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Friday, March 01, 2013
I have figured out two things in the ups and downs of dieting. Without determination you fail to have the sheer willpower to avoid the endless onslaught of bad choices. Without willpower to say no, you are on a runaway train with no way off until, ultimately you give up. The second thing is triggers. Everyone has them. Identifying them is the next step in to creating a healthy lifestyle.
I have three personal triggers. First is that i'm narcoleptic so when I am tired, I eat. The pitfall here is that i'm too tired to heat something up, so it is whatever is easy to eat and quick. More often than not it is a carb loaded food or it's sugar. So eliminating most junk from the cupboards is essential.
My second is that I'm addicted to diet coke. I am just like a smoker trying to quit his cigarettes. On again off again. I just keep trying. I'll do great for weeks and no longer feel the physical withdrawal symptoms and then suddenly we go out to dinner and there it is. One sip and i'm back on the roller coaster ride. I've developed a recent enjoyment of Vanilla Chai tea so hopefully I can substitute the addiction.
My third trigger is my husband. He likes to snack at night while we watch tv. I don't NEED to but when he starts in on his snack, it's like it is a silent permission to have something and then suddenly it's all that I can think about till I give in.
After my last disaster of losing my motivation and determination I put on 40 more pounds. I've lost only two so far but it's only been a couple days. I began tracking exactly what I eat yesterday. So this morning here in the wee hours of the night, I set up my meals for today. It is a little tough to find the right balance. I find i'm either too high in fat or too high in carbs all while too low in calories overall. Being so large I don't know how low to cut my calories down and still be healthy so it's trial by error. I've come to several conclusions, first of which is the need to eliminate most processed food. I've left whole wheat breads and veggie pasta but that's about it. I have PCOS and unnatural foods are bad.
I need to adjust to the new eating patterns and then I plan to start working on my exercise goals. I bought a fitbit and LOVE it! It really shows just how sedentary I can get during the day. This weekend i'll do a before picture and take measurements to track progress. When I finally get to 300, I know i'm on the right track.
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Artie Shaw: Sweet Lorraine
Sweet Lorraine
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
The Chant (HEP Records)
Artie Shaw (clarinet), Buddy Morrow (trombone), George Wettling (drums),
Lee Castaldo, Zeke Zarchey (trumpet); Jerry Gray, Frank Siegfield (violin), Sam Persoff (viola), Bill Schumann (cello), Tony Pastor (tenor sax), Joe Lippman (piano), Tony Gattuso (guitar), Ben Ginsberg (bass).
Composed by Cliff Burwell and Mitchell Parish.
Recorded: December 23, 1936
Rating: 79/100 (learn more)
This Lorraine is too sweet for my taste. The string arrangement creates a genteel, afternoon-tea type of mood. Listening to this tepid chart, one could easily forget that the Swing Era had kicked the previous year. There is not much swing on this track. Shaw offers a melodic solo, and when he gets a two-bar break with 25 seconds left in the performance, he tiptoes across it like he is carrying grandma's precious china. Shaw could be a compelling soloist when he was so inclined. But on this date, he never worked up a sweat.
Reviewer: Ted Gioia
Tags: 1930s jazz · clarinet · sweet lorraine
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Tajikistan regions still at war
By Shavkat Kasymov
Fifteen years have passed since a peace agreement which ended a five-year long civil war in Tajikistan. Fought between regional groups and the national government of president Rahmon Nabiyev, the conflict killed between 50,000 and 100,000 and displaced more than a million.
Presidential elections scheduled for the fall offer an opportunity to reflect on the disastrous civil conflict and the need for a more inclusive political system, as well as for more balanced economic and social policies for all ethnic groups.
Understanding Tajikistan's regional groups is crucial to understanding the country's continuing internal tensions. Recent instances of violence shed light on the ongoing animosity between regional identities in Tajikistan and their struggle to increase their stakes in state institutions, maximize social influence and
improve access to scarce economic and social opportunities.
For instance, last summer, government troops launched a special operation against an armed group led by Tolib Ayembekov in a mountainous part of Gorno-Badakhshan - locally known as Pamir - the region that launched the uprising in 1992 that led to the five-year civil war.
Militants from Ayembekov's group were suspects in the murder of Major General Abdullah Nazarov, head of the regional security services committee, who was dragged out of his car and stabbed on July 21. Nazarov was a Kulyabi, the main tribal-ethnic foe of the Pamiri and Gharmi people during the civil conflict in 1992-97 and the ruling elite in government.
In an effort to somehow contain the regionalism and separatist impulses that are prevalent in Pamir, Tajik authorities have placed native Kulyabi officials in top regional security posts. Pamir natives saw last year's assault by the special security forces as act of revenge for Ayembekov's death.
The outbreak of violence in the region was merely the latest link in a chain of events that underline the fragility of the status quo in Tajikistan.
Another example that highlights the regional-tribal divide was an incursion in 1998 by Tajik dissident Makhmud Khudoyberdiev and an army of 800 men from Uzbekistan. Local residents helped Khuydoberdiev's supporters leave the area when they started a fierce firefight with the presidential guard.
