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Double-Blind Comparison of the Efficacy of Continued Zidovudine Versus 2',3'-Dideoxyinosine (ddI) (BMY-40900) for the Treatment of Patients With AIDS or AIDS-Related Complex and Increasing Symptomatology Despite Treatment With Zidovudine
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00002035
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted : August 5, 2011
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Zidovudine Drug: Didanosine
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|300 participants
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Double-Blind Comparison of the Efficacy of Continued Zidovudine Versus 2',3'-Dideoxyinosine (ddI) (BMY-40900) for the Treatment of Patients With AIDS or AIDS-Related Complex and Increasing Symptomatology Despite Treatment With Zidovudine
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|April 1992
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
Allowed for Hematologic toxicity:
- Erythropoietin.
- Colony-Stimulating Factors.
- Allowed for prophylaxis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP):
- Aerosolized pentamidine.
- Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.
- Dapsone.
- If intravenous pentamidine is required for treatment of PCP, study drug should be suspended until one week after completion of intravenous pentamidine.
- Allowed:
- Prophylactic or suppressive therapy begun prior to study entry with the exception of neurotoxic agents (as defined in the protocol).
Concurrent Treatment:
- Transfusions for hematologic toxicity.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following conditions or symptoms are excluded:
- Active acute AIDS defining infection.
- Clinical evidence of acute pancreatitis in the last two years or chronic pancreatitis.
- Dementia of such severity that patient cannot give informed consent.
- Grade 2 or worse peripheral neuropathy as defined by Targeted Neuropathy Score (Schaumberg).
- Prior Cytomegalovirus disease requiring ongoing systemic ganciclovir therapy.
- Extensive Kaposi's sarcoma or other malignancy requiring systemic cytotoxic myelosuppressive or neurotoxic chemotherapy.
- Cardiomyopathy or the need for antiarrhythmic therapy.
- Inability to tolerate at least 600 mg per day of zidovudine (AZT).
- Seizures within the last 6 months or the need for anticonvulsant therapy.
Concurrent Medication:
- Ganciclovir (DHPG).
- Myelosuppressive or neurotoxic chemotherapy.
- Antiarrhythmic therapy.
- Anticonvulsant therapy.
- Neurotoxic agents (as defined in the protocol).
- If intravenous pentamidine is required for treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), study drug should be suspended until 1 week after completion of intravenous pentamidine.
Patients with the following are excluded:
- Symptoms and conditions defined in the Patient Exclusion Co-Existing Conditions field.
- Average of two sequential CD4 counts from SciCor Clinical Laboratories in the 30 days prior to study entry > 300 cells/mm3.
Prior Medication:
Excluded, participation in studies using:
- Dideoxyinosine (ddI).
- 2',3'-Dideoxy-2',3'-didehydrothymidine (d4T).
- Dideoxycytidine (ddC).
- Excluded within one month of study entry:
- Any other experimental antiretroviral compounds.
Patients must:
- Have documented HIV positivity via ELISA.
- Meet CDC criteria for AIDS or AIDS related complex (ARC).
- Have received zidovudine (AZT) for = or > 6 months and tolerated a dose of at least 500 mg per day without significant hematologic toxicity.
- Have no acute AIDS defining opportunistic infection, but may be receiving suppressive therapy for such infections.
- Demonstrate at least one of the following criteria for clinical deterioration despite AZT therapy within 4 weeks prior to study entry (8 weeks prior for weight loss):
- involuntary weight loss of more than 5 percent of the body weight occurring over the 8 week period prior to study entry, Karnofsky score = or > 50 but demonstrating a fall = or > 20 from previous level of functioning (assessment must be persistent on two occasions at least 14 days apart), unexplained fever of = or > 38 degrees C (despite evaluation defined in protocol) for more than 7 days, appearance of newly diagnosed oral hairy leukoplakia or oral candidiasis, or recurrence of a previously quiescent multidermatomal varicella-zoster, appearance of dermatologic afflictions (e.g. psoriasis, molluscum contagiosum, or newly diagnosed seborrheic dermatitis), appearance of chronic herpetic ulcers not responsive to acyclovir therapy.
- Zidovudine (AZT) for = or > 6 months prior to study entry.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00002035
|United States, Arizona
|Univ of Arizona / Health Science Ctr
|Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85724
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale Univ Med School
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
|United States, Florida
|G E Morey Jr
|Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33316
|VP Med Services / HHCS Research Institute Inc
|Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
|United States, Georgia
|AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30308
|United States, Illinois
|Edward Hines Veterans Administration Hosp
|Hines, Illinois, United States, 60141
|United States, Kansas
|Univ of Kansas School of Medicine
|Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67214
|United States, Michigan
|Harper Hosp
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201
|United States, New York
|Albany Med College / AIDS Treatment Ctr
|Albany, New York, United States, 12203
|United States, Ohio
|Med College of Ohio
|Toledo, Ohio, United States, 43699
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Univ of Pennsylvania / HIV Clinic
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|United States, Texas
|Univ of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr of Dallas
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235
|Univ TX Galveston Med Branch
|Galveston, Texas, United States, 775550882
|Audie L Murphy Veterans Administration Hosp
|San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78284
|United States, Utah
|Univ of Utah School of Medicine
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132
|United States, Virginia
|Dr Stephen L Green
|Hampton, Virginia, United States, 23666
|United States, Wisconsin
|Milwaukee County Med Complex
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53226
|Puerto Rico
|UPR School of Medicine
|San Juan, Puerto Rico, 009275800
|Study Director:
|Bristol-Myers Squibb
|Bristol-Myers Squibb
Additional Information:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00002035 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 5, 2011
|Last Verified:
|August 2011
Keywords provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS-Related Complex
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
AIDS-Related Complex
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents


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| July 11, 2018, 4:44 PM
Bill Lee Interview – WWTN
Author: Frank Neudecker Born January 29, 1952 to Dr. and Mrs. Roy Mills Neudecker. Educated in the Jackson City School System and graduated from Jackson High School in 1970. While at Jackson High he participated in track and football. BS Industrial Management . Masters degree in Architectural Engineering Frank served as an Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Asst Plant Manager, and Production Manager and consultant engineer for companies such as Kleer Vu Industries, Emerson Electric, Proctor Silex, and MTD Products and Kilgore. In 1994, he took over the family business which he had helped create in 1982. In 1992, he worked with the committee to elect H. Ross Perot for President and was chairman in Madison County. In 1994, with Reese, Gary Thompson, and he started the Radio Program show on WNWS 101.5 In 1996 the program changed to SundayNite. Frank served on the Jackson City Council for 5 years. Frank is married to Sarah Anne Neudecker and has one son, Chris. Chris is a graduate of Bethel College with a MBA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a degree of Jurist Prudence from the University of Missouri at Columbia.

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Introducing The World's Ugliest Condo
Welcome back to 1981. You are looking at my in-laws' vacation condo in Saint Petersburg, Florida. In the following weeks, I'm going to take you through the process of re-doing it, and share with you the frustrations and joys of renovating long distance from Missouri. I'll also give you some quick tips and information I discover along the way. And at the end there will be a big reveal and hopefully you all will ooh and aah and tell me how amazing
I am the condo is.
But first, a little background: the condo was purchased by my partner Ann's parents the year it was built. Being busy working people at the time, they had no interest in decorating it themselves and had the condo developer pick everything out for them. The developers happily obliged by choosing the very worst, cheapest, brownest and ugliest of everything. Every time you opened the door, it was like entering an early 80s bad motel beige time capsule. Right on.
But despite being ugly, it was always absolutely pristine. It was the little condo that could. Over thirty years, the carpet maintained its brilliant beige-ness. The brown polyester sheets had nary a stain. Then, last year, it was rented out to some college students, and the place was transformed into a pulsating pit of despair. The tenants left behind mountains of trash, drug paraphenalia, broken furniture and questionable boy smells. Now, sitting on the sofa or walking across the floor requires a hazmat suit. And it's no exaggeration to say that roaches cross your field of vision every 1-2 minutes. My right eye still has a tic from our last visit.
Jump to 2012 and Ann and I recently got the green light to redo the place. We've been itching to get our hands on it for years, and since we're into design and such, Ann's folks are thrilled that we want to take on the project. We are definitely NOT professionals, but since we've been very lucky to use it over the years, we're happy to do it for them.
Stay tuned for Part Two when I'll talk about getting started. Until then, enjoy a few more "before" pictures so you get the idea. And watch out for bugs.
See what happened in the saga of the World's Ugliest Condo:
- The World's Ugliest Condo: Scope of Work & Budget
- The World's Ugliest Condo: Finding That Special Someone, Your Contractor
- The World's Ugliest Condo: A Glimpse of What's to Come
- The World's Ugliest Condo: My Ballad of Renovation Woes
- The World's Ugliest Condo: And Then There Were(n't) Countertops
- The World's Ugliest Condo: The Final Stretch is Always a Tough One
- The World's Ugliest Condo: Follow The Money Budget Breakdown
- The World's Ugliest Condo: The Big Reveal
- The World's Ugliest Condo: The Bathroom
- Artwork for the World's Ugliest Condo
- Before & After: World's Ugliest Condo Bathroom
(Images: Dabney Frake)


