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A dilation catheter having a balloon inflation shaft with an inflation lumen into which a stiffening wire extends and a guidewire shaft having a guide wire lumen adjacent to the balloon. The stiffening wire includes at least two stepped diameter reductions along its length to vary stiffness from a stiff proximal end providing improved pushability to a less stiff distal end providing improved trackability. A manifold at the inflation shaft proximal end includes a handle for adjusting the distance the stiffening wire extends into the inflation lumen to allow stiffness to be optimized. The handle includes a tubular flange frictionally engaging the manifold to prevent inadvertent handle movement. The balloon inflation shaft and guidewire shafts are bonded together in a manner producing an assembly having a circular cross section for improved connection to a circular balloon and improved catheter performance.
1. A method of making a substantially circular shaft having two adjacent parallel lumens therethrough, which comprises the steps of:
forming a shaft assembly by positioning first and second shafts each of which has a longitudinal lumen in an adjacent, generally parallel, relationship;
inserting a strip of material having a lower melting temperature than said shafts between said shafts and surrounding said shaft assembly with a pressure application tube that shrinks at a temperature above the melting temperature of said strip;
heating said shaft assembly to a temperature at which said strip melts and said pressure application tube shrinks;
forcing a tight fitting reshaping tube of a stiff, circular cross section, material over said shaft assembly;
heating said reshaping tube;
cooling said shaft assembly; and
removing said reshaping tube.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein:
said reshaping tube is removed when said shaft assembly is cooled to a temperature at which said strip material is partially solidified;
forcing a second reshaping tube having a smaller diameter over said shaft assembly;
heating said second reshaping tube;
cooling said shaft assembly until said strip material is fully solidified; and
removing said second reshaping tube.
3. The method according to claim 2 wherein said reshaping tubes are formed from polytetrafluoroethylene and said strip is formed from low density polyethylene.
This application is a Divisional Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 08/847,897 filed Apr. 28, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,810,867.
This invention relates to balloon dilation catheters and, more specifically, to dual lumen adjustable stiffness exchange catheters.
Catheters comprise tube-like members inserted into body cavities for diagnostic or therapeutic medical reasons. One of the therapeutic procedures applicable to the present invention is known as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The first PTCA procedure was developed in approximately 1976 by Dr. Andreas Gruntzig. His fixed wire system features a core or guidewire fixed within a catheter having an inflatable balloon at the distal catheter end with the guidewire stiffening the catheter so that it could be pushed into a desired position in the vascular system. The balloon could be positioned across a blockage and inflated to cause the blockage to be decreased.
If a catheter must be exchanged for a different catheter or one of a different size, a system in which the catheter is inserted over a guidewire is advantageous because the guidewire can be left in place during catheter exchange. The catheter is withdrawn along the guidewire and another catheter is slid into place over the guide wire. Removing the catheter requires removal of the guidewire with possible problems in the guidewire recrossing the stenosis.
Alternatively, a very long "exchange" guidewire, typically about 300 cm long, may be used. Such a long guidewire is difficult and time consuming to handle, requiring two operators and the attendant risk of contamination of the guidewire through contact with objects outside the sterile field. A two-part guidewire may be used instead of the very long guidewire. This arrangement is, however, undesirable because of the additional time required for assembly and the increased thickness that may make smooth exchanges difficult.
Rapid exchange catheters have been developed to eliminate the disadvantages of the long "exchange" wire in over-the-wire systems. These catheters have short guidewire lumens passing through the balloon so that the guidewire exits from the catheter closer to the balloon than to the proximal end of the catheter. This permits the physician to hold the guidewire as he or she removes the catheter with the exchange occurring over the shorter guidewire lumen.
Typical of such rapid exchange catheters are those described by Samson et al. in U.S. Pat. No 4,597,755, by Horzewski et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 4,748,982 and Bonzel in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,762,129 and 5,232,445. Short guidewire lumens through or along side the balloon are described by Kontos et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 5,180,367. Arrangements for varying the stiffness of catheters in over-the-wire catheters to aid in controlled insertion have been described by Hess in U.S. Pat. No. 4,927,413 and Scopton et al. in WO Patent No. 92/17236. An adjustable stiffness dilation catheter is described by Fugoso et al in U.S. Pat. No. 5,545,138.
While many of these arrangements provide acceptable results when used by a skilled practitioner, problems remain. Many of the multi-lumen catheters, especially those with two lumens, one for movement along a guide wire and the other for balloon inflation liquid and for a variable stiffening wire have an oval or elliptical cross section with a maximum diameter greater than is desirable. Further, the degree of stiffness along different portions of the catheter is not optimum and cannot be varied to the degree desired. Where the distance over which a stiffening wire can be inserted into a catheter is variable, maintaining a particular desired insertion distance is often difficult. Thus, there is a continuing need for improved dilation catheters in which stiffness along the length of the catheter can be varied in a desired and accurately reproducible manner.
The above-noted problems, and others, are overcome in accordance with this invention by an elongated dilation catheter having a dual lumen distal end including a relatively short first shaft for carrying a balloon and for having a first lumen for receiving and moving along a guide wire and a second, elongated, shaft having a second lumen in fluid connection with the balloon and for simultaneously receiving a stiffening wire for movement between predetermined positions within said second lumen. The proximal end of said second lumen is operatively connected to a manifold for introducing fluid into said second lumen and for moving the stiffening wire along said second lumen.
The first and second shafts and corresponding lumens are secured together in parallel. The catheter has a generally circular cross section in this region, provided by a novel forming process.
For optimum effectiveness, the stiffening wire tapers in a stepped manner from a maximum diameter at the proximal end, stepping down to a narrower diameter at a selected catheter mid-point and stepping to a still narrower diameter near the balloon proximal end.
A handle means is secured to the proximal end of the stiffening wire at the catheter proximal end for varying the insertion of the stiffening wire into said second lumen over a predetermined movement distance. A positive stop is provided to assure consistent, reproducible, maximum insertion of the stiffening wire into said second lumen. Further, a positive stop is also preferably provided at the catheter distal end to consistently limit the maximum insertion of the stiffening wire relative to the balloon. The positive stop prevents damage to the balloon interior and provides for transmission of force thereto.
It is an object of this invention to provide a stiffening wire having improved adjustability and optimum stiffness variation along the catheter length for enhanced pushability and trackability. Another object is to provide positive, reproducible, stops to assure the optimum maximum stiffening wire insertion and tip location relative to the balloon. A further object is to provide a dual lumen catheter having a substantially round external cross section.
Details of the invention, and of preferred embodiments thereof, will be further understood upon reference to the drawing, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of the catheter assembly of this invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the stepped stiffening wire;
FIG. 3 is a section view through the manifold assembly shaft region;
FIG. 3a is a detail axial section view through an alternative embodiment of the handle portion of the manifold assembly;
FIG. 4 is a generally axial section view through the proximal to mid-joint shaft section;
FIG. 5 is a generally axial section view through the balloon assembly and rail section;
FIG. 6 is a transverse section view taken on line 6--6 in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a transverse section view taken on line 7--7 in FIG. 5 with the balloon in the wrapped configuration;
FIG. 8 is the manufacturing assembly; and
FIG. 9 is the method of manufacturing block diagram.
