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Common procedures at PBIS schools:
A. Statement of purpose
B. School expectations
C. Teaching expectations
D. Promotion of expectations
E. Discourage and diminish behavior problems
F. Monitoring impact of PBIS through data collection.
COFFEY, J. H. (2012). The Sustainability of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. Exceptional Children, 78(4), 407-422.
Data shows that schools implementing PBIS have:
Increase in attendance
More positive and calm environment
Reduced behavioral disruptions Increased academic time
Student achievement
School wide behavior plan
Reduction in office discipline refferals
Not everything is perfect with PBIS
Some people thinks PBIS takes too much time
When and if data is entered by staff, many times it is not used to see how it can be improved
Some think that we should not reward students to behave
Some schools may lack incentives all together or incentives that are appealing to the students
Potential Strengths and Weaknesses
A. Increase academic behaviors. Decrease problem behaviors. Increase safety. Establish a positive school culture.
B. Be respectful. Be responsible. Be safe.
C. Back to school presentation.
D. PBIS tickets (VL Stars) are given to students following expectations and are used as positive reinforcement. These students enter their VL stars in a raffle. At the end of each week, a star is chosen out of each grade level.
E. Students having behavior problems are monitored by using the Check-In-Check-Out method. Students are given a point sheet depending on the level of intensity of support the students need. The different levels are:
Pop In Pop Out (less intense)
Check In Check Out (moderate intensity
SAIG (Social/Academic Instructional Groups)
FBA/BIP (Functional Behavior Assessment/ Behavior Intervention Plan)
F. These points are converted into a percentage and each day they are recorded onto a data sheet. This data sheet is then turned into administrative staff who generate a graph that shows students' behavior over a month. The goal for students is to achieve 80% or higher each day.
Examples of Procedures in an Elementary School
How do students become a part of Tier 2 and Tier 3?
The amount of majors which include:office discipline referrals (ODRs), poor attendance, frequent tardies, poor grades, and in school suspension are all factors used to assess whether a student shall be placed in Tier 2 or Tier 3 (high intensity) Intervention.
Notes: If a student gets 2 majors in 3 months; 1 ISS (in school suspension); a teacher recommendation; a social worker referral; more than 4 absences within 30 days, then they may be placed into Pop In Pop Out Intervention.
Notes: Interventions
1. PIPO- Pop in/Pop Out
-This is usually the first intervention a student can be placed on and is the least intensive of all interventions. If the student does not reach the goal then they are placed into CICO.
2. CICO-Check in/Check out
3. SAIG- Social/Academic Instructional Groups
-Either a psychologist or social worker holds group meetings with students and teaches them social strategies.
4. Cnc- Check and Connect
-This is a group intervention with individualized features and mentoring.
5. FBA/BIP- Functional Behavior Assessment/ Behavior Intervention Planning
VL Stars
Examples of PBIS tickets in other schools
Gabriela Lomeli
Brenda Calvillo
Denise Garza
Maria Betancourt
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports
Background of the Authors
Where Did it Come From?
The origin of PBIS is Eugene, Oregon. In 1994 Rob Horner, George Sugai, and Anne Todd, professors at the University of Oregon, focused on research to guide effective practices for behavior management.
The original focus was Fern Ridge Middle school in Eugene that had a student population of 880 with 5,100 office referrals in one year.
This began the National Center of PBIS which uses this research based system.
It has grown and now includes four countries, over forty states, and at least 10,00 schools.
Example of
a School Matrix
What is PBIS?
A broad range of proactive, systemic, and individualized strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes in safe and effective environments while preventing problem behavior with all students.
Four Elements of PBIS:
An important feature of PBIS is the practice of engaging families as partners in schools.
Communication to school, family and community is important it can be through:
Local newspaper
School Board
School website
The philosophy of the PBIS concentrates on the positive, demonstrating and reinforcing the desired behaviors. The intent of PBIS is to use education, pre-correction, affirmation and incentives to create a positive school climate.
Note: As a result, less academic time is spent on correcting and disciplining negative behaviors.
PBIS Biggest Idea
Instead of working harder (inefficient), Schools establish systems / processes and use data and practices that enable them to work smarter (efficient, effective).
Note: The strategies and interventions that are implemented are based on information from collected data, and should decrease the numer of negative behavior incidents through prevention.
Data: information used to identify status, need for change, and effects of interventions.
Practices: curricula, instruction, interventions, and strategies that are evidence-based.
Outcomes:academic and behavior targets that are endorsed and emphasized by students, families and educators.
Systems: supports that are needed to enable the implementation of these practices.
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The North American International Auto Show is one of the largest auto shows in the world.
So when it hit Detroit, of course it revealed all the latest new production and concept models of all the hottest cars coming up in 2015 and 2016. Here are our highlights…
Ford GT
We've put this one top of the list for a reason: it was probably the most-talked about car of the Detroit Auto Show. Partially because of Ford's top-secret basement development, and partially because it's a stunning car.
The "supercar no-one saw coming" is powered by a twin-turbo 3.5 litre V6 engine which drives the rear wheels with more than 600 horsepower, and it's expected to be on the road next year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ford's run of four straight wins in the Le Mans 24 Hour race, starting in 1966.
The Ford GT is expected to come with a price tag of between £200,000 and £265,000 and will be a low production run to ensure exclusivity.
Bentley Bentayga
Bentley christened their long-awaited, much-anticipated SUV at the Detroit Auto Show, with the name 'Bentayga' inspired by the world's largest transcontinental snow forest: the Taiga.
