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Summer movie preview 2013: Will this season meet our great popcorn expectations?
As we head into popcorn movie season, there's reason for moviegoers to hope that this summer will build on the impressive year we just had at the multiplex as well as the arthouse.
Yes, there will be retreads, reboots and sequels. Sometimes they'll be inexplicable, that is until you check the predecessor's global box-office numbers. ("Smurfs 2?!") But many promise deeper theater pleasures, because the talent behind them is nimble. There's a generation of moviemakers proving themselvesto be thoughtful movie-lovers.
J.J. Abrams leads the pack in that regard but the director of the "Star Trek" sequel is not alone. Director Christopher Nolan, the guy who made Batman relevant, helps rethink Superman. There's even Guillermo Del Toro, wise to the more tender lures of the popular, at the helm of "Pacific Rim." We'd have written off that bloated movie just based on its Transformers-meets-Godzilla trailer, but Del Toro is wise to the more tender lures of the popular.
Who says you can't find kernels of truth in that big ol' tub of popcorn?
"Iron Man 3" -- Shane Black may be a new director to this franchise, but he's no stranger to Robert Downey Jr. He wrote and directed "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." Better still, the scribe of the original "Lethal Weapon" is an old hand at the crackling banter delivered by billionaire Tony Stark. This installment's baddie: Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin. (May 3)
"The Great Gatsby" -- Baz Luhrmann reteams with "Romeo + Juliet" star Leonardo DiCaprio for this 3-D-shot, visually opulent (and pricey) take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's tale of class, excess and the American character. (May 10)
"Star Trek Into Darkness" -- Gifted rebooter J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" was a warp-speed pleasure. Can he keep James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his Enterprising crew boldly going? We're pretty sure he can. Benedict Cumberbatch steps in as the nemesis who plunges our heroes into the morass. (May 17)
INDIE ALERT: "Kon-Tiki" -- This recounting of Thor Heyerdahl's daring 1947 journey by raft from Peru to Polynesia is a smart ticket. Note: Summer's version of Norway's best foreign-language Oscar entrant is in English. (May 17)
"The Hangover 3" -- We'd lift a glass and say "bottoms up" to the finale of this hit (and miss) comedy juggernaut. Only, given how raunchy Todd Phillips' franchise has been, we'd fear we'd be tempting more naughtiness. This time, Alan (Zach Galifianakis) struggles with his father's death and the Wolfpack (Bradley Cooper and Ed Helm) tangles with mobster Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong). (May 24)
"After Earth" -- Will Smith is grooming son Jaden for big things -- off and onscreen. When the pair land on Earth a thousand years after humans fled, they must embrace an ageless value to survive: trust. (May 31)
INDIE ALERT: "Stories We Tell" -- Actress-director Sarah Polley ("Take This Waltz") discovers family secrets in this unusually told, utterly personal documentary about fathers and a daughter. (May 31)
"The Internship" -- Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play out-of-work Luddites who crash the Googleplex to vie for coveted intern spots. Here's hoping Google's vast campus gets a funnier close-up than Princeton's did in Tina Fey's "Admission." (June 7)
"Man of Steel" -- The presence of Christopher Nolan ("Dark Knight" ) as producer and co-story creator bodes well for a serious return to a nearly invincible, understandably burdened superhero. Henry Cavill ("The Tudors") dons the "S." Castle Rock-native Amy Adams promises a smart, feisty Lois Lane. (June 14)
INDIE ALERT: "The Bling Ring" -- Sofia Coppola has made privileged ennui her domain, whether she finds it in Tokyo, Versailles or L.A's famous Chateau Marmont. Based on actual events, her latest stars the blossoming Emma Watson as one of a gang of L.A. teens who begin burglarizing celebrity homes. (June 21)
"Monsters University" -- When did two of Pixar's finest -- James "Sulley" Sullivan and Michael "Mike" Wazowski -- become such fast friends? During college, of course, this prequel argues. Besides John Goodman's and Billy Crystal's winning repartee, the romp features a dame as a dean: Helen Mirren. (June 21)
"World War Z" -- Is any star as loyal to a project as Brad Pitt? For years he stuck with "Moneyball." Now, six years in the making comes this cataclysmic thriller with Pitt as a U.N. worker tracking the roots of an infection that is killing thousands then reanimating them as unnervingly fleet swarms of the undead. (June 21)
"The Heat" -- Seemingly perfect comedic pairings don't always lead to perfect fare. So we're cautious. Sandra Bullock does well as foil or goofball. Melissa McCarthy is one funny lady but filmmakers don't always know what to do with her. Paul Feig should: He directed her in "Bridesmaids." (June 28)
INDIE ALERT: "The East" -- Director Zal Batmanglij and co-writer-star Brit Marling make unnerving movies together. Take last year's cult drama "Sound of My Voice." Now they give us this uncomfortable tale about a corporate security specialist who goes undercover to ferret out "eco-terrorists." (June)
Richard Linklater reunites us for a third time with his indelible couple American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Frenchwoman Celine (Julie Delpy) in "Before Midnight."(June)
"The Lone Ranger" -- It's all about Tonto, isn't it? Not just because much-adored star Johnny Depp portrays the famed Indian scout to Armie Hammer's masked man in this weird Disney undertaking. There's a prickly sense that this Western comedy, featuring a white man in red face, could go south even under the energetic guidance of director Gore Verbinski. Closer to home: Creede, where the film shot for three weeks, gets a cameo. (July 3)
"Pacific Rim" -- There's hope in the fact that this F/X behemoth -- robots versus sea monsters -- is directed by Guillermo Del Toro, maker of the fantastic "Hell Boy" and the fabulist "Pan's Labyrinth." (July 12)
"R.I.P.D" -- Sheriff Roy Pulsifer (Jeff Bridges) partners with newly dead detective Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) as ghostly officers who serve we the living, protecting us from supernatural baddies. (July 19)
"Girl Most Likely" -- Kristen Wiig plays a playwright who is forced out of New York, back across the Hudson River to Jersey where her mom (Annette Bening), her bro and other sundry oddballs await. (July 19)
INDIE ALERT: "Crystal Fairy" -- Gaby Hoffman plays a free spirit in this comedy from Chile, featuring Hoffman and Michael Cera as two very different Americans traveling through the country. For his cross-cultural smarts, Sebastián Silva's film was awarded the Grand Jury prize for directing at Sundance. (July 26)
"2 Guns" -- Given the stars, this could be the perfect Mars/Venus date flick. Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg team up, eventualy, in this action thriller about a DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer fooled into investigating each other. Gifted Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur directs. (Aug. 2)
"Elysium" -- Matt Damon and Jodie Foster face off in a sci-fi adventure set in 2154, when Earth's poorest and richest lie worlds apart. This fable of rampant inequality comes by way of South African Neill Blomkamp, maker of the another resonant sci-fi tale, "District 9." (Aug. 9)
"The World's End" -- Despite its name, this comedy from Edgar Wright ("Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz") may be the only summer movie not obsessed with catacylsmic destruction. Instead it reunites Wright stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in an adventure in nostalgia as they pub crawl their way to a bar called, you guessed it, The World's End. (Aug. 23)
INDIE ALERT: "Fruitvale Station" -- Taking sorrowful inspiration from a lethal police shooting on a train platform in Oakland in 2009, Ryan Coogler's debut feature won both the jury and audience prizes at January's Sundance film festival. "The Wire's" Michael B. Jordan stars in this last-day-in-the-life-of drama. (August).
Just to prove there are as many films as there are summer days, here are more heroes and villains, indie docs, comedies and horror flicks.
May 3: A man relocates to the U.S. from Pakistan and is radicalized post- 9/11 in Mira Nair's adaptation of the prize-winning novel "The Reluctant Fundamentalist." Serious filmmaker Ken Loach arrives with a heist lark, "The Angels Share"about rare whiskeys and working-class blokes.
May 10: Set in Iowa, "At Any Price" shows the lengths Dennis Quaid's character will go to save the family farm. In "Something in the Air," Olivier Assayas takes on the volatile 1960s -- in Paris. Scandalous? Kerry Washington headlines Tyler Perry Inc.'s latest, "Peeples."
May 17: Hot off the fest circuit comes "The Iceman," starring Michael Shannon as hitman/family guy Richard Kuklinski.
May 24: Animation goes environmentally conscious with the action-comedy "Epic," about a girl who magically joins a band of eco-fighters. Installment six of the "Fast and Furious"franchise suggests if it ain't broke don't call a mechanic. Noah Baumbach gets another goofball turn from Greta Gerwig in "Frances Ha."Pierce Brosnan always brings his A-game to indie films; in "Love Is All You Need" he plays a bitter widower. Henry James gets an update in "What Maisie Knew,"starring Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan as exes in a bitter custody battle.