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Reardon Auditorium / Conference & Performance Events
Anderson University is a great place to gather. We are located on 100 rolling wooded acres on the suburban northeast side of the city of Anderson, Indiana. The university occupies 23 main campus buildings, including seven academic buildings, six residence halls, and the 132,000 square feet Kardatzke Wellness Center.
Affiliated with the Church of God, headquartered in Anderson, Indiana, Anderson University is an institution committed to blending faith and higher education and maintains a reputation as one of the leading, Christian liberal arts colleges in the country.
Administrative Offices
1015 E. 5th Street
Anderson, IN 46012
phone: (765) 641-4144
fax: (765) 641-3647
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Janna Henning, Psy.D. Chicago Campus
"Questioning 'knowledge' may be one
of the most interesting parts of my job."
Janna A. Henning, Psy.D., J.D.
Janna A. Henning, J.D., Psy.D.
Coordinator, Traumatic Stress Psychology Concentration
Core Faculty
Teaching psychology requires us to wear many hats, often simultaneously. We must encourage students to hold themselves, each other, and us to the highest standards, while also remaining mindful of our humanness. We must motivate students to participate in research even as they practice the art of clinical work. We must offer students the knowledge necessary for effective and ethical practice in the profession, while also providing the tools and inspiration to question what is "known."
Questioning "knowledge" may also be one of the most interesting parts of my job. There is the knowledge that forms the basis of interventions deemed to be safe and effective, and then there is the new knowledge that is constantly being produced. As a teacher, I must sort and sift information, seeking balance between competing perspectives. As a constructivist, I tend to be mindful of this process, and ask myself questions such as: Why I am making the choices that I make in the classroom? Why am I choosing these particular readings? How much lecture should I include? How much discussion? Are any points of view being privileged or dampened in the classroom? I strongly encourage my students to question their experience in the same way.
Though many schools talk about social responsibility, Adler truly "walks the talk." Our students are actively involved in the community through our Community Service Practicum, and community-centered issues are integrated throughout curricula. Furthermore, students, faculty, and staff have numerous opportunities to become involved in research, outreach, and public education with the Adler University Institutes and Centers. It all makes Adler an exciting place to be as a teacher or a student.
Please email or call me (312.66234343) if you have questions or would like more information about me.
- Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Pschology, 2006
- M.A., Clinical Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2003
- J.D., Indiana University School of Law, 1987
- B.A., Political Science, Indiana University, 1983
- Certificate in Clinical Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals and Their Families, Live Oak, 2007
- Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress, Diplomate Status, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
- Certified in Thanatology (Death, Dying, and Bereavement), Association of Death Education and Counseling
- Illinois Bar
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Illinois)
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Indiana)
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
- American Psychological Association
- APA Division of Trauma Psychology (Div. 56)
- Society of Psychological Hypnosis (Div. 30)
- Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity (Div. 51)
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (Div. 9)
- Society for the Psychology of Women (Div. 35)
- Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Div. 2)
- American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
- Association for Death Education and Counseling
- Association for Gravestone Studies
- International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
- International Society For Traumatic Stress Studies
- Psi Chi (The National Honor Society in Psychology)
- Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
Select Presentations
- Paper session, International Conference of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, November 2010
- Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Vicarious Traumatization in Clinicians, Supervisors, and Teachers: Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment, Sixth Annual Traumatology Symposium on Dynamic Approaches to Crisis and Trauma Interventions, February 2010
- Integrating Social Responsibility into the Teaching of Psychology, 11th European Congress of Psychology, July 2009
- Finalist, Professor of the Year Award, Adler Student Association, 2010


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Computergiant needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 451 designs submitted by 101 freelance designers.
I will give very timely feedback on each and every design submitted to give everyone the best chance to win this contest. See my last one at http://99designs.com/logo-design/co…-one-39574 for proof of this. I will log in multiple times a day and stay up until 3am EST if I have to in order to answer every new submission before going to bed.
The best way to get a great logo is for me to review every submission and provide my honest feedback and to make recommendations on how to improve the design or to scrap it entirely and go with a new concept.
iAvionics.com Concept
This company is a marketplace for buyers and sellers of avionics equipment (aircraft electronics such as GPS, radios, etc.) to find each other. It is more business to consumer and consumer to consumer rather than business to business transactions.
The overriding message of the site is empowering users to save money by cutting out the middleman.
The target audience are buyers and sellers of business jets and general aviation equipment, as well as current business and small plane owners and even avionics technicians who are seeking a specific part they are having trouble finding.
These individuals tend to have money (after all they are buying electronics for very expensive aircraft), are sophisticated and tend to be successful people. They are highly motivated and driven to succeed so the logo must impart quality and reliability to the visitors.
Graphic: I do require a graphic or symbol in addition to text. Please do not submit text only as your design as I will likely eliminate it and tell you to please add a graphic or symbol to it. Please feel free to be creative. Images of jets, planes, electronics, made up symbols, streaks, etc are all fine with me.
Font: I am a fan of Helvectia style fonts due to their clean lines and no text end caps (like Times New Roman), but any font with clean lines will do (weight and style are totally up to you). This is not a requirement per se but rather a general guideline. If you have another font style you feel will work better please choose it. If I don't like it I'll let you know and work with you to revise your submission to my preference.
I can't wait to see the submissions!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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LadyHLG, first let me thank you for this great mod which seems to be exactly what I need.
I managed to install your package without any problem. My only problem now is how to enter my own state's information into your module.
I selected Location/Taxes > Local Sales Tax, then click the [new tax rate] button.
Now, I have a list of towns (not ZIP codes) in my state which have local sales tax. How do I enter that list?
I only noticed the following instructions for ZIP codes:
What do I use to separate the towns in the list? commas? spaces? How do I enter towns that have spaces in them (e.g. "East Springfield")?What data are we searching for?
For Ranges use "-to-" for seperator
example: 53000-to-56000.