The Bentayga is set to be the hottest car in Mayfair in 2016 – but we don't know much about it yet. The Detroit Auto Show was a "teaser" for the big reveal that's set to come later this year – for now, all we know is the name and what the teaser image above tells us.
The new Bentley Bentayga will be revealed later in 2015, and released in 2016.
Acura NSX
The Ford GT's biggest competitor at Detroit was the Acura NSX, finally revealed after 3 years of teasing. It promises 550+ horsepower, hybrid twin-turbo V6 engines and and Sport Hybrid Super Handling All-Wheel Drive (SH-AWD)
The NSX is also the industry's first supercar with a female as the lead exterior designer: Michelle Christensen headed up the design team for Acura's latest release.
The Acura NSX is expected to be priced around £150,000 and will be available later in 2015. Get more info and register for updates at acura.com.
Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS
Porsche's removable-roof 911 Targa has been given the GTS treatment for the first time in a new model set to replace last year's 50th Anniversary Edition of the 911. It packs a 424 break horse power 3.8 litre flat-six engine, unique styling upgrades and all-wheel drive.
It gets from 0-62mph in 4.7 seconds, reaches top speeds of 188mph and makes 28.2 miles to the gallon. And the star attraction is the trick electric targa roof that lifts up the entire rear window apparatus to store the roof cover.
The Porsche 911 Targa 4 GTS costs from £104,385. Find out more at porsche.com.
Jaguar XE
The Jaguar XE, released in April, is taking on the BMW 3 Series in an attempt to storm the executive car market. Jaguar have invested over £2 billion in brand new technology – so it's viral the XE does well.
Jag's latest stab at the exec market does 0.62mph in 8.4 seconds and its top speed is 132mph. It's billed as "the most advanced sports saloon car ever produced" and is the first of a new generation of cars that will have Jaguar's new state-of-the-art Aluminium Architecture, promising a strong body, power and responsive handling.
The Jaguar XE prices start from £26,995 – find out more at jaguar.co.uk.
Toyota FT-1
The latest concept version of the FT-1 made its Canadian debut at Detroit, and Toyota's new sports car is hyped for release in late 2015. It's a front engine, rear-wheel drive 2-door coupe with a classic design, and after the success of Toyota's Supra, has a lot of expectation on its shoulders.
FT stands for 'Future Toyota', so you know it's going to be groundbreaking stuff – but we can't say much more at this point, as Toyota have yet to reveal the technical specifications. Watch this space.
Find out more about the concept at toyota.com.
Cadillac CTS-V
Cadillac's CTS-V has been described as "a 200mph supercar disguised as a sedan" following its Detroit release – and Cadillac claim it is out to destroy the competition.
To that end, the tech specs are impressive stuff. The new Caddy is powered by a supercharged 6.2 litre V8 engine offering 640 horse power and reaches top speeds of 200mph. It goes from 0-60 in less than 4 seconds and has enormous Brembo brakes for when it's time to stop. It was brought to life purely for the thrill of the drive, and will be a welcome addition for power-hungry Cadillac fans.
Sign up for email updates at cadillac.com and they'll keep you in the loop.
Maserati Alfieri
Maserati also brought their latest concept to Detroit in the form of the low-volume Alfieri sports car – named after one of the five Maserati brothers who founded the company and inspired by the Maserati A6 GCS.
The concept version is a 2+2 rear-wheel drive coupe powered by a 4.7 litre V8 engine at 460 horse power, but the production Alfieri might use a V6 instead. Maserati are also in the process of developing a plug-in hybrid system for its models.
The Maserati Alfieri is expected to be released as a coupe in early 2016, with a convertible option to follow. For more information, go to maserati.com.
Alfa Romeo 4C Spider
Alfa Romeo released the production version of their new 4C Spider: the convertible version of the 4C sports car. It's powered by the same 1.75 litre, 4 cylinder motor that the coupe version uses, offering 237 horsepower and is turbocharged for extra torque.
The 4C Spider comes with a standard removable soft-top or an optional carbon fibre lid, allowing the driver to experience the car "from an entirely new perspective".
The 4C Spider is expected to be released later this year, though pricing is yet to be confirmed. Find out the latest scoop at alfaromeo.com.
Buick Avenir
And last but not least was Buick's brand new Avenir concept, which has been in the works for some time but so far kept under wraps. The concept model won the 2015 Eyes on Design Award for "Best Concept Vehicle" at Detroit, and it's been the talk of the town (and the internet) since.
With its V6 engine, 2+2 layout and attention to detail, the Avenir is set to take the Chinese luxury sedan market by storm. And with the name "Avenir" being French for "future", you can tell the General Motors Company have big plans for the Buick flagship.
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Was Jack The Ripper actually a POET?
IT turns out Jack The Ripper might have been a poet and we didn't know it.
Mercury News
A teacher from Australia has spent 20 years looking into Britain's most infamous serial killer.
And Richard Patterson, 45, is now ready to reveal the identity of the madman.
He was........poet Francis Thompson.
Thompson published his first book of poems in 1893, five years AFTER the infamous killings in London's East End.
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"I'm excited that people are beginning to take the theory seriously"Richard Patterson
Richard first became sure of his guilt in 1997 after reading some of his gory poems.
So what is Richard's evidence for pointing the finger at Thompson?
He claims that Thompson knew at least one of Jack the Ripper's victims as well as having a degree of surgical experience.
Patterson also discusses how opium addict Thompson wrote graphic poems about death and murder.
Richard said: "I'm grateful to have played some part in helping people understand Thompson, and why he might have been the Ripper.
