons, OGIP = 1,069,466 tons × 373 scf/ton/17,483 ton/scf = 22,817 tons (coal seam volume and coal density were provided and were used directly).
5. Summary and Conclusions
The modeling and history matching process of methane production and ECBM as well as CO2 injection in a coal bed seam was explained in this work. This process was performed using conducting actual data analysis and sensitivity analysis of related coal seam physical properties on four horizontal wells drilled in Upper Freeport coal seam. Results of history matching were compiled to show the initial and existing condition in the coal seam. CO2 sequestration capacity prediction was completed according to the Langmuir isotherm properties obtained from the history matched reservoir model.
The simulation of CH4 gasification and CO2 injection process was quite complicated. The special swelling and shrinkage features and the nature of gas retention in CBM reservoirs make the modeling and history matching of production and injection data in coal bed methane more complex because of the permeability and porosity variations compared to conventional resources.
Sensitivity analysis results suggested that sorption time, cleat permeability, strain, and Langmuir isotherm are the most influential parameters during CH4 production and CO2 injection process. It is concluded by the Langmuir isotherm parameters from history matched model that the total CO2 sequestration capacity is about 22,817 tons excluding the free gas part in the cleat system. The total CO2 injection amount in the first three years was 4.5 × 107 ft3 or 2,600 tons, which caused an increase of 6,700 scf/day in CH4 production rate from other two wells.
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This book deals with the how and why of over a century of religious and cultural change. Steve Bruce explores Scotland's transformation from the largely devout Presbyterian country of 1900, with the church as a major social force, to the diverse, more secular society of today, when less than 10 per cent of Scots attend church. He bases his study on a career's worth of historical, ethnographic and statistical research, to provide both a coherent description of Scotland's current religious complexion and a considered explanation of the forces that shaped it. Scottish Gods is both a fascinating summary of over a century of religious and cultural change, and a searing analysis of the state of religion in Scotland today by one of our leading social historians. It explores how religion has become more varied over time: growth in Catholicism and charismatic Christian fellowships; easternisation of Scotland's religious vocabulary through Buddhism and Hinduism; the growth of the Muslim population, and pursuit of spiritual interests once considered pagan. It looks at the decline in the Protestant-Catholic divide. It discusses controversies over the proper public place of religion.
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MIDLAND, Texas — One was a Union Pacific freight train bound for Louisiana, a 7,200-foot-long behemoth with 84 cargo cars rumbling through the flat industrial edge of this West Texas city. The other was a popular annual parade for wounded veterans and their spouses, a leisurely cruise through the dusty streets that moved slowly enough that the participants comfortably sat in chairs on the back of flatbed trucks.
About 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, four days after Veterans Day, the two processions collided, leaving a deadly, chaotic scene at a rail crossing two miles outside downtown Midland. A dozen combat veterans who dodged gunfire and explosives in tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan were killed or injured in the unlikeliest of places, at a so-called Show of Support parade in a patriotic city known for being the hometown of Laura Bush and the childhood home of her husband, former President George W. Bush.
Four Army and Marine veterans were killed, and 16 veterans and civilians were injured, at least one of them critically. On Friday, there were more questions than answers about what went wrong, and whether mechanical or human error was to blame, as the National Transportation Safety Board began an investigation.
Veterans and their spouses were seated on the open flatbed trailers of two separate trucks, one driving in front of the other. The authorities said the first truck drove over the railroad crossing at South Garfield Street and West Industrial Avenue, but the second one was traveling over the tracks when the train struck the rear of the vehicle. Witnesses who were either driving vehicles in the parade or watching it on the street said the rail crossing's long gate arms came down on the people seated on the trailer as the truck made its way over the tracks. And they described how the train seemed to come from out of nowhere, blaring its horn, they said, only seconds before impact.
"I did not hear the train at all," said one witness, Joe Cobarobio, 39, who stood filming the parade. "I did not hear the horn as it was approaching the intersection. I only heard it right about three seconds before it slammed into the back of the tractor-trailer."
One of the four who died, Joshua Michael, 34, a retired Army sergeant who was wounded by an improvised explosive device in Iraq, pushed his wife off the trailer to save her life, relatives said.
The others killed were Gary Stouffer, 37, who served in the Marines for 17 years, was wounded in Afghanistan and is survived by his wife and two children; William Lubbers, 43, who served in the Army Special Forces, was shot in the arm in Afghanistan and lived in Fayetteville, N.C., with his wife and two children; and Lawrence Boivin, 47, who received a Purple Heart while in the Army in Iraq and leaves a wife, two stepdaughters and a grandson.


