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St Stephen's Primary Care Health Centre St Stephen's WalkAshford, Kent, TN23 5AQTel: 01233 622474
THE NEXT HALF DAY CLOSING WILL BE WEDNESDAY 10th DECEMBER WHEN THE SURGERY WILL BE CLOSED FROM 1PM.
From Monday 10th February 2014, we will be trialling a different appointments system for our GPs.
When you call in the morning you will be added to a GP telephone list.
If you have seen a GP recently, please let the receptionist know which GP you have seen. You will be asked for a brief description of the reason you are calling and the GPs are grateful if you can give information to help them manage the consultations.
The GP will call you to provide a telephone consultation and to ask you to come to the surgery if necessary.
We still have a limited number of pre-bookable appointments each day, morning and afternoon. There are a few appointments you can book on the day, but these are limited and only available in the afternoon. You will continue to be able to leave messages for the doctor regarding continuation of sick notes or medication queries.
Nurse appointments are not affected by this system.
Comments- we would be grateful to receive your comments or thoughts about this system, which will help us to adapt and provide an appointments system that is workable for our patients, doctors and staff.
At the end of February we will review this trial with clinicians, staff and PPG members as to the way forward.
South Ashford Medics (SAMs) is a partnership of four GPs, formed in 2011. Our aim is to provide a friendly, high quality and accessible primary care service to the population of Ashford
We are committed to significantly improving the quality and range of healthcare services provided at the practice in order to achieve this aim
Find out when our practice is open, what the GP consulting times are and what to do if you need help when the practice is closed. Find out more
Do you need to re-order your medication? Visit our prescriptions page and complete the online form. Find out more
New to the area and would like to join our practice? We would be happy to help you. Fill in our registration forms and come see us. Find out more
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I am actually not going to tell you much about this, other than it is totally legitimate and could act as a source of high quality links and trafffic… the type who not only might click through to read what you say, but also write about it.
It is slightly old school, but not talked about, in fact most people just talk about doing this in reverse, but both ways can be effective. Take a look at this PR Stunt.
I should also point out it doesn't only provide links, but also content in raw form, plus hot stories that are news stories that haven't happened yet.
P.S. I did check out the links, and they do show up in both Yahoo and MSN. I would have expected a Google link to show up as well but I wouldn't worry too much. It is legit.
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Man Who Fled Traffic Stop Fatally Hurt in Crash
Maryland State Police say a Baltimore man was fatally injured in a crash minutes after fleeing a traffic stop in Calvert County.
Scalia: Court Upholding Traffic Stop Based On Anonymous Tip 'A Freedom-Destroying Cocktail'
The Supreme Court says an anonymous tip can be sufficient to justify a decision by police to pull a car over on suspicion of reckless or drunken driving.
Driver Fleeing Traffic Stop Killed in Crash in Md.
Maryland State Police say a Delaware man was killed after he fled during a traffic stop and crashed in a field in Caroline County.
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By DIVINE NTARYIKE
Associated Press
DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) - The arrest of a Nigerian allegedly smuggling heroin here highlights what officials say is a growing problem of drug trafficking in Central Africa.
Egboka Ikechukwu, 28, appeared in court in Douala, Cameroon's economic hub, Thursday to respond to charges of cross-border drug trafficking.
Ikechukwu was arrested Tuesday night by police at Douala International Airport shortly after arriving on a Kenya Airways flight. He has been formally charged with the possession of 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of heroin.
"The passenger's behavior betrayed suspicion which prompted an exhaustive search of his person and luggage by customs agents," said Customs Subdivision Commander, Gregoire Biloa. "They found three empty carryalls whose stiches had been tampered with to hide the powder which has been tested and confirmed to be heroin."
Ikechukwu faces up to 10 years imprisonment and fines that could amount to 10 million CFA francs ($20,000), said Biloa.
Speaking to The Associated Press from his jail cell, Ikechukwu denied the charges. He insisted he is a prosperous businessman in Nigeria and he flew to Bujumbura, Burundi via Nairobi, Kenya on October 18 to visit a friend.
"I don't know who put the drug in my bag. I don't know whether it's in my hotel room in Bujumbura that they did this thing to me. In my life, I've never pushed drugs before. I don't know anything about drugs," said Ikechukwu.
"I'm a businessman. I have my own shop in Nigeria and I'm doing well. I went to Bujumbura to visit my friend and from there; I came back to Cameroon to see one of my friends, that's all. And now I find myself in all this mess. It's a setup," he argued.
Despite his denials, Ikechukwu is one of a growing number of suspected drug traffickers here, according to the state prosecutor and customs and police departments. The arrest is the latest in a steadily swelling series in recent months which show that Cameroon and Central Africa are fast becoming a transit zone and marketplace for South America's drug cartels, according to Biloa.
There has been a dramatic increase in seizures of cocaine and heroin amounting to hundreds of kilograms, according to data from border police and customs departments at air and sea ports in the sub-region. That is a significant increase from a few grams a couple of years ago.
The neighboring region of West Africa has already become established as a transit point to Europe for South American traffickers, according to a report issued in July by regional Interpol officials. According to them the bulging seizures confirm that Central Africa is not only fast becoming a South American drug passageway, but also a consumption base.
"A few decades ago, it was zero," Lawrence Tang Enow, Senior Police Superintendent and Interpol Regional Training Officer in Cameroon told AP. "After some time, we started seizing a few grams. Now we got to a situation where last year we seized 140 kilograms (308 pounds) at the Douala International Airport alone."
Separate Interpol country reports based on police and customs statistics show increased seizures of Europe-bound cocaine and heroin and rising numbers of arrests of peddlers. The South American cartels and their local accomplices turning Central Africa into a stepping stone along their "cocaine route" to Europe by exploiting local weaknesses such as deficient controls at ports, poor traveler inspection equipment, porous land and sea borders and endemic corruption overwhelming security and customs departments, according to Interpol.
In February, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, estimated that cocaine smuggling in West and Central Africa currently generates some $900 million annually, up from $800 million in 2009.
Particularly worrying is the suspected involvement of Al Qaidi in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and Nigeria's Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, who may be involved in trafficking to fund their activities, according to a report published last year by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
"When the drug dealers come in, they influence the politics of countries, criminal activities and corruption. It is a very serious problem," said Conrad Atefor Ntsefor, official at the Interpol Central Africa Regional Bureau in the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé.
According to him, the wealthy and powerful cartels, whose bank accounts sometimes dwarf the state budgets in some African countries, can easily buy off government officials.
UNODC has warned that Central Africa also risks increased in piracy off its coasts, illegal arms circulation, human trafficking and general instability.
