1:    private bool extractWriteActions(out List<WriteChannel> channelWrites)
2:    {
3:        channelWrites = new List<WriteChannel>();
4:        foreach (TpotAction action in tpotActionQueue)
5:        {
6:            if (action is WriteChannel)
7:            {
8:                channelWrites.Add((WriteChannel)action);
9:                lock(tpotActionQueue)
10:               {
11:                  action.Status = RecordStatus.Batched;
12:               }
13:           }
14:       }
15:       return (channelWrites.Count > 0);
16:   }

private bool extractWriteActions(out List<WriteChannel> channelWrites)
    {
      lock(tpotActionQueue)
      {
        channelWrites = new List<WriteChannel>();
        foreach (TpotAction action in tpotActionQueue)
        {
            if (action is WriteChannel)
            {
                channelWrites.Add((WriteChannel)action);

                  action.Status = RecordStatus.Batched;

           }
        }
      }
       return (channelWrites.Count > 0);
   }

for (int i=0; i<tpotActionQueue.Count(); i++)
{
    TpotAction action = tpotActionQueue.Dequeue();
    if (action is WriteChannel)
    {
        channelWrites.Add((WriteChannel)action);
        lock(tpotActionQueue)
        {
            action.Status = RecordStatus.Batched;
        }
    }
}

for(int i = 0; i < tpotActionQueue.Length; i++)
{
     TpotAction action = tpotActionQueue[i];

     if (action is WriteChannel)
     {
        channelWrites.Add((WriteChannel)action);
        lock(tpotActionQueue)
        {
           action.Status = RecordStatus.Batched;
        }
     }
}

private bool extractWriteActions(out List<WriteChannel> channelWrites)
{

   channelWrites= tpotActionQueue.Where<WriteChannel>(x => x is WriteChannel).ToList()

   foreach(WriteChannel channel in channelWrites) {
      channel.Status = RecordStatus.Batched;
   }

  return ( channelWrites.Count > 0);
}