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"I received this recipe a couple of years ago from a friend and get rave reviews from everyone each time I prepare it. It is not only delicious, but very pretty for a holiday table. Great for Thanksgiving or Christmas."
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1/2 cup
2 cups
white sugar
2 tablespoons
1 teaspoon
ground cinnamon
1 (12 ounce) bag
fresh or frozen cranberries
1 1/2 cups
cake flour
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon
6 tablespoons
butter, softened
1/2 cup
white sugar
1/2 cup
brown sugar
1 teaspoon
vanilla extract
3/4 cup
sour cream
I love this cake. My mom made it for us on Christmas (changed it to 1 C sour cream) and used a vanilla sauce that consisted of 1/2 C melter butter, 1 C sugar, 1 tsp Vanilla, and 1/2 C evaporated milk...It literally melted in our mouths. We weren't so sure about the tangy-ness to it but once the vanilla sauce was on it it was AWESOME. So you may want to try it with the vanilla sauce. She said it would be calliing our name later that night too, and IT DID! Great recipe.
Being overly careful, I lined the bottom of my pan with three layers of foil. I still had a terrible mess in the bottom of my oven. I had to bake this for at least an hour and 20 minutes. At 50 minutes, it would have been a runny mess. I added the zest of one orange to the cranberry mixture. Overall, the taste was good and it's pretty when garnished with an orange twist and greenery. Will I make this again? Probably. But first I have to clean the oven and that's going to take a while.
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This is a great holiday cake... I did substitute a few things...I omitted the cinnamon and used 1 tblsp of orange zest and I arranged orange slices in a spiral in the pan and arranged the cranberries around them... added 1/4 cup fresh crushed cranberries and 1/4 cup of orange juice to the cake batter and a full cup of sour cream... it was fabulous.
Two things - really do cover the bottom of the Springform generously with foil, without holes, because the syrup will leak through, and burn in the oven (and set off all your smoke detectors). I went by guess and by golly for a holiday party, though, and it turned out fine. Great recipe!
This cake was delicious and pretty easy to make - I am not a baker, savoury is more my speed, but I was asked to bring a nut safe dessert to a New Year's Eve dinner and fortunately this one caught my attention. I made it pretty much according to the recipe, though combined suggestions from two other reviewers (Thank you Justina & Dianna): I added the zest of 1 orange (naval orange, I think) into step 2 (with the butter, sugar, cinnamon & cranberries); the juice of 1/2 an orange (naval) to the batter; and arranged seedless mandarin orange slices (about 2 oranges worth) in the bottom of the cake pan before adding the cranberry mixture. I also made the vanilla sauce that Justina described in her review (1/2C melted butter, 1C sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2C evaporated milk), but at the last minute zested another orange into it - it was divine! It looked as delicious as it tasted!! My only concern now is that people are going to expect that I can bake!! Thank you AllRecipes & thank you reviewers - it was a huge hit ;)
Really amazing!! I baked gluten-free with 2 Tbsp tapioca flour, 1/2 C oat flour and the remaining with Brown rice flour. It was a bit too sweet and I think I am going to cut down the sugar in both the sauce and in the cake next time. Boyfriend loved it and cannot wait for me to make it again.
Yum, yum! I made this as directed, except for AP flour as I had no cake flour on hand. It was delicious! Pretty sweet though. Maybe I will cut down on the sugar a bit next time. I also like the reviewers who suggested the orange zest, orange juice and then garnishing with orange slices. I will try that next time. Oh BTW, my batter was too thick to 'pour'. I had to spread it around on the cranberries as best I could, but still did not get it all the way to the edge of the pan. Once it baked though, it had spread cleanly to the edges, no problem.
I like the tartness of cranberries so I reduced the sugar by half, left out the cinnamon, added lemon zest & used lemon juice in place of the water. I also used only 3 tbsp of butter instead of the 1/2 cup it calls for & it was still quite buttery and sweet. So if anyone is calorie or sugar conscious, you can probably even reduce a bit further than half and come out with a tasty cranberry topping. I've used a similar recipe from williams sonoma in the past and I may return to it as I found the cake a bit lighter. Also, you don't need to fuss with a springform pan - I've used regular cake pans and aluminum pans and it turns out just as good.
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Rocco's technical and managerial responsibilities has spanned across all industry security domains in his thirty-two year IT Technology and Information Security career. He has designed and implemented a number of security programs. products, tools and solutions to minimize risk and exposure to a diverse number of corporations and business partners such as; PepsiCo, USCO Logistics, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Sun Micro Systems, AstraZeneca and Nortel, including providing security-consulting services for U.S. Financial organizations. While at PepsiCo as the Senior Security Technical Manager, he managed staff concentration and career path expansion in the Information Security, Operations and Business Continuity domains. He assisted the Pepsi-Cola CSO directly in establishing Pepsi-Cola's Information Security and Business Continuity programs, including the design, planning and implementation of logical security mainframe, midrange and handheld access control systems. As the Director of Information Security for USCO Logistics (3PL Logistics Solutions Provider), he managed staff concentration and career path expansion in several security domains and developed their Corporate Information Security and Business Continuity programs, including responsibility for facility physical security controls consisting of the design and implementation of security access control systems, alarms, metal detectors, surveillance and biometric security systems for Corporate headquarters, datacenters, offices and business partner subsidiary facilities domestically and internationally. As a Financial organization lead security consultant, he participated and directed teams in the IT audit domain for PCI-DSS audits including Third Party Suppliers.
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The canopy horizontal array turbulence study
Patton, Edward G.; Horst, Thomas W.; Sullivan, Peter P.; Lenschow, Donald H.; Oncley, Steven P.; Brown, William O. J.; Burns, Sean P.; Guenther, Alex B.; Held, Andreas; Karl, Thomas; Mayor, Shane D.; Rizzo, Luciana V.; Spuler, Scott M.; Sun, Jielun; Turnipsee, Andrew A.; Allwine, Eugene J.; Edburg, Steven L.; Lamb, Brian K.; Avissar, Roni; Calhoun, Ronald J.; Kleissl, Jan; Massman, William J.; U, Kyaw Tha Paw; Weil, Jeffrey C. 2011. The canopy horizontal array turbulence study. Bulletin American Meteorological Society. 92: 593-611.
Vegetation covers nearly 30% of Earth's land surface and influences climate through the exchanges of energy, water, carbon dioxide, and other chemical species with the atmosphere (Bonan 2008). The Earth's vegetation plays a critical role in the hydrological, carbon, and nitrogen cycles and also provides habitat and shelter for biota that deliver essential ecosystem services, such as pollination. In addition, living foliage produces a variety of chemical compounds that can significantly influence the oxidation capacity (cleansing ability) of the atmosphere (e.g., Fuentes et al. 2000; Guenther et al. 2006) and global aerosol distributions (e.g., Hallquist et al. 2009). Plant-atmosphere interactions can also have negative effects with billions of dollars each year lost from wind damage to forests and crops. Therefore, understanding the processes controlling vegetation-atmosphere exchange at the most fundamental level is of critical importance for weather, climate, and environmental forecasting as well as for agricultural and natural resource management.