June 7: Sundance hit "The Kings of Summer"finds three teens figuring out friendship, manhood and what's for dinner in the wild. The spirit of Robin Hood lives in "Now You See Me"as FBI agents pursue four masterful illusionists. "The Purge"finds a family faced with an annual rite of murderous mayhem.
June 14: In the French animated fable "The Painting" subjects of an unfinished artwork decide to complete the darn thing themselves. "No nukes is good news, or is it?" asks the documentary "Pandora's Promise."
June 21: Joss Whedon takes a break from directing Marvel's "The Avengers" to revamp the Bard's marvelous "Much Ado About Nothing."Cannes winner for best first feature, "Augustine" recounts the relationship of a kitchen maid and her doctor.
June 28: Orthodox Jewish Israeli filmmaker Rama Burshtein scored at festivals with "Fill the Void,"her revealing debut about a young Hasidic woman who must chose between duty and desire. Terrance Stamp! Vanessa Redgrave! in "Unfinished Song,"a Brit import about a codger who joins his deceased wife's choir.
June 28: Denver's Women + Film Voices Film Fest closer "Hannah Arendt"returns for deeper reflection. Roland Emmerich takes aim at the nation's Capitol yet again with"White House Down,"starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx.
July 3: Everyone's favorite adoptive dad and quasi-villain Gru return in "Despicable Me 2." In "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain"the comic takes his show on the road, no DUI pun intended. Fox opens a 3-D version of its iconic blow-everything-up flick "Independence Day."
July 5: Colorado native AnnaSophia Robb joins Steve Carell and Toni Collette in the coming-of-age dramedy "The Way, Way Back."Austrian documentary "More Than Honey"about bee colonies arrives with lots of festival buzz.
July 12: Proving that adults named Adam Sandler never learn, here comes "Grown Ups 2."
July 17: The phrase "moving at a snail's pace" takes on fresh meaning in "Turbo," an animated story about a snail with a need for speed.
July 19: Special AARPs, er Ops, agent Frank Moses and company return to fight another good fight in action-comedy "Red 2."Paranormal investigators Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson hunt evil spirits in "The Conjuring." Indie-maverick Andrew Bujalski calls "Computer Chess,"set in the 1980s, "an existential comedy about the oddball geniuses." Checkmate. And we're pretty excited about Pedro Almodóvar's aviation spoof,"I'm So Excited."
July 26: In "The Wolverine"the clawed guy travels to Japan. Fortunately he's accompanied by director James Mangold ("Walk the Line" )
July 31: Why are Papa, Smurfette and the gang back for "Smurfs 2 3D"? Because when it comes to global box office, blue is evidently the new green. Also opening in July: a thriller from Brian DePalma, "Passion"with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.
Aug. 2: Shailene Woodley proves her "Descendants" performance was no fluke when she appears as a young lover alongside equally lauded co-star Miles Teller in Sundance charmer "The Spectacular Now." It's Greece versus Persia on the high seas in the graphic novel adaptation "300: Rise of an Empire."
Aug. 7: Poseidon's son continues his date with destiny in "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters."
Aug. 9: The folks who revved "Cars" hit the runway with "Planes." A small-time pot dealer is forced into a big-time drug run in pungent comedy "We're the Millers" with Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston.
Aug. 16: Hit Girl and Kick-Ass return to take on villains and, worse, mean girls in "Kick-Ass 2."There's nothing quite like a Woody Allen ensemble; the one for the under-wraps "Blue Jasmine" includes Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Dice Clay. Aubrey Plaza has plenty of summer antics before college in writer-director Maggie Carey's "The To Do List."
Aug. 23: The title of horror flick "You're Next"sounds aptly chilling. Contemporary heroine meets ancient foes in fantasy adventure "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones."
Aug. 28: Exes team up, sort of, as lawyers in thriller "Closed Circuit."
Aug. 30: In "Getaway," a race-car driver (Ethan Hawke) must save his wife with help from a hacker (Selena Gomez.) First Bieber, then Perry: Now comes this summer's 3D concert ticket, "One Direction: This Is Us."
Also slated for August: Lake Bell's directorial debut, "In a World," won a her a writing award at Sundance. Twisting drama "Twice Born"finds mom (Penelope Cruz) and son reckoning with loss in Sarajevo. "Haute Cuisine"is a flavorful comedy based on the story of Danièle Delpeuch, the cook hired by then president François Mitterrand to be his private chef.


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I can barely stand it anymore. All the hatred directed at all sides. Conservatives and Liberals. Gays and Christians. Gun owners and gun control advocates. Everyone believes that they are right and the other side is evil. We have lost sight of each other's humanity and the truth is that our anger is making ZERO impact on the other side. Truth is our anger is actually hurting ourselves.
An example:
It went viral. This video by a newswoman in Lacrosse, Wisconsin. She was hurt. Her husband came to her defense on Facebook. Someone sent her a note about her weight.
Female Wisconsin News Anchor Speaks Out (0:59)
The response has been incredible. Hundreds of fans have rushed to her support. She labeled him a bully on air. The name calling hasn't stopped there with basically every name from A to Z being sent his way.
I'm definitely in the minority here when I say that this video isn't about bullying or obesity or anything really that most people are making it about. Read More »

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Sausage City: Sterling Goss in Bucktown
Reviews of sausages.
The neighborhood butcher will always be an appealing idea. "Good old-fashioned service standards"—the promise of competence and quality—will never go out of style. At Sterling Goss in Bucktown, they went as far as to name themselves after that idea (it's where the acronym "GOSS" comes from).
Of course, every butcher shop worth its salt makes its own sausage. When I arrived at the end of the day, they had plenty of thick ribeyes, pork chops, and chickens, but only a few links in the case. Yet when I inquired about their limited selection, I was given an explanation: they'd had a busy day, "But we do have some sausage drying in back." After returning the counter, the butcher came back with links of Little Italy, hot Italian, roasted garlic and swiss, and chicken with ginger and basil, freshly made hours before and absolutely glistening.
"We have some sausages drying in the back" is the kind of thing you want to hear in a butcher shop. At home, I grilled them over indirect heat on the grill with a pass over the coals to crisp up the casing.
Sterling Goss's sausages were very well made, but mostly I liked their approach: a nice combination of classic with a slight twist, like grinding pepperoni into the Little Italy for a cured pork kick, or mixing cheese in with roasted garlic to make a fragrant, especially savory sausage. The little dash of creativity goes a long way in refreshing the usual lineup of fennel seed Italian sausage.
While at the shop I also picked up a gorgeous ribeye, cut almost comically thick, and it was one of the best steaks I've had in quite some time. By which I mean, Sterling Goss is a solid butcher shop that emphasizes service. Competence is already hard to find, but a warm smile goes pretty far, too.
Sterling Goss
1845 North Oakley Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 (map)
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Hurdle appreciates lineup's patience despite results
PITTSBURGH -- There were many reasons Thursday afternoon-evening had to be one of the most maddening days in the long career of Clint Hurdle.
Start with twin losses to the Orioles, add 28 men left on base (a club-high for a twin bill in the last 40 years), include 6-for-30 with men in scoring position ... and still none of that may be what most ate at the Buccos' manager.
Try this: His batters bought impressively into Hurdle's sermons, executed faithfully.
Hurdle was moved to compliment the lineup's plate patience for "improving. We got men on base with regularity."
And it still didn't bring the desired results.
Making pitchers work is a critical aspect of the approach. And Pirates hitters forced the Orioles to deliver 375 pitches in the two games -- 78 more than their own hurlers -- and worked their way to 22 three-ball counts.
Yet … the Bucs could turn only half of those three-ball counts into walks.
Perhaps most frustrating, they let Game 2 starter Chris Tillman survive a 49-pitch first inning to work gamely into the fifth.
"You'd like to think you can push him out earlier than we did," Hurdle said. "But, conversely, he threw strikes after that, spun the ball better and seemed to get in a better rhythm. The dynamic kinda changed [when Tillman began throwing first-pitch strikes]."
After the 49 pitches in the first, Tillman needed 63 more to go two outs into the fifth. The inability to dig a deeper hole for him came back to haunt the Pirates in the 10-inning, 6-5 defeat.


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Navigation technology provider TomTom today announced developer tools and a platform for location-based services (LBS) in the cloud to help in the rapid creation of apps for finding locations that are used by truck fleets and other businesses.
TomTom has been providing digital maps, traffic information and navigation technology for automotive dashboards, mobile devices and Web-based apps since 1991, when the company was founded in Amsterdam.
