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An improved process is described for separating carbon dioxide from light hydrocarbons by means of a membrane. The membrane separation is operated so that hydrocarbon liquids are condensed in contact with the membrane. This process is particularly valuable for the separation of gas mixtures into separate acid gas, gaseous hydrocarbon and liquid hydrocarbon streams.
1. An improved process for separating carbon dioxide from a fluid mixture with hydrocarbons comprising the steps of:
(a) contacting a liquid-hydrocarbon tolerant membrane selectively permeable to carbon dioxide with a fluid mixture comprising carbon dioxide and at least one C3 to C8 hydrocarbon;
(b) permeating carbon dioxide from the fluid mixture through the membrane at conditions which result in the presence of at least one condensed liquid hydrocarbon in the fluid mixture in contact with the membrane; and
(c) separating the condensed liquid hydrocarbon from the gases which do not permeate the membrane.
2. The process as described in claim 1 wherein the hydrocarbon fluid mixture in Step (a) comprises C1 through C5 hydrocarbons.
3. The process as described in claim 2 wherein the hydrocarbon fluid comprises 1 to 20 percent hydrogen sulfide.
4. The process as described in claim 2 wherein the membrane is a water-dry cellulose ester membrane.
5. The process as described in claim 2 wherein the membrane is a hollow fiber membrane.
6. The process as described in claim 5 wherein the membrane is a water-dry cellulose acetate membrane.
7. The process as described in claim 5 wherein the membrane includes a pressure case and said pressure case has separate outlets for removal of non-permeate liquids and non-permeate gases.
8. The process as described in claim 2 wherein a plurality of membranes are employed in series.
9. The process as described in claim 2 further comprising: (d) contacting the non-permeate gases from Step (c) with a membrane selectively permeable to carbon dioxide, (e) permeating carbon dioxide through the membrane to produce permeate and non-permeate gas streams, and (f) recovering gaseous hydrocarbons from the non-permeate.
10. The process as described in claim 9 wherein the permeate or non-permeate gas from Step (e) is employed to cool feed gas introduced to the membrane in Step (a).
11. The process as described in claim 2 further comprising separating the non-permeate from Step (c) in a distillation column to remove in the distillate essentially all methane and carbon dioxide present and essentially all the C4 and heavier hydrocarbons in the bottoms.
12. The process as described in claim 11 further comprising: (d) contacting the overheads from the distillation column with a membrane selectively permeable to carbon dioxide, (e) permeating carbon dioxide through the membrane to produce permeate and non-permeate gas streams and (f) recovering a gaseous non-permeate consisting predominantly of methane and ethane.
13. The process as described in claim 12 wherein the non-permeate or permeate gas from Step (e) is employed to cool feed gas introduced to the membrane in Step (a).
14. The process as described in claim 11 wherein the non-permeate or permeate gas from Step (e) is used to cool fluids in process steps.
15. The process as described in claim 2 wherein the membrane exhibits a CO2 flux with pure CO2 of at least about 1×10-6 cm3 /(sec cm2 cm of Hg) at 10° C. and 50 psig.
16. The process as described in claim 15 wherein the membrane is a water-dry cellulose triacetate membrane.
This is an improved process for separating carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons in a fluid mixture using a semi-permeable membrane. In particular, this process involves condensation of hydrocarbon liquids from the fluid in contact with the membrane.
Numerous references exist which describe various processes for separating gases by means of semi-permeable membranes. U.S. Pat. No. 3,415,038 described a method for separating a first gas from a gaseous mixture using a thin, dry, asymmetric cellulose acetate membrane. U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,842,515, 4,080,744, 4,080,743 and 4,127,625 describe other techniques for drying a water-wet membrane to be used in gas separation. U.S. Pat. No. 4,130,403 teaches the separation of CO2 from a natural gas stream by means of a dry cellulose ester membrane. U.S Pat. No. 4,374,657 discloses the separation of acid gases from gaseous hydrocarbon mixtures substantially free of methane by use of membranes. U.S. Pat. No. 3,616,928 describes vertical orientation of hollow fiber membrane devices to promote drainage of condensed liquid hydrocarbons during separation of hydrogen from gas mixtures.
The spiral membranes employed in the prior art for separation of carbon dioxide from light hydrocarbons are generally not suited to handling liquids. Many membrane compositions, such as those in U.S. Pat. No. 4,230,463, are deleteriously affected by liquid hydrocarbons. Heretofore, it has generally been thought that condensible hydrocarbons should be first separated from the carbon dioxide-containing gas mixture prior to bringing it in contact with the membrane.
The subject invention is an improved process for separating carbon dioxide from a fluid mixture with hydrocarbons comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a membrane selectively permeable to carbon dioxide with a fluid mixture comprising carbon dioxide and at least one C3 to C8 hydrocarbons, (b) permeating carbon dioxide through the membrane at conditions which result in the presence of liquid hydrocarbons in the fluid in contact with the membrane, and (c) separating the condensed liquid hydrocarbons from the gases which do not permeate through the membrane. Surprisingly, it has been found that the recovery and gas purity of the carbon dioxide stream from the membrane is not adversely affected by the presence of liquid hydrocarbons in the feed.
In another embodiment, this invention represents a process for separation of carbon dioxide from a mixture of at least one C1 or C2 hydrocarbon and at least one C3 to C8 hydrocarbon. In this process, the fluid mixture is contacted with a first membrane and carbon dioxide is selectively permeated through the membrane. The non-permeate is separated into a gaseous stream containing essentially all the carbon dioxide and methane present in the non-permeate and a liquid stream containing essentially all the C4 and heavier hydrocarbons. The resulting gaseous stream is separated with a second membrane through which carbon dioxide is selectively permeated. The gaseous non-permeate consists predominantly of ethane or methane. In this alternative process, liquids are not necessarily present in contact with either the first or second membrane, but optionally can be present.
FIGS. 1 and 2 are schematic illustrations of embodiments of the process of this invention.
Membranes selectively permeable to carbon dioxide as used in this invention are known in the prior art. To be operable in the process wherein liquid hydrocarbons contact the membrane, a membrane should be selected which is not deleteriously affected by exposure to C1 -C8 liquid hydrocarbons. Illustrative membranes are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,415,038; 3,842,515; 4,080,743; 4,127,625; 4,130,403; and 4,421,529, as well as British Pat. No. 1,478,085, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. The skilled artisan can readily determine experimentally which of these membranes are adversely affected by exposure to liquid hydrocarbons.
Operable membranes include organic polymers and copolymers, optionally containing adjuvants such as fillers, plasticizers, stabilizers and permeability modifiers. Illustrative polymer compositions suitable for use in membranes can be selected from polysulfone, polyethersulfone, styrenic polymers and copolymers, polycarbonates, cellulosic polymers, polyamides, polyimides, polyethers, polyarylene oxides, polyurethanes, polyesters, polyacrylates, polysulfides, polyolefins, polyvinyls and polyvinyl esters. Interpolymers, including block repeating units corresponding to the foregoing polymers, as well as graft polymers and blends of the foregoing, are suitable for use in membranes. The aforementioned polymers can operably bear substituents, such as, fluoro, chloro, bromo, hydroxyl, alkyl, alkoxy, acyl or monocyclic aryl groups, so long as the substituents do not deleteriously affect the membrane properties.
Preferred as membranes are cellulose esters, e.g., cellulose acetate, cellulose diacetate, cellulose triacetate, cellulose propionate, cellulose butyrate, cellulose cyanoethylate, cellulose methacrylate and mixtures thereof. Mixed esters of cellulose, such as cellulose acetate butyrate, mixed cellulose acetates and cellulose acetate methacrylate, are also operable. Commercial cellulose triacetate, containing from about 42.7 to about 44 weight percent acetate, is the material of choice for the membranes used in the subject method.
Inasmuch as the flux of materials permeating is generally inversely related to the membrane thickness, it is desirable that the discriminating layer of the membrane be as thin as possible while maintaining adequate membrane strength and good rejection. Homogeneous membranes are operable, but asymmetric membranes are preferred. The preferred asymmetric cellulose ester membrane will typically have a dense discriminating layer less than one micron thick and a much thicker, relatively porous supporting sublayer.
