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Starbucks - Buy One Get One Free Holiday Beverage Drink
From Nov 15-18, 2-5pm, buy one holiday beverage and get one free
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It's Peppermint Mocha time!
why did this get tagged with 'free'? you have to make a purchase to get the free one.
anyone? @inkycatz? any other mod?
Only from 2pm to 5pm.
thank you mystery mod who fixed this and deleted the repost. you are my hero for the day. unless someone brings me cookies. then they'll be my hero. because....it's cookies. i can share one if you'd like.
Somebody please get @Carl669 a friggin pacifier so he stops his crying! Good god. Your mother must be proud! GOOD DAY!
Does anyone know.. is a coupon needed, or just walk in and ask for the deal ?
@bmacknz: Per the e-mail that I got
"The holidays are about sharing traditions with friends and family.
Rekindle your favorite memories with someone special during our Buy One, Share One event. November 15-18, 2-5pm at participating Starbucks stores, buy one holiday beverage and we'll give you a second one of equal or lesser value to share."
Doesn't look like you need one.
@cory108: what are you talking about?
@cory108: ?
Once a deal is tagged "free" it is no longer allowed on the front page (and possibly not allowed in the popular flow either).The tag affects the settings on the deal.
Pretty good deal since most of these drinks are in the 4 dollar range.
It stinks that the fall beverages don't count as 'holiday', but at least you just walk in and ask for it.
No coupon is needed. Just ask for one of the holiday drinks during the holiday happy hour and it SHOULD be applied AUTOMATICALLY in the system. I should know, I work there and did this about an hour ago.
Also, any employees end up still paying for the initial drink with the employee freebee :/
What the heck is a "beverage drink"? Can I get one with a "food meal"?
This is probably not right, but:
@slothful1: It also works on any brewski beer...
no coupon needed
I like Starbucks, very,very much!
Here at the airport, there is a sign on the wall stated any holiday drink, we were told that is not case, only certain holiday drinks that were listed on the site. We pointed out the word "Any" on the site. The manager said she would bring it up to corporate. Yeah right. Any be prepared if this is the case. Specific holiday drinks: Peppermint Mocha, Skinny Peppermint Mocha, Gingerbread Latte, Caramel Brulee Latte. Cold or hot. I believe there is one or two more but the Salted Caramel was not included as we were told. I will be back today anyway.
whoo-hoo!!! tomorrow's my birthday! will definitely take a break from shopping long enough to treat myself to TWO Starbucks holiday drinks!!

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Given the difference in gain of CSP vs. no gain of ZSLA-1, is there a noticeable sound character difference? Any other noticeable differences? They are both designed as "B" type pre's in Steve's writings, so I thought to some degree they may be ~ related.
I have a zsla-1 coming to mate with non tube amp (gainclone) in hopes to give it some tube atmosphere.
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Hello Don,
I've got a ZSLA-1 Sig., and all I can say is that it's the most detailed, transparent, open preamp I've ever heard, and I've heard some of the best. I don't think it can get better if you can live with the loss of gain.
You made a GREAT CHOICE.
Happy listening, Bill
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I'll bet the ZSLA sounds terrific, but I'd also be willing to bet there is a noticeable difference in character between the ZSLA and the CSP.
I couldn't live without the CSP, but if it helps, my setup has never needed the extra gain. Also fwiw, I like having it just in case.
Perhaps time to give Decware a call.
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Thanks for the replies. Steve finished the repair and it's heading this way.
Bill that is good to hear as i wanted a very simple pre without going passive. I expect to learn alot from using it. The current gc I have has 50 humongous watts and will likely end up elsewhere (sub, or shop system) as I'm using 96 db speakers and can't open it up past 1/4. I'm still wandering the dark side trying a Charlize (10 watts) next.
I have begun going to the Taboo page daily...last year I gave up on beloved Zen C as it wouldn't drive R 1.5's, but in a 24 x 30 x 12 room (3x vol. of 16x 20 room). Now in a smaller room 90% of vol. of 16 x 20, 6 - 10 watts should do it. Didn't you uber deluxe mod your zsla-1? Maybe I would change a cap here and there someday after I listen to it awhile.
Karl, yes the extra gain of the csp is some insurance for sure, and if I go 6watts I may desire it. I agree there must be some characer difference between the 2, but still sharing a main portion of Decware signature. I'm wondering how it will feel to hear a Decware again, never could clear the C from my memory.
Also I am stuck on ob's now and so need bass speakers, therefore elctr. xo...amp...cables... But have a craving for a one amp system without so much wiring and boxes. Keeping an eye out for compromises, unsure if i will this audio season as I'm "exploring" so much.
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I've been reading a lot on UX lately with the intention of improving the user experience on the custom applications we develop. Most of the resources I used are targeting informational websites. I would like suggestions on resources that I can use that target enterprise & portal applications.
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I'd say one of the better ones for application design is About Face 3. A lot of it spends time on interaction design for desktop apps, as opposed to the web (at least in version 2). You can't go wrong with Alan Cooper's work.
Some books on specific topics that apply to enterprise aplications are the following:
Not a book, but the yearly reports of Nielsen Norman Group for intranets would help a lot.


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The Magic Thief
The Magic Thief
HarperCollins, Library Binding, 9780061375910, 400pp.
Publication Date: May 1, 2009
Never mix fire with magic!
Conn may only be a wizard's apprentice, but even he knows it's dangerous to play with fire . . . especially around magic. His master, Nevery, warns him that it could all blow up in his face. Besides, they have bigger problems to deal with. There is evil afoot in the city of Wellmet, an evil that isn't human.
But Conn is drawn to the murmurs he hears every time he sets off an explosion—something is trying to talk to him, to warn him. When none of the wizards listen, Conn takes matters into his own hands. His quest to protect everything he loves brings him face-to-face with a powerful sorcerer-king and a treachery beyond even his vivid imagination.
Sarah Prineas works her own spells as she transports us to an extraordinary world where cities are run on living magic and even a thief can become a wizard's apprentice.
Sarah Prineas lives in the midst of the corn in Iowa City, Iowa, and can usually be found writing fantasy novels on a stealthy silver MacBook Air called Dash. Prineas's Magic Thief series introduced readers to the irascible wizard Nevery and his gutterboy apprentice, Connwaer. Sarah holds a PhD in English literature and recently taught honors seminars on fantasy and science fiction literature at the University of Iowa. She has an amazing dragon action-figure collection and occasionally bakes biscuits (although she says hers never seem to turn out as tasty as Benet's do in The Magic Thief).
Sarah is married to John Prineas, a physics professor, which comes in handy when she's writing about magic. They are the parents of Maud and Theo.


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- A driver learns from the past to lead the future
- A driver builds up his own trucking business
- Father and son share a love of life on the road, even if it makes visits rare
- This driver always makes time to mentor the next generation — whether at home or on the road
- This driver helps rookie truckers learn the ropes
- Home-schooling in a truck means the country is a classroom
- This driver sees the world through Google Glass
- A career trucker brings his tales of the road to people in hospice
- How driver Paul Sedlak finds motivation to reach his fitness goals
- I Love Trucking: More than a job, driving is a way of life
Haul of Fame
"In my wildest dreams, I never thought I'd ever be on TV," says Wayne Pelletier. From an early age, he knew he would drive for the family logging business, Gerard Pelletier, Inc., in Millinocket, Maine, just as his six older brothers had.
But nearly 20 years after he went to work with his family, a local TV producer approached the Pelletiers about filming them for a reality show. Soon, viewers were tuning in to the Discovery Channel's American Loggers to watch Wayne and his brothers do a job that is regularly classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as among the most dangerous.
