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A blog dedicated to things from my childhood. Some things may be from the 80s and the 00s, but most stuff is from the 90s!
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I miss all the puppetry of the 80s/90s.
ie. Dinosaurs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Groundling Marsh, etc.

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- Washing machine (with powder and softener)
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I am surprised he cleared waivers
The Arizona Diamondbacks added a big bat Monday in their attempt to hold off the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West race.
Arizona acquired Cincinnati Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, who is tied for the major league lead with 32 home runs, for three prospects.
The trade was first reported by KTAR Radio in Phoenix.
In exchange for Dunn, Cincinnati will receive minor league pitcher Dallas Buck and two other players to be named later.
Buck got a call from D-backs farm director A.J. Hinch, telling him he had been traded for Dunn. Buck, who was traveling with the Single-A Visalia Oaks, was already on the bus to San Jose, Calif., when Hinch called him. He had to tell teammates of the trade en route.
"It was kind of funny," Buck said, "because I was rumored to be in a deal for [Mark] Teixeira, so when I just told them they all thought I was messing with them."
Buck was drafted by Arizona in the third round of the 2006 draft. Once a top-notch prospect, Buck's draft status fell after an elbow injury revealed on the eve of the '06 draft bumped him out of a likely first-round slot. He had Tommy John surgery last summer and had begun pitching in Single-A this summer.
Dunn is tied with the Phillies' Ryan Howard for the NL lead with his 32 homers. The White Sox's Carlos Quentin also has 32 home runs.
The Diamondbacks lead the Dodgers by 1½ games in the NL West standings.
I am surprised he cleared waivers
i know nothin bout these prospects any info is appreciated
Dunn is also a free agent after the season.
Apparently Micah Owings is a part of the deal, sounds like they're using PTBNL as a way to get around the clearing waivers requirement. Of course the Reds have to wait for their return then though.


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Theme Park Insider's 2011 Year In Review - February
Written by Jeff Elliott
Note: The editor of these articles has insisted that I make the soon to be obvious point that while there may be some real news in here, the key to these articles is a sense of humor. While your own recollection of these stories may be a little different than what is presented below, your recollection is quite possibly closer to truth. While it was requested that I keep to the facts, I realized quite quickly in this process that 1) Facts are negotiable (just ask my wife) and 2) I am hung over….Tweet
February, the month of long-dead presidents' birthdays. The month of the long, slow letdown after you have already played with and broken all of your Christmas presents. Yes, we get the Super Bowl commercials, but we still have to deal with the crappy weather outside. The good news is that this is a very short month. As the hangover month, there is surprisingly little to talk about… definitely a work-in-progress kind of month.
The captain has turned on the no-vomiting sign. Please return your tray table to the upright and locked position. Keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times. And try to stay awake while the flight attendants show you how to work a seatbelt.
Theme Park Insider's Year In Review - February
Busch Gardens Tampa – Cheetah Hunt, the unfortunately named ride where you are on a simulated run to kill vicious rouge cheetahs that have been attacking and dismembering baby otters, is nearing completion. The late this month the roller coaster trains arrived and work was started on the system to quickly reload the ammunition on the coaster cars while guests are boarding the trains. Busch Gardens has also put an order in to the rest of the zoos in the country to have the up production of cheetahs just in case some of the riders get off a couple of lucky shots. The Cheetah Meat and Pelt Company is also finishing up construction nearby, so those of you with bleeding hearts can be assured that the carcasses will not go to waste.
Islands of Adventure – After nearly having a support rust away and fall off the Hulk ride, Universal decided to paint the support into place. After seeing that the one support was sticking out with the new paint job, they grudgingly decided to paint the rest of the ride as well. After that, the workers at Universal went back to fawning over how cool Harry Potter Land is.