Widespread sympathy for supporters of the rebel colonel came to the fore after presidential guard soldiers robbed the local population under the guise of fighting the invading gunmen. During three days of the clashes between the presidential guard and rebel forces, almost all shops in the city were looted, forcing local residents to take up improvised arms to protect their own homes. Dozens of local residents joined the group led by Khudoyberdiev before the uprising was crushed.
Faced with a growing population, and limited resources and jobs, the leadership in Tajikistan needs to either loosen its grip on power or embrace a more flexible regional strategy based on teamwork.
Though difficult to accomplish, an inclusive approach is more likely to lead to long-term stability. However, the leadership tends to prefer rallying around the interests of the Kulyabi. This risks antagonizing rival regions further even to the point of sparking another civil war.
All coercion, no compromise
The primary explanation for an absence of major violence since 1997 is that the Kulyabi political elite has been able to circumvent any significant challenges to its hegemony by other regional groups, whether Pamiris, Gharmis, Qurghon-Teppaginis or Khujandis.
The 2012 events in Pamir province clearly illustrate the reluctance of President Emomali Rahmon to look for a compromise or listen to the demands of other groups despite their abject poverty and the institutional exclusion that has prevented a full-fledged process of national reconciliation.
The regime has pursued a strategy of authoritarian rule, and dictating a vision of security and national identity based on political coercion and surveillance - to the detriment of the commitments made in the peace agreement 15 years ago.
As the present-day system of political and social relations is based largely on the dominance of one regional group over all the others, it resembles the situation during the Soviet era, when the Khujandi bureaucracy usurped the higher echelons of power for decades and neglected the needs of other regional leaders.
However, the Khujandis were able to stay at the helm of the Tajik state for nearly half a century during the Soviet era because of the political and material support they received from Moscow.
During the early 1990s, conflict between the pro-communist government and opposition groups was sparked by the Perestroika reforms initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev, which introduced fundamental changes in the process of power struggle by enabling candidates from other regions to compete for leadership positions while representing opposition movements.
The Kulyabis and Khujandis on one side and Gharmis and Pamiris on the other were involved in the conflict that erupted as the Khujandis' monopoly on power became increasingly contested by the opposition and their leaders, the natives of Pamir and Gharm.
It is thus appropriate to view civil conflict in Tajikistan, or elsewhere, as a direct consequence of undemocratic governance and political coercion.
The future of Tajikistan will depend not on how well the leadership suppresses the impulses of regionalism or the aspirations of rival political actors, but rather on whether a consensus will be found that meets the needs of all regional identities in Tajikistan.
In light of the upcoming presidential elections, it is important that democratic institutions are strengthened and more attention is paid to a more equitable distribution of economic and administrative resources among regional groups.
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I tell her people are still fascinated by her love affair with the singer Tracy Chapman in the mid-1990s. Moments earlier she had said firmly but politely that she didn't want to answer any questions about her family life … So I was surprised to see her face light up at the mention of Chapman. "Yeah I loved it too. Absolutely." So why did they decide against using their relationship to make a big social impact like other celebrity lesbian couples, such as Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche, have in the past? The idea seems to amuse her. "I would never do that. My life is not to be somebody else's impact — you know what I mean?"Wait … Alice Walker is going on the record about having an affair with Tracy Chapman in THE GUARDIAN? Be sure to catch next week's Oprah to see if you can register the note of quiet betrayal; check out YouTube for inevitable Rosie clip. No Retreat [The Guardian]


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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
October: Stack-a-holic Template Challenge
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I didn't have time to play last month but will do my best this time! last month was the first time I missed the stack-a-holic challenge. so sad :( hope I get to do this one!ReplyDelete
I am DIGGIN this sketch, I can't wait to play. What adorable photos of your boy, so cute!ReplyDelete
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So cute -- the layout and your son!ReplyDelete
SUPER cute! Love the colors and your lo! Can't wait to create!ReplyDelete
Such a fun one Erin! I love how you outlined each of your background squares! Such a nice touch! I can't wait to play along this month!ReplyDelete
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Hi Erin...your son's LO is just adorable!! I absolutely love and am addicted to DCWV paper stacks..and get this... I just picked up the Ghosts & Goblins stack today and I cannot wait to "play" with these new awesome papers. I think I will use them for this sketch challenge...better get to scrappin : )ReplyDelete
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How cute is your page! Love those papers! Can't wait to get started on this one!ReplyDelete
I love the versatility of this stack and those colors are so fun. Cute layout. Hoping to get a chance to play along this month.ReplyDelete
Very Fun sketch! I'm excited to play along again.ReplyDelete
Cute sketch and an adorable kid. Glad to play along again! Thanks for the challenge!ReplyDelete
Erin, i love this layout & such a cute little man u have on your hands. thanks for the awesome sketch, but i have one quick question....could you share with us the measurements on some of those shapes ? cos i have NO idea how im gonna get them even close to the sketch...ReplyDelete
This is a really cute sketch, and since the requirements (any stack) are so easy, I am going to be able to play along! Love your adorable toothy LO! The prize you're offering is AMAZING..So glad I found your blog through Glue Arts! :) HugsReplyDelete
Great sketch and great LO you created! Love the toothless grin! Just emailed you my LO :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for the sketch. Here is my LO:ReplyDelete
I used this as the basis for a 2 pager -- most of it is Cotton Blossom, but some are scraps from other stacks. Here it is:ReplyDelete
Thanks Erin, for such a fun challenge and I was so glad I found the time to participate this time..ReplyDelete
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Happy I get to play this time too:)ReplyDelete
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TC TO CHARLES REDWOOD; 23 December 1849; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18491223-TC-CR-01; CL 24: 313-314
Chelsea, 23 Decr 1849—
Dear Redwood,
Many thanks to you once more. Your never-failing memorial of this season reached us yesterday, in perfect safety: a welcome testimony of a true man's silent loyalty and love, which, testified or not, well deserves to be precious to me in this bad world. There is something almost affecting in those silent messages; their modest silence more impressive than any eloquence or profession! The words of this poor generation being mostly lies, men that have a meaning in them are reduced to express it, for most part, by silence. Again many thanks; and long may you live to be friendly to us in your still hermitage, and useful to yourself and to your fellow mortals in this world!
