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Identifiers: Mid-2012 15" - MD103LL/A - MacBookPro9,1 - A1286 - 2556*
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The MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.3 15-Inch (Mid-2012/USB 3.0) features a 22 nm "Ivy Bridge" 2.3 GHz Intel "Core i7" processor (3615QM), with four independent processor "cores" on a single silicon chip, a 6 MB shared level 3 cache, 4 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (PC3-12800) installed in pairs (two 2 GB modules), a 500 GB Serial ATA (5400 RPM) hard drive, an 8X DL "SuperDrive", dual graphics processors -- a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR5 memory and an "integrated" Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics processor that shares system memory, as well as an integrated 720p FaceTime HD webcam.
The standard configuration of this model has an LED-backlit 15.4" widescreen TFT active-matrix "glossy" display (1440x900 native resolution), but also was available via custom configuration with a "high-res" glossy or antiglare 1680x1050 display for an additional US$100.
Connectivity includes AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0, Gigabit Ethernet, a Firewire "800" port, two USB 3.0 ports, a "Thunderbolt" port, separate audio in and out ports, and an SDXC card slot.
This model uses a "Unibody" aluminum case design -- milled from a single piece of aluminum -- and has a backlit keyboard, a "no button" glass "inertial" multi-touch trackpad, and a non-swappable battery design that provides an Apple estimated 7 hours of battery life.
Compared to its predecessor, this model essentially is identical externally with the exception of the aforementioned USB 3.0 ports. Internally, however, it has a faster processor, architecture, graphics, and RAM.
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Introduction Date: | June 11, 2012 | Discontinued Date: | October 22, 2013 |
Details: | The "Introduction Date" refers to the date a model was introduced via press release. The "Discontinued Date" refers to the date a model either was replaced by a subsequent system or production otherwise ended. Also see: All Macs introduced in 2012. |
Processors: | 1 (4 Cores) | Geekbench: | 10854/11839* |
Details: | *These Geekbench 2 benchmarks are in 32-bit and 64-bit modes, respectively. Geekbench 2 benchmarks reflect results as submitted to the Geekbench website. Higher numbers are better. Individual user-submitted benchmarks can vary, but an average can be useful to get an idea of the relative performance of different Macs. You also might be interested in combing through all Geekbench user-submissions for Macs with the MacBookPro9,1 Model Identifier, which may include multiple models. To dynamically compare Geekbench results from different Macs side-by-side, please see EveryMac.com's Ultimate Mac Comparison. |
Processor Speed: | 2.3 GHz | Processor Type: | Core i7 (I7-3615QM) |
Details: | This model is powered by a 22 nm, 64-bit Intel Mobile Core i7 "Ivy Bridge" (I7-3615QM) processor which includes four independent processor "cores" on a single silicon chip. Each core has a dedicated 256k level 2 cache, shares 6 MB of level 3 cache, and has an integrated memory controller (dual channel). This system also supports "Turbo Boost 2.0" -- which "automatically increases the speed of the active cores" to improve performance when needed (up to 3.3 GHz for this model) -- and "Hyper Threading" -- which allows the system to recognize eight total "cores" or "threads" (four real and four virtual). Also see: How fast are the "Mid-2012" 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pro models compared to one another? How fast are they compared to the models each replaced? |
Custom Speeds: | 2.6 GHz, 2.7 GHz* | Architecture: | 64-Bit |
Details: | *Starting February 13, 2013, this model additionally could be custom configured with a 2.6 GHz Core i7 (I7-3720QM) or 2.7 GHz Core i7 (I7-3740QM) processor for an extra US$200 or US$450, respectively. The 2.6 GHz Core i7 (I7-3720QM) processor has a 6 MB level 3 cache and supports "Turbo Boost 2.0" up to 3.6 GHz and "Hyper Threading" with four "virtual cores" or "threads." The 2.7 GHz Core i7 (I7-3820QM) processor has an 8 MB level 3 cache and supports "Turbo Boost 2.0" up to 3.7 GHz as well as "Hyper Threading" with eight virtual cores or "threads." As requested by readers, EveryMac.com also has documented these configurations as separate models. |
Processor Upgrade: | Soldered | FPU: | Integrated |
Details: | Also see: Can you upgrade the processor in the "Unibody" MacBook Pro models? |
System Bus Speed: | 5 GT/s* | Cache Bus Speed: | 2.3 GHz (Built-in) |
Details: | *This system has a "Direct Media Interface" (DMI) that "connects between the processor and chipset" in lieu of a traditional system bus. Intel reports that it runs at 5 GT/s. |
ROM/Firmware Type: | EFI | EFI Architecture: | 64-Bit |
Details: | N/A |
L1 Cache: | 32k/32k x4 | L2/L3 Cache: | 256k x 4, 6 MB |
Details: | Each core has its own dedicated 256k level 2 cache and the system has 6 MB of shared level 3 cache. |
RAM Type: | PC3-12800 DDR3L | Min. RAM Speed: | 1600 MHz |
Details: | Supports 1600 MHz PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM SO-DIMMs (204-pin). Also see: How do you upgrade the RAM in the "Mid-2012" 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pro models? How much RAM of what type do they support? |
Standard RAM: | 4 GB | Maximum RAM: | 16 GB* |
