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US 20070102186 A1 Abstract Cables used with wellbore devices to analyze geologic formations adjacent a wellbore including one or more armor wires, the armor wires formed of a high strength core surrounded by a corrosion resistant alloy clad. The alloy clad includes such alloys as beryllium-copper based alloys, nickel-chromium based alloys, superaustenitic stainless steel alloys, nickel-cobalt based alloys, nickel-molybdenum-chromium based alloys, and the like.
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Description This application is a Continuation-In-Part of and also claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/153,835, filed Jun. 15, 2005. This invention relates to wellbore cables, and methods of manufacturing and using such cables. In one aspect, the invention relates to cables with improved armor wires used with wellbore devices to analyze geologic formations adjacent a wellbore, methods of manufacturing same, as well as uses of such cables. Generally, geologic formations within the earth that contain oil and/or petroleum gas have properties that may be linked with the ability of the formations to contain such products. For example, formations that contain oil or petroleum gas have higher electrical resistivity than those that contain water. Formations generally comprising sandstone or limestone may contain oil or petroleum gas. Formations generally comprising shale, which may also encapsulate oil-bearing formations, may have porosities much greater than that of sandstone or limestone, but, because the grain size of shale is very small, it may be very difficult to remove the oil or gas trapped therein. Accordingly, it may be desirable to measure various characteristics of the geologic formations adjacent to a well before completion to help in determining the location of an oil- and/or petroleum gas-bearing formation as well as the amount of oil and/or petroleum gas trapped within the formation. Logging tools, which are generally long, pipe-shaped devices may be lowered into the well to measure such characteristics at different depths along the well. These logging tools may include gamma-ray emitters/receivers, caliper devices, resistivity-measuring devices, neutron emitters/receivers, and the like, which are used to sense characteristics of the formations adjacent the well. A wireline cable may be used to connect the logging tool with one or more electrical power sources and data analysis equipment at the earth's surface, as well as providing structural support to the logging tools as they are lowered and raised through the well. Generally, the wireline cable is spooled out of a truck, over a pulley, and down into the well. Wireline cables are typically formed from a combination of metallic conductors, insulative material, filler materials, jackets, and/or metallic armor wires. When used, armor wires typically perform many functions in wireline cables, including protecting the electrical core from the mechanical abuse seen in typical downhole environment, and providing mechanical strength to the cable to carry the load of the tool string and the cable itself. Armor wire performance is heavily dependent on corrosion protection. Harmful fluids in the downhole environment may cause armor wire corrosion, and once the armor wire begins to rust, strength and pliability may be quickly compromised. Although the cable core may still remain functional, it is not economically feasible to replace the armor wire(s), and the entire cable typically must be discarded. Conventionally, wellbore cables utilize galvanized steel armor wires (typically plain carbon steels in the range AISI 1065 and 1085), known in the art as Galvanized Improved Plow Steel (GIPS) armor wires, which do provide high strength. Such armor wires are typically constructed of cold-drawn pearlitic steel coated with zinc for moderate corrosion protection. The GIPS armor wires are protected by a zinc hot-dip coating that acts as a sacrificial layer when the wires are exposed to moderate environments. While zinc protects the steel at moderate conditions and temperatures, it is known that corrosion is readily possible at elevated temperatures and certain aggressive �sour well� downhole conditions. Hence, in such environments the typical useful life of a cable is limited, and the cable may be easily compromised. Also, hot dip galvanization results in a decreased steel strength and increases potential fracture origin sites, which may further contribute to corrosion related GIPS armor wire failure. Further, during hot-dip galvanization an intermediate zinc-iron alloy layer forms between the steel and zinc. Because steel, zinc-iron alloys, and zinc all have different thermal expansion coefficients, this may lead to formation of cracks in the zinc-iron alloy layer during the post-hot-dip cooling process. These stress-relieving cracks are typically extended during the post-galvanization drawing process. The presence of such fractures during cable processing further decreases the corrosion resistance of cables using such armor wires. Zinc can also flake off during cable manufacturing, leading to significant accumulation of zinc dust in the manufacturing area. Commonly, sour well cables constructed completely of corrosion resistant alloys are used in sour well downhole conditions. While such alloys are well suited for forming armor wires used in cables for such wells, it is commonly known that the strength of such alloys is very limited. Thus, a need exists for cables and strength members that are high strength with improved corrosion and abrasion protection, while avoiding cracking and accumulation of zinc dust in the manufacturing environment. A cable or strength member that can overcome one or more of the problems detailed above while conducting larger amounts of power with significant data signal transmission capability, would be highly desirable, and the need is met at least in part by the following invention. In one aspect, the invention relates to wellbore cables with enhanced armor wires used with wellbore devices to analyze geologic formations adjacent a wellbore. Some cables may include at least one insulated conductor, and one or more armor wire layers surrounding the insulated conductor. On the other hand, some cables may not contain component used for electrical transmittance, but rather, serve as strength cables or members. The enhanced design of the armor wires used to form the armor wire layers include a high strength core surrounded by a corrosion resistant alloy clad (outer layer), such as a nickel based alloy, for example. A bonding layer may also be placed between the high strength core and corrosion resistant alloy clad. The cables may include a first armor wire layer surrounding the insulated conductor, and a second armor wire layer served around the first armor wire layer. Some