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Pumping Stations in East Sussex
Low lying domestic, commercial and industrial developments in East Sussex may require Pumping Stations to raise wastewater, sewerage, effluent and dirty water. The pumps lift the wastewater from low elevations to higher ground, to facilitate normal gravity flow towards a sewerage treatment plant in East Sussex.
Pumping Stations in East Sussex
Pumping Stations are mostly needed when:
•The terrain and minimum sewer grades create expensive deep sewers
•The discharge outlets are below the level of the receiving ground or water body
•The building's basement is too low to discharge wastewater by gravity to the mains
•Sewage has to be raised to get head for a gravity flow to mains or treatment plant
•Low lying construction sites or land require drainage of storm water
Premier Tanks Pumping Stations in East Sussex
Premier Tanks supplies a wide range of high quality Pumping Stations to meet all requirements in East Sussex. The come with single or twin pumping chambers, for use on single or three phase electricity supplies depending on our particular requirements.
The Pumping Stations range from 60 litres to 20,000 litres, and are made from high quality virgin resin and glass. Glass fibre pumping stations have several benefits including:
•Tough and long lasting
•Resistant to shock, temperature fluctuations, and impact
•Lightweight and easy to install
•Corrosion free and resistant to chemical degradation when exposed to raw sewage
•Require little maintenance and are very cost effective
Benefits of Premier Tanks Pumping Stations
•Variable invert depths and orientations to match all site conditions
•Pre-assembled pipework with fully automated operation
•Keying-in lips for easy installation
•Designed to BSEN752 electrical and hydrostatic standards
•Designed to BSEN12050 structural strength and water tight standards
•Standard high level alarm
•Smooth internal walls and integral wells to eliminate dead spots which can cause odours, and to improve efficiency of the pump
•Robust design with heavy duty pumps and pear drop floats
Premier Tanks Pumping Stations Specifications
We provide 3 main types of Pumping Stations:
•Horizontal pump chambers for large commercial and industrial developments
•Vertical pump chambers for small commercial developments and projects
•Marmicro for smaller flows from single dwellings
Horizontal pump chamber specifications:
•63mm outlet diameter
•800mm inlet invert distance
•300mm outlet invert distance
•110mm inlet diameter for AT2800, AT3800 and AT4500
•160mm inlet diameter for AT6000, AT8000, AT10000, AT12000, AT14000, AT16000, AT18000, AT20000
•AT2800 - 2800 L, 3000 x 1250 x 1750 mm
•AT3800 - 3800 L, 4000 x 1250 x 1750 mm
•AT4500 - 4500 L, 2650 x 1600 x 2100 mm
•AT6000- 6000 L, 2950 x 1900 x 2400 mm
•AT8000 - 8000 L, 3640 x 1900 x 2400 mm.
•AT10000 - 10 000 L, 4200 x 1900 x 2400 mm
•AT12000 - 12 000 L, 5200 x 1900 x 2400 mm
•AT14000 - 14 000 L, 5840 x 1900 x 2400 mm
•AT16000 - 16 000 L, 6700 x 1900 x 2400 mm
•AT18000 - 18 000 L, 7500 x 1900 x 2400 mm
•AT20000 - 20 000 L, 8100 x 1900 x 2400 mm
Vertical pump chamber specifications:
•110mm inlet diameter
•63mm outlet diameter
•300mm outlet invert distance
•500mm inlet invert distance for CPS1, Mini, Midi and Max
•700mm inlet invert distance for CPS 2
•900mm inlet invert distance for CPS3, CPS4, CPS5 and CPS6
Below invert capacities:
•Mini: 120 L
•Midi: 280 L
•Maxi: 421 L
Marmicro pump chamber specifications:
•110mm inlet diameter
•63mm outlet diameter
•350mm inlet invert distance
•250mm outlet invert distance
•Marmicro Single - 270 L capacity, 700 x 740 x 840 mm
•Marmicro Twin - 550 L capacity, 1270 x 740 x 840 mm
Premier Tanks stocks Pumping Stations at high levels to meet every size of domestic, commercial or industrial order in East Sussex. We further provide excellent technical support and service, and deliver within 4 days of receiving your order. Call us today on 0333 121 1216 for more information, or to conveniently place your order over the phone.


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English FA says no evidence England fans abused Ferdinand brothers after complaint to FIFA
LONDON – The English Football Association says it has found no video evidence of racist chanting by England fans against Rio and Anton Ferdinand after a complaint was made to FIFA.
European fans monitoring group Fare sent a report to FIFA after apparently abusive chants during last Friday's World Cup qualifier at San Marino were highlighted in British newspapers.
FA executive Adrian Bevington says there was "no reason to dispute the media reports" but added that "we have not found any recorded evidence of the specific discriminatory chanting referring to Rio and Anton Ferdinand."
Rio Ferdinand declined to join the England squad last week after being selected. His brother, Anton, was involved in a high-profile racism case that led to Chelsea captain John Terry losing the England captaincy and later quitting international soccer.


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A Savannah drug recidivist faces a prison term without parole after a jury last week convicted him of sale and trafficking in cocaine and related charges.
Edward Tyrone Chisolm, 36, was convicted by a Chatham County Superior Court jury on April 18 on two counts of sale of cocaine, trafficking on more than 28 grams of cocaine, use of a communications facility for criminal use and possession and delivery of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
Chisolm will remain in jail pending sentencing by Judge Penny Haas Freesemann. Because Chisolm is a repeat offender, he will be required to serve his sentence without parole.
Assistant District Attorney Noah Abrams told jurors that between late September 2010 and early October 2010, Counter Narcotics Team agents conducted three controlled buys of cocaine from Chisolm.
On Oct. 8, 2010, they executed a search warrant at the East 65th Street home of Chisolm's girlfriend, Angelia Ratcliffe, and found packets of power cocaine prepared for distribution, cash and a .44 Magnum firearm, he said.
Ratcliffe earlier pleaded guilty to her involvement in the scheme in return for a negotiated plea-sentence of 10 years in prison.


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Cooler Master Spawn Review
Have you been looking for a new mouse for your new gaming setup? Maybe you have been using the same mouse for quite some time and you are looking for a change? Maybe the mouse that you have now is not cutting it any more? Whatever your reasoning for a new mouse may be, if you are the type of gamer that likes to hold on to your mouse for dear life when you are getting shot at or you are in a very intense gaming session, you may want to check out the Cooler Master's CM Storm Spawn gaming mouse. Not only is this mouse specifically designed to give you the best support while you are gripping it, it has some pretty nice looking features as well. I know I am pretty interested to see how well this mouse is going to do against the competition, but also to see how it looks, so let's get started.
Closer Look:
The packaging for the CM Storm Spawn is quite interesting, while also being very informative. The front of the package has a large picture of the mouse itself in the center and the top left hand corner features the CM Storm text and logo. Under the CM Storm logo is the tagline "Arming the Gaming Revolution" — CM Storm is Cooler Master's gaming line of products. Toward the bottom of the package is the Spawn logo, with "3500 DPI Precision Optical Sensor" located above it. A few quick features of the CM Storm Spawn are located under the model name, letting you know that it has an onboard Sentinel-X 32Kb processor, it is designed for the claw-style gamer with an ergonomic design, and that it has a superior rubberized anti-slip grip design. The front of the package flips open to reveal a view of the mouse itself through a cutout, while the flap shows off some key features of the mouse. When you flip the package over to the back, you'll find a list of specifications. Inside the package, not only are you going to get the CM Storm Spawn mouse, but you will also get a user manual and an installation CD with the retail version of the mouse, but which was not provided to me with the review sample.
The CM Storm Spawn mouse, as mentioned before, is designed for the claw-style way of holding the mouse, which just means you like to have a very tight grip on the mouse rather than just using your fingers. The Spawn is a bit smaller than other mice on the market. There's a groove on the right-hand side of the mouse, featuring the Spawn name, that allows you to rest your ring finger, and there's even a smal ledge for your pinky finger to rest as well. On the left-hand side are two side buttons where your thumb sits. The Spawn includes two thick rubber grips formulated on both sides, allowing lift-off gamers to have full control during their game play. These two rubber pieces are sweat proof and ultra slip resistant. The back end of the mouse features CM Storm logo printed on the bright red chassis of the mouse. When looking at the front of the mouse head on, you'll notice that, along with the scroll wheel, there are also four clickable buttons — your typical left and right mouse buttons, as well as up and down buttons above the scroll wheel.
The Japanese-made scroll wheel has an ultra precise stepping encoder that allows gamers to navigate small distances with the scroll wheel while establishing great control and precision. The four clickable buttons use the Omron Micro Switches, which are backed up by a minimum guarantee of 5 million clicks. The up and down buttons on the front of the mouse above the scroll wheel are going to give you the chance to change your DPI on the fly, with presets of 800, 1800, and 3500. The Spawn gaming mouse utilizes a high performance optical engine and ensures extreme stability. Built with an anti-drift architecture, it provides loss-less performance under mouse lift and drop, giving you the opportunity to raise the mouse above the mouse pad, while it still tracks the movement. The Sentinel-X microprocessor safeguards your mouse settings by storing your button assignments, advanced macros, and other mouse customizations on the mouse itself, which is going to allow the gamer to plug and play on any other system without losing initial settings.
The USB cable on the mouse has the standard rubber coating around the wires inside, which are going to protect them from being bent and broken. The USB cable measures two meters in length and has a gold-plated USB connector at the end, providing a maximumaximum of 1000Hz USB Transfer rate and a pooling time as low as 1.0ms.
Now that we know exactly what the CM Storm Spawn gaming mouse looks like, it's time to take a look at the drivers that come with the mouse and get everything configured so we can test it out and see how it does against the competition.