SeaWorld – The theme park chain decided to let trainers back into the water with the killer whales in new meat suits designed by Lady Gaga. Much like the way farmers use coyote and wolf urine to keep rabbits out of their crops, the new meat suits will be made to taste like something that the killer whales will not attack. There are currently several versions being tested, environmentalist flavor, politician flavor, lawyer flavor, and lunchlady flavor. As a distraction while testing continues, SeaWorld announced a new ride for their San Diego park designed to dive bomb and terrorize all of their other animals, called Manta. Knowing how slow SeaWorld is with their construction, this will probably be ready to go by 2034.
Disney – After a notorious run in with the Jonas Brothers, Mickey Mouse is only meeting with people who have an appointment. Get your Fastpasses early for this, the Mouse has a really short fuse.
Universal Singapore – After learning about the joys of Gorilla Tape, Universal Singapore was finally able to repair and reopen their Battlestar Galactica dueling coasters. It would have been better if Vekoma had designed a coaster that wasn't so rough, but, you know, sometimes the lowest bidder is the lowest quality.
Orlando – The rail line that has been in the planning stages for nearly 30 years now that would connect all of the parks with the airport, was officially rejected by the governor of Florida. Looks like they need to go back to the planning stages and spend a couple tens of millions of dollars coming up with a better plan.
So there you have it: February. If you don't remember the month like I do, please set a monkey-boy straight in the discussion below.
All monkey pictures have been lovingly borrowed from the amazing artist Frank Cho and his long deceased comic strip Liberty Meadows. No monkeys were harmed during the production of this article, but monkey boy did get a nasty paper cut while doing his research….
Readers' Opinions
From 22.214.171.124 on December 27, 2011 at 11:00 PM
i laughed so many times. props. you are going to do 12 of these!?!?! (that's stamina/ how much are they paying you?) anyway, this is good writing man. you should get a book out.
From Jeff Elliott on December 28, 2011 at 7:32 AM
Not only is the plan to do 12 of these. The plan is to do 12 of these in 6 days while also preping for the Tourney of Champs, and working a full time job, and attempting to paint a baby room....if you want something done, find someone busy......
From Anon Mouse on December 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM
That's 12 posts that I plan on not reading. Not my cup of tea. April is coming up. It had better be good and much better than Jan thru March.
From Jack Curley on December 28, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Wow, that comment was uncalled for. Whatever happened to "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"?
Oh, that's right. The internet happened.
From Mike Gallagher on December 28, 2011 at 1:41 PM
To paraphrase Mr. Mouse above: "I'm not planning on reading anymore, but April better be good." Hmmm. Sounds like someone's planning on reading anyway....
From Robert Niles on December 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Best description of Internet trolling I've heard? "Recreational indignation." I love that phrase.
From Anon Mouse on December 28, 2011 at 6:45 PM
To all: I didn't criticize them except to say I'm ignoring them. If you didn't realize, April has April 1st as April Fools Day, which is the tone of all these 12 posts. So I was in keeping with the spirit of the posts. April had better be the best one or its a letdown. To not understand what I'm saying is another form of trolling. And the posts themselves are not as funny as you claim, but I won't say more since it is unnecessary. I read January to some extent then stopped. I skimmed February and only gotten to the bottom to post a comment on the 12 wasted posts (could have just posted one year in review post).
From Tim Hillman on December 29, 2011 at 4:22 AM
I'm totally confused now.
From Jack Curley on December 29, 2011 at 9:23 AM
You know what I do when I don't want to read something?
I don't read it.
I don't click on it, and then comment that I don't want to read it, I just don't read it.
The best way to voice your opinion of something online that you don't like is to NOT CLICK ON IT. The people in charge will see that it has less pageviews, and perhaps alter their strategy.
But you clicked on this one at least twice, making it twice as likely that features like this continue. On behalf of all of us who enjoy reading Mr. Elliott's posts, I thank you.