cables of the invention may be formed of one or more armor wires, and employed as a slickline or multiline cable, where the armor wire is used to convey and suspend loads, such as tools, in a wellbore. The cables may be useful for providing wellbore related mechanical services, such as, but not limited to, jamming, fishing, and the like. As above, the armor used is comprised of a high strength core surrounded by a corrosion resistant alloy clad. Also, a plurality of such armor wires may be bundles to form a strength member. The cables of the invention may also be useful for a variety of applications including cables in subterranean operations, such as a monocable, a quadcable, a heptacable, slickline cable, multiline cable, a coaxial cable, or a seismic cable. Any suitable material to form the high strength core may be used. Materials useful to form the corrosion resistant alloy clad of the armor wires include, by non-limiting example, such alloys as copper-nickel-tin based alloys, beryllium-copper based alloys, nickel-chromium based alloys, superaustenitic stainless steel alloys, nickel-cobalt based alloys and nickel-molybdenum-chromium based alloys, and the like, or any mixtures thereof. Insulation materials used to form insulated conductors useful in cables of the invention is include, but are not necessarily limited to, polyolefins, polyaryletherether ketone, polyaryl ether ketone, polyphenylene sulfide, modified polyphenylene sulfide, polymers of ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene, polymers of poly(1,4-phenylene), polytetrafluoroethylene, perfluoroalkoxy polymers, fluorinated ethylene propylene, polytetrafluoroethylene-perfluoromethylvinylether polymers, polyamide, polyurethane, thermoplastic polyurethane, chlorinated ethylene propylene, ethylene chloro-trifluoroethylene, and any mixtures thereof. In another aspect, the invention relates to methods for preparing cables which include forming the armor wires used to form the armor wire layers, providing at least one insulated conductor, serving a first layer of the armor wires around the insulated conductor, and serving a second layer of the same armor wires around the first layer of the armor wires. In one approach, the enhanced design of the armor wires are prepared by providing a high strength core, bringing the core strength member into contact with at least one sheets of a corrosion resistant alloy clad material, forming the sheet of alloy material around the high strength core, and drawing the combination of the alloy material and core strength member to a final diameter to form the enhanced design of the armor wire. Another approach to preparing the armor wires includes providing a high strength core, extruding an alloy material around the core, and drawing the combination of the alloy material and core strength member to a final diameter to form the armor wire. The preparation of armor wires may also include coating the high strength core with a bonding layer before forming the forming the alloy clad material around the high strength core. The invention may be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings: Illustrative embodiments of the invention are described below. In the interest of clarity, not all features of an actual implementation are described in this specification. It will of course be appreciated that in the development of any such actual embodiment, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developer's specific goals, such as compliance with system related and business related constraints, which will vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it will be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure. The invention relates to cables and methods of manufacturing the same, as well as uses thereof. In one aspect, the invention relates to cables used with devices to analyze geologic formations adjacent a wellbore, methods of manufacturing the same, and uses of the cables in seismic and wellbore operations. While this invention and its claims are not bound by any particular mechanism of operation or theory, it has been discovered that using certain alloys to form an alloy clad upon a high strength core in preparing an armor wire, provides cables that have increased corrosion resistance, increased abrasion resistance, which possess high strength properties, while minimizing stress-relieving cracking/fracturing and zinc dust accumulation commonly encountered during cable manufacturing. When cables of the invention are used for performing mechanical services, such as a mechanical slickline or multiline, incorporation of components intended to serve electrical conductors may or may not be required. Where electrical conductors are not necessary, the cables may serve as strength members having a single armor wire or a plurality of armor wires in stranded form. Some cable embodiments of the invention generally include at least one insulated conductor, and at least one layer of high strength corrosion resistant armor wires surrounding the insulated conductor(s). Insulated conductors useful in the embodiments of the invention include metallic conductors, or even one or more optical fibers. Such conductors or optical fibers may be encased in an insulated jacket. Any suitable metallic conductors may be used. Examples of metallic conductors include, but are not necessarily limited to, copper, nickel coated copper, or aluminum. Preferred metallic conductors are copper conductors. While any suitable number of metallic conductors may be used in forming the insulated conductor, preferably from 1 to about 60 metallic conductors are used, more preferably 7, 19, or 37 metallic conductors. Components, such as conductors, armor wires, filler, optical fibers, and the like, used in cables according to the invention may be positioned at zero helix angle or any suitable helix angle relative to the center axis of the cable. Generally, a central insulated conductor is positioned at zero helix angle, while those components a surrounding the central insulated conductor are helically positioned around the central insulated conductor at desired helix angles. A pair of layered armor wire layers may be contra-helically wound, or positioned at opposite helix angles. Insulating materials useful to form the insulation for the conductors and insulated jackets may be any suitable insulating materials known in the art. Non-limiting examples of insulating materials include polyolefins, polytetrafluoroethylene-perfluoromethylvinylether polymer (MFA), perfluoro-alkoxyalkane polymer (PFA), polytetrafluoroethylene polymers (PTFE), ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene polymers (ETFE), ethylene-propylene copolymers (EPC), poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) (TPX� available from Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.), other fluoropolymers, polyaryletherether ketone polymers (PEEK), polyphenylene sulfide polymers (PPS), modified polyphenylene sulfide polymers, polyether ketone polymers (PEK), maleic anhydride modified polymers, perfluoroalkoxy polymers, fluorinated ethylene propylene polymers, polytetrafluoroethylene-perfluoromethylvinylether polymers, polyamide polymers, polyurethane, thermoplastic polyurethane, ethylene chloro-trifluoroethylene polymers (such as Halar�), chlorinated ethylene propylene polymers, Parmax� SRP polymers (self-reinforcing polymers manufactured by Mississippi Polymer Technologies, Inc based on a substituted poly (1,4-phenylene) structure where each phenylene ring has a substituent R group derived from a wide variety of organic groups), or the like, and any mixtures thereof. In some embodiments of the invention, the insulated conductors are stacked dielectric insulated conductors, with electric field suppressing characteristics, such as those used in the cables described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,600,108 (Mydur, et al.). Such stacked dielectric insulated conductors generally include a first insulating jacket layer disposed around the metallic conductors wherein the first insulating jacket layer has a first relative permittivity, and, a second insulating jacket layer disposed around the first insulating jacket layer and having a second relative permittivity that is less than the first relative permittivity. The first relative permittivity is within a range of about 2.5 to about 10.0, and the second relative permittivity is within a range of about 1.8 to about 5.0. Cables according to the invention may be of any practical design. The cables may be wellbore cables, including monocables, coaxial cables, quadcables, heptacables, seismic cables, slickline cables, multi-line cables, and the like. In coaxial cable designs of the invention, a plurality of metallic conductors surround the insulated conductor, and are positioned about the same axis as the insulated conductor. Also, for any cables of the invention, the insulated conductors may further be encased in a tape. All materials, including the tape disposed around the insulated conductors, may be selected so that they will bond chemically and/or mechanically with each other. Cables of the invention may have an outer diameter from about 0.5 mm to about 400 mm, preferably, a diameter from about 1 mm to about 100 mm, more preferably from about 2 mm to about 15 mm. Referring to slicklines and multilines, these may be categorized as electrical or mechanical cables which are used in wellbores which may be producing. The electrical cables typically have an electrical core, and have the capacity to convey lightweight tools through the wellbore. The mechanical cables are useful in a variety of mechanical services, such as jarring, manipulating a downhole valve or other device, setting plugs, making connections, disconnecting component, and the like. Referring now to Armor wires useful for cable embodiments of the invention, have bright, drawn high strength steel wires (of appropriate carbon content and strength for wireline use) placed at the core of the armor wires. An alloy with resistance to corrosion is then clad over the core. The corrosion resistant alloy layer may be clad over the high strength core by extrusion or by forming over the steel wire. The corrosion resistant clad may be from about 50 microns to about 600 microns in thickness. The material used for the corrosion resistant clad may be any suitable alloy that provides sufficient corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance when used as a clad. The alloys used to form the clad may also have tribological properties adequate to improve the abrasion resistance and lubricating of interacting surfaces in relative motion, or improved corrosion resistant properties that minimize gradual wearing by chemical action, or even both properties. While any suitable alloy may be used as a corrosion resistant alloy clad to form the armor wires according to the invention, some examples include, but are not necessarily limited to: beryllium-copper based alloys; nickel-chromium based alloys (such as Inconel� available from Reade Advanced Materials, Providence, R.I. USA 02915-0039); superaustenitic stainless steel alloys (such as 20Mo6� of Carpenter Technology Corp., Wyomissing, Pa. 19610-1339 U.S.A., INCOLOY� alloy 27-7MO and INCOLOY� alloy 25-6MO from Special Metals Corporation of New Hartford, N.Y., U.S.A., or Sandvik 13RM19 from Sandvik Materials Technology of Clarks Summit, Pa. 18411, U.S.A.); nickel-cobalt based alloys (such as MP35N from Alloy Wire International, Warwick, R.I., 02886 U.S.A.); copper-nickel-tin based alloys (such as ToughMet� available from Brush Wellman, Fairfield, N.J., USA); or, nickel-molybdenum-chromium based alloys (such as HASTELLOY� C276 from Alloy Wire International). The corrosion resistant alloy clad may also be an alloy comprising nickel in an amount from about 10% to about 60% by weight of total alloy weight, chromium in an amount from about 15% to about 30% by weight of total alloy weight, molybdenum in an amount from about 2% to about 20% by weight of total alloy weight, cobalt in an amount up to about 50% by weight of total alloy weight, as well as relatively minor amounts of other elements such as carbon, nitrogen, titanium, vanadium, or even iron. The preferred alloys are nickel-chromium based alloys, and nickel-cobalt based alloys. Some cables according to the invention include at least one layer of armor wires surrounding the insulated conductor. The armor wires used in cables of the invention, comprising a high strength core and a corrosion resistant alloy clad may be used alone, or may be combined with other types armor wires, such as galvanized improved plow steel wires, to form the armor wire layers. Two layers of armor wires can be used to form some cables of the invention. Armor wire 200 may be used as an element in an armor wire layer or plurality of layers, grouped together to form a bundle of armor wires, or even used individually. When used individually, armor wire 200 may be useful as a slickline cable where electrical and data conductivity is optional, not required, nor critical. While armor wire 200 may be of any suitable diameter, as a slickline, the preferred diameter is from about 1 mm to about 10 mm, more preferably from about 1 mm to about 6 mm. Slickline cables based upon armor wire 200 have the advantages of increased strength, reduced stretching, and improved corrosion resistance, as compared with other cables used in the field. Armor wire 200 may also serve as a cable for applications other than wellbore use, such as those applications where suspension and/or transport of a load is required, electrical and/or data transmittance applications, or any other suitable cable application. Referring now to Polymeric materials disposed in the interstitial spaces 308 may be any suitable