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A Comparison of Emtricitabine and Stavudine Used With Didanosine Plus Efavirenz in HIV-Infected Patients Who Have Not Taken Anti-HIV Drugs
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified June 2006 by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of emtricitabine and stavudine when given with didanosine plus efavirenz to HIV-infected patients.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Efavirenz Drug: Emtricitabine Drug: Stavudine Drug: Didanosine
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Double-Blind, Equivalence Trial Comparing Emtricitabine to Stavudine Within a Triple Drug Combination Containing Didanosine Plus Efavirenz in Antiretroviral-Drug Naive HIV-1 Infected Patients
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Inclusion Criteria
Patients may be eligible for this study if they:
- Are at least 18 years old at the time of screening.
- Have plasma HIV-1 RNA loads (level of HIV in your blood) of 5,000 or more copies/ml at the time of screening.
- Have not used any anti-HIV therapy for more than 2 days.
- Have a negative pregnancy test within 22 days of starting study drugs.
- Can be reached by telephone.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will not be eligible for this study if they:
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding.
- Use alcohol or illegal drugs that, in the opinion of the principal investigator, may interfere with the patient's ability to follow the dosing schedule and protocol evaluations.
- Are being treated for active tuberculosis.
- Are using astemizole, cisapride, midazolam, triazolam, ergot derivatives, St. John's wort, or drugs for a mental disorder.
- Have a history of a serious mental disorder.
- Are unwilling to use an effective barrier method of birth control during the study (for women who can get pregnant).
- Have a history of opportunistic infections and cancers (Mycobacterium avium complex, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmic encephalitis or disseminated toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis, Isospora belli, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, visceral Kaposi's sarcoma, and lymphoma). Patients with past episode of pulmonary tuberculosis, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, or isolated cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma are allowed. Medication for the prevention of PCP (TMP/SMX, nebulized pentamidine, and atovaquone) is allowed.
- Have peripheral neuropathy (a painful condition affecting the nervous system) or history of peripheral neuropathy.
- Cannot take medicine by mouth or have severe chronic diarrhea within 30 days before beginning the study.
- Cannot eat 1 or more meals a day because of chronic nausea, vomiting, or abdominal or esophageal discomfort.
- Have had a serious illness or injury within 30 days of screening. Treatment must have been completed for 14 days prior to study entry.
- Have a history of AIDS-defining opportunistic infection, except for tuberculosis or infection of the stomach or intestines.
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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, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006208
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|NCT00006208 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 11, 2000
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2005
Keywords provided by NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service:
Drug Therapy, Combination
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Anti-HIV Agents
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
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Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
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Students from countries as far away as Colombia, Spain, and Sweden accepted newly minted degrees at the University of Miami Global Academy's fourth high school graduation.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (June 06, 2014) —
With students hailing from the Bahamas, Colombia, Spain, and Sweden, the University of Miami Global Academy (UMGA) graduated the fourth class in its history on Friday, awarding diplomas forged in an online environment in which technology such as Skype and video conferencing helped bridge the great distances between students and instructors.
For many of the 12 graduating seniors, the ceremony, held in UM's Newman Alumni Center, marked the first time they actually met their classmates after taking online courses in biology, chemistry, and English for so long. But that didn't cause class valedictorian Jenny Cooke to be shy. The pop-country music writer and singer, who has appeared on the Disney Channel, Fox, and Nickelodeon, urged her fellow graduates to embrace all that is diverse.
"It's a beautiful thing to be different," Cooke said shortly before the ceremony, noting the distinctiveness of the UMGA online high school.
Based out of the University of Miami's Division of Continuing and International Education, UMGA serves grades 9-12 with a core curriculum, AP courses, foreign language selections, and diverse electives. "It's really a great school for students who have a passion in life—whether it be for performing arts, sports, or even for knowledge—and would be held back by a traditional curriculum that doesn't allow them to move at their own pace," said Craig Wilson, UMGA's head of school.
Students, explained Wilson, are drawn to UMGA's "one-to-one communication and instruction."
Cooke, who will be attending UM next fall, agreed. "I'm a discussion person," she said. "I learn from having in-depth conversations, and each of my professors at UMGA were fantastic in that regard, talking with me about whatever subject matter I was struggling with."
Other seniors in Cooke's graduating class included a competitive swimmer, tennis player, and equestrian, making it one of UMGA's most diverse classes ever, said principal Gisela Delgado. "They're a high-achieving group," she said. Nearly 40 percent of the class will be attending top-rated universities, she pointed out.
The graduation ceremony was the highlight of a week of activities that included a barbecue for the students and their family members and an academic achievements banquet. Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson, founder of the Good Government Initiative at UM, delivered the graduation address.


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I'm not sure if anyone missed me, but I sure as shit missed you.
I genuinely thought that I was making the right decision by stepping away from blogging. I thought, who cares about my stupid blog? It's been 5 years, and what do I have to show for it? but the thing is, deep down, I care about my stupid blog.
Over the years, a real community was built here, and I sincerely miss contributing to it. Real people read this blog, and that's what makes it something special to me. No one will ever come here for pretty pictures of homemade meals or tutorials on how to master the art of an up-do, but women will come here because I genuinely want you to feel like you belong.
When I closed up shop, I had reached a point (that I'm sure I'll tell you about) where I was convinced I wouldn't miss it here. I thought walking away and changing my Instagram handle would erase the fact that I've spent years talking to you.
It didn't.
I still want to tell you about how my kid ate a piece of bread out of the trash last week because I think it's funny, and because I think it gives you permission to relax about the fact that maybe your kid prefers literal garbage food over the food you make him, too. And maybe you would never allow your kid to be in such a filthy situation, but it might make you laugh.
I still want to talk to you about the fact that I'm pregnant for the second time, and although my gratefulness trumps everything, I'd be lying if I told you that I never experience moments of sheer "how the fuck am I going to do this?!" panic (among many other things.)
