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Joined Jan 2011
32 Posts
Hobby Zone Champ RTF
Per the manufacturer's site:
Teach yourself to fly RC airplanes in style with this exciting recreation of Aeroncas beloved tail wheel airplane. Its small size and lightweight, durable construction let you fly with confidence in spaces as small as your own backyard without having to worry too much about crash damage. And its so easy to control you could be flying it like a pro in no time even if youve never flown an RC airplane before.
The HobbyZone® Champ is also equipped with the Spektrum 2.4GHz DSM2 advantage: The Champs radio system uses the same Spektrum 2.4GHz DSM2 technology that is trusted by experienced RC pilots all around the world. With DSM2 technology you will enjoy complete freedom from signal interference whenever you fly. And after you teach yourself to fly, you can use the Champs transmitter to fly some of the Bind-N-Fly ultra micro aircraft from ParkZone and Blade. Visit bindnfly.com to see which ones.
Everything you need to Teach Yourself to Fly in one box- even the batteries
Completely assembled and flight-ready
2.4GHz transmitter with Spektrum DSM® technology
Scale wing rib detail and steerable tail wheel
1S 3.7V 150mAh Li-Po battery and DC Li-Po charger included
Detailed instruction manual with flying tips included
Type: Airplanes
Wingspan: 20.3 in (517mm)
Overall Length: 14.3 in (365mm)
Flying Weight: 1.3 oz (38g)
Radio: 4-channel 2.4GHz transmitter with Spektrum DSM 2; 3 channel receiver and aircraft
Prop Size: 130 x 70mm
Charger: DC 3.7V LiPo charger (included)
Recommended Battery: 3.7V 1S 150mAh LiPo (included)
Landing Gear: Fixed main with steerable tail wheel
Trim Scheme Colors: Yellow with orange trim
CG (center of gravity): Approximately 28mm from leading edge of the main wing
You Will Need...
Nothing! Everything is included in the box.
The instruction manual is taped under the foam packing. The english language portion is about +/- 20 pages. I removed and trashed the other 80-100 pages.
For comparison: Champ Tx top left, E-sky USB Tx top right, Xbox 360 controller bottom left, Syma s107g Tx bottom right.
Third party battery installed in this pic, glad I bought an extra at the same time I bought the Champ. One battery cycle at a time isn't enough...
This is my first RC plane. I lurked on these forums for a few weeks while playing with a Syma s107g and trying to decide how I wanted to begin. The overwhelming majority of posts recommended the Champ to novices, so I decided to go with that. Glad I did, I really like it and I was able to fly it right away.
About 2 weeks ago, I purchased an E-sky USB Tx and then bought Clearview Simulator. I started to try FMS, but there were an overabundance of threads with people asking for assistance in getting it to work on Win7. I would rather pay a few bucks for it to work right the first time than waste a ton of time getting a freeby to work right. And Clearview worked well, within a matter of minutes (if that) I was flying on the sim with the E-sky.
One note about Clearview Champ flying versus real Champ flying is the amount of throttle used. I started out by working the throttle almost all the way up like I do on the simulator and it was way too much for the real world application. I found my self only using about 25% when I was at the park. It's seems as though it would be hard to say whether or not the simulator helped. Because how would you know? You can't exactly compare before and after separately. I do feel that it helped me and was well worth the investment made for the E-sky and Clearview. I found myself doing turns and large figure 8's like I did on the simulator (and I was glad I practiced with the wind and weather options turned up too).
Here's my first and second landing...
1st Landing after about a 60 second flight.
2nd landing after about 90 seconds of flight. It got downwind of me and would not turn around. I was laughing the whole time, now knowing what those people on all those videos that showed their crashes felt like.
After these initial two landings, I did much better. The wind hampered me quite a bit though, as everyone else has stated, this light, little thing doesn't like the wind very much.
I looked for a Champ specific thread but couldn't find one. I'm not a total noob to forums, but I hope this isn't overkill. If anyone is on the fence about getting one of these and has a question, I was just standing in your shoes. Post your questions, I don't think I'm at any kind of experience level to give solid advice, but there are a ton of veterans posting on here that will gladly give you good advice.
Spleen out.
Cedar Rapids, IA
Joined Aug 2010
831 Posts
Keep your plane upwind of you... that was an important lesson I had to learn. Mine almost got a away from me downwind as it flew away from my little Champ transmitter and out of range.
The Champ is wonderful. Glad you are happy with your pick!
Colorado Springs, CO.
Joined Mar 2009
327 Posts
It's nice to see a nice new Champ. The cowling on mine looks like the muzzle on a bulldog from repeated crashes. For a dedicated Champ thread, try this:
When flying downwind when wind is present, you are going to want to apply MORE throttle. It sounds like a load of crap, but don't forget that when flying downwind, the ground speed may be higher, but the actual FLYING speed is a lot lower, so you will need to apply more throttle to keep the plane flying.
Joined Jan 2011
32 Posts
What other guy said is not strictly true as the airspeed of the model is same up or downwind.
ie : Airspeed 20mph, wind 10mph .......... downwind(going with wind) model will do 30mph groundspeed, upwind( flying against wind) 10mph groundspeed.
BUT to get back to you from downwind - you MUST increase throttle to exceed the wind speed so that nett result is fwd flight back to you. Models such as this champ like many foamies have a distinct problem of light weight and being blown around by wind adding to the problem to fly back. You see in many youtubes where the model tries to turn across the widn and FLIP BHAM CRASH she cartwheels in. What happens there is as the model banks and turns - the wing is slapped by the wind and down she goes. Keeping the turn powered and flat helps. But now we are onto more controls than you have on the champ ... so no wind when you fly is good idea !!
United States, NY, Cortland
Joined Sep 2010
2,847 Posts
I think what XPRESS was expressing wasn't about flying at a constant airspeed/throttle setting, because in that case the plane does not really know there's any wind, but that,
If you are flying and adjusting the throttle and you are tempted to adjust the throttle on the downwind leg to keep the groundspeed the same as the upwind leg or the no-wind gndspd, DON'T, because that will make the airspeed too low.
On the Champ and especially on the pkz Cub, if you are flying slow into a headwind and you want to turn down wind, you need to increase the throttle, then turn down wind, then you can decrease the throttle back to the same power setting.
If you try to turn with same power setting you were cruising at, the plane could fall out of the sky during the turn.
You don't need to do this as much in calm air, if at all, but a breeze can steal the lift off of the inside wing during a slow speed turn, made slower by the headwind.
The Champ doesn't tip stall like the Cub, so it doesn't need as much throttle to turn out of a headwind, but it still can use some.
[QUOTE=Scarface26;17388017]It's nice to see a nice new Champ. The cowling on mine looks like the muzzle on a bulldog from repeated crashes.QUOTE]
LOL! Mine too... I was just considering ordering a new fuse soon so I could fly it without embarassment!
If flying in wind, it's much more likely to drop the inside wing turning downwind than performing the same maneuver in calm air, even at a lower airspeed.
Go out at fly YOUR champ in a steady 7-10 mph wind and get back to us with your results.
Even if you encounter a gust from 7 to 10mph as you turn downwind, the low mass and inertia of the Champs will allow it to quickly regain airspeed. If you could view the Champs ASI (let's pretend it has a tiny, pixie sized one) all you would see is the needle fluctuate.
Maybe you are equating a turn downwind with an automatic reduction of airspeed over the wing with a resultant reduction in lift?
When you turn downwind, the inside wing can drop and the plane can be pointed at the ground. Since this is the beginner area, beginners should be aware this can happen to them and increase the throttle before turning downwind.
The Parkzone J-3 can use this throttle increase even more than the Champ.
This isn't real aircraft theory, this is micro aircraft reality.
During a turn, drag increases, and airspeed decreases, wind or not, that's why increasing power maintains the same airspeed.
Once the Champ is in a block of moving air that we call wind, its aerodynamics are the same as in zero wind. This rule applies to all objects supported by the air/flying. Boeings, balloons and butterflies all conform to this physical imperative.