"I'm excited that people are beginning to take the theory seriously, seeing Thompson and the crimes in a different light creates interesting possibilities."
Richard, who teaches English in Byron Bay, Australia, said: "Thompson kept a dissecting knife under his coat, and he was taught a rare surgical procedure that was found in the mutilations of more than one of the Ripper victims."
Mercury News
"He helped with surgery and is known to have cut up heaps and heaps of cadavers while a student."
Thompson moved to London in 1885 but he lived rough while trying to make his name as a poet
Richard reckons Thompson snapped after his prostitute lover left him. He claims the poet slaughtered ladies of the night to get back at his ex.
His theory is set out in a new book, Francis Thompson - a Ripper Suspect.
Richard says: "Soon before and soon after the murders, he wrote about killing female prostitutes with knives."
But Thompson is only one of a LONG list of Ripper suspects who include painter Walter Sickert; lawyer Montague Druitt; Pole Aaron Kosminski; quack doctor Francis Tumblety and Prince Albert, the Duke Clarence.


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Bord Gais gets loan facility of €500m but warns on prices
BORD Gais has signed a deal to borrow €500m from international banks, despite coming under pressure in the markets due to the sovereign-debt crisis.
The loan refinances an older deal and means that its total debt will remain around €1.8bn.
Nevertheless, the company warned yesterday that downgrades by credit-rating agencies could ultimately start to drive up prices for consumers.
The new loan was arranged by RBS and AIB is the only Irish lender. It is a revolving credit facility, which works like a corporate overdraft that can be drawn down as needed.
There is no immediate plan to draw down the revolver, but it can be used for additional liquidity if required, said Bord Gais CEO Michael O'Sullivan.
The company opted to borrow €500m after its original request for €400m was oversubscribed. Despite that strong interest from banks, Bord Gais admitted to paying more to borrow than its European peers and blamed the Irish debt crisis.
Last week, ratings agency Moody's cut the Government's rating below "investment grade" for the first time. It then cut Bord Gais's rating to the last high-grade rung, two "notches" above the Government.
Executives said Bord Gais signed the €500m agreement just in time to avoid having its credit rating cut to "junk" status.
Mr O'Sullivan said the company would have suffered a bigger downgrade last week if it had not already secured the €500m loans agreement.
"Rating agencies include a company's ability to access the debt market when they assess the rating -- if the loan hadn't gotten away we could have followed the sovereign to a non-investment grade rating," added Mr O'Sullivan.
He said rating downgrades had already increased Bord Gais's annual interest bill by €10m and that every downgrade had added a quarter of a per cent on average to the company's borrowing costs.
This provides further evidence that the rating downgrades suffered by the Irish Government are filtering into the real cost of doing business here.
A cut to junk status would have an even bigger impact, because it would also raise the cost of doing business with suppliers in the international market, where Bord Gais buys 90pc of supplies.
Wholesale suppliers use credit ratings when they decide their terms of business.
Mr O'Sullivan said that if Bord Gais lost its investment-grade status, it could be forced to post collateral when signing gas contracts.
Along with rising interest rates, that would hurt the company's bottom line and Bord Gais would have to consider passing that on to customers.
However, Mr O'Sullivan insisted that cost rises associated with a rating cut would not threaten profitability.
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We may be fans of crazy nail art, but we are also hugely into the sophistication of a matte top coat over a simple polish and when we heard New York City nail lady Jin Soon Choi was launching one, we were all over that. Our previous matte experiences have been hit and miss — sometimes they don't go matte at all, others they're somewhat streaky and weird. The other day we had a mani in which we opted to try Jin's newest collection — a collaboration with clothing brand Tibi. The colors are epic — think chrome, military green, deep blue and more. We went for Obsidian, a galactic-looking black with glitter. But wait! We did a matte topcoat. Matte over glitter? Yes, and it's so sick. You get small sparkling flecks amid a 'murder black'. Such a cool look.
$18 at Jinsoon.com
-- Fiona Byrne
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- High speed, advanced MPPT controls for maximum energy harvesting
- Very compact and light design for ease of installation: 3600W of output power in a box just 440mm x 465mm x 57mm weighting less than 7.5kg (16,5 lbs)
- Graphical LCD Display on the front panel with integrated data logger
- Transformerless operation for highest efficiency: up to 96%
- Reverse polarity protection minimizes chance of damage due to mis-wiring
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- Embedded RS232 and RS485 serial links and remote communication options (PLM, Dial-up modem, GSM and Ethernet)
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The switching technology utilized in the Aurora inverters includes state-of-the-art for silicon Power Devices such as Silicon Carbide Diodes, Cool MOSTM and Insulated Gate Bi-polar Transistors (IGBT's) to reduce switching losses.
Aurora has been designed with large de-rating criteria on all critical components, achieving an extremely robust and reliable inverter designed to last for 25 years and more.
With this design concept we achieve peak efficiencies of over 96%. Total current harmonic distortion, on the other hand, is typically less than 2% through the use of high-frequency switching techniques.
Another exclusive advantage is Aurora's two source circuit inputs, each with its own MPPT (Max Power Point Tracker) for installations with multiple arrays (available on the PVI-3600 model only).
Smart Controls
Aurora controls are DSP (Digital Signal Processor) based with sophisticated control and self-diagnostic algorithms. A 128 x 128 graphical LCD display shows the unit's operating status, its performance and diagnostic messages.
Four scrolling keys on the front panel of the unit are used to navigate menus for data display and parameter settings.