The new LBS platform will allow developers to access TomTom's existing location and navigation services including map displays, routing, traffic conditions and geocoding information. The portal will also give developers tools to build Web-based as well as mobile-device apps.
The portal can be accessed at developer.tomtom.com, where developers can get a free key to the API.
Dan Adams, vice president of location and live services at TomTom, said in an interview that the LBS platform launch is an "important evolution" for the company. "We found in the market a number of companies that are saying they wanted industrial strength LBS. While we definitely face competition, customers have said competitors are not filling their needs."
Markets for TomTom's portal will be governments, utilities and international companies that already use TomTom's analytics for GIS (Geographic Information Systems). TomTom's large mapping databases will be open to those GIS customers, and to developers interested in building apps that help customers find a business on a map. For example, an application developer for a restaurant chain would be able to use the portal to provide maps and directions to a nearby restaurant using GPS location information.
Adams said several hundred developers are already signed up to use the portal. The portal will support Android, iOS and BlackBerry, with plans to support Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.
Matt Hamblen covers mobile and wireless, smartphones and other handhelds, and wireless networking for Computerworld. Follow Matt on Twitter at @matthamblen or subscribe to Matt's RSS feed. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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It's probably the first time when Google tests a new sign-in page by asking users to try it. If you go to Gmail and you aren't logged in, you should see a message at the bottom of the page: "Coming soon: A new sign-in page! Preview it." When you click "Preview it", you'll see a new sign-in page that uses the Google+ design.
If you opt-in to the new interface, the sign-in pages for Google Docs, Google Reader and all the other Google services will also change. "For a limited time, you can switch back to the old version of the sign-in page by clicking the link at the bottom of the page. However, eventually this change will be permanent and you will not be able to switch to the old look," informs Google.
For reference, here's the soon-to-be-deprecated interface:
The new input boxes are a lot bigger: you can type 31 characters in the username box and they're still visible. In the old interface, only 20 characters from the username were visible at a time.
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Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe comes to PSP as a turn-based strategy game with an engaging storyline.
Play as the elite Ultramarines chapter of Space Marines and strive to combat the encroaching evil of the ruthless and daemonic influenced Chaos Space Marines. Through 13 cinematically-tied missions you will stand against the forces of Chaos in defence of the Imperium
With a robust multiplayer mode featuring nine unique missions, you can team up and go head-to-head with other players as either the Imperium of Man or the vile Chaos Space Marines.
With bolter and flame
THQ and developer RedLynx have excelled in bringing Games Workshop's turn-based miniature war game to PSP. Set in the far future, during a period when humans have spread across the stars, Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000, pictures humanity in a never-ending conflict with alien races and horrors unimaginable. The greatest of these enemies are the forces of Chaos, cult worshippers of unspeakable Gods, who corrupt the Imperium of humanity from within with seductive promises of power.
Squad Command focuses on this eternal struggle between the Imperium and Chaos, putting you in charge of a chapter of Space Marines sent to cleanse Ruhr III of traitorous, Chaos forces. Armed with bolter, chainsword and flame it becomes your duty to purge the war torn streets of this ravaged planet.
Taking its cue from the miniature game, Squad Command employs a turn based approach to the single player missions. These varied challenges see you taking command of six combatants, drawn from the vigilant Space Marines and Terminators to the heavily armed and armoured Dreadnought walkers and Predator tanks.
Before each mission you choose what secondary weapons to equip and the amount of ammunition to carry. The options are wide, covering everything from the most powerful close combat weapons, such as chainswords, to the most devastating of support weapons, such as lascanons. Heavier weapons and greater reserves of ammunition will encumber your troops, giving them less available action points to use each turn.
Action points are the backbone of Squad Command; every action preformed requires the expenditure of these points, which refresh with each turn. Movement, dependent on distance covered, will cost a variable number of points, while firing a weapon will cost a base amount plus any additional points spent on aiming and improving accuracy. Any unused points at the end of a turn, as long as there are enough, will be used to fire a weapon in your opponent's turn if an enemy moves into or through a field of fire.
Each mission whether storming an enemy strongpoint, purging the city streets or defending a beachhead, to name just three, presents a different challenge. This is particularly true when the enemy decides firmly to entrench themselves and wait for you to enter their field of fire. However, scripted opponents are no match for the real thing and this is where Squad Command really comes into its own. Supporting multiplayer matches in Ad Hoc and Infrastructure modes for two to eight players is the coup de grace.
Like the single player missions, turn-based gameplay continues in multiplayer but now the clock is ticking. You have just 90 seconds to conduct your actions and co-ordinate your endeavours with teammates. Quick communication is facilitated by an icon-based system. The only difficult choice is whether to fight for the Imperium or against it as the forces of Chaos.
In terms of look and feel, developer RedLynx has delivered an excellent slice of this iconic universe on PSP. From the gorgeous cutscenes to the well designed and rendered environments, you feel transported into the grim reality of 41st millennium warfare.
Squad Command presents a steep and very rewarding learning curve to the uninitiated and is a real delight for Games Workshop fans. With such an iconic setting, well supported by solid gameplay, it is one of the best tactical combat games available on PSP.
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I typed this out before I got here, because I knew that if I got to the library and started talking about it, I would start crying... So, here it is.
Roxy; November 16, 2001 - July 1, 2010
I never thought I'd be sitting in Dog Memorial typing this anytime soon. I figured it would be a long, long time before I would have to visit this section again to post about the loss of one of my girls.
But here I am, and my heart is absolutely aching, still.
It's been two weeks since we had to have Roxy put to sleep, but I never ever thought it would be happening. I knew she was getting old and she was bound to have health problems, but I never expected them to spring up so suddenly.
Having her put to sleep was the hardest decision I think that I've ever had to make. I was so afraid I was giving up on her, but as I looked at her, I knew that it was time. She didn't know who we were, she didn't respond to her name, and she didn't respond to food. That was always a sign something was up with her, she loved to eat.
So, I just want to say a few words to Roxy, in hopes that she knows how true every single one of them was.
July 24, 2002. We went to the animal shelter, expecting to get a Yorkie. Well, the Yorkie had been returned to his owners. I was a little sad at first. When we had first been to the shelter the previous Friday, or maybe it was Saturday, you were sitting there in your cage, looking all happy at all the people that passed you by, hoping one of them would love you and take you home. I smiled at you, thinking you were a cute dog. As we walked down the rows of cages the Monday that we came back, there you sat. You looked up at us, grinning. My mom looked at me and I looked at her. They had already named you Roxy and she said, "Would you like to take Roxy home with us?" I nodded enthusiastically and you got spayed the next day. You were on your last day, if we hadn't been there, you would have been put to sleep the next day. If I could go back to that day and do it all over again, knowing what I know now and knowing that I would lose you after nearly eight years, I would do it in a heartbeat.
From the moment we brought you in the door, I knew that you were special. You were going to be my dog. And you were. I called you my soulmate and you lived up to that title till you were gone. You taught me so much. You taught me how to love, you taught me how to laugh, and you always could make me smile. I learned so much from you, Roxy. I became a better pet owner, and learned many new things that I would never have found without you.
We grew up together. I have so many simple memories that now I look back on and smile. I smile through the tears, knowing that I'll never get to see you smile again and I'll never get to watch you beg for a treat. I remember the days when you would take my stuffed animals and carry them through the house. You'd look at us sneakily as you walked through the living room and we would only laugh. You never chewed them, you treated them very well. I remember how you would sit on the porch and let me dress you in clothes and paint your toenails. You were such a good girl, you were always so gentle. People were afraid of you because of your size and your bark, but you would have only rolled over for them to rub your belly if they dare come towards you. I remember when we used to bring you into the house and you would lay at my feet as I perused the internet. At night when I lay down to go to sleep, you would cuddle against my side. You kept me warm in the winter and kept me company when I was lonely. I remember the time you ate a puppy pad and then your stomach didn't agree with that, thank god, and you threw it back up. Good job, goofus. I remember how you used to get excited when we would pull into Pappy's driveway. You were always happy to see me and happy that we were going to feed you. You barked at me until I brought your food and water out to you and I would only laugh. You happy barked at me every day. I miss your happy bark, so much. I remember you laying at my feet and snoring. You had the cutest snore. I remember our walks to the duck pond and how you loved to sit and stare at the ducks, probably pondering how to get them to come closer so you could eat one for breakfast. You used to love going on walks. We would take a rest and you would sit contentedly with me, and we were happy. I remember when I was younger, we would go riding on my bicycle. You pulled me up the road and we always got our exercise. You also loved car rides. You'd hang your head out the window and your little dog tag would tinkle in the wind. I also remember the time we took you to the park and then took you to Dairy Queen and bought you an ice cream cone. One would have expected you to take the cone and inhale it like you did most food, but you licked it ever so daintily, one little lick at a time. I remember how much you loved to eat. If I had let you, you probably would have eat anything that didn't eat you first. You loved Beggin' Strips, you loved when we fed you a raw diet, and you loved Doritos. You weren't supposed to have them, but of course we snuck you one every time we could. I remember your sweet brown eyes, your favorite spot to be rubbed on your belly, and your soft ears. I remember everything about you, Roxy girl, but I miss it more than you could ever possibly know.
