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IDA, the company responsible for bringing Kaiyodo's Assemble Borg to the U.S., has announced the broadcast of a new full CG/HD animated feature called CAT S*** ONE. Nominated for the 9th Annual VES Awards, the bluntly titled feature is based on the war manga series written and illustrated by Motofumi Kobayashi. Think "G-Force" meets "Modern Warfare 2".
The trailer, which opens with a cool Assemble Borg promotional video, is now available for viewing (see below). The entire 22 minute episode launches February 5th on IDA's website (ida-entertainment.com) and their YouTube channel and will be free to view for two weeks. At the same time, the Cat S*** One DVD and Blu-ray will be made available for purchase.
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Really like this skater, hope he does well. A purple jacket, green shirt, and pink bowtie. Why not?
Love the different interpretation on the Mambo to Takahashi's. Very clean 3A. A step out on the 3T on the 3F+3T (was worried with the toe pick on the 3F). A completed 3Lz. His ability to project a character is fantastic, though his footwork was a bit static and the ending spin was a bit slow. However, his performance is always warm, quirky, and colorful; here, kind of The Joker doing the Mambo. He is aware of his hand and body lines, and that's rare in skating.
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Is it me, or does it seem that racism can manifest itself as an obsession with firearms?
Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing.
Isn't it strange how gun-nuts blame mass shootings on everything but guns?
How insane does someone have to be to blame mass shootings on things like contraception and same-sex marriage?
Harry Reid and the Democrats are holding us hostage, not the speaker of the house. President Obama refuses to do any spending cuts. That, along with a strong economy, is the only thing that can fix the deficit.
The answer to the fiscal cliff is simple: Fiscal bungee cords.
Jesus doesn't have a problem with semiautomatic rifles, large clips or any tool as long as they are used properly, especially when defending the defenseless. Shoot straight!
Anyone paying attention to this … (budget mess) in Washington should be frustrated whether you be a D (Democrat) or an R (Republican). When voting time comes, we should vote out all incumbents and send a message to those who are left that we, as voters, are really tired of this business as usual.
Now that Purdue has Their Man Mitch, maybe he can move their sports programs into the MAC (conference). At least they might be competitive in that league.
"Lighten up"about IU-PU rants? OK, I had heard that Purdue's football uniforms were stolen by some young boys. I thought it was nonsense until I recently saw a junior high school football team, wearing Purdue uniforms, show up in Dallas to play Oklahoma State. (Tongue in cheek.)
The 911 call center currently located in a secure (basement) environment, is now to move to the … (sixth) floor of the Rousseau Center, exposed to tornadoes, tremors and Mother Nature's elements. For what logical reasons again? At what costs and to whom?
Congress gets a pay increase? If we failed to do our jobs, we would be fired! Not given a raise! Most are already pretty wealthy compared to the average American. Plus, all retirement and health coverage perks, plus Social Security. Check out Warren Buffet's ideas to bring congress down to our level.
Deploying an armed guard at every school is not the solution. Proof: Columbine High School, April 20, 1999.
If Newtown means we have to have guns in every school, then Aurora means we have to have guns at every movie theater, Oak Creek means we have to have guns at every place of worship, Gabby Giffords' shooting means we have to have guns at every supermarket, etc., etc. Sounds like a police state to me, not "freedom."
Driving down Broadway on Dec. 31, I saw a gentleman and his guide dog gingerly making their way down the sidewalks, which of course had not been shoveled. As I kept driving, I noticed that the sidewalks at McCulloch Park hadn't been cleared. Neither had city cleared the sidewalks of the underpass by GE. Shame on all of you!
During my first winter here, I must send kudos to the (Fort Wayne) Komets, who have apparently allowed the use of their Zamboni machine on our subdivision's streets. How else could the solid ice coating remain so glass-like and treacherous?
Help me understand! Moving Gen. Wayne's statue, for what, the third time at a cost of $100,000. Keep the statue where it is and hire veterans. They are the modern heroes who are in need of a leg up. Whoever thought of this idea must be the same person(s) who thought of coating the natural (beauty) patina of the statue.
So Rep. (Marlin) Stutzman votes no against the fiscal cliff. Shows that he is willing to sacrifice the little peoples' 401ks for some principle that would take more tax money from himself. Isn't he supposed to work for our best interest?
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I've been reading the sidearm article, and my sidearm game has been improving. but sometimes the disc still flips over terribly, and I'm sure I'm doing everything right--arm close, palm up, lots of snap. But obviously I'm doing something wrong.
I've heard some words in other parts of the side about off axis torque, or something like that, which leads me to wonder more about how parallel the disc should be to the forearm--if indeed this leads to off-axis torque.
Anyway, could I get more words on the position of the disc relative to the forearm--like the equivalent information on the backhand throw? And also how this leads to problems in off-axis torque?


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Dear Members,
Abhidhamma View: Process of Death
[Presented by Dr.Tep Sastri @ SariputtaDhamma/JTN/Mult]
CMA V, p.220: The advent of death is fourfold, namely: (i) through the expiration of the life-span; (ii) through the expiration of the productive kammic force; (iii) through the simultaneous expiration of both; and (iv) through the intervention of a destructive kamma.
Death is formally defined as the cutting off of the life faculty(jiivindriya) included within the limits of a single existence. Expiration of the life-span is the kind of death that comes about for the beings in those realms of existence where the life-span is bounded by a definite limit. In the human realm too this should be understood as death in advanced old-age due to natural causes. If the productive kamma is still not exhausted when death takes place through reaching the maximum age, the kammic force can generate another rebirth on the same plane or on some higher plane, as in the case of the devas.
Death through the expiration of the productive kammic force is the kind of death that takes place when the kamma generating rebirth expends its force even though the normal life-span is not exhausted and there are otherwise favorable conditions for the prolongation of life. When both the life-span and kammic force simultaneously come to an end, this is death by the expiration of both.
Death through the intervention of a destructive kamma occurs when a powerful destructive kamma cuts off the force of the rebirth-generating kamma even before the expiration of the life-span.
The first three types of death are known as timely death(kaalamara.na), the last as untimely death(akaalamara.na). An oil lamp, for example, may be extinguished due to the exhaustion of the wick, the exhaustion of the oil, the simultaneous exhaustion of both, or some extraneous cause, like a gust of wind.
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Hi there,
Okay, so I've just got into using CSS for all of my layout of my design (migrated from horrible tables and I'm all the better for it! learning all the time).
Anyway, I've just added a "sticky" footer to my work-in-progress site and there's an annoying white gap of about 5-6 pixels which is really annoying me. I've looked right the way through my CSS and can't figure out why it's doing it.
I wouldn't mind so much if I could have the footer slammed against the left-hand side but it won't budge no matter how much margin or padding I give or take. I've also noted that the footer div is outside of the main container so really there shouldn't be a problem. Nothing is showing up in the body either to give this strange behaviour.
