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This is a shout out to all clothes manufacturers: What the heck happened to jeans that actually FIT?! Remember those days? The days when jeans actually fit your waist and your butt. Women come in many different sizes, however finding jeans to fit each one of those sizes is like finding a needle in a haystack. There are skinny jeans, super skinny jeans, curvy jeans, mid-rise, low-rise, ultra-low rise, stretch, semi-stretch, non-stretch, jeggings, the list goes…
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Tomorrow will be a fun filled day. Tomorrow my husband is taking off to spend the day with me. Tomorrow we just may go to the Houston Rodeo. But not today. Today I will remember. Because tomorrow I will turn 33 and tomorrow my dad would have turned 57. I never spend my birthdays sad or crying or playing the "what ifs" game. Ever. I refuse to do that. But I also can't ignore the fact that my dad committed suicide and the fact that we shared the…
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A few months ago I shared my story with you and the response was overwhelming. I felt free that day. The stigma with suicide and those who are left to pick up the mess is cruel to say the least. Even now, 15 years later, it isn't any easier. Two days before my surgery I had my pre-op appointment. It began at my doctor's office with the nurse who assisted in the surgery. She went over everything to expect and…
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Today I am going through my Pinterest files trying to select a few new recipes for the 30 Days of Pinterest Project Series and I realize this is going to be harder than I thought. Every recipe I have pinned is something that I myself would love to try. My husband and kids are another story, but the…
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The Army suicide task force's director, in a statement that accompanied the release of January's figures this week, vowed to intensify the group's efforts. He likened the Army's work over the past year to "shining a flood light on the problem of suicide." Now they'll turn it into a laser. Given the Army's inability so far to understand this problem, what they just might need is a magic wand.
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal is banning fast food from Afghanistan, or at least the part of it that he controls. Burger King, Popeyes and Pizza Hut, three favorites of the Bagram Air Field food court, will be gone in 90 days, just in tme for another hot summer of war. But he won't come between you and a cup of Green Beans coffee.
Read MoreSig Christenson: Afghan Army ready for prime time?
Fewer than half of all males in Afghanistan are literate. The number of literate women in the country is simply mind-boggling, only 12 percent, according to the CIA World Fact Book, and the number of soldiers in the "new" Afghan National Army who are unable to read is actually worse – 11 percent.
Read MoreSig Christenson: A potty of your own? Rediscovering comfort
Only when you come back to the world do you realize all the things you didn't have in the war zone, from home-cooked meals to your own personal bathroom. Our troops aren't likely to bother you with the ugly details of what they missed, but it's worth thinking about, as is one other thing. These guys have been going back and forth to the war zone for years, enduring the same old thing for 12 to 15 months at a time, often without complaint. Where in the world do we find them? Thank God they're on our side.
Read MoreSig Christenson: Feeling strange? Situation normal
Back at work after two months in Afghanistan, people at the office ask, "How do you feel?" Well, strange, but don't worry. That's perfectly normal. And by the way, focus on the picture of that Albuquerque sunset whenever the walls start closing in.
Read MoreSig Christenson: Thinking of Ernie Pyle as another battle looms
Famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle died in 1945 after a sniper shot him, but his words and example live on. The journalists ouside Marjah, Afghanistan, are thinking all the things he did while writing about the soldiers and Marines preparing to do battle. They'll share his fears and then do their jobs, as they must, and the GIs they see will be much like those back in the day. "They weren't heroic figures as they moved forward one at a time, a few seconds apart," Pyle wrote of an infantry company he lived with in World War II. "You think of attackers as being savage and bold. These men were hesitant and cautious. They were really the hunters, but looked like the hunted."
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The portrait of Afghanistan that we spent two months trying to paint will come into sharper relief as these stories run, and I cannot promise that they won't depress you. That is because life in Kabul is a hand-to-mouth affair. People there are down on their government not because it is too big, but because it is virtually non-existent. Still, you'll get to know some truly heroic and inspiring figures, one of them an Afghan National Army recruit who calls himself Tamin. We met him one morning while he and other young boots crawled on a hard, rocky plain tryiing to stay beneath a wall of sandbags that line the way to a razor-wire obstacle. This is our look at Afghan National Army basic training outside Kabul and what it means for the future – ours as well as theirs.