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I still have a desire to share the real life side of motherhood with you, because I think it's missing in our age of social media. I don't want to spend 20 minutes staging an instagram picture of a latte and pink peonies in order to justify a "real mom moment" caption, when in all reality, I don't drink lattes or even know how to pronounce peonies.
So even though I have some hangups about coming back after walking away, I'm going to get over myself and get on with it. You know why? Because we have tons of catching up to do.
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Scott DeMuth, a sociology graduate student at the University of Minnesota, was sentenced yesterday to 6 months in federal prison for his role in a 2006 raid on a Minnesota ferret farm. A judge in Davenport, Iowa, ordered that DeMuth be taken into custody immediately.
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Newest Ranger Carlos Peña hits first home run into tub of beef brisket
Rangers first baseman Carlos Peña hit his first home run of the season on Wednesday night, a solo shot off Tigers pitcher Annibal Sanchez, in the sixth inning of an 8-6 loss.
Although it was Peña's first home run in over a year, that wasn't even close to being the most unique aspect of the sluggers' hit.
After leaving his bat, Peña's home run ball bounced off a wall and landed in a tub of beef brisket located in the right field bleachers at Globe Life Park.
Fox Sports Southwest sideline reporter Jim Knox interviewed the fan who caught the ball with brisket still on it. The young man said he decided to give the souvenir to a woman nearby who he had just met.
It was only Peña's second game as a member of the Rangers. He went 2 for 5 with an RBI and two runs scored after going 0 for 4 the night before.
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Two 19-year-old female hikers were airlifted from the Cedar Creek Falls trail Monday afternoon, due to dehydration, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
Deputy John West said the sheriff's department received a 911 call between 2 and 3 p.m. from one of the hikers. A sheriff's ASTREA helicopter, in the area because of the Chariot Fire, responded.
The female hikers were on their way back from the falls and were about 1-1/2 miles from the top of the trail, he said. Because the helicopter had to land several hundred yards from the females, two male hikers who were nearby assisted in carrying the dehydrated female to the aircraft, the deputy said.
"She was pretty dehydrated and kind of in and out of consciousness," he noted, adding that the second female said she was OK.
However, after flying the first female to Ramona's Fire Station 81, West said they got a call from her friend and returned to pick her up.
"The second one was in a lot better shape," he said.
West said he did not know where the females resided and if they were taken to the hospital.
The U.S. Forest Service reopened Cedar Creek Falls trail under a visitor use permit system in April, following its closure in July 2011 when a teenager fell to his death at the falls and numerous rescues were performed for unprepared hikers.
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After the cast comes off, how would u know if your happy with the shape? Would it be too swollen to tell what it looks like yet? Does it change shape a year after surgery?
How Can You Tell Post-op What Your Nose Looks Like if Its Swollen?
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Early results after rhinoplasty surgery
Typically both splints and sutures are removed around 7-10 days after surgery. At this visit, the nose will still be swollen but many changes in shape are still obvious. Even with the swelling, you should be able to see the overall shape and structure. In addition to the nose, there may still be some eyelid swelling and bruising.
In my experience, around the 2 week mark, it is very difficult for someone else to tell that you had surgery, although the nose is still swollen and it will be obvious to you. Around the 4-6 week mark, most patients are able to appreciate most of the changes from surgery as a significant amount of swelling has resolved. However, it can take somewhere in and around 12-18 months to see the final results. The areas with thicker skin in the nose such as the tip, alar rims and radix may require longer to settle. Also there appears to be a linear decrease in swelling for the first several months followed by a period where the swelling fluctuates (sometimes little or no swelling and other times more swelling) before the nose settles. Again, after 4-6 weeks, although you will continue to notice changes in your nose, they are subtle and imperceptible to most other people.
Although there is swelling, you should be able to see the overall shape right away
Although there is swelling when the cast comes off, particularly in the tip, you should be able to look past the swelling and be able to see the overall shape right away. In a large nose with thicker skin, the tip can still look too large after surgery. In the upper half of the nose, the swelling is much less pronounced and the overall profile should be close enough to the final result to have a good idea of the shape. Swelling in the tip continues to decrease for at least 1 year, but the overall shape does not change much.
Learn more: http://www.drthomasmustoe.com/facial-plastic-surgery/rhinoplasty.cfm
Rhinoplasty and Shape after Splint Comes Off
In general, the final shape of the nose may not be obtained until a year or more after surgery. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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Nasal Appearance after Cast Removal
I have done rhinoplasty surgery for over 35 years but in most cases I would not be able to determine the final shape of your nose if I first saw you when the cast was removed. Unfortunately, patience is necessary.
Rhinoplasty swelling may take months to resolve
Depending on the surgical approach and the type of skin the patient has, it may take up to a year or so to see the final results of rhinoplasty surgery. After the cast comes off, the patient can generally have an idea of how it will look, but healing must occur and swelling subside before the final result is visible.
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Post-op rhinoplasty swelling
Visible swelling and bruising lasts approximately 2 weeks after the surgery. The bridge of the nose heals much faster than the tip. Depending upon the amount of tip work necessary and the skin type, it usually takes a few months start to see how the tip is coming together once the swelling subsides.Please feel free to read the patient's guide to a rhinoplasty on our website
Learn more: http://seattle-rhinoplasty.com
Rhinoplasty Recovery and swelling
Most patients are happy when there splint is removed and can see an approximation of what there nose will look like at that time. It is common for the nose to swell slightly after the splint is removed and this typically reduces drastically in the first few weeks with the majority completely dissipated in three months. There is a slight percentage of residual swelling that may take an entire year to fully resolve however this is typically minimal in most patients. Best regards, Michael V. Elam, M.D.
Learn more: http://michaelelammd.com
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Alfre Woodard hosted her annual pre-Oscars dinner at a private residence in Beverly Hills Wednesday night and only "omg! Insider's" Kevin Frazier got a peek into the "Girls Only Allowed" night.
Rémy Martin sponsored the dinner party honoring Diahann Carroll for her achievement in the entertainment industry. Guests including Oprah Winfrey, Zoe Saldana, Viola Davis, Regina King, Aisha Tyler, Adepero Oduye and Chandra Wilson came to celebrate Diahann as well as toast the evenings other honorees -- Halle Berry, Kerry Washington, Lorraine Toussaint and Emayatzy Corinealdi -- for their contribution to film this year.
