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| Dale, T., GE Water & Process Technologies, Trevose, Pennsylvania; Robinson, G., GE Water & Process Technologies, Trevose, Pennsylvania; Rossi, A., GE Water & Process Technologies, Trevose, Pennsylvania
New technology in volatile filming corrosion inhibitors and lower-salting neutralizing amines can provide cost-effective solutions for the steam-condensate system and minimize the risk of amine chloride salt formation.
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For decades, neutralizing and filming amines have been used
to protect steam condensate in boiler systems. In refining operations, where steam is
utilized to improve fractionation, added attention is needed to
the type and amount of amines added to the boiler/steam system
to minimize amine chloride salt fouling in the distillation column and crude
overhead. New technology in volatile filming
corrosion inhibitors and lower-salting neutralizing amines can provide
cost-effective solutions for the steam-condensate system and
minimize the risk of corrosive amine chloride salt formation.
This approach is useful for refinery operations working to
maximize distillate production while maintaining protection of
difficult-to-treat steam condensate systems, e.g.,
reboilers using
flashed steam, and high-alkalinity makeup water sources.
Ensuring the efficiency and reliability of the steam plant is
crucial to successful refinery operations. Steam condensate and
boiler feedwater (BFW) protection are integral parts of
maintaining the total health of the entire steam and boiler
system. By mitigating condensate corrosion, the associated
equipment and piping are protected. Additionally, by protecting
this system, the condensate can be returned to the boiler as
high-quality feedwaterthus, recycling valuable water and
conserving energy. Finally, minimizing the return of corrosion
products greatly improves the efficiency and reliability of
steam-generating equipment while minimizing the need for
deposit-control chemistry.
Traditionally, refineries have used organic amines to
neutralize acidic contaminants, such as carbonic acid, in the steam
condensate and raise system pH to prevent corrosion. Refineries
may also supplement the neutralizing amine program with a
filming corrosion inhibitor. These corrosion inhibitors,
including the subset known as filming amines, establish a
tenacious barrier film on the metal surface, thus inhibiting
contact of the corrosive contaminants (such as carbonic acid,
dissolved oxygen and chloride salts) with metal surfaces. A key
advantage of effective filming corrosion inhibitors is that
they can be fed sub-stoichiometric to the acidic contaminant,
thus reducing total treatment costs.
In many cases, an effective filming inhibitor can reduce the
requirement for neutralizing amines by providing equivalent
corrosion protection at an incrementally lower condensate pH
than with the neutralizer alone. This can reduce treatment
costs, especially where amine feedrates are high. Historically,
traditional filming inhibitors, such as octadecylamine, should
be injected into the steam header because of their low
volatility and limited ability to enter the steam phase from
the boiler when fed to the feedwater.
Consequently, achieving effective system coverage is often
difficult with traditional filming inhibitors of limited
volatility. For example, many refineries produce and utilize
lower-pressure flash steam generated from
higher-pressure liquid condensate. This flashed steam, often
used for critical reboilers, can be heavily laden with carbon
dioxide (CO2), thus increasing the corrosion
potential in the affected condensate. A filming inhibitor with
limited or no volatility will not readily enter the flash steam
from the condensate, which may leave the downstream equipment
served by the flash steam vulnerable to severe corrosion.
Consequently, satellite feed of traditional neutralizing and/or
filming inhibitors to these areas is often required for
effective protection, requiring maintenance of the remote feed
system, pumps and product inventory.
A new polyamine filming inhibitor technology can allow
effective steam-condensate system coverage and protection from
one injection location, often the deaerator storage section, as
shown in Fig. 1.1 This is in sharp
contrast to the extremely low volatility of traditional filmers
discussed earlier.
An additional hurdle for steam treatment is maintaining
reliability of the equipment utilizing steam directly within
the process. A prime example is the atmospheric crude distillation tower, where stripping
steam is used to improve product separation. In this tower,
neutralizing amines are used for steam-condensate treatment and
also to minimize the risk of amine chloride salt fouling and
subsequent corrosion. As refiners decrease tower top
temperatures to increase distillate production, the risk of
amine chloride salt formation inside the distillation column
Amine chloride salt fouling depends on a number of factors
including: chloride levels, operating temperatures/pressures of
the distillation column, other sources of unwanted or tramp
ammonia/amines, and even amines used to protect the overhead
and associated exchangers, as shown in Fig.
Unless crude oil selection, additives and impurities, and
operating parameters are consistently favorable, it is
recommended to use steam-condensate protection that will
provide minimum impact on refinery operations. There are new
steam-condensate corrosion inhibitor technologies now applied
to use lower-salting neutralizing amines for steam treatment.
In combination with the volatile polyamine filming technology,
this approach can potentially provide a lower-cost and
more-reliable steam-condensate program.
A collaborative effort between water and process engineering
teams discovered a unique solution to ensure maximum
reliability of crude unit distillation processes while
providing superior condensate protection. Proprietary modeling
software was used in the development and application of the new
technology.2 Utilizing low-salt ionic equilibrium
modeling in combination with condensate modeling software, many
potential steam neutralizing amines were evaluated for their
compatibility with the refining process and their effectiveness
in managing corrosion in complex condensate
systems.2 This study included a rigorous examination
of the potential for forming amine chloride salts under
different contaminant loadings and operating conditions in the
atmospheric crude unit tower. Table 1 lists
comparative salt-point temperatures of typical neutralizing
amine blends used in refining steam condensate treatments.
Because the modeling program can be used to simulate the
potential for ammonia or amine chloride salt formation in crude
atmospheric towers and to optimize the model amines and
contaminants in complicated steam systems, a more comprehensive
approach to refinery system reliability can be
taken.2 The combined modeling approach allows the
refiner and specialty chemical supplier to work together to
optimize refinery operations while maintaining the required
process and water treatment reliability.
For example, by modeling a refinerys steam condensate
system, the refinery operator and process chemical supplier
have a better understanding of the amount and type of amines
present in the stripping steam. Using that information,
combined with an understanding of the other ammonia/amine
sources and contaminants (e.g., chlorides), a more accurate
model of the atmospheric tower can be derived. This model will
then enable the refiner to better understand their operating
limitations and allow them to maintain optimal reliability and
Low-salt boiler amine and polyamine technology can provide an
opportunity to further optimize refinery boiler and process system
reliability and
economics.3 Several refiners have reported
encountering limited optimizing economics due to tramp
ammonia/amines, often when trying to maximize mid-distillate
production and running at lower fractionation tower top
In some cases, it is the amine in the stripping steam that
can be the limiting factor, and low-salting amines were
recommended to reduce/eliminate the bottleneck.3 Two
refining cases reported small
amounts of traditional amines used in steam-condensate
treatment, cyclohexylamine and methoxypropylamine (MOPA), were
limitations in maximizing profitability. A compilation of
abbreviated case studies are documented in this article.
One particular refinery was having concern around a
particular steam-treatment amine. This refinery had suffered
some amine chloride deposits in a crude unit top pumparound
circuit. Prior to implementing the polyamine technology, its
goal was to use a low-salting boiler amine to achieve the same
pH and consequently, the same iron level achievable with
industry-standard amines in use. The refinery implemented the
low-salting boiler amine blend to replace the higher salting
amine from the steam.3 Condensate system modeling
was done to predict the required feedrates based on water
chemistry and system operating parameters and targets. The
low-salting boiler amine achieved the required system pH levels
as predicted. As a consequence, the steam-condensate pH and
iron levels remained approximately the same, as illustrated in
Fig. 4. Although satisfied with the initial
change to low-salting boiler amine chemistry, this refinery
converted to a low-salt and polyamine technology to further
optimize performance and economics.
Refineries utilizing BFW with high levels of
bicarbonate/carbonate alkalinity can generate significant
CO2 in the steam and, consequently, elevated levels
of corrosive carbonic acid in the condensate.
These refineries are often challenged to feed enough
neutralizing amine to achieve the required steam-condensate pH
levels to protect the condensate piping and equipment. The use
of condensate flash tanks to generate low-pressure flashed
steam, often for nonvented reboilers carrying
liquid levels, can also operate under highly corrosive
conditions because of the very high volatility of
