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|22 Jul 2011
Another BSOD crash
I had alot of issues with BSOD in the past and I though I resolved the issue but apparently not, can someone check out the crash log?
ThanksAttachment 166469
|My System Specs
|25 Jul 2011
This device is disabled:
Pinnacle Marvin Bus 64 ROOT\SYSTEM\0001 This device is disabled.
This device has had BSOD issues (in the past) with Win7 systems.
MSINFO32 shows a lot of video errors - with some pointing to mctkmd64.sys (most likely belonging to a Magic Control Technology UVTP100 USB to VGA adapter). Please uninstall this device's software, then remove the device from your system. If you're able to find a link for drivers to this device, please post back as we weren't able to locate them here: Driver Reference
If uninstalling and removing the above device doesn't fix things, then we'll have to start testing/updating your video card and it's drivers. Video drivers date from 2009, so it won't hurt to update them now.
- Create a System Restore Point prior to doing any of this. DO NOT mess with the drivers themselves - leave the Windows\System32\drivers directory alone unless we specifically direct you to it!
- Please update these drivers from the device manufacturer's website - or uninstall them from your system. Reference links are included below.
- DO NOT use Windows Update or the Update Drivers function of Device Manager.
- Please feel free to post back about any drivers that you are having difficulty locating.
- Windows Update exceptions may be noted below for Windows drivers:
nusb3xhc.sys Thu Jan 21 22:22:21 2010 (4B5919ED) iaStor.sys Fri Oct 02 15:58:50 2009 (4AC65B7A) amdxata.sys Fri Mar 19 12:18:18 2010 (4BA3A3CA) - update through Windows Update PxHlpa64.sys Tue Jun 23 19:16:35 2009 (4A416253) vpcvmm.sys Sat Nov 20 06:35:48 2010 (4CE7B294) rdpdispm.sys Thu Aug 19 19:20:11 2010 (4C6DBC2B) vpcnfltr.sys Sat Nov 20 06:35:20 2010 (4CE7B278) hcw72DTV.sys Fri Apr 23 11:54:30 2010 (4BD1C2B6) LHidEqd.Sys Tue Aug 24 13:21:26 2010 (4C73FF96) hcw72ATV.sys Fri Apr 23 11:50:38 2010 (4BD1C1CE) MpFilter.sys Tue Sep 14 20:19:28 2010 (4C901110) HECIx64.sys Thu Sep 17 15:54:16 2009 (4AB293E8) vpcusb.sys Sat Nov 20 06:35:31 2010 (4CE7B283) usbrpm.sys Sat Nov 20 06:37:19 2010 (4CE7B2EF) k57nd60a.sys Thu Aug 06 07:44:32 2009 (4A7AC220) GEARAspiWDM.sys Mon May 18 08:17:04 2009 (4A1151C0) wacomvhid.sys Wed May 20 15:53:55 2009 (4A145FD3) serscan.sys Mon Jul 13 20:35:32 2009 (4A5BD2D4) vpchbus.sys Sat Nov 20 06:35:38 2010 (4CE7B28A) nusb3hub.sys Thu Jan 21 22:22:18 2010 (4B5919EA) wacommousefilter.sys Fri Feb 16 13:12:17 2007 (45D5F401) AtiHdmi.sys Sun Aug 23 08:35:11 2009 (4A91377F) dump_iaStor.sys Fri Oct 02 15:58:50 2009 (4AC65B7A) LMouFilt.Sys Tue Aug 24 13:21:43 2010 (4C73FFA7) IntcDAud.sys Sat Sep 26 10:42:55 2009 (4ABE286F) usbcir.sys Mon Jul 13 20:06:36 2009 (4A5BCC0C) hcw72ADFilter.sys Fri Apr 23 11:47:45 2010 (4BD1C121) LEqdUsb.Sys Tue Aug 24 13:21:23 2010 (4C73FF93) LHidFilt.Sys Tue Aug 24 13:21:36 2010 (4C73FFA0) adfs.SYS Thu Jun 26 16:52:37 2008 (48640195) pcdsrvc_x64.pkms Sun May 02 23:01:16 2010 (4BDE3C7C) MpNWMon.sys Tue Sep 14 20:19:30 2010 (4C901112) NisDrvWFP.sys Tue Sep 14 20:20:25 2010 (4C901149) truecrypt.sys Sun Sep 05 10:23:16 2010 (4C83A7D4) rtl819xp.sys Mon Feb 01 07:30:51 2010 (4B66C97B) LVPr2M64.sys Fri May 07 21:38:16 2010 (4BE4C088) atikmdag.sys Fri Sep 18 22:44:52 2009 (4AB445A4)
Loading Dump File [C:\Users\FUBAR\_jcgriff2_\dbug\__Kernel__\072211-53055-01.dmp] Built by: 7601.17592.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.110408-1631 Debug session time: Fri Jul 22 23:09:41.740 2011 (UTC - 4:00) System Uptime: 0 days 3:03:10.792 Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe ( nt!EtwpFindGuidEntryByGuid+72 ) DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0x3B PROCESS_NAME: wmpnetwk.exe FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x3B_nt!EtwpFindGuidEntryByGuid+72 Bugcheck code 0000003B Arguments 00000000`c0000005 fffff800`03aceae3 fffff880`0bb040a0 00000000`00000000 BiosVersion = A05 BiosReleaseDate = 07/08/2010 CPUID: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz" MaxSpeed: 2800 CurrentSpeed: 2793 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨`` Loading Dump File [C:\Users\FUBAR\_jcgriff2_\dbug\__Kernel__\061111-46004-01.dmp] Built by: 7601.17592.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.110408-1631 Debug session time: Sat Jun 11 12:51:51.039 2011 (UTC - 4:00) System Uptime: 0 days 15:26:16.070 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for atikmdag.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for atikmdag.sys Probably caused by : atikmdag.sys ( atikmdag+1269c ) DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: GRAPHICS_DRIVER_TDR_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0x116 PROCESS_NAME: System FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x116_IMAGE_atikmdag.sys Bugcheck code 00000116 Arguments fffffa80`07700150 fffff880`0acb469c 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000002 BiosVersion = A05 BiosReleaseDate = 07/08/2010 CPUID: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz" MaxSpeed: 2800 CurrentSpeed: 2793 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨``
|My System Specs
|25 Jul 2011
Wow! Thanks for all that information! I going through the list now but I've noticed there are some things in there that I don't even know what the driver is for; such as the ones form VMware. Also the one that says Windows update I don't have an update for. Anyway, I'll keep updating as many drivers as I can and get back to this topic if I have any more issues.
EDIT: I've found even more drivers that I have no idea what they go to, such as "mctkmd64.sys". I'm considering a clean install to start over fresh and only install the newest drivers for what I am using now, though it may take some time to gather up all my devices and find there newest drivers.
|My System Specs
|25 Jul 2011
Got another crash when going into sleep mode...Attachment 167003
|My System Specs
|25 Jul 2011
My computer refuses to work.
A year or 2 ago I bought a Dell XPS 8100, I'm a huge fan of Dell and always have good experiences but this is the exception. This computer has given me nothing put problems.
I can't tell you have many days I've spent trying to fix BSOD's. I remember for an entire weekend that's all I did. I have posted countless crash reports, logs, etc. on these forums.
Getting BSOD's when sleeping, randomly, when going to YouTube, etc etc etc.
My ATI card (never again will I but something ATI) also gives me a lot of trouble. I spent an entire day removing ever trace of ATI driver to do a clean install and time and time again it still causes crashes.
