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suicide Reply to this Comment If a person has attempted suicide many times in the past, when the person continues to display suicidal ideation,Is this person just being manipulative-wanting someone to feel sorry for them or should they be taken seriously? to suzanne Reply to this Comment it can be serious also but most people do suicide beccause of the genereation past down and that the also can want to have attention is this a friend of your Teen Suicide Reply to this Comment Always take suicide seriously. You never know what he/she will do. Ask them why they are thinking about that. Tell him/her you care about them. Give him /her support as much as you can. Maybe he/she is only looking for attention. You will know. suicide Reply to this Comment Well, i myself was suicidal i attempted to hang myself when i was 11 but the branch broke. You should talk to them about seeing a therapist or anything like that. Its definately helped me. Suicide Reply to this Comment I believe it is impossible for another person to determine whether someone who has either spoken of committing suicide or has made repeated failed attempts is being manipulative or is actually trying to find the courage to go through with The Final Act. It has been my experience that sometimes people go through "dress rehearsals" and go a little bit further each time. Although what I'm about to say is not absolutely true in all cases, I would watch for signs of people giving things away, finding homes for pets and going into hiding in some way, whether it is physically changing location and contact information or simply shutting down and refusing to speak to people they care about. These last three things are, in my opinion, the red flags that tell you a person has serious plans to make that final exit. Typically, people who have really made up their minds "THIS IS IT" are calmer than usual, not hysterical, not angry. But as I said, this is not absolute. People are complex; no two are the same. Some will die because they felt angry or distraught and acted on an impulse. For these people, there is no plan and often not even a note. Use your judgment. Even if a suicide threat is a ploy for attention or cry for help, I have seen people do absolutely horrific things to themselves to get that attention or help. Calling a person's bluff will only be effective when they are truly bluffing. But if you make "the wrong call" and the person does great damage to themselves or succeeds in committing suicide, remember that it was ultimately THEIR decision. If you cannot live with such consequences and this person is someone close to you, it is probably best to get into counseling WITH them and try to understand the underlying problems. You cannot know what will trigger a suicidal impulse in another person without learning a lot about their past and how it is affecting their present behavior. Suicide Reply to this Comment ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS TAKE SUICIDE SERIOUSLY...even if this person is manipulating 1) there is a mental health issue that needs to be addressed 2) Manipulations can go wrong. it can end in death even if that wasn't the intention. hmm. Reply to this Comment If someone says they are going to committ suicide it is a cry for help and a cry from pain. It is serious to that person most likely they want a conversation more than to hurt themselves. Now if someone screams suicide that is an ultimatum with consequences and anyone hearing that should direct them to a Dr of any kind be it parent friend pysche Doc whatever get them help and dont assume you can help them remember the pain needs to be addressed. Trained professionals can interpet pain signals the average person might miss. Keep a safe distance but keep their distance safe. In other words help em out!!!!! SUICIDE Reply to this Comment If the pain is not curable the quality of life is destroyed, And have lost everything How can any psch doc help- Throw some pills at you that do NOT CHANGE the reality of unbearable loss and no life as you knew it. If suicide was easy I wouldnt be here now. More people do not suceed and end up worse. pills dont work and hanging can be painful and end up braindead its not just like i want to die and a method is reliable. I have to find a way and not live in utter agony. no one should have to be forced to live when they are truly facing more hell to come. I am not mentally ill. But my circumstances have caused suffering and isolation and humilation, walk a mile in my shoes and see if YOU COULD ENDURE IT AS LONG AS I HAVE/ you can make it Reply to this Comment Penny I know you are hurting from a dark hole so deep you cant explain where it begins and it sure feels like its not going to end...but sweetie IT WILL. I know that hole! Pray Pray and keep praying - your words from the heart ask Jesus to give you the chance to live for him and just take this dark hole away. He will I promise. I am dealing with my son who attempting suicide because of being in that dark hole. He is going to church for counseling and coming home to recieve the love we have waiting on him. Dont let satan tell you to accept that dark hole... Jesus said you dont have to. talk to him daily and I promise the hole is filled. things & life still happen tears incl but you have a strength you never thought you could ever have to get thru it. Call his name sweetie and be specific and then thank him daily for everything no matter what others say. get an NIV bible and read the new testament first - matthew mark john luke and then psalms where david cries out to lord for help and thanks him for loving him just the way he is. you can do it. just do it. love you youre worth it Always take it seriously--and a word to Penni Reply to this Comment Absolutely take it seriously--always. And Penni, yes life involves massive amounts of enduring suffering at times. You know, as you are right smack in the middle of it. Please trust in the fact that this is just a cycle--and it will get better. You don't always need a pill, in fact, most times you don't. But keep getting out and keep talking to healthy people and try to focus on what is right in life, even if it is the most minute thing. Never forget to ask God to walk you through this and to comfort you. He promises He will do that. Blessings to you Penni. suicide Reply to this Comment i am one who wants to be free and able to feel emotions. i think about suicide alot it relaxes me but honestly i am scared of it at the same time. suicide Reply to this Comment i dont think suicide is a laughing matter and i dont think i could have the courage to leave my mom suicide attempts Reply to this Comment to those of you who think people that try to commit suicide and dont are just trying to get attention, your wrong. i was born with manic depression.i have attempted suicide over 5 times and obviously i am still here. i didn't do it for attention, i did it because i wanted to die. the first time i slit my wrist, but i called on myself because i got scared. every tme after that it got more serious. and thats the main thing, the more you try the better you get. so repeated suicide attemps aren't a calling for attention. i think thats what made me get to the point where i slit my wrists and stayed in the tub for two ours passed out til my ex found me. what upsets me is my mom would always say i was just trying to get people to look at me. i wonder how she felt when they finally said that yes depression indeed was a disease. for a manic depressive of 22 years i would say that you should never disregard a threat like that, cuz if they don't do it this time, they probably will next time!!!! Suicide Reply to this Comment I know from experience, I have been through hell in my life. I wonder all the time if my family would be better off without me. I sometimes think about ways to kill myself but I am always worried about not succeeding and having to live with something else. It's like I don't have the energy to do it. I am so afraid of myself that I try not to be alone...I wish I knew what was wrong with me why do I feel this way. I need help but I don't want to be dependent on medicine i am poor and cant really afford the medicine or the healthcare....what should I do i don't trust myself...I don't want to die i want to be happy I want my family to be happy. suicide Reply to this Comment i am very familiar with how you feel and its awesome that you've recognized that you need help AND you reached out for help by posting this message. but its extremely important that you keep an open mind about treating your depression with medicine. depression is a disease and needs to be treated as such. there are many ways of treating depression, but there is no single cure. depending on how bad the depression is (and it sounds like yours is bad!) medicine in conjunction with talk therapy can be a life saver. taking an antidepressant saved my life and allowed me to be "happy" like those without depression. people with diabetes take insulin for their disease- and i take medicine(Zoloft) for mine! PLEASE! PLEASE, call a doctor as soon as you can- or just call a friend and ask for help. call someone that you trust! your family will NOT be better without you- that is your disease talking! you will be in my thoughts and prayers. just give it a try! it can ONLY help! Good Luck! suicide Reply to this Comment GOOD SUBJECT! suicide should ALWAYS be taken seriously because someone could die. please, allow a professional to determine how serious the threat is. there are too many deaths a year caused by suicide! if someone you know is exhibiting signs of depression or threatens suicide, PLEASE, let someone know and/or call for help. a life is at risk. THANK YOU for bringing this up!! it is very important. 3 years ago a very good friend of mine hung himself. he had a wife and a 14-year-old son. i also (knew) a 21-year-old that killed himself by a drug overdose 6 months ago. he was struggling with depression and addiction. Suicide Reply to this Comment Always take Suicide Seriously. Sometimes Suicide intentions may start as a way to get attention. But...So what? Doesn't everyone need Attention? If someone has to go that far to get Attention, its a Sad day! I believe that eventually Suicide attempts, or a so called bid for Attention will eventually succeed. I've attempted Suicide four times. I've not succeeded because of my methods, but because someone always seemed to appear and intervene. An example. My first attempt, I went away to another State to the Ocean. I love the Ocean. My Mothers ashes are scattered in the Ocean at that particular spot. That night I took many pills. It was close to Midnight. I walked out into the water when I felt that I was about to pass out, which I did. The next thing I knew, I woke up in the Hospital. I found out later that a Doctor of all People, just so happened to be walking along the Beach at that hour no less and found me floating face down in the water, drug me out and called 911, then did what ever he had to do, but it was the Narcan from the Ambulance that eventually revived me. I was in ICU for four days, then in the Psyche ward for three days. What are the odds of a Doctor coming along at Midnight on a dark Beach and seeing me floating in the water? Five more minutes, it would have been over. That basically is how the next three attempts went, though different situations. So, always take Suicide seriously. Even if someone is seeking Attention, they must Desperately need it to go that far. I think i need help Reply to this Comment i tried before to kill myself before, i think about it alot , im broke and mentally broken what can i do, i have no job, my wife left me, and im all alone, no friends, just a crazy famliy that yell at each other all day. i moved home after the split and i feel like im falling in a pit that never ends... i just want the pain to go away... plz help me. | ||||||||


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HEY - how about KURTH night Friday - weather should be great and we can meet outside - drink beer and soda and talk trash.