"I wanted to bring together all of the women who have ever been nominated for the Oscar in the acting category — African American women — I just thought it was important for us to come together during Oscar week," host Woodard told Frazier of her annual party. "First of all, to celebrate each other and also make our presence known. And how small that group is … It's for those who have been nominated and those who should have been."
"It's just fun," Berry told Frazier. "These are all girlfriends. We inspire each other; that's what it's about. It's about saying, 'Keep working hard, I see you, I support you, I know your struggle because it's mine too.'"
"Every little nook of gatherings you are able to be a part of, people share a lot of their experiences, knowledge and warmth," Saldana said. "I tend to be more of a listener at these events."
"It's like, 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,' but what happens with these women stays with these women," last year's Best Actress Oscar nominee Viola Davis said with a laugh. "It's a chance to meet each other, not in the spirit of competition, but in the spirit of camaraderie and companionship."
"When I walk in this room I see community and sisterhood," said "Django Unchained" star Kerry Washington. "It's inspiring to be in a room with these gals." Washington had the night's signature drink, The Rémy French Kerry Berry, named after her.
Of course, since this was a pre-Oscars bash, Hollywood's biggest awards show was on the ladies' minds.
"I think Seth [Macfarlane] is brilliant," Berry said about this year's host. "I'm a fan of his."
"I'm going to be watching from home rooting for Jessica Chastain," Davis added.
Someone else who will be watching from home? Oprah!
"I'm going to be home watching in my pajamas and froggy slippers," she said with a smile.
As for the ladies who will be hitting the red carpet, the women know pressure is on to find the right dress.
"I am in the thick of it right now," Berry said. "It's fun. I love dressing up!"
Berry — who is presenting — added that she is looking for something "different" to wear this year on Oscar Sunday.
Saldana will also be at the show and shared that she also finds awards season to be fun.
"It's the time of the year where the little girl in me gets to play," said the "Star Trek" actress.
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Bike bodies, old mowers, rubbish - Allan Cuckow hauled them all out.
He shovelled mini mountains of dirt and resculptured a bank to create a flatter area for garden.
All this he did himself, clocking up hours of voluntary labour around council-owned flats in Cook St, Marfell.
For the past two years his horticultural efforts have seen him and his Cook St flats win the overall best unit category in the New Plymouth District Council garden contest.
On December 4 judging starts for the 2012 competition, with 19 individual entries across 11 sites received. The sites are units maintained for elderly tenants.
There will be four categories: Best vege garden, best flower garden, best overall site and the Mayor's choice award.
"It was a big job," concedes Allan of the bank clear up. He's a trim man, aged 66 with a matter-of-fact away about him. Exclamations from the Taranaki Daily News about his inspirational gardening are met with economical responses.
"The council had got in contractors who said it was going to cost $7000 or $8000," he tells us.
So he sorted it himself, a year or so after moving to the Cook St flats.
The bank sloped away to a public path at the bottom of the property. There was little flat ground. "It was narrow and I pushed it [the ground] out and dug out the bank to get the dirt."
About four years ago he laid out a vege garden and these days it's a thriving patch of edibles. Rows of spuds, leeks, silverbeet, carrots, beetroot, corns, peas, and rhubarb are there, along with eggplant and basil seedlings.
Nearby is a heap of compost: A mass of grass on which Allan sprinkles lime to sweeten it.
An old bathtub is sunk into the ground, providing a home for his cuttings.
Elsewhere on the lower terrace are many fruit trees. A host of citrus is grouped in one area and at their base flourish more veges. "I don't waste too much ground," agrees Allan. One citrus has a collar of lettuce, another chillis, and another parsley.
Other edible trees include plum, apple, peach, feijoa, fig, and walnut.
As well as the main vege garden, Allan maintains a narrow patch directly outside his flat. Tomato plants planted directly into a bag of tomato food are thriving. Lettuces are lush, silverbeet sumptuous, beetroot bonnie, carrots coming along, garlic growing and radish look ravishing. A disused wheelbarrow is filled with soil and, in it, more chillis flourish.
Nearby, Allan recently cleared grass away from a slope and in here are different types of cucurbit - butternut, squash and different types of pumpkins. Young courgettes are also emerging, with plenty of space to sprawl. And beans are making their way up a homemade wire frame.
"An old fella gave me spuds from America so I put them in behind the beans," says Allan.
He passes produce on to other people in the flats. "I give everything away. It's no good letting it go to waste. Most people around here have had broccoli and cauli."
Later he talks about the apple tree being raided one night. "Got up in the morning and all the fruit was gone.
"Ah well, they needed it more than us, I guess. Still, if they would only ask we could share it out. Some of them are too greedy and want the lot."
This is not a dig at fellow residents. At the back of the flats is the public Mangaotuku Walkway and while Allan gets nice comments from passers-by, some stragglers obviously feel the need to help themselves.
The bank, much of which Allan pushed back, is now home to a mass of shrubs and plants. Many abutilon boasting different coloured flowers are there along with hydrangeas, buddleia, apple blossom, rock roses, daisies, pentstemon, gazanias, geraniums, marigolds and pansies. Some are self- sown but many were planted from cuttings. Allan weeds some parts while perched on a ladder. Viewed from above and below, the sloping ground is a patchwork of texture and colour.
Don, one of the residents, tells us he moved into one of the eight flats about a year ago.
The property is notable for its tidy appearance. "It's well-kept. I've seen different flats and some are quite unkempt whereas these ones look nice."
Allan maintains a garden outside Don's back door - Don providing plants, Allan putting in the labour "I like gardening but I'm past it now."
Another elderly woman, aged 92, heaps similar praise on her fellow resident. She used to garden a small area outside her flat that is now filled with flowers and clumps of shrubs. "I'm very grateful for what he does.
"I used to be able to garden but Allan has taken it on now and he's very good.