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Any ideas please?
add:left: 0px;
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It looks like the browser's default margin on the  element. (Most people zero out all margins and paddings with a CSS reset to avoid problems like this.)
Anyhow, try this:
body {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: "FilettoReg",Verdana,Tahoma;
font-size: 12px;
margin: 0;
Here is the reset I usually start my style sheet with:
html, body, div,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, a, blockquote, pre, code, hr, img,
form, fieldset, legend, label, textarea,
span, em, strong, sub, sup, cite,
table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
img {
border: 0;
vertical-align: bottom;
Hey Ralph. Why are you including div, a, span, etc in the reset which have no default margin or padding to begin with?
Good question. Time for a review. (Blame Eric Meyer. )
I used to have a couple of the same neglects in mine. Because Eric Meyers also has a few other things in there along with margin and padding. You remove all that baseline crapola but then forget to remove the other stuff.
Hey guys,
Thanks very much for the help and advice, it's looking good now :).Sorry for the late reply, been busy with other work.
Meyer's resets aren't resets for many of the properties -- it borders on being a CSS framework; and like most CSS frameworks it ends up being a pointless/redundant waste of code... Especially all the stating elements that inherently lack any of the values being reset unless you REALLY give a flying fig about Nyetscape 4.
It's why the 252 byte reset I use:
/* null margins and padding to give good cross-browser baseline */
table,tr,td,th,p,img {
img,fieldset {
Only hits the things I find it handy to have reset. SOMETIMES I'll add DL/DD/DT to it, but I only add to it as I actually NEED it.
The massive, monstrous pointless ones I often see used just make me shake my head -- it's not wonder people rail against reset's use given some of the garbage out there.


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Capsules of the Sunday matches at the Presidents Cup:
FOURSOMES (United States 3 1/2, International 1 1/2)
Jason Dufner and Zach Johnson, United States, def. Richard Sterne and Marc Leishman, International, 4 and 3.
The Internationals jumped out to a 2-up lead with a birdie on the sixth hole, and they missed a big opportunity to go 3 up on the par-5 seventh. Dufner set up Johnson for birdie on the par-3 eighth, and that sent them on their way. They birdied the ninth to square the match, took their first lead with a birdie on the par-5 11th and seized control when the Internationals bogeyed the 13th. Right when it looked as if none of the foursomes matches would end Saturday night, Johnson holed out from 115 yards on the 15th hole for an eagle and a 4-and-3 victory. It was the only match to finish Saturday night.
Jason Day and Graham DeLaet, International, halved with Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, United States.
The best match of the session - at least the finish. DeLaet and Day, together all week, jumped out to a 3-up lead through five holes and Mickelson had to make a big putt to keep it from getting worse. But as they have done all week, the Americans found their groove. They birdie the eighth to win their first hole, and then won the 11th and 13th holes to square the match. Bradley returned Sunday morning to make a 25-foot birdie on the 14th to go 1 up. DeLaet made a sensational putt from 20 feet for birdie to halve the 15th, and the match was square when Bradley hit into the water on the 16th. On the final hole, Mickelson was blocked by a tree when he hooked a 7-iron from 190 yards into 10 feet. DeLaet chipped in for birdie and what looked to be an International point until Bradley made the birdie on top of him to halve the match.
Webb Simpson and Brandt Snedeker, United States, def. Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, International, 1 up.
This was more of a collapse than a rally. The Springboks went out in 32 and were 3 up and the turn, and showed no sign of doing anything but giving the International team a point. But when they returned from the rain delay Sunday morning, everything changed. The South Africans missed the green and took bogey on the 13th. They came up short of the 14th green and made bogey. They hit out-of-bounds on the 15 and made double bogey, and just like that, the match was square. The Americans took their first lead when the Internationals missed the 17th green for another bogey. Oosthuizen had a 25-foot birdie putt to halve the match, but it slid by the hole.
Bill Haas and Steve Stricker, United States, def. Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama, International, 4 and 3.
Haas was truly a man of the people this week - the only player on either team with three partners during the team matches. Jordan Spieth sat out, giving Stricker a new partner, and they were lethal. Haas was putting just as well as Stricker. They fell behind when Scott set up Matsuyama for birdie on the fourth, but squared the match with a birdie on the fifth and took the lead with a birdie on the next hole. They were 3 up at the turn, and while the Internationals won the 10th hole, the Americans answered with birdies on the 12th and 14th to seize control.
Ernie Els and Brendon de Jonge, International, def. Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar, United States, 1 up.
Els and de Jonge completed a week of big opponents - they faced Stricker and Spieth, Mickelson and Bradley, and lastly Woods and Kuchar. The Internationals quickly built a 2-up lead and held it, though it was close at the end. Els and de Jonge went 2 up on the 12th, and de Jonge made an 8-foot birdie on the 14th to go 3 up. Woods and Kuchar won the 15th with an eagle, and de Jonge went into the water on the 16th as the International lead went to 1 up. Kuchar had an 8-foot birdie putt on the 17th to square the match, but he missed it. Els had to make a 4-foot par putt on the 18th for the win, and he made it. Woods and Kuchar lost for the first time all week.
SINGLES ( International 7 1/2, United States 4 1/2)
Hunter Mahan, United States, def. Hideki Matsuyama, International, 3 and 2.
Mahan twice fell behind, though not for long. Both times he answered with birdies, including a long putt on the sixth to square the match. Matsuyama bogeyed a par from a back bunker to fall behind and never caught up. The Japanese star also bogeyed No. 8, and Mahan went 3 up with a birdie at No. 10. They matched birdies on the 13th, and Mahan put him away with another birdie on the 15th.
Jason Day, International, def. Brandt Snedeker, United States, 6 and 4.
Day was drilled in singles at Royal Melbourne in his Presidents Cup debut. He made sure that wasn't the case against Snedeker. Day won the opening hole with a birdie and never trailed, taking advantage of the American's mistakes. Snedeker lost three holes with bogeys, and Day led by at least 2 up from the third hole on. The match effectively ended when Snedeker hit into the water on the 12th. On the 14th, Day made a 15-foot birdie putt when he only needed two putts for the win.
Graham DeLaet, International, def. Jordan Spieth, United States, 1 up.
In a tight match, the players halved the opening eight holes until Spieth made a birdie on No. 9 for a 1-up lead. Spieth had the lead three times, only for DeLaet to win the next hole to square the match. It turned in the Canadian's favor when Spieth missed the green badly on the 16th and DeLaet made par for his first lead. He was 1 up going to the 18th, and Spieth was in reasonable shape to get a half-point with DeLaet in the bunker. But he blasted out and into the cup, the second time Sunday he made birdie from off the 18th green.
Ernie Els, International, def. Steve Stricker, United States, 1 up.