Read MoreSig Christenson: The value of vaporous words and skeptical ears
If you were confused recently by a pair of seemingly contradictory messages from our top commander at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, you have a right to be, of course. If you're like me, you think that people say what they mean. And that is the point of this blog, so I'll say it right now, as bluntly as possible: The moment any four-star talks, listen with a skeptical ear.
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Technology developed by Virginia Tech for DARPA's Urban Challengein 2006 and 2007 is heading off to war, joining the U.S. Marines and troops from 13 other nations at in Hawaii for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) war games next month. Aiding platoons of marines as they participate in the Naval Laboratory's experimentation that accompanes RIMPAC, VT's Ground Unmanned Support Surrogates (GUSS) will autonomously help grunts haul supplies, transport wounded, and carry out other platoon support tasks.
Four of the unmanned vehicles will join the 100 aircraft, 34 ships, five subs, and 20,000 personnel participating in RIMPAC. The off-road vehicles -- which somewhat resemble hardier versions of those John Deere Gators used to haul injured players from NFL fields -- can move 1,800 pounds at 5 miles per hour, about the pace of troops moving on foot.
But it's not the vehicles themselves that are the crux of this system; the autonomous navigation system that VT's Urban Challenge team developed for the Urban Challenge is getting its first big real world test at RIMPAC. The system earned third place in the 2007 autonomous vehicle race, completing DARPA's 60-mile course in less than six hours all by itself. That system has been greatly improved over the course of three years, but it faces new challenges on the battlefield as it will have to negotiate tricky terrain, seamlessly switch between autonomous and remote control modes, and deal with rapidly changing mission objectives.Developed in conjunction with TORC, a private company founded by alums of VT's robotics program, the GUSSs are controlled via an interface known as WaySight that allows marines to command the vehicle in several modes. Using a one-pound handheld controller, marines can take remote control of the vehicles, give their autonomous nav systems new routes or objectives, or simply tell them to follow autonomously at a safe distance.
GUSS development and testing is part of an ongoing contract between VT and Navy researchers, so a successful test run could see these kind of autonomous pack mules move closer to becoming regular fixtures on future battlefields.
... until the enemy hacks your controller/GUSS link and drives all your supplies off a cliff.
pretty sure they would prefer to hack our predator drones first
The already have hacked our predator drones. . .They didn't take control, but it seems like insurgents were able to stream the same video feed as our military without much difficulty or expensive technology. I believe the article was on PopSci awhile back actually.
hacking the videos so they can watch their comrades die isnt as big of a deal as taking control
Thanks for picking up the story! Just to clarify, TORC worked closely with Virginia Tech and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory in the development of the GUSS systems. TORC's full product line was integrated on the vehicles (in addition to the WaySight being the primary operator control unit) - from drive-by-wire conversion, emergency stop systems, power distribution modules and the autonomous navigation system, which is a custom version of our AutonoNav product.
See more pictures and video of GUSS at www.torctech.com/media/guss/
Hey your missing doors I see a new no door lawsuit coming down the road. If this wise arsed comment saves you a lawsuit, and a troop an arm your welcome.
awesome; now camoflage them to look like fully armoured humvees, & send out in road patrols,that way they'd be taken out by road side bombs;& less personal killed or maimed
you could use golf carts, similarly camoflaged,& remotely controlled, then there could be couple out front, or every second vehicle a drone;
or sent down narrow streets to check for insurgents,or used as launch vehicles for drones;
lots of possibilities for search & rescue also
I like how we are using preexisting equipment to build these autonomous vehicles. As for the decoy vehicles that lousephyr mentions, that makes a lot of sense. Hundreds just driving around. Hey if putting up decoy cop cars helps slow down traffic on our streets, I wonder what decoy tanks would do to a war zone.
Let's hope the insurgents don't think to use anything like the pair of 10x50 binoculars I paid 15 bucks for.
The GUSS vehicle looks a lot like the LASSO developed by VSE Corporation, but it seems to fall short of some of the LASSO's unique off-road capabilities - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eff7M9EZYPc. LASSO was built from a blank slate as well, not developed by beefing up an existing product. It's top speed is 25mph and carries 3000lbs of payload. Even the look of the GUSS robot is eerily similar to the LASSO and LASSO's been in development since 2005.