"If it wasn't for him I don't know how I would manage."
Natalie McDermott also lives in the flats and, while getting her hands dirty isn't her style, she says she makes Allan cups of tea and lunch and enjoys yarning while he's out and about.
Allan says he's always gardened - growing up in a family of 11 children meant toil in the soil started early. "My old man had a quarter of an acre . . . there were eight boys so we got on the banjos and dug the vege garden. We had to do so much, each one of us."
His hometown was Haldane, near Invercargill. "It was a sawmilling outfit and my old man worked in the bush. We had pigs, cows, chooks - all sorts." Over the years he's always had gardens. "You've got to have a garden," he says. "Without a garden, it would drive me nuts, sitting round."
His paid jobs have varied: Scrub cutting, carpentry, plumbing, wall papering. "I do everything I can turn my hands to."
Back by the Cook St roadside he points out neat flower borders he maintains. There's the chock-a-block garden outside his 92-year-old neighbour's place.
It's a cottage style area with a colourful variety: miniature roses, geraniums, cinerarias, marigolds, carnations, gazanias, lamb's ear and alyssum fill the gaps. Gladioli will soon be flowering but their long spear-like leaves are already in evidence. Behind, shrubs like buddleia, apple blossom and other unnamed bushes provide a backdrop.
In another narrow stretch of garden, irises recently finished and now summer flowering beauties are taking their place.
This year's judges for the NPDC garden contest are Ray Pope, a council parks department staff member, as well as Tony Barnes, co-owner of long- standing festival garden, Ngamamaku, near Oakura. Judging takes place on December 4. Contest organiser Kaye Thorpe says this is the third year the competition has been run, with entries up on last year. Last year the Cook St flats and Allan Cuckow won the best overall site prize while Cliff Libeau took out the top vege garden prize and Margaret Edgar the best flower garden award. Allan also came third in the vege garden category. The 'Boys' at the Somerset St flats were named recipients of the Mayor's choice award for gardening on a difficult site.
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Ant-Man is poised to infiltrate the Marvel cinematic universe on July 17, and now Diamond Select Toys, marvelshop.com, and the Disney Store are poised to release an exclusive Marvel Select action figure based on his film appearance.
Ant-Man Gets Exclusive Marvel Select Action Figure at Marvelshop.com and Disney Store
Diamond and Marvelshop.com Take Aim with New Hawkeye Figure
To honor Hawkeye, one of the few non-powered members of the Avengers, Diamond Select Toys and marvelshop.com have teamed up on an exclusive Hawkeye figure, featuring sculpting by Gentle Giant Studios and 16 points of articulation.
Marvel Select Unmasked Captain America Launches Exclusively at MarvelStore.com
Diamond Select Toys has teamed up with marvelstore.com to create an exclusive battle-damaged Captain America figure, which will be available May 19. Marvelstore.com will be the only place to order the Marvel Select Unmasked Captain America figure, featuring an exclusive head sculpt of Steve Rogers, as well as a battle-damaged version of his stealth uniform.
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Disney Store Starts Its Magical Week Online Deals Before Thanksgiving
Disney Store is giving shoppers the chance to start shopping online earlier with special discount pricing launching the weekend before Thanksgiving, November 22 to 24. Starting A selection of Disney Store's Magical Week deals will launch on November 22 at 12:30 a.m. PST online at DisneyStore.com/magicalweekdeals. November 25, all of Disney Store's Magical Week deals will be available in stores and online at special low prices, a first for the retailer. An additional deal will be unveiled online on Thanksgiving, November 28, and when stores open for Magical Friday.
Shoppers can interact with Disney Store's guest services team on Twitter @DisneyStore. Updates on deals will be posted on Disney Store's Facebook page as well. For holiday gift-giving inspiration, shoppers can browse the Holiday Gift Guide on DisneyStore.com and the Holiday Lookbook on Facebook.
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I know Ravi Teja since 'Nicker' days - Jr NTR @ Kick 2 Audio launch - Tv9
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Kick 2 is an upcoming Telugu film of hero Ravi Teja and it is written by prominent writer of hit films Vakkantham Vamsi. This movie is directed by Surender Reddy and he also directed Kick and catapulted Ravi Teja in to the top league. This movie features Ravi Teja as the protagonist and it is the sequel of the 2009 blockbuster Telugu film Kick. The audio of this film is being launched today. Jr NTR has attended the audio launch event and listen to the speech of legend on the line . . ..


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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Niche or Mainstream Access ~ Is this the magic pill
After reading Gary's last article on MSAccess and IT departments I was compelled to write this article. Why do IT departments hate MSAccess, here are a few reasons from my experience :
1 Slows even with a few concurrent users
2 Chews up network bandwidth
3 Does not work well over a wireless network
4 The slowest computer decreases performance of all users
5 Corrupted databases are mainly caused by network failure.
The magic pill, remote desktop. Using solutions such as Terminal Services and Winconnect will give life to your MSAccess application that was simply not achievable before. How do I know, this is our preferred recommendation for all companies that purchase our product. We sell a mission critical application for the fashion industry, it runs their entire business and is written entirely in MSAccess. Our target market is 1 to 30 users , we have been criticized for not moving it to SQL and .Net but with a RAD development environment and a feature set other applications would die for, MSAccess is the right product for us.
How does it work: Using a product such as Terminal Services allows users to connect to a single box which holds and runs the MSAccess application. Users use a RDP connection to connect to the box, login to a windows desktop and use the application like any other application. In fact the box is a windows box with all your normal software applications installed (licensing applies).
Performance increases and corruption decreases simply because you have now removed the network component from the equation. Even if the connection is lost, you have not terminated your session. When you reconnect, you connect back to the same session.
Users can also connect to the box via the internet, all of sudden you can work remotely from your office. Support staff love it and your application becomes more manageable. Support and training can be done remotely, similar to products such as Nortons PC-Anywhere, where RDP work much faster. For internally used applications there is no need to ever write a browser based application.
