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Going to Las Vegas for CES, you expect to get a snow job inside the buildings . . . but outside? With a full-blown blizzard cascading down on the latest attraction on the Strip—the Monorail—I was treated to the same kind of weather I left back home in Utah. But what a surprise for sunny Nevada!
Speaking of which, I give my "You Gotta be Kidding Me" award to this train. We've been doing airport trains to handle hundreds of people an hour for how many years, so why did Las Vegas get this wrong? At the start and the end of day the monorail was useless, with amusement park-long lines. Doesn't bode well for NAB in April.
Once inside the warm Hilton Theater, I gave the "Not Ready For Primetime" award to Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who managed to fumble his consumer software demo during his keynote address. Now, I can't fault a guy for having problems with remotes, software, and PCs. These things happen to all of us. But they shouldn't happen to Bill Gates. He can afford a professional Paranoia Technician to make sure that when it breaks, they can fix it. Especially when he is showing off a product called "Plays For Sure." (There's some hubris if I've ever seen it.) Instead, he left us thinking he meant to say "Pray For Sure" to get it to work. And in the world of consumer electronics, it has to work or consumers lose interest very fast.
By its very nature, CES is a consumer show, but there's always some videography in there somewhere. First and foremost among event videography's CES presence was the team shooting the conference. The show's parent, the Consumer Electronics Association, hired Gourvitz Communications of New York to cover the show. They had three teams on the ground in and around the halls and booths right on the first day.
They were using Panasonic DVCPRO cameras with output edited onsite on an Apple PowerBook using Final Cut Pro. As Gourvitz' Dan McEnroe says, "We've saved so much money going with Apple. I can edit the b-roll right there, at the show, right on my laptop."
So Dan leads us to our second and third awards: the "Apple of My Eye" and "Hey Coach, I Didn't Come Here to Sit on the Bench" awards, to Final Cut Pro for the Best Videographer Tool up and running at the show. Meanwhile, back on the floor . . .
The hottest trend at CES was portable media players. As exciting as the iPod is, the news is that you can now download all your videos as well as music into a pocket player. One that I loved was the Archos PMA400. It not only plays back audio, but is a 120-hour video recorder (even from TV), a digital photo viewer, and a full PDA. How's that for functionality? They easily win the "Are You Sure You're Not from the Swiss Army?" award for Best Portable Media Player and All Things To All People Device.
Have you been to a business or bridal show and not gotten a lot of attention? MocomTech has just the thing: a free-floating projection screen. Well, almost. Their Dupic polycarbonate screen material is like Saran Wrap. Put it on a sheet of transparent acrylic and you turn it into a highly reflective screen. Not only that, but it is see-through, even under those harsh convention center lights (that's off-axis ambient light rejection at its finest). Hanging this screen in mid-air gives a breathtaking feeling of your promo video floating in space with your LCD projector. There's limited U.S. distribution (which should change soon), but one place to look is http://electricimagetech.com/superbrightscreens/dupic.htm.
Meanwhile, you'll find the company at www.mocomtech.com. They win my "Do My Eyes Deceive Me?" award for Best New Screen Technology.
Speaking of screens—remember picture tubes? Samsung (as well as LG Electronics) showed off these low-cost alternatives to plasma and LCD in wide-screen 16:9 slim versions to fit in almost the same narrow space as flat screens. They plan to ship 30" versions for under $1,000, about half of what a comparable LCD would go for. Again, if consumers will upgrade to HD, it will also be to get the wide-screen picture. Now, with a much more reasonable price point, they can get it. So I give Samsung my "I Want My HDTV" award for giving us an affordable alternative.
Norcent, an energetic up-and-comer in all-things-electronic, showed off shipping versions of their displays with the Picture-to-the-Max ("P-Max") video chipset. Using real-time adjustments, P-Max gives a sharper, crisper image with greater color depth—just the kind of thing you need to show off your work in the best possible studio-demo light. In side-by-side comparisons, the Norcent picture seems to jump out at you with its greater intensity and vividness. So Norcent wins my "Eye-Popping Eye-Candy" Best Picture Award for their P-MAX displays.
Need to share files with your clients but don't have a Web site? You could try email, but many systems don't accept large attachments. In answer to this, Mirra demo'd their Personal Server, which makes online sharing almost painless. You plug the Mirra unit into your high-speed connection (DSL or cable), and Mirra does the rest. Honest, it is a really slick solution. They win my "Nearly Novocaine" Award for Most Pain-free Internet Tool.
Ever need to do still photography of rings, flowers, or other products? As anyone who's tried it knows, producing picture-perfect product shots is anything but painless. Ortery's Coloreal eBox is an almost-automatic way to get these controlled-lighting shots perfect. It even includes a Canon PowerShot digital camera so it's ready to go out of the box. Here's my prestigious "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" Award for Best Photography Tool.
Finally, my coveted "Dave's Gotta Have It" Award goes to the several Polyconcept USA products—particularly the RCA Empire CD Tower—for Best Design. The tower is a real stunner as a centerpiece for a reception area. Check it out at www.polyconceptusa.com to see what I mean. There you'll also find their to-die-for Retrovision TV, which just begs to be made into a PC chassis as well. This may not represent technology innovation per se, but these devices are wonderfully innovative at making life simple with technology.
And isn't that what CES is all about?


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Supreme Court allows execution despite drug questions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court refused to halt a Texas serial killer's execution Thursday despite complaints about secrecy surrounding the drugs being used to kill him.
Tommy Lynn Sells was executed Thursday night in Huntsville, Texas. A flurry of last-minute legal efforts to stop it followed recent problems with executions in several states, as the stock of lethal-injection drugs and willing suppliers has dried up.
Sells, 49, was sentenced to death for the 1999 stabbing of a 13-year-old girl. He claimed to have killed up to 70 people across the country.
He won his petition for a stay of execution Wednesday in federal district court, which ruled that the state must inform lawyers how they planned to kill him and another death row inmate scheduled for execution next week.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals immediately overturned the ruling in Sells' case and said the drug supplier's name should remain secret to protect against threats of violence.
Sells' Supreme Court petition listed as defendants a variety of state officials and "unknown executioners." It demanded to know the source of the pentobarbital the state planned to use in his execution, how it was prepared and who had tested it, citing the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
Sells "has a constitutional interest — and consequent due process rights — in not being executed in a torturous manner," his attorneys told the high court just hours before his execution.
After the high court turned down Sells' request, attorneys Maurie Levin and Jonathan Ross said: "Without transparency about lethal injections, particularly the source and purity of drugs to be used, it is impossible to ensure that executions are humane and constitutional."
The state uses a compounding pharmacy to get its drugs, which have become scarce coast to coast as supplies from Europe have dried up and amid concerns about legal liability. Such pharmacies are subject to less government regulation. The drugs they dispense, used in combination with others, have caused problems in some recent executions.
The state defended its death penalty policy in its briefs in Sells' case, arguing that "there is no pharmacy, no drug, and no assurance of quality that would be satisfactory to him."
The Supreme Court rejected a similar request last month from a death row inmate in Missouri who was subsequently executed. It has pending petitions from death row prisoners in Louisiana and Missouri, either of which could become a test case next fall on the standards states use to ensure condemned prisoners aren't denied their constitutional rights during execution.
Texas executes the most prisoners in the country; Sells was its fifth lethal-injection execution this year. Some states that use capital punishment have delayed executions, and some courts have blocked them, because of the difficulty in finding drugs and suppliers.
Last month, judges in Oklahoma and Louisiana ruled that those states could not hide the identities of their suppliers and manufacturers.
The struggle to find lethal-injection drugs comes as executions are on the decline. While 32 states still have capital punishment on their books, the number of executions has dropped from 98 in 1999 to 39 last year.
In recent years, Connecticut Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico and New York have abolished the death sentence. Governors in Colorado, Oregon and Washington have suspended the punishment. Courts have halted executions in Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Tennessee over lethal-injection issues.

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Use this guide to install a new GPU card.
Unplug your iMac's AC cord along with any peripheral devices.
Lay your iMac face-down on a soft, clean surface as shown.
Loosen the three Phillips screws securing the access door to the bottom edge of your iMac.
Remove the access door.
Gently slide the black plastic RAM pull tab out from the RAM slot.
Pull the black plastic tab away from the bottom edge of the iMac to eject the module(s) on that side of the RAM bay.
It is far harder than I thought you have to pull REALLY hard and then there will be a little click and than you can gently pull out the RAM.
Press really hard, to the point you think you'll cut your thumb, you'll hear a slight 'click'. If it's not properly installed, the iMac will 'beep, beep, beep' In protest upon booting…
Brian -
I found it best to make use of the factory 'pull tabs'. Much much easier than trying to pull the ram out by hand. It may seem like a good idea but, don't be tempted to use pliers.