Composite membranes, which have a porous supporting layer of dissimilar composition providing additional strength and integrity to the discriminating layer, are also preferred. For example, microporous polysulfone materials can be used as a supporting layer. Of course, this dissimilar support can include a second discriminating layer, but generally a second discriminating layer is neither necessary nor desirable.
The term "membrane" as used herein is intended to encompass a wide variety of possible configurations known in the prior art. For example, the membrane may be used as a flat film, tubular film or hollow fiber. The membrane can also be a spiral device, provided it is designed to accommodate liquids present in contact with the membrane.
A hollow fiber membrane is generally preferred and can be readily prepared by techniques known in the art. The internal and outside diameter of the fiber can operably be varied to modify membrane characteristics. The inside diameter is preferably about 30 to about 400 microns with a wall thickness of about 5 to about 150 microns. Especially preferred are cellulose triacetate fibers having an inside diameter of about 70 to about 130 microns and a wall thickness of about 75 to about 110 microns. Preferably, the wall thickness is at least 15 percent of the internal diameter.
Membranes suitable for use in the subject invention are commercially available. For example, water-wet cellulose ester membranes are available in both hollow fiber and spiral devices. To render these films suitable for the separation of non-aqueous fluids the film must be carefully dried so as to avoid significant disruption of the membrane structure. A preferred method for drying cellulose ester membranes is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,430,807, which is incorporated herein by reference. One preferred technique for drying the water-wet membrane is to first anneal the fiber in 80° C. water for about 1.5 minutes. The water is then extracted from the fiber with isopropanol and the isopropanol displaced with hexane, heptane or isooctane in the manner taught in U.S. Pat. No. 3,842,515. A particularly preferred technique for drying water-wet hollow fiber membrane bundles is to introduce a 50:50 volume percent mixture of isopropanol and isooctane down the bore of each fiber while an inert gas stream is passed over the hollow fiber's outer surface. When the fiber is essentially free of water, the introduction of the isopropanol/isooctane mixture is terminated and the liquid remaining in the bore pervaporated through the membrane. Generally, such membranes will exhibit a CO2 flux of at least about 1×10-6 cm3 /(sec cm2 cm of Hg) at 10° C. and 50 psig with a pure CO2 feed.
As some shrinkage occurs in drying the hollow fiber, if the fiber is assembled in a bundle prior to drying, the construction of the bundle should allow tolerance for some shrinkage. For example, if a perforated core is employed, it should be designed so that some reduction in length will take place as the fibers shrink. Also, the epoxy resin tubesheet should be cured with an agent which promotes good adhesion with the hollow fibers, e.g., a commercial aliphatic amine curing agent.
The fluid in the feed stream contains carbon dioxide along with hydrocarbon liquids, gases or mixtures of hydrocarbon liquids and gases. Preferably, the predominant components present in addition to carbon dioxide are lower (C1 -C5) saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as methane, ethane, butane and propane, nitrogen and other components produced in association with crude oil. Preferably, such feed streams will contain from about 20 to about 90 volume percent CO2 with a remaining amount of lower aliphatic hydrocarbons and optionally a small amount (preferably less than about 10 percent) of H2 S. For the instant separation process to work most efficiently, the feed gas preferably contains at least about 10 volume percent CO2.
The feed stream is advantageously substantially free of water. Water can lead to undesirable hydrate formation and may necessitate drying of the carbon dioxide product later. With some membranes, minor amounts of water can be tolerated although the long-term performance of the membrane may suffer. Of course, the feed stream can be dried by use of desiccants or other techniques well known in the art.
Depending on the pressure and temperature of the feed stream, it can be present as either a gas or liquid. As the carbon dioxide selectively permeates through the membrane, the hydrocarbon dew point of the fluid not permeated gradually increases with increasing concentration of C3 and higher hydrocarbons. Moreover, in certain preferred embodiments of the invention the expansion of the permeate reduces the temperature of the permeate, which efficiently cools the non-permeate through thermal cross exchange in hollow fiber membrane devices. Unlike prior art processes, liquid condensation of C3 and higher hydrocarbon components in contact with the membrane is encouraged.
Advantageously, the condensed liquid present in the feed stream is not vaporized while in contact with the membrane. The fluid in contact with the membrane can exist as a two-phase mixture of gas and liquid. Optionally, the membrane device can be oriented vertically and adjacent membrane hollow fibers or membrane sheets spaced apart to promote movement of condensed liquid to a collection point in the housing of the membrane device where liquid can be separated and removed. Alternatively, the two-phase mixture can be conveyed from the membrane device to a conventional gas/liquid separator.
In the prior art membrane processes for separation of carbon dioxide from methane, the feed is pretreated by condensation at low temperatures to remove components which might otherwise condense in the membrane and the feed temperature is adjusted as necessary to prevent condensation. Alternatively, the feed gas is heated substantially above the hydrocarbon dew point in prior art techniques. It has now been found that these precautions are not necessary. Accordingly, improved separation factors are possible by operation at lower temperatures and the operating and capital cost of a system can be reduced due to elimination of pretreatment equipment to remove liquifiable components.
The pressure of the fluid feed stream can vary over a wide range dependent upon physical characteristics of the membrane. A pressure of from about 25 to about 1,000 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) is typically operable. Higher pressures are operable if the membrane is not deleteriously affected. All other operating parameters being equal, the carbon dioxide flux of the membrane generally increases with increased pressure in the feed stream.
The differential pressure across the membrane can also operably vary over a considerable range. Preferably, the pressure on the feed side of the membrane should be at least 40 psi greater than that on the permeate side of the membrane. A pressure differential of at least about 100 psi is more preferred.
The temperature at which the carbon dioxide separation is conducted should be such that liquids will be present in contact with or formed in contact with the membrane on the feed side in at least one stage. Temperatures in the range from about -19° C. to about 40° C. are typically operable, dependent on a variety of factors. The optimum operating temperature depends upon the feed composition, the identity of the membrane and the pressure. The optimum temperature can be determined empirically.
Cooling of the feed stream and membrane from ambient temperatures to the temperature desired for separation can be accomplished by conventional refrigeration techniques or any other convenient means. In some embodiments of the invention, it is desirable to promote hydrocarbon condensation by cooling the feed before introduction to the membrane. The feed temperature is then adjusted as desired by heating. In one preferred embodiment, the feed stream is cooled in part by heat exchange with the permeate or non-permeate from the membranes.
The subject process can be conducted in a single membrane stage, but multiple membrane stages optimized for specific temperatures and feed compositions are generally preferred.
Several of the instant membrane separation units can be operated in parallel to increase the overall capacity of the separation device. Alternatively, several membranes can be employed in series to improve separation performance. The optimum number of membrane stages depends upon the feed composition, nature of the membrane, the process pressure, the permeate pressure, feed temperature and other factors. Not all the membrane stages need operate with liquids present in the fluid feed. The most advantageous number of stages can be determined empirically.
The liquids removed at different stages in a multiple stage membrane separation process will vary in composition and vapor pressure. Generally, these liquids are advantageously removed from the fluid in the membrane or in a separator and passed to a distillation column to enhance separation of hydrocarbon liquids from lighter fractions and compounds. It is desirable that the liquids separated via the membranes be introduced to the distillation column at the appropriate level to minimize heat required for efficient separation.
The carbon dioxide-enriched permeate has a variety of uses. The carbon dioxide can be injected into oil-bearing formations to enhance oil recovery in accordance with known methods. The carbon dioxide can also be used as an inerting gas. If H2 S is present in the gas feed, it will generally permeate along with the CO2. Advantageously, from 1 to 20 mole percent H2 S can be present. It is desirable to selectively eliminate the H2 S from the permeate by known gas conditioning methods, if the gas is to be used for inerting or H2 S removal is otherwise desirable. The removal of carbon dioxide enhances the commercial value of the hydrocarbons present in the feed.