material. Some useful polymeric materials include, by nonlimiting example, polyolefins (such as EPC or polypropylene), other polyolefins, polyaryletherether ketone (PEEK), polyaryl ether ketone (PEK), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), modified polyphenylene sulfide, polymers of ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), polymers of poly(1,4-phenylene), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) polymers, fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) polymers, polytetrafluoroethylene-perfluoromethylvinylether (MFA) polymers, Parmax�, and any mixtures thereof. Preferred polymeric materials are ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene polymers, perfluoroalkoxy polymers, fluorinated ethylene propylene polymers, and polytetrafluoroethylene-perfluoromethylvinylether polymers. The polymeric materials may be disposed contiguously from the insulated conductor to the outermost layer of armor wires, or may even extend beyond the outer periphery thus forming a polymeric jacket that completely encases the armor wires. A protective polymeric coating may be applied to strands of armor wire for additional protection, or even to promote bonding between the armor wire and the polymeric material disposed in the interstitial spaces. As used herein, the term bonding is meant to include chemical bonding, mechanical bonding, or any combination thereof. Examples of coating materials which may be used include, but are not necessarily limited to, fluoropolymers, fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) polymers, ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene polymers (Tefzel�), perfluoro-alkoxyalkane polymer (PFA), polytetrafluoroethylene polymer (PTFE), polytetrafluoroethylene-perfluoromethylvinylether polymer (MFA), polyaryletherether ketone polymer (PEEK), or polyether ketone polymer (PEK) with fluoropolymer combination, polyphenylene sulfide polymer (PPS), PPS and PTFE combination, latex or rubber coatings, and the like. Each armor wire may also be plated with materials for corrosion protection or even to promote bonding between the armor wire and polymeric material. Nonlimiting examples of suitable plating materials include copper alloys, and the like. Plated armor wires may even cords such as tire cords. While any effective thickness of plating or coating material may be used, a thickness from about 10 microns to about 100 microns is preferred. The materials forming the insulating layers and the polymeric materials used in the cables according to the invention may further include a fluoropolymer additive, or fluoropolymer additives, in the material admixture to form the cable. Such additive(s) may be useful to produce long cable lengths of high quality at high manufacturing speeds. Suitable fluoropolymer additives include, but are not necessarily limited to, polytetrafluoroethylene, perfluoroalkoxy polymer, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, fluorinated ethylene propylene, perfluorinated poly(ethylene-propylene), and any mixture thereof. The fluoropolymers may also be copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene and ethylene and optionally a third comonomer, copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene and vinylidene fluoride and optionally a third comonomer, copolymers of chlorotrifluoroethylene and ethylene and optionally a third comonomer, copolymers of hexafluoropropylene and ethylene and optionally third comonomer, and copolymers of hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene fluoride and optionally a third comonomer. The fluoropolymer additive should have a melting peak temperature below the extrusion processing temperature, and preferably in the range from about 200� C. to about 350� C. To prepare the admixture, the fluoropolymer additive is mixed with the insulating jacket or polymeric material. The fluoropolymer additive may be incorporated into the admixture in the amount of about 5% or less by weight based upon total weight of admixture, preferably about 1% by weight based or less based upon total weight of admixture, more preferably about 0.75% or less based upon total weight of admixture. Cables of the invention may include armor wires employed as electrical current return wires which provide paths to ground for downhole equipment or tools. The invention enables the use of armor wires for current return while minimizing electric shock hazard. In some embodiments, a polymeric material isolates at least one armor wire in the first layer of armor wires thus enabling their use as electric current return wires. The present invention is not limited, however, to cables having only metallic conductors. Optical fibers may be used in order to transmit optical data signals to and from the device or devices attached thereto, which may result in higher transmission speeds, lower data loss, and higher bandwidth. The particular embodiments disclosed above are illustrative only, as the invention may be modified and practiced in different but equivalent manners apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of the teachings herein. Furthermore, no limitations are intended to the details of construction or design herein shown, other than as described in the claims below. It is therefore evident that the particular embodiments disclosed above may be altered or modified and all such variations are considered within the scope and spirit of the invention. In particular, every range of values (of the form, �from about a to about b,� or, equivalently, �from approximately a to b,� or, equivalently, �from approximately a-b�) disclosed herein is to be understood as referring to the power set (the set of all subsets) of the respective range of values. Accordingly, the protection sought herein is as set forth in the claims below. Referenced by
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
It's That Time Again...Weekly Random #9
I normally wouldn't do two memes in a row on my blog but yesterday's was an award so participating was part of the deal. Today I'm back at Lindas for her weekly random which sounds light and breezy on the surface but she always throws in a question or three that make you dig deep for the answer. Very theraputic actually…come play! Answer the questions on your own blog and link your answers here….
1. Tell me something about your favorite teacher.
2. Tell me about one pivotal moment in your life.
I guess I'd say my father's death…our family isn't the same without him. I was 32 years old but I don't care how old you are…you are never old enough. My children were young (2 and 4) and my dad was such a wonderful Poppie… I'm sad they didn't get to have him in their lives longer. He was a Marine for most of his life… a man of real strength and integrity yet he had a tenderness underneath and you especially saw it around the granddaughters whom he loved so very much.
