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Mic Madness! Aaaargh! Help...

Discussion in 'Digital Audio' started by Derwood, Mar 24, 2008.

  1. macrumors regular

    Dec 21, 2005
    Hi All,

    I'm trying to help my brother-in-law out with a new USB Mic he's just bought. The mic in question is an SE Electronics USB1000A. The problem is this: On his MBP in Garageband, when the SE mic is selected as the input device, the input level is greyed out and unadjustable. Input level is consequently very low. He has a Rev A. MacBook Pro running 10.5.2 and Garageband 3.0.5 (104.10). I am running the exact same set-up on the BlackBook in my sig. and it works perfectly. I'm able to adjust the level within Garageband. We're both running the same versions of OS X and Garageband.

    Info from the Sounds panel in System Prefs is minimal. The device is Plug-And-Play and does not come with any specific audio drivers.

    I just don't see why this would be the case. It's the same problem when we tried the mic on one of our buddies MBP's - he's running Garageband 4.1.2 (248.7). Is it possible that there is some difference between the MacBook and MBP USB controllers that means it works on one machine but not another? The only other difference I can think of is that I have audio drivers installed for my M-Audio Pre-Mobile USB and they don't. Could this be making the difference?

    I've been bashing my head against a brick wall for long enough. I'm throwing it out to the MacRumors community for help.

    Any thoughts?
  2. macrumors newbie

    Apr 12, 2003
    Paris, France
    I had the same problem yesterday on my dad's new MBP. We ended up swapping the USB cable for a more recent, better quality one and the input level rose dramatically to the level I expected.

    Try that and see what result you get.

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New TV (Programable remote )

Discussion in 'Apple TV and Home Theater' started by HGW, Sep 7, 2010.

  1. HGW
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    Apr 25, 2005
    in settings is it still possible to program third party remotes with the new tv.
  2. macrumors 68030

    Jul 21, 2009
    United Kingdom
    Nobody has received the new AppleTV yet. I recommend you re-bump this thread when there are large amounts of people receiving their AppleTV's.
  3. macrumors 6502a

    Chris Rogers

    Jul 8, 2008
    my house
    I don't see any reason why the harmony remote wouldn't work. It works with my Mini and my old Apple TV before I got rid of it.
  4. macrumors regular

    Feb 6, 2010
    United States
    YES!!! You can.

    Mac Rumors wrote a guide on how to pair a Logitech Harmony Series remote with the Apple TV -- here:

    If you can program the Logitech Harmony remotes, I'm going to gurrantee you that there's a handful of other remotes out there that can be programmed to work with it. :p
  5. macrumors 6502a

    Feb 3, 2008
    The new Apple TV looks like it comes with a plain Jane Apple remote, so I assume the IR commands are going to be the same and should require no reprogramming of a universal remote.

    Logitech is pretty good about supporting new devices quickly anyway, however.
  6. macrumors regular

    Jun 23, 2010
    I don't think the OP is asking if any Harmony/programmable remote can mimic the AppleTV remote. It's IR, I can't imagine it not working!

    What the OP asked is can you train the new AppleTV itself to respond to an entirely different set of remote commands. On the original AppleTV, you could go into settings, and "teach" the AppleTV commands from any given IR remote. I trained mine to respond to the second control side of my TiVo remote. It worked great!

    I hope they didn't remove this feature, but who knows!

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Stand for typing

Discussion in 'iPad Accessories' started by Tobster3, Jul 30, 2010.

  1. macrumors 6502

    Jun 3, 2010
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    I've been looking for a stand that I can use for my iPad while at the office specifically for typing while the iPad is landscape at a slight angle.

    I also want to be able to do this without removing my iPad's Grip.

    Does anyone have any suggestions of such a stand at a reasonable cost.

    I would appreciate any comments or suggestions.

    Thanks for reading.
  2. macrumors 68020

    Jun 20, 2010
    There are a number of possibilities out there; if youhaven't already, try a search of just this forum for the word "stand" and you'll turn up dozens of threads on the subject.

    I use this one for viewing and typing on a daily basis. I like it very much for its six-position adjustability and its portability. It comes in black, white, or mint green.

    (no affiliation to the seller other than the fact I purchased from him and had a good transaction--there are dozens of ones just like it on eBay)
  3. macrumors regular

    Mar 17, 2009
    pssst, look behind you...
    I jokingly put this up as an alternative to a really beautiful, more expensive stand in another post.

    IMO this is actually a good, functional, cheap & mostly theft proof stand for an open office enviorment where those thing are a concern & where they are not.

    It ain't sexy. It ain't cool. But it comes in a 2 pack for $5.65. I got 4 total & have them in different places around the house so I can always have one at the ready. :D
  4. macrumors 68040

    Oct 7, 2007
    baltimore, md
    skadoosh...but $100 though
  5. macrumors G3

    Night Spring

    Jul 17, 2008
    I use this too. Very good for viewing, but questionable for typing -- too easy for the angle to shift with pressure.
  6. macrumors member

    Nov 1, 2008
    Chattanooga, TN
  7. macrumors 6502

    Apr 24, 2010
    Rock Ridge
    Loopt stand
  8. macrumors 6502a

    Sep 30, 2007
  9. macrumors member

    Aug 2, 2010
    here is a plain simple easy to operate typing stand

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  10. macrumors 6502

    Jun 28, 2010
  11. macrumors member

    Aug 1, 2010

    thats what ive ordered and will be using. Not sure if it will work with a Grip case on it.

    Im going to try mod mine so that it should give my iPad with Belkin Grip Vue on.
  12. Guest

    Apr 10, 2008
    small pc of foam. cheap and works great for desktop usage.
    still want to get one of those Best Buy display stands.

  13. macrumors demi-goddess

    Clix Pix

    Oct 9, 2005
    8 miles from the Apple Store at Tysons (VA)
    I am sitting out on my deck right now with the iPad and the Gibson 3-wire stand that was mentioned above in post #3. I prop the iPad on it in either orientation for reading but when I want to type, I simply take the iPad and prop it against the bottom lip only, which elevates it to a good position for typing, the thing doesn't move out of position, and I can type merrily away.....

    I, too, have those Gibson stands all over the house and IMHO they are far more useful for the money than the fancier and far more expensive ones that are being sold specifically for the iPad. When I get through typing, I will stick the iPad back on the stand in either portrait or landscape orientation and keep on reading......

    Forgot to mention that I do this with the Belkin Clear Vue on or even with the iPad naked,which is how I usually use her at home.
  14. macrumors 6502a

    Sep 30, 2007
    I'm thinking of just using the inexpensive (lol) combination of my iPhone 4 and wallet when I go to class this semester. :p
  15. macrumors 68020

    Jun 20, 2010
    I do have one of these as well, but I find it too flimsy for typing. Propping it with just the lower lip doesn't raise it enough to be at a comfortable angle for typing in my opinion. Stretching/extending the legs and back support to a better angle leaves the stand somewhat wobbly vs the weight of the iPad.