"Being in the business we're in, and so far from civilization up here, I never thought people would be interested in what we do," he says.
And they might not have been if not for the surprise popularity of the History Channel's Ice Road Truckers. Now in its fourth season, the groundbreaking show follows a group of drivers who transport goods north of the Arctic Circle on a harrowing journey across roads covered in ice and snow.
"It's a thankless job — hard and cold. I wouldn't recommend it," says Hugh "The Polar Bear" Rowland, who's starred on the show since its inception. "But it's nice when people say they love your job and enjoy the show. That makes it worth it."
Ready for their close-up
The stars of TV's trucking shows were trained to do a very specialized job — not perform for the camera. So it wasn't easy to adjust to having a crew filming their every move.
"It was probably the most difficult thing I've ever done," says Kelvin Locklear, whose K&J Chrome replaced the Chrome Shop Mafia in the latter seasons of CMT's hit Trick My Truck. "In my mind, I couldn't make any mistakes. But by the second week, things were flowing. By the end, it was really fun."
Pelletier has also relaxed as American Loggers prepares to enter its third season, though it can still be nerve-wracking to do a dangerous job with the cameras trained on him. One thing he's still getting used to is adding another element to an already complicated job.
"In my day, every minute counts. The mill closes at 6, and you never know what problems will arise," he says. "The crew kills some of my time."
Earning the public's respect
Pelletier, Rowland, Locklear and their castmates present a markedly different image of truckers in pop culture than the last time the profession captured the public's attention. In the 1970s, films like Convoy and Smokey and the Bandit glamorized the life of a trucker as free-wheeling and rebellious, sticking it to "the man" and going his own way. Country music hits like "Six Days on the Road" reinforced the modern-day cowboy comparison.
While the trucking TV shows of today certainly capture a spirit of adventure, it's not exactly romantic to watch Rowland narrowly avoid spinning out or Pelletier handle a double trailer. True to the "reality" moniker, the shows offer the unvarnished truth about the demands of skilled labor and its place in today's economy.
"It was cool to have friends of mine who never had any interaction with trucking call me and talk about Trick My Truck," says Locklear. "They used to only see a truck as a big obstacle as they tried to get across town."
The challenges of the job have surprised and impressed even friends and family of drivers on the show — Rowland says his wife is more nervous about his safety on the icy roads than ever, and Pelletier recalls his mom giving him a big pat on the back after the first episode aired.
For an industry that has battled negative stereotypes for years, it's refreshing to see the public perception start to change.
"People see a truck going up and down the road and think it looks easy, but there's a lot of work behind it, a lot of testing your nerves and your skills," Pelletier says. "They respect us more now. I've done this all my life and it's finally being recognized."
A boost for recruitment
More than just improving the image of truckers, trucking reality shows may also be attracting more people to the profession. Though the economy has been tough on owner-operators, trucking companies are still reporting a shortage of drivers, especially for long-haul positions.
"Since the show started, I've had more applications for drivers than I ever have in my life," Rowland says. "I've hired a couple drivers from them, but it's not like I need that many! I've talked to big trucking outfits who say they've been swamped with calls, too."
It also may help shore up the sagging maintenance side.
"That is a dying breed — we don't see enough young men and women coming into the mechanic or accessory side," says Locklear, "It's really important for them to know it's a field you can be very successful in."
Looking ahead
The idea of seeing truckers at work has attracted so many viewers that the genre continues to grow. A spin-off of the Pelletiers' show, Swamp Loggers, has proved just as popular and will return for its third season this fall. IRT: Deadliest Roads also recently debuted, taking several ice road truckers on a death-defying mission in India.
But the success of the shows doesn't mean you'll find their stars ditching the driver's seat anytime soon.
"I think more than other industries, trucking isn't just a job," Locklear says. "It's a passion and a way of life."
Indeed, most days, customers are still greeted by Locklear when they walk into K&L Chrome. The Pelletiers are grateful for the small boost in business, but their on- and off-camera days are pretty similar.
"People think I'm a rich, retired movie star now," Rowland says, chuckling. "But right now I'm standing in work boots and shorts, buying parts. I'm just going to keep doing what I do."
Reality or Made for TV?
It's a question for the ages: Just how real is reality TV? The stars of TV's trucking shows say it's a pretty accurate portrayal.
"That's real," says Rowland of the dramatic rivalry between him and fellow driver Alex Debogorski that makes for compelling television on Ice Road Truckers. "It's been going on for 30 years. He used to be a bouncer and he'd get me thrown out of bars."
Pelletier says some events, such as when his brother Danny's truck caught on fire, were reenacted because the film crew wasn't there to film the actual event. But nothing is invented for dramatic effect.
"We're not actors — I don't have any lines," he says, laughing. "I don't change my ways at all. I just go and do my job."
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Wow. Got to check these out at the America Royal BBQ Competition and these pits are so cool to look at and the folks that make them take time to really listen to their customers needs and wants. They also have had some great success on the BBQ competition trail most recently:
1st Place Ribs out of 499 Teams at the 2010 American Royal BBQ Open Competition–Cooked on a Pitmaker! Congratulations to the What-Ever Cooking team out of Houston, Texas for their win at this national level BBQ Contest!
Houston Livestock and Rodeo Cook off 2010 Grand Champions!!
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We paint every frame and box, and BBQ Vault with marine grade epoxy primer to give it extreme durability and corrosion resistance before shooting it with the polyurethane auto enamel for the beautiful colors that you see.
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The Interceptor is painted a metallic light blue and made to look a little like a Houston Police Car, in honor of one of our cooking teammates who is a Houston Police Officer. We take this trailer to most of our Pitmaker Houston Texans Texans Tailgate Parties. It has a functioning Police light bar, LED Underlighting, and a very loud authentic siren that we blare when the Houston Texans score!
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New York (CNN) -- The Manhattan district attorney's office filed a second-degree murder charge against Pedro Hernandez in the case of Etan Patz on Friday, 33 years to the day after the New York boy disappeared spurring nationwide attention about missing children.
An arraignment is expected to take place later in the day, according a law enforcement source.
The suspect is in Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital Center, where he is being held for evaluation on potential suicide watch, according to a law enforcement source.
A judge is expected to preside over the proceedings via video feed from a New York courtroom where the public can watch the arraignment.
The former Manhattan stock clerk, who lived in Etan's neighborhood when the boy vanished, was arrested Thursday by police following up on a tip.
The next day, he was sent to the hospital "because he's on medications and we prefer to administer those in a hospital setting," said police spokesman Paul Browne, who declined to elaborate on the medications.
Browne declined to elaborate on what kind of medications the suspect is receiving.
"When Hernandez arrived at the hospital, he began making statements that he wanted to die, and a psychiatric evaluation was ordered, " added the law enforcement source.
Hernandez, who was 19 in 1979, told police he lured Etan to a store with the promise of a soda, choked him and placed his body in the trash about a block and a half away, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
"Detectives believe in the credibility of the statement," Kelly said, although investigators had not uncovered any forensic evidence linking Hernandez to the boy's disappearance.
Kelly said it is unlikely that Etan's remains would be found.
Patz investigation a 33-year-long roller coaster ride
"He did the right thing, you know, to confess," Hernandez's brother-in-law Jose Lopez told CNN affiliate KYW. "Get this thing over with for the people out there and the family over here."
But Lisa Cohen, whose 2009 book, "After Etan," is widely considered the definitive account of the case, said she's not convinced that Hernandez killed the boy.
"No, I'm not, but that's not necessarily because he didn't do it," she said. "That's just because this has just happened. I'd never heard his name before."
Hernandez has no criminal record and is the father of a teenage girl, Kelly said.