Due to the low mass and low inertia of the Champ, it will only experience a momentary dip in airspeed if hit by a sudden tailwind gust, which it will quickly regain as the gust pushes against it.
Clearly you have been doing downwind turns in turbulence too near the ground and have rewritten the rules of physics to explain what you see, which is basically you mishandling the Champ.
This is the beginner area, so get your facts right.
Whatever. You are obviouly an expert on a plane you have never flown.
I repeat: Anything you posted about headwinds and tailwinds MAY NOT APPLY to a 8mph plane in a 7mph wind.
I'm not a cut and paste internet expert, like yourself, but do have an an Aeronautical Engineering degree from a major Aiviation University and have 21 years of working at major Aerospace companies and ACTUALLY OWN a Champ and ACTUALLY fly it in wind... so I Kinda know what I'm talking about.
This sideslip DOES NOT occur in calm air.
People don't fly full sized Champs in 70 mph winds, but if they did, I'm sure they find similar things happening when they turned downwind.
If you own a Champ go fly it in some wind. Fly it into the wind, throttle back to 1/3 throttle and then turn out of the wind.
Try it calm air and see how it behaves differently.
Amazing that someone so highly qualified can be so wrong.
Put a plane in a wind tunnel. Turn the plane 20 degrees to the direction of airflow and watch the drag in the direction of airflow double.
That's what's happening when you initially turn out of a headwind.
The Champ has mild tip stall characteristics and the wing may only dip, but the J-3 Cub will fall out of the sky, if you don't increase the power before turning.
A turning plane has more drag than when it's flying straight. A crosswind does not create more drag for a plane as it turns.
You are wrong, horribly, horribly wrong. Run it by some of your colleagues at work, why don't you?
Headwinds and crosswinds are landing, take off and navigation consideration only and do not affect a plane's aerodynamic performance.
You still haven't bothered to read any of the stuff I have provided for you, have you?
A plane flying directly into a headwind has lower drag than a plane flying into the same headwind with a 5 degree sideslip, correct?
When you turn out of a headwind in a slab sided highwing drag goes up much more than if are making the same turn in calm air.
The reasons for this is the increase in the effective frontal area of the plane (Because the sides of the plane are now part of the frontal area) and the Increase in the drag coef of the plane angled to the airflow.
On a highwing, slab sided plane, this drag increase could be 2X the drag of a plane flying directly into a headwind at some point in the turn and in the direction of the travel of the plane it would be the Drag X COS of the angle to the airflow, which at 20 degrees of turn is still 90%.
On a real plane that isn't flying in winds that are 150% of stall speed, you may not see this as much... but if you did, you would.
United States, NY, Queens
Joined Oct 2005
3,253 Posts
A very interesting discussion; one that has been repeated numerous times on various threads and in various forums. While the laws of Newtonian Physics always apply (when we are not dealing with things on the microscopic level or nearing the speed of light) two things are important to remember. One is that objects with a very low mass, and consequently a low inertia, will react in an exagerated manner compared to their heavier, larger counterparts when an outside force is applied. The other is that our perception, while standing on the ground, is not that same as it would be if we were in the first person, sitting inside the plane.
As far as the discussion between Gerry and UNGN, Gerry has presented the far more accurate information. When you turn a plane, no matter what plane it is, it will loose lift. There are several ways to compansate for this loss, but if you took absolutely no action, you would find that the plane will be at a lower altitude when it exits the turn then when it entered. If you do this in calm conditions the loss of altitude occurs over a considerable amount of "land". However, if you do the same thing when you have a strong headwind, the loss will appear to be compressed over a short amount of land and will make the plane appear to be about to stall. When you compare flight in calm air to flight in STEADY wind, there is absolutely no difference as far as the plane is concerned until you are either taking off or landing. However, steady wind is very hard to find when you are flying parkflyers, particularly Micros. Once the wind starts to change in speed, direction or both, all kinds of strange forces start to act upon the plane and it can exhibit very strange and unnerving flight characteristics.
For example, take the PZ J3Cub or SuperDecathlon, neither of which is a Micro, but are on the small side of Parkflyers. They are both fairly notorious for being hard to fly in wind. Take them out on a windy day and try to fly them at 50 - 100 ft. They will be quite a handfull and will exhibit all sorts of strange behavior. Now take them up to 800 ft. (yes, they will appear as a tiny little spec) but they will exhibit completely normal flight characteristics within their moving air mass.
As far as the plane is concerned, it only has airspeed, that is speed in relation to the air molecules it is flying through. That the mass of air that the plane is fly through is moving across the ground is of absolutely no aerodynamic importance.
For the plane, there is only airspeed. There is no increase in drag when turning in an air mass that is moving in relation to the ground. And you still haven't bothered to read the articles I posted.
Now let's deal with this bit in detail:
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THIS is about the false assumptions concerning the AMERICAN DREAM
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Since i have been toooooo busy with school and surfing and work and bassiclly being a lazy blogger here is what ive been listening to the past few months. Indulge yourself in this MUSIC OVERLOAD.
Monday, January 28, 2013
There is truly no other feeling in the world than the essence and seclusion of Baja. I wont lie, at this point i can easily say that im addicted. Addicted to the adventure that lies ahead as you cross the International Border. Addicted to the desolate rights that just seem to keep reeling. Addicted to sight and sound of the desert night. Enjoy my film pictures and lil video of my recent trip to MEHECO.
MEHECO from tommy wehsener on Vimeo.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Finally after a long awaited arrival of my new computer and the completion of my first semester of college, I AM BACK. In attempt to make a comeback from the theft of my laptop from my trip to SAN FRAN a month back, I have developed the film shots I took from the trip. I truly love the look and feeling that you can gain from film photographs. Without the digital clarity and mis conceptions, you are left with a "true" photograph. Here are my select keepers.
Monday, November 26, 2012
My whole life was stolen from me about 3 weeks ago as a shattered car window was the aftermath of my backpack, consisting of my laptop, headphones, passport, wallet, and school essintels, being stolen out of our rental car as we fine dined downtown. I am awaiting insurance money to return into the social realm of the internet and buy myself another macbook, but till then here are some sweet snowboard full parts that ive been watching in celebration of the new season.
Frank Bourgeois FULL PART in HUNGRY from Brothers Factory from BROTHERSFACTORY.COM on Vimeo.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Sometimes I find myself in the mood to float away, leaving behind possessions, people and every preconceived notion under the sun. When each day proves to be more difficult and more mundane in its sameness and typical bullshit, the only escape sometimes proves to be these sounds we call music. These last few weeks have been stacked with exams and procrastinated projects and I'm finally finished for the weekend THANK god. San Fransisco bound, im excited to free my mind from economics and political discouragement and just let loose. I managed to scurry up a few gems during my all night adderall benders so enjoy these OH SO SWEET remixes and just float away, leave behind your concerns and just stop. (These are all mostly downloadable if you go to their soundcloud link)
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By Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times
August 3, 2011
La Toya Jackson is the fifth of the nine children in the infamous Jackson clan. With Jack Gordon as her manager her life changed from being a Jehovah's Witness to Playboy Magazine centerfold. After breaking free from his control it was a time for Starting Over with an EP and book of the same title.
Windy City Times: Hi, La Toya. I just finished reading your book.
La Toya Jackson: Oh really? Did you read the entire book?
WCT: I did. I was riveted.
LJ: It is a great read, isn't it?
WCT: Yes and not what I thought it would be.
LJ: It is so important to reach out to women that have been abused and let them know that they can do something about it so they don't endure and suffer that.
WCT: It was like reading a horror story. I couldn't believe what you went through all of that.
LJ: Nobody knew. You never know what people are going through in their lives until they explain it to you of course.
WCT: It was graphic but important to get the message out.
LJ: As we speak right now I know there are thousands and thousands of women that are being abused at this very single moment. They are doing nothing about it because they are fearful and have no self-esteem. This is how abusers instill this in you and keep doing this to you. I want them to be able to say that they can start over and reach out to make new lives for themselves.
