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Used to reball parts, the process eliminates two thermal cycles and enhances component reliability.Solder ball attachment to BGA and CSPs is seldom performed without at least some negative impact on component reliability. Most solder ball attachment processes in use are convection processes. These require heating the entire component to achieve good solder sphere wetting to the BGA pads during original ball attachment. Many BGA or CSP rework situations occur where the original solder spheres are lost in the process of removing a non-conforming component and must be replaced to salvage the BGA. There are various methods of doing this, such as solder balls poured into stencil apertures, soluble paper preforms with embedded solder spheres, and similar methods. Again, all these use convection processes to heat the entire BGA to remove old solder and reflow new spheres in place as part of a rework process. Since the RoHS Directive, most BGAs are no longer produced with standard SnPb37 solder spheres. Instead, a Pb-free alloy such as SAC 305 or similar alloy is used. Component vendors cannot feasibly manufacture additional smaller lots of a given BGA sans solder balls or with standard SnPb37 rather than unleaded solder balls. Having to set up their factory with different processes and a segregation system to provide smaller quantities of BGAs for both RoHS-exempt and RoHS-compliant customers is not a cost-efficient business process. Many high-reliability companies are exempt from RoHS requirements, and for good reasons. Reliability constraints such as tin whisker formation, alloy mixing issues or the requirement to build fully qualified legacy products prevent them from using Pb-free components. They are required to use leaded (SnPb37) solder paste, and it has been shown that attempting to solder BGAs having Pb-free solder balls with a SnPb37 solder paste or profile (or vice versa) will nearly always negatively affect BGA solder joint reliability.1,2 This is because the solder joint formed by this mixed alloy is seldom homogenous; the alloy blend of tin and lead must be mixed thoroughly to avoid regions rich in lead (Figures 1 and 2). Complete homogeneity can be achieved with mixed alloys, but requires both a higher reflow temperature and a longer dwell at that higher temperature. This is well documented, even within many of the BGA component manufacturers' specification sheets. Some specifically state soldering with mixed alloys or at higher temperatures than recommended voids the warranty on the component. Most warn the package will not withstand more than one or two rework cycles, especially at higher temperatures. Other components on the assembly, and the board itself, are usually not made to handle these higher reflow times and temperatures, which may result in different reliability issues.3 To avoid these issues, a reballing process should be used to remove the unleaded solder balls and replace them with SnPb37 solder spheres, or vice versa as the case may be. For a rework situation, four additional thermal cycles are required if convection is used: one to remove the BGA from the assembly, the second to strip off the old solder balls, a third to solder the new balls on, and a fourth to reattach the BGA to the assembly. The result is inevitable, a further decrease in solder joint and BGA substrate via reliability, as well as additional cost.4,5 Rework causes. Regardless of the RoHS-instigated alloy mixing issues, there are many situations where rework is required on a BGA component no matter which process or alloy is used: Pb-free or standard 63/37. Rework is often required because of hiccups such as misalignment during placement or reflow, excessive voiding after reflow, solder bridging, improper reflow profiles, poor solder paste stencil registration, improper solder paste handling practices, wrong components loaded into the placement machine, and many other factors. BGAs often are replaced to upgrade the performance of the assembly by using one with a higher operating speed or some other improved feature. Retaining the old components for other applications is often desired. Laser Reballing As stated, if a BGA needs to be unsoldered, the original solder balls are lost. In many cases these components can be very costly; some BGAs on the market today cost several thousands of dollars each.To salvage these components, new solder balls are attached with convection heat. Thus begins the vicious downward spiral of the component's reliability. Hence, it is advantageous to perform initial ball attachment and reballing using laser energy to heat only the BGA pad and solder ball, not the component or internal die or bonds. During qualification of the oxygen-evacuated laser ball attachment process, thermocouples were embedded within the package to compare the temperature gradients seen with convection reflow versus laser (Figures 3 to 5). Methods have been developed using laser energy to remove old solder and perform attachment of new solder balls without heating the component itself, in an oxygen-free chemical bath without nitrogen. This process results in smooth, perfectly round, void-free solder spheres completely wetted to the BGA pads. These spheres are optimal for solder connection to the PWB pads in subsequent