Etan, 6, went missing on May 25, 1979, a block from his home in Manhattan. He was walking to school alone for the first time when he vanished.
His disappearance helped spawn a national movement to raise awareness of missing children, including the then-novel approach of putting an image of the child's face on thousands of milk cartons.
In the years after Etan's disappearance, Hernandez told a family member and others that he had "done a bad thing" and killed a child in New York, police said.
While the motive remained unclear, Kelly described it as a crime of opportunity and said Hernandez was remorseful.
"The detectives thought it was a feeling of relief on his part," he said.
Other employees of the store were interviewed after Etan disappeared, but not Hernandez, police said.
"I can't tell you why," Kelly said.
The police investigation continues, as does the FBI's, the agency said in a statement Thursday night.
"The FBI's investigation into the disappearance of Etan Patz remains active and ongoing. We remain determined to solve this case," FBI Assistant Director Janice K. Fedarcyk said in a statement.
Thursday's arrest came nearly a month after investigators searched the former basement workshop of carpenter Othniel Miller, who had given Etan a dollar the day before the boy's disappearance for helping him around the shop. Etan had said before he disappeared that he planned to use the dollar to buy a soda.
The search produced no apparent clues.
"Mr. Miller is relieved by these developments, as he was not involved in any way with Etan Patz's disappearance," said Miller's attorney, Michael C. Farkas. "At the same time, Mr. Miller is very pleased that those responsible for this heinous crime may be brought to justice, and the Patz family may finally have the closure they deserve."
A separate law enforcement source said Thursday that Hernandez's claims were being treated with "a healthy dose of skepticism."
The tipster whose information led to Hernandez's arrest contacted authorities months ago after news coverage of their renewed search. That contact, at least in part, prompted investigators to question Hernandez.
A spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney's office, which reopened the case in 2010, declined to comment on the recent development.
Etan was officially declared dead in 2001 as part of a lawsuit filed by his family against Jose Antonio Ramos, a drifter and convicted child molester acquainted with Etan's baby sitter.
A judge found Ramos responsible for the boy's death and ordered him to pay the family $2 million, money the Patz family has never received.
Although Ramos was considered a key focus of the investigation for years, he has never been charged in the case. He is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Pennsylvania for molesting another boy and is set to be released this year.
President Ronald Reagan named May 25, the day Etan went missing, as National Missing Children's Day.


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Most business people believe there are two basic components in any business transaction � the product or service and the price. Many also believe that price is the most important component determining the outcome of the transaction. My recent work involving the proper pricing for a new service brought to mind an experience from my youth, and it may serve to put price in its proper place.
I was raised in a small, rural town in western Pennsylvania. Then, men and boys had their hair cut at a barbershop while women patronized a beauty shoppe.
I was sitting in the barbershop waiting my turn to have my world-class flattop trimmed when a fellow asked Dovey, the barber, what he charged for a haircut.
Upon hearing Dovey quote $1.25 (remember, this was many years ago), my ears perked up because the standard price was $1. The prospective customer began to haggle and eventually got Dovey down to $1, the regular price he charged everyone. The fellow left after arranging to come by that afternoon for the negotiated haircut.
I asked Dovey to explain what just occurred and received my first lesson in the strategy of pricing. It turns out Dovey knew the fellow and his innate nature as a horse trader. Dovey understood that haggling was important to the man�s self-image.
It was important that he pay a reduced price. By quoting an initial price above his regular fee, Dovey maintained his profit margin while enabling the man to maintain his self-view as a sharp trader who never paid retail.
One point of this story is that price often has a different meaning to the buyer than it does to the seller. While haggling is not a common part of our culture, reaching a common understanding on the meaning of price is important to a successful sale.
In my experience, most sellers view price as the cost a buyer must pay to receive the seller�s goods or services. While that may be true for some transactions and some buyers, it is less so for more complex or larger transactions.
An objection to price may mean the buyer has doubts about the seller�s ability to deliver. It�s more a question of confidence in the seller than it is about the price.
Price objections often arise because the customer doesn�t have the knowledge to evaluate competitive offerings.
As a result, he defaults to the price objection. What he is really saying is, �Tell me more. Give me the knowledge I need to make an informed decision.�
Sellers are often confused when a longtime customer suddenly raises a question about price. It often means the buyer has forgotten the long-ago experience with a lower-priced, but inferior product that led them to buy from their current supplier.
The seller needs to continually remind them of their poor past experience.
The moral of this column is straightforward. Learn what price really means to your prospect, and address it in terms of dollars, time and risk. Just like Dovey, you and your customer will both win.
firstname.lastname@example.com. Dan Bowser is president of Value Insights Inc. of Durango, Chandler, Ariz., and Summerville, Pa.


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More Levies?
October 27, 2013
Dear Editor, I have been reading letters to the editor and everyone is needing more financial help. There are levies on the ballot for schools, libraries, fire departments, etc....
In the 70's when Ohio and many other States wanted to launch the Lottery, there was much opposition from church and anti-gambling groups. As I recall, it passed on the promise that it would provide ALL of the money we would ever need to operate our schools......since that was the promise, let them KEEP it and live within their means like the rest of us!
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I agree..levies are not the solution. it can't continue like this.
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1. Levies are the only alternative schools have left after cuts and less state revenue. 2. Lottery revenue fact: lottery revenue does not increase school funding because the state deduct the same amount from the general revenue fund that goes to school. State government is a sham. Don't punish the local children.
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The American public school system is as foul, wasteful and unproductive as the government that oversees it.....and that includes the phonies that get 70K a year for a "job" with no weekends, no holidays, no shifts, and three LONG vacations per year!.....home school and private school are the FUTURE of REAL EDUCATION.
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Once again..levies are not the solution..only a band aid that keeps taking away from the property owners. i would rather see a local sales tax than a levy. then at least the 60% of people with children in the schools that do not own property would be paying their fair share.
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a local sales tax to support schools actually taxes those with less income even more. Not a truly viable solution. Public schools were set up to serve the broader public interest, provide quality education TO All, and prepare those attending to acquire skills and knowledge to contribute to society, obtain jobs, pay taxes, and continue to public education cycle.
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Can anyone debate the fact of numbers of students vs. number of schools in this county? Levies stink, but they are school administrators only choice under current law. The county sales tax is 7.25% now, where would it need to be to keep every school district in the black? As we should have learned from the lottery, increasing the tax rate and thereby the state government income stream will not have the intended result. Once you open the door by tying sales tax to school performance look out. It will NEVER stop increasing. The enrollment numbers just don't support the number of school districts at this time. Too much duplication of administrative, operational, and employee costs have not helped. All districts are doing more with less, but perhaps a serious cost-benefit analysis should be done. Alas, this is government, and government does not subscribe to common sense.
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It IS about the students. Each district, as a result of doing more with less, must cut programs in the arts and other areas that leave many students without quality choices. Sports programs always trump the arts because they provide income to the schools. That's understandable, but it shouldn't be acceptable to shortchange our students choices when it comes to their interests and talents. Is it conceivable to think that money used to construct new buildings in three different school districts in recent years could have been better spent on consolidated districts? Each district with new buildings must come back to the voters time and time again for operating levies. Administrators knew they would have to, because getting funding for new construction is just step one. Voting for a levy doesn't necessarily solve the problem, but there is no choice but to hold your nose and vote.
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I agree, levies are not the solution. The longer we continue to fund $50 to $100 thousand dollar per year salaries for part time workers the longer levies will be voted on. John Ney suggested consolidation but the Supt., Past Supt., and teachers have all quoted that it doesn't work. Well of course not if you continue running the larger schools with the same mentality as the smaller ones. Isn't it strange that all of the letters written the vast majority are from existing teachers or retired teachers. Doesn't that make you question why????