Brian -
Thanks for your Useful guide …. iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2428 RAM Replacement was performed step by step on my Imac and every thing is perfect right now.
Slide the old RAM module(s) out of their slots in the RAM bay and set them aside.
Repeat the process in the previous steps to remove the RAM module(s) from the other side of the RAM bay.
Be sure the small notch cut into each RAM module (shown in the first picture) mates with the protrusion in each RAM slot (shown in the second picture).
When reinstalling RAM in this machine or any iMac with upgradable RAM slots push hard to get them to go in (Apple really did make this one harder than it needed to be). If you don't push hard it won't go in and your computer won't work. (trust me on this learned the hard way)
I am having trouble with bottom 2 slots. As I get beeping sounds when using them. When removed it boots properly. I tried & tried to push the 2 , 2GB ram modules into the bottom slots BUT all get is beeping. Guess I have to settle for 4GB Rather than 8 unless someone has a suggestion.
Try swapping the to the other slots & don't forget to press really hard until you hear the 'click'.
Brian -
Is there an expirience to settle 1600 MgH Ram instead 1333 MgH manual required?
Stick a suction cup near each of the two top corners of the glass panel.
If your suction cups refuse to stick, try cleaning both the glass panel and the suction cup with a mild solvent.
imac 2544 2.5 core i5 i touched the motherboard to supply and it spark now it is not powering
please tell me the directions
thanks witting for answering .
Im sorry to say, If it sparked when you touched it your motherboard s now fried. You need a new one.
Success replacing the stock ST31000528AS with a STBD3000100 (Dead 1TB to new 3TB, both Seagate). First try. Using another Mac and a quality Firewire 800 cable, I formatted it using Target Disk mode, 2 partitions (defaults, except I made the first one bigger than the second). To the second, smaller one, I copied a bootable Install OS X Mavericks partition. Tried to boot. It booted, and I installed; nary a glitch. (Running the Installer over Firewire would have been faster, but I didn't want to reboot this machine.)
See part 2 below...
(Part 2:)
I SKIPPED steps 6, 7 AND 8! Instead, after doing Step 5, I noticed I then had enough room and cable length to access the screws in Step 11 if I lifted the LCD up an inch or so, rotated it about 20-30 degrees clockwise and moved it a couple inches toward the base, and put it down. After removing them (Step 11), I propped up the LCD (with a spare spudger) and had enough room to do Steps 12, 13, and 14 without much difficulty. Felt safer/less work and risk than not skipping steps 6-8. No risk of the damage Ersan and Michael caused performing Step 7!
I just edited that step to add a note about the shortcut.
What the ???
Geoff Wacker has REJECTED my edit: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/history/ste...
I wonder why. What's the deal, Geoff? I mean I'd understand if I suggested folks didn't need the suction cups, as that could cut into iFixit's income stream, but what's wrong with suggesting that a few steps aren't needed? It worked for me; the EMC 2389 I fixed is humming along with a new 3TB HD I installed while skipping those steps.
I did not have to remove a single cable! After undoing the torx screws from the sides, I was able to rotate the LCD out of the way enough to reach all the screws holding in the ODD bracket. One of them was a bit challenging to get to, but I never felt that I was risking the cables by leaving them connected. Also, it wasn't totally clear, but you have to actually remove the ODD itself from the ODD bracket - 4 torx screws. The SDD mounts into the hard drive enclosure, then the enclosure is screwed into the bracket. Those holes (enclosure <-> Bracket) did not line up correctly for me, and I had to go with only three of them connected in the end. Seems to work fine.
Another comment on DATA & LCD Temp. Sensor cables: I had to remove the vertical sync, and the backlight cable, however, if you have an assistant or/can carefully rotate the screen clockwise/and then have it held up about 5" to 6" at a slight angle, you do not need to remove LCD data cable or LCD thermal cable, however - IMPORTANT: you must have a second pair of hands/or way to securely prop up the LCD. Also, don't rotate too much, since then you will pull out LCD data cable, and it renders the whole exercise moot, or can damage the cable or connector.
You don't need suction cups. The screen, held by magnets, can simply be pried off using a very thin blade such as a screw driver and fingers.
That's a bad idea. using a metal tool to pry off glass is likely to end with an expensive broken front glass.
Suction cups are common. Find a couple and do it the safe way. I use some cheap ones that came with iPhone repair kit.
Hello, I just need to replace a slightly cracked screen on my iMac. Where is it best to place the suction cups? Thanks in advance
No need for suction cups, I just stuck my nails (short like guys usually have) between the top part of the screen and body, and it came off easily. I've never done it before, so it seems to be very easy.
Just completed the replacement of the optical drive with an SSD using an OWC Data Doubler kit. Attempted to remove the optical drive without disconnecting any cables but found it a bit fiddly to orient the screen for good access. I bit the bullet and disconnected them and found the process less daunting than I imagined. Reconnecting them was similarly straightforward if you're careful.
Tip: you can skip the step for removing the optical drive thermal sensor connector from the motherboard. Still need to remove the sensor from the optical drive but you can leave that hanging and reattach it to the SSD later.
I have an odd question -- I want to remove the polarizer from the LCD. With some monitors this is trivial, others not so much. My question is whether it is bonded to the Liquid crystal, or whether it's loose, or cutting it with a razor blade would remove it. Obviously I'd like to know before I go to the trouble of dismantling the thing... Thanks. Paul
I've just successfully installed a 1TB SSD in place of my optical drive thanks to the information here- thank you to everyone who has contributed!
3 comments- the procedure described here seems to vary between HD replacement and dual HD/optical drive replacement. This can be confusing at times.
Expect there to be minor differences between the layout described and what you find when you open up your iMac. There are also, surprisingly, differences between the HD enclosure description, and the article provided by ifixit.
I was able to replace the DVD/HD enclosure single-handedly without fully removing the LCD, or deconnecting any of the cables (steps 5-11). It's a bit cramped, and fiddly, but I was not happy removing any of the cables despite watching videos, etc., since they all seemed to involve applying more force than I was comfortable with. A more detailed description of how to release them might have helped, but even here, there may be minor variations even within the 2389 model.
Good luck!
Fingernails are all you need to free the glass from its magnetic hold. If you don't have them, slip something thin and plastic, like a spudger, at a top corner.
Minha dúvida é a seguinte: após o técnico trocar o HD do meu iMac de 21,5 polegadas, a câmera parou de funcionar. Seria por causa da troca do HD? Tem solução?
Creio que o cabo da camera não foi plugado ou deu mau contato… ou até danificado.
I can't get my glass to budge. I'm replacing a cracked one and now it's about to shatter.
Gently lift the glass panel perpendicular to the face of the LCD enough to clear the steel mounting pins attached along the underside of the top edge of the glass panel.
Pull the glass panel away from the lower edge of the iMac and carefully set it aside.
What's the best product to clean the face of the LCD?
Microfiber Cloth
Try your best not touch it in the first place
Brian -
Remove the eight 8 mm T10 Torx screws securing the display to the outer case.
The metal near the screws is VERY magnetic. Honestly, the hardest and by far most frustrating step was trying to put these screws back in.
I ran into the same problem - easily the most frustrating part of this process. To help deal with it, I took a drinking straw, cut it to be about 2 inches long, and used it as a chute to guide the screw to the hole. Dropping the screw down the straw, it'd still stick to the side due to the magnets, but using my screwdriver, it was easy to push the screw down to where it needed to go, and the straw kept the screw from being pulled out of place by the magnets.
josh -
Hmm… yes, the magnets sucks - literally. But if you use a normal screwdriver or a bit, the screwdriver tip or the bit can be "loaded" by the magnets too. Just move the screwdriver (or bit) over one of the magnets and then "plug" the screw onto the screwdriver's tip (or bit). It will be held by magnetic force. Just enough to move the screw vertically and very slowly into the whole.
There are some special screwdriver on the market with "claws" to hold screws, but they are hard to find/to buy and expensive. I sometimes use superglue (a LITTLE) to temporary fasten the screw at the screwdrivers tip. This technique can be used with destroyed screw heads too to optimize adhesion.
Slightly lift the top edge of the display out of the outer case.
The harddisk can be removed WITHOUT the next steps. The opening angle of the partially lifted LCD display gives enough room to untighten the two Torx T9 screws of the hard disk bracket, to unplug the two SATA connectors and to carefully lift out the harddisk. There is absolutely no need to dismantle the whole thing.
All you need is a screwdriver which fits into the room. I've used the "Pro Tech Toolkit" from iFixit. The screwdriver with Torx T9 bit fits perfectly.
The other "tool" you need is either someone who holds the LCD plate or the inner leftover of a kitchenroll, a scrunched paper, a small towel or similar which has to be stuffed between the logic boards and the LCD plate to keep the LCD at its lifted place (careful! don't unplug any of the cables).