I have heard that all this week Entertainment Tonight is talking about Public Enemies.
HBO starts their FIRST LOOK series Thursday featuring Public Enemies. We ordered HBO for a month just for those 13 minutes! LOL
I erased most of today's Sarah Palin comment
She continues to prove she is exactly what I think she is. That woman just irritates the hell out of me. WHY is she not back in Alaska where she belongs.
Meetings to think about
Public Enemies Premier - West James Gallery - Tonight 5:00 - I'll be a little late
Public Enemies July 25 Celebration - Wednesday 5:30 Julies Java - I will not be there - Golf Night.
CDA - Last night - I'll comment on that in a bit - MOST people would think the CDA meeting was the highlight of my night but it's what happened immediately before it that takes center stage.
Story #1
We were at the BP gas station getting $1.50 gas (Roundys discount card) and I'm putzing around trying to get my card to work and I hear splash splash splash. Some guy is emptying his coffee or coke or whatever on the ground.
So I'm answering all the stupid questions like "Do I want Credit or Debit" and my only options are YES/NO which really makes no sense, YES/NO TO WHICH ONE!! Then, do I want a freaking car wash, like it knows my car is dirty and I was waiting for the "Do you want to try our new Taco Grande today" but that splashing was still splashing and being somewhat irritated already when the screen said "PLEASE SEE CASHIER" I said "F U" and looked around at the splashing.
What I see is a big white pickup with the gas hose sticking out of it, obviously FULL because gas is just pouring out of the truck onto the ground. Probably a few gallons are spreading across the pavement. Having a somewhat brilliant mind I quickly deduce that this is the incorrect way to fill your truck and perhaps I can be of help out a bit.
I take matters into my own hands hoping the truck owner would not call the police for interfering and take the nozzle out of the truck and place it in it's cradle.
I decided I should probably tell somebody and since I need to SEE THE CASHIER anyway, I can kill two birds with one stone (not that I like to kill birds with any stones).
I enter the station and say "There is a truck that had gas pouring out of it, maybe two gallons because the auto shut off thingy did not work". The cashiers were all like giggley and really wow like that is really totally bad dude, suck. And we then stare at each other for a few seconds contemplating what we should say next as this is not what I expected and obviously I had thrown the two girls out of their comfort zone momentarily.
OK . . . that finished and there was nothing more I needed to do and they seemed to be somewhat fine with the situation as it was, I walked out and went to move my car out of the spreading puddle of gas.
Then I see a guy with a big bag of ARBY's approaching the truck with a big "?" above his head. AHH HAA! Mr. Brainiac decided to get some ARBY's and let his truck fill itself while he was inside the building not paying attention.
I commented that I thought his truck was full and I took the hose out when gas started to spew but he better put the cap on (I was not going to do EVERYTHING for him). He hd a big shit eating grin and asked if they were going to come out and I looked around and said "guess not".
I move the car - filled up and went in to pay as I got another, PLEASE SEE CASHIER and the the two cashiers were looking around slowly for something to put on the gas puddle. One was wondering if salt would be good because she found a bag of salt but the other one said probably not.
And I drove off into the sunset waiting for explosions, my mission completed.
Story #2
I participated in a home brew exchange a couple months ago. I ship a 6-pack of my great brew to a stranger and in return another stranger from the Home Brew forum ships a sixer to me.
His 6 sort of SUCKED and I had a few bottles laying around.
Last week I was doing some yard work and open the sliding door to the basement to get a shovel and smell beer. I close the door but have a big "?" above MY head because while I MAKE beer in the basement it does not SMELL like beer in the basement (more like hops).
So I walk back in and yup - smells like beer alright. But WHY.
I walk closer and see this.
One of their bottles that was sent to me still had active yeast (too much active yeast obviously) and blew the bottom inch off the bottle sending glass shards 7 feet in all directions.
This should NEVER happen if you are patient with your beer. They bottled it too soon.
BTW - here is what Grinders Island looks like in case you are looking for a tour.
Story #3
Speaking of people in the service industry - you tell me what I should do in this situation and I hope Suz chimes in.
DJ and I are at Buffalo Wild Wings in Madison and are sitting outside. A waitress takes our order and a little while later a different server delivers our food.
First of all I have to get up and ask for napkins as we have none, then we have to ask for plasticware because DJ has a Buffalito.
Then we see that the waitress got DJ's order wrong as she did not want ANY sour cream and they thought she meant extra sour cream or something. It's hard to pick sour cream out of a Buffalito. But, it's only a small problem and DJ manages.
Then I've finished my drink because WINGS ARE HOT but there is no waitress. There are OTHER waiters but that are talking to their friends and never look our direction. Long story short - we NEVER EVER saw our waitress again. We wanted to leave but had no bill. I went in to get a bill and the guy said "did you have Angela" and I said I have no idea - we only saw our waitress once!!
No napkins
No plasticware
order was wrong
no free refills on drinks
no "is everything ok"
no bill
even OTHER wait staff paid zero attention to us.
What did we get?
A "Sorry guys" from the waitress when she was told we wanted our bill.
How much would you tip!