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Episode #630: The Söze Episode featuring John Ennis
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Listening to podcats ruled, this episode ruled, and one time (in a recent episode) I think y'all were wondering how many people there were; there are 315 million Americans and about 7 billion people. Cheers!
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I'm very happy to see the podcast is now getting major sponsorship! In my opinion, you guys have the funniest show out there. I have a bunch of comedy podcasts that I listen to throughout the week at work, and The Long Shot is my favorite. My coworkers know exactly what I'm listening to when they hear me laughing out loud alone in my office! Love you guys – keep it up!!
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- 1 package prebaked mini 8-in pizza crusts (we used Boboli)
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- Heat oven to 450°F. Place crusts on a baking sheet; top with sauce. Pull cheese into thin strips; place on pizzas in the shape of a web.
- Bake pizza for 8 to 10 minutes until cheese melts. Cool 3 minutes.
- Cut off one end of 2 olives for spider heads. Halve remaining olives lengthwise. Use one half for body; cut remaining pieces into strips for legs. Assemble spider on each pizza.
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In September 2006 they reunioned and played one show during Off Festival in Mysłowice. Macio Moretti played the drums instead of Arkadiusz Kowalczyk, who was sick. About 10,000 people took part in this special event.
Lenny Valentino's distinctive sound combined melodic rock with soft instrumental music and psychedelic elements. The band's name comes from a song by The Auters.
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Life is a constant stream of choices. Some are more trivial than others…chocolate chip or snicker-doodle? Others hold more significance. Regardless each choice is a turn in our path. Every decision changes our lives…either for a few minutes or forever. While some choices lead to success, others can set us on a path to failure. The trick is making the right choice.
When we are young, choices seem less important. There is a sense that we have time to change our course and achieve all that we want. It is easier to let other people's judgment sway our sense of what is right….especially if the alternative is more carefree. With a ripple effect, suddenly we are off course and our journey can become even more difficult. All because of choices.
As we get older, we begin to recognize the impact of our decisions. This is were it gets complicated. Suddenly aware of the ripple effect, many people find themselves stuck and fearful of change and choice. Everything matters. The crazy thing is that being frozen and incapable of making a choice, IS A CHOICE. That choice adds to your steps along your path.
Sometimes bad things happen and I am as troubled as anyone else about this. But not all things that happen aren't foreseen and not everyone is an innocent victim. For many people, they have taken steps towards it each and every day. Selfish decisions, failure to act, indifference…only to name a few turning points. You see…negative choices bring negative energy into your life.
I grew up hearing my mother drill the mantra "you reap what you sow" deep into my soul. As I get older, I see how true this is. Those who never tended their crops, find their themselves hungry and desperate for life. While those who cultivated their relationships and took time to make proper decisions, are full and thriving.
"Quality questions create a quality life," Tony Robbins informed us all. I believe our life is the sum of all of our choices. No matter how still you are, life keeps changing. If you are finding yourself stuck in "choice" quicksand, her are a few questions that may help to get you out:
- Will this steal my energy or enhance it?
- Will this choice hold me in my past or move me towards an inspiring future?
- Will I grow from this?
- Is this an act of love…or sabotage?
Newton's first law basically states that an object in motion will stay in motion until acted upon by an outside force. Life is the same. You are in constant motion until you die. The question is where are you heading? Ultimately the choices you make will define you. The goal is to be the best person you can be in each moment…one moment at a time, one choice at a time.


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Rebekah Brooks has said she was kept completely in the dark about the News of the World's hunt for missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler.
The former editor told the Old Bailey no one at the paper told her about the paper's belief that the 13-year-old was working in a factory in Telford.
The false lead came from one of Miss Dowler's voicemails and had been hacked for journalists on the paper by private detective Glenn Mulcaire.
But Brooks, who was on holiday in Dubai at the time, said the operation to find the teenager in Telford, involving several reporters and photographers, was not disclosed to her.
"If she was working in a factory in Telford, you as editor would have decided what goes on the front page?," said prosecutor Andrew Edis QC.
Brooks replied: "I would talk to my deputy, talk to Andy Coulson, about what was on the front page from holiday.
"If he said we had found Milly Dowler but the police have been unable to and I'm putting that quite big on page one, then I would have been told."
Mr Edis pressed her: "Did Andy Coulson tell you?", and she replied "no".
He added: "Did anyone tell you?" and again she replied "no".
Brooks, who is on trial for phone hacking, corruption and perverting the course of justice, is giving evidence for the 12th day from the witness box.
Mr Justice Saunders asked if she was surprised that she had been kept in the dark by her staff.
"It would surprise me if anybody had told me that she was alive and well and working at 13-years-old in a factory", she said.