You were my heart and my soulmate. My heart will always hold a place for you, and my back soon will too when I get a tattoo in your memory. We spent nearly eight years together, we went through some great times and some bad times. But I wouldn't change any of it for the world. You were my best friend, my listener, and you gave sweet, slobbery kisses on my cheek. I miss you so much. As time goes on, I thought it would be easier coping with your absence, but instead of easier, it's only becoming harder. I'm afraid I'm going to forget what you looked like or forget the sound of your happy bark. I'm afraid I'm going to forget what the color of your eyes were or the way your fur felt. I never thought I'd wake up and lose you. I never thought that yesterday would have been the last time I was going to see you happy and healthy. I never thought it would be the last time I would have to feed you, the last time I would ever hear you bark, the last time I ever saw you smile. But now you're gone and I'm so lost without you. Sometimes we drive out to Pappy's and I get excited knowing that I'm going to see you, but then I remember that you're gone. It's going to take a long time to remember that you're not here. I feel like I'm stuck in a dream and when I wake up, it's going to be over. You're going to be here, happy, smiling, and I'm going to get to tell you how much I love you and how much I missed you. But that day isn't going to come; you're really gone and you're really not coming back.
So, all I can say is this: I love you. I always have and I always will. You are always, always, always in my heart, and I miss you so much. If I could do it all over again, I would. I would give anything to spend just another day with you. We would do all of your favorite things and I would tell you how much I loved you. Someday, we'll meet again. I'll see your warm brown eyes, your sweet smile, and I will watch your face light up as you happy bark and run to meet me. Until then, take care. Play hard, eat till your tummy's about to burst, and run free. Live as you did when you were happy and healthy and alive. And most importantly, know how much I love you. I promise you that I always will. Give my love to Tink, Aunt Barbara, Nanny, and all of the other pets and family who I've loved and lost. I love you, Roxy. And I'll see you again.
Love always,
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EA still developing Wii U titles, just not as many as on PS4, Xbox One
Electronic Arts hasn't stopped making games for Wii U, it's just not developing as many titles for it as with Microsoft and Sony consoles.
This is according to what EA CFO Blake Jorgensen told attendees at the Stifel Nicolaus 2013 Internet, Media and Communications Conference yesterday, via Polygon.
"I think Nintendo's business was more [an] extension of their last console," Jorgensen said. "We are building titles for the Nintendo console, but not anywhere near as many as we are for PlayStation or Xbox.
"I think what the consumer will find is a lot more powerful gameplay with the new boxes that are coming out, and a lot of excitement, but it'll remain to be seen as to the services associated with those as to how consumers decide which direction they might want to go."
His comments come after Jeff Brown, EA's VP of communications and public affairs, told Kotaku last week that the firm didn't have "games in development for Wii U, currently."
A separate representative told Eurogamer that FIFA 14 would not be released on Wii U due to poor sales of FIFA 13 on the system.
Further comments on EA skipping Wii U came from EA Sports software architect and engineer Bob Summerwill, who stated the firm will focus development on "markets which actually matter… like mobile, and Gen4," leading many to assume EA Sports title would not be offered on Wii U in the foreseeable future.
Yesterday, EA unveiled its new sports engine, Ignite, and said today it will run on PS4 and Xbox One, but not on PC – meaning the mouse and keyboard folks will have to make due with FIFA 13 graphics. Does this mean Wii U as well? Only a once clear, concise answer is given will we know for sure.


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Japan's birthrate is declining, and soon there won't be enough young people to keep its social security system afloat. Solution: get people to hook up and make babies. To that end, some Japanese local governments are offering classes on attracting the opposite sex.
According to ABC, the prefecture of Gifu is just one Japanese region to step in and teach its youth how to like each other. Classes include "makeup and styling lessons for women, dating role play and voice projection exercises for men." The organizer claims that "a lot of men don't know how to make themselves appealing to women. They only know to talk about their jobs and hobbies, but that conversation doesn't extend beyond the first meeting. We prep them beforehand to make sure it does." Clearly Patti Stanger needs to travel to Japan — she'd be the perfect person to berate its population into procreating.


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- A recent study suggests cheerfulness could hold back female leaders
- This is the latest in several studies that look at women's path to leadership
- The author says as long as the stereotypical leader looks like a man, women will face trade-offs
Early in Dara's career, she was told by a coach that "honey attracts more bees than vinegar," so she took pains to rein in her natural candor and soften her opinions. But when she started her present job as vice president at a national retailer, her boss told her she was too nice. "Where's the balance?" Dara muses. "Do they want me to be harder or softer? With men or with women? With my superiors or my subordinates? It's tricky to figure out."
Call it the Goldilocks Syndrome. That's the double bind women too often find themselves entangled in when they try to prove they have what it takes to be a leader. They're called out for being either too this or too that: too feminine or too masculine, too self-deprecating or too self-aggrandizing, too frumpy or too provocative, too bossy (read: bitch) or too circumspect (read: cream puff). They're never "just right."
In short, smart women face tough choices. Should they try to be perceived as competent or likeable? A recent study suggests cheerfulness could hold back female leaders, which is just the latest in a body of research exploring the behavioral barriers women encounter on the road to the top.
Research conducted in 2012 by the Center for Talent Innovation, the New York think tank where I serve as president, shows that across all three pillars of executive presence —gravitas, communication and appearance -- traits or behaviors thought to enhance a woman's executive presence are just as often cited as likely to detract from it.
Focus group participants told us, for example, that too much makeup undermines a woman's credibility, but then faulted female leaders for looking too unpolished. Forty-two percent of our survey respondents said that unkempt nails detract from a woman's executive presence, yet nearly as many (37%) said that "overly done" nails were un-leader-like. The issue of age, for women, is fraught with peril: Almost the same number of respondents (8% vs 11%) said "looking too young" was a liability as told us "looking too old" undermined a woman's executive presence.
When we pressed managers to identify the "sweet spot" for women in terms of looking just the right age, we discovered the band of acceptability was somewhere between the ages of 39 and 42. Older women are invisible, they explained, while younger women project "the wrong kind" of visibility.
Everyone I spoke to agreed that those awful days when women donned mannish suits and bow-ties are long gone. But they also conceded that "getting it right" across all professions and environments was a tightrope act.
Suzi Digby, a British conductor, was particularly adamant that women not compromise their femininity. "It's counterproductive to look like a man," she says. "You give up a card." In her profession, however, this presents special difficulties. Conducting demands she put her back to the audience, a pose that features her posterior. Men can wear tails to downplay the distraction: "Women tend to have big bums, and that is bad: it has connotations," she points out. So to downplay the distraction of presenting her backside, and to strike the right silhouette (tall, lean, clean-lined), Digby wears heels and "a well-cut trouser suit." She also ties back her long hair. "It's important to get it right," she says. Then she sighs and adds, "I just don't know any women who do."
Women seeking to command a room run up against a similarly narrow band of acceptability. If they speak confidently about their accomplishments, it will cost them: 29% of our survey respondents said "tooting your own horn" detracts from a woman's executive presence. Yet 24% felt that "self-deprecating" behavior undermines it.
Women, we learned, are deemed to be "too shrill" (which seems to be the universal code for describing overly emotional and/or egregiously feminine women) or not outspoken enough; too direct in their remarks ("ruthless" being a common descriptor) or "too nice," meaning ineffectual.
The too blunt/too nice bind also surfaced: 17% of respondents believe a "failure to convey empathy" detracts from a woman's executive presence; a nearly equal number (15%) believe that being "too nice" also detracts from it.
The trickiest terrain a woman must navigate concerns her gravitas, where the effective-but-unlikeable chasm yawns the widest. A woman who is decisive, assertive and willing to hold her ground risks being perceived as shrill, aggressive, or uncooperative ("not a team player").
A man is viewed as a strong personality if he is arguing a point, whereas a woman arguing the same point is viewed as a bitch and "hard to get along with," one focus group participant observed. Our survey results reflected her confusion perfectly: 31% of respondents said that being "too bossy" undermines a woman's executive presence. Another 31% said being "too passive" undermines it. Go figure.