3. About favorite colors--a lot of people will ask you what it is, but I want to know why it is. What feeling or memory does it evoke? \
Yellow-it's happy…it's not a color I use in my home as I like warm rich colors for decorating and living but when I think of yellow I think sunshine and happiness so I always claim it as my favorite.
4. What's a sure sign that you're getting older?
5. Please don't sermonize, but Halloween--is it a yes or no for you?
Well my kids are in college now so they're not home to participate but as children, yes, we did the costume /trick or treat act.
6. What's your favorite musical?
Phantom of the Opera
7. Are you more of a city mouse or country mouse?
I am a country mouse (not talking farm here, just space, nature, woods, land) who needs easy and frequent access to the city.
8. Did you know that it is possible, for a small fee, to name a real star after someone? (It's true! Google it!) If someone were to name a star for you, would you appreciate it for its whimsy and romance, or would you say, "Are you kidding me? For $19.95 we could have gone to the movie and actually bought popcorn."
I suppose if someone thought this would be a thoughtful and meaningful gift for me I could appreciate it. We loved my daughter's fifth grade teacher and her class went together and did this as one part of an end of year gift for her. She was hugely into science and participated in the NASA program for Teachers in Space so she really loved this and it felt personal.
9. This question comes from Paula at His Ways Are Not Our Ways)-What's the craziest thing you've ever been doing and texted during it? I only thought of this b/c I was about to try to text during my walking video but I didn't. Paula, you do know that this blog is rated G, right?
10. "It's not a party unless _______."
Somethin' gets broken…that's the standard end of that saying at our house. We're fun people here…what can I say?
11. When you're stuck in traffic or a waiting room, what do you do to pass the time? PS: There are no magazines available.
In a waiting room I try very hard not to touch anything…I people watch and sometimes write great blog posts in my head that I later cannot remember. In traffic, it's all about the music isn't it? I like mine loud and I like to sing along much to the dismay of my family.
12. If you weren't yourself, would you be friends with you?
I'd like to think so.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
My Public Service Announcement for the State of NJ plus an award
I think if the politicians used my part of the state as their backdrop when giving interviews as opposed to, oh say a rest stop on the NJ Turnpike, they'd have people begging to live here. I mean as long as they didn't find out about the property taxes. New Jersey really is a lovely little corner of the earth and I'm just doing my bit here to spread the word...NJ Department of Tourism you are most welcome.
We took these pictures on our hike stroll this past weekend. I guess I need to also add here that the NJ Dept. of Tourism does not read my blog nor are they paying me to promote the state although perhaps they should consider it.
While NJ may not be giving me any recognition Lisa, at Odom Party of 5, did present me with my very first blog award yesterday (thanks Lisa!)
Lisa and I both have two daughters in college and love great shoes...seriously, how much more of a connection can two people need? I'm supposed to answer these questions and then pass the award on to six Over the Top bloggers that I don't think have participated in this yet. If you'd like to play along too then feel free..if not, NO pressure. Just cut and paste these questions to your post (or facebook page if you read my blog there) and let me know you joined the fun...
1. Where is your cell phone? in my purse...which is in the other room which slightly annoys my hubs...he thinks I should be like the Secret Service and always have it on me so I'm never out of radio contact.
3. Your mother? loved
4. Your father? missed
5. Your favorite food? thai green curry
6. Your dream last night? None
7.Your favorite drink? champagne
8. Your dream/goal? to make a difference somewhere in this world
9. What room are you in? office
10. Your hobby? reading
11. Your fear? not managing #8
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? savoring the water view from my back patio somewhere south of the Mason Dixon line
13. Where were you last night? a lovely Italian restaurant in town
14. Something that you aren't? a good singer
15. Muffins? cranberry orange
16. Wish list item? a beach/lake house
17. Where did you grow up? mostly southern NJ
18. Last thing you did? took the dog to the vet for a shot aka my aerobic workout for today
19. What are you wearing? jeans and a long sleeved t-shirt
20. Your TV? off
21. Your pet? snoozing
22. Friends? Away
23. Your life? in transition
24. Your mood? good
25. Missing someone? always
26. Vehicle? parked
27. Something you're not wearing? shoes
28. Your favorite store? Ann Taylor
29. Your favorite color? yellow
30. When was the last time you laughed? Recently
31. Last time you cried? Recently
32. Your best friend? my sisters
33. One place that I go to over and over? library
34. One person who emails me regularly? Vershonn
35. Favorite place to eat? Italy : )
Sunday, October 25, 2009
I Walked a Metaphor
After a day of gray skies and windy rain the sun finally made an appearance. Since the leaves were still looking fiery my husband and I headed out with the dog for a walk thru a nearby wilderness and recreation area. I'd glanced at a map prior to leaving the house and even printed something from the website that showed a few trails. For some reason though, once we got out of the car and put the leash on the dog we just jumped on the nearest path and unfortunately left those maps in the car. We came to a split in the trail and without a whole lot of thought went for the one marked yellow.
The woods were absolutely glorious, the light caught the tips of the leaves and reflected off the nearby water. The trail was wide and flat and beautiful. We stopped to admire the lake and listen to the geese...we watched some men racing model speedboats and we took a million pictures. The air was cool so we walked arm in arm wrapped in our warm coats and mufflers. We walked this way for a while until we came upon another fork in the trail and again, we didn't really stop to think too hard, we just went with what was in front of us.