Referring to FIG. 1, there is seen a dilation catheter 10 having adjustable stiffness and the other features of this invention. Basically, catheter 10 includes a manifold 12 (detailed in FIG. 3) having a first branch 14 for the introduction of pressurized liquid into a longitudinal balloon inflation lumen running the length of balloon inflation shaft 16. Manifold 12 includes a second branch 18 through which a stiffening wire 22, as seen in FIG. 2, is inserted into the balloon inflation lumen. A handle 20 on branch 12 is secured to the proximal end of the stiffening wire 22 and adjusts the distance the wire is inserted into a catheter lumen, as detailed below. Balloon inflation shaft 16 preferably is formed from two or more materials in two or more sections. In the embodiment shown, a proximal section 24 is made from a relatively stiff material for optimum pushability connected at joint 26 (as detailed in FIG. 4) to a relatively more flexible material for optimum trackability. The mid-shaft section is connected to a more stiff distal section as detailed in FIG. 5 for improved lesion crossing. As seen in FIG. 1, section 24 is connected at joint 29 to a stiffer distal section 28 for lesion crossing.
A guidewire shaft 30, (as detailed in FIG. 5) is provided at the distal end of distal section 28, secured to balloon inflation shaft 16 adjacent to and extending through balloon 32 (as shown in cross section in FIG. 5). Guidewire shaft 30 is substantially parallel to balloon inflation shaft 16 and is surrounded by a filler material and tube assembly as detailed in FIG. 6.
A typical stiffening wire 22 for insertion into the balloon inflation lumen of a balloon catheter is shown in FIG. 2. Wire 22 has a length such that when fully inserted into the balloon inflation lumen within balloon inflation shaft 16 the distal wire end will lie at a predetermined location adjacent to balloon 32. The proximal end 36 of stiffening wire 22 includes means for connection to handle 20. An enlarged ball-like end may be provided for snapping into a corresponding aperture in handle 20. Alternately, a hook like end or other shape, mechanically or adhesively secured to handle 20 may be used if desired.
Stiffening wire 22 is reduced in diameter in steps from the proximal to the distal end to provide maximum stiffness and pushability at the proximal end and lower stiffness and greater trackability near the distal end. Wire 22 also is dimensioned to provide adequate inflation and deflation times. While stiffening wire 22 can be formed from any suitable material, stainless steel or nitinol are preferred for an optimum combination of stiffness and formability. For optimum performance, the distal end of stiffening wire 22 has a diameter of from about 0.004 to 0.008 in. and extends to a location about 1 to 10 mm into the balloon 32. The proximal section of wire 22 is stepped to a diameter of from about 0.006 to 0.011 inch from about 0.004 to 0.008 inch at first step 38. The mid-section extends to second step 40. At second step 40, wire 22 is preferably stepped down to a diameter of from about 0.004 to 0.008 inch. The distal end of stiffening wire 22 preferably extends to a position inside balloon 32 when fully inserted.
Details of manifold 12 are shown in an axial section view in FIG. 3. Manifold body 42 includes a first branch 14 through which pressurized fluid medium can be introduced into the balloon inflation lumen within balloon inflation shaft 16. A second branch 18 permits straightline entry of stiffening wire 22 into the balloon inflation lumen. A flexible nose piece 44 (for strain relief) is secured to the distal end of manifold body 18 and surrounds the proximal end of balloon inflation shaft 16. A sealant 46, typically an adhesive such as cyanoacrylate or epoxy resin that is curable by visible or ultraviolet light, secures the distal end of balloon inflation shaft 16 to manifold body 18.
A cap 48 is threaded into the open proximal end of second manifold branch 18. An elastic seal 50, typically a silicone or urethane resin ring, is interposed between cap 48 and body 18. Stiffening wire 22 enters through an axial opening in seal 50 and passes into the balloon inflation lumen in balloon inflation shaft 16. The proximal end of stiffening wire 22 is secured to a handle 52 that abuts cap 48. Cap 48 can be tightened to compress seal 50 to prevent pressurized fluid leakage (positive or negative) along wire 22 through the cap while still allowing movement of the stiffener.
A stop ring 54 is preferably formed around stiffening wire 22 at a predetermined distance from seal 50. A hypotube support cover may be used in which stiffening wire 22 is placed to provide support when the handle is separated from the manifold at cap 48. The distance the stiffening wire is inserted into the balloon inflation lumen can be varied by moving handle 52 relative to cap 48. Maximum insertion occurs when handle 52 is in abutting contact with the end of cap 48. Minimum insertion occurs when handle 52 is moved away from cap 48 to the point where stop ring 54 engages seal 50.
Handle 52 includes a tubular flange 56 that is a tight friction fit over cap 48. This will prevent accidental movement of handle 52 away from cap 48 during use of the catheter.
If desired, a keying arrangement between cap 48 and handle 52, such as a pin-like projection 53 (As seen in FIG. 3a) on the inner surface of handle projecting into a corresponding recess in cap 48, a pattern of interlocking ridges and grooves between handle 52 and cap 48, etc., so that rotation of handle 52 with the interlock engaged through contact between cap and handle will rotate cap 48 between a tight and loose seal configuration.
In general, it is desirable for the proximal portion of balloon inflation shaft 16 to have greater stiffness for optimum pushability when inserting the catheter into a body vessel and for the distal portion to have greater flexibility for improved tracking along curved vessels. To aid in this stiffness variation, a transition region is provided as shown in axial section view in FIG. 4. Proximal section 24 of the balloon inflation shaft 16 is preferably formed from a relatively stiff material, such as a polyimide. Distal section 28 is preferably formed from a more flexible, low distortion, material, such as polyethylene. Any other suitable materials having these desired characteristics may be used. The two materials are joined together at an overlapping, adhesively bonded joint 26.
In order to further and variably adjust the stiffness of the catheter, the stepped stiffening wire 22 is positioned in the inflation lumen 16. The first stepped decrease in thickness preferably is positioned in the general area of joint 26. As described above, by moving handle 52 the specific position of step 38 can be varied relative to joint 26.
Details of balloon 32, guidewire shaft 30 and related components are shown in the axial section view of FIG. 5 and the transverse section views of FIGS. 6 and 7.
Balloon 32 is shown in the inflated condition in FIG. 5 and in the folded condition in FIG. 7. A pressure resistant material, such as polyethylene or Nylon, that can be heat set to form the folds of FIG. 7, then expand into the round inflated shape is preferred.
The distal end of balloon inflation shaft 16 is shrunk around, and bonded to an extension of the balloon inflation shaft 60 which extends to a point just within balloon 32. Guidewire shaft 30 lies parallel and adjacent to inflation shaft 16. Reinforcing tubing 62 surrounds both inflation shaft 60 and guidewire shaft 30, with a filler 64 (introduced as detailed below) filling the space between tube 62 and the shafts. Reinforcing tube 62 is preferably formed from a high strength heat shrink tubing that naturally forms a circular cross section when shrunk while pressurized, such as polyethylene. The proximal end of balloon 32 is bonded to the exterior of reinforcing tubing 62 by a layer 66 of adhesive, such as a visible light or ultraviolet light curable epoxy, cyanoacrylate or a heat shrink bond. The distal end of balloon 32 is also bonded to guidewire shaft 30 by a layer of adhesive 66 or a heat shrink bond.