CO2 to the flashed steam, as illustrated in
Fig. 5.
Under these circumstances, it can become very difficult and
expensive to maintain corrosion protection by relying only on
carbonic acid neutralization and boosting the pH. In addition,
the high use of amines can have an adverse impact on the
refining operations. In these situations, it is often best to
provide a filming technology.
A European refinery was experiencing
severe corrosion of reboilers/exchangers on a desulfurization
unit that used steam with a pH < 6. Due to the corrosion
problems, the refiner was replacing unit bundles about every 18
months. Traditional neutralizing amine treatment would require
very high feedrates and be deemed uneconomical. As a result, a
polyamine-neutralizing amine blend was applied at about 10% of
the theoretical neutralizing amine blend only
feedrate. Almost immediately after initiating the chemistry,
the measured total iron levels at the reboiler dropped
Reboiler total iron prior to polyamine-amine > 500
Reboiler total iron after polyamine-amine < 50 ppb
Reboiler total iron prior to polyamine-amine > 500
Reboiler total iron after polyamine-amine < 50 ppb
More importantly, during the last scheduled maintenance on one of the reboilers,
the refinery was set to replace the bundle per its normal
schedule. However, the inspection determined that no bundle
replacement was needed because of the improved corrosion
A similar application at a Southeast US chemical plant
showed a tremendous reduction in mild steel condensate
corrosion rates with the addition of the polyamine to the BFW.
This particular plant had high-alkalinity BFW contributing over
20 ppm of CO2 to the steam and no appreciable
condensate return. Consequently, the amine requirement for
neutralizing the carbonic acid and increasing the pH
was significant and uneconomical. A plan was developed to add
polyamine and begin reducing the neutralizing amine.
Fig. 6 illustrates the results regarding the
corrosion rates and mild steel coupon. The plant continues to
optimize, and has reduced neutralizing amine by over 70% while
improving the mild steel and the copper corrosion rates.
A Western US refinery was in the scenario of having high
condensate corrosion potential and ammonia/amine chloride salt
fouling in the crude and coker operations. To improve
operations, key system treatment and corrosion data were
evaluated on both the water and process chemistry. Computer
modeling of the systems was conducted to predict, select and
validate the specific type of low-salt and polyamine chemistry
that would be appropriate to improve the reliability and
economics for the refinery.
With implementation of the program, the amine salting
potential was improved by removing nearly all of the higher
salt-point amines from the boiler steam treatment. The
steam-condensate pH and iron levels were regularly tested to
ensure that corrosion metrics were being met. After several
weeks of onsite iron testing and offsite iron corrosion product
(ICP) testing, the low-salt polyamine feedrate was decreased
further. This change also further reduced the total amine
contribution from the stripping steam in the crude tower, while
improving economics around chemical spend (Table
2). However, as modeling had predicted, this action
would lower condensate pH levels in the steam condensate
system. It included carrying a lower pH at some critical,
nonvented reboilers in the system. Now, more of the corrosion
protection responsibility was placed on the polyamine filmer.
Chemical usage was minimized, while increasing reliability in
steam condensate and refinery process via low-salting amines
and filmer protection.
After several more weeks of analysis, the corrosion
protection was maintained per onsite data and more accurate ICP
offsite ICP iron data indicated an improvement. Four of the
five samples in the system, including a nonvented reboiler,
showed less-than-detectable iron and copper levels
(Fig. 7). Another reboiler had very
low iron (< 2 ppb per ICP) at about 0.751 pH units
lower than initial treatment. HP
1 GE has recently incorporated a new, more
volatile polyamine filming inhibitor technology allowing for
effective steam-condensate system coverage.
2 Utilizing GE LoSalt Ionic Equilibrium modeling in
combination with GE Condensate modeling software, many
potential steam neutralizing amines were
evaluated for their compatibility with the refining process and
their effectiveness in managing corrosion in complex condensate
3 Steamate LSA is a patent-pending technology that
can provide an opportunity to further optimize refinery boiler
and process system reliability and economics.
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December 4, 1998-June 13, 1999
Nov 05, 1998
On December 4, 1998 Dia Center for the Arts will present an exhibition of Andy Warhol's Shadows (1978), a single work comprised of over 100 panels. The installation will be on view in Dia's 545 West 22nd Street exhibition gallery through June 13, 1999. Dia is open to the public Thursday through Sunday, 12 noon to 6 pm.
Acquired directly from the artist in 1979, Shadows remains a centerpiece of Dia's collection. The scale and ambition of Shadows, while grand even for Warhol, is characteristic of the key works in Dia's collection. This presentation of Shadows will constitute the second exhibition in Dia's new facility at 545 West 22nd Street. The paintings will be hung contiguously around the 298 feet of the gallery's perimeter, sequenced according to the artist's original plan, and in conformity with his conception of the work, which he designated as "one painting with...parts."
Each panel, measuring 76 x 52 inches, is of acrylic paint, variously silkscreened and handpainted on canvas. The whole encompasses an extraordinary range of colors, from subtle and muted to brilliant neon, placing Shadows among Warhol's most remarkable and compelling works.
Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, to immigrant parents of Czechoslovakian descent. He studied design at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh from 1945 to 1949. After a successful and distinguished career as a commercial illustrator in New York in the 1950s, he began exhibiting his paintings with silkscreened Pop imagery in 1962. In 1963 he began making films. Thereafter, his work was shown widely. Warhol died on February 22, 1987.
Support for this project has been provided by the Dia Art Council, the major annual support group of Dia Center for the Arts.
Dia Center for the Arts is a tax-exempt charitable organization. Established in 1974, the organization has become one of the largest in the United States dedicated to contemporary art and contemporary culture. In fulfilling this commitment, Dia sustains diverse programming in visual arts, poetry, education, and critical discourse and debate.
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I'm coming down from a day or two of a mild Spice Girls induced haze. I've listened to the music, I've watched the movie – heck, I've started speaking with a vaguely cockney accent.
And what struck me most about the Spice Girls? Well, this quote from the film:
We're the Spice Girls, yes indeed. Just Girl Power is all we need. We know how we got this far… Strength and courage and a Wonderbra!
The Spice Girls were, as we all know, a phenomenon. Millions of albums sold, packed out concerts, and a spectacular (or a spectacularly tacky, depending on your gender and age group) film were part of the Spice Girls success story. Heck, they made Barbie dolls in the Spice Girls likenesses – they must have been good.
And yet, what were the Spice Girls selling? Ultimately, of course, it was their music. But what was their message? Girl power.
As someone who was around about the age of 10 when the Spice Girls got 'big', I am well equipped to speak on what Girl Power is. It's about being sporty, being scary, being baby. Picking a Spice Girl, and being like them. However, it is also, according to Wikipedia, "[a] message of empowerment [that] appealed to young girls, adolescents and adult women, and… emphasised the importance of strong and loyal friendship among females."
To be honest, I got less of the 'friendship amongst females' vibe from the Spice Girls. But then again, I was 10 – and I can listen back to 'Wannabe' now and see distinctly where the Girl Power stuff came into it. The vibe I mostly got from the Girl Power movement was that girls can do anything! And obviously, that anything WAS to become like the Spice Girls. because regardless of whether your talents actually lay in being sporty, or being scary, the main thing was that these girls were first and foremost a Spice Girl – their other talents came secondary to that. In a way, I would have liked for Sporty Spice to go off and conquer the world of soccer or similar – just so she could show us how sporty she really was.
But where does the 'strength, courage, and a Wonderbra' fit into all this? How does that particular idea merge with one of Girl Power, one of female empowerment and being allowed to be sporty, OR posh, OR scary?
It's all in the 'soft' feminism. It's the idea of making feminism less scary, so it can appeal to the masses. It's not called FEMALE or WOMAN power – it's called 'Girl' Power. It's the concept that women can have empowerment, but they can also be sexy, and own a Wonderbra (which, by the way, I am not condemning. Go out and buy all the Wonderbras you want, ladies).
But when the question is posed to the Spice Girls, 'How did you get this far?', and their answer is 'strength, courage and a Wonderbra' – ladies, we're in trouble. The answer is not, 'strength, courage, a buttload of business savvy and some great singing voices'. No. The answer is their breasts. It points right back to their sexuality, and the concept that they somehow used their bodies to succeed.
Of course, I'm reading a LOT into one small phrase in one film. The Spice Girls movement is a lot larger than that one line, and it would take a lot more than one blog post to successfully deduce what they were all about. But it's given me something to think about.