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Enabled show disable and purge buttons.
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I have to admit. I have spent virtually no time on the Casey Anthony trial. I'm not even sure why this is getting so much attention compared to many other criminal trials but it clearly has appeal among a subset of women viewers, especially fans of Nancy Grace.
Atlanta-based HLN has been taking full advantage of the trial, providing expansive coverage during the day and into the evening hours.
The windfall: big ratings, relatively speaking. Viewership began climbing once the trial began in late May. Its June ratings were its strongest ever in total viewers, behind only Fox News and ahead of sister station CNN and MSNBC. During the day, it averaged 601,000 viewers vs. 303,000 in June, 2010. In primetime, it averaged 982,000 viewers vs. 592,000 in June, 2010.
Nancy Grace, who contemptuously calls Anthony "tot mom," pulled in a record 1.5 million viewers per night in June, 80 percent more than a year earlier.
On Wednesday, when the defense called its final witnesses, HLN beat all cable news networks among 25 to 54 year olds full day and primetime. It averaged 357,000 all day 25-54, its best numbers in that demo since it moved to long-form programming in 2005. Nancy Grace pulled in 676,000 viewers among 25 to 54 year olds, the most since January 7, 2009, another day in which she discussed the case.
The numbers today will likely be even bigger, given that the verdict was announced. (Anthony was not guilty of the main first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter charges. "Tot mom's lies seem to have worked," Grace said.)
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Bonnie is about to head off overseas, so she thought it would be a lovely gift to give her mum some photos of her and her brother and sister for Christmas. She organised her brother and sister secretly and met me down at the beach for their session. Such a beautiful thought, I'm sure she'll make her mums day
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Republicans raised eyebrows yesterday when they criticized the first African-American Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall, as a way to attack nominee Elena Kagan, his former clerk. One would think that, to avoid any appearance of racial dog-whistling, the senators attacking Marshall's record would be able to name the decisions or opinions with which they so vociferously disagreed.
After the hearing broke last night, TPMDC asked three of the top Republicans on the Judiciary Committee which of Marshall's opinions best exemplified his activism. And while two of the three were careful to praise Marshall the man, none of them could name a single case.
"You could name them," said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT). Pressed, though, he could not. "I'm not going to go into that right now, I'd be happy to do that later," Hatch demurred.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) claimed it wasn't about Marshall's jurisprudence at all, but rather about how Kagan, as his clerk, drove his work on the court behind the scenes. "I don't think it's cases, it's that she wasn't looking at a legal outcome, she was looking at a political philosophy: on which cases were accepted, and which weren't and the direction of those cases," Coburn said. "It isn't about Justice Marshall. It's about what she did in prepping him or advising him. It's not about his cases."
Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) came closest to citing individual cases, though ultimately fell back on a generalization.
"Perhaps the most activist decision in history, or actually it wasn't a majority decision, was Brennan and Marshall dissenting in every death penalty case because they said the death penalty violated the constitution," Sessions claimed. "The only thing it violated was their idea of what good policy was. And they just dissented on every death penalty case. And said 'based on my view that it's cruel and unusual punishment.'"
By way of comparison, I asked him if yesterday's Supreme Court decision, throwing out a handgun ban in Chicago, amounted to judicial activism.
Sessions insisted it did not. "It violated the Constitution," Sessions said of the Chicago law.
How is that any different than Marshall dissenting in death penalty cases?
"Well, first you look at the Constitution as a whole….The Constitution says you can't inflict cruel and unusual punishment. Well, every state had the death penalty. It wasn't unusual. It has to be both."
Notwithstanding their disagreement with his service on the bench, both Sessions and Hatch prefaced their remarks by lauding Marshall as a civil rights hero,
"Marshall was a fabulous lawyer and a champion of civil rights," Sessions said.
"My feeling about Thurgood Marshall was that he was a great man. He wen through travails and problems that most of us never dream of," Hatch gushed. "He was a gutsy guy that risked his life time after time for his belief in civil rights, and I don't think it's right for anybody to criticize him. Now, was he an activist in his decision making? Yeah."