The distal end 68 of inner shaft 60 is closed by melting, with the reinforcing tubing 62 thereover. A skived out notch is cut through the reinforcing tubing 62 and inflation shaft 60 adjacent to distal end 68 to provide for fluid communication between the balloon inflation lumen 58 and the interior of balloon 32.
The distal end of stiffening wire 22 extends through the extended balloon inflation lumen within inner shaft 60. When fully inserted, stiffening wire 22 encounters the closed end of tubes 60 and 62 at 68, which provides a positive stop for full insertion, enables force transmission and prevents inadvertent excessive insertion and/or damage to the interior of balloon 32.
The distal end of stiffening wire 22 can be withdrawn any desired distance, corresponding to the distance between stop ring 54 when handle 52 abuts cap 48 and stop ring 54 when withdrawn into contact with seal 50, as seen in FIG. 3.
Preferably, marker bands 72 are provided at suitable locations within balloon 32 and at predetermined locations along balloon inflation shaft 16. Marker bands 72 are formed from any suitable radio opaque material so that their positions can be clearly seen by X-ray fluoroscopy during catheter insertion. Typical such materials include gold, iridium, platinum and mixtures or alloys thereof.
As mentioned above, in the past when a guidewire shaft and a balloon inflation shaft were bonded together to provide a short guide wire shaft alongside the balloon inflation shaft, the assembly had an oval or elliptical cross section. This shape resulted in problems in inserting the catheter and in bonding such an elliptical assembly cross section to the optimally circular balloon.
An ideal generally circular cross section, as seen in FIG. 6, can be produced by the method schematically illustrated in FIG. 8 and in the block diagram of FIG. 9.
Initially, as seen in FIG. 8 and per block 80 of the flow diagram of FIG. 9, release-coated wire mandrels 74 and 76 (typically Parylene coated stainless steel wires) are inserted into the tube that will become the guidewire shaft 30 and into a mid-distal tube assembly that will become the distal end of balloon inflation shaft 16 and the inner shaft, respectively. Guide wire shaft 30 and the mid/distal assembly are then positioned in the desired overlapping relationship, block 82.
A suitable filler material strip 64 is then inserted between the two shafts, block 84. Any suitable filler material, such as polyethylene, that will melt at a temperature below a temperature at which any of the other components would degrade may be used. While filler strip 64 may have any suitable configuration, a strip cut lengthwise from a piece of tubing, typically about a quarter-round cut from a 0.023 in. outside diameter, 0.0035 in. wall thickness tube, having a crescent-like cross section, is preferred for ease of assembly.
Reinforcing tubing 62 is then slipped over the resulting assembly (guidewire shaft 30 and balloon inflation shaft 60), block 86. Tubing 62 should be a heat shrink material that will shrink at a temperature just above the melting temperature of filler strip 64. Typically, reinforcing tube 62 may be formed from polyethylene or nylon As tubing 62 shrinks, block 88, the assembly takes on a generally oval cross section.
A reshaping tube 78 (as seen in FIG. 8) of a stiff material that naturally assumes a circular cross section is forced over the assembly, (guidewire shaft 30 and balloon inflation shaft 60), and heat shrunk, (see block 90) sufficiently tight to force the assembly into a round configuration. For the purposes of this application, "stiff" means having sufficient stiffness to return to, or remain in, a substantially circular cross section when filled with a molten liquid at just above its melting temperature. While any suitable material may be used for reshaping tube 78, tetrafluroethylene is preferred because of its heat shrinkability, low friction and non-bondable characteristics. In some cases, this tube will produce a sufficiently round shape to the assembly. In that case, the assembly is cooled, block 92, and reshaping tube 78 is removed. In order to produce a more precisely circular cross section in the assembly, after partial cooling, the original reshaping tube 78 can be removed and a smaller diameter reshaping tube can be emplaced, block 94. The smaller diameter reshaping tube is then heat shrunk, cooled and removed, block 96. The resulting substantially round assembly is more easily passed along a body vessel and when bonded to a balloon produces a more uniformly round inflated balloon.
While certain specific relationships, materials and other parameters have been detailed in the above description of preferred embodiments, those can be varied, where suitable, with similar results. Other applications, variations and ramifications of the present invention will occur to those skilled in the art upon reading the present disclosure. Those are intended to be included within the scope of this invention as defined in the appended claims.
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text: The WSOP will be hosting a NL Holdem Tournament with a whooping $1 million dollar entry fee. So far they have 30 commitments with only 11 of those being Pro players. Meaning the other 18 are rich business who $1 million is much too and they just want a shot at glory. With 30 players top prize will be $12.3 million. They are capping the tournament at 48 players and my guess is they'll hit the 48. If they do then top prize will be $18.3 million. The casino isn't taking a cut as they normally would, but instead 11% will be donated to some worthy charity. The tournament will be televised on ESPN. So far Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan, Erik Seidel, Gus Hansen, Patrick Antonius, Jonathon Duhame, l& Johnny Chan are entered. I surprised not to see a few of the other top Pros like Phil Ivey and I'm sure a few other Pros will pool money to get a stake in the big game. The question will Doyle Bronson enter? I think it's exciting to finally see something like this.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tiger Woods' Injury Proves a Lot
It really has become one of the most interesting sports story of the last two years.
Tiger Woods, golf's lone superstar, continues to falter in his love life and golf game, and the more pressure we seem to put on his comeback, the more he seems to fail. But the one image we can all go back to happened at Torrey Pines, when Woods beat the field, the odds and an aching knee to win a major championship he had no business winning. He limped throughout the week and winced after tee shots but we knew he would make it through the pain and give us something to root for.
Now, things are different. On Tuesday, Tiger's website announced that he hurt his Achilles Heel during his run at Augusta National and won't be around for the Wells Fargo and possibly the Players Championship, meaning more time away from golf and competition and a chance at finding his game. The next time we see him, most likely at the U.S. Open, will be another return to the game, and a lot of questions to answer. "How are you feeling?" "How is the game?" "What are the chances you play well here?" And Tiger will give us the same vanilla comments that he always does, forcing a lot of us to roll our eyes and move on with our days.
But for now, it just means more uncertainty about the future of Tiger Woods, the man we used to always rely on. And while that is scary for golf fans and sponsors and tournament directors, it shouldn't surprise us. This is Tiger now; beaten, frustrated and a little broken, both mentally and physically. It'll be a while before any of that changes.
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You think he doesn't play Memorial?
I wonder how much long term damage he did to that leg though playing on a torn ACL
- April 26, 2011 at 1:57 PM
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Just a while ago, Tigerpunch (god what a stupid fucking name, amirite?) argued that Crayon Pop's management, Chrome Entertainment, is submarining the group because they basically tried to sell Crayon Pop for straight up cash instead of asking for gifts.
I'm not exactly going to argue against the fact that it'll likely play out that way in reality, but what I will argue against is all the outrage in the first place.
To recap, this is what was going to happen:
On August 26, the announcement read, "As much as your love for Crayon Pop is growing, the members are receiving many gifts," and "We are genuinely thankful but since Crayon Pop's fans are increasing very quickly, we cannot keep up with all the gifts so we are posting this announcement."
The announcement continued to state that the group will not be accepting any more gifts that are handed to them physically or come by the mail. Instead, the agency asked fans to send money in a special Crayon Pop gift account, which will be used to make a donation to charity. The announcement read that the amount of the donation will be posted for everyone to see and that the money and gifts spent on Crayon Pop would find better use in helping out those who are in need.