    I use it for reading in the bath all the time with my Kindle in a waterproof case, and it's plenty stable for that!

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Author Topic: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?  (Read 5529 times)

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Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« on: August 08, 2007, 04:10:19 PM »
i was approved to recieve free sculptra from the company..now i am trying to find doctors that will do the injections at a low price or even free...i live in Georgia close to Atlanta, so any information would be great. My friends were using Dr. Jarman in Atlanta but he has raised his fees to 500.00 per session and i cannot afford that at this time. thanks for reading !

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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2007, 09:11:25 AM »
I know doctors charge $500 a session to inject Sculptra but I think that is too much. We aren't desperate housewives trying to look younger, we are people with a serious medical condition and insurance should be paying for this. Many people who need this treatment aren't working and are on a fixed income. I doesn't that that long to inject Sculptra and you would think that some doctors would give us a break on the price.

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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2007, 09:25:01 AM »
i'm confused.  (so what's new?)

if you are "approved to receive free Sculptra", what's the price concern?  are you saying you have the stuff- you just need the doc to do the injections?  wow-  i wouldn't think it would be $500 if you were BYOS.  Jarman is the first name that came to mind for me also.  he's charging that much even if you can bring your own??  i would have thought that price included the cost of the stuff.  shows what i know.
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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2007, 09:41:20 AM »
$500 per session is about average to have a doctor inject Sculptra even if Dermik is giving you the product at no cost. It can take 6 treatments for good results. Sculptra is suppose to last "up to two years" according to Dermik. Over the long haul this can get really expensive, even if you get the product for free.

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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2007, 04:31:11 PM »
The doctor is delivering the stuff to the right spot/correct layer of the skin. After the facial skin is cleansed with an iodine solution the product is injected underneath the skin. A bit of stinging/pinching as the stuff spreads beneath. A stray tear or two for those sensitive to discomfort. Then it's done. Finished. Afterwards, you hold an ice pack to face for 20 mins. to curtail swelling.
A doctor who knows what he/she is doing--from 30 mins to an hour of work...........but could take up to 2 hrs for an inexperience person.
$500 every year is not a bad investment for those kinds of returns. Ask pozniceguy.  Holding an accountant degree, I do have an awareness for overhead and hidden costs factors--plus--factor in expensive insurance costs (protection against lawsuits).
Also,consider the potential money saved from not consuming alcohol in bars or even a nicotine habit.......somehow even those who struggle to pay bills each month manage to get their tobacco and beer each week of each and every year for those indulgences.
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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2007, 06:01:50 PM »
well i guess 500 is gonna be the norm now that Sculptra has gotten so popular. I believe insurance should cover it but we know how that goes.  Thank you gsogymrat for your knowledgable information. I believe I will need about 3 treatments so I guess i better start saying up 1500 buckaroos.  Keep on Living Guys. thank you

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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2007, 10:24:27 PM »
You can try contacting Dr. L. Jack Cheng at Tuxedo Aesthetic Surgery Center, 3833 Roswell Rd., #116
I had a single treatment and that was good enough... 15 months and it's only shrunken just a bit.  Another dermatologist that did juvederm claims retinA can help maintain collagen so he recommends using it as much as you can tolerate, especially if you've had Sculptra.

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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2007, 12:00:25 AM »
Hey Buddy. I'm in the exact same position you are in except I live in Washington DC and they want $600.00 per injection here. Do you have anymore additional information about this or any other resonably priced places or clinics that would help us?

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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2007, 03:18:16 PM »
Is this about that new Lipo dissolve treatment you see ad's about on TV all the time? I went to one of those clinics and they wouldn't treat me because all my Lipodistrophy is underneath the muscles around my midriff section not under the skin. That and they said they don't treat HIV+ people anyway. It's all fat around my organs. I don't have hardly any fat between my skin and my muscles in the stomach area at all.

EDIT: Never mind. I see it's not the same thing now that I've read some more posts in this forum.
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Re: Low fee doctors in GA that do Sculptra?
« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2007, 11:13:52 AM »
I have had no luck finding a doctor that will do the injections for less than 500 bucks. What is sad is several people I know that had this done last year got the injections for about 200 each time...then doctors realized how much money than can make so guess what ...we have to pay 500 to 1500 dollars per session now.  Just seems typical of the medical profession to do this.   Well, i vented enough on that subject.  Thanks for any information you guys have posted, it is much appreciated.  If anyone finds a low cost expierenced doctor to do the injections...please post! thanks again.

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Switching from Kaletra Truvada To Reyataz/Tuvada/Norvir
« on: September 29, 2009, 01:13:52 PM »
Hello To All Of You,
I haven't been this website in about 2 years. I was diagnosed in '07 and was placed on Kaletra/Truvada/Dapson. Stats at the time were Viral - 750k+, CD4 - 2. After fighting many OI's, an allergic reaction to bactrim and wasting away 30lbs and going through 5 weeks of pure hell with the meds I am still not making the progress I want and dealing with side effects.

My 07/2009 stats currently are; Viral - Undect., CD4 - 150. After firing my previous HIV physician for, poor bedsode mannerism and language that was not necessary towards me I switched and now have have a new doc.
We just tried the Atripla route. Forget it! The side effects were awefull. Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, high anxiety etc. That's after just 3 days. I stopped and went back to Kaletra and Truvada

He is now going to place me on Reyataz/Truvada/Norvir. My question is will my CD4 go up as he suggests and wants or will I be hovering in the 150's. He suggests to hit it hard with all three and see where it goes with the CD4.  He also said that i could have permanently damaged my chances for a higher CD4 count as i started at 2 to begin with. I am willing to try but awful sceptical with the side effects from the Kaletra/Truvda that was 5 weeks and then trying to switch to Atripla and that was a disaster for three days with more horrifying side effects. I begin to wonder if this is what my life has become nothing but side effects.  I have heard of horror stories, jaundice, yellowing, joint pain, nausea, etc. etc. Then I here the flip side it's great, no side effects, counts go up, viral goes down hurray!

Any thoughts or suggestions or comments are all welcomed. Is there a better once a day hi boosting CD4 regime that would work better or equal too? I have had the genotype and am NOT resistant to any meds so the slate is clean. Hurray! Well I start in two weeks after I see him and he prescribes this new regime
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Re: Switching from Kaletra Truvada To Reyataz/Tuvada/Norvir
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2009, 05:48:12 PM »
Hi M ! I am sorry to hear you have had such a bad time.I too started off on Kaletra and Truvada .CDs 247 and VL 5 thousand and something.  I was on that combo for three months . The only side affect was the awful diarrhea and gas . My cds went up and the V.L. went down. I have been on Truvada,Norvir and Reyataz for the last nine months or so and this combo suits me very well.Absolutely no side affects whatsoever.CDs 750 and VL undetectable. I was informed of the possible side affects at the hospital and I was so scared and upset that I started to cry.I remeber looking at the meds  before I took them for the first time and wondering how I'd feel after taking them , but I was fine. I was waiting to get  dizzy or start throwing up or something but it was a breeze.Everyone reacts differently and I think a lot of it is in our heads . So don't worry because you are going to be just fine.
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Re: Switching from Kaletra Truvada To Reyataz/Tuvada/Norvir
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2009, 06:38:31 PM »
You are already on Truvada so you are basically switching out Kaletra for Reyataz/Norvir. As Jay said, everyone reacts differently but there is a very good chance that you will be fine. Some people do get the yellowing of the eyes but most of the time that goes away. I heard that drinking lots of water helps minimize it.