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Those who are against the levy be sure to make your vote count. VOTE NO!
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I've just installed Fedora 18 on an old laptop, and it seems I can't get drivers for the graphics card.
"Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device" is what
lspci is reporting, but I'm struggling to find proprietary drivers, or a package for it.
I've added RPM Fusion packages, but still, no drivers.
Where (if there are any at all) do I get them?


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Law students who want to use their 2010 winter break to earn credits toward graduation and graduates seeking an edge in today's difficult legal marketplace can find what they're looking for at the new Winter Session at Rutgers School of Law–Newark.
For the first time, the law school is offering one-week classes in Intensive Trial Advocacy and New Jersey Practice to law school graduates and to students who have completed the first-year program or its equivalent at an ABA-accredited law school. Intensive Trial Advocacy will use lectures and workshops to teach successful litigation skills, while New Jersey Practice will focus on the rules of civil procedure, which is now tested on the essay portion of the New Jersey State Bar exam. Each of these affordably-priced, two-credit classes will be taught by recognized experts in the topic. The classes will run from Monday, January 4th, through Friday, January 8th.
Intensive Trial Advocacy will focus on the procedure, strategy, and evidentiary issues involved in presenting a case to a jury, whether in the civil or criminal context. The skills course will include lectures, discussion workshops, and practical skills workshops in a mock trial setting. It will be taught by Andrew L. Rossner, founding director of the New Jersey Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, a nationally recognized professional training program for public sector lawyers. Since 1988, Rossner has been a faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, teaching at NITA's regional, national and in-house programs. He served as vice-chair for litigation training of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) antitrust task force, helped to create and implement the curriculum for NAAG's Training Institute, and was the first recipient of NAAG's Teacher for the Year Award.
The intensive class in New Jersey Practice will examine New Jersey Civil Procedure. As the State Bar exam for the last few years has required an essay on New Jersey rules of civil procedure, students who plan to take the New Jersey Bar in February or July of 2010 should particularly consider registering for the class. The course will be taught by Andrew Rothman, Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, who is co-author of The Handbook of Civil Practice in the Courts of New Jersey and a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee. Dean Rothman also teaches courses in Advanced Contracts, Appellate Advocacy, Evidence, New Jersey Practice, Non-Profit Corporations, and Professional Responsibility.
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If you are fed up with your disorganized dresser drawers, SpaceSavers can help you get those drawers organized. Do you find yourself digging through a drawer full of socks and underwear, unable to find a matched pair of socks to wear that aren't neon orange? Not that there is anything wrong with orange socks, but if you are wearing all black, you might want a pair of black socks. Do you find yourself digging through a mess of t-shirts, trying to find your favorite concert tee from the 80's? You can't find it, because you have so much shoved into your dresser drawer and every time you dig into the pile of clothing, you can't keep everything folded and in organized piles. One side of the drawer, filled with boxer shorts has now spilled over to your stack of t-shirts. Nothing is folded anymore. Nothing is in what you could call a neatly stacked and folded pile of clothing. This can be frustrating. SpaceSavers can help you get those drawers organized, so you can find the under "drawers" you want.
SpaceSavers can help you maximize the space you have in your drawers, while keeping all your different separate items, separated, so you can find what you need quickly. By compartmentalizing your drawers into different spaces, you can get those dresser drawers organized. SpaceSavers can provide you with many different kinds of organizers to keep those socks separate from your underwear, and lined up in a manner that you can quickly see all the different colored socks that you have, in order to get the black pair you need for that day.
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Virtual Federation?
By gc on Jun 09, 2008
A new term Virtual Federation was invented recently in identity federation world. It is actually a new name for Secure Attribute Exchange (SAE), a key capability of the upcoming Sun Federated Access Manager 8.0. Virtual Federation will help enterprises to overwhelm challenges, like scalability, legacy applications, transient and transaction data, protocols when doing federation.[Read More]


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3 Apr 2012 5:00 AM #1
Date value: new Date()
I'm trying to default the value of a Date Picker Field to today's date. In the value field, the validation will not pass other than m/d/y. I've tried a number of different ways to get around it, but have not been successful. Is there a way around it? known bug? special format that I have not tried yet? Thanks.
6 Dec 2012 2:13 PM #2
Work around to default new Date()
I use the evil command 'eval'
instead of the default value 'new Date()'
eval('new Date()')


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Nine-Patch Quilts
Showcase Nine-Patch blocks in your next quilt. From traditional Nine-Patch units, to Glorified Nine-Patch, uneven Nine-Patch, and Double Nine-Patch blocks, this simply block produces beautiful results.
Mango Tango [1]
For a square throw that sizzles, use assorted stripe, plaid, and solid fabrics in alternating Nine-Patch blocks and setting squares.
Get the free quilt pattern here [2].
Summer Salsa [4]
Stitch up Nine-Patch blocks and combine them with setting squares for an easy checkerboard-style quilt.
Scrappy Nine-Patch Quilt [7]
Nine-patch and triangle-squares are the perfect combination for this tabletop quilt.
Pretty in Pastels [10]
Use Double-Nine Patch blocks, star blocks, and a sawtooth border all made from pastel fabric in a pretty wall hanging.
Quick and Easy Nine-Patch Block [13]
Strip piece your way to a quick and easy 9-patch block!
Nautical Stars [15]
Get on board the nautical trend with fabrics featuring sailboats, lighthouses, and seagulls in patriotic-looking star blocks separated by nine-patches.
Nine-Patch Row Quilt [18]
Let Nine-Patch blocks take center stage in a sweet, charming throw.
Get the free quilt pattern here [19].
What a Treat [21]
Use precut batik strips in bubblegum pink and chocolate brown for a sweet-as-can-be wall quilt featuring nine-patch blocks.
Tropical Crossing Wall Hanging [24]
Careful fabric selection and placement make bright batik fabrics pop off a light, scrappy background.
Get the free quilt pattern here [25].
Circle Upon Circle [27]
Perfect for practicing curved piecing, this quilt features an Improved Nine-Patch block, a design that became popular in the early 1930s. It includes a vibrant mix of colors and prints.
Buy this pattern here [28].
Checkerboard Squares [30]
Square-in-a-square blocks featuring nine-patches set on point are surrounded by a striking blue toile to create a timeless, treasured quilt.
Glorified Nine-Patch Wall Hanging [33]
Put a spin on tradition when you trim uneven Nine-Patch units with a template of curved edges to make Glorified Nine-Patch blocks.
Get the free quilt pattern here [34].
Floral Double Nine-Patch Quilt [36]
Showcase fussy-cut floral designs in large Nine-Patch blocks. Small-scale prints and tone-on-tone fabrics add variety to the Double Nine-Patch block.
Get the free quilt pattern here [37].
Tiny Pieces Table Topper [39]
Surround small Nine-Patch units with Four-Patch units and a zigzag border to create a tiny table topper.
Get the free quilt pattern [40].
Batik Patches Quilt [42]
Combine dozens of batiks in a rainbow palette to create a scrappy lap-size quilt. The 25-Patch blocks feature randomly placed lights and darks while each Nine-Patch block uses just two batiks.
Get the free quilt pattern here [43].
Dotty Stars [45]
Combine Nine-Patch and hourglass units in a bright and colorful quilt.
Get the free quilt pattern here [46].
Americana Wall Hanging [48]
Surround each Nine-Patch unit with a red stripe or plaid fabric for a scrappy wall quilt.
Get the free quilt pattern here [49].
Checkerboard Nine-Patch Quilt [51]
Nine-Patch blocks in two colorways and setting squares in bold prints give a simple quilt a mod vibe.