However, after this announcement was made, fans were displeased at the fact that the agency requested them to send money. Although it is for a good cause, fans seemed to be irked at the fact that they had to wire the money into Crayon Pop's account.
They later apologized for that and took the statement back but the "damage" was already done. And yeah, of course we all know that shady-ass company and Crayon Pop were going to take the money, everybody knows that charity shit was a front.
As such, since everybody knows what's going down here, why the fuck do people have a problem with this? As I covered before, bitches already be taking out second mortgages and shit just to finance their oppars and unnirs by buying them gifts, and while that's mocked, nobody seems to have a problem with the idol fangift system.
But that fangift system, in reality, is nothing more than a donation box, which is EXACTLY what Chrome Entertainment was trying to do for Crayon Pop. The difference? They were upfront about it instead of taking thousand dollar gifts, selling them on eBay, and THEN pocketing the cash.
Look, as I said in that fandebt/gift article, I have a problem with this whole ridiculous system, but if you're one of those who is okay with fans giving gifts, I see no difference between taking that and taking cash besides stupid societal pressure to conform. It's like people who give gift cards to you for a fucking store you've never been to in your life because they don't want to appear lazy or shallow by just throwing cash in a card they picked up five minutes previous.
And that's why you shouldn't give a shit about Crayon Pop soliciting donations, because it's all the game, yo.


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Fanfare-colleges: No. 3 UNC field hockey wins
UNC field hockey wins on Senior Day
CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina field hockey team celebrated Senior Day Sunday with a 10-0 victory over visiting Davidson at Francis E. Henry Stadium.
The third-ranked Tar Heels, who scored five goals in each half, improved to 12-2 with their second win of the weekend. The Wildcats fell to 5-10.
Sophomore Casey Di Nardo followed up a two-goal performance in Saturday's 5-2 win against Boston College with three more goals on Sunday. Her five goals over the weekend equaled her total for the season's first 12 games and she now has a team-high 10 for the year.
Senior Sinead Loughran finished with two goals and two assists. Sophomore Nina Notman had two goals and an assist. Sophomore Emily Wold had two assists and now has an Atlantic Coast Conference-best 16 this fall.
Duke tops Stanford
DURHAM — Sophomore Amanda Kim tallied the game-winning goal with 11:18 remaining in regulation and junior Jessica Buttinger added another goal just before the final whistle to send the eighth-ranked Duke field hockey team to a 2-0 victory over No. 13 Stanford Sunday at Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium. The Blue Devils defense collected its fourth shutout of the season in the non-conference contest, improving the squad's ledger to 11-4 overall.
Weinberg lifts Duke to OT win at Notre Dame
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Duke University senior Laura Weinberg netted a golden goal with under two minutes left in the second overtime at ninth-ranked Notre Dame on Sunday to give the Blue Devil women's soccer team a much-needed 2-1 road victory at Alumni Stadium.
Duke closed a four-match road swing with a victory to move the Blue Devils to a 6-6-4, 3-4-3 ACC mark with only three regular season league matches remaining.
Sunday's match ended in a flash, as Notre Dame was maintaining possession in its defensive third with less than two minutes to go in the second overtime. The ball was played back to Irish goalkeeper Kaela Little, who was surveying the best avenue to begin the counterattack.
However, Weinberg came racing in from the center of the attacking third and cut off Little's attempted clearance to take possession. She then rounded the Fighting Irish keeper before slotting home the winning score into the vacated net from 10 yards out on the left side of the area at the 108:17 mark.
No. 1 Virginia edges UNC
CHAPEL HILL — Top-ranked Virginia Cavaliers defeated fourth-ranked North Carolina 2-0 Sunday before 1,621 fans in collegiate women's soccer action.
The Cavaliers have now beaten the Tar Heels in each of their past three visits to Fetzer Field.
Virginia has won its first 16 games of the season and is now 10-0 in the ACC as the Cavaliers inch closer to clinching the regular-season championship and the top seed in next month's ACC Tournament. North Carolina fell to 13-3 on the season and 7-3 in the ACC.
Duke's Capra, UNC's Carter reach final
CHAPEL HILL — Duke University's top-ranked Beatrice Capra and No. 2-seeded Hayley Carter of North Carolina advanced to the singles final at the 2013 USTA/ITA Carolina Regional Championship on Sunday at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Capra, a sophomore, collected wins over UNC's Ashley Dai, 6-1, 6-0, and seventh-ranked Yana Koroleva of Clemson, 7-5, 6-0, to reach the finals.
A freshman, Carter breezed through two matches, winning 6-1, 6-2, over Brigit Foland of South Carolina in the quarterfinals and 6-2, 6-1 over Beatrice Gumulya of Clemson in the semis.
Capra and Carter play in the finals at 11:15 a.m. today.
Duke players ousted from ITA regional
CARY — The Duke men's tennis team concluded play at the 2013 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Carolina Regional Sunday at the Cary Tennis Park.
After downing NC State's Robbie Mudge in two sets in Saturday's singles quarterfinals, 22nd-ranked and third-seeded Michael Redlicki lost 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2 to Joran Vliegen of East Carolina in the semifinals. In doubles, the 11th-ranked and top-seeded tandem of Redlicki and junior Jason Tahir reached the doubles semifinals after battling to an 8-7 (6) victory over seventh-seeded Brett Clark and Ronnie Schneider Sunday . The Blue Devil tandem then faced 10th-seeded Robbie Mudge and Sean Weber of NC State for a spot in the regional final, but had their run in the tournament cut short in an 8-4 loss to the Wolfpack.
Duke golf finishes 14th
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The Duke men's golf team finished 14th at the United States Collegiate Championship with a 22-over 886 after posting a 10-over 298 in the final round of play. Freshman Alexander Matlari fired a one-under 71 to pace the Blue Devils Sunday at The Golf Club of Georgia.
No. 24 Blue Devils win in volleyball
CLEMSON, S.C. — After falling behind 1-0, the 24th-ranked Duke volleyball team found its rhythm in the latter frames, defeating Clemson 3-1 (21-25, 25-14, 25-18, 25-21) Sunday at Jervey Gym.
Duke sophomore outside hitter Emily Sklar turned in a standout performance, picking up her second straight double-double with 16 kills and 16 digs to go along with four service aces and two blocks.


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A cool collection of songs written for the steel drum in a reggae style.
The Jumbie Jam Reggae for Steel Drum Songbook and Play-Along-CD provides charts and tunes that educate and allow you to jam with the band or hone your skills with the practice tracks. The book can be used to play other instruments too. Each song includes three parts; melody, harmony and chord strums; enabling your family and friends to jam as a band. Written for beginners to intermediate players, you dont have to know how to read music to use Jumbie Jam song books; the notes are marked by the note letter, which match the notes marked on the Jumbie Jam. Standard musical notation is also included, helping you to learn how to read music.
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Canterbury Park to run five six-figure stakes in 2013
SHAKOPEE, Minn. – Canterbury Park's 2013 stakes schedule features five stakes worth more than $100,000, the most in one season since the track reopened in 1995. The Mystic Lake Derby increases to $200,000, while the Lady Canterbury Stakes and the Northbound Pride Oakswill be returning to $100,000. The newly created $125,000 Mystic Lake Mile and $100,000 Shakopee Juvenile Stakes round out the major stakes.