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I fail to see how allowing to people of the same gender to enter into a contract equates to the physical and psychological abuse of someone too young and immature to decide what is right for himself, let alone defend himself from unwanted advances.
I wonder which denomination of Christianity he would prefer to have control his theocratic utopia. Wouldn't it be hilarious if he got all he wanted but the Catholics were in control and America ended up being run by Rome or if the Mormons were the controlling power and the nation's capital was moved to Salt Lake City?
Indeed, sir (or ma'am), the phrases "In God we trust" and "under God" were added to out money and pledge, respectively, mostly during the McCarthy Era, when the man wanted to set the "Christian" United States apart from the "Godless" Soviet Union. Soviet Russia has fallen (though, ironically, seems to be on its way to becoming an orthodox theocracy) and America has wizened up. It is no longer illegal for interracial marriages and the vast majority of people believe that non-Christians are people deserving of rights as well.
Concerning Mr. Jackson's letter "What happens to America when its morals are polluted?"
Can you please come up with a reason, not based in religion (seeing that the United States of America is a secular republic, not a Christian theocracy), for denying any person the right to enter into a legal contract (in this case the "marriage contract") based solely upon his or her gender? Wouldn't it be very foolish if women were not allowed to enter into other contracts with other women? Imagine being denied a loan because your bank is owned by a man and the invisible man in the sky decided, in the BRONZE AGE, that that was a bad thing.
Also, sir, I fail to see how extending the right to enter into said marriage contract to all peoples, regardless of gender, could extend those same rights then to non-sentient animals or inanimate objects, as the "sanctity of marriage" arguers often cry.
In any case, you are free to your beliefs inasmuch as they do not interfere with the rights of others.
My apologies, sir, for my late reply.
I did not have any close relatives near my age so I did not experience the physical aspect of love nearly as early in life as I assume you did. I have, however, done so later in life.
I believe, sir, that I had previously stated what music I do like and Lady Gaga, being a Pop star, is nowhere near what I like. Toby Keith, being a Pop-Country singer, is considerably more akin to her than anything to which I would ever voluntarily listen.


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Alan Alda (the actor who performed in the TV series M.A.S.H.) recently established the Center for Communicating Science (CCS) with the goal of encouraging those who do science or teach science to improve their skills communicating science in stimulating and informative ways to youngsters. In conjunction with this he began (in 2012) a competition inviting scientists, science teachers, & students of science to answer an 11-year-old's challenging science question. Last year (2102) the question to answer was "What is a Flame?" Since then the competition has become known as the "Flame Challenge and this year the question for the competition was "What is Time?" The competition can be entered in two ways - either with a 300 word essay or a 6 minute video. The entries are then judged by 11-year-old children in schools around the country in two stages: first they pick the three best entries in each category (essay or video) out of the hundreds that are submitted from all over the world. Next, other groups of 11-year-olds pick the one they believe the best of the three finalists (in each category).
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"Time is not like a bird or a peanut butter sandwich because we can't hear, smell, taste, or touch time. And we can't collect time in a cage. We can't really see time either, although by using a clock we measure time in seconds, minutes and hours. Before clocks were invented our ancestors measured time by constructing a calendar and then counted sunrises, or full moons. But even without a clock we are usually aware that time goes on. We are able to do that because our brain allows us to remember things such as whether an event occurred before or after some other event. Without this ability to remember we would be unable to experience time, as happens when we are unconscious under anesthesia.
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I love this one. its more like real life and not a porno. good job
WARNING: LONG REVIEW, probably tedious. > Just skip to the TIP, because that is worth knowing!!
First thing: I avoided of this game for a while after seeing the title. That title conjured up dodgy visions. Of "mail-order Thai brides" - lonely old 'Western' men with enough $$$ finally to snare a female companion from afar - no disrespect to Thai women, just a slightly tragic fact of some lives. Or worse visions, of (mostly also male, ageing and tragic, but less innocent) predatory sex tourists. Though 'ladyboys' didn't trouble my mind! :D
But the game's not like that. (In fact you have to look hard to find anyone who looks vaguely Asian at all - the gift shop manager, possibly? - which is a bit exaggerated, I think. SUGGESTION 1 to the authors: don't be afraid to include some local color, and local human interest!)
In some ways it's even a charming adventure, given that it's a sex game. Our hero seduces but also works like hell to create a loving relationship with Pamela (so it's almost a pity that the game ends without any conclusion other than another sperm ejaculation, 'and cut'. SUGGESTION 2: some story ending would be nice - even somthing like"Pamela finds a richer, more virile stud than Brian, and dumps her holiday ride ..." )
It's a very long & elaborate courtship ritual! Charming, and exciting in parts ... but there also is a central weakness to the game. It's so drawn out with chains of snippets of commentary and dialog that is (too) often without options. An overlong procession of clickthrus, esp in the early scenes with Pamela (in her shop, in the cafe - well, you do get either/or compliment options, but these are surely meant more in jest than as a true test - and also at the beach, till he *finally* at least gets to grope her a bit, under the noble pretence of protecting her bod from UV rays.
(Oh, and also the constant trekking back and forth to the single ATM, for small sums! - are there no online credit or other ATM cash facilities in Thailand? Even if so, couldn't he take out a few thousand Baht from the start, to save his shoe leather? :D )
A game that may be a quaint little education in the finer arts of bedding females - have patience, be observant with the little things, be respectful, and whatever you do, sir, postpone your cum frenzy until it's time to blam bigtime - this can soon become counter-productive: players may get p*ssed off having their character jerked around all around the town - and by a 'click procession' all through the inflexible parts of the plot! :D
Since it's also a game where, one false move when there IS a genuine option choice, and you lose your shag (*see tips below*) - often for good, and without realizing it until the game's over, it'd be good to have the chance to redo a scene (a part-game), instead of being forced to repeat the whole text-, ATM- and clicking rigmarole again from the start when it dawns on you you've f*cked up! (And there's game SUGGESTION 3!)
