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What day is it?
"What day is it?" asked Tsjetske.
Lotte said: "It's today!".
"That is my favorite day! Make every day your favorite day, that's your challenge."
Today was our favorite day because…
20 June 2013: …our dearest friends and family came to wave us goodbye
21 June 2013: …we are in Africa!!!
22 June 2013: …we scored our most fabulous goals of our soccer career in Hillbrow with Rob and Tim
23 June 2013: …the safari trip started with a nice African sunset
24 June 2013: …we played golf at the most beautiful golf course we have ever seen
25 June 2013: …the trip to Durban went smooth, safe and we found a place to sleep before sunset
26 June 2013: …Lotte fulfilled the barista-challenge at the bean grean's!
27 June 2013: …because we took the wrong exit, got lost, went off-road and tested our 4×4 big time!
28 June 2013: …the first game drive we did was a huge success!
29 June 2013: …we up-dated our website for the first time!
30 June 2013: …we went diving and saw big whale-plashes at the horizon!
1 july 2013: …a huge African Elephant showed up out of nowhere up to 3 meters close!
2 july 2013: …a rare black rhino was spotted!
3 july 2013: …we saw dolphins in Mozambique!
4 july 2013: …6 Rhino's blocked our way for 15 minutes in Kruger Park!
5 july 2013: …we saw an awesome Leopard and a huge group of vultures
6 july 2013: …our moms were nice and relaxed after our call
7 july 2013: …a real African countryside experience came to us
8 july 2013: …the headmaster of an African primary school showed us around
9 july 2013: …the mother and child balancing rocks are still standing
10 july 2013: …Tim helped us out great until now, but now we're on our own
11 july 2013: …Vic falls were astonishing!
12 july 2013: …we almost hit some running ball pickers on a driving range
13 july 2013: …we are in Botswana!
14 july 2013: …the best braai meat ever went into our mouths
15 july 2013: …Lotte had to buy off a police officer not to get a fine (50 Rands)
16 july 2013: …we played some awful golf at Gary player Golf and Country Club
17 july 2013: …we met nice people at Blair Atholl, played with caddies, had our own locker and the best half way house meal ever
18 july 2013: …we washed our clothes with a wachingmachine since one month time!
19 july 2013: …a day off was such a delight.
20 july 2013: …we left Africa
21 july 2013: …we had a warm welcome in Malaysia, pffffff
Updated (07-09-2013):
22 july 2013: …of the Night Safari in Taman Negara with glow in the dark scorpions and big spiders
23 july 2013: …we got soaking wet during rapid shooting
24 july 2013: …dinner on plastic chairs at a local market with pictures of the food on the menu
25 july 2013: …we saw daddy Jerry and big brother Laurence
26 july 2013: …Despicable me 2 was a good laugh with the familiy
27 july 2013: …Laurence splashed people from the lazy river in the Sunway Lagoon water park
28 july 2013: …we played soccer with 60 year old dad and friends
29 july 2013: …we said goodbye to Laurence and Dad and headed to Singapore
30 july 2013: …Mamma Anke joined us for the coming 2,5 weeks
31 july 2013: …we used the hop-on-hop-off bus and are not ashamed to say it
1 august 2013: …the CHOAS in Jakarta on the roads is too crazy to be true and be a part of
2 august 2013: …we played at Royale Jakarta with weird looking funny caddies
3 august 2013: …Mr Wahyu and Mrs Silvia spoiled us to the max!
4 august 2013: …we took the fasting taxi driver thru the Mc drive to break his fast
5 august 2013: …we survived a ferocious attack from a big bug during our sleep
6 august 2013: …the waterfall we went to was amazing!
7 august 2013: …we went up the volcano to see the sunrise en hot steam geysers with yellow sulfur.
8 august 2013: …we arrived in Bali.
9 august 2013: …our private swimming pool is great!
10 august 2013: …we had an upgrade: bigger house and swimming pool, lots of flowers and even cheaper!
11 august 2013: …we're enjoying our first day off in Asia!
12 august 2013: …mam and Lot got a massage.
13 august 2013: …we relaxed on the beach.
14 august 2013: …we went sightseeing at Bali.
15 august 2013: …we took it slow on the boat to Lombok.
16 august 2013: …we started trekking the volcano Rinjani.
17 august 2013: … the sunrise at the summit was the best ever.
18 august 2013: …we did snorkeling in paradise Gili Air.
19 august 2013: …the 1000 Horse Power boat went faaaast.
20 august 2013: …the flight departed on time to the next continent Oceania, Australia, Darwin!
21 august 2013: …we're the only ones in our mixed dorm!
22 august 2013: …we saw lots of potential campervans!
23 august 2013: …the show at Darwin's festival 'hot brown honey burlesque' was unexpected and good fun!
24 august 2013: …we're lucky! The van we were interested in broke down before we bought it!
25 august 2013: …Mindel market sunset in Darwin was nice and relaxed.
26 august 2013: …The website finally got an update!
27 august 2013: …We bought a Yellow campervan, 'Australian Style'.
28 august 2013: …We turned our campervan upside down and cleaned it inside out!
29 august 2013: …Hit the road Jack! 80km/h because of the fuel consumption…
30 august 2013: …We saw nature and Aboriginal rock art works in Kakadodeldoo national park!
31 august 2013: …We ate a classic Australian-diner-style hamburger with loads of onion, pffffff…
1 september 2013: …We swim, swem, swam, swamsinite at a very nice waterfall in Litchfield Nat. Park!
2 september 2013: …Our last day in Litchfield was great again and loaded with waterfalls (five in total).
3 september 2013: …The love-to-suck-up-the-fuel-campervan fixed his fuel issues in Katherine (hopefully).
4 september 2013: …We hit the outback with our campervan!
5 september 2013: …We still hit the outback with our campervan!
6 september 2013: …We still still hit the outback with our campervan! And, our biggest fan is having her birthday today!