Often enough have you been present to my thoughts since you last specially heard of me. For I am overloaded with confusions, outward and inward; and I do believe, a man as solitary as you yourself are,—perhaps even more. In my bewilderments, I have often thought of flying to your Cottage for refuge from the intolerable tumult, when it threatens to get too bad upon me; I feel as if there lay in the world no safer retreat for me than there,—by the shore of the many-sounding Sea, far away from all articulate babblement, for a season! And really it is possible I may run over to you suddenly, and that before long. Once or twice I have been not far from that adventure; and other similar occasions lie before me not very distant. Do not take the trouble of writing to ask me: I know I am always welcome to you, which assurance is a true possession to me; and if the measure seem feasible at any time, I will come without asking, merely announcing myself and arriving.— When I went to Ireland last autumn, it was almost a toss-up whether it should not be to you. Ireland did not yield "pleasure"; it yielded pain, disgust and occasionally almost despair: but it was instructive, or might have been, and perhaps something will grow out of the visit for me yet.
A great question is now, in deep silence, agitating me, as to certain masses of Paper-rubbish accumulated here: Whether the fire shall have them, or the printer? And if the latter shall, whether it ought to be as a Book or as a Series of Pamphlets? Say nothing about it: a month hence, it will be decided, and you shall see
By post, along with this, comes a small thin Appendix to Cromwell 3d editn,—which, if you have not before seen the Squire Letters, may amuse you for a moment.1— We have frost now, after much mud. In health we are as well as usual; which is not at all a high figure of wellness. I think of a horse again, if I go on with these "Pamphlets." God bless you always.
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Comeback Bid Falls Short
Feb. 16, 2008
TEMPE, Ariz. - Facing a four-run deficit after Mother Nature forced play to be suspended Friday night, Texas Tech mounted a comeback that came up short, falling to the Memphis Tigers (3-3) 5-3 Saturday morning.
With the loss, Tech fell to 0-5 on the young season. Montana Patin went 1-3 with a homerun, her first of the season, and Leah Legler went 1-4 with an RBI to help lead the way for Tech. Sarah Losleben (0-2) picked up the loss in the circle for the Red Raiders. Ashly Jacobs struck out five in four scoreless innings of relief.
When play resumed Saturday morning in the bottom of the third, Memphis held a 4-0 while Tech had two on and no outs. The Red Raiders where unable to put anything across and the Tigers pushed their lead to 5-0 with a run in the top of the fourth. Patin's shot to right center cut the deficit to 5-1.
After Jacobs put Memphis away in the next two innings, Tech stormed back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh. It would not be enough, however, as the Tigers put away the final out to take the win.
The Red Raiders will play two more games today, taking on Utah at 6:15 p.m. and California right after at 8:30 p.m. Fans can follow the action on www.texastech.com.


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Director Eli Cross has scheduled Friday, April 20, for an open casting call for Upload, his new big-budget feature for SexZ Pictures.
SexZ's Corruption, written and directed by Cross, won seven AVN awards (including Best Director), three XRCO awards, and has already recouped its costs.
Upload will have a shooting schedule of 20 days, twice as long as Corruption, with a budget of a quarter-million dollars. It's scheduled to go before the cameras in late May and be released in September.
Cross told AVN.com that he wanted to warn talent that, as with Corruption, "this is not an easy project. It's not going to be like doing any porn feature they ever worked on. It's long days, it's hard work, it's serious work. We shoot like a [mainstream] movie, we shoot a lot of coverage, we shoot things over and over again.
"There are people who want to show up, fuck and go home, and that's fine. If that's what you want to do, great. Save us both some trouble and don't come in and read for me—because god forbid you're really good, and then I want to use you, and you get annoyed because you're there more than three hours."