The liquid hydrocarbons separated in the subject process generally are predominantly C3 and higher hydrocarbons. Essentially all C4 and higher hydrocarbons (at least 90 percent) will be in the liquid phase, but a significant percentage of the C3 hydrocarbons can be present in the gas. These hydrocarbons can be saturated or unsaturated and branched or straight chain. The methane and ethane fractions present in the feed are also selectively separated but are predominantly present in the hydrocarbon gas fraction. Essentially all methane will be present in the gas phase, but a significant percentage of ethane in the fluid feed may be present in the liquid phase. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the hydrocarbon gas product is suitable for sale to natural gas pipeline systems or for use in equipment and machinery fueled with natural gas.
In prior membrane separation systems, a part of the fluid which does not permeate is recycled to the feed to the membrane to further reduce the concentration of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. However, this recycle in the subject process increases the mole percent of light hydrocarbons in the fluid contacting the membrane thereby increasing the cooling required to separate the liquid hydrocarbons. It has now been found desirable to conduct further separation of carbon dioxide from the light hydrocarbon gas in one or more membranes connected in parallel with the membranes used to separate liquid hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon gas from this parallel train of membranes can then be combined with the hydrocarbon gas from the membranes contacting the liquid hydrocarbons.
The concentration of C3 and higher hydrocarbons in the feed to parallel membrane train is relatively low. Consequently, the pressure and temperatures of the hydrocarbon stream remains above the hydrocarbon dew point during contact with the second membrane train. The heat removed as a result of expansion of the permeated gas results in a significant temperature reduction, since no change of state occurs. The permeate gas also absorbs heat from the non-permeate, thereby reducing the temperature of both streams. The reduction in temperature of the non-permeate generally enhances the separation achieved in subsequent membrane stages. Alternatively, the cooled permeate and non-permeate streams can be used to cool feed to other membrane stages through heat exchange in conventional apparatus.
FIG. 1 depicts in cross-section, for purposes of illustration, a hollow fiber membrane device disposed vertically that could be used in the process of this invention. The fluid to be separated is introduced via inlet 1 to the fluid feed pipe 2. The fluid feed pipe 2 passes through a first tubesheet 3 and terminates in a second tubesheet 4. The section of the fluid feed pipe 2, between the first and second tubesheets 3 and 4, contains a plurality of perforations 5 through which the feed fluid will pass and thereafter contact a plurality of hollow fibers 6 oriented generally parallel with the longitudinal axis of the fluid feed pipe 2. Wrapped about the bundle of hollow fibers 6 is a porous polymer outer wrap 9, which helps to prevent shifting of hollow fibers 6. The feed fluid passes axially and radially through the bundle of hollow fibers 6 with most of the condensed hydrocarbon liquids present exiting through a first outlet 19 in the pressure case 8 surrounding the hollow fibers 6. The hydrocarbon gas which does not permeate through the hollow fibers 6 typically exits through a second outlet 7. The remainder of the feed fluid will permeate through the hollow fibers 6. The bores of the hollow fibers 6 communicate at each end through the tubesheets 3 and 4 with a first and second header space 11 and 12. The fluid which permeates through the hollow fibers 6 ultimately exits through a first and second outlet 13 and 14 in the pressure case 8.
The membrane device depicted in FIG. 1 can also be operated by passage of fluid feed to an inlet in the housing 7. The outlet 19 may be sealed in this embodiment. The non-permeate fluid exits through the core 2 after passing axially and radially through the bundle of hollow fibers 6. This non-permeate fluid can optionally contain both gas and liquid. Operation of the membrane device with outside in flow through the hollow fiber bundle generally is advantageous where a significant percentage of the fluid feed permeates through the hollow fiber membranes.
A simplified schematic diagram of a system for separating acid gases, i.e., carbon dioxide, natural or fuel gas, i.e., C1 and C2 hydrocarbons and liquid hydrocarbons from mixtures is presented in FIG. 2. The fluid feed mixture passes through a line 30 to a first gas/liquid separator 32. The separator 32 diverts the gas present to line 34 and most of the free liquid present to line 36. The fluid in line 34 is conveyed to a dehydrator 38 and the dry fluid exits through line 56.
The fluid in line 56 is cooled in a heat exchanger 58 and then passed through line 59 to a second separator 62. The liquid stream separated in separator 62 is conveyed through line 64. The predominantly gaseous fluid is passed from the separator 62 through line 66 to a first membrane 68. The permeate from the membrane 68 exits via line 72. The liquid non-permeate condensed in the membrane 68 exits through line 73. The gaseous non-permeate exits the membrane 68 through line 70 and is conveyed to a heat exchanger 74 where it is cooled.
The cooled non-permeate exits the heat exchanger 74 and is conveyed via line 76 to a third separator 78. The gaseous fraction removed by the separator 78 is passed through line 80 to a second membrane 82. The liquid fraction from the separator 78 passes through line 98.
The second membrane 82 separates an acid gas permeate which exits through line 84, a gaseous non-permeate stream conveyed through line 86 and a liquid permeate passed through line 81. The non-permeate from line 86 is conveyed first to a heat exchanger 88 and the cooled fluid is passed via line 90 to a separator 92. The separator 92 conveys a gas consisting mostly of ethane and methane through line 94.
The liquids from the second, third and fourth separators 62, 78 and 92 and from the first and second membranes 68 and 82 are conveyed from lines 64, 98, 100, 73 and 81 to line 102 and then to a distillation column 104. The higher boiling fraction exits the column 104 through line 116 and a portion is conveyed in line 117 to be heated in a reboiler 118 and recycled through line 120 to the column 104. The remainder of heavies in line 116 are passed to line 121.
The distillate from the column 104 is conveyed through line 105 to a heat exchanger 106. The cooled fluid exits the heat exchanger 106 through line 108 and passes to a separator 110. The liquids from the separator 110 are returned to the column 104 via line 112.
The gas fractions essentially free of C3 and higher hydrocarbons from separator 110 are conveyed via line 114 to a third membrane 122. The permeate from the membrane 122 exits through 124. The non-permeate from membrane 122 is conveyed through line 126 to a second-stage membrane 130. The permeate from the membrane 130 is conveyed through line 128 to line 134, where it is combined with permeate from line 124. The non-permeate from the membrane 130 is conveyed via line 132 to line 140.
The permeate from the membranes passed through lines 72, 84 and 134 is combined in line 95. This permeate contains high concentrations of carbon dioxide and optionally hydrogen sulfide relative to that in the fluid feed in line 30.
The gas rich in methane and/or ethane conveyed in lines 94 and 132 is combined in line 140. The fuel gas emerging from line 140 can be further treated by wet gas conditioning techniques to remove residual hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, if desired.
The liquid hydrocarbons are conveyed in line 121. These liquid hydrocarbons have value as feedstocks for refined petroleum products.
The schematic diagram presented in FIG. 2 can be readily adapted for handling fluid feeds of various compositions. Selection of suitable columns, separators, heat exchangers, dehydrators, membranes and compressors is within the ordinary skill in the art. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the individual or combined permeate fluids, non-permeate gas and/or condensed liquid streams can cross-exchange heat with fluids in lines 56, 70 and/or 86 to lessen or eliminate refrigeration equipment associated with heat exchangers 58, 74 or 88. In another preferred embodiment of the invention, the fluids from lines 64, 73, 81, 98 and 100 are introduced separately to different levels of the separation column 104 dependent upon their composition to enhance efficiency in separation. Additional membrane stages, compressors and other auxiliary equipment can be added as necessary.
Projected recoveries of components in gaseous hydrocarbon streams and liquid hydrocarbon streams, separated by a typical system similar to that in FIG. 2, is presented in Table I for fluid feeds of various compositions. The gas hydrocarbon stream corresponds to that in line 140 in FIG. 2 and the liquid composition is that in line 121. The feed gas pressure is in the range of 350 to 500 pounds per square inch gauge (psig). The feed gas composition in mole percent exclusive of carbon dioxide is 0.56 percent H2 S, 2.50 percent N2, 50.52 percent CH4, 16.92 percent C2 H6, 15.37 percent C3 H8, 2.14 percent i-C4 H10, 5.12 percent n-C4 H10 and 6.87 percent C5 and higher alkanes.