processes. When comparing laser-attached solder balls with balls attached using a convection soldering process, even those soldered within a nitrogen blanket, the difference is immediately noticeable (Figures 6 and 7). Microsections were made to determine if there were any appreciable differences in initial solder attachment of BGA solder balls received from different vendors where the attachment was done using convection, on BGAs with solder stripped off as part of rework and new balls attached with convection, convection with benefit of added nitrogen, and laser. While major differences were seen in the grain structure and IMF, the microsections showed no sign of innerlayer substrate damage or resin recession cause by the localized heating of the pads and balls with laser (Figures 8 and 9). No substrate anomalies were seen in the cross-sections of either convection reballed or laser reballed samples (Figures 10 to 14). Shear force test results. Shear testing was used as an indicator for comparison between reballing methods. Shear force testing of all three methods indicated a range from 1.2 to 2.9 Kg. The as-received BGAs failed under the lowest force range; convection and laser reballed BGAs were in the middle of the force range, and originally attached balls soldered with laser in an oxygen-free chemical bath were at the high end of the range. Shear force testing indicated there is virtually no difference in the shear strength for spheres reballed using convection with nitrogen blanket and laser processes (Figure 15). However, initial laser attachment shear forces were higher than those of reballed spheres using both the convection process and the laser attachment with the proprietary process, and much higher than as-received BGAs with the original attachment done using convection. Summary Reballing BGAs due to rework and conversion from RoHS-compliant solders to SnPb (or vice versa) typically requires the component be subjected to additional reflow cycles beyond the component manufacturer's recommendations. Laser attachment or laser reballing in an oxygen-free bath eliminates two additional temperature excursions and provides improved component reliability by facilitating the use of standard assembly reflow temperatures without mixed alloys. References
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Taking a ratio of new intensity to old intensity and using primes for the new quantities, we will find that it depends on the ratio of the areas. All other quantities will cancel.
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Tar and feathers at the least.
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..round here today,but I actually had to put an extra layer on.Absolutely freezing wind chill.And I was on foot.All the action the bike is seeing is being run for 5-10 minutes on the side stand to keep the fluids and battery from solidifying.
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Authentic Szechuan style Doubanjiang in Los Angeles.
I am looking for the authentic Szechuan Doubanjiang (spicy fermented bean paste) in Los Angeles.
This paste is added as a spicy base to all Szechuan style stirfry.
If somebody can help me find it I'd be very thankful.
thnak you
While poking around in response to
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/690987 and
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/840489I noted down the location of the Juancheng brand at various stores (note that other places sell this too; these are just the places I happened to stop by).
168 on Las Tunas (3 varieties) - Aisle 9, right side, less than halfway forward.
SG Superstore (Shun Fat) on Valley and San Gabriel (2 varieties) - Right now it's on the endcap in the back end between aisles 16 and 17 (see attached image). I believe that those pouches next to it are one type of tianmianjiang (sweet bean paste) that you could use for some of the recipes in Fuchsia Dunlop's new cookbook.
99 Ranch (Da Hua) on Valley and Del Mar (2 varieties) - Aisle 5A, most of the way towards the back of the aisle (see attached image)
re: will47
Interesting-- I was unable to find Pixian douban at that 99 Ranch.
With regard to the "white pouch" doubanjiang, as Obi-Wan Chung once said, "The white pouch is not the douban you're looking for."
During my early doubanjiang outings, I was once advised by a helpful clerk at HK Supermarket that the white pouch is not the right stuff for making Sichuan dishes like mapo tofu. He also said the yellow pouch (not posted in your pics) is acceptable. I truly have no idea what the differences between the colored pouches are, but they supposedly go beyond the "grade levels of quality" that it appears to be if you only read the english. Perhaps someone better versed in the ways of douban can chime in here.
(I posted pics I grabbed of the white and red pouches-- couldn't find the yellow one online)
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
Alright, I managed to pull my Lovely Tasting Assistant away from her pharmacy studies long enough to translate for me.
The four main character on the front of the red one say "DOUBAN PIXIAN" (meaning bean paste from Pixian county, the famous area where this is a specialty).
The white one says "DOUBAN HONG YOU" or, "red oil bean paste", like chili oil. No mention of Pixian in the name itself.