Nobody knows the Goldilocks Syndrome better than Hillary Clinton. For as long as she has occupied the national consciousness—as first lady, as senator, and as secretary of state—she has never been quite "right". Too female to be taken seriously (remember that bit of cleavage she revealed on the Senate floor?), she was also dubbed too aggressive for driving health care reform.
She was perceived as too accomplished to appeal to the electorate, but too politically inexperienced to be elected president; too much Bill's wife to assume the White House in his wake, but not enough of a mother to Chelsea to win the women's vote. If only she'd baked more cookies!
Clinton eventually proved that a female leader could be both effective and endearing. When she stepped down from her Cabinet position in 2012, she had approval ratings higher than President Obama's.
But the "damned if you do, doomed if you don't" trade-off will continue to snag many potentially high-impact females for one fundamental reason: As long as the stereotypical leader looks like a man, women will find themselves up against the impossible expectation to be someone they are not.


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Living with Crohn's disease has been a roller coaster of a life so far, and unfortunately, I keep dragging my family up and down the hills with me. My husband doesn't handle it so well. His chosen method of dealing with the disease is to ignore it and pretend that it doesn't exist. This is what he has done in the past and hopefully will not do in the future thanks to more open and honest conversations. I guess we'll see.
My Crohn's disease has been the biggest issue in my marriage because it essentially affects every decision that I make and everything that I do. It is usually the basis for my complaints to my husband and the reason that sometimes I whine (in his opinion) to him. I don't think that I am whining; I think that I am begging for some help! The problem is that when I start to get sick, I want (or expect) him to notice that my Crohn's is starting to flare and expect him to help me out more without me having to tell him this. He never notices that I am getting sick and just thinks that I am not happy with him and that I start complaining all the time and am in a bad mood at him specifically. I get upset because he retreats to his computer instead of helping me which does end up making me mad at him. I get mad because he is not helping me when I need it the most. What he doesn't understand is that at these times he is not the center of my thoughts – my Crohn's is and my existence becomes trying to figure out how to make it through each day.
His distance from me, I believe, is his self defense mechanism. He can't fix me and that makes him feel bad. He has also told me recently that he thinks that I blame him for being sick. I think that is ridiculous because of course it is not his fault that I am sick; it is the fault of my disease. I am already stressed and upset about the onset of another flare, and he often misreads this as me being mad at him. Sometimes my being upset has nothing to do with him; I am just upset about the current state of my health. My mood affects his mood a lot so for his sake I end up exerting energy trying to pretend to be in a good mood. His distancing himself from me makes everything more stressful just when I desperately need to relax. Our house becomes a very stressful place when I get sick and it is very difficult for me to make everything better for him while trying to handle the illness and the disappointment of being sick and the sadness that I feel when he doesn't want to help me. For me, it becomes overwhelming and that makes my Crohn's worse. I don't need him to be distant, I need him to be more loving and close – I need to feel secure.
I am trying a new approach with my husband now. We have had some conversations about his reactions to my illness and hopefully he understands that I never blame him and that I just need help. I tell him what I want him to do for me instead of waiting for him to figure it out. If I have been feeling bad, I tell him. I ask him to make dinner for me when I am feeling bad or late getting home from work. I also make sure he knows that he is helping me. I have been doing pretty well lately so I don't know how it will be in the future, but I think the more communication the better. If I am feeling good, I usually do most of the chores because I like being able to do them and I am a little obsessive and not at all lazy. My husband is the opposite of obsessive and can be very lazy. I am trying to get him used to doing some chores to help out everyday so that way when I get sick, he won't feel so overwhelmed with tasks because he will be used to doing some of them. Plus my husband helping out everyday helps me everyday and that makes our family a much happier family. I think that in every marriage there needs to be a lot of communication but perhaps it is even more important when one of the partners has a chronic disease.
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Using Sourceforge with Mylyn
The Generic Web Repository Connector of Mylyn can be used to integrate Sourceforge trackers as task repositories inside Eclipse. This page describes the necessary configuration to be able to connect to multiple Sourceforge projects and to browse all their tracker items (including project member only trackers). Required settings are also available from the pre-packaged templates that can be selected in the web connector repository configuration.
You need:
- Eclipse 3.3 Europa (choose one of the downloads from the main page),
- Mylyn 2.0 (just choose any feature from the integrated "Europa discovery" update site, which has "Mylyn" in its name) and
- the Generic Web Repository Connector (use the update site http://download.eclipse.org/tools/mylyn/update/extras).
Create a new task repository (inside the view "task repositories"), choose "Generic web-based access" and use these configuration items:
- Server: http://sourceforge.net/
- Label: Sourceforge
- Anonymous Access: (off)
- User ID: your Sourceforge username
- Password: your Sourceforge password
Open Additional Settings and then Advanced Configuration sections:
- Login Request URL: ${serverUrl}/account/login.php?form_loginname=${userId}&form_pw=${password}&login=Login
- Button after "Login Request URL": switch to "POST"
Note: If you want to integrate Mylyn with multiple Sourceforge projects, you do not need multiple repositories. Instead you can create multiple queries in the task list with corresponding configuration parameters.
Now that the repository is known in Mylyn you can create queries to show bugs, feature requests and other tracker items inside Eclipse. First take a web browser and open the tracker page of the Sourceforge tracker you want extract items from (e.g. the bug tracker of your project). After loading the page in your browser the URL contains pieces like "group_id=12345" and "atid=67890". You need those numbers in the next steps.
Use the right mouse button menu on the task repository created in the first step and select "New query". Select the "Sourceforge" repository. In the following dialog use these configuration items:
- Label: Label of the tracker you opened with the browser, e.g. "Bugs"
- group_id: the numbers following the group_id parameter in the URL you just opened in the browser
- atid: the numbers following the atid parameter in the URL you just opened in the browser
- Query URL: ${serverUrl}/tracker/?group_id=${group_id}&atid=${atid}&set=custom&_status=1
This creates a list of open items in this tracker.
If you want a list of open items which are assigned to you, use this query URL instead:
- Query URL: ${serverUrl}/tracker/?group_id=${group_id}&atid=${atid}&set=custom&_assigned_to=SourceforgeUserID&_status=1
You can create additional queries which have the same abilities to filter and extract items from the tracker as you can do with the tracker web page itself. You only need to add more parameters to the query URL. You can find the available parameters by inspecting the source code of the tracker web page.


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Thank you,samsmith wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:57 pmI am sorry, but I just think this is just plain wrong. From reading these threads, I would argue that this is your last chance to back out. You already feel beholden to these guys and are already setup for the three meeting plan. If you cant back out now - how are you going to back out after they spend time with you. Once you see them even once - the people that recommended them will know that you took their time and did not sign up? Each visit will make it harder for you to withdraw.Too many people that have recommended them know that I will be seeing them, so its too late to back out. However they do their pre client program in 3 different meetings...each building on the others, so no paper work is signed until the second or third meeting. I am curious as to what they will say however and can guarantee no signatures from me. I will report back here either way and let you guys know.
I always find it easiest to withdraw on these types of things earlier rather than later. Better to never start. I would suggest you withdraw politely now - stressing you realized that you would be wasting their time at this point, because you have changed your mind and are not ready to make a move (or some such nonsense - I used to just say my dad was a financial planner. Maybe you just realized that your best friend from college is a FA).
I would bet if you go to the first meeting, you will be talked into at least "giving them a shot with some of your money."
If you cant force yourself to back out now, I don't see you ever backing out. As others have suggested, say no politely. Its best for all. Don't waste their time. My 2 cents. Good luck.
The meeting is on Tuesday, and after reading the fee schedule, especially the part where it says it is 2K to come u p with a plan, I will call tomorrow (Monday) and make sure that the meeting is truly no cost first. We will still go as my wife has reservations, she feels it may be worth paying fees if that means we do not need to ever stress about certain things...such as moving all our funds into the vanguard accounts. I feel strongly at this point about not using them. I do want to confront them (politely) re: the fee schedule however. That bit of news was very disturbing, as one of the persons that went to them is a family mamber of mine, and it seems like she was taken in by lies.


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Blizzard's mobile Battle.net Authenticator is a handy way to secure your StarCraft, World of Warcraft and Diablo accounts from rampant hackers, unless a major iOS upgrade screws it up. Then you're in for a headache.
Brought to players's attention a couple of days ago on Blizzard's forums, in some cases upgrading from iOS 6-something to the shiny new iOS 7 could result in a reset of the Mobile Authenticator app. Having the app enabled means that every time you log in to your Battle.net account, you must enter the code randomly generated by the app. If it resets, there's no logging in, period.
It's suggested that players log into their account before upgrading, temporarily disable the service, and then re-enable it after the upgrade is complete. Users can also take down their authenticator serial number and restore code, using those to restore the app after the upgrade.
