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Study to Identify Mechanisms of Resistance to Standard Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
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This is a multicenter translational study to understand therapeutic resistance in patients undergoing first-line chemotherapy (FOLFOX/Avastin, or FOLFIRI/Avastin) for metastatic colorectal cancer. Tissue samples from liver metastasis will be collected and banked before the start of chemotherapy and at the time of progression. Additionally, blood samples will be drawn monthly and stored in the tissue biobank.
Colorectal Cancer
Other: Needle core biopsies of liver metastasis
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Prospective Study to Identify Molecular Mechanisms of Clinical Resistance to Standard First-line Therapy in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
- Changes in biomarkers in patients that have acquired clinical resistance. [ Time Frame: 4 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Liver needle core biopsies are obtained pre-treatment and at progression of disease from all patients. These are used to discover exploratory biomarkers of resistance to FOLFOX/bevacizumab and FOLFIRI/bevacizumab
- Number of participants with adverse events relating to the liver biopsy procedure [ Time Frame: 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Tumor tissue from a hepatic metastasis will be removed by needle core biopsy (NCB) obtained under radiologic guidance and will be flash-frozen. To obtain sufficient material for tissue banking, three needle core biopsies (NCB) will be removed from the same metastasis. Additionally, monthly whole blood samples will be collected, as well as plasma.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|FOLFOX + bevacizumab
Other: Needle core biopsies of liver metastasis
No investigational products will be administered to subjects as part of this translational research study. A first-line chemotherapy regimen consisting of FOLFOX/bevacizumab or FOLFIRI/bevacizumab will be administered as per the standard of care at each treating institution. Tissue samples from liver metastasis will be collected and banked before the start of chemotherapy and at the time of progression. Additionally, blood samples will be drawn monthly and stored in the tissue biobank.
Detailed Description:
The major obstacle to the cure of cancer by pharmacological agents is resistance to these agents. Clinical responses of metastatic cancers to the most advanced chemotherapeutic agents usually range from 15 to 40%, indicating that intrinsic resistance, and acquired resistance occurs almost inevitably in those tumors that do respond. In patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, clinical resistance to a particular treatment is a clear endpoint (tumor growth), and is usually observed within 6-12 months of any given therapy. Thus, drug resistance and selecting appropriate therapeutic alternatives for drug-resistant cancer remain major dilemmas for oncologists.
The current first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer in Quebec and much of North America is a combination called FOLFOX (the fluoro-pyrimidine 5-FU given as a 46-hour infusion, folinic acid and oxaliplatin) in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin®). An alternative regimen of cytotoxic drugs, also used with Avastin®, is FOLFIRI, which simply replaces oxaliplatin with the topoisomerase inhibitor irinotecan. In the metastatic setting, studies have not demonstrated significant differences between the two regimens, such that decision-making lacks definitive tools.
The objective of this study is to identify, in clinical samples, the molecular signature of clinically resistant colorectal cancer (CRC) patients for the most current and commonly used therapeutic agents. The goals of this study are two-fold. First, to build a biobank of blood and tissue specimens, prior to starting chemotherapy and at a determined time-point (progression of disease), from patients undergoing the same standard and well established first-line treatments (FOLFOX/bevacizumab or FOLFIRI/bevacizumab) for metastatic colorectal cancer. Second, to use state-of-the-art approaches by various collaborating laboratories to correlate clinical outcomes with molecular events that can be used to predict and circumscribe chemoresistance.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
This study will be conducted in patients with a confirmed diagnosis of colorectal cancer with the presence of liver metastasis, who will be receiving first-line treatment (FOLFOX/bevacizumab or FOLFIRI/bevacizumab) for metastatic disease.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of colorectal cancer, with at least one liver metastasis site available for biopsy.
- For patients with liver only disease, patients deemed not to be initially resectable
- Scheduled to receive first-line chemotherapy (FOLFOX/bevacizumab or FOLFIRI/bevacizumab) for metastatic disease.
- Measurable metastatic disease (at least one unidimensionally measurable lesion) present after planned biopsy of metastatic site(s).
- ECOG 0, 1 or 2.
- Life expectancy of 12 or more weeks.
- Age > 18 years.
- Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
- Normal coagulation profile (PT, PTT, INR).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with initially resectable liver only metastases
- Have received prior therapy for metastatic cancer. Prior adjuvant therapy is allowed.
- Inadequate or unusable tissue as the only tissue available for biopsy.
- Contraindication to any of the components of the the first-line chemotherapy regimen.
- Known brain metastases or meningeal disease.
- Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Concurrent treatment with other anti-cancer therapy (palliative radiation is allowed but patients must have a metastatic site available for re-biopsy that has not been irradiated).
- Abnormal coagulation profile, any anti-coagulant therapy.
- Known infection with HIV.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00984048
|Contact: Suzan McNamara, PhD
|514-340-8222 ext 6055
|Canada, British Columbia
|British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA)
|Not yet recruiting
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1H5
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|Principal Investigator: Gill Sharlene, MD
|Canada, New Brunswick
|Dr. Georges L. Dumont University Hospital
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|Principal Investigator: Eve St-Hilaire, MD
|Canada, Ontario
|Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5
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|St-Mary's Hospital
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|Contact: Melania Cartillone, CRA 514-345-3511 ext 3981
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|Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H1T 2M4
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|Principal Investigator: Lucas Sideris, MD
|Hôpital Sacré-Coeur
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|Principal Investigator: Gerald Batist, MD
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|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1
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|Principal Investigator: Peter Metrakos, MD
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|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1A1
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|Principal Investigator: Felix Couture, MD
|Hopital Fleurimont
|Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
|Study Director:
|Gerald Batist, MD
|Jewish General Hospital, Segal Cancer Center
Additional Information:
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Gerald Batist, Principal Investigator, Jewish General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00984048 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 23, 2009
|Last Updated:
|January 28, 2014
|Health Authority:
|Canada: Health Canada
Keywords provided by Jewish General Hospital:
Colorectal cancer
Colon cancer
Colorectal cancer with unresectable metastases to the liver
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Colorectal Neoplasms
Colonic Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Digestive System Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Intestinal Diseases
Intestinal Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Rectal Diseases
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By RICHARD SHAWStaff reporter
Carbon school superintendent David Armstrong outlined the district's use of payments in lieu of tax revenues at the county commission meeting Oct. 16.