I've never bought the white pouch (or the yellow one, for that matter), so I'm not exactly sure how they differ.
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
Don't know if you can make it out, but the orange one (at 168) looks like this.
The red one says something like 'first quality' (一级豆瓣), and I think the orange one just says 红豆瓣 (red douban), but the price is about the same (both more expensive than the white bag).
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a...I usually use the one in the red bag.
Just an update - I noticed today that a lot of the Pixian doubanjiang available at HK market on San Gabriel, south of Las Tunas comes in a pouch or bag. At that market, they're sitting on top of the frozen food bins near the produce section. They have a fair number of different types, many of which have few ingredients - the one I got claims to just have chili, broad beans, salt, and wheat flour. Haven't looked at other markets yet, but I'd guess a lot of them sell the pouches of doubanjiang as well.
re: will47
Greatly appreciate the update. I was in the market for doubanjiang a few days ago and forgot about this thread completely. Was at 99 Ranch in San Gabriel and selection was extremely limited. I think the brand I got was made in Industry... Didn't see a Made in Taiwan note but I will look closer at it when I am back in town.
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
168 (at least the one on Las Tunas) carries 3 different grades of the 鹃城牌 (Juancheng brand) one in the pouch - red, orange, and white (red and orange are higher grade than white, I think). I am pretty sure SG Superstore and the Ranch 99 at Focus Plaza carry it too (but as mentioned above, they sometimes keep it in a different area). And I think HK has it too.
re: JThur01
For some reason I couldn't find HK supermarket on San Gabriel (and I've been there several times), but I admittedly didn't look very hard. (Google maps sent me to the wrong location at the SW corner of Las Tunas and San Gabriel, and then I got hungry and decided to finally try Slaw Dogs instead.)
Mr Taster
re: will47
Made it to HK Supermarket (finally!) yesterday. I was wrong, I had not been there before. They did have quite an amazing selection of douban. In fact, they had one entire endcap with the jarred stuff (facing the live fish tanks/meat counter). Additionally they had the Juan Cheng brand douban (among others) in pouches on shelves over the refrigerated case in the produce section. (I saw a red pouch and yellow one-- the yellow one I think says "red bean")
Oh, and live (huge) bullfrogs leaping around in a box near the fishtanks. Hadn't seen that before (in America).
And fresh water chestnuts! Almost forgot.
Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
I borrowed Fuchsia Dunlop's "Land of Plenty" from the LA Library and made the mapo tofu recipe.
GOOD LORD, what stuff of gods and beasts this is! The dish was unlike any mapo tofu I'd ever tasted before.
I managed to find (also at HK Supermarket) the whole fermented black beans (Pearl River Bridge brand).
Ms. Dunlop says the finest ones come from Yongchuan county, and that one should purchase the dried beans (as opposed to ones packed in brine). Pearl River Bridge seems to be a Cantonese brand, but considering that these were the only dry fermented black beans I could find, I felt lucky just to have these. Prepared black bean sauce, from Kikkoman to Lee Kum Kee, abound however- and I imagine would be a good alternative in a pinch.
Mr Taster
re: ipsedixit
I shop at the San Diego 99 Ranch, and they keep the BROADBEAN paste made in Pixian County in the same area that has spices (such as five-spice powder, white pepper, etc.). It comes in foil pouches...all their jarred paste/sauces are mostly or all soybeans.
I don't know if their other stores are layed out the same way, but thought I would mention that.
OK, I've read the first 20 replys and must add that doubanjiang from Sichuan is only sometimes available locally. The last few times that I searched I had trouble finding the usual small clear plastic jars that usually had a red plastic lid with a little carry handle. I had bought these in the past at 168, Rosemead and Hawaii Supermarkets. I did find a 3000 gram clear plastic container with a red plastic lid and carry handle at Hawaii Supermarket in the area with the larger size items ment for restaurants. A bit large for some but it is the right stuff from the right place!
re: sel
And have you ever found any premium stuff? Doubanjiang was recently featured on Bizarre foods on the Travel Channel and Andrew said there were premium batches that sold for 60-80 USD. Being somewhat familiar with Szechuan cuisine, I know that the better quality stuff is leaps and bounds ahead of the regular mass produced batches. Similar in a way to olive oil, you can buy the supermarket stuff and then you can buy the proper stuff. Has anyone managed to find a bottle worth more than a couple bucks?