Els found something in his putting stroke, and he put it to work against the guy reputed to be the best putter in golf. After a bogey on the opening hole, Els squared the match with a birdie on No. 3 and took the lead on Stricker's bogey at the fourth. Stricker never regained the lead, though Els never led by more than 1 up on the back nine. The Big Easy regained the 1-up advantage with a 30-foot birdie putt on the 16th. Stricker had birdie putts to tie the match on the 17th and 18th, both in the 12-foot range, and narrowly missed them both.
Jason Dufner, United States, def. Brendon de Jonge, International, 4 and 3.
De Jonge was regarded as one of the top performers for the International team. Dufner has quietly put together a good record for the Americans. Dufner birdied the first hole and never trailed. He added a birdie on No. 8 to go 2 up, another birdie on the 10th to stretch his lead to 3 up. His only mistake was a bogey on the 11th hole, but he followed that with back-to-back birdies and closed out the Zimbabwean on the 15th hole.
Adam Scott, International, def. Bill Haas, United States, 2 and 1.
Haas was the only player at this Presidents Cup to have three partners, and perhaps was the most underrated American. He gave Scott quite a battle, leading with a birdie on the fifth hole and was still only 1 down at the turn. Scott started the back nine with a birdie at No. 10 to go 2 up. Haas birdied the 12th, and the match was close until Scott reached the 15th green in two and Haas failed to match his birdie. They made pars the rest of the way.
Zach Johnson, United States, def. Branden Grace, International, 4 and 2.
Grace didn't win a match all week, and Johnson made sure it stayed that way. He birdied the third hole for a 1-up lead and led the rest of the way. Grace birdied the ninth and 11th holes to get within 1 hole. But a beautiful tee shot on the dangerous par-3 12th hole gave Johnson a short birdie putt that he made for a 2-up lead. Grace then missed a few chances at birdie, and he conceded the match when his tee shot on the 16th found the water.
Marc Leishman, International, def. Matt Kuchar, United States, 1 up.
This looked like a win for Kuchar early in the match when he birdied the second hole and Leishman hit into the water trying to reach the par-5 fifth hole in two. Leishman hung around, though, and after both made bogeys on the par-5 11th, Leishman squared the match with a birdie on No. 12. They traded birdies on the next two holes, Leishman went 1 up with a birdie on the 15th and then saved himself on the 18th. Kuchar had about 18 feet for birdie. Leishman was on the collar at the front of the green, 80 feet away. He chipped some 15 feet by the hole and onto the fringe. Kuchar missed his birdie putt, and Leishman made his par putt and won the match.
Tiger Woods, United States, def. Richard Sterne, International, 1 up.
This wasn't the marquee matchup everyone wanted at the Presidents Cup - then again, neither was Woods vs. Aaron Baddeley two years ago. It was a sloppy match, with Woods making only two birdies - on the par-5 fifth hole, and a conceded birdie on the ninth when Sterne went into the water. Sterne led for two holes on the front nine. Woods took the lead on the 12th when Sterne went into the water, and Sterne answered with a birdie on the 13th. The match was all square until Sterne went well over the 16th green and made bogey. Woods, with a 1-up lead, got up-and-down for par from behind the 17th green, and then hit the middle of the 18th green and rolled his birdie putt to within a foot. Sterne conceded the putt, and Woods won his match to give the Americans the point they needed to win the Presidents Cup.
Charl Schwartzel, International, def. Keegan Bradley, United States, 2 and 1.
Schwartzel took the lead early and took control late. Bradley was in trouble off the first tee and lost the hole. He stayed behind until Schwartzel bogeyed the eighth, and the match was all square at the turn. Bradley went ahead for the first time with a birdie at No. 10, and the match went both ways the entire back nine. Only two holes were halved on the back nine. Schwartzel caught him when Bradley made double bogey on the 14th, went ahead when the American made bogey on the 15th, and seized control when Bradley hit into the water on the 16th.
Louis Oosthuizen, International, halved with Webb Simpson, United States.
Simpson led from the opening hole and never trailed. But he also didn't win. Simpson was 2 up with five holes to play until he left a shot in the bunker on the 14th and made bogey. Simpson got up-and-down for birdie on the 15th after Oosthuizen reached the green in two to tie the hold, and they halved the 17th in bogeys. By then, the Americans had won the Presidents Cup. Simpson was up against a tree on the 18th hole and conceded the hole, ending in a halve.
Angel Cabrera, International, def. Phil Mickelson, United States, 1 up.
Put together Mickelson and Cabrera, and anything can happen. Cabrera won the par-5 fifth with a par. Mickelson won the eighth with a par to go 1 up. Both birdied the difficult par-3 12th. Mickelson looked like luck was on his side on the 14th. From the right hill side, he fired a shot through the trees and the ball struck a branch, shot to the left and into the water, but splashed out of the water onto land. He chipped to 5 feet. Cabrera had 12 feet just to make par, holed it, and then won the hole when Mickelson missed his putt. Mickelson missed a 4-foot par putt that would have won the 15th and then bogeyed the 17th. On the final hole, Mickelson was left a shot in the bunker and blasted out to 5 feet. Cabrera had about 3 feet for par. Mickelson didn't concede until he made his bogey putt - and then he picked up Cabrera's coin and smiled.


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The Walsh Jesuit ice hockey team earned a rematch with Shaker Heights after posting a convincing 9-3 victory in the third round of the Kent district tournament Feb. 22 at Kent State University Ice Arena.
With the win, the fourth-seeded Warriors (23-10-2) earned a date with top-seeded Shaker, which scored a 2-1 overtime win against Walsh in the Baron Cup, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
The Warriors led 3-1 after two periods and 7-3 after the first 30 minutes. Ben Romanski led Walsh with two goals and three assists and Dawson DiPietro had two goals and one assist. Nick Musgrave also had three assists for the Warriors.
Joel Ruane, Lucas Matson, Chris Gaul, Jack Huscroft and Todd Lambert each had one goal for Walsh. Huscroft added an assist and Jake Atkinson also had an assist.
Luke Sunde scored all three goals for the Royals (18-13) and Mark Sunde had two assists. Will Anderson and Tucker Anderson each had one assist for CVCA.
Goaltender Jamie Studer made 19 saves for the Warriors. CVCA goaltender Jonah Savitt had 46 saves. Walsh had a 55-22 shots'-on-goal advantage.


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The Weird has a DrinkMay 08, 2012
The collaborative group going by the name, The Weird, got together to paint the following wall in Vienna. Each artist painted a distinctly different character drinking at a long smokey bar, with plenty of entertaining details. Artists who participated on this wall were Oren, Cone, Nychos, Frau Isa, Rookie, and Dxtr.