Best in Class Communication Capabilities
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- 29 years old
- Date of birth: May 14, 1965
- Place of birth:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Date of passing: Apr 6, 1995
- Place of passing:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
|Let the memory of Robert / Bobby be with us forever
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER! MOM IS WITH YOU NOW, I KNOW YOU BOTH ARE HAPPY N ENJOYING ETERNAL PIECE! IM HERE ALL ALONE NOW SO I NEED YOUR HAND MORE THAN EVER, GUIDE ME TO WHERE I BELONG N N TAKE CARE OF MOM, JUMMY WILL SOON BE WITH YOU BOTH N I LONG FOR THE DAY WE ALL WE BE TOGETHER! Love you with all of me Iam you n you are me! Tammie"
"Well Son , leaving this flower tribute as your mom is very ill now and all my intentions of getting to your grave may not be possible, I hear you in my dreams saying, " Mom , it`ll work out" and strangely enough it usually does ! i try to keep "Faith" anyways i will be joining you in not to far future so watch for me, i will be looking for your "Hand" if i dont get back here , you know , "Mom""
"There's not a day I don't think of you, I pray your dancing with the angels, that all your sorrow is gone, and till we meet again BIg brother I will carry you with me ."
"This is his Grandpa, Aunt Judy in the photo ...... all are gone to soon!"
"Never Get`s Easier ,,,"
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(Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories, Critical Edition)
"The Rise of Maud Martha," a very brief and deceptively simple story, opens as a pastor observes the departure of a funeral procession and closes only a short time later, the moment Maud Martha begins crying as they lower her husband, Paul, into his grave. With the precision of the poet she is and the insight of the sensitive observer of human behavior she has always been, Gwendolyn Brooks joins the procession through the thoughts and observations of Maud Martha as she rides in the first car with her mother, Belva Brown, and Paul's mother, Mrs. Phillips. Each carefully detailed picture conveys the lifestyle in which Maud Martha finds herself, from the opening details of the "big and little and few" wreaths with "fresh and barely fresh" flowers, through the placement of Maud Martha in "the longest and shiny-blackest of the long black cars," to the image of an "after-funeral white cake" that closes the story.
Equally vivid are the flashback observations of Paul's death as one of "30-odd" passengers burned in the crash of a streetcar with a gas truck. Ironically, the streetcar was a new model, and its sealed windows sealed the fate of its unfortunate passengers as well.
The violent tragedy is not, however, the focus of Brooks's story. Rather, it is "the women in the street"—from the grieving wives to the high school girl in the crowd "enjoying herself. Seeing Life." Brooks may focus on Maud Martha, but she...
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An introduction to these reviews: my novel was published in India without any of the Western fanfare, buzz, and big advances that accompanied a few other novels at that time. It was also: very, very different from anything ever written by an Indian, playing with the rules of language and challenging every known sacred cow: among other things, the book had a fantasy editor character who kept intervening and trying to influence the narrator, using her powerful argumentative skill as well as her sexual charms. The novel used Konkani words without translation, but providing a "subversive" glossary. For all these reasons, but above all the lack of the Western validation, some reviewers may have felt hesitant about giving the novel their unqualified support.
India Today was then the premier Indian newsmagazine, and here's the review, dated January 31, 1994.


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Outgoing army chief says the country's powerful military supports negotiating with militants but would keep open the option of launching possible attacks against them.
Pakistan's Kayani supports talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD // Pakistan's outgoing army chief said yesterday the country's powerful military supported negotiating with militants but would keep open the option of launching possible attacks against them.
The comments by Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who rarely speaks in public but wields massive influence behind the scenes, supported the government's efforts while at the same time reminded people of the threat the militants still pose.
"The national leadership has chosen the way of giving peace a chance. The Pakistan army supports this process," Gen Kayani said in a televised speech at a military academy in the northwestern city of Abbottabad.
The new government of prime minister Nawaz Sharif wants to negotiate an end to the violence that has killed tens of thousands in Pakistan. Under Gen Kayani's tenure, the military has been engaged in a tough fight with the Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups that want to overthrow the government and install a hard-line Islamic state.
Gen Kayani said the army would be happy if the talks led to peace and that force was generally the last option. But he warned that the military had the ability to confront militants with force if needed. He also reminded Pakistanis of the threat the militants posed back in 2008, before the army launched a series of major offensives in the tribal areas and the Swat Valley in Khyber Paktunkhwa province.
"We should remember those days when armed groups were 100 kilometres away from Islamabad, when women and men used to be butchered in bazaars," he said.
The army chief dismissed suggestions that negotiations were necessary because military operations have failed. Some Pakistan politicians have criticised the military operations, saying that Pakistan is essentially at war with its own people.
"One opinion has surfaced that perhaps the failed military operations forced for the negotiations," the general said. "It is far away from the truth."
Mr Sharif's government appears to have made little progress in negotiating with the militants after a series of deadly bombings. Militants have demanded the government must free their prisoners and pull troops from the tribal regions where the militants have their strongholds for talks to take place. The militants also want an end to US drone strikes.
Gen Kayani is considered one of the most powerful people in Pakistan, but he'll be retiring next month. His successor has not yet been named.
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State Treasurer John Chiang this month announced the launch of the Scholar Dollars grant program to address the growing need for funding to support extracurricular and after-school programs at California schools.
"A well-rounded education marries reading, writing and arithmetic with coding, athletics and the fine arts," Chiang said.
At a time when California schools are struggling to ensure classrooms have the latest text books and basic school supplies, many extracurricular activities – from band and sports to field trips and club activities – are being pared back or canceled.