"If that was true, I would have been told she was alive and I would remember I was told she was alive."
Brooks said she would have had a decision to make whether to ditch the planned front page – an exclusive with EastEnders actor Michael Greco which she had paid £15,000 for – if Miss Dowler had been found.
Mr Edis asked: "What if the News of the World finds missing schoolgirl that cops fail to find? Would that be front page news?"
Brooks replied: "Of course it would, yes."
The court heard earlier that Mulcaire was used by journalists on the paper to find convicted paedophiles during the Sarah's Law campaign in 2000.
The private investigator was paid £1,275 for finding 15 convicted sex offenders and their current locations at the behest of several journalists at the Sunday tabloid, the court heard.
But Brooks, who says she first heard of Mulcaire in 2006, said she never asked who was doing work identifying the paedophiles.
She has told the jury that the Sarah's Law campaign was a central plank of her two-and-a-half year editorship of the newspaper.
The campaign was launched in the wake of schoolgirl Sarah Payne's murder, to name and shame convicted sex offenders living in the community.
Prosecutor Andrew Edis asked: "Did you know one of the people being paid for doing your campaign was Mr Mulcaire?
Brooks replied: "No, I didn't."
Mr Edis asked: "Did you ask anyone who was doing this work that was so important to you?"
She said: "The nature of the investigation and the difficulties were brought to me, but not who, just the type."
Mr Edis showed the jury internal News of the World documents that Mulcaire may have helped find 15 convicted paedophiles for several reporters on the paper.
One of the people who appear to have used the services of Mulcaire's company, Global Intel Services Ltd was news editor Greg Miskiw, who has now admitted phone hacking.
"That suggests quite a lot of people on the news desk used Mr Mulcaire in the summer of 2000", said Mr Edis.
"Did any of these people tell you where they got their information from?"
Brooks replied that she only spoke to department heads and not reporters directly, and was instead concentrating with speaking to Sarah Payne's parents.
"I was certainly aware that we were using tracing agents, private detectives, and local news agencies", she said.
"It was really all hands on deck.
"I can't check everything myself, I relied on my department heads to do due diligence before I put them in the paper.
"I was impossible for me as editor to sit down with every paedophile found in the community to do the checks myself."
She said when the Milly Dowler story first emerged, police advised her reporters that the disappearance did not fit into the Sarah's Law narrative.
Brooks told the court she did not take a special interest in the story for this reason.
"Of course I took an interest in Milly Dowler's disappearance, of course I did, it was a missing child, but not with the intensity of Sarah's Law", she said.
"We didn't approach it in the same way that we did with Sarah's Law.
"We didn't launch a petition, we didn't do a reward immediately – the normal things
Brooks is on trial with Andy Coulson, 46, and managing editor Stuart Kuttner, 73, accused of a six-year phone hacking campaign at the News of the World.
She, Goodman, 56, and Coulson are also accused of misconduct in public office.
Brooks then alleged of masterminding a cover-up of phone hacking with husband Charles, 51, News International head of security Mark Hanna, 50, and PA Cheryl Carter, 49, when she knew she was about to be arrested.
Rebekah Brooks, of Churchill, Chipping Norton, Coulson, of Charing, Kent, and Kuttner, of Woodford Green, Essex all deny of one count of conspiracy to intercept communications.
Brooks also denies two counts of perverting the course of justice and conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.
Coulson, with Goodman, of Addlestone, Surrey, also denies two counts of misconduct in a public office.
Carter, of Chelmsford, Essex, Hanna, of Buckingham, Bucks, and Charles Brooks, of Churchill, Chipping Norton, all deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
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This systematic theology, then, begins from the treatise De Deo Uno and develops the dogma of the Trinity as an expression of divine unicity, on which will depend creation, Christology, and ecclesiology. In the end, the transcendent beauty who is God can be known only in worship and praise.
Systematic Theology by Katherine Sonderegger was published by Fortress Press,U.S. in June 2015 and is our 52187th best seller. The ISBN for Systematic Theology is 9781451482843.