The superintendent indicated that the PILT money the county has given to the district in the last year has been used in some valuable ways.
"I feel we have used the money well," commented Armstrong. "We brought in a number of consultants to help teachers to acquire some best practices that have been developed in education over the years."
The superintendent explained that, in some cases, teachers in the district were still using techniques they had learned in the 1970s. He felt the consultants the district brought in changed that.
"There is some money we have not spent, but we will be carrying that over for use in the next year," Armstrong told the commission.
But the Carbon commissioners had questions about the money and comments regarding what they expected.
"We wanted to give the district money so that kids could have some extraordinary educational opportunities," said Commissioner Mike Milovich. "We were thinking of the money for extra field trips like for physics trips, thespian events or even for the music programs."
Commissioner Tom Matthews brought up the fact that he had talked with some educators in the district and they said they had needs that needed to be filled with the money, but it had never been offered.
"It's not true that we haven't been offering the money for other projects and needs," retorted Armstrong. "All the schools need to do is ask. We have been giving money to some of them. We have allocated money for various needs and then we have saved some for special things that come up."
The school district received $74,555.91 to use for various purposes. Of the total amount, the district used $27,183.15 for salaries and $4,057.22 for related employee benefits.
Matthews was interested in what these salaries were for.
"In the past we had grants to run the am and pm classes," explained Armstrong. "Those are classes for students who need to make up credits. But we lost that funding so to continue serving these students, we used money out of the PILT funds to pay for teachers for those sessions."
All in all the district spent, besides the money for those am-pm salaries, $4600 for professional services, $440 for equipment rental, $4,906.33 for travel for students for field trips, $1,823.46 for supplies, $274 for software, $478.16 for furniture and $1,894.39 for equipment. Their total expenditure of the funds came to $45,656.71 leaving $28,899.20 left unspent.
"I would like to see better detail in the accounting of this money in the future," said Matthews. "I also would like to see the school district send us a letter about what they intend to buy with future money from this fund."
A question also came up as to what the district was going to do with the remaining funds.
"We will be spending some money for library books which some of the schools need," stated Armstrong.
Commissioner Bill Krompel told the commission that he had been quite pleased as an educator himself, with what he had seen with the consultants being hired with the money.
"I thought it was very valuable to us," he stated.
He also reminded the commission that the Pinnacle Canyon Charter School also gets some PILT money from the county.
In other business the commission did the following.
Pam Juliano from the United Way told the commission that this year the Angel Tree that has been operated by her organization in the past has been changed to the name Community Angels. The program will operate in basically the same way, but the reason for the name change is that another charity and one of the television stations in Salt Lake have trademarked the Angel Tree name.
Approved a zone change from RR-2.5 to C-2 for Mark Donaldson on Coal Creek Road. The rezoning was requested so he could park some heavy equipment on the property when it wasn't being used at a job site for the company he owns.

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For the fifth consecutive year, PAMBE Ghana Global Market is open for business in Oklahoma City. The market offers a collection of fair trade items handmade by artisans from regions across the world.
Oklahoma City market supports rural Ghana school
The market is run by local volunteers, and all proceeds support La'angum Learning Center in Ghana. Founded by Alice Iddi-Gubbels, a former Oklahoman, the school is being built largely by the community in Ghana's extremely poor Mamprusi district.
In Ghana, Iddi-Gubbels said, the public school teachers only speak English, the country's official language. That's a problem for many young students, she said, because at home, they only speak their mother tongue, Mampruli.
This language barrier causes many of these children to drop out of school very young.
"They are not taught English. Their parents don't speak English. In the rural areas, nobody speaks English," Iddi-Gubbels said. "Why don't we start with what they come to school with? They come to school with their own language."
Her vision is to create a learning environment that is accessible and culturally relevant to the community it serves. Starting her students out in their mother tongue is one important aspect of the education method she's building. The school uses Montessori-based teaching principles and emphasizes parent and community involvement.
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Written Answers - Services for People with Disabilities.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Dáil Eireann Debate
276. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter (details supplied). [3131/10]
328. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation to deliver appropriate community-based mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3669/10]
329. Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the Mental Health Act 2001 with a view to updating it in line with the new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3670/10]
Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children (Deputy John Moloney): I propose to take Questions Nos. 276, 328 and 329 together.
The Government has established an Interdepartmental Committee under the Chairmanship of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in order to provide for ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Department of Health and Children is represented on the Committee. The Mental Health Act 2001 provides a modern framework for the admission and treatment of persons with a mental disorder. It provides important safeguards to people who are involuntarily admitted by ensuring that all admission and renewal orders are subject to automatic and independent review by a Mental Health Tribunal. The Act also established the Mental Health Commission which is responsible for promoting, encouraging and fostering the establishment of high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services and taking all reasonable steps to protect the interests of persons detained in approved centres. The Act is due to be reviewed in 2011 and the provisions of the UN Convention will be among the issues to be considered in that context. The review will also consider whether further provisions are required in relation to community-based mental health services.
[182]Ireland has a comprehensive mental health policy framework in place which outlines a set of values and principles that will guide both Government and service providers as we proceed to develop and put in place a modern high- quality mental health service. This policy document 'A Vision for Change' proposes a holistic view of mental illness and recommends an integrated multidisciplinary approach to addressing the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to mental health problems. It recommends a person centred treatment approach which addressed each of these elements through an integrated care plan, reflecting best practice, and most importantly evolved and agreed with both service users and their carers.
In January 2008, the Government established the Office for Disability and Mental Health as a cross-cutting Government Office with a remit across four Government Departments: Health and Children, Education and Science, Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The Office provides for greater cohesion across the public service and brings together responsibility for a range of different policy areas and State services. The Office was assigned four key priorities one of which is to bring a new impetus to the implementation of 'A Vision for Change' working in partnership with the HSE and other stakeholders including other Government Departments to achieve implementation of agreed targets. Bilateral meetings with officials from other Government Departments to discuss progressing recommendations in 'A Vision for Change' and 'Reach Out' the National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention take place within this context.