7 september 2013: …The plan was to have no plan, and it came out!
8 september 2013: …we spoiled ourselves with good meat pepper sauce and homemade(!) chocolate chip cookies for desert
9 september 2013: …the first 18 holes of golf in Australia opened our eyes
10 september 2013: …we build a dam near a beautiful waterfall
11 september 2013: …4 turtles at the most remote waterfall in the tablelands rested on top of each other
12 september 2013: …we had to collect our own balls at the driving range (good old times)
13 september 2013: …there are too many reasons to call this our favorite day
14 september 2013: …we've met the nicest Aussie travelers so far
15 september 2013: …golf on Palm Cove was very enjoyable
16 september 2013: …reef sharks, humphead parrotfish and nemo swam by!
17 september 2013: …the stop in home hill gave us good comfort for free
18 september 2013: …we had a relaxing day at the comfort stop
19 september 2013: …Airlie beach gave us a nice, relaxed and warm welcome
20 september 2013: …we took good care of our campervan! Again!
21 september 2013: …Ocean rafting! Whitsunday Island, most white and finest beach ever!
22 september 2013: …we ended our day of traveling with the cinemas and stayed up until eleven!
23 september 2013: …Hervey Bay is our next stop to spot some whales and tour Fraser Island
24 september 2013: …we saw huge jumping humpback whales in Hervey Bay
25 september 2013: …it is washing day, clean clothes at last!
26 september 2013: …we spoke to our 'former' 'bosses' and we liked it very much!
Updated (14-12-2013):
27 September 2013: …we're heading to Fraser island in our new 4×4!
28 September 2013: …we drove on a sandy, beachy highway
29 September 2013: …the sun shined the whole day and we swam the lake!
30 September 2013: …Brisbane is where we arrived.
1 October 2013: …we 'sold' the van to an English lady…
2 October 2013: …we shopped until we dropped!
3 October 2013: …Brookwater is where we played golf and our van is for sale again!
4 October 2013: …Keperra Golf club was very very nice!
5 October 2013: …one of our two vans is SOLD, for real this time!!!
6 October 2013: …totally unexpected there's papa Gert, Gurt, Gerrald at Brisbane airport!
7 October 2013: …we spotted some humpback whales along the coast!
8 October 2013: …at least we tried to do some surfing…
9 October 2013: … the morning beach walk in South West Rocks was one of the best!
10 October 2013: …we arrived in The Blue Mountains and slept next to a beautiful outlook
11 October 2013: …Hidde played the didge at the Didgeridoo Centre.
12 October 2013: …canyoning and abseiling was the activity for today!
13 October 2013: …the Jenolan Caves were huge and amazing!
14 October 2013: …we met Ineke and Frank in Melbourne and could stay with them for almost a week!
15 October 2013: …the fresh market we went to was delicious!
16 October 2013: …st Andrews Golfcourse was hilly, windy and oh so beautiful!
17 October 2013: …we saw koala's and penguins at Philip Island!
18 October 2013: …the steak (600gr) we ate at Meat & Wine was one of the best!
19 October 2013: …Gert left us and we had such a nice time!
20 October 2013: …we left at Ineke and Frank's and went south to the coast. Thanks a lot!
21 October 2013: …Hidde shot the longest traveling golf ball in the world on Moonah Links.
22 October 2013: …30!!!! Makes the neighbourhood again prettig!
23 October 2013: …we met Sir van Beken and played nice golf at the Dunes.
24 October 2013: …SUN, sun at last, we missed you!!!
25 October 2013: …golf at the beachfront Narooma Golfclub was spectacular!
26 October 2013: …this is the day we arrived in Sydney!
27 October 2013: …the jazzy boat tour through the harbor of Sydney was stunning!
28 October 2013: …crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge a few times a day isn't something you do every day!