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|19 May 2010
Windows 7 Home 64 bit
Windows Experience Index Score
So my base score is 5.1 - the score comes from Graphics. I'm wondering why its so low. My Gaming graphics is rated 6.2. I know I have a fairly good graphics card - Ati Radeon HD 5450 with 1GB ram.
What does this score of 5.1 mean? What kind of limitations might I have, where does that score come from, and is it possible to improve?
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Talking about Low...score ....?
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|19 May 2010
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I think the score you get with your PC is based off the stuff other people have in their rigs. So if people have rigs with two or three video cards or solid state drives in it your not going to have a high score. I personal think a score of 5 you are that avrage user and if your in 8-10 you have one heck of a gaming rig
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|19 May 2010
Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
WEI breaks down the graphical capabilities of your system into two separate sub-scores. This first sub-score (Graphics) is for desktop performance, specifically that of the Windows Aero user experience. The second graphics-based subscore (Gaming graphics) is for 3D business and gaming graphics performance.
Microsoft provides the following information about interpreting a base score:
1.0 to 1.9 - Basic performance. Even a component with a 1.0 subscore meets the Windows 7 minimum requirements.
2.0 to 2.9 - Enhanced performance. Windows Aero may be available.
3.0 to 3.9 - Windows Aero will be enabled.
4.0 to 4.9 - Good performance with high-resolution displays and multiple displays.
5.0 to 5.9 - Capable of running high-end video games, 3D modeling applications, and high-end video editing applications.
6.0 to 6.9 - Supports DirectX 10 graphics with high frame rates at high resolutions.
7.0 to 7.9 - Highest performance level available. Reserved for systems with SSD hard drive, high-end graphics card, and multi-core (i.e. 8 or more) processor.
However, WEI should not be used as a benchmarking tool because of many severe limitations. See this thread.
Windows Exerience Index True?
|My System Specs
|21 May 2010
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
My WEI score actually went down when I upgraded the driver for my graphics card. Latest driver too.
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|21 May 2010
When Vista came out it wouldn't run very well on computers with older or lower spec hardware, a lot of people bought Vista and it wouldn't run on their computer.
Needless to say, there were a lot of people a little upset (sarcasm), MS came out with WEI so everyone could run the WEI test before buying Vista, to see if their hardware was capable of running the 'new OS '.
One of the main reasons was the Aero test, but it also pointed to any areas that might need to upgrade, RAM being one of the issues at that time.
It really doesn't qualify as a benchmark, but has generated a lot of revenue for hardware companies over the years.
A top score of 7.9 for the processor is not possible, many sites say, but people still try the next upgrade.
It's the quest to obtain the highest number.
I'll bet Intel and AMD paid for the scoring system changes for the processor score, and leaving that top number un-obtainable.
They have definitely made a lot of money from that WEI score.
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|21 May 2010
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i was about to give link to that thread but bill2 has already opened the path
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|23 Nov 2010
windows 7 ultimate x64
my budget system tweaked a bit just waiting on my ATI Radeon HD 5550 Graphics Card 1GB should get the base score up a bit
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|23 Nov 2010
Hi lecky2009, Welcome to Seven Forums.
There is an on-going thread for posting your WEI scores, link below.
The below link is where everyone posts their WEI scores, you should post yours there.
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|24 Nov 2010
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
WEI doesn't account for multiple GPU's...just the primary GPU in your system.
@nate1232, your WEI score seems accurate. The 5450 is hardly a "fairly good graphics card". Upgrade your graphics card to improve your score in this area. If you don't do any heavy gaming though, I wouldn't worry about it. I have a pair of 5770's in crossfire and get 6.2 if I remember correctly (and like I mentioned above, that 2nd GPU isn't considered in the scoring).
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Got this antique pair of hamsa earrings at St. Lawrence Sunday Antique Market. It is only for 20 $. Hamsa prayer: Let no sadness come to this heart; Let no trouble come to these arms; Let no conflict come to these eyes. Let my soul be filled with the blessing of joy of peace.
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Spirituality: Trust God
Before your burden overcomes you, trust God to put His arms underneath you.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you – Isaiah 43:2
God, give me the faith of a little child! A faith that will look to Thee that will never will falter and never fail but follow Thee trustingly. Amen. (Showerman- Our Daily Bread Vol 10)
Reflection: Mouth Guards
The tongue of the wise uses knowledges rightly, but the mouth of the fools pours forth foolishness – Proverbs 15:2
Be careful of your thoughts – they may become words at any time. Bite your tongue before it bites other.
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When the devil speaks a lie, he speaks from his resources for he is a liar and the father of it – John 8:44
Spirituality: Prodigal Son
Father I have sinned, help me find my way
Remember not my sins, just let me hear You say
I forgive you, I love you. You are mine, take my hand
Go in peace, sin no more, beloved one.
Father I have turned, my back and walked away
Depended on my strength and lived life my own way – Chorus
Father I have closed, my heart to those in need
Thought only of myself, a victim of my greed – Chorus
Father I Have Love if Love's the word to use
I've player so many game they've left me so confused-Chorus
Father I've returned, I'm home with You to stay
Standing by your door, knowing that You'll say-Chorus
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Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up. Love does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil. Love does not rejoice in iniquity but rejoice in the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tounge, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away – 1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 8


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The College incorporates every building on campus into the campus network. Additionally, our wireless network covers every building on campus and most outdoor spaces.
From their computers and handheld devices students can freely access:
Printing is available in the library and ITS for a small fee per page. The College's core software is distributed through our secure Software Server (F&M authorization required.)
Franklin & Marshall has adopted Blackboard, a course/instructional management system. Blackboard is a web-based solution for online delivery of course-based instructional materials offering an easy-to-use interface and instructional management tools.
Inside F&M is our information portal and includes Franklin & Marshall news and events, web-based email, access to academic transcripts, and other essential details of campus life. Future additions to the College information environment will be accessible through Inside F&M.
eDisk is personal space for electronic document storage and information exchange that is available from any Internet connected computer. eDisk supports both file and web-sharing and provides private and public access. Franklin & Marshall students can use eDisk to store assignments, to move files from computer to computer at school and at home, to publish digital portfolios, or to create websites.


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As a whole, our students are "doers"—they are actively engaged in organizations, interests, and their own learning, and they are also plugged into what's going on in the greater world. Learn more about the characteristics and academic profile of our current first-year class by visiting our class profile page.
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The Original Pink Box 5 Drawer Top Cabinet
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Jarlstrom v. Beaverton Federal Lawsuit
Latest News Aug. 25, 2014 - 10:00 am Federal Court Portland, Motion to Dismiss oral arguments before Judge Acosta.