The Columbus Carriage Classic starts this weekend
Friday, June 19
1:00 - 4:00 pm - Town & Country Obstacle competition
5:00 - Welcome Dinner at the Pavilion - Public welcome
Saturday, June 20
11:50 Picnic Class
12:30 Carriage Dog Class
12:30 - 3:30 Pleasure Ring competition
3:30 Dickason Drive starts from the park
Sunday, June 21 8:30-11:30 – Pleasure Ring competition
9:00-12:00- Progressive Cones obstacles
11:30- Concours d'Elegance
12:30- Father's Day class
2:30- Best of Show
OH - the CDA meeting. Somethings were over my head but I was the MainStreet representative and did my best to look representativly. Also in attendance was Mr. Mayor who even though I have never actually met him seems nice enough and funny and seems open to what the CDA has to offer.
The big news is that they want to get all the players to make a team to help the downtown. The big question is - do people want to make the downtown a GOTO place??. One idea was to have a survey to see what the people think, what do THEY want.
I'm a little against this. I do not feel the people that live in Columbus know what is best for Columbus. I feel the people that attend the meetings, think about the ramifications of decisions and think more about it are the ones that have the knowledge.
It's like a parent to child thing.
Anyway - they would like to get all the players into one committee. CDA reps, Council reps, Mainstreet and Chamber (who failed to have anyone show up to the meeting) and vested interested business owners. Together we can make things happen.
I'll have more on this as I understand it. I'm pumped though. I feel everything is goign the right direction.
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Unreal Engine 4 was presented at the PlayStation 4 announcement conference through a new Elemental Demo. We noted how the quality seemed to have dropped in the eight months following E3 while the demo was being ported to the console hardware. The most noticeable differences were in the severely reduced particle counts and the non-existent fine lighting details; of course, Epic pumped the contrast in the PS4 version which masked the lack of complexity as if it were a stylistic choice.
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As of our current knowledge, the PlayStation 4 contains an eight core AMD "Jaguar" CPU with an AMD GPU containing 18 GCN compute units, consisting of a total of 1152 shader units. Without knowing driving frequencies, this chip should be slightly faster than the Xbox One's 768 shader units within 12 GCN compute units. The PS4 claims their system has a total theoretical 2 teraFLOPs of performance and the Xbox One would almost definitely be slightly behind that.
Back in 2011, the Samaritan Demo was created by Epic Games to persuade console manufacturers. This demo was how Epic considered the next generation of consoles to perform. They said, back in 2011, that this demo would theoretically require 2.5 teraFLOPs of performance for 30FPS at true 1080p; ultimately their demo ran on the PC with a single GTX 680, approximately 3.09 teraFLOPs.
This required performance, (again) approximately 2.5 teraFLOPs, is higher than what is theoretically possible for the consoles, which is less than 2 teraFLOPs. The PC may have more overhead than consoles, but the PS4 and Xbox One would be too slow even with zero overhead.
Now, of course, this does not account for reducing quality where it will be the least noticeable and other cheats. Developers are able to reduce particle counts and texture resolutions in barely-noticeable places; they are also able to render below 1080p or even below 720p, as was the norm for our current console generation, to save performance for more important things. Perhaps developers might even use different algorithms which achieve the same, or better, quality for less computation at the expense of more sensitivity to RAM, bandwidth, or what-have-you.
But, in the end, Epic Games did not get the ~2.5 teraFLOPs they originally hoped for when they created the Samaritan Demo. This likely explains, at least in part, why the Elemental Demo looked a little sad at Sony's press conference: it was a little FLOP.
Update, 5/24/2013: Mark Rein of Epic Games responds to the statement made by Rajat Taneja of EA. While we do not know his opinion on consoles... we know his opinion on EA's opinion:
RT @developonline: EA: Xbox One and PS4 a generation ahead of PC develop-online.net/news/44289/EA-… <-no they're not. I call bullshit on this one.
— Mark Rein (@MarkRein) May 23, 2013
Podcast #252 - Z87 Motherboards, Xbox One, Lenovo Y500 Gaming notebook and more!
Subject: General Tech | May 23, 2013 - 01:00 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: z87, Y500, xbox one, xbox, video, Temash, Richland, podcast, pcper, msi, Lenovo, Kaveri, Kabini, Jaguar, Intel, hgst, gtx 650m, Giagbyte, ECS, asus, APU, amd
PC Perspective Podcast #252 - 05/23/2013
Join us this week as we discuss Z87 Motherboards, Xbox One, Lenovo Y500 Gaming notebook and more!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Josh Walrath, Allyn Malventano, and Morry Teitelman
Program length: 1:17:01
Week in Review:
0:02:40 ASUS Z87 Motherboards
0:07:40 Gigabyte Z87 Motherboards
0:15:15 MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Motherboard
0:19:30 Lenovo Y500 Gaming Notebook
News items of interest:
0:26:30 ECS has Z87 motherboards too
0:27:50 Xbox One Announced
0:45:00 2013 AMD Mobility Platforms
1:04:30 Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:
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PCPer Live! GeForce GTX 780 3GB Graphics Card - 2pm EDT / 11am PDT
Subject: Editorial, Graphics Cards | May 23, 2013 - 12:08 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: video, live, gtx 780, gk110
Missed the LIVE stream? You can catch the video reply of it below!
Hopefully by now you have read over our review of the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 graphics card that launched this morning. Taking the GK110 GPU, cutting off some more cores, and setting a price point of $650 will definitely create some interesting discussion.
Join me today at 2pm ET / 11am PT as we discuss the GTX 780, our review and take your questions. You can leave them in the comments below, no registration required.
GTX 780 Stream - PC Perspective Live! - 2pm ET / 11am PT
Samsung 840 Series 500GB SSD for $277
Subject: General Tech | May 23, 2013 - 12:03 PM | PCPer Staff
Tagged: deals
SSD deals just keep getting better and today's is no exception. You can pick up a 500GB version of the Samsung 840 series SSD, powered by TLC NAND memory, for just $277.49!
You can read over Allyn's original review of this product if you'd like or just click the link below to get the offer before it runs out!
Samsung 840 Series 500GB SSD for $277
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging
Last month OCZ introduced the Vertex 3.20, which took their popular Vertex line to 20nm flash territory. The Vertex 3.20 used the same tride and true SandForce controller used in previous iterations of that line. The older Vertex line was starting to show its age, and the move to 20nm didn't really help the issue. We knew it was just a matter of time before they brought 20nm to their Indilinx Barefoot line, and that time is now. The new model suggests OCZ may abandon the Vector name, and resurrect the performance of their flagship product line by shifting their Indilinx Barefoot 3 (BF3-M10) over to a newly dubbed Vertex 450:
Lets jump right into the specs:
- Capacity: 128, 256GB, 512GB
- Sequential read: 540 MB/sec
- Sequential write: 525 MB/sec
- Random read IOPS (up to): 85 k-IOPS
- Random write IOPS (up to): 90 k-IOPS
Continue reading our review of the OCZ Vertex 450 256GB SSD!!
GK110 Gets a Lower Price Point
If you want to ask us some questions about the GTX 780 or our review, join us for a LIVE STREAM at 2pm EDT / 11am PDT on our LIVE page.
When NVIDIA released the GeForce GTX Titan in February there was a kind of collective gasp across the enthusiast base. Half of that intake of air was from people amazed at the performance they were seeing on a single GPU graphics cards powered by the GK110 chip. The other half was from people aghast of the $1000 price point that NVIDIA launched it at. The GTX Titan was the fastest single GPU card in the world, without any debate, but with it came a cost we hadn't seen in some time. Even with the debate between it, the GTX 690 and the HD 7990, the Titan was likely my favorite GPU, cost no concerns.