29 October 2013: …the big burp after a nice Japanese meal a Chinese man did was totally unexpected for us!
30 October 2013: …playing golf during sunset at the coastline is always great!
31 October 2013: …we had lots new experiences today.
1 November 2013: …our welcome dinner in New Zealand had the deliciouest ribs ever!
2 November 2013: …we're so excited to see this most beautifull country ever!
3 November 2013: …the view upon the mountain where we stayed the night was amazing!
4 November 2013: …the Hector dolphins Lotte swim with we're so small, fast and cute!
5 November 2013: …the spring in NZ is beautifull to see!
6 November 2013: …we did and saw many new great things in one day!
7 November 2013: …spotting a yellow eyed pinguin during the day is hard and we did it!
8 November 2013: …today we played golf all of a sudden and we went to the cinema's all of a sudden!
9 November 2013: …it so nice when all your clothes are clean again!
10 November 2013: …kayakking in Doubtfull Sound in the pouring rain was fantastic!
11 November 2013: …the scenic flight we did over Milford Sound was the highlight of our trip (so far)!
12 November 2013: …during the great Routeburn Walk we did 30 km in a day and even stayed fit!
13 November 2013: …the scenic drive from Milford Sounds was beautifull!
14 November 2013: …finally we had a day off!
15 November 2013: …playing Jacks Point was a hole new experience just as eating a Fergburger!
16 November 2013: …Lotte scored a great recipe from the Ferg!
17 November 2013: …canyoning at the Routeburn track hilarious!
18 November 2013: …we met Floortje Dessing in a small world!
19 November 2013: …the avalanches at Rob Roy Glacier were breathtaking!
20 November 2013: …we spoke to big bro Nills and he's coming to visit us!
21 November 2013: …we took it easy and we've been very usefull!
22 November 2013: …the iceclimbingtrip was a whole new and great experience!
23 November 2013: …we didn't go heli-rafting…
24 November 2013: …today we saw the Pancake Rocks and ate…pancakes!
25 November 2013: …we had very good and free wifi access!
26 November 2013: …we just did a short hike of 32 km!
27 November 2013: …today is the day we have some steak again!
28 November 2013: …the kayaking was again wet and nice in Abel Tasman National Park
29 November 2013: …we survived 5 face-forward-falls while mountain biking the Dun Mountain trail
30 November 2013: …even though we forgot to take the ferry on time, we still made it to the nothern island the next day!
1 December 2013: …we ate kruidnootjes at the Dutch windmill in foxton.
2 December 2013: …again we climbed a vulcano and it was so beautifull!!
3 December 2013: …playing the Kinloch golf course in exchange for a chocolate letter was unexpected!
4 December 2013: …the present we got in the Waitomo caves was beautiful, fun and exciting!!! Thanks a lot!!
5 December 2013: …hot water beach holes we're filled automatically (with rain…).
6 December 2013: …we had a beautiful ride over highway 35!
7 December 2013: …tipping over with our rafts was AWESOME(!!) at Mohaka rafting.
8 December 2013: …two movies in one day, we needed to recover from rafting.
9 December 2013: …we skyped with Laurance on his birthday!
10 December 2013: …Cape Kidnappers, nothing to add to that…
11 December 2013: …we saw very unusual volcanic activity.
12 December 2013: …Golf at Remuera Golf Club opened our eyes and minds.
13 December 2013: …it's Friday 13th! And we got rid of our camperauto.
13 December 2013: …it's Friday 13th! Again!!!! Because we are in the Cook Islands and it's yesterday, not today.
14 December 2013: …We didn't do no nothing!
15 December 2013: …We didn't do no nothing!
16 December 2013: …We didn't do no nothing!
17 December 2013: …We didn't do no nothing!
18 December 2013: …We did two dives!
19 December 2013: …We didn't do no nothing!
20 December 2013: …We went scootering on the day that our worldtrip was halfway already!
21 December 2013: …We flew towards LA 1 minute before midnight!
22 December 2013: …We're in the U.S. of A.!
23 December 2013: …We picked up our new home!
24 December 2013: …We saw Mam and my litlle bro Notenboom!
25 December 2013: …Our states trip began!
26 December 2013: …We bought lots of clothes at A&F and Noah an iPhone 5s #jealous
27 December 2013: …We saw a 1000 dolphins!!!
28 December 2013: …We watched Ace Ventura Pet Detective in our motorhome
29 December 2013: …Just because!
30 December 2013: …The sunrise in the grand canyon was stunning en colorfull!
31 December 2013: …Of the watershow in front of Bellagio hotel!
1 January 2014: …Vegas was awesome!
2 January 2014: …We felt so tiny next to those huge Sequoia tree's!
3 January 2014: …Climbing towards the Yosemite waterfall was good fun!
4 January 2014: …We were stuck on the ice with our motorhome…
5 January 2014: …We cruised along Alcatraz and underneath the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
6 January 2014: …17 miles drive and highway 1 were one of the best foggy drives ever!
7 January 2014: …We picked up our new home on wheels!
8 January 2014: …Our new home broke down already!
9 January 2014: …We've slept at some guys trailer we've hardly ever spoken to, a whole new experience!
10 January 2014: …Of the clash LA Lakers-LA Clippers!
11 January 2014: …Our trip in North America really started (again)!
12 January 2014: …Because we're thinking about crossing the border to Mexico like 'the Millers' did!
13 January 2014: …A nice guy named Terry, took us out for diner and we just met him playing golf!
14 January 2014: …We heard some good friends are coming to join us during our trip!
15 January 2014: …We were lucky to meet Gregg Patterson at THE BEACHCLUB!
16 January 2014: …It's our nicest and smallest nephew's birthday!!! Congrats little man!
17 January 2014: …Lotte finally has a full and new set of golfclubs!
18 January 2014: …Lotte finally can play with her new full set!
19 January 2014: …Hidde took a picture with Ben crane at the PGA-tour at LA Quinta's golfclub.
20 January 2014: …We found the best sleeping spot ever in Joshua Tree NP.
21 January 2014: …Again we missed the sunrise….!
22 January 2014: …Driving was al we did today!
23 January 2014: …We hiked down and down in the Grand Canyon! Awesome!
24 January 2014: …Hiked along the Colorado river in the middle of the Grand Canyon!
25 January 2014: …Monument valley was red and breathtaking!
26 January 2014: …Antilope canyon was also red and breathtaking!
27 January 2014: …The ranger talk in Bryce Canyon was so interesting!!
28 January 2014: …In Zion they closed the whole tunnel especially for our RV to drive through! Whaow!!
29 January 2014: …We just took it nice and easy today.
30 January 2014: …We hiked the river 'the narrows' in a dry suit!
31 January 2014: …Our trip goes on to Las Vegas!
1 February 2014: …We laid back in the best cinema ever with butlers and all in vegas.