Fuchsia Dunlop, of the Only Great Sichuan Cookbook In English, Land of Plenty, apparently tried all the doubanjiang's available in the US and recommends Lee Kum Kee brand. It has some additives, but it tastes in the right range of genuine Sichuany-ness to me. Hawaii Supermarket in the gaberhood has a huge massive selection of Lee Kum Kee stuff...
re: Thi N.
Where does she recommend it? I've seen this:
but it's hardly a ringing endorsement. (See also the comments section).I could see her endorsing it as something that's widely available, and in many parts of the US, probably the only such thing available -- but here in Southern California, I think it's possible to do a lot better. I have tried the Lee Kum Kee brand a time or two (needed some in a pinch), but I have better luck overall with other products. I think the LKK one has some kind of weird tastes, whether or not they have to do with the preservatives. It also does not meet the OP's requests for no additives / preservatives, and even if you don't mind that it's not made in Sichuan, it's not even something that this company specializes in.
re: will47
Thank you very much for understaing my post, I have taken a look at Lee Kum Kee brand it is defnitely not what I am looking for, I am looking for doubajiang produced in Sichuan.
I am taking the suggestion of " ipsedixit" and drivinf to Focus Plaza 99 Ranch in San Gabriel.-----
99 Ranch
17713 Pioneer Blvd, Artesia, CA
re: sasidhar79
Hey, I've been reading this thread for a for a few days and decided to jump in. I too am looking for some decent Doubanjiang. I'm really hoping to find one made the traditional way and with no MSG. I can't even seem to find a shop online that sells the premium stuff. Have you managed to find any yet?
re: Thi N.
Thi, did you ever manage to find the "facing heaven chile" that you were looking for in this 2004 post? On Sunday I saw that HK Supermarket had bags of the skinny dried Thai-style chiles, not the ones described in Dunlop's book.
Would also be curious if you ever found the alternate "seven star" chile she describes below.
"In the Sichuanese capital, Chengdu, the most common type is the "facing-heaven" chile (chao tian jiao), a short, plump, lustrously red chile that is moderately hot and very fragrant (the chiles grow upward, hence their name). A similar variety, the "seven-star" chile (qi xing jiao), is named because the chiles grow in bunches of about seven....Be cautious in substituting tiny Thai chiles (about an inch long), which can be deadly hot and quite unpalatable if used in Sichuanese quantities. Sun-dried chiles are usually snipped in half or cut into livers before use, and as many seeds discarded as possible."Mr Taster
re: Mr Taster
Answering my own question-- this 2010 thread gives me a great place to start looking.
Mr Taster
I went to 99 Ranch on Pioneer Blvd in Artesia, CA last night , I could not find the authentic Doubanjiang and they do not have any in behind the counter where they store the premium alcohol.
Please give me some suggestions about where I can get the authentic doubanjiang.
99 Ranch
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Just about any Chinese supermarket will carry them, e.g. Ranch99, Hawai'i, 168, Arcadia, Shun Fat, San Gabriel Superstore, etc.
Just depends if you are looking for a specific brand.
re: sasidhar79
You can go to any of those stores and look through the ingredients. Just keep in mind some places organize by brand and some by type.
I think finding some with just these ingredients will be possible. Some will probably contain MSG and / or preservatives. While there might be some benefit to finding one made in Sichuan, you could also consider a few of the brands made in Taiwan.
I can try to take a picture of the kind I have at home. It's got a little MSG in it, though.
re: ipsedixit
I went to 99 Ranch on Pioneer Blvd in Artesia, CA last night , I could not find the authentic Doubanjiang and they do not have any in behind the counter where they store the premium alcohol.
Please give me some suggestions about where I can get the authentic doubanjiang.
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Tympanostomy Tube Placement in Children in the Office (Inova Study)
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Last updated: May 31, 2013
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The objective of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Acclarent Tula TDS for the placement of tympanostomy tubes under local anesthesia delivered by iontophoresis in an office/clinic setting.
Condition | Intervention |
Otitis Media |
Device: Tube Delivery System (Tula) |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Tympanostomy Tube Placement in Children in the Office (Inova Study) |
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Those adverse events which are procedural, serious, and device-related.