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New York University's Institute for Public Knowledge will host "Triggering the Debate: Gun Control, Race, and Mental Illness," a panel discussion featuring New York State Senator Jose M. Serrano, Bill Finch, the mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid, and Gary Belkin, deputy director of the program in global mental health at NYU Langone School of Medicine, on Fri., March 8, 6:30 p.m. at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, 20 Cooper Square (between 5th and 6th Streets), 7th floor.
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In the wake of the tragedy in Sandy Hook, Conn., public debate has centered on gun ownership and the Second Amendment. But beneath it simmers questions of mental illness, stigma, and race, eliciting questions of bias and the complicated politics of diagnosis. At the "Triggering the Debate" discussion, these opinion leaders, lawmakers, and mental health professionals will address the core issues of the gun control debate, measure the success of local initiatives, and offer their insights into President Obama's proposals. Panelists will discuss if gun laws can confront mental illness without stigmatizing the mentally ill and consider the complicated history that race has historically played in the debate.
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I'm developing kind of a modern web application - scalable, robust and fast.
I need to develop it as fast as I can.
How much should I worry about the analysis phase or writing UML diagrams or ER diagrams for it? And what should be the flow on that? What should I start drawing?


text: The further along students get in their education, and the closer they get to entering the workforce, the more the line between the two starts to blur. College athletes, for example, aren't getting paid for their athleticism, other than the lucky ones offered scholarships. But in many cases, their hard work is still making truckloads of money for their universities.


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Though I AM new to running I have a short book list for the activity already. I just finished ChiRunning, by Danny Dreyer. I browsed at the choices in the book store the other day but nothing really grabbed me. This afternoon I ran (okay, I DROVE) over to the library and checked out Running for Mortals, one of the Bingham series for Penguins that lots of community friends have been raving about. This is a quick read! I have to figure out where I come down in it, since I did C25K but haven't yet run a 5K event. I have a really, really old copy of a Runners' World compilation of articles that I'm going to pull out one day and review too. It's from my FORMER life running!
Are there books you have really found helpful with running?
If you had asked me, two months ago, whether I would be running more than a few MINUTES in the heat of summer, I would have told you, "absolutely not!" I was a reasonably fit adult. I typically have had some fitness activity or class or workout video that I'm involved in most weeks. I learned, really during college, for the first time, that there were some athletic bones in this body (before that I was a bookworm, and I had decided I didn't like sports because I was not good at any of the things in Gym Class!). I took Tai Chi for a while, and loved it. Then I discovered Yoga and for a very long time, it was my most treasured activity. I put a lot of time into Pilates too, and still love it. I have walked on a treadmill for what sometimes feels like decades! Although lots of people say that sounds terribly boring, I'd get a lot of listening done during that time. I also have strength trained, with my husband as my partner, for a few years in the past. But running was a revelation to me, as a young adult. And although I drifted away from it for a very long time, I think I'm really back to stay now.
I just completed the Couch to 5K training program (C25K, as it's affectionately abbreviated). Like most people, I was not sure I would stick with it and there were times when I was fearful that I would find the next workout just too hard but those fears were -- generally -- unfounded. It made a huge difference, for me, to use a set of podcasts that provide timings and music to help motivate me and prevent boredom, since I was using a treadmill (TM) to train on. It's been a horribly hot, humid summer. I didn't think I would stick with the training if I had to run in that every run.
I nearly completed C25K with no runs outdoors whatsoever, but was saved by finding a local running club. They organize a series of "fun runs" in July and August, and the word "fun" plus the un-intimidating option of a short distance (1.75 mile) on a shady trail around a lake, soothed my fears. So I managed to get one run in during the C25K training outdoors. And found out that I really loved it!
Now the TM is still a great help, but I really look forward now to running outdoors when my time allows. So far I'm having problems waking up quiiiiite early enough to run outdoors before the heat of the day sets in. (Hey, I was up before the sun for MANY years but I'm retired, now, and I like waking up without an alarm!). Evening runs sometimes are not possible because I have other meetings and committments but when I can, I plan to get outdoors.
Are you thinking about starting to run, either with the C25K or one of the other training plans? Post a comment and let me know!
Fiftysomething but not dead yet!! I used to love running, even before ipods or RoadIDs! I'm thrilled to be back and sharing as I learn!
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The 15 Most Bizarre Animal Mating Rituals
We've spent many long, lonely hours studying human sexuality in our lives: in magazines, DVDs and sometimes the lingerie section of the Sears catalog and it's taught us much. However, as a public service, we felt like expanding the porn-saturated knowledge of the internet community with some sex-related weirdness that doesn't apply to humans for a change.
#15. Bonobos
The Bonobo Monkeys are very possibly the culmination of anyone who believes in reincarnation's hopes and dreams. Sex for a Bonobo is not unlike a smile for a human. Or a handshake, a wink or clearing your throat. Sex is used as a greeting, as a method of conflict resolution and to celebrate when food has been found.
They are the only species that's been observed having sex face to face besides humans, as well as enjoying a little bit of French kissing and oral sex. They also engage in the occasional same-sex wank job and lesbian adventure--even incest. If sex can't fix it, these monkeys don't want to hear about it.
#14. Banana Slugs
These slugs have a few issues in life, not the least of which is that they look like the end result of stomach cramps brought on by a diet high in lentils and curry.
Another problem for the lowly slug is that the average eight-inch slug has an eight-inch penis, and when he first realizes this, he's probably pretty stoked. Then when he hears through the grapevine that his mate could potentially chew it off, the wind may be taken from his sails.
Because their penis could be the same size as their body, they need to find a mate who's the same size. If they happen to have an issue with depth perception, they won't properly fit and their special friend will gnaw on it like a NASCAR fan with a stick of jerky to solve the problem. The record holder for banana slugs had a penis five times the length of its own body, which we assume he just wrapped around his head to pretend it was a cool pompadour and sideburns when not in use.
#13. Brown Antechinus
The male of the species known as Antechinus Stuartii is so into sex, he will fuck until he rolls over and dies. A master man whore, during mating season, this little Australian marsupial pretty much drops everything in his life to have sex with as many females as possible. There's no time to eat or apply some kind of soothing cream to any rubbed-raw body parts as he will spend up to 12 hours at a time banging one female.
So at least he's leaving them satisfied--maybe not conscious, but satisfied.
And when he's done, it's on to another female. By the time mating season has ended, the constant stress of being a rodent-sized Wilt Chamberlain leaves the little bugger with a suppressed immune system, severe ulcers and at the mercy of parasites. He, and every other male who goes through the mating season, will then die.
#12. Snails
Look, snails are just straight-up fucked up in every way. They look weird, they move at the speed of a highly-medicated old person and they leave spooge trails wherever they go (also like some highly medicated old people). However, when it comes to mating, the weirdness really stands out.
Snails are hermaphrodites and as such, have both male and female reproductive bits. Nonetheless, they still need a buddy to mate because snails, like Jesus, frown on self-love. When two of these hermaphroditic fiends get together to bump uglies, they engage in what scientists refer to as snail donkey punching.
One snail will shoot the other in the head with a "love dart," which isn't just some lame euphemism we made up, it's an actual lame euphemism commonly used to describe the weird calcified spike that Snail A uses to stab Snail B with in order to convince it to trade "small packets of sperm." Because they are both male and female, they fertilize each other then go about their merry way.
#11. Hippos
Like dinner at the Olive Garden, Hippos are disgusting. When the male hippo is pretty sure one of the ladies in his neck of the woods is ready to get down to business, he seduces her in a way that even the majority of Cracked staff have never engaged in, at least not more than once.
Like a sly poon hunter out at the bars, the hippo positions himself where his potential mate can see him. Then he shits himself. To be fair, he also pisses at the same time. Obviously that alone is hardly going to impress the discerning lady hippo (any jackass can shit himself), so to prove he's got the goods, the male will spin his tail like a shit-flinging propeller at the same time, spraying about stink and filth which will be, apparently, irresistible to some of the local women folk.
#10. Flatworms
Like snails, flatworms are hermaphrodites. And as luck would have it, they too seem to have been reading up on perverse practices on the internet before they got around to mating.
Since deciding who gets to be the man when you're both hermaphrodites is hard, the worms settle things the way all horrible fights at the bike rack after school were settled--a sword fight. And by that we mean penis fencing. And no, we didn't make that up, scientists really call it that, probably without snickering.
The two worms whip out wood and battle each other until one poor bastard gets jammed where the sun don't shine and officially becomes the woman. So it's sort of like prison in a way.
#9. Earwigs
You aren't half the man this earwig is. And by that, we mean earwigs have two dicks.
Though some species only have one and are mocked horribly at earwig urinals, the ones with two tend to have a preference in use, meaning they're either right weinered or left weinered.
Because the earwig's wang is delicate like fine china, if it snaps off they just switch over to the other one and go about their business. So far, scientists are unable to tell if a right weinered earwig that has to use his left shoots off with all the girly-throwing power you'd expect.
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These things are dirty whores. Whereas regular, old fashioned, lights-off sex is good enough for most animals, the garter snake prefers to have sex in big, creepy orgies. When it comes time for the snakes to hibernate, they'll converge in groups that can number up to 30,000, which is probably the scariest goddamn thing ever.
As the world around them warms up, the mass of snakes leave their den and get to thinking of doing the deed. When a female joins the crowd, up to 100 males will jump her then and form a mating ball, which is exactly what it sounds like.
The snakes coil around one another in an attempt to be the one lucky dude who gets to taste forbidden snake fruit, while the rest dry hump the hell out of each other until they can never look each other in the eye again.
Note that some males will actually take advantage of this situation by releasing female pheromones. We'll leave it at that.