It was a good day in court today even though nothing got decided. Judge Acosta asked many though questions to both sides but I have to say that my attorney Michael Haglund did an excellent job answering these questions with support from his associate attorney Shenoa Payne. The City of Beaverton's attorney did not seem to be well prepared and was not able to answer all the Judge's questions. I could tell that Judge Acosta was well prepared and he also knows the facts I have brought forward from the many questions he asked. The bottom line is that I have a good feeling that I can continue this lawsuit so the City of Beavertons motion to dismiss will be denied.
Who is Jarlstrom?
My name is Mats Jðrlstr—m, Im a Swedish educated electronics designer with expertise in motional feedback of powered loudspeakers and test and measurement instrumentation. I did my military service in the Swedish Air Force as an airplane-camera mechanic (certified to work on the SAAB 37 Viggen platform). While at grad school I worked as a substitute math teacher at a local community college. Before moving to the US I also worked as at the electronics R&D department at Luxor Electronics which was a sub contractor to both Volvo and SAAB. As a consultant I worked for Audio Pro in Sweden. Here in the US I have worked as a consultant for many audio companies such as JBL Professional, American Technology Corporation, Atlantic Technology, Mackie Designs, Aura Systems, CrystaLake Multimedia, Fishman to name a few. I have worked as an expert witness in US Federal Court (US patent lawsuit - Robert W. Carver v. Audio Products International), designed optical timing devices (LED based stroboscope) and I currently work with calibration of high end test instrumentation systems for the US Navy. Im a resident of Beaverton since 1995.
Why the Lawsuit?
A year ago my wife got a red light camera citation from the intersection of SW Allen Blvd and SW Lombard Ave in Beaverton on May 20th, 2013 (4:26 PM) (see Wife_Citation.pdf). The citation shows that she triggered the red light camera system after the red light had been on for ONLY 0.12 seconds (see Citation Picture). The citation lacked vital information. No information of the yellow lights on-time is provided in the citation or if the yellow light was even present. No information is provided when and if the traffic lights and red light camera system was last maintained and/or calibrated.
Since I'm working with test and measurements I checked if the traffic lights were timed as the City of Beaverton stated on their website. My measurements showed that the timing for the yellow lights at Allen and Lombard were shorter with more than my wife's citation time stamp of 0.12 seconds and that the timing also randomly varied cycle to cycle. My wife took this data to the City of Beaverton's Municipal court judge at her court date July 23, 2013. However, the judge was not interested in the presented timing issues and only looked at the Redflex video played back in the court room concluding "It looks like you ran a red light" and cited my wife. This is the reason WHY I started to take the traffic light timing issues to the City of Beaverton's Police, "Traffic Engineers" and the Mayor. I have appeared before the Beaverton City Council 13 times just to be ignored. Beaverton's only "fix" to the many problems I have presented was to add the words "approximately" to the posted yellow traffic light times on their website.
From my point of view the lawsuit is ALL about safety in the City of Beaverton. I will continue this quest by legal and political means until the traffic light timings follow current Oregon Law and are 100% safe in Beaverton. After studying traffic engineering for about a year, I now have found the key source information to address the many problems the City of Beaverton do not understand (or do not WANT to understand). For example, I bet many drivers in Beaverton have noticed that cars are entering or are in the middle of the intersection when you get a green light. These drivers are NOT running a red light they are there by design due to the City of Beaverton's incompetent "traffic engineers". I am today extra careful driving or walking through intersections in the City of Beaverton.
Lawsuit Information
The below presented reference material has all the information needed to show the facts that Oregon's vehicle code for the steady yellow light ORS811.860(4) needs to include the time it takes a driver in a vehicle to drive through an intersection if a driver and its vehicle cannot stop in safety. This is NOT the case today shown by ODOT's incorrect policy and additionally the City of Beaverton is not including the very important intersection and vehicle clearance time since they think it is "optional" and is therefore putting the public at risk including myself.
Important Source Document
The main facts to understand the lawsuit is presented in (reference document number 2): The_Problem_Of_The_Amber_Signal_Light_In_Traffic_Flow.pdf. This 1959 document can be shown to be linked to the current wording of the State of Oregon's vehicle code for the steady yellow light ORS811.860(4). From this source we learn what the critical distance is for a stopping vehicle on page 114 (equation 4) and how the "critical distance" is used (top of page 115). Continuing on page 115 and 116 we learn the other option for the critical distance - a vehicle driving through the intersection. Finally we learn that the current international yellow traffic light ITE formula is derived from the critical distance equation as shown on page 118, equation 9. Please note the intersection and vehicle clearance term (W+L)/V is included in the YELLOW light timing formula. Please check the City of Beavertons self-assessment memo (Reference 4) if you can find this clearance term anywhere in their document - you will not, it is missing.
Additionally, you will find TABLE I on page 118 which present calculated yellow traffic light phase times in the order of 4.91 - 6.16 seconds for various intersection clearance widths and approach speeds. (Please note the slightly higher deceleration rate of 10.7 ft/s2 vs. 10.0 ft/s2, slightly longer driver perception-reaction time of 1.14 seconds vs. 1.0 seconds and the conservative vehicle length of 15 feet). Again, this information is from 1959 and we STILL have the very same timing issues in the City of Beaverton and the State of Oregon today 2014. What have the "traffic engineers" been doing for the past 55 years?
The Critical Distance
As learned above the "critical distance" is the ONLY POINT in time and space relative an intersection's entry where a driver can CHOOSE if he shall stop or go. This understanding concludes; if the driver is closer to the intersection than the "critical distance" he has to drive through the intersection since it is unsafe to stop and if he is further away from the intersection than the "critical distance" he needs to stop otherwise he will not be able to drive through and clear the intersection at current speed without accelerating.
The "critical distance" or the "one safe stopping distance" is defined by three key variables for a level grade intersection which are:
1. Vehicle Approach Velocity, V (Variable due to different intersection approach speeds, the "Exhibit A" example show eastbound SW Allen Blvd. at V=30 mph or V=44 ft/s)
2. Vehicle Deceleration Rate, a (Defined by the City of Beaverton to be: a=10.0 ft/s2)
3. Vehicle and Driver Perception-Reaction Time, t (Defined by the City of Beaverton to be: t=1.0 seconds)
Based on the above data we can calculate the "critical distance" for the 30 mph eastbound SW Allen Blvd. example by converting the velocity to the correct units (V=44 ft/s) and using this formula:
We can also calculate how long time it takes to stop traveling the "critical distance" by using this formula:
For a stopping vehicle traveling at 30 mph (as in the "Exhibit A" example) the minimum safe stopping distance from the intersection is 140.8 feet and it takes 5.4 seconds for the vehicle to come to a complete stop. Since the critical stopping distance is the ONLY POINT referenced to an intersection's entry where the driver can CHOOSE if he shall STOP or GO we also need to calculate the time it takes for the driver deciding to "GO" and travel through the intersection.