WCT: Do you think about how your life would have been if Jack had not been in it?
LJ: Are you kidding? Absolutely.
WCT: Would you want a movie to be made out of it?
LJ: Everyone wants me to make a movie out of my life. It is funny because my sister said I needed to tell me story and make a movie. People talk about the Tina Turner story What's Love Got to Do with It and it was awful what happened. If they only knew what I went through, they don't have a clue. Now it is in this book and now you see it.
WCT: Has your mother read the book yet?
LJ: No, my mother hasn't read the book because I haven't given her a book. But I speak to her everyday and she watches every television show. She is so proud of me and wants me to keep encouraging people to let them know what I went through. My mother and my dad are very proud.
WCT: They should be. I am sure it wasn't easy.
LJ: It wasn't easy at all.
WCT: Do you feel better purging those emotions by writing about them?
LJ: Yes, because you have to remember when this happened to me, Jerry, when I first left him I was a nervous wreck. When I would think about it I would start crying and shaking. I couldn't talk about it. Now it has gotten so much better because I don't have to do these things or worry about things like that. Time has given me strength.
WCT: You write about a Michael Jackson conspiracy in the book also. How is that investigation going currently?
LJ: As you know the trial is coming up in September. I still feel that Dr. Murray is the fall guy and that this was a conspiracy and more people were involved. Not only do I feel that but many people do because of course Michael told me this. People know that this was premeditated.
WCT: I see your point about the This Is It movie about Michael. I was hoping for something more personal not just him practicing.
LJ: Of course, they put that out immediately when he passed. They were collecting all of the tapes and editing it right away. Who does that?
WCT: People that want money.
LJ: They knew he was worth more dead than alive. When you read the book you understand it, don't you? You understand why they were after him and it made all of the sense in the world, didn't it?
WCT: Yes. You have new music coming out with this first EP in fifteen years.
LJ: It came out the same time as the book and you can download it on iTunes. Basically the songs are from the book like a soundtrack.
WCT: You have songs like "No More Drama."
LJ: Yes and "Should've Left You." It was those songs that I wrote that go with the book.
WCT: You raised $65,000 for AIDS with Celebrity Apprentice.
LJ: Yes, I did. I was very happy and proud to do that. I wish I could have raised more.
WCT: How were you first involved with AIDS fundraising?
LJ: Well, basically from my brother Michael. I don't know if you noticed but he is in the Guinness Book of World Records for donating to the most charities in the world. He has donated over 400 million dollars of his own personal money to charity. One of his charities was AIDS Project Los Angeles. I am trying to really support the charity like he had because he would love that. That is what he liked to do, help people. AIDS Project was right there in California where I live so this was convenient. Since then I have been passing out groceries, feeding people, making sure they have their dental work and their medicine, along with donating money to them. I want to help out any way I can. I think it's wonderful that we can help people and I am hoping we are getting close to a panacea for AIDS. That is going to be incredible.
WCT: Do you know someone that was particularly affected by the disease?
LJ: I had a makeup artist that passed from AIDS many years ago. One of my friends that was with the group Switch, Bobby DeBarge, died of AIDS as well.
WCT: I didn't see much about Janet in the book.
LJ: Because it is basically about my life and what I endured, what I went through to show other women and help them with the abuse one can suffer, to encourage them. You don't have to stand for this. You can get away and start over.
WCT: How has Celebrity Apprentice changed your life? The public perception of you has changed after that show.
LJ: The public doesn't know you. People think they know you but they don't. I guess they got a chance to see me in my true light. I have been under a lot of pressure in different circumstances and I maintain the person that I am. You can't change who you are. Everybody was surprised and didn't know I was that way, kind, gentle, the whole bit. Most of my family is the same way. We are shy, quiet, passive people. The media and public will paint you as a terrible person if they can.
WCT: You stood up for yourself and fought to get back on the show. That has never happened before.
LJ: Well, I certainly did. That was a wonderful show. I truly enjoyed working for Donald Trump and all the major companies to raise money for my charity. But I wasn't that pleased working with the different entertainers on the show.
WCT: I can imagine. Some of them were tough on you such as NeNe Leakes.
LJ: There were a lot of big personalities. It was a learning experience that people are so cruel and do anything to win.
WCT: It was great seeing you on RuPaul's Drag Race too!
LJ: Thank you. I love RuPaul. He is absolutely wonderful.
To purchase the book Starting Over and information on current projects visit http:// www.latoyaonline.com . To donate to APLA ( AIDS Project Los Angeles ) visit http:// www.apla.org .
© 2011 Windy City Media Group


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When do I get 2 Wake Up & leave OZ?
Saturday, May 14, 2011
I hardly know where to begin? I've missed Sparks and all my Spark Teams & Friends so MUCH! But the land of OZ is still predominant right now in my life. So I'll try to start at the most recent and work backwards. Forgive me- if I repeat any thing unnecessarily.
Mothers Day- around 5PM that afternoon, I decided to venture out with the Hounds. We've missed our routine so MUCH! And my body is showing it! It was finally a beautifully warm day and windy with more Storms predicted in the week. So I grabbed the younger Basset Hound "Bandit" and took off. I had some struggle getting out with him- both older Basset Hound "Blue" and Ever-Ready were very upset and acting up. So we made a quick exit from the house asap! We got out and was hoping to do our short Loop of the 3.0 mi. total with all being done. We got about half way- and DARN, that stupid viscous Chow that got Bandit about 3 yr's ago was lose- AGAIN! Not being up to my usual "fuff spark shape", we made a quick reversal of the route instead to head back home without any dog confrontations. When I got to the front door, I couldn't open it. The handle worked, but the door wouldn't fully open. Its a double door with huge paned windows and I could clearly see Ever-Ready standing by the stairs of the living room, but he wasn't rushing us like usual. And there was no sign of Blue at all. Being frustrated that walks weren't going as planned- I gave the door a shove. And peaked around it. And Oh my God! Blue was lying there looking DEAD! I immediately just "hauled Bandit" inside, don't even remember doing it or closing the door either. I remember the sound of the leash hitting the floor and Ever-Ready and Bandit trying to get to Blue and me on the floor pushing them away- I soon realize I was kneeling a huge pool of wet? I looked around and saw a trail fo water from Blue to the bowl I keep by the kitchen and I smelled "pee". Blue was lying against the middle of both doors in this and it was horrible! His body was rigid and lying almost upside down. His eyes were open and rolled Up and "flicking" side to side, like he was reading. I tried to roll him up to his feet and realized he was "wet and still drooling" all over. I remember sounds of the dogs in behind me and getting up to "throw them OUT"! Trying to get room and stop from possibly stressing Blue further. I had grabbed the Cell Phone on the way back to Blue and called the Hubby- luck would have it! He was about 1/2 way home! Time being about 45 minutes to an hour due to (by the way FLOODING!) TN, Shelby County is officially historically hit by the Flood of the Century! And we are an island just between all the other counties and towns that are so, so terribly stuck in this mess. So traffic and roads being terrible BAD and some places and things just can't be gotten too- meaning WHO is open and above water in my area to take Blue to?? Frantically getting on the PC, I messaged every Rescue and Friend I had on Facebook and got nothing but lots of Prayers- which I thank them ALL 4! But I needed a VET! My vet- out of town! There are 2 ER Vet's I could find. The one is in a BAD area of Memphis, BTW about an hour of so away! Last visit there with Bandits dog attack was miserable, costly, and scary. Nothing but owners with Pit Bull pups puking everywhere. Scared silly that if Bandit made it- whatever these dogs had he'd get it!
Back to Blue- we ended up still making an hour trip round flooding to one in Cordova. Bad memories as its the one I'd had to use to but a previous Basset Hound to sleep at yr's ago. But they we're wonderful! We were only patients at time and they got Blue back fast to be evaluated. Not good news though. $1200 to do all the Test to "possibly" find what was wrong. A terribly funny story now, but sickening of how we got Blue to the car between my very out of shape husband, me with no arms or hands that work right any more and one very dead weight 100 lb Basset Hound in a fitted sheet? Funny now, scary when we did it. Its a long trip from my front door to that side Garage! So Vet leaves us to talk it over-
A) Blue had a stroke- CAT scans may prove it. And there'd be nothing that could be done if it were.