Another problem is - others have noted this too, but it's a biggie - even if the lengthy courtship rituals were eased or varied or pepped up a bit, most players would probably prefer to drop our Cinderella (Pamela) and chase some of the sexier pieces in town. Katie - the phoned friend at the start - the optician ("phwwwoar!!!") (*) - and the assistant in the clothes shop ("phwwoar 2!!") ~ hell, the guy in the gift shop if that's what floats your boat :D ~ make you wonder quite why you work so hard to win the "favors" of the nice, but stony-looking, precise and demanding Pam. At least until you finally get inside the charming little tease! ... This can raise the player's frustration level - with the game, at Pam, and sexually too (in AND out of role) a bit furthr than you'd like. So
SUGGESTION 4: Would be jollier (and a great relief) if there was an option to ..... errrrm, 'chat up' others too! (I mean sex) ~ Okay, that's not so romantic - but it IS a bloomin' long courtship! :)
Maybe those two points are a lot of criticism, on what is a well-worked game in many ways, that clearly took nuch time and effort ... and to be fair, the game (Pamela) does generally get horny as long you can hold out!
I have to lodge ONE more important criticism. The language does need quite a bit of work in key places. Normally I don't moan about this - free games, you're ungrateful if you expect Shakespeare, and anyway it doesn't usually make that much difference, or lead you astray ... it can often even be amusing, cute, a funny extra (sometimes intended, I'm sure). BUT! ...
*BUT* there's at least ONE point in the story where a faulty bit of English is likely to mislead you, and make you lose important Pammy pussy - important also because missing that bit of bonking (straight after the drinks) means you lose more Pamshoving in the rest of the game too, and if not careful, you may even end up a miserable hysterically wanking failure (like one of those sex tourists ...)!!! ~~ So listen, here's the BIG TIP (making this a bit clearer would be SUGGESTION 5):
Be careful in the cinema with the option "push her feet". Looks like it's offering you a bit of mild 'foot(s)y-foot(s)y' in the dark. Nope - it MEANS: "ease her LEGS APART" (= so you can stroke and soften up her cunt). Quite a difference, eh? As you will find later (or even never realize), if you innocently "nudge her feet", you've offended her by grabbing roughly at her box with your paw!
Most other oddly-worded options are probably clearer to work out. And content-wise, remember she's a quiet romantic girl, not into stadium death metal, just some bland instrumental wallpaper, who wants compliments and wants you to be brave (but not too brave - so avoid options such as "I'm gonna bang your fkin into next week now - 'k?"). Oh, and she likes more expensive goods ...
Let's get to the sex (at last), because it's pretty good (if variable) - and if you can hold out and 'do stuff right', Pam DOES finally come out of her shell and is up for good hard stuffing, or five.
She's happiest when doggied - or is it your fave position?? Anyway, you do it three times - if you play your cards right. Her large tits swing nicely with your thrusts (bizarrely, she pulls them out naked for you and then next scene, for a second doggy in a row, they're tucked back in a blouse! PLUS she's wearing her formal party gloves again - wtf?!). She has some fetching dimples just above her nicely 3D-shaded 'bubble butt' (which thankfully stays defencelessly bared for each shag) - and in some scenes at least, also very sexily shaped thighs when she's obediently on all fours being rammed.
Even her clenched hands are sweet. I also like the way her pant(ie)s are hanging off her leg in the last scene, where she's at last showing some proper all-out orgasmic emotion, instead of finding it all rather nice and enjoyably filling. Also, though some of the thrusting is mournfully slow in this as in other games, she rides a dick very expertly once she's going, a good enveloping bounce.
Be aware that Pamela turns into an alien in a couple of sex scenes, though. Or at least, her whole eyeballs seem to turn green, which is odd. Maybe you've moved something in her.
I'd just repeat SUGGESTION 4 - can we have a few more holiday bonks, please? - and leave it there.
(*) About the optician girl. WELL! I nearly fell off me chair! That's our Julia, the deposed Russian Olympic skating champion!!!! (See game "Olympic Adventures".) She's got a slight bit less curvy (but not much, thankfully), and has started wearing color-altering contacts, but that's definitely her - an eye specialist in Thailand! Maybe, after the disgrace of losing her skating crown and scandalous revelations of mad sex, she was thrown out of Russia and decided to start a new life abroad? (jk) Anyway, that girl should DEFINTELY be included in the fucking fun this time! ;)


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Of all the theories I have read here, (I skipped some pages, say sorry, say thankya) all of them seem to overlook two key points; the will and the watch. Ka is a wheel, and how many times did someone say "I set my watch and warrant on it" in the series? This is the biggest swerve of them all.
I think (Feel free to pick me apart).....
Roland was wrong. Time is only one-way in Keystone Earth, not Mid-World. Every time a new threat to the Tower emerges, Roland re-emerges, forms a new ka-tet, and is utilised by the Tower to right the wrongs perpetrated upon it.
Calvin Tower's ancestor's will is the key to my theory. How else would someone from over a century ago know Roland's name, unless they had dealings with him? The family lines may stay intact, and even bridge the two (or more) worlds, but the individual players change with the exception of Roland. Once Roland fought off the plague of the Crimson King, Eddie and Jake were absorbed into Calvin Tower's family line (Their new surname, Toren, was Tower's ancestor's original name), and presumably, Eddie and Susannah bore another child into the bloodline, who would either serve, or bear progeny of its own, to serve in Roland's Ka-tet. Roland and Randall are immortal servants of the Red and the White, and every incarnation of them results in the same outcome. When Roland finally reaches the Tower with a) both guns b) all the artefacts of Eld, and c) his ka-tet intact, then the Tower will be truly saved. The watch started losing time once Susannah started having her dreams; the proximity to the Tower was a coincidence. The reason Roland was so afraid of her leaving, though he did not know it, was that the final break in the ka-tet would doom him to repeat his trial. When he reached the Tower and sent Patrick on his way, the watch started going backwards, in effect resetting time. The watch's batteries were guaranteed for 50 years, a big deal was made of this point. The watch wasn't malfunctioning, it was literally resetting time in Mid-World. Had the narrative swept to, say, Lud, I am sure we would have eventually seen the poison cloud shrink, and return to the canister from which it was released.


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This is a short video I made about U.S. and Filipino service members visiting an orphanage in a remote area of the Philippines. The service members passed out toys and food. They also sang songs and played with the children. It was a really moving experience. I wanted to take one of the kids home with me! The amazing Filipinos that take care of these children on a daily basis are amazing people and I was honored to meet them.
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- I am an Army Sergeant Combat Correspondent. I served a tour in Afghanistan from Feb 09 to Feb 10 as part of the 4th Brigade 25th Infantry Division (Airborne). I am currently a CC at the US Army Pacific headquarters at Ft. Shafter, Hawaii. I was the 2009 DOD Military Videographer of the year and have been nominated for two Emmy's for documentaries I made while in Afghanistan.