Get the free quilt pattern here [52].
Holiday Double Nine-Patch Quilt [54]
Set Double Nine-Patch blocks on point to add interest to a quilt using holiday print fabrics.
Get the free quilt pattern here [55].
Shades of Autumn [57]
Frame Nine-Patch blocks with a border of triangles and autumn-theme appliqué shapes.
Buy this pattern here [58].
Uneven Nine-Patch & Star Quilt [60]
Polka dots and uneven Nine-Patch blocks team up for a whimsical quilt.
Get the free quilt pattern here [61].
Avian Table Topper [63]
Showcase fussy-cut bird designs in uneven Nine-Patch blocks and frame them with Flying Geese units in a springtime tabletop quilt.
Get the free quilt pattern here [64].
Floral Fat Quarters Throw [66]
Combine Nine-Patch blocks and large floral setting squares in a fat quarters-friendly quilt.
Get the free quilt pattern here [67].


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Last December, the Pencils of Promise team visited a small village in Laos and by July 2009, they had built a new school for the village children who started attending classes on September 1st. This month, Pencils of Promise will be opening their third school and they hope to open the doors to education for more children in 2010.
In the spirit of the holiday season, we are asking for your help today on behalf of these children. Just think of the enormous impact we could have if each person who reads this post donates just $1.00. If you are willing and able to give more (35.00 buys shelves for a classroom, $50 provides pencils for one year, $100 provides a teacher's salary for three months and so on), it would be greatly appreciated. We are in the midst of the giving season and hope that you will find it in your heart to make a donation to this worthy cause today. You can opt to donate via PayPal if you prefer. Every little bit helps and together, we can make a difference!
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Hack your Hardware
Workshop proposal: Hack your Hardware Jtfoote 14:11, 7 November 2008 (PST)
"No user-serviceable parts inside" -- we call bullshit on that!
Bring in your hardware yearning to reach its maximum potential (or give its life for spare parts). We give you permission to take things apart, see what's inside, and improve them. Most electronics failures are caused by bad connections or simple mechanical problems: we'll show you what to look for and how to fix them. Favorite gadget busted? Don't throw it away; fix it! (Or at least autopsy it for the good of science!)
Possible projects:
- Add an extra iPod input jack to your clock radio or computer speakers
- Add a USB hub to a desk lamp (or a bobblehead doll, or a stuffed toy, or...)
- Hotrod your IR remote control to go around corners
- Extract DC motors and other good stuff from that CD player found on the sidewalk
- Fix that funky power jack on your old laptop so you can give it to Mom
- Add another headphone jack (or FM transmitter?) to your laptop
- Add a LED backlight or tasklight to a keyboard or a handheld game
- Add a secondary switch or a dimmer to a power strip
- A one-wire hack turns a discarded ATX PSU into a benchtop power supply
- Replace the tired nicads in your electric toothbrush (or favorite power screwdriver, or other rechargeable toy)
- Hotrod your power screwdriver with Li+ batteries
You will have more and better ideas. Bring them and share! I personally will be adding a pilot light to my desoldering gun so I can tell when I have the f*cker plugged in.
Yes this could be dangerous, and we may break things. That's how we learn.
Proposed schedule:
Week 1: Take things apart, determine problems, solutions, necessary parts to obtain. Week 2: Having obtained parts, put things back together and smoke-test (if it doesn't smoke, it passes!)
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Is it possible to cook pelmeni aka meat dumplings (Russian food) in microwave? What are steps? Without any precooking in pot or at pan.
Anything that is normally cooked by simmering / boiling in liquid can be cooked in a microwave in the same way, if your microwave can keep the liquid simmering.
So for pelmeni just put them in a bowl of salted boiling water (use a kettle or the microwave to bring it to the boil first), bring back to a simmer and cook on high for the same length of time you'd cook them in a pan on the stove. If your microwave is not powerful enough to keep the water simmering, cook smaller amounts at a time.
It's less efficient than doing it on the stove, takes more time and is more fuss. The pelmeni will take longer to come back to a simmer than they would on the stove, so the dough will be relatively overcooked and soft.
It is possible, but considering the fact that the filling for pelmeni isn't pre-cooked (in any recipe that I've seen), you want to make sure to cook it thoroughly.
You can place them in a microwave safe bowl with water and cook them for 9-12 minutes until done.
You can also place pelmeni in a single layer on a plate. Cover with a wet paper towel or clean cloth - it should be thoroughly wet. Cook on high, checking every few minutes to make sure the towel or cloth is still wet. Again, do this for 9-12 minutes.
There's no significant time-savings over doing this on the stove-top, but if you only have a microwave available, it works. They taste better on the stove top.


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How can I completely disable UAC on Windows 7?
Also, I know my own benefits, but what are the risks?
Four methods to disable UAC in Windows 7
Method 1: Disable or Turn Off UAC (User Account Control) in Control Panel
To use Control Panel to disable UAC in Windows 7, there are several methods to access the User Account Control settings page:
Click on User Account Control settings link.
Slide the slider bar to the lowest value with description Never notify.
Click OK to make the change effective.
Restart the computer to turn off User Access Control.
Method 2: Disable UAC with Registry Editor (RegEdit)
Run Registry Editor (RegEdit) and navigate to the following registry key:
Locate the following REG_DWORD value:
Set the value of EnableLUA to 0.
Optional step to suppress UAC consent prompt dialog, locate the following REG_DWORD value:
Set the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin to 0 (optional).
Exit from Registry Editor and restart the computer to turn off UAC.
Method 3: Turn Off UAC Using Group Policy
For Windows 7 Ultimate, Business or Enterprise edition which has Local Group Policy, or computer joined to domain and has Active Directory-based GPO, the group policy can be used to disable UAC for local computer or many computer across large networks at once.
Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options
User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode
Set its value to Elevate without prompt.
User Account Control: Detect application installations and prompt for elevation
Set its value to Disabled.
User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode
Set its value to Disabled.
User Account Control: Only elevate UIAccess applications that are installed in secure locations
Set its value to Disabled.
Method 4: Using Command Prompt to Disable User Account Control
The command line option can also be used in batch script command file, i.e. .bat and .cmd files, providing greater convenient to advanced technical user. In actual, the commands,, which are also used to disable or enable UAC in Vista, are just doing the same thing as directly modifying the registry.
and optionally, the following comand to suppress all elevation consent request and notification:
Tip: To re-enable UAC, the command is:
and to turn on prompt for consent UI:
Note: Disabling UAC may cause gadgets stop working in Windows 7. Users who are facing this issue may use another workaround to suppress User Account Control.
I really do not advise this, but if it is just annoying you, you can disable all UAC prompts by going to run (Windows Flag+R) and typing
Then drag the slider to the bottom.
Tried this? How to Disable and Turn Off UAC in Windows 7
I wouldn't recommend it though, isn't it better just to accept it and know that you're more secure?
To answer your question: There are no risks to disabling UAC, provided you run as a standard user.
You should always run as a standard user on Windows.
On Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7, you can create an account that is a standard user. The downside of this is that if you want to perform anything that requires administrative access to the computer, e.g.:
you will have to fast-user switch to an administrator account in order to perform the operation, then switch back.
Nobody wants to actually run as a standard user all the time, so they run as an administrator full time. The risks of running as an administrator is that you can accidentally damage your Windows installation. Running malware, or a security breach, can take complete control of your computer.
UAC is the comprimise, where you are stripped of your admin privelages, unless something comes along that requires admin access. UAC temporarily grants you admin privelages, until that operation is complete.
Note: Even with UAC disabled, ie and Chrome will still use protected mode.
