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Systematic Empirical vs. Test-guided Anti-TB Treatment Impact in Severely Immunosuppressed HIV-infected Adults Initiating ART With CD4 Cell Counts <100/mm3 (STATIS)
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In countries with a high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence, TB and invasive bacterial infections are leading causes of early death in patients who initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) with advanced immunodeficiency.
We hypothesize that a systematic 6-month empirical TB treatment initiated 2 weeks before the introduction of ART in HIV-infected adults with severe immunosuppression (CD4<100/mm3) and no overt evidence of TB will reduce the risk of death and invasive bacterial infections. This strategy will be compared to one of extensive TB testing using point-of-care tests (Xpert MTB/RIF® and urine lipoarabinomanan LAM) and chest X-ray to identify and treat only patients with at least one positive test suggestive of TB.
|HIV-1 Infection
|Device: Xpert MTB/RIF®, Determine TB LAM, Chest X-ray Drug: ART (Atripla, Truvada, Efavirenz, Combivir) Drug: Rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Systematic Empirical vs. Test-guided Anti-tuberculosis Treatment Impact in Severely Immunosuppressed HIV-infected Adults Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy With CD4 Cell Counts <100/mm3: the STATIS Randomized Controlled Trial
- All-cause mortality and incidence of invasive bacterial infections [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]The primary endpoint is the composite of (i) 24-week all-cause mortality and (ii) 24-week incidence of invasive bacterial infections
- Incidence of confirmed/probable/possible TB [ Time Frame: 24 Weeks and 48 weeks ]
- Incidence of grade 3 or 4 adverse events [ Time Frame: 24 Weeks and 48 weeks ]
- Incidence of TB-associated IRIS [ Time Frame: 24 Weeks and 48 Weeks ]
- Incidence of AIDS-defining diseases other than TB [ Time Frame: 24 Weeks and 48 Weeks ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Actual Study Start Date:
|September 2014
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2018
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|November 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Xpert MTB/RIF®, Determine TB LAM, Chest X-ray
Arm1 Extensive TB screening:
In this arm, point-of-care tests for TB will be used at randomization (in all patients) and at each scheduled or unscheduled follow-up visit (in patients with signs or symptoms suggestive of TB and no clear alternative diagnosis); TB treatment will only be prescribed to patients with a diagnosis of TB
Device: Xpert MTB/RIF®, Determine TB LAM, Chest X-ray
Drug: ART (Atripla, Truvada, Efavirenz, Combivir)
The following point-of-care TB tests will be systematically performed:
Xpert MTB/RIF® on sputum (in all patients able to provide sputum; no sputum induction will be requested in others), Urine LAM (all patients). Depending on clinical presentation, Xpert MTB/RIF® will also be performed on any relevant extra-pulmonary specimen.
TB treatment will depend on the result of the tests:
Criteria met for confirmed or probable TB : TB treatment will be initiated immediately (Visit 1) followed by ART initiation 2 weeks later (Visit 2); No evidence of confirmed or probable TB: ART will be started immediately (Visit 1).
Other Name: ARTDrug: Rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol
Arm 1: Only patients who meet standardized criteria for TB at inclusion or during follow-up will receive a standard TB treatment (2ERHZ/4RH); Arm 2: • All patients will start a 6-month standard TB treatment (2ERHZ/4RH) at randomization
Other Name: Systematic Empiric treatment
Experimental: Rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol
Arm 2: Systematic Empiric treatment (Rifampicin,isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol) ART
In this arm, all patients will start a systematic 6-month TB treatment at randomization. TB screening tests will not systematically be used neither at randomization nor while patients are on TB treatment.
Drug: ART (Atripla, Truvada, Efavirenz, Combivir)
Other Name: ARTDrug: Rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol
Arm 1: Only patients who meet standardized criteria for TB at inclusion or during follow-up will receive a standard TB treatment (2ERHZ/4RH); Arm 2: • All patients will start a 6-month standard TB treatment (2ERHZ/4RH) at randomization
Other Name: Systematic Empiric treatment
Detailed Description:
Settings: Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Vietnam. Design: Multicentre, two-arm, unblinded randomized controlled superiority trial.
Objective: To compare the 24-week risk of death and occurrence of invasive bacterial infection between two experimental strategies in HIV-1 infected adults who start ART with a CD4 count <100/mm3: (i) continuous extensive TB screening during follow-up each time the patient present with symptoms, versus (ii) systematic empirical TB treatment started 2 weeks before ART initiation.
Trial strategies:
At inclusion, participants will be randomized 1:1 in two strategies of TB testing and treatment: extensive TB screening, or systematic empirical TB treatment.
Extensive TB screening (arm 1): In this arm:
- TB screening point-of-care tests (Xpert MTB/RIF®, urine LAM) and chest X-ray will be used extensively at randomisation (in all patients) and during follow-up (in patients with signs or symptoms suggestive of TB);
- Only patients who meet standardized criteria for TB at inclusion or during follow-up will receive a standard TB treatment (2ERHZ/4RH);
- ART (tenofovir(TDF)-lamivudine (3TC)/emtricitabine(FTC) or zidovudine (AZT)-lamivudine+ efavirenz) will be started immediately after randomization in patients not put on TB treatment, and 2 weeks after initiation of TB treatment in others.
Systematic empirical TB treatment (arm 2): In this arm:
- TB screening point-of-care tests will not be used;
- All patients will start a 6-month standard TB treatment (2ERHZ/4RH) at randomization; ART (tenofovir-lamivudine/emtricitabine or zidovudine-lamivudine+ efavirenz) will be started 2 weeks after TB treatment initiation.
Both strategies will apply to the first 24 weeks in the trial (intervention period).
From week-24 to week-48, the choice of TB tests and the prescription of TB treatment will be left upon the decision of the investigator in both trial arms.
Inclusion time: 24 months. Follow-up: each patient will be followed 48 weeks. Statistical analysis: the primary analysis will be intention to treat. It will compare the 24-week probability of death or invasive bacterial infection between arms.
Sample size: 1050 participants. This will allow demonstration of a 40% reduction in the 24-week probability of death or invasive bacterial infection in arm 2, compared to arm 1 (α 5%; 1-β 80%).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥18 years;
- HIV-1 infection as documented at any time prior to trial entry, as per national testing procedures;
- CD4 <100 cells/mm3;
- No history of antiretroviral drug use (except transient ART for PMTCT);
- Able to correctly understand the trial and to sign the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV-2 co-infection;
- Contra-indication to efavirenz;
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >5 times the upper limit of normal;
- Creatinine clearance <50 ml/min;
- Overt evidence that TB treatment should be started immediately;
- History of TB treatment in the past 5 years;
- Ongoing TB chemoprophylaxis (isoniazid preventive therapy);
- Any condition that would lead to differ ART initiation (e.g. acute condition requiring investigations and/or treatment prior to ART initiation);
- Current pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02057796
|Sihanouk Hospital Center of Hope
|Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2318
|Côte D'Ivoire
|CePReF Centre de Prise en charge de Recherche et de Formation
|Abidjan, Yopougon, Côte D'Ivoire, 1954
|ISS ImmunoSuppression Service
|Mbarara, Uganda, 1956
|Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital
|Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
|Principal Investigator:
|François-Xavier Blanc, MD, PhD
|Université de Nantes, Institut du thorax, CHU Nantes, France
|Principal Investigator:
|Kouao Médard Serge Domoua, MD
|Service de Pneumologie, CHU de Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
|Responsible Party:
|French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT02057796 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 5, 2014
|Last Updated:
|July 10, 2017
Keywords provided by French National Institute for Health and Medical Research-French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS):
Systematic empiric TB treatment
TB diagnosis
Xpert MTB/RIF®
Urine LAM
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Efavirenz, Emtricitabine, Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Drug Combination
Lamivudine, zidovudine drug combination
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Antitubercular Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Leprostatic Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inducers
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers
Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Hypolipidemic Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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An older power pole was knocked down by a vehicle about 8:20 a.m. Thursday, cutting power to a portion of Langley City.