From Stephanie Blackwell on December 31, 2011 at 2:21 PM
WHATEVER Anon Mouse! I guess that's why you want to be anonymous. I know whose comments I'll be skipping over in the future. :P
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... True Light Middle School True Light has been established for 138 years and has kept up its hard work in Hong Kong and Guangzhou all these years. A grand celebration was held at True Light Middle School on May 1. Reverend So Sing-yat, the school board chairman of True Light Middle School, delivered a sermon to remind everyone of the school motto- to be the lights to the world ...http://www.scmp.com/article/715770/school-news
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... Agnes Lam The Education Bureau yesterday invited responses from school groups interested in taking over the troubled Pegasus school in Yau Tong and asked those interested to reply by next Monday. The bureau said another party had to be found to take over the school as soon as possible to ensure a smooth transfer. 'The expression of interest exercise is convened ...http://www.scmp.com/article/682553/operators-sought-yau-tong-school
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... Agnes Lam Some board members of the Yau Tong school at the centre of controversy over its management have suggested appointing a new supervisor as the current one has been unreachable for the past few days. The school's sponsoring body, Pegasus Social Service Christian Organisation, must give up its operating rights by July 14, and some board members are concerned ...http://www.scmp.com/article/682260/push-replace-supervisor-yau-tong-school-who-cant-be-found
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OMG! My Kids Want to Ride Disco Sticks
Elizabeth Thorp: The other morning, I was driving the girls to camp and rocking out to Lady Gaga on the radio. Life was good -- we had no major meltdowns that morning, lunches were packed, we were on time, and the girls weren't fighting in the backseat. I was feeling quite smug. All of a sudden, Isabelle, our six-year-old, asked me, "Mommy, what IS a disco stick?" Lucy, our five-year-old, turned it up a notch and whined, "Why can't we ride the disco stick?? You NEVER let us do anything!"
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These tough and uncensored questions from kids happen to all parents periodically. What is the best way to answer these questions, and what if it happens in public? Is it okay to fib?
Michelle Golland, a momlogic expert and clinical psychologist, summarized her thoughts by offering a Joseph Campbell quote: "I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive." The bottom line is, as a mom, you know what the best answers are, whatever works for you as a family and is age-appropriate for your children. Then write it down for their rehearsal dinner toast!
One practical lesson I have learned from the Lady Gaga Disco Stick kerfuffle is keep to soft rock stations, or better yet, pop in a Justin Roberts CD, our favorite children's pop music without the phallic references, thank you very much!
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Momof4 & Kell…..I agree w/ you……as parents we try to protect them…..their going to listen to top 40 whether you like it or not…they'll do it w/ their friends. When my had a cd of some rap group / raunchy rap we forbid him to listen to it….yea right he did it behind our backs.
I assure you worse things are going on in Middle schools…. I've heard the horror stories and I'm sure many of you have to. Sex in the bathrooms….smoking starts at this age…drugs..bullying etc….we can't be ignorant to reality. It's our jobs to educate our kids not run from it….if you don't want to listen to it turn the channel or you explain it as good as you can.
Nicole - When the "Birthday Sex" song comes on, I sing it to my 2 y.o. son as "Birthday Socks… Birthday Socks…" Who *doesn't* love birthday socks?? :)
Don't be nervous..just tell them a disco stick like this.."Uh kids..a disco stick is a boy's wee wee" LOL
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All may be quiet on the dry gas front, but recent results from the Fayetteville's first mover show that this shale gas play is still paying dividends and has growth potential to boot.
The Barnett shale may bear the legacy of having authored the shale gas story in North America, but within its Texas-sized shadow stands an equally noteworthy geologic counterpart, the Mississippian-age Fayetteville shale.
This Arkansas shale gas resource has proven that, like the Barnett, it packs an impressive punch – even though the latest heavyweights, South Texas' Eagle Ford and Ohio's Utica, have seemingly pushed it to the sidelines for much of this year.
Although the Fayetteville has not been in the spotlight, the play continues to deliver significant volumes of natural gas at a time when the domestic commodity has become a hot-ticket item in the power sector.
According to the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission, cumulative production from the Fayetteville stood at 2.2 Tcf as of July 2011. With 20 Tcf of recoverable gas in place, this world-class resource will continue to draw investment despite a soft gas-pricing environment.