I've opened and changed the harddisks of those 21,5 iMacs a dozen times with the help of the "Pro Tech Toolkit" and a kitchen roll.
If i want to replace the HD with a SSD, can i still skip the next steps? I think i can't because i need to change the termal censor, but i would like an other opinion please.
Danois -
"Kitchen Roll" - paper towel core.
kyoder11 -
thx to IFIXIT and 20+ years of computer repair and building experience (all PC) there was no problem at all to remove a 500 Gb HDD from a mid 2011 iMac and replace it with an 500 Gb SSD Drive (with help from Comtec EDV, where i bought the upgrade kit).
Skip the steps where people are advised to remove the display. Due to my experience it is def better to leave cables and plugs where they are. I lifted the display 12 cm and fixed this position w/ one pencil in each front corner of the case where the other end of the pencil sticked in ascrew hole of the display-frame. Very easy to operate afterwards! No probs w/ the screws of the hdd-frame.
Some care-taking of static electricity is advised - wear a wrist cable. And don't forget to press start button after having removed power chord. I had an Android Tablet on the right side, where i could watch these ifixit pages :-)
thx to IFIXIT!
w/ regards from cantbtroo from Berlin
Thank you ifixit for the guide. Like so many others I jumped from step 4 to step 10 and left all the cables intact. Felt much safer doing so. Papertowel cores secured the LCD to higher position. There was enough room to remove the old HDD and replace it with a SSD drive.
Pull the vertical sync cable connector out of its socket on the LED driver board near the top left corner of your iMac.
Tried doing this on my iMac, but this cable would not come out for love or money. No matter what I did, I could not unplug this cable. My iMac is the same 21inch 2011 as this one. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Rotate the display out of the outer case enough to disconnect the LED backlight power cable from the LED driver board.
Grab the plastic pull tab secured to the display data cable lock and rotate it towards upwards.
Pull the display data cable straight out of its socket on the logic board.
I am having a difficult time reattaching the LCD cable. A better description or any tips would be useful here.
Me too — ditto that.
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIDI... —> abt. 5:30 into the vid. Handle up to slide in, then flip it down to lock the connector in place.
The connector needs to be carefully pushed in parallel to the board with a surprising amount of pressure and the pull tab must be folded back. Not super fragile, but not strong either.
I really wish that the fagility of this connector was mentioned in Step 10 or 11.. When i rotated the screen on step 11.. It pulled this connector out and now I can't get it back in.. I hate computers.. HA!
This is the most painful part of the whole event. Replacing this cable took me around 30 minutes !
I have tried and tried to get this cable back in. How do I know if I have messed it up?
Disconnect the LCD thermal sensor cable connector from its socket on the logic board.
The replacement hard drive I used doesn't even appear to spin up and the Time Capsule restore process doesn't show it as available. It just stays at Searching for disks and never finds it.
I had to use Disk Utility to partition the drive and then it showed fine. Rookie mistake.
JRBv3 -
I managed to damage the LCD thermal sensor socket in the logic board. Now the connector won't stay in place. I know the missing thermal sensor should cause the fans to spin up (they do spin up after a while), but the screen is blank.
I connected an external monitor and it works fine, so it doesn't seem to be a graphics or logic board issue. I also replaced the LED driver board with one from a working iMac, to no effect.
Can the missing thermal sensor be causing this?
Carefully pull the display toward the top edge of your iMac and lift it out of the outer case, minding any cables that may get caught.
Btw, I was pretty safe (& content) with two suction cups - i bought 3 for less than 7 Euros. They were a good help for a glass that hasn't been removed since 2011. But i am sure fingernails will do a good job, too (of course not mine, cos i have short ones).
At the end of the job it was even possoible to clean the fan that sucks cool air into the iMac (w/ a paintbrush and a controllable vaccuum cleaner). After that, it's also a good opportunity to clean the air inlet that is part of the aluminium case (behind the stand - it's always dusty).
w/ regards from cantbtroo, Berlin
Remove the following four screws:
One 9.3 mm T10 Torx screw with a large head
Three 9.3 mm T10 Torx screws with a normal sized head
In my case the red screw was on the lower left side near the power-data cable!
Pull the optical drive thermal sensor connector straight up from its socket on the logic board. Pull parallel to the board.
The thermal sensor connector shown in the red box is the one for the hard drive, not the optical drive. The optical drive sensor attaches to motherboard near bottom left of optical drive fan.
The guide was correct in my case that this is the Optical Drive sensor. The board has "ODD Temp" written on it. Original HD has it's own built in temperature sensor without a separate cable to the Motherboard, which is why OWC sells a special "In-line Thermal Sensor" SATA cable with a Temp. sensor that attaches to any new hard drive itself.
Lift the inner edge of the optical drive and maneuver its connector past the GPU frame attached to the logic board.
Carefully pull the optical drive off its mounting pins on the right side of the outer case to gain clearance for disconnecting the optical drive cable.
Allow the optical drive to hang down as you de-route the optical drive thermal sensor connector from behind the GPU heat sink.
Disconnect the optical drive cable by pulling its connector away from the optical drive.
Remove the optical drive from the iMac.
I have already installed the second SSD drive, but due to the size of the drive I need to change it with another SSHD 1 TB drive. Am I right that I have to follow the instructions up to Step 18? Because The SSD is already behind the optical drive, so what I need to do is remove it and install the new SSHD drive and put everything back again. Please confirm.
Remove the single 13 mm T10 Torx screw securing the optical drive fan to the outer case.
Pull the optical drive fan off the pins attached to the outer case.
Pull the optical drive fan connector away from its socket on the logic board.
Remove the optical drive fan from the iMac.
In the proceeding steps, you will disconnect the following cables:
SD Board
Left/Right Speaker and Microphone
Audio Port
Wi-Fi Antenna
Right Temperature Sensor, Bluetooth/Ambient Light Sensor/Camera/Left Temperature, and Hard Drive Fan
CPU Fan/Ambient Temperature and Power Button
IR Sensor
The cable in the yellow box pulls out parallel to board. The connector looks as if it might be different, but grasp the black tabs and pull parallel to the board
Pull the SD board cable out of its socket on the logic board.
Disconnect the microphone, left speaker, and right speaker cables by pulling their connectors toward the right side of the iMac.
Use the flat end of a spudger to pry all three AirPort antenna connectors up from their sockets on the AirPort board.
same with mine
what does this cables mean?
mine is:
2 bands = CH0
1 bands = CH1
0 bands = CH2
Pull the hard drive fan connector toward the top edge of the iMac to disconnect it from its socket on the logic board.
Use your thumbnails on both sides of the Bluetooth/ambient light sensor/camera/left temperature connector to push it toward the top edge of the iMac and out of its socket on the logic board.
Use your thumbnails to push the right temperature sensor connector toward the top edge of the iMac and out of its socket.
Pull the CPU fan/ambient temperature sensor connector toward the bottom left edge of the iMac and out of its socket on the logic board.
Pull the power button connector toward the bottom left corner of the iMac to disconnect it from its socket on the logic board.
Use your thumbs to push the IR sensor connector toward the top edge of the iMac and out of its socket on the logic board.
Pull the IR sensor board up from behind the front face of the outer case.
Remove the IR sensor and set it aside.
NOTE: Be aware that (especially refurbished iMac's) may have adhesive that may increase difficulty removing sensor. Possible recommendation; Use your iFixit Jimmy Tool or spudger to assist you in reaching the adhesive strip.
I tried using my thumbnails as shown to push the connector out of its socket, but the individual wires came out instead. Spudger didn't help. I had to remove the connector after all 4 wires came loose. I don't know if this is worth the trouble to fix.
Pull the audio port cable connector toward the left side of the iMac to disconnect it from the logic board.
Peel the audio port cable off the front face of the logic board and let it hang down as shown in the second picture.
Remove the following seven screws:
Two 7 mm T10 torx screws
One 30 mm T10 Torx screw
Two 25 mm T10 Torx screws
Two 21 mm T10 Torx screws
Remove the following four screws:
One 9.3 mm T10 coarse-threaded screw
One 25 mm T10 coarse-threaded screw
Two 22 mm fine-threaded screws
Pull the upper right and lower left corners of the power supply away from the rear case to dislodge the mounting posts attached to the power supply's corners.
SAFETY NOTE: Remember ANY high voltage power supply can cause SERIOUS INJURY and may still hold charge LONG AFTER the device has been unplugged, EVEN IF PROPERLY DISCHARGED!!!
Carefully lift the power supply out of the outer case and rotate it to expose the cable lock as shown, minding the DC-out and AC-in cables still attaching it to the iMac.
Disconnect the DC-out cable by depressing the locking mechanism on the connector while you pull the connector away from its socket on the power supply.
Once the locking mechanism has cleared the socket, pull the DC-in connector away from the power supply.