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Cliff Osmond, 75, a character actor who was a regular presence in director Billy Wilder's comedies of the 1960s and '70s and appeared in dozens of TV series into the 1990s, died Dec. 22 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pacific Palisades, said his daughter Margaret Ebrahim.
Osmond got his start in television in the early 1960s with guest starring roles on a range of programs such as "The Rifleman," "Twilight Zone," "The Untouchables," "Wagon Train," "The Flying Nun," "Gunsmoke," "All in the Family," "Police Story," "The Bob Newhart Show," "Starsky and Hutch" and "Murder She Wrote."
Wilder first cast Osmond, who stood well over 6 feet tall, as a gendarme in "Irma la Douce" (1963). In the 1964 sex farce "Kiss Me, Stupid," he played aspiring songwriter Barney to Dean Martin's Dino; he was Purkey, an investigator of insurance fraud, in the 1966 dark comedy "The Fortune Cookie"; and he had another supporting role opposite Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in "The Front Page" (1974).
Osmond's other film roles included comic parts in Disney's "The North Avenue Irregulars" and "The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again" (both 1979).
He also wrote and directed "The Penitent," a 1988 independent film starring Raul Julia and Armand Assante.
He was born Clifford Osman Ebrahim in Jersey City, N.J., in 1937, and later began using a stage name. He earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a master's in business administration from UCLA, where he also studied theater arts.
In addition to performing, Osmond had a thriving career as an acting coach.
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The kernel is one of the few package classes in portage that requires some manual intervention to complete the upgrade. Portage will download and install the kernel source for you, but then it is up to you to step in and compile the new kernel before any changes will take effect.
Although this guide is targeted at users upgrading from one kernel release to another, it will also be useful for users migrating from one kernel package to another.
Generally, upgrading from one minor kernel release to the next won't bring any major differences. There are several reasons to upgrade the kernel. One is to take advantage of a specific new feature or driver; another is to be protected against a security vulnerability, or just to maintain an up-to-date and healthy system.
Even if you choose not to update to every new kernel revision, it is recommended that you at least upgrade from time to time. It is strongly recommended that you immediately upgrade to a new kernel if that new release solves a security problem.
You upgrade the kernel sources like you would upgrade any other package -
using the
# emerge -Dup world Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild NS ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.9-r2 [2.6.8-r5]
You can then go ahead and install the update, e.g.:
# emerge -u gentoo-sources
The kernel sources will then be installed into a subdirectory of
Gentoo requires that the
Portage can update the symlink automatically when you emerge new kernel
sources. All you have to do is add the
(Add the symlink keyword)USE="symlink x86 3dnow 3dnowex X aac aalib adns alsa apache2"
Alternatively, you could use
(Install eselect if you don't have it)# emerge eselect (See the list of available kernels)# eselect kernel list Available kernel symlink targets: [1] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 [2] linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 (Select the correct kernel)# eselect kernel set 1
If you really want to do it yourself, the following example shows you how to
make the link point to
# cd /usr/src # ln -sfn linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 linux
For either of these options, you should refer to the instructions given in the
If you are a genkernel user, you just need to repeat the stages you went through when installing your kernel for the first time.
Simply run genkernel in the normal way:
# genkernel all
You can also use extra parameters for other genkernel functionality. For
example, if you wish to configure some extra kernel options using
# genkernel --menuconfig --bootloader=grub all
For more info, follow the
To begin, open the
# cd /usr/src/linux # make menuconfig
Select the options required for your hardware and operating environment. For
additional information on kernel configuration, refer to the chapter entitled
Next, compile your kernel and copy it over to your boot partition. Again,
follow the
# make && make modules_install # mount /boot # cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.9-gentoo-r2
Finally, you should update your boot loader configuration, adding an entry for
the new kernel (don't delete the old one just yet!) and unmount the
If you use any kernel modules that are not included in the kernel source tree
but are provided elsewhere in Portage (e.g. ALSA drivers and NVIDIA or ATI
graphics drivers), then you must reinstall these after upgrading the kernel.
This is as simple as re-merging the packages involved. For more information,
refer to the chapter on
We provide you with an easy tool (
For more information, run
Next, close all applications and reboot your system. If you followed the above instructions correctly, the boot loader menu should include an entry for the new kernel. Select the new kernel and let the system boot.
Hopefully, your system successfully boots with the new kernel, and you can log in to resume whatever you were doing. If this is the case, then the upgrade is complete.
If you made a mistake and the system fails to boot with the new kernel, reboot
the system and select the entry from the boot loader that corresponds to the
last known working kernel. You can then restart from the
You may have noticed, that when installing the sources for your newer kernel, the sources for your existing kernel were not removed. This is by design -- it allows you to easily switch between running different kernels.
Switching between multiple kernels is as simple as leaving the kernel sources
Continuing on from the last section, you may be happy with your new kernel and
not have any need to keep older kernel versions around. To easily remove all
sources for a particular kernel except for the newest one, you can take
advantage of the
# emerge -P gentoo-sources
In most cases, temporary files used during compilation will still remain under
the appropriate source directory under
You can also safely delete any modules that were used by this kernel. This can
be done by removing the appropriate directories under
Finally, you can mount your
It is sometimes possible to save time by re-using the configuration file from your old kernel when configuring the new one. Note that this is generally unsafe -- too many changes between every kernel release for this to be a reliable upgrade path.
The only situation where this is appropriate is when upgrading from one Gentoo
kernel revision to another. For example, the changes made between
To reuse your old
# cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 # cp ../linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r1/.config . # make oldconfig
# cd /etc/kernels # cp kernel-config-x86-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 kernel-config-x86-2.6.9-gentoo-r2 # genkernel all
At this point, you may be asked to produce answers for configuration options
which have changed between the two versions. Once you have done that, you can
compile and install your kernel as normal, without having to go through the
A much safer upgrading method is to copy your config as previously shown, and
then simply run
With the rapid development of the Linux kernel, it is inevitable that some
changes made from one kernel release to another may cause some problems. If you
have any issues with the latest versions of