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Ian Paisley, Jr.
|The Honourable
Ian Paisley, Jr
|Junior Minister in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister
|In office
8 May 2007 – 26 February 2008
Serving with Gerry Kelly
|Preceded by
|Office suspended
Last officeholder: James Leslie
|Succeeded by
|Jeffrey Donaldson
|Member of Parliament
for North Antrim
|Assumed office
6 May 2010
|Preceded by
|Ian Paisley
|12,558 (29.6%)
|Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for North Antrim
|In office
25 June 1998 – 21 June 2010
|Preceded by
|New creation
|Succeeded by
|Paul Frew
|Personal details
12 December 1966
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|Political party
|Democratic Unionist Party
|Fiona Paisley
|Alma mater
|Queen's University Belfast
|Free Presbyterian
|Ian Paisley Junior
Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Jr,[1] MP (born 12 December 1966) is the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Antrim, in office since 2010. Previously he was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Antrim from 1998 to 2010. Paisley, who is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), is the son of the DUP's founder, Ian Paisley.
In 1990, he married Fiona, and they have four children. He is a member of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster.
Born in Belfast in 1966, Paisley is the youngest child of the Reverend Ian Paisley and his wife Eileen Paisley. He was brought up in a large detached house on Cyprus Avenue, Belfast with his three elder sisters, Sharon, Rhonda and Cherith, and his twin brother, Kyle.[2] Being the younger of the twins, he was named after his father who was the younger of two brothers.[2] He regularly attended the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster where his father preached since he was a small child.[2] In August 2007 he was the subject of the third episode of the BBC Radio 4 series The House I Grew Up In, in which he talked about a happy childhood and secure family life, despite the Troubles.[2]
After leaving primary school, he was educated at Shaftesbury House College, and then in the sixth form at Methodist College Belfast, before gaining admission to the Queen's University of Belfast.[2] At university, he read Modern History and Irish Politics, and gained a BA (Hons) and MSSc respectively. After finishing his post-graduate studies, he worked for his father as a political researcher and parliamentary aide.
Political career[edit]
|This section requires expansion. (February 2008)
In 1996, Paisley was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum for North Antrim. Then, in 1998 he was again returned for the constituency to the Northern Ireland Assembly. He is one of three DUP members who have taken their seats on the Northern Ireland Policing Board, and is also the party's justice spokesman and press officer.
Paisley successfully ran to succeed his father as the Westminster MP for North Antrim in the 2010 UK general election, winning 46.4% of the vote share.[3] Upon his election as MP, he resigned his seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Although there were rumors that Paisley, Jr. was positioning himself to become leader of his party, he denies any desire: "I've no ambition for that at all. I've never had any ambition to get anywhere beyond where I am today. Some people sought to put the knife in, in order to stop me, because they were concerned about me wanting to be leader. Well, they misjudged me completely."[3]
Paisley's expenses for the financial year 2012-13 were £232,000. Paisley explained that the costs covered travel and accommodation for himself and his constituency staff and none of the money benefited him.[4]
Views on homosexuality[edit]
In 2005, Paisley came under some criticism for his vocal objections to same-sex marriages. Upon learning that David Trimble's aide, Steven King, had married his partner in Canada, Paisley was quoted as saying, "It is really astounding that David Trimble should have had a man such as this giving him advice – and must surely cast grave doubts on his own political judgement. I think these sorts of relationships are immoral, offensive and obnoxious."[5][6]
Paisley caused further controversy in May 2007 when, in an interview with journalist Jason O'Toole in Hot Press magazine, he said that "I am pretty repulsed by gay and lesbianism. I think it is wrong. I think that those people harm themselves and – without caring about it – harm society. That doesn't mean to say that I hate them – I mean, I hate what they do."[7]
In 2011, Paisley said of his previous comments: "I think I have grown up since then. I have strong Christian beliefs and moral viewpoints, but you have to realise that while sin is black and white, life is a lot of grey."[8]
Political scandal[edit]
There was a series of public blunders and further controversy in February 2008 following scrutiny on the employment of family members by politicians after the Derek Conway scandal when it emerged that Paisley was on his father's payroll as a researcher in the constituency of North Antrim in addition to his roles as an MLA and a junior minister.[9]
As a result of the controversy of February 2008, Paisley resigned his junior minister position on 18 February 2008.[10]
Paisley had earlier been linked in press reports to local property developer Seymour Sweeney when, in 2007, Sweeney admitted that Paisley had lobbied on his behalf regarding plans for a private visitors' centre at Giant's Causeway. In an atmosphere of rumour Paisley strongly denied that he had any financial relationship with Sweeney, although he admitted that he had gone deep sea fishing with the developer socially.[11] Paisley has continued in his strong commitment to the commercial development of the north Antrim coast and has strongly supported Alistair Hanna's successful Bushmills Dunes Golf Resort and Spa proposal, an 18-hole golf course and hotel complex at Runkerry, sited adjacent to the only UNESCO World Heritage site in Northern Ireland, the Giant's Causeway.[12]
Dissident republican comments[edit]
Further controversy occurred in August 2008 when Paisley, speaking after a number of attacks on the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said that dissident republicans should be "shot on sight."[13]
See also[edit]
- ^ http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U29917/
- ^ a b c d e "The House I Grew Up In, featuring Paisley, Jr.". The House I Grew Up In. 20 August 2007. BBC Radio 4.
- ^ a b "Ian Paisley Jr: 'I've always been proud of dad – and proud to bear his name'". London: The Independent. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "DUP's Ian Paisley Jr had highest expenses claim". BBC News. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
- ^ Belfast Telegraph, 31 January 2005.
- ^ Paisley censured for homophobic comments RTÉ News, 3 February 2005.
- ^ Row over 'repulsive gays' comment BBC News, 30 May 2007
- ^ "Ian Paisley Jr says he has 'grown up' over anti-gay views". Pink News. 13 May 2011.
- ^ Paisley Jr on father's MP payroll BBC News, 6 February 2008
- ^ "Paisley Jnr resigns as minister". BBC News. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7057673.stm, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7003339.stm
- ^ "Runkerry golf resort plan gets green light". BBC News. 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Paisley defends lethal force call". BBC News. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
External links[edit]
- Ian Paisley Junior Official constituency site
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
- Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
- Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
- Developer's DUP link 'no bearing', BBC News, 11 September 2007
|Parliament of the United Kingdom
|Preceded by
Ian Paisley Sr
|Member of Parliament for North Antrim
|Northern Ireland Assembly
|Preceded by
New creation
|MLA for North Antrim
|Succeeded by
Paul Frew
|Political offices
|Preceded by
Office suspended
Last officeholder: James Leslie
|Junior Minister
|Succeeded by
Jeffrey Donaldson
- 1966 births
- Democratic Unionist Party politicians
- Living people
- People from Belfast
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Northern Irish constituencies
- Members of the Northern Ireland Forum
- Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2003–07
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–11
- Northern Ireland Government ministers
- Presbyterians from Northern Ireland
- Ulster Scots people
- UK MPs 2010–15
- UK MPs 2015–20
- People educated at Methodist College Belfast


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Oringinal JCM 800 MK2 how do I tell what tubes
I have a JCM 800 in my attic I thought was burned out. Put a new preamp fuse in it and it works. It has the red/black switches.