While low gas prices have steered some operators away from dry gas toward oiler assets, the play's discoverer believes the Fayetteville is an economically viable target and is carrying on with its long-term development there.
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First mover Southwestern Energy Co. is credited with discovering the Fayetteville shale play, which Jack Bergeron, general manager of the Houston-based company's Fayetteville Shale Division, says is one of the lowest-cost natural gas resources in the US.
According to Bergeron, in 2002, a team of explorers at Southwestern determined the Wedington sandstone reservoir in the traditional fairway portion of the Arkoma basin in Arkansas was producing far more natural gas than could be reasonably explained by conventional analyses. Further investigation revealed the sandstones sat directly above an organic-rich shale that the team determined was more than likely contributing to the Wedington gas production.
After a nearly year-long study, the team concluded the shale displayed rock and fluid properties similar to the prolific Barnett shale play in the Fort Worth basin in Central Texas, and thus the Fayetteville was born in the hills of Arkansas.
Southwestern subsequently launched an aggressive leasing campaign in early 2003, and in 2004 the company's Thomas 1-9 discovery well, approximately 113 km (70 miles) east of its Wedington gas production, was successfully drilled and began producing gas from the formation.
Further exploration and development of the Fayetteville has since proved up a substantial and unexpected new source of natural gas reserves in the Arkoma basin.
The tight source rock as identified by Southwestern extends across northern Arkansas from the state's western edge throughout north-central Arkansas, with the play encompassing more than 2 million acres. Across the field, the shale's thickness can range from 15 m to more than 168 m (50 to more than 550 ft) and varies in depth from 457 m to 1,981 m (1,500 ft to 6,500 ft).
"What the Fayetteville revealed was that the Barnett shale – the type model for all gas shale plays – was not unique," Bergeron said, and that another Barnett-like gas resource could compete alongside the famed play.
Currently, Southwestern's average Fayetteville well costs approximately US $2.8 million to drill and complete, he said. "These costs, combined with the area's low lease operating costs, result in economics that exceed the company's internal rate of return hurdle at a Nymex gas price of $4/Mcf held flat for the life of the well," Bergeron said, adding that other Fayetteville qualities such as its dry-gas nature and relatively shallow producing depths (Southwestern's average true vertical depth for 2011 is approximately 1,134 m (3,719 ft)) make this a low-cost gas play.
According to Bergeron, the company's strategy for the Fayetteville is to generate above-average returns while investing within the cash flow generated.
Developing the Fayetteville
From the discovery of the Fayetteville in 2004 through yearend 2010, Southwestern has spudded 2,445 wells and estimates it has more than 10,000 additional gross wells yet to be drilled. The company currently holds approximately 916,000 net Fayetteville acres, which, according to Bergeron, is a dominant position in the play compared to Exxon Mobil Corp.'s approximate 550,000 net acres and BHP Billiton Petroleum Ltd.'s approximate 487,000 net acres. This large resource base has provided opportunity to exploit and develop the Fayetteville through economies of scale, Bergeron said, and production numbers tell the success story. Southwestern produced 350 Bcf in 2010 and is projecting its Fayetteville production could be approximately 23% higher in 2011. In the company's recent 3Q 2011 results, oil and gas production from its Fayetteville operations totaled 111.9 Bcf, up from 92.3 Bcf in 3Q 2010. Because of its strong operating results, Southwestern has revised upward its production guidance for the remainder of the year, with approximately 430 Bcf to 434 Bcf expected to come from the Fayetteville shale.
According to Bergeron, horizontal drilling techniques and hydraulic "slickwater" fracturing treatments have proven to be the most efficient solution for developing the Fayetteville. As the play has moved more toward full-field development, the company operates its own rigs to drill consecutive wells from the same pad, he said. And its multiwell pad development program further provides opportunities for more efficient completion operations.
Currently, Southwestern's completion operations during the fracture stimulation phase are predominately consecutive operations using "zipper" style techniques (i.e. hydraulic fracturing alternating between two wells, with one well being stimulated while operators on the other well are perforating or setting plugs).