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Decant your wine one glass at a time, directly from the bottle. Simply insert the aerator into the end of the wine bottle. Slowly pour wine into your glass, exposing it to air inside the aerator and creating up to twice as much scent and flavor. Made of blown glass, it includes a black wooden drying stand and a matching glass stopper for use on the aerator or on a wine bottle.
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Daniel Lane on Grand Final
Harrigan warns grand final teams his refs not afraid to make big calls
Daniel Lane NRL referees' boss Bill Harrigan warned next Sunday's grand final could be decided upon something as innocuous as a player being offside at a line drop-out or for walking off the mark at the...
Eels boss pleads for calm as grand-final rematch looms
Daniel Lane PARRAMATTA chief executive Paul Osborne has emailed Parramatta's members urging them not to allow their emotions to boil over in Friday's game against the Melbourne Storm.
Rumours keep on snapping at heels of Bulldogs
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Jack draws on rich history
Daniel Lane Big Jack Buchanan turned 21 on Wednesday but he expects his coming of age as a Wests Tigers prop to occur at 3pm on Sunday when he locks horns with the St George Illawarra pack at the SCG.
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Daniel Lane NRL referees' boss Daniel Anderson faces a crisis in the ranks after long-serving video ref Paul Simpkins tendered his immediate resignation after what appears to have been a bungled pay cut.
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Reynolds says Sutton's the man to keep Bunnies on the boil
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Genial giant emerges from Yasawa lagoon
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Younger Hopoate's axing won't affect Will's deal
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Myles away from his patchy past
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Mandatory sentencing best way to prevent dirty acts, says Tamou
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Is there an easy way to convert a chart to a gif
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A race of long lived or immortal beings known for their grace and beauty. They have a natural affinity for magic and nature and a propencity for shagging and 'nancying'. A little known fact is that elves who are born physically imperfect are sent to hidden mines deep in the earth where they work ceaselessly to keep their lovely brethren hip deep in the rarest of commodities- the natural sequin. "I would love to help you build that shed but I must nancy!"
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Super sexy blondes with pointy ears
Everlasting life usually rangers Literaly down to earth (only woodland) Girls love 'em They are very peacful And they love lembas bread Short light weight weapons used Daggers knives (for otakus) kunai Bow and arrow Light long swords Legolas is one sexy elf
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Elves as described by the Dwarves more...
Elves are smelly, stuck-up, arrogant tree-fondling hippies dedicated to the protection of their concept of nature (focused on trees). Elven caravans arrive in late spring. During trade, elves will not accept wood, wooden items or any goods decorated with wood. Elves will, however, gladly trade you their own wooden items. They will not, however, accept their wooden items back. Bunch of hypocritical bastards. Elven ethics often differ from those of other races. They are likely to be friendly with dwarves, at least until they cut down too many trees. Elves are the only race which wholeheartedly accepts devouring enemy combatants. History shows that an elven combatant will sometimes devour the other person they were fighting when they win. However elves refuse to butcher and consume intelligent beings. Elves find torturing as an example acceptable. To elves, keeping any trophy of any kind is an unthinkable act. Elves allow for killing animals when done in self-defense, and the killing of other elves by an elf is justified if there is an extremely good reason. For elves, the killing of plants is unthinkable. On the other hand, the killing of neutral beings and enemies is acceptable. Elves never offer capital punishment to criminals; instead, elves found to have committed petty crimes are reprimanded, while those convicted of treason, breaking oaths, or par... |
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Elves Humanoids with pointy ears who got drunk and would molest Dwarves in the Mines of Moria of the 1st Age of the parallel dimension and world of ours called Middle Earth. They operated from years 5012MD "Mordor Domoni" to 108AM "Anno Mordor". It's unclear why Elves did this but it became a part of Elfish drinking games. 89% of Dwarves were unwilling to allow their ass hole to get sodomized so Elves came up with darts to shoot Dwarves to send them into a sexual ecstacy. Most of Middle Earth knew the savage acts of the Elves but were unwilling to stop it for fear of open war. Gondor and Rohan were both allies with the Elves and Dwarves but it was a can they didn't want to open. Many Dwarves died during the cruel era called the Stank Mines. The biggest cause of death were exploded rectums causing anal seepage, which in turn led to bacteria infections. The Elves had no remorse. The Dwarves finally rose up and revolted. Most Elves died due to being allergic to axe handles being thrusted up their anus. This gave coining to the phrase "You rip what you sow", ass holes that is. These Elves keep raping all of the Dwarfs. Someone should do something to the Elves to prevent this happening all the time.