2 February 2014: …Wathing the Super bowl in the states was stunning
3 February 2014: …We could use the golflesson Kristin gave us, thanks a lot!
4 February 2014: …Even after 5 times the Bellagio fountain is impressive!
5 February 2014: …We just had an easy drive.
6 February 2014: …We drove the colorfull artist drive in Death Valley!
7 February 2014: …It was familytime bigtime at Paulina's in Sacramento with Jaqueline and Tom!
8 February 2014: …We had more familytime with Christina and Louis.
9 February 2014: …We had even more familytime with Eric and Julianna!
10 February 2014: …We enjoyed the qualitytime with Paulina!
11 February 2014: …We had even even more familytime Annemarie and Carey!
12 February 2014: …We're moving on towards San Francisco.
13 February 2014: …We saw the Golden Gate Bridge from a different perspective: misty!
14 February 2014: …Finally we meet again: big bro Nills arrived!
15 February 2014: …Highway 1, here we come!
16 February 2014: …Bandon dunes was EPIC!
17 February 2014: …The coast along highway 1 was thriving.
18 February 2014: …We didn't see the Olymipics, but we did see Olympic National Park!
19 February 2014: …Arriving seattle by ferry when the sun is shining isn't something you see every day!
20 February 2014: …The fish really fly at pikes place market!
21 February 2014: …We had more familytime with Monica and Stan!
22 February 2014: …We're ready for canada with all our new winterclothing.
23 February 2014: …Whistler is our new home for the coming days.
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|Kiccha Sudeep
|Native name
|ಕಿಚ್ಚ ಸುದೀಪ
|Sudeep Sanjeev
2 September 1973
Shimoga district, Mysore State (now Karnataka), India
|Bangalore, Karnataka, India
|Other names
|Kiccha, Abhinaya Chakravarthy,Kala bhushana ,Kechhedeya kiccha
|Alma mater
|DSCE, Bangalore
|Actor, producer, director, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter
|Years active
|Bigg Boss Kannada
|Priya Radhakrishnan (2001)
Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1973), known mononymously as Sudeep, is an Indian film actor, director, producer, screenwriter, playback singer, anchor, and cricketer who works primarily in Kannada cinema.[1]
Sudeep is known for his performances in the Kannada films Sparsha (1999), Huchcha (2001), Nandhi (2002), Kiccha (2003), Swathi Muthu (2003), My Autograph (2006), Mussanjemaatu (2008), Veera Madakari (2009), Just Maath Maathalli (2010), Kempe Gowda (2011), Vishnuvardhana (2011), Bachchan (2013) and Maanikya (2014), and the Telugu-Tamil Eega (2012).[2] He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada for three consecutive years for his films Huchcha (2001), Nandhi (2002) and Swathi Muthu (2003). Since 2013, he is hosting the television reality show Bigg Boss in Kannada which only regional language holds other than hindi.
Early life[edit]
Sudeep was born to Sanjeev Manjappa and Saroja in Shimoga district of the erstwhile Mysore State (now Karnataka). He obtained his bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering from Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru. He was a University-level cricket player during the day and had also represented at the State-level in its Under-17 and Under-19 teams. Before taking up acting as a profession, Sudeep attended the Roshan Taneja School of Acting in Mumbai, where he overcame 'shyness'.[3]
As actor[edit]
Sudeep began his film career in Thayavva which released in 1997. He then played a supporting role in the Sunil Kumar Desai directed movie Prathyartha and landed a leading actor role in the same director's Sparsha. In 2001, Sudeep acted in the hit film Huchcha, which gave him his first big following. In the year 2008 he made his debut in Bollywood with the movie Phoonk.[4] He has also starred in Ram Gopal Varma's movies Rann, Phoonk 2 and Rakta Charitra. His movies Kempe Gowda and Vishnuvardhana released in 2011 were blockbusters.[5]
Sudeep made his debut in Telugu cinema in 2012, with the S. S. Rajamouli directorial Eega, a fantasy film, that saw him play an industrialist, who on falling for an NGO worker (played by Samantha Ruth Prabhu), kills her alleged lover, who begins to haunt him taking the form of a housefly. The film emerged as a commercial success, also receiving rave reviews from critics with Sudeep's performance receiving critical acclaim alongside.[6] The year 2013 saw the release of two of his films – Bachchan and Varadanayaka. His next film was a drama titled Maanikya that he directed, a remake of the Telugu film, Mirchi (2013). His first release of 2015 was Ranna, a remake of the Telugu film, Attarintiki Daredi. Later, Sudeep was seen in a cameo role in the S. S. Rajamouli magnum-opus Baahubali: The Beginning as Aslam Khan, a Persian Arms Trader. The movie went on to become highest grossing film of 2015.[7] Sudeep will be reprising the role of Aslam Khan in a sequel to the movie, titled Baahubali: The Conclusion.[8]
He has also directed Kannada movies and his directorial debut My Autograph . He has directed a few more movies, namely #73 Shaanthi Nivaasa, Veera Madakari, Just Maath Maathalli, Kempe Gowda and Maanikya. He has written scipt for Just Maath Mathalli.[9]
He made his debut in television with "Premada Kadambari", a line taken from Bandhana song in Udaya TV. He then appeared as a mentor in the reality show Pyate Hudgeer-Halli Lifu season 1 which was aired on Asianet Suvarna.[10][11] He was the host for all the seasons of the Kannada version of the reality show Bigg Boss season 1 which aired on ETV Kannada[12] and season 2 on Asianet Suvarna and Bigg Boss Kannada season 3 on Colors Kannada which used to be ETV Kannada.
He started production with My Autograph which was a huge success in Kannada industry.
Playback singer[edit]
Apart from acting, Sudeep also had a singing career. His singing has been well received by his fans and audience. He sang for his movies Vaalee (2001), Chandu (2002), Ranga SSLC (2004), Nalla (2004), #73, Shaanthi Nivaasa (2007), Veera Madakari (2009), Kempe Gowda (2011), Bachchan (2013) [13] and also for others movies such as Mandya to Mumbai (2014), Ring Road Shubha (2014), Raate(2015).
Dubbing artist[edit]
He also worked as dubbing artist for his movie Veera Madakari for a negative role "Titla".
Voice Narrator and Guest Roles[edit]
Sudeep's voice is a baritone and is easily recognisable. He has also worked as a voice narrator in Kannada industry. He also has many cameo appearances in movies to his credit.
Personal life[edit]
Sudeep is the captain of Karnataka Bulldozers cricket team that competes in the Celebrity Cricket League.[14] He owns a film production company named Kiccha Creations and a few films have been produced under the banner, including the 2007 No 73, Shanthi Nivasa that stars Sudeep himself.
