Author: claimsbot

1-14. (canceled)
15. A container comprising:
a wall comprising an outer surface opposite an inner surface, the inner surface defining at least a portion of a cavity, the wall having a first rate of thermal energy transfer; and
a fluid channel over at least a segment of the outer surface of the wall, at least a portion of the segment having a second rate of thermal energy transfer being different from the first rate of thermal energy transfer.
16. The container of claim 15 wherein the first rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by a first degree of opaqueness, and wherein the second rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by a second degree of opaqueness, the second degree being different relative the first degree.
17. The container of claim 15 wherein the second rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by material over the portion of the segment of the outer surface of the wall, and wherein the first rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by sections of the wall being devoid of the material.
18. The container of claim 15 wherein the first rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by a first degree of reflectivity, and wherein the second rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by a second degree of reflectivity, the second degree being different relative the first degree.
19. The container of claim 15 wherein the second rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by a porous layer over the portion of the segment of the outer surface of the wall, and wherein the first rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by sections of the wall being devoid of the material.
20. The container of claim 15 wherein the first rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by a first thickness of the wall, and wherein the second rate of thermal energy transfer is defined by a second thickness of the wall, the second thickness being different relative the first thickness.
21. A system for processing contents within a container, the system comprising:
a container comprising an outer surface opposite an inner surface, the inner surface defining at least a portion of a cavity;
a fluid channel over at least a segment of the outer surface of the wall, a first portion of the segment having a first thermal energy transfer characteristic and a second portion of the segment having a second thermal energy transfer characteristic different from the first thermal energy transfer characteristic; and
a source of a fluid medium in fluid communication with the fluid channel.
22. The system of claim 21 further comprising a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the fluid channel and capable of altering a temperature of the source of the fluid medium.
23. The system of claim 21 wherein the source of the fluid medium comprises ambient air.
24. The system of claim 21 wherein the first portion of the segment of the outer surface of the wall comprises an insulative layer, and wherein the second portion of the segment of the outer surface of the wall is devoid of the insulative layer.
25. A container comprising:
a sidewall comprising a lower terminus;
a bottom wall covering the lower terminus of the sidewall, the sidewall and bottom wall establishing a cavity to receive material;
a fluid channel over a first and a second portion of the sidewall, the first portion being different from the second portion; and
an insulative layer over the first portion of the sidewall and the second portion being devoid of the insulative layer.
26. The container of claim 25 wherein the first portion comprises an outer surface of the sidewall.
27. The container of claim 25 wherein the first portion comprises an inner surface of the sidewall.
28. The container of claim 25 wherein the insulative layer comprises at least one of the following: solid material layer, a porous layer, a screen structure, a mesh structure, plastic material, a scratcher pad material, blown insulative material, a foam material, coatings of material, paint material, paint material with particles provided therein and any various combination of the materials and structures.
29. The container of claim 25 wherein the insulative layer comprises at least one of the following: molded polymer composite, fiberglass, metal, metal alloy, metal foil, rubber, low density foam, high density foam, Styrofoam, high density Styrofoam, high density polyethylene foam and any various combination of the materials.
30. The container of claim 25 wherein the fluid channel comprises fin structures.
31. The container of claim 25 wherein the fluid channel comprises vane structures, the vane structures comprising openings.
32. The container of claim 25 wherein the fluid channel comprises vane structures, the vane structures comprising slots.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising:
providing a wellbore fluid comprising a carrier fluid and a resilient material;
introducing the wellbore fluid to an annulus;
allowing at least a portion of the wellbore fluid to become trapped in the annulus;
placing a cement composition into the annulus; and
allowing the cement composition to set, wherein at least a portion of the resilient material reduces in volume to affect the annular pressure.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resilient material comprises a natural rubber, an elastomeric material, a styrofoam bead, a graphite, a polymeric bead, or combinations thereof.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the natural rubber comprises rubber materials derived from a plant, latex materials derived from a plant, or combinations thereof.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the elastomeric material comprises a styrene-butadiene copolymer, a neoprene, a synthetic rubber, a vinyl plastisol thermoplastic, or combinations thereof.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the synthetic rubber comprises nitrile rubber, butyl rubber, polysulfide rubber, EPDM rubber, silicone rubber, polyurethane rubber, or combinations thereof.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the resilient material comprises a graphite.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the wellbore fluid comprises from about 1 to about 50 vol. % resilient material.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the carrier fluid comprises a nonaqueous-based fluid.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the carrier fluid comprises fresh water, salt water, brine, seawater, water-based drilling fluid, or combinations thereof.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the nonaqueous-based fluid comprises a diesel, crude oil, kerosene, aromatic mineral oil, non-aromatic mineral oil, linear alpha olefin, poly alpha olefin, internal or isomerized olefin, linear alpha benzene, ester, ether, linear paraffin, or combinations thereof.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein the wellbore fluid comprises from about 10 to about 90 vol. % carrier fluid.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the wellbore fluid comprises a tracer, a gas-generating additive, a displacement facilitator, or combination thereof.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the gas-generating additive comprises azodicarbonamide, aluminum powder, or combinations thereof.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least a portion of the resilient material reduced in volume subsequently increases in volume.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least a portion of the resilient material reduced in volume increases in volume to about a normal volume of the resilient material.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least a portion of the resilient material reduced in volume increases in volume to a volume from about 70 to about 99% of a normal volume of the resilient material.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein the wellbore fluid is a spacer fluid.