Setting up Terminal Services and Winconnect is relatively straight forward. Most IT professionals have used it, the trick is in how to setup your MSAccess application. We have a front and back end application. When a user logs in (unique session username and password) they get a mapped local drive L: which maps to their own folder where a copy of the front end application is held. Every user has their own copy and this eliminates problems you might have with front end application settings.
Terminal Services runs on a Window Server where Winconnect runs on any Windows Operating system. The main difference is cost and security, we tend to install Terminal Services with companies over 5 users. However Winconnect will work fine up to 25 users also the cost is cheaper. Try it for USD $300 for 3 licenses it is worth experimenting on, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Peter Pakarinen heads development for Niche Fashion Technology and has been working with MSAccess since MSAccess 95. NFT uses TS extensively in its own company and that of it's clients.
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Niche Fashion Technology
Software for the fashion industry : POS, Retail, Management.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Save Change SQL Server Table Scripts
Unnecessary Indexes
FMS have also come up with a new page on the topic
So open your database backend and start looking for those dups and then turn off the automatic feature in your Options.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Office 2003 Service Pack 3
A whole bunch of fairly important issues caused by Office 2003 SP3:
The AutoCorrect feature does not work in Outlook 2003 after you install Office 2003 SP3
The Fast Saves feature in Word 2003 no longer functions after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3
You receive an error message when you try to open a file or to save a file after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3
You are unexpectedly offered Office 2003 Service Pack 3 when you use Microsoft Update, Office Update, or Automatic Updates
Error message when you try to install an Access 2003 add-in for all users by using the Add-In Manager on a Windows Vista-based computer: "There was an error adding to the registry"
You cannot open Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook files that contain Visual Basic for Applications macros in Excel 2003 after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3
You may experience issues when you run the Microsoft Office Document Imaging program after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Monday, November 19, 2007
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Basjoo is the hardiest Banana plants on earth. It is a very fast grower capable of growing up to two feet in one week. This hardy banana tree is a very heavy feeder. This means if you want your plants to grow quickly and well, you must feed it on a regular basis. Liquid plant food is recommended every 2 weeks to achieve maximum nutrition for maximum growth.
Plant your hardy banana plants in full sun, but be aware that windy conditions can cause the fragile leaves of the banana plants to shred. As far as watering, hardy bananas love the moisture but the soil must drain well. If the soil does not drain well, the banana plants will rot.
If you are treating your banana plants well, they will produce a new leaf every 5-7 days outdoors. If a new leaf does not produce in this time frame, the plants are either underfed or under-watered.
Winter care is important. After your Basjoo Banana tree has been hit by the first frost, cut the hardy banana to the ground. Don't let it rot back because it can continue rotting down into the roots which will kill the plants. Cover with a good 6 to 8 inches of mulch and then cover the mulch with a sheet of plastic. You must keep the mulch dry or the banana plant roots will become wet and rot. In the early spring, before growth starts, remove the plastic, remove most of the mulch and let the plant come back when the ground warms up.
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Dig a hole two times as wide and slightly deeper than the root ball. Don't amend the soil too much. The roots do better when starting out in soil much like what they'll encounter beyond the planting hole.
Measure the depth of the root ball and also the planting hole as you dig, then measure again before positioning the plants.
If the roots are tangled or pot-bound, loosen them with your fingers, a cultivator claw or even slice through them with the sharp edge of a spade to break them up and encourage them to grow outward.
Position the plants so that the point where the trunk meets the roots is only an inch or so below the soil level.
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Pinellas County began handing out pink slips Thursday to 211 employees who face layoffs under budget cuts — the start of dramatic reductions in basic services as the county contends with slumping tax rolls.
The layoffs run through virtually every department, affecting everything from parks and street repairs to customer service and health care.
"These are people with house payments, car payments, kids in school — it's just a shame," County Commissioner John Morroni said. "But we're in an economy that is the worst it's been in 60 years. And things have to change with it."
The layoffs are part of changes that County Adminstrator Bob LaSala has promised will "radically" reshape government, leading to a fourth year of cutting jobs and dismantling programs and departments. The county faces an $80 million deficit over the next two years.
After the layoffs take effect Sept. 30, residents will feel the cuts in longer waits for building inspections, less funding for indigent health care and slower response times for customers asking for help with services such as utilities or code enforcement, LaSala said.
"From a county services standpoint, I'm sure we're going to see it, and probably we're already seeing it," said Ron Schultz, 44, an East Lake resident concerned with policing and parks. "We're already having more potholes."
The changes start with parks, where LaSala intends to ask the County Commission to approve a $5 fee per carload to enter Fort De Soto park, and $3 at other regional parks.
He also had planned to close parks two day a week, but abandoned that proposal because of residents' opposition.
Still, 23 workers got layoff notices in the Culture, Education and Leisure department, which includes parks.
Arts programs are being cut, and the mobile animal control van for vet services will be shut down unless private groups take over. A job training program for the needy, STARS, will be outsourced.
County utilities will lose 30 workers despite a proposed increase in water and sewer rates of $1.50 a month for the average household.
"We had to cut operations expenses even more deeply this year in order to try to continue the service delivery systems. Next year doesn't look any more promising," LaSala said.
Ultimately, the cuts probably will register more with the public than in previous years because actual services are hit more, and there are fewer vacant jobs to soften the blow.
Of the 211 layoffs, roughly 12 percent are managers. LaSala dissuaded the commission from seeking furloughs because they weren't long-term solutions.
The elimination notices included cultural affairs director Judith Powers and environmental management director Will Davis, who officials said will be let loose three years before his deferred retirement date because his agency is being dismantled.
LaSala proposes splitting the environmental agency's functions among parks, public works and the building and code inspection divisions.
The County Commission must still approve LaSala's plan.
Questions are already surfacing as the county prepares for any effects from the BP oil spill and faces criticism of its management of a film shoot at Shell Key that may have harmed imperiled birds.
"We're a long way to September — especially (with) what just happened in the gulf and especially what happened out in Shell Key," Morroni said. "Just the fact that department's being decimated, it's scaring the environmental community, and rightly so."