The driver of the vehicle left the scene, despite live wires hanging down as a result of the crash.
Power was out at most businesses and residences between 201A and 203 Streets and 56 Avenue and Fraser Highway. BC Hydro and Telus crews were on the scene quickly to begin work on restoration of service, but wires were hanging down near the Penny Pincher store on 56 Avenue and across the back alley. Langley City fire department was on scene quickly to keep vehicles and pedestrians away from the live wires.
The pole will need to be replaced before power can be fully restored.
The Times is among the businesses affected. The newspaper's office at 20258 Fraser Highway has no electricity service, although the phones are working.
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Ben wrote:Greetings Sanjay,
It appears that you are a practitioner of vipassana meditation.
When we sit to do vipassana meditation its mental training. It might be worthwhile bringing to bear the skills and learnings you develop in sitting practice in daily life.
Intense craving and lust is something that we all contend with by either giving in to it, developing aversion towards it (or the situation where we cannot satisfy it), or doing something differently such as observing the phenomenology of craving with complete objectivity. When craving arises, it is accompanied by mental processes, thoughts, images, and sensations. Perhaps take a moment to turn your eyes inwards and observe the sensations, their rising and falling.
In the meantime, you might also consider that the women that you are lusting after are somebody's wives, daughters. Perhaps, if you can begin to think of other women as your sisters - it may help.
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Ben wrote:It takes time, Sanjay.
The important thing is to keep applying the effort.
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chownah wrote:Sanjay PS,
Just to be clear, are you saying that you become sexually aroused so frequently that it is disruptive of your life?
Is this the root of the problem?
chownah wrote:Sunjay PS,
Sounds like your problem is not just that you are sexually aroused often but rather that you seek out sexual arousal often. Is that right?
chownah wrote:Sanjay PS,
It looks like you have managed to swim across and I hope that you will help other in swimming across by sharing here what has transpired.
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These two ashtrays promote the same product, but are of different variations. The one of the right states "Gibbons Is Good", which probably dates from the 60s. "Is good" was their slogan then, and the commercials featured Senor Wences doing the ads. These were really well done ads, and hopefully the TV ones exist somewhere. I know that the radio ones have been saved.
The one one the left features Gibbons' older slogan, which may have spanned from the 30s til 60s. These had a really catchy jingle too, which thankfully, have been preserved.
Both are made of thick gauge steel, and both are mint condition, as are the other 6 that I acquired within this lot. Both are about 4 13/16 inches at their widest point, or about 12.3Cm.
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|June 6, 1999, 11:48 PM
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Harley, DC suggested that I post this over here,
Hi guys, I need some help for a lady over on one of the collecting boards, she posted the following:
"My father brought home a handgun when he returned from overseas after WWII. The firing pin has been removed, the only way it could be transported back to the States. My mother says it is German, however I have showed it to a few gun dealers who cannot identify it. The barrel is 7 sided; on the right side of the barrel there appears to be an R with a crown over it. On the bottom of the barrel there are some numbers 9706.13. Just below the cylinder(where the bullets go) is what looks like two crossed flags or flowers. As I said it was my father's and I have no idea what it is. It has been in a leather holster with the letters US stamped on the side.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Any help for the lady would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
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|June 7, 1999, 02:26 AM
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John, it looks to me to be a British made weapon. I think it could be a Webley, possibly a .455. I'm not an expert, just happen to have fired a few Webley's.
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John Hunter:
My records indicate that this is a British Bulldog design, six shot. It was made for export to Austria Hungary, where revolvers with short barrels were prohibited. The long barrel complied with the law but the sight was placed back from the muzzle so that part of the barrel could be cut away once the gun had been delivered.
This model falls into a catagory identified as a Constabulary type revoler. The proof marking R over crown is British. It does have the appearance of a Webley, however, I cannot locate that specific model in my Webley information.
The British Bulldog Patterns became a major class of pocket personal defense revolver. Its proto-type is generally believed to have been the Webley. This pattern was introduced in 1878-79 and made until the beginning of WWI. Calibers included .320, .380, .442, and .455 and .450. The genesis of the gun may be seen in the Royal Irish Constabulary, (RIC) Webely of 1867, or possibly in the gargantuan. 577 of the same era.
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|June 7, 1999, 03:10 PM
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Harley & blades67,
Thank you very much! I have copied the information and passed it on to Annie. I know she will be thrilled since local gunshops could not help her. You guys are the greatest! Thanks again.
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Champlain's Map, Phippsburg and Georgetown, ca. 1605Item 61122 info
Maine State Museum
Research and descriptions by Maine's First Ship students from Morse High School
Samuel de Champlain, an explorer and master cartographer from France, explored the Kennebec with a group of men in 1605. The map he drew shows the areas of Phippsburg and Georgetown at the mouth of the Kennebec River.
He and his men were the first Europeans to set foot on the Kennebec. Champlain made a very detailed map of the "Quinibequy" (Kennebec) because he thought that the area would be suitable for colonization.
Sabino Head, the location of Fort St. George, which was built by the first English colonists in 1607, is just below the "E" on this map.
Post fragment, Popham Colony, ca. 1607Item 61121 info
Maine State Museum
The largest pieces of preserved wood from the 1607 Popham Colony were the bottoms of the posts that supported the structures the colonists built.
The top of the stubs were often charred by fire that destroyed the buildings.
Enough of some posts remain to determine that they had been hewn to a roughly square or rectangular cross section. The bottoms were sawn flat.
The posts from the sidewalls of the storehouse were pitch pine. A ridgepole post from the north gable end was spruce.
Recreated bellarmine jug, Popham Colony, ca. 1600Item 55345 info
Maine State Museum
A bellarmine was a type of jug that the used for shipping, storage, and serving before glass bottles were made available in the 17th century. They were usually gray. The outer surface, and sometimes the inner surface, was salt-glazed. Molded medallions were put on the body, and human faces were put on the necks.
There were 213 shards of bellarmine found at the Popham colony. The majority of the shards (63 percent) were found at the vice admiral's house, 13 percent at the admiral's house, 11 percent at the buttery, 6 percent at the storehouse, and 7 percent elsewhere. Some shards that were found together were placed on a modern reproduction of a bellarmine.