This computer also has alot of little stuff that annoys the hell out of me.
I can't stand this machine.
Now that my ranting is done, I need some suggestions on how to take care of this dam computer. In my latest crash ( https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...ml#post1506705 )
USASMA gave me a list of many drivers involved in the crash and when going through them I have no idea what many of them go to. Some are from things I don't use anymore.
My thought on how to fix this is to throw this dam computer out the window and buy/build a new machine, but I don't currently have the money for that. So, my other thought is a clean install. So, should I take the clean install path or is there a better route? If so can anyone give me tips such as the best way to collect the newest drivers for all my equipment.
Thanks everyone for you help trying to fix my previous crashes over the years. I hop I can finally get this dam thing fixed once and for all.
(I know this isn't the BSOD section but here are my two latest crashes if anyone wants to check them out: Attachment 167004 Attachment 167005)
|My System Specs
|25 Jul 2011
W7 64bit
I'm a real ATI hater and I'm willing to blame all your problems on it. Their drivers suck, always have sucked and apparently always will suck. If you can swing it, dump it and put in an nvidia.
A clean load will definitely remove all doubt if it's a hardware problem and it sounds like you're at that point. Go for it.
|My System Specs
|25 Jul 2011
Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
Can you post a quick list of what you have tried so far?
If it's not on the list as "been there, done that", I'd give Memtest86+ - Advanced Memory Diagnostic Tool a couple go-rounds.
|My System Specs
|25 Jul 2011
Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 and Mac OS X 10.8.3
Try removing the GPU and reseat it also remove all but one stick of ram and then boot. At this point do something such as run a program that would cause the bluescreen. Then if it does it remove the one stick and replace it with another. Then repeat. If it does not bluescreen then its the ram....
Post after that is done and we will see where you are at.
|My System Specs
|25 Jul 2011
Try removing the GPU and reseat it also remove all but one stick of ram and then boot. At this point do something such as run a program that would cause the bluescreen. Then if it does it remove the one stick and replace it with another. Then repeat. If it does not bluescreen then its the ram....
Post after that is done and we will see where you are at.
|My System Specs
|26 Jul 2011
IMO there's no such thing as a random BSOD - it's just a BSOD that we haven't discovered what's causing it. I worked for months on my son's computer with BSOD's only to find that the dialup modem (which we don't use) was causing the problem.
Obviously the purchase of a new machine will get rid of these problems when you toss the old machine in the garbage.
Reinstalling Windows will get rid of any Windows problems that may exist - but getting a clean Windows-only installation is a bit more difficult than just reinstalling.
But, there are numerous other things that can go wrong. In general we look for these types of problems in this order:
- 3rd party drivers
- compatibility/malware issues
- hardware problems
- Windows problems
Don't worry about the drivers for now - they're in generally good shape (with the exception of the wacommousefilter.sys driver from 2007). What we're going to do now is to look for hardware issues - and to see if we can force a Driver Verifier enabled memory dump. I suspect video - but am not entirely sure of where in the video sub-system that the error is coming from (hardware/software/other).
This memory dump was a bit different from the others, as it blames a driver involved in the hibernation process. In the old days (WinXP) an error like this was due to video drivers - but it's not that simple with Vista or Win7 as other drivers get involved (such as storage drivers) And storage drivers are implicated here because the hibernation driver was extracted from your storage driver iaStor.sys
So, try these free diagnostic/stress tests as you have time (the tests after Prime95 are optional):
I suggest starting all troubleshooting with the following diagnostic tests. They'll save you a lot of time and heartache if there is a hardware failure, and you'll have the disks on hand in case you need them in the future:
H/W Diagnostics:
Please start by running these bootable hardware diagnostics:
Memory Diagnostics (read the details at the link)
HD Diagnostic (read the details at the link)
Also, please run one of these free, independent online malware scans to ensure that your current protection hasn't been compromised: Free Online AntiMalware Resources (read the details at the link)
FurMark download site: FurMark: VGA Stress Test, Graphics Card and GPU Stability Test, Burn-in Test, OpenGL Benchmark and GPU Temperature | oZone3D.Net
FurMark Setup:
- If you have more than one GPU, select Multi-GPU during setup
- In the Run mode box, select "Stability Test" and "Log GPU Temperature"
Click "Go" to start the test
- Run the test until the GPU temperature maxes out - or until you start having problems (whichever comes first).
NOTE: Set the alarm to go off at 90ºC. Then watch the system from that point on. If the system doesn't display a temperature, watch it constantly and turn it off at the first sign of video problems. DO NOT leave it it unmonitored, it can DAMAGE your video card!!!
- Click "Quit" to exit
Prime95 download site: Free Software - GIMPS
Prime95 Setup:
- extract the contents of the zip file to a location of your choice
- double click on the executable file
- select "Just stress testing"
- select the "Blend" test. If you've already run MemTest overnight please run the "Small FFTs" test instead. (run all 3 if you find a problem and note how long it takes to error out with each)
- "Number of torture test threads to run" should equal the number of CPU's times 2 (if you're using hyperthreading).
The easiest way to figure this out is to go to Task Manager...Performance tab - and see the number of boxes under CPU Usage History
Then run the test for 6 to 24 hours - or until you get errors (whichever comes first).
This won't necessarily crash the system - but check the output in the test window for errors.
The Test selection box and the stress.txt file describes what components that the program stresses.
More details on the use of this test: Torture test your CPU with Prime95
More Video Stress Tests:
1. Thanks to VirGnarus for finding this test: https://simtk.org/home/memtest
2. Two other video stress tests (may be more stressful than FurMark):
Video Memory stress Test - ÐÐÐ NVIDIA / УÑилиÑÑ / VMT
Artifact Locator - ÐÐÐ NVIDIA / УÑилиÑÑ / Artifact Locator
Sorry, but I don't read the language that this website is made in.
3. Another interesting test that came to my attention: Download - OCCT Website english
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK - the program doesn't have a whole bunch of safety features to protect you from yourself!
CPU Stress Tests:
- http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...19182&lang=eng
- 7Byte : Hot CPU Tester Pro
- 7Byte : BurnIn64
- CPU Stress test - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net
- Fossil Free Online CPU Load or Stress Test.
- CPU Stability Test description, System Resources Tune-Up. Downloads List By All Time Popularity | PCWorld | PCWorld
- CPU Stress test - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net
- |MG| CPU Stability Test 6.0 Download
- LinX - A simple Linpack interface
Using Driver Verifier is an iffy proposition. Most times it'll crash and it'll tell you what the driver is. But sometimes it'll crash and won't tell you the driver. Other times it'll crash before you can log in to Windows. If you can't get to Safe Mode, then you'll have to resort to offline editing of the registry to disable Driver Verifier.
So, I'd suggest that you first backup your stuff and then make sure you've got access to another computer so you can contact us if problems arise. Then make a System Restore point (so you can restore the system using the Vista/Win7 Startup Repair feature).
Then, here's the procedure:
- Go to Start and type in "verifier" (without the quotes) and press Enter
- Select "Create custom settings (for code developers)" and click "Next"
- Select "Select individual settings from a full list" and click "Next"
- Select everything EXCEPT FOR "Special Pool" and "Low Resource Simulation" and click "Next"
NOTE: You can use Low Resource Simulation if you'd like. From my limited experimentation it makes the BSOD's come faster.