B) Blue had a Brain or other unfound tumor. Again, there'd be nothing we could do or afford to help him.
C) A disease or side effect I'd never heard of- Vestibular or "Old Dog Disease". Stupid name, as it effects dogs all ages and is caused by a Middle Ear or deeper Infection. We'd been fighting ear problems on ALL the dogs for months. I grabbed onto this diagnosis. The problem was, testing for it too was expensive.
So I begged. The Vet came back and I begged him to just "treat" Blue for the Vestibular. He wanted to run those tests and keep Blue until morning. BTW this is now 11PM that same Mothers Day now. Hubby filthy and still in uniform from work. Me, looking like a bag lady in my scruffy walk/run clothes. I guess the Vet felt sorry 4 us. He made us sign a "denial of care", yeah animals get those too. And gave Blue the shot. He told us that if it worked Blue may or may not get able to be Blue again. This still could make him unable to be a dog and do doggy things. If it worked it could be hours, days, weeks, or never. I just had to go on faith. We finished the paper work, re-wrapped our Blue Burrito into that sheet, and back into the car we went. Still $200 broke on a CC. And into the back seat with my still paralyzed and drooling baby. All the way I've been crying and only just then realized it. It was getting hard to breath for me too by then. So I tried to relax, breath more evenly and whisper to Blue how all was good in our world; all the way home. By home it was starting to build Storms again- the kill storm for the final max Flood Line expected. Lightening was terrible! And we needed to get the dog inside quick. But as men are men- the Hubby had to stop and get Supper! Pizza being the only thing opened still. Waiting in the seat with Blue and praying the Storm would wait too.
I'm sorry- I'm tired! And the hands and arms aren't working right. I have to stop now- I pray that all of my friends here are OK and safe. And I'll be back asap my body will allow me to 2 fill in the rest of this story. Just know- Blue is UP! and making his way back to us. HUGS, Shellpro
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Totally scary story. A pet owner's worst nightmare.
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I don't have a dog but I have a canine niece. My sister's 'daughter.'
So sorry you went through this. Take care of yourself also while you are dealing with all of this. Keep those flares at bay as much as possible.
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I just had the diagnosis on my one cat that she has kidney disease. Her other health problems cost $50 per month for medicine and now the food the vet recommends is $1.50 per 5.5 oz can. But what can you do? They are like children and are loved.
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Yaayyy, you're a very good mommy Shell!
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so glad he is gaining ground.
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Wow! Glad the vet listened to you and that you are seeing signs of recovery for Blue. Hugs & Drooly Prayers!
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Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, oh my goodness... What a horrible, horrible thing to experience. I cannot imagine seeing this or dealing with it or anything. I am in shock just experiencing what you described.
Praise all that is Good and Holy that he is up and around, coming back to you. I know what you pups mean to you--I know what mine mean to me as well and I couldn't have managed what you did. Somebody else would have had to have did the errand as I sat and panicked and made myself ill. Praise the Lord that you had a clue once you heard your options because some of those costs are simply too far out there to wrap our heads (and bankbooks) around.
I'll keep Blue in my prayers as he continues to recover. Do you need to take him for any follow up treatments? What is next for him?
Take care of yourself too, my friend. When you get a moment check out my more recent blogs about my wonderful, new doctor. It is amazing what some hope and action can do from a doc who actually listens to you!!
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Craig Lee continued his outstanding play in the Middle East. The 36-year-old Scot posted a 3-under 69 Saturday to forge a two-stroke lead in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. The $2.7 million European Tour event began Thursday at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates.
Lee, in search of his first European Tour win, stands at 12-under 204, two strokes ahead of India's Gaganjeet Bhullar (66) and Phil Mickelson, who soared into contention after a 9-under 63.
After opening with a 73 and a 70, Mickelson, the 2013 British Open champion, carded nine birdies, an eagle and two bogeys to match Danny Willett for the tournament's low score.
"It's exciting," said Lee of his final-round chances. "The quality of the players behind me is nothing I have been used to before. I can't control what they are going to do, I just have to go out and play the best I can.
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After looking at the area from where McIlroy had played his shot, officials determined that his left foot would have been on the white line denoting the crossing, meaning he didn't take full relief and a two-shot penalty was applied to his score, turning his par on the second hole into a double-bogey and his 68 into a 70.
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Defending champion Donaldson had a 73 and is well back at 216.
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Attached are three slides from the recent Anadarko Investor Conference that depict their plans for continued development of the Haynesville Shale and Cotton Valley potential in Panola County.
The production includes oil/condensate, natural gas and natural gas liquids.
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It will be interesting to see if these companies go after any oil in the HBP areas in old wells, etc. Since the Haynesville was such a well guarded secret, one can never be surprised anymore about what the oil and gas companies are aware of "down below the earth." Kinda sounds like one of those sci fi movies, but it really is a never ending mystery.
Horizontal drilling is no silver bullet. There is no reason to drill a horizontal well in a formation that can be efficiently and economically drained with a vertical well. It would be a waste of money. And keep in mind that shallow oil formations are conventional reservoirs. They are not productive over wide continuous aerial extents such as the shales.
Is there any chance that Anadarko will be going into Shelby County? Is there anything happening with any of the O & G companies in Shelby County at this time? And, is there any hope that some O & G company will come back into Shelby County and start leasing/drilling again in the near future.
A third party services company who I have been told is leasing for Anadarko has actually taken a few hundred leases over the last few months in NW Shelby County. I was told that Anadarko is leasing with plans to drill CV horizontals in this area. They appear to have leased, or are trying to lease, about everything they can north of Hwy 84 and west of Timpson. Indigo has also done some leasing in the area but it appears to me to be much less than Anadarko has done.
Indigo has a "production profile" on their website for a "typical" Cotton Valley horizontal well (although they reference north Louisiana rather than Panola or Shelby Counties). For what it's worth, their production profile is as follows:
6,153 MMCF/day
641 BNGL/day
43 BC/day.
Any information north of that... Panola or Harrison Counties? thanks in advance.
I don't know much about anything to the north. I suspect that a lot of that area is HBP. There was a lot of open acreage in NW Shelby County.
Anadarko is quite active near the Carthage field. Visited the Anadarko office today ''Woodville, TX and they have several leases reserved in Vernon Parish ''Evans-Merryville'' Also north eastern Newton County TX is now a hot spot with old Austin Chalk wells being considered for RE. Two rigs will be working in Vernon Parish on the next rig report. These two rigs will be jumping from lease to lease the rest of the year. Swift Energy also has several leases reserved near Union Hill LA.''Masters Creek'' area in LA. One recently completed, Exxon Corp # 10. Watch this well! It is a beast!!! 500bbls+ an hour, 200bbls being oil during the flowback. MCF unknown, pipelines being finished then the fun starts!
East Texas...Newton, Jasper, Sabine in Texas, Vernon, Beauregard, Sabine in LA are being tapped once again. If the past is any indication of whats to come we will be seeing flares all over the field once again!! cc
Is the Austin Chalk the target for all these areas?
In the southern counties that Anadarko is active (i.e. Brookeland Field – Tyler, Jasper, and Newton), the Haynesville / Bossier is deep (approx. 17,000 feet) and I wouldn't expect any liquids. I believe the target there is the Austin Chalk and possibly the Woodbine formations (the Woodbine being a source rock for the Austin Chalk). I've noticed some high condensate production numbers from some of Anadarko's recent horizontal wells in Tyler county. The condensate production is non-uniform among various areas and appears more pronounced during initial production. This area is difficult to prove up based on my understanding due to heterogeneous reservoir characteristics that seismic won't detect.
I believe that Anadarko may be drilling some horizontal Woodbines in Newton County based on feedback that I've received.