Some shards found at the Popham Colony were pieced together to form this jug.
Cabasset cheek piece from Popham Colony, Phippsburg, ca. 1607-1608Item 55347 info
Maine State Museum
Ninety five percent of the fragments of iron or steel found at the Popham Colony were identified as armor. A helmet cheek piece was found along with a buckle that was most likely part of a military harness.
Most of the pieces of armor were found on the storehouse floor, mostly in the south-eastern corner. Ten pieces were found at the Admiral's house, 15 were in the vicinity of the vice admiral's house.
Only one piece was found in the buttery, which is a closely guarded building used for storage for the butts or casks of spiritous liquors.
Bouteille Glass Bottle, Popham Colony, ca. 1607Item 55348 info
Maine State Museum
A nearly complete, but fragmentary bottle was recovered from one of the buttery postholes from the Popham Colony. This bottle has been reconstructed from the fragments.
It has a distinctive blue-green color and was flattened so that it has an oval cross section. The neck is not ribbed and the rim is unfinished, which means it was left the same way that it was when it was cut off the pontil.
Although the neck was 2 mm thick, the body of the bottle was only 1 mm thick. It was likely that such a delicate bottle was covered and protected by a wicker covering.
Fragments of wicker have been found with pieces of what appear to be very similar bottles at a 17th century site in France.
Caulking Iron, Popham Colony, ca. 1607Item 55349 info
Maine State Museum
A small caulking iron was found on the floor of the storehouse at the Popham Colony.
Caulking irons were used to put caulking between the planks of a ship in order to make it water tight. This is the most tangible evidence of the pinnace, Virginia, which was built at the Popham Colony.
The caulking iron is badly rusted, but kept enough of its shape so it would be recognizable. It is 13 cm. long and 5 cm wide.
Clay Tobacco Pipe, Popham Colony, ca. 1607Item 61116 info
Maine State Museum
There were 743 fragments of clay tobacco pipes found at the Popham site in Phippsburg. Of the 743 fragments, 256 of them date to the 17th century. The rest of them are from the 18th and 19th centuries.
All but three of the pipes were made in Europe out of kaolin clay. The other three post-date Fort St. George and are an entirely different type.
Roves, Popham Colony, ca. 1607Item 61117 info
Maine State Museum
Roves were metal pieces used like washers. They were used in shipbuilding and together with the caulking iron are reminders of the success of the Popham Colony in construction of the pinnace, Virginia.
They were commonly found in the central part of the Popham Colony's storehouse.
Shilling coin, Popham Colony, ca. 1607Item 55350 info
Maine State Museum
This silver shilling was minted between 1592 and 1595 in England and shows Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth. It was found at the 1607 Popham Colony site in what is today Phippsburg during a June 2010 excavation. The shilling may be the second oldest coin ever found in Maine.
On the reverse is a bead circle and a plain square with the top shield quartered with the arms of France and England, over a long cross with: Posvi de adivtorem mev (translation: I have made God my helper).


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VIDALIA, Ga. — A number of Vidalia onion growers and shippers have new staff, packaging and other news for the 2013 vidalia season.
Keystone promotes Sugar Sweet brand
Anticipating promotable volumes of Sugar Sweet-brand Vidalia onions, Keystone Fruit Marketing Inc., Greencastle, Pa., staff has designed customized promotions for retail partners.
Keystone is the exclusive sales agent for Cowart Farms, Lyons, Ga., which has about 600 acres of Vidalia onions this year.
Marty Kamer, Keystone partner and sales manager, said more favorable growing conditions this spring, compared to 2012, has him "cautiously optimistic."
He said Keystone is emphasizing the flavor and nutritional aspects of Vidalia sweet onions with a multi-dimensional approach that includes in-store cooking demonstrations by Keystone's corporate chef Dave Munson, special signage, bulk bins and a full line of pack sizes and styles.
Curry & Co. suggests three Vidalia phases
A new design featuring the Curry & Co. red barn logo is on boxes, bags and bins this season for Vidalia onions from Sweet Vidalia Farms LLC, Collins, Ga.
Matt Curry, president of Brooks, Ore.-based Curry & Co., said a multi-tiered marketing plan is in place for retailers carrying the Vidalia onions.
"Vidalia sweet onions are extremely popular in Georgia and the Southeast, so our Southeast plan is to focus on local and regional promotions during the length of the season," Curry said.
The first phase emphasizes the beginning of Vidalia onion season. The second phase, when the season is in full swing, encourages consumers to buy Vidalia onions at their peak.
The third phase, at the end of the season, helps retailers remind consumers to buy Vidalias while they can.
"On a national scale, we focus on the seasonality and excitement that retailers can create with Vidalias," Curry said.
Gerrald rebrands, redesigns logo
Vidalia onion grower Terry Gerrald has a new name and new logo for his operation for the 2013 season.
Now operating as Gerrald's Vidalia Sweets Inc., the Statesboro, Ga.-based grower said one reason he removed the word "onions" from the company name and brand logo was so they would more accurately represent what he does.
In addition to growing Vidalia onions, Gerrald said, he grows watermelons.
Utah Onions Inc., Syracuse, Utah, has an interest in his crop and is marketing Gerrald's onions, he said.
Hendrix Produce hires sales director
Johnny White is the new director of sales at Hendrix Produce Inc., Metter Ga.
Kevin Hendrix, vice president, said the position is a new one, created because of the company's growing business.
White joined the full-time staff of about 10 people in the Hendrix Produce office in October. He previously worked at Bland Farms, Glennville, Ga.
Hendrix said he and his father, R.T. Hendrix, who is president of the company, have about 800 acres of Vidalia onions this season.
Plantation Sweets upgrades equipment
For 25 years, Ronny Collins has been selling his Vidalia onions under the Plantation Sweets brand.
Operating out of a modern packinghouse less than 50 yards from the house where he was born and raised, Collins continuously upgrades equipment and growing practices as new innovations become proven practices, said Tina Collins, Ronny's wife and sales director for Plantation Sweets.
In preparation for this season, the couple has installed a new weighing machine on the packing line.
Ray Farms invests in more cooler space
With the addition of new cooler space for this season, Ray Farms Inc., Glennville, Ga., can now hold 80,000 bushels of Vidalia onions in temperature controlled storage.
Danny Ray, president and co-owner, said the new space increased the farm's storage space by 20,000 bushels.
He and his brother Gary Ray, co-owner of Ray Farms, have about 350 acres of Vidalia onions this season. About 12 acres are organic.
As of late March, the onions had good sizing and were on their way to excellent yields, Ray said.
By staff writer Coral Beach


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Bonderman knows he can pitch in the Majors again
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Jeremy Bonderman showed big league stuff in his fourth spring appearance Friday, lasting four innings and allowing just two runs on five hits and no walks. Nine of his 12 outs were ground balls, with two strikeouts and a fly to right.
"I was just trying to stay down, use the bottom part of the zone and make them swing the bat," Bonderman said. "I only really made one mistake on that double, but I'll take it."