LaSala also plans to combine the engineering offices of the public works and utilities departments. Next year, he intends to combine utilities and public works.
"We are not going to be in the same level of safeguarding assets as we were when the budget was more healthy," Commissioner Ken Welch said.
The county plans fundamental changes to its inner workings, too. The county phone system will soon switch to a voice-over-Internet system to save money. Employees will get stipends for phones, but not county-issued ones. The mainframe computer will be outsourced.
That's led to 46 of the 167 technology workers receiving layoff notices.
All told, at least 285 positions are proposed for elimination in addition to previously announced cuts by other countywide elected officials, including 178 by the Sheriff's Office. Only 155 of the 229 under LaSala received pink slips because of vacancies. Also, 74 employees whose jobs were targeted will be bumped to new jobs. Those employees have high enough performance ratings to get lower-ranking jobs in the county.
"These cuts are going right to the heart of services," Morroni said. "County government is changing, and it will probably be changed forever."
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Men older than 50 years of age are more than twice as likely as women to develop and die from melanoma, yet many men admit to not using sunscreen, and even more report not knowing what skin cancer warning signs to look for, according to the results of a survey released by the Skin Cancer Foundation in partnership with the makers of Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic brand sunscreens.
Ed Randall's Fans for the Cure on Wednesday announced that it once again has teamed with Walgreens to increase awareness about prostate cancer in baseball ballparks across the United States.
Beauty company L'Oréal is working to increase awareness that just because a person's skin may be darker in color does not mean he or she is immune to skin cancer.
An experimental drug made by Bayer HealthCare extended the length of time that patients with gastrointestinal tumors survived without their disease getting worse, according to results of a late-stage clinical trial released Monday.
Two drug makers are looking to win approval for an experimental drug in patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
All men know: It's not the fall that kills you; it's that sudden stop at the end. Men smoke more, drink more and eat more. Men die sooner and are less likely to seek health care on their own. Men are full-throttle all-systems-go, until one day they're not. Because it's that sudden run-in with a heart attack or stroke, that sudden diagnosis of prostate or colon cancers, that slows them down.
A former football coach is joining an effort to educate men about the risks of a deadly form of skin cancer.
The Skin Cancer Foundation's Road to Healthy Skin Tour, presented by Aveeno and Rite Aid, once again is touring the country to raise skin cancer awareness.
Seattle Genetics and Takeda's cancer drug subsidiary have started a late-stage clinical trial for a lymphoma drug, the companies said Wednesday.
Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy on Thursday added six medications to its oral oncology cycle management program, in a significant expansion of the comprehensive treatment and support program it provides to benefit patients, physicians and payers, the company announced.
Beauty company Coty and DKMS, the world's largest bone marrow donor center, jointly raised $3.2 million to support the fight against blood cancer during the recently held DKMS 6th Annual Gala: Linked Against Blood Cancer.
An online plea for help from a mother dying of breast cancer prompted the manufacturer of an experimental drug to release it early, according to published reports.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug made by GlaxoSmithKline for certain cancer patients.
A medication commonly prescribed for patients with Type 2 diabetes also may play a critical role in patients at risk of developing certain cancers.
Breast cancer patients taking an experimental drug made by Roche subsidiary Genentech lived significantly longer than those taking another drug made by GlaxoSmithKline, according to results of a late-stage clinical trial.
Mortality rates from all cancers combined continued to drop between 2004 and 2008 among men, women and children, according to the annual "Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2008."
Evidence supporting the daily use of aspirin to help prevent and possibly treat cancer was published Tuesday in a collection of three papers — two in The Lancet and one in Lancet Oncology.
A Food and Drug Administration expert panel delivered a favorable vote on a cancer drug made by GlaxoSmithKline.
Pills for treating cancer have created numerous alternatives to spending hours in a clinic or at home receiving chemotherapy infusions, but risks of drug interactions remain, according to a new survey by the research arm of pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions.
In line with National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Winn-Dixie is offering customers the chance to pick up a free test at its pharmacies.
A specialty pharmacy provider has begun selling a drug made by Pfizer for treating kidney cancer.
Specialty pharmacy provider The Apothecary Shops has inked a deal with Pfizer to distribute a new drug for treating kidney cancer.
The FDA announced the approval of Genentech's Erivedge (vismodegib) for adults with basal cell carcinoma who are not surgery or radiation therapy candidates and whose disease is locally advanced or has spread to other parts of the body.
Skin care brand La Roche-Posay is partnering with Mollie's Fund, the Mollie Biggane Melanoma Foundation, in its mission to increase awareness for melanoma prevention.
Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy has signed an agreement with a provider of acquisition and management services for oral cancer drugs that the companies said would allow for better access to the drugs and related programs.


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Two years ago, I wrote a magazine article stating that it's time we stopped worshipping at the altar of click-through. My point was that click-through is — at best — a misleading metric for determining the success of a particular ad.
At the recently concluded ClickZ Marketing Strategies 2000 Conference, I was encouraged to find that many in the agency community are beginning to embrace this reality.
Unfortunately, there is still a healthy contingent of media buyers who lean on the old click-through crutch instead of taking the time for critical thinking. We site publishers need to stay ahead of the game and be able to offer a clear rationale for what value we offer our advertisers — with or without click-through.
What are you really offering your advertisers?
Are you offering them meaningful access and exposure to your audience? And, ideally, opportunities for fruitful interaction?
If not, doing so should be your goal. Everything you do in developing your media kit should point in this direction.
The types of ad units you offer should be appropriate for your site or newsletter. They should showcase your sponsor without overwhelming your reader. There should be a variety of types, shapes, sizes and approaches. And they should facilitate interaction.
ClickZ doesn't claim to have all the answers when it comes to creating ad units that work. We are just like the rest of the industry — experimenting here, borrowing ideas there, combining ideas in unexpected ways. We're always open to trying something new and not afraid to recognize when something isn't working.
Hey, the web is still in its infancy. So we have to continue to be open to anything, right?