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If you are intrigued by the idea of working at a unique federal agency that has a tremendous impact on the funding and advancement of science, engineering and education, then the National Science Foundation is the place for you. In addition to funding research in traditional academic areas, NSF also supports innovative ideas, novel collaborations and numerous projects that may seem like science fiction today, but become the reality of tomorrow.
NSF has the advantages of a small agency environment that fosters collaboration, creativity and opportunities to contribute to major agency-wide projects. Consistently ranked by its employees as one of the top federal agencies in managing its workforce, NSF maintains a creative, flexible, and collegial atmosphere and is respected in both the federal and scientific arenas for its work in promoting science, technology, education and management best practices. Join our team at one of the best places to work in the federal government and use your knowledge and imagination to keep NSF at the frontier of discovery! More about NSF. This position is located in the Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management, Division of Financial Management, Accounting Operations Branch. The Division is responsible for the development, coordination and direction of financial management policies, programs and operations and for the design and operation of an efficient and effective automated accounting system. The Branch is responsible for the maintenance of the official accounting records for the NSF and, prepares internal and external financial reports to meet the financial requirements of the Foundation.
The National Science Foundation is seeking an Accountant who maintains, prepares, and presents financial management information on behalf of the Foundation. The Accountant monitors, inputs, corrects, and reconciles financial activity, and evaluates the context, accuracy, and timeliness of the agency's General Ledger and subsidiary accounts. In addition, the Accountant prepares and reports financial information to internal and external stakeholders, including Treasury, OMB, auditors, and trading partners. Specific duties include the following:
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Scrabble word: CHECKERS
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Definitions of CHECKERS in dictionaries:
- noun - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces
- noun - an attendant who checks coats or baggage
- noun - one who checks the correctness of something
- noun - one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
- verb - mark into squares or draw squares on
- verb - variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
- verb - to mark with squares
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Talking with Zmanda's CEO, Chander Kant
By barton808 on Jul 11, 2008
I had previously met Chander at the MySQL conference where they were named a partner of the year, but we didn't get a chance to talk much. It was pretty cool to hear about how he originally identified the opportunity for Zmanda and then built a business around it.
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Some of the topics we tackle:
- How Zmanda was founded around the Amanda project, and how Chander realized there was a business to be built around it.
- How Zmanda's subscription-based model works and how they offer both community and enterprise editions
- The OS's they support including the wide range of distros
- Working with Amazon in the S3 cloud for the past 18 mos.
- GPLv2 and the watchful eye Chander is keeping on v3
- How to get involved in the community
- What the future holds (hint: some of it involves an announcement re. Oracle, better ZFS integration and much more)


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Finance occupies several sites in Canberra including the John Gorton and Treasury buildings in Parkes and Tourism House in Barton and a facility in Fyshwick. Finance also has limited staffing in other major capital cities around Australia as part of Ministerial and Parliamentary Services and COMCAR.
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John Gorton and Treasury buildings have on-site cafes. The majority of Finance buildings are in close vicinity of privately run cafes and eateries.
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Finance has a well equipped gym located in the John Gorton Building (ACT), established to assist staff in the achievement of a healthy lifestyle. Membership is free, subject to a membership application and a pre-exercise questionnaire.
Regular lunchtime classes also run as part of the Health Promotion Program on a user pays basis. These may include group personal training, gym circuit sessions, boxercise, yoga, pilates and Zumba.
There are various sporting activities and competitions which occur during lunchtime such as soccer, on the lawns in front of the John Gorton Building (ACT).
Abacus childcare and education centre is a large on-site daycare centre located on the ground floor of the Treasury Building in the ACT Parliamentary Triangle.
Abacus is operated by Communities@Work, a not-for-profit community based organisation providing a diverse range of community services for people from birth to senior years. Communities@Work has over 30 years experience in providing quality child care and education in Canberra.
Families where at least one parent is a current employee of Finance are given priority access to any available or upcoming placement vacancies with Abacus. A waiting list system applies in the event there are no vacancies. Finance staff using Abacus can nominate to have their childcare fees salary packaged.
Carer's room and support for breastfeeding
The Carer's rooms, located in the John Gorton and Treasury buildings, provide a temporary, safe and quiet work place to enable staff to carry out aspects of their normal work while caring for their dependant(s). It is an alternative to taking leave in order to care for a dependant(s) for whom care is temporarily unavailable. Facilities include kitchenette, computer, cot, high chair, change table, television and DVD player.
Finance is an accredited 'Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace' [] , and has a private Mother's room (in the John Gorton Building) to support breastfeeding mothers in their return to work. Carer's rooms can also be used for this purpose.
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April 11, 2014
Featured in the latest issue of Footwear Insight is Prince's new Warrior shoe for their "tennis trends."
Say goodbye to toe jamming – Prince Warrior tennis shoes are perfect for toe draggers. This tennis shoe is for tennis players that deal with toe jamming during those stop and go movements on the court. This shoe is lightweight and uses breathable materials that help you move quicker and with better ease on court.