The important thing is that you are adherent so you can remain undetectable, that way if you want to try a different combo you can always do that without getting resistance.

Isentress is excellent but it is twice a day for now. I am on it and I'm not experiencing any side effects whatsoever. In the near future it's likely to be approved for once daily dosing.

There are some very promising studies using IL-7 to boost CD4s. For now, they are in the early stages but it's possible that it could work in boosting CD4s, so it's something to keep in mind for the future (unless you want to check out the clinical trials, which is also an option).

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Re: Switching from Kaletra Truvada To Reyataz/Tuvada/Norvir
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2009, 07:59:20 PM »
With regards jaundice, I experienced quite a definite yellowing at the start that has since faded. It's now only noticeable in bright light (and even then it's a very slight discolouration). My eyes are yellow only in those areas that are covered by skin. These considerations aside, Reyataz is a great drug that's unique among protease inhibitors in that it's very cholesterol friendly (and dosed once-a-day).

As far as I'm aware, all that can be expected of the antiretroviral drugs is to reduce viral load: gains in CD4 are dependent upon the body repairing itself from the sustained viral attack. I've heard a few stories of people such as yourself, starting out with very low CD4 counts who make some gains on therapy, then plateau for a long time at a disappointing CD4 level, only to go on to make large gains in a relatively short space of time (perhaps these people could comment?).

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Re: Switching from Kaletra Truvada To Reyataz/Tuvada/Norvir
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2009, 08:21:52 AM »
Hello am newly diagnosed and on atrpila am having trouble emotionally it seems i get very anxious and depressed, it seems i cannot handle stress at all any more is this common and should i consider SSRI's again i was on celelxa.

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Re: Switching from Kaletra Truvada To Reyataz/Tuvada/Norvir
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2009, 05:17:10 PM »
bluewater - suggest you start your own thread if you have a question you would like the community to address... in essence, this is called thread hijacking...

marsss -

I started treatment this summer and am on Truvada/Reyataz/Norvir.

1) You need to have a booster, Norvir as part of your regimen. Kaletra already has Novir as part of the formula. With Truvada, one should boost reyataz. My doc and I almost made the mistake of not boosting. This board, thank goodness spotted the error.

2) Reyataz generally has a more favorable side effect profile compare to Kaletra when it comes to diarrhea and lipids. And is considered to be as effective.

3) The side effect raising your bilibrium, which may cause eyes to yellow or skin to yellow, isn't a common side effect, but there are some to whom this does happen. Sometimes it passes.

4) Regardless of the ARV med, there usually is an adjustment period. During this period, which i would say could be up to three weeks, you might experience, headaches, strange surges of energy and fatigue, digestive effects, yellowing, etc. For me, it was headaches and gas as the most noticible ones, and a slight rash which took about 3 weeks to pass. Since you are changing just the PI part of the combo, if may not be that significant. But I had to add Norvir after week two, and I had to go through another week of adjustment.

5) I would say I'm pretty much side effect free after 4 months, and doing better. There are things that affect me though, from caffiene and pot, which i'm evaluating what my relationship to them should be. I also take Psyllium Fiber in a daily Drink to help my digestion with Yogurt and some glutamine, which really helps the digestive track work well.

PI based regimens are slightly better from a Immunicological aspect, than Atripla which is better viralogically. What this means it, PI tend to boost CD4 counts faster than Atripla, which is deemed better at controlling Viral Load. Since your working to rebuild your CD4, PI is probably the better treatment path.

I wrote a LOG about my experience in starting my med program Which is about Reyataz, Truvada Norvir Combo and its posted in this forum.  Pretty much a daily diary and now I periodically update it after blood tests.

Lastly on your CD4 recovery. These things take time. And sometimes it may not improve much from where you are. Its not so much a function, from what studies show, about your CD4 dropping so low, as it is a function of your lymphatic system. Some lymph systems are damaged by HIV more significantly and some are not. That damage often can limit how far your CD4's can recover.

Not so say there may be no options, such as InterLukin, or even a selenium supplement and some anti inflamatories which may help. But I don't know what the long term implications are of these activities, so working with your doctor is probably the best option, and doing research on the subject and of course asking the board for help.
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02/07 CD4 404 - 27% - VL 15k
10/07 CD4 484 - 31% - VL 45k
05/08 CD4 414 - 26% - VL 70k
01/09 CD4 365 - 23% - VL 65k
05/09 CD4 291 - 23% - VL 115k - Started Meds - Reyataz/Truvada
06/09 CD4 394 - ?% - VL 1200 - Boosted Reyataz with Norvir and Truvada
07/09 CD4 441 - ?% - VL 118 - Boosted Reyataz with Norvir and Truvada
09/09 CD4 375 - ?% - VL Undetectable - Boosted Reyataz with Norvir and Truvada
12/09 CD4 595 - ?% - VL Undetectable - VIT D 34 - Reyataz/Truvada/Norvir

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Re: Switching from Kaletra Truvada To Reyataz/Tuvada/Norvir
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2009, 07:50:54 PM »
Hi M,

I had to start meds one year ago and, as usual, my doctor wanted me to take atripla. Since I knew a couple of people who had a very very hard time with the sustiva component, I opted for the Truvada/Reyataz/Norvir option, which was obviously a good idea : I've been on it for a year now and didn't experience (or notice) any side effects.  Nada. I know several people who take it too and none of them seems to have problems with it. As far as I know this is one of the best combos available as far as long and short term side effects are concerned.

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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2009, 09:41:38 PM »
Boosted Reyataz with Truvada has been very easy on me.  The only noticeable side effect is occasional yellowing, which seems to be brought on by use of poppers.  Others have said that alcohol use does it.  You might also want to read the thread in this section about marijuana and tobacco and Reyataz.

I think that CD4 recovery is more a function of virus suppression and individual constitution, rather than any specific medication.  The important thing is that you be on a tolerable regimen you can adhere to.
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« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2009, 12:52:08 AM »
Hey Marsss  :) ,
                        I have been POS for  25 plus years !

            I started  Reyataz , truvada ,Novir    5 years ago !

   My    T cells were   101  at the time !

           Viral  was  365,000 ?????????????????