Sudeep met Priya Radhakrishnan, belonging to the Nair community of Kerala, in Bangalore, in 2000 and they married in 2001.[15] Priya worked in an airline company and then in a bank, prior to their marriage.[16] Their only child, Saanvi, was born in 2004.[17] In 2013, Sudeep launched Stage 360°, an event management company, that his wife took active part in.[18] On 11 September 2015, Sudeep announced that he and his wife decided to separate ending their 14-year marriage, citing "irreconcilable differences going on for some years".[19] Sought under Section 13 (B) of the Hindu Marriage Act, the divorce was finalized by a family court of Bangalore on the same day. He was asked to pay a permanent alimony of ₹19 crore (US$2.8 million) and to surrender the custody of his daughter to Priya.[15][20]
In the media[edit]
Sudeep has been described by the critics as one of the most talented actors in Kannada cinema.[21] He was listed first in the Times 25 Most Desirable Men in Bangalore in 2012.[22] In 2012, he was given a title, 'Abhinaya Chakravarthy', by a Kannada organization, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike.[23]
In 2012, Sudeep was signed as the Brand Ambassador of Joyalukkas, a Jewellery Retail Chain.[24][25] In 2013, he was appointed as the brand Ambassador for Bangalore Traffic Police Department and Income Tax Department.[26] In 2014, he was appointed as the Brand Ambassador for Intex Technologies (India) Mobiles & Paragon Footwares.[27]
In 2013, on World AIDS Day, Sudeep teamed up with Vijay Raghavendra and other actors to record voiceovers for the TeachAIDS interactive software, developed at Stanford University.[28]
In 2015, Sudeep appeared in advertisements in the Kannada language for OLX.in, alongwith the veteran Kannada actor, Anant Nag. He had previously appeared in ads with Sadhu Kokila for the same company.[29]
Social Works[edit]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- ^ "sudeep biography". entertainment.oneindia.in.
- ^ "Fame flies for Sudeep". The Hindu. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Sudeep Sanjeev – 'Sparsha' of the Kannada film industry". bangalorebest.com. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Phoonk (2008) – IMDb
- ^ Six Super Toppers – Kannada Cinema 2011 – Part 1. Supergoodmovies.com (2011-12-21).
- ^ K Rajani Kanth and Varada Bhat (2012-07-10) Eega 'flies high' at box office. Business Standard.
- ^ Here's why SS Rajamouli 'Baahubali' is India's biggest blockbuster. Indian Express (17-July-2015).
- ^ Sudeep to play a bigger role in S S Rajamouli's Baahubali Part 2?. International Business Times (2015-05-27).
- ^ "Just Math Mathalli is for die-hard romantics". Movies.rediff.com. 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ^ "Sudeep to host reality show". sify.com. 10 May 2010.
- ^ Actor Sudeep to anchor 'Pyate Hudgeer, Halli Lifu' on Suvarna. Exchange4media.com (2010-05-08).
- ^ Sudeep to host Bigg Boss Kannada. M.tellychakkar.com (2013-02-28).
- ^ Sudeep Filmography, Sudeep Movies, Sudeep Films. entertainment.oneindia.in.
- ^ Celebrity Cricket League (CCL)-the Official Website "ccl" Check
|url=value (help). ccl.in.
- ^ a b "Sudeep, Priya call it quits after 14 yrs". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Kerala, Karnataka actors are sidelined in Bollywood: Sudeep". The Hindu. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "Sudeep's going strong at 40!". The Times of India. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Launch of Kannada star Sudeep's event management company Stage 360° at Bangalore". The Times of India. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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Kosmo's Brisket Injection
Ive never had too much luck with good timing. For some reason, I am always in the wrong place at the wrong time or just a dollar too short or a day too late. But it appears that luck has changed, at least for today. We are testing a new brisket recipe today for our competition coming up in Norwalk and was hoping to try Kosmos new injection. I checked the mail all week long and nothing.
I woke up this morning, checked the mail nothing again. Disappointed, I drove to the restaurant supply store to pick up the brisket and when I returned home, sure enough, in my mailbox was a small package from Mustang, OK. IT HAS ARRIVED :grin:Wooooooo Hoooooo.:grin: Thanks Kosmo.
I made a concoction with the product and a couple of other secret ingredients, injected it into my flat and point and is now resting in the fridge for 4-6 hrs. We will be smoking our brisket tonight. I will post our results tomorrow with plenty of pron, to be continued ..
Thanks Kosmo!!!
Can't wait to hear the results. This is awesome! good luck and let us know how it works for you.
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As promised, a full report.
So we smoked a brisket on Saturday night on our new WSM Bullet. As I previously mentioned we injected it with the injection liquid. It tasted so good by itself that we wanted to drink it. After 13 hours on the smoker we cut into our brisket ... and all I will say is Winner Winner Brisket Dinner!!! This was our best brisket ever. It was so juicy and tender, it melted away like butter.
Thank you so much for sending us a sample. So now I guess the next question is, how do I score SMore??
Thanks for sharing the results. Would be interested to hear other people's reviews as well.
Kosmo, if you want to send out another batch of samples for feedback I'd be more than willing to oblige. ;-)
My sample made it on Monday. Thanks, Kosmo! It may be a couple of weeks before I have a chance to try it but I will post my review as soon as I do.
Received mine over the w/e and am going to use it this coming w/e. Will take pix and post on Sunday.
Can't wait guys! i'll be in Bedford Tx. this weekend so i'll be away from my computer till Sunday night.
I better check my Mail box!!
Any more samples ? :redface: I'll do a review.
Will try mine this weekend and give a report!
If you ask for testers again and I would love to give it a try as we are just getting into injecting. I know there are a few differant ones out there. Just want to try something before we start making the plunge in to purchacing large amounts for the team.
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European Union pig prices were little changed this week as French hog prices halted a six-week slide, industry group Interessengemeinschaft der Schweinehalter Deutschlands e.V. reported.
German pig prices were unchanged for a second week, Damme, Germany-based ISN wrote in a report on its website today. Prices in France rose, while those in Spain fell for a fifth week, the group said.