The renamed Chaucer Cup returns to Canterbury next year in the form of the $50,000 Dark Star Cup, run in honor of local media personality and longtime track supporter Dark Star.
The 20th running of Minnesota Festival of Champions, a day dedicated to horses bred in the state, is scheduled for Sept. 1. The six-race stakes lineup offers $370,000 – $40,000 more than was offered in 2012 – with each of the stakes this year named for the most prestigious past winners. The two major Minnesota-bred 3-year old stakes, the Minnesota Derby and Oaks, will be run for $75,000 – the most since the late 1980s.
Earlier this year, Canterbury Park and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community entered into a cooperative marketing and purse enhancement agreement that will inject $75 million into the horsemen's purse fund over the agreement's 10-year span. As a result of the agreement, overnight purses increased retroactively during the 2012 season and total purses offered in 2013 will be nearly double what were paid in 2011.
"The stakes schedule and overall purse structure will draw new racing stables to Canterbury as those operators realize what an attractive place Minnesota is to do business," Canterbury Park President Randy Sampson said.
The total stakes schedule includes 26 races worth $1.76 million, an increase of more than 20 percent compared to the 2012 season, while total purses offered in 2013 will be nearly double what were paid in 2011. The 69-day race meet, the longest the track has conducted since 2006, begins May 17 and concludes Sept. 14.
This is outstanding news for a gem of a track in Minnesota! Looking forward to a great summer of racing at Canterbury Park!


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The first Great Central (GCR) Class 8N (LNER B6), No. 416, was built in 1918 at the same time as a batch of
O5 2-8-0 and shared the same
boiler, cylinders, and motion. Two more B6s were ordered in 1921 at the same time as three
B7 locomotives, which were a mixed traffic version of the
B3 Lord Faringdon class. It appears that
Robinson was considering a series of trials between
these two types, but the B7 order was expanded before it was completed.
No further B6s were built.
The B6 was based on the B8 (GCR Class 1A). The B8 had large inside
cylinders resulting in relatively small axleboxes on the driving axles. The B6 solved this by having outside
cylinders. The B7s had four cylinders, resulting in a balanced design with smaller cylinders.
The B6 boiler was also improved over that of the B8, and gained a good reputation for
free steaming.
During their life, the B6s and O5s often
interchanged boilers. As the O5
Diagram 15B boilers wore out, they were replaced with Diagram 15 boilers converting them to
Class O4.
The B6s were never rebuilt with Diagram 15 boilers, and two Diagram 15B boilers had to be specially built in
The B6s were built with Robinson's header discharge
valve, but were eventually fitted with
Gresley's anti-vacuum valve.
The LNER replaced the original chimneys with a Doncaster design, but the B6s were never cut down to the LNER composite
loading gauge.
The prototype, No. 416, was initially allocated to Gorton, but quickly moved to Neasden in 1919.
The later two were allocated to Woodford in 1921, where No. 416 was allocated at the end of the year.
At Grouping (1923), they were allocated to Gorton again, and operated the overnight goods trains to and from Hull.
During the mid-1920s, they were moved to Sheffield, followed by the West Riding in February 1928.
Allocations within the West Riding varied, and the B6s often ran specials to destinations such as Liverpool,
Banbury, and Manchester.
In 1934, the B6s moved back to Sheffield in June 1934 and operated a huge variety of different passenger and
goods trains. In 1946 the B6s moved to Ardsley to operate goods trains, before being withdrawn at the end of 1947.
The last B6 was scrapped in 1947, and none of the B6s survived into preservation.
I am not aware of any models of the B6s in any scale.


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For the first time this season, the Texans traveled in letterman jackets. The attire proved quite fitting because the New England Patriots took Matt Schaub and Co. to school on Monday Night Football. Showing why they have been at or near the top of the NFL class for the last 12 years, the Patriots routed […] [Read More]


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February 23 - Keynote titled OSGi in the Enterprise: Agility, Modularity, and Architecture's Paradox
March 22 - 25 - Tutorial on Modular Architecture
June 14 - 17 - Sessions titled Turtles and Architecture and Patterns of Modular Architecture
July 26 - 30 - Two sessions on rich mobile applications and one on agile development. Half day tutorial on software process improvement.
re: #apple event "We sold more iPads than any PC manufacturer sold of their entire PC line." 2012-09-12
re: #Apple Event ""Our notebooks now rank #1 in the US in Market share in the last three months." 2012-09-12
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The #osgi alliance response (http://t.co/KrN8XNWg) to the @mreinhold #jigsaw announcement (http://t.co/9YvcDdqC). 2012-08-29
Good Q&A with @mreinhold on project #jigsaw. http://t.co/9YvcDdqC. Modularity will change the way we design and run apps! 2012-08-28
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I saw the news item on InfoQ regarding MicroSoft Oslo. There was quite a bit marketing mumbo jumbo surrounding Oslo, SOA, BPM, composite applications and MDD, and not a lot of it resonated with me all that much. However, one quote did stand out.
We want to send the model to the server not the printer.
This got me thinking about Big Software in general, even if it isn't about SOA, BPM, and a lot of other standard industry buzzwords. Developing large enterprise systems comes with a lot of baggage that smaller development efforts don't have, and a larger codebase is part of it. There are a lot of techniques that teams apply in attempts to architect, maintain and downright understand large software systems. In fact, the problem understanding Big Software is one of the compelling forces that led me to create JarAnalyzer. Since no one person can understand all detailed aspects of a large system, give people high level visual insight into the component relationships and let them drill down from that point. Unfortunately, there is no "drill down" capability in JarAnalyzer - you only get the .jar relationships and a few metrics. But combine it with tools like JDepend, and UMLGraph and you can get a few different views. Either way, there are quite a few different techniques that can be used when it comes to dealing with large codebases. But it seems like most approaches have serious holes.
If I had the perfect solution, it would be real-time visualization of the source, be it static or dynamic, with the ability to create different views of the system. I'd be able to start high-level, with either .jar or package relationships. Then drill down into the .jar and packages to view details. But I'd easily be able to filter out information that I didn't want to see. For instance, I might want to see the class diagram for a particular package, but in a different diagram I might want to see the class diagram for only those classes that span packages while suppressing classes that have relationships only to other classes in a package. I'd like to capture the behavior of a running system as a sequence diagram, and I'd like to double-click on any class or object and view the source. It'd be perfect if all this would integrate with my Spring configuration files, so I can build that into a view of the system, too. Of course, I want my metrics. I'd like an API available so that I could write unit tests that validate my design. And most important, if I have all of this coolness, I want the ability to filter out the noise. Essentially, I'd like to combine the navigability and view aspects of modelling with the accuracy of post-construction visualization. I need to make sure my models are accurate, but I also want different views into the system depending on what I'm looking for. And I'd like this wonderful tool available as an Eclipse plug-in, standalone IDE, and Ant task. I want all of this, and I want it to perform well, too. Vendors might claim their tool does this for me, but I know it doesn't.
What's your wishlist?
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For years, OSGi technology has flourished in the embedded systems and networked devices market. Till now, it's remained a relatively obscure technology for the enterprise developer. Now, in part thanks to Eclipse, OSGi is emerging as a viable and valuable technology in the enterprise.