  It took  two months to drop to undetectable and    a  few years  for my  T cells to return to normal !

  I find if I eat well (   no crap , sugar ,soda ,beef  etc. )   that  I  have  very few side effects !

                               Wishing you well on your new   regime

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« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2009, 02:12:19 AM »
I got an allergic reaction to either the rayataz or the norvir.....Im on the kaleetra and truvada right now.and yeah i have the diarhea and gas, its been a pretty easy transition from what i was taking.. im ambivalent about the atripla because of the past results with sustiva. but good luck to you
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2009, 01:46:49 PM »
It's hard to say how your cds are going to react as nobody ( normally ) has a baseline to go by.

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New Chevrolet GT race cars display competitive balance in 2014 opener

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2014) – In its return to the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Corvette Racing experienced the highs and lows of the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic. In their competitive debut, both of the team’s Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs led the opening round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. The new racing Corvette showed promise with impressive speed and economy ahead of its full-season campaign in North America’s new sports car racing championship.

The No. 4 Corvette C7.R of Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Robin Liddell led the Corvette Racing effort placed a disappointing fifth in the GT Le Mans class following a problem with the car’s gearbox with less than three hours to go. Milner, running second at the time, was chasing the eventual race-winning car when the Corvette’s gearbox temperature rose dramatically. Milner went directly to the garage where the team diagnosed the problem as a transmission bearing failure. The Corvette Racing crew switched out the gearbox in 30 minutes and sent Milner back to the race.

Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Ryan Briscoe each had impressive drives to take the No. 3 Corvette C7.R from the rear of the grid at the start to the class lead at the six-and-a-half hour mark. The balance and stability of the Corvette was evident in the track’s infield section and allowed all three drivers to cut through slower traffic. Unfortunately the engine began to overheat during Garcia’s stint near the halfway mark. He handed over to Briscoe, who was called first to the pits then to the garage on more than one occasion to try and solve the cooling problem – a task that ultimately proved unsuccessful.

“This is an example of how difficult the Rolex 24 can be,” said Mark Kent, Chevrolet’s Director of Racing. “On one hand, we are very encouraged with the initial showing of the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. The promise the car displayed was evident on both the No. 3 and No. 4 side. Unfortunately these things happen in a race as long and grueling as this one. Hats off to the efforts by everyone at Corvette Racing and Team Chevy for their efforts. We will examine these issues, find the root causes and resolve them prior to the next race at Sebring.”

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"I had quite a good couple of stints. Luckily both the yellows came two-thirds or three-quarters into each of the stints so it wasn’t easy to make decisions on pit strategies and tires. We just did fuel on the first one and chose just right-side tires and fuel on the second one. I got out again with no problem. The Porsche had four tires so he had an advantage. In the end, I was having some issues with some sudden oversteering. I thought there was oil on the track but it was me that was leaking water from the engine so I spun on my own water. It got worse and worse and we decided to stop to check everything.”

"This definitely wasn't the result everyone was looking for. All in all, the car was quite fast. We weren't the fastest car out there but a podium was definitely in the cards. I feel really sorry for all the guys who worked so hard to get us here. We will come back to Sebring stronger. For me the opening stint was about me staying out of trouble and trying to make up as much of the ground as possible. I really thought I would get by all the GT Daytona cars and then have a big gap up to the GTLM cars but it wasn't that big when I finally came through. I thought I needed a safety car to bunch everyone up but we were right there at the end of my first double-stint. After that, we all had a good couple of stints to get into the lead. It all went downhill from there, unfortunately. It's a new car with a ton of potential. We are just scratching the surface. It already is a great car. We just need to iron out the bugs."

"I was having a great time driving the Corvette C7.R The car was really good to drive. It was the best-handling car as far as I could see. We were really good and really strong, and we were definitely contenders until we started having some overheating issues. It was a real honor to be part of Corvette Racing for the first time. I'm looking forward to more."

“It was great to finally race the Corvette C7.R. I really enjoyed my stints in the car and racing against the competition in our class. It was building up to a really grandstanding finish between us, the Porsche and the BMW. Unfortunately both Corvette Racing and the fans were robbed of that due to our transmission problem. But that is the nature of endurance racing. The C7.R is a brand new race car, and for it to go 22.5 hours with a major problem is a real testament to the team, Chevrolet and Pratt & Miler. Kudos to the Corvette Racing team for working as hard as they did to get the gearbox changed; it was a massive effort by everyone involved. So while the result is frustrating, I can’t thank everyone enough for all they gave this weekend.”

"I got warnings on the dash coming out of NASCAR Turn 4 that the gearbox was hot. Then it got real hot real fast. As I worked down the gears at Turn 1, it was very rough-sounding at the back of the car and was getting worse. The car was running OK. I could still go very quick. I did about half a lap. But when I got to Turn 6, there was a lot of smoke out of the back of the car so I pulled down to the inside."

“Your expectations change in a race like this depending on how you’re doing. When you’re in a position suddenly with three hours to go and the potential to win it, suddenly your expectations ramp right up. Then when something happens, you feel like you’ve been robbed. But stepping back from that, overall we had a pretty good showing with a brand new car. It was a particularly hard race with the lack of class disparity between the speeds of the classes. In the end, the car performed very well. It’s clearly a contender. Once the season gets under way and everything settles down, it will all start to come together. I’m really happy to be part of this team and be part of this first race.”

“Our return to the Rolex 24 At Daytona proved once again that Corvette Racing never gives up. It was a phenomenal effort by the drivers and crews of both the No. 3 and No. 4 Corvette C7.Rs to get both cars to the front under difficult circumstances. The potential of the C7.R package is clear. As we witnessed today, Daytona gives so much but can just as easily take it away. The results maybe not be what we wanted but, the excitement we generated today will be carried right over to Sebring!"

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NetApp's Jay Kidd has told SearchStorage that the company's storage arrays will have solid state drives (SSD) announced for them by the end of the year. Currently NetApp has a two-pronged flash strategy. The first is to have flash caches in its array controllers, the Performance Accelerator Modules (PAM). PAM I is deliverable …

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Pre-announcement of a pre-announcement?

Am I reading this right - are NetApp making a pre-announcement of an announcement that they *will* make by the end of the year announcing that SSD *will* be available for their arrays?

Hmmmm...... too little, too late I think.

Netapp's got this exactly right...

"PAM II was announced last Friday and provides up to 4TB of single level cell (SLC) flash for a controller. It accelerates read I/O for everything in the attached array that is accessed through the controller."

This is exactly the right way for NetApp to use Flash, and a SAS SSD would be exactly wrong. Netapp is a NAS vendor after all, why on earth would they incorporate Flash as a SCSI block-device on SAS when they can put it on the (orders-of-magnitude-faster) processor local bus???

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Smiley Mad I'm hoping there's somebody out there that can shed some light!  My friends L505D-GS6000 was in the middle of reinstalling Windows 7 and stuck with the following message: Could not finish configuring the system.  "To attempt to resume configuring plese reboot your system."  Of course, when you reboot, nothing happens- same message over and over.