The double came in the second frame and was the source of the only damage against Bonderman. Following a leadoff bloop single to right from Vernon Wells, Chris Iannetta laced a run-scoring double into the left-center gap, then advanced on a sacrifice and scored on a grounder to third. Bonderman allowed a one-out single in each of his remaining two innings, but induced inning-ending double plays both times.
The 32-year-old right-hander is bidding for a spot in the back end of the Mariners rotation, and is pitching for the first time since 2010. Bonderman had Tommy John surgery last April, and posted a 9.00 ERA in six Cactus League innings entering his start Friday.
"I've gotten better every outing, so I'll keep working, trying to get quick outs and get in and out," Bonderman said. "I feel good. I don't hurt at all, I'm not sore, so there's no reason to doubt my arm as of right now. If it stays the same way, I'll be good."
Bonderman is competing with returning Mariners Erasmo Ramirez (1-3, 3.36 ERA in 16 appearances -- including eight starts -- in 2012), Blake Beavan (11-11, 4.43 in 26 starts) and Jon Garland, who is trying to come back from 2011 shoulder surgery.
"There's some good guys," Bonderman conceded. "If I don't make the team, I don't make the team. It's part of the business. I proved to myself I can pitch again in the big leagues. If it ain't here, it'll be somewhere, hopefully. If not, I'll be at home."
His enviable ground-ball ratio resulted from a good mix of breaking balls, giving Bonderman confidence that his stuff is where he wants it three weeks into the Cactus League season.
"My breaking ball's gotten a lot sharper, a lot better," he said. "Location's gotten better. Overall it's getting the feel back and making adjustments on the fly. I threw four or five splits, a bunch of breaking balls, four-seam, two-seam, running it, moving it around and trying to keep them off balance a bit."
He has eight years of big league experience, all with the Tigers, and he was 1-0 with a 3.10 ERA in three postseason starts in 2006, but Bonderman knows he can't make the club on his resume. The veteran has been careful to balance the exploratory work that is important to address during Spring Training along with the need to show the Mariners that he can contribute to the rotation.
"I threw a split to a righty -- I've never done that," Bonderman said. "I'm still taking the opportunity to try stuff and work on stuff. But also I need results. It's not like when you're on a team for sure and you can go out there and really work on stuff. I'm trying to work on stuff and get results. It's working out so far."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. Owen Perkins is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I still don't want to eat there myself (still too much religion) - any thoughts?
(CNN) -- Chick-fil-A restaurants' philanthropic WinShape Foundation no longer funds the most controversial and politically charged anti-same-sex-marriage groups and has not since 2011, according to Campus Pride, a leading national LGBT campus organization.
Campus Pride issued a statement Monday claiming that Chick-fil-A gave the organization's executive director, Shane Windmeyer, access to WinShape's 2011 "990" tax documents.
He said they show that the nearly $6 million in outside grant funding "focuses on youth, education, marriage enrichment and local communities" and that in the list of the foundation's beneficiaries, "the most divisive, anti-LGBT groups are no longer listed." Among those groups were the Family Research Council, Eagle Forum and Exodus International.
Windmeyer acknowledged that WinShape continues to fund groups that don't condone same-sex marriage based on biblical beliefs but says these groups, such as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, don't operate with the same hard-nosed political agenda the other groups are known for.
Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy sparked controversy last July when he weighed in on same-sex marriage, telling The Baptist Press, "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit."
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I don't, and still won't, eat there. They are still promoting and funding programs based on biblical principles, and I want none of my money going toward such causes. Period!
Chick-fil-A would not only have to radically redefine itself in terms of its policies but affirmatively disavow those previous (and current) practices which brought the untoward attention onto it in the first place before I would remotely consider patronizing one of its establishments.
Meantime, if I want a chicken sandwich, Wendy's works well enough for me.
Funny you mention Wendy's. Years ago I wrote a letter to Dave Thomas (Wendy's founder) after Wendy's decided to pull their advertising from the episode of the "Ellen" (DeGeneres) sit-com when she came out as a lesbian. This was the mid-1990's. I scolded them and told them I would never eat there again. My personal boycott lasted for quite a few years, but I finally gave into temptation because I really do like their burgers.
For me it's moot. They don't have Chick-poop-A in this area, and I am vegetarian. Not exactly their demographic. Somewhere last week I read they actually are continuing to support antigay causes. If I find that again I'll post it.
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'"But you're still hopeful. Right up to the night before the trade deadline my agent (Larry Kelly) said 'I think we're going to get a offer.' I was hopeful until the morning of the trade deadline. Obviously that wasn't to be. No I didn't want to go. I wanted to stay there. But that's what happens in hockey. You have to move on from it. But for me, (Buffalo) was kind of where I grew up and developed as a player and there was a lot of good times there, especially lately."'
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Graduate Education Conference 2008
The Status and Future of Graduate Education in Physics
January 31 – February 2, 2008
American Center for Physics
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This conference addressed the status and future of graduate education in physics. Participants included department chairs and directors of graduate studies from large and small physics departments in the nation, as well as members of the physics community from industry, funding agencies and professional societies.
Keynote speakers included Ken Heller, Past President of AAPT; and Renee Diehl, co-author of the APS/AAPT Joint Report on Graduate Education in Physics.
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Departments were encouraged to share their experiences in the form of posters, and to participate in panel sessions and discussions with colleagues.
Conference Findings
Graduate Education in Physics: Which Way Forward?
Reporting the status and future of graduate physics education with recommendations.
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Matheny gives Molina, Kozma night off in KC
KANSAS CITY -- Catcher Yadier Molina and shortstop Pete Kozma have been playing regularly and hard for the Cardinals, and manager Mike Matheny decided Tuesday was the right time to give both players a night off.
Tony Cruz was in the lineup at catcher, and Daniel Descalso played shortstop, with Matt Carpenter slotting in at second base. Molina started 48 of the first 50 games behind the plate, and Kozma started 47 at shortstop.
Molina's rest came one day after a season-high four RBI performance in Monday's 6-3 win against the Royals.
"[Molina] won't shut it down all together because he knows anything can happen," Matheny said.
The Cardinals don't have another off-day until June 10.
Robert Falkoff is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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My daughter just turned 13 and has been seeing an orthodontist for several years to monitor when and if she needed braces. To me her teeth look straight, but her xrays tell different. She has her eye tooth coming in at the roof of her mouth. He wants to put braces on her, bring the eye tooth down and extract two teeth (one on each side) to make room. Is this radical or should I let him do this? Should I seek a second opinion? What about a palatal expander?
My advise is that if possible he should test the movement of the unerupted tooth. Then, if extractions are needed to proceed. There are other reasons to extract; mainly to balance the bite with the lower arch. A second opinion never hurts, but since you did not mention your daughter's age, I can't comment on a palatal expander. I hope this helps.
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Sariputta, if someone gives up this body and seizes another, I say it is a fault.
In the bhikkhu that fault is not apparent. Bhikkhu Channa took his life faultlessly.