I want to get new tubes for it
However it has Sovtek 6v66T power tubes in it. As far as I can tell these aren't the right tubes. So from reading I see it's supposed to take EL34s or 6550s. Are these Sovtek 6V66T's some version of 6550s ? It has 12zx7wxt Sovtek pre-amp tubes.
Also the tubes seem too short for the spring tube holder things so I'm wondering if this was an EL34 amp converted to 6550?
Are the tube sockets interchangeable ? What, in general happens when you have the wrong power tube in the amp if so? I'm not getting as much gain as I want and the amp seems to sort of stop getting louder past 5 ish. I however had the OHM set wrong, just took the cab apart to determine that and it has some old g12-30 Celestions make in England 4 ohm wired in series. Now I see it has the wrong tubes I'm not running it again.
How can I tell for sure what tubes this thing takes?
Also is the S/A number relevant to anything it says X00975 ?
I'm electronically inclined but I haven't messed with tube amps for about 10 years I noticed these JCM 800's have shot up in price so I don't want to screw anything up. Should I just take it to an amp tech. I have no idea what mods if any were done before I owned it.
Tube brand/supplier suggestions would be great too but I can research that on other threads... just throwing it out there since it's a tube replacement question. I'm looking for a smooth higher gain sound, but I have nothing to compare it to since this thing isn't setup right. I do plan to get an OD pedal hot mods seem cool but I worry they could effect the amp negatively.
Thanks for the help guys
Re: Oringinal JCM 800 MK2 how do I tell what tubes
Maybe you could post some pictures? It could help us ID things and make the best suggestion.
Re: Oringinal JCM 800 MK2 how do I tell what tubes
Yeah those tubes don't sound right. I would not run the amp until you get it sorted out first as if you mismatch the ohms from amp to speaker cab you can destroy the transformer and possibly other components.
Preamps should be 12AX7 and new ones can be had for pretty decent price. Here's a review of good tubes and you can purchase them there. You mentioned they are a little short but proper 12AX7's should be 2 1/4 inch long from tip to the end of the pins. Tung-Sol's seem to be a good all around tube for the 800.
12AX7 Tube Type Review
Otherwise as Pinto said post some pics of the internals if you can as that will determine if it was set up for 6550's or EL34's for sure. There are a few good brands depending on what you need there.
The sockets should be 8 the pin type. EL34 and 6550 tubes are not interchangeable but can be switched with a simple mod by a tech who knows what he's doing.
Amp is from 1989 as indicated by the X in the serial.
Great amp you got there you lucky bastard! ;)
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Your best bet would be to take it to a qualified amp tech, your not gonna make that 800 better by the internet.:hmm:
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Hey guys.. to clarify the preamp tubes are fine they are 12ax7wxt I just had a type there.
It's the power tubes that are in question they are Sovtek 6v66t and I can't find any info on them.
When I asked if el34's or 6550 are interchangeable I meant physically. Can you plug an El34 into a 6550 socket or vice versa. If so what would happen ?
I thought I had the OHM thing worked out though it's kinda of odd because the speakers appear to all be the same Rola g12-30s, but 3 of them have an orange sticker that says 4 ohm on them and one has no orange sticker and 15 ohm is printed on the speaker from the manufacturer. On the other speakers the orange sticker covers up where the same manufacturer ohm wold be. I will peel one of those orange stickers off but I assume for whatever reason they all say 15 ohm underneath but are actually 4 ohm. I can't imagine why they'd have 4 15 (yea I know it's not 16) ohm Celestian 30s in a 4x12.
I bought this head and cab for 400 bucks about 10 years. The speaker looks like this
Anyone have any idea what up with these orange stickers saying 4 ohm is that normal for there to be a sticker on the speaker? It's definitely wired in series. I'll take it apart and post more pics once I get the camera. This post is getting way to long. I assume that one speaker just didn't have an orange sticker and they were all 4 ohm but now reading more about it I'm wonder if it's just a 16 ohm speaker.
This makes it more confusion.. because why the hell does this thing have 3 of these speakers labeled 4 ohm with orange stickers and one labeled 15 ohms. Did somebody put the wrong damn speaker in as replacement not knowing what they were doing.. Man the plot thickens.
Even though I probably should just take it to a tech I've never had too much luck with them for one and for two the amps works and sounds ok. I has great bottom end just lacks some distortion. To be honest I haven't used it much in 10 years and I didn't play it much even then because I had other amps. I seems I should have worked on just getting this amp to sound good instead of my constantly defective Crate Stealth amp which was a pretty good sounding amp but constantly tore itself apart. I bought the Marshall thinking I'd get it and it would last forever but being an 800 it just didn't have the over the top metal distortion I needed to keep up with a more modern amp. Again.. now there is this whole internet thing I realize that I just needed an OD pedal or hot mod or you know.. the right tubes in it.
Ok.. so here are some pics. If I can figure out the right tubes I'll just go with that solution and if I still feel it's not right or it blow a fuse I'll take it to the amp tech. I'm just working part time now and with an OD pedal and new tubes I'm already pressing 200 bucks. Adding an amp tech charge would start to be like the cost of a nice new modern practice amp, which is ultimately something I need as well along with a new Ibanez since BOTH of mine were water damaged sitting near a ****ty old window (in their cases) in some ****ty rental. I will forever hate that house. I have a Epiphone Les Paul and a new Fender Strat standard I got for 275 with a hard shell case off craigslist. In fact I almost sold this JCM 800 thinking it didn't work and not knowing they had jumped up in price which would have been a huge mistake.