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Vacation Rental Reitorska - Kiev
2 Reitorska Street - Kiev
877-662-6988If you're searching for a city center apartment rental, consider Reitorska, boasting area attractions including Saint Sophia Cathedral, Golden Gate and Kiev Opera House. There are many great attractions nearby, including Independence Square, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, St. Volodymyr's Cathedral and St. Andrew's Church. Also close by are Mariyinsky Palace and Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
Apartment accommodations come with air conditioning, DVD players, CD players, irons/ironing boards, climate control and balconies. Practical amenities include kitchens, refrigerators and cookware/dishes/utensils. Free parking is available on-site.
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- Pets accepted
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- This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
Check-in: between 1 PM and 6:30 PM.
Check-out: before noon.
Guests should proceed directly to 24B Mihailovska, Office 80-A, for check-in assistance. Reception hours are 9 AM - 6:30 PM daily. For late arrivals, please contact the hotel in advance using the information found in the booking confirmation.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 60 per vehicle (roundtrip)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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This Reitorska apartment was perfect for what I was looking for. Next to both St Sofia and St Michael Golden Dom with little park over the river... the area is fantastic and not overcrowded with tourists at the same time. Price is ok especially comparing with Hyatt hotel 1 minute walk from there. Apartment's space is well designed as a large studio. perfect to stay as a single traveler or even better for a couple, don't think is good for family with kids. Jakuzzi-like hot tub with adjustable lights is cool. Everything was clean, staff was friendly and helpful no problem.
- January 2012
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Book your pet-friendly accommodation at Reitorska, where guest room features include DVD players and climate control. Rooms open onto balconies. Well appointed kitchens offer a range of facilities, including refrigerators, cooking facilities and microwaves, allowing you to save on dining expenses while you travel.
Guests can unwind at the end of a long day and enjoy flat-screen televisions with cable channels. Rooms also offer CD players for your entertainment pleasure. Rooms also include complimentary wireless Internet access, air conditioning and coffee/tea makers.
Private bathrooms are outfitted with luxury jetted bathtubs.
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- Mini fridge
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- Individually controlled air conditioning
- Direct dial phone
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- Cable TV
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- High speed Internet access
Distances from Vacation Rental Reitorska
Saint Sophia Cathedral - 0.2 km / 0.1 miKaraite Kenesa - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Golden Gate - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Bohdan Khmelnytsky Statue - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Kiev Opera House - 0.6 km / 0.3 mi
Center of all Pointers of Ukraine - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
Independence Square - 0.7 km / 0.5 mi
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery - 0.7 km / 0.5 mi
St. Volodymyr's Cathedral - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
St. Andrew's Church - 0.9 km / 0.5 mi
A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden - 0.9 km / 0.6 mi
National Philharmonic - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Mikhail Bulgakov Museum - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Kiev Shevchenko University - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
Besarabsky Market - 1.1 km / 0.7 mi
The closest major airports to Reitorska are:
Kiev (IEV-Zhulhany) - 6.8 km / 4.2 mi
Kiev (KBP-Borispol Intl.) - 29.7 km / 18.4 mi
The preferred airport for Reitorska is Kiev (KBP-Borispol Intl.).
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.
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Come along dressed as your favourite Super Hero and save Picton Castle from all those evil foes.With games, arts and crafts there is sure to be something for everyone.Normal Entry Fees Apply. Fancy Dress Parade at 3pm with prize giving for best dressed Super Hero.
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I am not in favor of the staggering investments in these processes, but if we are going to scrape the bottom of the fossil fuel barrel, at least we should do it safely.
Once the test wells identify the depths at which the oil/gas bearing zones are located, the operation begins. It consists of three phases: 1) drilling, 2) production and 3) closing or killing the well. (For a description of killing the well, see Phase 3 at the bottom of this article). Looking at the equipment used in this process (Figure 1), this industrial process might appear to be very complex and, therefore, hard to control. In fact it is simple!