The above article wrote:The reason for this is that Channa's suicide was-- in all significant respects-- the suicide of an unenlightened person.
Friend Sāriputta, it is not that I have no suitable food and medicine or no proper attendant. But rather, friend Sāriputta, the Teacher has long been worshipped by me with love, not without love; for it is proper for the discipline to worship the Teacher with love, not without love. Friend Sāriputta, remember this: the bhikkhu Channa will use the knife blamelessly."
Then the venerable Sāriputta went to the Blessed One, and after paying homage to him, he sat down at one side and said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, the venerable Channa has used the knife. What is his destination, what is his future course?"
"Sāriputta, didn't the bhikkhu Channa declare to you his blamelessness?"
"Venerable sir, there is a Vajjian village called Pubbajira. There the venerable Channa had friendly families, intimate families, approachable families [as his supporters]."
"Indeed, Sāriputta, the bhikkhu Channa had friendly families, intimate families, approachable families [as his supporters]; but I do not say that to this extent he was blameworthy. Sāriputta, when one lays down this body and takes up a new body, then I say one is blameworthy. This did not happen in the case of the bhikkhu Channa; the bhikkhu Channa used the knife blamelessly."
cooran wrote:By comparison, Theravāda sources are a model of consistency in their refusal to countenance the intentional destruction of life.
cooran wrote:Third, the commentarial tradition finds the idea that an Arhat would take his own life in the way Channa did completely unacceptable.
cooran wrote:Fourth, there is a logical point which, although somewhat obvious, seems to have been overlooked in previous discussions. If we assume, along with the commentary and secondary literature, that Channa was not an Arhat prior to his suicide attempt, then to extrapolate a rule from this case such that suicide is permissible for Arhats is fallacious. The reason for this is that Channa's suicide was-- in all significant respects-- the suicide of an unenlightened person. The motivation, deliberation and intention which preceded his suicide-- everything down to the act of picking up the razor-- all this was done by an unenlightened person. Channa's suicide thus cannot be taken as setting a precedent for Arhats for the simple reason that he was not one himself until after he had performed the suicidal act.
Bhikkhu Channa took his life faultlessly.
cooran wrote:Fifth and finally, suicide is repeatedly condemned in canonical and non-canonical sources and goes directly "against the stream" of Buddhist moral teachings. A number of reasons why suicide is wrong are found in the sources[55] but no single underlying objection to suicide is articulated.
Suicide commited by an arahant is not an act of violence. Since actually and in truth a living arahant is not to be found, it cannot be said that suicide of an arahant is an act against someone nor against noone nor both nor not both. It's just giving up a body. If an unenlightened being commits suicide it is an act of violence.1) It is an act of violence and thus contrary to the principle of ahi.msaa.
The first precept is: "I undertake the precept to refrain from destroying living creatures." An arahant is not a living creature. A living arahant is not even to be found.2) It is against the First Precept.
Same problem. I think it says: "Should any bhikkhu intentionally deprive a human being of life..." First, when it comes to the action of an arahant we cannot talk about "intentions". Second, ultimately we cannot say an arahant is a being.3) It is contrary to the third paaraajika (Cf. Miln. 195).
cooran wrote:This is not an easy thing to do, and Schopenhauer was not altogether wrong in his statement that the moral arguments against suicide "lie very deep and are not touched by ordinary ethics."[56] Earlier I suggested that the "roots of evil" critique of suicide-- that suicide was wrong because of the presence of desire or aversion-- was unsatisfactory in that it led in the direction of subjectivism. The underlying objection to suicide, it seems to me, is to be found not in the emotional state of the agent but in some intrinsic feature of the suicidal act which renders it morally flawed. I believe, however, there is a way in which the two approaches can be reconciled. To do this we must locate the wrongness of suicide in delusion (moha) rather in the affective "roots" of desire and hatred.
cooran wrote:What Buddhism values is not death, but life. Buddhism sees death as an imperfection, a flaw in the human condition, something to be overcome rather than affirmed. Death is mentioned in the First Noble Truth as one of the most basic aspects of suffering (dukkha-dukkha).
cooran wrote:I don't believe an arahant would ever commit suicide.
retrofuturist said: I believe an arahant could "use the knife" blamelessly, without aversion or any other unwholesome mindstate prevalent, in the instance of a terminal illness or such. It would merely be a functional (kiriya), practical act, in calm equanimous response to circumstance.
Bhikkhu Bodhi quotes the commentary notes to this sutta:
"MA: He cut his throat, and just at that moment the fear of death descended on him and the sign of future rebirth appeared. Recognising that he was still an ordinary person, he was aroused and developed insight. Comprehending the formations, he attained arahantship just before he expired."
RobertK once explained: "There are several cases of monks cutting their throats and becoming arahant just before death (Vakkali and Channa for example) but the texts do not say these were ariya. It seems they were putthujjana, but had the accumulations to attain arahaantship in the short time they had left."
I don't believe an arahant would ever commit suicide."
cooran wrote:Bhikkhu Bodhi quotes the commentary notes to this sutta:
"MA: He cut his throat, and just at that moment the fear of death descended on him and the sign of future rebirth appeared. Recognising that he was still an ordinary person, he was aroused and developed insight. Comprehending the formations, he attained arahantship just before he expired."
RobertK once explained: "There are several cases of monks cutting their throats and becoming arahant just before death (Vakkali and Channa for example) but the texts do not say these were ariya. It seems they were putthujjana, but had the accumulations to attain arahaantship in the short time they had left."
I don't believe an arahant would ever commit suicide.
with metta
acinteyyo said:All there is, is in fact a body giving up it's vital functions.
"....the texts do not say these were ariya. It seems they were putthujjana, but had the accumulations to attain arahaantship in the short time they had left."
cooran wrote:What is your explanation of why an arahant would commit suicide? Why would he care to do such a thing?
cooran wrote:An arahant would just allow the kammic accumulations and latent tendencies to dissipate.
cooran wrote:This decision to kill a being (suicide) can only come from desire or aversion - there is no other reason to make a choice.
I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi at Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Then Ven. Radha went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: "'A being,' lord. 'A being,' it's said. To what extent is one said to be 'a being'?"
"Any desire, passion, delight, or craving for form, Radha: when one is caught up there, tied up there, one is said to be 'a being.'
"Any desire, passion, delight, or craving for feeling... perception... fabrications...
"Any desire, passion, delight, or craving for consciousness, Radha: when one is caught up there, tied up there, one is said to be 'a being.'
Peter Harvey translates a section of the Vinaya commentary for us which gives a set of circumstances where suicide is not considered to be a breach of the Vinaya rules. The four situations are (1) suicide, by any means, is wrong if one is ill but medicine and attendants are available (2) In the case of long and serious illness, where one�s attendants are weary and disgusted and begin to ponder euthanasia, one may stop eating and taking medicine, and thereby die without blame, contradicting Keown�s observation that this was a Jain practice from which Buddhists wished to distance themselves; (3) When a person is clearly dying but has reached the meditative state aimed at, one may stop eating, which seems to be what happened in the case of Godhika; (4) when one is so absorbed in meditation that breaking one�s concentration in order to eat would be an obstacle to awakening.
nowheat wrote:Some comments in that Other Rebirth Thread got me thinking that I don't actually know if the Buddha ever took a stand on suicide, or what implications it would have in terms of rebirth. Anyone have thoughts or citations?