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NEW ORLEANS — They've done it all before, already faced off in a Game of the Century.
Some remember that first meeting as a defensive slugfest. Others complain it was an offensive snorefest.
Well, put it out of your mind.
This is the one that really counts.
Call it the Rematch of the Century.
Top-ranked LSU and No. 2 Alabama will meet for the second time in a little over two months Monday night at the Superdome. Their first encounter, it turns out, was just a warm-up for the BCS championship game.
Alabama coach Nick Saban hopes his team learned from the initial contest, a no-touchdown affair in Tuscaloosa that required extra time and resulted in a 9-6 overtime victory for the Tigers.
"Sometimes when you have a negative experience, you're more willing to maybe learn some of the things that can be valuable to you in the future," Saban said. "I look at the first game as more of an opportunity for us to learn and understand some of the things that we're going to need to do to be able to have a chance to be successful this time."
Everyone expects more scoring in the rematch, but there's no way it's turning into one of those back-and-forth shootouts we've seen so many times this bowl season.
These are two stellar defenses, a pair of teams that buck the trend toward a college game dominated by point-a-minute offenses.
"I'd expect it to be big-boy football," LSU coach Les Miles said.
LSU (13-0) has already put up a body of work that clearly establishes it as the nation's best team. In addition to its Nov. 5 win at Alabama, the Tigers have victories over two other major bowl champions: Rose Bowl winner Oregon and Orange Bowl champ West Virginia. In all, they've knocked off eight teams that were ranked in The Associated Press Top 25, with only three of those games in Baton Rouge.
"The only team I've told them not to schedule is the Green Bay Packers," Miles quipped.
Maybe it's only appropriate for the Tigers to find one more daunting challenge standing in the way of a championship season — a great team they've already beaten.
"When we take the field, we'll be an emotional, fired-up football team," Miles vowed.
Alabama (11-1) didn't even make the championship game of the Southeastern Conference, but the Crimson Tide managed to sneak back into the national title race when Oklahoma State lost late in the season. In the strangest of twists, Saban's team will be the one celebrating its second national title in three years with a mere split of the season series with LSU.
Perhaps sensing just how fortuitous Alabama was to get a do-over, Saban wants his players to seize the moment.
"I would like for them to focus on the opportunity, not the pressure part," he said, "so that they really are zeroed into the mental practice and the things that when they go out there and play, they're going to be confident in doing their job the way they need to do it to have success."
That sort of robotic talk is typical of Saban, who spits out championship teams with assembly line precision, devoid of any flair. While Miles' disjointed grammar and goofy antics make it difficult to take him seriously at times, there are no such issues with Saban. He's all business, mixed in with a healthy dose of fear and autocracy.
"He's not like that all the time. He does have a personality," junior Robert Lester said. "But he's hard on us because he wants us to get the job done. On the field, he demands what he wants. By doing so, the guys go out there and try to do it perfect to please him. It works. You can tell, because we're playing in the national championship game again."
Saban did break character a few times Sunday, as the coaches made their final appearances in front of the media.
When someone's cellphone went off in the back of the room with a loud song, the coach interjected, "Is that a little Al Green? Turn it up, man." He drew laughs when telling how he grilled anyone who wanted to go out on a date with his daughter. "None of them ever really answered me," he said, managing a slight smile. "They were so intimidated so I never got much good information."
Saban even revealed the morning routine he has with his wife.
"We get up at 6:15 every day and watch the Weather Channel for about 30 minutes before we start our day," Saban said. "I get most of my marching orders in that 30-minute segment of what we should do or how I should do it or why it's important to do it that way, what I need to talk to the team about. I get coached up very well in that 30-minute segment of the Weather Channel."
He might want to see if there's a Kicking Channel.
Alabama likely would have won the first meeting with LSU if not for the dismal performance by its two kickers. Cade Foster botched three field-goal attempts, including a 52-yarder after the Tide went the wrong way with its overtime possession. Jeremy Shelley also missed.
Given these are two defenses that take it personally when someone gets close to the goal line, Foster and Shelley are likely to be called on again in the championship game. But the Alabama offense hopes to make it a little easier on them this time. Foster's other misses were from 44 and 50 yards. Shelley failed to convert on a 49-yarder, far beyond his normal range.
"We've got to get them closer. We've got to get them kicking extra points. We can't be going for three points every time," Alabama lineman William Vlachos said. "Obviously, it's not the kickers' fault when we're throwing them out there for 50-yarders every time."
No one doubts the Alabama defense, which wouldn't look that out of place in the NFL with 260-pound linebackers Dont'a Hightower and Courtney Upshaw. The Crimson Tide led the nation in every major category, allowing a minuscule 8.8 points a game.
LSU, with not one but two All-American cornerbacks in Tyrann "Honey Badger" Mathieu and Morris Claiborne, isn't far behind. The Tigers have allowed the second-fewest points (10.5) and are no lower than sixth in the other three major rankings.
While those who prefer high-scoring games might be flipping around the dial Monday night, these teams aren't apologizing to anyone. In fact, they give rave reviews to LSU-Alabama I.
"I thought it was beautiful," Crimson Tide defensive coordinator Kirby Smart said. "That was grown men out there battling. It was the most physical game since I've been at Alabama. It was brutal — the pounding, all the big hits."
That game also marked a turning point for LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson. He began the senior year of his checkered college career with a four-game suspension, punished for his involvement in a bar fight, but took over when Jarrett Lee threw a pair of interceptions against the Tide. Jefferson guided the Tigers to their biggest victory and started the final four games.
Another victory over the Tide, he said, and "I think we will go down as the greatest team."
No matter who wins, the SEC is sure to be a winner. The conference is assured of an unprecedented sixth straight national title. No other league has won more than three in a row.
"I'm for the SEC," said Saban, who won a BCS title during a previous tenure at LSU. "I'm not rooting against anybody in our league."
AP Sports Writer John Zenor in New Orleans contributed to this report.
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Review: The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Year Old Whisky
Posted by Arctic Wolf on May 1, 2011
The oak casks which age The Macallan Sherry Oak Whiskies have been selected from refill Sherry casks originating in Jerez Spain where they previously held aged sherry for two years. Using two-year old Sherry casks is an expensive proposition; however, the makers of The Macallan Whiskies believe that the resulting combination of rich Sherry seasoning, and relatively young oak casks will result in a superior whisky. Indeed in my review I note the strong oak influence which sits astride the Sherry enhancement.
Here is an excerpt from my review:
"…Upon nosing the glass, smoke-filled sherry notes of raisins, prunes, and dates present themselves forcefully. Damp tobacco, and notes of caramelized brown sugars abound. I also detect a strong oak presence giving the glass somewhat of a cognac flair…"
You may read the full review here:
Review: The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Year Old
Please enjoy the review!
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3D Culture Cell Harvesting Kit
Product News Oct 22, 2012
The AMSBIO Cultrex® 3D Culture Cell Harvesting Kit is based on a non-enzymatic approach that prevents biochemical degradation during processing and overcomes the problems associated with extracting cells from 3D culture in BME or Laminin I.
The quality of the harvested cells is ideal for Western blotting and RNA and DNA analysis.
In 3D culture, cells are grown in a microenvironment of specialized proteins that mimics in vivo conditions and allows the cells to organize into complex structures rather than uniform monolayers.
This new kit provides an optimized and standardized solution for the isolation and normalization of cell lysates from 3D Culture Matrix, BME or Laminin I for subsequent biochemical analysis.
3D Cultures exhibit cellular behaviours and morphologies similar to those seen in vivo; however, the adaptation of these models for studying biochemical processes has been impeded by the challenge of separating intact or 3D grown cells from extracellular proteins comprising the 3D matrix.
Commonly, proteases are employed to degrade these extracellular proteins; however, proteases also degrade proteins on the cell surface, and protease activity may carry over into lysate preparations.
Non-enzymatic methodologies have also been described for depolymerising extracellular matrix proteins, although the implementation of these protocols remains problematic for some researchers.


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Ronald Reagan was president. People were fighting to save whales. The first CD player came out.
"Come on, Eileen" was all over the radio while "Rocky III" beat up the box office.
Time Magazine named "the computer" man of the year.
It was 1982, and here in Baltimore that summer, a festival called Artscape debuted.
This year the event, now a city tradition, is paying an irreverent tribute to its roots by sending a bit of the festival back in time. Throughout the three-day festival, the stretch along Charles Street near Pennsylvania Station will be known as "1982 on the Charles Street Bridge."
Artists stationed there...


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Pillar rejigs Axiom for flash
Bring us a brick
Pillar is redesigning its Axiom storage array technology to use NAND flash memory better, with disk drives used for commodity storage.
Pillar CEO Mike Workman has blogged "A trend toward SSDs over HDDs will cause all storage arrays to be re-architected. Today's arrays are not built properly for maximum utilization of the performance benefits of SSD. This will affect everybody in the business.
"Pillar's advanced Axiom architecture is already under development. This will be fun."
Currently flash is used in drive arrays as a faster hard drive, as in EMC's Symmetrix. Pillar itself uses Intel solid state drives (SSDs) in this way. The flash sits in a hard disk drive slot with a hard disk drive interface; Fibre Channel, SATA or SAS.
It is also being given a role in storage array controllers as a cache, with NetApp's PAM (Performance Acceleration Module) a prime example.
A view is emerging that future storage arrays could be two tier, with hot data in flash and less-needed data in bulk capacity SATA drives. An intervening array would have a middle layer of Fibre Channel or SAS drives, faster than SATA but holding less data.
If the array was built to use a flash enclosure loaded with, say PCIe-connected flash, alongside disk drive enclosures, there would be no need to split the flash up into hard disk drive-like units with disk interfaces. We would have a flash enclosure with its own controller running inside Axiom alongside disk drive enclosures. In Pillar terminology we would have flash Bricks running alongside disk Bricks with the Slammer controllers moving data to and from the Bricks.
If this route were the one chosen by Pillar then the Slammer controllers might need modification to talk to the flash Bricks. When will we hear more? Since the CEO is talking about it now we'll probably get more information by the end of the year. ®