Details: | 4 GB of RAM is installed as two 2 GB modules, no slots free. *Apple officially supports a maximum of 8 GB of RAM, but third-parties have determined that this model actually is capable of using up to 16 GB of RAM with two 8 GB memory modules. In the US (and many other countries), site sponsor Other World Computing sells memory -- as well as other upgrades -- for this MacBook Pro. In Canada, site sponsor The Mac Market sells memory and other upgrades for this MacBook Pro. In Australia, site sponsor RamCity sells memory and other upgrades for this MacBook Pro. In Southeast Asia, site sponsor SimplyMac.sg sells memory and other upgrades for this MacBook Pro. Also see: Actual Max RAM of All G3 & Later Macs. |
Motherboard RAM: | None | RAM Slots: | 2 |
Details: | N/A |
Video Card: | GeForce GT 650M* | VRAM Type: | GDDR5 |
Details: | *This system has dual graphics processors -- a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512 MB of dedicated GDDR5 SDRAM and Intel HD Graphics 4000 with memory shared with the system. The system automatically switches between graphics systems based on use (when applications use OpenGL, Core Graphics or other graphically demanding technologies, the system will use the dedicated graphics card, otherwise it will use Intel HD Graphics to conserve battery life). Also see: What type of video processor is provided by the "Unibody" MacBook Pro models? Is it upgradable? Which models have "dedicated" and "integrated" video memory? |
Standard VRAM: | 512 MB* | Maximum VRAM: | 512 MB* |
Details: | The NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics processor has 512 MB of dedicated GDDR5 memory. The "integrated" Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics processor shares memory with the system. |
Built-in Display: | 15.4" Widescreen | Native Resolution: | 1440x900 |
Details: | By default, this model has a 15.4" color widescreen LED-backlit TFT active-matrix "glossy" display with a 1440 by 900 native resolution. However, it also is available via custom configuration with a "high-resolution glossy" 1680x1050 display and a "high-resolution antiglare" 1680x1050 display each for an additional US$100. In addition to the native resolution, Apple reports that the default display also supports "1280 by 800, 1152 by 720, 1024 by 640, and 800 by 500 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio stretched; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio; 720 by 480 pixels at 3:2 aspect ratio stretched." Site sponsor MicroReplay provides display replacement as well as advanced repair services like liquid spill recovery, logic board repair, accident and abuse repair, and more for this MacBook Pro. |
2nd Display Support: | Dual/Mirroring | 2nd Max. Resolution: | 2560x1600 |
Details: | The maximum resolution supported on an external display is 2560x1600. Also see: Are there any adapters or "hacks" that make it possible to connect a second external display to a MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air model? |
Standard Hard Drive: | 500 GB (5400 RPM) | Int. HD Interface: | Serial ATA (6 Gb/s) |
Details: | By custom configuration, this model originally could be equipped with a 750 GB 5400 RPM or 7200 RPM hard drive for an additional US$100 or US$150, respectively, a 1 TB hard drive or 128 GB SSD for an additional US$200, a 256 GB SSD for an additional US$500, or a 512 GB SSD for an additional US$1000. On February 13, 2013, Apple lowered the prices on the 256 GB and 512 GB SSD to an additional US$400 and US$700, respectively. Also see: How do you upgrade the hard drive or SSD in the "Mid-2012" 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pro models? What type of storage do these models support? In the US (and many other countries), site sponsor Other World Computing sells storage upgrades for this MacBook Pro. Also in the US, site sponsor Mission Repair offers professional hard drive replacement and SSD installation as well as other services with a 24 hour turnaround for this MacBook Pro. In Australia, site sponsor RamCity sells storage upgrades for this MacBook Pro. |
Standard Optical: | 8X DL "SuperDrive" | Standard Disk: | None |
Details: | Apple reports that this slot-loading "SuperDrive" (DVD�R DL/DVD�RW/CD-RW) has a maxium write speed of "8x DVD-R, DVD+R; 4x DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW" and a maximum read speed of "8x DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-ROM; 6x DVD-ROM (double layer DVD-9), DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, and DVD+RW; 24x CD". Site sponsor Other World Computing offers a "Data Doubler" mounting kit that may be of interest. It makes it simple to install a second hard drive or SSD in the optical drive bay of this MacBook Pro. |
Standard Modem: | None | Standard Ethernet: | 10/100/1000Base-T |
Details: | N/A |
Standard AirPort: | 802.11a/b/g/n (450 Mbit*) | Standard Bluetooth: | 4.0 |
Details: | AirPort Extreme (802.11a/b/g/n) and Bluetooth 4.0 standard. *This model unofficially supports 450 Mbit/sec 802.11n Wi-Fi using MIMO. Also see: What is 802.11n? How is it different from 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11a? |
USB Ports: | 2 (3.0) | Firewire Ports: | 1 (800) |
Details: | Two USB 3.0 ports (up to 5 Gbps), one Firewire "800" (up to 800 Mbps) port. |
Expansion Slots: | SDXC Card Slot | Expansion Bays: | None |
Details: | This model has an SDXC card slot. No expansion bays are provided. |
Incl. Keyboard: | Full-size | Incl. Input: | Trackpad (Inertial) |
Details: | Apple reports that the backlit integrated keyboard has "78 (US) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys (inverted "T" arrangement)." The glass multi-touch trackpad supports "inertial scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, three-finger swipe, four-finger swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities". |
Case Type: | Notebook | Form Factor: | MacBook Pro (Unibody) |