If it's too late to turn back now, you've got two options.
If you're signed up for Blizzard's free SMS protect service, removing the authenticator is just a coded text away. If not, you're going to have to get in touch with customer service, sit in a chat queue, and fax proof of your identity to have the safeguard removed. It's a bit of a pain.
Security can be really inconvenient sometime, but it's totally worth it. I had my World of Warcraft account hacked twice before authentication came along, and wouldn't disable it unless iOS 7 forced me to.


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Revitalize a worn MacBook Pro with a new set of feet.
Remove the following ten screws:
Three 14.4 mm Phillips #00 screws
Three 3.5 mm Phillips #00 screws
Four 3.5 mm shouldered Phillips #00 screws
No, it does not void the warranty. More specifically: http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/display...
How much weight can I save by removing the optical drive?
You can save a lot of weight if lets say your installing a solid state drive or putting in a second hard drive but if you know that you use the CD/DVD disc drive a lot then you might just want to leave the drive alone.
Also wondering how much weight I'd save by just removing. My drive is broken for ages, but I have not needed it in ages. The HD was already replaced by a cheap SSD (second best thing after upgrading to 8GB), so I'd appreciate losing some weight. I mean, the computer. Although I could lose some too... erm... well, anyway, I guess the lack of the DVD would not interfere with anything, right? Opinions?
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Apple has meticulously balanced the MacBook's weight from left to right, and removing the optical drive may off-balance the Mac.
What so you think that a removing the optical drive which weighs less than a AA battery will unbalance a MBP making it unusable? LOL!
Unless you use the MBP on a high wire (an even then I have my doubts) you'd never notice the weight difference.
pmhparis -
The issue is not one of weight but an issue with the systems cooling and an opening which objects could enter. For a few grams of weight I don't think its worth it! A better solution would be to swap out the heaver HD for a much lighter SSD, and getting all of the performance benefits of the faster drive as well!
While you might not think it the optical drive also acts as a stiffener so there is less twist in the case. This is because of the size of the hole for the DVD/CD's so taking it out weakens the case design.
Dan -
I'm thinking you'd probably be OK losing the DVD drive without a problem. Just make sure the optical drive cable is secured or you might hear it rattling in there from time-to-time.
Hey guys,
this website is amazing. I read it to guide me on fixing my mac book pro, but on the video, the girl gives a wrong information.. She says that is not possible replace just the keyboard... But I managed to replace only my keyboard. It is boring because I have to remove approximately 70 screws but it is possible. Thanks a lot! You guys helped me save about US$300 thats because in Brazil some technicians would charge me with that amount!
I posted some pictures on your facebook page..
Tip: Use one of those weekday pill holders to have a cheep way to store screws you remove and each day of the week can be for different sizes or parts. It has been handy to have (much less expensive than the magnetic mat.
Great tutorial. I found that using a Phillips #0 in lieu of the #00 worked much better.
Totally agree!! I used the #00 screwhead for 7 out of the 10, but for the remaining tricky ones I used the #0 screwhead and it helped me out. I was so worried I would strip the tiny screw, but this comment saved me!
I tried the PH #00 for the 10 screws that hold the bottom case and it's too big, instead PH #000 works perfectly. Are you sure this screws are #00?
The likely problem with your wifi is not the card but the antenna leads that go into the plastic clutch
. Ifixit don't have a guide to change this as it it includes the isight camera so the screen has to be disassembled which is fairly hard
I got round it by using the camera cable from the old set and cutting off the new one
Hello MacWorld,
Just want to say that this site is a great resource for repairing or upgrading your Mac. I had a bad SATA cable in my MacBook Pro and after ordering a new one from the "IFIXIT" site I received the cable within two days, replaced it and was up and running again in no time. Thanks IFIXIT for you help!
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I have found that my MacBook Pro 13 Late 2011 has five shouldered screws and not four. I am not sure exactly where it goes but I have put it in the top left corner of the picture as it is the odd one out.
Hello, where can I buy the screws I need in case I lose one of them?
iFixit sells a kit: MacBook Pro Unibody Lower Case Screw Set
on my device the #00 screwdriver was a bit too small. a #0 was the perfect one
I found with mine that the shouldered and un-shouldered screws were reversed (the three un-shouldered screws going where the orange colour indicates). Also, I found that the front four screws went in at an angle.
Are you sure the short screws are different? The set sold here just says "Seven 3 mm Phillips #00 screws."
I have the same question. What is the difference between shouldered and not? So hard to see any difference…
I'll second that. I could never find them being different.
otetz -
Same here… I could not notice hte difference. Anyone at iFix would like to comment?
I have one stripped screw... How opening without drill it?! Any suggestions please?
I also stripped a couple screws. I wasn't able to open it up without drilling. After drilling the heads and removing the cover it was easy to hacksaw the tip and unscrew with a standard driver.
I used 3 eggcups to hold the screws ;>) They are very fiddly and easy to drop on floor so keep the MacBook away from the edge of the surface you are using to avoid accidentally dropping a screw off the edge of a table, etc.
A screw does not come out, how can I get it out? Many thanks in advance for your help
Since you'll be removing many screws it's best to plan ahead. I found it especially helpful to have a small plastic tray with about a dozen separate compartments to hold screws. As I removed screws I kept them in one compartment for each item removed. For example: The lower case removal involves the removal of ten screws. I kept them all in the first tray compartment and set the lid aside. Also, I put a post-it note identifying this compartment as "Lower case" and noted that the top right-most screws were the long ones. I continued with this methodology as a removed the next item, and the next, etc. Disassembly notes included for each compartment. This helped SIGNIFICANTLY as I was able to reassemble the Macbook easily by simply going from one compartment to the next (in reverse order). This guide is rated "Difficult" which it really isn't when you plan ahead in this way. It saves time in the long run.
when putting the macbook pro back together, the middle screw on the right side (if the computer is upside down and you have the hinge furthest away from you) requires a bracket that was not included with my new upper case. i had to remove it from my old case and transfer it over - if you don't do this, that screw will have nothing to attach to.
this was one of the many additional parts i needed to transfer from my old case to the new one that aren't mentioned in this guide…i'm adding comments on each step to try to help others…i wish i had thought to take pictures.
It seems to me the yellow and orange screws are the same
If you look closely, the four front screws (with the yellow circles) have a short unthreaded section under the head. The orange keyed screws are threaded all the way up.
The screws used on all Retina models, as well as about everything Apple has made since the iPhone 4, uses "PENTALOBULAR" not Phillips screws. These look like a TORX driver, but it has 5 concave sides. I believe the size you want is a P4 or T4. (1.2mm).
Two screw types:
Shouldered Unshouldered
If you are following this guide to upgrade to a better drive and want to keep your system and data intact I highly recommend first following the guide to Clone an Existing Drive using the recommended free SuperDuper!. That process was a breeze and gives you confidence that the new drive will come up looking exactly the way it did when you started.
My top tip - make sure you buy good quality Phillips screwdrivers and a magnetic holder. Cheap screwdrivers won't get the screws undone safely. Without a magnetic holder you have no chance of getting the tiny crews in and out safely.
I did this last weekend, and definitely, a Phillips #000 screwdriver is required (not a Phillips #00!)
I just followed this guide and it really helped me install a replacement cable and a new Samsung 860 EVO 500gb SSD in my aging MacBook Pro 13 A1278 MID 2012. It's performing like a new machine now! The guide worked fine, but I'm curious why this HD cable costs €45 on Ifixit's webshop, and only €13 on Amazon.de (I live in Europe)? The Amazon purchase also included two screwdrivers and a spudger.
I found out that one way to reduce the chance to loose screws is to leave them in their holes of the lower case right after unscrewing them. In fact, you can put the lower case back in place with all but one screws in place. The only one that I ever needed to put apart was the long one at the top right in the picture (the one that goes close to the display data cable underneath the lower case). Hope this help others! and you stop wondering about shouldered versus not shouldered short (3.5mm) ones :-)
For a MBP 2011, I'm not able to unscrew one of the 14.4 mm in the lower back. Can I know how can I get that done?. Thank you..
Use your fingers to pry the lower case away from the body of the MacBook near the vent.
Remove the lower case.
If the black vent window that is attached to the back cover becomes loose what kind of glue should be used to attach it again, thermal paste or super glue?
Thanks for your help.
bonjour cette truc ça marche au mac Brook pro Retina ou pas?