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While coverage of the C7 Stingray has dominated Corvette news for much of 2013, this year also marks a number of important anniversaries for the brand. In fact, paging backwards through the Corvette history books in 10-year increments reveals a pattern of continuous innovation on the part of its designers and engineers, one that has come to define the car over its 60-year production run. Let's take a look at what each new decade brought to GM's performance and technology flagship following its introduction in 1953.
1963: As John Pfanstiehl noted in his recent article ("Timeless Beauty," Oct. '13), the original Sting Ray brought epochal advances in the areas of performance, styling, and, most importantly, critical acceptance of the marque. Indeed, the '63 Corvette is one of the few cars in GM's history that can be said to have met or exceeded all of its goals from the outset. Even more remarkable is that the car only got better over the course of its brief model run, culminating in what are widely considered to be the most beautiful and desirable Corvettes of all time, the '67 big-blocks. Today, the second-generation Vette remains one of the automotive world's most enduring icons, a totem of American mechanical ingenuity and artistic vision.
1973: One could argue (as many have) that the kind of "innovation" going on in the '70s was in fact inimical—rather than beneficial—to the Corvette brand. And indeed, horsepower numbers were in a death spiral as engineers struggled to make the Vette's previously unfettered engines meet tightening emissions restrictions while acquiescing to a diet of low-octane unleaded fuel. Though the model year's chief technological advance—the introduction of standard radial tires—might seem quaint by today's standards, viewed in the context of the times, it represents an admirable attempt to maintain the car's competitive edge in a challenging environment. Moreover, innovation in the area of tire technology would become a theme with the Corvette, right up through the introduction of the track-ready Michelin Pilot Sport Cup rubber in 2012.
1983: I'm taking a slight liberty here, inasmuch as no '83 Corvettes were ever sold to the public, but since the C4 started rolling out of showrooms several months earlier than its MY84 designation would suggest, I'm prepared to make an exception. Having undergone one of the more extensive development processes in brand history, the fourth-gen's list of firsts is formidable. Not only did the car boast breakthrough mechanical upgrades such as a dual-monoleaf suspension and rack-and-pinion steering, but it wrapped this hardware in a stylish new body that was both more aerodynamic and easier to manufacturer than its predecessor's. Above all, the C4 was the first truly modern Corvette, one that finally placed the brand on equal performance footing with its competitors from across the Atlantic.
1993: With the impressive LT1 engine having been introduced a year earlier, MY93 was one of incremental improvement for the Corvette. The year's most notable new technology, the passive remote-keyless entry system, was buggy and prone to receiver failure over time, but its basic goal of easing vehicle access for driver and passenger has since become standard practice among high-end makes the world over. Today, the notion of having to remove one's keys in order to enter a new Corvette seems as outdated as a cupholder-free cabin.
2003: Along with the handsome 50th Anniversary edition, MY03 witnessed the debut of the Corvette's advanced Magnetic Selective Ride Control system. Unlike conventional multimode shock absorbers, MSRC relies on magnetorheological shocks that use magnetic particles suspended in fluid to regulate suspension response in real time. In addition to its vastly quickened reflexes, which optimizes the ride/handling balance on changing road surfaces, MSRC can be allied with the car's traction control and other systems to provide varying levels of stability enhancement during performance driving maneuvers. It works so well, in fact, that a revised, "third generation" version of the system is optional on the new Stingray.


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What is this medicine?ENTECAVIR (en TE ka veer) is an antiviral medicine. It is used to treat chronic hepatitis B. This medicine will not cure or prevent hepatitis B infection.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?Take this medicine by mouth. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take this medicine on an empty stomach, at least 2 hours before or 2 hours after food. Do not take with food. Use a specially marked spoon or container to measure each dose. Ask your pharmacist if you do not have one. Household spoons are not accurate. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take it more often than directed. Do not stop taking except on your doctor's advice.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for children as young as 16 years old for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular check ups. Discuss any new symptoms with your doctor. You will need to have important blood work done while on this medicine.
Your hepatitis infection may get worse after you stop taking this medicine. Do not stop taking this medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Hepatitis B is spread to others through sexual or blood contact. Talk to your doctor about how to stop the spread of Hepatitis B.
Tell your doctor if you also have HIV. You need to be on medicines to treat your HIV infection while you are taking this medicine.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Protect from light. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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Just as an FYI to anyone who is considering installing it:
I had tried to install the package (7zbv15ww.exe) on my machine earlier today.
At alater stage of the installation (after turning on bluetooth) the installer gave me an error which I (unfortunately) ignored and clicked OK on. The installer then started to rollback the changes and I went back to reading a PDF.
I thought that the installer was taking an unusually long time but let it run anyway. At some point in the next five minutes I tried opening a file from the start menu and the file could not be found. I opened my file manager (Total Commander) and saw that my document directory was empty. Moving to the root of the drive I saw that many of the directories that existed previous were missing. Refreshing the display a few times I saw that my harddrive space was being freed at a fairly large rate with ~50GB freed by the time I had noticed. This included files from Program Files and most of the WIndows directory was missing as well except for what I presume to be locked files.
At any rate -- I'm lucky that I do nightly backups of my important data -- the machine obviously is unable to boot and I'm reimaging the system as I'm writing this.
I'm sure that this could potentially be related to something else, although I've never had any problems like this before as I'm a fairly IT savy person. So this is just an FYI to both anyone on this forum to consider either not installing the software or to be very cautious if there is a problem installing it and Mark Lenovo if he wants to pass this post onto someone who can investigate this issue.
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Yoiks! That's scary. What type of system do you have (Machine type/model?), and which OS are you running?
That update installed OK for me a couple of weeks ago on my X61 7675-CTO, Windows 7 Ultimate, no installation errors so I didn't have to roll back.
Yay for backups!
It was definitely unnerving as I'm in the final few weeks before an exam covering the last few months of my studies -- I havn't had any real problems software wise with this machine before this, thankfully. Given that it deleted from both my partitions I am glad that the external drive I use for backups was diconnected at the time.
The laptop is an X200 tablet 7449-88U running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, using a preload for a 7448-CTO machine where the activation key has been swapped. I have reimaged the machine and patched it to the latest version of everything that I use (including the above patch) and this time it installed fine without throwing any errors requiring rollback of the changes. This time I uninstalled the old version prior to installing the new one.
This may have been a freak event given some random state of my machine at the time or it may be linked to the way the installer handles rollbacks -- if it is the latter it should hopefully be fixed and the update rereleased.
I experienced exactly the same on my x200t 7449! It gave me a crazy time this moring and thanks to the backup I am in a good condition. I thought it might be a virus or something, but for sure it is related to the BT rollback.
I just had the same issue on my T500 (2082-BSG) and I've just lost almost all my data (I didn't made backups for a while). My HDD is now empty (I just have Windows left).
Tomorrow I'll try to "undelete" some files but this is REALLY a big problem !