Disconnect the AC-In cable by depressing the locking mechanism while pulling the connector away from its socket.
Remove the power supply from the outer case.
Remove the plastic wall that is installed directly to the right of the LED driver board.
Slightly pull the logic board away from the back of the outer case, then lift it upward to clear the lower front face of the outer case.
Disconnect the LCD temperature cable by pulling its connector up and out of its socket on the logic board.
Depress the locking mechanism and carefully pull the DC-In cable out of its socket on the back of the logic board.
I just replace the dead GPU Card on an Imac 21.5 Mid 2011,
Got 2x2Gb 1333 sodim in the top of slot.
When i finish the repair, the mac start normally but except the right memory slot ,When looking at the front of the Imac , (The top and bottom Right Slot memory ) (Dimm Ch B )
I search on the net and found that i properly knocked the motherboard when I put it back in.
I think the power Filter, behind the motherboard ,is what cause that.(Because when you fight to put back cable behind the motherboard)
You need to mention that, next time.
I'm not sure about that but I think the part C3230. (I do not disasembly it again to verify (It's so Fragile)
Can someone confirm that,( And what do i need to do to repair it.??
Or Do someone have the same problem, (Right slot (Top & Bottom ) Not working.??
Mr Desvaux
Being careful not to damage the socket on the logic board, gently pull the hard drive SATA data cable straight out of its socket on the logic board.
I searched all over the internet for photos or diagrams of the back side of the logic board to understand where to connect SATA 1 and 2 data cables. This is a pain to reopen and go back to where you can fix the SATA connection.
Pull the hard drive power cable connector out of its socket on the logic board.
Remove the logic board from the outer case, minding any cables that may get caught.
Remove the strip of tape securing the GPU thermal sensor cable to the logic board.
Remove the following three screws:
One 4.2 mm T10 Torx screw
Two 5 mm T8 Torx screws
Grab the GPU thermal sensor cable connector and pull it straight up and out of its socket on the logic board.
Lift the GPU heat sink slightly and pull the GPU board out of its socket on the logic board.
Remove the four 6.5 mm T8 Torx screws securing the GPU heat sink to the GPU.
It may be necessary to use a #1 screwdriver to hold the sockets on the GPU heat sink stationary as you loosen the T8 Torx screws.
Remove the clamping bracket from the back of the GPU.
Remove the GPU from the GPU heat sink.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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hi! please tell me what type of grafic card is usen in i macs? i know AGP PCI standars but i t is not them
Hi all, I'm new to computer repair, basically I just want to save my mac. It appears that the graphics card has gone out (it's about 5 yrs. old). Where can I find a good replacement and what would be an appropriate price range? Also, do you have any additional tips for physically replacing it. How can I tell if I need the whole piece or just a section of it? I have seen prices range from $4.00 - $500.00.
Please help!
Hi There, mine is a late 2011 model iMac desktop and I'm having trouble with the display screen. It's coming up with pink and yellow vertical strips. The tech says it could be graphics card. The online spec for my late 2011 model iMac suggests it is - (AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory). Can you please tell me if that's right. Thank You.
it is "AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB" you can click the apple logo in the top left then, "About This Mac" then, check under "Graphics:".
Hi! Can you insert a different graphics card? A nvidia mounted in the retina macbook? Something more than the 512 mb of the series card. Thank you.
I combined this tutorial with the "baking the GPU" steps in this video to fix the yellow/pink vertical bars issue: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nB172HJeM0...
Yes, sticking the GPU in a 395 degree F oven for 8 minutes worked!
Fantastic instruction and pictures. Screw sizes are a big help, even when I used a muffin tin to keep them straight. One thing that caused problems was forgetting to leave all of the cables loose as I put the logic board back in. I had to undo a couple of times because I trapped a connector under it. Ideally there would also be separate steps for re-assembly instead of just going backwards. But that's a lot of extra work. Great job, team!
After i have open my imac his doest show any image on LCD screen but i can hear his startup sounds
Hi Andrew,
Very interesting and usefull guide to replace graphic card on an iMac, thank you very much. One question, do you know if it is possible to replace the GPU by a more recent one. For example one that is metal compatible. You understand, my question is: Is it possible to replace the GPU in order to have an iMac Late 2011 compatible with OSX Mojave ?
Thank you
Great tutorial, I just replaced the GPU of my wife's late 2009 21.5" iMac with it (found a new one for 30$ on ebay). Some screws and connectors on the logic board have different positions than in this instruction (which is for a 2011 model), but it was still very helpful! Just a hint: I also replaced the PRAM battery (that you see in step 32) while I was at it.
Thanks a lot!
Very useful guide! iMac 2011 AMD 6970M 2GB 27" with graphics card problems is now working perfectly again. Baked the card at 200C for 10 minutes and cleaned and reapplied thermal paste.
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Yesterday we had lottery no. 46 with 18 applicants in the hat. The winner from this week is again in Greece, Katerina Desylla. Her hope:
"I hope I will always be surrounded by friends. "
Dear Katerina, Congratulation!
We will send a few questions to Katerina.
After her reply Peter will start creating the two paintings:
one most individual for her, which will be a creative interpretation of her hope incorporating her answers to our questions
and another one, which will be Peter´s comment to her hope, so to say.
The first painting is for Katerina to keep and the second painting will be given away by her to someone she wants to communicate with about their hopes.
All the other charming applicants remain in the hat (see the list of all below)
and the next lottery will take place next week.
Please be so kind to spread the word about this project and invite as many people as possible to participate. We will have two more lotteries.
Thank you so much!
Applicants, in green are the happy winners until now:
Wolfgang Bahr, Rosemarie Richter, Janet
Alibrandis, Iris Franke, Jane Edwards, Astrid Julies, Reiner Schneeberger, Thodoris Sarigkiolis, Douglas Beliakoff, Astrid Theile-Papanikolaou, Kathryn Robinson, Liam Archbold, Ghislain Borrelly,
Wolfgang Geigenberger, Marijana Kravos, Ines
Hughes, Irene Meijer, Anat Halevy,
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Guildford, UK, 24 March 2010 - Godalming College are the winners of this year's BOC Inspiring Gases Challenge for their innovative engineering solutions to a real-life challenge. The seven schools that entered this year's competition were challenged to understand the science and engineering behind some of BOC's air separation technology and propose ways in which the process could be carried out differently. The four schools attending the finals at BOC's Guildford headquarters on 18 March impressed the judges with the way they had grasped the theory and had presented their business case for change.
"All the presentations we saw this year were well thought out and imaginative," commented Mike Dennis, BOC's Business Director. "They were all of an exceptionally high standard and it was very difficult to choose an overall winner."
The competition invited Year 12 (16-17 year old) students to model the process of cooling air prior to its separation into oxygen, nitrogen and argon. This is the fundamental process behind the bulk of BOC's business. For the colleges involved, it provided an opportunity to get to grips with the way science and technology are used in the real world. In another reflection of the real world of engineering, they were asked to formulate their findings in a formal presentation, as though they were making a formal business case for their ideas.
Godalming College chemistry teacher Fiona Kennard said: "We are delighted to win this award. The students have worked very hard, developing their own ideas, building the model themselves and preparing the presentation. They've worked very well as a team."
A photo of the winners is available from Simon Napper at BOC. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Tel: 07500 815166.
Caption: The winners of the BOC Inspiring Gases Challenge from Godalming College. From left: Richard Jenkins, Sophie Jackman, Adam Kitchen and Nick Brookes
Notes to editors
The Inspiring Gases Challenge involves schools and colleges around the Surrey area developing a product using industrial gases. This year's competition began in October with the final being held at BOC's Guildford site on 25 March.
The four colleges that took part in the final were:
· Farnborough Sixth Form College
· Godalming College
· Howard of Effingham School
· St Peter's Catholic Comprehensive, Guildford
The Inspiring Gases Challenge is organised annually by BOC, in cooperation with educational charity Surrey Satro.
The runners-up in this year's competition were Farnborough Sixth Form College.
BOC is a member of The Linde Group. An industrial, medical and special gases provider, the company supplies compressed and bulk gases, chemicals and equipment. For more than a century the company's gases and expertise have contributed to advances in many areas of everyday life, and industries including steelmaking, refining, chemical processing, environmental protection, wastewater treatment, welding and cutting, food processing and distribution, glass production, electronics and health care.
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Damage From The Frankenstrom Could Be As Bad As The Super Outbreak Of 1974
Randy Astaiza
Oct. 26, 2012
In a tweet yesterday, meteorologist Jim Cantore mentioned a "super outbreak of 1974" when talking about Hurricane Sandy's potential to be a disastrous Hurricane.
That got us wondering: What the heck is he talking about?
The "super outbreak" was the worst tornado outbreak in U.S. history, which happened April 3 and 4, 1974.