The trail veered away from the water and became rocky, the kind of rocky where you have to watch where you are putting your feet because the rocks stick up just high enough and just often enough so that you catch your toe and after a while you might also swear under your breath or possibly out loud because you get tired of almost tripping. Now you're getting hot…and thirsty…and you regret leaving the water in the car with the map. In the back of your brain a little thought percolates…something you remember reading online about one of these trails being 12 miles long and you start praying a little that the 12 mile trail is not the one marked with a yellow diamond because you most certainly did not want to walk 12 miles of rocky trails today. You start really wishing you hadn't left the map in the car…or the water.
The trail goes up so you follow, going deeper and deeper into the woods thinking that just maybe when you get to the top of this trail you'll see something familiar but no, just more woods and you feel deflated…and maybe like crying just a little. Your husband asks if you are okay, if you need to rest and you kind of want to yell at him because you are hot and tired and feeling like you might never find the end of this trail and he's an easy target for your frustration but you pull yourself together and keep going.
We're bound to reach the end of the trail soon you would think except that 12 mile thing that was percolating in the back of your brain...well, it has now moved front and center. You come to a stream and it requires hopping from rock to rock to slippery fallen down tree trunk to get across and two hours ago you would have found a little joy in that small feat but now you are just irritated and hoping not to slip and fall. Your husband goes first and he makes it, even with the dog in tow and then he reaches out and offers you his hand and you don't pout but you take it and get across too.
We keep walking and climbing and twisting ankles and stubbing toes and we're not taking any pictures now. In fact the beauty of these woods has been marred a bit. Just a couple of hours ago every leaf and tree was worthy of comment but what was so gloriously golden a couple of hours ago is now just something to get through. It is right about then that your husband reminds you of how we used to take the kids out as a family and they would panic if they thought we'd missed a turn or were in any way lost. And he would reassure them (and me too) and say 'Don't worry… I'm here with you and I always know where I am'.
At some point along the way today I found myself thinking that this hike makes an interesting metaphor for life. What began as a simple walk turned into an honest to goodness hike... isn't that the way life goes too? I jump onto a path without taking enough time to be sure it's the right one? I move along thru the days and weeks and moments, finding the going mostly easy and beautiful until suddenly a fork in the road appears. Don't I often go for whatever is in front of me…the seemingly easy route? How many times has that seemingly easy route turned into a rocky road? Maybe it's not full of big giant boulders to haul myself over although sometimes there is that too... most of the time it's just annoying 'rocks' in my path. Rocks that trip me up, irritate me and make me impatient to the point that I cry quiet tears of frustration and lash out at people I love. Sometimes bigger obstacles require crossing a stream and sometimes it's easier to pout about my circumstances rather than reach for the hand offering help. How much of the beauty that is all around me do I miss because instead of looking for the blessing in the moment I just want to get through it…to move on to the next thing? Sometimes I even feel lost.
I was happy to finally round a bend today and see the car park in the distance. I'm especially glad my husband was with me...that he knew the way when I did not...that he was patient with me…that he knows me and yet he loves me. I am also thankful I'm not going it alone in the bigger picture that is life…that the very God who created the beauty of the woods we hiked today is patient with me...that He knows the way when I do not...that He holds me in the palm of His hand …He says 'Don't worry …I'm here… and I always know where I am."
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Crazy Eight...it's time for the Weekly Random
Welcome to Week 8 of the Random Dozen meme hosted by Linda at 2nd cup of Coffee. If you want to play along just answer the questions on your own blog and link your answers here for all the world to see. Well, all the blog world anyway. Well everyone who reads Linda's blog at least. Anyway...here are mine-
1.Candy corn: Your thoughts?
Here's the problem with candy corn...If I eat just one or two, fine. However I lack self discipline when it comes to a candy bowl sitting within arms reach so I end up eating far too many and then I feel sick. Yeah, I'm like a 5 year old that way. I've heard that if you dump a bowl of salted peanuts in with the candy corn and eat a handful it tastes just like a Payday. I'm afraid to try it...I don't need anything else to love. As an aside here-can you believe I just wrote 5 full sentences answering a question about candy corn? Yes...I imagine you can.
2. Briefly, what was the first conversation you ever had with your spouse? (or best friend, if you're not married.) (Or someone significant, like your librarian.)
"How did you get that black eye? And broken hand?" (and fyi-that convo was with the man I eventually married, not my librarian) We were college students-what more can I say?
3. Could you ever become a vegetarian?
4. Have you ever dressed up your pet in a costume?
well, now that you mention it....this is our sweet pup ready to trick or treat in an old ballet tutu that belonged to one of my daughters. It is sparkly and has a Spanish dancer feel to it...
Dixie was initially less than thrilled and spent the first fifteen minutes running in a circle trying to remove it however that only made it look like she was dancing and really getting into the spirit of it all so we laughed and took pictures and she got over it. I have better pictures of the day but I discovered this morning that there is yet one more box of scrapbooking items to unpack somewhere in this house.
I wrote a whole post about this picture which you can read here. This is Dixie getting ready to spread some Christmas cheer in our little English village. We like to call her a party girl...she is one happy pup and if she were a person we know she would be on everybody's A list.