Also tried using another Windows 7 recovery and went to F12 to boot from CD but even that wont work.  Same message.  Anyone have any idea how to get past this?  Any special keyboard functions I need to press to reset it?

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 This laptop can do recovery without the recovery disk, have you tried that?

I could be that there's a bad sector on the hard drive, that's why when it comes to the window for the configuring system, an error will come up.

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It kinda helped...Can you elaborate a little please?  How do I do a recovery without the recovery disk?  Right now the laptop is off.  If I turn it on it doesn't get past the pop up: Install Windows then it says: Could not finish configuring the system.  To attempt to recover blah blah blah.  So I need to know what specifically do I need to do once I press the power button because I can't get past that screen if I press power and leave it.

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What 'nameless' is referring to is the built in Toshiba Recovery partition, that was originally installed on this system's hard disk drive (HDD). You can read up on this beginning on page 61 of the L500 Serie's User Guide. If this parition is still intact, the you can run the recovery utility from its HDD partition by pressing and holding down the '0' (zero) key while powering on your system, keep holding '0' down until you see the Toshiba Recovery menu. Give it a try, you've got nothing to lose, if it starts, return the unit to its factory default out-of-the-box state, including Windows 7 64bit, all Toshiba drivers & utilties, and all the software the system originally came with.

However, as it sounds like you were using a standalone Windows 7 disk for the reinstallation, there is a very good chance you have deleted or corrupted the recovery partition. If that is the case, and if your friend never made a set of Toshiba Recovery Media disks, as mentioned on page 69 of the user guide, then you can order them. I would strongly recommend this option. As well as returning the system to its factory default configuration, as described above, it will also rebuild the recovery partition on the HDD.

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What is “ER” doctor Greg Pratt up to nowadays? Well it seems that he fancies himself as an Israeli fighter pilot. The actor who played him, Mekhi Phifer — also famous for his co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film “8 Mile” — is in Israel at the moment, and hanging out where all the celebs go… on an air force base.

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Phifer is visiting the Jewish state with America’s Voices in Israel, a New York-based non-profit, re-launched in last spring after several years in hiatus, which brings celebrities on free trips to Israel with the backing of the Israeli government. He has Tweeted that he’s “having a ball” and that the trip is “great.”

A fellow member of the trip has caused a bit of a stir by posing for photographers without make up. Anna Lynne McCord, Eden Lord in “Nip & Tuck,” Tweeted a picture of herself this morning, complete with blemishes, declaring: “I woke up this morning and decided I’m over Hollywood’s perfection requirement.”

The other celebs on his trip are Omar Epps (“House”), Paul Johansson (“One Tree Hill”), Holly Robinson Peete (“21 Jump St,” “Hanging With Mr. Cooper”), Holt McCallany (“Lights Out”) and Paget Brewster (“Criminal Minds”).


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I'm attending Ubuntu's sprint at Dallas, and I've just been Jono'ed. Check out this video where Jono asks me about everything cloud communitish. If you wanna know how to get involved with the ubuntu cloud community, there are some good pointers in there

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    For those who have read it: thoughts, comments?

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    Wow! William Gravel is my new fucking hero. Very nice start Warren! For such a short book, there sure were a bunch of great lines in there. My favorite being "Where you're headed, there are no virgins." Fuckin' genius. All in all, i'd say killer start, you've hooked me!
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    Disappointed, frankly.

    I've read the 'Strange Kiss' trades off and on, and as always, you pop off some great, interesting ideas...but the character's two-dimensional.

    And unlikable, really. Which is actually the biggest disappointment, because you've written more odious characters with greater charm.

    2D and unlikable don't sit well.

    Will I show up for the formal issue 1?

    Yes, mainly because I want to see if you actually expand on Gravel. So you get another couple bucks out of me. And if you deliver the goods, you'll get another couple.
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    Very, very good start, Warren and Mike. The initial scene is excellent, and the pacing of the book is steady. I especially loved the dialog. Not only the "there are no virgins" bit, but the whole scene in Simon's house. Raulo Caceres' art is top-notch, with the whole package - facial expressions, visual narrative, backgrounds (check out the room where Gravel pushes Simon in the couch) and shadows.

    Question, Warren: who wrote the dialog? Was it you or Mike Wolfer?
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    Andre, I don't think you'd gotten here yet when Warren and Mike posted scriptment/script bits. There's spoilery bits about the first page or so of Gravel #1, if you're worried about that sort of thing, but it might give you a better idea of what's going on in the background.

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    Thanks, Ariana!
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    William Gravel is quite an interesting guy. He has the ability to be invisible and discreet, and yet chose to slam a knife into a guy's face. That's sadistic, and was portrayed graphically. Well done. Bravo. Gravel save the Queen. Or do something to the Queen. Can I say that here?
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2008
    Gravel's making quite a return for a believed to be dead guy, not pulling any punches, that's for sure. And I thought he was going to just take Shiranian's ring...silly me!

    Excellent set-up, guys. I'm looking forward to #1.
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    I'm having a time out until I can learn some manners.
    I just finished the #0 and I really liked it. So far it could be an Ennis book. At first I did not get the murder of Simon either. It seemed an over reaction and too violent but then I realized he was not killed out of anger but Pragmatism. There can only be 7. Gravel NEEDS to be one of the minor 7 for reasons that will probably be explained later.

    While it has been a VERY violent book so far it has been very well done violence. When it comes right down to it the SAS and units like them are very well trained murderers.
    These guys work as hard to be the worlds best murderers as Olympic athletes train to be the best shot putters etc. If there was a way to use supernatural powers or techniques to "slot"
    people they would be doing it. I really liked the knife work in the book as well. It takes more of whatever motivates you(hate, discipline whatever)to kill someone with a knife than it does with a gun. That is the whole point of the Jihadis killing their victims with a knife. Mohhamad Attah the head of Al Quaida in iraq until the US slotted him(love the SAS lingo, "who cares who wins")
    won a lot of respect from the local insurgents for personally executing a hostage on the net. I think though the Jihadis are motivated by hate and Gravel is motivated by something else.
    It is still a little early to tell what that is but if I had to guess I would say there is something so important that it warrants treating a English magician fop like a Taliban killer. There is a definite statement I think about having very similar violence in a cave in Afghanistan and a flat in Notting Hill.

    As a knife nut I would love to know if Gravel's knife was based on a real one?
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    (love the SAS lingo, "who cares who wins")

    "Who Dares, Wins."
  6.  (439.11)
    Loved it. I didn't expect him to take the whole finger either, but I should have; it's Gravel, after all.
    • CommentTimeJan 7th 2008
    I'm having a time out until I can learn some manners.
    Who cares who wins is the unofficial motto of the SAS. Kind of like "it is about the fighting not the political consequences. It is the kind of cynical joke that
    guys like that like. It is a play on words of the official motto "Who dares, wins".