The time it takes to travel the "GO" "critical distance" of 140.8 feet to reach the intersection's entry point at 30 mph (44 ft/s) vehicle speed is:
As can be seen from the above calculations, a driver traveling at 30 mph and facing the yellow light at the critical distance of 140.8 ft is only allowed the EXACT time needed to reach the intersection's entry point if the yellow light's phase time is 3.2 seconds long. However, per Oregon vehicle code we still need to be able to travel through the intersection during the yellow light and it will take a specific time based on an intersection's individual width. This is the time that currently is MISSING at ALL the City of Beaverton's traffic light intersections - this is a City wide systemic error and this is why we as drivers in the City of Beaverton find vehicles entering or in the middle of the intersection when we get a green light. Pedestrians are very much in danger due to this missing clearance time as shown in "Exhibit A".
Intersection and Vehicle Clearance Time
We can continue to use the "Exhibit A" example having a vehicle moving at 30 mph eastbound on SW Allen Blvd. and traveling through the intersection at SW Lombard Ave. This intersection is well documented and I have official scaled City of Beaverton drawings presenting the minimum intersection width that a vehicle needs to clear to avoid an accident with a pedestrian. From these drawings the eastbound intersection clearance width (W) is 78 feet from crosswalk (intersection entry) to crosswalk (intersection farthest interference point with a pedestrian). Furthermore, the length of the vehicle needs to be included since the vehicle is entering the intersection with its front and exiting with its rear. A typical vehicle length (L) for this type of calculation is 20 feet but a truck or a bus is twice this length. Using the eastbound SW Allen clearance width W=78 ft and the typical vehicle length L=20 ft we can calculate the time it takes to travel through and clear the intersection as follows:
Due to safety system engineering the intersection and vehicle clearance time of 2.23 seconds should be rounded up to the nearest tenth of a second to 2.3 seconds. So if we now add the critical stopping distance time with the above calculated clearance time we get 3.2 s + 2.3 s = 5.5 seconds.
The 5.5 seconds is what the yellow phase time should be to follow Oregon law for the east and westbound SW Allen Blvd. in Beaverton. Currently the yellow light is programmed to 3.5 seconds but due to equipment timing errors the yellow light timing can be as low as 3.25 seconds as the City of Beaverton's Public Works Director Peter Arellano has stated (see Arellano's formal email response dated October 8, 2013 below). This is the 3.2 seconds MINIMUM yellow phase time for a 30 mph "critical distance" approach speed if the 3.25 s is rounded down to nearest tenth of a second due to safety and technically there is no time allowed to also drive through and clear the intersection during the same yellow light as per Oregon Law.
The Law and the City of Beaverton
The City of Beaverton acknowledges that the Oregon vehicle code ORS811.260(4) states (see page 8 of Beaverton's Motion To Dismiss): Only if a driver cannot safely stop, may the driver proceed through an intersection on a yellow light. As learned above from reference document 2 we now understand if a driver faces a yellow light closer to the intersection than the critical distance (which is deemed unsafe stopping) he needs to be able to drive through the intersection during the yellow light phase per Oregon law. This is also what the City of Beaverton says that they understand - but they do not time the yellow traffic lights accordingly.
Basically a driver needs the time to travel the "critical distance" AND the intersections clearance width PLUS a vehicle length during the yellow phase. Currently the City of Beaverton is only allowing drivers to stop using the minimum "critical distance" for the yellow phase time and does not add the time it takes for a vehicle to travel through and clear an intersection during the yellow phase as seen in the City of Beavertons own documents. The City of Beaverton's "traffic engineers" should and are required by law (as seen below) to know this information since it involves very basic math and physics and their lack of knowledge is putting the general public at risk.
Oregon Revised Statutes 672.005. The Professional Engineer, PE:
"1(b) Applying special knowledge of the mathematical, physical and engineering sciences to such professional services or creative work as consultation, investigation, testimony, evaluation, planning, design and services during construction, manufacture or fabrication for the purpose of ensuring compliance with specifications and design, in connection with any public or private utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, works or projects."
Citing a Driver Running a YELLOW Light
Additionally the City of Beaverton is also citing drivers running a yellow light as stated on their own website: "However, if a Beaverton Police Officer is present and observes a vehicle entering on a yellow light, and the officer believes the driver should have stopped before entering the intersection, then the police officer is authorized to issue a ticket for entering a yellow light."
The problem is that the City of Beaverton do not understand the REASON behind the Oregon vehicle code and the words: "A driver facing the light shall stop". The words "shall stop" are specifically used to RESTRICT drivers entering during the ADDED YELLOW INTERSECTION AND VEHICLE CLEARANCE TIME. But the City of Beaverton is NOT adding this time and are only allowing a vehicle the minimum "critical distance" time to stop so they cannot cite a driver running a yellow light. Again, this illegal activity is due to lack of knowledge.
More information about the lawsuit and the problems that the City of Beaverton faces due to their lack of knowledge will be added. Please feel free to ask questions in the meantime.