Had this huge issue been reported to Lenovo ? (and btw is there any "miracle" to recover my data ? I guess no but let's hope ...)
Bonjour nicoulas!
Can you give us as much information as possible about exactly what happened?
If your data is valuable, the best thing you can do is stop using the hard drive, and consult a professional recovery company.
Thank you for your answer.
Here is what happened :
I downloaded the Bluetooth package from the Lenovo website here : http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-70042 then I started the installation. It took a while and the HDD was very busy during the installation (the setup was hanging on "uninstalling drivers" I think, or somethink like that, it hadn't begun to install the drivers), then a message showed up saying that the Data1.cab file couldn't be found. I went to the C:\Drivers\Win\Bt... directory where thepackage was extracted, and the Data1.cab file was missing (but I had seen it during the extraction before), so I thought that I should extract the package again. I went to my Download directory, and I only fond the bluetooth package, whereas I had tons of files before. I was a bit frightened, so I opened the C:\ driveand found that almost all the space was free, whereas it was almost full just a few minutes before ...
After that, I took the HDD out of my Thinkpad and put it with an USB adapter on my R50p. I downloaded Recuva (a tool to recover files) and it detected almost (all?) my files. I think that luckily, I will be able to recover nearly all my data. I'll post again to say whether it worked well or not.
But, as you said, the thing to do was to shut down the computer and above all, not write on the HDD (it could damage the deleted files)
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I just had the same issue on my T500 (2082-BSG) and I've just lost almost all my data (I didn't made backups for a while). My HDD is now empty (I just have Windows left).
Tomorrow I'll try to "undelete" some files but this is REALLY a big problem !
Had this huge issue been reported to Lenovo ? (and btw is there any "miracle" to recover my data ? I guess no but let's hope ...)
Here is one suggestion that you can do to save your data
1. Connect harddrive to other pc using adapter. I suggest to use USB adapter example this one http://www.raidsonic.de/en/products/external-cases.php?we_objectID=6999
2. Install recuva to that other pcs harddrive http://www.piriform.com/recuva
3. Run recuva and scan for deleted files.
4. Restore files. Do not try to restore same drive that your missing data is located! That will overwrite files and then its impossible to restore.
so you will need
- another pc with windows xp, vista, or 7 installed
- Install recuva to that other pc.
Yes, this exactly what I did like I said in my previous post, but thank you for your help anyway
This happened to me twice...unfortunately the first time I did not attribute the problem to this update. Thinking back now, I realize I installed this update when it happened last...I just thought another program caused the problem. Luckily, I"ve recovered my files, but shouldn't something be done...i.e. remove this update or put a HUGE warning saying "Warning: this update may wipe your drive"!!!!
I have a Lenovo T61 model 7662 running Windows 7 64-bit.
Thanks for posting about this too...I was hoping I had found the cause of the problem. Easily found your post through a quick google search.
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It's official. Brandon Miller is back. Pretty excited, he knows the Butler culture, and I think he's one of the better young assistants available.
I hope we get a center from JUCO or a play right away transfer. That's the one thing I'm really worried about next year.
Size at center is definitely going to be an issue it looks like otherwise.
didn't one of the assistant take a job down south and took Archey and Nored with him? that any worry? I know Nored wasn't on the staff, but losing 2 assistants isn't ever good.
Matthew Graves took the job at South Alabama.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
It'll hurt, but Miller seems like he's more than qualified for one of the lead assistant jobs. I'm wondering if there's someone else that could land Archey's role like a Joel Cornette. We'll see. Veasley and Hahn have been mentioned, but they seem a bit ripe for now.
Didn't really know where to talk about Blueitt, but since most of our discussion about him has been in here, chances that you guys think Schilling going to UCLA could impact his recruitment?
Also, has anyone else seen PJ Thompson from Brebeuf play? Solid quick scoring PG, a little undersized, but I think he could run Butler's system, plus he is the PG on the loaded Spiece AAU team featuring, Lyles, Lyle, Bluiett and Blackmon. I hope Brad offers him.
Brian Snow from Scout said Schilling won't affect Bluiett. I would have been surprised if Bluiett left the Midwest. I'm still very confident that Butler will end up getting Trevon.
I saw PJ Thompson play when he was a freshman. He's just too small IMO. I doubt he'll get an offer. One, Butler has 2 or 3 spots and are in good shape for Trevon Bluiett and Shane Hall who are both 4 stars, and second I think Chris Chiozza from Tennessee is Stevens' top point guard prospect. He is small as well but has been getting big interest. Offers from VCU, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, and Missouri. If Butler doesn't end up getting Hall and Bluiett I think he'd be in line to get an offer. Thompson seems like an Aaron Brennan-size prospect. Brennan is a big man from Guerin in Noblesville, and he's very good, but he's not physically a high-major player.
It's really hard for me to believe an elite level recruit's high school coach taking an assistant's job at UCLA won't affect that player's recruitment.
I still think Butler has a very good, probably the best, chance to get Bluiett but it's no longer a nearly done deal in my eyes.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I wouldn't be surprised if incoming walk-on Michael Volovic, ends up playing a bigger role than his status, as a walk-on, would suggest.
You don't lead your team to consecutive 4A state titles in Indiana as a point guard, if you can't play. Especially when you consider the dearth of high level of talent those Carmel squads had around him.
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For full disclosure I went to Brebeuf for high school so I've seen PJ several times as I've gone back for games. He is small, but I would say about 5'10" or so. He is stronger than his height though, and has solid handles and a good jumper. I'm not overly concerned with his size especially at the college level, size at the 1 is nice, but not a requirement.
I just think he would be a really great fit at Butler and AFAIK he would like to go there. He had some crazy scoring games this year, 38 of Brebeuf's 60 points against Tech in a win. He put up 40 on a team from Illinois in the Indiana vs Illinois challenge, and he shot above 50% for the season I believe.
Agreed on Volovic though.
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Sandi Marcius has officially requested his release from Purdue. I assume he's going to go overseas to try and make some money but since he's grauated he'll be elgible to play next season if he decides to keep playing here. Butler really ought to at least see if he has any interest in using his 5th year. He'd be a great addition. Not that he's a great, or really even good, player but he's exactly the type of body that is needed with next year's group.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I'd love to see Volovic contribute but he seems a bit redundant with Alex Barlow's relative emergence.
It's always nice to have those kids on your team who are just pure winners though and clearly Volovic seems to have that in spades. A pretty amazing high school career overall.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Well Barlow is going to be a junior. It might take a couple years, but I don't think its a given that Volovic will not be a factor at some point just because he isn't getting a scholarship next year. He may be a walk-on, but he's also a 2 time state champion, and an Indiana All-Star.
Really the fact that he would walk-on to Butler, speaks volumes about how far Butler's program has come.