"Scholar Dollars is an innovative way to help 20 schools pay for band instruments or after-school mentoring while spreading the message that California has a premiere college savings program aimed at helping kids afford a college degree," Chiang added.
The Treasurer's new program will award 20 grants of up to $25,000 each to eligible K-8 public and charter schools. Schools are free to spend the grants on musical instruments, computers, library books or sports equipment, or support enrichment programs such as tutoring labs, student counseling, science and technology and many other activities.
The grant program will be administered by ScholarShare, California's 529 college savings program.
Schools will have more access to fund academic resources that are intended to help students further excel inside and outside of the classroom. The program will also focus on the importance of preparing and saving for college.
"The Treasurer's grant program, which advances saving for college by families, will bring great value to our schools, parents and students alike by alleviating some of the pressure to raise funds seemingly year round," said Justine Fischer, president of the California PTA. "Scholar Dollars will help teachers, parents and students spend less time fundraising and more time focusing on what matters: the well-rounded education of our kids."
Grants are available in varying amounts according to school size, which ranges from 300 students or fewer ($5,000 each grant) to more than 1,500 students ($25,000 each grant).
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It's not every Sunday that Washington archbishop Donald W. Wuerl can personally thank the U.S. Supreme Court justices and the vice president of the United States for coming to church.
But on the Sunday before the first Monday of October each year, the day the High Court returns to begin a new term, hundreds of Washingtonians pour into the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle to listen to a special "Red Mass" geared toward the most powerful people in the country. And at 10:00 a.m. on October 3, 2010, Vice President Joe Biden and five justices—Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, and Clarence Thomas—took their seats in the front pews.
"Your presence here," Wuerl told them in his welcoming remarks, "is witness to the importance our nation places on the rule of law."
The Red Mass, named for the red vestments traditionally worn by the officiating clergy, dates back to the thirteenth century. Though the Red Mass in the nation's capital is the most famous in the country, Catholic churches across the nation also hold Red Masses of their own, inviting important members of the local legal community. Last year local newspapers reported churches in Green Bay, Wisconsin; Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Scranton, Pennsylvania held Red Masses this year. Justice Scalia also attended the Mass in Wisconsin at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.
The Catholic hierarchy claims the Red Mass is merely "a traditional religious observance asking God's guidance on the administration of justice, and for the nation." But for critics who support the separation of church and state, the service is an unnecessary mixing of religion and government, law and sectarian doctrine—especially considering that for years the bishops have used the Red Mass to cajole the justices toward the church's positions on various issues.
The Red Mass was first organized in Washington in the early 1950s, when the Catholic bishops were angry with the Supreme Court. In 1947 the justices had ruled unanimously in the landmark Everson v. Board of Education case that the U.S. Constitution provided for a clear separation between religion and government.
The following year the High Court reiterated this separationist doctrine and struck down a "released time" religious instruction program in the Champaign, Illinois, public schools. The bishops soon after issued a statement that called church-state separation "the shibboleth of doctrinaire secularism."
Since then the Catholic diocese has sent invitations to attend the Red Mass to all the justices, the president and vice president, and other dignitaries. Susan Gibbs, a spokeswoman for the archdiocese, said that most recent presidents have attended the Red Mass at least once during their terms, including George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. President Barack Obama has not yet attended.
From the start, bishops used the Red Mass as a rich opportunity to lobby for government aid to parochial schools. Then they extended the sermons to oppose abortion. In recent years, opposition to gay marriage has emerged.
In 1986 for example, Cardinal James A. Hickey sharply criticized the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that struck down laws banning abortions.
In 1989 Archbishop Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia launched a direct attack on American church-state separation.
"In spite of attempts to separate one from the other, to put an impenetrable barrier between them," said the archbishop, "[church and state] knew from the beginning that they needed each other, and along the way they became even more convinced of this truth.
In "the last three decades," Bevilacqua complained, "it is the perception of many that church and state, religion and law, are adversaries instead of companions, enemies instead of friends, antagonists instead of partners. In their quest for their respective kingdoms, church and state are seen as walking with an inviolable, impenetrable, and towering wall between them.
"This opposition," Bevilacqua concluded, "this impregnable wall between two friends traveling the road of our American experiment, cannot endure much longer. If it does, both will suffer and crisis will be upon us."
Bevilacqua called on the four justices in the audience to return to "religiously based moral values."
But the bishops' tactics have sometimes alienated members of the High Court.
A new biography of the late Justice William Brennan recounts a Red Mass following the two major school-prayer decisions of the 1960s—Engel v. Vitale and Abington School District v. Schempp. Brennan, a Catholic, wrote a concurring opinion in Schempp to explain why the Court struck down the reading of Bible passages at the start of each public school day.
In Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion authors Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel say Brennan's hope was to ease the church's anger over the issue. But at the Red Mass in Washington he and the other justices were publicly scolded by the Bishop John J. Russell.
"Thank God, our Constitution forbids the state's setting up or favoring any particular form of religion," Russell said. "But that separation of church and state, which we all cherish in our country, never meant the divorce of government from religion or the separation of law from morality."
Brennan's wife, Marjorie, who was also in attendance, was deeply offended by the bishop's public chastisement. As she kissed the bishop's ring, she blurted out, "You're not fit for my husband or me to kiss your ring!"
Brennan is not the only justice who has been deeply offended by the church's rhetoric over sensitive issues. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was also appalled after attending the Red Mass and discontinued her attendance at the event.
In an interview with Abigail Pogrebin, author of Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish, Ginsburg said: "I went one year and I will never go again, because this sermon was outrageously anti-abortion. Even the Scalias—although they're very much of that persuasion—were embarrassed for me."