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The Sandpearl Resort showcases two beachfront dining destinations including Tate Island Grill and Caretta on the Gulf, the only AAA Four-Diamond restaurant on Clearwater Beach, in addition to our convenient lobby Marketplace. Start your morning with the generous breakfast buffets and seasonally-inspired menus at Caretta on the Gulf or let our staff bring signature cocktails and fresh entrees from Tate Island Grill right to your pool or beach chair. You can also complement your meal with a selection from Sandpearl's exceptional wine cellar, featuring a hand-picked selection of 'New World' wines including, Cain V, Napa, Valley and Robert Sinskey Pinot Noir, Los Carneros.
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I'm convinced the piston casings do soak up oil. On my old Vincent motorcycle the parallellogram action of the front forks pivots on bronze bushes which have to be marinated in oil for a week before fitting. This is supposed to give lubrication for life. Surely piston casings take up oil similarly. Don't see why it would make the pistons stick though. Quite the reverse you might think, if Phil Vincent was correct. Cheers, Frank.
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I'm convinced the piston casings do soak up oil. On my old Vincent motorcycle the parallellogram action of the front forks pivots on bronze bushes which have to be marinated in oil for a week before fitting. This is supposed to give lubrication for life. Surely piston casings take up oil similarly. Don't see why it would make the pistons stick though. Quite the reverse you might think, if Phil Vincent was correct. Cheers, Frank.
Exactly right, Frank. The issue with close fitting trumpet valves and synthetic valve oil is that synthetics have designed into them elements that create a slippery boundary layer that sticks to both the piston and casing. This can prohibit the final honing of the parts as they slide across each other. This "break-in", "mating", or "seating" process is accounted for when the manufacturer develops the processes that produce the final product.
For example, Kanstul valves are meant to be close fitting with minimal clearances as a design goal. The truth is that some are a little too tight, out of round in some way, or any number of variances that are within accepted tolerances. Zig has made the decision to position his products in a place withing the industry that allows for some less-than-ideal initial results, as long as they only require widely accepted solutions, such as a break-in period. The resultant instrument is quite precise over its lifetime, but not so labor intensive as to shift it into a higher market segment.
My guess is that this is also the case with our friend's new trumpet.
My advice to use petroleum oil requires that the synthetic be stripped away. There are two reasons for this. The obvious one is what I stated above, namely that the oil molecules are designed to stick to the case and piston, so even with typical cleaning and swabbing, a boundary layer will still remain. Secondly, these leftovers may react with the petroleum oil and cause gumminess.
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Brass abd Bronze bearing are some times sintered with wax and oil when being pressed from powder into a solid bearing. They are not seen much any more but you still run into them.
All metal if porous will sock up some oil. The more porous the deeper it soaks in.
This is why you need to use heat to properly degrease metal parts...For instance if I soaked an engine block in strong solvents cold and scrubbed it out really well then used tide in a power washer I would not have all the grease out not if that block has been used for years and years. If I put brown paper under it and popped it into an oven at 350°F for 30-40 minutes when we pulled it out you would see all kinds of oil weeping out of the block. That is why a part is not properly decreased until it has been heat decreased. This is also way so many shops used to use hot tanks because they where able to combine caustic chemicals with heat in one application that would do a two steep job in one steep! This is also how capillary action works with penetrating oils. The pours int he metal represent paths of least resistance and just like a capillary tube that is used to draw blood from pin pricks to babies feet or finger's the liquid be it blood ot oil moves to the area of least resistance.
I hate to bust your bubble Brian but White Vinegar is Distilled water and 5% max acetic acid. Neither water or acetic acid will touch oil be it Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Synthetic Valve Oil. If it would you would not have to shake your bottle of Italian dressing to mix it up long enough to get it out of the bottle and onto your food.
All oils except for Ester Based oils and no one use's those in trumpet oil at all are non-polar so water will not disolve it or disperse it or grab hold of it. Soap has one end that that is polar and one end that is not polar. The non-polar end grabs hold of the oil,grease or anything else that is non-polar then when you add water the polar end of that molecule grabs hold of the water and the water caries it away while it is still holding on to the oil. In order to remove grease you have to have a strong acid like one of the following:
Hydroiodic acid HI (pKa = −9.3)
Hydrobromic acid HBr (pKa = −8.7)
Perchloric acid HClO4 (pKa ≈ −
Hydrochloric acid HCl (pKa = −6.3)
Sulfuric acid H2SO4 (first dissociation only, pKa1 ≈ −3)
p-Toluenesulfonic acid (pKa = −2.
Organic soluble strong acid
Their are stronger but all of these diluted with distilled water to something between 10%-20% by volume would be needed to chemical remove oil and Vinegar is not even close to being strong enough to do that. If you have any doubts put a few drops of olive oil in a glass of vinegar and watch how nothing happens except you get closer to having a nice salad dressing!