An incredible number of tornadoes hit 13 states: Alabama, Georgie, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the technology of 1974 was not able to quickly and accurately predict tornadoes. The National Weather Service needed visual confirmation of a tornado in order to issue a warning, which resulted in an incredible amount of damage.
Even with current warning systems, as Cantore alluded to in his tweet, disastrous tornado storms still happen. From April 25 through 28 in 2011 the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded tore through the Southern, Midwestern, and Northeastern United States. 358 tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service in 21 states from Texas to New York and in southern Canada causing an insane amount of damage.
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Do you think the new Miss Universe, Paulina Vega, wants a Jell-O pudding pop? Boooooorrrring! But she definitely wants to attend Bill Cosby's new foundation, "Doped Drinks For The Deceivable"! I was a fool to idolize Evel Knievel when I could've been slinging loaded lemonade.
Fame doesn't come from doing what is right. Just look at what Kim K's famous fat ass was able to afford Bruce Jenner; a sex change! Oh yeah, and more fame. The unconscious could have made me famous. Macaulay Culkin may have cock-blocked me from my chance to get famous at a Michael Jackson slumber party but I'm ready for a coked out Coke and a smile. Forget-me pills, date rape drug, mind-erasers, Mexican valium? More like…TO BE FAMOUS PILLS!
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Kimye has graced the front cover of vogue to display Hollywood love that we have not seen since Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler in GONE WITH THE WIND. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a Damn" is a popular quote from Rhett Butler but does it really compare to the Hallmark quotes of Kanye? "I don't know what's better, gettn' laid or gettn' paid", thanks Kanye, that Kim K is one lucky bitch.
Speaking of Hallmark moments: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinski", thanks Bill Clinton. One of my favorites: "Twist, you guys wasn't gettin' paid to leave the dogs babysittin' the sheep while you stem the rose", thanks BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.
Speaking of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN…James Franco and Seth Rogan need a tent of their own. These two flamers keep hiding their rainbow behind "spoofs" when they are actually more in love than Kimye.
Americans love public displays of Hollywood love. It influences all aspects of our lives. I always roll the last meatball to my bitch, sorry, date. Rhianna loves herself with selfies and Chris Brown loves to beat her. I need to publically display love just like Kim K did with her sex tape. That is how…TO BE FAMOUS!
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I always try and wake-up like Uncle Grandpa with a good attitude and say "good morning"! I realize I am not Mexican enough for Hollywood and always get typecast as a docile Hawaiian boy holding a bag of C & H Sugar.
If the producers of Robocop wanted to cast me as RoboHawaiianBoy; then hell yeah, I'm in. Miley Cyrus would be happy to be RoboSkank! Because you need to be flexible…TO BE FAMOUS!
Fame, we all want it but how do we become famous? Every day, I wake up a loser. Somebody has to pay. My total YouTube hits 80…and that took 5 years. No likes and only 79 dislikes. Thanks Arabdancer92 for not disliking, smiley face wink. If you really want to know how to become famous, you need to be on the homepage of MSN.com. How do you do that? You need to be a baby squirrel-or a pit bull posing with baby chicks. Guess how many YouTube hits? 20 million in 24 hours. Kim K's Ass is always a top mover on the MSN homepage…TO BE FAMOUS…I need pets and ass.
So here is my worldwide debut of "Pets and Ass". This music video has all the right ingredients for the discerning public who can never get enough "Pets and Ass"!
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To stay famous, celebrities need to change their look. Bruce Jenner has hit headlines in recent weeks with his Adam's apple reduction surgery, midlife crisis behavior and his 'Michael Jackson-like obsession' with going under the knife.
Our 'bob-rocking' 64 year old former Olympian is not sick of Hollywood; he's just getting started. Our Wheaties queen is gearing up for his biggest role ever; Caesar the talking chimpanzee in the upcoming Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. "When I found out Chimpanzees don't have an Adam's apple, I underwent surgery and read for the part. If those talentless Kardashians can make over $40 million for being nothing more than down-ass bitches for thugs; just wait until I rock this Caesar thing!"
As for the 'Michael Jackson-Like obsession' with plastic surgery, Caesar Jenner is hoping to play Bubbles in the upcoming Michael Jackson documentary.
Stay tuned for more great transformations as we study celebrities and how….TO BE FAMOUS!
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Guess what? Taxes were due. Yesterday. And do we have any idea where our money goes?Nope! In a similar vein, some of the most luxurious (and not so luxe) spots charge outrageous fees, additional ones that are tacked onto your original rate.
And while we already scoped out three amazing island retreats that are fee-free, we wanted to also let you in on a few hotels that charge up the you-know-what. So before you settle on staying in one of these hotels, learn where your money is really going.
Biggest Resort Fee: Ritz Carlton St. Thomas at $55/day
For $55 per day, we'd expect all the stops to be pulled out for our stay, and the Ritz does a justifiably good job at doing so. The swankiest spot on the island, the Ritz Carlton in St. Thomas has incredible water sports, beaches, and fitness classes, in addition to be located on a marine wildlife preserve.
Most Obscene Gym Fee: Wynn Las Vegas at $30/day
While the Wynn is one of the fanciest spots on the Vegas strip, its vast size means a reduction in terms of personal service. And although the Wynn charges a whopping $30 just to get your sweat on, the fee makes the fitness centre a more private place, away from prying eyes of non-hotel guests just there to check out the glitz.
Incredibly Ridiculous Fee for Self-Parking: Sheraton Boston Hotel at $39/day
While there's no doubt that parking in any metropolis is a bit pricey, the Sheraton in Boston took home the award for an obscene fee for parking your own car — yourself. This even beats New York City garages, which can cost about $35 per day — and of course, they actually park your car, too.
Even More Absurd Fee for Valet Parking: InterContinental San Francisco at $53/day
Like the Sheraton in Boston, the InterContinental San Francisco has an extremely high price tag for parking. But the catch is that the $53 per day you're giving the hotel for your car isn't really an option — there's no self-parking alternative available. Our advice? Stick to public transportation unless you'll need to travel beyond the city limits.
Insane Room Service Fees: Trump International Beach Resort in Miami's 20% service charge, 9 & sales tax, and $3 delivery fee
For mediocre food, the Trump in Miami Beach sure charges a lot. The worst part? There are limited dining options nearby, so you're kinda stuck with the Donald and his extravagant prices. But the resort is jam-packed with amenities and is extremely family-friendly, which makes it a good choice despite its sky-high food charges.
Most Bizarre Fee: Elysian Beach Resort in U.S. Virgin Islands has a $21/day "energy surcharge"
Ok, listen: We know that powering an entire resort can be expensive, and we would have perhaps let the above fee slide — if it was the only one the resort charged. However, the Elysian charges for just about everything, while offering sub-par service at best. The one that really got us? $110 to clean your guest room — per day. It's optional, but isn't getting a clean room every day half the fun of being away?
Sexiest (and Pretty Sexist) Fee: M Resort and Spa's $20 Mens'-Only fee to visit the adults-only Daydream Pool
The adults-only pool, more commonly referred to as Daydream, is a hard-bodied party scene more akin to the many luxury hotels along the Vegas Strip. Expect a few G-strings, a live DJ, lots of drinks, and intentionally sexy (but still attentive) waitresses. And while we dig that the ladies don't have to pay, we can't fathom our boyfriends paying $20 just to take a dip with us.
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Students take turns taking home a book bag that includes a stuffed toy, a book to read with their families, art supplies, a topic to discuss, and a journal to complete as a family. The students then return the bag the following day and share their entries with the class. After every student has taken the bag home, the journal is bound into a book for the classroom library. The teacher then selects a new topic and book to start a second rotation. The goal is to invite parents to join their children in these literacy activities.
List of Suggested Books: This booklist includes tips for choosing quality books for a take-home literacy activity, as well as several examples of appropriate books.
Listening and Speaking Rubric: Students can use this rubric to self-assess any activity that requires speaking to the class and listening as classmates speak.
In her book Radical Reflections, Mem Fox states: "I'm certain that learning to read and learning to love reading owe a great deal (much more that we ever dreamed) to the nature of the human relationships that occur around and through books. If we could sneak into the homes of avid readers, I think we'd discover very often that the comfortable relationship between an older reader and a younger reader during the shared reading of a mutually loved book might be a key factor in the child's success." (136)
Engaging families in literacy activities can help foster this love of reading. Charlene Endrizzi urges, "When family-school partnerships are perceived as opportunities for families and teachers to learn together deliberately, they transform parent-teacher interactions. Each September, as teachers... recognize the need to respect a child's years of learning beyond their classroom, they intentionally set out to build bridges and work to unite community, home, and school learning experiences." (18)
This lesson offers one way to build a bridge between the home and school learning experience, through a fun, take-home literacy activity.
Further Reading
Mem Fox. 1993. Radical Reflections: Passionate Opinions on Teaching, Learning, and Living. Harcourt Brace & Company.