Best regards,
Mats Jðrlstr—m
Reference Documents
Ref. 1 Oregon Vehicle Code ORS.811.260(4): http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/dmv/docs/vcb/vcb811.pdf
Ref. 2 Source Document for Oregon's Vehicle Code and the ITE Formula: http://jarlstrom.com/PDF/The_Problem_Of_The_Amber_Signal_Light_In_Traffic_Flow.pdf
Ref. 3 Important letter from one of the above ITE Formula authors: http://jarlstrom.com/PDF/Yellow_Change_Interval_Dos_And_Donts_Alexei_Maradudin.pdf
Ref. 4 The City of Beaverton's Self Assessment: http://jarlstrom.com/PDF/Photo%20Red%20Light%20Yellow%20Change%20Interval%20012713.pdf
Ref. 5 ODOT's incorrect policy: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TRAFFIC-ROADWAY/docs/pdf/odot_yellow_red_clear_policy_a1.pdf
Ref. 6 Federal Traffic Signal Manual: http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08024/fhwa_hop_08_024.pdf (Important pages: 119, 137 & 138, see also below)
(Page 119, City of Portland "Safe Stopping Distance": http://jarlstrom.com/PDF/fhwa_hop_08_024_page119.pdf )
(Page 137-138, "Permissive & Restrictive Yellow Laws" and "One Safe Stopping Distance": http://jarlstrom.com/PDF/fhwa_hop_08_024_page137_138.pdf)
Public Lawsuit Documents
May 13, 2014
Original Complaint: Jarlstrom v. City of Beaverton Complaint.pdf
(Better Resolution of Exhibit A: Final_Exhibit A_30 MPH VEHICLE Speed - Current Beaverton Yellow Change Interval - EB SW Allen Blvd Beaverton.pdf)
June 6, 2014
Plf's First Request for Production 6-6-14.pdf
June 16, 2014
Beaverton's Motion to Dismiss: 20140622073235.pdf
July 3, 2014
1. Pl's Memo in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss.pdf
2. Dec. of Mats Jarlstrom Pl's Memo in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss.pdf
3. Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint.pdf
4. Exhibit A to Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint.pdf
(Better Resolution of Amended Exhibit A: Fig 1_30 MPH VEHICLE Speed Current Beaverton Yellow Change Interval EB SW Allen Blvd_R17.pdf)
July 17, 2014
City's Reply to Plaintiff's Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss.pdf
Defendant's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint.pdf
Aug 4, 2014
Reply in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint.pdf
Declaration of Michael E. Haglund in Support.pdf
(Older but still valid information below)
City of
Thanks to the City of Beaverton's Public Works Director Peter Arellano's formal email response dated Oct 8, 2013 with the included Excel Sept 07 2013.xlsx spreadsheet, I can now present the facts to the public that support this statement. The majority of these facts were presented to the City of Beaverton at the December 10th, 2013 City Council meeting, visitor comment period: http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/index.aspx?NID=268
Redflex Traffic System (Australia) and the City of Beaverton (Oregon) have never documented the actual visible yellow traffic light's phase time and any errors when issuing a red light camera citation since 2001. By ignoring the yellow traffic light's random timing errors leads to fact that drivers are allowed different yellow phase times as a warning to stop before a red light - therefore the drivers are not treated equally under the law and it is a violation of the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution.
My research show the reason why other jurisdictions use a grace period to compensate for errors in the traffic light and camera equipment to make the citation process legal. It is fundamentally wrong to issue a citation with a 0.12 seconds red light violation when the total documented yellow traffic light and camera system errors are 0.40 seconds or more. The presented facts are publicly available.
My name is Mats Jðrlstr—m, Im a Swedish electronic designer with expertise in test and measurements. I have worked as an expert witness in Federal Court, designed optical timing devices and I work with calibration of high end test instrumentation systems for the US Navy. Im a resident of Beaverton since 1995.
My wife got a red light camera citation from the intersection of SW Allen Blvd and SW Lombard Ave in Beaverton on May 20th, 2013 (4:26 PM) (see Wife_Citation.pdf). The citation shows that she triggered the red light camera system after the red light had been on for ONLY 0.12 seconds (see Citation Picture). The citation lacked information. No information of the yellow lights on-time is provided in the citation. No information is provided when and if the red light camera system was last maintained or calibrated.
The yellow lights timing importance
The Beaverton police department is NOT taking the yellow traffic lights timing and any errors into account when they issue red light camera citations today (see updated current Beaverton Police website with "APPROXIMATELY" yellow times and it's "ALL about the RED not the yellow": http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/index.aspx?NID=1090) and this has not been addressed ever since the very first Redflex red light camera system first was installed in 2001. Peter Arellano also says in his email (RE Allen and Lombard Intersection.htm): I do not think that the added cost associated with more accurately verifying the length of the visible yellow phase for every citation is a good expenditure of taxpayer resources.
The Redflex camera system flaw
The Redflex camera system is designed to be active only AFTER the traffic light has turned RED - this is the fundamental system flaw Redflex Traffic System has with their red light camera system. Redflex is NOT documenting the yellow light and there are NO pictures showing if the yellow light was even working or timed properly at the time of a citation. Redflex system design relay on, in this case the City of Beaverton, to time and account for errors in the yellow traffic lights which they fail to do.
Traffic light documented equipment errors
Looking at
If we take more traffic light components into account such as the
lamps, Mr. Arellano presents a worst case minimum timing of the visible
yellow light's on-time of 3.25 seconds when the traffic light controller is
programmed to 3.5 seconds. The maximum 3.6 seconds and the minimum 3.25 seconds
will give us an error range of 0.35 seconds just using Mr. Arellano's data.
Additionally, Mr. Arellano says that the City of
Mr. Arellano also emphasizes that these documented traffic light equipment errors apply to ALL traffic lights in the City of
, with or without cameras. Beaverton
The yellow lights MINIMUM time and RANDOM errors
In Mr. Arellano's email you can also read that the visible yellow traffic light at the Allen and Lombard east/west directions SHOULD be 3.5 seconds for a 30 MPH approach speed which is ODOT's recommended MINIMUM time (see odot_yellow_red_clear_policy_a1.pdf) and also what the City of Beaverton themselves state on their website. NOT meeting the absolute MINIMUM recommended yellow light phase time is a safety hazard.
Mr. Arellano's Excel spreadsheet presents data showing the RANDOM
nature of the visible yellow light and also an error range of 0.16 seconds
(3.52 s - 3.36 s = 0.16 s) and that
ONLY ONE of the measured 104 cycles actually meet the specified 3.5 seconds yellow light on-time THIS IS LESS THAN 1% (please see
Bar Graph).
Also, the measured and presented error range of 0.16 seconds is greater than my
wife's citation time stamp of 0.12 seconds. Please pay attention that this data is provided by the City of
I would also like to point out that this short 2 hour Redflex video was taken on September 7th, 2013 between 9:00 and 11:00 AM and I checked the weather conditions at this time. The temperature rose about 4 degrees Fahrenheit during this video recording. This temperature rise is not large enough to affect the equipment but I can guarantee that if we looked at timing data during a month's time, a full years time or even the whole time period since the camera's first were installed 2001, this would include cold winter days and hot summer days with a temperature differential of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit we will see much greater random errors. Other environmental factors such as varying humidity is also affecting the system timing and its components. The ageing of the system components is also an error factor as time passes.
Timing Resolution, Traffic Engineering Standards and MINIMUM equipment error
Redflex is presenting their citation timing data using one hundreds of a second resolution despite the common traffic engineering industry standard is a tenth of a second timing resolution. All Federal (FHWA), State (ODOT) and traffic engineering (ITE) documents present timing data and standards using a tenth of a second resolution. Since NO equipment can have zero error or tolerance we can see why ITE has specified the traffic light controllers to have a +/-0.1 seconds tolerance or error range as Director Peter Arellano presented in his formal email. This +/-0.1 seconds is the MINIMUM error ANY equipment can have using a tenth of a second resolution timing standard.