I approached this subject expecting to find clear statements against suicide but, perhaps surprisingly, it is not possible, from a study of various instances in the Pali Canon, to come to any hard and fast conclusion regarding suicide. There appear to be times when suicide in that context at least does no harm, though these must surely be very rare. The ethical principles of Buddhism, however, do give us some useful guidelines and there are other indications that suicide is not an acceptable response to suffering in general. Certainly self-harm is unhelpful and a cause of future suffering, and suicide does generally involve self-harm. Taking a slightly broader look at the Pali Canon, we find that the practice of self-torture or self-harm as spiritual exercises is specifically rejected by the Buddha, as, for instance, in the Kandaraka Sutta.[40] Elsewhere the Buddha says, �one who seeks delight in suffering ... is not freed from suffering. One who does not seek delight in suffering ... is freed from suffering.�[41] Self-harm simply leads directly to suffering. Although it would seem that in principle suicide is self-harm, some of the cases cited in the Pali Canon are exceptions in that they result not in suffering, but in the complete release from all suffering!
Violence in any form is not simply a breach of the precepts in a legalistic sense; it actually increases the suffering in the world. In general any action that is based upon unskilful states of mind, such as despair and grief, leads only to more suffering. From a Buddhist point of view death is no answer to suffering since we are simply reborn and cannot, it seems, escape the ripening of our karma. Clinging to life and clinging to death being equally causes of suffering, we are presented with dilemmas. This study has hopefully shown that we cannot prejudge a situation ethically. We must weigh each case carefully, and even then we may, like Saariputta, who was �foremost in wisdom�, make a mistake.
In his seminal book, Suicide: A Study In Sociology, Durkheim suggests that one of the main causes of suicide is a failure to connect with other people:
�In this case the bond attaching man to life relaxes because that attaching him to society is itself slack. The incidents of private life that seem the direct inspiration of suicide and are considered its determining causes are in reality only incidental causes. The individual yields to the slightest shock of circumstance because the state of society has made him a ready prey to suicide.�[42]
Durkheim also discusses other causes such as mental illness, but underlying this type of suicide is a failure, in Sangharakshita�s terms, to imaginatively identify with other beings. One experiences one�s self as isolated and unloved. Objectively neither of these things is true, but subjectively the experience can be intense and seem inescapable. To overcome it one must strive to make that imaginative leap to identify with people. One must go out to people, search one�s own experience and use it to empathise with others. The Buddha gives us many clues as to how to do this:
�Having traversed all quarters with the mind,
One finds none anywhere dearer than oneself.
Likewise, each person holds himself dear;
Hence one who loves himself should not harm others.�[43]
Here then are the beginnings of empathy. In Durkheim's terminology one must strengthen, must exercise even, that bond one has with society, so that it becomes strong, flexible and robust.
One glimmer of hope comes from the close call stories of Sappadasa and Siiha. In the �positive nidana� series we see that from suffering arises faith.[44] They are very much aware of their suffering, and somehow in the midst of it they not only gain a greater perspective on it, but they also gain insight into reality itself. It is as though we can go from the depths of despair straight to insight, that in the experience of suffering insight is somehow more accessible. Sangharakshita alludes to this possibility in his Guide to the Buddhist Path in the section on the six realms of conditioned existence. In writing about the hell realms (mental suffering and despair being the psychological counterpart of the this realm) he tells us that the Buddha who appears in this realm offers the being there am.rta. �Am.rta�means �deathless�which is a synonym for Nirvaana. �It is as though there is nothing left for us to do about our suffering except to go, as it were, straight to Nirvaana. There is no other hope for us: all worldly hope has foundered.�[45]
The first of the Buddha's Noble Truths tells us that we cannot run away from pain, that it is there in everything we experience in the world. In responding to those who are contemplating suicide, or who have attempted it and lived, we face a difficult task. All the ethical case studies and all the legalistic workings out of ethical principles may well be useless in the face of extreme suffering. Telling someone who is in extreme physical or mental pain that by �taking the knife� they are breaking the precepts, or that they are only hurting themselves, would be unlikely to dissuade them. What seems important is the imaginative identification. If we are able to empathise with others then we will be more able to face our own suffering, and therefore in a better position to help others face theirs.
cooran wrote:To cut one's own throat requires a strong intention, fueled by a strong emotion.
retrofuturist wrote:cooran wrote:What is your explanation of why an arahant would commit suicide? Why would he care to do such a thing?
Persistent unpleasant sensations that showed no signs of abating (see also the quotation at the end of this post)
retrofuturist wrote:cooran wrote:An arahant would just allow the kammic accumulations and latent tendencies to dissipate.
By my understanding, an arahant has no kammic accumulations, nor latent tendencies (anusaya)
Ben wrote:For an Arahant, unpleasant vedana are not suffering. All vedana, regardless whether they are pleasant, neutral or unpleasant, are just vedana, fleeting phenomena.
Of further interest in a discussion of neutral feeling is the Abhidhammic analysis of feeling tones arising at the five physical sense doors. The Abhidhamma holds that only the sense of touch is accompanied by pain or pleasure, while feelings arising at the other four sense doors are invariably neutral. This Abhidhammic presentation offers an intruiging perspective on the contemplation of feeling, since it invites an inquiry into the degree to which an experience of delight or displeasure in regards to sight, sound, smell or taste is simply the outcome of one's own mental evaluation.
Ben wrote:Paticca samuppada has been interrupted and vedana no longer lead to tanha.
Ben wrote:Maybe not sankhara or anusaya, but definitely kamma.
retrofuturist wrote:Ben wrote:Maybe not sankhara or anusaya, but definitely kamma.
Do you mean kamma or do you mean vipaka? I would argue that neither apply to an arahant, but I'd be interested to understand what you mean specifically, since the examples you give are a result or consequence (broadly defined, not in any technical sense like vipaka which is mental only) of previous action (again, broadly defined... not in the sense of kamma because the Buddha didn't create kamma, yet Devadatta was envious of him).
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"If you use e-file with direct deposit, the IRS says it will take 21 days or less to get your refund, which is compared to a four- to six-week turnaround when you file a paper refund," Watts says. That's because when you mail a paper tax return, the IRS must enter all your information into the system manually, Watts explained, which only delays the speed of a refund. Another advantage of e-filing is accuracy. The accuracy of e-filing comes from the tax software double-checking your math and scanning for various other human errors, such as an incorrect Social Security numbers, before you hit the submit button. Federal e-filing is also free, making it foolish not to e-file, Miller says.
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Despite finding themselves 24-6 down on 42 minutes, Otley never looked out of this exciting, open SSE National League Two North game.
Their confident approach led to them getting within four points of high-flying Stourbridge before, in an attempt to snatch the win, they leaked a late try which denied them a bonus point.