    He kind of needed to take the finger. The ring on it's own might have left some doubt but the finger with the ring still on it pretty well proves they were back to 6.
  7.  (439.13)
    I love stories that involve the S.A.S., I'm fascinated by those guys. Unsub, if you like the S.A.S., you should also read Garth Ennis' Kev series (Kev, More Kev, The Magnificent Kevin and A Man Called Kev), if you haven't already. The third issue of Magnificent Kevin (if I'm not mistaken) has a fantastic mission in Belfast. And the main character is an S.A.S. operative.

    It's also funny as fuck, although Magnificent Kevin and A Man Called Kev are a little more serious.
    • CommentTimeJan 8th 2008
    The Kev stuff is definitely great; I'd also recommend the "Who Dares Wins" storyline in Ennis's Hitman. Fantastic issues.
  8.  (439.15)
    The Kev stuff is definitely great; I'd also recommend the "Who Dares Wins" storyline in Ennis's Hitman. Fantastic issues.

    Oh, yes, I loved that storyline. It also marked the moment where John McCrea's art stopped being cartoonish and invested in a more realistic style.
    • CommentTimeJan 8th 2008 edited
    I'm having a time out until I can learn some manners.
    I have all that stuff and .303 as well. You guys really nailed my taste. .303 is my favourite out of all of those because I am a huge fan of the Enfield rifle
    and actually have a couple. Plus spetznaz is one of the craziest of the special forces groups. Their signature weapon is a spade(short entrenching shovel).
    I have the excellent cold steel replica.<img src="http://

    I loved Gravel's knife. I would love to know if it was modelled after a specific knife or was just drawn from scratch. If it was drawn from scratch they did a great job. Even the sheath looked like a cold war era bayonet sheath. The knife looked like something from Relentless or Strider. I have been looking for a cool comic book knife or sword to make a real version of.
    I was thinking of doing the dagger from the Powers Clockwork Orange style cover but the Gravel one would be neat also. I don't think I am good enough to do Gravel's knife though.
    It is that grind line on the double edge that would be hard. Raulo did a fantastic job on it anyway. Most comic book knives look like something Rob Liefield would draw but gravels is exactly
    the type of knife I would expect a older SAS guy to have. Maybe I will give it a shot and if it turns out I will send it to Raulo?
    It looks kind of like a Darryl Ralph fixed blade. I don't have a picture but I do have one of a similar folder. You can see in the folder a very similar blade even as far as having the same grind lines
    and one and a half edges.
    <img src="http:/

    I would have expected the Taliban to have a more traditional knife though. They usually use those curved ceremonial knives.
  9.  (439.17)
    Very observant, Unsub- The knife used by Gravel in #0 (you know he must own more than one knife...) is a Buck Strider ML Knife.
  10.  (439.18)
    Michael Goldberg at has some commentary on Gravel #0 in his video reviews this week. Gravel talk starts about 5:00 in.

    Goldberg has also covered Black Summer and Doktor Sleepless.
    • CommentTimeJan 8th 2008
    I'm having a time out until I can learn some manners.
    Thanks Mike! it was so familiar it was driving me a bit nuts.
    I may have to buy one just because Gravel has one.
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    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2008
    Good stuff. I've never read any of the Strange Kiss etc. trades. Might have to give them a look now, after a few more issues of this though.

    Don't quite understand the point of #0's that are important, why not just do a #1? In my head (and as I've said before, I'm new to this) a #0 would be a chance to go back and cover a little background just for fun after a book had been running for a while.


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Makeup Monday - Purple and Red Shimmer Eyeshadow

DIY: Purple and Red Shimmer Eyeshadow
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What I Used: GOSH Eyeshadow Base $10
GOSH Eyeshadow Quad $18
MAC Eyeshadow in Phloof (Can also use a shimmery Champagne colour) $18
NYX Eyeshadow in Rust $8
Eyeliner - Revlon Colour Stay Liquid Eyeliner Pen in Blackest Black $8
Mascara - Revlon's Voluminous in Carbon Black $9
To Get This Look:
Step 1: Put the dark purple colour into the outer edge of your eye and blend both inwards and outwards to make the edges softer
Step 2: Sweep the Phloof or Champagne shimmer colour across your lid and blend it into the Blue
Step 3: Put the Red Rust colour into the crease of your eye and blend
Step 4: Add Eyeliner and Mascara and you're done!

Monday, November 4, 2013

Makeup Monday! - Makeup Tips for Your Eyecolour

Step One: Find Your Eye Colour

(For our lovely brown eyed ladies, look at the orange colour)

Step Two: Find Your
Complimentary Colours and Colour Families

Tip 1: Find your complimentary eye shadow colour by looking at the colour wheel and seeing what is on the opposite side of it.
             Ex. If I have green eyes, my complimentary colours would be purples like Magenta

Tip 2:  If you want a more natural look, wear colours that are from the same colour family as your eye colour; but make sure the eye shadow is always softer than your actual eye colour
          Ex. If you have brown eyes, wear a soft brown.
          Ex. If you have blue eyes, wear a soft blue.

Wear anything that your heart desires!

Suggestions for Eye Shadow, Based on Eye Colour

For Blue Eyes:

Light Coppers
Orange Based Browns

For Green Eyes:

Reddy Browns
Dark Coppers and other Metallics

For Brown Eyes:

Greeny Greys
Bluey Greys
Soft Browns

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Bright Colours for Fall

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Casual Work Wear

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Tips for Dressing your Body Type

Pear – Bigger on the bottom
The key for you is to emphasize your slim top half.

·         Add volume to your bust by wearing strapless dresses, halter tops or spaghetti straps to emphasize your upper half.

·         Also the more detail, pattern or embellishment you have on your tops, the more attention will be drawn away from your bottom to your top and face.

·         Wear dark colours for your bottom, or a dark wash for your jeans.

·         A line dresses will look good on you. They will hide your bottom half and give you a waist.

·         Define your waist with a waist belt. Add a coloured belt for extra emphasis.

Hourglass – Chest and Hips are roughly the same size, and you have a small defined waist.
They key for you is to balance out your chest and hips...and to define your small waist.

Enhance your shape by adding a waist belt to define your small waist even more. This will create a nice symmetry to your outfit.
       Try flare jeans to balance out your curves, but when you buy your jeans make sure that they're fitted, not tight. By avoiding jeans that are too tight, you’ll be avoiding the dreaded muffintop. Skinny jeans are in style, but are sometimes hard to pull off for hourglass girls.

·      Pencil skirts or other high waisted pieces will look fabulous on your body type.

·      Sweetheart and V Necklines look great on you. These will balance you out well, and make you look quite slim. But avoid boat necklines as these can make you appear wider on the top, throwing things out of proportion.

     Find tailored fitted tops or blazers that are cinched at the waist.