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Strode says he would have preferred the state cancel its private jail contracts, thereby putting more prisoners and more revenue in Kentucky's county jails. But he is pleased the new budget prohibits the governor from releasing inmates early.
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I've eaten both and except for the fact that sometimes polenta is a little bit more firm, they taste the same...Any southerners out there that can help?
Some people say it's just preparation and the base is the same ground corn / corn meal, some people say for grits you need (more coarsely) ground hominy (which is corn that has been soaked in lye or lime).
Polenta can be found loose and really solid: grits are generally loose.
Corn type may also differ, as may the dish's 'typical cultural trappings' (fat cheddar and bacon vs. leaner stuff)
True southern grits are made with ground hominy whereas polenta is simply ground cornmeal. The proper name for them is actually hominy grits. You can make "grits" out of untreated corn, but these are corn grits and not really found in southern US cuisine. Grits are typically a much coarser grind than polenta.
Hominy is corn that has been nixtamalized, which means soaked and cooked in an alkali solution, typically lye or limewater. This process converts the niacin present in corn into a form more soluble in the human body. Early European importers of corn from the USA dismissed this process as unnecessary, and as corn became a subsequent staple a pretty nasty disease called pellagra took hold caused by niacin deficiency.
Reading the definition of grits ("a dish of coarsely ground corn kernels boiled with water or milk"), the only difference I see with polenta (living in an Italian region where it's largely used) is that polenta is not made with milk.
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Juan Aguacate, an agave farmer who stumbles upon a Legendary Luchador mask, must find the strength and courage to become the Hero he's always dreamed of being and put a stop to this. Not for you, not for Calaca, but for El Presidente's Daughter, the most beautiful girl in the entire world.
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In our dojo (Kung Fu) we kneel and bow. Where did this tradition come from?
Bowing in Kung-Fu will take various different forms; not surprising as there are hundreds, if not thousands, of individual styles from various families and various regions all throughout China.
In China, bowing (especially the traditional kowtow) serves as a sign of reverence. Modernly (following Imperialisms decline in China), the kowtow has been replaced by the standing bow in many formal situations. Bowing is also common under Buddhist traditions, especially when honoring both the student-teacher relationship, as well as in honoring ancestors and memories of predecessors.
Finally, bows may be used in apology. As @BenCole said in one of his comments to the original question, this may be a way of bearing the neck in a sign of supplication, but is commonly used by political and celebrity figures to show remorse for a perceived fault.
Bows in Chinese martial arts tend not to be as strict as bows in Japanese martial arts, as bowing is not such a formalized practice in China any longer. The core ties are, however, to both Buddhist and Confucian traditions.