TABLE I__________________________________________________________________________% CO2 Hydrocarbon % of Component Recovered in Process Hydrocarbon Streams**in feed Stream CO2 H2 S N2 C1 C2 C3 i-C4 * n-C4 * C5 +__________________________________________________________________________20 Gas 22.8 22.3 98.4 97.9 97.9 10.4 1.8 0.8 0.0220 Liquid 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 89.5 98.2 99.2 10030 Gas 14.7 16.2 97.6 96.8 97.3 12.6 1.8 0.6 0.630 Liquid 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 89.3 97.8 99.2 98.840 Gas 9.0 10.7 96.7 95.8 96.6 12.7 1.7 0.5 0.840 Liquid 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 89.4 98.0 99.2 98.550 Gas 5.2 6.1 96.0 94.8 95.9 11.6 1.5 0.4 0.750 Liquid 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 89.4 98.3 99.2 98.860 Gas 2.9 2.9 91.7 89.8 90.9 9.9 1.2 0.4 0.460 Liquid 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 88.8 98.5 99.3 99.170 Gas 1.6 1.1 83.3 79.9 80.7 8.4 1.0 0.3 0.170 Liquid 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 87.3 98.2 97.3 99.280 Gas 0.9 1.3 75.0 70.4 71.1 7.8 0.9 0.3 0.080 Liquid 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.7 84.4 97.2 95.5 98.690 Gas 0.3 3.6 68.4 63.0 64.2 8.8 0.8 0.2 0.0390 Liquid 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 1.9 79.7 95.0 94.4 96.9__________________________________________________________________________ *i-C4 is isobutane and nC4 is nbutane. **Recovery is expressed as percent of component present in inlet stream.
Cryogenic separation processes are used in the prior art to separate C3 and higher hydrocarbons from methane, ethane and ethylene. The process of this invention offers lower capital cost, lower energy cost, equivalent liquid hydrocarbon recovery, recovery of hydrocarbon gas recovery in a compact processing unit.
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European Stocks Fall to 10-Week Low; Air France, SocGen Decline
June 6 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks retreated for a fourth straight day, pulling the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index to a 10-week low, amid growing concern the global economy is weakening.
Unione di Banche Italiane ScpA and Societe Generale SA slid more than 2 percent as a gauge of banks retreated to the lowest since July. Air France-KLM Group and Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's biggest airlines, fell after a trade group cut the industry's profit forecast.
The Stoxx 600 declined 0.6 percent to 272.16 at the 4:30 p.m. close in London, the lowest since March 22. The gauge has fallen for five consecutive weeks, the longest stretch of losses since July 2008, as U.S. manufacturing and jobs reports fueled concern the economic recovery may falter and as speculation grew that Greece will default on its debt.
"Investors feel like they are in something of a straight jacket at the moment -- on the right arm you have European debt concerns and on the left arm you have U.S. growth," said Richard Hunter, head of U.K. equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Plc in London. "Until we get past both of those concerns, it's difficult to see where a positive catalyst will come from."
National benchmark indexes fell in 14 of the 16 western European markets trading today. Germany's DAX Index slid 0.3 percent, France's CAC 40 lost 0.7 percent, while the U.K.'s FTSE 100 climbed 0.1 percent as mining shares advanced. Sweden and Ireland are closed for a holiday.
Greek Assistance
The European Union and International Monetary Fund last week agreed to pay the next installment to Greece under last year's bailout, paving the way for an upgraded aid package that includes a "voluntary" role for investors.
In Portugal, opposition Social Democrats ousted the ruling Socialists in elections, putting Pedro Passos Coelho in charge of enforcing austerity measures mandated by a 78 billion-euro ($114 billion) bailout. Coelho, who unseated Prime Minister Jose Socrates, said he would seek to forge a governing majority with the third-place People's Party to enact budget cuts that risk worsening an economic slump and 12.4 percent unemployment rate.
UBI, the Italian bank that began a rights offer today, retreated 4 percent to 4.60 euros, France's Societe Generale declined 2.2 percent to 40.09 euros and Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, slid 3.8 percent to 46.90 euros. A measure of banks had the biggest drop among 19 industry groups in the Stoxx 600.
Airlines Fall
Air France slipped 1.4 percent to 11.11 euros and Lufthansa lost 1 percent to 14.54 euros. International Consolidated Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways, fell 3 percent to 229.6 pence.
The International Air Transport Association cut its 2011 industry profit forecast by 54 percent because of higher oil prices, political protests in the Middle East and North Africa, and the Japan earthquake.
EON AG fell 2.2 percent to 18.42 euros and RWE AG slid 0.8 percent to 37.88 euros. Analysts at Commerzbank AG reduced their share-price estimates for Germany's largest utilities by 10 percent "to reflect potential additional burdens" related to the government's decision to exit nuclear power.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet today approved an energy overhaul package that seeks to phase out nuclear energy by the end of 2022 and accelerate the country's turn to renewable resources, the chancellery said in Berlin.
Aegis Advances
Aegis Group Plc climbed 6.9 percent to 151 pence after the U.K. buyer of advertising space said it is in talks about selling its market research unit Synovate to French polling company Ipsos SA.
Bayer AG advanced 1.5 percent to 56.25 euros after Phase III Alsympca trial evaluating its investigational compound radium-223 chloride in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer and bone metastases was found to significantly improve overall survival.
Glencore International Plc gained 2 percent to 515 pence as Deutsche Bank AG initiated coverage of the world's largest listed commodity trader with a "buy" recommendation, saying the stock is undervalued.
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG rose 3.6 percent to 17.96 euros as analysts at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc rated Germany's biggest private broadcaster "buy" in new coverage.
Separately, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported that Permira Holdings Ltd. is under no pressure to sell its stake in the broadcaster, citing the head of the German operations, Joerg Rockenhaeuser.
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It is a bad video but it is the only one I can find that shows Eastern Washington playing on their new red field nicknamed the "Fiery Inferno".
ESPN did a story on this Saturday during College Gameday since they were up in Boise home of the blue turf.
The Fiery Inferno has black endzones with a cool EWU logo with the mascot in the center of the field in Black and White but besides that it is 100 yards of red. Plus they wear red jerseys, red pants, and red helmets. The only white on their uniform is a white strip on the shoulders and the numbers and names.
I got a headache just looking at it and started seeing dots. Boise St head coach Chris Petersonsaid he can't imagine anything uglier then a red field. I completely agree


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Here's a bipartisan effort that we could do without.
Two Republican state senators, Jerry Tillman and Tom Apodaca, have teamed with Democrat Clark Jenkins to introduce Senate Bill 89 for "deferred presentment."
That's code for "payday lending," a predatory short-term loan practice that exploded in North Carolina in the 1990s before the state wisely outlawed it in 2001.
The bill as introduced would amend the Check Cashing Licensing Act so that a check casher/lender could make cash loans of up to $500 for a fee of 15 percent.
Attorney General Roy Cooper made it clear on Thursday that he's vehemently against this effort to revive the practice after he and the office of the Commissioner of Banks fought in the courts to shut down illegal payday lenders. The last one closed in 2006.
Last month, through pressure from Cooper's office and other North Carolina consumer advocates, Regions Bank ceased a short-lived payday-type loan procedure. The bank originally had argued that they could get away with it because it was chartered in another state, but relented.
Now, the General Assembly may be about to throw the door open wide for a return of predatory lending with excessive loan rates with short-term payback.
"This is the same old rip-off we ran out of our state years ago," Cooper said. "These overpriced loans trap borrowers in a cycle of debt many cannot escape. Payday lending was a bad idea then, and it's a bad idea now."
He's right.
North Carolina enjoys the stature of having been the first state to shut down payday lenders. Outlawing this practice saves millions of dollars each year for families that struggle to survive paycheck to paycheck, according to the North Carolina Coalition for Responsible Lending.