Bonjour, alors cela va dépendre du modèle de MacBook Pro Retina concerné. Par exemple, si vous avez un 13 pouces, allez consulter cette page MacBook Pro 13" Retina Display Repair et sélectionnez-y votre modèle. Les Retina 15 pouces se trouvent ici MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display Repair. Sinon cet outil https://fr.ifixit.com/info/ID-your-Mac (pour l'instant seulement disponible en anglais) vous aide à identifier quel modèle vous avez et vous redirige vers la page de votre appareil, où vous trouverez le tutoriel correspondant à votre Retina. Bonne réparation !
Merhaba, trackpad değişimi ve ayarlaması için tornavidaya ihtiyacım var, bu konuda yardımcı olabilir misiniz acaba? Ne tür bir tornavidaya ihtiyacım var ve nereden bulabilirim acaba?
Remove any broken or damaged feet.
Remove any pieces from the old foot that may have broken off in the foot hole.
Use tweezers to peel up and remove the old adhesive tape from the foot pad.
Scrub the foot pad with adhesive remover to remove any remaining adhesive.
Wipe the foot pad with an alcohol prep pad to remove any residue left by the cleaner.
Peel a replacement foot from the plastic backing.
Align the new foot inside the foot pad.
Make sure the alignment nub on the foot is lined up with the small hole near the perimeter of the pad.
Lay the foot down while keeping it properly aligned.
Check for proper alignment from the inside of the lower case. Use tweezers to slide the alignment nub so it lines up with the hole.
Press the new foot down firmly with your finger and maintain pressure for 30 seconds to set the pressure sensitive adhesive. Support the other side of the cover while you press the foot down.
Repeat the last six steps for any broken or damaged feet.
Support the rear feet from inside with your other hand before pressing down on new foot. Failure to do so may damage the plastic air grille inside the rear of the lower case. See the photos in step 3 above.
My A1278 hasn't got holes in the backplate?
The feet just seem to be stuck on with adhesive.
Do I still have to unscrew the back?
Hi Rob,
If the backplate doesn't have the holes, you can still use the feet by just glueing them on. You would not have to open the backplate.
I have been told that if you are using adhesive, you should follow these steps and remove the bottom.
This way, adhesive doesn't get inside the machine.
Hi Larry,
That is definitely true, if you are adding liquid adhesives. The feet we sell come with adhesive pre-installed on the feet. All you have to do is peel and stick!
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Fine tutorial !
I have an ecological proposal: no need of adhesive remover, an alcohol prep on a dish towel is enough to remove any remaining adhesive or residue. Less wastes !


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I made the above Japanese katakana-lettered jersey and cap, in honor both of Milwaukee outfielder Norichika Aoki and my continuing quest to get an MLB team to wear a wordmark rendered in a non-Latin script. Think you can do better? Head here to download the template and submit your design.
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BOYS BASKETBALL: Northwestern's John Stevens battles through migraines in win against Wamogo
THOMASTON >> The Northwestern Highlanders were able to defeat Wamogo, in the first game of the semifinals on Tuesday, easily and move on to the Berkshire League Finals on Friday, by the score of 66-46. Northwestern senior, John Stevens led the way for the Highlanders scoring a game-high 19 points and adding 10 rebounds.
Little did most people know but Highlander Stevens was suffering from a migraine right before tipoff.
Stevens spent most of his teams warmup in the locker room, until coming out for the tail end, right before the game.
"I am glad we got here with enough time before the game," said Stevens. "I was able to work through it."
This isn't the first time that he has suffered from migraines, though he hasn't missed a game because of a migraine since his freshmen year of high school.
"I've always had them, my whole life," said Stevens.
Northwestern head coach Doug Sebach was more concerned with Stevens' health than the game in front of him.
"It was a wait and see response," said Highlanders head coach Doug Sebach, in regard to Stevens' migraines.
Sebach was thinking about sitting Stevens for the semifinals game.
"We thought about sitting him," said Sebach. "We would have made adjustments."
Stevens who was award the Leon Veretto Award this season in the Berkshire League for his, "works to ability, good basketball skills and leadership positive attitude towards the game and people," wasn't even thinking about missing this game.
"It could have been the worse migraine ever," said Stevens. "I wouldn't have missed this game ever."
The Highlanders handled Wamogo easily throughout the whole game, even though the Warriors tried to slow the game down and take the balls out of Northwestern's hands.
"They tried to slow us down," said Sebach. "We had to make in-game adjustments."
Up next for Northwestern, who is the No. 1 seed in the Berkshire League Tournament, will take on the No. 2 seed Terryville in the tournament finals on Friday night at Thomaston High School.


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The term "Copts" is equivalent to the word "Egyptians." It is derived from the Greek "Aigyyptos," which in turns is derived from the ancient Egyptian "Ha-ka-Ptah," i.e. "the house of the spirit Ptah," a most highly revered deity in Egyptian mythology. From the Arab conquest and until today, This term refers to the Christian Egyptians to distinguish them from the native Muslims.
The Copts as the successors of the ancient Egyptians are defined as the modern sons of the Pharaohs. They played an essential role in the whole Christian world, especially during the first five centuries.
Their religious background helped them to accept Christianity with eagerness and to enjoy its depth through their ascetic life, meditation and studying of the Holy Scripture.
In this topic we wish to throw some light on the ancient Egyptian culture and how it reacted towards the new Christian faith.
The Holy Bible concentrates on "Jerusalem" which means, "land of peace," or "vision of peace" as center of the promised land, where God declares His dwelling among people. And a holy temple was established in it in His Name, where people worshipped Him, offered Him sacrifices and offerings, and celebrated many feasts as a symbol of the heavenly joy. This is Jerusalem, the symbol of heaven, that is called "Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all" (Gal 4:26). On the other hand, we find Babel and Egypt; Babel represents disobedience to God, violence, vainglory (tower of Babel, Gen.11), opposing God through His believers (the Babylonian captivity), adultery and abominations (Rev. 17:5). Egypt was well known for its abundant cops, and its king (Pharaoh) to whom Israel and Jude used to refuge against Babylon. Therefore, Egypt was a symbol of loving the temporary things and trust in human hands (1 Kings 18:21).
Egypt was a refuge to many people, especially in famines. Abraham visited Egypt (Gen. 12:10). So did Joseph who became the second man after Pharaoh, offering crops to all the neighboring countries. Jacob and his sons came to Egypt where they lived as a family and grew as a nation. It was the birth place of the nursery of the people of God. Their first leader, Moses, the great prophet and his brother Aaron the first chief-priest appeared in Egypt to grant them freedom. St. Stephen says, "And Moses was taught in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds" (Acts 7:22).
Among the prophets who visited Egypt was Jeremiah who implored people not to flee to Egypt, but in vain, for they forced him to accompany them in their journey to Egypt (Jer. 41:1, 43:7). He uttered his last prophesies in Tahpanhes of Egypt (Jer. 43:8-44:30).
Thus, Egypt became a representative of the Gentiles to whom Christ came to establish His Church and form His new people.
Hosea, the Prophet, foresaw the Son of God going out of Bethlehem and fleeing to Egypt, where He found a welcome in the hearts of the Gentiles. Through Hosea, God the Father uttered this prophesy, "I called my son out of Egypt" (Hos. 11:1).
Isaiah the Prophet gave us more details, saying "Behold, the burden of Egypt, the Lord rides upon a swift cloud, He shall come to Egypt, and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence. In that day there shall be an altar to the lord in the midst of the land of Egypt" (Isa. 19:1). St. Cyril the Great interpreted this prophecy saying:
"The glittering cloud which carried the child Jesus to Egypt was His mother, St. Mary, who suppressed the cloud in purity. The altar which was established in the midst of the land of Egypt is the Christian church which had replaced the temples of paganism as the idols collapsed and the temples were deserted in the presence of the Lord Jesus."
The important stations where the holy family took shelter are:
The Holy Family might have passed through Zaytoun, a suburb of Cairo. On the domes of St. Marys church at Zaytoun, a good number of St. Marys apparitions occurred (from the 2nd of April 1968 until 1971). Such wonderful apparitions occurred successively and were obviously seen by thousands of people.
It is said that the Holy Family passed by a watermelon farm where seeds had just been sown. St. Joseph asked the farmer to tell the soldiers, who were chasing them, that the Holy Family passed by his farm at the time when he was sowing his seeds. Two days later, when the soldiers arrived at the farm, the watermelon had blossomed and some fruits were visible. This made the soldiers believe that the Holy Family had passed by this place several months before. Therefore the soldiers slowed down the chase after the Holy Family.
It is said that while the Holy Family was crossing the Nile to Gabal-el-Tair a huge rock from the Mountain was about to fall on their boat. St. Mary was afraid but her Son who has power on nature stretched His hand thus prevented the rock from falling, and left his palm print on it. Queen Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine, ordered that a church should be build at this place. In the twelfth century (1168 A.D.), when Almeric, King of Jerusalem invaded Upper-Egypt, he cut away the piece of the rock and took it back to Syria.