Today we see the extension of the GK110, by cutting it back some, and releasing a new card. The GeForce GTX 780 3GB is based on the same chip as the GTX Titan but with additional SMX units disabled, a lower CUDA core count and less memory. But as you'll soon see, the performance delta between it and the GTX 680 and Radeon HD 7970 GHz is pretty impressive. The $650 price tag though - maybe not.
We held a live stream the day this review launched at http://pcper.com/live. You can see the replay that goes over our benchmark results and thoughts on the GTX 780 below.
The GeForce GTX 780 - A Cut Down GK110
As I mentioned above, the GTX 780 is a pared-down GK110 GPU and for more information on that particular architecture change, you should really take a look at my original GTX Titan launch article from February. There is a lot more that is different on this part compared to GK104 than simple shader counts, but for gamers most of the focus will rest there.
The chip itself is a 7.1 billion mega-ton beast though a card with the GTX 780 label is actually utilizing much fewer than that. Below you will find a couple of block diagrams that represent the reduced functionality of the GTX 780 versus the GTX Titan:
Continue reading our review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB GK110 Graphics Card!!
EPI Announces New High-Resolution Philips Desktop Monitors
Subject: Displays | May 23, 2013 - 01:08 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: quad hd, philips, epi, 2560x1440, 2560x1080, 21:9
Envision Peripherals Inc. (EPI), a company that sells Philips monitors in North America recently announced three new high resolution IPS desktop monitors. The company is releasing one 29" 21:9 monitor for consumers and two high resolution displays for professionals.
Philips Brilliance 29" UltraWide Monitor
This Philips monitor is of the 21:9 variety and offers up a resolution of 2560 x 1080 on its AH IPS display. The monitor features a narrow bezel, built-in speakers, and comes bundled with SmartControl software to adjest settings via a PC software application.
It has DL-DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI, and (optional) Thunderbolt video inputs. It supports MultiView technology, which allows the monitor to accept multiple video inputs and display them simultaneously on the screen.
The Philips Brilliance 29" UltraWide display is available now at online retailers like Amazon. While it has an MSRP of $599 according to the press release, Amazon is actually charging $667.90 for the monitor currently.
While the Brilliance 29" UltraWide is aimed at consumers, the following two monitors are intended for professionals doing CAD, finance, and art/design work.
P-Line 29" UltraWide Monitor
The P-Line 29" UltraWide is a 21:9 monitor for professionals. It features a 2560 x 1080 resolution AH IPS display with MultiView technology and a "ultra narrow" bezel. EPI claims that the display has both a 178-degree vertical and horizontal viewing angles. There are four USB 3.0 port as well as a height-adjustable stand.
Video inputs include DisplayPort 1.2a ports that allow daisy chaining monitors. The MultiView technology also allows the display to show two display inputs simultaneously.
The monitor is available now to business customers from resellers like CDW for $699.
P-Line 27" Quad HD Monitor
Finally, the P-line 27" Quad HD monitor is the final new professional series display. It has the highest resolution at 2560 x 1440 (109 PPI). This IPS display supports 8-bit color and has a professional price to match. The monitor itself has a height-adjustable stand, built-in speakers, a 2MP webcam with microphone, USB 3.0 ports, and a PowerSensor which detects when the user leaves the computer and automatically dims the display. EPI claims that the PowerSensor results in up to 80% power savings. It would be useful for businesses, though less crucial for home users.
Like the P-line 29" UltraWide, this monitor can daisy chain other monitors to the PC video output via DisplayPort connectors. Video inputs include DL-DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI, and Thunderbolt.
It is available now from resellers with an MSRP of $799.
You can find the full press release below.
The Architectural Deep Dive
AMD officially unveiled their brand new Bobcat architecture to the world at CES 2011. This was a very important release for AMD in the low power market. Even though Netbooks were a dying breed at that time, AMD experienced a good uptick in sales due to the good combination of price, performance, and power consumption for the new Brazos platform. AMD was of the opinion that a single CPU design would not be able to span the power consumption spectrum of CPUs at the time, and so Bobcat was designed to fill that space which existed from 1 watt to 25 watts. Bobcat never was able to get down to that 1 watt point, but the Z-60 was a 4.5 watt part with two cores and the full 80 Radeon cores.
The Bobcat architecture was produced on TSMC's 40 nm process. AMD eschewed the upcoming 32 nm HKMG/SOI process that was being utilized for the upcoming Llano and Bulldozer parts. In hindsight, this was a good idea. Yields took a while to improve on GLOBALFOUNDRIES new process, while the existing 40 nm product from TSMC was running at full speed. AMD was able to provide the market in fairly short order with good quantities of Bobcat based APUs. The product more than paid for itself, and while not exactly a runaway success that garnered many points of marketshare from Intel, it helped to provide AMD with some stability in the market. Furthermore, it provided a very good foundation for AMD when it comes to low power parts that are feature rich and offer competitive performance.
The original Brazos update did not happen, instead AMD introduced Brazos 2.0 which was a more process improvement oriented product which featured slightly higher speeds but remained in the same TDP range. The uptake of this product was limited, and obviously it was a minor refresh to buoy purchases of the aging product. Competition was coming from low power Ivy Bridge based chips, as well as AMD's new Trinity products which could reach TDPs of 17 watts. Brazos and Brazos 2.0 did find a home in low powered, but full sized notebooks that were very inexpensive. Even heavily leaning Intel based manufacturers like Toshiba released Brazos based products in the sub-$500 market. The combination of good CPU performance and above average GPU performance made this a strong product in this particular market. It was so power efficient, small batteries were typically needed, thereby further lowering the cost.
All things must pass, and Brazos is no exception. Intel has a slew of 22 nm parts that are encroaching on the sub-15 watt territory, ARM partners have quite a few products that are getting pretty decent in terms of overall performance, and the graphics on all of these parts are seeing some significant upgrades. The 40 nm based Bobcat products are no longer competitive with what the market has to offer. So at this time we are finally seeing the first Jaguar based products. Jaguar is not a revolutionary product, but it improves on nearly every aspect of performance and power usage as compared to Bobcat.
Continue reading our analysis of the new Jaguar and GCN architecture!!
A Reference Platform - But not a great one
Believe it or not, AMD claims that the Brazos platform, along with the "Brazos 2.0" update the following year, were the company's most successful mobile platforms in terms of sales and design wins. When it first took the scene in late 2010, it was going head to head against the likes of Intel's Atom processor and the combination of Atom + NVIDIA ION and winning. It was sold in mini-ITX motherboard form factors as well as small clamshell notebooks (gasp, dare we say...NETBOOKS?) and though it might not have gotten the universal attention it deserved, it was a great part.
With Kabini (and Temash as well), AMD is making another attempt to pull in some marketshare in the low power, low cost mobile markets. I have already gone over the details of the mobile platforms that AMD is calling Elite Mobility (Temash) and Mainstream (Kabini) in a previous article that launched today.
This article will quickly focus on the real-world performance of the Kabini platform as demonstrated by a reference laptop I received while visiting AMD in Toronto a few weeks ago. While this design isn't going to be available in retail (and I am somewhat thankful based on the build quality) the key is to look at the performance and power efficiency of the platform itself, not the specific implementation.