As Cooper noted, that bad idea hasn't gotten any better.
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Sunday, July 27, 2008, 12:11 AM - Audio/Video, Mobile Devices, Mobile Computing, Stuff Worth Getting, Videoblog, Podcast
So, my friend Joey at SiteMafia.com gave my name to this guy called Jesse who works at Matchstick, a really cool Canadian company which practices the fine art of 'word-of-mouth-marketing'. They find people to check out interesting products and let their friends know about them. There's no pay involved, but one often gets to keep whatever it is they are reviewing.
In my case, Jesse asked me a long series of careful questions to determine my viewpoints and my eligibility, and I qualified for their ZUNE review program! Now, how cool is that? Do note that not everyone who applies or who is recommended is able to pass the screening, and in this case, only 300 Canadians were admitted to this particular program, so I am honoured to be in very select company.
I have an iPod, a 3G (third generation) one that's about 4 years old, and while it's been pretty good overall and serves a useful purpose, it not that small as these things now go, it doesn't have a colour screen, and it doesn't display pictures, let alone play videos. Being that I was in the market for a new multimedia player, and had had my eye on a second-generation Zune (only just now being available in Canada), this timing on this opportunity was perfect.
There's a big debate on the neutrality of reviewers and the impartiality of their reviews, but I don't believe really a serious problem. People today - especially people interested in gadgets and cutting edge technology - have high standards and they can be pretty cynical. If they don't like something, they say so, sometimes stridently (as many companies have found out). Trust me, no one sells their soul for an MP3 player.
A few months back, when I was speaking at GameCampToronto on the subject of Machinima for Moviestorm, I ran into the uber-cool Jean-Luc who is a Developer Advisor for Microsoft and is involved with their XNA development platform (watch for a future post on this topic). As it happens, he had a couple of the original Zunes with him which he let me explore. At that time, they weren't available here in Canada, but were due to launch in fairly short order, so it was my first hands-on experience with them, and I was very impressed in the short time I was able to play with around.
A lot of people have a lot of bad things to say about Microsoft, but I'm quite a happy user of a great many of their products (Windows XP, Windows CE, Office Suite, etc...). And before the hate mail starts from the panting fanboys/girls, do note that I also have a eMac desktop, and am looking at getting a MacBookPro laptop. Plus, I've had my eye on a Linux-powered eee PC mini-laptop.
I've been quite involved with Pocket PCs and Windows Mobile devices for a long time (although Microsoft is now more about the smartphones than the pocket pcs), even writing print articles and blog posts for Smartphone & Pocket PC Magazine since 2000, as well as serving as a Lead Judge in their Best Software Awards, and being one of their forum moderators. And while those positions are unpaid, they have served to raise my profile in the mobile computing industry, and have lead to a number of paid gigs over the years.
While waiting for my Zune 2 to arrive - there were a few hiccups, due to FedEX oddly not being able to find my delivery address - I signed up for ChatThreads, and started spreading the word. I also spent quite a bit of time checking out the official sites, including Zune.ca and ZuneNews.ca to really familiarize myself with the product and the community.
When it comes to handheld devices, my specialty is mobile video, and I made sure to let everyone know when Give-Away-of-the-Day offered a special program to help people convert their videos to the Zune movie formats. I was also trying to decide how else to let people know my thoughts about the Zune beyond just writing a few blog posts, and showing them in person. Following the suggestion of my friend, Mitch, I decided to go ahead and do an unboxing video using my new Sanyo Xacti camera.
So there I was a short while ago shooting it, and lo and behold, I hear this little beep and realize that I just ran out of battery power. That never happens to me, but there's a first time for everything. And since I had been cutting and ripping the packaging, I couldn't really start over, so I decided to do part one and part two, so without further ado:
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While I was waiting for the second video to encode to FLV format, I made a nice wallpaper, my very first one.
Just right click on it to download it. To install it to your Zune, follow these steps:
- On your Zune, select pictures
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Thursday, July 17, 2008, 12:28 AM - Audio/Video, Stuff Worth Getting
A few weeks ago, I was on the Dell.ca site and noticed that they had a sweet sale - almost C$100.00 off - on a waterproof digital video camera, so I decided to go for it.
It's a Sanyo Xacti VPC-E2BL, and shoots on an SD card. I already have a Sony mini-DV camera, but I have to say that it's a lot simpler to just take out the card and pop it into the computer than it is to hook up the Sony and transfer everything off the tape. I found out a bit later that reading the supposedly universal .mp4 format that it was shooting in was a bit problematic for me. I should have been able to play it in my QuickTimePro, but it didn't. Not sure why, but I was able to view it in good old stalwart, VLC.
Still, this little problem might not bode well if I can't edit the videos on my windows machines. True, I have an eMac over in the corner that I don't use much, and I am getting a MacBookPro in a month or two, but still. It came with Adobe Elements Premiere 4, maybe I'll try loading that up in the next short while, and giving it a go. Sigh, yet another program to learn, as if I didn't already have a long enough list.
So, back to the Xacti: It's quite a sleek unit and I really like how it fits in my hand, but it's hard to get used to not using earphones to monitor the recording. Doing that was really drilled into me in class. Using it is quite a different experience from the cameras I used to shoot my show, and do my freelance work with. It's lightweight and fun, almost like a toy, but it actually shoots very nicely. It also shoots stills, and very uniquely, it can do so while I am shooting video. And it's blue, my favourite colour (heh, heh). I found an old holster-style case that I got years ago at a conference and it fits nicely. Yeah, I know, kinda geeky wearing it around my waist.
Using this little camera, I recorded my first videoblog post and it came out quite well I thought. No editing was required. I've already been playing around with the settings, and I guess I'll have a look at the manual and pick up some tips. I like that it's small enough to fit in my back pocket. I think it would be a good idea to start taking it everywhere as one never knows when there might be something good.
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- Waterproof CameraCorder *
- 8 Megapixel digital still photos
- 5x optical zoom lens (up to 60x with digital zoom)
- 2.5-inch Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) with rotation up to 285 degrees (for self-portrait photo and video)
- Advanced MPEG-4 VC/H.264 video compression reduces file size up to 25% smaller than that of typical MPEG-4 files
- Full motion video up to 1.25 hours on a standard SD card and up to 10 hours of full motion video on an 8 GB SDHC memory card (TV-HQ mode)
- Face detection (up to 12 faces for still photos and 6 faces for video
- Ergonomical designed for single-hand operation
- Records both digital stills and video onto SD/SDHC memory card
- Simultaneous still image capture while shooting video
- New underwater scene mode for better colour in underwater photos and video
- Image stabilizer
- Full-range digital stereo recording
- In-camera editing (correct or delete portion of video clips without a computer)
- Itunes-Friendly MPEG4 video files can be directly imported into iTunes software and easily transferred to video-capable iPod®,and other portable digital media players
- Webcam function
- Super fast start-up @ approx 1.7 seconds!
- Taking navigation for first-time users
- Simple or sophisticated menu option
- Sequential photo setting up to 10 photos@ 5fps
- Total connectivity to TV, VCR, DVD Recorder and/or PC
- Bundled with Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 for movie editing and DVD authoring
Saturday, September 9, 2006, 03:24 AM - Videos Worth Screening, Audio/VideoMobile Jam Fest is an event based in Toronto, Canada which is being billed as the world's first international mobile youth film festival.
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From September 4th to November 30th, young people can upload videos they've shot with either their cameras or mobile phones to MobileJamFest.com. Audiences will be able to view the videos online and then vote on them.


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We write to correct inaccuracies in the July 26 story "States voting rights challenged."
First, and to paraphrase noted constitutional lawyer Armand Derfner in this paper two years ago, "States don't have [voting] rights, people do."