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Part I. The One God
1. The Perfect Oneness of God
1a. The Divine Oneness in Holy Scripture
2. The Divine Oneness as Foundational Perfection
2a. The Divine Oneness in Scholastic Theology
2b. The Divine Oneness in the Kantian Tradition
Part II. The Omnipresent One
3. The Perfection of the One LORD's Hiddenness: His Omnipresence
3a. Divine Hiddenness and Atheism
3b. Divine Hiddenness and Holy Scripture
3c. An Excursus on Theological Compatibilism and Epistemology
3d. Divine Invisibility in the New Testament
Part III. The Omnipotent One
4. The Perfection of the One LORD's Holy Humility: His Omnipotence
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4a. The Question of Divine Power
4b. Divine Omnipotence in the Tradition
4c. Divine Omnipotence in Positive, Scriptural Idiom
4d. Divine Omnipotence as Subject and Object
4e. Divine Omnipotence and Creaturely Suffering: the Prophet Jeremiah
Section II: Divine Omnipotence Ad Extra
4f. Divine Omnipotence as Personal Relation
4g. The Book of Numbers
4h. The Mutable Immutability of the Omnipotent One
4i. The Book of Genesis
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5. The Perfection of the One LORD's Spiritual Nature: His Eternal Omniscience
5a. The Omniscient One's Perfect Knowledge
5b. The Divine Knowledge of Evil
6. Methodological and Transcendental Questions in Divine Omniscience
6a. The Problem of Grounding
6b. The Problem of Representation
6c. The Representative
7. The Doctrine of Illumination
7a. Compatibilism in the Doctrine of Omniscience
7b. The Transcendental Relation
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9. The Divine Perfections and the Exegesis of Holy Scripture
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By Ed Specht, Stephenson County Health Department
Flooding and saturated soils may pose problems for area residents especially if their wells and septic systems are dated.
Updated drilled wells consist of generally a drill-hole with steel or PVC pipe (casing) placed inside. The casing extends into the well for a portion of its depth. The drill-hole diameter, for the length of the casing, is drilled approximately four inches wider (generally ten inches). The space between the casing and the outside hole is sealed with approved materials (grout). The casing extends above the surface at least eight inches and the top is protected using an approved cap. A conduit houses the electric wire for submersible pump placed down the well. The conduit extends from below the surface to the cap. The conduit fits tightly into the cap and the cap is installed tightly to the casing top. The purpose of the casing, grout, conduit and cap are to protect your water supply from potentially contaminated shallower groundwater, surface water, insects and rodents.
With older wells, many have minimal casing and often used poorer quality casing materials such as rolled and riveted tin. In some cases the wells casing is extremely rusted and perforated. The materials used for grout consisted of cuttings from the drilling operation. Because commercial pit-less adapters were not available, well casings were often terminated inside of pits to prevent freezing. Often the pits are not water-tight and water seeps into the pit. With water standing around the casing, this potentially contaminated water can run down and/or around the casing. The best remedy is to extend the casing, install a pit-less adapter and collapse the pit. This must be done by a licensed well driller. If a well is not in a pit, property owners need to assure the surface around the well is graded to assure water runs away from the well.
If you suspect your water supply quality has been compromised, do not drink the water without treatment. Bring your drinking water to a rolling boil for one minute.
If homeowners have a private well they likely have a private sewer system. During saturated soil periods, sewer systems may fail. Waste water cannot percolate down through the soil and it surfaces carrying fecal coliform and potentially other harmful substances. Once on the surface it can be carried by running water and other activities and ultimately impact human and others health. Again older systems may be more prone to problems as they were not subject to updated requirements and inspection. However every private sewer system especially a seepage field has a functioning lifetime.
To reduce problems or concerns, there are several things a homeowner can do: reduce the amount of waste water by limiting washing operations; temporarily shut off the water softener if the discharge goes to the seepage field; divert surface water from the roof and yard and sump away from the seepage field; pump the septic tank; install a new system.
The Stephenson County Health Department has: water well test kits and shipping service, water quality information, water well disinfection information, information regarding property owner's private well and septic system and attaining new and replacement wells and private sewer systems. Please contact us at (815)599-0344 or visit us at our two facilities at 295 W. Lamm Rd. or 10 W. Linden St. Freeport IL. from 8:30 AM to Noon and 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM., Monday thru Friday.
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Expert Picks for THE TOUR Championship
The final 30 golfers in the FedExCup standings will give it their all to capture not only the THE TOUR Championship but also the $10 million that the FedExCup winner scores. With such a limited field, young players and those outside the established elites will have little to no history at East Lake Golf Club. Fear not, there's more than enough stats and trends to draw from in order to build a strong lineup and end your fantasy golf season strong.
Luke Donald [Yahoo Class A] - World Ranking: #82
In four career starts at East Lake Golf Club since 2005, Donald has never finished outside of the top 25 -- highlighted by a runner-up performance last year. Over his last six events this season, he's finished no worse than 18th with two consecutive top-fives. Donald ranks first in scoring average, second in strokes gained – putting, fourth in birdie average, and ninth in All-Around Ranking.
Webb Simpson [Yahoo Class B] - World Ranking: #62
While this is the first career start at East Lake for Simpson, it really doesn't matter. He leads the FedExCup standings with finishes of 10th, first and fifth thus far in the postseason. Simpson has been pacing the field in All-Around Ranking nearly all year. He also ranks second in scoring average and third in birdie average. After yet another impressive finish, Simpson figures to leave Atlanta as the Tour champion and will likely earn Player of the Year honors.