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Design Rot
We've all experienced that sinking feeling when maintaining a piece of crappy software. Has my change broken the system in some unintended way? What is the ramification of my change on other parts of the system? If you're lucky, and the system has a robust suite of unit tests, they can offer some support in proving your work. In practice, however, few systems have thorough automated test coverage. Mostly we're alone, left to verify our changes as best as possible. We might privately criticize the original developers for creating such garbage. It certainly lends a plausble excuse in explaining why the maintenance effort is so costly or time-consuming. Or it might serve as the basis upon which we recommend a re-write. But mostly, we should wonder how it happened.
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Because of it's emerging significance and my increased interest, I'll be posting a number of entries related to OSGi. I'll share some ideas on how OSGi stands to transform enterprise Java software development and application delivery, present some samples that illustrate these ideas, and offer a few opinions regarding the JCP and the various JSR's that intend to accomplish similar ideals. I'm hopeful that my unbiased opinion will help developers more fully understand the value that OSGi brings to the enterprise. To help you quickly find all OSGi related entries on this site, I've created a separate blog category under which I'll file these posts. I've also added a separate page that links to a number of other useful OSGi specific articles, websites, and blogs. If you are aware of an on-line resource related to OSGi, or know of one not on the current list, let me know and I'll add it.
For quite some time, I've felt that the lack of a component technology has left a gaping hole on the Java platform. In fact, this is what led me to begin development on JarAnalyzer back in 2001 in the hope that I could help developers understand the component modularity of their existing applications. It's also what led me to found Extensible Java in the hope that I could offer some design guidelines surrounding component modularity when developing large enterprise software systems in Java. The idea of a component technology that brings greater modularity to the Java platform is very exciting. This is my first OSGi-related post, so let's start at the beginning. Why?
The distiction between software architecture and design is subtle, and countless trees have been sacrificed attempting to differentiate between the two. Booch sums it well, pointing out that it's the cost of change separating the two.
All architecture is design but not all design is architecture. Architecture represents the significant design decisions that shape a system, where significant is measured by cost of change.
Cost of change can be measured in many different ways, and is contextual. Financial cost, technological risk, and derived business value are examples of what might factor into that cost. However you slice it and dice it, the business value of design is to craft a software design that minimizes the cost of change by maximizing adaptability to change.
The ability of software to adapt, however, is not constant. As unexpected shifts in technology and business occur, the original design may not accommodate current needs. Should this occur in an architecturally significant area of the system, the cost of applying the correct change may exceed the immediate business value. As this happens throughout the life of a software system, software design degrades to the point where most change is no longer cost effective, and the temptation to hack a compromised solution is great. As this begins, and continues to occur, the software is beginning to rot.
Fowler discusses Design Stamina Health in making the compelling case that software design is a worthwhile activity. I doubt many of us disagree with his conclusion, assuming that the resulting design realizes the intended goal - that it can evolve. While good software designs are able to evolve based on the known factors today, the unforeseen factors of tomorrow reap havoc on design. I doubt we can ever entirely defeat these forces, but many techniques have been discovered that allow us to craft more adaptable software designs. Object-oriented development, design patterns, software code quality metrics, design quality principles, emergent design techniques such as Test-Driven Development, and Service Oriented Architecture all represent a positive step. Yet for large enterprise software systems, there is still a key ingredient missing in delaying design rot. On the horizon looms a disruptive technology, codename OSGi, that stands to redefine how we think about designing enterprise software on the Java platform.


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jTDS is an open source 100% pure Java (type 4) JDBC 3.0 driver for Microsoft SQL Server (6.5, 7, 2000 and 2005) and Sybase (10, 11, 12). jTDS is based on the work of the FreeTDS project and is currently the fastest complete JDBC driver for SQL Server and Sybase. Starting with release 0.7.1 jTDS is 100% JDBC 2.1 compatible, supporting forward-only and scrollable/updateable ResultSets, multiple concurrent (completely independent) Statements per Connection and implementing all of the DatabaseMetaData and ResultSetMetaData methods. As of version 0.9 most of the JDBC 3.0 features are also implemented.
Quite a few of the commercial JDBC drivers out there are based on jTDS (or FreeTDS), even if they no longer acknowledge this. jTDS has been tested with virtually all of the available JDBC-based database management tools and is the driver of choice for most of these (DataDino and Aqua Data Studio even contain it). jTDS is also becoming a common choice for enterprise-level applications: starting with release 0.8-rc1 jTDS passes the Hibernate test suite, making it the driver of choice for SQL Server.
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An Apple patent (number 7,760,187) for a visual expander has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It seems to concern an upcoming feature for the iOS -- and perhaps Mac OS X.
A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch. The inventor is Peter Kennedy.
Here's Apple's background and summary of the invention: "There exist today many styles of input devices for performing operations in a computer system. The operations generally correspond to moving a cursor and/or making selections on a display screen. By way of example, the input devices may include buttons or keys, mice, trackballs, touch pads, joy sticks, touch screens and the like. Each of these devices has advantages...| Read more »


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Man denies arson charge in Vt. church fireThe Associated Press | October 24,2013BURLINGTON - A Burlington man was charged Wednesday with setting fire to an historic church downtown.
Alaiksandr Bychkou, 32, told authorities that voices told him there was a treasure in the steeple at the College Street Congregational Church, according to a police affidavit.
Police were called at 5:34 a.m. after the custodian at the College Street Congregational Church found a door open and heard someone in the steeple.
Bychkou was found inside and was initially taken into custody on a charge of unlawful trespass, police said. Shortly afterward, the bell tower erupted in flames.
Bychkou pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to second-degree arson and burglary and was jailed for lack of $25,000 bail.
A judge ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation.
The fire was largely contained to the church steeple and the building is not a total loss, Fire Chief Seth Lasker said. A church official told the Burlington Free Press that engineers determined that the steeple must be removed.
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Charles Holcombe begins this extraordinarily ambitious book by asking the question 'What is East Asia?' In the modern age, many of the features that made the region - now defined as including China, Japan, and Korea - distinct have been submerged by the effects of revolution, politics or globalization. Yet, as an ancient civilization, the region had both an historical and cultural coherence. It shared a Confucian heritage, some common approaches to Buddhism, a writing system that is deeply imbued with ideas and meaning, and many political and institutional traditions. This shared past and the interconnections among three distinct, yet related societies are at the heart of this book, which traces the story of East Asia from the dawn of history to the twenty-first century. Charles Holcombe is an experienced guide who encapsulates, in a fast-moving and colorful narrative, the vicissitudes and glories of one of the greatest civilizations on earth.
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Charles Holcombe is Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa. His publications include The Genesis of East Asia, 221 B.C.-A.D. 907 (2001) and In the Shadow of the Han: Literati Thought and Society at the Start of the Southern Dynasties (1994).