Kabini Architecture Overview
The building blocks of Kabini are four Jaguar x86 cores and 128 Radeon cores colleted in a pair of Compute Units - similar in many ways to the CUs found in the Radeon HD 7000 series discrete GPUs. Josh has written a very good article that focuses on the completely new architecture that is Jaguar and compared it to other processors including AMD's previous core used in Brazos, the Bobcat core.
Continue reading our performance preview of the new AMD Kabini A4-5000 mainstream mobility APU!
2013 Elite Mobility APU - Temash
AMD has a lot to say today. At an event up in Toronto this month we got to sit down with AMD's marketing leadership and key engineers to learn about the company's plans for 2013 mobility processors. This includes a refreshed high performance APU known as Richland that will replace Trinity as well as two brand new APUs based on Jaguar CPU cores and the GCN architecture for low power platforms.
Josh has put together an article that details the Jaguar + GCN design of Temash and Kabini and I have also posted some initial performance results of the Kabini reference system AMD handed me in May. This article will detail the plans that AMD has for each of these three mobile segments, starting with the newest entry, AMD's Elite Mobility APU platform – Temash.
The goal of the APU, the combination of traditional x86 processing cores and a discrete style graphics system, was to offer unparalleled performance in smaller and more efficient form factors. AMD believes that their leadership in the graphics front will offer them a good sized advantage in areas including performance tablets, hybrids and small screen clamshells that may or not be touch enabled. They are acknowledging though that getting into the smallest tablets (like the Nexus 7) is not on the table quite yet and that content creation desktop replacements are probably outside the scope of Richland.
2013 Elite Mobility APU – Temash
AMD will have the first x86 quad-core SoC design with Temash and AMD thinks it will make a big splash in a relatively new market known as the "high performance" tablet.
Temash, built around Jaguar CPU cores and the graphics technology of GCN, will be able to offer fully accelerated video playback with transcode support as well with features like image stabilization and Perfect Picture enabled. Temash will also be the only SoC to offer support for DX11 graphics and even though some games might not have the ability to show off added effects there are quite a few performance advantages of DX11 over DX10/9. With more than 100% claimed GPU performance upgrade you'll be able to drive displays at 2560x1600 for productivity use and even be able to take advantage of wireless display options.
Continue reading our preview of the new 2013 mobility platforms featuring AMD APUs!!
The PS4 and Xbox One Hardware Revealed, Console Makers Have Different Goals
Subject: General Tech | May 22, 2013 - 10:33 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: xbox one, semi-custom business unit, ps4, microsoft, amd
Microsoft took the wraps off of its upcoming Xbox One console earlier this week, and it is now possible to compare Microsoft and Sony's next-generation hardware.
Prior to the Xbox One launch, Forbes contributor Paul Tassi postulated that Microsoft would be going a different route than Sony with its next Xbox. Specifically, that Microsoft would focus more on media playback and applications rather than purely gaming (unlike Sony, which is doing the opposite). At the time, I found myself agreeing with his sentiment, and now that the console as launched I believe Mr. Tassi was absolutely correct. Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be the center of your living room and the device you use for all of your media (and gaming) needs. The new console integrates the Windows kernel and can do multitasking of applications and media in a Metro-UI like fashion (2/3, 1/3 split screen).
On the other hand, Sony is positioning its console as the best gaming device for the living room, and is focusing on integrating all things gaming with media as more of an afterthought. Like previous PlayStation consoles, it will likely play back media files and Blu-ray movies just fine, but it is a gaming box at its core.
Interestingly, the hardware that both companies have chosen seems to line up nicely with those goals. Both the Xbox One and PS4 are based around a semi-custom AMD APU with eight Jaguar CPU cores, but they have gone in different directions from there.
PlayStation 4 hardware:
As a refresher, Sony's PS4 has the following hardware specifications.
- CPU: Eight core AMD "Jaguar" CPU
- GPU: AMD GCN GPU with 1152 shader units (in 18 CUs)
- Memory: 8GB of GDDR5 clocked at 5500MHz
- HDD: At least a spindle hard drive
- Bandwidth: 176 GB/s
Sony has changed directions from the PS3 by going with a simpler design that provides more graphical horsepower and higher system memory bandwidth versus the Xbox One. The PS4 uses a semi-custom AMD chip that has saved Sony a great deal of R&D money while also being easier for developers as it is that much closer to a traditional PC with its x86-64 APU (GDDR5 memory is unusual though). The PS4 is aimed at gamers and Sony's choice of hardware and memory reflects that.
Xbox One hardware:
Microsoft was not as forthcoming as Sony as far as touting specific hardware specifications, but based on the announcement and additional information acquired by AnandTech, the Xbox One features the following hardware:
- CPU: Eight core AMD "Jaguar" CPU
- GPU: AMD GCN GPU with 768 shader cores (within 12 Compute Units)
- Memory: 8GB of DDR3 system memory at 2133MHz as well as 32MB of on-chip eSRAM
- DDR3 Memory Bandwidth: 68.3 GB/s
- eSRAM Memory Bandwidth: 102GB/s
Microsoft took a different approach with the Xbox One. Instead of going for DDR5 like Sony did, Microsoft opted for a hybrid approach that uses a small but high-bandwidth and low latency embedded SRAM on the same chip as the CPU and GPU paired with a larger 8GB of traditional PC DDR3 system memory. This approach is interesting because it gives Microsoft a system that has access to low latency memory at the expense of the higher bandwidth that the PS4 enjoys with its single pool of DDR5 memory. Developers will need to become familiar with the embedded RAM to take full advantage of the latency benefits, however.
These hardware choices work out such that the PS4 has a distinct advantage when it comes to gaming performance. It has more GPU horsepower and high-bandwidth memory for feeding the processor high resolution textures. On the other hand, while Microsoft's console still has a respectable GPU (for a console), it seems to be optimized for lower latency memory access and just enough graphics oomph to enable the company to have a multimedia and home entertainment machine that can run multiple applications simultaneously while also satisfying gamers by giving them a decent graphical upgrade over the Xbox 360 for games.
This next generation of consoles should be interesting, as will the ensuing "flame wars" between fans. Both Microsoft and Sony have learned from the past (current) generation of consoles and are focusing on what they are good at to differentiate themselves. Microsoft is tapping into its Windows ecosystem of PCs and mobile devices and providing an app machine that the company hopes will be the hub of your living room entertainment needs. Sony, who does not have that expertise or existing infrastructure is also focusing in on what it excels at and that is gaming.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the consoles co-exist and how the market shakes out over 2014 and into the future as the hardware stays the same but software changes. Sony definitely has the hardware advantage to stay in the game longer when it comes to games and graphics, but Microsoft has a box that can do more than games and can find purchase in your media rack even after it is surpassed in gaming graphics quality by PCs and the competition.
What do you think about the split between the Xbox One and PS4's hardware?
NVIDIA's i500 SDR LTE Modem Achieves 150Mbps Throughput During CITA 2013 Demo
Subject: Mobile | May 22, 2013 - 07:46 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Tegra 4i, software defined radio, SoC, nvidia, i500, 4g lte
NVIDIA's Tegra 4i System on a Chip includes a software defined radio that works as a LTE modem. This i500 LTE modem uses general purpose deep execution processors (DXP) and is as much as 40% smaller than a hardware LTE modem according to the company.