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"To look after orphans - Balikatan 2011" in HD
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- Sophia Gabrielle Achacoso said...
robert were you in the philippines? im filipino
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robert were you in the philippines?, im filipino
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Communication ModelsMichael E. Holmes & Heather L. Hundley
The Action Model
The action model is most simply defined as the view that communication is something that one person does to another; it is accordingly sometimes labeled the conduit, injection or hypodermic needle model. Berko et al. (1992) describe it as a "one-directional view of communication according to which a person performs specific actions in a specific sequence during a speech and elicits desired responses from listeners" (p. 49). Stewart and Logan (1993) similarly associate the action model with public speaking, attributing it to Aristotle, but they note that it is also the paradigm embodied in Shannon and Weaver's (1949) mathematical model of communication (Figure 1).
The identification of the Shannon and Weaver (1949) model with action models of communication is noted by Adler and Towne (1990) and Beebe et al. (1996). Only twelve years after its initial publication, Johnson and Klare called Shannon and Weaver's model of communication "the source of impetus for many subsequent diagrammatic models of the general communication process" (1961, p. 15). The Shannon and Weaver model is the archetypal action or linear communication model: it diagrams communication as a one-way flow of messages from a sender to a receiver, through a potentially noisy channel.
Shannon and Weaver were, of course, engineers, and presented the model to illustrate their mathematical theory of communication. The theory is concerned with electronic signal transmission rather than human communication, though its potential application to the human sphere is asserted in Weaver's chapter of the monogram: "the theory of Level A [signal transmission] is, at least to a significant degree, also a theory of levels B and C [meaning and effectiveness]" (1949, p. 98). According to Johnson and Klare, later variations of the model differ mainly in "making some clear place for human behavior in the analysis" (1961, p. 45). An action model from a communication textbook is displayed in Figure 2.
The Interactional Model
The interactional model of communication builds on the action model by addition of a feedback loop. It is represented in the historical development of communication models by Schramm's (1954) general model of communication (Figure 3) and DeFleur's extension of the Shannon and Weaver model (see McQuail & Windahl, 1981).
The interactional model describes the communication process as an alternating exchange of messages. According to Adler and Towne, it resembles "a verbal and nonverbal tennis game in which messages pass back and forth between parties" (1990, p. 12). Beebe et al. adopt a similar metaphor: "messages, like a Ping Pong ball, bounce back and forth" (1996, p. 10).
Stewart and Logan also invoke a Newtonian analogy, calling the interactional model the "billiard ball" model because sender and receiver alternate active and passive roles in a step-by-step sequence of events (1993, p. 41). The response message from the receiver is typically identified as feedback: the receiver's message is a reaction to the message received. The feedback serves a cybernetic function as it allows the sender to adapt to the receiver's response. A textbook interactional model is shown in Figure 4.
The Transactional Model
The transactional model is intended to overcome the one-directional nature of action models and the restriction of alternating "active sender--passive receiver" roles of interactional models. DeVito (1995) identifies Watzlawick, Beavin, and Jackson (1967) as the originators of the transactional model (see also Barnlund, 1970). The key differences between the transactional model and other models are simultaneity of encoding and decoding and fusing of sending/receiving activities. DeVito defines the transactional view as "each person is seen as both speaker and listener, as simultaneously sending and receiving messages" (1995, p. 28). Adler and Towne (1990) argue that, from a transactional view, it is difficult to isolate a single discrete communicative act. Beebe et al. echo this claim, noting that the transactional model has the same components as interactional models, "but in this model, all of the interaction is simultaneous" (1996, p. 11).
The transactional view emphasizes interdependence of all elements of the communication process, changing rather than static participants, and the co-creation of meaning. According to Stewart and Logan, the model "highlights collaboration, how people construct meanings together" (1993, p. 43). Beebe et al. argue that the transactional view escapes the mechanistic trappings of other models, as from this view "we would not simply transfer or exchange meaning; we would create it during a communication transaction" (1996, p. 11).
The transactional model is identified by the textbook authors as the best, most complete, and most accurate speech communication model. They also describe it as the most difficult to visualize: "a clear cut model of the process is not easy to construct" (Berko et al., 1992, p. 52); "it is more difficult to graphically represent a transaction than to model an action or interaction" (Stewart & Logan, 1993, p. 43);
Adler and Towne suggest "an animated version in which environments, communicators, and messages constantly change would be an even better way of capturing the process" (1990, p. 15). Despite these caveats, each offers a diagram of the model except for Stewart and Logan (1993), who opt for the artistic vehicle of an M.C. Escher print.
The text in this assignment is excerpted from: Holmes, M. E., & Hundley, H. L. (1998). Visualizing Communication for the Basic Course: Narrative and Conceptual Patterns in Textbook Communication Diagrams. Presented at the 1998 annual conference of the Western States Communication Association, Denver, Colorado. Copyright © by the authors. All rights reserved.


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WillyCon's E-Zine of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Contents: WillyCon XVI (April 4-6, 2014) Short Story / Poetry Contest Winners
The content of this site is comprised of the winners from the Wayne State College Science Fiction and Fantasy Club's short story and poetry contest held each year in conjunction with WillyCon. This Zine is where the stories / poetry winning first place in each category are published. You can also view an Archive of First Place Winners for previous years.
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~ Contest Archive (All Winners by Year and Category)
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~ Poetry Archive (All the Poetry That Won First Place)
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Fiction & Poetry
Adult Fiction:
All in Your Head - by Eric Demarest
The flicker of the light pries my eyelids open and I'm awake. Or…no, not really. I pull myself up and sluff my feet across the floor, but I'm not awake. Done dreaming is all. The last rememberings of whatever my subconscious had coughed up are pulled away, like smoke, and all I'm left with is the real. The real of the cracked linoleum and the tear in the wallpaper and the coffee maker that's never worked right.
I take a drink of coffee anyway and make a face, not that I can see it but I'm sure it isn't pretty. Then there's a buzz from the florescent bulb, and the zap in my head throws the room for a spin. I stand still for a second as I grab onto my balance again. It's been happening more often lately. I should really get it fixed.
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2nd Place: Choices - JoAnna Zacarola
3rd Place: Theatre of War - Scott Stets
Adult Poetry:
Frost-bite Cold - Lin Brummels
2nd Place: Fatherhood - Steven Davis
3rd Place: The Wailing Shadows - Shivaji K. Moitra
High School Category
Fiction & Poetry
High School Fiction:
Welcome to Sector 53 - Sharon Li
"Where's our water?" A voice rang out from the muddled crowd.
I felt cold inside.
"I don't know."
Chaos broke out that day. Even though almost every resident had a stock of unfinished water, it couldn't last more than two, maybe three days.
That night I went to the Water Pod.
I placed my hand lightly on the scanner on the wall and flinched as the door groaned its protest from the abuse of the other residents. The screen spanning the left wall lit up and a chair unfolded.
Welcome, Resident Morgane. The translucent words glowed softly on the screen.