Alkali's work just as good as acids if they are strong enough to remove grease. That purple stuff I told you about that is a just like Castrol Super Clean has Sodium Hydroxide or to us older folks "lye" as one of it's ingredients it also has surfactants and other really good cleaning agents in it. I think their are something like 6 ingredients in it and all of them by themselves will cut grease,wax,and most adhesives. I used it to remove melted black crayon from a load of laundry and from a dryer. If it will take off melted crayon with out typical fast evaporating cancer causing petro solvents it will remove valve oil! You can dilute it for all kinds of house hold use's so 1 $5 gallon will last most people a long long time for general cleaning. For routine kitchen cleaning I mix it 1 part Castrol super clean 6 parts water in a spray jug. I kep[ one spray jug at 50/50 and one 100%. I always start off witht he weakest stuff and work my way up.LOL
Oh some people are sensitive to it when used 100% so keep some Nitrile gloves on hand or kitchen latex ones alkali can burn skin worse then acid.
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Post subject: Re: Sticking valves on new, Bach 180-37...how often to oil?
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This just has me a little worried. I'm getting some sticking valve issues on my new Bach Stradivarius (still under mfg. warranty). Third valve seems to be the most prone to sticking. I use all ultra pure products, including their oils and greases on slides. Have been trying to oil the valves everyday, sometimes forget. I have a pretty clean, vertical valve strike. I did the proper break-in thing of wiping down the valves in the early weeks to get rid of the black stuff. A little bit of yellow (mineral?) deposits on valves. Time to try a new valve oil? I thought Ultra Pure was the best and had success with it on my previous Conn horn. Any input would be great.
The fact that it's the third valve having the most trouble makes me think it's a matter of cleaning the valves properly.
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I used to just soak the pistons in soap and water, and then rinse. Occasionally I too had the third valve sticking. Ever since I started to clean the casings and the pistons this way, with a lot of soap and making a lot of suds, I never had any problem with valves. Just clean it thoroughly, and you probably won't have any problem again.
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I'm sure you're right, John, but I used White vinegar on my Benge pistons when they had been gummed up with La Tromba (nee T2) synthetic valve oil. After two or three careful washings with my favorite degreaser/dish soap, the residue would still foul the petroleum oil I had sitched to and gum up my valves. After soaking and washing with the vinegar, they stopped gumming up and the new valve oil worked fine.
The vinegar also brightened up the raw brass parts pretty noticeably and seemed to reveal an added luster to the silver plating, especially the knurling. It's safe to use and, for me, it did the job I needed it to do.
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Thanks for the ideas. I actually did the "super foamy" valve-casing cleaning and I think that helped a lot. We'll see over the next few days of practice. Aren't standard dish soaps designed to cut grease/oil?
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By the way, I too use Hetman 1, and it's really fantastic.
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I use Dawn dishwashing liquid. Aaron Beck told me that it was the best at removing oily residue.
That Monette tutorial was really good. Thanks.
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With my hyper-organic wife in the house, I used Seventh Generation with its fewer harsh chemicals.
If problems continue, maybe I'll need to pick up some Dawn!
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The film follows a family of Dollies (Dolichorhynchops), a seal-like reptile, as they traverse ancient waters populated with saber-toothed fish, prehistoric sharks and giant squid. On their journey the Dollies encounter other extraordinary sea creatures: lizard-like reptiles called Platecarpus that swallowed their prey whole like snakes; Styxosaurus with necks nearly 20 feet long and paddle-like fins as large as an adult human; and at the top of the food chain, the monstrous Tylosaurus, a predator with no enemies.
Sea Monsters 3D is a remarkable visual journey that also educates audiences on the "How do we know that?" side of paleontology. Do scientists need full skeletons to learn about these creatures? Not always, as we learn from shark teeth found throughout the central United States, proof that these modern-day hunters were thriving during the age of dinosaurs when Kansas was at the bottom of the sea. How do we know what these creatures ate, and what pursued them? The shapes of jaws and teeth provide dietary clues, and occasionally paleontologists are lucky enough to discover bones of one species inside the remains of another. In fact, one fossilized Xiphactinus, a 17-foot-long predatory fish, was found with an entire 6-foot fish inside — swallowed whole.
"The real science shown in this film is exhilarating as it allows us to understand and explore a vanished world more fantastic than any 'monster movie' fiction," said Sean Phillips, the film's director. "Combine this reality with such an immersive medium, and it makes for one hell of a great movie experience."
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Could it or is it possible at all to get a laptop DVD drive like a Dual layer one and get it working in the Xbox with some kind of Firmware hacking, hardware modification and anything else because I really want the ability to do this.
Now I know next to nothing about firmware I have flashed a few drives etc but I know nothing about firmware so I dont know if this could at all be possible. Theres also maybe hardware modification to look at would it be possible to use the Xbox logic board but with a laptop drive. All I need is just a method of making a much thinner DVD drive and this would be a awesome thing for you to say you made possible if you or your team made this.