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The cervix is a cylinder-shaped neck of tissue that connects the vagina and uterus. The cervix is made of cartilage covered by smooth, moist tissue, and is about 1 inch across. There are two main portions of the cervix:
- The part of the cervix that can be seen from inside the vagina during a gynecologic examination is known as the ectocervix. An opening in the center of the ectocervix, known as the external os, opens to allow passage between the uterus and vagina.
- The endocervix, or endocervical canal, is a tunnel through the cervix, from the external os into the uterus.
The overlapping border between the endocervix and ectocervix is called the transformation zone.
The cervix produces cervical mucus that changes in consistency during the menstrual cycle to prevent or promote pregnancy.
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Third Reich to Fortune 500: Five Popular Brands the Nazis Gave Us
IBM is one of the few IT companies whose history dates back to the 19th century, a time when information technology presumably involved putting a helmet on your carrier pigeon. On the one hand, this means they've been a Fortune 500 company since 1924, giving them a 60-year head start on the likes of Microsoft and Macintosh. On the other hand, over a century of history gives you a lot of opportunities to make some monstrous PR blunders.
Job with Nazis:
You're probably thinking, "Wait a minute. IBM was American! The closest America ever got to the Nazis was when Indiana Jones wore that uniform as a disguise in Raiders of the Lost Ark!"
Actually, prior to the war, American business took what can be generously described as a morally ambivalent stance on the whole Hitler thing. American groups, such as the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Institute, directly funded Nazi eugenics projects in the early '30s (where the goal was to find ways to breed a master race). Of course, once the war started, most American businesses cut ties with Hitler. IBM, on the other hand, decided to stick around and see where he was going with this whole final solution thing.
And, this is the point where things take a horrific turn. To get through this, we're going to try to offset the horror with some kittens playing on computers. We'll just look at them while we type.
Back in those days, the only way to keep track of huge databases was with an extremely complicated system involving punch cards, and IBM was the best at constructing and maintaining those databases. IBM's punch card databases could keep track of anything: financial ledgers, medical records, Jews.
OK, give us a moment here ...
According to a book a guy wrote about it, as soon as the Nazis invaded a country, they would overhaul the census system using IBM punch cards. Then they'd track down every Jew, Gypsy and any other non-Aryan until they were all rounded up onto cattle carts. And, next stop wasn't Space Mountain.
So how evil were they?
The unabashedly anti-corporate documentary The Corporation shows actual footage of IBM punch cards used in prison camps, about two minutes into this video:
That tracked people based on their religion, their location and even how they'd be executed. For instance, Prisoner Code 8 was Jew, Code 11 was Gypsy. Camp Code 001 was Auschwitz; Code 002 was Buchenwald. Status Code 5 was execution by order, and Code 6 was gas chamber. Holy shit, people. Seriously, IBM. What the fuck?
Hold on, we're going to watch this video of a kitten fighting a laptop seven or eight times.
These days, IBM claims they were a victim of circumstance. They had a subsidiary in Germany long before Hitler took over. They say the company just fell under Nazi control, like every other company over there at the time. The records show that's not completely true, though. IBM sent internal memos in their New York offices acknowledging that their machines were making the Nazis more efficient, and they made no efforts to end the relationship with the German branch.
IBM has never made an apology or admitted any need to apologize at all, hoping instead that with time everyone would just forget about it. And, we pretty much have, because, hey, they make such awesome computers!
Bayer, the massive pharmaceutical company that's most famous for making Aspirin, also is behind such wonder drugs as Levitra and, at one time in their history, heroin.
Yes, we can go on for ages about how wonderful aspirin is to stop heart attacks, or how Levitra can give you wood for weeks, but really, Bayer is most important for given heroin its name. The drug was promoted as having "heroic" properties, which is ironic since it by all accounts turns you into a shivering shell of a man.
Bayer also lent its name to a German soccer team, and to be honest, we're not sure if it's such a good idea to have your team named after a company that sold smack. Just imagine what the mascot would have to look like. We're thinking a Pete Doherty decked out in a blue suit with furry antennae who passes out halfway through the chicken dance.
Pete Doherty, sans costume. We think.
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Then again, it's probably even worse to name your team after the company that made Zyklon B gas, the stuff that killed millions of people in the concentration camps. Yep, Bayer was once part of a large conglomerate, IG Farben, that churned out thousands of killer Zyklon-B gas canisters. The gas was originally invented by Fritz Haber, a man whose life is so incredibly pathetic that you almost forgive him for indirectly causing millions of deaths, while looking as evil as humanly possible.
Seen here soon after uttering the phrase, "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die."
After he oversaw the first use of chemicals in warfare, his wife killed herself in their garden with his service revolver in protest. Once Hitler took over, Haber decided to renounce Judaism to fit in, only to be told that he was still Jewish according to the Nazi rule book because his mother was Jewish. He died of a heart attack while fleeing the country he spent his life serving. The chemical he originally invented to kill insects was used to kill a number of his relatives in the Concentration Camps.
You know what? We think we're going to just pack up and sail off to a deserted island somewhere. We'll just walk away from this whole humanity thing. Us and our kittens.
So how evil were they?
On one hand, the company that actually manufactured the gas was just partially owned by IG Farben, and Bayer was just one part of IG Farben. It's like the way we don't think of General Electric as a military contractor, because they make so many other things.
Bayer, though, has continued some of its old douchebaggery into the modern era. First off, Aspirin was invented by a Jewish man, Arthur Eichengrun, whose name Bayer still refuses to acknowledge. To this day, the "official" history of the company denies Eichengrun's involvement in the invention of aspirin, and states that an Aryan invented the drug, because as we all know, Aryans are better at everything.
One such Bayer-employed Aryan was a nice, thoughtful fellow by the name of Josef Mengele, who Bayer sponsored to seek out medical discoveries in the important field of torturing people to death.
We have some hard questions for Bayer. Actually, just one question, which is, "What the fuck, Bayer? Dude."


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The obstinacy on both sides is breathtaking. A hospital merger that seemed destined to send Waterbury roaring into the 21st century now is on life support. The deal would have merged Waterbury and Saint Mary's hospitals into a for-profit entity under the auspices of LHP Hospital Group of Plano, Texas. LHP would have provided nearly half a billion dollars to merge the two century-old hospitals in new, state-of-the-art quarters. Had the project gone as planned, cranes would be in the air today.


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I won't pretend to know much about school levies and taxes, but I do know when something just seems sad.
Here's my story: A few weeks ago, I played catch with a young man in a Richmond neighborhood. As we tossed the football back and forth, I asked if he played high school football. His answer was no, he played baseball. When I asked why he didn't play more sports at his school (it was obvious he was an athlete), his reply shocked me - "My dad raised me by himself, and money is tight, so I can't afford to play more than one sport because the school charges me to play."
This is sad on two levels. First, so many families are struggling to get ahead these days, and, second, our young people are being deprived of the chance to participate in activities because of money.
I thought our society knew the importance of education and extracurricular activities.
I don't have all the answers, but I thought I'd share this story. You decide if you think it is as sad as I did.
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A form of alcohol abuse, "spacebagging" is when a person opens a beer at a party and then, for whatever reason, doesn't finish it.
This despicable act earns the offending individual the title of "Spacebag". As a penalty, the guilty party is often forced to finish the warm beer.
This despicable act earns the offending individual the title of "Spacebag". As a penalty, the guilty party is often forced to finish the warm beer.
Don't open a new beer unless you intend to finish it. Spacebagging is strictly prohibited in this home.
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The action of taking someone's bag/backpack, taking all of the books/contents out, turning the bag inside out, putting all the books back in, and zipping it shut.
Person 1: Dude, I just space-bagged like five people! I love space bagging!
Person 2: Wow, you're such a super-ninja- space bagger!
Person 2: Wow, you're such a super-ninja- space bagger!
by praxiswordoftheday April 13, 2011
The same concept of Tea Bagging, But in Space. Commonly used in the Map Moon, in Call of Duty: Black Ops: Zombies.
Person 1: Dude I am totally tea bagging this zombie.
Person 2: Nah bro, you're space bagging him.
Person 2: Nah bro, you're space bagging him.
by awesome_mechanic October 10, 2011
the act of taking a persons backpack/gym bag, removing the contents, turning the bag inside out, then returning the contents. finish off this jerk off trick by zipping the mutant bag closed
looks like Frank is taking a trip to space, i space bagged his gym bag while he was taking a dump" "man i love space bagging Frank
by EBrunswick April 23, 2011
It's the the opposite of tea bagging!! Think zero gravity, you are on your back, and they're just floating up into the girls mouth.
"The next day all I could think about was her sucking on my balls, but I wasn't tea bagging her, she was space bagging them!"
by 11llnv February 28, 2014
The act of taking another person's books out of their back pack, turning it inside out and replacing ther books into it. Then they zip it up and awaiting a reaction from them. This is done as a practical joke when someone leaves a room (classroom, dorm etc.).
Yo, I just spacebagged Joe.
Spacebagging is so much fun.
I hate when people spacebag me.
Spacebagging is so much fun.
I hate when people spacebag me.
by I love spacebagging April 14, 2011
when you do a poo. then freeze the length overnight and then use it as a dildo on your favourite girlfriend or boyfriend. not sure how many people would actually get off on this but hey, its what i heard today and figure it needs to be told to the world.
i can't believe i did it, i space bagged lola, she didn't mind either until she took a closer look at what i was jammin her with. i hope she lets me have sex with her again. space bagging its not for me
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Manhattan driver licensing office reopened Nov. 20 in its new, larger space at 8200 South Port Drive, Suite 105 off of Highway 24.
Along with more room, the new office has improved technology capabilities allowing the Kansas Department of Revenue to offer more efficient service to customers.
The new office replaces the old space at 3003 Anderson Ave., Suite 1001AB, which will no longer offer driver licensing services after the close of business Friday, Nov. 16.
"We are constantly looking for more ways to make our services more efficient and easier for Kansans to access," said Director of Vehicles Donna Shelite. "With the larger space, enhanced technology and new line management service, this office will be better able to serve the growing Manhattan community."
With the new office, the department will also offer a new line management system called QLess which allows customers to reserve a spot in line from their cell phone or home computer.
To join the line people can use their cell phone to text 714-333-1234 with Manhattan DL. They can also sign in online from a web browser from http://ksrevenue.org/qless.html.
Manhattan is the fifth state office where QLess has been installed.
Once they have a place in line, people can roam freely while they wait, allowing them to stay at work or run errands instead of having to sit and wait in the office. The system will send them updates via text alerting them as their number progresses to the front of the line.
The state-run Manhattan driver licensing office is a full-service facility offering drive tests, renewals and new licenses. It is open Tuesday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
The county office operated by Riley County Treasurer Eileen King, which offers driver's license renewals and new or renewed identification cards, is not moving and its hours remain the same at the courthouse.
Customers can also visit the state's full-service office in the Geary County Annex at 8th and Franklin in Junction City. The office is open from 7 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.