- Select "Select driver names from a list" and click "Next"
Then select all drivers NOT provided by Microsoft and click "Next"
- Select "Finish" on the next page.
Reboot the system and wait for it to crash to the Blue Screen. Continue to use your system normally, and if you know what causes the crash, do that repeatedly. The objective here is to get the system to crash because Driver Verifier is stressing the drivers out. If it doesn't crash for you, then let it run for at least 36 hours of continuous operation (an estimate on my part).
Reboot into Windows (after the crash) and turn off Driver Verifier by going back in and selecting "Delete existing settings" on the first page, then locate and zip up the memory dump file and upload it with your next post.
If you can't get into Windows because it crashes too soon, try it in Safe Mode.
If you can't get into Safe Mode, try using System Restore from your installation DVD to set the system back to the previous restore point that you created.
If that doesn't work, post back and we'll have to see about fixing the registry entry off-line:
Delete these registry keys (works in XP, Vista, Win7): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\VerifyDrivers HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\VerifyDriverLevel
Loading Dump File [C:\Users\FUBAR\_jcgriff2_\dbug\__Kernel__\072511-79451-01.dmp] Built by: 7601.17592.amd64fre.win7sp1_gdr.110408-1631 Debug session time: Mon Jul 25 20:52:13.002 2011 (UTC - 4:00) System Uptime: 2 days 21:41:19.937 BugCheck D1, {2c0, 2, 0, fffff8800be5da25} *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for hiber_iaStor.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for hiber_iaStor.sys Probably caused by : hiber_iaStor.sys ( hiber_iaStor+56a25 ) DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0xD1 PROCESS_NAME: System FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0xD1_hiber_iaStor+56a25 Bugcheck code 000000D1 Arguments 00000000`000002c0 00000000`00000002 00000000`00000000 fffff880`0be5da25 BiosVersion = A05 BiosReleaseDate = 07/08/2010 CPUID: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz" MaxSpeed: 2800 CurrentSpeed: 2793 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨``
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Republican front-runner Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Wednesday to discuss her husband's campaign.
In her interview, she defended the candidate's comments on immigration and his views toward women.
"I followed the law," Trump told host Mika Brzezinski, explaining the long and difficult process she willingly went through in order to become an American citizen.
Trump, a Slovenian native, explained that as an immigrant herself, she fully supports her husband's firm stance on illegal immigration.
"I never thought to stay here without papers. I had a visa, I traveled every few months back to the country to Slovenia to stamp the visa. I came back, I applied for the green card, I applied for the citizenship later on after many years of green card. So I went by system, I went by the law. And you should do that, you should not just say let me stay here and whatever happens, happens," Trump, who immigrated to the United States in 1996, said.
She said that she and her husband are "prepared" for people to call Donald names for his candid statements regarding immigration. And though Melania hasn't played a particularly vocal or active role in the campaign herself, she assured that her husband has her full support.
"I'm a full-time mom, and I love it. So, I decided not to be in the campaign so much, but I support my husband 100 percent," Trump said.
"We have thick skin, and we know that people will judge him and people will call names. They don't give him enough credit," she said. "From June that he announced, they don't give him enough credit."
Brzezinski then asked Trump what she thought about people who felt that her husband's comments in his announcement speech about Mexico sending rapists and murderers across the border were insulting to Mexicans.
Trump said that she did not find that her husband's comments insulted the Mexican people.
"He said illegal immigrants. He didn't talk about everybody. He talked about illegal immigrants," she explained. "And after a few weeks, like two weeks [of] giving him a hard time and bashing him in the media, they turned around. They said, 'Uou know what, he's right. He's right what he's talking about.' And he opened conversation that nobody did."
When asked to comment on the criticism her husband has received for allegedly treating women harshly or unfairly targeting them during his candidacy, such as his verbal attacks on Fox News' Megyn Kelly and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, Trump said that her husband treats men and women as equals in the Trump Organization.
"They're treated equal. I see him in life, he treats women the same as men. He will tell you what is in his heart, what he thinks. He will not hold it back if you're a woman, you're human. If you're a woman or a man, it's no different, you're human," she explained.
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.@morningmika just asked Melania Trump if her husband has "gone too far" on immigration. Here's how she answered: https://t.co/Aitve4qe8y
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"Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds," said the father of the atom bomb as he witnessed the world's first nuclear explosion three weeks before Hiroshima was flattened.
Physicist Robert Oppenheimer solemnly cited the Hindu holy text, the Bhagavad-Gita, as he watched a blinding flash give way to a huge mushroom cloud over the remote desert of the southwestern US state of New Mexico.
One of his colleagues witnessing the first nuclear test shortly before dawn on July 16, 1945, summed up the bomb's awesome power of the bomb more prosaically: "Now we are all sons of bitches," said fellow physicist Kenneth Bainbridge.
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent," Oppenheimer said years later of the reactions of the scientists, who were relieved the crucial test was successful, but horrified at the deadly power they had harnessed.
Work on the Manhattan Project, the code name for the development of the nuclear bomb, had begun in 1943 under an impenetrable blanket of secrecy, with the spectre of a failure never far from the surface.
Three atomic bombs were ready by the end of June 1945 as the United States planned what promised to be a very tough and bloody invasion of imperial Japan.
Two of the bombs, nicknamed "Little Boy" - a uranium device - and "Fat Man," a plutonium bomb, were readied for shipment to the Pacific in the hope of ending World War II and avoiding a US massacre on Japanese beachheads.
But while the scientific team was confident the uranium bomb would work, the plutonium device had to be tested as quietly as possible before it was dropped on Japan.
By the spring of 1944, Oppenheimer and Bainbridge had picked an isolated spot in a stretch of desert prophetically named "Journey of Death" that lay 300 kilometers (200 miles) south from their development base at Los Alamos, in northern New Mexico.
The most powerful weapon in history, dubbed the "gadget" by its designers, was hoisted onto a 100-foot (30 meter) steel tower at the new Trinity Site after US president Harry Truman gave the go-ahead.
All that was left was for scientists to electronically trigger the detonation of the bomb, identical to the one that would be dropped on Nagasaki, from their bunker 10 kilometers (six miles) away.
A few seconds before 5:30 am on July 16, the countdown ended and a massive conventional explosion took place, sparking a nuclear reaction in the weapon's plutonium core and turning the night sky to day.
"The "whole country was lighted by a searing light with the intensity many times that of the midday sun," wrote General Thomas Farrell, a top military man at the test site.
"It lighted every peak, crevasse and ridge of the nearby mountain range with a clarity and beauty that cannot be described but must be seen to be imagined."
The blast was followed by a rush of wind and then by a "strong, sustained awesome roar that warned of doomsday and made us feel we puny things were blasphemous to dare tamper with the forces heretofore reserved for the Almighty," Farrell wrote.
The blast shattered windows up to 200 kilometers (120 miles) away, but residents of the region were told that a munitions dump on the weapons range had exploded.
Edward Teller, one of the lead scientists of the project, put on sunglasses under welder's goggles to watch the blast without being blinded.
At the core of the weapon, temperatures reached millions of degrees, rivalling those at the core of the sun.
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The tower had completely vanished, apart from two steel footings set in concrete, and a shallow 800-meter (yard) crater that was coated in green glass had appeared where the heat had melted the desert sand.
Just four hours after the test, the Navy cruiser "USS Indianapolis" set sail from San Francisco towards the Pacific island of Tinian with a secret cargo on board: "Little Boy," who would wreak death and destruction on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6.