Volovic seems like a winner, I just worry if he can guard anyone. Barlow plays because he defends well. A guy like Smeathers has shined occasionally offensively, but he'll never play consistent minutes until he shows he can guard anyone.
I like how people here think we are one of the frontrunners on Blueitt. I figured we were in the conversation but wasn't as high on our chances.
I have been more confident since Bluiett talked to Elijah Brown on Twitter about an open gym during Brown's visit.
That would be an absolutely huuuuuuuuuge get for the program. I hope Bluiett highly considers it because he could absolutely be "the man" here.
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@KyleNeddenriep Butler's Brad Stevens and Michael Lewis out at Park Tudor today for Trevon Bluiett. Northwestern and Cincinnati also in.
Blueitt is so important, not only for Butler, but also for Stevens. Blueitt will check one of the last boxes on Brad's resume. We already know he is a good talent evaluator and has found some steals, but he needs to land a big fish so to speak. I hope it happens for him especially if it keeps Trevon out of the B1G
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May 4, 2013
BEDFORD — Butler coach Brad Stevens spoke in Bedford Friday.
"Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team — no one more important than the other."
— Norman Dale
It is hardly atypical for a basketball coach to expound on the topic of character.
Heck, it's pretty much standard operating procedure.
But when Brad Stevens describes, with such honest-to-goodness humility, those commendable qualities that have propelled Butler University's basketball program to such elite status during his six seasons as head coach of the Bulldogs, you know he means it.
No rhetorical spin here. The honesty resonates.
Not only does Stevens inspire fuzzy thoughts about college basketball, he makes you proud to be a Hoosier.
Stevens was the guest speaker at the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce's Friday luncheon at the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence County. The capacity crowd packed into the club's gymnasium could not have been more attentive, more absorbed in the message Stevens so capably conveyed.
This was the kid who left Eli Lilly to pursue a career in coaching, led the Bulldogs to runner-up finishes in the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2011, then rejected a ridiculously generous offer from UCLA to remain here in the Hoosier heartland.
Steve Alford, who had been locked into a long-term contract at New Mexico, leaped at the chance to lead the Bruins, who John Wooden guided to 10 national championships from 1964 through 1975, a year before Stevens was born.
In March, Alford signed a seven-year, $18.2-million contract with UCLA.
Why did Stevens, the Bruins' first choice, decline such a profitable proposition?
What on Earth could inspire such loyalty to a small school routinely regarded as a mid-major?
Though a self-proclaimed numbers guy, Stevens sticks steadfastly to the core values that ground and guide him.
"I've been fortunate to latch onto the right people," he said. "That's the most important thing as you start a career."
Stevens explained his affinity and passion for basketball are deeply rooted in his Hoosier heritage.
"Just watching the people who played and coached in this neck of the woods had a great influence on a kid from Zionsville," he said. "I can remember when they moved the state championship to the RCA Dome so Damon Bailey and BNL could win the thing there. That was such a cool thing. I'm thankful to all the people and all the moments that helped shape my passion for basketball."
But passion alone cannot explain Butler's uncanny success.
"We've had really good players," Stevens explained, "and we're really connected, and that goes well beyond the kids on the team at the current time.
"Players come back to campus. They are invested in our program. Long before I got here there was a way of doing things, a foundation set in place."
So, what makes Butler go?
"We have a pyramid by which we make a lot of our decisions," Stevens said. "It reminds us what we are about."
Character is at the base of Butler's four-tiered triangle.
"It is the foundation of our program," Stevens said. "It's based on the values on our wall, and they are very Biblical in nature. I'm talking about passion, unity, servitude, humility, thankfulness, and accountability.
"Our guys can recite those. That's how we analyze ourselves and our team on a daily basis. We don't expect our students to be perfect, but we do expect the right intent and we expect them to embrace those values."
Preparation constitutes the second level of the pyramid.
"Tony Dungy has had a huge influence on me," Stevens said of the former Indianapolis Colts head coach. "He sent me a text message when we were getting ready to play in the Elite Eight. It said: 'Chance favors the prepared man.'
"I shared that with our guys 24 hours before the game. The hype machine already had kicked in, and there was every reason to be fully distracted. But we knew the right thing to do was to prepare well, and we had the right type of character guys on the bus."
The third tier of the pyramid is performance under scrutiny.
"Not many guys that age are willing to put themselves completely out there for something they believe in," Stevens said. "But the people with the courage to lay it all on the line, to give their best even though it may not be good enough ... those are the people who have great success."
To capitalize fully on courage, Stevens explained, "players must learn to focus on the task at hand. He noted too many people are concerned with what's next rather than what's now.
"Do your job well and people will recognize it," he said.
Results reside at the top of the Butler pyramid.
"We're all judged based on results," he explained. "People know Butler has great students who care about each other, who can communicate their visions, and who are excited about being student/athletes at Butler. They know this because our guys won and someone handed them a microphone. They had to win first.
"Unfortunately, that's how it works. I don't like it, but then I don't argue with the salaries they pay coaches."
As a leader and mentor, Stevens steers clear of long-term aspirations.
"People ask me if I have a goal of where I want to coach someday," he said. "Are you kidding me? I'm coaching at Butler, and I think it's hilarious that could happen."
Stevens encourages his players to focus on being excellent in the pursuit of the big prize.
"Sure, we want to win a national championship," he explained. "We want to represent the team well, and graduate with as good of grades as we possibly can. We shoot for those goals every day."
To date, Butler's aim has been remarkably true. Not only are Stevens and the Bulldogs connected at the very core, their values are stirring others to reconsider their visions of what college basketball could — and should — be.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Evan Gordon, who average 10 ppg for Arizona State, is looking at IU, Butler, and Purdue as possible transfers to get closer to his younger brother in high school. He's a middle child, and the younger brother of Eric Gordon.Gordon said he will "more than likely" take a visit to Butler on Tuesday. He said Purdue has also been in contact, although he's unsure if he'll visit there.
"Butler, that whole thing kind of just came about today," he said Friday night.
The reason for Gordon's transfer is to get closer to home, where his family can see him play and he can see his younger brother in high school. His older brother, Eric Gordon, played one season at Indiana and is now in the NBA with New Orleans.
He added that he hasn't researched Butler well enough yet to know the roster makeup, but plans to in coming days.
"I think Butler is also another good place to play," he said.
It seems like IU may be the frontrunner, but he wouldn't be a bad guy to have as he can play both guard spots and has some experience. It would probably help take some of the pressure off Castro.
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We would offer an immediate starting spot which IU probably wouldn't. Worth a shot.