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Founded in 1835, Marietta College is a private, liberal arts college located in southeast Ohio. Consistently ranked among the top Midwestern schools by U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review and others, Marietta College's small and diverse student body enjoy opportunities rarely found at other liberal arts schools.


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Mucositis may also be called mouth sores, oral mucositis, or esophagitis. It can range in severity from a red, sore mouth and/or gums to very painful open sores, causing a patient to be unable to eat. Patients receiving radiation therapy to the head and neck area or those receiving certain types of chemotherapy are at risk to develop mucositis. Other causes of mucositis include infection, dehydration, poor mouth care, oxygen therapy, excessive use of alcohol and/or tobacco, and lack of protein in the diet.
Oral mucositis leads to several problems including pain, nutritional problems related to the inability to eat, and increased risk of infection due to open sores in the oral and throat mucosa (lining). It has a significant effect on the patient's quality of life and can be dose limiting (requiring a reduction in subsequent chemotherapy doses).
Signs and symptoms of mucositis include:
Talk to your healthcare team about your risk for developing mucositis. Patients at risk for mucositis should perform oral/ mouth care to help prevent mucositis and special care to help the mouth and throat heal if it does develop. Oral cryotherapy, the practice of eating ice chips and ice water during the infusion of some types of chemotherapy to prevent mucositis, is currently being studied. Ask your provider if this is right for you and the type of therapy you are receiving.
Suggestions for an oral care plan:
Mouth sores should not be ignored, since they can cause a decrease in your food and fluid intake, can be a source of infection, and can cause pain and discomfort. Call your doctor immediately if you have any one or more of the following:
Mouth sores generally must heal on their own. Continuing to perform good mouth care can help speed the healing process along. If mouth pain is interfering with eating and swallowing, your oncologist may prescribe a mouth rinse, which temporarily numbs the mouth or an oral pain medication. In addition, if weight loss from poor intake of food and fluids is a concern, you may be referred to a nutritionist. If necessary, your oncologist may decide to delay further treatments until the mouth sores have healed.
If you have any questions about mouth sores, or need additional information and direction, ask your doctor or nurse.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The suspect in a string of Topeka armed robberies is behind bars.
Topeka Police arrested 27-year-old Arthur Lee Crain III following a traffic stop Monday night near SE 6th and Quincy. Police Chief Ron Miller says officers obtained information during the stop that led them to take him to the Law Enforcement Center for further questioning.
Right now, he's being held for last Friday's aggravated robbery at Highland Park Pharmacy, but police believe Crain is also connected to nine other robberies, including one at a Domino's Pizza two weeks ago, during which a female employee was sexually assaulted. Dollar General, Prize Package and a Taco Tico were among other locations hit during the string.
Miller says a task force was formed to focus on the holdups because it was clear they needed to find the suspect quickly. He said the sexual assault and trend toward more violence were cause for concern.
Miller says Crain was released from jail in January after serving time for a previous aggravated robbery.


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My host is Mac OS X 10.6, and on my VWware Fusion, I have Windows 7 and Windows XP as my guest. I can drag and drop files between my guest and my host, but not between my guests (cannto drag and drop files between Windows 7 and Windows XP). Is it possible?
No you cannot as of, and up to VMWare 4 drag and drop files between VMware guests directly. VMware's tools are only noted to support drag and drop between the guest and the Host Operating system (a.k.a. the Mac in this Case), there is no mention of guest to guest support for drag and drop as noted in the VMware fusion documentation.
That quoted above is likely why drag and drop is not working between your Windows 7 and Windows XP guest virtual machines and that is because it is simply not supported.
A quick fix is to drag the files to the Mac host first, then drag to the other VM. Otherwise setting up File Sharing between the VMs may be the best way to transfer files directly between VMs without having to go though the host first.
Are you using Fast User Switching on XP? If so, you need to turn it off.
Are you using the current version of Fusion? If not, then upgrade.
Do you have VMware Tools installed in both VMs? If not, then install them.


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I have an old cruising bike with 21 gears. A few months ago I was pedalling back home when my chain broke, and I was only able to get the chain replaced this week. After having it replaced I noticed it was 'skipping' and the problem seems to be more severe in certain gears. Now, the teeth are a 'bit' worn out (particularly in the middle gear at the front), and the 'skipping' didn't happen with the old chain (makes sense as the old one probably stretched a lot). Any idea what could be causing this?
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As you asked for an explanation, why this skipping is happening, here it is:
For the beginning let's consider an unused chain on an unused sprocket. In this case the distance between the teeth of the sprocket is the same as the length of the chain links. Therefore, if you apply a force to the sprocket via the chain, the load is equally distributed over all teeth that are in contact with the chain. Due to the force the chain lengthens over time (not much, about 1-2% is enough to make the chain unuseable) which means that the chain links no longer fit the sprocket's teeth distance and also the load distribution isn't equal any more.
Instead, the tooth that is closest to the direction where the force comes from (the last one on the sprocket where the chain leaves towards the chain-blade and the first one one the chain-blade where the chain comes from the sprockets) gets the most load and therefore is wearing out a bit more than the other ones. As everything goes round and round and every tooth is in the position to wear out more than the others, the teeth will slightly adapt the valleys between them to fit the length of the chain.
If you replace now the chain by a new one while keeping the cassette the same (it would be the same if you replaced the cassette keeping the chain), then the chain doesn't fit any more to the cassette that has adapted to the length of the used chain links. If the length difference between old and new chain links is too much (as already said, some 1 or 2% are enough) the chain will slide up the shoulders of the teeth and skip into the next (or even the next-nearest) valley as soon as the applied force gets too high. One can make the components last somewhat longer by changing the chain early enough, but as both, chain and cassette are wearable parts they have to be replaced sooner or later.
It depends on different factors how fast this wear-out process will be:
This means that a road bike, where you normally don't have much dust and try to pedal rather smoothly without any rapid changes in force, can go several thousands of kilometers on one chain. With mountainbikes where you have the exact opposite (lots of dirt, often sharp load peaks when you go to rough terrain) the rule of thumb that I learned some years ago is to replace the chain every 2000km. Even then you will need a new cassette every second or third chain.
The likely cause is a worn cassette if the skipping is in the rear. Since the gears you use the most will wear the fastest the skip may be worse on some of them. But also look at the jockey wheels in the rear derailleur. If they have alot of wear they may not be keeping the chain aligned. If the front is worn and the back has never been replaced you are likely due for a cassette.
If a chain gets sufficiently worn, it will start inflicting wear damage on the chainrings and sprockets (in extreme cases, causing the teeth to take on a hook shape). This wear will cause problems with gear changes and pedalling, and your only option at that point is an expensive replacement of a significant portion of the drive train (You'll probably need to replace the chainrings, sprockets and cassette, and possibly your deraileurs as well if you can't get parts compatible with the current ones).
If you're lucky, your deraileurs just need tuning. Badly aligned deraileurs can cause all kinds of issues, but they should go away if you can sort the alignment out. There's a couple of adjustment screws you can use to calibrate the gear shift.
Keeping your chain in good working order and replacing it quickly when it starts showing signs of wear is important, because chains are one of the cheapest parts of the drivetrain and can cause very expensive damage if worn or damaged chains aren't replaced quickly.
If they're dirty or rusty, clean the chains (using a scrubber like http://www.parktool.com/product/cyclone-chain-scrubber-CM-5-2) or just lubricate it with WD-40 if you're lazy. WD-40 isnt a proper lubricant, but will dissolve a lot of things.
If your chain is clean, check for chain wear (unlikely since it's new).
Another possibility is that you have the wrong chain. There's different chains for 7, 8, 9, and 10 speed rear gears/cassettes.
But MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'd say check your derailleur alignment. There might be a dial/twisty along the cable that can help with alignment, or there's two small screws on the rear derailleur to change the alignment. You'll want the chain to be centered on each ring of the cassette. Here's a guide that sorta helps: http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html