Otley kicked off into a very strong wind through which full back Mark Ireland threaded a penalty on six minutes but Stourbridge replied when, on the intervention of assistant referee Debbie Innes, they were awarded a penalty 15 metres out.
They chose to scrum and drove to the line where, after numerous attempts were made to drive over, the ball was released for fly half Gary Dipple to slide over, winger James Hearn converting.
Ireland added a second penalty only for Dipple, looping round his inside centre to take a return pass, scored, followed two minutes later by winger Nathan Bressington for a 17-6 half-time lead.
This was extended at the re-start when No 6 Tatenda Mukarati finished good forward work, Hearn converting.
At last finding space, winger Karim Nazir raced to the corner but Mukarati claimed a second try to keep the home side 18 points ahead.
Turning on the style, Otley produced tries from skipper and scrum half Stephen Depledge and a second for Nazir, both converted by Ireland.
With time running out, kicking for position cost Otley when Stourbridge ran back at them, getting Bressington in at the corner and sealing the victory.


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Today will mark the warmest day of the week with highs in the upper 40s, to near 50 degrees.
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- 3 cups frozen pitted tart cherries
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- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Place cherries in a food processor; cover and process until pureed. Add remaining ingredients; cover and pulse until blended. Transfer puree to a freezer container. Freeze 1 hour or until edges begin to firm; stir. Freeze 2 hours longer or until firm.
- Just before serving, transfer to a blender food processor; cover and process 2-3 minutes or until smooth Yield: 6 servings.
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re: my earlier posts about this problem ... my T61p has the Quadro NVS 140m chipset. I want to use a video card in the dock to attach at least 2 external monitors. It suddenly dawned on me that I was actually able to make this work soon after I got the T61p, about 3 years ago. Same dock, same Nvidia GeForce 7200gs x16 video card. Using Win XP in this original configuration.
So, what changed? Well, for one, I upgraded the bios. With the "upgraded" bios and a newer add-on video card, the machine generally refuses to boot. and instead gives post error (1 long beep, followed by 2 short beeps). The OS is never started. With the older card, the OS boots but does not load the drivers. And, of course, that's the 2nd part of the problem. The T61p has recently been upgraded to Windows 7, and it's my understanding that you can't mix drivers in Win 7. If you have 2 video cards you need to move to a driver that supports both. Further, I understand that Nvidia says you can't mix Quadro and GeForce cards in the same system in the Win 7 (and Vista) environment. Nvidia has recently released its 257 driver for Win 7 which now supports a huge array of cards and chipsets, going all the way back to the 6k variety. I can confirm that with the 257 driver I am able to use both a 6200 pci card and a 9500 gs card together, in another Win 7 system.
So, to net it out ... for my T61p situation I believe I'd need to find a Quadro add-in PCIe card which can use the same driver as the built-in 140m chipset demands, and downgrade my bios to something closer to the original version.
I use a Matrox QID LP PCIe in XP. This was the card Lenovo recommended. It works perfectly. I expect it would work in Vista as well.
I got t61 14inch c2d 2ghz, 3gb ram, windows 7 32 bit prof and intel gpu, i already bought 2503 dock.with nvidia 6200le and using it together is horrible - works so slow thar saying that i got 3fps wathing a movie in bestplayer would be a lie...
Maybe i did someting wrong during instalation
Is there any site that gives a list of grafic cards that works ok on this dock with windows 7?
does any of mentioned above cards supports hdmi?
maybe it''s not worth trying spending time wih bsod's and buying of adpter dvi-hdmi will be best to have it work (i mean to use t61 gpu with avaliable resolution)?
Well, I am jumping in at the end page of this thread while searching for a laptop with a multi-monitor option, so someone may have mentioned this already. One thing I know is that changes in Vista vs. XP video driver model is likely contributing to the confusion.
Generally-speaking, when using Vista, you can only "activate" one video driver. All other adapters must be able to work through that one driver.
See the MS doc here, especially the section on the new WDDM:
Please note that the POST device, IOW the video card that gets used while posting up at boot time, will be the one that rules the roost. On laptops, this will almost inevitably be the laptop's integrated device and will likely have had a WDDM-based driver installed.
So, I guess if the T61 has an NVidia GPU, most NVidia cards should work fine in the dock wrt to Vista, since NVidia provides a unified driver that covers multiple models. Of course, if there are other non-WDDM issues, I don't know. Also, I suppose that if your secondary card can play nice with the NVidia WDDM driver, then things will seem to work on the T61.
Hope this helps.
Im interested in a docking station and have read this thread with great interest.....
I've got a T61 (7665-CH8) running the Middleton BIOS. 128MB Quadro NVS 140M. Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit.
Basically all I want is a dock on my desk permently hooked up to a pair of monitors. So when i'm at the desk I can use the monitors, without having to connect/disconnect cables, and take the T61 away for mobile use.
I was going to get the Advnced Mini Dock 2504 which has two monitor connections, Ideal for my solution.
Then I saw the the Advanced Dock 2503 with it's own PCI-E GPU solution. I like the idea of this as it takes the load of the T61 GPU.
Has anyone actually got a T61, to my spec, working sucsessfully with the 2503 dock?
Hi all.
I wanted to join the club with a T61p, a 2503 Advanced Dock and a (brand new) Sapphire Radeon HD7750 low profile.
First of all I looked on the market for the highest performance PCI-e card BUT with the lowest power requirements. This is how I came to chose a HD7750 model.
The problem is that I cannot boot using the Radeon as Primary Video. The boot fails with a 1-long + 2-short beeps - which is a video card error. At this point - I'm thinking: is it my T61p (which normally, is NOT listed to be supported by the Advanced Dock anyway, probably because it has discrete graphics?).
Booting into Windows XP using the internal FX570M card of the T61p allows me to install drivers of the 7750 but I didn't get to see any extended desktop yet (I'm one monitor short) but I'll do some more tests in the next weeks.
Could it be the T61p BIOS? I remember that I run 2.29 - it's supposed to be the latest. Could it be an electrical compatibility between pci-e 3.0 x16 of the Radeon against the x16 1.1 of the Dock?
I'm going to test my wife's R60 with the Dock in the weekend.
best regards,
I am running a T61P with intenal FX570M card in a 2503 Advanced Dock with an ATI RAdeon HD4600 series. This ran with no problems once I got the boot sorted out. You can change the primary video boot in the BIOS. So your set up is more or less identical to mine except for the video card which could be an issue. You get a bonus point for choosing a Radeon but there may be a problem running the later card. I believe the 2503 only uses X1 for its PCI-e not X16. Will your card run with X1? I think I got mine runnning origonally by booting up the T61P unconnected to the dock and then hot docking it once it had booted up. Windows then worked out what to do with the hardware.


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Yuru Yuri 2 Ep. 1
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Initial impression – moe of the same
Summer 2012 (12 episodes) (more info)
What makes a moe anime good for me is when it parodies the mundaneness of life in familiar ways that are funny, cute and/or insightful. Yuru Yuri doesn't do that. It's just a bit too imaginative with its themes and doesn't mesh with reality very much. While that's not really a true complaint per se, it detracts from the viewers' ability to relate to it. I don't know that a second season of Yuru Yuri was really necessary in the grand scheme of things. None of the characters really grow up in any way and tend to stick to what they know best and unfortunately what they know best is being just above average.