- Device Effectiveness [ Time Frame: Day 0 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]The successful delivery of the tympanostomy tube across the tympanic membrane
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Procedure Success [ Time Frame: Day 0 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Successful placement of any tympanostomy tube, with no safety events
- Tube placement tolerability [ Time Frame: Day 0 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Subject reporting of level of tolerability using the Wong-Baker FACES scale (0-5)
- Tube Retention [ Time Frame: 2 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Presence of the tympanostomy tube across the tympanic membrane at the follow-up visit
Estimated Enrollment: | 60 |
Study Start Date: | December 2011 |
Primary Completion Date: | March 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Tube placement group |
Device: Tube Delivery System (Tula)
Placement of tympanostomy tube by the Acclarent tympanostomy tube delivery system following delivery of anesthetic with Acclarent iontophoresis device
Other Name: Tula TDS
Ages Eligible for Study: | 6 Months to 21 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Scheduled to undergo tympanostomy tube insertion
- At least 6 months old and younger than 22 years old
- Behavioral capacity and cooperative temperament to undergo an awake procedure (based on physician judgement)
- No history of sensitivity or reaction to anesthesia chosen for the procedure
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or lactating females
- Significantly atrophic, bimeric, or completely atelectatic tympanic membrane
- Otitis externa
- Lacerations or abrasions to the external auditory canal or damaged or denuded skin in the auditory canal
- Cerumen impaction resulting in a significant amount of cleaning required to visualize the tympanic membrane
- Electrically sensitive subjects and subjects with electrically sensitive support systems (pacemakers, defibrillators, etc.)
- Anatomy that precludes sufficient visualization of and access to the tympanic membrane
- Anatomy that necessitates tympanostomy tube placement in the posterior half of the tympanic membrane
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01496287
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South Coast Ear, Nose & Throat | |
Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States, 34952 |
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Principal Investigator: | Jacob W Zeiders, M.D. | South Coast Ear, Nose & Throat |
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Responsible Party: | Acclarent |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01496287 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | CPR005027 |
Study First Received: | December 16, 2011 |
Last Updated: | May 31, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Otitis Otitis Media Ear Diseases Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
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This study looked at quality of life among women who had been living with this diagnosis for five years or longer. Here is part of the abstract and a link:
Jane L. Meisel, Susan M. Domchek, Robert H. Vonderheide, Anita Giobbie-Hurder, Nancy U. Lin, Eric P. Winer, Ann H. Partridge
Introduction: Psychosocial distress is common after a diagnosis of breast cancer. Little is known about the psychosocial adjustment of women living long term with metastatic breast cancer.
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Results: Eighteen (64%) of 28 eligible women completed the survey. Women who completed the survey were more likely to have had node-positive disease (2P ! .0007), to had taken adjuvant therapy (2P ! .01), and to have had hormone-receptor positive disease than women who did not (2P ! .04). Read more »
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SPRINGFIELD — Calm, cool and with the nerves of a riverboat gambler, Cahokia senior Keenan Minor did what he does best on Tuesday at the Class 3A Springfield Super-Sectional -- he took over the game.
Held scoreless in the first half, Minor scored 22 points in the second half -- including a go-ahead 3-point shot with 5 minuets, 1 second remaining -- as the Comanches earned their first trip to the state tournament in 28 years with a 56-48 win over Chatham-Glenwood at the Prairie Capital Convention Center.
A non-factor offensively after an 0-for-4 first half, Minor hit his first three shots of the third period then totaled 12 of the Comanches 13 points in the pressure packed fourth quarter.
The 6-foot-2 Minor then broke a 48-all tie with a 25-foot 3-point shot with 5:01 remaining. Minor then made four free throws in the final 2 minutes as Cahokia earned a Class 3A state semifinal bid.
"The first half I was trying to get my teammates involved and see if we could get them (Chatham-Glenwood) in foul trouble because they were bigger then we were,'' Minor said. "The coaches got on me a little bit at halftime and I started to look for my shot a little more.
"This (getting to state) is the best thing that's ever happened to me. But we can't be satisfied with just being there. Now the goal is to win it.''