Details: | By default, this MacBook Pro uses a black and silver "unibody" case design milled from a single piece of aluminum with a "catchless" magnetic latch. However, if configured with an "anti-glare" (matte) display, it has a silver border framing the display rather than a black border. |
Apple Order No: | MD103LL/A | Apple Subfamily: | Mid-2012 15" |
Details: | The Apple order number should be unique to this system. |
Apple Model No: | A1286 (EMC 2556*) | Model ID: | MacBookPro9,1 |
Details: | *Please note that these identifiers refer to more than one model. In this case, please also note that the EMC number is not externally listed on the notebook so it cannot be used readily for identification. Also see: All Macs with the A1286 Model Number, the 2556* EMC Number, and the MacBookPro9,1 Model Identifier. For more about these identifiers and how to locate them on each Mac, please refer to EveryMac.com's Mac Identification section. |
Battery Type: | 77.5 W h Li-Poly | Battery Life: | 7 Hours |
Details: | Apple reports that this model has a "77.5-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery" that provides "up to 7 hours of wireless web" use. |
Pre-Installed MacOS: | X 10.7.3 (11D2097) | Maximum MacOS: | Current |
Details: | This system fully supports the last version of OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" as well as the current version of OS X 10.9 "Mavericks," with the exception of the "Power Nap" feature. |
Minimum Windows: | 7 (32-Bit)* | Maximum Windows: | 8 (64-Bit)* |
Details: | *Apple's Boot Camp 4 supports the 32-bit of Windows 7 on this model. Boot Camp 5 supports the 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8. Earlier versions of Windows are not supported. |
MacOS 9 Support: | None | Windows Support: | Boot/Virtualization |
Details: | Also see: Are there any third-party programs to run Mac OS 9/Classic applications on Intel Macs? Site sponsor OHS specializes in heavily upgraded Macs capable of running both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 applications. For more on running Windows on Intel Macs, please refer to the exhaustive Windows on Mac Q&A. |
Dimensions: | 0.95 x 14.35 x 9.82 | Avg. Weight: | 5.6 lbs (2.56 kg) |
Details: | In inches while closed - height by width by depth, (2.41 cm, 36.4 cm, 24.9 cm). |
Original Price (US): | US$1799 | Est. Current Retail: | US$1650-US$1750 |
Details: | Please note that on average the estimated current retail pricing of used systems is updated twice a year (please refer to the date on the bottom of the page for the date last updated). Photo Credit: Apple, Inc. |
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Video (Monitor): | 1 (Thunderbolt) | Floppy (Ext.): | None |
Details: | Thunderbolt is backwards-compatible with Mini DisplayPort-equipped displays as well as adapters that are compatible with Mini DisplayPort (DVI, VGA, dual-link DVI and HDMI). It also can support other peripherals that use the Thunderbolt standard, which provides a maximum theoretical 10 Gbps of bandwidth in both directions. |
ADB: | None | SCSI: | None |
Details: | N/A |
Serial (Standard): | None | Serial (Geoport): | None |
Details: | N/A |
USB: | 2 (3.0) | Firewire: | 1 (800) |
Details: | Two USB 3.0 ports (up to 5 Gbps), one Firewire "800" (up to 800 Mbps) port. |
Modem: | None | Ethernet: | 1 (RJ-45) |
Details: | No internal modem. Gigabit Ethernet, AirPort Extreme (802.11n) and Bluetooth 4.0 standard. |
S-Video Input: | None | S-Video Output: | None |
Details: | N/A |
Microphone: | 1 (Internal) | Sound In: | 1 |
Details: | Internal omnidirectional microphone. Independent audio line in minijack (digital/analog) and audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog). |
Sound Out: | 1 | Headphone: | 1 |
Details: | Has an independent audio line in minijack (digital/analog) and audio line out/headphone minijack (digital/analog). |
Security (Lock): | 1 | Joystick (PC): | None |
Details: | N/A |
Power: | N/A | Power Adapter: | 1 |
Details: | 100V-240V AC, 85W "MagSafe" power adapter. Also see: What is the "Magsafe" power connector? How does it work? How was it designed to not cause data loss? |
Global original prices for the MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.3 15" Mid-2012 in 24 different countries and territories follow; organized alphabetically by region.
For global original prices for Intel Macs in one particular country on a single page, please refer to EveryMac.com's Global Original Prices section.
Original Prices - North America
Canada: | C$1829 | United States: | US$1799 |
Original Prices - Europe
Austria: | €1879 | Belgium: | €1899 |
Denmark: | DKK 14,599 | Finland: | €1949 |
France: | €1879 | Germany: | €1879 |
Ireland: | €1949 | Italy: | €1899 |
Netherlands: | €1879 | Norway: | NOK 14.990 |
Portugal: | €1949 | Spain: | €1879 |
Sweden: | SEK 17.795 | Switzerland: | CHF 2'049 |
United Kingdom: | £1499 |
Original Prices - Asia
China: | RMB 13,498 | Hong Kong: | HK$13,888 |
Japan: | ¥154,800 | Singapore: | S$2,488 |
Taiwan: | NT$57,900 |
Original Prices - Australia & New Zealand
Australia: | A$1999 | New Zealand: | NZ$2899 |
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Punk in Africa
Punk in Africa , Czech Republic, South Africa, 2011, 82 min, Digi Beta, HD, Arts and Culture, Music
Three chords, three countries, one revolution… Punk in Africa is the story of the multi-racial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern African countries: South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In these societies, the punk subculture represented a genuinely radical political impulse, playing out against a backdrop of intense political struggle, economic hardship and even civil war.