At Mobile World Congress earlier this year, the modem was able to reach 100Mbps throughput. After a recent software update, the Tegra 4i SoC in NVIDIA's Pheonix reference platform achieved 150Mbps throughput in a demo at CITA 2013 in Los Angeles this week.
The reference phone was connected to a test network during the demo rather than a live cellular network. The cellular network test equiptment showed the Pheonix platform was connected at the full 150Mbps link speed. In addition to this, NVIDIA showed the Tegra 4i-powered Pheonix phone connected to a live AT&T LTE network streaming video and making voice calls.
The interesting bit about the i500 modem in the Tegra 4i is its software defined nature. NVIDIA was able to upgrade the modem's capabilites through software rather than needing to redesign the hardware. This would be a big plus to consumers as they would be able to take advantage of the faster network speeds as they become available without needing to replace their phones. NVIDIA did note that in addition to the LTE Cat 4 support, the i500 is also backwards compatible with LTE Cat 3, 3G, and 2G networks. I'm interested to see what the power consumption of thei500 is like compared to LTE modems implemented in specialized hardware. The i500 is smaller and more flexible, but SDR can use more power due to its general purpose hardware units.
Read more about NVIDIA's Tegra 4i SoC at PC Perspective!
Fractal Design's Node 304 White Mini-ITX Case Is Coming In July
Subject: General Tech | May 22, 2013 - 06:27 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: fractal design, mini-itx, case, Node 304
Fractal Design is launching a new version of its existing Node 304 computer chassis. The new Node 304 White comes in white and supports Mini-ITX motherboards. The case measures 250 x 210 x 374mm and weighs 4.9kg.
The Node 304 is constructed of aluminum and has a white painted exterior. There are two mesh air vents on either side of the case as well as two 92mm Silent Series R2 fans working as front intakes behind filters to keep dust out of the case. Front IO includes two USB 3.0 ports and two audio jacks. The rear of the case features two expansion slots, a space for an ATX power supply, and a single 140mm Silent Series R2 exhaust fan.
Internally, the Node 304 White can fit standard ATX power supplies, a Mini-ITX motherboard, and up to six 3.5" or 2.5" hard drives. Alternatively, with two of the hard drive mounts removed, the case can accommodate graphics cards up to 310mm in length.
It is a minimalist design,but one that works well. Airflow should not be a problem even for high-end components, and the inclusion of the three fans, filters, and a fan controller is nice to see. The case will be available in July with an MSRP of $89.90 in the US and 69.90 EURO in Europe.
Seagate Barracuda 2TB SATA 6G Hard Drive for $91
Subject: General Tech | May 22, 2013 - 10:22 AM | PCPer Staff
Tagged: deals
Hard drives; we all need them. And some of us need BIG ones. Today's deal offers up a 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA 6G hard drive for $91 with FREE shipping.
Also, if you select it via the drop down box, you can get the 4TB Seagate ST4000DM000 for $149 with FREE shipping.
Seagate 2TB Barracuda SATA 6G - $91 with FREE shipping!
You know that thing you trust to accept untrusted data...
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | May 22, 2013 - 01:53 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: antivirus, antimalware
They might be a good means of guarding you from momentary lapses of judgment, but security is not equivalent to antivirus packages. You always need to consider how much your system is exposed to untrusted and even unsolicited data. Any software which accepts untrusted data has some surface with potential vulnerability to attack.
This, inherently, includes software which accepts data to scan it for malware.
Last week was host to Patch Tuesday, and one of its many updates fixed a vulnerability in Microsoft's Malware Protection Engine (MPE). The affected code is only present in applications which run the 64-bit version of the engine. For home users, these applications are: Microsoft Security Essentials (x86-64), Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (x86-64), and all varieties of Windows Defender (x86-64). For enterprise users, MPE is also a part of Forefront and Endpoint applications and suites.
Despite the irony, I will not beat up on Microsoft. As far as I know, these vulnerabilities are semi-frequently patched in basically any antimalware application. At the very least, Microsoft declares and remedies problems with reasonable and appropriate policies; they could have just as easily buried this fix and pushed it out silently or worse, wait until it becomes actively exploited in the wild and even beyond.
But, and I realize I am repeating myself at this point, the biggest takeaway from this news: you cannot let the mere presence of antivirus suites permit you to be complacent. No scanner will detect everything, and some might even be the way in.
Thermaltake Announces Haswell-Compatible Power Supplies
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 21, 2013 - 11:52 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: be quiet, Power Supplies, haswell, Intel, c6, c7
In addition to Be Quiet!, Thermaltake has announced its own list of Haswell-compatible PSUs. The majority of high end Thermaltake power supplies will work with Haswell and its new sleep states. Further, all of the current generation high-end and mid-range Thermaltake power supplies are compatible with the new CPUs.
Power supplies in the Toughpower, EVO, and Smart M family are compatible with Haswell. Specifically, the chart below details which specifc models are compatible with Haswell and the new C6 and C7 low power sleep states.
The following companies have also listed Haswell-compatible power supplies:
German PSU Manufacturer Be Quiet! Lists Its Haswell-Ready Power Supplies
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 21, 2013 - 10:50 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: sleep state, PSU, Power Supplies, haswell, c7, c6, be quiet
Be quiet!, a power supply manufacturer based in Germany, has announced that almost all of its recent power supply lineups are fully compatible with Intel's upcoming Haswell processors. The PC Perspective team has talked in-depth about the new C6 and C7 sleep states used by Haswell CPUs. However, for the uninitiated, the new Intel processors have two new low power sleep states. The lowest state, C7, draws as little as 0.05A from the 12V PSU rail. That is a good thing, but not all power supplies will be compatible with the new sleep states as such low load on the 12V rail was not a concern when the PSUs were designed and manufactured. Notably, even incompatible power supplies will still work in Haswell systems, but those computers will not be able to enter the lower-power C6 and/or C7 sleep states.
There is good news for users of Be Quiet! Power supplies, however. The following power supplies are fully compatible with Haswell and the new sleep states:
- Dark Power Pro 10 Series (all models)
- Straight Power E9 Series (all models)
- Pure Power L8 Series (all models)
- System Power 7 Series (all models)
- Pure Power L7 Series (the 630W and 730W models only)
Older Be Quiet! power supplies will still work in Haswell systems, but use of the lowest power C7 state is not recommended. Fortunately, most desktop users can live without the new low power states (which, while nice to have, the new sleep states are more beneficial to laptop users).
As the launch of Haswell approaches, more and more PSU manufacturers are releasing compatibility information. So far, the following companies have put together compatibility lists.
HP Slate 7 Android Jelly Bean Tablet for $169
Subject: General Tech | May 21, 2013 - 10:12 PM | PCPer Staff
Tagged: deals
If you are on the look out for a low cost Android tablet in the 7-in form factor, we have a great deal for you this afternoon. HP's latest Slate 7 offering, powered by a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 SoC running at 1.6 GHz, brings the price down even lower with our deal; you can pick it up for just $169 with FREE shipping.
HP Slate 7 Android Tablet for $169!