The biggest difference I can see between season one and two of Yuru Yuri is a massive growth in arrogance regarding its own worth. I suppose you could write that off as an attempt to be satirical, but I just don't get how it's any funnier than if it had just gone and explored things the way it always had done without this unnecessary shift in tone. Other moe anime like Squid Girl have a steady confidence that doesn't mess around with anything that already works. The series' episodic nature ought to keep things accessible to newcomers, but established fans of the first season probably won't be wowed by the sameness of Yuru Yuri 2.
So despite the fact that it's really neither good nor bad, what it all comes down to is that Yuru Yuri is a comedy series that really isn't all that funny. Its moments of brilliance are less frequent than those of Acchi Kocchi and shine less brightly than A-Channel. If you're hungry for moe, you can do much worse, but I'm currently withholding my seal of approval.
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Final impression – Refreshing, but not as funny as I'd hoped 7/10
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The unstoppable, capricious leader, Kyouko. The level-headed sidekick who vainly attempts to keep her in line, Yui. Their childhood friend and the girl everyone forgets about, Akari. And a new addition to the group, the hot and cold, pink twin-tailed Chinatsu. Together these four members of the Amusement Club have taken over the former Tea Club's room and turned it into a gathering place where they can goof around and just have fun. Opposing their happy days are two members of the student council. The strict tsundere Ayano and her calm, yuri sidekick, Chitose. But despite their attempts to crash the Amusement Club's party, more often than not they just end up getting sucked into the high-tempo pull of Kyouko's personality to be whisked off on another wild ride.
To be honest, I wasn't expecting Yuru Yuri to be as clever as it turned out to be when I first started watching it. With an all-female cast as is typical of moe anime, you're not going to be seeing any romance from this series. However, as type-cast as some of the characters are, they do occasionally get to show a few more facets of their personalities in delightfully comedic ways. That being said, their depth is quite shallow when compared to the growth and development of the characters of A-Channel, another recent moe anime. The music is delightfully cheerful, the tropes pleasingly nontypical and it adds up to an anime that entertains.


text: Budget cuts could take bite out of state wildlife funds By John McCoy October 13, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Something happening soon in our nation's capital will take a $760,000 bite out of West Virginia's fish, wildlife and law enforcement programs.It has a fancy name - "budget sequestration." What it amounts to is automatic, almost-across-the-board cuts to governmental spending.You've probably heard about the "fiscal cliff" the federal government faces at the end of this year. Part of the cliff comes from tax increases tied to the new health care law, and from expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. The other part of the cliff is a pile of mandatory budget cuts that go into effect if Congress fails to agree on a budget by December.Congress passed the law that required the cuts, but they left it up to the White House and executive-department bureaucrats to decide which programs to cut and which to exempt.The U.S. Office of Management and Budget detailed those cuts in a Sept. 14 report. The news wasn't good for the nation's sportsmen.Three federal programs that provide roughly $972 million a year to state fish and wildlife agencies are to be cut by 7.6 percent.Curtis Taylor, wildlife chief for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, said West Virginia receives approximately $10 million a year from those programs. That's roughly 40 percent of the DNR's budget. The projected 7.6 percent cut would slash $760,000 from West Virginia's share of the federal money."The cuts will cripple us," Taylor said. "Without that funding, some of our programs will go away, and others will be seriously curtailed - rifle ranges, trout hatcheries, hunter education, and even our Archery in the Schools program."Taylor and other agency heads are scrambling to figure out what to do. When I reached Taylor, he was in Arkansas at a meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. He said the cuts "are all everyone is talking about." "There are technical aspects to this the feds haven't even thought about. Those 'little details' are going to put a lot of state agencies in a world of hurt," he said.Two things make the cuts particularly galling. One is that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar could have exempted those programs from being cut but didn't. The other is that cutting those particular programs isn't exactly legal.By law, money raised by federal excise taxes on hunting equipment, fishing tackle and motorboat fuel is supposed to be set aside specifically for states for use in wildlife, fish and boating-safety programs."Those funds are supposed to be sacrosanct," Taylor said.Congress got around the law by sequestering the funds instead of making the cuts permanent. Under sequestration, 7.6 percent will be withheld from the states each year for 10 years. At the end of that period, the accumulated money supposedly will be returned to the agencies in a lump sum."The problem with that is those programs all require the federal money to be matched dollar-for-dollar by states. States that can't match it aren't allowed to receive it," Taylor said. "I'm darned sure [the DNR] won't have $7.6 million sitting in its accounts when those federal funds are finally released." Here's the bottom line:Those sequestered funds are your money. The federal government guaranteed that your state's fish and wildlife programs would benefit from that money. If Congress doesn't pass a budget, and if Obama administration officials keep fish and wildlife programs on the list of mandatory cuts, they've broken that guarantee.The funds can still be saved, but only if we sportsmen scream long and loud. Perhaps it's time our representatives in Washington heard from us. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Police seek car driven by woman found dead in Kanawha River 2 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 3 Teen pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 4 Man allegedly cuts father in Rand over argument about sandwich 5 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan Outdoors notes -- Oct. 14 Previous Story Birds quickly find new feeders Next Story


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The fourth annual Traffic Car Club Car Show had a major change of venue this year. The location of the show was moved from downtown Upland, California to the year old Citizens Bank Arena in neighboring Ontario, California. Built and owned by the city of Ontario, the arena is state-of-the-art in nature and was the perfect venue for a show of this size and caliber. The Lowrider community was buzzing with excitement throughout 2009, to the point that you could almost feel the anticipation in the air as the days got closer to the show date. The day of the show, over 600 vehicles were on the grounds of the arena, with many coming from out of town the day before to make sure they were well-rested for show day. Traffic hosted participants from Northern California, Las Vegas and many of the neighboring communities in and around Southern California.
Some of the clubs in attendance included Together, Down South, One Bad Creation, Oldies, Viejitos, Style, Aztec Image, Socios and Lifestyle Car Club. Lifestyle debuted former Euro of the Year Champion Ronnie Payan's drop-top Impala and Mister Cartoon's '61 hard top. The club was also the show's biggest winner, taking home Best of Show honors and Club Participation honors. Traffic made sure it had trophy classes for a wide variety of build styles and models, so it's not surprising that the trophy presentation went on for quite a while after the show ended.
The show spectators and participants were entertained throughout the day with raffles, live entertainment, and music from the deejay. Traffic raffled off various items from sponsors like Hooters, Martin Senior Paint, Denny's, Sam's Club, and Arby's. There was food and drink available at the show, and in the area surrounding the arena. All in all, the show was a huge success for both Traffic Car Club and the Lowrider community. In 2010, the show will return to the Citizens Bank Arena in November, so if you missed it in 2009, make sure that you make plans to be there for the 5th annual show.