Anyway enough about me...I'm just saying I know the amp tech would be a good idea even if just to give the amp a look over and if I have no other choice I'll do that but I'd rather resolve it myself if I can with any certainty. Here are pics of the tubes, socket and back of the amp. Oh yea but all I have is a webcam right now I can post better pics when the camera comes back. Fact is this amp worked with these tubes, if I remember right, for years though it was never heavily used. I did always think it could be louder but it is only 50 watts.
I guess I might be able to take the amp in to the store and just ask the guy without actually paying him and that might work too but the closest place is 40 min away. I live in the country... sucks.
Thanks again guys
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Make sure you know what you're doing - if you put the wrong tubes in without bias setup, etc, you can destroy the amp (essentially). You'll probably want to have a tech replace the tubes with the correct ones, bias it, and get a cap job.
It's not cheap (not horribly expensive either), but if you want the amp to last and sound good, it needs done.
(By the way, it's 6V6GT, not 6V66T)
Or you could just give it to me, I can take care of it juuuuust fine, I'd even pay shipping :thumbsx:
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Ok.. well I looked up cap jobs and I guess since it's been sitting unplayed in the attic for 10 years it probably does need a cap job and if it seems to have weak output that's yet another symptom.
Ok.. well any suggestions on where to get this done? I'm not sure about my local tech. I bought an amp from them and they worked on it half a dozen times at least. It was a a bad model amp but sounded great. Still the guy could never fix the thing to stop it from tearing itself up.
Anyway... is guitar center any good? I live in the country so local options are limited. Should I send it to some amp tech specialist place? Alternatively I can ask around a couple local bands have some kick ass guitar players.
Also should I get any special caps for this thing. I'm looking for smoother higher gain distortion than it has now though I'm guessing most of that will be achieved via an OD pedal.
Anything else I should have done when I take it apart or any special way I should review amp techs? Seems like some of the guys online have really nice services and cheaper but of course I'll have to ship it. Anyone use a service like that?
I'm sure I could do the caps myself but you know since I can't even tell what tubes it needs I guess I should just pay the 300 bucks and get it all done professionally.
So when I get this thing biased I can get any tubes I want in it or what? I read people raving about some KT88 tubes I've never heard of. I'm looking for a strong bottom end with lots of gain basically. I don't want the high pitched whining distortion so much. I'll be playing rock, blues and metal. Just asking though I can research that on my own.
Anybody know a site for different Marshall JCM 800 sounds .. like with different tubes and pedal setups for instance?
Thanks again guy you've been tons of help.
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We have a few great techs on this forum... depending on where you are one of them might be close enough to ship it to.
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Ok there's a lot of info in your posts to sift through so hopefully I can help as much as I understand.
Looks like the tubes you have are related to 6L6 beam tetrode type so they are not at all interchangeable with EL34 type tubes. Both of those types of tubes ARE 8 pin sockets but that's where the similarities end so NO they are not interchangeable. Now whether they should be in this amp only a qualified tech will know for sure once they take a look at the amp. It may have been modified for this tube.
The speakers again are pretty odd, they may have been repaired and made to be 4 ohm or modified, not entirely sure but why is beyond me. MartyStrat54 is a well known speaker guy around here and might shed some light on that. You can take an ohm meter to each speaker and get a reading to tell you what ohm rating each is. If it were me I would replace them with 16 ohm speakers and wire them up correctly. There are threads on this here as well.
I sent my 2204 (similar to your amp only older) off to Jon Wilder, one of the great techs here and he's been awesome! Very nice guy, fast and responsive and very helpful! But that's me. I would get a quote for a cap job and tube replacement and depending on where you live shipping may not be that much but you are assured of a good job being where you live and your limited options. You can take the chassis out of the case and save money on shipping as well. That's what I did with my 2204.
Honestly after being around this forum for about a year now there are some things I've learned not to attempt on amps due to lack of knowledge. There are LETHAL charges left in amps even long after being unplugged so caution is much needed in repairing them.
And since most all 800's came with either EL34's or 6550's from the factory, the fact that it has 6V6's should tell us here that you should send it off to get a thorough check up.
As far as all the different tube types (KT66, KT88, 6V6, ect) I personally don't get caught up in the hype of this tube or that tube does such and such. I would just go with the tried and trued EL34 or 6550 and be done with it. After you start playing the amp again you're gonna forget all about the nuances of what that other tube may have done because it's an 800 and they sound AWESOME!
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BTW you're on the right track about putting an OD pedal in front of it as it was the norm for metal guys in the 80's paired with their 800's to get that metal sound. Unless of course they had a tech hot rod it for them.
800's sound awesome in their own right but for metal usually do need a pedal.
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Is it just me or does the positioning of the components look odd?
Probably just me, and I'm guessing the images are mirrored, but it just looks weird.
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There's an old thread HERE about changing the tube type in a 2204, maybe it would be of help.
It would be good to see more detailed images of the wiring, moejama ;)
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Yea the actual layout is reverse of that. It's pretty much just like your amp but the blue capacitor is in on the other side of the preamps... closer to the back of the amp instead of the front. Also I have a DI jack. For some reason my webcam mirrored the image.
I live in Maryland where do I find these amp techs to get a quote ?
They said my amp is an 89 so I guess it's a bit different.
The wiring... like take it apart. I'm not sure that's worth it if I ultimately have to send it to an amp tech anyway. Not even sure how the thing comes apart.
Sooo... amp tech suggestions for Maryland ?
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I have no idea who would even think to put 6V6s into a Marshall. On the load they run and the voltage they run at 6V6s would melt the plates in a heart beat unless you mismatch the load up. Sounds to me like a bad/unlogical attempt at dropping the amp's output power.
That being said, I'm located in northern California. My website is down at the moment due to a technical difficulty...waiting on a new hard drive for the server. But I can be reached at (707) 584-8827 if you'd like a quote.
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website down because of a hdd... shouldn't your host have a redundant raid setup and all that. My expertise is in computers so I'm just throwing my 2 cents out there. Not particularly web hosting, but really websites being down for maintenance in the days of cloud and cluster computing is no longer common unless it a very small outfit. In my experience that's a recipe for getting overcharged and downtime.
I'll give you a call in a bit have a phone interview coming up first to ready myself for. Thanks !
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Hopefully in the next month or two I won't be self hosting to prevent things of this nature from happening.