Phase 1 starts with drilling the bore hole (~ 36 in. dia.) by lowering a drill bit into the well and rotating it by a shaft inside a vertical drill pipe (~ 6 in. dia.). Through this pipe drilling fluid is pumped down, serving the dual purposes of cooling the bit and carrying up the "cuttings" to the rig, through the annulus (or annular) between the pipe and the bore hole. As the drilling progresses, a number of casings are installed for support, and a number of blow out preventers (BOP) are added, so that if excessive pressure is encountered, the well can be closed.
During Phase 1, the goals are
Pdp ~ PD = PO + ΔP + Fd – Hd
Pa ~ PS = PO + ΔP – Fa – Ha
Once they are accurately measured, all that is needed is to satisfy the relationship:
In order to satisfy requirement 4) above, the system also must be able to detect both the developments of "kicks" and initiate the response to them. The development can be detected by noting an increase in the flow from the well (usually Coriolis meters are used to measure the flows — F in Figure 2) by the rise in the level in the "mud tank" (L) and by the rise in the drill pipe and annulus pressures (Pdp and Pa). The critical measurements, therefore, are the pressures, densities and flows as shown in Figure 2."If we are going to scrape the bottom of the fossil fuel barrel, at least we should do it safely."
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During the production phase, the pipe that in Phase 1 was taking the drilling fluid down into the well serves to carry the oil or gas up from the formation to the rig. They rise under their own pressures, so normally no pump is needed to provide the driving force. During this phase, the flow direction is reversed, the fluid properties are changed (pressures, flows, densities, conductivity), but the process is similar.
The laws of hydraulics through a vertical U-pipe still describe the process. Therefore, some of the same sensors that were used in Phase 1 can also be used, although they require recalibration and range change.
The oil/gas is collected in storage tanks and is transported by barges or through pipelines under the ocean to the shore. During this phase the required safety controls to protect against "kicks" are similar to those described in Phase 1. The fact that the product is flammable requires additional protection to guarantee safety. If the BOPs failed and the presence of flammables is detected (Chapter 7.8 of Volume 2 of the Instrument Engineers' Handbook), the immediate response should be to turn off all ignition sources on the rig or start nitrogen purging them. If, in spite of these steps, fire is detected and can not be extinguished, the rig should be disconnected from the well and moved away.
When, for any reason, the well is to be closed ("killed"), killing fluid (usually a concrete mixture) is pumped into the well through the kill line shown in the upper right of Figure 1. As this mix is heavier than the oil, it displaces the oil and plugs the well. In this phase too, until the concrete sets, the maintaining the pressure balance is critical and can be controlled by keeping the mix density high enough to provide the required hydrostatic pressure to prevent blowout. If the concrete is too dilute (low density), a methane kick can blow it out, as occurred at the BP accident.
The key to improving safety during all three phases of the described process is to have reliable (redundant) sensors and fully automatic response to unsafe conditions so that time is not wasted by the need for obtaining management approvals, and mistakes are not made because operators are untrained or panicked. It is also important to keep the operators fully informed of the conditions on the rig. This requires using "smart annunciators," which not only inform them about the existence of unsafe conditions, but also gives them instructions on what to do about them.


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Recent Comments
- Ed Maxfield 21st May - 2:21pm
Norman Lamb is out of the country on ministerial duties which is why he was unable to participate in the votes last night. If he... - Al McIntosh 21st May - 2:16pm
Section K1 of Schedule 5 part 2 of the 1998 Scotland Act clearly makes the BBC a reserved matter under the present constitutional settlement. "Monitoring... - Glenn 21st May - 1:55pm
The thing about UKIP is that parts of the press and the Tories are hearing what they want to hear. They've been divided over Europe... - Max Wilkinson 21st May - 1:55pm
On what other grounds, aside from sexual orientation, would it be acceptable for a registrar to refuse to conduct a service? Are the rights of... - Andrew Tibbs 21st May - 1:50pm
Mike Just to clarify a couple of your points; When I said "Oppressive regimes around the world monitor media..", it was an observation. The Chinese...