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Obama Ready With Own Plan
As President Holds Immigration Rally, Rubio Sells Senate Version to Conservatives
President Barack Obama began rallying supporters Tuesday to back his immigration-overhaul plan, while Republican Sen. Marco Rubio worked to persuade conservatives in his party to support a similar bipartisan plan that has gained momentum in the Senate.
Mr. Obama told supporters in Las Vegas that he was encouraged by the set of principles released Monday by eight senators. "For the first time in many years, Republicans and Democrats seem ready to tackle this problem together," he said.
But he cautioned that the path would get tougher as the legislative process advanced, and said he would release his own proposal, already drafted, if the process became bogged down in Congress.
Mr. Obama's role in the immigration debate so far is calibrated to generate excitement among supporters while trying to avoid alienating Republicans who may be hesitant to back legislation if it is too closely identified with him. "We have to pass this in a bipartisan way," said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), one of the senators working on the issue. "He's giving the Republicans their space."
At the same time, Mr. Obama's 2012 campaign manager, Jim Messina, said a newly created arm of the campaign, Organizing for Action, would email the president's grass-roots backers and ask them to call members of Congress.
Mr. Obama laid out his own set of principles to guide an immigration-law overhaul, which was largely similar to the Senate framework. Both seek new border security measures, a tougher employer-verification system and a path to citizenship for the 11 million people now in the country illegally. Mr. Obama also agreed with Republicans who said newly legal immigrants shouldn't qualify for subsidies under the 2010 health-care law.
But there were key differences. The biggest: The Senate framework wouldn't allow people to qualify for citizenship until unspecified improvements in border security were met and a new system was in place to track people who arrive on legal visas.
Republicans insist on that provision, but the White House explicitly rejected it. "We're going to have a tough road ahead without that," said one GOP Senate aide.
Mr. Rubio, a member of the bipartisan group, promoted the Senate proposal Tuesday as a guest of radio host Rush Limbaugh, who a day earlier had derided it at length. Like many conservatives, Mr. Limbaugh had criticized the plan's mechanism for granting citizenship, calling it "amnesty'' for lawbreakers.
Mr. Rubio emphasized that the proposal would make citizenship contingent on stricter enforcement rules. "If there is not language in this bill that guarantees nothing else will happen unless these enforcement mechanisms are in place, I won't support it," Mr. Rubio told Mr. Limbaugh.
By the end of the interview, Mr. Rubio appeared to have made headway with Mr. Limbaugh, who told his guest: "What you are doing is admirable and noteworthy. You are recognizing reality." The radio host questioned, however, whether Mr. Obama would go along with the principles Mr. Rubio laid out.
In reaching out to conservative Republicans, Mr. Rubio is doing something that other GOP senators backing the framework cannot. Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have both worked on the issue much longer than Mr. Rubio has and say similar things about it. But many conservatives don't trust them, partly because they have worked with Democrats in the past on this and other issues.
Mr. Rubio, by contrast, came to national prominence backed by the tea party. Still, as a potential 2016 presidential candidate, he is taking a risk in backing a bill that includes relief for those in the U.S. illegally. "It takes a lot of guts, someone in his position, to go on all the conservative talk shows and make the case," Mr. Schumer said of his Senate colleague.
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As the sun has begun to go down earlier and the Little Professor's Boy Scout Troop has started meeting later, I've noticed small, vaguely bat-like shapes lurking.
They've been doing a lot of outdoor activities, so I've had plenty of time to eye these things, which seem to come out at dusk.
"They're bats!" I declared.
"They aren't bats," the assistant leader scoffed. "Those are birds."
"They look like bats." And they did.
"They're not."
I was neither convinced nor comforted.
They swooped low and lurked about. If one decided to investigate my hair, whether it was a bird or a bat would make no matter.
"Haven't you ever seen Hitchcock's 'The Birds?'" I asked.
To my surprise, I've learned everyone has a bat story they are willing to share. The fear of bats is universal to the human condition or, at least, to those I've polled on the issue.
Grandmama recently had a bat find its way into her basement.
She thinks it got in through their transom window - they have a very old house - and blundered down the hall, around the corner and down the basement stairs, somehow navigating the basement door. (She maintains it might have been left open.)
She went downstairs to do laundry and encountered the bat. Grandmama was a cool customer. I would have shrieked and thrown the laundry basket at it, resulting in a messy laundry-splosion.
"Did you call Grampy Grumpy?" I asked.
"No, he doesn't really do pest control."
Instead she left the basement door open and both sets of French doors in the hope the bat would make its way outside. (Since it already showed itself to be a rather navigationally exceptional bat, having gotten through the basement door and all.)
"Did it work?" I asked.
"I haven't since it since."
It's possible Grandmama has magical bat-charming powers.
Meanwhile, back over at Boy Scouts, they're learning orienteering. Most of them, anyway. The oldest Scout missed the latest meeting because he has the worst luck in the world and broke his leg. In the past few months, this child has been sprained, sick and broken. At next week's meeting, I am going to wrap him in 18 layers of bubble wrap and give him a helmet and a gas mask. Maybe we can make a group project of it.
Grandmama had a check-up, and there's some concerns about her sugar and cholesterol levels. Since we want to have the Grandmama around for a long time to harass us, we immediately went to the Weirton Book Co. to arm ourselves with low-fat, low-calorie cookbooks. I am now experimenting with whole wheat flour, egg substitutes and replacing sugar with orange juice and apple sauce. The Long Suffering Husband and the kids are my guinea pigs.
Notes From Band-Land Department: There is peace in the band (for the moment). Elyria, field commander extraordinaire, has been crowned queen, and the band is so giddy at the takeover, they're all getting along splendidly.
First, the school. Next? The world.
(Wallace-Minger, a resident of Weirton, is community editor of The Weirton Daily Times.)


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Release from Sen. Pat Roberts, R, Kansas
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today released the following statement regarding the White House Gun Violence task force's recommendations following the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary shooting:
"I am disheartened by the White House Gun Violence task force's recommendations, which primarily focus on gun control and missed the opportunity to provide bold proposals that would address the root of these tragedies: mental illness," Roberts said.
"I will fight proposals in the Senate that threaten our 2nd Amendment rights and fail to take real action to curb a culture of gun violence in America. I fully support enforcing the gun laws currently on the books instead of creating new ones that erode basic rights of self-protection. It has been statistically proven that passing gun legislation has no effect on removing guns from the hands of criminals. In the end, it is law-abiding citizens who are punished by gun control.
"Out of the 23 executive actions the President announced today, only a few addressed the mentally ill, a largely taboo and marginalized segment of our society. With the emphasis mostly on gun control, the President avoided serious measures to tackle the increasingly violent culture in America."


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While some television reporters bravely ate toxic sea bile and stayed strong in the midst of surprise penis invasions while reporting from the front-lines of the Irene War, others were frightened by the very thought of hurricane-tainted waters. Watch as this reporter, embedded in Asbury Park, N.J. and decked out in what appears to be a full-body weatherproof suit, runs from the puniest of ocean waves. Whoah! Let's get out of here!
The funny thing is, it looks like there's water everywhere, so it's not like she's retreating to dry ground. Maybe she's got a wet calves phobia. [YouTube]


text: My for last lesson for the day, I will now be showing all you flower lovers out there, "how to draw an easy flower", step by step. How many times have I said that flowers are fun to draw? More than a hundred I can guarantee you that. Anyways, since this is not a lesson on any particular flower, I will just make this description short, sweet and to the point. When we were in first grade, one of the more common things for children to draw during art class was flowers. The simplest version of a flower is the daisy, but when you draw a daisy in a simple manner, you are making four or five big round petals instead of many long, narrow petals. I based this flower design on the types of blooms I used to draw when I was a kid. My mother still has drawing from school of some of the premature flowers I've drawn during my young school years. I think you will have fun with this lesson on "how to draw an easy flower", especially all you novice artists out there that likes to start out slow, and move towards improvement at your own pace. Well, that does it for me for today, join me at nine tonight for a full live drawing session. Enjoy the rest of your artistic day.