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As I described in a previous blog post, EDESA (Kiva's field partner in Costa Rica) works with a network of Community Credit Enterprises (ECCs by their Spanish acronym). To reiterate a bit, the ECCs are small, grassroots microfinance organizations formed by rural community members. FINCA Costa Rica provides extensive training in these communities to teach members how to work together to create and run a profitable business that provides financial services among other things. I recently visited one of the oldest and largest ECCs, La Asociación de Productores de El Sauce (The Association of Producers of El Sauce – El Sauce for short).'
This ECC is a phenomenal example of what people can do with just a little money, a little training, and a lot of motivation. The El Sauce ECC started about 17 years ago with only 13 members and no money. They quickly grew to 23 members and Finca provided them with their first loan: just over US$1,100 to invest in farming projects across all the members. Over the years they have grown steadily and currently have 136 members holding 531 shares and have given a total of 2,062 microloans.
The beauty of the El Sauce ECC, however, is not just the manner in which it has provided financial services to the community, but how it has used the foundation of the ECC to expand in many ways. As the enterprise became profitable, the members decided to reinvest some of the profits in establishing a formal office and purchasing equipment such as computers and printers. Now, in addition to providing loans, the El Sauce ECC office serves as an internet café, photocopy and printing center, classroom for computer courses taught by a local Peace Corps volunteer, and more. This not only provides useful services to the community, it also generates more income for the ECC, which can be utilized to provide more loans, other services, and/or dividends paid out to the members.
But some members didn't stop there. Building off the idea of pooling resources to create a business for everyone in the community to benefit from, 10 members recently formed a diary producers cooperative. They have constructed a small cheese factory where local farmers can bring their milk to sell. The milk is then made into cheese and sour cream, which have a much higher resale value, thus generating more income for the local farmers. The factory also employees four people in cheese production.
FINCA's goal is to equip rural Costa Ricans with the knowledge and skills to form a successful enterprise. They teach the power of collaboration and of pooling resources. The community of El Sauce has applied these invaluable lessons on so many different levels and members are regularly investing in initiatives that will continue to grow and provide benefits for years to come. EDESA and Kiva are providing additional financial resources to these industrious entrepreneurs to help facilitate this growth. It truly is an amazing thing to witness!
Follow these links to see the borrower profiles for a few of the Kiva borrowers from El Sauce. Make sure to scroll down the page to read the journal updates and watch more short videos of their work.
If you'd like to hear more about microfinance in Costa Rica, join the EDESA lending team, Pura Vida Costa Rica. Also be sure to visit this link regularly to see any fundraising loans for Costa Rican microentrepreneurs.
Megan Tatman Montgomery is in her fourth and final placement as a Kiva Fellow. Prior to EDESA, she served at Friendship Bridge and FAPE in Guatemala and ADEPHCA in Nicaragua. Please feel free to contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions, comments, or requests for future blog posts./>