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2nd Place: Hall of Mirrors - Leyla Brittan
3rd Place: Coca-Cola on Planet X - Manet Nelson
High School Poetry:
Life - Abigail Anderson
2nd Place: Asphodel - Ryan Medeiros
3rd Place: Caged - Harika Kottakota
Middle School Category
Fiction & Poetry
Middle School Fiction:
Let There Be Light - by Makayla Fisher
The world as I knew it was swallowed up around me as I tugged at the wire of sanity. A mountain of metal rose above me and let out a roar louder than a booming explosion. I opened my eyes. There were beads of sweat pouring down my forehead. It was just a nightmare. I sit up straight and look around the room. I notice a glitch on the right wall. We seriously need to update this house.
"Sage! Come on downstairs!" my mother shouts. I grab my grid. A notification pops up and its a hologram from my mother.
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2nd Place: High and Mighty - Leah Rosen
3rd Place: The Other Side - Jessica Henderson
Middle School Poetry:
The Undertaker - Sami Townsend
2nd Place: Colors of Love - Steven Marshall
3rd Place: What Lives At The Bottom Of The Lake - Kayla Hay
Elementary School Category
Fiction & Poetry
Elementary School Fiction:
Super Student - Oliver Gordon
I'm Felix.
Have you ever had that feeling where you have a secret but you can't tell anyone because if you do your life is at stake but your brain is on the verge of exploding? Because that's what's happening to me. I have a secret.
My parents are retired superheroes. My dad, Magma Man can melt anything in a blink of an eye. My mom, Dr. Labyrinth, is one hundred times smarter that the average human. They were unstoppable. But there is still one living super villain: Sonic Boom. He can shake the ground with his mind. Even the highest class of superheroes can't defeat him. They say he has been undercover as a ninth grader. Anyway, combining them with other superheroes they beat every villain ever. That was the problem. The NAVY, ARMY, Marines, Police officers, Firefighters, anything that has to do with saving people was losing their jobs. That was one of the reasons of the Great Depression, but no one knows that but superheroes. Now that I am illegal, my family has been covered up as a normal American family.
Tomorrow I am going to a normal school. As a sophomore. I am petrified.
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2nd Place: The Golden City – Caroline Brower
3rd Place: Once Upon An Atom – Cosmos Varady
Elementary School Poetry:
The Sky of Night - by Hojun (Samuel) Lew
2nd Place: Sports Are Fun - Dominic Stoneking
3rd Place: Monkeys - Skye Smith
4th Place: The Elves - Reina Jasper
SF & F Club Members' Submissions:
Strange New Beginnings - by R.D. Vick
This story is one of six published in Jeweled Fragments: A Collection of Short Stories available through the WSC Press, Amazon, the Student Bookstore in Wayne, Nebraska, and via the author's website...


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Well, here we are back at Camp Discontent and Abi feels bad for Artis, the latest victim to be voted off the island. Michael, the accident prone returning survivor, believes he's sitting on top of the world and is pretty darn happy about it.
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A large burden of neurological infections is faced by the developing world, where with rare exceptions, resources for managing these infections are not available. The Division has initiated research programs in India, Uganda and Columbia funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the Gates Foundation to determine the impact of HIV infection on the neurological health of the infected populations.
Studies have been initiated to characterize the effects of various clades of HIV infection on the brain and peripheral nervous system by a comprehensive program that includes clinical, pathological and molecular studies.
Additionally, the Division also has active NIH funded programs in Puerto Rico and Hawaii to study the effect of HIV infection in women and in the elderly populations.


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COLLEGE STATION A pair of glasses led to a man being arrested for theft at Wolf Pen Creek Park Sunday.
Police say that 23-year-old Leonard Antwuan Daniels walked up to the victim and allegedly asked the victim to give him the glasses he was wearing. The victim told police he said something to the effect of "no, I'm not going to give you my glasses."
That's when police say Daniels took the glasses right off the victims face and started to walk away. According to the police report, the victim went after Daniels and confronted him, asking for his glasses back. That's when police say Daniels punched the victim in the face.
Police found Daniels walking near the area and arrested him. He's currently under $12,000 bond.
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Fellowship Program Director: Ajay Gupta, M.D.
ACGME: 4233521052 - New York Presbyterian Hospital (CORNELL CAMPUS)
The Neuroradiology Division offers a one-year ACGME-accredited diagnostic neuroradiology fellowship. The fellows spend an equal amount of time at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).
At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH), the fellows perform all the neurological invasive procedures, interpret magnetic resonance and computer tomographic (with an emphasis on head & neck) imaging studies, and are responsible for all the advanced neuroimaging studies which include CT angiography, MR/CT perfusion and MR spectroscopy. At MSKCC, the fellows perform and interpret all the invasive and sectional neurological studies. The Neuroradiology Division at NYPH performs over 8,000 Neuro-MRI exams and over 10,000 Neuro-CT scans per year, ensuring that there is a sufficient number of examinations to train both residents and fellows. Under the supervision of an attending neuroradiologist or an attending interventional neuroradiologist, fellows perform all invasive procedures including cerebral angiograms, spinal canal access (for spinal fluid collection, myelography and medication installation), and biopsies (spine, head and neck) at NYPH.
At MSKCC, the fellows perform all the spinal canal access, biopsies, and radiation seed placements under the guidance of a neuroradiology attending. A significant number of pediatric neuroradiology cases are done at both NYPH and at MSKCC (10-15% of all cases). At NYPH, the presence of an active newborn nursery, neonatal ICU, and pediatric ICU ensures that the entire gamut of ischemic, inflammatory, traumatic, and neoplastic disorders are encountered.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell has two (2) full-time pediatric neurologists and a full-time pediatric neurosurgeon. Two days per week, one of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's MR units is devoted to pediatric Neuro-MR imaging requiring sedation. Over 700 MR sedation cases are performed annually. Additionally, one to two fetal MR examinations are performed each month.
A weekly, multi-disciplinary Pediatric Neurology/Neurosurgery/ Neuroradiology Conference is organized by Dr. Heier or Dr. Zimmerman of the Neuroradiology Division. MSKCC's Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Division exposes fellows to a wide range of pediatric central nervous system tumors referred to the Cancer Center for either primary or follow-up care. In addition to the weekly multidisciplinary pediatric conferences at NYPH and MSKCC, the fellows are encouraged to attend weekly neurosurgery, neurology, neurovascular, epilepsy, head and neck, tumor board/neuropathology, and ophthalmology conferences.
The neuroradiology attending staff members at NYPH and MSKCC are involved in numerous research projects that cover a wide range of topics and techniques, such as CT and MR perfusion, MR angiography, molecular imaging, fMRI, diffusion tensor imaging in TBI, neoplastic disease and neurodegenerative diseases. Although there is no research requirement, during their training the fellows are strongly encouraged to become involved in a project of their own interest as the primary investigator.
