❤️ GlobaLogix 🦅

"GlobaLogix is a Houston-based oilfield technology company serving the upstream oil and gas industry with an integrated data management approach that collects oilfield operating data and converts it to usable information. History Incorporated in 2004, GlobaLogix offers a spectrum of technology services from the “wellhead to the website”, designed to help companies find a balance between technological innovations and resources. At the time of the company's founding, the industry was dealing with unprecedented price rates coupled with limited technical resources. Companies were seeking better methods to competitively manage assets at an economical cost – leading GlobaLogix to develop solutions in remote monitoring and automation. In 2007, GlobaLogix was named the fastest growing company in Houston, by the Houston Business Journal. Sales from 2006-2007 rose 1400 percent from $347K to $5,017MM, outpacing all other technology company growth in the Houston area. Growth continued in 2008 and again in 2009 with a posted 90%+ growth in revenue. Headcount of the staff passed the 100 mark in 2009 and in early 2010 was in excess of 115. Services GlobaLogix founded its business on the idea of providing multiple services to clients, including wireless, satellite, radio, Wi-Fi, supervisory control and data acquisition or SCADA, human-machine interface, and programmable logic controllers. Because GlobaLogix is not tied to any one product or software package, the company is able to employ a variety of technologies to each of its client's projects. The company employs engineers, programmers and information technology managers to handle the technical side of its project operations, and also maintains a staff of traditional field technicians for labor in the oilfields. GlobaLogix helps companies achieve greener operations in their oil and natural gas fields by using predictive maintenance to address field problems, avoid shutdowns and reduce the number of miles driven each day by field personnel. GlobaLogix' consultant services include evaluating current oilfield operations and presenting plans for more efficient automated systems that incorporate existing equipment where possible, helping companies move towards a digital oilfield operation with significant cost savings. News :InTech Magazine: Leveraging predictive maintenance to achieve greener field operations :Digital Energy Journal: Automating Your Fields :Digital Energy Journal: Linking SCADA Development with Operational Needs :Houston Business Journal: Drumming up Business, Trojan Horse Style :Remote Site & Equipment Management :American Oil & Gas Reporter References Category:Geology software Category:Business software companies "

❤️ Charles Darwin (RAF officer) 🦅

"Squadron Leader Charles John Wharton Darwin DSO RAF (12 December 1894 – 26 December 1941) was a First World War flying ace credited with five aerial victories.http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/darwin.php Retrieved 5 February 2010. Biography Darwin was the son of Col. Charles Waring Darwin CB DL JP (1855–1928) of Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire (a second cousin once removed of the famous naturalist Charles Darwin) and his wife Mary Dorothea (née Wharton), the only daughter of the Rt Hon. John Lloyd Wharton MP. He was educated at Winchester School and the RMC Sandhurst. Darwin served in France with the 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards from 1914 to 1916. He then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. His first assignment, to 27 Squadron, saw him flying a Martinsyde G.100. He then returned to England to instruct at the Central Flying School, Upavon, in 1917. When 87 Squadron was founded at Upavon in April 1918, Darwin led the effort. He accompanied the squadron into combat in France as a captain. When Major Joseph Callaghan was killed in action on 2 July 1918,http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/ireland/callaghan.php Retrieved 5 February 2010. Darwin succeeded to command. Flying Sopwith Dolphin no. C4158, Darwin destroyed four enemy planes and drove down a fifth one out of control between 31 May and 26 September 1918. In 1918 he married Sybil Renee Rose, daughter of Charles Marston Rose and granddaughter of the late Sir Philip Rose, 1st Baronet. They had a son and two daughters: * Christopher William Wharton Darwin (1918–1942), RAF officer killed in the Second World War * Vivien Mary Darwin (1919–2014), married 1938, Claude Richard Henry Kindersley DSO MC * Susan Anne Darwin (1923–?), married 1942 (div. 1948) Maj. Gilbert Ian Thwaites. Post war, he remained in the Royal Air Force at the Central Flying School and at RAF Cranwell until his retirement in 1928. He then worked for the Bristol Aeroplane Company as their London manager. From 1936 he became manager of Saunders-Roe.Obituary. The Times, Friday, 2 Jan 1942; pg. 7; Issue 49123; col E He rejoined the RAF as a Squadron Leader, but died unexpectedly on 26 December 1941. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.CWGC Casualty record, Charles John Wharton Darwin. Honours and awards citations Distinguished Service Order (DSO) Capt. (A./Major) Charles John Wharton Darwin. (FRANCE) This officer has proved himself, an exceptionally skilful and gallant patrol leader, conspicuous for utter fearlessness and disregard of danger. On a recent occasion, in company with one other machine, he attacked a formation of fourteen Fokker biplanes, one of which was shot down and crashed. He has accounted for three hostile aircraft. Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 February 1919 (31170/2031) References *Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. , . Category:1894 births Category:1941 deaths Category:Royal Air Force personnel of World War I Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order "

❤️ Me & My Guitar (Tony Rice album) 🦅

"Me & My Guitar is an album by American guitarist Tony Rice, released in 1986.[ Allmusic entry for Me & My Guitar] Retrieved September 2009. Track listing # "Me and My Guitar" (James Taylor) – 3:55 # "Four Strong Winds" (Ian Tyson) – 4:00 # "Walls" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 1:58 # "Greenlight on the Southern" (Norman Blake) – 3:24 # "Port Tobacco" (Tony Rice) – 4:45 # "Early Morning Rain" (Lightfoot) – 3:02 # "Sixteen Miles" (Lightfoot) – 2:39 # "Hard Love" (Bob Franke) – 4:19 # "Tipper" (Rice) – 3:36 # "Song for a Winter's Night" (Lightfoot) – 3:08 # "Sweetheart Like You" (Bob Dylan) – 4:28 # "Fine as Fine Can Be" (Lightfoot) – 3:23 Personnel * Tony Rice – guitar, vocals * Vassar Clements – violin, background vocals * Jerry Douglas – dobro * Wyatt Rice – guitar * Bill Wolf – piano * Todd Phillips – bass * Larry Atamanuik – drums, percussion * Cole Burgess – saxophone * Sam Bush – mandolin * Bob "Barbecue Bob" Hicks – fiddle, harmony vocals * Kathy Chiavola – harmony vocals * Jimmy Gaudreau – mandolin, harmony vocals * Mark Schatz – bass, background vocals Production notes: * Tony Rice – producer * Bill Wolf – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering * George Horn – mastering References Category:1986 albums Category:Tony Rice albums Category:Rounder Records albums "