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Sucker Control Agents: MH-30 And Penar
To promote optimal leaf growth, farmers remove the terminal buds from tobacco plants about two months after transplantation from the seed bed into the field (3, 4). This procedure prevents flowering, which results in increased nicotine content in the leaves (4). Removing the terminal bud also controls the total number of leaves the plant will bear. In the absence of the terminal bud, new shoots arise from the axils of the leaves. These "suckers" must be removed by hand, or their growth must be inhibited by chemicals, to avoid sapping nourishment from (and lowering nicotine levels in) the developing leaf. Sucker control agents are chemicals that are sprayed on tobacco plants to slow the growth of suckers and thereby enhance crop yield. These agents—such as MH-30 (maleic hydrazide) and Penar (dimethyldodecylamine acetate)—eliminate the laborious task of removing suckers by hand and therefore lower the labor costs of growing tobacco.
In the mid-1960s the toxicology of sucker control agents was a matter of concern to the Sucker Control Committee, a committee composed of representatives from the tobacco industry and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dr. R. B. Griffith wrote an extensive summary of an April 1967 meeting of this group, in which he had participated {1302.01}. At that time emerging data were suggesting that a commonly used sucker control agent, MH-30, was toxic. Experiments had exposed selected strains of mice to high doses of MH-30, and the significant toxicity that resulted called into question the safety of this agricultural chemical. In his memo Dr. Griffith notes that the USDA has very limited authority to act in such a situation:
Although they [the USDA Pesticide Regulation Division] are greatly concerned, the law requires that others must demonstrate a potential effect on health which is irrefutable. However, they are prepared to act when such knowledge indicates that they should move. {1302.01, p. 1}
The committee members then compared the expected dose of MH-30 to human smokers with the dose administered to the mice; they concluded that the mice had been exposed to two million times the dose that a human smoker consuming two packs of cigarettes daily would ingest.
The committee discussion moved from MH-30 to a consideration of studies on Penar as a possible cause of chromosomal aberrations in plants:
At this point in the discussion, I pointed out that the tobacco problem was unique. If one applies a given material to tobacco, three things are important:
I went on to point out that unusual chemical effects had been noted for each of the new sucker control materials now being considered and that there was no way of predicting the effect that these chemical changes might have on the biological effects of the smoke produced by the treated tobacco. I expressed the opinion that this was a very serious problem and that it was highly desirable for some way to be found to subject treated material to biological tests. In this connection mouse skin painting was not enough since it does not measure whole smoke. Present problems facing the industry certainly indicate the need for assurance that any material used will not result in any detrimental biological effects [emphasis added]. {1302.01, p. 2}
Dr. Griffith's comments reveal a concern with the toxicity of combustion products of additives and of the residues of agricultural chemicals. Although mouse skin painting is an important test for "biological effects" (i.e., carcinogenicity; see chapter 4), it might miss important effects because, as Dr. Griffith pointed out, it relies on painting smoke condensate, rather than whole smoke, onto the experimental animal. In other words, materials in the vapor phase, which are too volatile to be part of the "tar," are not tested in skin-painting experiments. Mouse skin might show no damage from a particular preparation of tobacco smoke condensate, but the smoke might still be highly carcinogenic.
A participant at the meeting indicated that a committee formed by British tobacco companies was "contemplating a series of biological tests" of the new sucker control agents, and that these tests could be replicated in the United States. The memo concludes:
Although everyone there [i.e., in Britain] seemed to recognize the magnitude of the problem, no one seemed to know what, if any, actions could be taken. It was agreed that none of this information would be discussed with the chemical suppliers of any of the sucker control materials, and that no public discussions of this subject could take place until after ... [the] papers [describing the toxicity of MH-30 in mice] have been published [emphasis added]. {1302.01, p. 3}
A year later, Penar was the subject of correspondence between scientists at BAT and B&W. Dr. S. J. Green, a senior R&D scientist at BAT in London, transmitted a Tobacco Research Council (TRC) report on
Penar to Dr. Griffith in mid-April 1968. Griffith, in turn, sent copies to Addison Yeaman, B&W's general counsel, and Dr. R. A. Sanford, a fellow scientist at B&W {1303.01}. The report gave preliminary results suggesting that Penar is toxic. The authors recommended additional testing of Penar-treated tobacco, and they urged B&W to report the alarming initial results to regulatory authorities in the United States and Canada:
The tests on [Penar-]spiked tobacco have now been going for 31 weeks and results reported from Huntingdon [Imperial Tobacco's laboratory in England] at this stage are so disquieting that we consider that they should be reported to the U.S.D.A. and Canadian Department of Agriculture [emphasis added]. {1303.02, p. 1}
We found no indication in the documents whether the data were, in fact, reported to the appropriate government authorities.