There is a two-week elective period during the one-year fellowship. Electives in neurosurgery, neuropathology and otolaryngology can be taken to gain clinical experience. The remainder of the clinical experience is gained from attending interdisciplinary conferences, during daily work rounds, and discussion of cases with residents and attendings from referring services.
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Neuroradiology fellows take call every sixth week and have the following Monday and Friday off. While on call, fellows review imaging studies and perform advanced image analysis exams (e.g., CTA and CTP). The neuroradiology fellows are responsible for emergent procedures while on call, with the exception of emergent cerebral angiograms which are performed by the interventional neuroradiology group (INR).
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Original Model: Various Makes and ModelsPlease note: You need to stay with the kind of engine that you currently have. Kawasaki, Briggs Intek or Briggs Vanguard. These engines will not directly replace one another.The FH601V-BS21 engine has a 1 1/8" x 4-5/16" shaft in it however some units had different engines with a 1" x 3 5/32" shaft. You need to verify your shaft size before ordering.The FH601V-BS29 has a 1-1/8"x100mm (3.94") shaft. You can use our FH721V-S01 engine and reuse your canister air cleaner The mower number was a SMTC-48a Some of the units had a Briggs Intek 44p777 engine with a 1 1/8"x 4-5/16" shaft on it, and others had the Briggs Vanguard 386777-0122 which had an 1 1/8" x 4" shaft. The STC61V23BV had a 386777-0026 engine with a 1" x 3 5/32" shaft.
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Bryan Adams' Hit-Heavy Fox Show
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Lightning Bolt's Sharp New Sound
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"It started out as a joke, but it didn't end that way," says Hays, careful to distinguish that he never accomplished that sexual goal all by his lonesome. "We were footloose and fancy-free, and there were a lot of horny women."
Later Hays played the old Celebrity Lounge in New Orleans, where he and his wife of 51 years, Loreta, lived in the late 1950s while Hays served in the Navy. When the couple moved to St. Louis in the early 1960s, Hays continued working the barroom circuit, appearing regularly at the Mayfair Hotel and other piano lounges around town.
"I used to play this bar in Olivette that was on Harry Caray's route home from the ballpark," recalls Hays. "You always knew the game was over 'cause he'd bust through the door with a woman under each arm and announce: 'OK, Harry's here. Let's start the party!'"
In many ways the '60s and '70s remain Hays' golden era, and his modest ranch home pays tribute to those bygone days. A foyer lined with yellow felt wallpaper greets visitors, a hulking Star Trek-period "hi-fi" entertainment center dominates the family room, and on every other wall hangs a photo of the Hays family (the couple has three grown children) dressed in polyester duds fashionable during the Gerald Ford administration.
Directly behind the house lies Highway 270, and the high-pitched sound of traffic pierces every room but Hays' basement studio. Filling the room are two PCs and three Macs that Hays uses to book parties, edit music and schedule lessons with the fifteen to twenty pupils he teaches each week. The basement also contains an organ, an electric keyboard, a folded-up treadmill and nearly every Cardinals bobblehead doll and bric-a-brac promotion given away over the past ten years.
It's here, in the solace of his studio, that Hays can reflect on his legacy. He knows he'll forever be remembered as the organist for the Cardinals, but his days as a barroom busker were pretty fun, too.
"The Cardinals don't dare give me a microphone," says Hays, as he lets loose with one of the hundreds of limericks held over from his piano-lounge days:
"There was an old hermit named Dave, who kept a dead whore in his cave.
You had to admit, she stunk like shit, but look at the money he saved!"
Sixty-eight-year-old Loreta shakes her head at many of her husband's jokes, but over time she's come to appreciate his sense of humor.
"One of our sons complained to us that we kept him up half his life with our laughter," Loreta says. "I tell him it could have been worse. We could have been arguing."
With his trademark suspenders and red Mitsubishi Eclipse (complete with vanity plates reading "Charg-1"), Hays has grown accustomed to fans stopping him for autographs and photo ops. Each year he receives dozens of e-mails and letters from fans, and the only time he disappoints is when one of them asks him to record his baseball melodies on an album.
"Are you out of your fucking mind!?" Hays scolds them.
It's called job security. Earning better than $400 per game, Hays isn't about to lay down his tracks, only for an "entertainment specialist" like Fatback to replace him with sound clips of his own music. Besides, canned recordings could never do justice to Hays' extemporaneous play.
"I'm a motivational keyboardist," he says. "That's something you have to learn over time. If fans are positive, my job is to reinforce their attitude. If their mood is foul, my job is to work like hell to change that."
Yet even Patton had difficulty motivating the troops from time to time. Hays recalls the Cardinals' stunning losses during the Boston Red Sox's four-game sweep in last year's World Series as one of the most difficult times of his career. Try as he might, the great motivator could not stir the shell-shocked masses.
"Raquel Welch could have walked out onto center field naked, and it wouldn't have caused a buzz," reflects Hays. "Here I have this specialty to get people motivated, and they wouldn't respond. It was like I had my nuts cut off."
Which, of course, reminds him of one last joke.
"You know the difference between guts and balls?
"Guts is when you come home from a night drinking with the guys. Your wife greets you at the door with a broom in her hand, and you ask, 'So are you going to hit me with that, or are you going to fly it?'
"Balls is when you come home from drinking and she's already in bed. You climb under the covers, slap her on the ass and say, 'Your turn!'"
So, one may wonder, which does Ernie Hays have? Guts or balls?
"Me? I've got an enlarged prostate. Now excuse me, I got to take a piss."
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Was on the outside of my door tonight at my house. Would love to know the species.
Nymph of a stink bug. Not sure if there is a specific species or not.
Some moth
My first posting of a Monarch this year. Wish I saw more of these.
Was having some fun with my new macro setup.
I call em sweat bees. I'm realize now with macro photography there are more than just one kind of tiny bees.
Found this guy behind my house. I'm just starting to do some extreme macro techniques that I haven't done before. This made a great specimen for practice! He was so cooperative and really seemed to ham it up for me.
First time seeing this caterpillar. Not sure what it is. Got a couple cool macro shots of it though.
This observation was a first for me. Sadly it was pointed out to me after a punk kid was trying to kill it. Its wing was injured so I left it in a flower pot. It will probably just become a bird snack. Still pretty cool to hold one though.
Downy Woodpeckers?
First for me
A first for me. I went here to find Meadowlarks and I got these as well. This is the best photo I could get however. They scared too easily and were very difficult to see before I flushed them out.
Coopers Hawk?
Please help me identify this sparrow that a friend of mine photographed here in York. Thanks
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
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A panel of experts including an atheist and a Baptist has signed off on a new plan to teach religious tolerance at the Air Force Academy.
The academy says the two-day Religious Respect Conference wasn't aimed at silencing critics or reacting to a recently-released survey of airmen there that shows a jump in religious tolerance woes. Instead, they say, it's part of a program that will teach cadets to embrace religious freedom.