Based on the industry standard timing resolution the MINIMUM Redflex camera system error or tolerance is in fact at least +/-0.1 seconds in addition to the City of Beaverton's documented traffic light equipment errors.
The violation by the City of Beaverton and Redflex Traffic Systems
The presented information with data showing the yellow traffic lights errors and tolerances is the proof that the yellow lights actual on-time NEEDS to be addressed in a red light camera citation process:
By failing to address the visible yellow traffic light's RANDOM timing errors, it leads to that one driver will get a SHORT yellow light as a warning before the red light and another driver a LONG yellow light. If the two drivers are NOT getting the SAME warning before the light turns red the drivers are NOT treated EQUALLY UNDER THE LAW - therefore violating the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution.
The contract between Beaverton and Redflex
In the Beaverton/Redflex contract we find the below copied sections. Here we read that Redflex is responsible for the citation process. Redflex fails to include the yellow light in the red light camera citation which is the reason for the ongoing civil rights violation. We can also read that the yellow light is addressed in the contract which shows its importance. Beaverton is also required to meet the MINIMUM yellow light timing standards for these camera intersections which their own data show that they fail to do. The LED requirement shows that the traffic light lamps were upgraded due to the installation of these Redflex camera systems when they were first installed back in 2001.
Redflex Obligations. (DocFile-2.PDF, page 26)
1.13. Citation processing and citation issuance/re-issuance for an Authorized Violation; 1.14. Redflex shall provide training (i) for up to fifteen (15) personnel of the City, including but not limited to the persons whom City shall appoint as Authorized Employees and other persons involved in the administration of the Photo Speed and /or Red Light Enforcement Programs, (ii) for up to sixteen (16) hours in the aggregate, (iii) regarding the operation of the Redflex System and Photo Speed and /or Red Light Enforcement Programs, which training shall include training with respect to the Redflex System and its operations, strategies for presenting Violation Data in court and judicial proceedings and a review of the Enforcement Documentation; 1.15. Interact with court and judicial personnel to address issues regarding the implementation of the Redflex System, the development of the subpoena processing timeline that will permit the offering of Violation Data in court and judicial proceedings, and coordination between Redflex, the City and (where applicable, juvenile court personnel) and
CITY OBLIGATIONS. (DocFile-2.PDF, page 27)
Yellow Light Timing Review: The City is responsible to ensure that the yellow or amber light phase timing at all photo enforced intersections meets minimum standards according to Federal, State, and local laws, guidelines, and/or rules.
The City shall be responsible to provide and install LED traffic signal lights (yellow and red) at all enforced locations,
The word "MINIMUM"
The City of Beaverton fails to understand the word MINIMUM. The common traffic standard for our state is what the Oregon Department of Transportation is setting in their guidelines. As we can read above the Beaverton/Redflex contract is requiring the City of Beaverton to follow this MINIMUM standard. The City of Beaverton seems to think they can have a much shorter yellow light on-time than what ODOT has set as a MINIMUM. Let us compare this to what the State of Oregon has set for the MINIMUM wage for 2014 (see oregonminimumwage_eng_2014.pdf). Does the City of Beaverton think they can also pay any of their employees less than the MINIMUM wage set by the State of Oregon?
Police officer versus red light camera system
As we can read ALL traffic light intersections in Beaverton have the same timing errors and issues. So what about a non camera red light runner cited by a Beaverton police officer? When a police officer sees a red light runner all the documented traffic light random timing errors still apply but we have a SUBJECTIVE situation and information with no measured data. On the other hand when we use red light cameras and timing devices to cite red light runners we have an OBJECTIVE situation and we can study the measured details. Redflex and the City of Beaverton FAIL to fully understand the technology used and its proper implementation.
Danger of incompetence implementing technology
In the case of the police officer, we have a skilled individual competent to make correct decisions. However, when technological solutions are implemented by those who are not competent in the technology used, there is a real danger that people are falsely accused of violations caused by the system errors.
The solution to the Civil Rights Violations
The documented random yellow lights error range of 0.4 seconds and NOT meeting the MINIMUM yellow light timing standards are the two main issues in Beaverton but there are also other yet unknown errors in the Redflex camera system that needs to be addressed. I have submitted a public request to investigate the Redflex system timing errors (PublicRecordRequestForm299_RedflexTraingAndTimingDocumentation.pdf) - Request received but NO timing specifications was provided (see Reference section below).
To solve the ongoing violations (please see also Visual Presentation Beaverton Allen Lombard Yellow Light Timing Rev C.pdf):
The traffic controllers needs to be reprogrammed or timed to take the error ranges into account so the yellow light's on-time ALWAYS will be AT LEAST the MINIMUM standard set by ODOT. This will allow ALL drivers to have enough time to stop before the red light. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY FACTOR.
Use a grace period by, for example adding 0.5 seconds after the light has turned red before the police are allowed to issue a citation. The grace period should be the same length as all the combined traffic light's system and camera system errors or more. Adding this grace period would make the citation process legal and fair.
Beaverton's solution - "APPROXIMATELY" yellow times
Beaverton's solution to "fix" the documented random equipment errors is to change their website so all yellow phase times are now "APPROXIMATELY" times (see website versions in the Reference section below). This "fix" shows that the City of Beaverton is now aware of the variance error of the yellow light timings in all their traffic light intersections but they still issue red light camera citations with ZERO tolerance. It just does not make sense that drivers are getting different yellow light times as a warning before the RED light - the correct solution is a grace period in the citation process to compensate for the varying timing errors and to time the traffic lights phase times long enough for safety. Neither is done in Beaverton.
Presented errors and willingness to change
I presented timing and engineering errors made by the City of Beaverton for both the east/west directions and the northbound SW Lombard approach into the Allen and Lombard intersection during my October 8th, 2013 Beaverton city council meeting visitor comment period. Here is my presented documentation: Beaverton City Council Meeting Oct8 2013 RevA.pdf. The City of Beaverton CHANGED the northbound timing of the yellow phase right after I presented the errors at this meeting but they have not done anything to correct the east/west timing errors presented in this document: Yellow Change Interval Calculation EW Allen Lombard ITE Formula Rev C.pdf. Why? The answer is the east/west directions have the Redflex red light camera system and the northbound does not.
Beaverton are NOT calculating their traffic light phase times
I also submitted a public records request (see PublicRecordRequestForm299_TimingCalulation.pdf) to find out how the City of Beaverton is determining the traffic light timings in the four intersections having Redflex red light cameras. The only documents I received from the request was four scaled drawings of the intersections. I was informed by Mr. Arellano that there were NO documents available that showed any traffic light times or any calculations (see email from Mr. Arellano). To me this is an insult to the tax paying public that work is NOT done properly and it also shows that the City of Beaverton is a clear traffic SAFETY HAZARD. What is the Beaverton city traffic engineer doing to justify his salary?