The win lifts Cahokia into the Class 3A State Tournament semifinals on Friday at Carver Arena in Peoria. The Comanches will take on Chicago Orr at 2 p.m. Chicago Orr defeated North Chicago 63-49 on Tuesday at the Hoffman Estates Super-Sectional.
Cahokia's only other trip to the state finals came during the 1984-85 season when it placed fourth in Class AA. That team was coached by Ken McBride, who was on the Comanches bench on Tuesday.
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As the final buzzer sounded, a large group of Comanches saluted their team while coach Darian Nash gave one fist pump in the air and then hugged his assistant coaches.
"It was a battle and we knew it would be. The kids stepped up and made the plays -- like they have all year,'' Nash said. "It's been a long time coming but for these guys who have been in the program for three and four years, this is what its all about.
"This is just so big for the school, the community and everyone involved with Cahokia basketball.''
Gary Hickman added 10 points for Cahokia while Derenzo Jennings and Vincent Jackson combined for 17 points.
Jennings, Hickman and Jackson were huge in the first half as they combined 23 of the Comanches 29 first half points.
Cahokia junior Darius Austin picked up two fouls in the first three minutes of the game and spent the remaining 13 minutes of the first half on the bench
Austin would finish with just one point.
The Comanches looked sharp early as they jumped out to a 10-2 lead as Hickman and Jackson scored four points each.
Trailing 17-10 after one quarter, the Titans (24-10) cut the lead to one point -- 29-28 -- at halftime.
With all-stater Peyton Allen scoring 12 points and 6-4 junior center Daniel Helms coming up with six points -- all on offensive putbacks -- Chatham-Glenwood served notice that it would not go away in the second half.
The Titans didn't go anywhere.
"I'm just so proud of this basketball team. With everything we've been through with the injuries and illnesses this season the kids never quit. We just came up a little short tonight,'' Titans coach Todd Blakeman said. "We did a great job of denying him (Minor) the basketball in the first half. The kid is a great shooter. He got a step and he hit big shots.''
Cahokia led 43-39 late in the third quarter but when Miles McAdams got behind the Comanches defense for a layup at the buzzer, Chatham-Glenwood was within two points heading into the final quarter.
Allen, who led the Titans with 19 points, tied the game at 43 in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter. The game was tied at 45 and at 48 and during that time, Chatham-Glenwood had two chances to take the lead but could not convert.
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Carleton Rivers made one of two free throws but it was Minor who converted on four free throws in the late going to ice the win.
"Unbelievable,'' Nash said of Minor's second half. "Now we're going to enjoy this and tomorrow we'll start to get ready for the trip to Peoria.''
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In this frame grab image taken from WCBS-TV, survivors cling to the bottom of a helicopter after it inverted following a crash in the East River in New York, Tuesday. The New York Police Department says the helicopter with five people aboard crashed into the river after taking off from a nearby heliport. The pilot and three others were pulled from the water shortly by rescue crews after it went down. Authorities were still searching for one other passenger, believed to be female, but the helicopter was fully submerged. (By The Associated Press) |
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Britain's Foreign Office said it was investigating reports the passengers were British.
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"I thought, 'Is that some daredevil move?'" she said. "But it was obviously out of control. The body spun around at least two or three times, and then it went down."
She said the chopper had lifted about 25 feet off the ground before it dropped into the water without much of a splash. It flipped over, and the blades were sticking up out of the river. She said people on the dock started throwing in life jackets and buoys. Two people came up out of the waves.
"It didn't make much noise," she said. "It was just a splash and sunk."
The weather was clear but a little windy Tuesday, with winds of 10 mph gusting to 20 mph and visibility of 10 miles, according to the weather station at LaGuardia Airport, across the river in Queens. There were a few clouds at 3,500 feet above sea level, well above the typical flying altitude for helicopters.
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The Federal Aviation Administration changed its rules for aircraft flying over New York City's rivers after that collision. Pilots must call out their positions on the radio and obey a 161 mph speed limit. Before the changes, such radio calls were optional.
Earlier that year, an Airbus 320 airliner landed in the Hudson after hitting birds and losing both engines shortly after taking off from LaGuardia. The flight, U.S. Airways Flight 1549, became known as the Miracle on the Hudson plane.


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