These frac operations are conducted 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Bergeron said.
The company has followed a "vertical integration strategy" to maximize efficiency that has involved:
Using fit-for-purpose rigs;
Gathering its gas production (plus third-party production); and
Establishing its own water resources team that sources
water for fracture stimulation operations.
With water management a primary concern in shale development, Southwestern has constructed 167 ponds that are the property of the landowners and collectively hold 67 MMbbl of water. It also has entered contracts for the use of 250 ponds previously constructed by private landowners that can hold 38 MMbbl. Additionally, the team manages 350 permits for creek and stream withdrawals, allowing for an annual usage of 40 MMbbl.
As part of its vertical integration, Southwestern has formed an internal sand company complete with a company-owned sand mine, which opened in November 2009, that produces the majority of its proppant.
In September 2009, Southwestern also established a Logistics Operations Center (LOC) to manage the movement of approximately 5,000 tractor trailer loads of water, drilling fluids, and proppant per week in the field, 24 hour a day, seven days per week. The LOC also helps to reduce road traffic, which can result in safer roads and more efficient transportation, Bergeron said.
Similarly, the company opened a technical center in October 2010 that collects samples and performs lab analysis on water, drilling fluids, sand, and other earth materials, in addition to natural gas. By performing many of its own services in the play, Bergeron said the company estimates it is saving approximately $230,000 per well.
Efficiency gains
"While the company has been a leading example of how the gains in knowledge and technology in the Fayetteville have bolstered its production and reserves, the amount of work that is still yet to be done, and resulting gains in efficiency, are often overlooked," Bergeron said.
He noted that unlike many areas where costs are increasing, Southwestern's cost to drill and complete wells in the Fayetteville have been flat to declining over the past three years. Another example Bergeron cited is the time to drill Southwestern's Fayetteville wells, where the time from reentry-to-reentry has dropped from an average of 11 days in 2010 to an average of 8 days in 2011.
Citing more than 10,000 gross wells yet to be drilled by the company, Bergeron said there is much more to be learned and talked about regarding what it takes to effectively develop the Fayetteville shale.
"Despite these milestones, the company is not satisfied," he said, noting that Southwestern will continue to strive to find ways to learn more about how to make this very tight rock more productive for less cost.
Firmly rooted in the Arkansas Fayetteville for many decades, "Southwestern is committed to timely drilling its large inventory of wells while remaining the lowest-cost producer in the play," Bergeron said.


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The ANSI accredited Z117 Committee, Safety Requirements for Confined Spaces, is pleased to acknowledge the efforts of ASME to help safeguard safety, health, and the environment through its standards, publications, and activities. We have seen reports and examples of ASME activities and have been impressed by the quality and commitment of the organization's dedication to these important issues.
Perhaps you are already aware, but if not, please allow me to provide a brief introduction of the committee. The Z117 Committee has been in existence for over a decade and its scope is to provide minimum safety requirements to be followed while entering, exiting and working in confined spaces at normal atmospheric pressure. There currently is one standard in existence, Z117.1-1995, and a complimentary copy of this document is enclosed for your review and information.
The Z117 Committee recently met in Baton Rouge and a significant part of our discussion focused on the issue of incorporating safety and confined space entry into the design phase of equipment considered to be a confined space, (boiler and pressure vessel). The committee was specifically discussing whether design standards incorporating safety considerations for confined space entry already exist. The Z117 Committee has reviewed many ASME standards, but still remain unclear as to how these documents impact the incorporation of safety into the design of confined spaces, (e.g.: boiler and pressure vessels). The Z117 Committee would appreciate your guidance regarding the following issues:
We understand your time is precious, however, we would greatly appreciate your assistance in this matter, as this is an issue of significance to this committee. Finally, perhaps ASME would consider joining the Z117 Committee as your expertise and viewpoint could be of great assistance. If you could respond to my attention at the address listed above, it would be most appreciated.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely Yours,
Timothy R. Fisher, CSP, PE, CPEA
Secretary, Z117
Encl. Z117.1-1995


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