Virginia and the City of Virginia Beach
I have recommended the City of Beaverton to follow the City of Virginia Beach's model (see signaltiming.pdf and TE-306_1_YellowChange_RedClearance_Intervals.pdf - see also (Texas) Determining the 85th Percentile Speed) which uses current yellow light phase timing standards and a grace period to be both safe and legal. NOTE: The grace period is not introduced by the City of Virginia to be nice but to be legal.
seem to be smart enough to understand their traffic light equipment, traffic safety and the legal aspects of a red light camera system with its traffic light timing standards and fair citation process. The State of Virginia and the City of Virginia Beach
Redflex Traffic System
Redflex Traffic Systems is pushing their camera systems onto cities
Obviously in Beaverton, it is not ALL about the RED or safety but it is ALL about the MONEY
Redflex and Beaverton are complicit is defrauding the public and simultaneously creating traffic safety hazards by a poorly implemented and inconsistent traffic signal system. Follow the money trail here and see who benefits.
Redflex, ODOT and other Cities
This presented information applies to ANY jurisdiction in the US and several other cities use Redflex and their citation process in our local area. Sherwood is one good example and here we have ODOT involved as well since 99W is a state highway. It seems that ODOT does not understand the legal implications of red light cameras either. There is NO information in any document discussing error and tolerances on ODOT's website and not even on the federal FHWA's website. I have had contact with ODOT and after I started to ask them about errors and tolerances in their traffic light equipment and how they account for them they stopped communicating with me.
The Municipal Court and Redflex
Redflex is highly involved with the Municipal Court and the judicial system as can be seen in the contract between the City of Beaverton and Redflex referenced above. Why is a private company like Redflex involved with our courts and our judges? Aren't our judicial system supposed to be impartial and fair? I firmly believe this is yet another ongoing civil right's violation that needs to be investigated. I have submitted a public request to investigate this (PublicRecordRequestForm299_RedflexTraingAndTimingDocumentation.pdf) - Request received but NO training material was provided (see Reference section below).
The Redflex video
As part of the citation process Redflex is incorporating a video
and the
I have seen online references to the Redflex video used as a validation of a right turn on red citation if a vehicle come to a complete stop before the stop bar and completing the turn. We can read that this right turn on red enforcement began in January 1, 2011 in Beaverton so it is fairly new. Further investigations is needed to determine if this Redflex video can legally be used in the State of Oregon and if so how. Note, any video is a series of still photographs and there are times between each picture where events are not known. A Police officer is actually better than a video camera in regards to this since he can continually observe an event.
is now time to demand refunds for all the illegal red light camera citations the
City of
The City of
Beaverton's Oath of Office, Code of Ethics and the DUTY to Act
This information can be found on the City of Beaverton's website: http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/990 (Exerts from page 4)
Oath of Office
"I, ________, do solemnly swear: that I will preserve and protect the laws and Constitution of the United States of America, the State of Oregon, and the City of Beaverton; that I will faithfully bring credit to the Department and myself as a police officer of the City of Beaverton; that I will strive to preserve life and to maintain all human rights; and that I will faithfully perform the duties of a police officer to the best of my ability, in accordance with the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, so help me God".
Code of Ethics
"As a Law Enforcement Officer, my fundamental duty is to serve humanity; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the Constitutional Rights of all people to liberty, equality and justice....".
Reading Beaverton's Oath of Office and the Code of Ethics, it is now the Mayor's, the City Council Member's and ALL Police Officer's DUTY to act.
News links:
ABC News report about erroneous camera citations:
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AOL Auto news, Secret Audit Finds Baltimore's Speed Cameras Unreliable:
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NWwatchdog.org reports by Shelby Sebens:
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Lawsuit by ATC/Xerox competitor of Redflex and Beaverton is mentioned:
http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2008/11/13/Photo-radar-company-sues-Redflex-in-Arizona-suit.html - NEW
Redflex YouTube video of accident at eastbound Allen Blvd in Beaverton:
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KGW Channel 8 news report by Chris Willis:
KXL 101 Jim Villanucci show (1-6-14 HOUR 1, 2 and 3. 1-7-14 Beaverton Police Responded):
Link to presentations at the Beaverton City Council Meetings (visitor comment period, Sept. 3, 10, 17, Oct. 8, 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 10, 2013 and Jan. 7 and 14 2014 - nine in total so far):
Two downloadable video versions of the Beaverton city council meeting visitor comment period from Jan. 7, 2014:
Public Access_PUAC023_2014_01_07_15_00_00 2.mp4 (230 MB, 640x480, Mpeg4)
Public Access_PUAC023_2014_01_07_15_00_00 2.avi (100 MB, 320x240, DivX)
Beaverton police FAQs website versions:
Old - Beaverton OR - Official Website - Photo Red Light Enforcement FAQs.mht (Saved 8/24/2013)
New - Beaverton OR - Official Website - Photo Red Light Enforcement FAQs.mht (Saved 12/5/2013)
Current website link: http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/index.aspx?NID=1090
Beaverton city council presentation material:
Beaverton City Council Meeting Sept3 2013_FullReportR3.pdf
Beaverton City Council Meeting Sept10 2013 R2.pdf
Beaverton City Council Meeting Sept17 2013 Rev A.pdf
Beaverton City Council Meeting Oct8 2013 RevA.pdf
Beaverton City Council Meeting Nov5 2013 R0.pdf
Beaverton City Council Meeting Jan 7, 2014: Beaverton Redflex Contract Findings.pdf and Visual Presentation Beaverton Allen Lombard Yellow Light Timing Rev C.pdf
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Hi all, erm weird question or for me atleast, I use IBT (Intel Burn Test) to test my stability and when I disable HT I get a speed reading of 55 GFlops and each test takes 139 seconds on very high stress level, so I tought to myself hey why don't I activate HT again because I have it so why not use it, started IBT and it shows me a speed of 46 GFlops and it takes 161 seconds for each test how is this possible, Should not HT increase the calculation speed of the computer or is it only me that think this is really weird?
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I think Hyperthreading doesn't do much for tight loop arithmetic calculations. It will be running 8 threads on 4 physical cores, so there will be context switching between the threads, which will eat up cycles and hence reduce the floating point operations rate.
Hyperthreading will help when threads can go idle waiting for i/o, which is not the case with IBT.
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Oh, I always tougt it helped even if its not things that have to do with video and audio rendering etc, but then I can just keep it off then and save myself the heat and much much lower vcore I can have then since all I do is gaming, secondly is it a huge performance increase in having 3.8 vs 4Ghz or does it give so little increase in games its not worth it?