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However, regarding taking your head apart: it's not as drastic as it might seem. The whole chassis is held in with just 4 (four) scews at the base, the ones next to the feet (if the amp has them). To take those pics I posted earlier, I only removed the rear grille, which is also held on with 4 screws.
The safest way to do this is to make sure the caps are discharged before you start, or discharge them when you open her up. LOOK HERE to find out how to do that safely.
I usually put the amp upside down on a protective surface, remove those eight screws, and the chassis slides out horizontally quite easily. Beware of the fact that it's upside down; you'll see the wiring immediately, but remember there's no support for those valves (tubes) which are now on the underside! I have a protective 'brick' of the right size ready to support the amp on that side.
You may want to do this anyway, if you're thinking of sending it away for service, as it will save on the shipping costs.
Hope that helps ;)
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Oceanic Time Warner Cable and the University of Hawaii are asking ESPN to permit a simulcast of the Nov. 6 Hawaii-Boise State football game on cable and pay-per-view.
ESPN and the Western Athletic Conference announced yesterday that the game will be shown on ESPNU at 9:30 a.m.
The game had previously been included in a special 18-event UH sports PPV package. But because only about 42 percent of Oceanic's 425,000 subscribers have ESPNU (digital 219 and hi-definition 1219) as part of an Oceanic premium package that is not available on basic cable, the cable operator and UH are asking the network to allow it to be carried simultaneously on cable and PPV.
"We're trying to make ESPN aware of the situation here so that it (the game) can reach the most people possible," said Norman Santos, Oceanic vice president of operations. "We're trying to make the best of the situation and live up to our commitments to the people who expected us to deliver the game."
Fans who signed up for the PPV package but have ESPNU would receive a rebate, according to Santos. He said letters will be sent to subscribers detailing the amount and their options prior to the Boise State game. He said subscribers would have an option to donate the amount of the rebate to UH, which stands to lose money from ESPN picking up the game.
Santos estimated that, with the rebates, the amount of the loss from ESPN picking up the game could be as much as $250,000. UH receives a $2.3 million annual guarantee for its rights and shares in additional revenue with its partners, Oceanic and KFVE.
UH associate athletic director John McNamara said "it would be hard to quantify at this point" the financial impact on UH until rebate returns are in.
If UH beats Idaho on Saturday, the UH-Boise State game would match the only two unbeatens in WAC play. UH is 6-2 overall and 4-0 in conference, while Boise State is 7-0 and 3-0.
Under terms of its contract with the WAC, ESPN selects a slate of games during the summer and then has the right to add games in the fall with 12 days' notice.
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No decision has been made on when the House will hold its vote to concur with the Senate version of the bill, said Ari Adler, a spokesman for House Speaker Jase Bolger, R-Marshall.
Sens. John Gleason, D-Flushing, and Hunter joined most of the Republicans to pass the bill. Sen. Roger Kahn, a Republican and physician from Saginaw Township, did not vote on it.
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Ed Rivet, spokesman for Michigan Right to Life, called the three bills "remarkable" and the culmination of 25 years of work in Lansing.
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State Sen. Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, said the bill is a "pro-woman" bill that will ensure that abortion clinics are "licensed, inspected and safe."
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"My mother told me that this was a decision that she made, but she would never make that decision for another woman," he said. "This is just one more attempt to push an ideological agenda to stop a woman's right to choose," he said.
The Michigan Catholic Conference and Right to Life said the bill was a common-sense measure.
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Lori Lamerand, president of Planned Parenthood of Michigan, which operates 25 health centers in the state -- including four that provide abortions -- said the group would be happy to be licensed and regulated by the state, but that the bills passed by the Senate were overreaching and would result in clinics having to close their doors.
If they're regulated like standalone surgical centers, which use general anesthesia (the abortion clinics don't), the size of the medical rooms would have to grow in both size and height, and recovery areas also would have to grow, she said.
Rene Chelian, president of the Northland Family Planning Centers in Southfield, Westland and Sterling Heights, said there's nothing in the bill that makes abortion safer.
"This is an attempt to make clinics spend more money to do things like increase door sizes," she said. "This is all about limiting access."
But Rivet, at Michigan Right to Life, said the bill is about safety, sanitary conditions and requiring that basic medical protocol is used in clinics. Earlier this year, Right to Life released a report concluding that lax state oversight threatened patient safety.
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The words caused the House leadership to censure Brown and another state representative and not allow them to speak the rest of the week. Several protests followed, along with a reading of the "Vagina Monologues" on the steps of the state Capitol that was attended by hundreds of people.
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Just five years later, the Grand Haven Township woman is an international author, writing coach, public speaker and owner of Splattered Ink Press.
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Amanda Cohen is the chef-owner of Dirt Candy, an all-vegetable restaurant located in New York City's East Village that is recommended by the Michelin guide. Cohen, who has written about food for Saveur, Eater, Salon, and Esquire, was the first vegetarian chef invited to compete on Food Network's Iron Chef America. She and her restaurant have been featured in the New York Times, Food & Wine, and The New Yorker. Dirt Candy: A Cookbook is her first cookbook.
We sat down with Amanda Cohen, of Dirt Candy Restaurant in New York City and co-author of Dirt Candy: A Cookbook, and asked her some pressing questions. See why Amanda chose the name "Dirt Candy" for her restaurant, find out what inspired her to write a graphic-novel cookbook, and learn why she is oh-so-obsessed with vegetables.
TRC: How did you come up with the name Dirt Candy? It's genius!
AC: When I was opening Dirt Candy I had to do everything I could to succeed, and that meant people HAD to remember the name. A lot of restaurants go for a name that is a random assortment of letters and numbers (LB-12), a foreign word (Mangia), or a single noun (Fork), but I needed something impossible to forget. I went through a lot of names but the whole "vegetables are candy from the dirt" thing really stuck with me and so: Dirt Candy. People may think it's the worst name ever (and some people go out of their way to tell me so), they may think it's genius (thanks for that) but either way, they remember it. And that's what I wanted. Now I can't wait to open my all-fruit restaurant: Tree Meat.
TRC: Do you have one particular recipe in the book that people just beg for at the restaurant?
AC: I try not to make people beg: if they want to exchange their money for my food, I'm all too eager to make that happen. But I'd have to say that the Stone-ground Grits with Tempura Poached Egg and the Portobello Mousse have become Dirt Candy's most popular dishes.