There are some acreages East of HWY. 96, South of Center, and North of the San Augustine/Shelby County line that are NOT HBP. Acreage was leased up until Summer of 2010 and since then no contacts have been made to lease acreage again. Do you forsee any O & G Company coming into this area to lease again?
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Senses Fail- "Can't be saved" live. At the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY. Long Island. On their tour with Hollywood Undead, Brokencyde and Haste the Day. 3/7/2009
Haste the Day. at The Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY. Long Island. I met the whole band. They were super nice. On the tour with Hollywood Undead, Brokencyde and Senses Fail. If anyone knows the name of this song please let me know. ... Hastetheday Haste the day hed Crazy Donkey crazydonkey Longisland Farmingdale NY
Parkway Drive playing "Romance is Dead" at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY on 4/29/2009
Parkway Drive playing "Smoke Em if You Got Em" at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY on 4/29/2009 ... parkway drive smoke em if you got crazy donkey live hardcore metalcore killing with smile
Parkway Drive playing "Idols and Anchors" at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY on 4/29/2009
Stick to Your Guns playing "This is More" at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY on 4/29/2009 ... stick to your guns this is more crazy donkey live hardcore
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Silverstein dedicates Call It Karma to my girlfriend and me. =] 4/23 Farmingdale, NY Crazy Donkey
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These videos are old and were taken on 1/4/09 in Long Island New York. Train #1 A LIRR diesel train with the cabcar leading heading eastbound. The engineer was not to major with the horn. The unit pushing the train is a DE30AC. Train #2 A LIRR diesel train. The leading unit is another DE30AC and its train # is 417. The train was headed Westbound to Babylon. Train #3 A LIRR diesel train headed westbound to Babylon. The leading unit is DE30AC #401.
Phil Bensen with Push Play at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, New York on Valentine's Day SOLD OUT SHOW
Feb 8, 2009. Hail Deicide!
Feb 8, 2009----Deicide rules!!! Kill the smoke machine!!!!
Ty Tabor of King's X soloing over Groove Machine in Long Island, NY on 12.15.08. Ty Tabor is the smoothest rock player out there.
Final part of three part walkaround of 1955 Chevrolet Belair up for ebay auction in Farmingdale NY
Continued walk around of 100% original 1955 Chevy Belair in Farmingdale NY on ebay auction
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Day and night clips. All filmed at the same crossing with a Digital8 camcorder. Shitty horns suck.
A short clip of about Farmingdale NY.
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Farmingdale Ville Pops Farmingdale, New York
The Melting Pot in Farmingdale, New York is a fantastic restaurant. This video, featuring Bruce and Brianna (The Long Island Princess) enjoy dessert which consists of Cookie and Cream Flambe Chocolate Fondue
Village pops Farmingdale Festival Chorus New York New York Farmingdale, New York
An LIRR diesel trains heading through Farmingdale New York. The locomotive pulling the train is a DM30AC and the one pushing the train is a DM30AC.
Figured I'd put this one up since it's mostly of Christopher and Brad.
a chunk of Toes Across the Floor
US NAVY Blue Angels Fat Albert over New York
Broken - Cathy shows her many talents and Cassidy gets choked up
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Vince Neil and his band on stage at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale Long Island, NY playing the Motley Crue classic 'Wild Side'. A great show at a great venue. Enjoy!
Vince Neil doing a great version of the Motley Crue hit 'Don't Go Away Mad (Just go away)'. Great show at a great place - Crazy Donkey is THE place to see a show on Long Island - great room with great sound. The set-list (if anyone cares): Dr Feelgood, Looks That Kill, Livewire, Piece of Your Action, Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away), Same Ol Situation, band medley: Whole Lotta Love/War Pigs/Heaven and Hell/Whole Lotta Love (reprise), Rock N Roll, Kickstart My Heart, Girls Girls Girls ...
Vince Neil looking and sounding really good at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale doing this Motley Crue classic. Backing Vince were Dana Strumm and Jeff Blando of Slaughter and drummer Zoltan. The mosh pit gets a little out of hand and some folks get bounced in the middle. Check it out!
...Kids In Action Youth Conference with Bobby Petrocelli and over 2000 youth at Farmingdale University - Friday, Nov 30th. Farmingdale, NY (PRWEB) November 30, 2007 -- Long Island native and ASCAP singer/songwriter amberRose has lots to celebrate these days...
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Back to the office for Obama and a cliffhanger over budget
THIS WEEK:The US Congress returns for a "lame-duck" session tomorrow but it will be anything but a quiet wind-down to year end as the "fiscal cliff" looms.
The so-called fiscal cliff is a term to describe a series of tax rises and spending cuts due to take effect in January 2013 in the absence of agreement on a balanced budget.
In total, the measures are set to cut the federal budget deficit by $607 billion or about 4 per cent of GDP between 2012 and 2013, according to the congressional budget office.
Congress and the White House have been at loggerheads over moves to balance the federal budget since the Democrats lost control of the House of Representatives in 2010. Unless Congress can strike an agreement on a budget that reduces the debt, the spending cuts are set to kick in automatically in January.
The prospect of Mr Obama and Congress struggling to agree on the issue weighed heavily on global financial markets last week, sending Wall Street stocks into a post-election funk.
Accused by Republicans of being a deeply partisan president, Mr Obama promised in his victory speech to work with Congress to reduce the deficit and reform the tax system.


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So what I've been reading Linux primary graphics engine is X11 which
does not support channeling out to printers Also depending on the
printer connected you have to keep in mind what graphics protocol you
are using (Postscript/HPGL, etc.)
(I am a Mac guy; QuckDraw renders to both the screen and any printer -
with a driver - this is a very different concept here.)
Also since there is no quickdraw you can't just plop in something like
a PICT vector resource and expect it to render it (like logos, you
have tio use bitmaps right?)
Now if I were to output say a calendar template I would have to code
the template at least two ways, one with the screen engine in mind
like TkInter and then if I wanted to reproduce the same calendar on
the printer (assuming all my staff have the same models (yeah, right,
they have Postscript LaserJets and Epson Inkjets), I would say
generate the code in Postscript.
The questions:
1. Am I correct or is there some unified graphics library/module that
can be used for both screen and printers that will work with say
Python or PHP (I'm looking to redo a database app using ??SQL with
some language frintend, but need to create/auto-fill fancy forms,
calenders and such like I do on FoxBase +/Mac).
2. Can a program send data direct to the printer or does it have to
generate a postscript (or whatever file) and then activate through
some wizardry another program that automatically (or manually) does
the printing?
3. if there are such libraries do they support symbol sets/macros so I
can combine elements to make the image more efficiently?
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Ubisoft continues to work feverishly to increase the brand Assassin'sCreed in an interviewrevealed CEO Yves Guillemot now a few butimportant details for the first Assassin's Creed for Nintendo'supcoming Wii console U. Thus there is no implementation of theannounced for the fall of third Ezio part of the trilogy.Revelations: Assassin's Creed to be, but something entirely new:"No, not Revelations. Something"for the future.
In Assassin's Creed: Revelations on thestory of Ezio auditor is brought to an end. As it then goes on withthe series is not yet known. What is certain is that an officialthird part will come without Ezio. In an interview with CVG revealedthat the chief author of Revelations in the final of the trilogy,Ezio , not all questions can be clarified. Therefore quite possiblethat the official Assassin's Creed will appear for all three majorconsoles including Wii underground.


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"...the model of the medieval guild is a very useful one for me. After a period of learning, the writer receives a kind of walking paper that permits him to pose as a journeyman-laborer and enter the guild; then, ideally, he has the chance of becoming a master craftsman and having people report to him. In many ways that's a model that pertains to writing programs, where students of the craft come to learn it at the hands or feet of someone who is reputedly a master craftsman. Or, more properly, crafts person.