5. Name something about childhood that you miss (like Clark Bars, Teaberry Gum, Malibu Barbie, cracking fake eggs on people's heads with your fist and "It's the Great Pumpkin" airing only once a year).
Little Kiddles...my sister and I loved them...I can't believe they haven't brought those back...tiny little dolls and each came with some sort of accessory or fun add on...there was Babe who came with a little yellow sports car, Lola came with a mini sailboat, etc. I even had a little kiddle house-so much fun for little girls. And paperdolls...do little girls still play with paperdolls? We'd spend hours cutting out the clothes and dressing them and putting them into families.
6. Have you ever won a trophy? If not, what do you deserve a trophy for?
Nothing significant comes to mind but I'm pretty sure if they were handing out trophies for wordiest blog posts I'd get a blue ribbon.
7. When do you think is the appropriate time to begin playing Christmas music each year?
Once the weather gets cool I start thinking about Christmas and once I start thinking about Christmas bring on the music. But only at home...in a store I don't want to hear it until the day after Thanksgiving.
8. What's your favorite board game?
I like most games so this one is tough....backgammon, yahtzee, scattegories, dominoes (mexican train), rummikub...did I mention I like games?
9. How do you feel about surprises (receiving, not giving)?
We're talking good surprises here right, as in, "Surprise...Happy Birthday!" If that's the case I'm okay with it. I don't care for ugly surprises but then I suppose nobody does.
10. Is it easy for you to say, "I'm sorry?"
yes I think so
11. What is your favorite candle scent?
12. October is traditionally "open house" time in public schools. If you had a literal open house in your home (like a reception) what light snacks would you serve visitors and what would you show them (as in art projects, graded papers) that would uniquely represent you?
I'm not sure I get this question...well, except for the food part which of course I always get.... As far as my 'stuff' goes...probably a scrapbook, some photographs of my family taken of our adventures living abroad. As far as the food goes, since it's an 'open house' I'd probably say...a nice glass of champagne, cheese and cracker tray (definitely a good Brie, a chunk of Parmesan and a blue cheese too) and then of course something wonderfully decadently chocolate.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Two Words
Friday, October 16, 2009
Raindrops on Roses
- 1. He is nice. Seriously. He is the easiest person in the world to get along with and I don't know a single person who doesn't like my brother.
- 2. He is funny.
- 3. He is five years older than I am so I always looked up to him as a little girl. He used to play ping pong with me after dinner and every now and then he'd let me win by playing with his right hand (he's a lefty).
- 4. Once when he was babysitting my younger sister and I we might have started a fire in the kitchen (it was small, yet terrifying) and he might not have told our parents the whole story for a few years.
- 5. He always got stuck sitting next to me on rides at the amusement park. No small thing as motion is not my friend. Like I said, he's nice.
4. Yesterday my friend booked me on the train from London to France with her for a weekend in December. I think that speaks for itself.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Art of Coming Home
Did you know it was an art? Do you even know what I'm talking about? Isn't this home? Should returning to the country of your birth ever need to be anything more than a tiny blip on the radar that is life? Did you have any idea that people of all ages and nations and walks of life have been studied and whole books have been written in order to better understand the phenomenon known as reverse culture shock? I've been reading one such book, which is aptly entitled, The Art of Coming Home by Craig Storti (don't know him, not doing any kind of review, yadda yadda yadda...just reading a book).
This concept of reverse culture shock is something I've wanted to write about on my blog for a while now, mostly because it's a topic that consumes much of my thinking. I'm more or less in the throes of it…I'm up, I'm down, I love it here, I miss it there, I wish I could see/do/be xyz here, I don't miss that about there, I cry and wring my hands in frustration, won't someone understand… I go hours or days without life there even entering my thoughts at all… but wait, that's no good…I want it to stay fresh in my head…no, it needs to fade…who am I now… how do I take what I learned about myself and people and differences and life and make it fit here…where do I belong and how do I balance memory and reality?
There is a problem though in writing about all of this in a forum such as blogland, or for that matter anywhere outside of the expatriate community, and that is this: at the very core of 'coming home' is the undeniable fact that people don't really care. I'm truly not being critical here, just keeping things real. It's a bit of, "So what's the big deal? You were here, you moved overseas for a while, blah blah blah, and now you're back.... where you belong. Home."
Do you know how many times I've heard those words...here... home... where you belong? The thing is we're not really feeling it. Not yet anyway. We will I've been told but at the moment not so much. I'm sure a few of you are rolling your eyes as you read this thinking, 'My goodness, will she just get on with life already???" That's an honest reaction and I understand it. Recently the welcome wagon lady stopped by my house. She stayed for almost 2 hours and I'm pretty sure I mentioned we'd just moved back to the states after 6 years overseas but what she really wanted to talk about was...herself. Her reaction to me was pretty much the reaction I get from almost everybody when I mention that we're new... 'Wow, London, that's nice...so anyway back to me'. A slight exaggeration but I think you know what I mean. We're all very much about our own stuff...our own little corner of the world, what's going on inside our own house and particularly what is going on inside our own head. Perhaps this reaction is a blessing in that it is what helps me move on, to look forward, to be in this moment and not moments past.