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|Application number
|Publication date
|29 Jul 2008
|Filing date
|3 Feb 2006
|Priority date
|3 Feb 2006
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Wade Ralph Bozak, Michael E Kessick
|Original Assignee
|Rj Oil Sands Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (34), Non-Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (13), Classifications (16), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to a method for separating hydrocarbons from drill cuttings produced during drilling operations.
For drilling of oil and/or gas wells, a drill bit at the end of a drill string produces rock cuttings as it cuts through subsurface rock. Drilling mud circulated from the surface to the drill bit and back to the surface carries these cuttings to the surface. These cuttings are often contaminated with hydrocarbons either from the formations being cut by the drill bit, or by fluids in the drilling mud. At the surface, the drilling mud and cuttings are treated to separate the cuttings from the mud with mechanical treatment, for example by use of shale shakers, desanders, desilters, hydrocyclones and centrifuges. Drilling muds may be water based, oil based and may be mixtures of the two (emulsions). Invert drilling muds are in common use where the oil is the continuous phase, and water or brine is emulsified within the oil as the dispersed phase. Removing hydrocarbons from drilling cuttings carried by invert drilling muds is a particularly difficult task. A mixture of drill cuttings and invert drilling mud will be referred to as invert mud drill cuttings.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,838,485, discloses a method that moves away from mechanical treatment of the drill cuttings and uses a chemical treatment to separate hydrocarbons from drill cuttings carried by an invert drilling mud. In this patent, it is stated that "drilled cuttings may be treated using any suitable system of equipment. After separation from the drilling mud, the contaminated cuttings typically pass through a holding bin into an inlet hopper. The cuttings preferably are treated directly in a batch mixer equipped with an appropriate inlet for the relevant solutions and an apparatus for low shear mixing, such as a paddle mixer. In a preferred embodiment, the cuttings are sprayed with an emulsifying solution effective to transform the free hydrocarbons in the cuttings into an emulsion. The emulsion thereafter is treated with an encapsulating material to encapsulate the emulsified hydrocarbons, and the mixture of drill cuttings and encapsulated free hydrocarbons is released into marine waters where it disperses." The emulsifiers are specified to be a combination of non-ionic emulsifiers with anionic emulsifiers.
The invention described here is intended to provide enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons from invert drill cuttings by mechanical action, without the necessity of using emulsifiers.
A process for the separation of hydrocarbons from drill cuttings in an invert mud is disclosed. Invert mud drill cuttings are supplied to a mixing chamber of a jet pump. The invert mud drill cuttings are agitated within the jet pump and then the hydrocarbons and solids are separated in a centrifuge.
The process distinguishes itself from others in that it uses a jet pump to effect a matrix transformation of the solid and hydrocarbon emulsion matrix in the invert mud drill cuttings prior to centrifuging. Solid-liquid separation occurs within the centrifuge.
An apparatus according to an aspect of the invention comprises hopper, motive fluid supply, jet pump, pipeline and centrifuge. The hopper is designed to receive the raw material and can be shaped as a cone bottom vessel or alternatively equipped with a mechanical auger designed to convey material to the inlet of the jet pump. The motive fluid supply is designed to supply the high pressure fluid necessary to operate the jet pump which by use of a nozzle within the jet pump the fluid is converted into a high velocity jet to produce a vacuum within the mixing chamber of the jet pump to suction the invert drill cuttings into the inlet of the jet pump. Further aspects of the invention are described in the detailed description that follows.
An exemplary embodiment is now described in detail with reference to the drawings, in which:
With reference to
As shown in
As the invert mud drill cuttings enter the receiving hopper 10 they may be directed to the hopper discharge 30 using an auger 12, and may be ground using the auger 12 to produce reduced sized particles, such as 50 mm in size or smaller. The jet transfer pump 14 at the base 16 of the receiving hopper 10 mixes the ground invert mud drill cuttings with a water stream from power fluid supply 18 to produce a slurry mixture in line 20 which is passed into settling tank 22. Solids-oil matrix material settling to the bottom of the settling tank 22 is pumped by conventional slurry pump 24 through line 26 into centrifuge 28, such as a basket or solid bowl centrifuge. Centrifugal forces within the centrifuge 28 separate a high percentage of the solids from the hydrocarbons and water mixture. Alternative mechanical dewatering technology such as inclined dewatering screws or belt filter presses can also be used. The power fluid supply 18 may use a pump such as a conventional centrifugal pump (not shown).
Referring to
The jet pump used with the present invention functions as an ejector or an injector or an eductor, distinct from a venturi pump and an airmover. A venturi has little in common conceptually with a jet pump. A venturi is a pipe that starts wide and smoothly contracts in a short distance to a throat and then gradually expands again. It is used to provide a low pressure. If the low pressure is used to induce a secondary flow it becomes a pump, resulting in a loss of pressure in the throat. If the secondary flow is substantial the loss will be too great to have a venturi operate like a pump. To operate like a pump it would have to be redesigned as a jet pump. Venturi pumps have limited capacity in applications like chemical dosing where a small amount of chemical is added to a large volume of fluid. A jet pump is a pump that is used to increase the pressure or the speed of a fluid. Energy is put into the fluid and then taken out by a different form. In a jet pump energy is added by way of a high speed jet fluid called the primary flow. In the design shown in
The wash fluid supplied through power fluid supply 18 is preferably water at a temperature between 70C and 100C, preferably at about 90C. The continuous supply of wash fluid by the motive pump provides for the transport of the invert mud drill cuttings carried in the wash fluid stream to continue the matrix transformation of the oil and solids in the invert mud drill cuttings in the pipeline 20. Settling tank 22 and centrifuge 28 are used to separate the oil and water fraction from the solids fraction, with the solids fraction deposited into a second hopper. The settling tank 22 is used to ensure that an effective ratio of water and solids is supplied to the centrifuge 28. Depending on the type of centrifuge 28 or other separator used, different ratios of water and solids fraction allow the centrifuge 28 to operate most efficiently. For example, an 80% water 20% solid/oil mixture might be most efficient for the centrifuge 28. As the matrix transformed solids-oil mixture settles to the bottom of the settling tank 22, water may be removed from the tank 22 and supplied in a metered fashion to pump 24 to obtain the correct liquid-solid ratio for the centrifuge 28. Other methods for obtaing a suitable water-solids ratio may be used.
It has been found that, without the use of the jet pump in this process, the separation of solids and oil in the centrifuge is not efficient. Immaterial modifications may be made to the embodiments disclosed here without departing from the invention.
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POPULAR fantasy TV show A Game of Thrones is being blamed for a flood of abandoned huskies after their enthusiastic new owners suddenly realise the extent of exercise the working dogs need.
Nine husky pups are currently seeking new homes after being taken in by a North Yorkshire animal shelter - which has attributed the popularity of the dogs to the US show which features a large wolf-like animal called a direwolf.
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The pups' pregnant mother was kicked out of her home after her owners no longer wanted her. However, Blue Cross in Topcliffe, Thirsk, have now found suitable homes for all nine - but are warning potential owners to think carefully.
The charity's staff said there has been a 700 per cent increase in the number of huskies and similar dogs in the last five years due to the popularity of such dramas as A Game of Thrones and Twilight Saga which feature wolf-like animals.
Sophia Khan from Blue Cross said: "These shows glamorise the animals as huskies look a little like wolves.
"Huskies have now made the most-unwanted top ten for the first time. People don't realise they need to be looked after properly and that they are bred as working dogs in cold countries."