Shortly after this report was received in Louisville, on May 1, 1968, Dr. Griffith sent Yeaman a status report along with some background documents on the growing evidence of toxicity from sucker control agents {1317.09}. The report conveys a tone of urgency and helplessness. Griffith recognizes that, although Penar appears to be carcinogenic, he and the cigarette manufacturers have limited power to do anything about it, because Penar is produced by an independent company and is applied to tobacco in the field, months before the tobacco is bought by the cigarette makers.
The tobacco manufacturer is completely at the mercy of the people who use various chemicals on tobacco. Of the chemicals used, MH-30 and Penar have probably been investigated most extensively, and there are certainly indications that these could have detrimental biological effects from smoke. As you know, we have been sitting on the MH-30 "powder keg" for three years and no positive steps have been taken by the government agencies to provide any relief. We now have, as a result of Dr. Green's letter of April 16 [{1303.01; 1303.02}], information which suggests that Penar could be even more of a problem than MH-30. In Dr. Smith's report of April 18, he pointed out that there is a possibility that as much as 25% of the crop in North Carolina will be produced using a combination of MH-30 and Penar. It would seem that something must be done, and since this is an industry problem, we must consider every possible avenue, including bringing this to the attention of the "Less Hazardous Cigarette" Committee [discussed in chapter 4].
If you and your opposite numbers [i.e., attorneys at the other tobacco companies] can agree that this is an industry problem which must be handled on an industry basis, it might be helpful to solicit specific suggestions from the Industry Research Directors [emphasis added]. {1317.09}
Griffith's proposal to deal with the problem directly on an industry-wide basis is in line with the general policy of the R&D establishments
throughout BAT in the 1960s: they were earnestly seeking to lower toxicity in ways that did not fundamentally threaten the product itself (see chapter 4). Thus, the B&W general counsel could be asked to confer with his opposite numbers at competing companies about this "industry problem," because the problem was potentially soluble without threatening B&W's core business. Government could regulate these agricultural chemicals if necessary, and tobacco production would go on.
J. E. Kennedy and R. P. Newton of B&W R&D wrote a "private and confidential" file note in mid-1968 titled "The Relative Carcinogenicity of Sucker Control Agents Maleic Hydrazide (MH) and Dimethyldodecylamine Acetate (Penar)" {1303.03}. It was circulated to Ed Finch, B&W's CEO, Yeaman, and Griffith. The note analyzes two published studies on maleic hydrazide and the unpublished Huntingdon study on Penar. It emphasizes the relatively huge doses of both agents involved in these experiments and describes the combustion behavior of the compounds. According to the report, maleic hydrazide was not changed at high temperature and was therefore not expected to contribute other compounds to cigarette smoke. Penar, on the other hand, decomposed to dimethylamine, dodecaene, and acetic acid. Dimethylamine, in turn, was expected to produce dimethylnitrosamine, which Kennedy and Newton describe as "a strong carcinogen" {1303.03, p. 2}.
In August 1968 Imperial scientists shared their data on the carcinogenicity of Penar with Dr. T. C. Tso, a senior scientist at the US Department of Agriculture, while Dr. Tso was visiting England. This interchange is discussed prominently in a September 13, 1968, file note by Dr. Griffith, which tells of his visits earlier in the month to USDA offices in Beltsville, Maryland. He had meetings there with Dr. Tso and with Dr. Leon Moore, who was in charge of the USDA's tobacco program {1303.04}. After summarizing the data on Penar, Dr. Griffith notes:
Dr. Tso and the people in England consider that these results indicate a very serious potential problem with Penar. This information is being given to the Penar manufacturers and a summary statement has been sent to Dr. T. W. Edminster, Deputy Administrator of ARS [Agricultural Research Service], with a request that he pass this information on through normal channels to the Pesticide Division of the USDA [emphasis added]. {1303.04, pp. 1-2}
Dr. Griffith had thought from a telephone conversation with Dr. Tso on August 28 that Dr. Tso might want additional toxicology work to be done on Penar, but "this impression is erroneous. He intends to accept the English results as definitive for Penar" {1303.04, p. 2}. The additional work was to be done on other sucker control agents.
Dr. Tso is obviously impressed with the procedures being used in England and fully recognizes that valid work should not be repeated. On the other hand, the results obtained on Penar definitely indicate the need for such tests on other compounds used on tobacco. {1303.04, p. 2}
During this same September 1968 visit, Dr. Tso also talked with Dr. Griffith about the work of the Tobacco Working Group and the "Less Hazardous Cigarette Committee" in the United States. The discussion centered on cooperation and collaboration on the production of a standardized cigarette for testing.
The notes of Dr. Griffith's visit to Beltsville also summarize his meeting with Dr. Moore. Dr. Moore and Dr. Griffith agreed "that Penar was a very serious potential problem, but that this was only a specific example of a general problem" {1303.04, p. 3}. At the time, only MH-30 and Penar had been tested, and both had been found toxic. Griffith suggested that a general framework for approaching questions regarding agricultural chemicals should be developed to "prevent the feeling on the part of anyone that the USDA or Industry was attacking any individual company" {1303.04, p. 4}. The exchange indicates that Griffith was interested in developing a systematic approach to dealing with the potential toxicity of agricultural chemicals, and he clearly felt that government regulators had a major role to play. His view on pesticides sharply contrasts with B&W's position on cigarettes—that the government should play no role in regulating toxicity of cigarettes. Griffith endorsed government regulation of potentially toxic agricultural chemicals, but B&W has never wanted the government to regulate its manufactured tobacco products.