Ruler – An even body type from your head to your toes with little to no curves
The key for you is to add shape and curves to your body

·         To add some shape to your outfits, try adding accessories such as scarves to boost up your chest, a waist belt to define your waist, or try some more flare jeans to add some curve and shape into your outfit.

·         Try to stay away from V-necks or plunging necklines, it will make your bust appear smaller than it is.
           For dresses, opt for A-line. They’ll give you some shape and definition in your waist.
      Prints and details on your tops will do wonders to add some femininity, soften hard lines and will add the illusion of curves.

·         Loose flowy fabrics will also do wonders for you.

Apple – Rounder body types

The Key for you is to show off your favourite parts

           Avoid clothes that will cinch at your waist, high rise pants or waist belts. Try tops with a more flowey feeling to them.

·         Dresses and tops that have rouching will also be a great option for you.
      Draw attention to the favourite parts of your body. Show off a little cleavage, or your great legs.
      Wearing V-necklines will show off your great chest and will draw attention away from your stomach.
         Empire waist dresses and tops are also a good choice for you. With the emphasis just below your breasts, the clothes will hug you at a smaller part, and lie loose over your middle.

Busty – Larger on the top
The key for you is to draw attention from your bust.

·         Opt for fitted, long blazers or cardigans. If it is cinched at the waist, it will add some proportional balance to even yourself out and will add some great curves. Avoid the boxy looks for you.
           Balance out your upper half by bringing more volume to your hips. You can do this with an A-Line skirt or sweeping dresses. Even a great pair of skinny jeans will emphasize your hips to balance you out.
          Emphasize your great legs even more with a pair of coloured jeans and a great pair of heels. Pair this with a darker coloured top, so your bottom half has more attention to even your body out.
          Avoid high necklines, haltertops and flowy blouses, they’ll make you appear bigger than you are.
     Try Boat or V necklines, they’ll be much more flattering on you.
      Wrap dresses and tops will do wonders for your body type


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On my OpenSuse 10.2 box, the vym->FreeMind stylesheet when run with xsltproc from, complains about the @url test:

XPath error : Invalid expression compilation error: file /tmp/vym2freemind.xslt line 23 element if xsl:if : could not compile test expression '@url != '

When trying the same with Xalan-c 1.10.0 (Xerces 2.7.0), I get:

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Which XSLT processor was the stylesheet designed to work with? --Akaihola 01:36, 31 May 2007 (PDT)

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Importing: use XL not Word

Although some people may want to import from Word, the import from XL works so well that I think they should just copy the text into XL, arrange it in columns, and then import it. The import from XL (by copy and paste) works extremely well. It uses each column to drop another level in Freemind, which is perfect.

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This CARROLL family line of upstate New York and beyond has been traced back to the mid-1800s in West Monroe, where Edward CARROLL and his wife Julia CONDON settled, farmed, and raised their family.  We do not know yet from which Ireland town or county they fled, in what year, or why.  Nor do we know at which port on the North American shores they arrived.  Many Irish settlers in Oswego County at the time came from Canada, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York or other places.

The 1865 census for the Town of West Monroe, Oswego County, New York tells us that 60-year old Julia, born in Ireland, had borne eight children.  We currently only know about two of them: Roger E., from whom I am descended, and his brother Edward, who was listed as 17 years old in 1865.  Also in the household at that time was the father, 56-year old Edward, and 7-year old granddaughter Elizabeth LEARY.

We do not know yet which of their children is the parent of young Elizabeth Leary, though we can surmise that it was a daughter who married a fellow named Leary.  Why was young Elizabeth living with her grandparents?  Was her father away or mortally wounded in the Civil War?  What lead the Carrolls to West Monroe, in Oswego County, New York?  Work opportunity?  Family?

Oswego County, New York, 1878
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A Little Historical Context
Oswego County was formed from Oneida and Onondaga counties in 1816.  By 1841, it already had a population of more than 43,000 people. CONSTANTIA (also known then as Rotterdam) was taken from the town of Mexico in 1808.  In 1841, it had a population of almost 1,500 people and hosted one of the most extensive iron foundries in the state. HASTINGS was taken from the town of Constantia in 1825 and in 1841 had a population of just under 2,000 people.  Central Square and Hastings were its post offices.  In 1841, SCHROEPPEL, which was taken from the town of Volney in 1832, had a population of almost 2,200 people and was a new, thriving village on the Oswego river and canal.  The Oswego Canal, which connected Lake Ontario (?), with the Erie Canal was completed around 1836.

There is great risk in reading too much into isolated pieces of information. Imagine trying to figure out what an elephant looks like with only a toe, an ear, or just the snout as clues.  The further we go back in to time, limited available records--if we're lucky to find any at all--provide only a momentary glimpse into a situation, and often subject to the interpretation or limitations of the person recording it.

This research began as a personal quest to uncover the source of the CAPELS family name, which is why so much information presented here relates to that family line.  Though little is currently known about the other CARROLL descendants or ancestors, new pieces of information and other leads are in the process of being sought and pulled together.

I have tried to be diligent in recording the sources of my information so that it can be judged by myself and others as to its reliability.  Just because a record exists does not mean it was recorded accurately or that the provider of the information was truthful or knowledgeable.  They may simply provide us with more clues that could verify our assumptions or point us in the right direction.

For example, from the 1865 census information above, we might conclude that because 17-year old Edward Carroll is noted as having been born in Onondaga County, that the Carrolls arrived in New York in or before 1848.  Information on the 1917 death certificate for his brother, 67-year old Roger, however, suggests that Roger was born in 1849 and lived in New York State for only 60 years, and the 1880 Town of Geddes census indicates that a 44-year old Roger Carroll, who is a very close match to ours (but may, in fact, not be the same), was born in Ireland in 1836.  Clearly, more research needs to be done to sort out the facts.

Photos help remind us that this is about more than facts and statistics; these were real people of flesh, bone, and blood.  They experienced the adventures of youth, the trials and tribulations of raising a family, the struggles of work and making ends meet, the joys of traditions, and the sorrows of loss.  Some died young; others lived long, fruitful lives. In some cases, we may even see a reflection of ourselves.

Any information, corrections, clippings, suggestions, and/or photos offered that will help weave the fabric and reveal the texture of our family's history will be greatly appreciated.  All photos or other original documents will be handled with great care, copied, and promptly returned to their owner, unless instructed otherwise.  While I am eager for ANY information, including stories and oral histories, that will help tell our story, I also want to be respectful of people's privacy and to use discretion in matters that may be sensitive.

This document is only as complete and accurate as the information available up to this moment.  No doubt it will continue to evolve over time, as it should.

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Includes notices and articles for CAPELS, CARROLL, STEWART

Census Images
This page brings together a number of census images from Syracuse, West Monroe, and Taunton.  Not only do they provide a glimpse into the household, but also of the neighborhood where our ancestors lived.  Some of the files are large and may take some time to download.