"Now, that analogy breaks down of course as soon as you look at it a little more closely. First, it's pretty difficult to declare that anyone is a master craftsman, able to turn one's hand to whatever piece of work is commissioned. An athletic coach does not necessarily have to have been a better athlete than the person he or she is coaching; a vocal coach is very often a failed performer; and some of the great teachers of the violin, say, need not have been great violinists. So it's not clear to me that the best writers are the best teachers. It may be wonderfully invigorating to be in the presence of X, Y, or Z whose work you admire, but you may get nothing from them in class. And it may be dispiriting to be in the presence of someone whose work you have either read or liked, yet that person may be perfectly able to allow you to find your own voice and attain your own walking papers.
"My notion of a failed writing workshop is when everybody comes out replicating the teacher and imitating as closely as possible the great original at the head of the table. I think that's a mistake, in obvious opposition to the ideal of teaching which permits a student to be someone other than the teacher.... The successful teacher has to make each of the students a different product rather than the same."
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Mark Fusco sold his novel when he was twenty-two. "You're a very fortunate young man," Bill Winterton proclaimed. They met in the editor's office, on the sixteenth floor. The walls were lined with photographs, book jackets, and caricatures. "You should be pleased with yourself."
He was. He had moved from apprentice to author with scarcely a hitch in his stride. It was 1967, and crucial to be young. One of the caricatures showed Hawthorne on a polo pony, meeting Henry James; their mallets were quill pens. They were swinging with controlled abandon at the letter A.
Bill Winterton took him to lunch. They ate at L'Amorique. The editor discoursed on luck; the luck of the draw, he maintained, comes to those who read their cards. He returned the first bottle of wine, a Pouilly Fumé. The sommelier deferred, but the second bottle also tasted faintly of garlic; the sommelier disagreed. They had words. "There's someone cooking near your glassware," Winterton declared. "Or you've got your glasses drying near the garlic pan."
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Robert Plant is concentrating on country, blues and gospel music with his new group, Band of Joy. But he hasn't forgotten about rock 'n' roll. Or "Rock and Roll."
Plant sang "Rock and Roll," a feverish signature song of the band he used to front — Led Zeppelin — during his Sunday night set with Band of Joy at the 550-capacity Bowery Ballroom in New York. The song didn't sound exactly the same — how could it, with Band of Joy member Byron House thumping a stand-up acoustic bass? But there was nothing gentle about it. House and drummer Marco Giovino established a driving beat, Buddy Miller and Darrell Scott added appropriately raunchy guitar riffs and, most important, Plant, looking as leonine as ever at 62, proved he still has the vocal power to pull it off.
For most of the 100-minute set, Plant chose not to unleash the full force of that power. The music he is making with Band of Joy — like the songs he performed with bluegrass queen Alison Krauss on their 2007 album "Raising Sand" and their subsequent tour — doesn't demand it.
At the start of the group's encores, he mentioned that in undertaking these two projects, he has learned about musical restraint. Elsewhere in the show, songs like "All the King's Horses" (a duet with Band of Joy singer Patty Griffin) and "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" proved that he can be just as effective in a calmly soulful mode as he can when he belts out a rock anthem.
Sure, a Led Zeppelin reunion tour would sell out arenas and stadium all over the world. But with Band of Joy — whose name is borrowed from Plant's pre-Zeppelin '60s band, and whose self-titled debut album is being released today — he is able to grow as a musician, so that's what he's doing.
Most of Sunday's setlist came from the Band of Joy album: well-crafted, subtly eloquent songs like Los Lobos' "Angel Dance," Richard Thompson's "House of Cards" and Townes Van Zandt's "Harm's Swift Way." Plant returned to the Led Zeppelin songbook for numbers like "Misty Mountain Hop" (with a new, slinky beat) and "Houses of the Holy" (which started out mellow but ended up rocking hard), and gave his 1988 solo hit "Tall Cool One" a rockabilly twist.
He turned to "Raising Sand" for "Please Read the Letter" and "Rich Woman." "This is a song written in England hundreds of years ago by a ubiquitous couple," he said about "Please Read the Letter," written with his Led Zeppelin partner Jimmy Page for their joint 1998's album "Walking to Clarksdale" and remade for "Raising Sand."
The structure of the show reinforced the idea that Band of Joy is, in fact, a band — not just a cream-of-the-crop group of roots musicians thrown together to support Plant. Griffin, Miller and Scott all sang lead vocals at times (with Plant limiting himself to backing vocals or harmonica), and the show ended with a sweetly harmonized a cappella group take on the traditional ballad, "And We Bid You Goodnight" (often covered by the Grateful Dead).
The Band of Joy has a European tour scheduled from mid-October to early November. There are no dates beyond that, but it's probable that there will be more U.S. shows, at some point.
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"House of Cards"
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Christopher "Chris" Lewis Eastep, 36, of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Trinity Fellowship Church north auditorium with the Rev. John Love officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Chris was born Dec. 28, 1971, in Bombholder, Germany. He attended Tascosa High School. After attending Amarillo College, he entered the service in January 1991, serving in the first Gulf War and then in Korea. He served as an 82nd Airborne medic.
He loved his family. He was an uncle and a great-uncle. He liked to fish and enjoyed boating and any type of water sports. He also enjoyed driving his truck. He was a member of Moose Lodge No. 1361 and American Legion Post No. 77 in Logan, N.M.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Survivors include a son, Eric Eastep of Indiana; a brother, Shawn Eastep of Pampa; a stepsister, Tammy Ivy of Amarillo; a stepbrother, Terry Maddox of Memphis; his mother, Kay Saied of Amarillo; and his father, Chester Eastep and wife Wanda of Logan; and his grandparents, Everett and Tillie Anglin and Harry and Alice Eastep.
The family suggests memorials be made to the War Memorial.
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His father, Clyde Pickler Sr., tells the New York Post, "We've been told it looks pretty good. If we go, it'll probably be on Monday." His son, he says, is "relieved, he's doing great. People have been treating him really well since he's been back, so he's happy about that."
Pickler's attorney, Curtis Crider, tells the paper, "Probation (officers) can let him go wherever they want. I'll have to go before the judge if they say no."
On May 6, shortly after being voted out of Idol's final six, Kellie Pickler returned to her Albemarle hometown and greeted thousands of fans – including her father, whom she had not seen during his prison stint.
"Throughout my 19 years, I've had my ups and downs," Pickler told the crowd as she shared the stage with her dad, according to the Charlotte Observer. "I know a lot of people would think I'd have a lot of resentment toward this person, and I don't. I feel blessed to have him back into my life."
She added, "I've been prayerful (that) when this person came back to Albemarle, he'd be given a second chance. We all make mistakes and we all learn from them." To her father, she said, "I love you, and am so glad to have you back in my life."


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Brief Summary
Official Title: "A Clinical Trial of Povidone-Iodine for the Treatment of Bacterial Corneal Ulcers"
Bacterial corneal ulcers are a leading cause of pediatric blindness in underdeveloped countries due to a lack of antibiotic availability and affordability, among other reasons. Povidone-iodine, an inexpensive and readily available broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent, may be an effective and affordable treatment for corneal ulcers, allowing preservation of sight for those afflicted with this disease.
- Study Type: Interventional
- Study Design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Study Primary Completion Date: January 2006
Detailed Clinical Trial Description
Hypothesis to be tested:
Infectious corneal ulceration causes corneal scarring, opacification, and blindness in hundreds of thousands of children annually. In developing countries, it is the number one cause of avoidable blindness in children. While in some cases, the cornea was healthy prior to ulceration, in others; xerophthalmia, trachoma, rubeola, trauma, or some other cause previously compromised the cornea. Even when the ulceration is associated with one of the above etiologies, it is usually the bacterial corneal ulcer that directly leads to blindness in the short-term. In many countries, few of these infections are properly treated with appropriate antimicrobial agents due to a number of factors, including cost, availability, and effectiveness. If a topical antimicrobial agent were readily available in developing countries which is also inexpensive and effective, many of these ulcers could be cured before scarring and blindness result.