TRC: If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
AC: That's a really mean question. I eat anything and everything, and every week I try to eat something that I've never had before. So the thought of just having one thing for the rest of my life makes me want to shoot myself.
TRC: The graphic novel approach to a cookbook is so unique. What made you want to go down this route, as opposed to a more traditional look?
AC: I've opened a couple of restaurants for other people, and one thing that always blew my mind is watching them write a cookbook at the same time they were opening. I swore that I would never write a cookbook before Dirt Candy was at least five years old. I figured if you're going to add to the glut of cookbooks on the market you needed to have something unique to say, and I couldn't imagine what a one-year-old restaurant has to add to the conversation. But around Dirt Candy year two, people started talking to me about cookbook this, and cookbook that. I dug in my heels and held firm. Then, one sunny afternoon, I was walking down the street having a fight with my husband, as one does, and one of us said, "You might as well be stupid and write a comic book cookbook or something!" And we both froze and thought: that's it. Two years later, we get to see just how stupid this idea is. Is it stupid-stupid? Or stupid like a fox?
TRC: How did you get your start cooking? Why vegetables?
AC: I started cooking because I hit a point in my early 20's when I was drifting, and I needed something to do with my life. Cooking was the only thing I'd ever cared about and so I enrolled in the Natural Gourmet cooking school, then I got my first job in a professional kitchen, and I just refused to quit. Almost 14 years later, cooking still hasn't found a way to kill me. Yet.
I cook vegetables for two reasons, one is that I've been a vegetarian since I was about 14 years old, and while I've worked on lines cooking meat (I cooked it by sound, smell, and touch – and I actually was pretty good) it's not where my heart is. The other reason I cook vegetables is because no one else does. Professional cooking is an insular, status-driven world and all the cool kids like to show off their pork belly and offal to each other; vegetables are considered beneath contempt. They're totally ignored, which means that these days, vegetables are the Wild West of food: there are no rules. Dirt Candy is my laboratory and every day I get to experiment with how far I can push vegetables, and what I can do with them, and there's no one to tell me if I'm right or wrong, there are no other chefs to show me what can and can't be done. I'm out here on my own, riding this roller coaster all alone, and having a blast. I've been cooking vegetables at Dirt Candy for four years now, and I'm not even close to getting bored.


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The last in a three-part series that features presentations by artists awarded grants through Rhizome's Commissions Program. Founded in 21to support artists working with technology, the Rhizome Commissions Program has awarded fifty-four commissions to date. Projects realized through the Program represent some of the most forward-thinking and innovative works of media and Internet-based art.
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The company was founded by life sciences veteran Andy Palmer and database veteran Michael Stonebraker. Palmer was most recently CIO and senior vice president at Infinity Pharmaceuticals. He also served as president of the Interoperable Informatics Infrastructure Consortium (I3C). Stonebraker was the main architect of the INGRES relational DBMS, and the object-relational DBMS, POSTGRES.
Most databases are optimized to handle a large number of updates. The Vertica Database is a general-purpose relational database system designed to provide extremely good performance on read-intensive query workloads.
"In many [industries], there are applications and uses of database technology where people spend much more time reading rather than writing to a database," said Palmer. "I figured there was an opportunity to build from scratch an SQL database for read-only mode."
The database organizes data on disk as columns of values from the same attribute, as opposed to storing it as rows of tabular records. This means that when a query needs to access only a few columns of a particular table, only those columns need to be read from disk. Conversely, in a row-oriented database, all values in a table are typically read from disk, which wastes I/O bandwidth.
Storing data in the column-oriented manner improves performance. "Because of the way the data is represented, queries can be completed in reasonable times," said Palmer.
The Vertica Database also uses aggressive compression of data on disk, as well as a query execution engine that is able to keep data compressed while it is operated on. "Because of [the] significant compression, [it] is much more efficient allowing you to keep more data," said Palmer.
According to Vertica, these technologies help execute queries much faster than traditional relational database management systems and require significantly less storage space.
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Use your own head instead of the mouse, literally
Until now we used a few things to communicate with a computer like keyboard, mouse, joystick, touch screen… However, we never used our head. Camera Mouse is an unusual program which lets us do just that. Just to be clear we are not talking about mental control but rather recognition of the head movements and its conversion to commands computers could recognize. Idea behind this is to help disabled people which couldn't move their limbs.
There are two ways to control the computer- by voice or by head movement. Voice control is not really new, it's been developed a decade back without any real progress up to this day. Main problem is that there are more than 200 languages and to make universal software which could do the job is pretty much impossible mission. Besides that, software for voice recognition has to learn pronunciation of each person, words have to be easy to understand and they always have to be pronounced the same way. Camera Mouse is as we know the first software which uses different approach. The idea is to monitor the head movements and based on that information position the cursor on screen. That is basically how you solve most of the problems; there is no language barrier so software can be used around the world. It is simple to use and it becomes operational after just few minutes. Did we find the perfect solution for disabled people? It seems like that but there are issues which have to be resolved. However, our conclusion is that future development of technology will advance the controls of this software compared to voice recognition which wasn't really a success.
Basic requirement for Camera Mouse is a quality web cam which has to be placed right in front of the user for best results. Authors of this software said that not all cameras will work but they claim that most of the popular
brands are supported as all the cameras which use the standard Windows drivers. Before you start using this software there is one more thing you need to do-define the spot on your face which will be used as the reference point. You can define the spot with the mouse or by some of alternative methods like so called 5-4-3-2-1 method which marks the spot on users face manually or automatically picks the eye as default spot. Movement of cursor is dictated by left-right up-down head movement. Because it is relatively hard at the beginning to move the cursor properly you can set up sensitivity or tolerance which will help correct cursor movement. So how do we click on something? You just keep the cursor on the same spot for a certain time but since it can be hard to keep the cursor (head) on same spot, there is an option to define a radius which will tolerate the cursor movement. Just to be sure that you clicked on something you can enable the double click sound. After you get used to this way of computer control it is fairly easy to do all the normal functions. Idea is great with a humane side to it but the question is how useful is it?
Control quality depends on two factors- quality of the web camera and brightness of the room. Also, most of the software is not designed to be controlled in such a way which presents another problem. You can find some software which is designed for this kind of cursor control on company website but that is far from enough. Even though there is still a lot of room for advancements we are glad that software like this exists whose main purpose is to help disabled people use a computer.