Our right to vote is the one constitutional right that guarantees all others and gives all eligible Americans the power to express their views on how we are governed. States with a history of discriminating against voters and suppressing their right to vote, including South Carolina, have been required, under the Voting Rights Act (VRA), to submit all changes to voting laws to the federal government to ensure that such discrimination does not recur. The VRA was reauthorized by an overwhelming majority in Congress in 2006. In 2011, it protected South Carolina voters when the state ratified its photo ID law. A three-judge panel for U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard hours of testimony about the law's potential impact on the many South Carolina registered voters who lack photo ID.
Your story reported U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder stating that "the Voting Rights Act prompted South Carolina to change the way its new voting statute would be implemented in future elections to eliminate what would have been dramatic discriminatory effect." But according to S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson, "The court in no way changed the substance of South Carolina's Voter ID law, and upheld the law based upon the 'reasonable impediment' provision adopted by the legislature." AG Wilson's assertion that AG Holder's interpretation of the federal court's action was "categorically wrong" does not correspond to our recollection or the court's ruling.
Let's be clear: The law that was pre-cleared by the court for elections beginning in 2013 differs substantially from the measure signed by Gov. Nikki Haley. In order to get the law pre-cleared under Section 5 of the VRA, the state agreed to be bound by an expansive interpretation of the "reasonable impediment" provision.
South Carolina's new law does not require a voter to possess a photo ID to vote. The law allows anyone without a photo ID to vote on a paper ballot by simply stating the reason they did not get their photo ID. Even though the statute requires that such a voter sign an affidavit, the state assured the court that the statement could be witnessed by any poll workers and did not require the availability of a notary public.
According to the ruling, the individual voter — not the poll manager or county commission — determines the reasonableness of the excuse for not possessing a photo ID. So long as the reason given by the voter is not a lie, an individual voter may express any one of many reasons why he or she has not obtained a photo ID. Any voter stating a reasonable impediment casts a special provisional ballot that must be counted unless there is evidence of falsity.
Our legal challenge to South Carolina's photo ID law was a successful application of the preclearance requirement that demonstrated the VRA's potency in protecting minority voters and the courts' flexibility and restraint in applying Section 5 to covered states. As Congress recognized in 2006 when it reenacted the preclearance requirement, strong federal law remains necessary to ensure that Americans can exercise the right to vote free from racial discrimination. Unfortunately, in June 2013, in a huge blow to democracy, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the coverage formula used in Section 4 of the VRA.
In an interview with The Washington Post (July 26, 2013), Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg said: "The notion that because the Voting Rights Act had been so tremendously effective we had to stop it didn't make any sense to me." Ginsburg said in her dissent that discarding the law was "like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."
What was crucial about the VRA before the high court ruling was that it blocked discriminatory voting laws before they went into effect. Outside of the voting context, most anti-discrimination laws operate after discrimination has occurred — say, if your employer pays you less because you're a woman or you're gay, you often sue afterward, and then, if you prove your case, you get awarded back pay.
That kind of process doesn't work in the elections context — there are no election do-overs. This is why it is so vital to prevent discriminatory voting laws before they are implemented. Since the Supreme Court's decision, voters who suffer discrimination will generally only be able to sue after their rights have been infringed — and, even if they prove their case, we all will still have to live with the results of an unfair and unlawful election.
The VRA protected the voting rights of hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians and in doing so protected the very foundation of our great democracy. In its decision, the Supreme Court left open a path for Congress to rework and restore the VRA. We call on Congress, voting rights advocates and state and local government officials to do all in their power to protect our democracy and the right to vote.
JoAnne Day is co-president of the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. Victoria Middleton is executive director of the ACLU of South Carolina.
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In "The Son's Veto" by Thomas Hardy, what does the son veto?
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he refuses to let his mother marry sam
Yes exactly. Randolph metaphorically insults her mother and in such a way that it was clearly understood that the Son wasnt allowing Sophy to marry Sam.
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in this story, son's veto refers the power of son over mother as he is highly educated and he gave this credit to his father. mother was not educated thats why he gave no importance to her as she was ill literate .. and whenever she had a wish to do something she asked her son and take permission from her son.
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I want to start by saying that I followed this guide to the letter and everything works, thank you for that.
My question, however, is about my media. I Followed this guide to play GC backups later, when I get my financial aid money and can buy verbatim dvd-r discs. I got impatient and burned a multiISO disk on my Ridata DVD+R discs and with the exception of what I assume was a bad dump of one game, they all work! I know the recommended media, but I was wondering if there was a reason my media worked. Was it... 1) A Lucky batch of DVD's? or 2) A lucky burner or lucky wii (launch season)? It's not important, I was just wondering if anyone knew. Thank you.
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Any DVD -R/+R media can be used, not DVD RW media. Some say that the +R reduces the life of the Wii DVD laser, I don't believe that, as long as you use a good media, such as TY or Verbatim. I would believe that cheap media will wear out the laser before a +R Verbatim would. Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim (with the AZO dye) will last forever if burned and stored properly, the cheap media could go bad after a few weeks or last for years, it's just hard to tell with the cheap media. Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim (AZO) are known for archiving abilities. With the cheaper media (all others), they are produced with one thing in mind, $$ profits $$, quantity over quality, some can be bad right out of the package. If you know how to burn a disc correctly then you shouldn't have a problem with most discs that are found in retail outlets, I have seen some really bad media (longten) for sale on the internet.
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I wish that cMIOSv4 could be changed to v14, so that discs wouldn't insist on updating if you don't have Priiloader hacks enabled. You should have Priiloader, of course, but it becomes a requirement once you install cMIOS.
"Macs are the Perfect Computers," said the Perfect Idiot.
The cMIOS installer (from the first post) gives you the option to install the cMIOS with a higher version number if you choose to.
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My review of BloodRayne for the Game Cube. BloodRayne is made by Majesco Games in association with Terminal Reality. My review is below: Well this game is the first game I bought and it is Rayne that got me back to playing video games since I had the Sega Genesis. Thanks Rayne and Majesco for doing that. Rayne is a half-human/half-vampire hybrid known as a dhampir. BloodRayne is the first game where she starts her never ending quest to find and kill Kagan her father. This game ta...0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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the year is 1930-ish WWII is approaching and you are agent bloodrayne a sexy dhampire who's gonna kill all the nazi's but first you might want to kill so mutants in louisiana heres my review of bloodrayne.if i had to list the top games that were the most fun bloodrayne would rank somewhere near #1 this game is pretty much everything you want in a video game. gameplay is simple find enemies kill them in various ways and move on the game is very short which makes it better because a long game w...0 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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If you are still having a period each month, you have several choices of hormonal therapy:
- tamoxifen
- treatments that stop your ovaries from making estrogen (ovary shutdown)
- tamoxifen AND ovary shutdown
- Megace (chemical name: megestrol)
- Halotestin (chemical name: fluoxymesterone)
Tamoxifen is usually the first choice, followed by treatments that stop your ovaries from making estrogen:
- surgical removal of the ovaries
- radiation treatment to stop the ovaries from working
- the drugs Zoladex (chemical name: goserelin acetate), Lupron (chemical name: leuprolide), or Trelstar (chemical name: triptorelin), which are injected into the muscle
Get as much information about these options as you can so that you can discuss them with your doctor.
Hormonal therapies that are now used only occasionally are Megace and Halotestin:
- Megace, a progesterone-like hormonal therapy, is generally less effective than tamoxifen, and causes bloating and weight gain. But it still can be highly effective in some women.
- Halotestin is a male hormone that is not as effective as tamoxifen and Megace. It also causes facial hair growth and other masculine traits to develop. Despite its unpleasant side effects, halotestin can be very beneficial for some women because it can increase their numbers of red blood cells.