UAC is a technology where you are stripped of your admin privelages, so you can't do damage. Internet Explorer and Google Chrome both take advantage of a similar feature available since Vista. They run in "protected mode"; they run with less privelages than even standard user.
Even if you disable UAC, and run as an administrator full-time, your browser will still run lower than you, to protect you from you.
Note: Firefox does not support protected mode, and will run with the same privelages as you are. i.e.:
i don't recommend anyone disable UAC. But if you must, run as a standard user. If you cannot stand runnnig as a standard user, at least use Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. If you use Firefox as an administrator with UAC disabled, and you encounter a security vulnerability, (e.g. you used flash last year), your computer can be completely taken over.
Click Start, type UAC, select the control panel option that appears. Drag the slider to the bottom.
However, this is very unnecessary, and puts your computer at risk. There aren't any valid reasons in my opinion to perform this step.
Here is one of two ways to turn off UAC in Windows 7:
I would not go about disabling UAC. It is true that UAC can be bypassed; however, this requires user interaction in the form of pressing buttons blindly or requires one to fake the signature of the program trying to bypass UAC. The latter is pretty hard to do and is usually caught by antivirus programs. UAC is excellent at blocking quite a few zero-day exploits. Furthermore, UAC is excellent in blocking rootkits.
Jeff's post says it all, but what's the problem with turning off UAC completely?
If you have a virus scanner and a firewall, aren't you at least protected from most random crap that could happen other than user stupidity?
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The idea from this is try and make the Eastern Bloc the power in football that it never was. I have chosen as many leagues as I can that were part of the Eastern Bloc and loaded as many players as possible. From here I will be trying to take my career to dizzy heights, although it is more likely to end in a spectacular failure! For those of you how don't know here's a brief history lesson: the Eastern Bloc was formed under Stalin and the USSR, it consisted of the countries that are now considered "Eastern Europe", being part of Stalin's empire there was basically a media blackout which is refereed too as the Iron Curtain. Due to the Stalinist rule (technically it's not Socialism or Communism) it made these countries incredibly poor which is still noticeable to this day. Russian history has really interested me so I thought I would pack my bags and head off to the Eastern Bloc and see how good the football is!
Anyway enough of this wiff waff, time to get onto the game setup!
Database Setup
Manager Setup
If I receive an offer from a foreign club with a higher wage I must take it.
I can spend as long as I like at any club but I will try and restrict to a maximum of 5 years.
Do not use the 48 month pay off period, this is too easy to abuse.
Game Updates:
Season 1
Getting Started On The Bloc
Quick Out Of The Blocs
Marching to the Sound of SKA
Season 2
Action behind the Curtain
Average in Every Way
Staring Into Oblivion
Viva La revolution!
Season 3
End of an Era
From Russia With Love
Rising From The Ashes
A Failed Assault on Europe
Season 4
Back In Black
The Iron Curtain
A Victory For The Motherland
Season 5
They Will Never Reach There Potential
Marching Onto The International Stage
Fighting On Two Fronts
Flight Of The Underdogs
Season 6
Deja Vu
Leading From The Front
Pushing Through Europe
Kings of Slovakia
Season 7
Back On the War Path
All going Well On The Western Front
Slovakia Will Revive
Reign of the Tzar
Season 8
All is Fine on the Western Front
Bringing Home Eastward
This Means War-saw
Working Until The End
Another Year, Another Title
Season 9
High Expectations
We Will Overcome
Set For The Future
Stuttering Through
2nd Sucks
Season 10
For The Good Of The People
Lenin And The Chocolate Factory
A Revival in Leningrad
Domestic Domination
Ten Season Round Up
Ten Seasons In The East
Season 11
Defending Our Advantage
Unexpected Circumstances
Solid Footings
Sunny Side Of The Street
All Or Nothing
Season 11
A Question Of Faith
Hola España
The Weight Of Europe
Continuing Our Tradition
Loose Ends
Season 12
Plunging Into The Depths
The Beginning of an Era
Bringing Back Efficiency
Season 12
Complete Control
Clubs Managed:
SKA Khabarovsk: 2011 - 2013
Metalurg D: 2013 - 2015
Slovakia: 2015 - 2017
Trnava: 2016 - 2018
Legia: 2018 - 2019
England: 2018 - 2021
Zenit: 2019 - 2023
Spain: 2022 -
Chemnitz: 2023 -
Trophy Cabinet:
Russian First Division Runners Up - 2013
Ukrainian Premier Division Runners Up - 2015
Solvak First Division Winners - 2017, 2018
Solvak Cup Winners - 2017, 2018
Ekstraklasa Winners - 2019
Polish FA Cup Runners Up - 2019
Polish Super Cup Winners - 2019
Russian Cup Runners Up - 2020
EURO Cup Runners Up - 2020
European Championship - 2020
Russian Premier League Winners - 2021, 2022, 2023
Russian Cup Winners - 2021, 2022, 2023
Russian Super Cup - 2021, 2022
Champions League Winners - 2022
European Super Cup Winners - 2022
Club World Championship Winners - 2022
Social Media:
Steam Profile
Twitter Feed
Youtube Channel
Other thread titles that didn't make the grade (or posted by readers):
A Journey Around The Bloc
Welcome To The Bloc
Twitching The Iron Curtain
Bloc Party (Scribe's suggestion)
Behind The Curtain (AK22's suggestion)
The thread title was provided by SnakeXe and I thank him for it.


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I was an active user on YouTube, and YouTube was sending me emails when somebody was posting a new comment or uploading a new video (where I was subscribed).
About 4 months I was inactive on YouTube, and few weeks ago YouTube stopped sending me email notifications.
I verified the email settings page, but all check boxes (from Email Notifications section) are checked as in the image bellow:
How can I receive YouTube notifications again?


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I've been looking into getting a pressure cooker since it works on the premise of increasing the boiling temp of water thereby cooking things more quickly. Operating on the premise that a pressure cooker is an enclosed system, is there a way besides following the time recommendations of a recipe to find out if it's "done", or is it like Schrödinger's Cat where you only know for sure when you open it and release the pressure.
It is also like Schrodinger's Cat in the sense that hopefully whatever is inside is not still alive. But seriously: the main thing is time. You start with the recommendations from your manufacturer (since all cookers vary somewhat in terms of pressure and therefore temperature) and then keep good notes as to whether you prefer slightly more or less time. For example, I've learned that with my cooker, if I'm making pinto beans without soaking, for whole beans I like about 35 minutes, but if I'm going to puree them, 40 is better.
Every time the whistle of a pressure cooker blows, you get a mild aroma of the food along with the escaping steam. The aroma is usually a good indicator of how good the food has been cooked.
Besides smell, the only other thing is time.
With respect to this kind of pressure cooker:
My suggestion would be to count the number of whistles rather than looking at the clock. These cookers produce loud whistles which you can't miss even in sleep.
For the tender lentils like:
W.R.T above conditions, it takes 3 whistles to get them done.
For the hard lentils like:
W.R.T above conditions, it takes 7 whistles to get them done.
For white rice (without soaking) it takes 2 whistles to get it done.
For the rice, the flame is to be kept on high till 2 whistles.
My suggestions above are based on my personal experiences with this cooker.
In some cases, you can slosh the pressure cooker around to get a sense of the ratio of liquid to solids inside. This gives rough estimates of progress for things like rice, beans, etc, but takes some practice.
I'm just using whistles voices so I count them depending on type of food I prepared


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The University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas are competing for law school students.
Missouri-Kansas City's law school has provided in-state undergraduate tuition for most Kansas residents for four years. Now, the KU School of Law is responding.
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Missouri-Kansas City's law school does not formally waive out-of-state tuition but nearly all of those students get in-state tuition rates.