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Oh, I always tougt it helped even if its not things that have to do with video and audio rendering etc, but then I can just keep it off then and save myself the heat and much much lower vcore I can have then since all I do is gaming, secondly is it a huge performance increase in having 3.8 vs 4Ghz or does it give so little increase in games its not worth it?
200 MHz - not worth it IMO.
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As I tought, just going to keep it at 21x181 then, since it require a whole lot less voltage, so if I want more fps im better of overclocking the gpu I guess
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Oh, so with my current 560 I can just leave it at default speed and lower the voltage, I can run it at 1.00v at its default 925mhz clock because it dont help that much as I understand?
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That had been my experience with a 450. I just ordered a 560 Ti so I can soon tell you what I think there
I thought the 560 default speed was 820 Mhz though.
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This is a superclocked version what I understood, and it for some reason cost about the same as the ones with 8xxMhz, mine is not the TI thou. This is my card WEBHALLEN.com - Asus Geforce GTX 560 1GB DirectCU II TOP (ENGTX560 DCII TOP/2DI/1GD5) - PCI-E / DVI / HDMI its in Swedish but there is google translate, and for some reason its cheaper then the ones with less core clock, the only one I understand why it cost more is the TI version which have 384 cores while mine have 334, but I would love to hear your conclusion after testing
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A followup on this. I measured the performance of my new 560 Ti FPB at three OC levels:
Reference (no OC): Core 822, memory 2004
FPB (vendor OC) : Core 850, memory 2002
OC ( my OC) : Core 940, memory 2065 (just a random that did not produce any artifacts at same FPB voltage)
OC is 10% over FPB and 14% over reference
I used two benchmarks - the synthetic EVGA SCANNER benchmark and Unigine Heaven 3.0 which is based on a gaming graphics engine. Heaven was set at maximum settings. All ran 1920x1200 resolution and on a 2500k overclocked to 4.5 GHz.
EVGA Scanner:
Reference: 85 fps
FPB: 88 fps
OC: 97 fps (14% over reference, 10% over FPB - scales like the core clock)
Heaven (score/ave fps/max fps/min fps):
Reference: 570/22.56/53.5/8.3
OC: 635/25.2/58.9/8.4 (11% over reference, 7.6% over FPB min fps is about constant)
So the synthetic score scales just like the OC, while the more real-world scale less than the OC. by about 3%, and the minimum fps on Heaven was the same for all.
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But now i am in a dilemma, 100 readers is not enough and would require me picking and choosing which i did not want to have to do.
So for now hang tight while i decide what to do about this. I may look for a different blogging site which would possibly allow more readers or just make my current blog less personal(but that would kinda change my whole reason for starting a blog in the first place so we'll see) Still thinking. any suggestions would be great.
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Katie, Another blogger that I follow did the same thing and used Wordpress.com for her new blog. She had the same problem as you and didn't want to limit the number of readers. Hope this helps!
- July 18, 2008 at 8:59 PM
- Katie said...
thanks sherry, i checked out wordpress already and they have a limit of 35 readers unless you buy the upgraded package, seems kinda silly and not something i want to spend $$ on. thanks for the suggestion though!
- July 18, 2008 at 9:06 PM
- Jennifer said...
Katie I found your blog thru the nest. I have never commented before, but I think you have an amazing spirit and you seem to handle everything that is thrown at you with such grace. Please know that there will be alot of people of there thinking about you even if you do make this private. I will never forget your story.
I loved your vacation pictures. I live in Metro Detroit and always seem to forget how beautiful the west side of the state is.
- July 18, 2008 at 9:16 PM
- Rachel said...
I undestand...What ever you decide to do, although I will miss keeping up on what is happening with you and your family. No mattter what happens...You will always be in my prayers. God Bless.
- July 18, 2008 at 9:17 PM
- Amanda said...
Hi Katie. As you know my blog is private... I have not run into the problem with readers... yet. I do have a suggestion. Since private blogs can't be added to google reader, I started a yahoo group. As many people as you want can join the yahoo group. I have my blog set up to email the group whenever I post, so that they will know when I post. It also sends a copy of what I have posted. The only dilemma with this, is that they still wouldn't be able to "sign in" to your blog, but they could read it, and send you emails rather than comments. It is the only option I can think of at the moment. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. And good luck!
- July 18, 2008 at 9:41 PM
- Kelly said...
I'm not sure if you follow MayDayGirls's blog (she's another nestie) but she had the exact problem you are having. She did eventually wind up on wordpress so that she could have unlimited readers. I'm not sure if she found a way around the $$ aspect of it (maybe there is something we don't all know about). You can see her old blog here and it has her email address and I'm sure she could give you some pointers if you wanted her to.
- July 19, 2008 at 2:39 AM
- Tweak77 said...
I found your blog through a friend from the Nest. I haven't posted here before, but I have been truly inspired by your story. I totally respect your feelings for wanting to go private. Please know that your faith and courage have really touched me, and I will continue to lift you and your family up in my prayers, regardless of your decision going forward. Thank you so much for sharing. I can, without a doubt, see God working through you.
- July 19, 2008 at 12:24 PM
- The Tranas said...
I was going to suggest getting in touch with maydaygirl as well. Hope you can find a good solution soon! It's too bad certain grumpy people are making this tough on you!
- July 19, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Katie, I don't blame you for going private, this isn't entertainment, it's your life. I would be more than willing to donate if there is a cost involved. But whatever happens you will always remain in my thoughts and prayers.
- July 20, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Hi Katie!
I found your blog through the nest and have been following your story for quite a while. Your strength and courage are truly an inspiration to me as I deal with my second miscarriage. I understand your desire to go private and just know that whatever you decide you & your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you so very much for sharing your story, I will never forget it. God bless!
- July 20, 2008 at 12:36 PM
I'm in Stockholm, Sweden, and stumbled upon your blog just now and started reading about your life and experiences. I was touched by your faith in God and continued reading the more recent blogs, and realized that your surgery was scheduled for today. I wasn't sure where you where from, but somehow I felt compelled to figure it out as I had an urge to pray for you.
So I started looking for your location in order to know the time zone - wound up on Nascars website to check their race schedules and saw that there was a race in Michigan the date mentioned in your blog.
So, if you are in Michigan, it just so happened that I stumbled upon your blog 15 minutes prior to your surgery (we're six hours ahead) and had a strong urge to pray for you while listening to the song 'There's a reason' in the background...
God bless!
- July 21, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- allisonilene said...
oh no, I can't believe that someone would do these things to you!!
I will continue to pray for you guys!
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