It's a high wire act I find myself walking most days. I want to feel settled and at home here, in this place, this town, my country, but in doing so I don't want to let go of a single thing that has been added to my life in the past six years. A friend who also lived in the UK for six years but has been back in the states for seven years now recently said to me, "Sometimes I forget I ever lived there. Like those years never happened." Is that feeling inevitable? Oh I really hope not. How exactly do I embrace the new without letting go of the old?


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Reality TV meets the hedge fund world in the first season of Hedge Fund Lions' Den (HFLD).
The six-part made-for-web mini-series examines the trials and tribulations of emerging managers (EMs). These managers have exclusive access to three of the hedge fund world's biggest names for advice and guidance.
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类型/形式: | Feature films Musical films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama Film adaptations |
提及的人: | Roald Dahl; Roald Dahl |
材料类型: | 录像 |
文件类型: | 视觉资料 |
所有的著者/提供者: |
Stan Margulies; David L Wolper; Mel Stuart; Roald Dahl; Anthony Newley; Leslie Bricusse; Gene Wilder; Jack Albertson; Roy Kinnear; Peter Ostrum; Warner Bros.; Warner Home Video (Firm) |
语言注释: | English, French, Spanish and Portuguese language tracks; subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese. Closed-captioned. |
注意: | Originally produced as motion picture in 1971. Based on the book "Charlie and the chocolate factory" by Roald Dahl. Special features: the making of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate factory; feature length audio commentary with the Wonka kids; 4 sing-along songs; behind-the-scenes 1971 featurette; photo gallery; interactive menus; theatrical trailer; scene access. |
制作人员: | Director of photography, Arthur Ibbetson ; art director, Harper Goff ; editor, David Saxon ; lyrics and music, Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley ; costume designer, Helen Colvig. |
演员名单: | Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Dodo Denney, Paris Themmen, Peter Ostrum. |
目标对象: | Rated G. |
描述: | 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
详述: | DVD; Dolby surround 5.1 (English), mono. (French, Spanish, Portuguese). |
责任: | Warner Bros. ; produced by Stan Margulies and David L. Wolper ; screenplay by Roald Dahl ; directed by Mel Stuart. |
Candy manufacturer Willy Wonka has a contest and hides five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. All five ticket winners get a free tour of the mysterious Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of Wonka candy. Four of the children are nasty brats who are punished by Willie Wonka with various diabolical, but funny, methods. Only Charlie, a likeable child, wins the heart of the manufacturer.
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I get some strange behaviour. I have a procedure which changes in the names of partitions in a table. I created a job which runs this procedure every 2 mins for testing. First run goes very smooth and without any error so far. However, from 2nd run I get the following error
"ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified or timeout expired
ORA-06512: at "CDS_USER.RENAMING_PARTITIONS", line 17"
Yes, My table is live. But when I run my procedure explicitly withoug the scheduler, it runs perfectly fine. No issues with that. And every first run by the scheduler is also perfect.
Here is the code for scheduler
job_name => 'drop_user1' ,
job_action => 'RENAMING_PARTITIONS'
job_action => 'DROP_PARTITIONS'
,start_date => SYSDATE ,
repeat_interval => 'freq=hourly;INTERVAL=7',bysecond=0;' ,
enabled => TRUE ,
comments => 'schduling drop job.');
Here is the code for procedure
create or replace PROCEDURE RENAMING_PARTITIONS
hv varchar2(9);
max_part VARCHAR2(9);
select max(partition_position) into max_part from user_tab_partitions where table_name='DEMO';
for x in (select partition_name, high_value, partition_position
from user_tab_partitions
where table_name = 'DEMO' and partition_name like 'SYS%')
if x.partition_position <> max_part THEN
execute immediate 'select to_char('||x.high_value||'-1,''YYYYMMDD'') from dual' into hv;
partition '||x.partition_name
--||' to DATE_'||hv);
execute immediate('alter table DEMO rename partition '||x.partition_name
||' to DATE_'||hv);
end if;
end loop;
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Global Game Jam has come and gone and, with it, we've officially completed the first event of MADJAM 2015. We had a lot of fun at the first event and learned a lot of lessons about organizing such an enormous game jam.
Attendance at the event was almost overwhelming: the GGJ event saw 74 participants come out to the Mercer Warehouse who together built 15 awesome games in only 48 hours. We were lucky enough to have 5 amazing speakers deliver talks on the first night, a booth from Microsoft with some incredibly useful swag, and two representatives from the Edmonton City Council in attendance.
Throughout the weekend, over 200 people dropped in to watch the event livestream on Saturday and we had CityTV drop by to cover the event as well.
We're extremely pleased with the event and we want to thank all the participants, judges, speakers, and volunteers for their time and energy. We are humbled by the passion we saw at the event and we know that this is only the beginning of what Edmonton has to offer the world of video gaming.
We also want to give a huge shout-out to our incredible sponsors: Unity, Startup Edmonton, Microsoft, Github, Edmonton Digital Arts, and OverKlocked. Your support is invaluable as we continue to make Edmonton a better place for people in the game industry.
We know that there is room for improvement in future events. We had issues with internet stability towards the end of the day on Sunday. We know we want to work on delivering information and rules with more clarity in the future as there was some confusion. We will apply everything we learned to ensure that our next events are even better. We appreciate every bit of support and feedback given to us, so don't hesitate to email us with your thoughts on the event.
In anticipation of the next event, we want to give you a quick run down some important things you'll want to do before the next event.
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