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Manipulating process plant parameters helps meet pipeline specifications
[shale gas]
Shale represents an astonishingly large, new source of
natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). However, a common
misconception seems to be that, for the most part, shale gases
are sweet and do not need to be treated.
Although not highly sour in the traditional sense of having
high H2S content, and with considerable variation
from play to play and even from well to well within the same
play, shale gas often contains tens or hundreds of parts per
million of H2S, with wide variability in
CO2. Gas in the Barnett shale play of North Texas,
for example, contains several hundred parts per million by
volume (ppmv) of H2S and several percentages of
CO2far from pipeline quality.
In other shales, such as Haynesville and the Eagleville
field of the Eagle Ford play, H2S is known to be
present. In other cases, such as the Antrim and New Albany
plays, underlying sour Devonian formations may communicate with
and contaminate the shale formations.1 Some plays in
Western Canada have low CO2 but enough
H2S to require treating. Thus, after removing the
NGLs, there are many situations in which the shale gas may
still need to be treated to pipeline specifications, at least
for sulfur content.
The challenge in treating such gases is the very low
H2S-to-CO2 ratio and the desire to meet,
but not exceed, pipeline specifications on CO2
content. In terms of cost and effectiveness, the solvent of
choice for H2S removal and CO2 slip is
N-methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) used in
a traditional gas treating plant. But how does one go about
taking the H2S content from, for example, 100 ppmv
down to 4 ppm without taking out excessive CO2 at
the same time? Another related issue is what to do with the
acid gas from the amine unit, since it will likely be of
substandard quality for a Claus plant.
This article uses specific examples to show, quantitatively,
how various process plant parameters affect selectivity and, in
particular, the ability to treat a variety of shale gases to
pipeline specifications. Solvent selection, strength,
temperature and circulation rate, as well as the type and
quantity of internals used in the contactor, are some of the
process parameters and design variables considered.
A new tactic is to use multi-pass trays even when,
hydraulically, a single-pass tray is more than adequate to
handle the flows. The key is to understand that trays operating
in the froth vs. spray regimes have radically different
mass-transfer performance characteristics. A critical element
in the underlying analysis is the availability of a real-mass
and heat-transfer rate-based simulation capability, because the
selectivity issue is intimately tied to the separation taking
place from a mass-transfer rate perspective. Ideal
stages are incapable of dealing with this properly because, no
matter how embellished by efficiencies and residence times, an
ideal or equilibrium stage is completely oblivious to the
effect of hydraulics on mass transfer.
Rather than devoting column space to discussing what a
mass-transfer rate model is and how it works, we will instead
present a set of case studies and simply refer interested
readers to a previous Hydrocarbon Processing
article2 for model details. However, it will be
important in what follows to understand this fact:
H2S absorption is a process controlled by resistance
to mass transfer in the gas phase, whereas CO2
absorption is liquid-phase-resistance controlled. Therefore,
whatever can be done to lower gas-phase resistance and increase
liquid-phase resistance will improve H2S pickup and
increase CO2 slip.
The reaction between CO2 and MDEA is so slow that
reaction kinetics play a very minor role in determining
CO2 absorption rates. Carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide
absorption are controlled strictly by the mass-transfer
characteristics of the specific trays or packing under the
hydraulic conditions being used.
During 2007 and 2008, several plants were found to be
producing gases with unbelievably low concentrations of
H2S and astonishingly high CO2 slip
values. These values were far outside the range suggested by
any simulator, whether mass transfer rate-based or ideal-stage.
In each case, the absorber contained trays. More importantly,
the weir liquid load (volumetric flow rate of solvent per unit
length of weir) was always quite small.3 Later,
performance data was found for six more plants also operating
at low weir liquid loads and, as Fig. 1 shows, the data from
all nine plants show remarkable quantitative consistency with,
and support for, the spray-regime explanation.4
The experimental data from which the fundamental
mass-transfer coefficient correlations are drawn in a mass
transfer rate-based model all corresponded to trays operating
in the froth regime, in which the biphase on the trays
is a frothy liquid containing a dispersed gas. However, the
trays in these nine low-weir-load instances were all operating
in the spray regime, with some operating with
essentially pure sprays (left side of Fig. 1) and others with
mostly froths but with a modicum of spray (right side).
In froths, the liquid is continuous and the gas is dispersed
as large and small gas bubbles and jets; in sprays, the liquid
is dispersed as droplets (about 1 mm in diameter in aqueous
systems) bouncing across the tray and finding their way into
the downcomer through a continuous gas phase.
Hydraulically, the flows are radically different, and so is
the mass transfer. The spray regime has much higher
liquid-phase resistance (to mass transfer) because, internally,
the liquid drops are almost stagnant. The lack of mixing
produces lower CO2 absorption rates (remember:
CO2 absorption is liquid-phase
controlled)i.e., increased CO2 slip.
On the other hand, gas-side mass transfer is much improved
because of the highly turbulent flow of gas around the
dropshence, better H2S absorption. This
scenario is completely consistent with what was seen in the
performances of all nine plants. Thus, to improve
H2S removal and to slip more CO2, trays
should be operated in the spray regime if possible.
It is unfortunate that, in the distillation community, tray
operation in the spray regime has a bad rap. However, the poor
reputation is the fault of many tray designers who repeatedly
fail to use a seal pan to ensure that downcomer bottoms are
positively, hydrostatically sealed (vs. dynamically
A good seal prevents gas from blowing up the downcomers
(rather than through the tray deck), causing massive
entrainment of liquid and an undeserved bad reputation. In
fact, in the spray regime, trays having positively sealed
downcomers actually have higher jet flood capacity
than conventionally operated trays. Attempting to seal
downcomers dynamically, at very low liquid rates, is an
invitation to failure.
The gas-treating benefit of the spray regime was the subject
of a 1981 patented tray design.5, 6 However, the
patented design failed to gain popularity, perhaps because of
the limited area of application 30 years ago. Nonetheless, the
spray-regime operation of trays has promising application in
shale gas treating today.
The gas plant in question is one of three units in Texas
between Dallas and Houston intended to process gas from fields
in the Barnett shale. As built, this particular plant was
intended to treat 330 million standard cubic feet (MMscfd) of
gas containing 750 ppm H2S and 2.5% CO2
at 960 pounds per square inch absolute (psia) to pipeline
qualityi.e., 4 ppmv H2S and < 2%
The absorber was designed with 12 single-pass valve trays
using an equilibrium-stage simulator and assumed tray
efficiencies. From startup in mid-2009, the plant has
consistently failed to produce on-specification gas at more
than 60% of the nameplate production capacity, even with reboiler and
circulation pumps running at full capacity. The generic MDEA
solvent was gradually spiked with a stripping promoter,
allowing it to treat 240 MMscfd, or 73% of capacity. However,
the internals were inadequate to move beyond this limit, and a
revamp of the towerperhaps even a new and taller
columnwas required.
Literally hundreds of cases were run using a mass transfer
rate-based amine simulator to determine the right course of
action. Focusing on the absorber, the tray count was varied
from 12 to 26, and solvent rates, amine strength, gas
temperature and solvent temperature were varied. Consideration
was given to tray type and design, the use of structured
packing and even a combination of packing and trays in the same
column to achieve the nameplate rate with on-specification gas.
The results were somewhat surprising and very educational.