Endrizzi, Charlene Klassen. 2008. Becoming Teammates: Teachers and Families as Literacy Partners. Urbana, IL: NCTE.


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I had written about half a column by Sunday night when it all started sounding familiar. It's a niggling feeling, one that eats at me until I search old columns and discover I have indeed already written about my Widu brush. All is not lost—my search produced a listing of several columns containing the word "brush." Here's one of them—from Nov. 23, 2005.
By COLLEEN LEDDY
Women who are abused have been known to say, "I walked into a door," to explain a black eye or a bruise on their face that actually came at the hands of their husband or partner or boyfriend.
I used to wonder, Why would anyone use that improbable event as an excuse? How could anyone be so stupid as to walk into a door? It's such an unlikely scenario; how could you expect to be believed? Now I know it happens and it happens like this:
I'm scrubbing the upstairs bathroom sink at 2 in the morning because at 9 p.m Saturday while I'm shopping in Toledo, my daughter Rozee has informed me that she's getting a ride home from Berea College that night with her cousins. They may be arriving sometime in the night—or not until the next morning. They may or may not be spending the night.
My housekeeping sensibilities are on par with my friend Kay's, who I can hear in my mind's ear saying as I'm scrubbing, "Col, they're kids. What the hell are you scrubbing the sink for? They aren't even going to notice. They may not even be staying. Go to bed."
She's right, or at least my version of what I think she would say is right, but I like to afford all my guests a clean house and I like to be prepared. What if they do end up staying? I want them to brush their teeth and wash their hands over a clean sink. I want them to sleep on freshly laundered sheets and dry off with clean towels. I want to serve them home-baked muffins. So, since I've arrived home at near 11 p.m., I've been on a mad dash around the house, clearing off clutter, sweeping, doing laundry….
Maddie has already gathered the dirty laundry and deposited it in the basement, and fluffed the couch cushions. David has washed a mountain of dishes and vacuumed. We're actually in pretty good shape, but I don't want to subject others, kids or not, to my usual cleaning standards, so I continue scrubbing until the sink gleams white.
Then I remember a load of towels tumbling in the dryer. They've been tumbling for too long. Some unnamed child—or husband—turned the setting knob in the wrong direction and now the dryer won't turn off automatically when the clothes are dry or even after it's been set for a number of minutes. You have to open the dryer door to make it stop spinning.
So I turn out the bathroom light and blindly race into the dark hallway, swiftly making for the stairs, on my way to the towels in the basement. I have no recollection that the hallway door is wide open as I crash headfirst into the narrow edge of it. My forehead bears the brunt of the collision, but my whole body is jolted. I moan. I groan. I can't believe how much it hurts. I can't believe the door just stood there and didn't give at all. I can't believe how stupid I've been. Who would walk into a door like that? I would. I just did. And I'm not an abused woman.
Well, not physically, anyway. But I take a lot of mental abuse.
David's in bed and I am keeping him awake as I fumble with the closet door, trying to yank it open so I can retrieve the giant suitcase in which I store my off-season clothes. I'm going after my supply of turtlenecks and want to deposit my shorts and short sleeve shirts. My progress is impeded by a big pile of clothes—his clothes—on the floor in front of the closet.
"Are these clothes clean or dirty?" I ask.
"What difference does it make if they're clean or dirty," he asks. "They're my summer shirts. I'm just going to hang them up and put them in the closet until next spring."
"Oh, David!"
I am overcome with disgust. He's putting dirty shirts in the closet? It's not my closet. I don't have any clothes hanging in there, but the idea of clothes being put away for the winter unwashed just grosses me out. I can hear Kay in full throttle New York accent: "Whatzamatta wit him? Is he nuts?"
But David applies his brand of logic.
"If they're clean they'll have to be washed again and if they're dirty, they still have to be washed again," he says.
"If they're dirty, I say haughtily, "they need to be washed before putting..."
Quickly and decisively, he cuts me off.
"They're clean!" he says with finality.
I laugh, but I'm thinking, hmm, how can I get him to walk into a door?


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Reality Check: We Try the New Premium McWrap from McDonald's
Would you like fries (or onion rings or chicken tenders) with that?
I don't watch very many commercials anymore (thank you, DVR), but with the start of baseball season and the concurrent NBA and NHL playoffs, I've been able to catch up with the latest offerings from some of my favorite (and most reviled; it's a love/hate thing) fast food haunts. And so it was that I made that short and familiar drive to the Golden Arches.
Available in three styles—Chicken & Bacon, Sweet Chili Chicken, and Chicken & Ranch—with a choice of crispy or grilled chicken for each, the Premium McWrap from McDonald's has its roots in the Snack Wrap line of flour tortilla roll-ups.
I placed an order for the Sweet Chili Chicken Premium McWrap with crispy chicken, described on the McDonald's website as, "A sweet and satisfying mix of crispy chicken breast filet, crisp cucumber slices, spring greens, shredded lettuce, all drizzled with sweet chili and creamy garlic sauce, wrapped in a warm flour tortilla."
I could write an entire column about the Premium McWrap container alone. Its pull-tab opening elicits memories of holiday gifts, while the box itself serves as a holster to keep the Premium McWrap securely assembled. But no box is going to tell me what to do, so I placed my sandwich on a plate and prepped it for examination.
I didn't expect to find more than two cucumber slices. But when I counted a mere nine pieces of spring mix...well, let's just say it may have been unsurprising, but it was disgraceful nonetheless.
When I learned from the McDonald's website that the spring mix portion is 0.2 ounces, I was able to confirm what I already knew: the spring mix is just there to make the eater feel good about him- or herself. It didn't add anything flavor-wise, and if I'd eaten the sandwich in its holster, I doubt that I would've even spotted it to begin with. I also thought back to my childhood days—I definitely would have spit out any pieces of non-shredded lettuce, and I think it's reasonable to assume that that's exactly what's happening in minivan backseats across the country.
In reassembling the sandwich, I did my best to position the chicken, cucumber, and spring mix evenly. In spite of my painstaking efforts, many bites went unbalanced, surely the result of relatively large chicken pieces; sliced, rather than diced, cucumbers (a decision I do support, since they did retain a fair amount of crunch); and a centralized repository of sweet chili sauce and mayonnaise. Early mouthfuls that consisted of just chicken and tortilla were the most enjoyable. I thought the sweet chili sauce, which lacked any appreciable heat, tasted mildly bitter, like a poorly executed sweet and sour sauce.
"What about the garlic cream sauce?," you ask.
According to the McDonald's website, "Some restaurants are using Mayonnaise Dressing in this menu item instead of Creamy Garlic Sauce." A call placed to the store where I purchased my sandwich went unanswered, but I'm confident in my assertion that I did indeed receive this substitution. It's a shame, too, because garlic might have helped balance the upfront sweetness of the chili sauce.
At $3.99, the Premium McWrap is priced in line with other full-sized chicken sandwich offerings from national chains. It's a fine value, but it isn't going to blow you away. I suspect we'll see the Bacon-Ranch Premium McWrap shortly (in fact, I'm surprised they haven't released it yet), and I'll probably wait until then to revisit this particular product line.
Oh, and, um, if you're not going to eat your spring mix, can I, like, maybe have it?
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I've seen a 15% discount today at several stores, including Sweetwater & CME. PGS has them on their discontinued page. Considering the release of the Transmisser and the success of the Avalanche, it would make sense for these to be the next two to be retired. I do find it odd, though, that there's been no newsletter announcement or social media post.
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Vatican City, 23 February 2016 (VIS) – An international conference entitled "Love will never end. Prospects ten years on from the Encyclical Deus caritas est" will be held on Thursday 25 February in the Vatican's New Synod Hall. Organised by the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum", the conference forms part of the programme of events for the Jubilee of Mercy and has the aim of examining in depth the theological and pastoral implications of Pope Benedict XVI's first Encyclical for today's world, especially in relation to the activity of those who work in the Church's charitable service. The event will be attended by, among others, representatives of the episcopal conferences and Catholic charitable organisations from all over the world.
The conference will begin with greetings from Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso, secretary of the "Cor Unum", followed by an intervention from Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, entitled "The Encyclical Deus caritas est: a theological reading". The subsequent speakers will be Michel Thio, president of the International Confederation of St. Vincent de Paul, Marina Almeida Costa, director of Caritas Cabo Verde, and Roy Moussali, executive director of the Syrian Society for Social Development. In the afternoon the theme of the meaning of love for the three monotheistic religions will be considered by Rabbi David Shlomo Rosen, director of the Department of Religious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee of Jerusalem, Professor Saeed Ahmed Khan, lecturer at the Wayne State University of Detroit, U.S.A., and the philosopher Fabrice Hadjadj, director of the Institut Philanthropos of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
The second day will begin with a presentation from Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, archbishop of Manila, Philippines and president of Caritas Internationalis, entitled "The importance of Deus caritas est for the charitable service of the Church today", followed by interventions from Alejandro Marius, president of the Asociacion Civil Trabajo y Persona, Venezuela, and Eduardo M. Almeida, representative in Paraguay of the Inter-American Bank. At midday the participants will be received in audience by Pope Francis in the Apostolic Palace. The afternoon session will open with contributions from Rev. Professor Paolo Asolan, lecturer at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, and Professor Rainer Gehrig, lecturer at the Catholic University of Murcia, Spain.