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Card - Prayer, Gleaners' Union, Australia, 1912 Reg. No: SH 950012
- Summary:
- This is a prayer card issued by the Gleaners' Union.The card also functioned as an encouragement to young members to remember the Society in their prayers. On the back of the card is printed a daily prayer for use by members. The prayer praises God for his gifts, asks 'Teach us how to labour and to pray for the conversion of the Heathen, the Mohammedan, and the Jew', and prays for the work of the Church Missionary Society.
The Gleaners' Union was a sub- group of the Church Missionary Society, which was a missionary society associated with the evangelical section of the Church of England, with branches in Australia. The Society sent missionaries to many parts of the world, especially to Africa.
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- Small coloured cardboard card, printed both sides. The front is printed in purple and green ink. The front includes a drawing of purple flowers covering the upper half of the card. Two Biblical verses, one from Psalm 126.3, the second from John 1.50, are printed underneath. The back of the card includes a daily prayer, printed in black ink.
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- Donation from Miss Joan Pears, 1995
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|On front: C.M.S. Gleaners' Union Motto for 1912/ The LORD hath done GREAT things for us/ Thou shalt see/ GREATER things than these.
On back A DAILY PRAYER/ FOR USE BY/ Members of the Gleaners' Union. [extensive text.]
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A method of isolating a section of downhole tubing comprises: running a length of expandable tubing (20) into a tubing-lined borehole (12, 14) and positioning the expandable tubing (20) across a section of tubing to be isolated; deforming at least portions of the expandable tubing (36, 40) to increase the diameter of the portions to sealingly engage the tubing (14) and to isolate the tubing section.
1. A method of expanding a first tubular into a second tubular in a wellbore comprising:
running the first tubular into the wellbore to a predetermined location within the second tubular;
expanding the first tubular into contact with the second tubular in at least one location using an expander tool, the tool including:
at least two piston-mounted, radially extending members, and expanding a longitudinal portion of the first tubular, the longitudinal portion covering apertures in the second tubular.
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7. A method of expanding a first tubular into a second tubular in a wellbore comprising:
running the first tubular into the wellbore to a predetermined location within the second tubular;
expanding a portion of the first tubular into contact with the second tubular using an expander tool by extending at least two members of the expander tool in a radial direction while the at least two members are disposed within the first tubular; and
expanding an extended length of the first tubular, wherein the extended length covers apertures in the second tubular.
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12. A method of expanding a first tubular into a second tubular in a wellbore comprising:
running the first tubular of an axial length into the wellbore to a predetermined location within the second tubular, the first tubular having an expander tool disposed therein;
radially extending at least two radially extendable members of the expander tool to expand a portion of the first tubular; and
expanding substantially the entire axial length of the first tubular into sealing contact with a section of the second tubular having apertures therein using the at least two radially extendable members.
13. A method of expanding a first tubular into a second tubular in a wellbore comprising:
running the first tubular into the wellbore to a predetermined location within the second tubular; and
expanding the first tubular into contact with the second tubular in at least one location using an expander tool, the expander tool including a plurality of piston-mounted, radially extending members.
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/469,681 filed on Dec. 22, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,527,049. This application further claims benefit of GB 9828234.6 dated Dec. 22, 1998, GB 9900835.1 dated Jan. 15, 1999, GB 9923783.6 dated Oct. 8,1999, and GB 9924189.5 dated Oct. 13, 1999.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a straddle, and in particular a straddle for use in selectively isolating a section of tubing. The invention also relates to a method of isolating a section of tubing.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the oil and gas exploration and production industries, subsurface hydrocarbon-bearing formations are accessed via casing-lined wellbores. The lower section of a bore, which intersects the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, is typically lined with perforated "liner", oil and gas flowing into the bore through the perforations. The location of the perforations is predetermined on the basis of surveys, to ensure that only selected formations are in fluid communication with the bore. Over the life of a well it may occur that the properties of particular formations change, for example the pressure in a formation may fall, or a formation may begin to produce any unacceptably high volume of water. In these circumstances it is known to run straddles into the liner, these straddles being sections of tubing with sealing arrangements at either end. A straddle may be located within the section of liner intersecting the problem formation, and the seals then set to isolate the section of liner between the seals. However, existing straddles are problematic to set, and the requirement to accommodate the seals and a seal setting mechanism result in a significant loss in bore cross section, which reduces the production capacity of the well and also makes it more difficult to access the section of well beyond the straddle.
It is among the objectives of embodiments of the present invention to provide an improved straddle which obviates or mitigates these difficulties.
According to the present invention there is provided a method of isolating a section of downhole tubing, the method comprising:
running a length of expandable tubing into a tubing-lined borehole and positioning the expandable tubing across a section of tubing to be isolated; and
deforming the expandable tubing by increasing the diameter of at least portions thereof to sealingly engage the tubing and to isolate said section.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided apparatus for use in isolating a section of tubing-lined borehole, the apparatus comprising: a length of expandable tubing; and an expander device including a radially extendable member for deforming at least portions of the expandable tubing to increase the diameter of said portions to sealingly engage a section of tubing to be isolated.
Preferably, the expandable tubing is deformed by compressive plastic deformation or yield of the tubing and a localised reduction in tubing wall thickness with a subsequent increase in tubing diameter. Conveniently this is achieved by rolling expansion, that is the expander device is rotated within the expandable tubing with an expander member in rolling contact with an inner face of the expandable tubing.
The deformation of the expandable tubing preferably creates an annular extension. This annular extension may extend over all or a substantial portion of the expandable tubing, or may be restricted to a selected portions of the expandable tubing on either side of the section of tubing to be isolated. The former arrangement will be more secure, but would be more difficult to remove from the tubing.
The tubing lining the bore may be casing or liner, or may be secondary tubing, such as production tubing itself positioned within a section of casing or liner.
The expandable tubing may include relative ductile portions corresponding to the portions of the tubing to be expanded. These portions may be welded or otherwise secured to portions of less ductile tubing.
The expandable tubing is preferably initially cylindrical.
Preferably, the expander device 28 as shown in
The expandable tubing may carry seal bands on an outer surface thereof. The seal bands may comprise at least one of an elastomeric seal and a band of relatively ductile metal, such as copper or a tin/lead alloy.
The expandable tubing may carry grip bands on an outer surface thereof. The grip bands may comprise relatively hard elements, such as balls, chips or grains, held in a matrix, whereby the elements bite into the relatively soft material of the tubing and the expandable tubing on deformation of the expandable tubing. In other embodiments the relatively hard elements may be in a form other than bands.