HGST Develops 1.5TB 2.5" Mobile Drive With 500GB Platter Tech
Subject: Storage | May 21, 2013 - 10:01 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: hgst, western digital, 500GB platter, 1.5tb drive, mobile hard drive
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST, which is now owned by Western Digital) has developed a new 2.5" mobile hard drive called the Travelstar 5K1500. The hard drive uses three 500GB platter drives for a total capacity of 1.5TB. HGST claims that the drive is the highest capacity 9.5mm mobile drive on the market. Additionally, the company has stated that the new drive is faster than its existing two-platter hard drives according to the PCMark Vantage and PCMark 7 benchmark suites.
The 1.5TB Travelstar 5K1500 is a 5400 RPM hard drive with 32MB of on-board cache, a 6Gbps SATA III interface, and shock protection features.
The new mobile drive will be used in external hard drives, all-in-one systems, and notebooks where storage space is valued more than pure performance. It will be available sometime in June for an as-yet-unannounced price point. Another version of the Travelstar 5K1500 that offers automatic encryption of data will be available in Q3 2013.
MSI Launches GX70 and GX60 Gaming Notebooks Powered By AMD Richland APUs
Subject: Systems | May 21, 2013 - 08:21 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Richland, msi, gx70, gx60, gaming notebook, gaming, APU, amd
MSI announced two new gaming notebooks powered by AMD's latest Richland APUs today called the GX70 and GX60. Both gaming notebooks use AMD A10-5750M processors, a discrete AMD graphics card, 8GB of RAM, and a 750GB (7200 RPM) hard drive. Other shared specifications include a Killer E2200 NIC, Blu-ray drive, THX certified speakers, a headphone amp, and a large 9-cell battery.
The GX70 is the largest of the two gaming notebooks at 8.6 pounds and packing a 17.3" display. The GX70 uses the A10-5750M APU and a Radeon 8970M discrete mobile GPU to deliver gaming performance to the 1080p display. The system is also capable of outputting to multiple displays over HDMI and supports AMD's Eyefinity 3D technology. On the outside, the MSI GX70 features a 17.3" 1920 x 1080p display with an anti-reflective coating as well as a SteelSeries gaming keyboard.
Meanwhile, the MSI GX60 is a 15-inch notebook that weighs 7.7 pounds. This gaming notebook uses an AMD A10-5750M APU and a Radeon 7970M mobile discrete GPU. Further, the GX60 has a 15.6" 1080p anti-reflective display and SteelSeries gaming keyboard.
MSI claims that the new AMD Richland APUs will give its gaming notebooks much better battery life. The new GX70 and GX60 will have up to 40% better graphical performance compared to previous generations thanks to the new APUs and discrete cards. According to MSI VP of Sales Andy Tung, "the GX70 and GX60 deliver the ultimate sensory experience for both professional and amateur gamers." More information on the new gaming notebooks can be found on this MSI press release.
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About 200 restaurants are taking part in the twice-a-year event, which continues through Sunday.
It's meant to highlight the region's locally-owned, independent restaurants, says event coordinator Christa Hobart
One of the criteria for a restaurant to get involved is offering a fixed price of $20.12 cents for a meal, she says.
"[We] picked it just because it was easy to remember, and went right along with the year, so that's what we've been doing since the start of Local Restaurant Week. The dining special is always based on the year," Hobart says.
Some of the dining special are good for one meal, some are good for two, she adds. Others are good for lunch, while others are good for dinner.
"There's couple that are good for takeout, and some are good for brunch," Hobart says.
Local Restaurant Week began with just 60 restaurants in Spring 2009, and grew to almost 200 this past spring.
"It's also about celebrating Western New York culture," Mike Andrzejewski owner of Seabar, Cantina Loco and Mike A's at the Lafayette and founder of the event, said in a news release. "Every time we run Local Restaurant Week it gives the local restaurant community the opportunity to make the distinction that we are as much a part of the culture of the community as landmark buildings, treasured institutions and the distinctive fabric of our life here in the area."
Dan Garvey, manager of the Roycroft Inn, agrees. "Restaurants are cultural signposts of the area that people can touch and feel every day. Take our operation for instance. We have a history that dates back to the earliest times of the Arts and Crafts movement in America. But our history is not the only reason people come here. It's because we offer the same type of communal space and experience that was so important to the founders of the Roycroft movement that resonates with our modern approach to life. History is alive here. It's a big part of our appeal."
Western New York retains a high percentage of independent restaurant operators, many of which are generational businesses that through successive decades have become bedrocks of the communities they serve.
"It's hard to not think of Depew without referring – literally – to Salvatore's Italian Gardens," said Peter Longo, past President of the New York Restaurant Association's Western New York Chapter, in the same news release. "Think of downtown Buffalo and look at the pictures hanging up in Chef's restaurant. But then there are the smaller places such as Adam's Rib in Snyder, these independent restaurants carry the community spirit and footprint with them every day and give us a tangible place for shared experience."


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The county's toilet rebate program is working so well DeKalb County leaders want to dump more money into it. The Board of Commissioners voted on Nov. 14 to add another $250,000 to its toilet retrofit rebate program.
The program, which was initiated in 2008, provides rebates of up to $50 for purchases of eligible toilets that use 1.6 gallons of water per flush (gpf). For the purchase of any approved 1.28 gpf toilet, a rebate of up to $100 is given.
To qualify for the rebate, the old toilet must be a large capacity toilet installed prior to 1993. There is a limit of three rebates per household and the owner must agree to dispose of the used toilet.
The program was started to help siphon water from the county's waste water treatment system. And it is successful.
The program promotes water conservation, is good for the environment and reduces consumers' monthly water bills, said Burke Brennan, the county's chief communications officer.
Since its inception, nearly 14,000 toilets have been replaced, to the tune of $1.12 million in rebates. Based on an average use of 10 flushes per day, that has kept about 498,000 gallons of water out of the waste water treatment system each day or 14.9 million gallons per month.
The county started the program in 2008 with $500,000 in response to a water conservation plan adopted by the state's General Assembly requiring local governments to speed up the conversion of older, inefficient plumbing fixtures to current low-flow fixtures. Since the initial investment, the board of commissioners has pumped an additional $740,000 more into the rebate program.
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The FDNY said they responded to the call at approximately 4 p.m.
It took 140 firefighters about two hours to put out the fire.
"When we got here, we had heavy, heavy smoke, limited visibility," said FDNY Battalion Chief John Sarrocco. "We had to evacuate the pier. There had to be 4,500 people on the pier. We found fire under the decking of the pier."
Firefighters had to use chainsaws to remove some wooden planks to get to the fire, which was underneath the pier and they also battled the flames from the water.
People who saw the fire say the Circle Line boat sprang into action and started dousing the flames until the fire department arrived.
"The Captain of the Shark, Capt. Mike Parizzi was like ok let's start it up. Let's get the hose out -drop the lines. We got on the face of it - tried to hose it as much as we can. And then we had the Bravest - FDNY Bravest came down. And they took over from there."
Later on Saturday, the mall at the pier was reopened and the music festival was able to continue.
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It's hard I think... have you talk to 32 people in underground? Once you have obtained the Odd Keystone, put it in the stone and you must go underground and TALK TO 32 PEOPLE! annoying, huh?
Here... you must steal 100 flags, talk to 32 people, and put the odd key stone in the lost tower. The keystone will be given to you by a woman on the left of Hearthome, and the tower is on the trail to the right.