18. The method of claim 1, further comprising introducing the wellbore fluid comprising the resilient material to the annulus with a drilling fluid.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the wellbore fluid is trapped in the annulus after the cement composition is placed into the annulus.

1. A light emitting display device in which a large number of pixels are arranged, said pixel having a structure comprising a data write transistor which charges a light emission maintaining capacitor in accordance with a data signal, a light emission drive transistor which supplies drive current to a light emitting element based on the voltage charged in said light emission maintaining capacitor, and an erase transistor which can discharge the charge voltage charged in said light emission maintaining capacitor, characterized by further comprising a correction voltage write transistor which short circuits a gate and a drain of said light emission drive transistor at a timing at which said erase transistor is turned on and a correction voltage retaining capacitor in which a threshold voltage generated between the gate and a source of said light emission drive transistor is written by a short circuit operation of said correction voltage write transistor, and characterized by being constructed in such a way that said light emission drive transistor supplies the drive current to said light emitting element based on both charge voltages charged in said light emission maintaining capacitor and said correction voltage retaining capacitor.
2. The light emitting display device according to claim 1, wherein a switching transistor is connected in series between said light emission drive transistor and the light emitting element, and said switching transistor is controlled to be in a cut-off state in a state in which said correction voltage write transistor short-circuits the gate and the drain of said light emission drive transistor.
3. The light emitting display device according to claim 2, wherein said erase transistor and the correction voltage write transistor are constituted by TFTs of a same channel, said switching transistor is constituted by a TFT of the channel which is different from that of the former two TFTs, and respective gates of said erase transistor, said correction voltage write transistor, and said switching transistor are commonly connected.
4. The light emitting display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said light emitting element is constituted by an organic EL element having at least one or more of light emission functional layers.
5. Electronic equipment into which the light emitting display device according to claim 1 is loaded.
6. A drive method of a light emitting display device in which a large number of pixels are arranged, said pixel having a structure comprising a data write transistor which charges a light emission maintaining capacitor in accordance with a data signal, a light emission drive transistor which supplies drive current to a light emitting element based on the voltage charged in said light emission maintaining capacitor, and an erase transistor which can discharge the charge voltage charged in said light emission maintaining capacitor, characterized by sequentially repeatedly performing
a first step of short-circuiting a gate and a drain of said light emission drive transistor at a timing at which said erase transistor is turned on so as to allow a threshold voltage generated between the gate and a source of said light emission drive transistor to be written in a correction voltage retaining capacitor, and
a second step of supplying light emission drive current to said light emitting element by said light emission drive transistor based on said threshold voltage written in said correction voltage retaining capacitor and a voltage charged in the light emission maintaining capacitor in accordance with said data signal.
7. The drive method of the light emitting display device according to claim 6, wherein at a timing at which said erase transistor is turned on, the gate and the drain of said light emission drive transistor are short-circuited by a correction voltage write transistor so as to allow said threshold voltage to be written in the correction voltage retaining capacitor, and a switching transistor which is connected in series between said light emission drive transistor and the light emitting element is controlled to be in a cut-off state.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A portable pitching mound comprising:
a shell member consisting of a center shell piece, a first shell piece and a second shell piece;
wherein each shell piece has forward and rearward ends, opposite side portions, an upper surface and an opposite underside such that when the shell pieces are placed in a side-by-side relation the shell pieces form an arcuate shell member;
an interlocking means on each shell piece for securing the shell pieces together when the shell pieces are placed in side by side relation; and
at least one of the shell pieces having retractable wheels secured therein such that the shell piece is mobile.
2. The portable pitching mound of claim 1 wherein the interlocking means is a plurality of interlocking sections at the opposite side portions of each shell piece.
3. The portable pitching mound of claim 1 wherein each shell piece has a synthetic surface attached to the upper surface of the shell piece.
4. A portable pitching mound comprising:
a main shell consisting of a center shell piece, a first shell piece and a second shell piece;
the center shell piece having forward and rearward ends, opposite side portions, an upper surface and an opposite underside having at least one retractable wheel disposed therein;
the first side shell piece having forward and rearward ends, opposite side portions, an upper surface and an opposite underside wherein a side portion matingly and detachably receives a side portion of the center shell piece;
the second side shell piece having forward and rearward ends, opposite side portions, an upper surface and an opposite underside wherein a side portion matingly and detachably receives a side portion of the center shell piece such that the pieces form an arcuate shell member; and
wherein during transportation the first and second side shell pieces are detached from the center shell piece and at least one retractable wheel is extended from the center shell piece to provide mobility to the center shell piece.
5. The portable pitching mound of claim 4 wherein the center piece weighs more than the first and second side pieces.
6. The portable pitching mound of claim 4 wherein the center piece has a rubber secured thereto.