Sounds like we're heavily in the running...Evan Gordon
Tough decision ahead can't beat Butler University style of play and the Master Program oh yeah did I forget the Big East hmmmmmm tough
Evan Gordon
I'm looking for a Masters Program that helps me become a GM, college or NBA coach and or a trainer both schools have a prestigious programs


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Bergen County Players Presents IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? Now thru 6/3
The Bergen County Players (BCP), presents IS THERE LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?, a funny and bittersweet musical with music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia and book by Jeffrey Kindley. Under the direction of Carol Fisher, Is There Life After High School? will be performed at the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell from today May 5th - June 3rd, 2012, with shows at 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays. All tickets are $21 and can be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours.
This delightful musical serves as a mini-yearbook, a trip back to the high school hallways for a group of alumni who, through song and dance, examine their classroom days. The cast recounts stories of their most hilarious, horrific and nostalgic memories as they sing about the cool crowd ("Diary of a Homecoming Queen"), the not-so-popular crowd ("I'm Glad You Didn't Know Me"), the band geeks ("Thousands of Trumpets"), missed chances ("Second Thoughts"), those wild high school parties ("Beer") and more.
Is There Life After High School? opened on Broadway in 1982 and is based on an iconic book by Ralph Keyes of the same name published in 1976. This entertaining collection of monologues and musical numbers takes the audience on a journey and allows us to relive the magic and the heartbreak of those four awkward, sentimental, crazy adolescent years.
Director Carol Fisher of Teaneck is a longtime BCP member who previously directed Sordid Lives and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You for the Bergen County Players. She has also appeared onstage in numerous BCP shows including Doubt, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Follies. "Is there Life After High School? is the most enjoyable show you have never heard of," says Fisher. "I think the audience will truly enjoy this walk down memory lane. The music is instantly memorable and the script is both funny and touching."
A talented cast brings these nostalgic post-graduates to life. The men are played by Paul Stabile (Rutherford), Jim DeBlasi (Yonkers, NY), Brian Eller (Wyckoff), Peter Oliff (Nutley) and Chris Milone (Palisades Park). The show's women are played by BCP veterans Cheryl Woertz (Alpine), Staci Block (Hackensack), Nancy Feldman (New City, NY) and Janica Carpenter (Old Tappan).
The production team includes Producer Kathie Robitz (Westwood), Assistant to the Director Melissa Welz (North Bergen), Stage Manager Joe O'Connor (Upper Saddle River), Set Design and Construction by Mike Smith (Oradell), Set Décor by Lauren Zenreich(Oradell), Lighting Design by Timothy Meola (Flanders), Costumes by Joanne Misha (Montvale), Properties by Bob Singer (Teaneck), Lighting Operator Kathleen Ruland (Lodi), Sound Operator Frank O' Leary (Dumont), Publicity by Lena Grotticelli (Mahwah), Photography by Steve Mintz (Englewood) and Barbara Schwartz (New Milford), Programs by Leigh Adel-Arnold (Teaneck) and Chris Nelson (Westwood) and Program Notes by Will Nolan (Bogota).
All performances take place at The Little Firehouse Theatre at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, home to the Bergen County Players since 1949. Performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm.
Tickets for Is There Life After High School? are $21 for all performances and can be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours. Visa, Master Card, and American Express are accepted.
Those interested in Group Sales of 20 or more tickets can call (201) 262-0515.
As it has for the past few seasons, BCP will continue to offer a Q & A ("Questions & Artists") discussion following select performances. The The Man Who Came To Dinner Q&A will kick off immediately following the Friday, May 11th performance. Admission is included in the cost of the ticket.
Student Rush tickets are available for $5 for students age 25 and under with valid ID, 30 minutes prior to curtain. One ticket per ID. Cash only. Students can also guarantee their seats in advance either online or through the box office for the special student price of just $14.
Parking is free for our patrons at the Park Avenue municipal lot, across the street, one-half block north of the theater.
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Illinois coach Tim Beckman didn't win a Big Ten game in his first year, finishing 0-8 in the league and 2-10 overall. In other words, Illinois was as bad as it was before he arrived.
Still, athletic director Mike Thomas says that Beckman will be back for the 2013 season.
"At the end of the day, Tim Beckman is going to be our football coach in the future," Thomas said on ESPN Radio, according to Coachingsearch.com. "He'll be our football coach next year…At the end of the day, what's important to me are the people that I work with and the fact that we have confidence in what we're doing and feel good about the future of not just our football program, but also the other 18 sports, the way we go about doing our business, and the kids we graduate from this university that are successful both on and off the field."
Thomas acknowledged, of course, that winning does in fact matter. A lot.
"We've got to move the needle there," Thomas said, adding that it is up to the staff to figure out what resources are necessary to turn them into winners.
Beckman twice found himself in awkward positions this season. In October, Illinois self-reported a level 2 secondary violation to the Big Ten Conference when it was discovered that Beckman was chewing tobacco on the sideline during a game. Beckman apologized and called it a bad habit.
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|December 9, 2012, 06:54 PM
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Powder measure question
The little yellow measure that come with Lee die sets. I haven't even figured out why Lee includes them with their dies. Given all the variations in powder and charges, how can they possibly be of any use?
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IF, big IF, you decide to use them, use to rough charge the pan, then trickle to final weight.
Otherwise give to wife as measuring cups (?????).
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|December 9, 2012, 07:14 PM
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Its an oldschool thing. You can make some great ammo using a dipper. You will find some guys on here who swear by them (Lost Sheep stills dips I believe, at least for some calibers). Most of that crowd will fashion their own dippers from an empty case trimmed to the correct length, affixed to a length of stiff wire as a handle.
I have great respect for reloaders who make quality ammo with simple tools. I am all for those who use a chargemaster to throw the perfect charge too, but there is something to be said for simple techniques. If the S ever HTF, simple is better
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Read the chart for info on the die instructions that have the load information. There is line in the info with the c.c. volume listed. If you use a dipper of that c.c. with the powder listed it will give you close to that charge. If you work on doing it the same way each time you can get pretty close measurements each time.
Note I only use the dipper with Trail Boss powder in rifle loads. I have a couple of home made dippers made from cut down shell cases with a piece of wire soldered on.
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I've been using those little yellow measures since they were red (1969). With a little practice, those dippers can be very accurate and repeatable. Some powders don't work well in my drum type powder measures so I'll use a dipper. Works great for me...
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|December 10, 2012, 09:29 AM
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They're good for range ammo where it throws below max. With practice they can throw pretty darn consistent.
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Because they work, I have a set of red ones, been useing them for 40 years.
|December 10, 2012, 11:00 AM
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I have a set of red, a set of yellow and a set of black dippers, I have 2 adjustable dippers, I have dippers that were made from old cases with soldered on handles.
And I have R. Lee's book on modern reloading, R. Lee developed loads at the range with dippers then went back to his shop and measured the dipper full with a scale to convert to grains, by design his dippers measured both minimum and maximum as in starting and maximum loads. Lee started with machined dippers and were marked in cubic inch, then he went metric as in cubic centimeters, a universal standard. Not a problem but R. Lee publishes his loads in volume and grains, he could not understand why other manufactures stamped their drums and bushings with meaningless numbers known only to the manufacturer. RCBS uses terms like 'big drum' and little drum, or is that small and large?