Germany is the EU's biggest pork producer, followed by Spain and France, statistics from the bloc show. Prices in the five biggest producers moved closer in the last few weeks after declines in France and Spain, according to ISN.
"Most prices move sideways, but the upward turnaround hoped for by producers hasn't started yet," ISN wrote. "Danish and French prices reached the bottom. The French price crash of the past six weeks seems to have ended."
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(Dec. 3, 2010)--The UTSA Student Leadership Center announces Neel Desai as Roadrunner of the Month for November 2010. Desai was nominated by Krisellen Maloney, UTSA dean of libraries.
Desai is from Katy, Texas, where he graduated from Mayde Creek High School. A UTSA sophomore studying electrical engineering, he plans to have a career working with software.
"Leadership means being a good role model for others," Desai said.
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|Aug 16, 2005
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|Feb 21, 2003
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|Feb 21, 2003
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|Scott McDonough, Vincent W. Shotton, Zhou Yong
|Original Assignee
|Smith International, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (83), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (29), Classifications (13), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to earth boring bits used to drill bit a borehole for the ultimate recovery of oil, gas, or minerals. More particularly, the invention relates to rolling cone rock bits and to an improved cutting structure and cutter elements for such bits. Still more particularly, the invention relates to enhancements in cutter element shape and orientation in the drill bit.
2. Description of the Related Art
An earth-boring drill bit is typically mounted on the lower end of a drill string and is rotated by revolving the drill string at the surface or by actuation of downhole motors or turbines, or by both methods. With weight applied to the drill string, the rotating drill bit engages the earthen formation and proceeds to form a borehole along a predetermined path toward a target zone. The borehole formed in the drilling process will have a diameter generally equal to the diameter or "gage" of the drill bit.
A typical earth-boring bit includes one or more rotatable cone cutters that perform their cutting function due to the rolling movement of the cone cutters acting against the formation material. The cone cutters roll and slide upon the bottom of the borehole as the bit is rotated, the cone cutters thereby engaging and fracturing the formation material in its path. The rotatable cone cutters may be described as generally conical in shape and are therefore referred to as rolling cones.
Rolling cone bits typically include a bit body with a plurality of journal segment legs. The rolling cones are mounted on bearing pin shafts that extend downwardly and inwardly from the journal segment legs. The borehole is formed as the gouging and scraping or crushing and chipping action of the rotary cones remove chips of formation material which are carried upward and out of the borehole by drilling fluid which is pumped downwardly through the drill pipe and out of the bit.
The earth disintegrating action of the cone cutters is enhanced by providing the cone cutters with a plurality of cutter elements. Cutter elements are generally of two types: inserts formed of a very hard material, such as tungsten carbide, that are press fit into undersized apertures in the cone surface; or teeth that are milled, cast or otherwise integrally formed from the material of the rolling cone. Bits having tungsten carbide inserts are typically referred to as "TCI" bits, while those having teeth formed from the cone material are commonly known as "steel tooth bits." In each instance, the cutter elements on the rotating cone cutters breakup the formation to form new borehole by a combination of gouging and scraping or chipping and crushing.
In oil and gas drilling, the cost of drilling a borehole is proportional to the length of time it takes to drill to the desired depth and location. The time required to drill the well, in turn, is greatly affected by the number of times the drill bit must be changed in order to reach the targeted location. This is the case because each time the bit is changed, the entire string of drill pipes, which may be miles long, must be retrieved from the borehole, section by section. Once the drill string has been retrieved and the new bit installed, the bit must be lowered to the bottom of the borehole on the drill string, which again must be constructed section by section. As is thus obvious, this process, known as a "trip" of the drill string, requires considerable time, effort and expense. Accordingly, it is always desirable to employ drill bits which will drill faster and longer and which are usable over a wider range of formation hardness.
The length of time that a drill bit may be employed before it must be changed depends upon is ability to "hold gage" (meaning its ability to maintain a full gage borehole diameter), its rate of penetration ("ROP"), as well as its durability or ability to maintain an acceptable ROP. The from and positioning of the cutter elements (both steel teeth and tungsten carbide inserts) upon the cone cutters greatly impact bit durability and ROP and thus, are critical to the success of a particular bit design.
The inserts in TCI bits are typically inserted in circumferential rows on the rolling cone cutters. Most such bits include a row of inserts in the heel surface of the cone cutters. The heel surface is a generally frustoconical surface and is configured and positioned so as to align generally with and ream the sidewall of the borehole as the bit rotates.
In addition to the heel row inserts, conventional bits typically include a circumferential gage row of cutter elements mounted adjacent to the heel surface but oriented and sized so as to cut the corner of the borehole. In performing their corner cutting duty, gage row inserts perform a reaming function, as a portion of the insert scraps or reams the side of the borehole. Gage row inserts also perform bottom hole cutting, a duty in which the insert gouge the formation material at the bottom of the borehole.
Conventional bits also include a number of additional rows of cutter elements that are located on the cones in circumferential rows disposed radially inward or in board from the gage row. These cutter elements are sized and configured for cutting the bottom of the borehole, and are typically described as inner row cutter elements.
Earthen formations generally undergo two types of fractures when penetrated by a cutter element that protrudes from a rolling cone of a drill bit. A first type of fracture is generally referred to as a plastic fracture, and is the type of fracture where the cutter element penetrates into the rock and volumetrically displaces the rock by compressing it. In this circumstance, shearing or tearing fracture, rather than tensile fracture, is the major mode of crack propagation. This type of fracture generally creates a crater in the rock that is the size and shape of that portion of the cutter element that has penetrated into the rock.