Premenopausal women who have had treatments to shut down their ovaries or who have gone into early menopause as a side effect of chemotherapy have some other options. These women can use hormonal therapies that are only for postmenopausal women:
- Arimidex (chemical name: anastrozole), Femara (chemical name: letrozole) or Aromasin (chemical name: exemestane)
- Faslodex (chemical name: fulvestrant)
Postmenopausal options
Very often, treatments for breast cancer stop the menstrual cycle temporarily. If you have not been menstruating for several months after treatment ends, you may think you have gone into menopause. But that's not necessarily the case. Your doctor must test you to be sure that you are in fact postmenopausal. If you are, you have a greater variety of options for hormonal treatment:
- Arimidex (chemical name: anastrozole)
- Femara (chemical name: letrozole)
- Aromasin (chemical name: exemestane)
- tamoxifen (if you have never before been treated with it)
- Faslodex (chemical name: fulvestrant), an ERD (or estrogen receptor down-regulator)
- Fareston (chemical name: toremifene), which is very closely related to tamoxifen
- Megace (chemical name: megestrol)
- Halotestin (chemical name: fluoxymesterone)
- some combination of the above therapies
All these treatments are medicines that you take as a daily pill except for Faslodex, which is given as a monthly injection.
It's helpful to have so many choices, but which one do you consider first?
For over 20 years, tamoxifen was the best medicine available. But recent studies have shown that, in women who are postmenopausal, the aromatase inhibitors work better than tamoxifen. "Better" means more effective with fewer side effects. So, if you are faced with hormone-receptor-positive (ER+ or PR+) metastatic breast cancer, probably the best medicine to try first is one of the three aromatase inhibitors:
- Arimidex (chemical name: anastrozole)
- Femara (chemical name: letrozole)
- Aromasin (chemical name: exemestane)
These three aromatase inhibitors haven't yet been compared to one another in a study, so we don't know if one is any better than the others. Which one you use first depends on your doctor's recommendation, medicines you may have already used, and how well you tolerate one medicine compared to the others.
Tamoxifen may still be a good option after Femara, Arimidex, or Aromasin. If this doesn't work, then Faslodex is the next best choice. Doctors have less experience with Faslodex, but one study found it was as effective as Arimidex in postmenopausal women who no longer respond to tamoxifen.
Combining tamoxifen with Arimidex provides no extra benefit and may result in more side effects. Researchers are testing the effectiveness of Arimidex combined with Faslodex, but results are not yet available.
When to switch
If you have metastatic disease and are doing well with a hormonal treatment, stick with it for as long as it works well and the side effects are acceptable to you. Hormonal therapy may be able to produce excellent results, with relatively mild side effects. But if the cancer comes back, enlarges, or spreads while you are taking this medication, it should be stopped. Cancer cells may have figured out how to grow despite the medication. They may have even learned to thrive on it. In this case, sometimes simply stopping the medication helps by "starving" the tumor.
Your doctor will probably also recommend you try a different hormonal therapy. Most women with hormone-receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer will use different hormonal therapies over time—usually one at a time. You stick with what works, only changing to another if the cancer gets worse.
Side effects of hormonal treatments
All hormonal therapies can cause a "flare" reaction shortly after they are started. This is a temporary increase of pain or increased calcium levels in the blood as the tumor reacts to being starved of what it needs to grow. Although uncomfortable, the flare reaction is a sign that the treatment is working. About two out of 10 women have this flare reaction, which pain medicines can help relieve. Symptoms usually occur within the first month of treatment and go away within two months.
Hormonal treatments can also cause a number of menopause-like symptoms, including:
- hot flashes
- vaginal dryness
- pain during sex
- mood swings
You can deal with menopausal side effects in a variety of ways, some medical and some involving lifestyle change.
The aromatase inhibitors and the medications and surgery that shut down the ovaries are all associated with mild bone loss during treatment. Bone strength can be monitored before treatment and throughout, as needed. You can also get bone-strengthening medicines to protect and build bone strength.
In rare cases, tamoxifen has been associated with blood clots and cancer of the uterus or its lining. But studies show that the benefits of the treatment far outweigh these risks for most women.
Next step
Eventually—months or many years from now—the cancer may progress despite hormonal therapy. At this point you may be offered chemotherapy. Some women continue with their hormonal therapy and add chemotherapy. Others stop hormonal therapy when they start chemotherapy. Herceptin, alone or with chemotherapy, or new treatments not yet on the market may also be an option.
And remember, scientists are actively investigating new and effective drugs with fewer side effects for tomorrow.
Hormonal therapies may take a few months to give you a response. Having estrogen or progesterone receptors in your metastatic breast cancer cells usually predicts a good response to hormonal (anti-estrogen) therapy. In general, the more receptors you have, the better your response to hormonal therapy will be:
- If both estrogen and progesterone receptors are positive, your chance of responding to hormonal therapy is about 70%.
- If only the estrogen or the progesterone receptors are positive, your chance of responding is about 33%.
- If your receptor status is unknown, there is still a 10% chance that your condition will improve.
The chance of an encouraging response also increases if you are older and if at least two years have passed between the time when you were first diagnosed with breast cancer and when it came back.


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One of my favorite Interior Design Trends of 2010 was black painted walls. The dark look came around in 2010 in the form of chalkboard paint, wallcovering, paint, wood and fabric. Black paint is a sexy and sophisticated way to upgrade a space. It is bold, crisp and able to transform a room for ordinary to extrordinary! It can be used as an accent wall to showcase artwork, glassware, dishes, frames, furniture or lighting…. basically anything with texture or visual interest. This color is especially great at showing off delicate textural items in white or bright colors.
Black is about high contrast and making a statement. Ultra glossy paint, matte paint and textural wallpaper are great options but they play up very different feels. Remember they are just walls and you can always repaint or recover the walls if you get tired or overwhelmed with a color.
Dining rooms and bathrooms do very well with darker colors as deeper tones can provide a far more cozy and sensual experience, particularily in candlelight. Consider mixing the noir walls with warm gold, orange or red tones for a warm intimate feel.
Black and white are the perfect pairing. White trim can define a space and add the contrast required to freshen the intensity of black. Large scale white furniture, lighting, picture frames or mirrors can be used instead of trim to achieve the same balance of dark and light in a space and can make the room feel bright and clean.
Versace fashioned a fabulous set of residences at the Park Plaza in New York with dramatic black and white interiors. This photo is what sold me on black walls for good. Very clean and chic for a contemporary twist to traditional moldings and trim work.
Bathrooms and powder rooms can have a higher class feel, sense of mystery and refinement simply by adding black to the walls and/or tiles. This bathroom I found on Contemporist from the Vine Hotel in Madeira Portugal. Consider using high gloss finishes like Thermofoil, glass mosaics, ceramics or waxed or foil wall coverings to achieve a reflective and super glossy shine for your high profile space.
I think we will still see more dark walls in Interior Design trends of 2011 but they may be more deeper shades of color rather than black. Personally I am going to keep both black and grey walls in my repertoire of paint colors for the next few years as both shades offer so much potential in a variety of styles.


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In response to georom4's comment:
In response to Joebreidey's comment:
Grienke is a ROY and Cy Young award winner...how many sox pitchers have those credentials? ben is just too chickenchit to pull the trigger....seems like he has great success so far but ben is a "glass is half empty kind of guy"
Lots of guys win CY awards. Peavey, Carpenter, and Colon for example. Should we go after them simply because they won the CY? In the 3 years since the CY, Greinke has had a 3.83 ERA, with a 1.215 Whip.
1-The 3.83 makes him #50 in BB over the past 3 years.
2-He is 1-12 on the road against the ALE.
3-His ERA at the old YS is a solid 8.82, while his ERA at the new YS is 31.50.
4-His playoff ERA is 6.48.
Care to comment on items 1-4?
those are selective stats that indicate nothing/who was he pitching for? what kind of teams did he have?...why not cite the big picture? who is better than him in the sox rotation? you are coming off a 69 win season and you are going to make your decision on what his era was in two away ballparks with the two best hitting teams in the game? sounds like more ben voodoo risk aversion
No it sounds like using data to make a decision.
There are a lot of pitchers who would make the rotation an upgrade, cinsidering we got a ton of starts out of Aaron Cook. The idea of spending for the sake of spending got us guys like Renteria, Crawford, Lugo, Clement, etc. The idea of spending smartly got us Manny, although he was one of the biggest no-brainer's in free agent history. Is Greinke a Crawford or is he a Manny? If you aer going to commit over $120mill to a player, you probably should know this.