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It was Christmas in September for nine-year-old Amber Barnett. This Bristow Elementary third-grader thought she was helping out with a science presentation, but got an unexpected gift instead.
Amber Barnett says: "I feel good, now I got a computer again."
The Barnett's moved to Kentucky from Biloxi, Mississippi, just over three weeks ago. Like most Hurricane Katrina victims, they lost everything. For Amber, one of her favorite things was her computer.
Laura Daves is Amber's third-grade teacher. She says: "She was wanting to work on mine and the ones in the room and she was asking if we had any leftovers laying around that we weren't using."
So her teacher spoke to her husband, who works at Pan-Oston, a local manufacturing company, but she never expected what happened next.
Daves says: "We hoped for something like that but not that they would purchase a new one and all the extras that they gave her, it's a real neat thing."
Jerry Sonnenberg is with Pan-Oston's Employee Relations. He says: "This was our opportunity to show that even though we are in Kentucky we are concerned by the people who were devastated by Katrina."
The Barnett's came to the school for the surprise and say this gives Amber more than just a computer.
David Barnett is Amber's father. He says: "She should feel more in place here with herself."
Amber plans on using the computer mostly for school work, but she's also very excited about using it to make sure her friends and family back home are safe. And for that, Amber says she will show gratitude for all that's been given to her.
Barnett says: "I want to tell them thank you for all this stuff and that I am gonna make it up for them and try to get stuff for them."
Pan-Oston wants to provide internet service for Amber's computer and say any contributions are welcome. The Barnett's are still looking for employment, but say they are glad they chose Kentucky as their new home.


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Black Men Overcoming Stigma of Depression
Are black men less likely to seek help for mental illness? Are they even willing to acknowledge that they may have a problem?
Journalist and author John Head has seen this problem from the inside and out. For more than 20 years, he worked as a health reporter for the Detroit Free Press and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
But his own personal experiences led him to write Standing in the Shadows: Understanding and Overcoming Depression in Black Men.
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An ovarian cyst is a sac filled with fluid that forms on or inside an ovary.
This article is about cysts that form during your monthly menstrual cycle, called functional cysts. Functional cysts are not the same as cysts caused by cancer or other diseases.
Each month during your menstrual cycle, a follicle grows on your ovary. The follicle is where an egg is developing. Most months, an egg is released from this follicle, called ovulation. If the follicle fails to break open and release an egg, the fluid stays in the follicle and forms a cyst. This is called a follicular cyst.
Another type of cyst occurs after an egg has been released from a follicle. This is called a corpus luteum cyst. This type of cyst often contains a small amount of blood.
Ovarian cysts are more common in the childbearing years between puberty and menopause. The condition is less common after menopause.
Taking fertility drugs can cause a condition in which multiple large cysts are formed on the ovaries. This is called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. The cysts most often go away after a woman's period, or after a pregnancy.
Functional ovarian cysts are not the same as ovarian tumors, or cysts due to hormone-related conditions such as polycystic ovary syndrome.
Ovarian cysts often cause no symptoms.
An ovarian cyst is more likely to cause pain if it:
Symptoms of ovarian cysts can also include:
Changes in menstrual periods are not common with follicular cysts, and are more common with corpus luteum cysts. Spotting or bleeding may occur with some cysts.
Your doctor or nurse may discover a cyst during a pelvic exam, or when you have an ultrasound test for another reason.
Ultrasound may be done to diagnose a cyst. Your doctor or nurse may want to check you again in 6 - 8 weeks to make sure it is gone.
Other imaging tests that may be done when needed include:
The following blood tests may be done:
Functional ovarian cysts often do not need treatment. They often go away on their own within 8 - 12 weeks.
If you have frequent cysts, your doctor or nurse may prescribe birth control pills (oral contraceptives). These medicines may reduce the risk of new ovarian cysts. Birth control pills do not decrease the size of current cysts.
Surgery to remove the cyst or ovary may be needed to make sure that it is not ovarian cancer. Surgery is more likely to be needed for:
Types of surgery for ovarian cysts include:
You may need other treatments if you have polycystic ovary syndrome or another disorder that can cause cysts.
Cysts in women who are still having periods are more likely to go away. A complex cyst in a woman who is past menopause has a higher risk of being cancer. Cancer is very unlikely with a simple cyst.
Complications have to do with the condition causing the cysts. Complications can occur with cysts that:
Call your health care provider if:
Also call your health care provider if you have had following on most days for at least 2 weeks:
If you are not trying to get pregnant and you often get functional cysts, you can prevent them by taking hormone drugs (such as birth control pills). These medicines prevent follicles from growing.
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12"x12" Scrapbooking Flat Paper (Case of 30 - 25-packs: 750 sheets) for $29.99
Shipping to my zip in Florida was $1.99. I think it's $1.99 shipping sitewide. :-)
I honestly do not know if this is a good deal. Somehow I think it might be. Am not a scrapbooker, but I have a neighbor who makes beautiful small greeting cards. Am thinking this might be a good gift for her. Folded in 4, it would be 3", right? Whatever.
Those who scrapbook, PLEASE comment on this. Thanks!
"•Case of 30 Packages
•Each package contains 25 sheets
•12" x 12" sheets
•Acid and lignin free scrapbook paper
•Comes in a variety of themes"
An aside: I have purchased from this site. Received excellent deals. Shipping takes a while; worth the wait.
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I used to buy a lot of scrapbook materials thinking I would get to it one day...it's never happened but IMO this is a good deal, it's less than .05/sheet (including delivery) and K & Co was a big name in scrapbooking, their stuff was very nice.
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@lmensor: So appreciate your reply! As I mentioned, I know nothing about scrapbooking.
@deepseabc: Darn! It is sold out! So sorry. Sad that I didn't get this for my neighbor. :-(


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I can't believe it myself...but it happened.
I got my NN4 set up...eyeballed my 14mm lens.
Set up two light stands 6' apart, one about 3' from the camera and one 9' from the camera.
I eyeballed the nodal point via just looking at the gold ring on my Samyang 14mm lens.
So I lined everything up and swung the lens to the very side and took a shot (tethered to my laptop)
I was stunned to find that it was dead-centered...not even a little off.
So I swung it the other way and took another one....same result.
I wish I could say that it was more difficult than that..but it wasn't. I locked the plates in that keep everything in place and called it a day.
I just took a 360 of my house and it stitched beautifully....no errors and level as can be...the best one I've ever done. (though I forgot to do a nadir and zenith shot)
I'm afraid to get a T adapter and use this with my battery grip now! :) I'd LIKE to...but it works so well as it is...I'm afraid to jinx it.


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Glimpse into ASP.NET - Taking a never before seen look inside your server!
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Glimpse allows you to take a never before seen look inside your server. Instead of forcing you to go line by line inside your code, Glimpse does the work for you. It tells you exactly what's going on with each request. It's able to summarize your server data in a way that facilitates ease of understanding. Glimpse is the tool that not only lets you follow your code, it combines and displays your data in such a way that the debugging process that once took hours can now take minutes. After releasing Glimpse at Mix11, Glimpse has become a tool that is used daily by tens of thousands of developers around the world. Learn how to use Glimpse to reveal what is happening within your ASP.NET MVC and WebForms sites. See what tools are included out of the box and see how you can easily extend it to suit your needs. For more information on the Glimpse Project, see http://getglimpse.com.
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