The Little Dandy rotors are stamped with a number, the meaning of the number is known only to those with a chart. even if RCBS had made an attempt to please R. Lee by stamping the rotors in cubic centimeters reloaders would still be required to convert the CC to grains if the published data was printed in grains.
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|December 10, 2012, 11:09 AM
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I measure powder in volume, Little Dandy, Dillon, tiny, small, medium, large and larger powder bars, Herters, Ohaus, Redding, Lyman, RCBS, etc., powder measures, most are adjustable, some with dials, others with cams then there are the collet with limited adjustment and slides. Again, I have three different sets of Lee powder measure, black, red and yellow, and I have Lee powder measures that are aluminum.
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|December 10, 2012, 11:22 AM
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Measure before and again after still applies when using a dipper, dip the powder then measure with a scale. Fixed dippers are adjustable.
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"Given all the variations in powder and charges, how can they possibly be of any use?"
If you read the materials that come with the die set, you'll see that the included scoop generally throws in the mid to lower power range for a particular cartridge with a variety of powders.
That makes it useful for those powders that are listed in the Lee data sheet that comes with the die set.
When you get right down to it, many of the powders that are suitable for a particular cartridge have similar densities and similar charge weight ranges, and thus are listed in the data sheet for use with that scoop in that particular cartridge.
Those powders that fall outside of a useful charge with that particular scoop in that particular cartridge are NOT listed.
The scoop is nothing more than a volumetric measure, not unlike every mechanical powder thrower now on the market.
As with any other means of measuring powder, a scale should always be used to verify that what you're expecting is actually what you're getting.
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To echo what Mike said, take a look at the Ramshot and Accurate powder web sites. Western powders distributes both (which is why they look so similar) and they include bulk density and both mixed unit VMD's (same as Lee's; cc's per grain) and metric unit VMD's (cc per gram). But unlike Lee, they list a bulk density tolerance. For some powder's it is as high as ±5.6%. That means the charge you throw from a specific volume measure could be as much as 11.2% different from one lot of powder to the next. So double-checking the weight is important to knowing what you are actually shooting.
Mr. Guffey's comments remind me to suggest you can use the dippers to learn what a powder measure's arbitrary scale means. You set the measure to throw the same weight the scoop does. You then change the scale numbers by some number of units and weigh the new charge weight it throws. Divide the first weight by the second weight and multiply by the number of cc's on the scoop handle by this number to see how many cc's the powder measure changed when you adjusted it. Then divide that result by the number of graduations you changed the measure setting to learn how many cc's per graduation your powder measure changes. Inversely, divide the number of graduations you changed the setting by the cc calculation result to learn how many graduations you need to change your measure to equal one cc.
As always, your results will be more accurate if you average a number of throws rather than take just one, and if you let the measure settle for several throws before starting and after making the adjustment.
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you can make some pretty accurate dippers using a old case (I like 30 - 06) and a tubing cutter. I cut the neck off then weighed the charge and dropped it in, marked the case with a sharpie then cut it to that height. I would tweak the length it till it measured a couple of tenths short and trickle to weight. I made one for each of my pet charges that used a stick powder.
I used that method until a week or so back when I broke down and bought a Chargemaster. I still have my dippers though, can't never tell when electronics might go south on you. That's why I still check every few charges against a beam scale
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If I have my perfect powder measure tied up on a long run like .223 for example, I'll use my dipper set and scale to throw powder for a shorter run.
This week I wanted to load a few .45 Colt, so out came the scale and the dipper set. Just so we are clear, don't use the dipper without the scale. The powder dipper info they send with the kits tends to be conservative, but powder weights can vary enough to make big problems. Get a scale and use it, if you want to dip powder. Otherwise loads can be too light to cycle, or too hot to extract, or worse. Either condition can be dangerous.
|December 10, 2012, 01:22 PM
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Quote:"Measure before and again after still applies when using a dipper, dip the powder then measure with a scale. Fixed dippers are adjustable."
If they are"Fixed"then how do you adjust them?
|December 11, 2012, 10:37 AM
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I have a couple sets of dippers and a bunch of home made dippers and customize some, but it's trial and error. To lighten the charge I make the capacity of the dipper smaller (a drop or two of epoxy in the dipper will lighten the charge a grain or two. Shorten the sides of the dipper will also lighten the charge. I glued a BB into the bottom of one dipper to lighten the charge). To increase the charge, just increase dipper capacity; drill or ream interior carefully. Or on dippers made from a case, swage the case (stretch it ) with a tapered punch or the like). Drill (or glue or cut down) then measure with scale. You can get real close to a chosen charge with care...
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I like to fine tune the loads at the range with a Lee hand press so I made one a few minutes ago for my .204 to dial in seating depth and action screw torques for my new load.
Turns out a 38 sp case holds appx 21.5 grains of RL10. So I epoxied a short piece of coat hanger wire to it for a handle. I figure my end load will be around 22.5 to 23 grains so that will get me close enough for trickling. I could have used a .357 and used on of the methods described above to get another grain but this is close enough.
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|December 11, 2012, 05:11 PM
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Wouldn't modifying dippers lead to measurement errors?They are graduated for
volume so they are powder specific altering the volume could cause the weight
to change unpredictably and render them practically useless.They come in sets of fifteen so they are pretty flexible but if your amount falls in between then
a scale is in order and weight is the rule not volume,some loads are very finely
tuned I guess,if you work at an extremely precise charging then weight is the
only way to go.
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" I've been using those little yellow measures since they were red (1969). With a little practice, those dippers can be very accurate and repeatable. Some powders don't work well in my drum type powder measures so I'll use a dipper. Works great for me..."
I can dip Unique far more accurately than I can drop it from a powder measure.
Dipping requires a lot less setup than the powder drop also. They don't have to settle in and don't require measuring every tenth drop. Can't beat them for convenience.
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There is a disconnect somewhere, I am not sure what you are trying to say.
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Quote:"There is a disconnect somewhere, I am not sure what you are trying to say"
It's very simple,I wrote that dippers are powder specific,different powders have different Vol.to Weight ratios for instance .5cc may weigh as much as 7.8gr or
4.2gr so when you modify the dipper in any way you have no way to accurately
tell what you have done unless you weigh the load after the fact,guess work.
Hence the scale,my point:use dippers as they are intended to be used or use a scale for common sense operation.Come to think of it there's a third option:whatever.
|December 11, 2012, 07:42 PM
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How close is close enough ?
When using a dipper or a powder dump how many tenth's of a grain can you be off and still shoot good groups ?
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^^That depends on how anal you are^^
You won't know until you load em up and see how exacting you want to be.
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