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The communications board is the "phone" part of the iPhone.
Insert a SIM card eject tool or paper clip into the hole next to the headphone jack.
Press down on the paper clip until the SIM card tray pops out.
To remove the SIM, insert the end of a SIM eject tool or a small thin paper clip into the hole on the SIM tray. Press firmly and push the tool straight in until the tray pops out.
I put the SIM card back in, and the slide to unlock does not work.
dean -
Grasp the SIM card tray and slide it out of the iPhone.
You better lay off the caps.
Very hard to remove and the plastic is very fragile
Take care when removing
When you get stuck follow this guy guide
Great Guide.
My dad banged his iPhone in a table after arguing with someone and got the aluminum cover next to the volume control bent in such a way as it got the volume control stuck in the max position. I used this guide to remove all parts out of the way so I can get the shape of that region and corrected it the "Han Solo" Way. It was an excellent opportunity to get the phone cleaned up as well
The biggest problem I had was screwing some of the screws back. The screwdriver that I had was not magnetized, so I used a little bit of superglue to bind the screw and the screwdriver until I had it screwed tightly.
The second biggest problem I had was that I lost a screw twice, but was lucky enough to find it quickly on the floor next to me.
I am very happy as I waited more than a month to get the confidence to get this iPhone repaired.
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how do i know what part is in my phone? There are 2...
Once you have the phone apart and have gently unplugged the power ribbon, read the part number on the ribbon. If it's in the 821- family, you can safely use corresponding 821 headphone assembly. If it is the other part number, use the newer replacement. Many sites list both parts and let you order the appropriately numbered part. Otherwise (if you order the wrong part) it won't work or you'll have to [unnecessarily] hack the part to get it to work.
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Once you have the phone apart and have gently unplugged the power ribbon, read the part number on the ribbon. If it's in the 821- family, you can safely use corresponding 821 headphone assembly. If it is the other part number, use the newer replacement. Many sites list both parts and let you order the appropriately numbered part. Otherwise (if you order the wrong part) it won't work or you'll have to [unnecessarily] hack the part to get it to work.
I bought the wrong one.... how do I hack it?
The very first model does not have the four tabs. To open this version, use a plastic opener tool and push it into the middle of the tiny space between the rectangular dock connector and the antenna cover. Move the tool to the side and push it in a little deeper. A small gap should open up at the bottom of the antenna cover, where it meets the metal. Continue using the plastic opener tool in there, pushing it in and forcing it around the edge so that the antenna cover further separates. Then repeat this on the other side. To me it seems like a very brittle piece of plastic, so be careful. But now that it's loose at the bottom you can lift it with your fingers and work it off.
Insert a metal spudger into the slot between the dock connector and the antenna cover. Gently pry up near the two tabs to create a small gap between the antenna cover and the silver front bezel.
Take heed to the note about getting the spudger between the dock connector and the cover. The dock connector is black plastic, as is the antenna cover, so it's difficult to see any gap between them. Putting the spudger between the metal shielding of the connector and the plastic is incorrect.
Insert an iPod opening tool in the gap between the antenna cover and the front bezel. The wedge of the tool should be pointing towards the antenna cover. Slide the tool around the corner and up until you reach the metal backing.
Repeat the same procedure on the other side of the dock connector.
Grasp the antenna cover on either side and slide it up and away from the iPhone. This requires some force. If it does not come free, ensure that the antenna cover is lifted up enough to free the catches.
It was released very hard on my iPhone 2G but the problem comes when i have to put it back.
It remains a little more space between the dock and the Antena cover and maybe that's because the two tabs between the mic and the speaker are not entered under the gold board?
If someone knows please tell me how to put it back.
There is a very easy way to remove the cover by simply sticking duct tape on it and pulling the tape away of the phone.
It will leave no marks and it didn't damage my antenna cover as much(my "chinese" repair tools were to weak).
Thanks, using the tape was quick and easy, no damage at all.
Roeland -
Brilliant. Works perfectly. 20 seconds of work.
Remove the three Phillips #00 screws securing the rear panel to the iPhone.
The small square hole is the location to insert the dental pick in the next step.
Be sure to use the square hole, more to the inside, not the one between the outer shell and the little piece of metal. The Outer shell is attached to the metal.
You guys show this is vanilla dessert. And it's more difficult than building a DIY space shuttle. I wonder why Apple did the iPhone so problematic to disassemble. It's just the battery!
I've seen some instructions recommending using a knife to open up a space between the back cover and trim. Using the dental pick as shown here, it is very easy to break off the screw attachment near the edge of the cover.
Agree with Bill, I did break off one of the screw attachments. In retrospect, using a small putty knife between the cover and battery (which I'm replacing anyways) to apply force against the cover while prying at the hole would have helped.
Start removing the rear panel on the side with the buttons.
Slide the dental pick completely into the square hole. You may need to wiggle the tool and apply a good amount of force to get it to go all the way.
Pry up the rear panel by pulling the dental pick counterclockwise in a quick motion. Apply force perpendicular to the plane of the display assembly. You may be afraid to go fast, but going slowly is more likely to bend the case.
ugh. i totally mangled my case. snapped off the 2 outer screw brackets... broke my dental pick, too. and my small screwdriver. thank goodness for craftsman tools! ;)
i was pretty disheartened by the whole thing, but i keep it in a hard shell anyway so it's not that noticeable.
I could NOT get this method to work. I tried three different picks and all bent when I tried to lever them this way. I did break one of the frame screws off in the process as well. I ended up going back to my old standby... The Exacto Knife and a 1/8 inch flat head screw driver... I used the exacto to get the flat head started, then worked my way up one side toward the top of the phone slowly and carefully wiggling the screw driver until it popped open on that side. Then I did the same to the other. That worked well for me. These plastic openers and dental picks just bent and broke on me. GOOD LUCK. My Advice: Get a 3G or 3GS, I can break one down in under a minute!
I didn't have a dental pick. I used a narrow, flexible hobby putty knife. The button side edge popped right off. The blank side required me to slowly wiggle along, continually pushing the putty knife up to 2" to detach each of the clips.
Use a spudger to free the rear panel from the iPhone along the corner and top.
Repeat the same procedure on the other side of the iPhone. Slide the dental pick completely into the square hole. You may need to wiggle the tool and apply a good amount of force to get it to go all the way.
wich dental pick should I use? I´d bought some but they twist or didn´t fit on the scare... thx in advance and really good guide!!
I know this is old, but I've had some success. Rather than the dental pick, which I bent too, I ground down a very small "L" bend hex wrench. Worked like a champ. Also: If you have an iPhone 4 and are looking to use the microSIM in your 1st gen iPhone with the use of a microSIM adaptor... DO NOT put the empty adaptor in the SIM slot. That's what I did and had to dismantle the phone to get it repair the SIM contacts.
Actually, the "button" side released fairly easily and I was able to loosen the top end with a plastic spudger. However, the remaining side was a @#!@! and the process of popping it off caused the protruding screw lug to break off the internal guide, which itself came off seconds later. Oof! While the side guide was easily glued back in, the lug ultimately became a casualty since it was too small and unweildy to SuperGlue™ back on. But, as Meat Loaf wisely sings, "two out of three ain't bad." The 'phone can live w/o one screw and possibly two if the center lug remains.
Pry up the rear panel by pulling the dental pick clockwise in a quick motion. Apply force perpendicular to the plane of the display assembly. You may be afraid to go fast, but going slowly is more likely to bend the case.
The rear panel is still attached to the iPhone by the headphone jack cable, so don't entirely remove the rear panel from the iPhone just yet.
I've seen some guides that recommend a technique for prying up on the center of the case. if you do so, it is easy to accidentally damage the battery if you pry in the wrong direction.
Use a spudger to disconnect the headphone jack cable from the logic board.
A picture of what the dental pick is poking at would be useful inside the back case. If you get on the wrong side of the frame rail you can break the ear where the screw goes pretty easily with that pick (yes it appears to be titanium). Guess that is why only the plastic pick was part of the toolset, but used a metal one as depicted and ran into this. As you say this is challenging, and more pictures are better.
Peel up the orange tape securing the white antenna cable to the side of the iPhone.
Use a spudger to disconnect the two antenna cables from the communications board. Apple used a small dab of glue on these connections, which may make removing the antenna connections harder.
Remove the following 3 screws:
One Phillips #00 screw securing the logic board to the iPhone near the camera.
Two Phillips #00 screws, one on either corner of the logic board.
Use a spudger to disconnect the camera connector.
Lift the camera out of the iPhone.
Working from the edge opposite the battery connectors, insert a spudger between the battery and the plastic frame and pry up on the battery. It is attached to the casing with an adhesive, but should slowly come free.
Slide a spudger beneath the logic board on the side opposite the battery connector and pry up slightly. Don't lift up too far, because there are still four attached connectors on the bottom of the logic board.
In a similar manner, slide a spudger beneath the logic board where the camera was. Again, don't lift up too far yet as there are still four attached connectors on the bottom of the logic board.
Lift up the logic board slightly and slide a spudger beneath the logic board to disconnect the display ribbon cable.
After freeing the first connector, slide the spudger further towards the battery and the center of the iPhone to disconnect the speaker connector.
When reassembling, getting the display connector and the speaker connector reconnected is quite challenging. Anyone got any tips?
Go to the other side of the logic board and use a spudger to disconnect the touch sensor cable on the under side of the logic board.
Slide a spudger beneath the black locking bar and pry up to rotate the bar 90 degrees (the bar is already rotated in the picture).
My iphone use to work fine except the communication board. I replaced the part but now the home buttom, speaker and mic are not working. What do you think that might happen?
Rene Ortega
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My iphone use to work fine except the communication board. I replaced the part but now the home buttom, speaker and mic are not working. What do you think that might happen?
Rene Ortega
I always recommend checking the connectors involved. If a connection is not seated properly, it may cause this issue.
In Step 24 it shows the wide ribbon from the display assy. Mine is not seated properly and I want to straighten it out. I do not quite understand how to release the connector. It looks like the locking bar should slide toward the ribbon cable to release, but it is very stubborn and I am afraid to get aggressive. Exactly where should the locking bar move to? How is it reset? Thanks. BTW This guide is just great...
The locking bar moves towards the ribbon cable. For me it didn't take all too much violence. Now how to get the ribbon back into place, that's a different question...
Hold both the battery and the logic board assembly and slide both parts away from the orange antenna and out of the iPhone.
There are two stacked circuit boards on the iPhone. The communcations board is on the top, and the logic board is located on the bottom.
To separate the boards, insert a spudger into the gap in the metal shielding as shown. Carefully pry with the spudger to loosen the connector.
Continue to separate the two boards. The silver metal shielding may not immediately separate. If necessary, work around the edge of the board to separate the metal shielding.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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I ended up buying the BW Gas Alert for my personal CO. Seems to work fine and the battery lasts a looong time. I bought the Bacharach Leakator Jr for combustibles; it is *extremely* sensitive, which is both good and bad. I would have liked a few features (the Jr. has no adjustments) but was broke at the time I bought it. Then last year, when the new Bacharach Insight came out, I got one to replace an aging Testo and I love it. Really an excellent tool.
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Hey David, on your Leakator Jr. you know about the "lower sensitivity" mode right? The instructions are on the back and it takes a bit of practice, but I find it very useful. It's my favorite model of combustible gas detector and I've tried a few different brands.
I use a Testo 330-LL, teach with a Testo 325 and wear a Testo 317-3. They are dependable and tough. And I'm close to Sparta, NJ if there's a problem. I also recommend the Testo 510 manometer for portability, but make sure you read the manual and follow the instructions or you will think it's possessed.
Now that I am working for CSG and they supply my equipment I have a combustion analyzer and gas leak detector for sale if you are interested. They have not been used much and are only a year old. Send me a message if you are interested.
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I'm sure we all have a routine where we thoroughly clean our homes. Some of us may do it more frequently than others but nevertheless we have to do it from time to time. There are places that most of us forget to clean or don't feel the need to clean them often and the scary thing is that these objects are LOADED with germs that may in fact make you sick. I've made a list of 10 objects in your home that may be filled with germs, bacteria, and viruses but that we may not always remember.
COFFEE MAKER- I know we use our coffee maker regularly in our home and to be honest I don't thoroughly clean it the way I should. Coffee makers are moist environments and could develop mildew and mold (GROSS!). To clean your coffee pot, mix 1 part vinegar and 2 parts water and add it to where you'd normally put the water. Add a filter and run the coffee maker as you normally would. Discard the mixture.
CELL PHONE - Cell phones are in your hands, near your face and ears and in our pockets, purses and on different surfaces. All of these surfaces have a significant number of germs and yet we never think about cleaning our phones. You can use disinfectant wipes or alcohol pads
REMOTE CONTROL - This is another object that comes in contact with different people's hands. Hands transfer an insane number of germs that can live on your remote. Disinfectant wipes and alcohol pads will do the trick.
TOLIET HANDLE - THis is probably one of the dirtiest parts of your bathroom. We all flush and usually BEFORE we wash our hands. This can leave all kinds of germs (some harmful ones like E. Coli) and I am guilty of not cleaning the handle as often as I should. Disinfectant wipes and alcohol work great.
CREDIT CARDS - Credit cards and debit cards get passed from hand to hand every time you use it and just because your hands are clean, doesn't mean the other person's hands are. There are so many germs on your cards so be sure to wipe them down with alcohol pads.
TOOTHBRUSH HOLDERS - Your wet toothbrushes sit in the holder and can develop mold and mildew. There are also germs on your toothbrush that may continue to breed and multiply. Be sure to soak your toothbrush holders in 1 part bleach (or vinegar) and 3 parts water for 1 hour and allow to dry upside down
RUG BOTTOMS - Honestly what is the point of sweeping and mopping, if there is still so much dust and dirt under your rugs. Dirt clings to the bottoms of rugs and once you place them down, those particles are back on the floor. Vacuuming both sides of your rugs can save you from this problem
LIGHT SWITCHES - Every time you walk into a room, you probably switch on a light. Most people touch light switches more than they way their hands which can leave a whole lot of germs on them. Alcohol works great.
SALT & PEPPER SHAKERS - Most of us just refill our shakers once they are empty. We don't think to sanitize them. Place them in the dishwasher to sanitize them and be sure to wipe them clean regularly.
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You are so right. I don't know when was the last time that I cleaned any of those things.. Thanks for sharing.


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Perpetual Groove will play their final pre-hiatus show on April 5. The performance will take place at Athens, GA's Georgia Theatre, the group's longtime home venue. After the show, guitarist Brock Butler will take a leave of absence from the band for personal reasons. Remaining members Adam Perry, Albert Suttle and Matthew McDonald will continue on under the name Ghost Owl.
The group has now confirmed that Ghost Owl will open Perpetual Groove's April 5 show at the Georgia Theatre. The new project will play a limited number of shows in March and April of 2013. They will tour extensively this summer. PGroove will perform at Oxford, MS's The Lyric this evening.