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Actually i am working on this as you are reading this! i have a Samsung TS-L633 Version C. There will need to be a couple of modifications done to the drive controller board and some to the Xbox it's self. i think for now it would only accessible to J-TAG's only sense on J-TAG's The CPU is Hacked and all you really need to do is find a way to power to drive and flash the firmware and key. you would have to wire the power to where it fits all of the power commands from the Xbox to the drive i don't even think it's been attempted before. It's only been looked at i think people stop when they couldn't find a way to power the drive. but if you look it up on Google it's called a 6 Pin Power Sata connector. You can order the molex to 6 pin or rig it your self. But i think Tom Wright we Can possibly do this share ideas back and forth.
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The Wildcats improved to 12-6 overall and a perfect 2-0 in the HAAC, while MVC fell to 10-1 and 1-1 in the HAAC.
Baker relied on great defense to lead the way, as they collected 11 team blocks and senior Renata Dill had 25 digs to lead the 'Cats.
Sophomore Danielle French had five block assists and Hannah Bettege was second on the team with 12 digs, she also led the team in assists with 30.
Jasmyn Turner had a team high 10 kills and Crystal Simon add six kills. The Baker defense held MVC to just 27 total kills and a hitting percentage of .017.
Baker will next take on Waldorf this Saturday, Sept. 21 at home at 4 p.m., inside the Collins Center.


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The last year has seen remarkable changes within Myanmar but humanitarian needs continue and in some areas have intensified. As the country moves ahead on its reform process it needs to address some critical humanitarian issues, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, said in the Asian nation, while on a seven-day visit to the region that ends on Saturday. This will save lives, assist in the restoration of peace and stability in parts of the country where conflict persists and will enable longer term development work to continue, she added in a news release from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which she also heads. The UN official is in Myanmar to assess the countrys humanitarian situation, including the impact of ongoing conflict in the northern states of Kachin and Shan, where some 75,000 people from have been forced from their homes since fighting began in June 2011 between Government troops and rebels. The Under-Secretary-General is also looking at the effects of the recent inter-communal ethnic violence in the western state of Rakhine, where more than 115,000 people have been displaced and the community remains divided. During a meeting with President Thein Sein, Ms. Amos commended him on his recent pledge to enact a range of measures, including pursuing a durable ceasefire in Kachin and addressing issues such as citizenship, resettlement, and reconciliation in Rakhine state. United Nations organizations and our partners want to support the Government in tackling these issues, Amos said. 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MR. CROWLEY: Well, continuing on, and always great to see my friend and colleague, Tom Countryman – and it's always great to see the dean emeritus of the State Department Correspondents Association, Mr. Schweid has joined us. In your honor, I am wearing a Red Sox tie today as we welcome pitchers and catchers to spring training.
QUESTION: And others.
MR. CROWLEY: And others.
QUESTION: Ex-pitchers.
MR. CROWLEY: This morning, the Secretary met with President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala, reaffirming the strong friendship between the United States and Guatemala. The Secretary thanked him for his leadership in the region, efforts that he has ongoing to work with the new government in Honduras and reintegrate Honduras into the inter-American community.
President Colom also talked about the situation in Haiti, the fact that Guatemala has sent a small rescue team and some food to Haiti, but is anxious to do what it can to help that country. They talked about strengthening the rule of law in Guatemala and agreed that more needs to be done to protect the – ensure the safety of the citizens of that country. And the Secretary was particularly appreciative of the ongoing work in Guatemala of the International Commission against Impunity in that country. And the president talked about his ongoing challenges to make sure that – grow institutions of government in that country, undertake tax reform, rural development, which the Secretary pledged we'll continue to help.
Secretary Clinton will meet in less than an hour with Nobel Laureate, internationally revered religious and cultural leader, the Dalai Lama. She'll be joined in this meeting by Under Secretary Maria Otero, who is also the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, and Deputy Assistant Secretary David Shear. And I think you saw the White House released a summary of the President's meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and I would expect that the agenda for the meeting with the Secretary will track very similarly with the discussion between the President and Dalai Lama.
And I expect that she will express our support for the preservation of Tibet's unique religious, cultural, and linguistic identity. She'll welcome the Dalai Lama's report on the ongoing dialogue which was recently renewed with China, and I'm sure will encourage the Dalai Lama in his efforts to – his commitment to nonviolence and pursuit of dialogue with the Chinese Government.
Deputy Secretary of State Jack Lew was in Zagreb this morning for the inauguration of President Ivo Josipovic and is on his way to Israel, where he'll have high-level meetings with a range of officials and also will meet with representatives from the Palestinian Authority over the next couple of days.
U.S. Under Secretary of State Bill Burns, having been in Syria yesterday, was in Turkey today for meetings led by Foreign Minister Davutoglu. I'm sure that the foreign minister gave him an update of his trip to Tehran. Clearly, they were following up on a very detailed discussion that Secretary Clinton and Prime Minister Erdogan had in Doha earlier this week. But one of the reasons for the meeting was the end review of the comprehensive strategic relationship between the United States and Turkey. But I'm sure they – in addition to talking about our joint concerns about Iran's nuclear program, talked about Afghanistan, Iraq, the peace process, efforts of the Minsk Group, and the ongoing efforts towards a rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia.