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In what is now a New York City tradition, the first light of the world's largest menorah was lit on the initial night of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights.
Riding in a Con Edison cherry picker crane, Senator Charles Shumer lit the first "candle" on Tuesday, December 20th.
As in other years, the 32 feet, 4000 pound structure shares the spotlight with a nativity scene sponsored by the Catholic League, "for religious and civil rights".
The menorah and nativity scene are located in Grand Army Plaza near the south east entrance of New York's Central Park on 59th Street and 5th Avenue.
Designed by artist Yaacov Agam and certified as the world's largest by Guinness World's Records, the menorah was inspired by a drawing of the original Menorah in the Holy Temple of Jerusalem. It is sponsored by the Lubavitch Youth Organization. Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman joined Sentor Schumer, presiding over a brief service on a misty night in New York City.
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When searching for a gift to bring to a baby shower once should always remember that it should not be something boring. If you should be something so memorable that the new parents will never forget. Also, an important factor to remember is that it should be practical too.
New parents need useful items for the new baby items such as baby q-tips, baby washcloths, baby brush and comb sets, baby booties, baby clothes and the list can go on and on. So, when thinking about a perfect gift a baby shower diaper cakes should definitely come to mind.
A diaper cakes kills two birds with one shot by being a beautiful and attractive gift to give the new parents and then its practical too because who doesn't need a ton of diapers when they first start out.
You can be creative by not just having a plain old vanilla diaper cake with barely anything on it but it can be customized to the theme of the shower, or to the mom-to-be favorite color. Many companies of these baby shower gifts design these diaper cakes in several different styles and themes. You can find these beautiful diaper cakes in the traditional pretty pink and adorable blue but they can be costumed design for a theme like Safari Chic Baby Shower.
Diaper cakes are more than just the diapers usually a designer will add all kinds of practical gifts like baby bottles, baby clothes, brush and comb sets, baby washcloths, diaper pins and more inside the cake for the new mom to use on the new arrival coming into the world.
The perfect baby shower gift is most definitely a diaper cake. You are guaranteed to be the life of the party if you show up with a diaper cake in your hand for your upcoming baby shower.
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8:30 a.m. Introduction and objectives
8:45 a.m. Spectrum of ADR processes Definitions and research regarding:
9:30 a.m. Research on domestic violence Conflicting research & emerging understanding
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Nancy Ver Steegh serves as Vice Dean and Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches family law, domestic violence, and alternative dispute resolution. Her publications include law review articles about the implications of domestic violence for child custody decision making and participation in processes such as mediation, collaborative law, and mandatory divorce education. She is the coauthor of two family law texts, Work of the Family Lawyer and Family Law: Examples & Explanations. Professor Ver Steegh earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law and her M.S.W. from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Following graduation, she worked as a legal aid attorney in East St. Louis, St. Louis, and Minneapolis where her practice was concentrated in child custody, domestic violence, housing, public benefits, and civil rights. She worked with community groups to start the first shelter in southern Illinois and she represented victims of domestic violence in a class action lawsuit against two police departments and a prosecutor. Professor Ver Steegh has trained police, judges, prosecutors, and domestic violence professionals across the United States and in Turkey. She also has experience working as a family mediator.


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Massachusetts-born author Stephen Rebello was just a kid when he made his first contact with Alfred Hitchcock, encouraged by movie-loving parents who had introduced him to the suspense maestro's films.
'Hitchcock' screenwriter's fascination with the director dates to childhood
"That's an unlikely story, isn't it?" Rebello said during a recent publicity tour stop in Dallas promoting the new biopic "Hitchcock," which he adapted from his 1990 book, "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of 'Psycho'."
"I was growing up in a very small sort of mill city in Massachusetts," Rebello said. "We weren't wealthy at all but my parents always instilled in me the sense that I could do anything, and if I wanted to go after something that I should. So I didn't really have a strong concept of 'no,' and I didn't really have a strong concept that you couldn't pick up the phone and call someone, even as powerful and as world-famous as Alfred Hitchcock.
"So as a little boy I would actually call his office at Universal."
And so began a correspondence of phone calls and letters between the boy and the director that finally led to their first meeting a few years later.
"A film of his premiered in Boston, and I was too young to drive. An older friend drove us and I got to meet Mr. Hitchcock and reminded him of who I was, and he was delightful and remembered and we got to chat."
The two would not meet again until 1980, the last year of Hitchcock's life. By then, Rebello had become a clinical therapist and department supervisor at a Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital.
It was during a semester-break vacation in Los Angeles that Rebello had his second meeting with the famed filmmaker.
"Someone said to me, 'Well what would you like to do while you're here? You're on vacation in Los Angeles, Calif., Hollywood is near, you've always been interested in it.' So I said, 'Well, I think I'd like to do a grown-up conversation with Alfred Hitchcock.'"
"Someone in the room said, "You got a pen?' And he rattled off (Hitchcock's) phone number. And I mean what's the likelihood? And I said, 'Well how do you know that?' And he said, 'I'm personal assistant to Cary Grant, I work for Cary Grant, so I happen to have his number and why don't you call? The worse that will happen is that someone will say no.'
"So I called and they told me that he was, quite the obvious, an older man and having health challenges and I probably wouldn't get the interview. And two days later I'm sitting in his office having the interview. They suggested 10 minutes. He kept waving away his secretary and we had kind of a meeting of the minds, if you can call it that. He was obviously brilliant and charming and full of stories, and he was very kind to me and very supportive and interested in me as a person and how I wanted to proceed with my life and career.
"He was a real devotee of — not of psychiatry and psychotherapy in itself — but he was very curious about people who either were in therapy, like Joseph Stefano, who was the screenwriter of 'Psycho,' or people who actually practiced it. And I was at the time practicing therapy and was working at the clinic and had a private practice, so he found that interesting, that I had this creative streak and talent as well.
"So the very fact that he gave me time, that he thought that I was worthy of time was so empowering to a kid who really wasn't of that world, so that was a tremendous gift because the interview that we did turned out to be the very last one that he ever gave, so I'm very conscious of how precious that time on earth was to him and certainly to me."
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This was a real labor of love for everyone involved. It was not just a job for anybody. In fact, the actors would come to the set when they weren't working. They just wanted to be around their fellow actors and felt they were part of something special. To me, that's a real tribute to Mr. Hitchcock and to the material."
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