Griffith's file note concludes with his encouraging Dr. Moore to share the Penar results from England with other US tobacco product manufacturers. Griffith had known of the results because of the free exchange of research results between BAT and B&W. Other US manufacturers did not enjoy this access to the UK industry's joint research results. Moore indicated that his contact at Imperial Tobacco (John Campbell) had not given him permission to share the data. Griffith encouraged him to try to obtain that permission.
I expressed the opinion that if I were a company who did not have access to the information, I would be very disturbed. The Penar situation could explode at any minute and a company without prior knowledge could be caught in a very embarrassing position. Dr. Moore recognized this and promised to try and obtain permission from Mr. Campbell to pass this information on to the total American Tobacco Industry [emphasis added]. {1303.04, p. 4}
The carcinogenicity of Penar was later confirmed through long-term mouse skin–painting experiments conducted within the BAT system. A report two years later, dated May 18, 1970, from C. I. Ayres, a scientist in R&D at BAT in Southampton, describes the results of a 72-week-long experiment in which tobacco smoke condensates derived from tobaccos treated with two different concentrations of Penar were painted on the skins of mice {1308.01}. The report was sent to the R&D department at B&W as well as to BAT officials in Australia and Montreal. It seems to have originated at BAT's laboratory in Southampton. It refers to the experiment as the "remaining" Penar experiment, suggesting that its long-term results may have complemented short-term assays completed earlier. The experiment would have begun no later than sometime in 1968. In his report Dr. Ayres summarizes the experiments on 1,056 mice:
I am enclosing the latest results (H 685) from the remaining PENAR experiment. The position is unchanged, i.e., there is the indication that the addition ofPENAR to cut tobacco leads to an increase in the tumorigenicity of the condensate [emphasis added]. {1308.01, p. 1}
Thus, by 1970 BAT had demonstrated that an agricultural chemical could detectably increase the already high toxicity of tobacco.
Penar was finally reformulated at some time in the 1970s—years after the initial data which indicated that the original formula was carcinogenic had been developed.
Maleic hydrazide, another sucker control agent, was also reformulated. The diethanolamine salt was replaced with the potassium salt because of concerns that nitrosamines might be produced when tobacco treated with diethanolamine salt was burned (4, 5). Maleic hydrazide has continued in widespread use: in the mid-1970s about 3 million pounds were used on tobacco in the United States (4). The B&W Leaf Division reported that it was having difficulty meeting the standards set by the West German government for permissible levels of maleic hydrazide in tobacco in the 1971 tobacco crop {1317.07}. The report notes, "there is no systemic alternative to maleic hydrazide, but contact suckering formulations based on the long-chain alcohols octanol and decanol are coming into favour, especially in Canada" {1317.07}.
An April 12, 1984, memorandum from K. J. Brotzge, associate research biologist, to E. E. Kohnhorst, vice president for research, development, and engineering (RD&E) at B&W (with copies to Ivor Wallace Hughes, chairman and CEO; Thomas Sandefur, executive vice president; Ernest Pepples, senior vice president and general counsel; and others
{1003.01}), describes the "annual pesticide residue meetings" held at North Carolina State University the previous week {1318.01}. The meeting reviewed an ongoing monitoring program that analyzed levels of residues of agricultural chemicals in various brands of cigarettes. The work was supported by grants from the North Carolina Tobacco Foundation, American Tobacco, B&W, Liggett & Myers, Lorillard, Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, and the Tobacco Advisory Committee (UK). The program had supported a graduate student's master's degree work in toxicology. Maleic hydrazide, the sucker control agent, was still evident in cigarettes.


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Fox News has obtained yet more.
Internal emails this one sent by the State Department to members the Obama administration.
-- this document describes an attack on a shelter about a mile away from the US consulate in Ben Ghazi Libya under mortar attack -- -- secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Downplaying some of those emails a bit yesterday at the State Department you know.
Posting something on FaceBook.
Is not in -- -- itself evidence.
And I think it just underscores how fluid the reporting.
Was at the time and continued for some time to -- Both Senator John McCain is -- history.
The senator just sent a letter to the White House come asking for more questions members -- Armed Service Committee answer welcome back here to America's Newsroom.
Thank you built my first question is a simple one.
Based on the emails that now are now saying that were transmitted hundreds of members of administration throughout Washington.
How did they know change the story in your view.
Well it's just.
And by the way I it will always admired Secretary Clinton and frankly I'm.
I'm really a little bit -- -- saddened because she's really harming her reputation by engaging in this.
Incredible cover up throwing yourself under the boxes a couple of time she's.
She's done that but you know it's not -- -- posting on FaceBook.
This is email sent from the scene.
That alerted people -- warned them that there was going on you know their fundamental statement Anderson during this whole thing.
At least for ten or twelve days was so that was a quote spontaneous demonstration.
Triggered by.
Say hateful video -- there was no demonstration.
There and nor is there any evidence whatsoever that they ever transmittal that information -- somewhere somebody manufactured.
This whole scenario that the demonstration in Cairo then caused one and -- guys -- then good and just got out of hand.
You don't go to demonstrations with mortars.