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"For general readers and interested students alike, this book will be a delight. Holcombe has a good eye and ear for what is historically important, and his coherent narrative thread connects the chapters of his book like the beads of a necklace" - David Curtis Wright, Department of History, University of Calgary "Holcombe's book is going to be a very important text for undergraduates and general readers looking for a fresh approach to East Asian history. He takes the reader through all the requisite periods and places, yet does so in ways which bring out new insights and connections. Holcombe engages with important themes in current scholarship and shows how they are really relevant to better understanding the complex and diverse history of this critical region. His approach to synchronous developments across China, Korea and Japan, and the ways in which the historical narratives of these countries interact with each other, make this a most useful and enlightening book." - Ken Hammond, Professor of East Asian History, New Mexico State University "Treading a line between the emerging field of transnational history and a more traditional regional history, Holcombe has written a valuable and impressive guide to the histories of East Asia. The historical and regional scope, reaching from the ancient past to the ultra-modern present, is unprecedented in a volume of this size. Students of East Asia and of international history will find this book essential reading." - Chris Goto-Jones, Professor and Director of the Modern East Asia Research Centre, Leiden University
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Introduction: what is East Asia?; 1. The origins of civilization in East Asia; 2. The formative era; 3. The age of cosmopolitanism; 4. The creation of a community: China, Korea, and Japan (7th-10th centuries); 5. Mature independent trajectories (10th-16th centuries); 6. Early-modern East Asia (16th-18th centuries); 7. The nineteenth-century encounter of civilizations; 8. The age of Westernization (1900-29); 9. The dark valley (1930-45); 10. Japan since 1945; 11. Korea since 1945; 12. China since 1945; Afterword.


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Recently updated to IOS 7. Data and MMS is not working with Straight Talk. I currently have an Iphone 4S and everything was working up until I updated my phone. Any solutions?
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Recently updated to IOS 7. Data and MMS is not working with Straight Talk. I currently have an Iphone 4S and everything was working up until I updated my phone. Any solutions?
I have an iPhone 4 GSM and an iPhone 4s under contract to ATT. Both have been factory unlocked. I can take a straight talk sim card and place it in my 4s and recieve service, however when i try the straight talk sim in the 4 it gives me the message
Restricted Network
Your selected cellular network is restricted. You can choose a different network in Settings.
the att sim works fine in both phones. what could the problem be?
Has anybody taken an AT&T iPhone 4 and switched it to Straight Talk? In recently did this and am now trying to work. I cant follow the steps given online to change the APN cause my phone doesnt have the buttons needed. Any suggestions?
I really want an iPhone 5 for my Birthday. But idk if Straight Talk gives gsm models or only CDMA? Please help?
my iphone 4s is unlocked and i just got a straight talk sim and put it in my phone and went to set up my mms and data settings, but they vanished? when i put in my old tmobile sim card they come back? anyone else have this problem/ had it and fixed it?
I have a AT&T iPhone 3GS. My contract ran out last September. I just let it end including the phone number.
I then signed up for Google Voice and just used the Talkatone app on my phone with Wifi to make calls and text.
In the last 2 Days I bought the correct Straight Talk Sim and Unlimited Refill Card and had my Google Voice number transfered to the Straight Talk Sim, and they activated it.
---I did not unlock my phone if that helps.---
Whats Happening:
My phone can send and recieve calls from anyone.
My phone can access the internet fine.
-It can ONLY Text those on the AT&T Network.
-It CANT Picture Message anyone!
(it can iMessage everyone with iMessage but that works through the data)
What is happening and how do I fix it?
Thanks for the help!!!!!!
My Iphone 4s 16g and 4s 32g are both unlocked and have this same issue. In iOS 6 the new settings setup meeses with my ability to fix my APN settings to get my data & mms working with my straight talk sim. BUT there is a way to fix it. I dont take credit for this at all, it was sent to me on another post I had but im just going to modify it slightly.
This is thte only way to get data & MMS working on a non-jailbroken iPhone on iOS 6 as far as im aware of right now
1. Open the Notes app (or any other stock app)
2. Go to Settings General
3. Insert the T-Mobile SIM (can be brand new/unactivated OR an old one that has had service) will bring up the Cellular option
4. Go into Cellular Cellular Data Network when it shows up
5. Immediately take out the T-Mobile SIM and put the Straight Talk SIM back in while in the Cellular Data Network tab
6. Multitask between Cellular Data Network and the Notes app back and forth until a signal from Straight Talk comes in and the default non-working data & MMS APN are automatically entered. It is important to wait until the default APN settings show up
7. Once the APNs do show up, edit them manually
8. Go toggle Airplane Mode on and off, and then turn your iphone off and then back on
Data and MMS now work fine.... UNTIL YOUR PHONE TURNS OFF OR DIES!
To fix this follow these steps
After Step 8 and you check that your data & mms ARE working. then turn off your phone one more time and then back on again. Check that data & mms yet again. data should work but mms shouldnt. Here is the fix; go into Settings Cellular then toggle Cellular Data off and back on and everything should be working 100000% fine now.
Cellular Data
APN: att.mvno
Username: *blank*
Password: *blank*
APN: att.mvno
Username: *blank*
Password: *blank*
MMSC: http://www.mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 22.214.171.124:80
MMS Max Message Size: 1048576
MMS UA Prof URL: *blank*
I can confirm 100% that this method works on iOS 6
Most instructions Ive seen are not very helpful to get to the page to enable editing APN and other information needed to begin to get MMS & Data from Straight Talk... otherwise, phone currently makes and receives calls and will do some limited texts. AT&T advises it is an unlocked phone, however hookling to iTunes and doing a backup and restore has accomplished nothing. Since it is backed up (several ways over a couple days), what if I go through an erase process then restore with the Straight Talk sim card
BestBuy offers an iphone 3gs USA factory unlocked (SKU 6314408) and I would like to purchase and use a non-contract plan like Straight Talk or Net10. Are all the access point names (APN) fields available for me to enter all the carriers data? And if so, will I have all the features an iphone 3gs offers... like, multimedia picture messaging and internet? Additionally, can I use icloud as I have a MacBook Air. This would be my first iphone.
I bought an iphone 3gs from a coworker and bought a straight talk sim card for it. The phone works great but I can not get my MMS to work on the phone. I was told by Straight Talk that it would have to be unlocked first before they could help me to get the MMS feature to work on it. How do I go about unlocking the phone safely without damaging it or jailbreaking it?
But everyone keeps it, complaints is all i see, companys only understand sales thats why you have not heard any more response from apple, iphone 4 is selling like wildfire, even with its problems.
Laptop Mac OS X (10.4.6) none
Within the last few days, my iphone refuses to let me talk to anyone else. If they try to call me or I try to call them, it will let me speak to them (most of the time), then after a couple seconds go sucker! and hang up on me, giving me the message Call Failed.
This has happened to me before but resolved itself after i rebooted the phone. Yesterday I turned my phone off all day and when I turned it back on, it still wouldnt let me talk. Ive also tried syncing it and updating the firmware on iTunes.
Is there any way to fix this?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Macbook pro
I am trying to find out if I can talk and text on my iPhone 4, if there is any way can you please tell me how, I need to know ASAP
Does anyone know how to get gtalk on the iphone with push notifications?
Mac OS X (10.6.2)
Ive been using the Nike+iPod software with my iPhone 3GS for several runs, but all of a sudden the voice-over in the Nike software wont say anything. I checked my settings and its set to a female voice, the phone is not on vibrate mode, and all other features work fine. Any thoughts?
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not sure what Im doing wrong, but everytime I talk on the iphone I keep bumping the keypad with my ear, and my contact goes what is that noise? Is there some button to push so the keypad is locked while you talk? thanks, Ezmreldah
Looking for the best Google Chat application for the iPhone. Im giving up on my Pre, but coming back to the iPhone, I miss the seamless experience of chat. Willing to try it with push notifications, but I dont see any apps that tempt me yet... Thoughts?