Nick Watney [Yahoo Class C]
After a strong regular season, Watney has struggled in the last two playoff events. He finished T61 at the Deutsche Bank Championship after a brutal Sunday round of 80, but rebounding with a T22 at the BMW Championship. Watney began the postseason with the points lead, but has dropped to seventh. East Lake offers a legitimate last stand for Watney as he's finished T4 and T13 the last two years. He ranks fourth in both scoring average and All-Around Ranking.
Adam Scott [Yahoo Class A] - World Ranking: #14
In addition to winning the 2006 event at East Lake, Scott has never finished worse than 27th in five career starts at the site. The Australian has a win and two more top-10s in his last five events, but only one coming in the playoffs. Scott ranks second in All-Around Ranking, fourth in Total Driving and 17th in scoring average.
Jason Day [Yahoo Class A] - World Ranking: #4
Last year at East Lake, Day was on track for a top-10 finish in his first ever career start at the site. He would fade to finish T17 after a round of 73 on Sunday. Day is coming off a T49 at the BMW Championship, his worst result of the postseason. The Australian ranks ninth in birdie average, 10th in scoring average, 12th in strokes gained – putting, and 10th in All-Around Ranking.
Phil Mickelson [Yahoo Class B] - World Ranking: #24
Since 1998, Mickelson has eight starts at East Lake, winning in 2009 and 2000 with two more top-fives. However, Phil has been struggling as of late with three finishes outside of the top 40 in his last five events. Lefty ranks 16th in scoring average, 19th in birdie average, and 18th in All-Around Ranking.
Matt Kuchar [Yahoo Class B] - World Ranking: #15
Last year marked Kuchar's first trip to East Lake and saw him finish in the back of the field -- T25. He's recorded four straight top-25s this season, including a runner-up performance at The Barclays, after posting much stronger performances for much of the year. Kuchar ranks fourth in scoring average and sixth in All-Around Ranking.
Steve Stricker [Yahoo Class B] - World Ranking: #78
The typically bulletproof Stricker is now a major risk. He had to withdraw from the BMW Championship with neck pain, an issue that's been escalating over the last month. Prior to the early exit, Stricker recorded his worst finish of the season at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Stricker ranks first in strokes gained – putting and birdie average. He's also third in scoring average and seventh in All-Around Ranking.
Brandt Snedeker [Yahoo Class B] - World Ranking: #32
Following consecutive third-place results to begin the playoffs, Snedeker finished T22 at the BMW Championship. His lone start at East Lake came in 2007 with a T29 result. Snedeker ranks fifth in strokes gained – putting, 13th in scoring average, and 14th in All-Around Ranking. If he gets the putter going again, look out.
Dustin Johnson [Yahoo Class A] - World Ranking: #1
You just never know what you'll get with Johnson. In his last eight events, DJ has three top-fives with a win at The Barclays to start the playoffs. However, he also finished outside of the top 40 in four of the last five. In the last two years at East Lake, Johnson has finished T22 and 27th. When he's on his game, Johnson is a top-notch talent. However, his mediocre history at this site will cause most to take a pass.
David Toms [Yahoo Class C]
While Toms did not play at East Lake last year, he finished T13 in 2009 and has been consistent at the site throughout his career. After struggling in the opening two events of the playoffs, Toms enters with a top-10 from the BMW Championship. He ranks third in greens in regulation percentage, fifth in driving accuracy percentage as well as ninth in both birdie average and scoring average.
Justin Rose [Yahoo Class B] - World Ranking: #13
After a strong start to the season, Rose had fallen off the radar a bit until posting a sixth-place result at The Barclays and picking up a win at the BMW Championship. The Brit finished T15 last year at East Lake and T11 back in 2007. The overall body of work has Rose sitting eighth in All-Around Ranking.
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South Korea's Meena Lee and Germany's Caroline Masson share the lead at halfway at the North Texas Shootout tournament
South Korea's Meena Lee fired a 10 birdies in a 7-under par 64 second round on Saturday (AEST) to grab a share of the lead at the $1.4 million LPGA North Texas Shootout tournament.
Lee and Germany's Caroline Masson, who fired her second consecutive 67, topped the leaderboard on 8-under 134 after 36 holes at Las Colinas Country Club.
Americans Stacy Lewis and Natalie Gulbis shared third on 135 with compatriot Christina Kim another stroke adrift.
Norway's Suzann Pettersen, Paraguay's Julieta Granada, Dutchwoman Dewi Claire Schreefel and Americans Dori Carter and Cristie Kerr were next on 137.