And rocket propelled grenades -- -- everybody knew that what what did you Hillary Clinton says were cherry picking information.
-- who -- what information is they had to do they have what intelligence basis did they say.
That this was a spontaneous demonstration there is none because that -- was no demonstration.
Christine and say good -- to the Turkish ambassador at 830 at night and there was nothing happening.
There's real time videos that were being sent back about this attack and it was clear it was -- -- demonstration.
It went on for seven hours and I on this whole issue of the military and where they were.
September 11.
Should have been a key day we should -- -- forces on alert we should -- had F sixteens we should have had other.
Forces on alert because we know that September 11 has -- day of great tension throughout that part of the world and finally again.
The warnings you know.
Chris -- last message.
To the White House before -- took back the State Department before he died.
Was his concerns about the lack of security what did the president know about the attacks of October.
At and April.
And it worked action on the embassy why did the British clothes on their consulate why of the British close their consulate -- -- the Red Cross sleep.
Why did lieutenant colonel would say we -- the last flag standing.
Because of there.
Failure to act over information they had the consulate -- -- guys you became a death -- US three specific questions in your letter yesterday here is one of them why -- requests for greater security not -- Who's responsible for that decision senator.
Well the first obviously it -- goes up to the State Department and may be the president didn't know about those.
But didn't the president know -- -- briefed about the previous attacks on our consulate.
And both in April and in June was and he.
Told of the deteriorating situation.
Security situation.
In been guys -- which everybody know about obviously the British know about it because they closed.
-- consulate.
So maybe he didn't know.
Some of the details -- my god he should have been briefed.
We have American citizens in that consulate whose lives will actually endanger them when they were plenty of warnings.
-- about the -- there one more point on this Joseph Biden is Susan Rice on the talk shows she hit all five of them five days afterwards -- on the video.
The president was on David Letterman the following Monday or thereabouts -- -- talking about the video yet again Joseph Biden said in his debate with Paul Ryan that.
They did not know essentially at the White House staff and and now these emails in real time put you inside the situation room.
At the White House.
What is that.
-- -- There either intentionally deceiving the American people -- the gross incompetence.
Doesn't qualify the present to be commander in chief.
The president United States needs to go on television and tell the American people exactly what happened here.
For brave Americans lost their lives -- consulate.
Was literally destroyed.
This is say the first time we've lost an ambassador in many many years 30% -- the president the president needs to clear this up with the American people.
And obviously he is not going to do that.
That is a dereliction of duty in my view and I think the American people deserve a lot better leadership than what they're get mad at him.
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Posted: 5/3/2005 9:46:32 AM
He likes the SAM7 varients a lot, and gives weights of 7.7-7.9lbs for the fixed, side, and under folder options. He also likes the Kobra.
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Posted: 5/31/2005 8:22:23 AM
Which is why I think when their SLR-108 comes out they won't be able to keep them on the shelves.
Posted: 6/23/2005 9:02:50 PM
Why will the SLR108 be so good?
Posted: 6/23/2005 10:45:51 PM
With the exception of the US extra long buttstock, it'll be a real semi-auto Bulgarian AKM......we haven't had anything like that since the Hungarian FEG SA-85M's came in the country in 1986. |
Posted: 6/28/2005 7:53:09 PM
What kind of price are they gonna be starting at? I've been looking into the prospect of getting a high quality AK. WIZZO |
Posted: 6/28/2005 8:41:02 PM
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Posted: 8/4/2005 12:20:51 AM
i just read almost two pages of this article- haven't had time to sit and read a .pdf on my screen...
is it just me or is the author like every other author out there? whenever they write a review, they try to smoke as much pole as possible, not just the pole of the manufacturer of the item, i can look past that, but he goes on about the cobra red dot sights a little too much- granted, not much at all, but too much. he acts like he holds stock in the company itself "and it takes common round batteries like the 2032, etc..." jesus H. do we need a brief history of AK mags being made of steel and then ABS plastic? were they ever made out of ABS? he doesn't mention bakelite and then says that bulgarian mags have the 10 with the circle around it. I'm not an AK guy, but i have seen different markings and don't remember the 10 being specifcally bulgarian or that bulgarians all have a "10" on them... aluminum magazines were tested but failed immediately? "AK magazines must be rocked into and out of the magazine well during insertion and removal and tactical reloading suffers as a consequence. In this area, the M16 clearly wins, although M16 magazines are distinctly inferior to those of the Kalashnikov." WTF? DID WE GO OFF ON A TANGENT HERE? it just bugs me when he (or any writer) will get into what he things are the finer points or difference in this particular rifle and then immediately explain how a paddle release works as if the reader now has no fucking clue what an AK is all of a sudden... i've pissed you off enough already. sorry and goodnight. p.s.- it's the article itself, not the author and not the AK47 or anything else I'm annoyed with. |
Posted: 8/17/2005 1:42:58 PM
No, you're on the money, Joe. Typically, these gun rag writers get some kinda inside deal when the prep their articles. You know, like free this and free that. The quid pro quo is obvious in the tenor of their articles. How often does one read about anything in other than glowing terms. Your point is also well taken about how the author treats the readership like morons.
Posted: 8/17/2005 2:22:16 PM
I think he doesn't know how to write period. He can't decide how to write an article or what he wants to include. He starts out explaining differences an avid fan might notice and then stops to explain stuff only an idiot would not know, then treats all readers like idiots.