In recent years, possibly because of Ginsburg's reaction and negative media attention, the Red Mass sermons have become much less direct, with clergy using guarded language to cloak the underlying message.
Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia followed that approach in his 2010 homily in Washington.
"Positive law," he said, "rests on certain principles the knowledge of which constitutes nothing less than a participation in the divine law itself: the pursuit of the common good through respect for the natural law, the dignity of the human person, the inviolability of innocent life from conception to natural death, the sanctity of marriage, justice for the poor, protection of minors, and so on."
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts (right) leaves St. Matthew's Cathedral with Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl after attending the Red Mass in Washington, October 3, 2010. The Red Mass is held the Sunday before the opening of the Supreme Court Term.
Di Noia, an American who now works at the Vatican, argued that "the democratic state does not so much confer the most fundamental human rights and the duties of citizenship as acknowledge their existence and source in a power beyond the state, namely in God himself."
The archbishop criticized any move toward what he called "exclusive humanism" as a basis for government.
"This exclusive humanism," he said, "has been exposed as an anti-humanism of the most radical kind. Man without God is not more free but surely in greater danger." He added that "the eclipse of God leads not to greater human liberation but to the most dire human peril. That innocent human life is now so broadly under threat has seemed to many of us one of the many signs of this growing peril."
References to the "sanctity of marriage" and "innocent human life" are likely references to the church's stand against civil marriage for same-sex couples and against legal abortion.
Church officials today claim they do not try to persuade anyone in attendance at the Red Mass. Wuerl told CNN that that event is just an opportunity to put aside partisanship and troubles.
"[Americans have] been very careful about . . . not allowing any one tradition or church to become the state church," he said. "But from the very beginning, we've always said we need to hear the voice of faith in all the discussion that is a part of determining what we want to do."
Despite the church hierarchy's claims, the Red Mass has always been a church-state concern. When it comes to difficult legal questions, it's hard to know how much of a role faith will play in the justices' decisions, if at all.
As Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor at Slate, wrote: "Even when the court isn't tangled up in church/state disputes on its docket, it's still addressing these issues in its backyard, whether it seeks to address them or not."
Lithwick said it's especially worrisome that some of the justices don't see the Mass as excessive state entanglement with religion.
"It leads one to question how sitting through the Red Mass has become less awkward for some justices than attending the State of the Union," she wrote. "These aren't questions we get to ask of the justices. But maybe they are questions they can ask of themselves."


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The last time a monarch entered the House of Commons was on this day in British History, 4 January 1642. King Charles I had competed against Parliament for much of his reign, but tensions escalated during the Long Parliament. Essentially, Charles believed that Puritans, encouraged by five MPs (infamous as the Five Members) had encouraged the Scots to invade England in the recent Bishops' Wars and that they were intent on turning the London mob against him. The Five Members, by name, were John Pym, John Hampden, Denzil Holles, Arthur Haselrig and William Strode.
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|Publication date
|Jan 30, 2007
|Filing date
|Mar 21, 2003
|Priority date
|May 13, 2002
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|Geoff Downton
|Original Assignee
|Schlumberger Technology Corporation
|Export Citation
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|Patent Citations (100), Referenced by (8), Classifications (10), Legal Events (2)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/319,241 filed May 13, 2002, incorporated by reference herein for all it contains.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to sensing formation properties and other conditions while drilling boreholes into the earth. Specifically, the invention provides for measuring these properties in the very severe environment adjacent to the drill bit using sensors that are inexpensive but have calibration drift. These sensors are re-calibrated by a second set of sensors with high-accuracy located in a less severe environment.
2. Description of the Related Art
The present invention applies to the calibration of sensors within a rotary drilling system using measurements generated by a remote measuring while drilling (MWD) tool. Previously, sensors were located far from the drill bit due to packaging size constraints and to minimize damage and calibration drift caused by the severe accelerations and hostile environment adjacent to the drill bit. This places the sensors a considerable distance from the most desirable location to acquire data, the region immediately adjacent to the bit. The presence of the drilling fluid and the pressure difference between the drilling fluid and the fluids in the formation often compromise the readings of these remotely located sensors. Also, many properties which are valuable when measured near the drill bit, including inclination, azimuth, vibration, rotational position, temperature, etc., cannot be accurately measured remotely. The expense, fragility, and physical size of accurate sensors make it at best impractical, and often impossible for them to be packaged into a small location close to (or within) the drill bit. The less expensive and/or smaller sensors that may be used in the drill string adjacent to the drill bit do not have the desired adequate long-term stability and accuracy.
The present invention locates a first set of inexpensive and/or relatively small sensors that typically have lower accuracy and higher drift than conventional downhole sensors in the drill string adjacent to the bit. A second set of highly accurate sensors is located in a more protected location higher in the drill string away from the drill bit. As drilling progresses these second sensors pass through the same portion of the formation measured by the first set of sensors. Key properties are measured by the second set of sensors which allow a calibration offset to be applied to the data measured by the first set of sensors.
For example, a sensor prone to mechanical shock induced drift could be located among the first set of sensors. A second, similar sensor located remotely from the drill bit with the second set of sensors in an area with less mechanical shock would then be able to measure the same property a short time later, and provide a continuous offset value to adjust the first measurement.
Accordingly, disclosed herein is a method for sensing a condition in a borehole while drilling with a drill string, by providing a sensor in the drill string adjacent to a drill bit for measuring the borehole condition, providing a second sensor in the drill string remote from the first sensor for measuring the borehole condition, measuring the borehole condition with the first sensor at a first location of the borehole, drilling until the second sensor reaches the first location of the borehole, measuring the borehole condition with the second sensor at the first location within the borehole, and re-calibrating the first sensor using the measurement made by the second sensor at the first location within the borehole.