Lee opened on the back nine with an eagle at the par-five 10th. After a bogey at 11, she fired back-to-back birdies before another befell her at 14.
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Facing the Lion, Being the Lion
Full Title: Facing the Lion, Being the Lion: Finding Inner Courage Where it Lives
Author: Mark Nepo
Publisher: Conari Press (2007)
Number of Pages: 301
How long it took me to read: 2 weeks, 5 days
Where I bought this book: An innocent visit to the Stanford University campus for a sunny Sunday afternoon stroll turned into an impassioned exploration of the bargain bins at the Stanford Bookstore.
Like a Moth to a Flame
First, it was its neapolitan ice cream colors that attracted me. Then, I started to wonder if maybe learning about the lion would give me courage to summon the lioness within me. That was a few months ago. Today, I've decided to start my journey with Nepo because the lioness has been scratching at her cage, and I'm not sure how much longer I can keep her safely at a distance.
Favorite Five
Whittling 17 down to 5…I propose that the top 5 quotes from this book are:
5. "…the drama of life demands that we put in the effort to consciously work with what we're given until we practice our way into honest living." (p.193)
4. "…the courage to lean into what needs to be joined, instead of hiding from it, will keep our brokenness from spreading." (p.19)
3. "Like the frog put in a pot of water which is brought slowly to a boil, the numb life of illusion slowly cooks us without our knowing." (p.133)
2. "In one way, the journey can be reduced to this challenge: to either be of God…or to be Godlike…Though the challenge seldom presents itself this starkly. More often, we are tempted to trudge after geese in the snow until we have a clear shot, only to find that the trigger has frozen, and, reluctantly, we put down our gun and just listen to them flutter off, to where we secretly would like to go." (p.73)
…and my pick for the No.1 quote is…
1. "…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky." (p.275)
New Words
Words are wondrous creatures. Put them together and they paint a picture. Rearrange them and the scene changes. But to be able to see what they are saying, we must first know what they mean.
New Word: jut (verb)
Definition (Source: WordBook iPhone App): extend out or project in space
Synonyms: stick out, protrude, jut out, project
Origins: 1450's; corruption of obsolete jet (see jetty)
As in: "I named her Saba, for the mystical island south of St. Martin jutting so clearly from the ocean." (p.45)
Conversation with the Reader
While I read, I write, and as I write, I read. Here's some of what I wrote while I read this book:
"Nepo digs deep into the beds of fertile soil that make up our innate potential, wriggling long tendrils of exploration into the dirt like worms tunneling in search of moist warmth and nourishment. He turns the earth, showing you the pebbles that were once mountains, eventually destroyed by time and man. He brings up to the surface the tiny seedlings preparing for the sun's maternal embrace, and implores you to scrounge up the patience to allow the seedlings to sprout."
"So often, all we see is the surface – the cracked crust of Earth's clay mask, the dusty blankets of sandy seas. All that is asked of us is to have the faith to believe that there is something more just beneath the surface, readying its way into our view."
"The recipe for faith calls for a short list of ingredients: patience, compassion and acceptance. What makes this dish so difficult to create is that we're not told how much of each to include or how long we should wait for it to cook. All we have to guide us is the unexplainable, the intangible and the illogical. Bon appetit!"
"I have been climbing the outside walls of my lion's cage for some time. My lion has sat, still and silent, watching as I tore at her fur, hissed at her head and flailed my limbs across the bars of her cage in desperate denial.
"Then, one day, I found the latch that opened the door to the inside world of my strength. I fiddled with it for quite some time, sticking my fingers into its over-sized keyhole and digging around in its crevices. Discovering that the latch was unlocked, there was nothing left between me and my strength.
"So I embraced it, and then I threw it against the back of the cage. I nuzzled into the nook of its warmest parts, and then I tugged at its coat with regret and defeat. I danced to the melody of my impulses until my feet got entangled in my lion's tail. Scraped and scuffed and bruised from the tumble, I decided to let my lion lead. My posture improved and I started standing taller. I was learning to live as the lion."
"As I sit next to a man and a woman sharing their experiences of being divorced single parents struggling to find ways for their children to like them, I read Nepo quoting Hannah Arendt saying, "It is when we are in dialogue that we are most human." (p.76) I realize that even though I barely understand a sentence I'm reading because of all the coffee shop chaos surrounding me, all is good because I'm fortunate enough to be sitting within a live scene on humanity's stage. Sighing deeply and sitting back in the hard wooden chair that's supported better eavesdroppers than I'll ever be, I take the moment to acknowledge the sticky, sloppy, unapologetic nature of life and find even greater space for gratitude for the neatly lined blank pages waiting for me."