The morning sessions will be moderated by Martina Pastorelli, president of Catholic Voices Italia, and the afternoon sessions by Professor Luca Tuninetti, lecturer at the Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome.
Holy Mass will be celebrated on 25 and 26 February at 6 p.m. in the Church of Santa Maria della Pietà in Camposanto dei Teutonici (Our Lady of Mercy in the German Cemetery). On the first day Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president emeritus of "Cor Unum"; will preside, and on the second, Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
The conference will be fully broadcast by web streaming on the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" website, at www.corunumjubilaeum.va .


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The last time there was nobody by the name of Hahn in L.A. politics, there was a man by the name of Truman in the White House. Now Janice Hahn moves her political game from the Los Angeles City Council to a place down the road from the executive mansion: Congress. Daughter of legendary county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, sister of former Mayor James Hahn, the Democrat won the special election to replace Jane Harman in the coastal/South Bay 36th Congressional District. I talked to her en route from the airport into Washington, less than 48 hours before her swearing-in. She's been to Washington before, but she was seeing it with different eyes: "Mr. Smith" eyes. At one point, she exclaimed, "I'm looking at the Washington Monument right this second; oh, there's the White House! Oh very cool!" Can she keep her cool in the overheated climate of Capitol Hill -- and keep her seat next year?
What an emotional roller-coaster for you: In eight days' time, your mother dies, you're elected to Congress, you resign from the City Council and get sworn in by House Speaker John Boehner.
It was a rough, rough week. She passed away totally unexpectedly Monday morning, and Tuesday, on election day, my brother and I were in the mortuary. For our dear, sweet mother.
They wanted to fly me [to Washington] last Wednesday [the day after the election] and get sworn in on Thursday. I said I had to lay my mother to rest. Emotionally, I could not even focus on what this meant, to go to Congress. Now it feels like a reality, and I'm ready.
President Obama's grandmother died two days before he was elected president; did he call you?
He has not called me, although to be honest, I've given everybody a pass because my voice mail kept filling up every hour. I hope he wasn't one of those who got "voice mail full."
The City Council is nonpartisan; Congress is a two-party knife fight you're getting into.
That's true. On the City Council, it was not partisan, but I certainly was able to develop my style of governing, which is trying to find common ground with very competing interests. [At times] you had the Chamber of Commerce on one side, sometimes the environmentalists on another side, the unions and labor, community activists. I liked sitting everybody at the same table and saying, "Let's see what we can find in common to solve this." Hopefully, some of that will work this time as well.
There's an 18-point Democratic-registration advantage in the 36th Congressional District, but you only won by nine points. What does this tell you?
First, that 18-point margin only works in a presidential, large-turnout election. That really shrank once you got to a special election.
It told me people are divided and this country's divided. On one hand, many people were very concerned about Social Security and Medicare and wanted me to protect them, but I've got a lot of people who felt spending was out of control and we needed to get a handle on it and on the deficit. Clearly there are people who have competing interests, even in the 36th district.
Why did "tea party"-backed Republican Craig Huey do as well against you as he did?
Certainly his message of spending cuts resonated with people.
So will you be parting company with liberal Democrats and aligning more with Blue Dog Democrats? Have you mapped yourself out?
I haven't really mapped myself out, but I was pretty clear in the campaign that one of my focuses is bringing our troops home and reinvesting that money in our local communities and helping [create] green energy technology jobs. I also talked about veterans and how they've been treated so poorly. Those are issues that I can stand firm on.
What about Medicare or Social Security -- changing, even cutting those programs?
There are so many other places that we can cut spending before we have to go after Social Security or Medicare. These programs could last until 2036 with absolutely no change. They're not on life support by any means.
You have to run again in a primary less than a year from now -- in a district that probably won't have the same boundaries, once the lines are redrawn. At least one draft map cut out the more Democratic Venice and included the more Republican Palos Verdes peninsula.
There've been about nine [draft] maps that I've seen, and each one changes pretty significantly from the one before.
How would you draw the district to include "communities of interest"?
I saw one map that had the harbor area with Malibu and Agoura Hills, and I certainly can't see a community of interest there. I'd think communities of interest would be coastal. I think the harbors and ports, Long Beach and Los Angeles ports, San Pedro, Wilmington, would [have] a common agenda with trade and commerce. I see those communities as being more connected than San Pedro and Malibu.
Are people already sending you money for the next campaign?
More like I'm already asking! I went back to my friends and said, "What can I put you down for?"
What about committee assignments?
I'd like to be on transportation and infrastructure, and I'm going to make the case. I know about the ports, the airports, and could really push our L.A. County 30/10 [transportation] initiative. I think that's how we get our economy back up and running in L.A. County: building our infrastructure. I hope to be the go-to person on international trade and industry. I think no one before me or after me will ever have so much knowledge about America's ports. They're such a key part of our economy. A lot of people don't understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue.
Except for going to Abilene Christian University in Texas, you've never lived outside of Los Angeles.
Yes, and I plan to come home as many weekends of possible, [to] keep me connected to my constituents. It's not bad. This flight is just going to be my workday. [En route to the swearing-in] I sat in 31B and did my work.
Nearly 30 years ago your uncle, talking about your family's political profile, said you were a "sleeping giant."
My uncle Gordon ran for Congress and lost to Charlie Wilson from Torrance. I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service. I think they probably wanted to keep me from it as long as possible, knowing the very difficult nature [of politics], but I'm sure they knew I was born to this.
When you told your parents you were going into politics, your mother cried and your dad wasn't much happier. But your brother, Jim, served as mayor and city attorney, among other roles, and was cultivated for a political life.
I know, they groomed Jim! Now that I've gone through probably one of the nastiest campaigns I've ever gone through, I can see how if one of my children showed some interest, I would probably give them a very cautionary perception of this world.
You ran one ad labeling your opponent as "extreme." One now-notorious YouTube ad, created by a conservative Republican, showed gangsta rappers and alleged that you had the city hire gang members to be gang intervention specialists. It even showed you as a pole dancer giving money to thugs.
[She laughs.] I never thought I would see myself dancing on a pole while running for Congress! Has to be a first.
You sought a cease-and-desist order about a Fox TV news story saying you intervened on behalf of a gang member who had been arrested, which became part of the story. In hindsight, was that the right move?
The Fox report was false. This guy was never on my payroll; I never got this guy out of jail; the whole thing was false. We were trying one more thing to keep them from airing that. But to have Fox News run [that] a couple of days before the election, a nine-minute story, it should have been declared an independent expenditure [on behalf of] my opponent.
Are your constituents satisfied that you didn't do anything improper?
The fact that I won by almost 10 points proved that this was not an issue; voters were convinced that I had[n't] done anything wrong. Every law enforcement agency was supporting my candidacy, so I don't think it resonated with people at all.
Your father once said politics and the pulpit are the two noblest callings.
He sure did. In his day and age people allowed it to be a noble calling. Now being a politician, and God-forbid a career politician, is a dirty word. In my dad's era, people were more respectful of those in politics.
Why has it changed?
There's just a lot of anger out there, and we are the target of some of that anger when we're not perceived as working fast enough on behalf of the people who elected us. You have people who absolutely don't believe government has a role in people's lives, and feel like slash[ing] and burn[ing] programs at the expense of seniors and those who really depend on government. I have seniors extremely upset at the thought of Social Security or Medicare being changed.
The economy is not good, people are out of work, people lost their homes, and I don't believe the American people think this president or this Congress is doing enough.
Beginning in Congress must be like the first day of school; for starters, where's your office?
I will be taking Jane Harman's office until the next election. She has a good office, but [after] the next election cycle, I will get bumped to the basement. I don't care -- put me in the basement. I'm in Congress! It's pretty exciting to be here.
You went to a Christian university, and your parents were quite religious. On Capitol Hill, even faith is politicized.
We talked about [faith] at my mom's service. She was the daughter of missionaries in Japan.
You're right, even that gets convoluted back here, but maybe that's an opportunity for me to find common ground with somebody who maybe wouldn't think I would have a faith I could talk about.
This interview was edited and excerpted from a longer taped transcript. Interview archive: latimes.com/pattasks.