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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
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Came for the PLOT, stayed for the plot. That was surprisingly decent. The protagonist in particular was pretty damn cool. Strong and perverted just like I like them. I'm sick and tired of main characters who can't even touch a girl's hand without blushing.
The plot is interesting too. It's not often we get to see the aftermath of a battle between a hero and a demon lord.
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Location: Florida
What I said for Issei also applies for Akatsuki. I want him to have at least one moment of actual weakness, something that even he can't do on his own. If he's going to succeed as a protagonist, that moment of weakness is necessary.
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Guess what time it is?
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Is the backdrop for this seriously that Japan is facing an epidemic of young shounen and shoujo protagonists coming back from being the chosen hero/priestess/mech pilot of an alternate fantasy world and having trouble re-adjusting to normal school life, so they put them all in a special academy?
Because now I desperately want a gag series that is just that school, and the head-cases who attend it. The worst job in the world would be the relationship counselor that has to help them all get over the beautiful Fairy Queen, or the rugged prince-in-exile with whom they share a timeless love that transcends worlds.
For the time being, though, I'm loving the protagonist's superhuman thievery skills, and also that the female lead is a magical powerhouse, and not just useless. I have no idea where any of this is going, but I'm actually more excited for this show than I ever thought I'd be.
|2012-07-08, 00:48
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after clear thinking
Action, Adventure, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Shounen, mahou shoujo, pervert protagonist, paralel world
these are too muchh if the LN itself not famous enough for having proper information in the internet perhaps wrong information
at least im expected it now and not hoping too muchh
perhaps the promotional video misleading the audience
waiting is the rational action..
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I'm also having problem on this series when i saw the pv with out balance meat on the girls. I hate a not proportional beauty. And also that pv with queen's blade vs hagure no yuusha LOL
Though when I'm asking around for information of this series. Their is indeed time with stupid level of perverseness and not the super cool way of the hero stealing underwear but really stupid moments. I won't care anymore yet because I haven't seen it yet. I will just enjoy the ride. The MC is cool and all Akatsuki sure is strong.
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But realistically, yes if there were thousands of Protagonist returning, there'd certainly be special facilities to help them either reintegrate, or appreciate an even wider world out there beyond the one they saved.
Though... could Babel be forging an army of Earthlings to secure Earth's political and Economic dominance in it's surrounding worlds? Pax Terra indeed.
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I was wonder if its really worth my money. I had a psp 2000 back in the day and i have to say i love it very much! The games were fun as well as all the things it could do.
So here my question/request: Is the Psp Vita worth it? If so what games do you suggest? Tell me why you like it!
Hope to hear some good responses and good feed back as to why or why not I should get it. Anyhow thanks for the help!
(if i do get it ill be sure to give whoever convinced me a guest pass) Its not a lot i know sorry!
Fun things are fun.
Is the Vita worth $250? For me, it was worth it. What wasn't worth the money is the memory cards(luckily I got mines free).
The Vita has some great games on it and beautiful graphics. I would recommend Blazblue(Fighting) and Zero Escape(Puzzle/light Novel) as top two buy.
The Vita already has some soical apps such as Facebook and Twitter(Haven't tried them), also has Netflix and Youtube, and will probably get Crunchyroll later on(don't know when).
The Browser on the Vita is good for reading Manga and doing mini searches on google or downloading images or songs, not other than that, for me anyways.
The camera was not what I was expecting, most phones have better camera than Vita but its something at least, useful for Skype.
What really sucked about the Vita was the Content Manager, this allows you to back up your entire Vita(saves, games, music, photos etc) on to the computer or Ps3, but it requires Internet connection for the PC or Ps3. Without Internet you can still copy pictures or music from or to the PC but you can't do anything with the Ps3.
You can view your PSN friends via the Vita, you can message them, invite them to party chats, but when your on the Ps3 you can't see who's on the Vita. An update will probably fix this.
I read somewhere that the Vita is getting a price drop next year, don't know if you'll wait that long, but the Vita is a pretty awesome system. Best part: Listen to your own music while playing a game. Might have left some details out but ehh, you decide if you want the Vita, it's your money use it when you need it.
Blazblue rocks,
Thanks for the response! I might wait then since its one of those things that can. Since you answered so honestly and I see that your already member here ill try to do something special for you later on! Again thank you very much for the insight.
Fun things are fun.
No Problem. The Vita might be like the 3DS a late bloomer.
If you'd like to keep up with some info pertaining to the Vita checj out is group
Dude keeps the page updated at a nice interval and puts up up coming games for the Vita.
Blazblue rocks,
Well first off it is called PS vita not psp vita. I bought one a while ago and it is a pretty good handheld. i don't have a phone or an ipod so it is like having the social apps from a phone and music and anime/videos and games all in one system. It is a pretty pricey system though :/ it also gets alittle boring when all your friends have 3DS's and your the only one with a vita (but that could just be me).
The games are alright. i havent really found a game that is out yet that i freakin love. i bought LBP vita and MGS HD collection but they are alright. i am really looking forward to games like Phantasy Star Online 2, God Eater 2, DJ max Technika (i think thats what its called..), and maybe persona 4 golden.
The big downside is that i dont have anyone to play with so if anyone has or gets one, you can add me Danger_wildpants ;P
I just bought one on Saturday, and take my word, stay away from the AC Liberation bundle. The game itself was just no fun and felt pretty shallow. But if you're really in to games like kingdom hearts and monster hunter but don't like really complex crafting go for Ragnarok Odyssey. I've been playing the heck out of that game after beating AC Liberation and have been loving it.
2:22am, and I'm sitting around lurking Crunchyroll...
The vita is good if you have alot of money for games but if your broke your better off with a psp than buying a vita but if you get a vita i highly recomend the game Gravity Rush
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The vita is good if you have alot of money for games but if your broke your better off with a psp than buying a vita but if you get a vita i highly recomend the game Gravity Rush
This man knows a good game when he sees one. Gravity Rush was a day one purchase for me along with my Vita. A very fun open world game.
oh yea im either playin that or persona 3 portaple (psp game)
ye get it, its pretty epic I got it but i got many games. Best so far being AC SF xtekken MGS collection and umvc3
Ramadan is here now im on official hiatus
get it in a bundle because the memory cards are pretty expensive and the bundled vitas give you a 4gb and its something I just ordered a 32gb so I can get all the nice freebies coming out soon since the update for 2.0 just got released!
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JS© wrote: I've never felt so distanced as a fan.
offsides wrote:Godric wrote:Big Easy Pens Fan wrote:I'm 67. At this stage in my life, I wouldn't want to deprive myself of any opporunity to travel to Pittsburgh to attend at least 2 games or 3 games in a 4 to 7 day period. Plus it affords me of the opportunity to visit friends there. Unfortunately it is looking less and less like a season will be forthcoming for '12-'13.
I feel for you BEPF, and I wish you many more opportunites to enjoy
With the release of that little tidbit of info.... The oldest people on the board are now:
I'm 63. Where do I rank?
mikey287 wrote:Not that I want to bring up the age of people and harp on it, but I had no idea offsides was 63...I have a very vague idea of posters' ages I think, but I was way off there...wouldn't have given him such a hard time in the past had I had known that...
mikey287 wrote:Not that I want to bring up the age of people and harp on it, but I had no idea offsides was 63...I have a very vague idea of posters' ages I think, but I was way off there...wouldn't have given him such a hard time in the past had I had known that...
Godric wrote:Tim Thomasen wrote:If the Lord's willing and the creek don't rise, I will attend as many games as can.
I attend atleast five games as I have a five game mini plan with the club and if I have the momey i'll attend a few more. I'm not like everyone else here when they say they don't miss the NHL because I do. I miss the Saturday night games, I miss the rivalry games and I miss listening to Lange on the radio.
I'm not into college hockey, i'm done following ECHL hockey since Johnstown moved away and although i've had a ten game plan with the Erie Otters for the last three years, it doesn't replace following NHL hockey. Alto figure in the fact the team is horrible on defense, has no consistant scoring outside of Connor McDavid and Connor Brown and is too broke to make a coaching change. So all that and the fact Erie is close to three hours away from home makes it hard to get into OHL hockey the same way i'm into NHL hockey.
Hang in there....
What a somber thread
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largegarlic wrote:My mom's company has season tickets
pensfan86 wrote:If they start to play the first of the year, there will be only 3 weekend home games. Thank you NHL for another shotty schedule. With that being said I doubt I will be going to any!
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