These and other aspects of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Reference is first made to
The straddle 10 comprises a section of expandable tubing 20 carrying seal bands 22 of relatively ductile metal at each end, and also grip bands 23 comprising small elements of relatively hard material in a relatively ductile matrix. The tubing 20 defines a solid wall and is of slightly smaller outside diameter than the liner 14. Initially, the tubing 20 is of substantially constant diameter along its length. The ends of the tubing 20 a, 20 b and formed of relatively ductile metal and are welded to a central tubing section 20 c.
The straddle is run into the bore 12 on a tool string 26, and is mounted to the string 26 via an expander device 28 mounted to the lower end of the string 26. The expander device 28 comprises a body 30 carrying three radially movable rollers 32. The body 30 also contains an axially movable piston which is coupled to a loading cone which cooperates with the tapered ends of the rollers 32. Application of elevated fluid pressure, via the tool string 26, thus urges the rollers 32 radially outwardly. Shear pins 34 couple the straddle 10 to the expander body 30.
In use, the straddle is run into the bore 12 on the tool string 26 and positioned across the group of perforations 18 to be closed off from the bore. Pressure is then applied to the expander 28 to activate the rollers 32; an initial application of elevated pressure causes the rollers 32 to extend radially, and deforms the tubing 20, towards a triangular form, such that the areas of tubing 20 adjacent the rollers 32 are pushed into contact with the inner surface of the liner 14. This initial contact is sufficient to prevent relative rotation between the straddle 10 and the liner 14, such that when the string 26 and the expander 28 are rotated from surface the straddle 10 is held relative to the liner 14 and the pins 34 shear. The expander 28 then rotates with the straddle 10 with the rollers 32 in rolling contact with the inner wall of the tubing 20. The rollers 32 are urged outwardly and progressively compress the tubing wall to create a localised reduction in wall thickness, and a corresponding increase in wall diameter. There is thus created a annular section of increased tubing diameter 36 at the tubing end section 20 a, as shown in
Following creation of the annular extension 36, the pressure in the tool string 26 is reduced such that the rollers 32 may retract. The expander 28 is then advanced towards the lower end of the straddle 10, and engages a stop 38 provided on the lower end of the tubing 20. The pressure in the tool string is then increased once more to actuate the rollers 32, and the expander 28 is rotated to create a second annular section of increased diameter 40.
The expander 28 may then be deactivated and retrieved from the bore, leaving the straddle 10 locked in place in the bore, and serving to isolate the formation 16 from the bore.
To remove the straddle 10, the locking and sealing sections 36, 40 are milled out, and the remaining section of tubing then removed.
In other embodiments, the increased diameter sections 36, 40 may be formed simultaneously, by provision of two expanders located one at either end of the straddle.
Reference is now made to
Those of skill in the art will recognise that the above described embodiments of the present invention provide straddles which are relatively simple in construction and installation and which avoid many of the problems associated with prior art straddles featuring slips and energisable elastomer seals.
Those of skill in the art will also recognise that the embodiments described herein are merely exemplary and that various modifications and improvements may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the above described embodiments are shown isolating sections of formation from a bore lined with perforated liner. In other embodiments, the straddle may be utilised to repair damaged tubing, including risers, casing, liner or production tubing. The straddle may be run in on any suitable form of tool string, including reeled supports such as coiled tubing, when the straddle will be provided in combination with a downhole motor for rotating the expander 28.
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See that? I made my goal today to lose 9 points off of my BMI score, plus a little more. This puts my a mere 0.6 pounds away from my next mini-goal- to lose 60 pounds. I have lost the equivalent of almost 2 large bags of dog food off of my body. That's what our two dogs eat every month. I was talking to someone about my weight loss yesterday and he asked if I feel different. To be honest, most of the time, no. Sometimes I see myself in the mirror and I go back and stare at myself because I can't believe that that is really me. In my head, I'm still 250 pounds, with weird bulges and curves in places I shouldn't have them. Of course I still have some unwanted curves and bulges, mostly on my lower belly, but I'm starting to get some real definition to my waist- from the front and back at least!
Anyway, I started my day with oatmeal for breakfast, and I finished up with a survey company, netting me a $25 Amazon.com gift card code. Shortly after I strapped on my HRM and headed out to walk to my doctor's appointment. The actual walk to the clinic is about 0.3 miles through the neighborhood, and then another 0.3 miles up a somewhat busy street. There was a farmer's market going on today, so it was packed with people. Unfortunately, when I was about 2 blocks from where things get really crowded and busy, some drug-addled crackhead decided to walk with me, try to touch me, and hit me up for first my Facebook, which I said I didn't have, and then my phone number, to which I said I was married. When I said that, his eyes got big and he literally ran away. So weird but I was so glad to see him go!
After that my walk was pretty uneventful, but I was almost in tears over that episode, and my heart was thundering in my chest as if I'd just run a half a mile without stopping. I already have a hard time going out in our neighborhood, and things like that do not help to encourage me. I was dreading walking home afterwards, but really there wasn't much I could do about that. All I could do was change my route, but going the way I came kept me in view of lots of people as long as possible- I would have been alone for a much further distance if I went another way. While I was at the doctor's, I had to wait an hour past my appointment time, and then of course I was in and out in five minutes, and made my way home unmolested.
When I got home, I jumped in my car, dropped my Rx off at the pharmacy, and bought celery, carrots, and some bread rolls to go with the chicken soup Mattie requested for dinner. I also got the cottage cheese I forgot to get on Monday, since I'm already sick to death of oatmeal after three days. The cottage cheese will be a very welcome change, and I know its still a healthy option for me that keeps me satisfied for a few hours.
Dinner was a quick and easy make, and as always, delicious. The Points+ were a little high but I did cut up a bunch of little baby potatoes in there, and those carbs do wonders for jacking up P+ values! Here's today's food diary.
|Oatmeal w/Sugar & Cocoa Powder
|Chicken Vegetable Soup
|Sub Roll (8")
|Coffee w/Coffeemate
|Apple (1)
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|Walked 32:50 Mins
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I also went ahead and (can you guess?) ordered some more books with my Amazon gift card I got. Here's the list:
- The Lady Most Willing…: A Novel in Three Parts
- Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity
- Scattershot: My Bipolar Family
- Sins of a Wicked Duke (Historical Romance)
- Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy
Yeah, I said the hell with it and am going to finish the trilogy. Scattershot & Loose Girl were both under $3 and have been on my wishlist for a while, so I grabbed them. I'm trying to get through at least one other book before I receive the new ones in the mail though, and have started yet another book, this time Jupiter: A Novel by Ben Bova. I bought this one I actually think two Christmases ago and still hadn't gotten to it.
I also thought I had a shot at selling a pair of earrings to the girl who took my vitals at the doctor's today until I looked at her ears, and saw she had plugs. She loved them but it would be impossible for her to wear them. *sigh* I was all excited there for a minute though… lol. Anyway, I'm off for the night. See you all tomorrow!


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