Tala, the husky who gave birth at the Thirsk centre, is mother to nine cute pups which are now six weeks old.
She was found abandoned in the Thirsk area by a warden and was taken to the centre three weeks before she gave birth to seven bitch and two dog puppies.
In the last year the centre has taken an average of two wolf-like breeds a month, including Siberian huskies, Alaskan Malamutes and Northern Inuits.
Caroline Thompson, deputy manager at Blue Cross in Thirsk said: "Huskies and other similar breeds are working dogs and they need lots of mental and physical stimulation.
"Ideally they need a good couple of hours exercise every day and experienced owners who have plenty of time to spend with them.
"Sadly, the reason we're now seeing so many of these breeds being given up is because so many people get them without doing enough research into the kind of care they need."


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When the Nats signed Adam LaRoche in January of 2011, nobody knew what kind of hitter to expect. That's because, despite 4 strong seasons from 2006-2009 where he hit .276/.349/.500 and managed HR totals of 32, 21, 25 and 25, his 2010 was much worse. Hitting only .261/.320/.468 in Arizona that year, it could have certainly been an indicator that his best days were behind him. As a slick fielding first baseman, having a slightly above average OPS with some power might get you years on a bench, but it isn't starter material.
Then, of course, came the injury last year. And it was an injury after a terrible start – he hit .172/.288/.258 in 43 games, about a quarter of a season. Many Nationals fans had him written off, and why not? After two years without performing, it would have been a stretch to think he could just turn it on. A 2011 spring training without any power hinted that maybe one of his redeeming qualities – the thought that no matter how bad he hit, he could still probably manage 20+ HRs, was in danger, too.
But he's shot right out of the gate in these first 4 games. It's way to early to talk about AVG/OBP/SLG for this year, but his 2 HRs have him one shy of what he did in close to two months last season. He's hitting the ball hard – both were screaming line drives down the foul line – and he's been the Nats best hitter in the very short season. After three strikeouts on Opening Day, he's had a 4 for 5 day and a 2 for 3 day with a walk. So far, so good.


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Arieh Warshel he was extremely happy to be awakened in the middle of the night in Los Angeles to find out he had won the prize and looks forward to collecting the award in the Swedish capital in December. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at Noon on Wednesday Oct. 9,. 2013.
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Nvidia has released a range of new software it is classifying under the name of "Power Pack". The applications contained within this pack show off the use of GeForce 8 series cards for tasks other than gaming as well as introducing PhysX support.
The first Power Pack contains the following:
- GeForce driver version 177.83
- Unreal Tournament 3 PhysX mod
- Badaboom media converter Beta version
- Warmonger full game
- Folding@Home
- Sneak peak demo of Nurien
- Sneak Peak demo of Metal Knight Zero
- The Great Kulu technology demo
- Fluids technology demo
Be prepared for a long wait if you decide to grab all the applications with a download size of over 2.7GB. Thankfully you can choose which applications you want to download.
These non-game applications and enhancements have been made possible by the use of Nvidia CUDA, a C-programming environment that allows applications to push the workload off the CPU and on to graphics processors instead. By doing so Nvidia hope to demonstrate a significant improvement in software performance while extending their reach beyond games companies utilizing their hardware effectively.
As part of the Power Pack Nvidia is also introducing PhysX support for games including the mod for Unreal Tournament 3 and numerous other demos to show it off. They also boast a 10-20 times improvement in visual complexity through the combination of PhysX and a GeForce series 8 graphics card.
Ujesh Desai, general manager for GeForce GPUs commented:
Seeing really is believing and is the reason why we compiled all of this great PhysX content into a free download for our end users … We want GeForce owners to experience for themselves these amazing effects to get an idea how PhysX will make games much more lifelike in the years to come. Physics-accelerated content is already here, and there are a ton more titles on the way. We can't wait for our customers to jump in, get wet, and tell us what they think!
Read more at Nvidia, found via PC Pro
Matthew's Opinion
I'm currently downloading the Power Pack to see what all the fuss is about with PhysX. I own an 8800GTX card, so it should run the demos quite well.
The CUDA applications also show promise, but I would like to see something more than an updated Folding@Home and media converter. Something that can really be thrashed in terms of use and clearly show a great improvement in performance. I'm sure more and more applications will begin to add CUDA as an options for users, but it seems like it could be a significant amount of work for some of the more complex applications out there.
If you have a GeForce 8 or better card let us know how you get on with the Power Pack.


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Sometimes, it is the community's youngest members who are the best examples of leadership, courage and grace. And two of Ramona's finest will be recognized when the Ramona Main Street Parade struts through town Saturday, May 17. The parade will start at 10 a.m. and go from 13th through Fifth streets.
"The theme of this year's parade is Tattoos on R-Town," says Joani Georgeson, rodeo co-chair. "It's based on a country song sung by Jason Aldean, and the words are so fitting for our community and the 'tattoos' these kids are creating for us."
James T. Dukes is dealing with a tough situation with dignity and grace. In early December the 8-year-old son of Tito and Maria Dukes was competing at the California Junior Rodeo Association. Despite feeling so ill he literally had to be carried into the arena on the final day, he won and was awarded Pee Wee Champion All Around Cowboy.
Immediately afterward, he was taken to doctors and received a diagnosis of Berkus lymphoma leukemia, a rare cancer. This type of cancer responds well to chemotherapy, and his cancer is currently in remission.
"My husband and I feel very fortunate living here in Ramona. We really feel that our community is here for us," says Maria.
In addition to his parents, the family includes his two sisters: Kynara, 11, and Kelly, 9.
"There's not a day that I don't cry for a variety of reasons," his mother says.
She adds, "He's the kid that he is. He's been through so much in such a short time, but has shown us the true meaning of 'cowboy up.'"
James is looking forward to the parade and discovering what a grand marshal does, but he is equally excited about his next rodeo competition.
Alexavia Zetterberg, at 9 years old, has shown community leadership and spirit way beyond her young years.
She has spearheaded toy drives for Rady Children's Hospital, volunteered to assist military families, created the Believe in Miracles organization to benefit Ramona families in need, and led book drives for Ramona Library, Barnett Elementary School and Busy Bee Preschool.
One of her most recent projects is beautifying Main Street in an effort she calls "10G10." Ten people will each lead a group of 10 volunteers to improve town and help increase business. Some of the jobs to be completed include picking up trash, making basic repairs, weeding and painting.
When not helping others, Zetterberg earns top grades in school, takes acting classes and performs in local plays. The daughter of John and Regina Zetterberg, Alexavia has a brother and three sisters.
"I think it is the coolest thing," says her mother. "It is a huge honor, and kids are our future, so this is really great."
"I'm really excited that I get to represent Ramona in the parade. It's an honor," says Alexavia. "It's amazing that people are recognizing the things that I am doing, but I really just want to help people."