Posted: 9/6/2005 8:24:17 PM
Agree, most gun writers don't even know how to objectively write an article about a rifle because they have very little or limited experience with the weapon system as a whole. If I wrote an Ak article I would compair that rifle to production runs of other countries, pros, cons. Example the Bulgarians recently modified in the past year or so the 5.56 magazines by smoothing out the areas that push the round first center then over the other rounds in the magazine- a faulty design change because the bullet feed ramp guide was never designed as a feed ramp guide but instead as a block to keep double feeds from occuring etc. No other country modified their magazine in the manner except the bulgarians which deny doing so but then you only have to look at their various production runs to see, honestly suprised their SAM5 models run unless they changed the feed lip itself on the barrels etc. Honestly I would tear most gun designers a new one.
Posted: 9/11/2005 12:45:31 AM
Peter Kokalis has been in the gun writing business for a long time. He was the head firearms guy for Soldier of Fortune Magazine for years. Then he was editor/contributor for Small Arms Review and now writes for Shotgun News. He's the most knowledgeable military firearms guy in the country. And he's a nice guy, if you ever get a chance to meet him in person!
Posted: 9/17/2005 9:35:12 PM
[Last Edit: 9/17/2005 9:36:50 PM by Newaza]
Yea, Kokalis has been around for a long time and he definitely knows his shit. I remember an article he wrote about AKs years ago in SOF's Fighting Firearms; I must have read it at least 10 times; it was great. Eventually, the magazine fell apart.
Posted: 9/17/2005 9:46:23 PM
You know, if I were going to buy an AK I'm sure it would be one of those...but no matter how well they're made they're still an un-ergonomic rifle that is snail-slow to manipulate compared to an AR. I took a Pat Rogers class last summer with a contractor-type who used an AK because that's what he was going to be issued in the box, and he was a reasonably competent shooter..but he couldn't keep up with the SLOWEST M4 shooter in the class when it came to any kind of weapon manipulation.
Posted: 9/23/2005 12:02:10 AM
SLR-108 - Import 7.62, stamped receiver, 14mm muzzle threads, slant compensator, cleaning rod, slant gas block with accesory lug, black polymer furniture, NATO buttstock • COMING SOON! • Standard production • MSRP $650 SPECIFICATIONS * • Caliber: 7.62 x 39 mm * • Total Length: ??? mm * • Barrel Length: 415 mm * • Weight without Magazine: ??? kg * • Muzzle Velocity: ??? m/s * • Rate of Fire (practical): 40 rds/min * • Twist Rate: 1 in 240 mm * • Effective Range: 400 m * • Max Effective Range: 2000 m When is "soon"? How long is this buttstock. I need the long stock for my long arms to have good pull. I'm looking for a length similar to the PC one-piece style hunting stocks. |
Posted: 12/20/2005 2:00:10 PM
get the arm9 stock. I'm going to get that thrown on the 5.56 I plan on buying. stock like an ar-15. I'll just take the metal plate off of it and grind a pachmeyr presentation pad to it instead.
Posted: 2/1/2006 2:05:34 PM
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I actually saw him at the IWA show (Euro version of the shot show) last year (2005).... Guess where? The Wolf booth! He had some weird guy falling him around..Guy I was with said he had seen them together in Russia as well....Guess it was his lover or some deal..
Posted: 2/1/2006 4:15:39 PM
And strange enough Wolf is almost not sold in Europe, you see it in Germany sporadicly (sp?) but I've yet to see it in the Netherlands.
Posted: 2/1/2006 6:07:24 PM
Wasn't that blond Nordic type guy that's always the subject of his photos was it? |
Posted: 2/2/2006 2:49:55 PM
No, he was bald, just like him.. |
Posted: 8/20/2006 1:01:29 PM
have an SLR-95 and just picked up a SAM-7SF with side folder last week. friggin awesome rifles
Posted: 9/14/2006 10:55:53 PM
Isn't Kokalis a member here?
Posted: 9/15/2006 9:05:02 AM
not that i know about
Posted: 12/29/2006 12:59:16 PM
[Last Edit: 12/29/2006 1:08:30 PM by WALLY223]
I have been lurking here for quite some time and I feeI I should speak up. I am very disappointed at the personal negitive comments slung at Mr. Kokalis. You may all FLAME me all you want, but Mr. Kokalis has actually been in more real combat situations than most of us ( including me, ) put together. He is also one of the best writers in the business and one of my favorite authors. This was NOT an AK "fluff piece", the firearm happens to really be that good. He is not shy about trashing guns that are not..... Please gentleman, I really enjoy this forum and I feel we can ALL be a little more professional than some of the comments in this thread...
Posted: 2/18/2007 11:51:43 AM
I Agree
It was this review that convinced me to buy one of the SLR-106 Rifles and as a matter of fact I did so 3 days after reading the artical. Kolakis was correct in every regard to the weapon, and I can confirm everything he said. Mine is by far the best made and most accurate AK I have ever fired. Seems there is one bad apple in every bunch who just wants to trash everyone |
Posted: 2/27/2007 10:14:01 AM
After reading the article and some evaluations of the rifle, I am this close [-] to purchasing one instead of waiting for an FN-SCAR or Magpul Masada


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