A second principal type of fracture is what is referred to as a brittle fracture. A brittle fracture typically occurs after a plastic fracture has first taken place. That is, when the rock first undergoes plastic fracture, a region around the crater made by the cutter element will experience increased tensile stress and will weaken and may crack in that region, even though the rock in that region surrounding the crater has not been displaced. This region of increased stress is generally recognized as the "Hertzian" contact zone. However, in certain formations, when the cutter element displaces enough of the rock and creates enough stress in the Hertzian contact zone adjacent to the plastic fracture, that rock in the region of increased stress may itself break and chip away from the crater. Where this occurs, the cutter element effectively removes a volume of rock that is larger than the volume of rock displaced in the plastic fracture.
The characteristics of these fractures depend largely on the geometry of the cutter element and the properties of the rock that is being penetrated. In general, for a given formation, a sharper insert will generally create more of a plastic fracture whereas, a more blunt cutter element will produce more of a brittle fracture. The more blunt insert will typically require a higher force, however, to penetrate to the same depth into the rock as compared to a sharper cutter element. Because a brittle fracture removes more rock material than a plastic fracture, it would be advantageous to provide a cutter element suitable for inducing brittle fractures that would perform that function without requiring increased force or weight on bit. Thus, to increase a bit's rate of penetration (ROP), it is desirable to increase the bit's ability to initiate brittle fractures at the locations where the cutter element engages the formation material so that the volume of rock removed by each hit or impact of the cutter element is greater than the volume of rock actually penetrated by the cutter element.
A variety of different shapes of cutter elements have been devised. In most instances, each cutter element is designed to optimize the amount of formation material that is removed with each "hit" of the formation by the cutter element. At the same time, however, the shape and design of a particular cutter element is also dependent upon the location in the drill bit in which it is to be placed, and thus the cutting duty to be performed by that cutter element. For example, in general, heel row cutter elements are generally made of a harder and more wear resistant material, and have a less aggressive cutting shape for reaming the borehole side wall, as compared to the inner row cutter elements where the cutting duty is more of a gouging, digging and crushing action. Thus, in general, bottom hole cutter elements generally tend to have more aggressive cutting shapes than heel row cutters.
It is understood that cutter elements, depending upon their location in the rolling cone cutter, have different cutting trajectories as the cone cutter rotates in the borehole. Thus, conventional cutter elements have been oriented in the rolling cone cutters in a direction believed to cause optimal formation removal. However, it is now understood that cutter elements located in certain portions of the cone cutter have more than one cutting mode. More particularly, cutter elements in the inner rows of the cone cutters, particularly those closest to the nose of the cone cutter (and the center line of the bit), include a twisting motion as they gouge into and then separate from the formation. Unfortunately, however, conventional cutter elements, such as a chisel shaped insert, having a single primary cutting edge, are usually oriented to optimize the cutting that takes place only in the cutter's circumferential cutting trajectory, as they do not have particular features to take advantage of cutting opportunities as the cutter element twists.
Accordingly, to provide a drill bit with higher ROP, and thus to lower drilling costs incurred in the recovery of oil and other valuable resources, it would be desirable to provide cutter elements designed and oriented so as to enhance brittle fracture of the rock formation being drilled, and to present to the formation multiple cutting edges as the cutting surface of the cutter element rotates through its cutting trajectory so as to take advantage of multiple cutting modes.
Described herein is an enhanced cutter element for use in a rolling cone drill bit particularly suited for enhancing brittle rock formation and increasing ROP of a bit. The cutter element includes a base portion and a cutting portion extending from the base, the cutting portion including a crown on the cutting surface having a plurality of spaced-apart cusps with valleys between the cusps. The cusps may be partial dome-shaped cusps of the same or differing radius of curvature. Further, the cusps may extend the same distance from the base or, alternatively, the cusps may differ in extension. In certain embodiments, it is desirable to provide a cutting portion that extends beyond the outer profile of the base. The spaced-apart cusps impact the formation material and create a relatively large Hertzian contact zone to enhance formation material relative to a conventional conical insert of similar diameter and extension.
The cutter elements described herein may be placed in various rows in the cone cutter; however, certain cutter elements include features that provide greater enhancements when used in particular rows. For example, cutter elements described herein having relatively short extensions may, in many cases, be better suited for use in the heel row for scraping the side wall of the borehole. In addition to partial dome-shaped cusps, the cutter elements may include a plurality of berm-shaped cusps circumferentially disposed about the cutting surface crown with valleys separating the berms so as to create a crenellated crown. Central to the circumferentially disposed berms may be a central recess or a central cusp that is separated from the surrounding berms by a circumferential valley. The cutting surface provided by such structure provides a myriad of cutting edges. The upper surface of the berm like cusps may themselves include projections or apexes that are separated by a saddle. Such a cutter element offers still further cutting edges to the formation material.
Thus, the embodiments described herein comprise a combination of features and advantages which overcome some of the deficiencies or shortcomings of prior bits and cutter element designs. The various characteristics described above, as well as other features, will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, and by referring to the accompanying drawings.
For a more detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Referring first to
Referring now to
Referring now to
Cone cutters 34-36 include a plurality of tooth-like cutter elements for gouging, scraping and chipping away the surfaces of the borehole. The cutter elements retained in cone cutter 34 include a plurality of heel row inserts 51 that are secured in a circumferential row 51 a in the frustoconical heel surface 47. Cone cutter 34 further includes a circumferential row 53 a of gage inserts 53 secured to cone cutter 34 in locations along or near the circumferential shoulder 50. Cone cutter 34 also includes a plurality of inner row inserts, such as inserts 55, 56, 57 secured to the generally conical cone surface 48 and arranged in spaced-apart inner rows such as 55 a, 56 a.