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Volume 13 Supplement 2
Kitasato Symposium 2011: Translational prospects for cytokines in 2011
Tregs combined with mature donor T cells hasten immune reconstitution without triggering GvHD in HLA haploidentical transplantation
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Haploidentical transplantation, with extensive T cell depletion to prevent GvHD, is associated with a high incidence of infection-related deaths. The key challenge is to improve immune recovery with allogeneic donor T cells without triggering GvHD. As T regulatory cells (Tregs) controlled GvHD in preclinical studies, the present phase I/II clinical trial evaluated the impact of early infusion of donor CD4/CD25+ Tregs, followed by an inoculum of donor mature T cells (Tcons) and positively immunoselected CD34+ cells. Twenty-eight patients (median age 41, range 21-60) were enrolled from September 2008 onwards; 22 had AML (10 in CR1 at high risk, 10 in ≥CR2 and 2 in relapse), 5 had ALL (4 in CR1; 1 in relapse) and 1 had high grade NHL in relapse. Conditioning was: 8 Gy single fraction TBI, thiotepa (4 mg/kg × 2), fludarabine (40 mg/m2 × 5), cyclophosphamide (35 mg/kg × 2). All patients received immunoselected Tregs (CliniMACS, Miltenyi Biotec) (23/28 2 × 106/kg bw; 5/28 4 × 106/kg bw) and 4 days later positively immunoselected CD34+ cells (median 8.2 × 106/kg bw, range 5.0-19.1) together with Tcons (4/28 0.5 × 106/kg bw; 17/28 1 × 106/kg bw; 5/28 2 × 106/kg bw; 2/28 did not receive Tcons). CD4/CD25+ Tregs (purity 92.7 ± 2.1) consisted of 33.6% ± 13.1 CD25high; 58.1% ± 6.6 CD25int; 5.8% ± 2.5 CD25low; 65.7% ± 11.8 FoxP3; 17.4% ± 7.2 CD127 (mean ± SD). No GvHD prophylaxis was administered. 26/28 patients engrafted. No GvHD developed in 24/26 patients, 2 developed ≥ grade II GvHD. Ten patients died (3 VOD, 2 fungal pneumonia, 1 bacterial sepsis, 1 CNS aspergillosis, 1 systemic toxoplasmosis, 1 adenoviral infection, 1 MOF). CD4 and CD8 counts reached, respectively, 50/μL medianly on days 34 (range 19-63 days) and 24 (range 15-87); 100/μL medianly on days 47 (range 28-100 days) and 34 (range 19-95); 200/μL on days 70 (range 41-146 days) and 61 (range 21-95). A wide T-cell repertoire developed rapidly with high frequencies of specific CD4+ and CD8+ for opportunistic pathogens. Episodes of CMV reactivation were significantly fewer than after our "standard haplo" transplants. In KIR ligand-mismatched transplants, speed of NK cell reconstitution/maturation and size of donor vs recipient alloreactive NK cell repertoires were preserved. In conclusion, in the setting of haploidentical transplantation infusion of Tregs makes administration of a high dose of T cells feasible for the first time. This strategy provides a long-term protection from GvHD and robust immune reconstitution.
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Thomas Jane and Anne Heche hit the red carpet where they chatted about the troubles that lie ahead for their characters in the second season of their HBO show, "Hung." Also, how did Thomas prepare for his Men's Fitness photo shoot?
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Continuing from last night's, here is the partner post of things I miss about NYC, the Big Apple, The City. (If you grew up near NYC at all it was simply The City.)
1. My friends and family. (Since I first wrote this post my dear Aunt Marilyn has passed away. So obviously this resonates with me more than it did before. I didn't rewrite the whole entry, because I don't think that would be a fair way to commemorate her. But know she is on my mind now.) Okay, an obvious one, but still very real to me. You can move the boy from NYC, but you can't move the boy's family and friends. I miss my mother very much, siblings, cousins and my father. I miss being in a place where they, and I, all grew up. NYC is very much home to me, it's been a part of my life since before I can remember. I miss seeing my nieces very much, and I think they might miss me too. My friends are a given. I was so lucky as to have such great friends in New York. Brilliant, urbane, witty, smarter than I was, a lot of the time at least, but also sympathetic. Peers, my people. We still talk, and I still keep up with their lives, and they mine, but a good friend is worth more than gems and dollars. I miss them very much.
2. My professional network. Related to #1, but different. This is the wide circle of friends, and friendly acquaintances I'd built up over a decade. People I could hang with, talk shop, we'd let one another know about professional opportunities, some were friends of friends. It was a whole ecosystem of sources, mentors, contacts, people who knew people, people who knew people who knew people. This was kind of a biggie for me. It felt like uprooting an old oak tree, meaning me, and putting him in all new soil, then ordering him to grow. So I did my best to grow.
3. Chinese Food. Of course Louisville has Chinese food, but it kind of sucks. I love Louisville's almost insultingly old school Oriental House, mostly because it looks like a set from "The Rockford Files," and there's one other good place around here, but I miss my Chinese food. Expensive, cheap, in those weird places that also sold Mexican food, I ate at them all, and at least liked most of them. I really miss Chinatown, and, forgive me rabbi, crab pork soup dumplings. Yes. Chinese Food.
4. Improv Comedy. There is a team here, and they are wonderful, funny and friendly people. But NYC is so ripe with great, cheap improv it's astonishing. And that was a big part of my world for about three years, so I still feel at home in that world, even if you can't quite ever go home again. If you get what I'm saying. Suffice to say I had many of my biggest laughs of all time watching great NYC improv. And I miss it.
5. Jewish Food. Okay, the deli food here sucks too. I miss the real delis. The first thing Randi, Stella and I did when we visited last winter was hit the Second Avenue Deli. The half sour pickles alone pretty much made me cry, and it only got better from there. The corned beef was to die for, and if I had died right then it would have been with a smile on my face. Then there's the appetizing, the lox, the sable, the white fish, the matzo ball soup, the everything, that is not too hard to find in my old hometown, but impossible to find here. Deli=Jewish BBQ. (I don't miss the pizza as much for some reason.)
6. The Downtown Art Scene. This means art, of course, but also music, culture, that whole Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, cool Brooklyn thing. Seeing John Zorn, and some other weirdos at the Knitting Factory for $7. Catching Sonny Sharock at the same place for not much more. Being in the center of the entire world of cool, and knowing it, and reveling in it. Nothing can touch that vibration.
7. The beach. When we lived in Brooklyn we went to the beach as much as was feasible. Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, Jones Beach. I loved the beach, it was part of summer for me. We got to go to Kiawah Island, which has a great beach this summer, but we had to go East to do it.
8. The Publishing Industry. No way to get around it, when you're a journalist it's not a bad idea to be near the center of the publishing world. It's changed a lot, and taken a lot of hits over the past five years, but this is the still the happening place to be if you want to be on staff at a publication of some sort.
9. Those Magical Nights When the City Becomes Your Lover, Confidant, and Best Friend. I don't know how to explain it. NYC is a total bitch most of the time, but sometimes, once in a while, there are those times when it just surrenders to you. All the lights turn and stay green as you cruise uptown in your cab. You see Spike Lee and his posse at an East Village record shop. (Happened to me in high school.) You walk down St. Marks Street and pass 80 Saint Marks, that little movie theater, that has since become a live performance space, and they just let you in because the show's halfway over anyway. When you learn that your favorite hotdog place is also connected to a speakeasy. Those times when the locus of energy is working for you, not against you, and you get it, why you chose to spend your life force and time here. Until it's happened to you I can't explain it any more. But once it happens to you, you will understand. It's a New York thing.
10. Park Slope, Brooklyn. In my mind's eye I cannot imagine a more perfect combination of both urbanity and a friendly neighborhood. Of all the places I've ever lived Park Slope was my favorite. Walk out the door, and go one block up and you're in the city, with its shops, boutiques, bars, and street life. Walk two blocks the other way, and you're along the canal. Hit the subway and boom, Manhattan is 15 minutes away over the bridge. If it didn't cost so fucking much it would be damn near perfect!