The best candidate for such a medication is povidone-iodine ophthalmic solution. It has already been proven the best agent to sterilize the ocular surface before and after eye surgery and to prevent conjunctivitis in newborn babies. It was also shown an effective treatment against bacterial conjunctivitis in children. Povidone-iodine ophthalmic solution can be prepared in a local hospital or clinic by mixing the powder with an ophthalmic saline solution bringing the cost of a 10-ml bottle to less than US $0.10. By contrast, in the Philippines, a 10 ml. bottle of Neosporin ophthalmic solution cost about $4.00 and it may take a few bottles to cure a bacterial corneal ulcer. For far less than a U.S. dollar, a corneal ulcer could be fully cured. Povidone-iodine has the widest antimicrobial spectrum of any known topical medication. It has been shown to be effective against all bacteria, fungi, and viruses. No true resistance to povidone-iodine has ever been demonstrated. Allergic reactions are rare. Thus, if any medication could serve the purpose for this study, it would be povidone-iodine.
The primary research question is whether povidone-iodine ophthalmic solution is effective in healing bacterial corneal ulcers, which, if proven, would have a dramatic effect in reducing pediatric blindness.
The number of subjects was determined from the primary outcome measure of non-inferiority to achieve a minimum of a one-day difference between the control and investigative groups, with povidone-iodine being compared to the control medication at each study site. The control medications are Neosporin ophthalmic solution in Manila and ciprofloxacin ophthalmic solution in the two combined Indian sites (Hyderabad and Tiruchirapalli) for a total of four study arms. The number of recruits was calculated to achieve 90% power for detecting non-inferiority using t-tests with a level of significance of 0.05 for comparing mean time to cure. Cure is defined as closure of the epithelial defect with no inflammatory signs other than minimal injection.
Subjects provided written consent. As appropriate, child assent was also obtained. At each study site, subjects were allocated to receive either povidone-iodine or the control medication. If corneal ulcers were present bilaterally, one eye was randomized to receive povidone-iodine, while the other received the control medication standard for that center. All subjects were hospitalized for at least 7 days for careful monitoring and appropriate treatment. To assure compliance, all subjects had their medications administered by medical personnel.
The study medication is 1.25% povidone-iodine and the control medications are Neosporin ophthalmic solution in Manila, Philippines and ciprofloxacin 0.3% ophthalmic solution in Hyderabad and Tiruchirapalli, India. These medications are the standard of care at each respective study site. The only eye medication permitted beside povidone-iodine 1.25% ophthalmic solution and the control medications (Neosporin and ciprofloxacin) is atropine ophthalmic solution to reduce intraocular inflammation and prevent synechiae. The atropine solution is administered to the affected eye(s) twice a day. Subjects less than one year old receive a 0.25% solution, those aged one to three years receive 0.5%, and those older than 3 years receive the 1% solution.
The dosing schedule of povidone-iodine 1.25% or control ophthalmic solutions is as follows:
1. For the first three days, one drop of the medication is applied every hour.
2. Day 4 and thereafter: hourly while awake. When asleep (sleep not to exceed 9 hours), drops are administered every three hours. All cases are treated with this intense drop therapy for a minimum of 5 days unless criteria for change in therapy are met (see below).
3. At 5 days: If there is no deterioration in any factor (see below) and improvement in at least one factor (other than epithelial defect size) on 2 consecutive examinations, dosing frequency is decreased to every 2 hours while awake (about 8 times/day) for 2 days, then 4 times/day until discharge. If status remained unchanged at Day 5, intense drop therapy continues for 5 more days.
4. If at 10 days the status is unchanged, the subject exits the study.
All patients are examined daily and have their visual acuity and ocular examination documented. The daily eye examination findings are scored and recorded for the following six factors:
1. Visual acuity
2. Inflammatory signs
3. Stromal infiltrate dimensions
4. Epithelial defect dimensions
6. Tissue firmness, including keratic precipitate (KP),anterior chamber(AC)cellular reaction, AC fibrin and hypopyon status.
The daily assessment of the ulcer status is classified as cured, improved, persistent, worsening or failure.
Criteria for Change in Therapy:
Within the first 48 hours, treatment is changed for deterioration in all factors or appearance of a descemetocele. After 48 hours of treatment, treatment is changed for deterioration in one or more of the following factors on 2 consecutive examinations: stromal infiltrate, melt, or two or more signs or symptoms of inflammation. Epithelial defect size is used only for assessing status; not for change in medication. The new treatment is left to the discretion of the ophthalmologist.
Culture Technique:
All subjects undergo microbiological analysis of the corneal ulcer upon intake into the study. A spatula is applied to the cornea of the affected eye(s) and blood agar and chocolate agar plates and brain heart infusion broth (BHI) are streaked for each patient. Cultures are repeated daily until two negative cultures are obtained. If the cultures are positive for any organism, that organism is considered the infecting agent. Each culture plate is incubated for at least seven days and the colony forming units are differentiated and enumerated by standard bacteriological techniques, including the VPI technique for anaerobic bacteria. No culture growth at seven days constitutes a negative culture.
Interventions Used in this Clinical Trial
- Drug: Povidone-Iodine
Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial
Primary Measures
- Days to cure, with corneal epithelial defect closed, and no inflammatory signs other than minimal injection.
- Safety of study medication use compared to control medications. No untoward reactions or loss of visual acuity (VA) compared with pre-treatment VA findings.
Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial
Inclusion Criteria
- Clinical diagnosis of untreated bacterial corneal ulcer that began within 14 days of presentation to the study center.
- Corneal ulcer size is 2 mm-8 mm. in diameter, and does not extend to the limbus.
Exclusion Criteria
- Topical or systemic antimicrobial or immunosuppressant therapy within 14 days of presentation to the study center.
- Corneal ulcer smear and culture fail to show the presence of bacteria.
- Allergic history to povidone-iodine, iodine or any components of Neosporin.
- Dacrocystitis, neurotropic or exposure keratitis, keratitis sicca, positive HIV status, and legal blindness in the unaffected eye.
Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both
Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 1 Month
Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial: No
Clinical Trial Investigator Information
- Lead Sponsor
- Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
- Collaborator
- Thrasher Research Fund
- Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
- Sherwin Isenberg, M.D., Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Overall Official(s)
- Sherwin J. Isenberg, M.D., Principal Investigator, Jules Stein Eye Institute and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Isenberg SJ, Apt L, Yoshimori R, Pham C, Lam NK. Efficacy of topical povidone-iodine during the first week after ophthalmic surgery. Am J Ophthalmol. 1997 Jul;124(1):31-5.
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Benevento WJ, Murray P, Reed CA, Pepose JS. The sensitivity of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and herpes simplex type II to disinfection with povidone-iodine. Am J Ophthalmol. 1990 Mar 15;109(3):329-33.
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Everett SL, Kowalski RP, Karenchak LM, Landsittel D, Day R, Gordon YJ. An in vitro comparison of the susceptibilities of bacterial isolates from patients with conjunctivitis and blepharitis to newer and established topical antibiotics. Cornea. 1995 Jul;14(4):382-7.
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Additional Information on this Clinical Trial
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 29, 2016
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. – https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00386958
Study ID Number: 010274-01-00R
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00386958
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board


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The Buffalo Bandits came oh-so-close to sweeping a big series of back-to-back games this week – 3.7 seconds, in fact. Instead, they'll get to spend the next week thinking about what might have been.
The Philadelphia Wings stormed back from a 10-7 lead with 6 minutes left, scoring the tying goal in the final moments, and went on to a stunning 11-10 win over the Bandits Friday night. Drew Westervelt's goal 2:14 into extra time disappointed the 14,636 in attendance in the First Niagara Center.
Buffalo was coming off a big win on Thursday night in Toronto. Another win would have moved the Bandits into a tie with the Rock for first place in the National Lacrosse League's East Division. Instead, Buffalo is left with a 5-4 record, a full game behind the 6-3 Rock and a half-game behind 5-4 Philadelphia.
"There's a lot of parity in this league," Bandits forward John Tavares said. "No one will go 14-2 this year. You can go from first to last in no time."