"To pray for courage, to ask for courage, is to ask for experiences that challenge us to show courage – an example reminding us to be careful for that which we ask. In most cases, virtue isn't gifted, it is earned. To be virtuous distances oneself from the masses while at the same time reserving a seat of authority where those who unconsciously seek virtue within themselves can find you. What a life to play the role of a mirror, reflecting in others what they most wish to avoid. What irony not to be able to see one's own reflection in that same mirror."
"I have been struggling recently with whether to take on a new project. I have a feeling that its cost will end up outweighing its reward, but it's a job, and in this economy, one is best advised to consider all jobs quite carefully. Then I read this quote from Thoreau that Nepo included in his book: 'The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.' (p.98) And so, I have my answer, for 'life' I value most of all."
"Breaking bread with friends is a wonderful opportunity to embrace one's connection with humanity. It's far too easy to explore the inner depths of one's being while lackadaisically dismissing the outer companion that shares our reflection in the mirror.
"So it was in a moment of inconvenient truth that a friend's innocent observation pummeled me to my bruised knees. We were speaking of the nature of one's exploration of the inner worlds, of whether it is an act of nobility or one of denial. With the gentle wave of his ethereal hand, he brushed away the dust blanketing a truth I do well to sidestep. 'As important as it is to be willing to do the work to explore the depths of your purest self, equally vital is to remember to leave the door open so that you have a way of coming back.'
"It isn't so much that the exploration of the unseen is so enjoyable that it draws one into a state of procrastination or avoidance. It's more that it has a way of intoxicating its visitors, filling their surroundings with musky perfumes promising perpetual bliss on the cusp of godliness. It's that the unseen world is easier to embrace because it cannot be denied by those who believe in it. And if it can't be denied, that must mean there's a place in it for each believer. The world we see around us is much more cruel in its ways – reflecting exactly what we present, manifesting truths we strive lifetimes to deny."
"As the setting sun warmed my right cheek and my mental gnomes worried whether I'd wake up tomorrow with a face half burned by the sky, I received a phone call that momentarily interrupted my conversation with Nepo and the lions. It concerned a job for which I'd applied three months before. In the midst of our first warm January afternoon, I found myself digging through my past in an effort to explain how it justified my entry into this new future of potential. I spoke of colleagues I now only see on Facebook, and of projects I had left unfinished.
"I eventually returned to Nepo, and as I did, he greeted me with the following words: 'It's been a year, and what stays with me is this question of how to build on the past. For aren't we all pressed with excitement and necessity to build new homes, new relationships, new careers, new lives – always pressed by some real or imagined deadline, eager to get the thing done? Yet suddenly, if blessed, we trip on something of the past and, just as it feels that we are stalled, the thought appears that the need to dig in order to build might be God's way to unearth our foundation.' (pp.182-3)"
"I was recently at dinner with old friends from a distant and transparent past. One of them asked me how I felt about a place where I spent living many skinned years. I thought I had an automatic response – my usual adamance to renounce every last suppressive ring on that rusty chain of limitation.
"So it was to my delighted surprise that my answer had decided to change. I realized that I was no longer equipped to reply as the person I had once been. I was no longer playing that role. Some time between then and now, I shed my scales and left them to dry on the side of the dirt road that's led me here, to a new life in which I'm ok with not knowing."
"I was expecting an intimate conversation with the writer and his inner self. Instead, I feel more as though I've been sitting in an auditorium, listening to him talk about all the things he's learned. The occasional story makes a positive impression, but the way the book started created a false impression of its potency. At the same time, the book's brought tears to my eyes and encouraged me to continue reexamining myself.
"I think what bothers me is that it doesn't feel as though I've been reading a book. I could just as easily have been reading columns in newspapers or pages of websites during a power browsing session. Perhaps it's my fault. Perhaps I should have known that I was in the mood for some fiction instead. But no! I remember being in search of a clear answer. When this book appeared, I felt so comforted that answers were on their way. Perhaps that's the problem – expectations. Perhaps I should try learning from the sky."
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"I think what bothers me is that it doesn't feel as though I've been reading a book. I could just as easily have been reading columns in newspapers or pages of websites during a power browsing session. Perhaps it's my fault. Perhaps I should have known that I was in the mood for some fiction instead. But no! I remember being in search of a clear answer. When this book appeared, I felt so comforted that answers were on their way. Perhaps that's the problem – expectations. Perhaps I should try learning from the sky."
If you are incapable of self reflection this book will be a waste of time. Learn from yourself. Your core.