Traditional thinking would suggest that, if a plant is not
meeting treating specification, a higher solvent circulation
rate and a more aggressively reboiled regenerator should
improve treating. However, in the present case, the oil flow to
the regenerator reboiler and the
circulation rate through the unit were already at equipment
limits. Furthermore, the solvent was already at 50 wt% MDEA and
contained a stripping promoter, so only a small increase was
possible by raising the MDEA strength by 5 wt% or 10
wt%certainly not enough to increase performance
One of the most influential parameters was simulated to be
the raw gas temperature. (Solvent temperature had a much
smaller effect because the gas-to-liquid ratio was high in this
plant.) However, significantly reducing the gas temperature
would have required a large gas heat exchanger, and any
achievable lower temperature was found to be insufficient to
allow treating at the design rate. Thus, the focus shifted to
the tower internals.
The preference was to use generic MDEA rather than a
specialty amine. Fig. 2 shows
that, with generic MDEA, adding trays will indeed lower the
H2S leak into the treated gas, but not nearly enough
to meet the H2S specification. Note that the weir
load in this case is 65 gallons per minute per foot (gpm/ft),
requiring application of a small correction for a small amount
of spray.
Using a stripping additive would permit the originally
intended gas rate to be processed to pipeline specifications,
as Fig. 3 shows. However, mass transfer rate-based simulation
shows that at least 20 absorber trays would be needed, and even
if 20 trays could be shoehorned into the existing shell, twice
the necessary amount of CO2 would be removed. It
turns out that a moderate crimp structured packing could be
used effectively in this particular column, achieving less than
1 ppmv H2S and 1.95% CO2 in a 35-ft bed,
but only with an amine solvent containing a stripping promoter.
With generic MDEA, simulation showed that 67 ppmv
H2S was the best that could be achieved, albeit with
As a backup plan, the danger of a small margin for error in
meeting the H2S specification can be mitigated by
using a specialty amine to achieve < 0.5 ppmv quite easily.
Shale gas can be very challenging to treat. However, mass
transfer rate-based simulation and appropriately specified and
designed tower internals can make shale gas treating no harder
than treating any other gas. Without both ingredients, though,
treating shale gas can be a guessing game.
This particular example has 26 ppmv H2S and about
1.1% CO2, so the gas needs to be treated for
H2S while allowing as much CO2 slip as
possible, since CO2 is already below pipeline
specifications. Due to the very small amount of acid gas
needing to be removed, the absorber has only 12 trays, and
plant data indicate that the rich solvent is lightly loaded.
The treated gas is below 4 ppmv (no measurement is available),
and the unit is slipping about 80% of the CO2. The
weir load is about 30 gpm/ft, so the amount of spray is a
significant fraction of the total biphase on the tray.
Simulation with no adjustment for low-weir-load (spray-regime)
operation suggests a CO2 slip of 54% with 1 ppmv of
H2S slip.
However, when proper account is taken of the hydraulic
operating region in which the trays are operating (spray
regime), the simulated CO2 slip is 78% vs. 80%
measured. The H2S treat is 1.3 ppmv, well below the
4-ppmv specification. Obviously, the tray hydraulic operating
region has a profound effect on treating. In particular,
selectivity is a very strong function of a trays
hydraulic operating region. The simulations are truly
out-of-the-box predictions because no input was used beyond
tray construction details and basic plant
flows. Nothing was tweaked to force a match to performance
With the wrong modeling tools, shale gas treating units can
be very challenging to simulate and, therefore, challenging to
build with any reasonable assurance of performance. The
difficulty lies in the very low H2S content of shale
gases, which leads to low liquid-to-gas flowrate ratios in
amine contactors. A critical and essential element in reliable
tower design for shale gas treating is a solid mass transfer
rate-based simulator, because tray hydraulics profoundly affect
not just pressure drop; they also impact mass transfer and the
very separation process itself. Ideal stage calculations are
oblivious to what is actually in the column, let alone the mode
of operation.
Under conditions that are common in shale gas treating,
trays will often have to be operated in the spray regime, where
care must be taken on the part of tray designers and design
engineers to ensure that downcomers remain positively sealed
against massive bypassing of gas. However, even when trays
operate with froths, there is great potential advantage to be
gained from contriving methods to force operation into the
spray region, and the more spray-like the biphase, the greater
the potential advantage in terms of enhanced selectivity.
Contrary to urban legend, entrainment rates and tray
capacity do not have to be negatively affected by the
sprays that accompany low weir liquid loads. However, tray
designers must be attentive to the need for positive downcomer
seals, preferably through the use of recessed seal pans beneath
the downcomers. Multi-pass trays are an under-appreciated but
powerful weapon that can be brought to bear in amine unit
design to meet the unique treating challenges offered by shale
gases and other gases requiring small liquid flows to treat
large volumes. HP
1 Hunter, J. C., The New Albany Shale from
an Antrim Shale Operators Perspective, RPSEA/GTI
Gas Shale Forum, Des Plains, Illinois, June 4, 2009.
2 Weiland, R. H. and N. A. Hatcher, What are
the benefits from mass transfer rate-based simulation?
Hydrocarbon Processing, July
3 Weiland, R. H., Tray Operating Regimes and
Selectivity, Laurence Reid Gas Conditioning Conference,
Norman, Oklahoma, February 2225, 2009.
4 Weiland, R. H., N. A. Hatcher and J. L. Nava,
Designing Trays for Selective Treating, SOGAT 2010,
Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 2831, 2010.
5 Resetarits, M., Personal communication,
6 Sigmund, P. W. and K. F. Butwell, US Patent
4,278,621, July 14, 1981.
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Frank Burkhard
For the Barnett Shale gas, did you consider using a physical solvent like UOP's Selexol? Selexol flow rate controls CO2 removal and degree of regeneration controls H2S removal.
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Are all crafts that travel on water considered "boats," even barges, yachts, canoes, rafts, etc?
Are all motor vehicles considered "automobiles," even trucks, semis, and motorcycles?
Are all crafts that travel on water considered "boats," even barges, yachts, canoes, rafts, etc?
Are all motor vehicles considered "automobiles," even trucks, semis, and motorcycles?
No in both cases. A "boat" is something small in size compared to a barge, ship, freighter and implies an appropriate form of propulsion. Certainly not steam, as with a large vessel, and probably not with a pole (or high hopes), as with a raft. Informally, I hear some people use boat to mean any sort of vessel. I usually wonder if the speaker doesn't know the difference or perhaps is making a small joke.
An automobile is personal, passenger-oriented transportation, also something small relative to other types. The term doesn't include busses, trucks, or motorized bicycles. "Vehicle" is the all-encompassing term.
Depends who you are asking - to a sailor there are a huge range of distinctions, especially when it comes to sailing (wind powered).
In the navy everything is a ship except submarines which are boats.
In general, a boat is defined as a vessel which can be carried by a ship - So boat covers everything from small dinghys through some yachts - but this can be quite subjective. An oil tanker could never be considered a boat and a dinghy could never be considered a ship - In between is a somewhat grey area.
There are also special considerations eg hovercraft - which use the same navigation lights as an aircraft and are neither ships nor boats.
This is a good question. It has a definite answer (no) because not EVERYTHING that is a sea going craft is a boat. Hovercraft, water-skis, wind-surfing boards, sea-planes, etc., whilst able to move on water are definitely not boats. Motorcycles, semi-trailers, etc., are also not automobiles which are small enclosed passenger vehicles. However the categories seem not to be very clearly defined (for example is a small goods-van an automobile?). I feel like this is an area of English taxonomy that is lacking.
On a related note, there is a lack of English words to describe the operators of categories of vehicles. "Motorist" applies only to drivers of automobiles (I am not aware of any catch-all term for operators of road vehicles), and "pilot" can refer to people operating planes, ships, even cranes. In aviation a pilot is the "driver" of the aircraft, in shipping a pilot is a guide, on rail a pilot prevents collisions. There are obviously no clear cut categories.