So that's my list. I'm sure I'll think of more as the days pass, but this is a pretty good list. Maybe in some ways it's a love letter to the city that I knew, rather than the city that is. That's okay. It will do for now.
Next up: Top 10 Things I Think Louisville Needs to Work On (Don't worry I'll have a similar list for NYC too.)
*Okay, I have a few more things I miss a lot.
11. Bodegas. I loved having a convenient little store, usually with a friendly cat inside, about every two blocks or so. We don't have that here, and I miss them a bunch. When I went back last time among the first things I did was walk into a bodega, and order something. It's a common hang out place, a place for late night munchies, a place with dozens of different kinds of beers, sometimes some pretty decent sandwiches, toilet paper, all in the size of a very big walk in closet. Bodegas rule!
12. The Skyline. Okay, here I'm gonna sound pretty NYC chauvinistic, but whatever. All other cities have buildings, including tall buildings. Only New York truly has a skyline.


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TEHRAN, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Iran's newly installed President Hassan Rouhani sent a Rosh Hashana greeting to Jews, posting well wishes for the Jewish New Year on his Twitter page.
"As the sun is about to set here in Tehran I wish all Jews, especially Iranian Jews, a blessed Rosh Hashana," he posted Wednesday.
The greeting by Rouhani contrasts with his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who denied the Holocaust and called for the elimination of Israel.
"Not even under the monarchy do we remember such a message," Haleh Esfandiari, an Iranian-born scholar who heads the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, told al-Monitor.
Later this month, Rouhani will be in New York to address the U.N. General Assembly and participate in a disarmament meeting.
Israel warned that Rouhani's positions aren't that different from his predecessor despite the "moderate" label, Israeli broadcaster Artuz Sheva reported.
As an example, Artuz Shiva said Rouhani recently said Iran was prepared for "serious" discussions about its nuclear program and that U.S. calls for tougher sanctions demonstrated a lack of understanding. However, Rouhani said soon after his election Tehran would not consider ending the country's uranium enrichment activities entirely.


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NJ Transit has approved wider access for people who want to bring their bicycles on the train, but new weekend restrictions have some bike advocates miffed.
The transit agency's board on Monday approved bike access at stations with low-level platforms, where riders must climb stairs to board trains and where bikes were previously forbidden from boarding.
Bikers already can board at stations with high-level platforms, which enable riders to board trains without climbing stairs.
NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein estimated that about 60 percent of NJ Transit's stations have low-level platforms.
Less popular was the board's decision to approve rules that would restrict bikers from riding weekend trains into New York City between 9 a.m. and noon and riding out of New York between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
An initial proposal had called for an extra hour of weekend restrictions, from 8 a.m. inbound and 4 p.m. outbound. But after hearing from several individuals and members of bike advocacy groups at Monday's meeting, board members voted against the longer restrictions.
"Frankly, those trains are full," Weinstein said. "We're trying to balance the needs of bicyclists and the needs of our daily riders."
Kevin O'Connor, vice president and general manager of NJ Transit's rail operations, said he studied policies used by the Long Island Rail Road and MetroNorth, which also run trains into New York, as well as Philadelphia's SEPTA. Still, the vote disappointed bike advocates who noted that previously, allowing bikes on NJ Transit trains on the weekends was up to conductors' discretion.
"That means if you're in New Jersey you can't go Central Park unless you get up at 6 a.m. or wait until 1 in the afternoon," said Janna Chernetz of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy group.
The board also approved bidding to conduct soil stabilization on wetlands surrounding the Secaucus Junction rail station so that 10 additional bus berths can be added to the four existing berths. Weinstein said the expansion is needed to accommodate special events at MetLife Stadium and particularly the scheduled 2014 Super Bowl.
The total project is estimated to cost $7.7 million.
The agency also approved spending about $1.5 for repairs to the drawbridge over Shark River in Belmar, Monmouth County, as part of an overall $6.5 million bridge project.
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Thomson Safaris was the ideal choice for us.
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I apologize for not getting back to you sooner. But what always happens when I get back after a long trip abroad is I'm extremely busy with matters here at home.
But I especially wanted to respond because both Linda and I felt that our experience was so positive, that in a real sense it was transformational. To experience such a variety of wildlife in their own habitat, up close and personal, is so life-affirming in a way very few things are these days. And I don't say this lightly, because as you know from our past conversations I've been all over the world many times; from the rain forests of Borneo and Sumatra to the highlands of Vietnam and Nepal. But nothing for me matches the scale and majesty of Africa.
And in this regard Thomson Safaris was the ideal choice for us. We felt as though Thomson provided the most authentic Safari experience. I mean, for example, living right in the bush where wild animals roam through the camp at night. We wanted to be "at one" with nature, and that's certainly what we got.
It's always the people who bring a company to life. And in that sense Thomson excels. From start to finish we felt reassured and well cared for.
But just to single out a few people on site:
Willie, the head guide, brought just the right combination of leadership and temperment to his role.
Arthur Dallas, a support guide, impressed us daily with his knowledege about wildlife and his diligence to ensure that we saw everything there was to see.
And finally, Chris's operation at Mwagusi Camp was the perfect compliment to our Northern Tanzania Safari. Incredible experience with wildlife; primitive luxury when you're bone tired at the end of the day, and great conversation with a man who truly embodies Africa. Well done Chris.
As you can probably guess by now, Linda and I are happy to recomend Thomson to those looking for an ultimate experience. Linda is putting an e-book together of some of our amazing photos. We'll send you a copy.
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Speaking to the L.A. Times, Warner Bros. Interactive president Martin Tremblay said the publisher plans to release a new LEGO Batman next year along with an unannounced title featuring a DC Comics superhero.
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'The Hamptons: Food, Family and History' by Ricky Lauren
When it comes to a summer barbecue, Ralph Lauren, whose elegant runways are studies in beauty, refinement and luxury, loves nothing more than a good hot dog, with mustard and sauerkraut and a juicy kosher pickle served alongside. So reveals Ricky, his wife of 46 years, who, in her new hybrid cookbook-meets-history-meets-family album, "The Hamptons: Food, Family and History" ($40, Wiley), serves up, among other things, a delicious slice of the Lauren family lifestyle in the Hamptons, where they have summered for decades.
"I wanted to tell the story of where I lived," says Ricky Lauren, who just published "The Hamptons -- Food, Family and History."
A 1975 Lauren family photo shot in East Hampton, with Ralph and Ricky and their children, from left, David, Andrew and Dylan.
A breakfast setting from Ricky Lauren's "The Hamptons: Food, Family and History." The book is full of that classic, clean, Americana style that Ralph Lauren and clan have come to symbolize.
Ralph Lauren is all about a good hot dog for a summer barbecue, but Ricky takes on more challenging fare, like this open-faced salmon sandwich.
"I wanted to tell the story of where I lived," says Ricky Lauren, who recently published "The Hamptons -- Food, Family and History."
The new book includes tips for entertaining in what Lauren describes as "a Mecca of creativity only 90 miles away from New York City." (May, 2012)
Lauren says she's honored that her husband named a handbag--the Ricky bag--for her. You can have one, too, but be prepared to pay. This version, in alligator, is more than $20,000. (May 2012)


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Americans pay up to $8 billion a year for dry cleaning, but many don't know what dry cleaning is.
For example, is dry cleaning really "dry"? Should you worry about the chemicals that cleaners use? What if a dry cleaner ruins a garment?