There are plenty of guys who could help the Sox next season and beyond, and all of them are still available.


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STARKVILLE, Miss.--Student Association President Michael Hogan and Mississippi State mathematics instructor Kimberly "Kim" Walters are Mississippi State's 2014 HEADWAE student and faculty honorees.
An acronym for Higher Education Appreciation Day, Working for Academic Excellence, the program has been held since 1987. Administered by the Board of Trustees, State Institutions of High Learning, the event annually recognizes individuals on campuses "who have made outstanding contributions in promoting academic excellence."
Joining students and faculty members from 34 Mississippi public and private institutions, Hogan and Walters travel to Jackson Tuesday [Feb. 18] to visit and tour the state capitol, where they will be recognized formally by the Mississippi Legislature.
The honorees also will be recognized at a luncheon at the nearby Marriott Hotel.
A senior management major from Memphis, Tenn., Hogan said on-campus involvement has been the backbone of his four-year experience at MSU. He has been a member of the Division of Student Affairs' Roadrunner student recruiting team and a leader in its year-round orientation program for new students. Before being elected last year to lead the Student Association, he served as a Career Center Student Ambassador and chief programming officer for the SA Executive Council.
The vice presidency of the Interfraternity Council's executive council and philanthropy chairmanship for Phi Delta Theta fraternity are among his other leadership roles.
Hogan said he feels "Mississippi State University views its students as more than a number on a grade scale."
He added, "As an out-of-state student, winning this award is a huge honor. I have been given so many incredible blessings throughout this year and receiving an award that is accompanied with such honor is truly icing on the cake.
"With so many well-rounded students on our campus, being selected to receive this award adds the benefit of being able to represent those great students in a new light," Hogan said.
A faculty member since 1995, Walters was selected in 2010 for the MSU State Pride Faculty Award and, in 2013, the John Grisham Master Teacher Award. She is a mathematics graduate of MSU who also holds a master's degree in the subject from the University of Alabama at Huntsville.
In describing the HEADWAE award's meaning for her, Walters said Mississippi State "is not only where I work, but it is also my alma mater.
"To be selected to represent this institution is a great honor," she continued. "I hope that I have a positive impact on the students that I teach, and I hope that they see math as something in which they can be successful."
Walters primarily provides instruction to freshmen. In that critical role, she said she strives "to give them a good introduction to college courses and to Mississippi State, in general. I want them to see teachers as resources that still will be available to them after they complete their course."
To learn more about the HEADWAE program, visit www.mississippi.edu/headwae.
Information about MSU can be found at www.msstate.edu.


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Below is the poem entitled The Land Of Milk And Honey which was written by poet
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Within the year crusades began,
led by the noblest of the land.
Hugh Vermandois was first to arrive,
with an huge army at his command.
Godfrey and Baldwin arrived next,
as well as Robert of Normandy.
Bound by their God and Holy Pope,
to save World's Christianity.
Across Turkey the armies marched,
to Nicaea, where Peter had died.
Then onto Antioch they swarmed,
where bible and sword would collide.
From Antioch on to Jerusalem,
where little resistance was met.
The crusaders marched without fear,
or any imminent threat.
At the gates of Jerusalem,
the tale would too soon turn.
As the crusaders camped outside,
of a call to arms they'd learn.
What up until that moment in time,
was accomplished without much deed.
To take Jerusalem it now seemed,
would take much bloodshed to succeed.
So the Crusaders surrounded the city,
reinforced with supplies that arrived..
Soon the walls would slowly crumble,
leaving only crusaders left alive..
They slaughtered Jews in the synagogue,
and all Muslims in the Dome.
Through the streets of Jerusalem,
the crusaders in victory did roam.
Upon the steps of the Holy Seplechre,
the Christian's gave their praise.
For there was no on left alive,
no objection could they raise.
Soon the Christians assumed the throne,
with Godfrey being named its King.
Many years of successive line,
to the Holy Land they'd bring.
Over time there would be uprisings,
many battles would be fought.
But the Christians maintained control,
no matter how much death it brought.
The line passed through the years,
eventually to Amury it did go.
But before long, his thirteen year old son
was the king they'd come to know.
For Amury was convinced,
that Egypt should follow suit.
To Christianity and away,
from uncivilized Muslim root.
But the Holy land had a new leader
and Saladin had other plans
He took Jerusalem back again,
and in triumph regained the lands.
This would not be the end,
for the war had just begun.
The battle for the Holy Lands
would see more blood freely run.
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The Caine Prize for African Writing is Africa's leading literary prize, and is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere.
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This diary/planner combines a practical weekly diary with images of action and activism – an exciting collection of photos and illustrations to reflect the cultural richness of our world.
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Embark on a mind-expanding journey across the planet. Your guide is earth enthusiast and TV presenter Nick Crane. Your map-maker is artist David Dean.
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Melody J. Lowery
Melody J. Lowery, age 51, of Kensington, died Friday, June 1, 2012, at her
home following a battle with cancer.
Born Oct. 27, 1960, in Alliance, she was a daughter of Bryan and Barbara (West) Grubbs.
Melody had been employed at the Essex of Salem as a STNA for six years. She
was a member of Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by her parents; two sons, Scott (Aneissa) Randal and Cody
Lowery; a daughter, Kaley Lowery; a sister, Marsha (John) Rutledge; and a
brother, Rusty (Lisa) Grubbs.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Frank and Evelyn Grubbs, and AJ
and Evie West.
Services will be held Monday, June 4 at 8 p.m. at Stark Memorial Funeral Home with Pastor Tom Allmon officiating. Calling hours will be held Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home prior to the services.
This obituary may be viewed online at www.starkmemorial.com.
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This pudding is reminiscent of fruitcake or panettone but are incredibly creamy.
1/2 cup spiced rum
2 tbsp packed brown sugar
1/3 cup finely diced dried apricots
1/3 cup coarsely chopped dried cherries
1/4 cup dried currants
1-1/2 cups 18% table cream
1 cup 10% half-and-half cream
2 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch salt
3 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
8 cups 1/2" cubed egg bread (challah) (about half a 22 oz. loaf)
1/2 cup orange marmalade with peel
Step 1: Preheat oven to 325ºF.
Step 2: In small saucepan, heat rum and brown sugar to simmer. Turn off heat. Stir in apricots, cherries and currants. Cover and let fruit soak at least 30 minutes.
Step 3: Meanwhile, in another pot, bring table cream and half-and-half cream to simmer. Remove from heat. Add vanilla and salt; set aside.
Step 4: In large heatproof bowl, whisk together eggs and granulated sugar. Gradually whisk in hot cream mixture.
Step 5: Add bread cubes to cream mixture, tossing gently to coat. Let stand 20 minutes, gently folding mixture after 10 minutes to ensure that bread is evenly moistened.
Step 6: Divide bread mixture among 12 1/2-cup ramekins. Top each with a spoonful of rum-soaked fruit and a spoonful of marmalade. Push a spoon into the centre of each pudding, partially submerging the fruit and marmalade. (Puddings can be prepared ahead to this point, covered and refrigerated overnight).
Step 7: Bake in a bain-marie (a baking pan filled with water halfway up outsides of ramekins) for 35 minutes or until bread begins to turn golden. Serve warm or chilled.
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To start flume please ensure the following:
– You need to create a flume.conf based on your needs. Since the purpose of Flume is to transfer event data from point A to point B, it does not make sense to have a predefined flume config to be shipped as part of HDP.
– On Windows : HDP Flume installation creates a flume service (see windows service manager). This service is turned off by default (for same reason mentioned above). Assuming Flume is installed in c:\hdp\flume, create a c:\hdp\flume\conf\flume.conf to suit your needs and start the Flume service. The Windows service will automatically pick up the.
The flume windows service basically starts flume agent as follows:
flume-ng.cmd agent -f path/conf/flume.conf -n agent
So ensure that your agent name inside flume.conf is 'agent'


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