A device for sensor re-calibration is also disclosed for a bottom hole assembly of a drill string for drilling a borehole. The device has a first sensor in the drill string adjacent to a drill bit for measuring a condition of the borehole at a location in the borehole, and a second sensor in the drill string, remote from the first sensor, for measuring the same borehole condition. There is also a device to store the measurement made by the first sensor and compare it to the measurement made by the second sensor. The device provides a re-calibration offset for the first sensor based upon the comparison.
The same types of reading are not necessarily required. For example, if the one of the first set of sensors has a known temperature induced deviation in its readings, an accurate temperature sensor located with the second set of sensors could provide the necessary information to apply the proper offset.
Accordingly, also disclosed is a method for sensing a first condition in a borehole while drilling with a drill string, by providing a sensor in the drill string adjacent to a drill bit for measuring the first borehole condition, providing a second sensor in the drill string remote from the first sensor for measuring a second borehole condition, measuring the first borehole condition with the first sensor at a first location of the borehole, drilling until the second sensor reaches the first location of the borehole, measuring the second borehole condition with the second sensor at the first location within the borehole, and, re-calibrating the first sensor using the measurement made by the second sensor at the first location within the borehole.
A related device is disclosed as a bottom hole assembly of a drill string for drilling a borehole. The assembly has a first sensor in the drill string adjacent to a drill bit for measuring a first condition of the borehole at a location in the borehole, and a second sensor in the drill string remote from the first sensor for measuring a second borehole condition. There is also a device to store the measurement made by the first sensor and compare it to the measurement made by the second sensor which provides a re-calibration offset for the first sensor based upon the comparison.
Advantages of this invention include: using lower cost sensors within the rotary drilling system without sacrificing drilling performance; detecting and correcting sensor degradation/failures while drilling; and enacting reversionary schemes to compensate for the loss of a sensor and thereby avoid preventable drilling errors.
Referring now to
For systems utilizing the rotary steerable system 22 as shown in
The actual arrangements of the components of the BHA 10 vary considerably depending upon the drilling conditions. Therefore, the arrangement shown in
As can be seen in
In the electronics section 24 are one or more sensors 32, 34 which, because of the hostile conditions adjacent to the drill bit 28, may not maintain their calibration to the desired level. These sensors may measure certain desirable properties in the drilling environment such as inclination, azimuth, gamma ray, temperature, acceleration, gravity, magnetism, hole caliper, neutron density, resistivity, tortuosity, electromagnetic wave propagation, sonic velocity, rate of penetration, RPM, torque and weight on bit.
It is very desirable to measure these properties close to the drill bit 28 because the drilling fluid 8 often intrudes into the formation 6 and affects the measured properties. Measuring these properties near the drill bit provides the highest accuracy because the formation 6 adjacent to the drill bit 28 has spent only a short time exposed to the drilling fluid 8. Other factors, such as stresses and temperatures in the formation 6 are also affected by the drilling action independently of the drilling fluid.
Sensors 32, 34 generally need to be as small as possible to be located adjacent to or within the drill bit 28. For this reason, it may be desirable to eliminate the temperature compensation apparatus with certain of the sensors, such as accelerometers, to minimize their size. When temperature compensation is eliminated, however, the output of the accelerometer will be affected by temperature changes.
In order to utilize sensors 32, 34 to obtain high-accuracy readings, a second set of sensors 36, 38, 40 are located in the MWD module 18. When the BHA is in the first drilling location shown in
However, as drilling continues, the MWD module 18 follows nominally the same path as the electronics section 24, and eventually reaches the configuration shown in
Sensors 36, 38, 40 in the MWD module 18 are of high accuracy. They are not subjected to the hostile conditions adjacent to the drill bit 28, and there is adequate space to accommodate those sensors, which may be larger in size, to attain high accuracy. These sensors 36, 38, 40 also measure certain desirable properties in the drilling environment such as inclination, azimuth, gamma ray, temperature, acceleration, gravity, magnetism, hole caliper, neutron density, resistivity, tortuosity, electromagnetic wave propagation, sonic velocity, rate of penetration, RPM, torque and weight on bit.
If the electronics section 24 is equipped with sensors 32, 34 that can make the same type of surveying measurements as sensors 36, 38, 40 in the MWD module 18 then two independent estimates of survey measurements such as inclination, azimuth, build, and turn can be obtained.
If, as described above, the electronics section's 24 sensor 32, 34 performance is inferior to those of the MWD module 18, then comparison of survey measurements can be made to reveal the numerical value of the error sources within the electronics section's 24 sensors 32, 34. The computations could be mechanized down-hole or at the surface, using on-line parameter estimation techniques. Once known, the error values can be used to update and improve the corrections applied to the electronics section's 24 sensor measurements or to the steering commands of the rotary steerable system 22. This will improve the surveying performance of the electronics section 24 and thus the drilling system's overall performance.
For example, the force feedback loops in accelerometer sensors for surveys require temperature compensation on their outputs for high accuracy. In general, small devices suitable for close packaging, low power etc. have lower accuracies and are more rugged. It may be desirable for space and expense reasons that one of the sensors 32, 34 within the electronics section 24 be an accelerometer of the non-temperature compensated type (e.g. an open loop spring restrained device as opposed to a force-feedback one). This type of sensor behaves in a known manner with respect to temperature variations. Therefore, the acceleration reading provided by this sensor in the electronics section 24 at location 30 in the borehole 4 can be re-calibrated for temperature compensation by a reading from a temperature sensor located in the MWD module 18 when it reaches location 30 in the borehole 4. Alternatively, the information may be used by another connected system that can make allowances for the offset.