Banners have become less and less a factor for ClickZ, representing only a minor fraction of our overall interactive sales. If you wish to borrow any of our ideas, you are free to check out our media kit at any time. And be aware we'll be updating it again soon.
A quick overview of the rationale behind some of our ad units…
Content sponsorships: This page is a sponsored page. BURST! Media, which underwrites this effort, is seeking to attract "publishers with passion." So BURST! has gotten behind a series of columns written just for publishers. I'm conscious of the audience BURST! seeks to attract as I write these columns, but my primary interest is in creating great content for online publishers information they can put to work.
In exchange for a healthy monthly retainer and long-term commitment, BURST! gets exclusive advertising on all of these columns, as well as the growing base of readers who get the columns delivered to them in full HTML every week. Every publisher BURST! attracts represents a significant revenue stream for BURST! that, ideally, will pay for this sponsorship many times over. The meaningful metric for BURST! is new publishers, not clicks, and hopefully through repeated branding, BURST! has been fortunate to attract more than a few over the past six months.
You may want to consider content sponsorships as a vehicle if they can deliver specific audiences to advertisers. Again, meaningful interaction is the key metric.
Text ads: The more I work with them, the more convinced I am of their value. But while at one time I advocated that we as an industry should move to a standard of six lines by 60 characters plus URL, I'm finding in advertising on other pubs that longer text ads work better than shorter text ads.
Some online discussion lists I advertise on stick with a three- to four-line standard that I find very difficult to work with. Based on my experience with them, we've moved to offering two nine-line text ads on our ClickZ Forum just to make sure that our advertisers have a better shot at getting their message across.
Don't get me wrong! Both of these lists are great for us to advertise on, but when you have such tight limits to work with, you can barely get beyond a headline and a URL.
If you can offer a way for your advertisers to make their case in a reasonable amount of space on your pages or mailings, you're creating a great opportunity for them to increase the odds of really reaching and interacting with your audience. The more you can do to facilitate that, the better the chance they will make long-term commitments to you.
Advertorials: In that same vein, we found that some advertisers need a lengthier format to tell their story. We figured that if we could put a 20- to 25-line advertorial toward the bottom of the home page, we wouldn't be blocking our readers' access to the content they are trying to access, but would be in the same place, week after week, for when they do want to read a sponsor's message. When we first started the advertorials, we were afraid that they wouldn't work, but we took a shot anyway. Turns out they were stellar vehicles to announce such things as conferences, events, new products and special services. We have only a handful of advertorial spots remaining for the year, so they must be doing the trick.
It may turn out that none of these ad units are particularly appropriate for your site or your audience, but they serve as an illustration of how you might want to take a hard look at your site to determine how best to facilitate interaction between your audience and advertisers. Favor one and you lose your business. Favor the other and you lose your audience. Bring them together and you prosper.
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text: Oregon Humanities Center Lori Gruen: Justice and Empathy Beyond the Human By Eric Alan • Mar 9, 2016 Author and philosopher Lori Gruen speaks about "Justice and Empathy Beyond the Human." She talks with Eric Alan about the ability of chimpanzees and other animals to teach us about better relationships. She appears on Thursday, March 10th on the UO campus, as part of Oregon Humanities Center's year-long focus on justice. Red Chamber, Live at KLCC By Eric Alan • Oct 23, 2015 Photo by Ed Wolf The University of Oregon World Music Series presents a performance by the quartet Red Chamber on Friday evening, October 23rd, in Beall Hall on the UO campus. Red Chamber blends the ancient traditions of Chinese plucked string repertoire with modern influences, from bluegrass to jazz fusion and global folk music. Dr. James Braxton Peterson: Dispatches from the Movement for Black Lives By Eric Alan • Oct 19, 2015 A conversation with Dr. James Braxton Peterson, who will give the UO's annual Lorwin Lecture on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties on Thursday, October 22nd, entitled "A Song, A Slogan and a Service: Dispatches from the Movement for Black Lives." It begins a year-long focus on themes of justice by the Oregon Humanities Center. Dr Peterson hosts "The Remix" podcast on WHYY in Philadelphia, and is an MSNBC commentator. He also founded Hip Hop Scholars, Inc., and is Director of Africana Studies at Lehigh University. From the Big Bang to Black Holes: Time, the Universe and Everything By Eric Alan • Feb 18, 2015 Astrophysicist and author Janna Levin will give this year's Cressman Lecture for the Oregon Humanities Center, entitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes: Time, the Universe and Everything," on the UO campus on February 19th. She speaks with Eric Alan about whether the universe is solid or infinite, whether cosmic insignificance is comforting, and how that affects us as humans on Earth. Slow Medicine with Dr. Victoria Sweet By Eric Alan • Mar 4, 2014 Dr. Victoria Sweet, author of God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine, spent twenty years in practice at the last almshouse in the country. She speaks with Eric Alan about the differences between an almshouse and a hospital, and the lessons from "slow medicine" relevant to the modern healthcare system. She speaks at the UO on Wednesday, March 5th, presented by the Oregon Humanities Center. Craig Childs, Apocalyptic Planet By Eric Alan • Jan 28, 2014 The Oregon Humanities Center presents speaker Craig Childs, author of Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth, and a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition. He talks with Eric Alan about beginnings and endings, and why Iowa was the most extreme landscape of extinction he found.


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LSI really does have the whole piggies thing figured out rather brilliantly.
Like many of you, I make use of the wishlist feature in the Lomography Shop. Right now, my list has three cameras and two lenses:
Fisheye 2 Lime Punch
Diana F+ Buttercup and Diana Wide Angle Lens
Diana F+ True Blue and Diana Telephoto Lens
As much as I enjoy shooting in 35mm, the Diana F+ Glow in my collection has been a revelation. It feels remarkably good in my hands, and once I've got my aim figured out (I just shot a roll of the Fujichrome 100/1000 that I'll be developing tonight, so maybe I've finally got it), I'm going to be dangerous with it.
But I'd like to add a couple of different lens options, and I tend to like to just grab and go. Add to that the bright, beautiful colours of the Diana F+ series, and I'm okay getting a couple more.