Referring again to
Referring now to
Preferably, cutting surface 63 is continuously contoured and includes a crown 70 and a side surface 69 extending between base 61 and crown 70. As used herein, the term "continuously contoured" refers to surfaces that can be described as having continuously curved surfaces that are free of relatively small radii (typically less than 0.08 inches) that are conventionally used to break sharp edges or round off transitions between adjacent distinct surfaces. Crown 70 includes cusps 71, 72, 73 that extend upwardly in a direction away from base 61. In this embodiment, cusps 71-73 of crown 70 are formed to be equal distance from cutter axis 68, and each includes a partial dome-shaped distal surface having a spherical radius of curvature, with the radius of curvature of each cusp 71-73 being substantially the same. As used herein, what is meant by "cusp" is a projection extending from the crown 70 and spaced from other such projections such that a planar cross-section of the crown 70 taken perpendicular to the cutter axis 68 intersects the crown 70 in a plurality of spaced apart closed figures when the section is taken at at least one axial position. Thus, it is understood with reference to
Referring now to
The larger cross-sectional area of cutting portion 62 also provides an opportunity for material enhancements over a conventional conical insert 80 of similar extension length and base diameter. In general, harder and more wear resistant grades of tungsten carbide are more susceptible to breakage than the grades that are not as hard, but that are considered tougher and better able to withstand impacts. Thus, the selection of carbide material for an insert is typically a compromise where the selection is based on the primary cutting duty that will be experienced by the insert. In the case of cutter element 60, with its cutting portion 62 having a substantially greater cross-sectional area than a conventional conical insert 80, a carbide grade may be employed that is harder and less susceptible to wear as compared to that of a standard conical insert 80. Providing such harder, more wear resistant materials in cutter elements that conventionally required tougher and less wear resistant materials may enhance bit life by providing a constant or even higher ROP over the life of the bit.
Cutter element 60 is not only stronger than a conventional conical insert 80 having comparable extension length and insert diameter, but it additionally provides the potential for enhanced ROP in certain hard formations as compared to conventional conical insert 80. Referring momentarily to
Referring to
Further, because of the cutting trajectory of insert 60 as it rotates in an inner row in a rolling cone cutter, cusps 71-73 will not all impact the formation simultaneously. Instead they will impact somewhat sequentially. This type of impact, coupled with the sliding and twisting motion imparted to the formation by the insert 60 tends to enhance the likelihood that the entire region 97, or a substantial portion thereof, will be removed with the single impact of insert 60. In comparison to
Cutter inserts that include crowns having a different number of cusps can also be employed advantageously. For example, referring to
As compared with the embodiment shown in
The principals discussed above with respect to the previous embodiments may also be employed in a cutter element having a cutting portion that extends beyond the outer profile of the base. For example, referring to
Cutting portion 132, extending beyond diameter 135 of base 131, has what may be referred to as a negative draft with respect to the base portion 131. This design potentially allows a greater volume of the bottom hole material to be cut with a given impact of the cutter element as compared to a cutting insert having a zero or positive draft, such as insert 100 previously described. Methods of manufacturing inserts having negative drafts are known as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,034. Other conventional methods of manufacturing insert 130 may be employed, such as by injection molding or by machining the element.
In the embodiments described to this juncture, the radius of curvature of each of the cusps of the cutting surface has been uniform. In certain formations and at given locations in the rolling cone cutter, it may be desirable to have cusps of differing curvature, or different heights, or both. Referring now to
A cutter element such as insert 160 having a cutting surface 163 with one or more cusps that extend further than others in the cutting surface is believed to have particular utility in the softer of the rock formations where TCI bits are typically employed. In such formations, insert 160 may be employed in an inner row where the further extending cusp 171 can extend deeply into the formation, forming a relatively deep crater that, in conjunction with the other cusps 172, 173, creates a relatively large, tri-lobed, Hertzian contact zone 183 (
Referring to
Although cutter element 200 may be employed at various locations in the rolling cone of a drill bit, element 200 is believed to have particular utility when used in the gage row. In particular, it is known that the gage row cutter elements in conventional bits tend to "round off" meaning that the side that is closest to the borehole wall when the cutter element engages the formation tends to wear more quickly than other portions of the cutter element. If wear becomes excessive, it can lead to an undergage borehole, requiring the costly step of removing the drill string and replacing the bit. Referring momentarily to
Although the embodiments described to this juncture have included cutting surfaces with crowns having partial dome-shaped cusps, the cusps need not be so shaped and may include, for example, raised peaks, berms, and other extensions having various other shapes and configurations. The cutter elements previously discussed having partial dome-shaped cusps are believed best applied in the inner and gage rows of a rolling cone cutter in a bit used to drill in hard formations. By contrast however, in the heel region of a rolling cone cutter, where a substantial portion of the cutting duty is reaming, and where the cutting element supports very little of the vertical load applied by weight-on-bit, principles of the present invention may be applied to create a cutter. element with a crown having extending cusps that are more elongate than the partial dome-shaped cusps previously described.
For example, referring to
The cutting surface 233 thus presents numerous and varied cutting edges to the sidewall formation. For example, a plane perpendicular to cutter axis 238 taken through cusps 241-243 at region 220 yields the cross section shown in FIG. 23. As shown, the cross section includes three closed
A cutter element similar to that shown in
Still additional cutting edges can be provided in a crown of a cutting surface by providing the circumferentially disposed, berm shaped cusps with peaks and undulations formed on the upper surface of the cusp. For example, referring to
Referring now to
The cutter element 430 shown in
Although the circumferentially-disposed cusps of the crowns in the cutter elements described above with reference to
Cutter elements having a plurality of rounded or partially dome-shaped cusps may also be provided with a centrally positioned cusp. Referring to
Referring to
It is to be appreciated that, just as the height of the various cusps on the crown portion of the cutter element may vary, the depth of the valleys formed in the crown may differ. Referring to
While preferred embodiments of this invention have been shown and described, modifications thereof can be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or teaching of this invention. The embodiments described herein are exemplary only and are not limiting. Many variations and modifications of the system and apparatus are possible and are within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection is not limited to the embodiments described herein, but is only limited by the claims which follow, the scope of which shall include all equivalents of the subject matter of the claims.
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|U.S. Classification
|175/420.1, 175/431, 175/430
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Feb 21, 2003
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