In a similar manner, a reading from a non-survey grade magnetometer sensor (with an indicative offset of 1%) in the electronics section 24 at location 30 in the borehole 4 may be re-calibrated by a survey grade magnetometer (with an indicative offset of 0.05%) located in the MWD module 18 as it later reaches location 30 in the borehole 4.
In another instance, the reading error on magnetometers caused by the iron containing components in the drill bit and other portions of the BHA adjacent to the electronics section 24 may be offset by magnetometers located in the MWD module 18.
Since drilling is generally a continuous process, the sensor re-calibrations may be made continuously as drilling progresses. In order to process these re-calibration readings, a device 46 in the MWD module 18 receives the readings from the sensors 32, 34 within the electronics-section 24 and compares them with one or more of the sensors 36, 38, 40 in the MWD module 18. The readings may be transmitted from the electronics section 24 to the MWD module 18 by any one or more of the well known downhole communications methods including short hop RF communication, direct wiring, mud pulse telemetry, sonic pulses in the BHA, or other well known devices.
Alternatively, both the MWD module 18 and the electronics section 24 could transmit their readings to a surface device 50 near the drilling rig 14 or elsewhere, for display or processing. Alternately, the readings may be transmitted to a third tool module 48 located elsewhere in the drill string 12. The data made be stored in this third tool module 48 or in the MWD module 18 for later retrieval at the surface after the BHA is pulled from the borehole 4. Regardless of the exact manner in which the data is routed, the readings of sensors are processed and the information is used to provide re-calibration offsets to the readings from the sensors 36, 38 in the electronics section 24.
In the case where the sensors 32, 34 in the electronics section 24 are mounted on a roll stabilized platform, an additional level of measurement independence can be introduced by deliberately altering the roll angle relationship of the electronics section 24 to the MWD module 18. This allows improved surveying performance to be achieved by deliberately tumbling the sensors 32, 34 about the roll axis during a survey period. By a process of averaging the survey results, this will cause all errors parallel to the tool face to be averaged to near zero. This operation may be performed while drilling i.e. no need to stop drill string rotation. Furthermore, if the drill string rotation is stopped soon after a survey period it will be possible to directly calculate the magnetic offsets caused by rotating a conducting collar in the earth's magnetic field. This correction term will be of benefit to other BHA systems.
As stated above, in order to perform the re-calibration parameter estimations it is necessary to compare survey measurements from the same measured depth. The source of depth information may be supplied directly. Alternatively, by cross-correlating the stream of survey measurements a maximum correlation will be obtained when the measurements correspond to the same measured depth thereby obviating the need to obtain measured depth directly. Since the displacement between the electronics section 24 and MWD module 18 is fixed, this correlation will provide a down-hole estimate of rate of penetration.
Alternatively, these computations might be performed at the surface where depth will be more readily determined.
Whereas the present invention has been described in particular relation to the drawings attached hereto, it should be understood that other and further modifications apart from those shown or suggested herein, may be made within the scope and spirit of the present invention. For example, while only two sensors 34, 36 have been indicated in the electronics section 24 and three sensors 36, 38, 40 have been indicated in the MWD module 18, from one to any number of sensors may be located in either module, depending upon the need.
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The airborne troops in combat gear moved to secure Port-au-Prince's nearby General Hospital, where staff have been overwhelmed by huge numbers of seriously injured patients.
Their dramatic deployment to help speed up logjammed aid efforts brought crowds of quake survivors camped out in the park opposite the palace rushing to its iron railings to gawk and beg for handouts of food.
It was the most visible and potentially sensitive deployment so far by the US military, which is spearheading international efforts to assist millions of Haitians left injured or homeless by the devastating earthquake a week ago.
The commander of the US troops in Haiti, Lieutenant General Ken Keen, said their primary purpose was humanitarian assistance and providing food and water to Haitians, but that there was also a security element to the operation.
"Security goes hand-in-hand with our mission," he told CNN at the hospital protected by his men.
Watching the soldiers, quake survivor Gille Frantz said: "We know the world wants to help us, but it has been eight days now and I have not seen any food or water for my family."
Major General Daniel Allyn says more US Marines are also on the way to help in quake-hit areas outside Port-au-Prince.
"[We] will move about 800 Marines ashore, beginning today, to support communities west of Port-au-Prince that gravely need assistance," he said.
The US military says it will have two new landing strips working in the next two days to help ease congestion at the Port-au-Prince airport.
Haitian President Rene Preval says US troops will help UN peacekeepers bring order to the capital's increasingly lawless streets.
This morning the Haitian government upgraded the earthquake death toll to 75,000, with 250,000 people injured and 1 million left homeless.
While the additional troops are very welcome in the country, people camped out in the parks and in the streets say they are getting more desperate as meagre food resources run out.
One man told the ABC that if help did not arrive soon his family would starve.
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But the US ambassador in Haiti, Kenneth Merten, says although security has been a concern the situation is "calm".
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The UN Security Council has voted to dispatch an extra 2,000 troops and 1,500 police to Haiti for a period of six months, swelling the number of UN military and civilian forces in Haiti to around 14,500.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the decision sent a clear signal that the world was with Haiti, and thanked members for their swift decision.
Mr Ban also told journalists that capacity at the small and damaged airport was improving and one of the main ports would be ready to begin operating soon.
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