Death Certificates
Roger E. Carroll, 1917
Catherine Carroll, 1923
Michael Carroll, 1920

Family Photos
Mamie & Marialyce Capels
Mary Agnes (Carroll) Capels and Marialyce Capels with pet squirrel, about 1917
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Catherine Reardon, Bill Capels, Blanche Carroll,
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Ed & Blanche Carroll, Butch Capels
Ed & Blanche Carroll,
and Butch Capels,
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For more family photos, visit the CAPELS page.

Cemetery Photos
Capels, St. Mary's Cemetery
Capels, St. Mary's Cemetery, 2002
Mary A. (Carroll) Capels
Mary A. (Carroll) Capels, 1935
Loren J. Capels
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Sex panic laws create more victims.

When the populace is in panic mode bad laws are made. The panic may be created by a real incident but that doesn’t matter. Panic stricken voters coupled with moronic politicians are a dangerous combination. Certainly the reaction to 9/11 proves that. The net result is that often the “solutions” are worse than the problem they set out to cure.

There are adults who sexually abuse minors. That is a fact. But in a moral panic politicians pass asinine laws which have the unintended effect of harming innocent people. Often the victims are the very people such laws purport to protect.

We have covered numerous such cases on this site. There was Matt Bandy, a 16-year-old who was hounded by the fanatical Andrew Thomas, prosecutor in Phoenix. Thomas tried to force the boy to register as a sex offender for showing Playboy to some classmates. (For the record: Thomas is an ass. But I insult asses everywhere so perhaps I should retract it.) Two minors in Utah who had sex were arrested for molesting each other. A young boy was thrown out of school for telling a teacher she is sexy (he thought the word meant pretty). Another child is expelled for asking for a hug.

Because sex can be used as a weapon to harm individuals we have these anti sex Puritans running amuck. The issue is really quite similar to guns. A firearm can harm or protect. Which depends entirely on the person holding the weapon not on the weapon itself. Sex can be harmful or pleasurable and again it depends entirely on the individuals involved.

The prohibitionist simply sees the thing itself as bad and not the use to which it is put. So the loony Left wants to ban guns and the Theopublican Right wants to ban sex. (I should note in fairness that many extreme feminist types are allies of the Theopublicans on sex issues.)

And this brings us to what, at first, appeared to be a case of sanity after some years of insanity.

Genarlow Wilson was put in prison in the Theocratic Republic of Georgia because the high school student had oral sex with a girl two years younger than himself. It was considered a felony. Remember Georgia was the location where Michael Hardwick was arrested for having gay sex some years ago and the state fought all the way to the Supreme Court for the right to incarcerate gay people. (The law, which was upheld in that case, was later overturned by the Supreme Court.)

Now many states have provisions that recognize that adolescents have sex with one another and that the situation is different than an adult doing so. And Georgia has something similar. If Wilson had intercourse with the girl it would have only been a misdemeanor. But oral sex remained punishable as a felony. Allegedly no one thought of excluding it.

I don’t believe that myself. I think the exclusion was intentional. Georgia is filled with fundamentalist nutters who think oral sex is contrary to God, Country and the American Way. Certainly the zeal with which the state of Georgia defended its sodomy laws proves that. And when you get to the end of this account you’ll have further proof of this. Only lots of negative publicity from the Wilson case pushed the legislature to change the regulations.

Wilson was sentenced to 10 years in prison. An outrage to say the least.

Yesterday the Wilson case was brought up in court again. And a judge, another one of those evil activist judges who protect us from insane government, threw out the mandatory sentence. He said it was cruel and unusual punishment for what had happened. He said the “crime” was a misdemeanor and that Wilson had served more than enough time and should be released. He said: “If this court, or any court, cannot recognize the injustice of what has occurred here then our court system has lost sight of the goal.”

Wilson’s mother, and his attorney, were ecstatic. They thought the honor student would be coming home. Attorney General Thurbert Baker immediately dashed the hopes of those pushing for justice for Wilson. He filed an appeal to keep Wilson in prison for another seven years. By the way folks, Baker is a Democrat. But Democrats, like Republicans, will pander to religious fanaticism if that is what keeps them in power.

Everyone knows that what was done to Wilson was wrong. The state legislature was even able to figure it out. They changed the law and closed the loophole that incarcerated Wilson. But politicians never make mistakes so they refused to make the law retroactive.

The prosecutors know they did wrong. They offered Wilson a plea bargain to get him out of prison. Of course their plea bargains are always used to indicate that they are right. In this case Wilson would be required to register as a sex offender for life. Wilson had no choice but to turn down that requirement. Being labelled a sex offender in the US is like being labeled a witch in 1692 Salem.

The law, meant to register dangerous predators, has been inflated to such an extent that tens of thousands of people who shouldn’t be there at all are mixed in with true criminals. It is used to restrict where people can live. It is used to deny them jobs. It is used to force them to report to the police regularly and with any sex crime in the area they get hassled by the police. (Perhaps that is good when they are real predators but an increasing percentage of “sex offenders” are not predators but were arrested on consenting morals charges of one type or another.) And these sex offender lists have been used to harass and even kill people found on them.

State agencies around the US routinely list all “sex offenders” on the internet. They tell local vigilantes the name and address of the individual. They usually include a photograph just in case the vigilante is confused as to who to harass. This encourages violence and harassment. And remember that many of these people are people no more dangerous than Wilson or Matt Bandy.

At some point it will eventually seep into the thick skulls of the public that the “sex offender” status is often a political tool used by cruel politicians like Andrew Thomas. Perhaps it will take a few more tragedies. William Elliot was a young man who had sex with his girlfriend. Had he waited a couple of days it would have been legal. Young love, or lust, sometimes can’t wait. He was arrested for it and had to register as a sex offender. The state of Maine put Elliot’s name, photo and address on the internet and branded him a “sex offender”. Stephen Marshall saw this web site. He noted down the address and went to Elliot’s home and knocked on the door. When Elliot answered he was shot to death. Marshal then went to another address also gleaned from the “sex offenders” list and killed that man as well. And this isn’t the only such case.

It should be noted that numerous states now report that these laws actually make it harder to track sex offenders. Previously the police knew who such people were but the information wasn’t made public. With publication of the information harassment and threats rose to such levels that many offenders simply leave and don’t let police know where they are. The number of offenders who police can’t find has actually increased because the publication of their home address is so frightening that many go into hiding.

Wilson had no choice but to turn down the plea bargain offered. Registering as a sex offender, for consenting sex with a girl from his own high school, would lead to a life of harassment and possibly murder. We have to recognize that the over-application of these laws, passed by politicians wanting to cash in on a public moral panic, is not helping the situation. We are making matters worse and we are harming people who are not criminals. Yes, some offenders are real criminals, perhaps many of them. But once again this is a case of government killing flies with sledgehammers. It works! But the damage done in the process is frightening.

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