Buffalo no doubt will be thinking about how this one slipped away for some time to come. Philadelphia coach Johnny Mouradian tried to pick up the tempo in the late going in an effort to push Buffalo's gas tank toward empty when it was finishing its second game in two nights.
"Our defense is athletic and very aggressive, so we play that way," he said. "We pressed up as they came across and tried to get the ball back."
Westervelt and Paul Rabil got the Wings within one. Philadelphia even gained a power play with 2:09 left. But the Bandits killed off some of that time nicely, and coach Darris Kilgour thought the shot clock could have been reset in Buffalo's favor a couple of times.
"We outplayed them. We should have won. It was taken away from us in the last two minutes," he said.
Jordan Hall slipped a shot past Bandits goalie Anthony Cosmo with 3.7 seconds left to play, and the game was headed to overtime.
"Three seconds – it's so frustrating to lose those sorts of games," Buffalo's Luke Wiles said.
Both sides had a couple of possessions in overtime, but Westervelt capitalized on his chance to decide matters.
"He was shooting some shots that we said, maybe you're trying to go too far outside, so we told him to go inside," Mouradian said.
The Bandits were in control of this one for much of the contest. The first half featured plenty of physical play, and Buffalo got the better of the penalty calls. The Bandits scored four power-play goals in the first half alone. Wiles had three of them as Buffalo took a 6-2 lead after 30 minutes.
The Wings made it interesting as the Bandits came out a little flat in the third quarter for the second straight night. Buffalo's lead shrunk to two goals at 9-7.
"You're not going to shut down a team forever," Kilgour said. "They're going to get some goals."
Still, the Bandits received an important goal about three minutes into the fourth quarter by Jon Harasym for insurance. As time wound down, it looked as Buffalo was ready to earn a big sweep over its division rivals. Instead, it was Philadelphia that gained ground on both Buffalo and Toronto this week to further tighten a division race that is completely up for grabs.
The Bandits played eight of their first nine games against division opponents. Now they have five of their remaining games against teams from the West. It starts a week from tonight at home.
"We've got a pretty good Colorado team coming in now," Wiles said. "We've got to study some tape and get back to work."
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MARTINSBURG - The 33rd annual Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival officially came to an end Sunday with another exciting day filled with bushels of family-friendly fun, capping off the four-day celebration of the local apple industry.
This year marked the first year the festival was held at the historic Martinsburg Roundhouse Center, and organizers said the festival was once again a success.
"It's been beyond anything we thought it would be. Everybody is so happy with us moving things down here to the roundhouse, the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast was delighted with the turnout at St. Joe's for their pancake breakfast, Friday Night in the Square was phenomenal, so I can't use enough adjectives. I really can't," Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival President Barbara Frankenberry said.
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2012 W.Va. State Horticultural Queen Chloe Raines looks on Sunday as an apple eating contest gets under way at the 33rd annual Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival in Martinsburg.
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A family purchases some local apple-related products Sunday during the 33rd Annual Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival in Martinsburg.
Sunday was filled with a variety of events to close out the annual festival. The day began with the annual Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast followed by an all-day arts and crafts show at the roundhouse. The Norwalk Antique Car Club presented an antique and unique vehicle show on the roundhouse grounds and later announced the winner of its classic car raffle.
Other events and contests featured Sunday included the Baby Apple Seed Contest, apple pie auction, apple-eating and -peeling contests and the drawing for the 2012 Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival quilt.
"This has been great today. People are enjoying the fact they are coming to see the roundhouse for the very first time, and they are they are getting to enjoy why we kept this historic site and what a value it is to our community. This can be used for just so much more stuff than just the Apple Harvest Festival, and I think people are going to realize that once they see this today. We've made it work and we're very happy," Frankenberry said.
By Sunday afternoon, the roundhouse took on the air of an auction house as festivalgoers bid on prize-winning apple pies from the festival's apple pie baking contest. Taking first place in the junior division was 17-year-old Gabrielle Harden, whose prize-winning pie went for $80 at the auction.
"It was crazy. I wasn't expecting it. I was really excited when I found out," Harden said of her winning pie.
Taking first place in the senior division was local resident Connie Mason, who said she'll try to win the grand prize next year.
The grand champion this year in the apple pie baking contest was 18-year-old Kymberly Henderson, a student at Hedgesville High School and a first-time entrant. Her grand champion pie sold for $110 when bidding came to a close.
"It's amazing. I didn't realize I was entering against the whole county," Henderson said.
Following the apple pie auction, it was time to announce the winners of the 2012 Baby Apple Seed contest. The contest is open to boys and girls between the ages of one week and 36 months. The contest is a fundraiser for the festival, with each vote costing one cent. The boy and girl with the most votes are named Tiny Miss Apple Seed and Little Mr. Baby Apple Seed.
The winners received a trophy, sash, a $100 cash prize and will ride with their parents in the festival's 2013 parade. With the voting at an end, 17-month-old Madaylnn Knight, of Hedgesville, was named Tiny Miss Apple Seed and 13-month-old Xander Hite, of Inwood, was crowed Little Mr. Baby Apple Seed.
"I'm very grateful, I'm very happy and excited," Vickie Knight, Madaylnn's mother, said.
Jamie Hite, Xander's mother, said it was amazing for her to see her son named Little Mr. Baby Apple Seed.
"It's wonderful. He definitely deserves it, every bit of it. He's a wild one, but he's got a great personality. He's usually always happy except for today because he didn't have his nap, but he's a great little guy," Hite said.
Xander's grandfather, Jim Hite, was also on hand to celebrate the moment.
"It's awesome. It's awesome. He's the best thing that ever happened to me. He's my boy," he said.
Sunday also featured the annual Hollis-Lowman Apple Peeling Contest. The contest saw entrants in two separate categories test their skill at peeling an apple with the winner being able to peel the longest unbroken apple peel.
Mary Weakley, of Martinsburg, won first place in the general category with a peel measuring four feet and four inches. Previous contest winners also squared off in the previous winners category, during which expert apple peelers took their chance to shine. The winner this year was Lorraine Evans, whose winning peel measured 11 feet and 10 inches.
"I have a large family, and I just peeled a lot of them. Mother had us working when we were younger, so I think that's what it is - and potatoes. We peeled a lot of potatoes," Davis said of her secret to doing so well.
Meanwhile, kids of all ages entered this year's apple eating contest for a chance to win cash prizes, trophies and ribbons. The winners of the contest were those who could eat a whole apple the fastest in less than two minutes.
In the senior division, 22-year-old Calvert Thomas, a Valley Forge Military Academy and College cadet, took first place after taking only seconds to devour his apple. The cadets were at the festival to escort Queen Pomona XXXIII Alivia Lauren Ayers and her court
"This is my very first time. It was a tough competition I had from the challengers out there. They were pretty tough. I just decided to give it my all the Valley Forge way," Thomas said.
In the junior division, 6-year-old Conner Chancey, of Inwood, took home the first-place trophy. Another apple eating contest featuring members of Martinsburg High School's Good Times Show Choir saw 15-year-old Nick Clark take home a first-place trophy. Clark, in Babe Ruth-like fashion, predicted his win before contestants even began to chow down.
"It actually feels really good. It was kind of a sudden thing to join the competition, but as you can see I won my golden apple and trophy and it's going on my shelf in my room. I just held my nose and kept biting and eating," Clark said.
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IT REALLY TOOK temerity to accept this assignment to discuss the public's concern for professional competence. I even looked up the word "temerity" in the dictionary. "Unreasonable contempt of danger" is the way Webster defines it— "flagrant boldness."
Then my mental vertigo leveled off and my perspective righted itself. I am a member of that public which has a right to be concerned with the professional competence of its physicians. In fact, the public's concern with the treatment of illness dates back as far as the written record.
The ancient Greek historian, Herodotus, in relating the plight of the sick in ancient Babylonia, wrote: "They have no physicians, but when a man is ill, they lay him in the public square, and the passers-by come up to him, and if they have ever had his disease themselves, or have known anyone who has suffered from it, they give him advice,
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