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MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.5.8) ....and Windows 7. I use em all
My iPhone 4 keeps going straight to Voice Mail and then I get a notified of missed calls? How can I correct this?
yet my $80 Sansa had no problem. Heres what I want to do:
1) Select an album on iPhone
2) iPhone plays every track on that album in order
3) iPhone goes to next album and plays every track in that album in order
4) iPhone loops through all albums like this until I tell it to stop
5) I do not want iPhone to shuffle anything - not songs, not playlists, not albums, not my brains - until I change my mind and choose shuffle or choose to go back to my Sansa
Seems I can do this on my pc, but not on iPhone...thanks for comments and suggestions!
HP Pavilion m7480n Windows XP
Ive been researching this quite a bit and have seen many threads that talk about calls going to voicemail, but everything Ive seen refers to Edge data vs. 3G data.
My iPhone 4 is running ios 5.0.1. Anytime I am accessing anything that uses 3G data (downloading/upgrading apps, updating news streams, watching YouTube, etc.), all incoming calls to my phone are being directed straight to voicemail. I can replicate the behavior 100% (e.g. not an intermittent issue). Although the voicemail alert will eventually sound, the incoming calls do NOT show up as missed calls, so if the other party doesnt leave a voicemail, I have no idea that theyve called.
Things Ive already tried to do:
1) reset network settings
2) reset AT&T voicemail pin
3) visited AT&T store to receive an updated sim card and had them verify it isnt something related to my account set up (Ive had the same set up since iPhone 3G, but you never know what AT&T might turn on for my convenience)
4) did full restore through iTunes, restoring phone from recent back up
5) full restore through iTunes setting up phone as new phone (in case there was something funky in the back up)
In every instance, it still sends the calls straight to voicemail if the phones 3G data is in use -- and it is definitely 3G data (AT&T tower in the parking lot of my office, 80 yards from the front door).
Any ideas?
I dont recall the file size max is. Im thinkings 1.0mb. Is it anything 1.0mb and over, or anything over 1.0mb?
I am using my iPhone 5 a lot for video recording purposes. A times when recordin my space will fill up and stop the recording. Is there a way to connect my iPhone to my Macbook and have video record straight to my Macbook instead of constantly uploading when my phone is full?
My iPhone 3GS goes straight to voice mail without ringing. Reception in my area ok. I have been turning phone off at night and shutting down and restarting only works for awhile. (previous suggestions.) Any thoughts?
When I turn my iPhone 4s off , it turns straight back on ?
It has just suddenly started doing it, and I really need to turn my phone off now !
Any idea on how to solve this ?
My Iphone is coming today via Fed Ex, and I have been so excited all week! Today I am reading nothing but design flaws with the I phone 4 and am really getting down about this. Is everyone having these issues or are we just getting the bad news here? I called AT&T and there is a 30 day return on it so I guess we are not stuck.
Mac Book Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Hi guys,
Just bought my new iPhone 4 (Melbourne - Telstra 3G network) and having severe issues with people not being able to hear me. I can hear them perfectly fine and when I switch to speaker they can hear me perfectly fine as well.
Is this a hardware fault with my device or somehow related to the proximity sensor issue? Its really frustrating because I cant actually make any calls unless Im on speaker (which ruins any sort of privacy - especially when youre a public area).
iPhone 4 iOS 4
Hi all,
Is anyone else having a problem where voice calls go straight to voicemail, without the phone actually ringing. I am getting more voicemails than phone calls at the moment, and its looking like a phone problem (ip4).
iMac 3.06GHz, alum MacBook 2.4GHz Mac OS X (10.5.5)
Is there a way to upload video taken on my iphone and put it directly on facebook by using my facebook app? Thanks for any advice!
MacBook Mac OS X (10.5)
I am looking for an app that allows me to Talk to text. I would love something embedded in the actual messages folder where I could simply just talk the text instead of type it. This is great for texting while driving. So far I have found apps that still require me to look down a lot at the phone before I talk to text.
What are your favorites?
Please help me with this!
Macbook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)
Ive had my iPhone 4 for nearly 2 years now.
Everything works perfectly fine on my phone, except that since yesterday people do not hear me on a call. They can hear me with speakerphone or headset but not on the phone itself. When I blow into the speakers at the bottom, they hear that but not my voice.
Ive tried rebooting the phone, closing all apps, restored my phone completely.
Anyone have any other suggestions to try myself before I have to pay someone to fix it?


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Now that you know that I'm French, you'll understand my (from time to time) strange English.
I'm running a webiste (this website is helping the readers of a book I wrote (in French) about SAS). Some of my files are in a folder you can only access by clicking on some links given by the website. I did this to prevent bandwidth theft and I'm using a .htaccess file to do the job.
This .htaccess file is doing a perfect job for 99.9% of my users. The remaining 0.1% user is a mac user and I would like to understand (and cure) the problem.
When this users is clicking on one of my links, hes directed on the htm file telling him youre not allowed to access to this file from another website than mine .
I tried to see if this problem is mac related or not and contact various mac users on a French forum to see if theyre having the some problem. None of them reproduce the bug.
Lets see if one of you can have the same problem!
I created here a very simple html file with a link to a file protected by my .htaccess :
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the link will drive you (normally) to a file inside a mac2 folder. The mac2 folder is inside a maceng folder and the .htaccess file is inside the maceng folder. Normally, the htaccess is acting on the files inside the subfolders.
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RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www\.sas-sr\.com/ [NC] RewriteRule ^.*$ http://www.sas-sr.com/pbeng.html [R=301,L]
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We had dinner here on April 28th as a party of three and loved the whole dining expierence from the decor to the cuisine and fantastic service. We stayed in NYC for 7 days and ate at many of the top Zagat restaurants and this was by far the best. We never felt like we were treated like "out of towners" and the food was HOT and delicious! YOU must make your reservation here! As we left for the evening we were handed a mini coffee cake for breakfast to enjoy the next morning!
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My daughter likes the Union Square Cafe food slightly better and the Eleven Madison ambience someone in their style choice but I can see that Gramercy Tavern will still be my semi-annual gathering place for the girls - a tradition much better than the tea at the Plaza. Danny Meyer's restaurants still are in the running - we've gone to all of them - Tabla, Blue Smoke, Eleven Madison and Union Square Cafe. We still have repeated the GT four times - both the dining room and Tavern and not just restaurant week - the Tavern does not have the service that the Dining Room has. I am happy for restaurant week, - my daughter's friends got to experience the service of four star restaurants and one who is not a dessert person is still raving about the apple tatin and sorbet. The consomme broth for the meat and the soup are excellent. If only I could blend Eleven Madison and GT together - it would be perfect.
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Gorgeous room and really great service, but for $150/person I was expecting more from the food. The rabbit was OK, but was accompanied by some boring meat that tasted like cafeteria chicken, and the sauce was way too salty. The hamachi appetizer was good, but I could've had it at a good sushi place just as easily. The sour cream panna cotta was amazing, as was the cashew ice cream. I'd go back with high hopes.
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Wonderful experience. Food, service and wine were perfect. They provided a lot of nice extras during the meal. At the end of the meal, the server brought over 2 to go bags each with a fresh muffin for breakfast. It was a nice unexptected touch. I will go back.
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