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The Bumblebee Project proudly presents version 3.0 of Bumblebee, a project
aiming to support NVIDIA Optimus technology under Linux. After two months of
hard work this version has finally been considered stable enough for release.
If you thought that Bumblebee was dead, it's still alive and kicking! See
The project has been fully rewritten in the C programming language, providing
increased performance and reliability, mostly thanks to a new developer in the
project, Jaron Viëtor (a.k.a. Thulinma). That bring the number of main developers to
4, the three other ones being Peter Wu (a.k.a. Lekensteyn), Joaquín Ignacio
Aramendía (a.k.a. Samsagax) and Bruno Pagani (a.k.a. ArchangeGabriel).
The most important new feature is automatic power management support. Yes, in
Bumblebee 3.0 "Tumbleweed", you've got Power Management working out of the box,
without any manual configuration needed. That's not the only one though, the
full changelog could be found at
This rewrite of the project was an occasion for updating available
documentations, wikis and instructions that can be found on the web. However,
please be aware that we cannot update all sites that exist and that a lot
misinformation is still spread. The best way to be sure to have the latest
instructions is checking our wiki at
http://wiki.bumblebee-project.org or follow us at
Twitter http://bumblebee-project.org/twitter,
Facebook http://bumblebee-project.org/facebook or
Google Plus http://bumblebee-project.org/g+.
Currently, packages for ArchLinux, Ubuntu and Mandriva have been packaged.
Below are installation instructions for some distributions:
Arch Linux:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee
Debian: https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee
Mandriva: There's a bumblebee package in their repositories.
Other distributions can find more generic installation instructions at
We currently do not accept donations. The Paypal account referred by the
tinyurl "Bumblebee Project" belongs to Martin Juhl (MrMEEE), former
developer of Bumblebee and his own fork, Ironhide.
The team is looking for users having the necessary knowledge to build packages
for other popular distributions, if you're interested please join
#bumblebee-dev on Freenode. We'll then link our documentation to the one from
your distribution.
Now that Bumblebee 3.0 has been released, we will continue improving it.
Therefore we seek developers experienced in building Compositing Window
Managers, a goal we want to achieve for version (far).(away).
If you run into problems, be sure to read
Although we aim at stability, (compatibility) issues may still occur which can
be reported by following the instructions on
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(Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N) expects shipments during the upcoming holiday season to hit record levels this year, up 10 percent from last year, and plans to hire 55,000 seasonal workers to handle the added volume.
UPS added the same amount of workers in 2011 to keep pace with a similar increase in holiday shipments.
The world's largest package delivery company, and rival FedEx Corp (FDX.N), are closely watched for indications of consumer demand, the health of retailers and the state of the economy.
The company estimates it will deliver 527 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas, which would top last year's record of 480 million, driven by e-commerce.
As shoppers buy more of their holiday gifts over the Internet, this means more shipping volume for FedEx and UPS, which each have delivery contracts with most of the biggest e-tailers.
Large chain stores including Toys R Us <TOY.UL}, Kohl's Corp (KSS.N), Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) and Macy's Inc (M.N) plan on adding more holiday workers than last year, based on the view that consumers will spend modestly more this year as the economy mends gradually.
Improved technology and productivity will help UPS handle the increased shipping volume with the same amount of seasonal hires as last year, said spokesman Susan Rosenberg.
UPS said its busiest day of the year will be December 20, with an estimated 28 million packages delivered. That would be up from 27 million on its busiest days last year. Typically, it handles 15.8 million packages daily.
"Once again, the popularity of e-commerce and mobile accessibility are likely to delay online shopping and compress deliveries into the final two weeks before Christmas," UPS said in a statement.
This year, global economic weakening and concerns about expiring U.S. tax cuts could also keep more consumers waiting until the last minute and searching for discounts before ordering holiday gifts.
Retailers are keeping inventory fairly lean, so a bigger-than expected jump in demand could boost demand for the quick deliveries offered by UPS and FedEx.
UPS last week reported lower quarterly profit and "some uncertainty" about the strength of the coming holiday season.
FedEx, the No. 2 package delivery company, has said it plans to keep this year's seasonal hires at 20,000, the same as last year, to handle volume that it expects will be 13 percent higher than last year.
Analysts said that while shipping volume is increasing, delivery companies face revenue constraints as frugal customers opt for cheaper shipping methods.
Reporting by Lynn Adler in New York; editing by Matthew Lewis


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- Manuscript copy of a letter from Richard Adams of Richmond [Virginia] to William and Samuel Vernon of Newport, Rhode Island and Thomas Teakle Taylor, captain of the Schooner Little Sally, dated July 4, 1763, to notify of the safe arrival of a "very likely" slave shipment, and the general state of the Richmond market.
- Ship manifest of "negroes, mulattoes, and persons of color taken on" the Steamer Augusta of Washington from the port of Alexandria [Virginia] to Aquia Creek, Virginia. Includes names of ship's Master John Rogers, shipper Robert B. Brashear, collector Edward Green and one slave, Marth (Martha?) Burke.
- New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves (1785-1849), commonly known as the New-York Manumission Society, was established to publicly promote the abolition of slavery and manumission of slaves in New York State. The society provided legal and financial assistance to manumitted slaves in need of protection, slaves seeking manumission and supported legislation and efforts to enforce laws banning the sale of slaves in New York State. The records include meeting minutes, commission reports, financial records, indentures, and registers from the year of its organization to its dissolution in 1849. Subjects covered include appointments, elections, political activities, finances, reports on individual cases, the sponsorship and operation of the African Free School and African American houses of refuge. Among its active members were: Robert C. Cornell, W. W. Woolsey, Nehemiah Allen, Melancton Smith, William T. Slocum, Samuel Bowne, Adrian Hegeman, Willet Seaman, Thomas Burling, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Duane, John Murray, Jr., William Dunlap, Alexander McDougall, Noah Webster, and Egbert Benson.
- Petition letter [from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] asking the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to protest in United States Supreme Court against the wrongful imprisonment of "colored citizens" employed on trade ships arriving at the ports of slaveholding states.


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Listen to Clay Travis explain why the AAF could be an extremely attractive alternative to NCAA underclassmen who know they'll be h round picks in the NFL. When it comes to deciding between a six-figure to multi-million dollar or forced to return to college for one or two more years, Clay thinks it'll be hard for a 19 or 20-year-old handcuffed trying to masquerade as a 'student-athlete' to turn down that financial opportunity.
Check out the audio below as Clay thinks we could soon see elite NFL Draft prospects take their talents to the AAF or XFL as underclassmen.


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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
White-throated Honeyeaters
Because I have a number of Grevilleas planted in my garden I have a number of honey eating birds all year round. However, the White-throated Honeyeater (Melithreptus albogularis) only comes intermittently and I am never quite sure when they will appear in the garden again. More recently they have been coming whenever it was wet and windy - definitely not the weather to take the camera outside! So when they came into the trees the other day and it was fine and sunny I dropped what I was doing and went outside. They stayed just long enough for me to get a few pictures and now - once again! - they have gone.
24 comments:
how very pretty! nice looking birds!ReplyDelete
They're really attractive!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.ReplyDelete
Beautiful captures Mick.. it's a lovely bird I wasn't aware of.. so many thanks for sharing it.ReplyDelete
Do they really eat honey from the bee hives? Great picture.ReplyDelete
Lovely birds!ReplyDelete
What a bright and beautiful looking bird! Wonderful photos!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful bird. I really do love the colorful birds. Your photos are awesome. Happy Birding!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2012 at 11:16 AM
What a colorful little bird, it kinda reminds me of a woodpecker, only yellow instead of red.ReplyDelete
This is an interesting looking bird. Beautiful closeups!ReplyDelete
Such gorgeous captures! Great job.ReplyDelete
Wow that is a really beautiful bird! Never seen one of those here!I hope we get to see more pics of them.ReplyDelete
Beautiful birds, and another one that I have never heard of before. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Great work. You must have been so pleased to have noticed them when you did. Lovely photos!ReplyDelete
I love their coloring.ReplyDelete
Nicely captured Mick!
Such pretty birds, wonderful images.ReplyDelete
You got some truly great shots! Such cute looking birds! We have the bee-eaters throughout summer but I don't think I've seen honey-eaters.ReplyDelete
Now that's a lovely bird -- the male is spectacular!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous birds, Mick! Nicely colored!ReplyDelete
you did get some good shots. I liek the coloring of this bird.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 5:32 AM
They are such pretty little birds. Wonderful captures.ReplyDelete
Hi there - splendid set of pictures.ReplyDelete
I've never managed to a good image of the smaller honeyeaters - Keep trying seems to the message!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Those are beautiful yard birds, Mick!ReplyDelete
Stunning bird Mick and very well captured.ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeous birds and photography!ReplyDelete
A pity I can't sign in as a member! :(
But I will be back! LOL!
Great blog!


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