We teamed up with Good Housekeeping magazine to try to answer some of your most pressing dry cleaning questions.
Is dry cleaning actually dry?
Dry cleaning is not dry; it's wet. Instead of water, the liquid is a blend of chemical solvents. The solvents work better than water for removing stains without ruining fabric. Still, it's important to read care labels and clean all pieces of an outfit at once in case of fading.
Are dry cleaning chemicals safe?
Alan Spielvogel of the National Dry Cleaning Association said that many of the problems associated with dry cleaning chemicals like perchlorethylene had to do with the technology of the machinery.
Dry cleaning machines used to leak, but the latest technology is designed to recapture all the solvent.
The Good Housekeeping Institute says the risk to casual customers is low. If you're worried, remove the plastic cover and air your clothes out before putting them away.
How to make sure stains get out.
Carolyn Forte of the Good Housekeeping Institute says there are ways to help your dry cleaner get out tough stains.
"Right away, you want to blot it," Forte said. "Best thing to do is pull the stain up and out of the fabric."
After blotting, dab the stain with a tiny bit of water -- but only if the fabric is water-safe. Otherwise, they might have trouble getting out the water stain.
Then get the garment to your dry cleaner as quickly as possible -- no more than a week. Be sure to say what caused the spot, because dry cleaners use different methods to fight different stains.
One way they do that is with a blast of hot steam. The dry cleaner then taps the stain with a tool to try to get it to transfer off your clothing.
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Many of us have a dry cleaning horror story, and dry cleaners don't have to be trained or licensed.
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Hi everyone, I know that there are a lot of agencies out there. I don't know the interplay between the agency and the health care entities, but I assume that the entity pays the agency either a flat rate to provide them with labor or they bill them per nurse and then give that nurse a portion of the money. Either way, they're paying an agency some overhead. Would it be feasible to talk to local hospitals and offer personal service when called, if available? You wouldn't have to be an actual "employee" as if you were per diem, and I assume that the hospital would be able to pay less to hire you directly then to hire agency or even some per diem rates. You would, of course, show the hospital all your certifications. Then the hospital could pay you directly with a check and a 1099. Has anyone done this? Is this practical or am I missing something?
~MikeNov 26, '09In my experience, it is best to set yourself up as an "entity" of some kind. LLC, Corp, etc. Hospitals that contract with these agencies want a little piece of mind that they are contracting with an organization that can actually provide a service.
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Open Letter to ESPN 3DTuesday, October 19, 2010
By Jennifer B. Davis
On the occasion of the announcement of the first-ever NBA telecast on ESPN 3D, here is an open letter to the executives of the network.
Dear ESPN 3D,
I am writing as a concerned fan and as a fellow-traveler in this crazy world we call "3D in the home."
First, I have to say that I appreciate your leadership and vision with regards to 3D. In similar fashion, you lead the charge to HD and I only became a fan of sports watching once I saw it in high-definition. I share your belief that 3D will be to sports what HD has been to sports, but only if we solve some of the fundamental problems with the medium. Problems, frankly, that you are proliferating.
Allow me to explain. When I go to http://espn.go.com/3d/, I am told that to experience ESPN 3D I need three things: 1) a 3D TV, 2) Active 3D glasses, and 3) a compatible set-top box. I have no concerns with your #3 (that is your business), but I have a problem with #1 and #2. They just don't tell the whole story.
I am concerned that your fans will take your advice and rush out to buy a small, 3D TV to serve up their new cable channel. They probably won't get great service from the big box store in which they will shop. They probably will end up with a compromised, mass-marketed display with mediocre performance on a small screen (when compared to being in the stands, courtside, or on the green at the sporting events you will shoot in 3D). They'll want to experience the thrills and spills of their favorite sports with the same realism they get at the game (the promise of 3D), but instead they'll see something that looks like a diorama or dollhouse (more like foos ball than hockey). If they want the realism that is possible, they need the immersion that they get not with a 3D TV, but with a truly big-screen experience of a projector, like the new Runco 3Dimension™ Series D-73d. Projectors and screens are a solution that you don't even mention on your website.
Along with the 3D TV, you tell them they will need glasses. That technically is true, as autostereo (glasses-free) 3D impacts display resolution and viewing angles too dramatically to make it a viable option for the home any time soon. However, you show a picture of Active 3D glasses (of course, designed to go with the 3D TVs that you recommend). This isn't the sports fans' only option. They can watch 3D in their home using glasses that are as stylish as sunglasses they may buy. Prescription glasses wearers can choose clip-on or custom-ordered prescription glasses. Kids can have glasses designed for their smaller faces. All of this is possible with Runco's PreciseLight™ system used with our projection systems. This innovation results in more comfortable and compelling 3D (with no batteries to wear down or replace), yet it isn't represented in your description of 3D.
The most discriminating sports fans will want to replicate the view from the 50 yard line or the 9th hole green and their 3D experience will lack that realism, that immersion, and the excitement of being "there." This kind of involvement in sports watching is possible, but not with the technology you are advocating. If your customers had a Runco D-73d projector in their home, their experience would be incredible, the feedback they would give to their family, friends, and neighbors would help you sell more cable packages for your new 3D channel, and we'd truly embark on a new era for sports watching in the home.
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Discussion in 'Kahr Club' started by Michigun, Jun 16, 2004.
Eveyone should be good to go as of this post. ^c
I'll take number 12 if it is still open.
If 10 is still available, OK.
I'd like the lowest # available. How about 11?
Up-to-date as of this post guys!
OK - I've been around here for a few weeks, and I figure it's time to pick a number.
Do they have to be integers? I prefer irrationals:
With trying to keep within the same guidelines as the rest of the clubs here on GT could you settle with a number between 1 & 9,999?
Has 1618 been taken, yet?
All yours!
I'd Like 61.
Now what do I do with it?
I would like number 2112, for the new owner of a P9.
Its good for 15% off on your next prescription of Paxil &/or Solomon Juice. ^c
Can I Get # 16
3045 for me please
I'll take 757
how's about #16 after dougie baseball?
All set to here guys except for rebby
sorry rebby, LaVere beat ya to #16. Please pick another number & Ill get it in.
Been carring a Kahr for 2 years now first was a MK40 but it didn't fit my hand very well so sold and made a profit and bought a K40 with the black finish. Was wondering if the number 69 was still avail.? If not 212. They are my former badge numbers. Thanks
Seeing how it was your 1st choice I got you in as #69 BackDraft.


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Blondie is the latest act to be confirmed for next summer's Thetford Forest gigs.
The New York veterans will play at High Lodge on June 15 as part of a tour of woodland venues.
The Lightning Seeds will be supporting with an acoustic set.
Tickets go on sale on Friday from 9ak from the Forestry Commission box office on 03000 680400 or buy online at www.forestry.gov.uk/music
They are priced at £36.


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Will There be a Demonstration in Iran Today?
The Greens have called for a "silent demonstration," and the Syrian opposition has supported it, of course. It seems like a long shot, but during the night there were renewed calls from the rooftops of Tehran of "Allah is great," and "Death to the Dictator," and "Freedom for Mousavi and Karroubi," the two imprisoned leaders.
Certainly not the sort of Valentine the supreme leader might hope for.
Whatever happens, the Green Movement will undoubtedly be remembered as the most artistically elegant in a long time. Have a look at their latest video, for example.


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This thread count embroidery is a table runner with the same design on both ends. It was designed by either Clara Weaver or Eva Rosenstand from Copenhagen, Denmark.


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