I want to earn them, though, rather than just pay for them.
For one thing, I'm trying to close down my business, and that means clearing out a bunch of inventory and trying to pay off a bank loan. I shouldn't just be spending excess cash until that's sorted, you know? And I'd like to get a couple of small debts knocked out before my student loan bills really get big: I have a small car payment and the last of my wife's student loans.
So that means I do the one thing I'm really good at: writing. I write a monthly column, The Road Rarely Traveled for the Lomo Magazine, and I'm trying to pitch in with Locations, Reviews, etc. Maybe I can even win a contest or two!
The result? For the Lomo community, this means we have more content, especially with a bunch of people doing this on the site. We get to see more, understand more, have more reviews, and generally have a richer environment here. Since you can use unlimited piggies on orders over $200, I'm aiming to take that wishlist and knock it out with piggies.
That's a lot of writing. And that's okay.
Now if only we could talk LSI into programming a tip jar or something for all of those individuals who have piggies for which they have no need…
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T61, Win XP Pro,
Problems with the free space on HDD - the original factory disk(160GB) is full more than 90%.
There are a lot of existing user settings and user information on the HDD - specific settings for different network environments (home network, corporate network, VPN, etc.), specific applications, many drivers for specific devices, many documents and pictures, and other information.
So, we need to upgrade the disk, but we do not want to recover to factory state - we want to keep all the existing user setting and user information.
The existing disk was dismounted and connected to a standard desktop PC.
And using "Acronis True Image Home" the existing disk was cloned to new disk WD Scorpio Black 320GB.
There were not any errors during the cloning process.
But when we mounted the new disk to the laptop, the operating system didn't start - black screen with blinking cursor only (blinking white dash in upper left corner). So, we mounted back the old disk, to be able to work.
After cloning, we see on the new disk everything is similar as it is on the old disk. There are two partition - hidden system partition, partition with WinXP and all the user folders and documents. So, we think the problem is only in a "booting part".
Can anybody hints us what is the problem.
Or hints us for other solution how to upgrade the disk, but without going to factory state.
Thank you
Solved! Go to Solution.
Hi MitkoS, and welcome to the Lenovo User Community!
Try a "reverse clone" as described in the Acronis forums:
You'll also find other good advice there on ThinkPad upgrade problems!
Thank you bananaman.
Following your advise, I read a lot of topic in acronis.com forums today, and as I see, there are also other people with the same problem (Thinkpad and blinking cursor after cloning/restoring).
http://kb.acronis.com/content/2931 - there is KB-information about laptops and in fact, about the "reverse cloning".
Earlier today I bought an external USB-to-SATA case.
I will try the "reverse cloning" the next Saturday. And if it is successful, I will write a message in this forum.
Once again, thank you.
I suggest using a "CMS Data Transfer Kit", manufactured by CMS Products, Inc.
I have used this at least three times and it has worked faultlessly. It includes a software CD, all cables and a caddy.
I am a relative novice and the posts on the Acronis forum are way over my head. I couldn't even attempt that.
If yuor hard disk is being used up, check the RnR settings.
Suggest that you do not use a 7,200 rpm hard disk as they are reputed to be more prone to the Windows B.S.O.D. than 5,400 rpm disks.
LenovoT60User wrote:
Suggest that you do not use a 7,200 rpm hard disk as they are reputed to be more prone to the Windows B.S.O.D. than 5,400 rpm disks.
Not sure where you heard this repute! There's no evidence to support this - sounds like an urban myth!
03-16-2010 04:52 PM - edited 03-16-2010 04:59 PM
I had similar problems in the past and did a boot from the original Windows DVD, then started the recovery console. Cannot remember the exact command i used, but could have been the fixmbr command that finish in less than a second and that solved the problem for me. My guess is that the mbr is the problem and if fixed everything should work fine.
I also have to add that i agree with bananaman with regards to the statement from LenovoT60User. I never ever heard such a statement before and as far as i know there is no proof/fact that will support such a statement.
"fixmbr" (and "fixboot") didn't solve the problem - it was the first action I tried.
Is it possible to use Thinkpad builtin backup/restore to transfer all the user settings to new disk ?
I am asking this, because after the cloning, it was possible first to rearange the hidden service partition to be placed at the end of the new disk (using Partition Magic) and then with "Thinkpad Blue Button + F11" to recover Windows to the factory state, but the logical disk C: to be fully expanded to capacity of the new disk.
And after that, if it is possible to use Thinkpad backup/restore to restore the user setting exactly as they are on the old disk (?) .
The "reverse cloning" solved the problem.
Many, many, many thank you bananaman.
After cloning, I also moved the hidden service partition at the end of the new disk and expanded the Windows partition to occupy all free space as one partition (I used Partition Magic). And I confirm, everything is as we want - new disk (bigger and faster), user setting are identical, a lot of free space. And in this moment, we finally are able to run defrag (it denied to work with the old disk, because there was not enough free space)
I wish to add a small note for the people with the same problem who will read this somewhere in the future.
To be able to start Acronis True Image Home, it is important the SATA-disk and the external USB-disk to present in the list with the booting devices in BIOS (BIOS/Starting/Boot). Otherwise, Acronis TI is not able to recognize these disks and restarts automatically without any warnings.
I apologize for my poor English.
I failed cloning my T61 HDD to a new WD scorpio black addition (500GB 7200 RPM SATA HDD).
If anyone had a better experience, please specify the model of your new HDD,
and the cloning software you have used so I could reproduce your steps.
Thanks a lot,
I suspect your solution is already posted above.
Also, while your doing this, I'd recommend NOT using all available space for your windows drive. You'd be far better to store your data in a separate partition, then if you ever have to reformat and install windows, your valuable data won't be touched. Also, installing windows twice (in both partitons), will allow you to scan either partition for data recovery or repair, since it's best to not repair/recover from the same partition your booting from. an extra hour of setup time can make your life much easier when future problems arise.
In fact, I normally install several windows and linux versions, each in their own partition.