I can't help but feel you read this book expecting for Nepo to do all the work for you. He provides powerful anecdotes and stories to show you a path. You clearly did not have the desire nor willpower to follow through in what requires true self honesty and requires one to face scary parts of themself. Perhaps a book on the power of self reflection would be an appropriate starter before reading this.
You can lead a horse to water…
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Galway City and the surrounding locale is an ideal location for a family holiday. On site, Jameson Court Apartments has a play area with swings and a slide. There are bicycles which can be borrowed, we have boardgames, colouring books and DVDs which are all available for your use.
There are a variety of activities to keep children of all ages engaged in and around Galway. Salthill Playground and the beach are only a few minutes walk from Jameson Court and below we have outlined some more of the most fun filled destinations you can visit and activities you can avail of during a break in Galway.
Galway Atlantaquaria
The National Aquarium of Ireland is one of the finest visitor attractions in Ireland and is home to over 170 species of fresh water and marine life. Located on the promenade in Salthill the aquarium provides a fun filled day out for kids of all ages. It also caters for birthday parties and runs workshops during the holidays.
www.nationalaquarium.ie | Phone 091 585100
Leisureland offers something for everyone, having a competitive swimming pool, children's pool complete with pirate ship, bubble pool, interactive water features, a 65 m waterslide and during special super sessions the have floating inflatables. The centre also has a fully equipped gym, mini-golf and a large outdoor amusement park (during the summer).www.leisureland.ie | Phone: 091 521455
NUIG Kingfisher Swimming Pool
Located on the NUIG campus a short drive from Salthill, the Kingfisher Club has an excellent 6 lane, 25 m swimming pool. Public sessions in the pool are between 2 and 4pm daily. There is always at least one lifeguard on duty and there are varying depths in the pool for swimmers of different strengths.
www.kingfisher.com | 091 540300
Salthill Playground
Located just a few minutes walk from our apartment complex, beside the Atlantaquarium and facing the sea, the Salthill Playground has an excellent selection of equipment for children aged 1 to 12 years. The playground includes swings, see saws, climbing frames, rockers, a giro spiral and there is seating available for parents too. There are no restricted opening hours for the playground.
Loughwell Farm Park
Located approximately a 15 minute drive from Galway City, Loughwell Farm Park has plenty to do for all the family. Their animal farm includes ponies, sheep, pot bellied pigs, goats, ducks, chickens and many more. If the weather is not co-operating there is a 12,000 sq ft indoor play area inside with a super play structure, giant slides, giant lego block area, a restaurant and toddler area. The Park is open daily during the months of June, July and August and every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday from January to May.
http://www.loughwellfarmpark.ie/ | 091868631
Turoe Pet Farm
Located outside Loughrea, approximately a 20 minute drive from Galway, Turoe Pet Farm is a family run enterprise and boasts many wonderful facilities. These include a nature trail around the farm where you can feed and cuddle the animals on the trail, outdoor playgrounds, bouncy castles, pets corner and indoor and outdoor picnic areas. It caters for groups and parties on request.
www.turoepetfarm.com | Phone 091 841580
Bridgit's Garden
Located past the town of Moycullen, approximately 30 minutes from Galway, explore these beautiful Celtic inspired gardens. Discover the story of the Celtic seasonal cycle as you stroll through the stone circles, wild flowers and herb gardens. Their nature trails allows you to enjoy the beautiful surroundings and Brigit's Garden has kid's discovery trails and natural play areas which are extremely family friendly. Summer camps are available during the months of July & August and they encourage children to explore the great outdoors. The Gardens are open from February to October each year.
www.brigitsgarden.ie | 091 550905
Planet Entertainment Centre
Located in the Galway Shopping Centre on the outskirts of the city, Planet Entertainment Centre provides Ten Pin Bowling, a Soft Play Area, Laser Tag, Video Games, Pool and Snooker and has an onsite restaurant. There are special family deals on offer throughout the year. They also cater for Birthday Parties and provide a dedicated party host, goodies bags and much more.
www.planetgalway.ie | 091 562820
Galway City Museum
Galway City Museum is situated behind the famous Spanish Arch overlooking the Corrib River.The museum tells the story of Galway City and it surroundings with artwork and objects from the medieval times to the present day. Open Tuesday to Saturday and with a cafe on site and admission is free. Occassionally during the holidays there are workshops run for children also.
www.galwaycitymuseum.ie | Phone 091 532460
Monkey Business
Located in Knocknacarra in Galway, Monkey Business play centre is ideal for children of all ages. There are ball pools, bouncing castles, climbing frames, a painting corner, an extensive play area that is suitable for babies and toddlers and a cafe for the parents. Children's parties can be catered for on site, with food for the children included in the package.
Phone 091 580956