Dan Benjamin, our Coordinator for Counterterrorism, met today with Syrian officials. He led a delegation that included representatives from the Embassy, also David Heyman from the Department of Homeland Security, Maura Connelly from the NEA Bureau here at State, and NSC Director Meaghen McDermott.
And Richard Holbrooke is in Pakistan today, and while he is there, will have meetings with President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani, Foreign Secretary Bashir, opposition leaders, and Generals Kayani and Pasha. Then he will travel for his first visit as the SRAP to the `Stans, as well as Georgia and Germany.
And just picking up where Tom Countryman left off on Somalia, clearly, Elise, to your question, Somalia is a very complex, difficult challenge. But clearly, a significant part of the effort to combat piracy involves real changes on the ground in Somalia. It's why the United States is a leading provider of assistance to Somalia, both in terms of humanitarian assistance, but also to support for the TFG, the Transitional Federal Government, in Somalia.
But we provided about $150 million in humanitarian assistance in the last fiscal year, have been a leading donor to the World Food Program, which has unfortunately been forced to suspend its activities here because of efforts by al-Shabaab to – its demands for cash payments, its kidnapping and killing of aid workers there. And when you look at the challenge in Somalia, al-Shabaab is, in essence, denying millions of Somalis access to the food and the availability of the kind of governance that Somalia will need to advance. So that's why we continue our efforts on behalf of the TFG, working with other regional partners, to do everything we can to build up the kind of governance and institutions and delivery of services that will help turn the tide against al-Shabaab and other extremist elements.
QUESTION: Do you have any readout of exactly what was on the menu for Dan Benjamin's meeting with the Syrians?
MR. CROWLEY: I don't. I think it's – it is – obviously, we have shared counterterrorism concerns, review threats to the region. But beyond that, not a lot more.
QUESTION: U.S. and Syria have shared terrorism?
MR. CROWLEY: They do, but just as --
QUESTION: No, I'm just asking.
MR. CROWLEY: No – yeah – well, we have concerns – shared concerns about terrorism in the region, and we also have our concerns about Syria itself. And I'm sure that was part of our discussion today and also with Under Secretary Burns when he was in Syria as well.
QUESTION: Why you are reversing the status of diplomacy in Damascus, raising it to full ambassador, was any consideration --
MR. CROWLEY: Well, we're restoring an ambassador there --
QUESTION: Well, restoring, all right.
MR. CROWLEY: -- yeah, I mean, primarily because we think that at this --
QUESTION: Status quo ante--
MR. CROWLEY: -- point in time, given the issues in the region, we thought it was appropriate to have a representative there full time, to be able to have the kind of discussion and dialogue with Syria that we need, to encourage them where we think they're taking steps that are positive, and also to continue very direct dialogue to continue to express to Syria our concerns about its relationships with various elements in the region as well. Syria has, in the past, been interested in engagement with a variety of countries. We clearly want to see comprehensive peace and that would involve progress on the Syrian-Israeli track as well as the other tracks.
QUESTION: No, I understand. I was – about to get to the point of being on the terrorism list. Was consideration being given or can it be done only certain times of the year or whatever to – Syria is what, now one of four countries. It sort of sticks out when you do something like this.
MR. CROWLEY: Well, although this is a fact-based process --
QUESTION: Yeah.
MR. CROWLEY: -- and we do continue to have concerns about Syria, its ongoing support of terrorist elements in the region. There are a variety of actors in Damascus that we think should not be there. And should Syria make progress in this area, then we will evaluate. But I'm not aware of any effort right now to consider removing Syria from the terrorism list.
QUESTION: Can you say something about this ongoing attempted coup in Niger and whether – what the Embassy is doing, discussions with the government?
MR. CROWLEY: Right. Very fluid situation and the Embassy there is monitoring it closely. Indications are it could be an attempted coup. There was evidently an attempted assassination of President Tandja. My understanding is that our Embassy staff is safe. We do have Congressman Mark Grayson of Florida who happened to be in the country at the time and he is currently at the Embassy and is also safe.
This is a difficult situation. President Tandja has been trying to extend his mandate in office. Both the United States and ECOWAS have expressed our concerns about that, and obviously that may well have been an act on his behalf that precipitated this act today. Clearly, we do not in any way, shape, or form, defend violence of this nature. But clearly, we think this underscores that Niger needs to move ahead and – with the elections and the formation of a new government.
QUESTION: Was the president abducted by the gunmen? The --
MR. CROWLEY: I don't – we're – I don't think we're in a position to say what the status of the president is at this point.
QUESTION: Do you have any indications of who this was by? I mean, there were some reports that it could be coming from abroad.
MR. CROWLEY: Yeah. I'm not – we're obviously trying to figure out what's going on as well – a very fluid situation. We may be able to provide more details as we go forward. But right now, we're – we, like you, are trying to assess exactly what's happening.
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