The Coptic Church or the Church of Alexandria is called "See of St. Mark;" on of the earliest sees: Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria and Rome.
How Was Christianity Introduced to Egypt?
St. Mark is considered the founder of the Coptic Church. However, evidence indicates that Christianity was introduced into Egypt before St. Mark, though undoubtedly, it must have been on a very small scale. The following are some interesting points on this subject:
St. Mark The Founder
The Copts are proud of the apostolicity of their church, whose founder is St. Mark; one of the seventy Apostles (Mark 10:10), and one of the four Evangelists. He is regarded by the Coptic hierarchy as the first of their unbroken 117 patriarchs, and also the first of a stream of Egyptian martyrs.
This apostolicity was not only furnished on grounds of its foundation but rather by the persistence of the church in observing the same faith received by the Apostle and his successors, the Holy Fathers.
St. Marks Bibliography
St. Mark was an African native of Jewish parents who belonged to the Levites tribe. His family lived in Cyrenaica until they were attacked by some barbarians, and lost their property. Consequently, they moved to Jerusalem with their child John Mark (Acts 12:12; 25; 15:37). Apparently, he was given a good education and became conversant in both Greek and Latin in addition to Hebrew. His family was highly religious and in close relationship with the Lord Jesus. His cousin was St. Barnabas and his fathers cousin was St. Peter. His mother, Mary, played an important part in the early days of the church in Jerusalem. Her upper-room became the first Christian church in the world where the Lord himself instituted the Holy Eucharist (Mark 14:12-26). There also, the Lord appeared to the disciples after His resurrection and His Holy Spirit came upon them.
Young Mark was always associated with the Lord, who chose him as one of the seventy. He is mentioned in the Scriptures in a number of events related with the Lord: He was present at the wedding of Cana of Galilee, and was the man who had been carrying the jar when the two disciples went to prepare a place of the celebration of the Pasch (Mark 14:13-14 ; Luke 22:11). [He was also the same man who fled naked before the Crucifixion (Mark 14:51, 52)]. Accordingly, the church insists on calling St. Mark "Theorimos," i.e. the beholder of the Lord, in order to prevent counterfeits of some historians.
St. Mark And the Lion
The lion is the symbol of St. Mark for two reasons.
Preaching With The Apostles
At first, St. mark accompanied St. Peter on his missionary journeys inside Jerusalem and Judea. Then he accompanied St. Paul and St. Barnabas on their first missionary journey to Antioch, Cyprus and Asia Minor, but for some reason or another he left them and turned home (Acts 13:13). On their second trip, St. Paul refused to take him along because he left them on the previous mission, for this reason St. Barnabas was separated from St. Paul and went to Cyprus with his cousin Mark (Acts 15:36-41). There, he departed in the Lord and St. Mark buried him. Afterwards, St. Paul needed St. mark with him and they both preached in Colosy (4:11), Rome (Phil. 24; 2 Tim. 4:11) and perhaps at Venice.
In Africa
St. Marks real labor lays in Africa. He left Rome to Pentapolis, where he was born. After planting the seeds of faith and performing many miracles he traveled to Egypt, through the Oasis, the desert of Libya, Upper Egypt, and then entered Alexandria from its eastern gate on 61 A.D.
On his arrival, the strap of his sandal was out loose. He went to a cobbler to mend it. When the cobbler Ananias took an awl to work on it, he accidentally pierced his hand and cried aloud "O one God." At this utterance, St. mark rejoiced and after miraculously healing the mans wound, took courage. The spark was ignited and Ananias took the Apostle home with him. He and his family were baptized, and many others followed.
The spread of Christianity must have been quite remarkable because pagans were furious and sought St. Mark everywhere. Smelling the danger, the Apostle ordained a bishop (Ananias), three priests and seven deacons to look after the congregation if anything befell them. He left Alexandria to Berce, then to Rome, where he met St. Peter and St. Paul and remained there until their martyrdom in 64 A.D.
Upon returning to Alexandria (65 A.D.), St. Mark found his people firm in faith and thus decided to visit Pentapolis. There, he spent two years preaching and performing miracles, ordaining bishops and priests, and winning more converts.
Finally he returned to Alexandria and was overjoyed to find that Christians has multiplied so much that they were able to build a considerable church in the suburban district of Baucalis.
His Martyrdom
In the year 68 A.D., Easter fell on the same day as the Serapis feast. The furious heathen mob had gathered in the Serapis temple at Alexandria and then descended on the Christians who were celebrating Easter (Christian Pasch) at Baucalis. St. Mark was seized, dragged with a rope through the main streets of the city. Crowds were shouting "The ox must be led to Baucalis," a precipitous place full of rocks where they fed the oxen that were used in the sacrifices to idols. At nightfall the saint was thrown into prison, where he was cheered by the vision of an angel, strengthening him saying, "Now your hour has come O Mark, the good minister, to receive your recompense. Be encouraged, for your name has been written in the book of life " When the angel disappeared, St. Mark thanked God for sending His angel to him. Suddenly, the Savior himself appeared and said to him "Peace be to you, mark, my disciple and evangelist!" St. Mark started to shout "O My Lord Jesus" but the vision disappeared.
On the following morning probably during the triumphal procession of Serapis he was again dragged around the city till death. His bloody flesh was torn, and it was their intention to cremate his remains, but the wind blew and the rain fell in torrents and the populace dispersed. Christians stole his body and secretly buried him in a grave which they had engraved in a rock under the altar of the church.
His Relics
During the schism which burst between the Copts and the Melkites, the first kept the head while the body remained with the latter. On 644 A.D., a soldier sneaked into the church where the head was buried. He took it away to his ship under the impression that it was a treasure. Later, when Amro-Ebn-El-Aas (leader of the Arab troops) ordered the ships to sail off Alexandria, that particular ship could not move. Eventually the soldier had to confess and Amro handed it back to Pope Benjamin.
The saints body did not remain in Egypt, for it was stolen and taken to Venice by some Italian merchants. They built a huge cathedral in St. Marks name, believing that St. mark was their patron Saint. In 1968, part of his relics which is now kept in the new Cathedral in Cairo, was offered to the Egyptian Pope Cyril (Kyrillos VI) from Pope Paul VI).
His Apostolic Acts
St. Mark was a broad-minded Apostle. His ministry was quite productive and covered large fields of activities. These included:


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Florida Community Bank, which acquired the failed Peninsula Bank of Englewood three years ago, now intends to pay $48.5 million for a struggling South Florida bank.
FCB, which is owned by well-funded investor group Bond Street Holdings, said Wednesday it has signed a merger agreement with Great Florida Bank.
If consummated, it would be Weston-based FCB's first deal for a solvent lender, after a string of acquisitions involving eight failed Florida banks since 2009.
Miami Lakes-based Great Florida and its $1.1 billion in in assets would be merged into FCB, which at $4.4 billion would become the fourth-largest bank based in the Sunshine State.
The deal comes a month after FCB -- which operates six offices in Sarasota and Charlotte counties -- was jilted in its first attempt to buy an open bank.
Stockholders of Atlantic Coast Financial Corp. rejected a $13 million buy-out offer from Bond Street. Jacksonville-based Atlantic would have added $774 million in assets to FCB.
Its new target, Great Florida, has not turned an annual profit since 2007, and it has amassed $123 million in losses in the past five years.
Moreover, its level of non-performing assets to total assets is among the highest in the state. Analyst BauerFinancial rates the bank at "zero" stars, the lowest grade.
Federal and state regulators slapped Great Florida with an enforcement order in 2010, ordering it to boost capital levels. The bank, which has shrunk from $1.6 billion in assets, is considered adequately capitalized.
But FCB was willing to pay what it termed a "substantial premium" to Great Florida's stock price for its 25-branch network in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Great Florida stockholders will receive $3.24 per share in cash. Shares closed at 32 cents Tuesday in over-the-counter trading before hitting $3 Wednesday -- after the deal was announced.
"The transaction with Great Florida Bank is truly a 'game changer' for our company, as we have been eager to expand our presence in Miami, Florida's largest metro market," said FCB president and chief executive Kent Ellert.
"Consistent with our previously completed eight successful acquisitions, this merger will significantly enhance our Florida footprint and will provide a foundation for us to augment our commercial lending team to further generate organic growth," Ellert said.
The deal, subject to regulatory and Great Florida shareholder approvals, could close by the end of the year.
FCB has another bank in its sights
Florida Community Bank, which acquired the failed Peninsula Bank of Englewood three years ago, now intends to pay $48.5 million for a struggling South Florida bank.