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Emma Being Fabulous
Hawkeye being an asshat, Emma and Tigra being Fabulous :D (can they be my hags? or is the proper term fruit fly? i admit to not using all my people's vernacular :D
Hazmat campaigning for asshat of the year against Finn Hudson.
can he write Emma Frost forever? :D
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We are all influenced when Mercury is in retrograde. See retrograde dates for 2013.
When Mercury is Retrograde
Sometimes the other planets appear to be traveling backward through the zodiac; this is an illusion. We can this illusion retrograde motion.
Mercury's retrograde periods can cause our plans to go awry. However, this is an excellent time to reflect on the past. Intuition is high during these periods, and coincidences can be extraordinary.
When Mercury is retrograde, remain flexible, allow time for extra travel, and avoid signing contracts. Review projects and plans at these times, but wait until Mercury is direct again to make any final decisions.
2013 Retrograde Dates
In 2013, Mercury will be retrograde from:
- February 23–March 17
- June 26–July 20
- October 21–November 10
A Man With a Message
Mercury comes from the Latin word merx, or mercator, which means merchant. Mercury is the name given by the ancient Romans to the Greek mythological god Hermes.
Mercury is depicted as a male figure having winged sandals and a winged hat, indicating the ability to travel quickly. He was the official messenger of the ancient gods and goddesses and, as such, governed communications.
In 1782, Mercury became the first symbol of the United States' postal service. Today, he is the Icon of an International floral delivery service.
In astrology, Mercury influences travel, literature, poetry, merchants, and thieves. He is cunning and witty at a moment's notice. But he is also recognized as a trickster and prone to misbehavior.
Zodiac Profiles
In Aries: Expect to be frustrated and frazzled. Assertive, impulsive Aries wants to move ahead, and all of the energy is going backwards. Watch what you say and how you say it. Pay attention to what people say to you; you might be pleasantly surprised.
In Taurus: Take time to formulate your thoughts. Taurus, an unhurried sign, slows down the mental processes. He also governs banking, so delay money matters. Review financial matters, and position yourself for growth.
In Gemini: Because Gemini rules communications, be prepared for miscommunications. Expect lots of phone calls or none, and lost or misplaced mail. You may not articulate clearly. At the same time, old friends may reconnect.
In Cancer: Expect annoyances at home with baking, gardening, and household duties under domesticated Cancer. Complete repair projects that weren't finished or done correctly.
In Leo: Avoid speculative investments. It is not a good time to buy or sell or do any trading. Instead, analyze your investment portfolio. Use your know-how and advisory skills to help friends and associates.
In Virgo: Challenging situations arise, especially in the workplace. Expect product delays and equipment breakdowns, as well as crankiness among coworkers under finicky, detailed Virgo. Double-check your work before you call it finished.
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The national spotlight has shined harshly on former murder defendant Casey Anthony.
Last week, Anthony filed for bankruptcy in a move her legal team said it hopes will ratchet down the media attention and help her move on with her life.
"She can't take another year of this," Anthony's civil attorney Charles M. Greene said Monday.
Many questions surround the Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing, and lawyers had differing opinions on the answers.
•Will the bankruptcy put an end to lawsuits pending against Anthony?
•Could she profit from a future book or movie deal?
•Will she have to pay investigative costs incurred by law officers who searched for her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee?
Anthony, 26, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated child abuse and lying to law enforcement about Caylee's 2008 disappearance. She was found guilty in 2011 only of four counts of lying to law officers. Last week, an appeal court tossed out two of those convictions.
If a judge approves Anthony's bankruptcy, it could put an end to three lawsuits pending against her, including one by Zenaida Gonzalez.
She claims Anthony defamed her when the young mother falsely claimed a nanny with a similar name had kidnapped Caylee. Gonzalez's attorneys in November got approval from a judge to delay the civil trial.
The bankruptcy action stops all lawsuits against Anthony and prevents her creditors from trying to collect, several attorneys said.
Todd Budgen, an Orlando bankruptcy lawyer not involved in the case, said he thinks the bankruptcy court is likely to toss out Gonzalez's claim because it doesn't fit any category of debt that the law permits to remain outstanding. Those include certain tax obligations, most student loans, claims involving willful and malicious injury by the debtor and debts involving fraud.
But Matt Morgan, an Orlando attorney representing Gonzalez, said he plans to argue that her claim falls into the "willful and malicious" exception, and he expects a judge will allow the case to continue.
A meeting of creditors is scheduled for March 4 in Tampa. Like all debtors, Anthony is required to attend and answer questions under oath from the trustee and those who owe her money. It will be the first time she has appeared at a court proceeding since her sentencing in 2011.
It won't be free-for-all, however. Questions are confined to probing whether Anthony has assets that can be liquidated to pay her creditors, lawyers said.
Anthony lists more than $792,000 in debt in her filing. Her largest creditor is her criminal attorney Jose Baez, whom she owes $500,000. He did not return phone calls or email seeking comment. She also lists more than $200,000 owed to several law-enforcement agencies for the cost of their investigations into Caylee's disappearance.
In addition, Anthony owes more than $68,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. Her filing says she hasn't worked for four years.
She declared less than $1,100 in assets.
The St. Petersburg attorney handling Anthony's bankruptcy, David Schrader, is working for free, court records show. He filed the request for bankruptcy protection on her behalf in Tampa on Friday. He did not return calls or email requesting comment.
Several lawyers said Anthony could still legally cash in on her notoriety, providing she didn't have a deal in the works when she filed for bankruptcy.


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It is not holding an everstone, and the game has never been hacked or pirated or anything like that. Is it a glitch?
Right, this question gets asked a lot. Here is probably what's wrong:
Yes there is something wrong with your game. Swablu is suppose to evolve on level 35 and does not require any special conditions to evolve. Try catching a new Swablu and see if that one will evolve. If not you will either need to start a new game(Not sure if this one will work.) or buy a new copy to evolve a Swablu.
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Photos: Washington Dulles International Airport Turns 50
Take a look behind the scenes with Patch.
So much has happened to Washington Dulles International Airport since President John F. Kennedy dedicated it in 1962. The airport, which is located on 12,000 acres in Chantilly, recently experienced a multi-million dollar expansion, which will bring a new Metrorail system, a fourth runway, expanded gates and buildings and a new airport traffic control tower. About 23 million travelers visit Dulles Airport annually, and the eventual addition of a metro line will introduce it to millions of potential flyers. The main terminal is unmistakable (architect Eero Saarinen called it the best building he'd ever designed) and as such has appeared in movies like "Airport," "Die Hard II" and "Body of Lies."
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Stargareyen, on 19 April 2012 - 10:31 AM, said:
Doesn't Melisandre need a man to create the shadow baby from? She drew two of them from Stannis, but she worried that a third would weaken him too much. She offered herself to Davos and he feared of her creating a shadow baby from him. Do you think Jon would allow Mel to seduce him into creating a shadow baby? I think shadow baby-making needs an active and engaged partner!
I don't think Stannis is "stooping" here. He was defeated once at the Battle of the Blackwater, which was won with some trickery (luring the ships into a wildfire trap), and I'm thinking Stannis would feel his actions are necessary. How long were his troops out there in the snow, running out of food? Desperate times call for desperate measures.


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